Auctions: comic books 1980-1989, graded by CGC
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Item #61064446
Tags: BatmanBatman (1940) 427N CGC 9.0
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition.
Label #4421040001
Starts Jun 24 First printing. Newsstand Edition. Cover art by Mike Mignola. "A Death in the Family" part 2 of 4, script by Jim Starlin, pencils by Jim Aparo, inks by Mike DeCarlo; Jason meets his real mother, Sheila Haywood, but she turns out to be working for the Joker and allows her son to fall into his deadly hands inside of a warehouse; Joker beats Robin with a crowbar and leaves him for dead as a badly beaten Robin attempts to save his mom and himself from the dynamite left behind by the Joker as he leaves them both to a horrible fate; Batman watches in horror as the warehouse containing Jason and Sheila blows up, too late to stop the Joker. Infamous Phone Poll on death or life for Robin (Jason Todd). The Direct Sales copies of this comic, released first, contained a 1-800 phone number to either vote "for" or "against" the death of Jason Todd on the inside back cover. The newsstand copies, released 3 weeks later did not contain the 1-800 number. NOTE: Most issues from 397-432 were reprinted in 1989 and sold in multipacks. These 2nd and 3rd prints have back cover ads dated 1989. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.50.
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Item #61064435
Batman (1940) 428 CGC 9.0
Death of Robin
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition.
Label #4421040003
Starts Jul 22 1st printing. Cover art by Mike Mignola. "A Death in the Family" part 3 of 4, script by Jim Starlin, pencils by Jim Aparo, inks by Mike DeCarlo; Death of Sheila Haywood; Burial of Sheila Haywood and Jason Todd; The Joker becomes the Iranian Ambassador to the U.N. Results of Phone Poll as to whether Robin dies this issue or not. NOTE: Most issues from 397-432 were reprinted in 1989 and sold in multipacks. These 2nd and 3rd prints have back cover ads dated 1989. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #61093753
Tags: BatmanBatman and the Outsiders (1983 1st Series) 1 CGC 9.6
Paper: White
Label #4359683012
Starts Jun 24 In "Wars Ended...Wars Begun!", Batman quits the JLA and heads to war-torn Markovia in search of an old friend. Script by Mike W. Barr, art by Jim Aparo. Cameos by Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, and Black Canary. Batman's origin is recounted on page seven. Contains 1-page ad for the series with original art by Aparo. Aparo cover. Cover price $0.60.
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Item #61066832
Batman Movie (1989) 1A CGC 9.6 Direct
Paper: White
Prestige Format.
Label #4256139010
Starts Jun 24 This prestige format one-shot is an adaptation of Tim Burton's 1989 Batman feature film, which starred Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Jack Nicholson as The Joker, Kim Basinger as Vicky Vale, and Michael Gough as Alfred. Written by Dennis O'Neil, with art by Jerry Ordway. Cover price $4.95.
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Item #60813136
Tags: BatmanBatman The Dark Knight Returns (1986) 1-1ST CGC 9.4 1st Printing
Paper: White
Label #4404322020
Starts Jul 6 1st printing. NOTE: 2nd, 3rd, and 4th printings of #1 are labeled as such on the inside cover. Cover by Frank Miller. "The Dark Knight Returns," script and pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson; Set 20 years in the future, this story finds that in the absence of superheroes, criminals have run amok, and a gang called the Mutants are terrorizing Gotham City; Bruce Wayne has been retired from super-heroing for 10 years following the death of Jason Todd, the second Robin; Despite Wayne's funding of the rehabilitation of Harvey Dent (Two-Face), Dent returns to being a super-villain; Bruce, overcome with the grief over what Gotham has become, dons the Batman costume again and captures Dent. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.95.
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Item #60813141
Tags: BatmanBatman The Dark Knight Returns (1986) 1-1ST CGC 9.4 1st Printing
Paper: White
Label #4404322023
Starts Jul 22 1st printing. NOTE: 2nd, 3rd, and 4th printings of #1 are labeled as such on the inside cover. Cover by Frank Miller. "The Dark Knight Returns," script and pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson; Set 20 years in the future, this story finds that in the absence of superheroes, criminals have run amok, and a gang called the Mutants are terrorizing Gotham City; Bruce Wayne has been retired from super-heroing for 10 years following the death of Jason Todd, the second Robin; Despite Wayne's funding of the rehabilitation of Harvey Dent (Two-Face), Dent returns to being a super-villain; Bruce, overcome with the grief over what Gotham has become, dons the Batman costume again and captures Dent. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.95.
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Item #60813135
Tags: BatmanBatman The Dark Knight Returns (1986) 1-1ST CGC 9.2 1st Printing
Paper: White
Label #4404322021
Starts Jul 29 1st printing. NOTE: 2nd, 3rd, and 4th printings of #1 are labeled as such on the inside cover. Cover by Frank Miller. "The Dark Knight Returns," script and pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson; Set 20 years in the future, this story finds that in the absence of superheroes, criminals have run amok, and a gang called the Mutants are terrorizing Gotham City; Bruce Wayne has been retired from super-heroing for 10 years following the death of Jason Todd, the second Robin; Despite Wayne's funding of the rehabilitation of Harvey Dent (Two-Face), Dent returns to being a super-villain; Bruce, overcome with the grief over what Gotham has become, dons the Batman costume again and captures Dent. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.95.
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Item #60655123
Tags: BatmanBatman The Dark Knight Returns (1986) 1-1ST CGC 9.0 1st Printing
Paper: White
Label #4387140001
Starts Jun 24 1st printing. NOTE: 2nd, 3rd, and 4th printings of #1 are labeled as such on the inside cover. Cover by Frank Miller. "The Dark Knight Returns," script and pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson; Set 20 years in the future, this story finds that in the absence of superheroes, criminals have run amok, and a gang called the Mutants are terrorizing Gotham City; Bruce Wayne has been retired from super-heroing for 10 years following the death of Jason Todd, the second Robin; Despite Wayne's funding of the rehabilitation of Harvey Dent (Two-Face), Dent returns to being a super-villain; Bruce, overcome with the grief over what Gotham has become, dons the Batman costume again and captures Dent. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.95.
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Item #61012101
Tags: BatmanBatman The Dark Knight Returns (1986) 3-1ST CGC 9.8 Miller Variant 1st Printing
Paper: White
Label #4413401021
Starts Jul 6 1st printing. NOTE: 2nd printing of #3 is clearly labeled as such on the inside cover. "Hunt The Dark Knight," script and pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson and Frank Miller; Batman battles the Joker, who has convinced his psychiatrist, Dr. Bartholomew Wolper, that he is sane and regretful; Seeking to discredit Batman, Wolper exhibits the Joker on a late-night show ("David Endochrine", parodying Late Night with David Letterman) to try and show that the Joker is actually a victim of Batman's own psychosis; As the police attack Batman, the Joker murders everyone in the studio; Batman follows him to Selina Kyle's place, where the former Catwoman has become a depressed alcoholic; Superman is introduced as an undercover agent for the American government. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.95.
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Item #61140028
Tags: BatmanBatman The Dark Knight Returns (1986) 3-1ST CGC 9.6 Miller Variant 1st Printing
Paper: White
Label #4425209007
Starts Jul 22 1st printing. NOTE: 2nd printing of #3 is clearly labeled as such on the inside cover. "Hunt The Dark Knight," script and pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson and Frank Miller; Batman battles the Joker, who has convinced his psychiatrist, Dr. Bartholomew Wolper, that he is sane and regretful; Seeking to discredit Batman, Wolper exhibits the Joker on a late-night show ("David Endochrine", parodying Late Night with David Letterman) to try and show that the Joker is actually a victim of Batman's own psychosis; As the police attack Batman, the Joker murders everyone in the studio; Batman follows him to Selina Kyle's place, where the former Catwoman has become a depressed alcoholic; Superman is introduced as an undercover agent for the American government. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.95.
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Item #61140025
Tags: BatmanBatman The Dark Knight Returns (1986) 4-1ST CGC 9.6 Miller Variant 1st Printing
Paper: White
Label #4425209008
Starts Jul 22 1st printing. NOTE: 2nd printings are labeled as such on the inside cover. Cover by Frank Miller. "The Dark Knight Falls," script by Frank Miller, pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson; Russia launches a nuclear warhead called Coldbringer in response to Superman's presence in Corto Maltese; Superman diverts the missile to an uninhabited desert area; The warhead was designed to disrupt electronics and communications and throw dust and debris into the atmosphere; Deprived of sunlight, Superman nearly dies; Gotham descends into chaos; Some citizens, including Jim Gordon, pull together to fight the fires and retain some semblance of civilization until the power is restored; Batman battles the Joker and the police; The U.S. government sends Superman to take the Dark Knight down; Oliver Queen, the former Green Arrow, prepares Batman for his ultimate battle. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.95.
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Item #57024878
Batman The Killing Joke (1988) 1-1ST CGC 9.8 SS Brian Bolland Bolland Variant 1st Printing
Paper: White
Slab: Scuffing on back of case
Signed By Brian Bolland on 4/8/19.
Label #1497549008
Starts Jul 6 1st Printing. Batman matches wits with his arch nemesis The Joker in this critically acclaimed, prestige format one-shot. He also laughs at one of his jokes. The book is infamous for the scene in which The Joker shoots and cripples Barbara Gordon, effectively ending her crime fighting career as Batgirl. Written by Alan Moore, with art by Brian Bolland. 52 pages, full color. NOTE: 1st Printing, title is printed in lime green embossed ink. All others are later printings. Cover price $3.50.
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Item #60911255
Batman The Killing Joke (1988) 1-1ST CGC 9.8 Bolland Variant 1st Printing
Paper: White
Label #0266957008
Starts Jul 6 1st Printing. Batman matches wits with his arch nemesis The Joker in this critically acclaimed, prestige format one-shot. He also laughs at one of his jokes. The book is infamous for the scene in which The Joker shoots and cripples Barbara Gordon, effectively ending her crime fighting career as Batgirl. Written by Alan Moore, with art by Brian Bolland. 52 pages, full color. NOTE: 1st Printing, title is printed in lime green embossed ink. All others are later printings. Cover price $3.50.
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Item #61027762
Batman The Killing Joke (1988) 1-1ST CGC 9.6 Bolland Variant 1st Printing
Paper: White
Label #4420000009
Starts Jul 6 1st Printing. Batman matches wits with his arch nemesis The Joker in this critically acclaimed, prestige format one-shot. He also laughs at one of his jokes. The book is infamous for the scene in which The Joker shoots and cripples Barbara Gordon, effectively ending her crime fighting career as Batgirl. Written by Alan Moore, with art by Brian Bolland. 52 pages, full color. NOTE: 1st Printing, title is printed in lime green embossed ink. All others are later printings. Cover price $3.50.
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Item #61078735
Batman The Killing Joke (1988) 1-REP CGC 9.4 Boland Variant Reprint
Paper: White
Sixth Printing
Label #3977418007
Starts Jun 24 2nd or later printing (Title any color but lime green). Alan Moore script. Brian Bolland art. Cover price $3.50.
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Item #61058661
Blade Runner (1982) 1 CGC 9.6
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4425756008
Starts Jun 24 A Marvel Movie Special - "Blade Runner: Part 1 of 2!" Based on the screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peeples. Adapted by Archie Goodwin. Art by Al Williamson, Carlos Garzon, Dan Green And Ralph Reese. The official comics adaptation of the classic science fiction thriller starring Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer. In the not too distant future, makind lives side-by-side with synthetic lifeforms known as replicants. These androids serve the human race in many different helpful capacities. But every now and then, these androids malfunction and threaten human lives. When that happens, special bounty hunters known as Blade Runners are called in to deal with the situation. Of all the Blade Runners, Rick Deckard was the best. Now he is being forced out of retirement to deal with a gang of especially dangerous replicants. If Deckard survives this last case, one thing is for sure... his life will never be the same again. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.60.
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Item #61058662
Blade Runner (1982) 1 CGC 9.4
Paper: White
Label #4425756006
Starts Jul 22 A Marvel Movie Special - "Blade Runner: Part 1 of 2!" Based on the screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peeples. Adapted by Archie Goodwin. Art by Al Williamson, Carlos Garzon, Dan Green And Ralph Reese. The official comics adaptation of the classic science fiction thriller starring Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer. In the not too distant future, makind lives side-by-side with synthetic lifeforms known as replicants. These androids serve the human race in many different helpful capacities. But every now and then, these androids malfunction and threaten human lives. When that happens, special bounty hunters known as Blade Runners are called in to deal with the situation. Of all the Blade Runners, Rick Deckard was the best. Now he is being forced out of retirement to deal with a gang of especially dangerous replicants. If Deckard survives this last case, one thing is for sure... his life will never be the same again. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.60.
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Item #61058658
Blade Runner (1982) 1 CGC 9.0
Paper: White
Label #4425756007
Starts Aug 5 A Marvel Movie Special - "Blade Runner: Part 1 of 2!" Based on the screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peeples. Adapted by Archie Goodwin. Art by Al Williamson, Carlos Garzon, Dan Green And Ralph Reese. The official comics adaptation of the classic science fiction thriller starring Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer. In the not too distant future, makind lives side-by-side with synthetic lifeforms known as replicants. These androids serve the human race in many different helpful capacities. But every now and then, these androids malfunction and threaten human lives. When that happens, special bounty hunters known as Blade Runners are called in to deal with the situation. Of all the Blade Runners, Rick Deckard was the best. Now he is being forced out of retirement to deal with a gang of especially dangerous replicants. If Deckard survives this last case, one thing is for sure... his life will never be the same again. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.60.
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Item #60599524
Booster Gold (1986 DC 1st Series) 1D CGC 9.8
Top CGC census grade for this issue.
Paper: White
Label #4207599002
Starts Jul 6 Direct Edition. Script and pencils by Dan Jurgens, inks by Mike DeCarlo. After negotiating a movie deal, media darling Booster Gold is put to the test when he battles Blackguard in the streets of Metropolis in "The Big Fall". Jimmy Olsen cameo. Jurgens cover. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #61007828
Published Nov 1987 by Marvel/Star Comics.Bullwinkle and Rocky (1987 Marvel/Star Comics) 1 CGC 9.6
Paper: White
Label #4412913008
Starts Jun 24 Comic book version of the classic cartoon series. In this issue, Bullwinkle inadvertently invents a flashlight which will makes things invisible. Then, everybody wants that invention, including the evil Boris and Natasha in "The Invisible Ray or ----" and "Not Seeing is Believing or Who Put Out the Lights?" Issue also has "Fractured Fairy Tales" featuring the tale of two witches and how one wanted to meet a dashing young prince and "Bullwinkle's Corner gag strip. Scripts by David Manak and art by Ernie Colon & Al Milgrom. Cover price $1.00.
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Item #61075569
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Captain America (part 251), Captain AmericaCaptain America (1968 1st Series) 251 CGC 9.2
Paper: White
Label #4427772001
Starts Jun 24 "The Mercenary and the Madman" Part 1 of 2. Script by Roger Stern. Pencils by John Byrne. Inks by Joe Rubinstein. Cover by John Byrne and Joe Rubinstein. The action begins with a prison break at Ryker's Island! As Batroc the Leaper springs Mister Hyde from jail! But why? And how does a Roxxon Oil LNG super-tanker fit into the sinister duo's plans? The star-spangled avenger has a major crisis on his hands...to save New York! (Note: The letters page includes a letter from comics writer Kurt Busiek.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.50.
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Item #61071244
Cherry Poptart (1982 Last Gasp/Kitchen Sink) #8, 1st Printing CGC 9.6
Paper: White
Label #4420419001
Starts Jul 6 1st Printing. 1989. ($2.50 cover price). Larry Welz story, cover and art. Full length Wizard of Oz parody. 7" x 10", b&w, 44 pages. Adults Only. Cover price $2.50.
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Item #61075571
Published Aug 1989 by Dark Horse.Cheval Noir (1989) 1 CGC 7.5
Paper: White
Label #4427772003
Starts Jun 24 Cover by Dave Stevens. This elegant new anthology will feature the best work by the best cartoonists the world over! In this special 64-page, perfect-bound first issue: A beautiful Dave Steven's cover, Phillipe Druillet's The Lone Sloane, Adele and the Beast by Jacques Tardi, Angel Fusion by Kato and Goto, and stories by a host of other renowned creators, including Schuiten and Peeters, Andreas, and Cossu. 64 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $3.50.
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Item #61131396
Tags: Marvel Graphic Novel Series (1982-1992) (part nn), ConanConan of the Isles GN (1988 Marvel) 1-1ST CGC 9.6
Paper: White
Slab: Plastic debris between case and inner well
Label #4384667005
Starts Jul 22 1st printing.
Based on the story by L. Sprague DeCamp and Lin Carter. Adapted by Roy Thomas. Art by John Buscema.
Conan the Barbarian is back for another tale of high adventure!
Softcover, 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, full color.
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Item #61132344
Tags: Marvel Graphic Novel Series (1982-1992) (part 28), ConanConan The Reaver GN (1987 Marvel Graphic Novel) 1-1ST CGC 8.0
Paper: White
Label #4384667002
Starts Jul 22 Marvel Graphic Novel Volume 28 - 1st printing.
Written by Don Kraar. Art by John Severin.
Softcover, 64 pages, 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., full color.
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Item #61008217
Tags: Crisis on Infinite Earths (part 7)Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) 7D CGC 9.6
Paper: White
Label #4411882006
Starts Jun 24 Direct Edition. "Beyond the Silent Night!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez, Dick Giordano, and Jerry Ordway. At last the origins of the most mysterious players in this story are revealed. Learn the secret pasts of Pariah, and why he is destined to witness world after world die, the tragic past of Harbinger, the mysterious Monitor, and evil incarnate, the Anti-Monitor. Plus, in order to stop the Anti-Monitor from destroying the last remaining Earths in the multiverse, a cadre of the DCU's most powerful heroes mount an all out assault on the villain's stronghold in the dangerous Anti-Matter Universe. It is a task not everyone will survive. Featuring the heroic and tragic death of Supergirl. Cover price $1.25.
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Item #61129268
Published Jan 1988 by Fantagraphics.Critters Special (1988) 1 CGC 9.4
Paper: White
Label #4414089002
Starts Jul 22 A special issue of Fantagraphics long-running anthropomorphic anthology, reprinting the original Nilson Groundthumper and Hermy stories from Albedo #1-2, plus an original NG&H story. Story, art and cover by Stan Sakai. Black and white; 32 pages. Cover price $2.00. Cover price $2.00.
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Item #59601924
Crow (1989 Caliber) 1-1ST CGC 9.6 1st Printing
Paper: White
Label #4294615022
Starts Jul 6 1st Printing dated February 1989. Book One: Pain. Story, art and cover by James OBarr. The first Crow miniseries, and the characters second appearance (after Caliber Presents #1). Murdered by thugs, Eric Draven is resurrected as The Crow, a deathless spirit of vengeance. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $1.95.
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Item #61134438
Crow (1989 Caliber) 4-1ST CGC 9.6 1st Printing
Paper: White
Label #4431690016
Starts Jul 6 1st Printing dated 1989 on inside back cover where O'Barr signed an illustration. Book Four: Despair. Story, art and cover by James OBarr. The first Crow miniseries, introducing the deathless spirit of vengeance. The net closes on the last of The Crows murderers. Final issue of the series; a fifth issue was planned, but did not see print until the 1992 Tundra reprint. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. This issue has no indicia, publication date or copyright notice. NOTE: There was no 2nd or 3rd printing of this issue. Cover price $1.95.
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Item #60917353
Daredevil (1964 1st Series) 165 CGC 9.6
Paper: White
Label #4385453002
Starts Jul 6 Last 40-cent cover price. Cover pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson. Arms of the Octopus, script by Frank Miller (plot) and Roger McKenzie (plot, script), pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson; Heather finds out that her company is doing business with Doctor Octopus, and DD has to come to her rescue when she is captured; The Black Widow realizes her relationship with Matt is through and leaves New York. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.40. Cover price $0.40.
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Item #60917355
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Daredevil (part 170), DaredevilDaredevil (1964 1st Series) 170 CGC 9.4
Paper: White
Label #4385453003
Starts Jul 6 Cover pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson. The Kingpin Must Die, script by Frank Miller, pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson; Kingpin, retired in Japan, sends his wife to New York to hire Nelson and Murdock so he can turn states evidence against the East Coast crime bosses; Vanessa is captured by the mob so they can lure Kingpin back to New York so they can kill him; Daredevil gets in the way and has a confrontation with Bullseye. 32 pgs. Cover price $0.50. Cover price $0.50.
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Item #61052466
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Daredevil (part 171), DaredevilDaredevil (1964 1st Series) 171 CGC 8.0
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition.
Label #4418460011
Starts Jun 24 Cover pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson. In the Kingpin's Clutches, script and pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson; Matt goes undercover and joins the Kingpin's gang so he can steal the info Fisk has collected on the underworld; Kingpin catches him in the act and beats him senseless; During the Kingpin's exchange with the men holding his wife, Vanessa is apparently killed; this issue marks the first actual meeting between DD and The Kingpin. 32 pgs. Cover price $0.50. Cover price $0.50.
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Item #61120147
Daredevil (1964 1st Series) 181D CGC 9.8
Paper: White
Label #4420541006
Starts Jun 24 Direct Edition. Cover pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson. Last Hand, script by Frank Miller, pencils by Frank Miller (breakdowns) and Klaus Janson (finished art), inks by Klaus Janson; Bullseye breaks out of prison; Elektra hunts down Foggy and is about to kill him until she recognizes him as Matt's buddy from college; Bullseye fights Elektra and kills her with her own sai; DD goes after Bullseye and ends up dropping him from a great height, breaking every bone in his body; Kingpin appearance; story narrated by Bullseye; story dedicated to the memory of Wally Wood 1927-1981. Full page pin-up ad for Marvel Fanfare, art by Michael Golden. Statement of Ownership average # of copies in preceding 12 months: 276,812 Cover price $1.00.
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Item #60585210
Daredevil (1964 1st Series) 184D CGC 9.4
Paper: White
Label #4377360014
Starts Jun 24 Direct Edition. Cover pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson. Good Guys Wear Red!, script by Frank Miller and Roger McKenzie (uncredited), pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson; DD and the Punisher hunt down Hogman for selling drugs to kids, but the two heroes clash over their methods; DD ends up shooting the Punisher with his own gun; 2nd part of Angel Dust story originally rejected by the CCA. Letter to the editor from comics editor Diana Schutz. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.60. Cover price $0.60.
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Item #60550166
Daredevil (1964 1st Series) 184N CGC 9.6
Paper: White
Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
Newsstand Edition.
Label #4134425011
Starts Jun 24 Newsstand Edition. Cover pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson. Good Guys Wear Red!, script by Frank Miller and Roger McKenzie (uncredited), pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson; DD and the Punisher hunt down Hogman for selling drugs to kids, but the two heroes clash over their methods; DD ends up shooting the Punisher with his own gun; 2nd part of Angel Dust story originally rejected by the CCA. Letter to the editor from comics editor Diana Schutz. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.60. Cover price $0.60.
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Item #60043575
Published Jul 1986 by Dark Horse.Dark Horse Presents (1986) 1A CGC 9.8 1st Printing
Top CGC census grade for this issue.
1st app. Concrete, Black Cross
Paper: White
Label #1220444007
Starts Jul 6 1st printing. An anthology of original stories. First appearance of Concrete and Black Cross. Cover by Chris Warner. Black Cross [Part 1], script and art by Chris Warner; A soldier, haunted by memories of his past and injustices in the present, turns his back on his assignment. Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, script and art by Paul Chadwick; After finding himself in a new super-strong, rock hard body and donning the name Concrete, Ron Lithgow solicits on television for ideas regarding what he might do with his new body. Mindwalk, script and art by Randy Stradley; A shady telepath is coerced by government employees to ferret secrets from the mind of an ailing old man. Brighter!, script and art by Paul Chadwick; A young woman considers the possibilities afforded to her by her mutation, an ability to project light and create images. Back-cover Concrete illustration by Paul Chadwick. 36 pgs., B&W. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.
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Item #60561818
DC Comics Presents (1978 DC) 87 CGC 9.8
Top CGC census grade for this issue.
Paper: White
Label #4332542024
Starts Jul 6 Crisis on Infinite Earths cross-over. Zapped by an alien ray, Superman hops dimensions and teams up with Superboy-Prime to battle Polarians on Earth-Prime in the 24-page "Year of the Comet." Continued in Adventures of Superman (1939) #414. Script by Elliot S! Maggin, art by Curt Swan & Al Williamson. Plus: the 16-page "Origin of Superboy-Prime" by Maggin, Swan & Williamson. Cover by Eduardo Barreto. Cover price $1.25.
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Item #61101512
Tags: Batman Year 2 (part 1)Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 575 CGC 9.8
Top CGC census grade for this issue.
Paper: White
Label #1992642003
Starts Jun 24 Batman: Year Two, Part 1 of 4. "Fear the Reaper!" Story by Mike W. Barr. Art by Alan Davis and Paul Neary. In a story that takes place in the Batman's early years, the Dark Knight comes face-to-face with the Reaper, a vigilante who has become judge, jury, and executioner on the criminal underworld. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #61101494
Tags: BatmanDetective Comics (1937 1st Series) 608 CGC 9.8
Top CGC census grade for this issue.
1st app. Anarky
Paper: White
Label #3764212015
Starts Jun 24 Someone is doing Batman's job for him. Can the Darknight Detective stop the murderous vigilante Anarky? Part 1 of 2, continued next issue. Written by Alan Grant, with art by Norm Breyfogle and Steve Mitchell. Cover by Breyfogle. First appearance of Anarky. Cover price $1.00.
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Item #58796289
Detective Comics Oreo Cookie Giveaway (1984) 27 CGC 9.8
Paper: White
REPRINT.
Label #4060674001
Starts Jul 6 Oreo Cookie promotional comic from 1984. Reprints Batman cover and story from Detective #27, plus Robin origin from Detective #38, and first Joker appearance from Batman #1. 32-pages, all newsprint, full-color standard comic book size.
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Item #61131629
Tags: Marvel Graphic Novel Series (1982-1992) (part 23), Doctor StrangeDoctor Strange Into Shamballa GN (1986 Marvel Graphic Novel) 1-1ST CGC 9.4
Paper: White
Slab: Significant scuff(s) inner well
Label #4384667003
Starts Jul 22 Marvel Graphic Novel Volume 23 - 1st printing. Written by J.M. DeMatteis and Dan Green. Art by Dan Green. Softcover, 64 pages, 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $5.95.
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Item #61127957
Doctor Who (1984 Marvel) 6 CGC 9.4
Paper: White
Label #4428711007
Starts Jun 24 Written by Steve Moore. Art by Dave Gibbons, David Lloyd and Steve Dillon. Cover by Dave Gibbons. Introduction by editor Jim Salicrup. The Doctor's on the run again -- this time in ancient China! Beginning the "Dragon's Claw" saga with parts 1-5 by Steve Moore and Dave Gibbons, reprinted from Doctor Who Magazine (UK 1979-Present Marvel UK/Panini) #39-43. Plus: Ice Warriors versus Cybermen in "Deathworld" parts 1 and 2 by Steve Moore and David Lloyd, reprinted from Doctor Who Magazine (UK 1979-Present Marvel UK/Panini) #15 and 16. And: Introducing "Abslom Daak...Dalek-Killer" in part 1 by Steve Moore and Steve Dillon, reprinted from Doctor Who Magazine (UK 1979-Present Marvel UK/Panini) #17. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.
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Item #61127574
Tags: TMNT 1-Shots (Mirage Studios) (part 3)Published Aug 1986 by Mirage Studios.Donatello (1986 Mirage Studios) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 CGC 9.8
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Paper: White
Label #4427612006
Starts Jun 24 Donatello of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles meets an artist (based on comics legend Jack Kirby) who has discovered a way to bring his drawings to life. Part of a series of one-shots featuring the Turtles in solo stories. Story by Kevin Eastman and art by Peter Laird. Black and white; 40 pages. Cover by Laird. Cover price $1.50. Cover price $1.50.
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Item #61129247
Elementals (1984 1st Series Comico) 1 CGC 9.2
Paper: White
Label #4414141010
Starts Jul 22 Created by Bill (Fables) Willingham. Pencils and plot by Bill Willingham, Script by Michael Wolf. Think you know about metahumans/mutants? If you haven't read the Elementals, you know nothing! Four people resurrected from the dead with the powers to control the very element which killed them. No one trusts them, not the government, the city they protect, or other metahumans. Will these 4 unlikely heroes (Vortex, Monolith, Morningstar, and Fathom) be able to stand together against the lies and forces set upon them, or will they fall prey and crumble under the pressure? In this issue: "Spontaneous Generation" Picking up where Texas Comics' Justice Machine Annual no. 1 left off, we find our heroes at home trying to make sense of recent events. A visit from an FBI agent investigating the supposed deaths and resurrection of the 4 prompts an unscheduled lunch atop Seattle's Space Needle where the Elementals are attacked by an evil supergroup, but for what purpose? Fans of J. Michael Straczynski's Rising Stars, Morrison's X-Men, or Millar's Ultimate X-Men should definitely give this a read. Cover price $1.50.
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Item #59008877
Epic Illustrated (1980 Magazine) 9 CGC 5.0
Paper: White
Label #3860634001
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Starts Jul 22 Epic Illustrated was touted as a new experience in adult fantasy and science fiction adventure. Published by Marvel Comics, this magazine was aimed at a more mature audience. Issue #9 includes: Metamorphosis Odyssey: Doomsday & Aftermath by Jim Starlin, The Last Centaur by Tim Conrad, Children of the Stars by Charles Vess, Weirdworld: The Dragonmaster of Klarn by Doug Moench, John Buscema, Marie Severin, and Steven Oliff, Tales of Torment by David Kasakove, Match and Set by Lee Marrs, and Isolation and Illusion by P. Craig Russell. Also includes Jim Starlin interview by Archie Goodwin and a letter by Catherine Yronwode. December, 1981. Cover price $2.00.
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Item #61097230
Tags: X-MenExcalibur (1988 1st Series) 1D CGC 9.8 Direct Variant
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Paper: White
Label #4041907023
Starts Jun 24 Direct Edition. Part 1 of 2 – "Warwolves of London!" Story by Chris Claremont. Art and cover by Alan Davis and Paul Neary. NOTE: This tale picks up after the events of Excalibur: The Sword is Drawn (1988). The world believes the mutant heroes the X-Men are dead (see Fall of the Mutants). Kitty Pryde and Nightcrawler, almost fully recovered from severe injuries sustained during the Mutant Massacre, join the psychic Rachel Summers (Phoenix II), the British superman Captain Britain and his elf lover, Meggan, to form the super team Excalibur. However, dangerous adversaries are gathering and this new group will have to learn to be a team if they are going to survive the coming days. Featuring a full page pin-up of Phoenix II on back cover by Alan Davis and Paul Neary. 32 pages, FC. NOTE: 1st appearance of Widget. Cover price $1.50.
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Item #56891849
Tags: Fantastic FourFantastic Four (1961 1st Series) 232 CGC 9.8
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Paper: Off white to white
Label #3868154014
Starts Jul 6 "Back to the Basics!" Script and Art by John Byrne. Cover by John Byrne and Terry Austin. A new era begins for the Fantastic Four as John Byrne starts his 5-year stint as writer and artist for the series. However, the new era kicks off with an old villain...Diablo! The Master of Alchemy cooks up four creatures of earth, wind, water, and fire to battle the FF! Cameo appearances by Doctor Strange and Frankie Raye. (Notes: John Byrne inks this issue under the pseudonym (or anagram) Bjorn Heyn. Diablo appears next in Iron Man 159.) 32 pages Cover price $0.50.
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Item #61120305
Tags: Fantastic FourFantastic Four (1961 1st Series) 245 CGC 9.8
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Paper: White
Label #4420541010
Starts Jun 24 "Childhood's End" Script and Art by John Byrne. Cover by John Byrne. While Sue tapes an interview for a local TV show, a tragedy unfolds at the Baxter Building. And by the time the Invisible Girl arrives back home; Reed, Ben, and Johnny have been knocked out by a tall, blonde-haired stranger with amazing powers! Who is this man? Can the Invisible Girl provide the answers to his questions? 32 pages Cover price $0.60.
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Item #61129239
Tags: Doctor Doom, Fantastic FourFantastic Four (1961 1st Series) 247 CGC 9.4
Paper: White
Label #4414090012
Starts Jul 22 "This Land is Mine!" Part 2 of 2. Script and Art by John Byrne. Cover by John Byrne. Since losing the throne of Latveria in Fantastic Four 200, Doctor Doom has been driven by one thing...getting it back! Now the deposed monarch has enlisted the FF (via his inhibitor ray) to help him regain his country! When Reed, Sue, Ben, and Johnny arrive in Latveria, they are shocked by the deplorable condition of the capital. Could Doctor Doom actually be the solution to Latveria's problems? Victor Von Doom and Zorba will battle to death for control of Latveria! First appearance of Kristoff. (Note: The letters page includes a joint letter from comics creators Richard Pini and Wendy Pini.) 32 pages Cover price $0.60.
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Item #61129215
Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) 286 CGC 9.2
Paper: White
Label #4414090013
Starts Jul 22 Last 65-cent issue. Return of Jean Grey: Part 2 of 3 - X-Factor tie-in. "Like a Phoenix!" Guest-starring the Uncanny X-Men and Avengers. Story by John Byrne. Art by John Byrne and Terry Austin. Cover by John Byrne. Story continued from Avengers (Vol. 1) #263. Don't miss the startling return of Jean Grey! How did she survive, and where has she been? The answers will shock and surprise you. Plus, this issue sets the stage for the return of the of the original X-Men! Story continues in X-Factor (1986-1998 1st Series) #1. Cover price $0.65.