Auctions: comic books 1984-1991
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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 #60970556
Tags: BatmanBatman The Dark Knight Returns (1986) 1-1ST VG 4.0 1st Printing
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 #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 #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 #61127878
Battlemania (1991) 1 CGC 8.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4428320005
Starts Jun 24 With free poster insert. Cover price $2.50.
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Item #59490100
Blue Beetle (1986 DC 1st Series) 1 CBCS 9.0 SS Paris Cullins
Paper: White
Slab: Significant scuff(s) inner well
Verified Signature: Paris Cullins. Sketch on cover. Newsstand Edition.
Label #21-40F4D50-001
Ends Jun 19 6:41 PM CST Bid History 5 bids Current Bid $15 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Scientist and entrepreneur Ted Kord, a.k.a. the Blue Beetle, has a rematch with Firefist, the Incendiary Man, in "Out From The Ashes!" Part 1 of 2, continued next issue. Script by Len Wein, pencils by Paris Cullins, inks by Bruce Patterson. Cullins/Patterson cover. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #60384639
Published Jul 1991 by Cartoon Books.Bone (1991 1st Printing) 1 CBCS 8.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #23-1E55638-001
Ends Jun 19 6:42 PM CST Bid History 20 bids Current Bid $760 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover art by Jeff Smith. Bone, script and art by Jeff Smith; Fone Bone, Smiley Bone and Phoney Bone are run out of Boneville and get separated in the desert; Fone Bone finds his way to the valley. 1st Fone Bone; 1st Smiley Bone; 1st Phoney Bone; 1st Red Dragon; 1st Ted the Bug; 1st Rat Creatures. 1st printing ONLY! Cartoon Books #1-20, Image books #21-27, Cartoon Books #28 and up. This is a first printing. Most issues from #1-12, and possible some beyond, have been reprinted. Reprints may be identified by a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc. printing notice inside the comic. 28 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.
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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 #60368381
Published Dec 1991 by Continuity.Bucky O'Hare (1991) 4A CBCS 9.4 SS Larry Hama
Paper: White
Witnessed Signature: Larry Hama on 12/13/2021. Direct Edition
Label #21-1982DFD-003
Ends Jun 19 6:45 PM CST Bid History 2 bids Current Bid $12 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Direct Edition cover by Andre Coates and Michael Golden. Story by Larry Hama. Art by Michael Golden. Anthropomorphic action-adventure with Bucky O'Hare and the crew of the Righteous Indignation. In pursuit of Jenny, the ship arrives in a strange world; meanwhile, the Storm Toad Death Commandos are unleashed. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.00.
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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 #52053373
Camelot 3000 (1982) 10 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Direct Edition
Label #19-2A91623-036
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Ends Jun 19 6:48 PM CST Bid History 4 bids Current Bid $12 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. As world leaders are slain, Arthur, Tristan, Galahad and Gawain travel off-world to find and free Merlin, and Lancelot asks a favor of Elaine in "Prelude to War!" Script by Mike W. Barr, art by Brian Bolland & Terry Austin. Cover by Bolland. Cover price $1.00.
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Item #59354330
Tags: Iron Man Armor Wars (part 4.2), Marvel Legacy Numbering: Captain America (part 341), The Captain Saga (part 11), Captain America, Iron ManCaptain America (1968 1st Series) 341 FN+ 6.5
Starts Jun 24 Iron Man guests in "Break-In" Story by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Kieron Dwyer and Al Milgrom. Cover by Ron Frenz and Al Milgrom. Steve Rogers pays a visit to Tony Stark's pacific mansion so the two men can discuss their unfinished business from the incident at the Vault. Unfortunately, talking does not resolve anything, so it's Iron Man vs. the Captain! First back up story: "Free Speech" Captain America (aka John Walker) and Battlestar (formerly Bucky) appear at a media event at the Washington Monument. Two former partners of John Walker called Left-Winger and Right-Winger jump on stage and reveal the new Captain America's secret identity. Second back up story: "In Our Midst" The Serpent Society is considering adding four new members to their society; however, Sidewinder does not realize that the prospective members are secretly working for the Viper! When the Viper's infiltrators begin to overrun the Serpent Society's headquarters, Diamondback has no choice but to make a phone call for help... to Captain America's hotline! 32 pages Cover price $0.75.
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Item #59341947
Tags: Bloodstone Hunt (part 4), Marvel Legacy Numbering: Captain America (part 360), Scourge of the Underworld (part 11)Captain America (1968 1st Series) 360 FN+ 6.5
1st app. Crossbones
Starts Jun 24 "Blood in the Sea" Part 4 of 6. Story by Mark Gruenwald and Kieron Dwyer. Art by Kieron Dwyer and Danny Bulanadi. Cover by Kieron Dwyer and Al Milgrom. Off the Bermuda shore, an undersea battle is in progress among Captain America, Batroc, Machete, and Zaran; when suddenly a school of sharks decides to join the action! Meanwhile, Diamondback sneaks on board Baron Zemo's yacht and pilfers two of the bloodstone jewels. At the end of the day, Cap and Diamondback have two of the five bloodstone jewels and Baron Zemo has one. The hunt for the remaining two continues in Egypt. First appearance of Crossbones. Back up story: "Conflagration" Part 3 of the Night of the Scourge. Story by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Mark Bright and Don Hudson. The U.S. Agent battles Scourge, but only one of them will be left standing by night's end! Cover price $1.00.
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Item #61017611
Captain America (1968 1st Series) Mark Jewelers 323MJ VG+ 4.5
Starts Aug 5 Mark Jewelers Advertisement Insert Variant. Marvel 25th Anniversary Cover - 1st appearance of new Super Patriot (US Agent), John Walker in "Super-Patriot is Here." Story by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Paul Neary and John Beatty. Cover by Mike Zeck and Josef Rubinstein. Captain America has received a lot of media attention after his shooting of an Ultimatum terrorist two issues ago. Now a new superhero called the Super-Patriot is trying to take Cap's place as America's patriotic hero. Cameo appearances by the Black Knight and Hercules. 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #57761140
Published Nov 1985 by Marvel/Star Comics.Care Bears (1985 Marvel/Star Comics) 1 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Direct Edition.
Label #21-259A1AC-005
Ends Jun 19 6:49 PM CST Bid History 21 bids Current Bid $70 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Join the Care Bears in their magical home, the incredible land of Care-A-Lot. In this issue, the Care Bears try to find out why hail storms and blizzards are occurring during the summer and ruining everybody's fun and happiness. What is going on? It's all part of an evil plot by Glump. So the Care Bears have to do something about that in "The Plot to Steal Summer." Script by Howard Post and art by Howard Post & Roberta Edelman. Cover price $0.65.
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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 #52043087
Cloak and Dagger (1985 Marvel 2nd Series) 6 CBCS 9.0
Paper: White
Slab: Scuffing on back of case
Direct Edition
Label #19-279A9AA-156
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Ends Jun 19 6:53 PM CST Bid History 2 bids Current Bid $13 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover pencils by Rick Leonardi, inks by Terry Austin. Festival!, script by Bill Mantlo, pencils by Rick Leonardi, inks by Terry Austin; With the help of Mayhem, Cloak and Dagger stop the family from using religious statue to smuggle heroin throughout the city. Announcement of the New Universe coming in the summer by Jim Shooter. 36 pgs. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #58589296
Published Apr 1990 by Dark Horse.Concrete Celebrates Earth Day (1990 Dark Horse) 1 CBCS 9.2
Paper: White
Label #22-05A906D-012
Ends Jun 19 6:55 PM CST Bid History 1 bid Current Bid $1 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. By Paul Chadwick & Charles Vess & Moebius. Cover by Paul Chadwick. On April 22, 1990, the world joined together in an effort to make the population of the Earth aware of the environmental dangers we face. As their contribution to the cause represented by Earth Day 1990, Paul Chadwick, and Dark Horse Comics have joined together to create a unique comic experience- Concrete Celebrates Earth Day. A 32 page full color comic, Concrete Celebrates Earth Day contains new stories featuring Chadwick's Harvey and Eisner award-winning character Concrete, plus stories by artists Moebius and Charles Vess, all designed to heighten our awareness of the environmental problems that threaten us all. It is a comics experience that is not to be missed. FC. Cover price $3.50.
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Item #61054435
Creatures of the ID (1990) 1 FN/VF 7.0
1st app. Madman (aka Frank Einstein)
Starts Jun 24 Stories and art by Jeffrey Lang, Michael Allred and Bernie Mireault. Cover by Allred and Mireault. One-shot anthology includes the first-ever appearance of Frank Einstein, who would later develop into Allred's wacky superhero, Madman. 24 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.
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Item #59229212
Tags: Crisis on Infinite Earths (part 1)Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) 1 FN/VF 7.0
1st app. Alexander Luthor, Pariah
Starts Jun 24 "The Summoning!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez and Dick Giordano. This is it, the biggest, and arguably most important, event in the history of the DCU. A wave of unstoppable destructive force is sweeping across the multiverse and indiscriminately destroying everything in its path. Nothing seems able to stop it. The Crime Syndicate of Amerika (evil versions of the JLA) of Earth-3 die trying, along with their world. Batman receives an ominous warning from the Flash. Weather and natural disasters are out of control. An eclectic group of heroes and villains from around the multiverse are assembled to halt the death and destruction, and the being known as the Monitor may be the only one who can help them. 1st appearance of Alexander Luthor. Featuring the deaths of the Crime Syndicate of Amerika and Lex Luthor of Earth-3. NOTE: What can I say about "Crisis" accept that it's epic, meaningful, engrossing, and grand in scope. As an eleven year old comic fan, I remember being absolutely blown away by this story. Marv Wolfman and George Perez are truly masters of their craft. - Odinson, Lone Star Comics Archivist Cover price $0.75.
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Item #58050805
Tags: Crisis on Infinite Earths (part 3)Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) 3 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Direct Edition.
Label #21-2CD5942-015
Ends Jun 19 6:57 PM CST Bid History 12 bids Current Bid $50 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. "Oblivion Upon Us!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez and Dick Giordano. The heroes of the DCU are only beginning to realize the scope of the danger they are in, and it may already be too late. The Flash inexplicably disappears. The Teen Titans try desperately to curb the death and destruction caused by this cataclysmic event. The Legion of Super-Heroes stand helpless as a wave of anti-matter threatens to sweep over them wiping them and their world from existence forever. Featuring the deaths of the Losers, Nighthawk, and Kid Psycho. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #57296450
Tags: Crisis on Infinite Earths (part 5)Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) 5 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Direct Edition.
Label #21-26F8B76-012
Ends Jun 19 6:57 PM CST Bid History 6 bids Current Bid $23 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. "Worlds in Limbo!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez and Mike DeCarlo. The unthinkable has happened. Harbinger, under the control of the enemy, betrayed her father figure and murdered the Monitor. Now what hope does the multiverse have for survival against the unrelenting wave of anti-matter which is destroying everything in its path? In a desperate attempt to mount a defense Harbinger, Pariah, and Alexander Luther assemble all the remaining heroes of the multiverse. Plus, in a machiavellian move the enemy delivers a devastating attack on the Guardians of the Universe and the Green Lantern Corps. And at last, the diabolical villain behind all the death and destruction stands revealed. 1st appearance of the Anti-Monitor. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #57372543
Tags: Crisis on Infinite Earths (part 7)Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) 7D CBCS 9.8
Paper: White
Direct Edition.
Label #21-26F7CA7-011
Ends Jun 19 6:57 PM CST Bid History 9 bids Current Bid $42 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. 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 #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 #59701613
Tags: Crisis on Infinite Earths (part 7)Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) 7D CBCS 9.2
Paper: White
Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more
Direct Edition.
Label #21-32485F5-008
Ends Jun 19 6:58 PM CST Bid History 9 bids Current Bid $24 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. 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 #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 #56021951
Published Jan 1991 by Continuity.CyberRad (1991 1st Series) 1 CBCS 9.6
Paper: White
Slab: Scuffing on front of case
Label #19-2BC24B4-012
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Ends Jun 19 6:58 PM CST Bid History 1 bid Current Bid $1 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover by Neal Adams. Untitled story, script by Peter Stone, pencils by Terry Shoemaker, Richard Bennett, and Neal Adams (layouts), inks by Richard Bennett; A frightened, confused teenager flees for his life when pursued by a pair of powerful and deadly robots; With no memory of his own identity, he has no idea why theyve chosen him as their target; But what is most surprising is the fact that hes not only surviving their assault, hes actually able to fight back; The resulting battle only raises more questions: Why are they so intent on killing him and whos responsible for their lethal programming?; Is he some kind of robot or cyborg himself?; His attackers seem to know all the answers, which only makes his situation worse; If the youth doesnt fight back, hell definitely die; But if he succeeds in defeating his attackers, he may never learn the answers he so desperately needs. 36 pgs., full color. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.
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Item #56021946
Published Apr 1991 by Continuity.CyberRad (1991 1st Series) 2A CBCS 9.8
Paper: White
Slab: Scuffing on front of case
Label #19-2BC24B4-017
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Ends Jun 19 6:58 PM CST Bid History 1 bid Current Bid $1 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Direct Edition painted cover by Matt Busch. CyberRad Terminated. Story by Neal Adams and Peter Stone. Art by Terry Shoemaker, Richard Bennett and Neal Adams. An amnesiac teen flees killer robots, only to find he has the powers to fight back. Simulacrum, the last and deadliest robot, pursues CyberRad into the subway, as Rad's horrified friends and family watch the battle on television. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.00.
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Item #56021936
Published Jun 1991 by Continuity.CyberRad (1991 1st Series) 4 CBCS 9.4
Paper: White
Label #19-2BC24B4-019
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Ends Jun 19 6:59 PM CST Bid History 1 bid Current Bid $1 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. The Reaver tracks down the Radical (CyberRad), but the hero of the book isn't going home without a fight, even when surprise combatants enter the fray in "Night of the Reaver." Written by Peter Stone, layouts by Neal Adams, art by Richard Bennett. Cover price $2.00.
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Item #56021185
Tags: Glow in the Dark CoverPublished Oct 1991 by Continuity.CyberRad (1991 1st Series) 5A CBCS 9.6 Glow in the Dark
Paper: White
Slab: Scuffing on back of case
Label #19-2BC24B4-020
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Ends Jun 19 6:59 PM CST Bid History 1 bid Current Bid $1 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Glow-in-the-dark cover. The Reaver tries to convince CyberRad that he isn't human, and things only get more hairy when CyberRad's creator shows up in "I Am Not A Robot!" Classic line: "You and your funky 'balls' are cruisin' for a bruisin'!" Written by Peter Stone, layouts by Neal Adams, art by Richard Bennett. Cover price $2.00.
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Item #56020941
Published Nov 1991 by Continuity.CyberRad (1991 1st Series) 6 CBCS 9.6
Paper: White
Label #19-2BC24B4-023
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Ends Jun 19 6:59 PM CST Bid History 1 bid Current Bid $1 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. CyberRad follows a burning desire to get home, while Simon Peake and his band put on an explosive show in this untitled tale. Story by Peter Stone, layouts by Neal Adams, art by Richard Bennett. End of tale is a 4-page fold-out. Cover price $2.00.
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Item #60170370
Dakota North (1986 Marvel) 2 CBCS 9.2 SS Larry Hama
Paper: Off white to white
Witnessed Signature: Larry Hama on 12/13/2020. Direct Edition. Label Error: Signature date may be incorrect.
Label #21-1982DFD-007
Ends Jun 19 7:01 PM CST Bid History 2 bids Current Bid $11 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover art by Tony Salmons. Pet Tricks, script by Martha Thomases, art by Tony Salmons; To protect an experimental nerve gas sample hidden in a pen, a retired spy pursued by foreign agents lets Dakota's brother Ricky win the pen from him in a poker game. 36 pgs. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #56296470
Dakota North (1986 Marvel) Canadian Price Variant 1 CBCS 9.6
Paper: White
$.95 Canadian Price Variant.
Label #21-1C2C0F0-002
Ends Jun 19 7:01 PM CST Bid History 3 bids Current Bid $23 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Canadian edition with $.95 cover price - Cover by Tony Salmons. Design for Dying, script by Martha Thomases, art by Tony Salmons; Dakota North is hired to protect a fashion designer from someone who is trying to sabotage his new clothing line. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.95.
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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 #57478316
Published Aug 1989 by Dark Horse.Dark Horse Presents (1986) 34 CBCS 9.2
Paper: Off white
Label #21-22F6136-024
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Ends Jun 19 7:10 PM CST Bid History 3 bids Current Bid $12 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover by Chris Warner. This issue of Dark Horse's premier title features the fantastic climax of Book Two of Leopoldo Duranona's Race of Scorpions, the final episode of the current adventures of Michael Kraiger's radioactive misfit, The Zone, and a special Aliens story by Chris Warner and Randy Stradley that will kick off one of Dark Horse's most exciting projects! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.75.
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Item #57478323
Published Oct 1989 by Dark Horse.Dark Horse Presents (1986) 36A CBCS 9.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #21-22F6136-025
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Ends Jun 19 7:10 PM CST Bid History 5 bids Current Bid $16 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover by Chris Warner. The most eagerly-awaited storyline begins in this month's issue of Dark Horse Presents! They are the galaxy's most deadly alien races; now, the time has come for them to meet at last! It's the Aliens and Predator together in one story! The confrontation of the century brought to you by Randy Stradley and film designer (The Abyss and Robocop II) Phillip Norwood! The story will then continue in a full-color miniseries coming out next month! Also, Paul Guinan and Anina Bennet continue the story of The Heartbreakers--beautiful and deadly clones! Plus, the further "sword and sorcery" adventures of Delia and Celia by Gary Davis! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.95.
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Item #52304069
Published Oct 1989 by Dark Horse.Dark Horse Presents (1986) 36B CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case
Chris Warner Variant.
Label #19-2A9840C-013
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Ends Jun 19 7:10 PM CST Bid History 7 bids Current Bid $31 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover by Chris Warner. The most eagerly-awaited storyline begins in this month's issue of Dark Horse Presents! They are the galaxy's most deadly alien races; now, the time has come for them to meet at last! It's the Aliens and Predator together in one story! The confrontation of the century brought to you by Randy Stradley and film designer (The Abyss and Robocop II) Phillip Norwood! The story will then continue in a full-color miniseries coming out next month! Also, Paul Guinan and Anina Bennet continue the story of The Heartbreakers--beautiful and deadly clones! Plus, the further "sword and sorcery" adventures of Delia and Celia by Gary Davis! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.95.
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Item #52303250
Published Apr 1991 by Dark Horse.Dark Horse Presents (1986) 50 CBCS 9.2
This item's CBCS grade exceeds the top grade in the CGC census, 9.0.
Paper: White
Label #19-2A9840C-015
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Ends Jun 19 7:10 PM CST Bid History 1 bid Current Bid $1 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover by Paul Guinan. Paul Guinan's Heartbreakers have seemingly found the perfect hiding place from the corporate powerbrokers who are after Dr. Therese Sorenson's cloning technology. There's danger afoot amid the distant mining colonies of the Asteroid Belt where the good doctor and her lovely, but deadly, clones lie in waiting. Also, the mysterious Harlequin furthers his search for the missing body of this dead lover. Harlequin is written by Stephen Csutoras and illustrated by Stefano (Kafka) Gaudiano. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.95.
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Item #58539092
Published Oct 1991 by Dark Horse.Dark Horse Presents (1986) 55 CBCS 9.6
Paper: White
Label #22-3F879FE-002
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Ends Jun 19 7:11 PM CST Bid History 2 bids Current Bid $16 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover by Frank Miller. In chapter two of the prelude to John Byrne's The Next Men comic, the mutants wake up in a strange new world and discover everything they thought they knew is wrong! In Homicide, John Arcudi and Gray Morrow give Detective Ford a chance to the book on a ten-year-old case...or not. Then, Cliff Biggers, Brett Brooks and Dave Johnson unleash Earth Boys. What chance do four teenagers have against the untamed universe? Better yet...what chance does the universe have against them?! Finally, "Violent Marv" turns Frank Miller's Sin City upside down in his quest for Goldie's killer. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.25.
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Item #57487546
Published Nov 1991 by Dark Horse.Dark Horse Presents (1986) 56 CBCS 9.6
Paper: White
Label #21-22F6136-027
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Ends Jun 19 7:11 PM CST Bid History 2 bids Current Bid $16 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover by Frank Miller, John Byrne, Paul Guinan and Dave Johnson. DHP's third giant-sized annual promises to be the best one yet! Frank Miller's ongoing adventure series Sin City headlines this all-star issue, which also includes part three of the four-part introduction to The Next Men by John Byrne; a two-part prologue to Aliens: Genocide by writer John Arcudi and artists Tony Atkins and Paul Guinan (Terminator); "Eldgytha," a tale of medieval sex and savagery by Rick Geary (who also provides the issue with a stunning back cover); the wacky adventures of Cliff Biggers, Brett Brooks, and Dave Johnson's Earth Boys; a bizarre case from the private files of The Creep, by John Arcudi and Dale Eaglesham; and misguided sorcery in Jo Duffy and Jo Chacon's Fancies. This is one issue you can't afford to miss. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.
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Item #57934628
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Darkhawk (part 3), Spider-ManDarkhawk (1991 Marvel) 3 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Direct Edition.
Label #21-273838A-007
Ends Jun 19 7:13 PM CST Bid History 4 bids Current Bid $13 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover pencils by Mike Manley. Power Play, script by Danny Fingeroth, pencils by Mike Manley, inks by Ricardo Villagran; Chris practices with his Darkhawk powers, the family tries to manage without the father, and Chris is angry with his friends. Darkhawk walks into a trap and fights Bazin's men and Hobgoblin with Spiderman's help. Darkhawk tries to kill Hobgoblin and Spider-Man tells him off. At home, Chris gets a phone call warning him to "Beware the curse of the Darkhawk". 36 pgs. $1.00. Cover price $1.00.
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Item #55496058
DC Comics Presents (1978 DC) 72 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Direct Edition.
Label #21-2631FE7-006
Ends Jun 19 7:18 PM CST Bid History 11 bids Current Bid $22 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. DC Comics Presents: Superman, the Phantom Stranger and the Joker - "Madness in a Dark Dimension!" Written by Paul Kuppergerg. Art by Alex Saviuk and Dennis Jensen. Cover by Alex Saviuk and Dick Giordano. Superman must once again face the dark power of Maaldor the Darklord! But this time his partner is none other the Clown Prince of Crime himself - the Joker?! Guest-starring the enigmatic Phantom Stranger. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #56744661
DC Comics Presents (1978 DC) 87 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Direct Edition.
Label #21-25C6A17-011
Ends Jun 19 7:18 PM CST Bid History 7 bids Current Bid $41 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. 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 #58050848
DC Comics Presents (1978 DC) 87 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Direct Edition.
Label #21-2CD5942-018
Starts Jun 24 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 #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.