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Blue Beetle (1967 Charlton) 5 FN 6.0

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, David Charles Glanzman and Dick Giordano. The third (or fourth, depending on how you count it) Charlton series to feature the Blue Beetle introduces the Silver Age BB, Ted Kord. In a two-part story, Blue Beetle joins forces with his back-up co-star (and fellow Ditko creation/Watchmen inspiration) The Question, as they take on the menace ominously named the Destroyer of Heroes. The Blue Beetle Faces the Destroyer of Heroes; Prisoner 22; The Critic. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Blue Beetle/Booster Gold Best Friends Forever Print by Kevin Maguire

Signed by the artist. High quality print on heavy stock. 11" x 17"

Blue Bolt (1940-1949) Vol. 3 #1 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Page missing, interrupts art and story.

Edited by Stanley Beaman. Cover by Henry Kiefer. Stories by Bob Davis, John Jordan, Bill O'Connor, Ben Flinton, Leonard Sansone, Henry Kiefer, Mickey Spillane (text story called A Case of Poison Ivy), Ray Gill, Harold DeLay, John Daly, Jack A. Warren, and Alan Mandel. The Great Minko starring Sergeant Spook. Vicious aerial torpedoes threaten The Phantom Sub. Liberty or Death!--Old Cap Hawkins' Tales. Edison Bell escapes from an island in a crude sailing boat. Sub-Zero leaves town for a while, leaving Freezum by himself. Krisko and Jasper are on an island somewhere in the center of the ocean. The White Rider and Cloud face a bank robber named Tito Romero. Blue Bolt battles the Green Sorceress. Mythical history of the city of Antwerp, with commemorative stamps. Short bios of John Daly and Jack Warren. 68 pages, $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Blue Bolt (1940-1949) Vol. 3 #9 FR/GD 1.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Staples replaced. Multiple lateral spine tears. 2" Spine split from top. Water damage. Tape.

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Cover by Al Plastino. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Al Fagaly, Alan Mandel, Jack Warren, John Daly, Bill O'Connor, Ray Gill, Harold DeLay, Henry Kiefer, John Jordan, R. E. MacNeal, Ray Ramsey, Martin Filchock and Eugene L. Pollock. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #33. Former superhero Blue Bolt soars as an aviator hero in WWII. Blue Bolt tackles arsonists with an ulterior motive, in a story inked by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. The Phantom Sub launches an attack on the Japanese mainland itself. Sergeant Spook and his sidekick Jerry battle a plot to enslave the US at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Dick Cole; The Phantom Sub Invades Japan!; Blue Bolt; Old Cap Hawkins True Tales; Fearless Fellers; Krisko & Jasper; Sub-Zero; Edison Bell; Who's a Sissy!; The White Rider: Jail Break; Sergeant Spook; Bluebolts and Nuts. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Blue Bolt (1949) 107 CGC 2.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4055988007

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, John Graham, Larry Antonette and Basil Wolverton. L. B. Cole's Star Publications takes over the Blue Bolt series, and as the superhero craze wanes, Blue Bolt becomes a backup feature to Dick Cole in his own title. A reprint of an early Blue Bolt adventure, featuring the second teaming of Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Blue Bolt's greatest enemy the Green Sorceress reforms, or so she claims. A Spacehawk adventure by Basil Wolverton, as Spacehawk faces the Mountain Lair of Dr. Gore. Sub-Zero Man faces an expedition from the planet Venus and a volcanic menace. Dinosaur cover by L. B. Cole. Blue Bolt; Sub-Zero Man; Cunning; Spacehawk. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Blue Bolt (1949) 115 CGC 4.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4683996001

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and others. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, unofficially called Blue Bolt Weird Tales of Terror. As the horror-comics craze grows, Star shifts the former superhero title to horror and mystery stories. Official indicia title remains Blue Bolt, despite shifting cover titles. The origin of Sergeant Spook, as a dead policeman learns he can still be seen and heard by teenage Jerry, and helps Jerry rid an orphanage of ghosts. A cursed parchment from Tibet kills anyone who reads it. An explorer and his dog seek a shape-shifting Alaskan monster, in a rare sequel to a previous story, "The Ghoul of the North" from issue #113. Cavern of Death; The Parchment of Death; Death from the Skies; Terror in the Fields; Secret of the Moaning Ghosts; The Return of the Ghoul. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Blue Ribbon Comics (1939 MLJ) 10 CGC 2.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4351806004

Cover art by Sam Cooper. Light of Death starring Mr. Justice, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper; hooded bankrobbers use a death ray vehicle. The Sinister Sanitarium starring the dog Rang-A-Tang, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle. The Camera Clue starring Fox, script by Joe Blair, art by Irwin Hasen. Mystery At the Miami Air Race starring Steve Stacey, script by H. A. Biern, art by Nick Zuraw. Riding Shotgun To Greece starring Corporal Collins, script by Abner Sundell, art by Charles Biro. Ty-Gor Goes To School, script Joe Blair, art by Mort Meskin. The Martians Vs. the Barbarians starring Doc Strong, script by Joe Blair, art by George Mandel. The Suez Canal Mission: Part Two starring Loop Logan, script by Joe Blair, art by Frank Volp. To Save a Saracen starring Green Falcon, script by Harry Shorten, art by Roland "Ramona" Patenaude. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Blue Ribbon Comics (1949 St. John) 2 GD 2.0

Interior tearing.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Dana Dutch, Chuck Miller and Warren King. An anthology series from St. John that alternated early romance comics with funny-animal characters from Paul Terry's Terrytoons. Terry wonders why nobody wants to go out with her, and then she learns that Hazel has spread rumors about Terry's reputation in order to win Brad for herself. College librarian Arlene is flattered that star athlete Tommy asks her out, so she postpones with steady Steve, but does Tommy have ulterior motives? Jan sets her sights on co-worker Elmer, but he's smitten with Eve, who already has a boyfriend. Cover by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. Loneliness Made Me a Pickup; I Cheated to Win His Heart; First Aid for a Broken Heart; True Diary Secrets; And Now My Best Friend Calls Me a Love Thief; Jealousy Taught Me to Love. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Blue Ribbon Comics Lot of 10

Issues 1-7, 9, 11, and 13 of Blue Ribbon Comics (1983 Red Circle/Archie). Most will grade in the FN range.

Blueberry GN (1989-1990 Epic) 2-1ST VF 8.0

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Ballad for a Coffin!"

Written by Jean-Michael Charlier. Art and cover by Jean "Moebius" Giraud.

These are the tales of Mike Blueberry, a hard man traveling the lengths of the Old West. He's not frontiers lawman nor is he a legendary outlaw. Blueberry is simply a no nonsense cowboy that does whatever needs to be done to get by.

Originally published in France and Belgium.

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, full color.

Cover price $14.95.

Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders (1950 ME/AC) 13 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation.

Frank Frazetta cover. Stories include the Lemonade Kid in "The Clutching Claws of Terror"; the Ghost Rider in "The Stagecoach for Death"; Red Hawk in "The Land of the Flaming Ground!" (art by Bob Powell); and Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders in "The Mystery of the Maverick Trail" (art by Powell). Cover price $0.10.

Bodyssey GN (1986 Catalan) 1-REP FN+ 6.5

Catalan Edition - 2nd and later printings. Story by Simon Revelstroke. Art and cover by Richard Corben. Famed Heavy Metal and comics artist Corben presents the art from his 1979 portfolio Scenes from the Magic Planet, woven together with new pages and a storyline by his longtime collaborator Revelstroke. The result is a surreal, sometimes absurd exploration of a fantasy world that also includes such iconic Corben works as The Sword, which appeared on the cover of Epic Illustrated #2 way back in 1980, and an 11-page portfolio featuring the warrior Pilgor. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, full color. Mature readers. Cover price $12.95. Cover price $12.95.

Bone (1991 2nd Printing) 12 CGC 8.0

Paper: White

Second Printing.

Label #4623698003

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2nd printing Cover price $2.95.

Bone Holiday Special (1993) 1 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4623698010

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Hero Magazine giveaway. Features an interview with Bone creator Jeff Smith conducted by Frank Kurtz. Cover price $2.95.

Book of Slaughter (2022 Boom) 1C VF/NM 9.0 Mora Virgin 1:10 Variant

Limited 1 for 10 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by James TynionIV. Art by Werther Dell'Edera. Cover by Dan Mora. The future of the Slaughterverse is laid bare by Something is Killing the Children and House of Slaughter creators James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera in the very first SIKTC one-shot special! From the sidelines to the spotlight, Book of Slaughter follows the white mask Maxine Slaughter… but will her loyalties remain where they are, or will she show her true colors? In addition to being a precursor to the upcoming chapters of both series, this special issue features a sizable guidebook that delves into the deep lore of the Order of St. George! 64 pages, full color. Rated Teen Cover price $9.99.

Boys (2006 Wildstorm/Dynamite) 7B VF 8.0

Signed by Garth Ennis. No autograph certification is included.

Cover by Darrick Robertson. by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson The series continues as Butcher takes Wee Hughie to meet the Boys' greatest weapon against the Supes: a man called 'The Legend.' Plus, meet the troubled hero Tek Knight - a man with a problem so unusual you'll have to read this comic to believe it! Cover price $2.99.

Boys (2006 Wildstorm/Dynamite) 7B VF 8.0

Signed by Garth Ennis. No autograph certification is included.

Cover by Darrick Robertson. by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson The series continues as Butcher takes Wee Hughie to meet the Boys' greatest weapon against the Supes: a man called 'The Legend.' Plus, meet the troubled hero Tek Knight - a man with a problem so unusual you'll have to read this comic to believe it! Cover price $2.99.

Boys (2006 Wildstorm/Dynamite) 7B VF 8.0

Signed by Garth Ennis. No autograph certification is included.

Cover by Darrick Robertson. by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson The series continues as Butcher takes Wee Hughie to meet the Boys' greatest weapon against the Supes: a man called 'The Legend.' Plus, meet the troubled hero Tek Knight - a man with a problem so unusual you'll have to read this comic to believe it! Cover price $2.99.

Boys (2006 Wildstorm/Dynamite) 7B VF 8.0

Signed by Garth Ennis. No autograph certification is included.

Cover by Darrick Robertson. by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson The series continues as Butcher takes Wee Hughie to meet the Boys' greatest weapon against the Supes: a man called 'The Legend.' Plus, meet the troubled hero Tek Knight - a man with a problem so unusual you'll have to read this comic to believe it! Cover price $2.99.

Boys (2006 Wildstorm/Dynamite) 7B VF- 7.5

Signed by Garth Ennis. No autograph certification is included.

Cover by Darrick Robertson. by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson The series continues as Butcher takes Wee Hughie to meet the Boys' greatest weapon against the Supes: a man called 'The Legend.' Plus, meet the troubled hero Tek Knight - a man with a problem so unusual you'll have to read this comic to believe it! Cover price $2.99.

Boys (2021 Dynamite) Reprint Edition 1A VF 8.0

Signed by Garth Ennis. No autograph certification is included, however, the cover is silver stamped in the bottom right hand corner.

Dynamite Reprint Edition. Written by Garth Ennis. Art and Cover by Darick Robertson. Need the perfect jumping-on point for The Boys after binging it on Prime? Here you go! Dynamite never actually had the honor of publishing issue #1 of The Boys (we started with #7), but now we're doing it here as a special, limited edition. Don't miss out on where it all began! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. NOTE: Do not confuse with the 2006 Wildstorm printing. Cover price $4.99.

Boys (2021 Dynamite) Reprint Edition 1A VF 8.0

Signed by Garth Ennis. No autograph certification is included, however, the cover is silver stamped in the bottom right hand corner.

Dynamite Reprint Edition. Written by Garth Ennis. Art and Cover by Darick Robertson. Need the perfect jumping-on point for The Boys after binging it on Prime? Here you go! Dynamite never actually had the honor of publishing issue #1 of The Boys (we started with #7), but now we're doing it here as a special, limited edition. Don't miss out on where it all began! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. NOTE: Do not confuse with the 2006 Wildstorm printing. Cover price $4.99.

Boys (2021 Dynamite) Reprint Edition 1A VF 8.0

Signed by Garth Ennis. No autograph certification is included, however, the cover is silver stamped in the bottom right hand corner.

Dynamite Reprint Edition. Written by Garth Ennis. Art and Cover by Darick Robertson. Need the perfect jumping-on point for The Boys after binging it on Prime? Here you go! Dynamite never actually had the honor of publishing issue #1 of The Boys (we started with #7), but now we're doing it here as a special, limited edition. Don't miss out on where it all began! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. NOTE: Do not confuse with the 2006 Wildstorm printing. Cover price $4.99.

Boys (2021 Dynamite) Reprint Edition 1A VF- 7.5

Signed by Garth Ennis. No autograph certification is included, however, the cover is silver stamped in the bottom right hand corner.

Dynamite Reprint Edition. Written by Garth Ennis. Art and Cover by Darick Robertson. Need the perfect jumping-on point for The Boys after binging it on Prime? Here you go! Dynamite never actually had the honor of publishing issue #1 of The Boys (we started with #7), but now we're doing it here as a special, limited edition. Don't miss out on where it all began! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. NOTE: Do not confuse with the 2006 Wildstorm printing. Cover price $4.99.

Boys (2021 Dynamite) Reprint Edition 1A VF- 7.5

Signed by Garth Ennis. No autograph certification is included, however, the cover is silver stamped in the bottom right hand corner.

Dynamite Reprint Edition. Written by Garth Ennis. Art and Cover by Darick Robertson. Need the perfect jumping-on point for The Boys after binging it on Prime? Here you go! Dynamite never actually had the honor of publishing issue #1 of The Boys (we started with #7), but now we're doing it here as a special, limited edition. Don't miss out on where it all began! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. NOTE: Do not confuse with the 2006 Wildstorm printing. Cover price $4.99.

Boys (2021 Dynamite) Reprint Edition 1A FN/VF 7.0

Signed by Garth Ennis. No autograph certification is included, however, the cover is silver stamped in the bottom right hand corner.

Dynamite Reprint Edition. Written by Garth Ennis. Art and Cover by Darick Robertson. Need the perfect jumping-on point for The Boys after binging it on Prime? Here you go! Dynamite never actually had the honor of publishing issue #1 of The Boys (we started with #7), but now we're doing it here as a special, limited edition. Don't miss out on where it all began! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. NOTE: Do not confuse with the 2006 Wildstorm printing. Cover price $4.99.

Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC) 29 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4637655003

Cover by pencils Mike Sekowsky, inks by Murphy Anderson. 2nd appearance of the Justice League of America in "Challenge of the Weapons Master!" Script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bernard Sachs and Joe Giella; Having found an ancient book that appears to indicate that he once defeated the JLA, Xotar travels from 11,960 to the present to test four weapons against the Justice League, in order to determine which weapon will help him defeat the Intersolar Police of his own day; But the JLA counters each of Xotar's weapons and returns him to face justice in his own time. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC) 30 VG+ 4.5

1st appearance of Amazo - Cover by pencils Mike Sekowsky, inks by Murphy Anderson. Third appearance of the Justice League of America in "Case of the Stolen Super-Powers!", script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bernard Sachs; As several JLAers experience a sudden power loss, Flash finds that someone has used powers like theirs to steal a European catfish and a cicada; Snapper suggests the thefts have to do with someone researching immortality, and the JLA splits up to investigate other long-lived creatures; In every case, the JLAers come up against Amazo, who steals their powers, defeats them, and takes them to his creator's lab, where Professor Ivo is preparing an immortality serum; Green Lantern is able to use the weakness of his own ring against Amazo and Ivo, restore the JLA's powers, and defeat the villain. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC) 41 VG+ 4.5

Two center wraps detached at one staple.

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Cover by Mort Meskin. "The Raiders from the Secret World," script by Jack Miller, art by Mort Meskin; Cave and his team come across beings from another dimension who are stealing gold and jewels from our world and selling it in theirs. Do You Know Your Neighbors? public service announcement featuring Buzzy. One-page Mining Lore humor story by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC) 69 CGC 2.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4687374004

Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella. "War of the Cosmic Avenger," script by Bob Haney, art by Win Mortimer; The Time Commander has returned to plague Batman once more, using a near indestructible iron bat harness to trap the Caped Crusader, leading him to summon Green Lantern for help; The Time Commander then gets a hold of the iron bat harness and siphons the energy from Green Lantern's ring that was absorbed by it and uses it to create a device to recreate a creature named Cosmos, created by a Dr. Carruthers, but destroyed thereafter because of its evil nature; Time Commander then sends the creature against Batman and the Green Lantern. Cap's Hobby Hints by Henry Boltinoff. Famous Super-Villains article. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC) 81 CGC 9.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4685376003

Cover by Neal Adams. "But Bork Can Hurt You!", script by Bob Haney, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Dick Giordano and Vince Colletta; When mercenary for hire named Bork arrives in Gotham City and realizes that he's mysteriously invulnerable, he begins a campaign to take over the city, even besting Batman in combat; While Batman is trying to stop Bork and his followers, Batman sends the Flash on a quest to find the source of Bork's power; Flash finds it in a wooden statue carved into Bork's likeness, however it appears to be equally invulnerable; Running it straight through the sun however destroys it; With the source of Bork's power destroyed, Batman is able to defeat him in single combat. Bork is then turned over to the authorities. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Brave and the Bold Lot of 10

Issues 82, 89, 90, 94, 95, 101, 102, 104-106 of Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC). Most will grade in the FR/GD to VG range.

Brave and the Bold Lot of 10

Issues 124, 128, 133, 137, 138, 153, 155, 161, 164, 176 of Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC). Most will grade in the FR/GD to VG/FN range, with #124 grading at PR (INCOMPLETE).

Brave and the Bold Lot of 10

Issues 107-110, 112, 113, 115, 117, 119, 120 of Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC). Most will grade in the FR to GD/VG range.

Brave and the Bold Lot of 10

Issues 71-74, 76, 82, 86, 87, 89, 90 of Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC). Most will grade in the GD- to VG- range.

Brave and the Bold Lot of 10

Issues 115, 121, 122, 124-126, 128, 131-133 of Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC). Most will grade in the GD- to VG/FN range, with #125 grading at PR (INCOMPLETE).

Brave and the Bold Lot of 3

Issues 47, 48, and 49 of Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC). Most will grade in the VG to FN range.

Brave and the Bold Lot of 5

Issues 112, 113, 115-117 of Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC). Most will grade in the GD/VG to VG/FN range.

Brave and the Bold Lot of 9

Issues 41, 50-52, 62, 66, 68-70 of Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC). Most will grade in the FR/GD to GD/VG range.

Brave and the Bold Lot of 9

Issues 70-74, 76, 77, 79, 81 of Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC). Most will grade in the GD/VG to VG/FN range, with #72 grading at PR (INCOMPLETE).

Brides in Love (1956) 12 VG/FN 5.0

Cover oxidation. Water spotting.

Cover by Vince Colletta. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Sal Trapani. Newly married romance, and all the complications that go with it. Laura marries "animal psychologist" Clyde after a whirlwind courtship, and isn't prepared to meet Corky the spider monkey, and all the other exotic animals he shares his home with. Now there's a plot twist we haven't seen before. City girl Sue marries country boy Don, but feels out of place living on a game reserve in the remote wilderness. Edith wants to marry Howard, but his mother doesn't approve. Afraid; On a Pedestal; Wilderness Wife; Mother's Decision. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Buck Rogers Lot of 4

Issues 2, 3, 5, 6 of Buck Rogers (1964 Gold Key). Most will grade in the FN/VF to VF range.

Caliber Presents (1989) 1 VG- 3.5

Heavy cover oxidation.

1st appearance of The Crow. Cover by Tim Vigil. Stories and art by James OBarr, Mark Bloodworth, Tim Vigil, Mark Winfrey, Tim Tyler, and Kyle Garrett. Anthology featuring Caliber artists and characters, as well as stand-alone stories. The first-ever appearance of OBarrs The Crow in Inertia, plus another OBarr story, IO; the sword-and-sorcery strip Cuda; a preview of Bloodworths NightStreets series. 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $1.95.

Cannon (1978 Wallace Wood) 3 FN- 5.5

Staple rust.

Wally Wood's self-published sex and spies strip. Oversize 10-in. x 12-in. album format, 32 pages, black and white. Caution: Adult content. Cover price $4.00.

Cannon (1978 Wallace Wood) 4 FN+ 6.5

Staple rust.

Wally Wood's self-published sex and spies strip. Oversize 10-in. x 12-in. album format, 32 pages, black and white. Caution: Adult content. In this, the final issue of the series, Wood announces in an editorial that this issue was the last book he would self-publish. From Wood's editorial: "...after about two years I'm in the same condition as when I started. Which is to say, broke." The editorial is dated December, 1979. Wood committed suicide two years later. Cover price $4.00.

Captain 3-D (1953 Harvey) 1 VF- 7.5

Includes original 3D glasses, attached.

May or may not contain 3-D glasses. For consignment items, please check individual item notes to see whether the copy offered still has the 3-D glasses intact. "The Man From the World of D," "The Menace of the Living Dolls," and "Iron Hat McGinty and his Destruction Gang." Pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko (tied for third published work with Strange Fantasy 9). Kirby cover pencils, Mort Meskin cover inks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Captain Action Lot of 4

Issues 1-4 of Captain Action (1968 DC National). Most will grade in the GD/VG to VG/FN range.

Captain America #100 Cover Homage Sketch by Ron Williams

Signed by the artist. Pencil and ink on art board. 6" x 9".

Captain America (1968 1st Series) 100 VG- 3.5

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Syd Shores and Joe Sinnott. First issue, continued from Tales of Suspense 99. Origin of Captain America retold, as originally depicted in Avengers #4, in "This Monster Unmasked!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Syd Shores; Baron Zemo orders Agent 13, who is posing as female spy Irma Kruhl, to execute Captain America and Black Panther; Zemo plans to use a solar ray to destroy America; Agent 13, Captain America and Black Pather battle Zemos robot, Destructon. Brief Nick Fury appearance. Cameos by the Avengers and the Sub-Mariner. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Captain America (1968 1st Series) 110 VG- 3.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color Touch.

Cover by Jim Steranko. Rick Jones becomes Cap's partner in "No Longer Alone!", script by Jim Steranko (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), pencils by Jim Steranko, inks by Joe Sinnott; Cap runs across the Hulk on a rampage in NYC; The Hulk escapes and Cap vows Rick must never put himself in danger until the monster can be tamed. Back at Avengers Mansion Rick finds Bucky Barnes' old uniform, and rejects Cap's protests against wearing it; After putting him off for years, Cap finally accepts Rick officially as his new partner; Almost immediately they uncover a plot by HYDRA to contaminate the city's water supply. After a series of battles the HYDRA goons are driven off, and Cap tells Rick he survived his "baptism of fire" like a man. 36 pgs., full color. NOTE: 1st appearance of Madame Hydra Cover price $0.12.