Auctions: comic books 1980-1989, graded by CGC
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Item #60814287
Voltron (1985 Modern) 1D CGC 9.4
Paper: White
Label #4403191021
Starts Jul 29 Direct Edition. "Will Power!" Written by Henry Vogel. Art by Dick Ayers. The sinister Prince Lotor and the cruel witch Haggar conceive a diabolical plot to mind control the leader of the Voltron Force, Keith. Can Keith resist their evil power or is this the end of Voltron?! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #60814306
Voltron (1985 Modern) 1D CGC 9.4
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4403191017
Starts Jul 22 Direct Edition. "Will Power!" Written by Henry Vogel. Art by Dick Ayers. The sinister Prince Lotor and the cruel witch Haggar conceive a diabolical plot to mind control the leader of the Voltron Force, Keith. Can Keith resist their evil power or is this the end of Voltron?! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #60534403
Watchmen (1986) 1 CGC 9.4
1st app. Rorshcach, Ozymandias, Dr. Manhattan, Silk Spectre, Nite Owl
Paper: White
Label #4156963001
Starts Jul 6 Alan Moore's classic take on the superhero genre. Widely considered to be one of the greatest stories in modern comics history. Art by Dave Gibbons. 1st appearance Rorschach, Ozymandias, Dr. Manhattan, Silk Spectre & Nite Owl. Death of the Comedian. Cover price $1.50.
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Item #61094749
Tags: Spider-ManWeb of Spider-Man (1985 1st Series) 1D CGC 8.5 Vess Direct Variant
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4423577003
Starts Jun 24 Direct Edition. "Til Death Do Us Part!" Story by Louise Simonson. Art by Greg LaRocque and Jim Mooney. Painted cover by Charles Vess. The alien symbiote (aka black costume) ambushes Peter Parker while he is getting dressed. Now Spider-Man must battle the black costume and the new Vulturions on his way to the Baxter Building! Meanwhile, Aunt May laments Peter's decision to drop out of graduate school. (Note: The Web of Spiderman series essentially replaced the Marvel Team-Up title as Marvel's third regular series featuring Spider-Man.) 32 pages Cover price $0.65.
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Item #61123264
Tags: Spider-ManWeb of Spider-Man (1985 1st Series) 32N CGC 9.2
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition
Label #4320322001
Starts Jul 22 Newsstand Edition. Kraven's Last Hunt - Part 4 of 6 - "Resurrection" Story by J. M. DeMatteis. Art by Mike Zeck and Bob McLeod. Story continues from Spectacular Spiderman 131. Spider-Man finally awakens from his drug-induced coma and busts out of his coffin! Peter quickly returns to his wife, Mary Jane, who has not seen him in two weeks. Meanwhile, Kraven has been committing crimes in New York City, while dressed as Spider-Man. Story continues in Amazing Spiderman 294. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #60819310
What If (1977 1st Series) 31 CGC 9.8
Top CGC census grade for this issue.
Paper: White
Label #4408016014
Starts Jul 6 Cover pencils by Bob Budiansky, inks by Bob Wiacek. "What If Wolverine Had Killed the Hulk?", script by Rich Margopoulos, pencils by Bob Budiansky, inks by Mike Esposito; Wolverine kills the Hulk and joins Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants; Co-starring the X-Men, Magneto, and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants; Cameos by Spider-Man, the Avengers, Daredevil, the Fantastic Four, and the Sentinels; Based on The Incredible Hulk #181. Dungeons & Dragons ad. "What If There Was No Fantastic Four?", script by Roger Stern (based on a plot by Bill Mantlo), pencils by Alan Kupperberg, inks by Frank Giacoia; The Thing never joins the team which has repercussions throughout the Marvel Universe. "Daredevil's Longest Fight!" ad for Hostess Fruit Pies. 52 pgs. Cover price $1.00.
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Item #58849002
Tags: X-MenWolverine (1982 Limited Series) 1D CGC 9.8
Paper: White
Label #4188704005
Starts Jul 6 Direct Edition. 1 of 4 Featuring Wolverine in his first solo series fighting in Japan. "Wolverine." Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Joe Rubinstein. Miller/Rubinstein cover. Back cover MegaForce ad with art by William Stout. Cover price $0.60.
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Item #61054726
Tags: X-MenWolverine (1982 Limited Series) 1N CGC 9.2
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition.
Label #4418460002
Starts Jun 24 Newsstand Edition. 1 of 4 Featuring Wolverine in his first solo series fighting in Japan. "Wolverine." Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Joe Rubinstein. Miller/Rubinstein cover. Back cover MegaForce ad with art by William Stout. Cover price $0.60.
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Item #61127837
Tags: X-MenWolverine (1982 Limited Series) 2D CGC 9.2
Paper: White
Label #4427612025
Starts Jun 24 Direct Edition. Wolverine fights ninjas in Japan in "Debts and Obligations." Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Joe Rubinstein. Miller/Rubinstein cover. Cover price $0.60.
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Item #60818424
Wolverine (1988 1st Series) 1D CGC 9.8
Paper: White
Label #1159502021
Starts Jun 24 Direct Edition. Part 1 of 3 - "Swordquest!" Written by Chris Claremont. Art by John Buscema and Klaus Janson. Wolvie slices through a pile of pirate slavers, and on his way to Mandripoor discovers a plot by the Black Blade to obtain the legendary Muramasa Sword. John Byrne art on back cover. NOTE: 1st appearance of Wolverine as Patch. Cover price $1.50.
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Item #60818425
Wolverine (1988 1st Series) 1D CGC 9.8
Paper: White
Label #1159502022
Starts Jul 22 Direct Edition. Part 1 of 3 - "Swordquest!" Written by Chris Claremont. Art by John Buscema and Klaus Janson. Wolvie slices through a pile of pirate slavers, and on his way to Mandripoor discovers a plot by the Black Blade to obtain the legendary Muramasa Sword. John Byrne art on back cover. NOTE: 1st appearance of Wolverine as Patch. Cover price $1.50.
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Item #61068170
Wolverine (1988 1st Series) 1D CGC 9.8
Paper: White
Label #0280992020
Starts Jul 6 Direct Edition. Part 1 of 3 - "Swordquest!" Written by Chris Claremont. Art by John Buscema and Klaus Janson. Wolvie slices through a pile of pirate slavers, and on his way to Mandripoor discovers a plot by the Black Blade to obtain the legendary Muramasa Sword. John Byrne art on back cover. NOTE: 1st appearance of Wolverine as Patch. Cover price $1.50.
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Item #61007853
Wolverine (1988 1st Series) 6 CGC 9.8
Top CGC census grade for this issue.
Paper: White
Label #4412913024
Starts Jun 24 "Roughhouse!" Written by Chris Claremont. Art by John Buscema and Al Williamson. At the royal palace, Wolverine takes on the behemoth Roughhouse and the deadly Bloodsport in an effort to save innocent lives. Just as things escalate to the point of no return, the Mandripoor Prince arrives in town. Todd McFarlane art on back cover. 32 pages, FC Cover price $1.50.
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Item #60603711
Wolverine (1988 1st Series) 8D CGC 9.6
Paper: White
Label #4375432008
Starts Jul 6 Direct Edition. Part 2 of 2 - "If It Ain't Broke...!" Guest-starring the Incredible Hulk. Written by Chris Claremont. Art by John Buscema . In a humorous turn of events, using the Hulk's brute strength to do his dirty work for him, Wolverine tricks the Grey Goliath into trashing Coy's slave ring and cocaine operation. Rob Liefeld art on back cover. Cover price $1.50.
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Item #61134586
Wolverine (1988 1st Series) 8D CGC 9.6
Paper: White
Label #4424959019
Starts Jul 22 Direct Edition. Part 2 of 2 - "If It Ain't Broke...!" Guest-starring the Incredible Hulk. Written by Chris Claremont. Art by John Buscema . In a humorous turn of events, using the Hulk's brute strength to do his dirty work for him, Wolverine tricks the Grey Goliath into trashing Coy's slave ring and cocaine operation. Rob Liefeld art on back cover. Cover price $1.50.
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Item #60603704
Wolverine (1988 1st Series) 8D CGC 9.4
Paper: White
Label #4375432006
Starts Jul 6 Direct Edition. Part 2 of 2 - "If It Ain't Broke...!" Guest-starring the Incredible Hulk. Written by Chris Claremont. Art by John Buscema . In a humorous turn of events, using the Hulk's brute strength to do his dirty work for him, Wolverine tricks the Grey Goliath into trashing Coy's slave ring and cocaine operation. Rob Liefeld art on back cover. Cover price $1.50.
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Item #60534924
Wolverine (1988 1st Series) 8N CGC 9.4
Paper: White
Label #4014901005
Starts Jul 6 Newsstand Edition. Part 2 of 2 - "If It Ain't Broke...!" Guest-starring the Incredible Hulk. Written by Chris Claremont. Art by John Buscema . In a humorous turn of events, using the Hulk's brute strength to do his dirty work for him, Wolverine tricks the Grey Goliath into trashing Coy's slave ring and cocaine operation. Rob Liefeld art on back cover. Cover price $1.50.
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Item #60605319
Wolverine (1988 1st Series) 10D CGC 9.8
1st battle with Sabretooth
Paper: White
Label #4375387015
Starts Jul 6 Direct Edition. "Hours!" Written by Chris Claremont. Art by John Buscema and Bill Sienkiewicz. Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz. On his birthday, Logan reflects on the murder of Silver Fox, the woman he loved, and Sabretooth, the man that murdered her! Featuring one of the earliest and most brutal battles between these two hated arch enemies. Kent Williams art on back cover (last back cover pin-up). Cover price $1.50.
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Item #60814918
Wolverine (1988 1st Series) 10D CGC 9.4
1st battle with Sabretooth
Paper: White
Label #4403190011
Starts Jun 24 Direct Edition. "Hours!" Written by Chris Claremont. Art by John Buscema and Bill Sienkiewicz. Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz. On his birthday, Logan reflects on the murder of Silver Fox, the woman he loved, and Sabretooth, the man that murdered her! Featuring one of the earliest and most brutal battles between these two hated arch enemies. Kent Williams art on back cover (last back cover pin-up). Cover price $1.50.
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Item #61134592
Wolverine (1988 1st Series) 10N CGC 9.6
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition
Label #4424959018
Starts Jul 22 Newsstand Edition. "Hours!" Written by Chris Claremont. Art by John Buscema and Bill Sienkiewicz. Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz. On his birthday, Logan reflects on the murder of Silver Fox, the woman he loved, and Sabretooth, the man that murdered her! Featuring one of the earliest and most brutal battles between these two hated arch enemies. Kent Williams art on back cover (last back cover pin-up). Cover price $1.50.
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Item #60982343
Wolverine (1988 1st Series) 17 CGC 8.0
Paper: White
Label #4402776005
Starts Jun 24 Part 1 of 7 - "Basics!" Daredevil cameo. Written by Archie Goodwin. Art by John Byrne and Klaus Janson. There's a new crime boss in town, the cyborg Geist. This mysterious new villain has brought with him a lethal new kind of cocaine and he has captured Wolverine's erstwhile sparring partner Roughhouse in order to test it. 32 pages, FC Cover price $1.50.
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Item #60600298
Tags: Wonder WomanWonder Woman (1987 2nd Series) 1A CGC 9.8 SS Perez/ Gadot
Top CGC census grade for this issue.
Paper: White
Signed by George Perez on 12/10/16 and Gal Gadot on 12/9/17.
Label #1323180007
Starts Jul 6 In this post-Crisis On Infinite Earths re-imagining of the Wonder Woman mythos, Diana is born of clay, growing on Paradise Island to become the champion of the Amazons. "The Princess And The Power!" Part 1 of 6, continued next issue. Script by Greg Potter, co-plot and pencils by George Perez, inks by Bruce Patterson. Perez inks first 2 pages and the final page. Wrap-around cover. No ads. 32-page story. Perez cover. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #61127927
Tags: Wonder WomanWonder Woman (1987 2nd Series) 1A CGC 9.4
Paper: White
Label #4428711002
Starts Jun 24 In this post-Crisis On Infinite Earths re-imagining of the Wonder Woman mythos, Diana is born of clay, growing on Paradise Island to become the champion of the Amazons. "The Princess And The Power!" Part 1 of 6, continued next issue. Script by Greg Potter, co-plot and pencils by George Perez, inks by Bruce Patterson. Perez inks first 2 pages and the final page. Wrap-around cover. No ads. 32-page story. Perez cover. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #60215094
Tags: X-MenX-Factor (1986 1st Series) 5 CGC 8.0
1st app. Apocalypse (cameo)
Paper: White
Label #4354346014
Starts Jun 24 "Tapped Out!" Part 1 of 2. 1st appearance of Apocalypse (shadowed cameo). Story by Bob Layton. Art by Jackson Guice and Joe Rubinstein. Cover by Ron Frenz and Joe Rubinstein. It's a classic super-hero/super-villain throw-down when X-Factor must battle the Alliance of Evil (Frenzy, Tower, Stinger, and Timeshadow) for the life of a mutant. Featuring a new menace by the name of Apocalypse, an evil mutant who will become a major thorn in the sides of the X-Men and X-Factor. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #60660029
Tags: X-MenX-Factor (1986 1st Series) 6D CGC 9.4
1st full app. Apocalypse
Paper: White
Label #0167469002
Starts Jun 24 Direct Edition. "Apocalypse Now!" Part 2 of 2. 1st full appearance of Apocalypse. Story by Louise Simonson. Art by Jackson Guice and Bob McLeod. Cover by Ron Frenz and Joe Rubinstein. Cyclops begins to worry that the group's X-Factor ads are fueling mutant paranoia among humans. Plus, the last time X-Factor fought the Alliance of Evil they were soundly defeated. Can they take down their adversaries in time to save the life of a fellow mutant, before it's too late? And, witness the fury and power of Apocalypse, a mutant tyrant who believes in a world where only the strong survive. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #61123260
Tags: Fall of The Mutants (part 9)X-Factor (1986 1st Series) 24D CGC 9.2
1st full app. Archangel
Paper: White
Label #4320308011
Starts Jul 22 Direct Edition. Fall of the Mutants! Part 1 of 3. "Masks!" 1st full appearance of Archangel. Story by Louise Simonson. Art by Walter Simonson and Bob Wiacek. One of the biggest mutant events to ever hit the comic racks begins here. The powerful mutant known as Apocalypse finally makes his move and unleashes his Four Horseman on an unsuspecting world. The only thing standing between humanity and total annihilation is X-Factor. However when the fourth and final Horseman, Death, reveals his true identity, the group will be rocked to its very core. This is a pivotal chapter in the lives of the original X-Men. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #61052478
X-Factor (1986 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 6 CGC 7.5 Restored
1st full app. Apocalypse
Restored: B1
Paper: White
Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. Canadian Price Variant.
Label #4418460009
Starts Jun 24 Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. "Apocalypse Now!" Part 2 of 2. 1st full appearance of Apocalypse. Story by Louise Simonson. Art by Jackson Guice and Bob McLeod. Cover by Ron Frenz and Joe Rubinstein. Cyclops begins to worry that the group's X-Factor ads are fueling mutant paranoia among humans. Plus, the last time X-Factor fought the Alliance of Evil they were soundly defeated. Can they take down their adversaries in time to save the life of a fellow mutant, before it's too late? And, witness the fury and power of Apocalypse, a mutant tyrant who believes in a world where only the strong survive. Cover price $0.95.
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Item #61024692
Tags: X-MenX-Terminators (1988) 1N CGC 9.0
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition.
Label #4418462018
Starts Jul 22 Newsstand Edition. Story by Louise Simonson. Art by Jon Bogdanove and Al Milgrom. Inferno begins. Part Al Williamson inks. Inferno Cover price $1.00.
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Item #61024689
Tags: X-MenX-Terminators (1988) 2N CGC 9.4
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition.
Label #4418462017
Starts Jul 22 Newsstand Edition. Inferno. Story by Louise Simonson. Art and Cover by Jon Bogdanove and Al Milgrom. Cover price $1.00.