Auctions: comic books April 1992, graded by CGC

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 361A.D CGC 9.6 1st Printing

Paper: White

Label #4379834008

Direct Edition. First (full) appearance of Carnage in "Savage Genesis!" Part 1 of 3. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by Mark Bagley. Inks by Randy Emberlin. Cover by Mark Bagley and Randy Emberlin. Blood runs in the streets as a serial killer roams New York City! And as the web-slinger investigates the murders, he notices a very disturbing similarity to another killer's modus operandi! In a burned-out building in Brooklyn, the spectacular one comes face-to-face with his new homicidal foe...Carnage! Can the wall-crawler end Cletus Kasady's rampage in their very first encounter? Cameo appearances by Aunt May and Mary Jane Watson. Flashback cameo by Venom. (Note: This three-part story was reprinted in 2011 in the trade paperback: Spider-Man -- The Vengeance of Venom.) 36 pages, full color. $1.25 cover price. NOTE: Most of these were distributed with slight printer tears in the bottom edge of the cover. Cover price $1.25.

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 361A.N CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition

Label #4390676025

Newsstand Edition. First (full) appearance of Carnage in "Savage Genesis!" Part 1 of 3. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by Mark Bagley. Inks by Randy Emberlin. Cover by Mark Bagley and Randy Emberlin. Blood runs in the streets as a serial killer roams New York City! And as the web-slinger investigates the murders, he notices a very disturbing similarity to another killer's modus operandi! In a burned-out building in Brooklyn, the spectacular one comes face-to-face with his new homicidal foe...Carnage! Can the wall-crawler end Cletus Kasady's rampage in their very first encounter? Cameo appearances by Aunt May and Mary Jane Watson. Flashback cameo by Venom. (Note: This three-part story was reprinted in 2011 in the trade paperback: Spider-Man -- The Vengeance of Venom.) 36 pages, full color. $1.25 cover price. NOTE: Most of these were distributed with slight printer tears in the bottom edge of the cover. Cover price $1.25.

Deathlok (1991 1st Series) 10 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4014323003

Cover art by Denys Cowan. Wake Up! It's Time To Die!, script by Gregory Wright, pencils by Denys Cowan, inks by Mike Manley; While the damaged cyborg Deathlok body battles the Ghost Rider, Michael Collins manages to free his soul from Nightmare's realm; Collins re-merges his mind into the Deathlok body ending his fight with the Ghost Rider. 36 pgs. $1.75. Cover price $1.75.