Auctions: comic books April 1971
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Item #60932637
Tags: Aquaman/Sub-Mariner Crossover (part 1), AquamanAquaman (1962 1st Series) 56 VF 8.0
Ends May 27 6:21 PM CST Bid History 6 bids Current Bid $32 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover art by Nick Cardy. The Creature that Devoured Detroit!, script by Steve Skeates, art by Jim Aparo; while waiting to appear on a talk show, Aquaman learns that Detroit is being covered by algae from Lake Erie. The Cave of Death!, script by Steve Skeates, art by Jim Aparo; Aquagirl rescues a kid playing near a cave. Last 15c cover-priced issue. NOTE: Next issue, #57, isn't published until Sept. 1979. 36 pgs. $0.15. NOTE: Aquaman #56 and Sub-Mariner #72 is the infamous hidden DC/Marvel crossover! Writer Steve Skeates, unbeknownst to the editorial staffs of Marvel and DC, creates the very first intercompany crossover between the Big Two. Aquaman battles a creature that at the end of the issue explodes in outer space. A few years later, the very same creature emerges in the Marvel Universe from an explosion in outer space. This has to be one of the most underrated and coolest hidden gems in Comics History. – Odinson, Lone Star Comics Archivist Cover price $0.15.
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Item #60018842
Tags: BatmanBatman (1940) 230 CGC 8.5
Paper: Off white
Label #4213359013
Starts Jul 6 Cover pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Dick Giordano. "Take-Over of Paradise!", script by Frank Robbins, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Dick Giordano; Batman disrupts violent protests and organizes the young people on the streets in order to put them on the right path protest; After a new housing project is announced, they commit violence again. Robin the Boy Wonder in "Danger Comes A-Looking!", script by Mike Friedrich, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Dick Giordano; Robin discovers who bombed the ROTC building on Hudson University. Letter to the editor from comics writer and DC "Answer Man" Bob Rozakis. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.
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Item #60932687
Tags: BatmanBatman (1940) 230 FN- 5.5
Ends May 27 6:29 PM CST Bid History 4 bids Current Bid $34 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Dick Giordano. "Take-Over of Paradise!", script by Frank Robbins, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Dick Giordano; Batman disrupts violent protests and organizes the young people on the streets in order to put them on the right path protest; After a new housing project is announced, they commit violence again. Robin the Boy Wonder in "Danger Comes A-Looking!", script by Mike Friedrich, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Dick Giordano; Robin discovers who bombed the ROTC building on Hudson University. Letter to the editor from comics writer and DC "Answer Man" Bob Rozakis. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.
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Item #60970712
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Captain America (part 136), Print Run StatisticsCaptain America (1968 1st Series) 136 FN/VF 7.0
Starts May 27 Cover pencils by John Buscema, inks by John Verpoorten. The origin of the Mole Man is retold in "The World Below," script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Bill Everett; SHIELD agents believe Captain America is dead after he and a huge gorilla (actually SHIELD biochemist Dr. Erik Gorbo) fall into a huge hole in the Earth; Their fall is slowed and halted by an anti-gravity beam wielded by the Mole-Man; Gorbo relates to the villain because they are both outcasts because of their appearance; The Mole-Man and his minions capture Cap and the gorilla; Gorbo dies, reverts to human, and confesses that he lied to start a war. Brief appearances by Nick Fury, Sharon Carter, and Tony Stark (Iron Man). The letters page contains a statement of ownership - average print run, 395,862; average paid circulation, 225,651. 36 pgs., full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.
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Item #60932883
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Daredevil (part 75), DaredevilDaredevil (1964 1st Series) 75 VG 4.0
Staple rust with migration.
Ends May 27 7:00 PM CST Bid History 3 bids Current Bid $6 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover pencils by Marie Severin, inks by Herb Trimpe. First appearance of El Condor in Now Rides the Ghost of El Condor!, script by Gerry Conway, art by Gene Colan; Matt and Foggy are in South America when they get embroiled in a revolution started by El Condor. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.15. Cover price $0.15.
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Item #60876001
Mister Miracle (1971 1st Series) 1 CBCS 6.5
1st app. Mr. Miracle
Paper: White
Label #20-3084086-005
Starts Jun 10 "Murder Missile Trap." Elite soldier Scott Free escapes Apokolips and comes to Earth, where he assumes the role of Mister Miracle. Inspired by the real world exploits of Jim Steranko, who was a magician and escape artist prior to his career in comics, Mister Miracle was created by the great Jack Kirby for his epic Fourth World saga. Script, pencils, and cover by Jack Kirby. Inks by Vince Colletta. Cover price $0.15.