Auctions: comic books September 1971

Batman (1940) 234 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4580659002

Batman stars in the story "Half an Evil" which is the first appearance of the Silver-Age Two Face. Script by Denny O' Neil, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Dick Giordano. Robin stars in the story "Vengeance for a Cop." Script by Mike Friedrich, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Giordano. Reprint: 1964 story "Trail of the Talking Mask" which introduces the "new look" for Batman, symbolized by the addition of an oval around the bat-insignia. Script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Carmine Infantino, and inks by Joe Giella. Letter to the editor from comics writer Bob Rozakis (misspelled "Razakis"). Adams cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Batman (1940) 234 GD- 1.8

1.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached and taped/glued in place.

Batman stars in the story "Half an Evil" which is the first appearance of the Silver-Age Two Face. Script by Denny O' Neil, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Dick Giordano. Robin stars in the story "Vengeance for a Cop." Script by Mike Friedrich, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Giordano. Reprint: 1964 story "Trail of the Talking Mask" which introduces the "new look" for Batman, symbolized by the addition of an oval around the bat-insignia. Script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Carmine Infantino, and inks by Joe Giella. Letter to the editor from comics writer Bob Rozakis (misspelled "Razakis"). Adams cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Daredevil (1964 1st Series) 80 CGC 9.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4727468006

Last 15-cent cover price. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Frank Giacoia. In the Eyes of the Owl, script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Tom Palmer; Mr. Kline sends the Owl after DD; Karen watches in horror as Owl's helicopter with Daredevil trapped inside crashes. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 415 VG 4.0

52-page giant issue. Cover pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Dick Giordano. "Challenge of the Consumer Crusader," script by Frank Robbins, pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Dick Giordano; Batman helps save a consumer advocate from murder and discovers the extortionist who is shielding herself behind his front. "Death Shares the Spotlight!", script by Frank Robbins, art by Don Heck; Continuing from last issue, when taken out on a date by Jason Bard to see the play "Invitation to Murder," the couple soon finds themselves entangled in an attempted murder of Hollywood's "Royal Couple" Robbie and Tiz Marlow; Leaving Jason behind to guard the starlets, Babs goes off to call the police. "The Forbidden Trick!", script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Leonard Starr, story originally printed in Detective Comics #211. "The Case of the Finders Keepers," art by John Prentice, story originally printed in Gangbusters #54. Letter to the editor from Mike W. Barr. Ancient Crime-Detection Methods! fact page. 52 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Green Lantern (1960 2nd Series DC) 85 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4710030002

Giant-size issue. Cover art by Neal Adams. Snowbirds Don't Fly, script by Denny O'Neil, art by Neal Adams; When Oliver is jumped by junkies, he is shocked when one of them shoots him with one of his own arrows; Green Arrow, now teamed with Green Lantern, follows the leads to find the junkies, including the missing Roy Harper, who lets GA assume he has been working undercover; Later, the junkies lead the heroes to an airplane hangar, but help the dealers knock out GL and GA and inject them with drugs. Roy arrives in time to get the messed up duo home; There he tries to explain the attraction of doing drugs, but Green Arrow remains baffled, and is shocked to soon find Roy getting ready to shoot up. The Strange Trial of Green Lantern, script by John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella; Sinestro tries to mind control Hal Jordan; Hal's behavior gets him called before the Green Lantern Corps. 52 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Phantom Stranger (1969 2nd Series) 15 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4710930003

52-page giant. Cover art by Neal Adams. "The Iron Messiah!", script by Len Wein, art by Jim Aparo; John Kweli has returned to Africa to visit his home village, and finds it in conflict with a land developer who is trying to claim the land by any means possible; When diplomacy with the owner of the company doesn't work, John creates the Iron Messiah, a robot based on their tribe's god Chuma, and based on his own personality; Things get complicated when the Iron Messiah develops feelings for John's lover Ororo, however her love is spurned; The Phantom Stranger, who has been watching and helping John whenever there was danger, tries to convince the Iron Messiah to act like a man. "I Battled for the Doom Stone," script by Ed Herron, art by Alex Toth; An explorer discovers that a missing scientist has undergone a fantastic transformation. "Satan's Sextet," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Tony DeZuniga; Dr. Thirteen is asked to stop a group called Satan's Sextet, a musical group that somehow manages to take control of their audiences and make them walk out into the ocean to drown. "I Scout Earth's Strangest Secrets," art by Mort Meskin; Mark Merlin describes three recent cases that he took on in his job as a supernatural investigator. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.