Auctions: comic books March 1974

Crypt of Shadows (1973) 9 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4661885008

Last 20-cent issue. Cover art by Russ Heath and Mike Esposito (alterations). All reprints: The Haunting of Sleepy Hollow! (from Uncanny Tales 22), pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; A man tries to get rid of his rival by frightening him as the Headless Horseman, but the other guy has the same idea and succeeds in getting his rival committed to an asylum. Tomorrow! (from Marvel Tales 138); A man is offered a job by a strange organization that gives him glasses that can see 24 hours into the future, and he must report all accidents he sees so that they can be averted. Beyond Death! (from Mystic 30), art by Chuck Winter. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Frankenstein (1973 Marvel) 9 FN+ 6.5

The monster/Dracula battle continues in "The Vampire Killers!" Script by Gary Friedrich, pencils by John Verpoorten, inks by John Verpoorten. Back-up story, "Seeing Eye." C.A. Winter art. The letter contains a Marvle Value Stamp, Series A # 68 (Son of Satan). Tom Palmer cover inks. Cover price $0.20.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 19 FN/VF 7.0

Spider-Man and Ka-Zar in "The Coming of Stegron the Dinosaur Man!" Part 1 of 2. Script by Len Wein. Pencils by Gil Kane. Inks by Mike Esposito and Frank Giacoia. Cover by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia. Spider-Man and Ka-Zar battle Stegron in the Savage Land. First appearance of Stegron. (The wall-crawler previously visited the Savage Land in Amazing Spider-Man 104. This issue was reprinted in Marvel Treasury Edition 22. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp Series A #90 Hercules.) Note: First appearance of Stegron. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20.

Sandman (1974 DC) 1A CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4682765014

1st Bronze Age Sandman. Last Simon & Kirby collaboration. Cover by Jack Kirby and Frank Giacoia. General Electric, script by Joe Simon, art by Jack Kirby and Mike Royer; When a boy named Jed Walker has a strange dream of a drowning man who appears in reality to give him an evil little doll, it spurs the Sandman to emerge from the Dream Stream into the real world to stop the plans of General Electric. Article on memory and dreams by Alan Asherman. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Werewolf by Night (1972 1st Series) 15 VG+ 4.5

Marvel Value Stamp. Cover art by Mike Ploog. Death Of A Monster!, script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Mike Ploog, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; Flashback reveals how Baron Russoff became a Werewolf and began the curse on his family; In the present, Dracula attacks Jack and Topaz to retrieve a book that belonged to the Baron. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.