Auctions: comic books June 1975

Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 439 CGC 8.0

Paper: White

Label #4208843002

Cover art by Jim Aparo. The Voice That Doomed... the Spectre, script by Michael Fleisher, art by Jim Aparo; After the Spectre concludes a grim case involving terrorists, his alter-ego has a long discussion with Gwen, and, that evening, Jim prays that his mission as the Spectre be ended and he be granted life again; The next day he discovers, when confronting some criminals, that his wish has been granted......and it nearly costs him his life! Father Time's Inn! starring Green Arrow and Speedy, script by Joe Samachson, art by Lee Elias. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Batman (1940) 264 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4627587001

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Cover art by Dick Giordano. Hostess Fruit Pies ad starring Superman, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Vince Colletta. Death of a Daredevil starring Batman, script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Ernie Chan (as Ernie Chua), inks by Dick Giordano. Batman must find Al "Devil" Dayre, who has been kidnapped. Letter to the editor from Peter Sanderson. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

FOOM (1973 Marvel) 10 CGC 6.0

Paper: White

Subscription label attached to back cover.

Label #4228299018

This issue has an article which features the All-New, All-Different X-Men that predates their first official appearance in Giant-Size X-Men #1. Illustrations by Jack Kirby (original design for the Sentinels), Dave Cockrum (Storm sketch), Don Maitz (centerspread pin-up of the original and new X-Men), Val Mayerik, and Bob Budainsky. Good quality photos of Stan Lee, Neal Adams, Herb Trimpe, Doug Moench, Marie Severin, Howard Chaykin, Roy Thomas, Marv Wolfman, Joe Sinnott, Len Wein, and Scott Edelman. Cockrum cover.

Giant Size Invaders (1975) 1 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4506252005

"The Coming of the Invaders!" Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Frank Robbins and Vince Colletta. Long before the Avengers, there were the Invaders. Captain America, the world's first super soldier, Prince Namor, the world's first mutant, and the Human Torch, the world's first android, and their sidekicks Bucky and Toro to form the Invaders. The greatest heroes of the Golden Age unite to win World War II and take down the Axis Powers once and for all. Their first mission: the Invaders race against the clock to save the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill, from an assassination plot. NOTE: 1st appearance of Master Man. 68 pages, FC. Cover price $0.50.

Man-Thing (1974 1st Series) 18 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4644549015

"Chaos on the Campus!" Written by Steve Gerber. Art by Jim Mooney. A city in flames! Chaos in the streets! The final fate of the viking! A fear-fraught finale that leads into a macabre new beginning! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.25.

Marvel Premiere (1972) 22 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4657809014

Cover pencils by Gil Kane. Death Is a Ninja, script by Tony Isabella, pencils by Arvell Jones, inks by Aubrey Bradford; The Ninja transports Iron Fist to a mystic dimension where they can battle to the death in peace; He regales Danny with his origin story, his ties to K'un-Lun and how he was trapped in the Sacred Volume of Kali for many years; Iron Fist destroys the Ninja and returns to Earth to find the police mopping up the Kara-Kai death cult; Danny is cleared of Harold Meachum's death but feels lost as his vengeance against his parents' murderer is complete and he cannot return home to K'un-Lun for nine more years; 1st appearance of Master Khan. Letter to the editor from comics writer Ralph Macchio. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Spirit (1974 Warren Magazine/Kitchen Sink) 8 CGC 9.8 Suscha News

Paper: White

Suscha News.

Label #1029887005

Female Foes issue. Published by Warren for the first 16 issues (and by Kitchen Sink beginning with 17), The Spirit reprints Will Eisner's groundbreaking work from the 1940s and '50s. This issue includes the following stories: Women's Club by Eisner (text article); Sand Saref by Eisner; Bring in Sand Saref by Eisner; Thorne Strand by Eisner; A Slow Ship to Shanghai by Eisner; Assignment: Paris by Eisner and Andre LeBlanc; A Pot O' Gold by Eisner, Jules Feiffer, and Jerry Grandenetti; Satin by Eisner and Feiffer; and Visitor by Eisner. Cover price $1.25.

Strange Tales (1951 1st Series) 180 CGC 6.0 SS

Paper: Off white to white

Signed by Jim Starlin on 9/8/18

Label #1612354002

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Cover art by Jim Starlin. "The Judgment!", script by Jim Starlin (as Sam Jiltirn), pencils by Jim Starlin, inks by Jim Starlin (as J.L. Minirats) and Alan Weiss; While battling a couple of the Black Knights the Soul Gem almost takes control again and Warlock decides, that he must destroy it, however as he takes it off Warlock collapses and realizes, that he can no longer exist without the Gem as it has been sucking out Warlock's Soul in the last three Years thus becoming his life force; The Matriarch wants to make a Slave out of Warlock now instead of killing him; After trying to remove the Gem Warlock is invited by the Matriarch to the Sacred Palace, an obvious trap, but since she claims, that she knew that the gem would become a danger even to Warlock himself, Warlock decides to accept the invitation and ditches; Pip First appearance of Gamora. Spider-Man stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "The Trap." 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

Tales of Ghost Castle (1975) 1 CGC 9.6

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4640504004

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Cover art by Ernie Chan (as Ernie Chua). Framing sequence script by Paul Levitz, art by Nestor Redondo. "A Child's Garden of Graves," script by Paul Levitz, art by Ruben Yandoc (as Rubeny); An adopted girl murders her new brother and sister and buries them in her garden. "A Soul A Day Keeps the Devil Away," script by Paul Levitz, art by Quico Redondo; A demon attempts to get a dentist to barter away his soul in exchange for a life free from work but neglects to take into account how much the dentist enjoys inflicting suffering through his practice. "Ghost Cackles" one-page story by Sergio Aragones. "The Mushroom Man," script by David Michelinie (plot) and Martin Pasko (script), art by Buddy Gernale; A man murders his uncle for money and buries his body under the mushroom patch in the cellar; After a cook prepares a meal with mushrooms she got from the cellar the man is killed when mushrooms burst through his body. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

Two-Gun Kid (1948) 124 VG

Reprints. Cover by Gil Kane. Stories by Sol Brodsky and Stan Lee. Art by Ogden Whitney and Joe Maneely. Alone...desperate...framed for a crime he didn't commit..."The Two-Gun Kid Strikes Back" by Sol Brodsky and Ogden Whitney, reprinted from issue #88. Plus the Two-Gun tale "The Giant of Rawhide Ridge" by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely, reprinted from issue #42. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.