Auctions: comic books 1977 w/ month not specified

American Splendor (1976 Harvey Pekar) 2 VG/FN 5.0

Cover pencils by Greg Budgett, inks by Gary Dumm. The Harvey Pekar Name Story, script by Harvey Pekar, art by Robert Crumb. Guerrilla Theatre July '74 - On the Corner, script by Harvey Pekar, pencils by Greg Budgett, inks by Gary Dumm; Harvey walks to the theatre, meets with Freddy and helps Sid move his rug. On the Corner... A Sequel June, 1976, script by Harvey Pekar, pencils by Greg Budgett, inks by Gary Dumm; Sid recalls a night where he hitchhiked and came across a beached sea creature. May 4-5 ,1970, script by Harvey Pekar, art by Brian Bram; Why Leo didn't make it show business, what happened at Kent State and the complexities of Italian-American society. Hustlin' Sides, script by Harvey Pekar, art by Robert Crumb; Music fanatic Jack scrimps on everything but records and needs to find $150 to cover auction winnings. 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.15.

Avengers (1963 1st Series) Annual 7 CGC 8.5

Paper: White

Label #4728754001

"The Final Threat" Part 1 of 2. Guest-starring Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock. Script by Jim Starlin. Art by Jim Starlin (breakdowns) and Joe Rubinstein (finishes). Cover by Jim Starlin. One of the epochal annuals of the bronze age! A stormy night at Avengers Mansion is interrupted by the sudden arrival of Captain Marvel and Moondragon. The duo feels that the universe is in imminent danger! Their fears are confirmed moments later when Adam Warlock also arrives and delivers troubling news: Thanos has a new plan for obliterating the universe! The evil Titan sends a giant space armada to attack Earth, while he prepares to blow up the sun via his massive star gem! However, the mightiest heroes on Earth intercept the fleet and set their sights on destroying Thanos' instrument of stellar genocide! Tragically though, Warlock falls in battle vs. the mad Titan. Leaving the trio of Iron Man, Thor, and Captain Marvel as the final hope of the universe! Can the Kree warrior, thunder god, and golden avenger triumph over Thanos? Story continues in Marvel Two-in-One Annual 2. Deaths of Gamora, Pip, and Warlock. Avengers lineup: Beast, Captain America, Iron Man, Scarlet Witch, Thor, and the Vision. (Notes: First appearances of the Space Gem, the Mind Gem, and the Reality Gem, and the first time all six Infinity Gems were in a story. Thanos previously appeared in Warlock 15. This annual was reprinted in 1993 in the trade paperback: The Greatest Battles of the Avengers.) 52 pgs. Cover price $0.60.

Marvel Two-in-One (1974 1st Series) Annual 2 CGC 9.8

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4380416014

"Death Watch!" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring Spider-Man, the Thing, Captain Marvel, and the Avengers. Script by Jim Starlin. Art by Jim Starlin (breakdowns) and Joe Rubinstein (finishes). Cover by Jim Starlin. Story continues from Avengers Annual 7. After Captain Marvel, Iron Man, and Thor destroyed Thanos' synthetic power gem, victory appeared close at hand for Earth's Mightiest Heroes. But the evil genius' back up plan has worked to perfection and knocked out the Avengers! Before succumbing to unconsciousness though, Moondragon sends a desperate plea for help back to Earth, specifically to Peter Parker! The web-slinger knows that cosmic battles in outer space are not his specialty, so he swings by the Baxter Building to scoop up a friend. After a quick pow-wow, the blue-eyed idol of millions and your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man blast off to save the galaxy! It's an epic encounter onboard the mad Titan's space ark as the Thing, Thor, Spider-Man, and finally Adam Warlock test their mettle vs. Thanos! Simply a fantastic annual! First appearances of Master Order and Lord Chaos. Avengers Lineup: Beast, Captain America, Iron Man, Scarlet Witch, Thor, and the Vision. (Note: Besides a surreal appearance in the Death of Captain Marvel Graphic Novel (1982), Thanos does not appear again until Silver Surfer (2nd series) #34 thirteen years later.) 48 pages Cover price $0.60.

Marvel Two-in-One (1974 1st Series) Annual 2 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4363182019

"Death Watch!" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring Spider-Man, the Thing, Captain Marvel, and the Avengers. Script by Jim Starlin. Art by Jim Starlin (breakdowns) and Joe Rubinstein (finishes). Cover by Jim Starlin. Story continues from Avengers Annual 7. After Captain Marvel, Iron Man, and Thor destroyed Thanos' synthetic power gem, victory appeared close at hand for Earth's Mightiest Heroes. But the evil genius' back up plan has worked to perfection and knocked out the Avengers! Before succumbing to unconsciousness though, Moondragon sends a desperate plea for help back to Earth, specifically to Peter Parker! The web-slinger knows that cosmic battles in outer space are not his specialty, so he swings by the Baxter Building to scoop up a friend. After a quick pow-wow, the blue-eyed idol of millions and your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man blast off to save the galaxy! It's an epic encounter onboard the mad Titan's space ark as the Thing, Thor, Spider-Man, and finally Adam Warlock test their mettle vs. Thanos! Simply a fantastic annual! First appearances of Master Order and Lord Chaos. Avengers Lineup: Beast, Captain America, Iron Man, Scarlet Witch, Thor, and the Vision. (Note: Besides a surreal appearance in the Death of Captain Marvel Graphic Novel (1982), Thanos does not appear again until Silver Surfer (2nd series) #34 thirteen years later.) 48 pages Cover price $0.60.

Terror Tales (1969) Magazine Vol. 8 #3 VG/FN 5.0

Staple rust.

Cover by Fernando Fernandez. Stories and art by Domingo Mandrafina, Oscar Fraga, A. Reynoso, Cirilo Munoz, Oscar Stepancich and Larry Woromay. Legendary publisher Myron Fass presents gory tales of horror and the macabre. A struggling actress finds an unlikely benefactor in a female vampire. In an oft-reprinted story, a joke visit to a haunted house becomes all too horrifyingly real. A morgue worker discovers the gnomelike creatures who secretly cause accidental deaths, and then they discover him. Featuring altered reprints from Chamber of Chills and other 1950s pre-Code comics. Vampire; The House That Dripped Blood; The Corpse; The Devil's Monster; Bloody Ten Fingers; Tunnel Crawlers; Monster; The Dead Live; Head Shrinkers; The Rack; Facts for Ghouls; Weird Facts. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $1.50.