Auctions: comic books December 1977
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Item #61126719
Challengers of the Unknown (1958 DC 1st Series) 84 CGC 8.5
Paper: White
Slab: See item notes
Minor side/edge crack(s), less than 1".
Label #4428074004
Starts Jul 22 Cover pencils by Rich Buckler, inks by Joe Rubinstein. "To Save A Monster/When Deadmen Walk," script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Keith Giffen, inks by John Celardo; Perdition lies in ruins. Prof is infected with an alien fungus; Swamp Thing watches from cover, is attacked by a wolf, but brushes it off; The wolf is possessed by Deadman, who asks Rama Kushna why he's here; Back at Challenger Mountain, the heroes can't cure Prof's disease; Angry, Ace orders Gaylord to take a walk: he walks; Deadman tries a cure, diving in to possess Prof and fighting from within; Prof sloughs the fungus and Deadman passes out; Prof wakes, healthy, and announces Swamp Thing is Dr. Alec Holland, who's wandered off and needs help; The Challengers search, but Swamp Thing hopped a freight for Philadelphia; Deadman tries to possess Swamp Thing and bounces - he's already possessed!; Deadman possesses Ace and announces Swamp Thing's in Philly, where Swamp Thing rages to the state asylum and the cell of Duncan Pramble, the former Multi-Man. Artist profile on Bob Layton. 36 pgs., full color. $0.35. Cover price $0.20.
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Item #61088335
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Captain Marvel (part 12)Ms. Marvel (1977 1st Series) 12 VF 8.0
Starts Jul 22 Cover pencils by Jim Starlin, John Romita, and Alan Weiss (alterations), inks by Joe Rubinstein. The Warrior-- and the Witch-Queen!, script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Sal Buscema (breakdowns) and Joe Sinnott (finished art), inks by Joe Sinnott; Marvel battles Hecate and her Elementals: Magnun, Hellfire, and Hydron; Asp Harper dies. 36 pgs, FC.
NOTE: Featuring the Elementals, villains that appear in the 2019 film Spider-Man: Far from home." - Odinson, mycomicshop.com Archivist
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Item #61094003
Tags: Hero/Villain TeamsNew Gods (1971 1st Series) 15 CGC 9.6
Paper: White
Label #4386899016
Starts Jul 6 Cover by Rich Buckler and Joe Rubinstein. "The Apocalypse Child". Part 4 of 10. Story by Gerry Conway. Pencils by Rich Buckler. Inks by Bob McLeod. Darkseid has kidnapped a child of New Genesis. In exchange, he sends a child of Apokolips to Earth. Taking the child to New Genesis is the wrong thing to do, for it inadvertently provides Darkseid with a part of the Anti-life equation, and costs a New God his life. 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.35.
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Item #60795895
Showcase (1956-1978) 96 CGC 9.6
Paper: White
Label #4381088002
Starts Jul 6 Cover by Jim Aparo. "Defection!", script by Paul Kupperberg, pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Bruce Patterson; The Doom Patrol returns home after their defeat of General Immortus to find a U.S. agent waiting for them in their headquarters; Lt. Matt Cable has been assigned by U.S. Intelligence to apprehend and arrest Russian ex-cosmonaut Lt. Col. Valentina Vostok, aka the new Negative Woman; The Doom Patrol defends their new teammate, and trap Lt. Cable in a locker; Robotman grills Negative Woman on her past, and she leaves; Her exit, though, is interrupted by the Cossack, a Russian agent assigned to bring her in. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.