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Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 194N FN/VF 7.0 Newsstand Variant

Newsstand Edition. First appearance of the Black Cat in "Never Let The Black Cat Cross Your Path!" Part 1 of 2. Script by Marv Wolfman. Art by Keith Pollard (breakdowns) and Frank Giacoia (finishes). Cover by Al Milgrom. One of the landmark issues of the Amazing Spider-Man series! The dazzling debut of the Black Cat! The wall-crawler has spent the first 193 issues of his title chasing super-villains! But tonight he's going to kiss one instead! Wow! Does the web-slinger stand a chance against the beauty and charm of Felicia Hardy? Not when the alluring cat has his tongue! And maybe later his heart! A terrific issue! Cameo appearances by Aunt May, Betty Brant, Ned Leeds, Harry Osborn, Flash Thompson, Mysterio (in civilian clothes), and the burglar. (Notes: The Black Cat is the creative highlight of the Wolfman-Pollard run on the Amazing Spider-Man title. Dave Cockrum designed the cat's costume. The letters page includes an alternate cover (for issue 194) by Keith Pollard. It also includes an alternate cover to Spider-Woman 9 by Carmine Infantino. This two-part story was reprinted in the trade paperback: Spider-Man vs. the Black Cat (2005). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.40.

Captain America (1968 1st Series) 235N CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition.

Label #4529088005

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Newsstand Edition. "To Stalk the Killer Skies!" Guest-starring Daredevil. Script by Roger McKenzie. Art by Sal Buscema (breakdowns) and Jack Abel (finishes). Cover by Ed Hannigan and Joe Rubinstein. Inside the National Force's waterfront warehouse, the Sentinel of Liberty comes to his senses -- and remembers that Daredevil is his friend. But it may be too late, once the National Force sets the warehouse on fire! Amazingly, Cap and the Man Without Fear escape the huge blaze...and continue their pursuit of Dr. Faustus and the Grand Director. A while later at the Lakehurst Air Pavilion in New Jersey, Daredevil and the shield-slinger find their foes! And not a moment too soon, as the National Force has loaded a dirigible airship with a special mind-gas-- which Dr. Faustus plans to release over Manhattan! Unfortunately, the dirigible gets airborne before anyone can stop it. So Cap and Daredevil must get airborne themselves...courtesy of a World War I biplane! Is theLiving Legend a flying ace? Cameo appearances by Commissioner Feingold and Peggy Carter. (Notes: Frank Miller is credited as "special water tower consultant" for this issue. The letters page includes letters from comics writer Kurt Busiek and comics historian Peter Sanderson, respectively.) 36 pages. Cover price $0.40.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 83D CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4374738009

Direct Edition. "Slaughter on 10th Avenue!" Part 2 of 4. Guest-starring Spider-Man, Nick Fury, and the Black Widow. Script by Chris Claremont. Art by Sal Buscema (breakdowns) and Steve Leialoha (finishes). Cover by Rich Buckler and Steve Leialoha. In stunning fashion, the web-slinger and the widow have gone down to defeat at the hands of SHIELD and its director, Nick Fury! Now the Black Widow is a prisoner of SHIELD, and a dazed Spider-Man is trying to figure out what is going on. When Natasha escapes from the SHIELD facility, she turns to her only friend left in Manhattan...Peter Parker! At his Chelsea apartment, Aunt May's nephew is consoling Natasha, when all of a sudden Nick Fury kicks in the door! Minutes later Boomerang attacks! And then the Silver Samurai! It's a wild free-for-all in the streets with the wall-crawler and the Black Widow caught in the middle! Cameo appearances by Clay Quartermain, Jasper Sitwell and the Viper. 36 pages. Cover price $0.40.