Auctions: comic books June 1980

Avengers (1963 1st Series) 196N FN+ 6.5

Newsstand Edition. "The Terrible Toll of the Taskmaster" Guest-starring Ant-Man. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by George Perez. Inks by Jack Abel. Cover by George Perez and Joe Rubinstein. A brand new villain, the Taskmaster, has turned the tables on the Wasp, Yellowjacket, and Ant-Man! The three insect-like super-heroes are prisoners inside the Taskmaster's training academy! The good news is that seven avengers are waiting outside the training compound, but the bad news...none of them know that their teammates are in grave danger! However, Earth Mightiest Heroes follow the ants, and the trail leads to the Taskmaster! Is the villain with the photographic reflexes ready to battle the Avengers? Choose wisely dear Taskmaster! First (full) appearance and origin of the Taskmaster. (Notes: The Taskmaster appears next in Marvel Team-Up 103. The letters page includes a letter from comics writer Kurt Busiek.) 36 pages Cover price $0.40.

Avengers (1963 1st Series) 196N VG/FN 5.0

Water spotting.

Newsstand Edition. "The Terrible Toll of the Taskmaster" Guest-starring Ant-Man. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by George Perez. Inks by Jack Abel. Cover by George Perez and Joe Rubinstein. A brand new villain, the Taskmaster, has turned the tables on the Wasp, Yellowjacket, and Ant-Man! The three insect-like super-heroes are prisoners inside the Taskmaster's training academy! The good news is that seven avengers are waiting outside the training compound, but the bad news...none of them know that their teammates are in grave danger! However, Earth Mightiest Heroes follow the ants, and the trail leads to the Taskmaster! Is the villain with the photographic reflexes ready to battle the Avengers? Choose wisely dear Taskmaster! First (full) appearance and origin of the Taskmaster. (Notes: The Taskmaster appears next in Marvel Team-Up 103. The letters page includes a letter from comics writer Kurt Busiek.) 36 pages Cover price $0.40.

Avengers (1963 1st Series) 196N CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #2103421002

Newsstand Edition. "The Terrible Toll of the Taskmaster" Guest-starring Ant-Man. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by George Perez. Inks by Jack Abel. Cover by George Perez and Joe Rubinstein. A brand new villain, the Taskmaster, has turned the tables on the Wasp, Yellowjacket, and Ant-Man! The three insect-like super-heroes are prisoners inside the Taskmaster's training academy! The good news is that seven avengers are waiting outside the training compound, but the bad news...none of them know that their teammates are in grave danger! However, Earth Mightiest Heroes follow the ants, and the trail leads to the Taskmaster! Is the villain with the photographic reflexes ready to battle the Avengers? Choose wisely dear Taskmaster! First (full) appearance and origin of the Taskmaster. (Notes: The Taskmaster appears next in Marvel Team-Up 103. The letters page includes a letter from comics writer Kurt Busiek.) 36 pages Cover price $0.40.

Batman (1940) 324 CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Label #2123175003

Cover art by Jim Aparo. "The Cat Who Would Be King!" starring Batman, Catwoman, and James Gordon, script by Len Wein, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Bob Smith; Batman and Catwoman escape from the trap of a deadly Cats Cradle and trace the Catman to the islands owned by millionaire Adros Akropolis. Story continued from Batman #323. Hostess Twinkies ad starring the Flash, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Vince Colletta. Answer Man featuring Bob Rozakis. Flash, Batman & Vigilante parody strip by Fred Hembeck. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.

Rampaging Hulk (1977 Magazine) 21 CGC 9.2

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4589917018

Includes: cover art by Bob Larkin; one-page Hulk art, Pencils by Brent Anderson, Inks by Joe Rubinstein; Into the Myth-Realm, Script by Doug Moench, Art by Bob McLeod; Marvel's Changing Heroes article by Tom Rogers; The Movie Critics Don't See, article by Jeff Mundo; and All in Color for a Crime! with Dominic Fortune, Script by Denny O'Neil, Art by Howard Chaykin. 68 pgs. Cover price $1.50.

Star Wars (1977 Marvel) 36N VF 8.0

Newsstand Edition. "Red Queen Rising!" Written by Archie Goodwin. Art by Carmine Infantino and Bob Wiacek. The Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader, increases his efforts to capture the hero who destroyed the Death Star and thus caused the Sith Lord his greatest defeat. Cover price $0.40.

Super-Villain Team-Up (1975) 17N CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Newsstand Edition.

Label #4672752008

Newsstand Edition. Final issues of the series - "Dark Victory" Part 2 of 2. Script by Peter Gillis. Art by Arvell Jones (breakdowns) and Bruce Patterson (finishes). Cover by Keith Pollard and Bruce Patterson. Despite the best efforts of the Israeli prisoners, the Red Skull's plan to create another cosmic cube continues! The sinister skull has gathered Arnim Zola, the Hate Monger (aka Adolf Hitler incognito), and the top A.I.M. scientist to assist in constructing the cube! But unbeknownst to the Red Skull, two things are working against him! First, one of the Shin Bet commandos has escaped and alerted SHIELD! And second, the Hate Monger has his own scheme for controlling the cube! When SHIELD's fighter jets attack the skull's island base, chaos erupts! And the situation deteriorates into every man for himself! Who will end up with the cosmic cube? The Red Skull, the Hate Monger, SHIELD, or no one at all? Flashback cameos by Captain America, Captain Marvel, Drax the Destroyer, Iron Man, Modok, and Thanos to recap the history of the first cosmic cube. Flashback cameos by Toro and the original Human Torch to explain how Hitler became the Hate Monger. (Note: The Red Skull returns in Captain America 261.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.40.