Auctions: comic books September 1980

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 208N VG/FN 5.0

Newsstand Edition. "Fusion!" Plot by Jim Shooter and Mark Gruenwald. Script by Denny O'Neil. Art by John Romita Jr. (layouts), Al Milgrom (finishes), and Brett Breeding (finishes). Cover by John Romita Jr. and Al Milgrom. A freak atomic accident creates a new adversary for the Spectacular Spider-Man! Fusion...the twin terror! The little dynamo is wreaking havoc through New York City and charting a course for the Indian Point nuclear power plant across the Hudson! Now the wall-crawler did not study nuclear physics at Empire State University, but he does know that the key to stopping Fusion...is fission! Can your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man divide and conquer the glowing twin terror? First appearance of Lance Bannon. Cameo appearances by Aunt May and Anna Watson. First 50¢ issue. (Note: This issue features John Romita Jr.'s first artwork on the Amazing Spider-Man (1st) series.) 36 pages. Cover price $0.50.

Daredevil (1964 1st Series) 166N VG+ 4.5

Newsstand Edition. First 50-cent cover price. Cover pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson. Till Death Do Us Part!, script by Frank Miller (plot) and Roger McKenzie (plot, script), pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson; the Gladiator holds a group of kids hostage in a museum, and DD has to take him down in time to make it to Foggy's wedding; cameos by the Rhino, the Scorpion, Leap-Frog, Mysterio, the Masked Marauder, the Beetle, and the Melter (as statues in a museum), plus Spock (as a wall poster). Next issue teaser is for Daredevil and The Punisher, which got pushed back to #183 due to Comic Code complications as the story involved drugs. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.50. Cover price $0.50.

Howard the Duck (1979 Magazine) 7 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4710834001

"Of Dice and Ducks!" This rant against capitalism puts Howard and the Man-Thing in a small town that resembles the board game Monopoly. "Dynamite, Baby!!" A crazed radical plans to rob a bank. Includes pinups by John Byrne, Marshall Rogers, and Walt Simonson. Script by Bill Mantlo, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Dave Simons, Alfredo Alcala, and Tom Palmer. Cover by John Pound. Cover price $1.25.