Auctions: comic books October 1983

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 245N FN/VF 7.0

Newsstand Edition. "Sacrifice Play!" Part 2 of 2. Fourth appearance of the Hobgoblin. Script by Roger Stern. Art by John Romita Jr. (breakdowns) and Dave Simons (finishes). Cover by John Romita Jr. and Dave Simons. The wondrous wall-crawler thinks he knows who the Hobgoblin is! Lefty Donovan! Who? Apparently, the evidence from the police points in Lefty's direction! So, the web-slinger conducts a relentless search! And in the skies over Times Square, the Amazing Spider-Man and the (suddenly super-strong) Hobgoblin clash again! Will this battle solve the mystery of the goblin's identity? Or just add to the puzzle? Cameo appearances by Mary Jane Watson, Ned Leeds, and Betty Brant Leeds. (Note: The Hobgoblin appears next in Spectacular Spider-Man 85 -- a must read to keep up with the Hobgoblin's development.) 36 pgs. Cover price $0.60.

GI Joe A Real American Hero (1982 Marvel) 16D VF/NM 9.0

First printing. Direct Edition. "Night Attack!" Written by Larry Hama. Art by Mike Vosburg and Jon D'agostino. In Washington, D.C., Hawk goes hand to hand with Cobra Commander and Destro on the back of a rolling HISS tank and Major Bludd leaves The Baroness to die in an exploding tank. 1st appearance of Cover Girl and Trip-Wire. 1st time all of Cobra big wigs seen together. Introduction of Joes Wolverine tank. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.60.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) Annual 6 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4657834010

"The Hunters and the Hunted!" Guest-starring Spider-Man, Cloak and Dagger, and the New Mutants. Script by Bill Mantlo. Pencils by Ron Frenz. Inks by Kevin Dzuban. Cover by Ron Frenz and Klaus Janson. The New Mutants enjoy an evening at Times Square! However while playing games at a video arcade, they bump into a violent street gang! The four young mutants attempt to run away from the gang, but they are cornered near the 42nd Street bus station! During the fight Sunspot and Wolfsbane are injured and captured! So Cannonball and Psyche (aka Mirage) enter a nearby church for help! And auspiciously, they find it! In the forms of Cloak & Dagger and the Amazing Spider-Man! It so happens that C&D and the web-slinger are looking for the same drug pushers! And a little while later inside a meat processing plant, the five heroes locate their friends and the bad guys too! Then the crazy battle erupts! Will everyone get out of the slaughterhouse in one piece? Backup feature: Marvel Team-Up Rogues' Gallery. Five one-page pin-ups. Arcade with art by Don Perlin and Al Milgrom. Equinox by Jim Mooney. The City Stealers by Jim Mooney. Infinitus by Jim Mooney. D'Spayre by Don Perlin and John Tartaglione. (Notes: Cloak & Dagger and the New Mutants meet again in New Mutants (1983 1st series) #23. This story was reprinted in Marvel Tales 247 & 248; and again in 2012 in the hardcover: Cloak & Dagger Crime and Punishment.) 48 pages. Cover price $1.00.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 47 CGC 9.0

Paper: White

Label #4623175020

Direct Edition. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema and Akin Garvey. A young couple soon learn what lurks in the dark as a pare of Dire Wraiths reveal their terrible nature to them. Plus, Rom and Starshine arrive to a mysterious island and are accosted by creatures of fantasy and fairy-tale in "One Man's Toys...are another Man's Terror!" 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.