Auctions: comic books December 1984

Action Comics (1938 DC) 562 CGC 9.6

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4610955020

Cover art by Eduardo Barreto. Their Magnetic Majesties--King Alexander and Queen Bee! starring Superman, script by Bob Rozakis, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt; Superman battles Queen Bee and King Alexander. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.75.

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 259 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4603548009

Direct Edition. "All My Pasts Remembered!" Script by Tom DeFalco. Pencils by Ron Frenz. Inks by Joe Rubinstein. Cover by Ron Frenz and Joe Rubinstein. After Mary Jane's bombshell revelation to Peter two issues ago, the pair of long-time friends takes a walk together through Central Park. MJ shares her family history with Peter...to make him comfortable with her knowing his secret identity. Where will their relationship go from here? Meanwhile, the Hobgoblin is back in business! And attempting to cut into the Kingpin's action (with help from his new ally: the Rose)! Origin of Mary Jane Watson. Cameo appearances by Mr. Fantastic, She-Hulk, and the alien symbiote. Flashback cameos by Aunt May and Anna Watson. (Notes. The Amazing Spider-Man returns to his original red and blue costume. This issue was reprinted in Marvel Tales 273.) 36 pgs. Cover price $0.60.

Captain America (1968 1st Series) 300D CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4610967008

Direct Edition. In a bunker beneath Skullhouse, the final battle in a war begun 40 years before reaches its climax! It's a battle between madness and sanity, between debauchery and decency, between the maniacal Red Skull and America's greatest hero...Captain America...in "Das Ende!" Black Crow, Nomad, Falcon, Bernie appearances. Plot by J.M. DeMatteis, script by Michael Ellis, pencils by Paul Neary, inks by Dennis Janke. Pin-up by Neary. Cover by Mike Zeck & Neary. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.60.

Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) 273D CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4554838002

Direct Edition. "Fathers and Others!" Part 3 of 3. Guest-starring Wyatt Wingfoot. Story, art, and cover by John Byrne. While on an alternate Earth Reed runs into the last person he ever expected to see again...his father, Nathaniel Richards (1st full appearance)! 36 pgs. Cover price $0.60.

Kitty Pryde and Wolverine (1984) 2 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #3795792006

"Terror!" Written by Chris Claremont. Art by Al Milgrom. Kitty Pryde has followed her father to Japan thinking that he may need her help, but what she finds will shake her to very core. Now, she's on the run, all alone, and in way over her head. And things go from bad to worse when the demon ninja sorcerer Ogun takes a liking to her. Meanwhile, after receiving Kitty's frantic phone call (see last issue), Wolverine arrives in the Land of the Rising Sun to find his missing teammate. But will he be too late to save her from a fate worse than death? 32 pages, FC. NOTE: 1st appearance of Ogun (as a ninja). Cover price $0.75.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 61 CBCS 9.4

Paper: White

Direct Edition

Label #22-2D0A2F1-015

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Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko and Jackson Guice. Continued from Rom Annual #3. Rom confronts a vast flock of Wraiths in the form Deathwings in "The Beginning of the End of the World!" Plus, government Agent Henry Gyrich, oft nemesis of the Avengers and X-Men, arrives to tell the military and Rom that there is a man who has successfully duplicated Rom's most powerful weapon, the Neutralizer. That man's name is Forge. 32 Cover price $0.60.

Sheena (1984 Marvel) 1N CGC 8.0

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition

Label #4551401003

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Newsstand Edition. Comic adaptation of the 1984 movie starring Tanya Roberts and Ted Wass. In this issue, after her parents are killed in Africa, young Janet Ames is believed to be the golden girl child who will grow into the protector of the Zambuli and all their creatures and become Sheena of the jungle. Sheena learns the ways of the jungle as she grows up and faces a threat to her people and the land. Script by Cary Burkett and art by Gray Morrow. Cover price $0.75.