Auctions: comic books January 1985

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 260 CGC 9.8 Direct Variant

Paper: White

Label #4545231018

Direct Edition. "The Challenge of Hobgoblin!" Script by Tom DeFalco. Pencils by Ron Frenz. Inks by Joe Rubinstein and Brett Breeding. Cover by Ron Frenz and Joe Rubinstein. The Hobgoblin and the Rose unleash their two-pronged attack on Harry Osborn! The goblin ambushes Harry at his corporate office, while the Rose's henchmen kidnap Liz Osborn and Mary Jane! Auspiciously, the wondrous wall-crawler is close by to lock horns with the Hobgoblin! But who is going to save MJ and Harry's expectant wife? Could it be the Green Goblin?! Stay tuned! Cameo appearances by Aunt May, Betty Brant Leeds, Joe Robertson, J. Jonah Jameson, Susan Richards, Franklin Richards, and the alien symbiote (costume). (Note: This story was reprinted in Marvel Tales 274.) 36 pgs. Cover price $0.60.

Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) 274D CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4552376011

Direct Edition. "Cowboys and Idioms!" Part 2 of 2. Story by John Byrne. Art by John Byrne and Al Gordon. Cover by John Byrne. Story continued from Thing (Vol. 1) #19. What has the ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing been up to since he left the team at the end of the Secret Wars (see Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #12)? Marvel's most lovable monster runs into two classic movie monsters - the wolfman and Frankenstein's Monster. Plus, remember that symbiote costume Spider-Man acquired during the Secret War (see Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #8)? Don't miss its daring escape from the confines of Reed's lab. What does this mean for the future of the amazing wall-crawler? 36 pgs. Cover price $0.60.

Kitty Pryde and Wolverine (1984) 3D CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4553458006

Direct Edition. "Death!" Guest-Starring Yukio. Written by Chris Claremont. Art by Al Milgrom. Wolverine has arrived in Japan to help Kitty Pryde. But he is suddenly besieged by a deadly ninja that wants him dead. And this mysterious new adversary just may possess the skill to do it. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.75.

Machine Man (1984 2nd Series) 4 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4649053010

The Iron Man of 2020's bungled invasion of Sanctuary brings quite the reprisal down on Sunset Bain's head, even as Machine Man & Jocasta are reunited in "Victory." Co-plot & script by Tom DeFalco, co-plot, art & colors by Barry Windsor-Smith. Cover by Windsor-Smith. Cover price $0.75.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 62 CBCS 9.4

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition

Label #22-2D0A2F1-016

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Guest-starring Forge. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko, Ian Akin, and Brian Garvey. Cover by Mike Zeck. As Forge remembers the attempt on his life by the alien Dire Wraiths (which took place in Uncanny X-Men (1963) #187-188), he struggles with the decision to help the very government that persecutes mutant-kind and would use his inventions to keep the super-hero community under its thumb. But after witnessing the true horror of the Dire Wraiths, Forge reassures Rom that he has a new and powerful ally. 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.