Auctions: comic books April 1985

ROM (1979 Marvel) 65D CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4560502001

Direct Edition. Guest-starring everybody. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko and P. Craig Russell. The end is near. Nay, true-believer...the end is here. This is it...the Final Conflict. Rom is defeated and victory is within the grasp of the evil Dire Wraiths. However, one last thing stands in their way and total victory, the united governments of the Earth and oh yeah, all those pesky super-heroes Rom has spent the last 64 issues recruiting to his cause. Rom is joined by the Avengers, the West Coast Avengers, the X-Men, the Defenders, the Soviet Super-Soldiers and all of the heroes of the world in one last ultimate battle to rid the Earth of Wraithkind forever. It's all or nothing...there's no turning back now. The war and the fate of mankind is decided in this epic issue. 32 pages. Cover price $0.65.

Uncanny X-Men (1963 1st Series) 192D CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4612038018

Direct Edition. "Fun 'N' Games!" Story by Chris Claremont. Art by John Romita, Jr. and Dan Green. Warlock's, the techno-organic creature that has befriended the New Mutants, past comes back to haunt his new friends. Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Rogue find themselves in the fight of their lives when Warlock's malevolent father Magus comes calling. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.65.

Wally the Wizard (1985 Marvel/Star Comics) 1 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more

Label #4319360020

Direct Edition. Wally, the apprentice to the wizard Marlin -- and that's Marlin NOT Merlin – is introduced. Wally tries to do all of his duties as an apprentice and also live his life with his friends, Jay and Conrad, figure out who and what Gorg (the scary looking critter that appeared) is and make friends with Princess Penelope. And while doing all of that, Wally has to do a favor for a dragon and save the kingdom from a deadly gigantic mechanical locust created by those villains, Vastar the Vile, Sybilious the Bilious and the wicked wizard Erasmo. All of this and more takes place in "A Plague of Locust." Script and art by Bill Bolling. Cover price $0.65.

Web of Spider-Man (1985 1st Series) 1N FN+ 6.5 Vess Newsstand Variant

Newsstand Edition. "Til Death Do Us Part!" Story by Louise Simonson. Art by Greg LaRocque and Jim Mooney. Painted cover by Charles Vess. The alien symbiote (aka black costume) ambushes Peter Parker while he is getting dressed. Now Spider-Man must battle the black costume and the new Vulturions on his way to the Baxter Building! Meanwhile, Aunt May laments Peter's decision to drop out of graduate school. (Note: The Web of Spiderman series essentially replaced the Marvel Team-Up title as Marvel's third regular series featuring Spider-Man.) 32 pages Cover price $0.65.