Auctions: comic books March 1988

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 298N VG/FN 5.0

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Newsstand Edition. "Chance Encounter!" Part 1 of 2. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by Todd McFarlane. Inks by Bob McLeod. Cover by Todd McFarlane. Chance is back in business and working a new job for the Life Foundation! The clandestine organization wants Chance to steal an arms shipment coming into the west side docks! That should be a piece of cake for the high-flying mercenary! However the Daily Bugle dispatches an undercover photographer to observe the delivery! And beneath the moonlit sky, fireworks explode when Chance and the Amazing Spider-Man throw down on the docks! First appearance (and cameo on the last page) by Eddie Brock (aka Venom). First appearance of Carlton Drake of the Life Foundation. Cameo appearances by Mary Jane Watson, Joy Mercado, and Joe Robertson. (Notes: Chance previously appeared in Web of Spider-Man 15. This issue begins Todd McFarlane's 2-year run as the penciler of the Amazing Spider-Man series.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.

Lone Wolf and Cub (1987 First) 11 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Label #21-1D3D0D2-016

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Frank Miller introduction and cover Cover price $2.50.

Marvel Fanfare (1982 1st Series) 37 CBCS 8.5

Paper: White

Direct Edition.

Label #21-2496D64-037

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Cover art by Charles Vess. "How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm After They've Seen Asgard?", script by Alan Zelenetz, art by Charles Vess; Here be Dragons!; The Warriors Three are caught up in a dreamscape illusion while trying to recover a missing Asgardian!; And Loki's to blame! Pin-ups: Storm by Brett Blevins; Spider-Man, the Black Cat, and the Hobgoblin by Arthur Adams; Iron Man by Walt Simonson; and the Man-Thing by Tom Sutton. "Synchronicity" starring Fantastic Four, She-Hulk, and Wyatt Wingfoot, script by Mark Borax, art by Norm Breyfogle. Back cover by Norm Breyfogle. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.50.

Revengers Featuring Megalith (1985 Continuity) 4 CBCS 6.5

Paper: White

Label #19-2AC2DFF-025

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If The Nuclear Warlock Has His Way. Story by Neal Adams and Elliot S! Maggin. Art by Louis Williams, Brian Garvey, Ian Akin, and Neal Adams. Cover by Neal Adams. Continuity Comics presents its own super-team, cleverly called the Revengers. The Revengers are building a new headquarters in a remote town, only to find themselves attacked by freakish mutations under the direction of the New Clear Warlock. Featuring a script assist from DC legend Elliot S! Maggin. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.00.

Silver Surfer (1987 2nd Series) 9 CBCS 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Newsstand Edition.

Label #21-1D8FD6C-091

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"Doomsday!" Guest-starring Mantis and Galactus. Story by Steve Englehart. Art by Marshall Rogers and Joe Rubinstein. The last seven issues have led to this moment. The Elders of the Universe confront the Devourer of Worlds, and the Silver Surfer is caught in the middle. How can the former Herald of Galactus hope to defeat these villains when Shalla Bal and Mantis, the women he loves, are the helpless prisoners of the Elders? The Surfer can only save one of them, but who will it be? 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.