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Batman (1940) 497 CGC 9.8 Direct Variant 1st Printing

Paper: White

Label #4660981010

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Direct Edition with Overlay cover. Bane breaks Batman's back in Batman KnightFall Part 11. Home turf does not prove an advantage when Bane breaks Batman's back in the Batcave in "The Broken Bat." KnightFall continues in Detective Comics (1937- ) #664. Written by Doug Moench. Pencils by Jim Aparo. Inks by Dick Giordano. Cover by Kelley Jones. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.25.

Batman (1940) 497 CGC 9.8 Direct Variant 1st Printing

Paper: White

Label #4660981012

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Direct Edition with Overlay cover. Bane breaks Batman's back in Batman KnightFall Part 11. Home turf does not prove an advantage when Bane breaks Batman's back in the Batcave in "The Broken Bat." KnightFall continues in Detective Comics (1937- ) #664. Written by Doug Moench. Pencils by Jim Aparo. Inks by Dick Giordano. Cover by Kelley Jones. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.25.

Batman (1940) 497REP CGC 9.8 Reprint

Paper: White

Second Printing.

Label #4698017008

Second or later printing. May or may not have partial overlay cover. Written by Doug Moench. Pencils by Jim Aparo. Inks by Dick Giordano. Cover by Kelley Jones. Bane breaks Batman's back in Batman KnightFall Part 11. Home turf does not prove an advantage when Bane breaks Batman's back in the Batcave in "The Broken Bat." KnightFall continues in Detective Comics (1937- ) #664. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.25.

Batman (1940) 498 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition

Label #21-252f3f6-005

KnightFall Part 15. While Bruce Wayne laments his fate, Bane decided to wipe out all the other gangs in Gotham in "Knights in Darkness." Catwoman appearance. KnightFall continues in Detective Comics (1937- ) #665. Written by Doug Moench. Pencils by Jim Aparo. Inks by Rick Burchett. Cover by Kelley Jones. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.25.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 664 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4689555021

Knightfall: Chapter 12. Story by Chuck Dixon. Art by Graham Nolan and Scott Hanna. Cover by Kelley Jones. Story continued from Batman # 497. The diabolical man-brute known as Bane has broken the Batman. His back broken and left for dead, Batman is in no shape to stop Bane from taken Gotham for himself. Who will take up the fight? 36 pgs. Cover price $1.25.

Ghost Rider (1990 2nd Series) 40 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #3775672018

Midnight Massacre: Part 2 of 5 – "Hunters!" Guest-starring Frank Drake. Written by Howard Mackie. Art by Ron Garney and Christopher Ivy. Story continued from Nightstalkers (1992) # 10. Empowered by the Darkhold, Blade becomes Switchblade and begins a quest to eliminate all supernatural entities, killing Hannibal King and Johnny Blaze, and absorbing their supernatural abilities. In the Bronx, Switchblade slays a witch, while elsewhere, Demogoblin runs down a sorcerer who barters for his life by revealing the Demogorge has possessed Blade. Demogoblin tortures him for more information before killing him, the sorcerer's screams drawing Drake and Ghost Rider's attention. Coveting the Demogorge's power, Demogoblin escapes, but Drake adjusts his gun Linda to detect supernatural energies, allowing them to track Blade. At a club, Switchblade tracks down Seer, but before he can kill her Demogoblin appears to propose an alliance. Switchblade only wants to kill him, but the distraction allows Drake and Ghost Rider to catch up to them. Still hoping to broker a deal, Demogoblin takes Switchblade and Seer to the World Trade Center, with Ghost Rider close behind. Switchblade stabs both Ghost Rider and Demogoblin, slaying the latter. Seer teleports a way to warn the others of the Blood while Switchblade overpowers Ghost Rider; Drake arrives in time to rescue him, and, aware they cannot best Switchblade alone, sends Ghost Rider away to recruit allies. Story continues in Darkhold (1992) #1. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.25.

Spider-Man Unlimited (1993 1st Series) 2D CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Label #4319756022

Direct Edition. "The Hatred, the Horror and the Hero!" Maximum Carnage, Part 14 of 14. Script by Tom DeFalco. Chapter 1 - Art by Mark Bagley (breakdowns) and Sam de la Rosa (finishes). Chapter 2 - Art by Ron Lim (pencils), Jim Sanders III (inks), and Sam de la Rosa (inks). Cover by Ron Lim and Jim Sanders III. Story continues from Spectacular Spider-Man 203. In shocking fashion Carnage jumps out of Central Park Lake! Oh no, all the police and superheroes (besides the web-slinger) left a while ago thinking the bloodthirsty super-villain was dead! But he's still alive! And that means the Maximum Carnage saga is not over yet! Venom and Spider-Man battle Carnage first in Central Park, then at the St. Estes Home in Brooklyn, and finally in an old cemetery! Can the wondrous wall-crawler at long last corral Carnage? And also keep Venom from killing his symbiote offspring? After fourteen issues there's no telling how this tale will end! Appearances by the Black Cat, Mary Jane Watson, Aunt May, Richard Parker LMD, Mary Parker LMD, Liz Osborn, Normie Osborn, Thunderstrike, Sersi, and the Vision. Cameo appearances by Morbius and Nightwatch. Second Story: "Other People's Dreams." Script by Kurt Busiek. Pencils by Steven Butler. Inks by Bud LaRosa. The web-slinger clashes with Megawatt! Cameo appearance by Mary Jane Watson. Flashback cameos by Daredevil and Dr. Jonas Harrow. (Notes: Carnage returns in Amazing Spider-Man Annual 28. This issue is printed on glossy paper. The Maximum Carnage storyline was reprinted in 1994 in the trade paperback Spider-Man Maximum Carnage.) 64 pages. Cover price $3.95.

Web of Spider-Man (1985 1st Series) 103D CGC 8.5

Paper: White

Label #4319755004

Direct Edition. Sin City" Maximum Carnage Part 10 of 14. Guest-starring Captain America, Cloak, Firestar, and Nightwatch. Script by Terry Kavanagh. Pencils by Alex Saviuk. Inks by Don Hudson. Cover by Alex Saviuk. Story continues from Spectacular Spider-Man 202. After another defeat at the hands of Carnage, the Amazing Spider-Man is on the brink of despair. But a ray of red, white, and blue hope arrives in the form of the star-spangled avenger! Captain America gathers the web-slinger and Firestar at Avengers Headquarters to devise a new plan of attack! Meanwhile having recovered from their previous fight, Morbius, Cloak, and the Black Cat comb Manhattan looking for Carnage and his band of killers. The threesome finds Carrion, the Demogoblin, and the Spider Doppelganger…and then finds defeat once again despite help from Nightwatch. And while the battle rages, Carrion and Shriek carry the unconscious Venom to the Statue of Liberty…to do him great, great bodily harm. Story continues in Amazing Spider-Man 380. Cameo appearances by Deathlok and Iron Fist. 32 pages Cover price $1.25.

X-Force (1991 1st Series) 25 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition

Label #24-344A9DB-044

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Cardstock wraparound cover. Cover art by Greg Capullo. Fatal Attractions: Back to Front, script by Fabian Nicieza, pencils by Greg Capullo, inks by Bob Wiacek, Dan Green, Matt Ryan, Jimmy Palmiotti, Scott Hanna, Kevin Conrad, and Al Milgrom; Cable returns to the Team; Magneto brings X-Force to the newly reformed Graymalkin; Maggie tears Cable up. Fatal Attractions Cross-Over; Cont. in Uncanny X-Men #304. 52 pgs. $3.50. Cover price $3.50.