Auctions: comic books March 1996

Dawn (1996) Wizard 1/2 1A CBCS 9.9 Artis

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Label #20-486E3FB-006

Wizard 1/2 Edition. Certificate of Authenticity. Featuring Dawn and Darrian as superheroes! Script, layouts & color guides by Joseph Michael Linsner. Pencils, inks & letters by Tom Artis. Plus: Dawn and Darrian concept sketches; a look at page 1, from layout to finished pencils; a look at the pencils for the covers.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 695 CGC 9.6

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Label #4665283011

Cover art by Rudolfo Damaggio, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Greg Wright. The Gray Area starring Batman, Catwoman, and Barbara Gordon, script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Tommy Lee Edwards, inks by Scott Hanna; Robin pursues Kendall Stuart, who survived a virus outbreak, Batman escapes a military enclave. 36 pgs. $1.95. Contagion Part 2 of 11. Cover price $1.95.

Marvel vs. DC (1996) 1N CGC 9.0

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Label #4522123001

1st printing. Newsstand Edition. "Round 1!" Part 1 of 4. Story by Ron Marz (with special thanks to Peter David). Art by Dan Jurgens, Claudio Castellini, Joe Rubenstein, and Paul Neary. When a young man stumbles upon a cosmic anomaly, the DC and Marvel Universes begin to merge with some most unexpected results. The Juggernaut is running amuck in Metropolis, the murderous Bullseye invades the Batcave, Robin the Boy Wonder pops up at Xavier's School for the Gifted, and J. Jonah Jameson is Editor-n-Chief of the Daily Planet. Then, things get worse when the very fabric of reality threatens to destroy itself. Now, the champions of two universes must combat each other for the fate of their own existence. Includes the back-up feature "Decision '96" with dossiers on Superman, Hulk, Captain America, Batman, Wonder Woman, Storm, Wolverine, Lobo, Superboy, and Spider-Man. Plus, the ballet for the readers to vote and decide the pivotal battles and thus the outcome of this epic event. Cover price $3.95.

Star Wars X-Wing Rogue Squadron (1995) 6 CBCS 9.8

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Label #19-2B978A3-177

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The Phantom Affair: Part 2 of 4 - Written by Michael A. Stackpole and Darko Macan. Art by Edvin Biukovic. Cover by Mathieu Lauffray. If Wedge Antilles can't persuade the alien Mrlssti to sell their cloaking device to the New Republic, the result could be disaster. And that's just what Wedge expects when he discovers that the negotiating party includes Loka Hask -- the pirate chieftain who killed Wedge's parents! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

Star Wars X-Wing Rogue Squadron (1995) 6 CBCS 9.8

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Label #19-2B978A3-178

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The Phantom Affair: Part 2 of 4 - Written by Michael A. Stackpole and Darko Macan. Art by Edvin Biukovic. Cover by Mathieu Lauffray. If Wedge Antilles can't persuade the alien Mrlssti to sell their cloaking device to the New Republic, the result could be disaster. And that's just what Wedge expects when he discovers that the negotiating party includes Loka Hask -- the pirate chieftain who killed Wedge's parents! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.