Auctions: comic books August 1998

300 (1998) 4 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4643367025

Chapter 4: Combat - Story and art by Frank Miller. Color by Lynn Varley. Combat. Grueling, hateful, joyous slaughter. The Spartans do what they were born and bred to do: they fight, brother beside brother, shoulder to shoulder, shield against shield, their bristling spears driving back the slaves of the tyrant Xerxes till the dead are piled high as a mountain and the sacred, rocky soil of Greece is drenched deep in Persian blood. Story and art by Frank Miller, painted color by Lynn Varley. Cover price $2.95.

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 437 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4631123017

"I, Monster!", script by Tom DeFalco, pencils by Rafael Kayanan, inks by Bud LaRosa; Spider-Man swings through the city on what seems to be a quiet night; During his patrol, he happens on a young man being mugged in park; After stopping the mugging, Spider-Man swings away unaware that the man he just saved was in fact Synch from Generation X; Spider-Man is hit with the same spore that got Synch; The result is Peter Parker's transformation in to an actual spider-like creature!; He manages to maintain his human intellect though; In his new form, Spider-Man confronts and attacks Plantman. 38 pgs., full color. $1.99. Cover price $1.99.

Deadpool (1997 1st Series) 19 CGC 8.5

Paper: White

Label #4618712013

Cover pencils by Walter McDaniel, inks by John Livesay. Payback Part Two: The Quick and the Dead starring Deadpool, Blind Al, Dr. Killebrew (Death), Ilaney Brukner, Zoe Culloden, Monty, and Ajax, script by Joe Kelly, pencils by Walter McDaniel, inks by John Livesay and Sean Parsons; Deadpool has a final showdown with Ajax. Cover price $1.99.

Star Wars X-Wing Rogue Squadron (1995) 33 CBCS 8.0

Paper: White

Label #24-2F0283E-017

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Mandatory Retirement: Part 2 of 4 - Written by Michael A. Stackpole. Art by Steve Crespo and Chip Wallace. Cover by John Nadeau. Their rest and relaxation over, Rogue Squadron and a Rebel task force descend on the world where Sate Pestage, one-time Emperor-proxy, has gone into exile. If the New Republic wants to claim Imperial Center for themselves and turn the tide of the war, it is imperative that they rescue Pestage, wanted by the Empire for high treason. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.