Auctions: comic books May 1999

Batman Beyond (1999 1st Series) 3 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #3774974024

Cover pencils by Bruce Timm, inks by James Tucker. Never Mix, Never Worry, script by Hilary J. Bader, pencils by Rick Burchett, inks by Terry Beatty; When Terry must save a team of specialists sent to the scene of a chemical spill, he encounters Derek Powers, now calling himself Blight, who makes off with radioactive Yostrium; Connecting this theft to an earlier theft of Xanthalium, Bruce theorizes that Blight is collecting chemicals for a powerful weapon; The final necessary chemical, Zeliconium, can only be found in Bludhaven, which has been cordoned off for years; Using secret tunnels under Bludhaven, Terry enters the plant and finds Blight about to steal the Zeliconium. Based on the cartoon. 36 pgs. $1.99. Cover price $1.99.

Superman (1999 Chronicle Books) Masterpiece Edition Reprint 1 VF+ 8.5

A tribute to the rise of the world's first, greatest, and most-loved super hero. The Masterpiece Reprint Edition is a faithful and accurately sized, full 68-page color reprint of the first issue of Superman with all of the original ads. Originally included in the sold-out Superman Masterpiece Edition Boxed Set by Chronicle Books. Cover price $0.10.