Auctions: comic books July 2000

Aliens vs. Predator vs. the Terminator (2000) 4 VF- 7.5

by Mark Schultz, Mel Rubi, and Christopher Ivy; cover by Dwayne Turner This is the cataclysmic, atom-smashing climax to end all climaxes, as Aliens, Predators, Terminators and humans collide...with all of the future as the prize! No one, no thing walks away from this one unscarred; after years (centuries, actually) of victimization and horror, will Ripley regain control of her life? She may come out on top of the Aliens, Predators, and Terminators, but don't bet on a "happy" ending! On sale July 26 FC, 32pg (4 of 4) Cover price $2.95.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 746 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4698015021

WRITTEN BY GREG RUCKA AND JORDAN B. GORFINKEL; ART BY SHAWN MARTINBROUGH, JOHN WATKISS, JEFF JOHNSON, STEVE MITCHELL, AND AARON SOWD; COVER BY DAVE JOHNSON. A special issue featuring the debut of a new backup feature! The Gotham crime war comes to a conclusion as Whisper cuts off all loose ends, leaving the city's crime families scattered in a last-ditch attempt to undermine Batman's crusade in service of Ra's Al Ghul. And, in the debut of the present-day science-fiction series "The Jacobian" (written by Jordan B. Gorfinkel with art by Jeff Johnson and Aaron Sowd), Jacob? a private investigator with a special gift and no knowledge of his past? races against time to save a billionaire's son from the clutches of a kidnapper. But that kidnapper is the last person Jacob expects. Is returning the child to its father the worst thing Jacob could do? FC, 52 pgs. Cover price $2.50.