Amazing Adventures (1970 2nd Series) comic books

Amazing Adventures (1970 2nd Series) 5 CGC 8.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Slab: Inner well not fully sealed (minor), book appears unaffected and secure.

Label #4634242009

Cover pencils by John Buscema, inks by John Verpoorten. "His Brother's Keeper!", script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Tom Palmer; Black Bolt realizes that Maximus has gained the power to blank men's minds and thus encases him within a stasis container and then leaves for America; The first group of people he comes across are criminals who are attempting to get a small boy to climb in through a building window and unlock it to burglarize it; Black Bolt easily defeats the criminals and aids the injured boy; Meanwhile, Gorgon and Karnak think their leader has gone too far in entombing Maximus and attempt to free him. "And To All a Good Night," script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Bill Everett; The Astrologer's goons are after a hippie from Utah, who knocks the Astrologer's henchmen who was attacking the Black Widow off a building with him. Letter to the editor from comic editor Paul Levitz. 36 pgs, full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Amazing Adventures (1970 2nd Series) 7 FN 6.0

Cover by Neal Adams. "An Evening's Wait For Death!", script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by John Verpoorten; Mr. Dibbs recruits Black Bolt to bring down rat-shack tenements while the royal family heads out to San Francisco to see what's become of him. "The Sting of the Widow!", script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Bill Everett; The Black Widow visits Avengers Mansion, then defeats the Astrologer; Goliath (Clint Barton) cameo. 36 pgs, full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Amazing Adventures (1970 2nd Series) 17 FN+ 6.5

The Beast origin reprinted, plus two new pages written by Steve Englehart, pencils by Jim Starlin, inks by Mike Esposito. "Birth of the Beast!" Script by Arnold Drake, pencils by Arnold Roth, inks by John Verpoorten and John Tartaglione. The reprinted material includes pages from the back-up stories in Uncanny X-Men 49-53. Guest starring the original X-Men. Last Beast story in Amazing Adventures. New Jim Starlin/Frank Giacoia cover. Cover price $0.20.

Amazing Adventures (1970 2nd Series) 24 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4476656001

First 25-cent cover price. Cover pencils by Rich Buckler, inks by Klaus Janson. "For He's a Jolly Dead Rebel!", script by Don McGregor, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Jack Abel; Killraven and his band battle the High Overlord on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. "The Painting," art by Steve Ditko; An art dealer who buys quality paintings at rock-bottom insulting prices from poverty stricken artists and then sells them for thousands attempts to steal a beautiful painting from a gypsy who refuses to sell it; The dealer has the gypsy arrested on a trumped up charge and burgles the man's wagon to remove the painting. Letter to the editor from comic writer Marv Wolfman. The letters page also contains Marvel Value Stamp series A #58 (the Mandarin). 36 pgs, full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.