Comic books 1970-1985, graded by CBCS

Add to cart CBCS 9.4 $135.00 View scans CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Newsstand Edition. Witnessed Sig: MARK EVANIER on 6/16/2019. Label #19-276BF92-055 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

"The Zoot Suit Brute's Loot" Cover price $0.35.

Sherlock Holmes special. 122nd anniversary of the famous detective with articles about the books, films, and more, accompanied with lots of photos. 8-1/8 in. x 10-3/4 in.; black and white; 68 pages. Cover price $1.00.

Laurel and Hardy special. 8-1/8 in. x 10-3/4 in.; black and white; 68 pages. Cover price $1.00.

Sherlock Holmes special. 122nd anniversary of the famous detective with articles about the books, films, and more, accompanied with lots of photos. 8-1/8 in. x 10-3/4 in.; black and white; 68 pages. Cover price $1.00.

with lots of photos. 8-1/8 in. x 10-3/4 in.; black and white; 68 pages. Cover price $1.00.

Marx Bros. special. 8-1/8 in. x 10-3/4 in.; black and white; 68 pages. Cover price $1.00.

Robert Redford special. 8-1/8 in. x 10-3/4 in.; black and white; 68 pages. Cover price $1.00.

accompanied with lots of photos. 8-1/8 in. x 10-3/4 in.; black and white; 68 pages. Cover price $1.00.

E-Go Collectors Series # 8. Articles and photos about the greatest rock 'n roll band ever. 8 x 10.75 in.; black and white with color centerspread pull-out poster; 68 pages. Published by E-Go Enterprises. Cover price $1.00.

Cover by Joe Staton. The Beginning, script by Nicola Cuti, art by Joe Staton; Origin and first appearance of E-Man (Alec Tronn, an energy being from space), his girlfriend Nova Kane and The Brain from Alpha Centauri; E-man is a pure energy form curiously roaming the universe when he stumbles on a ship controlled by a large brain; the Brain releases a gas bomb that will destroy planet earth but E-man thwarts the attempt accidentally while transforming himself into a robot slave. Operation: Rotten Apple, script by Nicola Cuti, art by Tom Sutton; The Knight Link Chain in his crew find information that a company is involved with espionage; Link and Marko get a job under alias for the company and work there a short time before they find out the company in completely run by spies with the exception of themselves. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Cover by Joe Staton. The Entropy Twins, script by Nicola Cuti, art by Joe Staton; The Entropy Twins are a genetically manipulate secret weapon to be used on the planet earth to test their powers; They are sent from their home planet Sirius and manipulated by the Earth agent known as the Brain to kill E-man; E-man and Nova Kane make friends with the twins before discovering they are anything but human. Enter Killjoy, script and art by Steve Ditko; Killjoy is a political hero who faces a world where villains believe that they have a right to commit crimes and that Killjoy is the real villain for trying to stop then. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

E-Man, a being of pure energy, is in trouble when he faces the Battery, who feeds on it. The Energy Crisis! also introduces detective Michael Mauser, a popular supporting character later spun off into a series of his own. Script by Nicola Cuti, art by Joe Staton. Backup story The Dragon Killer features time travelers Travis and Anacrom. Script by Cuti, art by Wayne Howard. 36 pages. Cover by Staton. Cover price $0.25.

Stories by Nicola Cuti. Art by Joe Staton and Wayne Howard. Cover by Joe Staton. The earliest adventures of the quirky, beloved superhero. In Egypt, E-Man and Nova find the map to a lost city and a time machine. They end up back in ancient Egypt, in disguise, helping extraterrestrials battle a plague, in a story featuring some good-girl art of Nova by Joe Staton. Killjoy faces S. S. S. Snake and Killer Ded, in a story by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. The City in the Sand; Killjoy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Stories by Nicola Cuti. Art by Joe Staton and Wayne Howard. Cover by Joe Staton. The earliest adventures of the quirky, beloved superhero. E-Man discovers an undersea portal to an alternate dimension. There, he battles the city-swallowing alien entity called the Norwol. Female superhero Liberty Belle goes into orbit to battle Commies in space, in a whimsical story by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. The City Swallower; Liberty Belle: Freedom's Star. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

E-Man and Nova battle the Brain in a sinister fantasy-land. Script by Nicola Cuti, art by Joe Staton. A text article praises E-Man as the future of comics, which is ironic, since the backup story That Was No Lady features the professional debut of artist John Byrne, who really WAS the future of superhero comics in 1974. Script by Cuti, art by Byrne. 36 pages. Cover by Staton. Cover price $0.25.

Stories by Nicola Cuti. Art by Joe Staton and John Byrne. Painted cover by Joe Staton. The earliest adventures of the quirky, beloved superhero. E-Man begins changing into seemingly random monsters without his control. E-Man and Nova are aided by Michael Mauser and the Entropy Twins as they investigate the mystery. Vacationing robot ROG-2000 investigates a mystery in the Catskills, in a story with early art by comics legend John Byrne. TV Man; The Duel; Rog-2000: Withering Heights. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

A nuclear accident gives Nova Kane the same powers as E-Man. The Inner Sun also introduces sentient koala Teddy Q, who became a regular supporting character. Script by Nicola Cuti, art by Joe Staton. No backup story. 36 pages. Painted cover by Staton. Cover price $0.25.

#9 July 1975 25c. E-Man and Nova, who can change into any form of matter or energy, in "The Genius Plant" in which they investigate an organization which aims to take over the world. Story by Nicola Cuti and art by Joe Staton. Issue also has Rog 2000 in "The Wish." Story by Nicola Cuti and art by John Byrne. Cover price $0.25.

E-Man and Nova battle The Witch of Hog Wallow. Script by Nicola Cuti, art by Joe Staton. Robot Rog-2000 battles a monster from the sewers. Script by Cuti, art by John Byrne. Final issue of the Charlton series; E-Man was revived by First Comics in 1983. 36 pages. Painted cover by Staton. Cover price $0.25.

Stories by Nicola Cuti. Art by Joe Staton and Tom Sutton. Cover by Joe Staton. Modern comics reprints the earliest adventures of the quirky, beloved superhero. A sentient energy being from space happens across the Earth just as the alien Brain is planning to destroy it. Transforming into something like a human, but not quite, the energy being accidentally becomes Earth's latest superhero, E-Man. In the backup story, superspies Link and Marko work for UNCLE-like C.H.E.S.S., with art by horror comics legend Tom Sutton. E-Man Part 1: The Beginning; E-Man Part 2: The Brain and the Bomb; The Knight: Operation: Rotten Apple! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Stories by Nicola Cuti. Art by Joe Staton and Steve Ditko. Cover by Joe Staton. Modern comics reprints the earliest adventures of the quirky, beloved superhero. E-Man and his human girlfriend Nova befriend two young twins who, unknown to them, are The Entropy Twins, a genetically engineered alien superweapon. The backup story features Killjoy, a typical superhero for the period by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko: seeking simple justice in a morally complex world. The Entropy Twins; Killjoy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Stories by Nicola Cuti. Art by Joe Staton and Wayne Howard. Cover by Joe Staton. Modern comics reprints the earliest adventures of the quirky, beloved superhero. E-Man, a being of pure energy, is in trouble when he faces the Battery, who feeds on energy. This issue introduces detective Michael Mauser, the popular supporting character later spun off into a series of his own. The backup story features time travelers Travis and Anacrom. The Energy Crisis!; The Dragon Killer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Stories by Nicola Cuti. Art by Joe Staton and Wayne Howard. Cover by Joe Staton. Modern comics reprints the earliest adventures of the quirky, beloved superhero. In Egypt, E-Man and Nova find the map to a lost city and a time machine. They end up back in ancient Egypt, in disguise, helping extraterrestrials battle a plague, in a story featuring some good-girl art of Nova by Joe Staton. Killjoy faces S. S. S. Snake and Killer Ded, in a story by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. The City in the Sand; Killjoy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Stories by Nicola Cuti. Art by Joe Staton and John Byrne. Cover by Joe Staton. Modern comics reprints the earliest adventures of the quirky, beloved superhero. E-Man and Nova discover that noted scientists are being mutated into big-brained megalomaniacs by a strange plant. In the backup story, a grateful witch transforms robot ROG-2000 into a human. Unfortunately, the human ROG looks like a gangster sought by hit men, in a story with early art from comics legend John Byrne. The Genius Plant; Rog 2000: The Wish. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Stories by Nicola Cuti. Art by Joe Staton and John Byrne. Painted cover by Joe Staton. Modern comics reprints the earliest adventures of the quirky, beloved superhero. E-Man tells Nova the story of his first relationship on Earth, with the woman known as The Witch of Hog Wallow, and reveals why he doesn't wear a cape. This story features tributes to Al Capp's Li'l Abner comic strip; the backup story features early art from comics legend John Byrne. Only robot cabbie Rog-2000 can defeat The Sog, a monster from the sewers that wants to eat New York. The Witch of Hog Wallow; Rog 2000 vs The Sog. Final issue of the series; E-Man was revived by First Comics in 1983. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

After saving the day on a movie production set, E-Man gets an offer to go into the movies and accepts in "E.M., Phone Home." Story also has a recap of E-Man's origin. Script by Martin Pasko & art by Joe Staton. Issue also has a snack ad parody featuring Rog 2000. Cover price $1.00.

While handling a missing kid investigation, E-Man and Nova encounter and go against the F-Men, an X-Men parody which has the Weasel, Orereo, Zitpops, the Albatross, Slimesquirmer, Clodhoppers and Airhead in "'F' As In Freak." Script by Martin Pasko & art by Joe Staton. Issue also has a snack ad parody featuring Mike Mist. Cover price $1.00.

E-Man and Nova's adventures with the F-Men continue as the Albatross is under the spell of Masternose and then becomes Dark Albatross, a parody of the X-Men's Dark Phoenix saga in "Dark Albatross Must Be Rendered Inoperative, Likewise." Script by Martin Pasko & art by Joe Staton. Issue also has a snack ad parody featuring Pudge, Girl Blimp. Cover price $1.00.

E-Man and company go against Mielar Snuggs, a rabid comic book collector who has plans of his own for the world in "The Paper Bomb." Script by Mike W. Barr & art by Joe Staton. Issue also Mike Mauser, Private Eye in "Mauser, P.I.," in which while in Hawaii to visit with a producer, Mauser investigates the strange happenings on the set of the Mauser, P.I. series (parody of "Magnum, P.I."). Script by Mike W. Barr and art by Rick Burchett. Issue has a snack ad parody featuring Teddy Q. Cover price $1.00.

E-Man and company have to deal with the Psychobabbler who is holding the whole city of New York for ransom and has a lot of tricks up his sleeve in "Getting Void." Script by Martin Pasko & art by Joe Staton. Issue also has a snack ad parody featuring Omaha the Cat Dancer. Cover price $1.00.

After a battle with Thoughtmaster puts E-Man in the hospital, he dreams about his life and everything that has happen with him in "Feed Me." Script by Martin Pasko & art by Joe Staton & Rick Burchett. Issue also has a snack ad parody featuring Fred Hembeck. Cover price $1.00.

After facing Thoughtmaster and the Feeder, what could go worse for E-Man? How about Gantry Babbitt and his righteous wrath in "God Told Me To." Script by Martin Pasko & art by Joe Staton. Issue also has a snack ad parody featuring Nexus. Cover price $1.00.

As E-Man struggles to learn how to drive a car, he also has to deal with a troublesome villain who can switch forms in "Love Means Never Having to Say You're Larry." Script by Martin Pasko & Paul Kupperberg and art by Joe Staton & Rick Burchett. Issue also has a snack ad parody featuring Cutey Bunny. Cover price $1.00.

A new character called Tyger Lili appears and hires E-Man and Mauser to find her nephew Wing Fat and the case causes all kinds of problems including trouble between E-Man and Nova in "What's Up Tyger Lili?" Script by Joe Staton & art by Joe Staton & Rick Burchett. Issue also has a snack ad parody featuring Buck Godot and a text feature "Origins of Independent Comics – Part 1" by Charles Meyerson. Cover price $1.00.

E-Man and Nova travel to Nova's hometown to locate Mauser's nephew who was sent to the town to investigate Nova's past and the trip leads E-Man and Nova into danger and mystery in "Blacklung." Script by Martin Pasko & Paul Kupperberg & art by Joe Staton & Rick Burchett. Issue also has a snack ad parody featuring "The Absolutely Last Stinkie Ad, Really" and a text feature "Origins of Independent Comics – Part 2" by Charles Meyerson. Cover price $1.00.

Still in Nova's hometown trying to locate Mauser's nephew Donald Duke, E-Man and Nova have to deal with the Blacklung who has evil plans for the town because of what the residents did to him in "The Slug That Ate Barrentown?" Script by Paul Kupperberg & Joe Staton & art by Joe Staton & Rick Burchett. Issue also "Mike Mauser's Crimestopper's Textbook" and "Teddy-Q's Home Video Review." Cover price $1.00.

Tyger Lili returns, Nova has a great job offer from a Chicago television station to host a kid's monster movie show and a villain named Big Al steps into the picture in "The Sewer of Doom." Script by Joe Staton & art by Joe Staton & Rick Burchett. Cover price $1.00.

On their way to Chicago, E-Man and Nova's car breaks down in a bizarre town called Cynosure, Indiana which has Prince Chaos there and causing all kinds of trouble in "A Town Called Chaos." Script by Joe Staton & art by Joe Staton & Rick Burchett. Issue also has a text feature "Origins of Independent Comics – Part 3" by Charles Meyerson. Cover price $1.00.

Now in Chicago, E-Man and Nova settle into a new home and Nova tries to get going in her new job. But Randarr the Inexplicable has other plans for them in "The Wrath of Randarr." Script by Joe Staton & art by Joe Staton & Rick Burchett. Issue also has a text feature "Origins of Independent Comics – Part 4" by Charles Meyerson. Cover price $1.00.

Mauser comes to Chicago and needs E-Man's help with a case. Nova isn't happy about that but E-Man helps him anyway in "Fat Man's Fury." Script by Joe Staton & art by Joe Staton & Rick Burchett. Issue also has a text feature "Origins of Independent Comics – Part 5" by Charles Meyerson. Cover price $1.00.

The villain Samuel Boar is in control of things and Mauser and Nova's lives depend on what E-Man does in "Sunrise Sunset." Script by Joe Staton & art by Joe Staton & Rick Burchett. Issue also has a text feature "Origins of Independent Comics – Part 6" by Charles Meyerson. Wraparound cover by Joe Staton. Cover price $1.00.

E-Man is faced with one of his most challenging cases yet – the Smelt Quest, a parody of the Elfquest comic series along with other parodies including Mister T and the Smurfs in "Smelt Quest." Script by Joe Staton & art by Joe Staton & Rick Burchett. Issue also has a text feature "Scapegoat in Four Colors – Part 1" by Charles Meyerson. Cover price $1.00.

After E-Man rescues a time traveler, he ends up traveling through several key historical moments in Chicago's history with her in "Rosemary and Time." Script by Joe Staton & art by Joe Staton & Rick Burchett. Issue also has a text feature "Scapegoat in Four Colors – Part 2" by Charles Meyerson. Cover price $1.00.

It's Voodoo Week on Nova's television show and when some props she gets for the show turn out to be real, strange things start happening in "Hoodoo Blues." Script by Joe Staton & art by Joe Staton & Rick Burchett Cover price $1.00.

E-Man rescues and then tries to help a strange acting young man who wants to find someone named Dot while Mauser tries to solve the mystery of some missing films in "If You Knew Herb." Script by Joe Staton & art by Joe Staton & Rick Burchett. Issue also has a text feature "Scapegoat in Four Colors – Part 3" by Charles Meyerson. Cover price increases to $1.25. Cover price $1.25.

Tamerlane Jones, Moonrock and Mr. Z of the B Team (a parody of the A Team television series characters) arrive on the scene and cause all kinds of mayhem and trouble for E-Man and company in "The B Team." Script by Joe Staton & art by Joe Staton & Rick Burchett. Issue also has a text feature "Scapegoat in Four Colors – Part 4" by Charles Meyerson and "Teddy-Q's Page." Cover price $1.25.

Something has scared Teddy. And when E-Man and Nova try to find out what, it leads to adventure in Australia and encounters with some new characters in "Captain Koala." Script by Joe Staton & art by Joe Staton & Rick Burchett. Cover price $1.25.

E-Man and his teammates from Australia have to deal with Big Al and Randarr the Inexplicable along with their evil forces who have some new diabolical plans in "The See-Thru Wars." Script by Joe Staton & art by Joe Staton & Rick Burchett. Issue also has "Michael Mauser's Crimestompers' Textbook – Stoolies" with script by Mike W. Barr and art by Joe Staton. Cover price $1.25.

The story and origin of E-Man's friend, private investigator Mike Mauser which goes from the streets of Brooklyn to the jungles of Vietnam to the alleys of Chicago, is revealed in "Mauser's Story." Script by Nicola Cuti & Joe Staton & art by Joe Staton & Rick Burchett. Cover price $1.25.

After E-Man does something he regrets, he takes some time off and journeys to a faraway island to think about things. But it turns out that the island is not such a safe place to think in "Whom the Gods Would Destroy." Script by Nicola Cuti & Joe Staton & art by Joe Staton & Rick Burchett. Last issue of series. Cover price $1.25.