Comic books September 1974, graded by CBCS

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $190.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Off white to white Witnessed Signatures: Roy Thomas on 7/1/2023, Joe Staton on 9/10/2023 & Steve Englehart on 12/2/2023. Label #24-0785CBD-030 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.70) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

"Bride and Doom!" Part 1 of 2. Guest-starring the Fantastic Four and the Inhumans. Script by Steve Englehart. Art by Sal Buscema (breakdowns) and Joe Staton (finishes). Cover by Gil Kane and Mike Esposito (with John Romita touch-ups). Gorgon and Lockjaw arrive at Avengers Mansion to take Earth's Mightiest Heroes to Attilan for the wedding of Crystal and Quicksilver! Just one small problem though…the Avengers much less the Scarlet Witch never received an invitation from Pietro! Nonetheless, the Avengers are happy to go and minutes later reunite with the Inhumans and the Fantastic Four in the Hidden Land! Will Wanda and Pietro make peace before the wedding? How about Crystal and the Human Torch? Or Mantis and the Swordsman? Unfortunately, any and all reconciliation attempts are interrupted by Maximus, Omega, and the rampaging Alpha Primitives! And shortly thereafter the wild free-for-all begins! But the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and Inhumans should have enough firepower to stop these wedding crashers! Unless there is one more lurking in the shadows! Perhaps a certain adamantium wedding crasher! Oh yes, the day that began as blissful as heaven…becomes an awesome encounter with Ultron-7! Story continues in Fantastic Four 150 (part 2). Cameo appearances by Agatha Harkness and Franklin Richards. Flashback cameo by Omega to recap the events of Fantastic Four 131 and 132. Avengers Lineup: Iron Man, Mantis, Scarlet Witch, Swordsman, Thor, and the Vision. (Notes: Ultron previously appeared in Avengers (1st series) 68 and returns in Avengers 161. The letters page includes a letter from comics writer Ralph Macchio. The letters page also contains Marvel Value Stamp Series A #13 Doctor Strange by Steve Ditko.) 36 pgs. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CBCS 9.2 $68.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Off white to white Witnessed Sigs: Roy Thomas & Steve Englehart on 8/18/2017. Label #17-404FFE4-024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.04) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

"Lucifer Be Thy Name" Part 1 of 2. Script by Steve Englehart. Pencils by Sal Buscema. Inks by Vince Colletta. Cover by John Romita Sr. Sam Wilson makes one last attempt to talk his partner out of dropping his Captain America identity. However Steve Rogers refuses. So the Falcon departs for a morning patrol of Harlem by himself. Near a local delicatessen, the Falcon encounters the super-villain known as Lucifer. Sam has never heard of him, but somehow Lucifer has made it back to Earth! And to avoid leavingagain, Lucifer must find two host bodies to share his power! In a strange twist, he chooses the local gangster Rafe Michel as his first host body; and then he selects Aries -- a member of the Zodiac cartel -- as his second! Without Cap by his side, can the Falcon plus Redwing defeat two Lucifers? Cameo appearance by Sharon Carter. (Notes: Lucifer previously appeared in Iron Man (1st series) #20. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A #26 Mephisto by John Buscema.) 36 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $52.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Off white to white Witnessed Sigs: Roy Thomas on 8/18/2018 and Jim Starlin on 10/7/2018. Label #18-3B50655-050 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.56) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

First appearance of Nitro in "Blown Away!" Script by Steve Englehart, plot and pencils by Jim Starlin (final full issue), inks by Jack Abel. Appearances by Carl Danvers and Rick Jones. Cameos by Moon Dragon, Drax the Destroyer, and Iron Man. PLUS, the events of this issue directly lead to the cancer that eventually takes Marvel's life in the classic "Death of Captain Marvel" Graphic Novel. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A # 25 (the [Human] Torch). Starlin cover. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CBCS 9.6 $275.49 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #20-3AE6118-004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.26) will be charged at checkout.

Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Gil Kane and Tom Sutton. Cover by Gil Kane, John Romita, and Ernie Chan. The Hour of the Dragon; Conan, King of Aquilonia, wakes from a dream, and hears invisible footsteps; Meanwhile, a dark sorcerer is being resurrected by black arts!; Can even the mightiest warrior of the Hyborian Age withstand such powers? Marvel Bullpen Bulletins; Stan Lee talks about Spidey appearing on The Electric Company television show; Promo for The Planet of the Apes adaptation. Acheron: A Revisionary Theory article by Robert Yaple. Map of Acheron (circa 13,000 B.C.). Conan the Unconquered article by Roy Thomas. Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Barry Windsor-Smith and Sal Buscema. The Twilight of the Grim Grey God!; Conan converses with God Borri Borri, participates in a great and bloody battle, and kills Malachi. 68 pages, full color. $0.50.

NOTE: Robert E. Howards novel The Hour of the Dragon starring his most famous character – Conan - was adapted by Roy Thomas, Gil Kane and John Buscema in 6 chapters in Marvel Comics' Giant Size Conan (1974) #1-4 and Savage Sword of Conan (1974-1995 Magazine) #8, 10. – Odinson, mycomicshop.com Archivist

Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $125.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Witnessed Signatures: Chris Claremont on 10/8/2022 & Roy Thomas on 11/19/2022. Label #23-0AE1106-054 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.75) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover art by Pablo Marcos. New Dracula story: "Call Them Triad... Call Them Death!", script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Frank McLaughlin; Dracula and Kate Fraser battle the elder gods Triad. "The Girl In the Black Hood!" (reprinted from Tales to Astonish #32), script by Larry Lieber, art by Don Heck; A famous photographer never allows anyone to see her face; A criminal tries to rob her and forces her to remove her hood, only to discover that she is actually Medusa when he is turned to stone. "On With the Dance!" (reprinted from Menace #2), script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath; A dancer who wants a part threatens the girl who got it with a gun to resign; Unfortunately for her, this girl is a witch, and she hexes the dancer to dance in place without ever stopping until she starves to death. "Sweet Old Ladies" (reprinted from Astonishing #18), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; A criminal makes the mistake of picking the house of a coven of witches to rob. "Vampire At the Window" (reprinted from Astonishing #18), script by Stan Lee, art by Hy Rosen; A man seeks help from a private detective when he spies a vampire lurking outside of his window, but the private detective turns out to be one as well. "Drive of Death" (reprinted from Astonishing #17); A hit and run driver is picked up by the ghost of the man he killed and driven to a watery grave. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart CBCS 9.4 $89.00 Paper: White Label #21-218A045-042

Five all new stories starring Shang Chi the Master of Kung Fu. First, on Shang Chi's birthday he is hounded and accosted on all sides by agents of his hated father who seeks Chi's death. "Death Masque!" Story by Doug Moench. Art by Paul Gulacy and Dan Adkins. Then, Shang Chi finds mystery and suspense in Miami in "Frozen Past, Shattered Memories." Story by Doug Moench. Art by Craig Russell. Includes a two page demonstration of Shaolin Boxing with Iron Fist and a reprinting of the first appearance of the arch villain from the 1950's Yellow Claw. Finally, the back-up tale "Reflections in a Rippled Pool!'' Story by Doug Moench. Art by Ron Wilson and Mike Esposito. 64 pages. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart CBCS 8.5 $63.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Off white to white Witnessed Signatures: Roy Thomas on 9/18/2021 and Larry Hama on 11/6/2021 Label #22-0692A42-365 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.89) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by Gil Kane and John Romita (alterations), inks by Dick Giordano and John Romita (alterations). Citadel On the Edge of Vengeance, script by Doug Moench, pencils by Larry Hama, inks by Dick Giordano; Iron Fist fights his way through Meachum's office building laced with traps but finds at the end, not Meachum, but a giant named Triple-Iron who is bent on killing him. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A # 32 (the Red Skull by Jack Kirby). 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CBCS 3.0 $60.00 or Best Offer Paper: White INCOMPLETE. Marvel Value Stamp missing from 10th page, does not affect story. Label #23-0EDC2E0-003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.80) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Gil Kane and John Romita (alterations), inks by Dick Giordano and John Romita (alterations). Citadel On the Edge of Vengeance, script by Doug Moench, pencils by Larry Hama, inks by Dick Giordano; Iron Fist fights his way through Meachum's office building laced with traps but finds at the end, not Meachum, but a giant named Triple-Iron who is bent on killing him. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A # 32 (the Red Skull by Jack Kirby). 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CBCS 8.5 $42.00 Paper: White Label #21-2F3BC32-041 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.26) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Jonah Hex stars in "The Point Pyrrhus Aftermath!" Script by Michael Fleisher, art by Noly Panaligan. Luis Dominguez cover. Cover price $0.20.