Auctions: comic books October 1974, graded by CGC

Doctor Strange (1974 2nd Series) 4 CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Label #4075918006

Cover art by Frank Brunner. ...Where Bound'ries...Decay, script by Steve Englehart (co-plot, script) and Frank Brunner (co-plot), pencils by Frank Brunner, inks by Dick Giordano and Bob Wiacek [as Crusty Bunkers]; Strange confronts Death, takes refuge inside form of Eternity. Strange fears Death no longer, & he Dies!!; Strange beholds Ancient One, who tells Strange he has won first in series of trials as Sorcerer Supreme; Ankh appears on Strange's forehead; Appearances by Clea, Eternity, and the Silver Dagger. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A #33 (Sue Richards, Invisible Girl; Jack Kirby art?). Cover price $0.25.

Incredible Hulk (1962 Marvel 1st Series) 180 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4109882001

First appearance of Wolverine (cameo last panel). Cover art by Herb Trimpe. And the Wind Howls...Wendigo!, script by Len Wein, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Jack Abel; Hulk is in Canada looking for some peace and quiet when he is mysteriously drawn to a cave inhabited by the sister of the man who became the Wendigo; Marie and Georges plan on transferring the power of the Wendigo to the Hulk, thus restorin Paul Cartier to his normal life; Marie's magic isn't strong enough, however, and just as Wendigo shows up, the Hulk wakes up from his magical slumber and the two battle; The Canadian government gets involved and sends in their own agent to take care of a recent Hulk sighting, the mutant known as Wolverine. Marvel Value Stamp Series A (Cyclops). 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Savage Sword of Conan (1974 Marvel) 2 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #3936706001

Conan stars in "Black Colossus." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Alfredo Alcala. Adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard. Also in this issue: "Blackmark," script and art by Gil Kane (reprinting chapter 2 from the Bantam Books paperback); a King Kull/Brule story, "The Beast From the Abyss," script by Steve Englehart, pencils by Howard Chaykin, inks by the Crusty Bunkers (Neal Adams, Russ Heath, and others, probably including Dick Giordano, Ralph Reese, and Alan Weiss); and "Chronicles of the Sword," an article by Lin Carter with illustrations by Alan Weiss, Al Milgrom, and Joe Staton. Letter to the editor from comic writer Ralph Macchio. (Letters page illustrations include Gil Kane/Adams and Barry Windsor-Smith reprinted panels). Mike Zeck frontispiece. Neal Adams cover. Cover price $1.00.