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Comic books January 1975, graded by CBCS

  • Item #59706729
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #7002733-AA-002

    "...And One Will Fall" Part 2 of 2. Script by Gerry Conway. Pencils by Ross Andru. Inks by Frank Giacoia and Dave Hunt (backgrounds). Cover by Gil Kane and Mike Esposito. The conniving Jackal lures the wall-crawler's alter-ego into an ambush at Washington Square! And then attaches a metal harness to his arm! The spectacular one's spider powers won't get him out of this jam! It's up to his brainpower! Later on though the web-slinger will call upon all of his speed, strength, and agility to declaw the Grizzly! Origin of the Grizzly. Cameo appearances by Betty Brant, Ned Leeds, Flash Thompson, J. Jonah Jameson, and Glory Grant (first appearance). Flashback cameos by Liz Allan and Joe Robertson. (Notes: The Grizzly returns many years later in Web of Spider-Man 58. This issue contains a full-page ad for the second issue of Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) featuring the Fantastic Four. The letters page includes Marvel Value Stamp series A #75 Morbius by Pablo Marcos. This story was reprinted in Marvel Tales 117.) 32 pages. 25c cover price. Cover price $0.25.

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  • Item #59474133
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    • CBCS Authentic Signature
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    • Witnessed Signature: Roy Thomas on 6/17/2023.
    • Label #23-211DCD8-006
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    "A Quiet Half-Hour in Saigon!" Script by Steve Englehart. Art by Sal Buscema (breakdowns) and Joe Staton (finishes). Cover by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia. The Avengers search for clues about Mantis' origin in the streets of Saigon. However, their quest for answers continues to come up empty. Meanwhile in timeless limbo, a strange three-way battle among Kang, Immortus, and Rama-Tut concludes. Unfortunately for Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Conqueror emerges victorious! With Immortus' time machine at his disposal, Kang plucks six deceased villains from the time stream to form the unearthly Legion on the Unliving! Frankenstein's Monster, Wonder Man, the Flying Dutchman (aka the Ghost), Midnight, Baron Zemo, and the original (golden age) Human Torch. Wow, an all-star assemblage from the annals of Marvel! And with a spectacular bolt from the blue, Kang interrupts the Avengers' quiet day in Vietnam and transports the heroes to the labyrinths of limbo! Where a blockbuster battle looms next issue…between the quick and the dead! Cameo appearances by Nomad (aka Steve Rogers), Libra, and the Cotati (as the green-hued Swordsman). Avengers Lineup: Iron Man, Hawkeye, Mantis, Thor, and the Vision. (Notes: The build-up of suspense between issues 131 and 132 was tremendous, since most of the resurrected villains had not appeared in almost a decade. Wonder Man, Baron Zemo, and Immortus previously appeared in Avengers (1st series) 9, 15, and 16, respectively. This issue is the third appearance of the original Human Torch in silver age/bronze age continuity. The first is Fantastic Four Annual 4 published in 1966. The second is Avengers 71 published in 1969. The letters page includes a letter from comics artist Ken Meyer, Jr. The letters page also contains Marvel Value Stamp series A #70 Super Skrull by Jack Kirby.) Cover price $0.25.

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  • Item #59275178
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    • CBCS Authentic Signature
    • Paper: White
    • Witnessed Signatures: Joe Staton on 10/28/2022, Sal Buscema on 10/31/2022 & Roy Thomas on 11/19/2022.
    • Label #23-0AFB6AC-027
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    "A Quiet Half-Hour in Saigon!" Script by Steve Englehart. Art by Sal Buscema (breakdowns) and Joe Staton (finishes). Cover by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia. The Avengers search for clues about Mantis' origin in the streets of Saigon. However, their quest for answers continues to come up empty. Meanwhile in timeless limbo, a strange three-way battle among Kang, Immortus, and Rama-Tut concludes. Unfortunately for Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Conqueror emerges victorious! With Immortus' time machine at his disposal, Kang plucks six deceased villains from the time stream to form the unearthly Legion on the Unliving! Frankenstein's Monster, Wonder Man, the Flying Dutchman (aka the Ghost), Midnight, Baron Zemo, and the original (golden age) Human Torch. Wow, an all-star assemblage from the annals of Marvel! And with a spectacular bolt from the blue, Kang interrupts the Avengers' quiet day in Vietnam and transports the heroes to the labyrinths of limbo! Where a blockbuster battle looms next issue…between the quick and the dead! Cameo appearances by Nomad (aka Steve Rogers), Libra, and the Cotati (as the green-hued Swordsman). Avengers Lineup: Iron Man, Hawkeye, Mantis, Thor, and the Vision. (Notes: The build-up of suspense between issues 131 and 132 was tremendous, since most of the resurrected villains had not appeared in almost a decade. Wonder Man, Baron Zemo, and Immortus previously appeared in Avengers (1st series) 9, 15, and 16, respectively. This issue is the third appearance of the original Human Torch in silver age/bronze age continuity. The first is Fantastic Four Annual 4 published in 1966. The second is Avengers 71 published in 1969. The letters page includes a letter from comics artist Ken Meyer, Jr. The letters page also contains Marvel Value Stamp series A #70 Super Skrull by Jack Kirby.) Cover price $0.25.

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  • Item #58273862
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    3 new pages, "Watching and Waiting," featuring the Watcher. Script by Steve Englehart, art by Jim Starlin, Alan Weiss, and others. The remainder of the issue reprints the Capt. Marvel origin by Stan Lee and Gene Colan from Marvel Super-Heroes 12. Letter to the editor from comic artist Brent Anderson. The letters page also contains Marvel Value Stamp series A # 25 (the [Human] Torch). Al Milgrom cover. Cover price $0.25.

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  • Item #58825665
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    • Paper: White
    • Label #22-2D520EC-038
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    Cover pencils by Ron Wilson, inks by Joe Sinnott. New story: 1st appearance of Korvac in "Games Godlings Play!", script by Steve Gerber (script, plot), Jim Starlin (plot), and Len Wein (plot), pencils by Jim Starlin (layouts), Dan Adkins (finished art), Don Newton (finished art), and Jim Mooney (finished art), inks by Dan Adkins (pages 1-7, 10-11, 22-27, 43), Don Newton (pages 14-19, 31-36, 38), and Jim Mooney (pages 8-9, 30, 37, 39, 44); The Grandmaster and the Prime Mover play a game for the fate of the Earth; The Grandmaster selects the Defenders for his "pieces" and the Prime Mover selects several alien "pieces" and combat begins. "The World Destroyers!" starring the Sub-Mariner, script and art by Bill Everett. "The House of Shadows!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; Doctor Strange is on the scene to observe a TV crew as they prepare to enter & broadcast about a "Haunted House." Letter from Mary Jo Duffy. 68 pgs., full color. $0.50. Cover price $0.50.

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  • Item #55892746
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    Published Jan 1975 by Marvel.
    • Paper: White
    • Slab: Minor side edge crack
    • From the D.N.A. Collection.
    • Label #18-0E95045-037

    Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Tom Palmer. "Castle Curse!", script by Doug Moench, pencils by Don Perlin, inks by Sal Trapani; The Werewolf roams the nighttime streets of Monterey when a billboard he passes shimmers into the image of Topaz; She reaches into the beast's psyche for the mind of Jack Russell, pleading for him to rescue her from within his ancestral castle; Memories of Blackgar Island, where Russoff Castle was rebuilt, impel the Werewolf to swim out toward it; He reaches the castle and finds Topaz inside, but she is merely an illusion that fades as a trapdoor opens beneath his feet; At the bottom, he is accosted by a creature covered with silver spikes. "The Visitor" (reprinted from Adventures into Terror #13), pencils by George Roussos; A man is convinced that controlling visitors exist all around him and when he is confronted by mist he goes off his rocker. "The Man Who Went Back!" (reprinted from Journey into Mystery #18), art by Pete Tumlinson; A man is pursued through time by tax collectors. "The Man Who Talked To Rats!" (reprinted from Adventures into Terror #13), art by Manny Stallman; A man comes across a man who talks to rats in an alley and makes a deal with him to kill his uncle so he will inherit his money; The weird guy sends his rats into the estate to chew up the old guy and the nephew both. "The Hands of Death" (reprinted from Adventures into Terror #13), pencils by Don Perlin, inks by Abe Simon; A woman's car breaks down in an area where women have been strangled and she takes shelter in a nearby house; She is admitted by a bundled figure that she abruptly assumes is the strangler. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.50.

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  • Item #58481419
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    Published Jan 1975 by Marvel.

    Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Sinnott. Batroc and Other Assassins!, script by Tony Isabella, pencils by Arvell Jones, inks by Dan Green; Ward and Joy hire Batroc to kill Iron Fist; The mysterious ninja who keeps appearing in Danny's life shows up once again to help him out against Batroc and his brigade; The story reveals that the ninja is really Lee Wing (although Danny doesn't find that out yet). The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A # 73 (Kingpin by John Romita Sr.). 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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