Comic books August 1986, graded by CBCS

Alpha Flight (1983 1st Series) 37 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition.

Label #21-273936C-019

"Death, Birth!" Sub-Mariner cameo. Part 1 of 2. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by David Ross and Gerry Talaoc. An Ancient and powerful evil arises and only the Canadian super heroes, Alpha Flight, can stop it now. But first they'll have to face and overcome their greatest fears. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CBCS 9.0 $125.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Witnessed Signature: Tom Mandrake on 7/9/2022. Second Printing. Label #23-0AFB6AC-037 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.75) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

2nd or later printing. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CBCS 7.5 $169.95 or Best Offer CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Verified Signature: Stan Sakai. Sketch on Cover. Label #22-39AA4F7-002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.10) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Fantagraphics long-running anthropomorphic anthology (i.e., funny animal comic). Gnuff in Unhappy Returns, story and art by Freddy Milton; Usagi Yojimbo in Horse Thief, story and art by Stan Sakai; Chapter Three of Birthright by Steven A Gallacci. Black and white; 32 pages. Cover by Sakai. Cover price $2.00. Cover price $2.00.

Dakota North (1986 Marvel) 2 CBCS 9.2 SS Larry Hama

Paper: Off white to white

Witnessed Signature: Larry Hama on 12/13/2020. Direct Edition. Label Error: Signature date may be incorrect.

Label #21-1982DFD-007

Cover art by Tony Salmons. Pet Tricks, script by Martha Thomases, art by Tony Salmons; To protect an experimental nerve gas sample hidden in a pen, a retired spy pursued by foreign agents lets Dakota's brother Ricky win the pen from him in a poker game. 36 pgs. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CBCS 9.4 $52.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #23-06FB980-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.56) will be charged at checkout.

Donatello of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles meets an artist (based on comics legend Jack Kirby) who has discovered a way to bring his drawings to life. Part of a series of one-shots featuring the Turtles in solo stories. Story by Kevin Eastman and art by Peter Laird. Black and white; 40 pages. Cover by Laird. Cover price $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

Add to cart CBCS 8.5 $39.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #21-3B8C92F-146 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.17) will be charged at checkout.

Donatello of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles meets an artist (based on comics legend Jack Kirby) who has discovered a way to bring his drawings to life. Part of a series of one-shots featuring the Turtles in solo stories. Story by Kevin Eastman and art by Peter Laird. Black and white; 40 pages. Cover by Laird. Cover price $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $140.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Witnessed Signature: Kevin Eastman on 10/8/2022. Label #23-0B02941-025 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.20) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Donatello of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles meets an artist (based on comics legend Jack Kirby) who has discovered a way to bring his drawings to life. Part of a series of one-shots featuring the Turtles in solo stories. Story by Kevin Eastman and art by Peter Laird. Black and white; 40 pages. Cover by Laird. Cover price $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

Add to cart CBCS 9.6 $250.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Witnessed Sig: Cassandra Peterson (as Elvira) on 11/3/2018. Direct Edition. Label #18-3D738AC-049 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.50) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Special sideways issue! Twice as many pages of story! More info on the big contest! And: For the first time ever - fans' letters! Tales written by Tom and Mary Bierbaum, Robert Kanigher, Joey Cavalieri and Elizabeth M. Smith, and drawn by Tom Grindberg, George Freeman, Jess Jodloman, Ric Estrada and Charles Nicholas. Cover by Mark Beachum. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CBCS 9.2 $72.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Witnessed Sig: Joe Giella on 08/09/2019. Direct Edition. Label #19-3F8A529-030 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.16) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Special sideways issue! Twice as many pages of story! More info on the big contest! And: For the first time ever - fans' letters! Tales written by Tom and Mary Bierbaum, Robert Kanigher, Joey Cavalieri and Elizabeth M. Smith, and drawn by Tom Grindberg, George Freeman, Jess Jodloman, Ric Estrada and Charles Nicholas. Cover by Mark Beachum. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $65.00 Paper: White Direct Edition. Label #21-27655BE-009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.95) will be charged at checkout.

"Central City does Not Answer!" Part 2 of 4. Guest-starring the West Coast Avengers and Wyatt Wingfoot. Story by John Byrne. Art by John Byrne and Al Gordon. Cover by John Byrne. Story continued from Thing (Vol. 1) #36. When a gigantic ebony dome appears out of no where the Avengers are called to investigate. When Earth's Mightiest Heroes fail to solve the mystery, the Fantastic Four are called in. When they are suddenly sucked into the black void beyond, that is when the true adventure begins! Last Byrne issue as artist. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $190.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Witnessed Signature: Larry Hama on 3/23/2021. Direct Edition. Label #21-19857F5-005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.70) will be charged at checkout.

1st printing - "The Battle of Springfield!" Written by Larry Hama. Art by Rod Whigham and Andy Mushynsky. Cover by Mike Zeck. It's all out action, as GI Joe celebrates 50 issues with a no holds barred throw down with Cobra and their new emperor - Serpentor! 48 pages, FC. NOTE: 1st appearance of Zarana. Cover price $1.25.

Add to cart CBCS 9.6 $129.95 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Witnessed Signature: Larry Hama on 12/13/2020. Direct Edition. Label #21-197FA86-015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.90) will be charged at checkout.

1st printing - "The Battle of Springfield!" Written by Larry Hama. Art by Rod Whigham and Andy Mushynsky. Cover by Mike Zeck. It's all out action, as GI Joe celebrates 50 issues with a no holds barred throw down with Cobra and their new emperor - Serpentor! 48 pages, FC. NOTE: 1st appearance of Zarana. Cover price $1.25.

GI Joe (1982 Marvel) 50 CBCS 9.0

Paper: Off white to white

Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back

Direct Edition.

Label #21-1D24259-028

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1st printing - "The Battle of Springfield!" Written by Larry Hama. Art by Rod Whigham and Andy Mushynsky. Cover by Mike Zeck. It's all out action, as GI Joe celebrates 50 issues with a no holds barred throw down with Cobra and their new emperor - Serpentor! 48 pages, FC. NOTE: 1st appearance of Zarana. Cover price $1.25.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $66.00 Paper: White Direct Edition. Label #21-275FB9A-002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.98) will be charged at checkout.

"All Fall Down!" Guest starring the Avengers (Captain America, Wasp, Captain Marvel, Namor, Hercules, and the Black Knight), the West Coast Avengers (Hawkeye, Mockingbird, Iron Man, Wonder Man, and Tigra), She-Hulk, and Doc Samson. Fantastic Four cameo. Story by Al Milgrom. Art by Al Milgrom and Dell Barras. It's the battle royal for the ages as the Avengers and the West Coast Avengers clash head on into the rampaging man-beast known as the Hulk. With the combined might to topple planets, can these heroes hope to accomplish the unthinkable? Can they defeat the Incredible Hulk? Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $105.00 Paper: White Direct Edition. Label #21-1476548-010

Despero rules Gotham City unless the JLA can stop him! And for the first time - the origin of Despero! Part 3 of 4, concludes next issue. Written by Gerry Conway, with art by Luke McDonnell and Bill Wray. Cover pencils by McDonnell. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $95.00 Paper: White Direct Edition. Label #20-077742A-140 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Albelo. "Uncouth Sweet Tooth, or B.O. Go Home!," script by Steve Mellor, pencils by Joe Albelo, inks by Pierre Fournier; Orson Whales witnesses the arrival of an extra-terrestrial, but nobody listens to his warnings; The alien appears at the Daily Beagle office, where Peter, Jonah and the interns name him B.O., then discover that he eats everything in sight; Candy makers Rhesus and Crawdad hire Woodchuck Morris to capture B.O., and everyone arrives at the candy factory, from which B.O. is jettisoned back into space. Ad for Spider-Man/Power Pack. "The Asinine Torch vs. The Sub-Marsupial," script by Mike Mellor, art by Steve Mellor; Remembering the good old days, the Torch meets The Weaselly Whizzard, who persuades the Torch to become a wrestler; Going against the Sub-Marsupial, they're too busy reminiscing to fight, but they beat up everyone else. 36 pgs., full color. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CBCS 9.6 $111.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Witnessed Signature: Larry Hama on 3/23/2021. Direct Edition. Label #21-21F617C-025 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.33) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Albelo. "Uncouth Sweet Tooth, or B.O. Go Home!," script by Steve Mellor, pencils by Joe Albelo, inks by Pierre Fournier; Orson Whales witnesses the arrival of an extra-terrestrial, but nobody listens to his warnings; The alien appears at the Daily Beagle office, where Peter, Jonah and the interns name him B.O., then discover that he eats everything in sight; Candy makers Rhesus and Crawdad hire Woodchuck Morris to capture B.O., and everyone arrives at the candy factory, from which B.O. is jettisoned back into space. Ad for Spider-Man/Power Pack. "The Asinine Torch vs. The Sub-Marsupial," script by Mike Mellor, art by Steve Mellor; Remembering the good old days, the Torch meets The Weaselly Whizzard, who persuades the Torch to become a wrestler; Going against the Sub-Marsupial, they're too busy reminiscing to fight, but they beat up everyone else. 36 pgs., full color. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $89.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Direct Edition. Label #20-262039A-017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.67) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Albelo. "The Lost Temple of the Golden Retriever!", script by Steve Skeates, pencils by Joe Albelo, inks by Pierre Fournier; The bank-robbing Terrible Terriers escape while Spider-Ham stops a building from collapsing; Jonah gets a lead on a jungle story (with the Terriers listening in), so he takes Peter and the interns to the Temple of the Golden Retriever; The "god" in charge turns out to be former reporter Winston Caribou, now insane. "Prince Kaymar, The Sub-Merchandizer!!", script by Steve Skeates, art by Howard Bender; Forced from his throne, Kaymar is now a salesman, traveling with Markup, his pet saber-toothed tiger shark. J. Hamilton Hampster falls into the bay, where nuclear waste turns him into a man-thing; He wanders past Kaymar, but remains oblivious, so Kaymar sells to a passing frogman. Star Signals ad. 36 pgs., full color. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CBCS 9.6 $111.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Witnessed Signature: Larry Hama on 3/23/2021. Direct Edition. Label #21-21F617C-008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.33) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Albelo. "The Lost Temple of the Golden Retriever!", script by Steve Skeates, pencils by Joe Albelo, inks by Pierre Fournier; The bank-robbing Terrible Terriers escape while Spider-Ham stops a building from collapsing; Jonah gets a lead on a jungle story (with the Terriers listening in), so he takes Peter and the interns to the Temple of the Golden Retriever; The "god" in charge turns out to be former reporter Winston Caribou, now insane. "Prince Kaymar, The Sub-Merchandizer!!", script by Steve Skeates, art by Howard Bender; Forced from his throne, Kaymar is now a salesman, traveling with Markup, his pet saber-toothed tiger shark. J. Hamilton Hampster falls into the bay, where nuclear waste turns him into a man-thing; He wanders past Kaymar, but remains oblivious, so Kaymar sells to a passing frogman. Star Signals ad. 36 pgs., full color. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $98.00 Paper: White Slab: Debris trapped between case and inner well Label #21-273A1B7-005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.94) will be charged at checkout.

Adaptation of the Masters saga of the1980s popular animated TV series, Robotech. Dana and Bowie are in some romantic doldrums while their fellow Micronians unknowingly accept a spy into their ranks in "The Outsiders." Script by Mike Baron and art by Neil Vokes & Chris Kalnick. Issue also has advertisements for Robotech products and merchandise. Cover price $1.50.

Star Wars Droids (1986 1st Series Marvel/Star Comics) 3 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition.

Label #21-40D9BCD-041

Comic book based on the "Star Wars" animated series starring the droids C3P0 and R2-D2. While assigned to teach and take care of an ambassador's son, C3P0 and R2-D2 get caught right in the middle of the youngster's dream and ambition to become a part of the crew of Reddjak ,a space pirate and criminal in "The Scarlet Pirate" and "End of the Game." Script by Dave Manak and art by John Romita & Joe Sinnott. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $105.00 Paper: White Direct Edition Label #21-2EE6E3F-013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.15) will be charged at checkout.

As the Autobots leave their base to go out on a mission, the Ark's only protection and last line of defense against a Decepticon attack is a reprogrammed Omega Supreme. Meanwhile, Donny Finkleberg, the human portraying the Robot Master persona is having second thoughts about the role in "Command Performances." Script by Bob Budiansky and art by Don Perlin & Ian Akin & Brian Garvey. Cover by Herb Trimpe. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CBCS 8.5 $28.29 or Best Offer Paper: White Direct Edition. Label #19-2A9668F-037 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($0.85) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by SlabSmart

"Fall Out!" Story by Louise Simonson. Art by Jackson Guice and Joe Rubinstein. X-Factor is perceived by the public to be humans who hunt down mutants for the good of humanity. The X-Terminators are believed by the public to be mutant terrorists who fight for mutant rights. The problem is both of these groups are the same people. X-Factor and the X-Terminators are actually the original X-Men - Cyclops, Angel, Beast, Ice Man, and Jean Grey - and they use this charade to secretly find and help mutants survive in a world where paranoia and fear of the unknown rules. This issue explores how they keep their secret identities safe from the public. Cover price $0.75.