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Alpha Flight (1983 1st Series) 107 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition

Label #19-279A9AA-081

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World Tour '92: Part 1 of 3. "Rage against the Dying of the Light!" Guest-starring X-Factor. Story by Scott Lobdell. Art by Tom Morgan. Alpha Flight begins a world tour that will take them around the globe. First they'll pay a visit to the mutant heroes known as X-Factor. The teams are taken aback when a sorcerous bride to be awakens the undead to see that her wedding goes forward without a hitch. What happens next is right out of horror show. Cover price $1.75.

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 361A.D VF- 7.5 1st Printing

Direct Edition. First (full) appearance of Carnage in "Savage Genesis!" Part 1 of 3. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by Mark Bagley. Inks by Randy Emberlin. Cover by Mark Bagley and Randy Emberlin. Blood runs in the streets as a serial killer roams New York City! And as the web-slinger investigates the murders, he notices a very disturbing similarity to another killer's modus operandi! In a burned-out building in Brooklyn, the spectacular one comes face-to-face with his new homicidal foe...Carnage! Can the wall-crawler end Cletus Kasady's rampage in their very first encounter? Cameo appearances by Aunt May and Mary Jane Watson. Flashback cameo by Venom. (Note: This three-part story was reprinted in 2011 in the trade paperback: Spider-Man -- The Vengeance of Venom.) 36 pages, full color. $1.25 cover price. NOTE: Most of these were distributed with slight printer tears in the bottom edge of the cover. Cover price $1.25.

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 361A.D FN- 5.5 1st Printing

Water spotting.

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Direct Edition. First (full) appearance of Carnage in "Savage Genesis!" Part 1 of 3. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by Mark Bagley. Inks by Randy Emberlin. Cover by Mark Bagley and Randy Emberlin. Blood runs in the streets as a serial killer roams New York City! And as the web-slinger investigates the murders, he notices a very disturbing similarity to another killer's modus operandi! In a burned-out building in Brooklyn, the spectacular one comes face-to-face with his new homicidal foe...Carnage! Can the wall-crawler end Cletus Kasady's rampage in their very first encounter? Cameo appearances by Aunt May and Mary Jane Watson. Flashback cameo by Venom. (Note: This three-part story was reprinted in 2011 in the trade paperback: Spider-Man -- The Vengeance of Venom.) 36 pages, full color. $1.25 cover price. NOTE: Most of these were distributed with slight printer tears in the bottom edge of the cover. Cover price $1.25.

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 361A.N CGC 9.8 SS Bagley/Michelinie/Emberlin

Paper: White

Signed & sketch by Mark Bagley on 8/28/20 & signed by David Michelinie on 4/16/21 & Randy Emberlin on 12/4/21.

Label #2574778009

Newsstand Edition. First (full) appearance of Carnage in "Savage Genesis!" Part 1 of 3. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by Mark Bagley. Inks by Randy Emberlin. Cover by Mark Bagley and Randy Emberlin. Blood runs in the streets as a serial killer roams New York City! And as the web-slinger investigates the murders, he notices a very disturbing similarity to another killer's modus operandi! In a burned-out building in Brooklyn, the spectacular one comes face-to-face with his new homicidal foe...Carnage! Can the wall-crawler end Cletus Kasady's rampage in their very first encounter? Cameo appearances by Aunt May and Mary Jane Watson. Flashback cameo by Venom. (Note: This three-part story was reprinted in 2011 in the trade paperback: Spider-Man -- The Vengeance of Venom.) 36 pages, full color. $1.25 cover price. NOTE: Most of these were distributed with slight printer tears in the bottom edge of the cover. Cover price $1.25.

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 361A.N CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition

Label #4402527010

Newsstand Edition. First (full) appearance of Carnage in "Savage Genesis!" Part 1 of 3. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by Mark Bagley. Inks by Randy Emberlin. Cover by Mark Bagley and Randy Emberlin. Blood runs in the streets as a serial killer roams New York City! And as the web-slinger investigates the murders, he notices a very disturbing similarity to another killer's modus operandi! In a burned-out building in Brooklyn, the spectacular one comes face-to-face with his new homicidal foe...Carnage! Can the wall-crawler end Cletus Kasady's rampage in their very first encounter? Cameo appearances by Aunt May and Mary Jane Watson. Flashback cameo by Venom. (Note: This three-part story was reprinted in 2011 in the trade paperback: Spider-Man -- The Vengeance of Venom.) 36 pages, full color. $1.25 cover price. NOTE: Most of these were distributed with slight printer tears in the bottom edge of the cover. Cover price $1.25.

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 361A.N VF 8.0

Newsstand Edition. First (full) appearance of Carnage in "Savage Genesis!" Part 1 of 3. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by Mark Bagley. Inks by Randy Emberlin. Cover by Mark Bagley and Randy Emberlin. Blood runs in the streets as a serial killer roams New York City! And as the web-slinger investigates the murders, he notices a very disturbing similarity to another killer's modus operandi! In a burned-out building in Brooklyn, the spectacular one comes face-to-face with his new homicidal foe...Carnage! Can the wall-crawler end Cletus Kasady's rampage in their very first encounter? Cameo appearances by Aunt May and Mary Jane Watson. Flashback cameo by Venom. (Note: This three-part story was reprinted in 2011 in the trade paperback: Spider-Man -- The Vengeance of Venom.) 36 pages, full color. $1.25 cover price. NOTE: Most of these were distributed with slight printer tears in the bottom edge of the cover. Cover price $1.25.

Darkhawk (1991 Marvel) 14 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4411714003

Cover pencils by Mike Manley. Heart of the Hawk, Part 5: The Antidote for Civilization, script by Danny Fingeroth, pencils by Mike Manley, inks by Ricardo Villagran; Darkhawk and Venom fight until Venom senses that Darkhawk is an innocent and feigns his own death so Darkhawk will leave; Darkhawk travels on raft to Althea Island where Philippe Bazin holds Mike Powell captive. Darkhawk defeats Lodestone and Mike Powell kills Bazin, but Bazin kills Powell as well; Mike Powell's dying wish is that Darkhawk protect his family and be the edge against crime. 36 pgs. $1.25. Cover price $1.25.

Rust (1992 Adventure Comics) 1LIMITED CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Special Limited Edition.

Label #4096985015

Limited Edition foil cover by Phil Hester and Ande Parks. Story by Steve Miller. Art by Phil Hester and Ande Parks. Creator Steve Miller reboots the cult series about a reluctant superhero, with art by future Green Arrow sensations Hester and Parks. After a freak accident, police officer Scott Baker police officer Scott Baker gains mastery over metal, as well as a metallic shell he cannot take off. Also features an issue guide to the previous Rust series and a Phil Hester Rust sketchbook. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $4.95.

Star Wars Dark Empire (1991) 3A CBCS 9.2 Dorman 1st Printing

Paper: White

Label #22-074BA9D-014

1st printing - Written by Tom Veitch. Art by Cam Kennedy. Cover by Dave Dorman. A war for the planet Calamari erupts over that planet's surface, already threatened by the massive World Destroyers. While Lando and Wedge take on the Imperial stormtroopers, Leia is tormented by visions of Luke being sucked into the darkness. Meanwhile, it seems that Han has run into some "old friends"! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1984) 46 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)

Label #4210171004

Masks, Part 1. An encounter with time-traveling Renet and their old foe Romero sends the Turtles back to feudal Japan to save history from being changed. Story, art and cover by Michael Dooney. Black and white; 32 pages. Cover price $2.00. Cover price $2.00.