Comic books August 1997, graded by CBCS

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $62.00 Paper: White Slab: Debris trapped between case and inner well Direct Edition. Label #21-2EE000E-010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.86) will be charged at checkout.

Wraparound cover pencils by Steve Skroce. "The Chump, the Challenge and the Champion!", script by Tom DeFalco, pencils by Steve Skroce, inks by Bud LaRosa; Spider-Man is determined to avenge his humiliation by Electro, who is proving far more of a headache to the Rose than the boon he had hoped; Peter's increasing headaches and constant aspirin-popping aggravate his ulcer while Joe and Martha Robertson argue about the dangers of his job; Electro, tired of being put down, concocts a plan to blackmail the city with an electrical bomb; Spidey recruits X-Man to help against Electro; Rose hires Master Zei & the True Believers and sends an anonymous note to the Bugle telling Spidey where to find Electro; Spidey, in a new insulated suit, and X-Man confront Electro at Con Ed's central switching generator; The True Believers snatch a body from Cypress Hills cemetery; Angered by the battle, Electro decides to blow up the five boroughs. 54 pgs., full color. $2.99. Cover price $2.99.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $82.00 Paper: White Direct Edition. Label #21-22C8315-006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.46) will be charged at checkout.

Major Arcana Part 2 of 3: Night of the Dying Jokers - Written by Doug Moench. Art and Cover by Kelley Jones and John Beatty. The Joker and the Demon decide to forget about Gotham City and concentrate instead on -- you guessed it -- Batman! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.95.

Batman The Long Halloween (1997) 8 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition.

Label #20-26442BF-012

"Mother's Day." The Scarecrow escapes from Arkham Asylum and douses Batman with fear gas. Bruce, under the influence, runs from Captain Gordon. The death of Bruce Wayne's parents is revisited, further illuminating Batman's motivations for fighting crime. A contest for readers to guess the identity of Holiday is announced. Script by Jeph Loeb, art and cover by Tim Sale. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart CBCS 9.6 $32.00 Paper: White Michael Turner Variant. Label #22-2D96179-003

Variant tan cover. Darkness surrounded by lots 'o girls. Cover pencils by Michael Turner, inks by D-Tron. "Playing God," script by David Wohl and Christina Z, pencils by Marc Silvestri (pages 1-6), Steven Platt (pages 7-10), Steve Firchow (pages 11-14), and Cedric Nocon (pages 15-20), inks by Matt Banning (as Batt) (pages 1-3, 7-10, 13, 16), Marc Silvestri (pages 4-6), John Livesay (pages 15, 17-20), Richard Bennett (pages 11, 12, 14), and Victor Llamas (assistant); Jackie tries to get a grasp on his powers; he tries to make a human female out of the Darkness, but it doesn't turn out quite turn out as hed hoped. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.50.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $73.00 Paper: White Direct Edition. Label #21-2428F5D-007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.19) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Graham Nolan and Brian Stelfreeze. Gears of Justice starring Batman, script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Graham Nolan, inks by Bob McLeod; Batman battles Gearhead, who makes his first appearance. 32 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $23.00 Paper: White Direct Edition. Label #19-1F9086E-017

You can take the god out of the man, but you can't take the man out of the god! Hercules, the fabled half-man, half god warrior, has been stripped of his immortal powers. With the Avengers presumed dead, the now-mortal adventurer has begun to question his way of life and his place in the world. But when his eternal nemesis, the war-god Ares, begins a plan to return the world to the Dark Ages, Herc is drawn back into the fray! Script by Tom DeFalco. Art and cover by Ron Frenz and Pat Olliffe. Cover price $2.50.

Add to cart CBCS 8.5 $49.18 or Best Offer Paper: White Direct Edition Label #21-1D90B3E-030 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.48) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by SlabSmart

"End of a World!" Story by J.M. DeMatteis. Art by Cary Nord and Ralph Cabrera. Future Conan artist Cary Nord pencils this tale of the Surfer's return to Zenn-La seeking answers. For months now his lost memories have plagued him. Now, he'll find the answers he seeks even if it kills him. And when Galactus discovers him eavesdropping on the forbidding events of the past, it just may. Cover price $1.99.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $65.88 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #19-2A9840C-031 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.98) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by SlabSmart

Written by John Wagner. Art by Cam Kennedy. Cover by Mathieu Lauffray. Gorga may want to call off the hit -- the target being his father-in-law and Gorga's wife being suddenly pregnant and all -- but Boba Fett was promised a contract, and he doesn't do last-minute cancellations. It's a knockdown, drag-out roustabout in Boba Fett: Murder Most Foul! 48 pages, FC. NOTE: Boba Fett Murder Most Foul (1997) is Part 3 of a 3 issue series including: #1 Bounty On Bar - Kooda (12/1995), and #2 When The Fat Lady Swings (09/1996) Cover price $3.95.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $53.67 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #19-2B978A3-099 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.61) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by SlabSmart

Written by Mike Baron. Art by Terry Dodson and Kevin Nowlan. Cover by Mathieu Lauffray. Luke's new mentor, Jedi Master C'Baoth, is teaching him new ways to use the Force, ways that seem . . . inappropriate. But ways that may become necessary in light of the fact that Grand Admiral Thrawn has taken command of the remnants of the Imperial fleet. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $46.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #19-2B978A3-130 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.38) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by SlabSmart

Written by Kevin J. Anderson. Art by Dario Carrasco, Jr., Mark G. Heike, Bill Black and David Jacob Beckett. Cover by Duncan Fegredo. Before the Empire held sway over the galaxy . . . before the Rebel forces rose up to create the New Republic . . . there was the time of the Old Republic. The story of how that grand oligarchy fell from power begins here, in an episode titled "First Encounter." 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart CBCS 9.4 $94.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Witnessed Signature: Larry Hama on 3/23/2021. Direct Edition. Label #21-21F7AAA-012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.82) will be charged at checkout.

It's the symbiotic secret agent, alone against the hordes of Dr. Yes, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance! If he fails, Yes's Hyper-Ebola Plague will decimate mankind and, more important to Eddie Brock, the thermite bomb implanted in Venom will detonate! Written by Larry Hama. Pencils by Derec Aucoin and Josh Hood. Cover price $1.99.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $29.95 Paper: White Direct Edition. Label #21-279E891-002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($0.90) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Leinil Francis Yu, inks by Edgar Tadeo. In the Face of It, script by Larry Hama, pencils by Leinil Francis Yu, inks by Edgar Tadeo; The X-Men are captured and brought into Bastion's complex at the old Hulkbuster base while Jubilee looks on helplessly; Thinking Wolverine is dead, the Zero Tolerance soldiers prepare to incinerate him but Wolvie gets better fast and rescues the rest of his teammates. Operation Zero Tolerance cross-over. 38 pgs. $1.99. Cover price $1.99.

Add to cart CBCS 9.6 $69.23 or Best Offer Paper: White Newsstand Edition. Label #21-248E175-027 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.08) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by SlabSmart

Cover by Miran Kim. Crop duster. Story by John Rozum. Pencils by Alex Saviuk. Inks by Rick Magyar. An elderly man claims tiny green goblins are terrorizing him and his wife. Mulder and Scully investigate and find……something. When further evidence reveals that the man may be abusing his wife, the complexion of the entire investigation changes. 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $2.95.