Auctions: comic books 1956-1969
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Item #60360372
Little Dot (1953 1st Series) 49 CBCS 6.5 Conserved
Conserved
Paper: Off white to white
Amateur Conservation Includes: Small piece of cover reattached with glue.
Label #23-40B95C4-003
Starts Jun 10 Stories and art by Steve Muffatti and Warren Kremer. Cover by Warren Kremer. One of the mainstays of Harvey's long-running kids' comics, Little Dot also features Richie Rich and Little Lotta. Dot meets the one relative she'd rather not: Uncle Anti-Dot. Richie Rich tries to prevent his pushy cousin Reggie from being so obnoxious. Also featuring a vintage ad for a "giant flying plastic jet," a model Douglas DC-3 with the Pan Am logo. Little Dot; Another Dot; Dorothy Meets Uncle Anti-Dot; Little Lotta: The Hobby Hunt; Richie Rich: Rough and Reggie; First Day; The Dress; Richie Rich; Little Lotta. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #59174473
Little Dot (1953 1st Series) 116 CBCS 9.2
Paper: Off white to white
File Copy.
Label #23-150e668-012
Starts Jun 10 "The Inventor's Apprentice"; Two spies are determined to kidnap Uncle Branes so that he can create weapons for their evil leader. Untitled story; Dot gets a face full of water when she opens a ship's porthole. Untitled story; Dot presents an essay about dots to her class, but has forgotten to dot an "i" in the title of her paper. "Some Weapons!"; The evil Goldgut and his henchmen hold Uncle Branes and Dot at gunpoint, demanding that they invent weapons that Goldgut can use to rule the world. "The Drop-Out"; Lotta tries to convince her friend Dora not to drop out of school. "A Sweet Story" text story. "Richie Rich and the Time Block"; Reggie has a machine that stops time from moving forward, and he refuses to turn it off. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60957837
Magnus Robot Fighter (1963 Gold Key) 2 CBCS 9.4
Paper: White
From the Personal Collection of Mr. Magik Woo. Includes COA.
Label #7002368-AA-002
Starts Jun 10 Painted cover art by George Wilson. "Trees, Number 7: Palms" article. "Operation Disguise," script by Russ Manning, Robert Schaefer, and Eric Freiwald, art by Russ Manning; Human-like robots are created to sabotage the government of North Am, and Magnus must battle a steel replica of himself. "The World of Robots... Today!" article. "Space Derelict," script by Robert Schaefer and Eric Freiwald, art by Russ Manning; An Earth-bound ship raises shields against meteors and finds a derelict Earth ship; Captain Johner goes aboard, finds air, but is hit from behind; Rodg and an Alien Og venture aboard; Rodg is struck down but Og grabs the perpetrator: an Earthman driven mad by loneliness. "Trees, Number 8: Cedar" article, art by Jack Sparling. Robot Fighter Pin-Up No. 2 back cover painting by George Wilson. # on cover 10046-305. May. #2 5/63. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60778374
Marvel Super Heroes (1967 1st Series) 12 CGC 8.0
1st app. and origin Captain Marvel
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4388597010
Starts Jul 6 Giant-size issue. Series continues from Fantasy Masterpieces. Origin and first appearance of Captain Marvel in "The Coming of Captain Marvel!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Frank Giacoia. The rest of the issue consists of Golden Age reprints: Captain America (from Men's Adventures # 28; 1954); the Human Torch by Dick Ayers (from Men's Adventures # 27; 1954); the Destroyer (from All Winners # 12; 1944); the Black Knight by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely (from Black Knight # 1; 1955); and the Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett (from Sub-Mariner # 38; 1955). Colan cover pencils. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #61016394
Marvel Super Heroes (1967 1st Series) 12 CGC 8.0
1st app. and origin Captain Marvel
Paper: Off white
Label #4416321009
Ends Jun 3 8:12 PM CST Bid History 9 bids Current Bid $155 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Giant-size issue. Series continues from Fantasy Masterpieces. Origin and first appearance of Captain Marvel in "The Coming of Captain Marvel!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Frank Giacoia. The rest of the issue consists of Golden Age reprints: Captain America (from Men's Adventures # 28; 1954); the Human Torch by Dick Ayers (from Men's Adventures # 27; 1954); the Destroyer (from All Winners # 12; 1944); the Black Knight by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely (from Black Knight # 1; 1955); and the Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett (from Sub-Mariner # 38; 1955). Colan cover pencils. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #61016544
Marvel Super Heroes (1967 1st Series) 12 CGC 7.0
1st app. and origin Captain Marvel
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4416321008
Starts Jun 3 Giant-size issue. Series continues from Fantasy Masterpieces. Origin and first appearance of Captain Marvel in "The Coming of Captain Marvel!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Frank Giacoia. The rest of the issue consists of Golden Age reprints: Captain America (from Men's Adventures # 28; 1954); the Human Torch by Dick Ayers (from Men's Adventures # 27; 1954); the Destroyer (from All Winners # 12; 1944); the Black Knight by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely (from Black Knight # 1; 1955); and the Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett (from Sub-Mariner # 38; 1955). Colan cover pencils. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #60147649
Tags: Captain America, Sub-MarinerMarvel Super Heroes (1967 1st Series) 13 CGC 7.5
1st Carol Danvers (pre Ms. Marvel)
Paper: Off white
Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s); Misc debris in case
Label #0301417009
Starts Jul 6 Giant-size issue. Captain Marvel stars in "Where Stalks the Sentry!" Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Paul Reinman. The story continues in Captain Marvel 1 (1968). The remainder of the issue consists of Golden Age reprints: the Black Knight by Joe Maneely (1955), the Human Torch by Dick Ayers ("Fugitive at Large!"; 1954); the Vision (1941); Captain America by John Romita Sr. ("Top Secret!"; 1953); and the Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett ("Invasion!"; 1955). Letter to the editor from comic artist Dave Cockrum. Colan cover pencils. 1st Carol Danvers (pre Ms. Marvel). Cover price $0.25.
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Item #60778375
Tags: Captain America, Sub-MarinerMarvel Super Heroes (1967 1st Series) 13 CGC 7.5
1st Carol Danvers (pre Ms. Marvel)
Paper: Off white
Label #4388597011
Starts Jun 3 Giant-size issue. Captain Marvel stars in "Where Stalks the Sentry!" Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Paul Reinman. The story continues in Captain Marvel 1 (1968). The remainder of the issue consists of Golden Age reprints: the Black Knight by Joe Maneely (1955), the Human Torch by Dick Ayers ("Fugitive at Large!"; 1954); the Vision (1941); Captain America by John Romita Sr. ("Top Secret!"; 1953); and the Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett ("Invasion!"; 1955). Letter to the editor from comic artist Dave Cockrum. Colan cover pencils. 1st Carol Danvers (pre Ms. Marvel). Cover price $0.25.
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Item #61017566
Tags: Captain America, Sub-MarinerMarvel Super Heroes (1967 1st Series) 13 CGC 5.5
1st Carol Danvers (pre Ms. Marvel)
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4416321025
Ends Jun 3 8:12 PM CST Bid History 4 bids Current Bid $42 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Giant-size issue. Captain Marvel stars in "Where Stalks the Sentry!" Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Paul Reinman. The story continues in Captain Marvel 1 (1968). The remainder of the issue consists of Golden Age reprints: the Black Knight by Joe Maneely (1955), the Human Torch by Dick Ayers ("Fugitive at Large!"; 1954); the Vision (1941); Captain America by John Romita Sr. ("Top Secret!"; 1953); and the Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett ("Invasion!"; 1955). Letter to the editor from comic artist Dave Cockrum. Colan cover pencils. 1st Carol Danvers (pre Ms. Marvel). Cover price $0.25.
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Item #57473585
Tags: Captain America, Sub-MarinerMarvel Super Heroes (1967 1st Series) 13 CBCS 2.5
1st Carol Danvers (pre Ms. Marvel)
Paper: Off white to white
Label #21-24C87C6-018
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Starts Jun 10 Giant-size issue. Captain Marvel stars in "Where Stalks the Sentry!" Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Paul Reinman. The story continues in Captain Marvel 1 (1968). The remainder of the issue consists of Golden Age reprints: the Black Knight by Joe Maneely (1955), the Human Torch by Dick Ayers ("Fugitive at Large!"; 1954); the Vision (1941); Captain America by John Romita Sr. ("Top Secret!"; 1953); and the Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett ("Invasion!"; 1955). Letter to the editor from comic artist Dave Cockrum. Colan cover pencils. 1st Carol Danvers (pre Ms. Marvel). Cover price $0.25.
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Item #60563924
Marvel Super Heroes (1967 1st Series) 20 FN+ 6.5
Starts Jul 6 Giant-size issue. Doctor Doom stars in "This Man, This Demon!" Script by Larry Lieber and Roy Thomas, pencils by Lieber and Frank Giacoia, inks by Vince Colletta. Brief Fantastic Four appearance. The remainder of the issue contains Golden Age reprints: the Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett ("The Sub-Mariner Meets a New Enemy...Fire!"); and, from Young Men 24, the Human Torch, Captain America ("Back From the Dead!"), and the Sub-Mariner. This issue also contains a one-page ad for a Starhawk story that never appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes. John Buscema cover pencils. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #61018188
Marvel Super Heroes (1967 1st Series) 23 CGC 8.0
Paper: White
Label #4416908001
Ends Jun 3 8:13 PM CST Bid History 6 bids Current Bid $16 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover by Jack Kirby, George Roussos and Vince Colletta. Stories by Stan Lee. Art by Tom Palmer, Jack Kirby & Paul Reinman and Joe Orlando & Vince Colletta. It's the wondrously weird world of the Watcher in "Melvin and the Martian," reworked from a story in Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961) #12. Plus: Magneto and his new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants steal a freighter and use it to take over the South American nation of Santo Marco; the X-Men invade and take the country back; and Xavier is caught in an explosion and loses his mental powers in "The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants!", reprinted from Uncanny X-Men (1963) 1st Series #4. Also: A wealthy and ruthless financier is exposed as a criminal and begins his reign as the Owl; the Owl hires Matt Murdock to get him out of his legal troubles; the Owl gathers a gang, traps Daredevil and Karen and begins his bid to rule the underworld; and DD escapes and takes the Owl down in "The Owl, Ominous Overlord of Crime," reprinted from Daredevil (1964 1st Series) #3. Softcover, 64 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #60640971
Marvel Tales (1964 Marvel) 2 VG- 3.5
Water damage.
Ends Jun 3 8:14 PM CST Bid History 7 bids Current Bid $24 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Reprints: X-Men 1, Avengers 1, Strange Tales 115 (Doctor Strange origin), and Hulk 3; Jack Kirby and 72-page giant. All reprints. "X-Men" (script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Paul Reinman from Uncanny X-Men 1); the Hulk stars in "The Ringmaster" (scripts by Lee, pencils by Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers from Hulk 3); "The Origin of Dr. Strange" (script by Lee, art by Steve Ditko from Strange Tales 115); "The Coming of the Avengers" (script by Lee, pencils by Kirby, inks by Ayers from Avengers 1); and a monster story, "A Monster Among Us" (script by Lee, art by Ditko from Amazing Adult Fantasy 8). Cover price $0.25.
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Item #59267352
Published 1965 by Top Sellers.Miracle Man (UK 1965 Top Sellers/Thorpe & Porter) 6 CBCS 5.5
Paper: Cream to off white
U.K. Edition.
Label #23-1D3CC84-005
Starts Jun 10 UK Series. Reprints stories from the Spanish comics "Super Hombre" and "El Dueno del Atomo". Stories include "The Poisoned Sky", "Phantoms in the Castle", "Sabotage", "The Atomic Masters", "Pirates of Science", "The Sacred Elephant", and "The Red Gorillas". 68 pages, B&W, 7" x 9.5".
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Item #61038487
Munsters (1965 Gold Key) 4 CGC 8.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4419733016
Ends Jun 3 8:21 PM CST Bid History 15 bids Current Bid $62 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. -
Item #61037180
Mystery in Space (1951 1st Series) 86 CGC 7.5
Paper: Off white
Label #4419733004
Ends Jun 3 8:21 PM CST Bid History 3 bids Current Bid $24 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Adam Strange stars in "Attack of the Underworld Giants!" (pencils by Carmine Infantino). Star Rovers back-up story: "When Did Earth Vanish?" (art by Sid Greene). Infantino/Murphy Anderson cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #61028942
Mystery in Space (1951 1st Series) 90 CGC 8.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4419899020
Ends Jun 3 8:21 PM CST Bid History 4 bids Current Bid $30 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Adam Strange and Hawkman team up for the first time in "Planets in Peril!" (pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Murphy Anderson). Hawkman moved to his own title the next month. Letter to the editor from Funky Winkerbean creator Tom Batiuk. Infantino/Anderson cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #61002449
Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 7 CBCS 8.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #22-0FD4DC5-035
Starts Jun 3 Cover by Jim Steranko (his final for the series). "Hours of Madness, Day of Death," script by Archie Goodwin (plot, dialogue) and Frank Springer (plot), art by Frank Springer; Nick gets into a fight at an unnamed foreign embassy, and winds up being injected with a drug that will cause hallucinations, "hyper-intense paranoia", and death after 6 hours; He wanders the streets of NYC, hoping to reach a set rendezvous point for a scheduled pick-up via the Heli-Carrier's vortex beam. However, he's mistaken by a cop as a drunk, and when his felow agents show up, the drug causes him to see them as 3 of his worst enemies!; Jimmy Woo comments that other agents have been going berzerk, which was what Nick was investigating in the first place; Nick is found by Sister Angela, who offers to help get him to the pick-up point; However, they're intercepted by 2 of the spies, who tie them up and send their car racing downhill on a dangerous mouontain road!; Dum Dum, Jimmy & Gabe, who've been following in their van, almost crash head-on, when suddenly the vortex beam picks up both vehicles! 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #59048286
Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 11 CBCS 9.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #22-0FD2B27-006
Starts Jun 10 Cover by Frank Springer. "The 1st Million Megaton Explosion," script by Gary Friedrich (plot, dialogue) and Frank Springer (plot), pencils by Frank Springer, inks by Mike Esposito (uncredited); Against his will, Laura Brown drags Fury to a disco in the East Village to see "The Million Megaton Explosion", who she calls "the hottest new group on the scene"; But high in orbit, monitoring the "scene", The Hate-Monger uses his hate-ray to begin a riot, setting young against old!; Fury barely escapes with his life with Laura, then high-tails it to the Heli-Carrier; The hate rays continue to pour forth, and gangs of youths seize power in NYC and at an ICBM base in New Jersey; They plan to "wipe out the establishment" if the country isn't turned over to them; Conferring with the President, Fury asks for a space capsule at Cape Kennedy so he can knock out the Hate-Monger's threat; Once more entirely on his own, Fury invades the orbiting space station, and confronts the Nazi villain face-to-face. Letter to the editor from comics writer Don McGregor. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #57473356
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Not Brand Echh (part 1), Fantastic FourNot Brand Echh (1967) 1 CBCS 5.0
1st Marvel parody book
Paper: Off white to white
Label #21-24c87c6-021
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Starts Jun 10 1st Marvel Parody book. 1st appearance of Forbush Man. Cover by Jack Kirby and Mike Esposito. The Silver Burper, script by Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirby and Frank Giacoia; A comical re-telling of the Surfer's encounter with Dr. Doom from Fantastic Four #57-60, starring Thung (Bim Grimm), Weed Wichards, Human Scorch, and Inevitable Girl (Shrew Storm). The Fastest Gums in the West starring Too-Gone Kid, script by Roy Thomas, art by Marie Severin. The Battle of the Century, script by Roy Thomas, art by Ross Andru, Bill Everett, and Mike Esposito (as Mickey Demeo); The Human Scorch battles The Sunk-Mariner. A Day of Blunder! starring Sgt. Furious and His Hostile Commandos!!, script by Gary Friedrich, art by John Severin. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60517342
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Not Brand Echh (part 1), Fantastic FourNot Brand Echh (1967) 1 CGC 4.0
1st Marvel parody book
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4055665011
Starts Jun 3 1st Marvel Parody book. 1st appearance of Forbush Man. Cover by Jack Kirby and Mike Esposito. The Silver Burper, script by Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirby and Frank Giacoia; A comical re-telling of the Surfer's encounter with Dr. Doom from Fantastic Four #57-60, starring Thung (Bim Grimm), Weed Wichards, Human Scorch, and Inevitable Girl (Shrew Storm). The Fastest Gums in the West starring Too-Gone Kid, script by Roy Thomas, art by Marie Severin. The Battle of the Century, script by Roy Thomas, art by Ross Andru, Bill Everett, and Mike Esposito (as Mickey Demeo); The Human Scorch battles The Sunk-Mariner. A Day of Blunder! starring Sgt. Furious and His Hostile Commandos!!, script by Gary Friedrich, art by John Severin. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60456831
Our Army at War (1952) 65 GD/VG 3.0 (R)
Restored (see item notes)
RESTORATION. Color touch. Cover oxidation.
Starts Jun 3 Cover art by Jerry Grandenetti. Scramble--War Upstairs, script by Bob Haney, art by Joe Kubert. Untitled story, script by Bill Finger, art by Jerry Grandenetti. The Big Overhaul, script by Ed (France) Herron, art by Jack Abel. Desert Frogman, script by Bob Haney, art by Russ Heath. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #60778376
Our Army at War (1952) 112 CGC 4.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4388597012
Starts Jul 6 Cover art by Joe Kubert. Battle Shadow starring Sgt Rock, script by Bob Kanigher, art by Joe Kubert. The Fighting Blip, script by Bob Haney, art by Jack Abel. Tell It to The Marines, script by Hank Chapman, art by Jack Abel. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #60778377
Our Army at War (1952) 115 CGC 5.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4388597013
Starts Jul 6 Cover art by Joe Kubert. Rock's Battle Family starring Sgt Rock, script by Bob Kanigher, art by Joe Kubert. No Glory For George, script by Hank Chapman, art by Jack Abel. Kindergarten Fighter, script by Bob Haney, art by Jack Abel. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60778378
Our Army at War (1952) 128 CGC 6.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4388597014
Starts Jul 6 Cover art by Joe Kubert. The Battle of the Sergeants starring Sgt. Rock, script by Bob Kanigher, art by Joe Kubert. Rock battles Sgt. Krupp. The Ghost Patrol, script by Hank Chapman, art by Irv Novick. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #59061866
Peter the Little Pest (1969) 1 CBCS 4.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #22-46CC191-002
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Item #60806860
Put-Ons and Put-Downs Godfrey Cambridge at his Best (1967 Parallax) 1 GD/VG 3.0
Water damage.
Ends Jun 3 8:36 PM CST Bid History 6 bids Current Bid $36 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Godfrey Cambridge Humor. Illustrated by Mort Drucker and Neil Adams. 5-1/4" x 8-1/2, 48 pages, B&W/ with blue. Cover price $1.00.
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Item #59063006
Rawhide Kid (1955) 60 CBCS 8.0
Paper: White
Label #22-0FD4DC5-042
Starts Jun 10 Cover by Dick Ayers and Herb Trimpe. Stories by Gary Friedrich, Denny O'Neil and Stan Lee. Art by Dick Ayers and Herb Trimpe. The greatest action epic of them all! Now it can be told! The six-gun saga you demanded as the Rawhide Kid thunders into a deadly Indian war in "Massacre at Medicine Bend!" by Gary Friedrich, Denny O'Neil, Dick Ayers and Herb Trimpe. Also in this issue: Back-up story "The Bronc Buster!" by Stan Lee and Ayers, reprinted from Two-Gun Kid (1948) #63. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60836760
Rex Allen (1951-1959 Dell) 28 CBCS 7.0
Paper: Cream to off white
Label #22-0FB9CEE-021
Starts Jun 10 Photo cover. Showdown at Shawnee Wells starring Rex Allen, Koko, Sandy Riggs, and Marshall Clay Bassett, art by Russ Manning. The Protege text story, art by Sparky Moore. The Washout--Tales of the Roaring West starring Clem Hardy. The Big Change starring Rex Allen, Koko, Sheriff Trem Todd, Mr. Brown, Biff Yancy, and Bo Yancy, art by Nat Edson. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #60772393
Secret Origins (1961 One-Shot) 1 VG 4.0
1" Cumulative spine split.
Starts Jun 3 Reprints: Adam Strange (from Showcase 17), Green Lantern (G.L. 1), Challengers of the Unknown (Showcase 6), J'onn J'onzz (Detective 225), Flash (Showcase 4), Green Arrow and Speedy (1 page text), Superman-Batman team (World's Finest 94), and Wonder Woman (W.W. 105). Pencils by Jack Kirby, Gil Kane, Carmine Infantino, and others. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #61028644
Published Feb 1958 by National Periodical Publ.Sgt. Bilko (1957) 5 CGC 7.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4419899009
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Item #58750972
Sgt. Fury (1963) 1 CGC 1.8
1st app. Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandoes
Paper: Off white to white
Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
Label #4188703006
Starts Jul 6 First appearance of Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandoes. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; The Commandos are ordered to rescue the Underground leader, captured by the nazis, before he reveals the date of D-Day. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60970487
Sgt. Fury (1963) 18 VG 4.0
Cover oxidation.
Starts Jun 3 Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone. "Killed In Action," script by Stan Lee, pencils by Dick Ayers and Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone and Carl Hubbell; Just when he is ready to ask Pamela to marry him, Fury and his Commandos have to go on a mission to sink a German ship. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60778379
Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales (1964) 1 CGC 8.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4388597015
Starts Jul 6 Joe Kubert and Russ Heath reprints; 80-page giant with 25c cover price. NOTE: In 2000 a replica edition was issued which has a $5.95 cover price. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #60800361
Shock Illustrated (1955) 2 CGC 6.5
Paper: Off white
Label #4378731001
Starts Jul 6 Painted cover by Rudy Nappi. Stories by Daniel Keyes, Jack Oleck, and Al Feldstein. Art by Reed Crandall, George Evans, Al Williamson, and Graham Ingels. Part of EC's Picto-Fiction line, published in response to the Comics Code, featuring crime tales in text stories copiously illustrated by EC's lineup of artists. Cops capture "The Lipstick Killer" after a murder spree, and psychoanalysis reveals his accidental first murder when he was a toddler. A macabre bet between two med-school students leads to a man being buried alive, but the truth is worse still. A sheriff seeks the truth about a woman's death. Featuring some stories by Daniel Keyes, later the author of the science fiction classic Flowers for Algernon. The Lipstick Killer; My Brothers Keeper; A Question of Time; Dead Right. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, B&W with single-color accents. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #60343396
Showcase (1956-1978) 22 CBCS 4.0
1st app. and origin Silver Age Green Lantern
Paper: Off white
Small piece of tape on interior cover.
Label #23-33A20C7-005
Starts Jun 10 Origin and 1st appearance of Hal Jordan (Silver Age Green Lantern). Cover and interior art by Gil Kane. SOS Green Lantern; Hal Jordan is selected by the power ring of Abin Sur to become a Green Lantern. Secret of the Flaming Spear!; Saboteurs try to crash a new experimental aircraft created by Ferris Aircraft. Menace of the Runaway Missile!; Green Lantern stops a missile launched by Dr. Parris at a government Hydrogen Power facility. Scripts by John Broome. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #60897033
Showcase (1956-1978) 23 CBCS 4.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #0009863-AA-045
Starts Jun 10 2nd appearance of Green Lantern. Cover and interior pencils by Gil Kane, cover and interior inks by Joe Giella. Summons from Space!; Green Lantern travels to Venus to save a blue-skinned caveman-like race from attack by yellow Pterodactyl-like creatures. The Invisible Destroyer!; When Dr. Phillips is distracted, The Invisible Destroyer is released from his mind. Scripts by John Broome. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #60457100
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 25 GD- 1.8
2.75" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached at one staple.
Starts Jun 3 Cover pencils by Joe Kubert, inks by Jack Adler. Captives of the Medieval Sorcerer starring Rip Hunter...Time Master, script by Jack Miller, art by Joe Kubert; As a favor to his friend Professor Blakeslee, Rip agrees to take Doctor Senn into the past; The destination is the island kingdom of Rittannia in the year 960; Upon arrival, Senn takes off on his own; While waiting for his return, Rip and his crew are discovered by King Gamina and his guards; Captured, they are taken to the city and thrown into a dungeon; Out of nowhere, Cholorus the Sorcerer appears to ask why the strangers have not been thrown into the Valley of Monsters. Buzzy's "Famous Books" Quiz public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Ruben Moreira. Ad for House of Mystery #97, House of Secrets #30, and Tales of the Unexpected #47. From Rocks to Rockets text article. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #61037998
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 46 CGC 6.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4419733008
Ends Jun 3 8:42 PM CST Bid History 4 bids Current Bid $27 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover art by Lee Elias. 4th Tommy Tomorrow issue. Chapter 1: Mission to Disaster, script by Arnold Drake, art by Lee Elias; Capt. Tommy Tomorrow and Capt. Lon Vurian meet with Gur Doyka, Chief Minister of the Federation of Planets; The Federation has recently made first contact with a distant solar system, and offered them a non-aggression treaty; The aliens proved suspicious and hesitated signing the pact. On the Planet Og humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Chapter 2: The Plot to Kill a Solar System, script by Arnold Drake, art by Lee Elias; Capt. Tomorrow, Capt. Vurian, and Gur Doyka are captured and imprisoned for kidnapping the boy king. Strange Secrets of the Stars article. Chapter 3: The Palace of Peril, script by Arnold Drake, art by Lee Elias; While Capt. Vurian poses as King Lorgi, the others steal a spaceship; Unfortunately, the ship they chose is almost out of fuel. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #61028939
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 47 CGC 6.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4419899019
Ends Jun 3 8:42 PM CST Bid History 4 bids Current Bid $29 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover art by Lee Elias. 5th Tommy Tomorrow issue. Part 1: Doomsday for Planet Earth, script by Arnold Drake, art by Lee Elias; Maj. Tommy Tomorrow and Maj. Lon Vurian are brought to the Academy of Planetary Sciences, where they are told of an anti-matter cloud that could destroy the entire solar system; They have 10 years to evacuate the 20 billion people from every planet, or find a way to stop the cloud. Ad for The Brave and the Bold, now featuring hero team-ups; includes cover art from issue #50 by George Roussos. Balancing Act in Space; facts about gravity. Part 2: Nine Worlds Gone Mad, script by Arnold Drake, art by Lee Elias; While Maj. Tomorrow tries to uncover the person who revealed their mission to the press, there is wide unrest around the solar system because the population believes they are doomed. Doctor Rocket humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Part 3: Threading the Planetary Needle, script by Arnold Drake, art by Lee Elias; Both Maj. Tomorrow's and Maj. Vurian's teams contain a traitor who has been working with a criminal mastermind, Dr. Loglov, to profit from the dire situation. Ad for Flash Annual #1, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Kubert. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #61016325
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 52 FN- 5.5
Starts Jun 3 Cover by Lee Elias. "Prisoners of the Lost World," script by Bob Haney, art by Lee Elias; When Cave Carson and his team discover the real underground city of Xanadu, they must face a terrifying monster and a monumental decision! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60970455
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 55 VG 4.0
1st SA app. Solomon Grundy
Starts Jul 6 Cover by Murphy Anderson. 1st solo Golden Age Green Lantern in Silver Age (pre-dates Green Lantern 40), Doctor Fate, and Hourman star in "Solomon Grundy Goes on a Rampage!", script by Gardner Fox, art by Murphy Anderson; When Solomon Grundy last fought Green Lantern Alan Scott, Green Lantern encased Solomon Grundy in an emerald sphere prison floating above Earth; Years later, the sphere has now crash landed back on Earth, and Solomon Grundy has emerged to get his revenge on Green Lantern; Solomon Grundy instinctually heads back to his home of Slaughter Swamp, which at this point is bordering the Tyler Chemical Company plant; At the Tower of Fate, Kent Nelson is warned that there is trouble by his crystal ball; Seeing the source of the trouble to be Slaughter Swamp, Nelson becomes Dr. Fate; Hourman comes across Solomon Grundy in Slaughter Swamp; Hourman pops his Miraclo pill, then attacks Solomon Grundy. One-page text feature tells the origins of Dr. Fate and Hourman. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60865798
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 70 CBCS 6.5 SS Friedlander
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Witnessed Signature: Barbara Friedlander on 7/31/2021
Label #21-306BA3D-001
Starts Jun 10 Leave it to Binky in these reprints! Binky stars in "Duel Shiners," "Changed Man," "Leap Before You Look" and "Perfect Match." Art by Bob Oksner. Plus, the 2-page "Peggy's Page." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60778773
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 73 CGC 6.5
1st app. Creeper
Paper: Off white
Label #4384477002
Starts Jul 6 Cover art by Steve Ditko. 1st appearance of the Creeper in The Coming of the Creeper!, script by Steve Ditko (plot) and Don Segall (Dialogue), art by Steve Ditko; Professor Yatz is kidnapped by "Reds"; Jack Ryder, mouthy TV host, is fired, then hired as a security investigator; He buys odds and ends for a bizarre costume for Devlin's society ball; He's stabbed and thrown in Yatz; Yatz hides his inventions: a molecular transmitter goes in the wound, and a healing serum in his veins. A Strange Tale Told by the Creeper filler page, art by Morris Waldinger. Ad for Action Comics #360, an 80-Page Giant featuring Supergirl, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. Meet the Men Behind the Creeper; bios of Steve Ditko and Don Segall. Ad for the Enemy Ace, art by Joe Kubert. Ad for Ditko's Hawk and the Dove. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60951949
Tags: Anthology / CollectionShowcase (1956-1978) 79 CGC 6.0
1st app. Dolphin
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Label #4076854011
Starts Jul 6 Cover pencils by Jay Scott Pike. Ad for Green Lantern #65 and Brave & Bold 81. 1st appearance of Dolphin in The Fantasy at 14 Fathoms!, script and art by Jay Scott Pike; US Navy frogmen cut into a sunken WWII Navy ship to retrieve documents from a vault; And spot a white-haired girl(!) at the sea bottom; When she's brought aboard, she turns blue from suffocation--because she has gills; With regular dips in the ocean, she falls for Chris and learns some English. Ad for Ideal's Captain Action, Action Boy, and Dr. Evil toys, art by Kurt Schaffenberger. Ad for 80-Page Giant Superman #212. The Kid from Atlantis!, script by Robert Bernstein, art by Ramona Fradon; Aquaman helps Aqualad, a rejected child from Atlantis, to overcome his fear of fish; Aquaman adopts Aqualad as his sidekick. Article on "What's In a Fanzine." Ad for Captain Action #2, art by Gil Kane. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60744440
Tags: Fantastic FourSilver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 1 CBCS 8.5
Paper: White
Label #24-0E3FD1B-001
Starts Jun 10 "The Origin of the Silver Surfer!" Cameos by the Incredible Hulk, Doctor Doom, and the Fantastic Four. Written by Stan Lee. Art and cover by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott. Many years ago, in order to prevent the total annihilation of his civilization and homeworld, Norrin Radd bargained with the Devourer of Worlds. Imbued with the Power Cosmic, he became the Silver Surfer and Herald of Galactus. However, on the fateful day he arrived on Earth, for love of humanity, he betrayed his master, and thus was cursed to never traverse the space-ways again. This is his story. Includes the Watcher back-up "The Wonder of the Watcher!" Story by Stan Lee. Art by Gene Colan and Syd Shores. 68-page giant. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #60876348
Tags: Fantastic FourSilver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 1 CGC 4.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #2109746016
Starts Jul 6 "The Origin of the Silver Surfer!" Cameos by the Incredible Hulk, Doctor Doom, and the Fantastic Four. Written by Stan Lee. Art and cover by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott. Many years ago, in order to prevent the total annihilation of his civilization and homeworld, Norrin Radd bargained with the Devourer of Worlds. Imbued with the Power Cosmic, he became the Silver Surfer and Herald of Galactus. However, on the fateful day he arrived on Earth, for love of humanity, he betrayed his master, and thus was cursed to never traverse the space-ways again. This is his story. Includes the Watcher back-up "The Wonder of the Watcher!" Story by Stan Lee. Art by Gene Colan and Syd Shores. 68-page giant. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #60044015
Tags: Fantastic FourSilver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 2 CGC 9.4
Paper: Off white to white
Label #7177192006
Starts Jul 6 "When Lands the Saucer!" Written by Stan Lee. Art and cover by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott. Exiled to planet Earth by his former master, Galactus, the Silver Surfer, a being empowered with the Power Cosmic itself, finds he cannot penetrate the invisible barrier which the Devourer of Worlds has encompassed the planet with. However, this barrier does not prevent others from beyond the stars from coming to Earth and wrecking havoc. Thus, when a malevolent race of aliens descend upon the unsuspecting citizens of Earth, only the Silver Surfer possesses the power to stop them. Includes the Watcher back-up "The Coming of the Krills!" Story by Stan Lee. Art by Gene Colan and Paul Reinman. 68 pages Cover price $0.25.
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Item #61086385
Tags: Fantastic FourSilver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 2 CBCS 8.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #22-20F6DB2-019
Starts Jun 10 "When Lands the Saucer!" Written by Stan Lee. Art and cover by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott. Exiled to planet Earth by his former master, Galactus, the Silver Surfer, a being empowered with the Power Cosmic itself, finds he cannot penetrate the invisible barrier which the Devourer of Worlds has encompassed the planet with. However, this barrier does not prevent others from beyond the stars from coming to Earth and wrecking havoc. Thus, when a malevolent race of aliens descend upon the unsuspecting citizens of Earth, only the Silver Surfer possesses the power to stop them. Includes the Watcher back-up "The Coming of the Krills!" Story by Stan Lee. Art by Gene Colan and Paul Reinman. 68 pages Cover price $0.25.
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Item #59479258
Tags: Fantastic FourSilver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 2 CBCS 5.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #22-066EAC8-030
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Starts Jun 10 "When Lands the Saucer!" Written by Stan Lee. Art and cover by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott. Exiled to planet Earth by his former master, Galactus, the Silver Surfer, a being empowered with the Power Cosmic itself, finds he cannot penetrate the invisible barrier which the Devourer of Worlds has encompassed the planet with. However, this barrier does not prevent others from beyond the stars from coming to Earth and wrecking havoc. Thus, when a malevolent race of aliens descend upon the unsuspecting citizens of Earth, only the Silver Surfer possesses the power to stop them. Includes the Watcher back-up "The Coming of the Krills!" Story by Stan Lee. Art by Gene Colan and Paul Reinman. 68 pages Cover price $0.25.