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Star Wars Darth Vader (2017 Marvel 2nd Series) 19A CBCS 9.8 Camuncoli

Paper: White

Label #22-0833472-010

Fortress Vader: Part 1 of 7 - Written by Charles Soule. Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli. Cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Elia Bonetti. 'FORTRESS VADER' BEGINS! A JEDI makes a desperate deal. THE INQUISITORS' mission evolves. DARTH VADER discovers a theft. 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars Doctor Aphra (2016) Annual 1B CBCS 9.6 Noto Variant

Paper: White

Phil Noto Variant.

Label #22-11A3106-020

Written by Kieron Gillen. Art by Marc Laming and Will Sliney. Cover by Phil Noto. Doctor Aphra has a troubled past full of parental drama and war. But what about her Wookiee shadow, Black Krrsantan? Find out just how this Wookiee warrior is as frightening as they say… …and then some! 36 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

Star Wars Episode 1 Obi-Wan Kenobi (1999) 1B CBCS 9.8 Photo Variant

Paper: White

Photo Variant.

Label #21-26010F6-005

Written by Henry Gilroy. Art by Martin Egeland and Howard Shum. Though all eyes are on the boy Anakin Skywalker, there is another young man making his rite of passage. The only thing standing between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Knighthood is a lesson he must learn from his Jedi Master, but the only place where he can learn that lesson is in the middle of an intergalactic war! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

Star Wars Episode 1 Phantom Menace (1999) 2A CBCS 9.2 Fleming Art

Paper: White

Label #22-11A3106-021

Written by Henry Gilroy. Art by Rodolfo Damaggio and Al Williamson. Cover by Hugh Fleming. Dark Horse Comics proudly presents the comics adaptation of the long-awaited first Episode of the Star Wars saga. Adapted for comics by Henry Gilroy from an original screenplay by master movie maker George Lucas and artfully illustrated by Rodolfo Damaggio and comics legend Al Williamson, make sure you catch this legendary series that's sure to please Star Wars fans of all ages. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

Star Wars Episode 1 Queen Amidala (1999) 1A CBCS 9.8 Bradstreet Art

Paper: White

Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back

Label #21-26010F6-011

by Mark Schultz, Galen Showman, and P. Craig Russell; cover by Tim Bradstreet Her world has been blockaded and her people imprisoned, but the Young Queen Amidala, so recently elected to the throne of Naboo, is a teenager of uncommon wisdom. Exiled from her home and spirited away by a pair of Jedi, Amidala will look upon every experience as a potential key to her world¹s problems. But her salvation may rest in the hands of another... perhaps where she least expects it! On sale July 28 FC, 32pg (one-shot)$2.95" Cover price $2.95.

Star Wars Infinities Return of the Jedi (2003) 1 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Label #21-4190C55-019

ADAM GALLARDO/RYAN BENJAMIN/SALEEM CRAWFORD Cover by RODOLFO MIGLIARI On sale November 12, FC, 32pg, (1 of 4), $2.99 Welcome to the third installment of Infinities, the series that asks the question, "What would happen if you changed one little thing from the story in the film?" In this version of Return of the Jedi, an accident puts C-3PO out of commission, and he is unable to act as Jabba the Hutt's interpreter during his negotiations with Leia (disguised as the bounty hunter Boushh) for her "prisoner" Chewbacca. One misunderstanding leads to another, and before you know it, thermal detonators are flying and everybody's shooting! When the smoke clears, Boba Fett has reclaimed Han Solo's frozen body, Leia has commandeered Jabba's sail barge, and Luke is going to be late for an important rendezvous on Dagobah. See Return of the Jedi as it might have happened! All of the action of the film-only different! Cover price $2.99.

Star Wars Infinities Return of the Jedi (2003) 2 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Label #21-4190C55-020

ADAM GALLARDO/RYAN BENJAMIN/SALEEN CRAWFORD cover by RODOLFO MIGLIARI On sale December 10, FC, 32pg, (2 of 4), As Leia, Lando, and Chewbacca pursue Boba Fett in an effort to retrieve the frozen form of Han Solo, Luke Skywalker discovers that he has arrived too late for his rendezvous with Yoda. Worse, he has run into the waiting clutches of Darth Vader. Unaware that Luke has been captured by the Empire, Leia and the others have their own encounter with Imperials ?as well as a fateful showdown with Fett! All of the characters and situations you loved from the film, but twisted and altered by fate as can only happen in Infinities! Cover price $2.99.

Star Wars Infinities Return of the Jedi (2003) 3 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Label #21-4190C55-021

by ADAM GALLARDO, RYAN BENJAMIN, and SALEEN CRAWFORD cover by RODOLFO MIGLIARI Han is rescued, but Luke has been captured, and Leia's determination to free him has led to a precipitous and premature attack on the Death Star! Meanwhile the Rebel ground troops on Endor have run into their own problems. It all leads up to a surprising setback for the Rebel Alliance ? and for Luke Skywalker in particular! The events of Return of the Jedi have been altered from what you saw in the film! The characters are the same, but the adventure is all new! The possibilities are endless! Cover price $2.99.

Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order Dark Temple (2019 Marvel) 1A CBCS 9.2

Paper: White

Label #22-11A3106-029

Written by Matthew Rosenberg. Art by Paolo Villanelli. Cover by Marco Checchetto. IN THE GLORY DAYS OF THE REPUBLIC, TWO JEDI WILL GET CAUGHT UP IN A BATTLE THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND - A BATTLE FOR THEIR LIVES! Leading into Jedi: Fallen Order the upcoming third-person action-adventure Star Wars title from Lucasfilm and Respawn Entertainment, DARK TEMPLE follows the Jedi Master ENO CORDOVA and his impulsive Padawan CERE JUNDA on their most dangerous mission yet. The Jedi Council has sent them to the remote planet Ontotho to oversee the peaceful excavation of a mysterious temple that has been uncovered. But they will come to find that what surrounds the temple may be even more dangerous than the mysteries within it. Clandestine local resistance forces and ruthless corporate security troops in a war for the fate of Ontotho - and the Jedi are caught in the middle! 28 pages, full color. Rating T Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars Legacy (2006) 16 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Label #21-37788CB-017

Claws of the Dragon: Part 3 of 6 - Written by John Ostrander and Jan Duursema. Art by Jan Duursema and Dan Parsons. Cover by Travis Charest. Much has been told about the legacy of the Skywalker family, but until now little has been said of the legacy of Obi-Wan Kenobi! If you think you know the whole story, prepare yourself for a shock. In the wake of the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan fought a lonely battle-the outcome of which rocks the future of the Star Wars galaxy! Cover price $2.99.

Star Wars Obi-Wan and Anakin (2016 Marvel) 1A CBCS 9.8 Checchetto

Paper: White

Label #22-11A3106-030

Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Marco Checchetto. Before their military heroism in the Clone Wars, before their tragic battle on Mustafar, and many decades before their final confrontation on the Death Star...they were Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Padawan learner, Anakin Skywalker. It's been a few years since Obi-Wan pledged to train the young 'chosen one,' but even as they have grown closer through training, it has been a difficult road. Now, called to a remote planet for assistance, Master and Padawan may be pushed to the breaking point. A tale of the Jedi at the height of their power... 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars Shadows of the Empire (1996) 1 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Label #22-0FD9F82-014

Written by John Wagner. Art by Kilian Plunkett and P. Craig Russell. Cover by Hugh Fleming. While a grim Luke Skywalker reels from Darth Vader's revelation on the cloud city of Bespin, the tattered remnants of the Rebel fleet desperately seek sanctuary and time to muster new allies. Their forces are weak, and that has not escaped the notice of Emperor Palpatine -- ultimate victory lies within his grasp. All it will take is another blow to crush this Rebel Alliance, one more straw to break their backs. A blow, Palpatine reasons, that could be struck by the vast, criminal underworld that lurks within the Shadows of the Empire . . . 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

Star Wars Shadows of the Empire Evolution (1998) 1 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Label #21-26010F6-022

Written by Timothy Zahn. Art by Carlos Ezquerra. Cover by Kilian Plunkett. Mara Jade has destroyed many enemies of the Empire in her time, and has always carried out her missions with forethought and skill. But an unforeseen variable is about to enter the scene of her final mission for her dead employer, and Mara knows that her own survival is second to getting the job done! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

Star Wars Solo (2018) 1D CBCS 9.4 Movie 1:10 Variant

Paper: White

Movie Photo Retailer Incentive.

Label #22-11A3106-031

Limited 1 for 10 Retailer Incentive Variant Movie Cover. Written by Robbie Thompson. Art by Will Sliney. FEATURING BACKSTORY AND SCENES NOT SEEN IN THEATERS! After leaving the IMPERIAL NAVY, a young HAN SOLO seeks adventure by joining a gang of galactic mercenaries - including a 196-year-old Wookiee named CHEWBACCA and a notorious gambler named LANDO CALRISSIAN. But there's more to the story of the galaxy's most beloved scoundrel than what you saw in theaters. Why does BECKETT trust him? And what is the connection between the woman who stole Han's heart and one of Han's closest friends? 36 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

Star Wars Tales of the Jedi Golden Age of the Sith (1996) 1 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Label #21-262F0EB-017

Written by Kevin J. Anderson. Art by Dario Carrasco, Jr., Mark G. Heike, Bill Black and David Jacob Beckett. Cover by Russell Walks. Navigators and explorers are a special breed -- they blaze the paths others will follow. They must have strength, drive, and hope, and be more than a little fearless. But nowhere is it written that they must have luck. Gav and Jori Daragon make their living charting the routes of hyperspace and selling those routes to traders and haulers. When a starswarm cluster batters their ship, they land on the planet Cinnagar, destitue and forlorn, and convince the relatively amiable Aarrba the Hutt to make the necessary repairs. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

Star Wars The Force Awakens Adaptation (2016 Marvel) 5C CBCS 9.4 Movie 1:15 Variant

Paper: White

Photo Retailer Incentive.

Label #22-0833472-012

Limited 1 for 15 Retailer Incentive Movie Variant Cover. Written by Chuck Wendig. Art by Luke Ross. Rey has been captured by the evil First Order! Meanwhile, Finn plans a mission with the Resistance in order to save Rey and destroy Starkiller Base! Only the vicious Kylo Ren stands in their way… 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars The High Republic (2021 Marvel) 1B CBCS 9.6 Anindito Variant

Paper: White

Ario Anindito Variant.

Label #22-0FD9F82-015

Written by Cavan Scott. Art by Ario Anindito. Cover by Ario Anindito and Rain Beredo. BEFORE THE SKYWALKER SAGA! THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE JEDI! A new era of STAR WARS storytelling begins. It is centuries before the SKYWALKER SAGA. The JEDI are at their height, protecting the galaxy as REPUBLIC pioneers push out into new territories. As the Frontier prepares for the dedication of majestic STARLIGHT BEACON, PADAWAN KEEVE TRENNIS faces the ultimate choice - will she complete her Jedi Trials or rescue the innocent from disaster? New Jedi! New ships! New evils to fight! 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars The Rise of Kylo Ren (2019 Marvel) 4B CBCS 9.4 Camuncoli 1:25 Variant

Paper: White

Camuncoli Retailer Incentive.

Label #22-11A3106-034

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Charles Soule. Art by Will Sliney. Cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli. BEN SOLO, KNIGHT OF REN? Soon, BEN SOLO'S path will end in a place of fire and blood, and a shadow will rise to take his place. He is with the KNIGHTS OF REN now, and they will welcome him, if he can pay their price. But before that destiny is fulfilled, a battle must be fought at an ancient JEDI Outpost on the planet ELPHRODA - between Ben and those who know what he could have been... and fear what he might become. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. Everyone here is afraid - Ben Solo most of all! 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars Thrawn (2018 Marvel) 6A CBCS 9.2 Renaud

Paper: White

Label #22-11A3106-035

Written by Jody Houser. Art by Luke Ross. Cover by Paul Renaud. THE RISE OF THE GRAND ADMIRAL REACHES ITS CLIMAX! THRAWN at last meets his greatest enemy face-to-face! Will PRYCE's final gambit to save her family succeed? And what role will ELI VANTO play in Thrawn's ultimate plan? 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars War of the Bounty Hunters Jabba the Hutt (2021 Marvel) 1C CBCS 8.5 Coello 1:25 Variant

Paper: White

Iban Coello Retailer Incentive.

Label #22-11A3106-036

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. (NOTE: front cover black saturation varies from copy to copy; some appear darker, others more washed out.) Written by Justina Ireland. Art by Luca Pizzari & More. Cover by Iban Coello. JABBA NEVER FORGIVES! JABBA NEVER FORGETS! JABBA THE HUTT is one of the most powerful and ruthless gangsters in the galaxy-and BOBA FETT, his most trusted bounty hunter, has failed him. How will Jabba deal with betrayal? VIOLENTLY. And what does this have to do with a bounty hunter with ties to the HIGH REPUBLIC? Justina Ireland and Luca Pizzari's hutt-sized spectacular is the first of four action-packed 'War of the Bounty Hunters' tie-ins about the criminal underworld's most notorious hunters and scoundrels, all told by the best Star Wars writers and illustrators in the galaxy. 36 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

Starman (1988 1st Series) 43 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case

Direct Edition

Label #19-2B047C8-102

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Part 2 of the 4-part 'Star Shadows': Hoping to find a cure for his wildly fluctuating powers, Starman heads into outer space with Dr. Bruce Gordon...where they meet up with Lobo, who's been hired to kill Gordon's alter ego, Eclipso! Written by Len Strazewski, with art by Vince Giarrano. Cover by Mike Mignola. Cover price $1.00.

Starslayer (1994 Acclaim) The Director's Cut 1 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Slab: Debris trapped between case and inner well

Label #19-2AFC9B0-109

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Torin and Tamara are on the run, squeezing their way off the planet at the last possible minute. Unfortunately, each and every person on the planet Earth wants to kill the Starslayer, giving credence to the adage, "When you have nothing else to live for, there's still revenge." This entire issue contains all-new story and art, as Mike Grell returns to Starslayer after twelve years! This eight-issue series will completely retell and revise the seminal Starslayer saga. Written by Mike Grell, with art by Mike Grell, S. Clarke Hawbaker, Jeff Albrecht and Frank McLaughlin. Cover by Mike Grell. Cover price $2.50.

Starslayer (1994 Acclaim) The Director's Cut 2 CBCS 9.6

Paper: White

Slab: Minor side edge crack; Scuffing on front and back of case

Label #19-2AFC9B0-110

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Torin is slaughtered on the field of battle, only to be whisked away at the moment of his death, transported to an incomprehensible far-flung society. His mission: to become the new Starslayer, savior of a brave new world. His goal: to return to the Earth he knew and avoid his seemingly destined death! Twenty-five pages of story and art by Mike Grell. Rewritten with new art by the man himself, relettered, and expansively recolored. Cover by Mike Grell. Cover price $2.50.

STAT (1993 Majestic) 1 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Slab: Scuffing on back of case

Label #19-2B0472B-034

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Sting of the Green Hornet (1992) 1A CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Slab: Scuffing on front of case

Label #19-2B0472B-043

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Collector's Edition (indicated by cover price of $2.75). Out of the Shadows. Story by Jeff Butler and Ron Fortier. Art and cover by Jeff Butler. An alternate-history series that has the Green Hornet and Kato battling spies during World War II and meeting some familiar faces of the era. The Green Hornet faces the villain known as The Baroness and a German plot to replace an American gangster with a German spy. Featuring cameos by Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and The Shadow. Originally came polybagged with a poster and trading card and may or may not be polybagged when purchased. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.75.

Strange Academy (2020 Marvel) 1A CBCS 9.8 Ramos

Paper: White

Label #21-21EDC05-013

Written by Skottie Young. Art and Cover by Humberto Ramos. A SORCERER SCHOOL FOR THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! The Marvel Universe has mysteriously changed in such an alarming way that Doctor Strange has done what he's avoided for decades; he's opened a school for young sorcerers. Young people from around the world with aptitude in magic have been brought together in New Orleans to study the Mystic Arts under Strange, Brother Voodoo, the Ancient One, the Scarlet Witch, Magik, Hellstrom and ALL your favorite Marvel magicians. But with all the new magical threats, is it too late?! 44 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Strange Academy (2020 Marvel) 1COMICMINT.A CBCS 8.5 SS Peach Momoko Momoko Comic Mint Variant

Paper: White

Comic Mint Momoko Exclusive. Verified Signature: Peach Momoko.

Label #23-1651B69-002

Comic Mint exclusive variant by Peach Momoko. Written by Skottie Young. Art by Humberto Ramos. A SORCERER SCHOOL FOR THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! The Marvel Universe has mysteriously changed in such an alarming way that Doctor Strange has done what he's avoided for decades; he's opened a school for young sorcerers. Young people from around the world with aptitude in magic have been brought together in New Orleans to study the Mystic Arts under Strange, Brother Voodoo, the Ancient One, the Scarlet Witch, Magik, Hellstrom and ALL your favorite Marvel magicians. But with all the new magical threats, is it too late?! 44 pages, full color. Rated T+

Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 76 CBCS 2.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #22-1A209AC-018

Prototype issue (Human Torch). Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "I Am Dragoom! The Flaming Invader!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A flaming alien monster terrorizes Earth; A movie director fools him by using special effects to fake the arrival of police from Vulcan in pursuit of the monster, frightening him away. "The Pact" text story. "Beware!! The Ghosts Surround Me!!", art by Don Heck; A fugitive hides in an abandoned house, but aliens from another dimension appear to him; They cannot hurt him, but instead they phase him into an immaterial state and leave him there forever. "The Dummy and Me!", art by Paul Reinman; Some gangsters come for a ventriloquist who has unpaid gambling debts; They corner him in the alley and shoot him. "I Found the Mad Universe!", art by Steve Ditko; A scientist uses a powerful new microscope to discover an entire world existing at the sub-atomic level; He is horrified to find that this world, Earth, is just as barbaric and violent as his own. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 178 CBCS 6.5 Signed Starlin

Paper: White

Witnessed Signature: Jim Starlin on 4/22/2022.

Label #22-1EB985B-019

Cover art by Jim Starlin. Warlock begins in this title in "Who Is Adam Warlock?", script and art by Jim Starlin; Sphinxor retells the Origin of Warlock, his encounters with Thor and the High Evolutionary, the Creation of Counter-Earth and Warlock's Battle against the Man-Beast; First appearance of the Magus; Cameo appearances by the Hulk. The story continues from Incredible Hulk 178. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 179 CBCS 7.5 SS Starlin

Paper: Off white to white

Witnessed Signature: Jim Starlin in 4/22/2022.

Label #22-1EB985B-020

Cover art by Jim Starlin. "Death Ship!", script and art by Jim Starlin; Warlock is captured by Autolycus of the Black Knights an brought aboard Magus' Flagship; His fellow prisoners tell Warlock, that survivors of the Wars of the Church are taken as slave laborers, those who refuse will be terminated and their remains will be chemically broken down and valuable elements that can be retrieved will be used to further the cause of the Church; They also tell him, that Non-Humanoids are not considered fashioned in the Magus' image and thus must be disposed of, this also holds true for some Humanoid types—such as Trolls; First appearance of Pip the Troll. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

Strangers (1993 Malibu) 1A CBCS 9.6 SS Hoberg coupon inside

Paper: White

Verified Signature: Rick Hoberg.

Label #19-20638AB-005

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1A - Regular edition with coupon inside for Ultraverse Premiere #0. Jumpstart! - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Burgard. Cover by Rick Hoberg. It is a Thursday morning at a quarter to nine, on the Powell Street Hill, in San Francisco. 59 strangers are riding a cable car on their way to work when a bolt of mysterious energy surrounds the car and irrevocably changes each one of the passengers, giving each one ultrahuman abilities. Some die instantly, their bodies unable to handle the strain. Others feel completely unaffected, the changes too small to feel. Some will become heroes, some villains. Confronted by a mysterious sorceress from the clouds who holds the key to unlocking this jumpstart event, six strangers join together to solve the secret of their origin...even if it means a fight to the death! Issue #1 features first appearances of the following Ultraverse characters: Atom Bob, Electrocute, Grenade, Lady Killer, Spectral, Yrial, Zip-Zap and the secret origin of the Night Man! Not to mention the other 53 ultrahuman passengers who will be appearing throughout the Ultraverse! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

Strangers (1993 Malibu) 1A CBCS 9.6 Hoberg coupon inside

Paper: White

Label #19-2AFFCAF-040

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1A - Regular edition with coupon inside for Ultraverse Premiere #0. Jumpstart! - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Burgard. Cover by Rick Hoberg. It is a Thursday morning at a quarter to nine, on the Powell Street Hill, in San Francisco. 59 strangers are riding a cable car on their way to work when a bolt of mysterious energy surrounds the car and irrevocably changes each one of the passengers, giving each one ultrahuman abilities. Some die instantly, their bodies unable to handle the strain. Others feel completely unaffected, the changes too small to feel. Some will become heroes, some villains. Confronted by a mysterious sorceress from the clouds who holds the key to unlocking this jumpstart event, six strangers join together to solve the secret of their origin...even if it means a fight to the death! Issue #1 features first appearances of the following Ultraverse characters: Atom Bob, Electrocute, Grenade, Lady Killer, Spectral, Yrial, Zip-Zap and the secret origin of the Night Man! Not to mention the other 53 ultrahuman passengers who will be appearing throughout the Ultraverse! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

Strangers (1993 Malibu) 2U CBCS 9.6

Paper: White

Label #19-2AFFCAF-051

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Unbagged copy, no SkyBox Ultraverse trading card. Hey! Hugh! Get Off'a McCloud! - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg, Tim Burgard and Larry Welch. Cover by Rick Hoberg & Tim Burgard. After a bolt of mysterious energy transforms six strangers into ultrahuman powerhouses, they follow the sorceress Yrial to a hidden city in the clouds. Determined to learn more about the source of their powers, the Strangers battle the inhabitants of the city and earn as their reward Yrial's services as a regular member of the group. In the meantime, the ruthless business tycoon J.D. Hunt has sworn to get Candy back...or destroy her. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

Strangers (1993 Malibu) 3 CBCS 8.5

Paper: White

Label #19-2AFFCAF-052

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TNTNT! - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg, Larry Welch and Tim Burgard. Cover by Rick Hoberg. The Strangers have reached a critical point in their lives when they must decide a direction for the team. Unfortunately, their decision is delayed when J.D. Hunt's ultrahuman enforcers, TNTNT, attack! Their mission? To bring back Candy...at anyone's expense. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

Strangers (1993 Malibu) 4 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Label #19-2AFFCAF-053

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Between a Rock and a Hardcase - Written by Steve Englehart & James Hudnall. Art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Burgard. Wraparound Cover by Rick Hoberg & Jerome Moore. It's part 2 of the Hardcase/Strangers crossover, continued from Hardcase (1993) #4! The Strangers, in search of advice on being super-heroes, turn to Hardcase for guidance. Together, they discover that the secret organization Aladdin could hold the answers to all their questions about the source of their powers. But will the Gripman allow them to live with such knowledge? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

Strangers (1993 Malibu) 5 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Label #19-2AFFCAF-054

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Includes Rune #0 flip-book by Barry Windsor-Smith. Covers by Rick Hoberg & Joe Rubinstein and Barry Windsor-Smith. Stories by Steve Englehart, Chris Ulm and Mark Evanier. Art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Burgard, Barry Windsor-Smith & John Floyd and Sergio Aragones. There were 59 people on board that cable car in June when it was struck by the Jumpstart Effect. That's how the Strangers, all passengers on that cable car on that fateful day, received their powers. That's how Larry Bushnell, another passenger, an old man dying of cancer, became Deathwish. The Strangers must stop Deathwish before he gives the city its...deathwish...in "Dynamic Tension!" Plus: "The Hunger," Part G (of M) of Rune #0! And: The Mighty Magnor in the 1-page "Third Chapter" by Sergio Aragones. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $2.50.

Strangers (1993 Malibu) 6 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Label #19-2AFFCAF-056

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The Tao of Physiques! - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg & Dave Simons. Cover by Rick Hoberg & Joe Rubinstein. A menace from the Strangers' past returns, and Electrocute must stand alone against it! Meanwhile, Yrial decides to join the Strangers in more than just name -- she creates a magical being to prove her devotion to the team! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

Strangers (1993 Malibu) 7 CBCS 9.2

Paper: White

Label #19-2AFFCAF-057

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A BREAK-THRU title. Prototype-A Behavior! - Written by Steve Englehart, Tom Mason & Len Strazewski. Art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Eldred. Cover by Rick Hoberg & Dave Simons. Part 2 of the Prototype/Strangers crossover, continued from Prototype (1994) #5! Question: How do the Strangers get to the Moon? Answer: Steal a rocket from J.D. Hunt. Needless to say, Hunt is not happy about this turn of events, and neither will the Strangers be when they learn he's sent Prototype after them! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

Stray Dogs Dog Days (2021 Image) 1OLB CBCS 9.6 SS Rodriguez/Forstner

Paper: White

Outer Limits Boro Exclusive. Witnessed Signatures: Tone Rodriguez & Trish Forstner on 1/14/2022.

Label #23-0692F82-022

Outer Limits Boro Edition Cover by Tone Rodriguez ("Teeth" movie poster cover homage"). Written by Tony Fleecs. Art by Trish Forstner. A series of vicious short stories howling straight out of the pages of STRAY DOGS, 2021's surprise cartoon/horror smash hit! In DOG DAYS, each stray will get their moment to shine-questions will be answered, mysteries will be solved, and old wounds will be torn open. Starting this December…every dog has its day. REGISTER PITCH: The Lady and the Tramp meets Silence of the Lambs horror thriller that took the industry by storm is back in this standalone spinoff. 48 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Strontium Dog (1987 Quality) 1 CBCS 9.0

Paper: White

Slab: Scuffing on back of case

Label #19-2A98398-137

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Alan Grant story; Carlos Ezquerra art Cover price $1.25.

Sub-Mariner (1968 1st Series) 1 CBCS 3.5 SS Roy Thomas

Paper: Off white to white

Slab: Other - see grading notes

Verified Signature: Roy Thomas. Top right corner is cracked.

Label #20-30D57EF-005

"Years of Glory, Day of Doom!" Guest-starring the Fantastic Four. Written by Roy Thomas. Art by John Buscema and Frank Giacoia. Imperius Rex! Witness the startling origin of Prince Namor. Plus, how can the scion of Atlantis defeat a foe who can read his thoughts and knows his every move before he does? 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Sub-Mariner (1968 1st Series) 19 CBCS 4.0

Paper: White

Label #22-0833E94-005

Cover pencils by Marie Severin, inks by Johnny Craig. 1st appearance of Sting Ray in "Support Your Local Sting-Ray," script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Marie Severin, inks by Johnny Craig; Namor learns that he has lost his ability to fly and to breathe underwater; Taken by surprise, he's captured by the costumed adventurer Sting-Ray and turned over to the authorities; Namor escapes, but is pursued by Sting-Ray until he's able to convince Sting-Ray that he isn't as evil as the government claims. 36 pgs., full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Sub-Mariner (1968 1st Series) 34 CBCS 6.0

Paper: Off white

Label #20-2C72426-017

Cover by Sal Buscema. "Titans Three!" part one of two, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Jim Mooney; Sub-Mariner, Silver Surfer and the Hulk help the citizens of a small Central American country overthrow El General; Prelude (with #35) to 1st Defenders story. 36 pgs., full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Sub-Mariner Mazes (1978 Marvel / Cinnamon House) 1 CBCS 8.5

Paper: White

Label #23-1E75EFC-004

Cover by Alex Soma and John Romita. Art by Duffy Vohland , Jeff Aclin, and Dwight Zimmerman. Story by Vladmir Koziakin. Coloring and activity book. Digest sized. 8" x 5 1/4". Cover price $0.95.

Suicide Squad Special Edition (2021 DC) FCBD 1A CBCS 9.8 Hairsine

Paper: White

Label #21-3247374-008

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Written by Tim Seeley and Brian Azzarello. Art by Scott Kolins and Alex Maleev. Cover by Trevor Hairsine. Get ready for The Suicide Squad written and directed by James Gunn, which releases in theaters and HBO Max on August 6th, with this incredible Special Edition that features the world's deadliest villains. Discover more about the breakout character from Task Force X in a SUICIDE SQUAD: KING SHARK story by Tim Seeley and Scott Kolins. This issue also includes a preview of the sensational SUICIDE SQUAD: GET JOKER! limited series by Brian Azzarello and Alex Maleev. An incarcerated and angry Red Hood receives a chance at freedom from Amanda Waller. All the former Boy Wonder needs to do to gain his release is lead the Suicide Squad on a mission to terminate The Joker. Paired up with Harley Quinn and Gotham City killers such as Firefly and Killer Croc, he doesn't care if any of them come back alive, as long as The Joker dies! 32 pages, full color. Ages 13+

Super Duck Comics (1945) 19 CBCS 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

HAS COA

Label #22-0CB58FD-025

Superboy (1949-1979 1st Series DC) 189 CBCS 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #19-26F2CFD-030

Cover art by Nick Cardy. The Curse of the Hangman's Noose!, script by Leo Dorfman, pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Murphy Anderson; rope, vines, and a garden hose choke Pa Kent, and he tells Superboy it's from a family curse. The Runaway Superbaby!, script by Leo Dorfman [as David George], pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Murphy Anderson; Superbaby accidentally injures Jonathan Kent and flies away from home in remorse. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Superboy (1949-1979 1st Series DC) 194 CBCS 9.2

Paper: Off white to white

Label #19-26F2CFD-033

Cover art by Nick Cardy. The Super-Merman of the Sea!, script by Leo Dorfman, pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Murphy Anderson; Harkon, a renegade Atlantean scientist, transforms Superboy into a water-breathing merman, which also removes his super-powers. Part 2 Prey of the Sea Wolves!, script by Dorfman, pencils by Brown, inks by Anderson; Superboy discovers that he has new mental powers of telepathy and telekinesis; Unable to leave the sea, he contacts his parents telepathically to tell them he is safe. Part 3 Super-Merman's Final Ordeal! Letter to the editor from comics writer Bob Rozakis. Statement of ownership--average print run 556,000; average paid circulation 265,877. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Superboy (1949-1979 1st Series DC) 198 CBCS 8.0

Paper: White

Label #19-26F2CFD-035

Cover art by Nick Cardy. The Fatal Five Who Twisted Time!--Superboy Starring the Legion of Super-Heroes, script by Cary Bates, art by Dave Cockrum; At a carnival in his own time period, Superboy faces the Fatal Five. Behind the Scenes at the DC Comic World, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Murphy Anderson. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Superman (1987 2nd Series) 1 CBCS 7.5

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition.

Label #23-47F5AB7-010

"Heart of Stone!" Story by John Byrne. Art by John Byrne and Terry Austin. In the wake of Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC decides to revamp and reinvigorate their universe, and their heroes. First up, why none other than the Man of Steel himself. Superstar John Byrne, known for his acclaimed work on Marvel's Uncanny X-Men and the Fantastic Four, re-imagines the Last Son of Krypton for a whole new generation. However, Superman's first issue in this historical relaunch just may be his last as he comes face-to-face with Metallo, the Man with the Kryptonite Heart! Featuring Lois Lane. NOTE: Also see Man of Steel (1986) #1-6 for the lead in story to this series. Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Cover price $0.75.