Auctions: comic books August 1987

GI Joe (1982 Marvel) 62 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #3886359022

Mike Zeck cover. This is a first printing. All 2nd or 3rd printings have a 2nd 3rd printing notice on inside at bottom of indicia on first/splash page. 2nd printings were done for most issues from #2 to #63. Cover price $1.00.

Godzilla King of the Monsters Special (1987) 1 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4349473017

Written by Randy Stradley and Steve Bissette. Art by Steve Bissette, Ron Randall, Art Nichols and Tony Salmons. Cover by Steve Bissette. The BIGGEST character of all time is back--like you've never seen him before! Plus, beginning in this issue, a series of full page pin-ups by Giffen, Moore, Vess, Vietch, Yeates, Gulacy, Chadwick, Warner, Eastman & Laird, Salmons and others! B&W. Cover price $1.50.

Lone Wolf and Cub (1987 First) 4 CBCS 9.4

Paper: White

Label #21-1D3D0D2-009

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Frank Miller introduction and cover Cover price $1.95.

Silver Surfer (1987 2nd Series) 2 CBCS 9.4

Paper: Off white to white

Newsstand Edition.

Label #21-1D8FD6C-014

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"Shalla Bal." Story by Steve Englehart. Art by Marshall Rogers and Joe Rubinstein. For years Norrin Radd, the Silver Surfer and former Herald of Galactus, has dreamed of nothing else save returning to his home, the planet Zenn-La, and his beloved Shalla Bal. However, the Surfer will soon learn a hard truth...sometimes you can never return home. 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.

Transformers (1984 Marvel) 31 CBCS 9.8

Paper: Off white to white

Direct Edition.

Label #21-273CE28-023

Buster, the youngster who was friends with the Autobots and seen in issues 1-12, returns. He and his dad are operating a new car wash franchise that has been started by G.B. Blackrock, who is now controlled by the Decepticons. And Buster discovers that something bad is going on with those car washes in "Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom." Script by Bob Budiansky and art by Don Perlin & Jim Fern. Cover price $1.00.

Uncanny X-Men (1963 1st Series) 220D CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition.

Label #21-25956DD-006

Direct Edition. "Unfinished Business!" Story by Chris Claremont. Art by Marc Silvestri and Dan Green. Storm returns to face Forge, the man responsible for her powers being taken away. What she finds is not what she expected. Plus, the old shaman Naze shows up with a dire warning. Cover price $0.75.

Wonder Woman (1987 2nd Series) 7 FN+ 6.5

Diana recovers on Paradise Island, Myndi Mayer courts Diana and Professor Kapatelis so she can be Wonder Woman's publicist, and the Cheetah covets a certain golden lasso in "Rebirth!" Script by Len Wein, plot and pencils by George Perez, inks by Bruce Patterson. Perez cover. Cover price $0.75.

X-Factor (1986 1st Series) 19 CBCS 9.8

Paper: Off white to white

Direct Edition

Label #21-28A0F27-021

"All Together Now!" Story by Louise Simonson. Art by Walter Simonson and Bob Wiacek. Can X-Factor survive the first attack of the Horsemen of Apocalypse? Meet War, Famine, and Pestilence...hope they survive the experience. Cover price $0.75.