Auctions: comic books November 1998

Marvel Collectible Classics X-Men (1998) 5 VF- 7.5

Special reproduction of Giant Size X-Men # 1. Beautiful chromium foil wraparound cover, pencils by Gary Frank, inks by Cam Smith. Cover reprint of Giant-Size X-Men #1, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Dave Cockrum. Celebrate 35 years of the X-Men with "Second Genesis," script by Len Wein, art by Dave Cockrum; The old X-Men are captured by Krakoa, the Living Island, and Professor X forms a new team to rescue them. 44 pgs., full color. Cover price $13.50.

Spawn (1992 Image) 78D CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4013575003

Direct Edition. "Bloodstains!" Written by Todd McFarlane and Brian Holguin. Art and cover by Greg Capullo and Danny Miki. While Twitch lies in a coma, Sam unknowingly trades favors with Spawn for a miraculous recovery. Sam continues to try and solve the latest, seemingly senseless murders of the homeless but leaves the morgue with more questions than answers after the coroner shows Sam an unusual mark on the latest victim. Meanwhile, Spawn and Cog search a museum of antiquities for ancient answers to the mysteries of the murders and they also find an image of the same mark. Later, Spawn confronts Sam and a recovered Twitch about the results of their detective work even as another body is discovered and this time, its a child. 32 pages, FC. NOTE: This issue is dedicated to Ace Frehley. Cover price $1.95.