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New Mutants (1983 1st Series) 98D CGC 9.2 Direct Variant

Paper: White

Label #4420271006

1st appearance of Deadpool, Gideon, and Domino (Impersonated by Copycat). Cover pencils by Rob Liefeld. The Beginning of the End, Part One, script by Rob Liefeld (plot) and Fabian Nicieza (script), art by Rob Liefeld; Gideon arranges for the murder of Sunspot's father; Deadpool, working for Mr. Tolliver, attacks Cable; Domino defeats him; Cable and Domino plot strategy; Rictor decides to go after Wolfsbane, who stayed in Genosha; Gideon tells Sunspot his father is dead. Part 1 of 3. 36 pgs. The Domino that appears in this issue is actually the mutant known as Copycat. The real Domino makes her first real appearance in he pages of X-Force (1991-2002 1st Series) #8 and 11. Cover price $1.00.

New Mutants (1983 1st Series) 98D CGC 8.0 Direct Variant

Paper: White

Label #4398614001

1st appearance of Deadpool, Gideon, and Domino (Impersonated by Copycat). Cover pencils by Rob Liefeld. The Beginning of the End, Part One, script by Rob Liefeld (plot) and Fabian Nicieza (script), art by Rob Liefeld; Gideon arranges for the murder of Sunspot's father; Deadpool, working for Mr. Tolliver, attacks Cable; Domino defeats him; Cable and Domino plot strategy; Rictor decides to go after Wolfsbane, who stayed in Genosha; Gideon tells Sunspot his father is dead. Part 1 of 3. 36 pgs. The Domino that appears in this issue is actually the mutant known as Copycat. The real Domino makes her first real appearance in he pages of X-Force (1991-2002 1st Series) #8 and 11. Cover price $1.00.

New Mutants (1983 1st Series) 98N CGC 9.8 Newsstand Variant

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition.

Label #4408016006

Newsstand Edition. 1st appearance of Deadpool, Gideon, and Domino (Impersonated by Copycat). Cover pencils by Rob Liefeld. The Beginning of the End, Part One, script by Rob Liefeld (plot) and Fabian Nicieza (script), art by Rob Liefeld; Gideon arranges for the murder of Sunspot's father; Deadpool, working for Mr. Tolliver, attacks Cable; Domino defeats him; Cable and Domino plot strategy; Rictor decides to go after Wolfsbane, who stayed in Genosha; Gideon tells Sunspot his father is dead. Part 1 of 3. 36 pgs. The Domino that appears in this issue is actually the mutant known as Copycat. The real Domino makes her first real appearance in he pages of X-Force (1991-2002 1st Series) #8 and 11. Cover price $1.00.

New Mutants (1983 1st Series) 98N CGC 8.0 Newsstand Variant

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition

Label #4414810002

Newsstand Edition. 1st appearance of Deadpool, Gideon, and Domino (Impersonated by Copycat). Cover pencils by Rob Liefeld. The Beginning of the End, Part One, script by Rob Liefeld (plot) and Fabian Nicieza (script), art by Rob Liefeld; Gideon arranges for the murder of Sunspot's father; Deadpool, working for Mr. Tolliver, attacks Cable; Domino defeats him; Cable and Domino plot strategy; Rictor decides to go after Wolfsbane, who stayed in Genosha; Gideon tells Sunspot his father is dead. Part 1 of 3. 36 pgs. The Domino that appears in this issue is actually the mutant known as Copycat. The real Domino makes her first real appearance in he pages of X-Force (1991-2002 1st Series) #8 and 11. Cover price $1.00.

New Mutants (1983 1st Series) Annual 2D CGC 6.0

Paper: White

Label #4427946012

Direct Edition. First U.S. appearances of Psylocke and Meggan in "Why Do We Do These Things We Do?!" Mojo captures Betsy (giving her new eyes and the name Psylocke), then Wolfsbane, Sunspot, Karma's siblings and the Bratpack; the New Mutants meet Captain Britain; Cypher merges with Warlock. Characters: Cannonball, Cypher, Karma, Magik, Magma, Mirage, Sunspot, Warlock, Wolfsbane; GS: Captain Britain, Psylocke (Betsy Braddock; O; first U.S. appearance), Bratpack; V: Mojo, Spiral; GA: Meggan (first U.S. appearance); OC: Leong and Nga Xui Manh. Script by Chris Claremont, with art and cover by Alan Davis. Notes: This story occurs between New Mutants (1983 1st Series) #44 & #45; Spiral, Mojo and the Bratpack (Butch, Darla and Alfie) appear here following the Longshot limited series; a sequel to this story appears in Uncanny X-Men (1963) Annual #10. Cover price $1.25.

New Mutants (1983 1st Series) Annual 6 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4351499006

Days of Future Present, part 3 of 4: "The Once and Future Mutant." Script by Louise Simonson, pencils by Terry Shoemaker and Chris Wozniak, inks by Scott Williams, Al Milgrom, Art Thibert, and Harry Candelario. Guest starring the Fantastic Four. Sentinels appearance. Back-up story: "Tribute the Second." Script by Peter David, pencils by Gavin Curtis, inks by Dan Panosian. 2 pin-ups by Rob Liefeld (3 pages total). Liefeld/Williams cover. Cover price $2.00.

New Mutants (2020 Marvel) 27YU CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)

Yu Sketch Cover.

Label #4212536004

Sketch Edition Virgin Cover by Leinil Francis Yu. Written by Vita Ayala. Art by Jan Duursema. FALLING INTO THE LOOKING GLASS! With her Soulsword shattered, Magik spirals into unfamiliar territory as she confronts her legacy in Limbo - dragging Mirage and Wolfsbane down with her! And while Magik faces the demons of her past, present, and future…Madelyne Pryor inches closer to the throne. 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

New Mutants Lethal Legion (2023 Marvel) 1C CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Land Variant Cover

Label #4431557015

Written by Charlie Jane Anders. Art by Enid Balam. Cover by Greg Land. THE NEW, NEW MUTANTS - WITH ALL THE CLASSIC THRILLS! Best-selling, multiple-award-winning, generally bedazzling writer Charlie Jane Anders launches a fresh take on the beloved team, with rising star Enid Balám behind the illustrious pencils! The Shadow King. U-Men. Demon Bear. Themselves. The New Mutants have faced some of the most cunning minds in the Marvel Universe - and survived. But when someone starts building a new Lethal Legion, will Krakoa's youngest class finally be outmatched? Featuring fan-favorites like Wolfsbane and Karma alongside explosive newcomers like Escapade, this is a series you can't miss! Everything leads to the Fall of X - don't sleep on the start. 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 1 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4423958025

Cover by Jim Steranko. First appearance of Scorpio in "Who Is Scorpio?", script by Jim Steranko, pencils by Jim Steranko, inks by Joe Sinnott; Fury sneaks into an island fortress, only to get shot in the back. Surprise!; It's an L.M.D., and the shooter is the real Fury!; But on examination, Dugan informs Fury the L.M.D.'s been shot 4 times, not 3 - which means, someone tried to assassinate him!; The only clue is a tiny badge with a "Scorpio" symbol on it; In San Francisco, comic Flip Mason's on the run from gambling debts; In Kansas City, racketeer Mitch Hackett looks forward to joining the mob. In NYC, Fury & Val walk in the rain; At the Monza Autodrome, Count Julio Scarlotti wins a race - and we see he has a Scorpio tattoo on his wrist; Days later in Nevada, Fury helps test an "EPB G-System" (Entrope Phase Barrier Guard System), a force field which is hoped may one day protect entire armies. As SHIELD prepares one final test (with an H-Bomb!) we see the tech firing the missile has a Scorpio tattoo on his wrist; Fury suddenly realizes the EPB's down, and nobody answers his comm; He races across the desert to a rocket sled used by NASA to escape as the missile descends on the spot he was relaxing; At the U.S. Government Research Center in Las Vegas, everyone's been put to sleep with gas by Scorpio - when Fury arrives via motorcycle. Letter to the editor from comics writer Don McGregor. Cover price $0.12.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 2 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4423959001

Cover by Jim Steranko. "So Shall Ye Reap... Death!", script and pencils by Jim Steranko, inks by Frank Giacoia and Joe Giella (assist); (Page 5, panels 9 and 11 redrawn by John Romita Sr. to allow the issue to pass the Comics Code Authority); Jimmy Woo goes through a death-trap laden "fun house" as his initiation as a SHIELD agent; Later, in his apartment, Fury & Val get romantic; The next day, off the Pacific Coast, en route to the Heli-Carrier in a bizarre twin-bodied jet, Fury & Jimmy are knocked out of the sky and wind up on a volcanic island transformed into a "Garden of Eden" and biological laboratory by "Centurius" - formerly Dr. Noah Black, a scientist who disappeared in the 1930s when his theories were scoffed at; After creating both new & extinct forms of life and sending them into space, he plans to rain down fire on the entire Earth, for forty days and forty nights, cleansing it so his creations can start anew on a world "without the threat of mass murder, intimidation, fear"; With the help of a visiting movie company and their robot gorilla prop, Fury & Woo put the kibosh on his plans. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 3 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4423959002

Cover pencils by Jim Steranko and John Romita (alterations), inks by Jim Steranko. "Dark Moon Rise, Hell Hound Kill!", script by Jim Steranko, pencils by Jim Steranko, inks by Dan Adkins; Murder on the moors brings Nick to investigate the death of an old army friend; He finds mystery, a trio of psychic detectives, a huge dog, and more than meets the eyes. Tribute to Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Hound Of The Baskervilles", mixed with a bit of the John Lucarotti AVENGERS episode, "Castle De'ath". Parodied in NOT BRAND ECHH #11 (December 1968). Also pays tribute to Simon & Kirby's "The Phantom Hound Of Cardiff Moor" from CAPTAIN AMERICA #10 (January 1942), including the 2-page title spread. Mycroft based on Peter Cushing; Rampson based on Robert Urquhart; Angus based on Boris Karloff. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 4 CGC 8.0

Paper: White

Label #4423959003

Cover by Jim Steranko. SHIELD origin retold in "And Now It Begins...', script by Roy Thomas (plot, dialogue) and Frank Springer (plot), art by Frank Springer; HYDRA repeatedly tries to murder Nick Fury before he can recruited to head SHIELD; The agent in charge of the operation, Agent L, is executed for his failure by Agent H; After reminiscing about his days in WW2, Fury meets Tony Stark, who introduces him to the SHIELD board of directors, then shows him a film detailing HYDRA's operations; After Fury uncovers a bomb in the room and dispatches it, along with the spy who planted it, he realizes the danger facing the free world and takes the job. Frank Springer's 1st Marvel work. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 5 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4423959004

Cover by Jim Steranko. "What Ever Happened To Scorpio?", script by Jim Steranko, pencils by Jim Steranko, inks by John Tartaglione; Val reads Nick's horoscope in the morning paper, which says "Someone in your past will return today"; Nick pays a visit on Pickman, who's helping him locate someone, and he doesn't want SHIELD involved; The ESP Division picks up "possible danger", sending Nick to a seemingly-deserted warehouse - and straight into a trap set by Scorpio!; Nick's Farrari is destroyed, and Nick is captured; While unconscious, Scorpio creates a face-mask to allow him to impersonate Nick, then goes in disguise to view the test of the latest model of LMD; But as it begins, no one else realizes the robot has been replaced with Nick, drugged so he can't speak!; Miraculously, Fury manages to dodge one death trap after another, then faces his would-be killer; Val, trying to save Nick's life, shoots at the "LMD" - but hits Pickman instead, who found his way in via a secret passage. Letters to the editor from comics writer Don McGregor and fanzine publisher Ronn Foss. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 6 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4423959005

Cover by Jim Steranko. "Doom Must Fall!", script by Roy Thomas (plot), Frank Springer (plot), and Archie Goodwin (dialogue), art by Frank Springer; Fury is summoned by a condition red priority alert to the "Observatron" chamber; An asteroid is being drawn off-course directly toward Earth, impact only hours away! Fury & Cliff Randall (SHIELD's top ace pilot) race to the projected impact point, the Central Andes, hoping to find whatever is pulling the asteroid from its normal orbit; There, they find a hidden base built inside a mountain, run by a group of other-dimensional beings called "The Others"; Twenty years earlier, the tyrant of their dimension, facing revolt, set off an "Impact Inducer", which would destroy everything; Survivors escaped in a ship when the force of the destruction opened a dimensional doorway to Earth; Knowing it would take twenty years for the "reverberations" to still, they built a base and sent out "prodigals" to gather intelligence about Earth, whose memories were blanked - and it turns out Randall was one of these all along! 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 7 CGC 9.2

Paper: Off white

Label #3705603021

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.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 7 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4423959006

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.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 8 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4423959007

Cover by Frank Springer. "Thus Speaks Supremus!", script by Ernie Hart (plot, dialogue), Frank Springer (plot), and Herb Trimpe (plot), pencils by Frank Springer (pages 1-8) and Herb Trimpe (pages 9-20), inks by John Tartaglione; Riots break out around the world immediately following an assassination attempt on Fury; Tony Stark explains how only an "image projected onto a force field" was "killed", and the 4 assassins left alone so they could report back to whoever hired them; Other agents are being killed around the world, and the leaders of the riots exhibit no emotions, as if they were zombies; Aboard the Heli-Carrier, a meeting of the board of directors is interrupted by a transmission from "Supremus", who orders SHIELD to be disbanded in the wake of Fury's death; Fury, still alive, comments "he's not so ultimate"; Supremus plans to turn the world into a "laboratory" where he'll use "genetic manipulation" to turn the entire human race into slaves to do his bidding; But Nick recognizes the caves Supremus is transmitting from as "The Caves Of Hercules" on Cape Spartel, from a Howlers mission during WW2; Dugan flies Fury there, and single-handedly Fury takes on Half-Man, an android, and a group of genetic mutates. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 9 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4423959008

Cover by Jim Steranko. "The Name Of The Game Is... Hate!", script by Gary Friedrich (plot, dialogue) and Frank Springer (plot), art by Frank Springer; While at a doctor's appointment, Fury is the target of an assassin, who misses him but hits the doctor instead; Escaping via aircraft, Fury recognizes the "H" symbol and realizes The Hate-Monger is somehow back in action; After rendezvousing at the Heli-Carrier, Fury, Dugan, Jimmy & Gabe pursue the aircraft & wind up in an aerial dogfight; After shooting down the enemy jet, they follow, only to find themselves in a bizarre prehistoric landscape filled with dinosaurs!; Fury plunges into a gigantic underground laboratory and comes face-to-face with The Hate-Monger, who reveals the other SHIELD agents are really victims of the "Psychotron," which is creating illusions in their minds; The Hate-Monger plans to use nuclear missiles to "deal a death-blow to every nation on Earth," and also shows him a "Brain-Bank" chamber containing the "active brains" of all his former advisers and associates, whose mentalities live on even while their bodies are long dead. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 10 CGC 2.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4423959009

Cover by Frank Springer and John Romita (alterations). "Twas the Night Before Christmas," script by Gary Friedrich (plot, dialogue) and Frank Springer (plot), pencils by Frank Springer and Barry Smith (page 2 except for panel 1, all of page 3, and the first two panels of page 4), inks by Johnny Craig; December 24, 1968: Fury heads home, thinking how for some, holidays "can only hold the empty void left by a tragic past"; After a mugging attempt in which he sent his attackers packing, Fury arrives at his apartment and is surprised by Laura Brown, who tells him since neither one of them have families she thought it would be a good idea to spend the holiday together; Their celebrations are interrupted by a "condition red" alert; Aboard the Heli-Carrier, Fury finds Sitwell, who was given two days off for the holidays by Tony Stark, and decided to drop by to see if he could be useful; They've intercepted a transmission from The Hate-Monger, who intends to drop a "Germ Bomb" to wipe out the entire population of NYC!; Fury takes the "Self-Orbiting Attack Craft" to a huge scientific complex orbiting the Earth; Fury tackles a large number of The Hate-Monger's men single-handed, but is eventually brought down by numbers; On awakening, he finds himself imprisoned inside the capsule containing the "Germ Bomb," as The Hate-Monger explains that once NYC has been wiped out, it will "set all the nations of the world against each other." 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 11 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4423959010

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.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 12 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4423959011

Cover by Barry Smith. "Hell Hath No Fury," script by Steve Parkhouse (plot, dialogue) and Barry Smith (plot), pencils by Barry Smith, inks by Barry Smith and Sid Greene; Alone, Fury is pursued by armored men with stun blasters; he uses a gun that fires Tony Stark's "repulsor ray" to knock them out; We then discover it's SHIELD agents who are after him...In flashback, Fury is angered by "Intelligence" man Rickard, who feels Fury is too old for his job; Fury & Val grab some private time, but 2 days later when they return, both are taken into custody; Rickard now had "evidence", photos showing Fury associating with enemy agents, and he claims Val does not support Fury's story!; Back in the "present," we find Rickard is really an agent of HYDRA out to discredit Fury and destroy SHIELD; 2 HYDRA goons in a stolen SHIELD aircraft try to take Fury out, but only succeed in getting themselves blown to atoms. Letter to the editor from comics writer Don McGregor. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 13 CGC 6.0

Paper: White

Label #4423959012

Cover pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Sam Grainger. First appearance of the Super-Patriot in "The Super-Patriot!", script by Gary Friedrich (plot, dialogue) and Herb Trimpe (plot), pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Sam Grainger; On the run from SHIELD, Fury witnesses what appears to be a political rally, staged by someone called "The Super-Patriot," who advocates taking the country back from "traitors" within the government! SHIELD arrives in force to arrest him for refusing a Federal court order to appear for questioning, and an open gun-battle erupts in the sky over Manhattan!; Fury thinks back to his earlier arrest, when Dugan refused to believe that Rickard was a spy, and then Laura Brown passed him a "sonic disintegrator ring" which he used to escape; Gabe interrupts someone trying to mug Fury, then lets him know The Super-Patriot is planning to strike at the U.N. An undercover agent for The Super-Patriot reports that Fury is still a fugitive, and therefore no threat; he then tracks Fury down and corners him, revealing he's really Jasper Sitwell in disguise! Letter to the editor from comics writer Don McGregor. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 14 CGC 6.5

Paper: White

Label #4423959013

Cover pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Sam Grainger. "Nick Fury... A Day In the Life," script by Gary Friedrich (plot, dialogue) and Herb Trimpe (plot), pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Sam Grainger; Aboard the Heli-Carrier, the "Psycho-Projector" is used on Fury, to put him thru his paces while unconscious and learn what's really going on in his mind; It turns out EVERYTHING involving "The Super-Patriot" was just a dream! Later, with no knowledge of this, Fury wakes up back in his NY apartment, where Val has a morning Alka-Seltzer waiting for him; His new secretary, Agent Huff, contacts him to let him know the Munitions Department wants him for a briefing; But someone has sabotaged his apartment, and TWICE he barely escapes death!; Elsewhere, HYDRA agent Number 72 plots Fury's death; Fury skips breakfast, then is ambushed on the way to his car; in route to the Heli-Carrier, a fault develops in one of the anti-grav wheels of his Ferrari, causing him to bail out and parachute to land. Letter to the editor from comics writer Don McGregor. 36 pgs., full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 15 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4423959014

Cover pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Sam Grainger. First appearance and death of Bull's-Eye in "The Assassination of Nick Fury!", script by Gary Friedrich (plot, dialogue), Herb Trimpe (plot), and Dick Ayers (plot), pencils by Herb Trimpe and Dick Ayers, inks by Sam Grainger; HYDRA Number 72 hires the services of Bulls-eye, a paid assassin, to kill Nick Fury; Fury is concerned that 3 CIA operatives have been killed, and feels SHIELD could handle the investigation better than they could; Fury picks up Laura for a date, and as they drive, they're followed all over town by Bulls-eye; Number 72 plans to turn NYC into a "bloody battleground" within the hour following Fury's death; Fury & Laura attend a concert by Country Joe & The Fish in Central Park, when Bulls-eye strikes! Abruptly, Number 72 decides this would be the moment SHIELD would expect HYDRA to strike - and changes his plans!; Instead, SHIELD converges on Central Park, and corner Bulls-eye, who decides to shoot it out with them. Dugan shoots Bulls-eye dead, then ponders if there's any pieces of SHIELD left to pick up. 36 pgs., full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 16 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4423959015

52-page giant; all reprints. Cover by Marie Severin. "Find Fury or Die!" (from Strange Tales 136), script by Jack Kirby (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), pencils by Jack Kirby (layouts) and John Severin, inks by John Severin; HYDRA agents tail Fury walking in NYC, intent on finding SHIELD's HQ, not realizing he knows he's being followed; Leading the mission is HYDRA Section Leader B, a "Hydra-Hunter", who hands over his hood to the Imperial Hydra so there will be no place to hide should he fail; Of course, he hopes to become the next Imperial Hydra when he succeeds; When a few HYDRA agents show up at the barber shop which is secretly the entrance to SHIELD's NYC HQ, they're quickly captured and hypnotized into believing the HQ is located in a warehouse some blocks away; Using a huge vehicle called a "Hydra-Ram", the warehouse is attacked. Strange Tales #135 cover reprint, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Frank Giacoia. Strange Tales #136 cover reprint, pencils by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko (bottom tier), inks by Mike Esposito and Steve Ditko. "The Prize Is... Earth!" (from ST 137), script by Jack Kirby (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), pencils by Jack Kirby (layouts) and John Severin, inks by John Severin. "Sometimes the Good Guys Lose!" (from ST 138), script by Jack Kirby (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), pencils by Jack Kirby (layouts) and John Severin, inks by John Severin. 52 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 17 CGC 6.0

Paper: White

Label #4423959016

52-page giant; all reprints. Cover pencils by Marie Severin. "The Brave Die Hard!" (from Strange Tales 139), script by Jack Kirby (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), pencils by Jack Kirby (layouts) and Joe Sinnott, inks by Joe Sinnott; Despite their "Image-Inducer", HYDRA is unable to get Fury to pass on info about Stark's "Braino-Saur"; Stark tells SHIELD's directors that the "Braino-Saur" is designed for one purpose - to disarm HYDRA's Betratron Bomb while in orbit above the Earth! Strange Tales #137 cover reprint by John Severin and Steve Ditko. Strange Tales #138 cover reprint by Jack Kirby and John Severin. "The End of Hydra!" (from ST 140), script by Jack Kirby (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), pencils by Jack Kirby (layouts) and Don Heck, inks by Joe Sinnott; Fury just barely manages to stop the "Hunter" robot. Strange Tales #139 cover reprint by Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott, and Marie Severin. Strange Tales #140 cover reprint by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott. Operation: "Brain Blast!" (from ST 141), script by Jack Kirby (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Frank Giacoia. 52 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 18 CGC 5.0

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Label #4423959017

52-page giant; all reprints. Cover pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by John Severin. "Who Strikes at - SHIELD?" (from Strange Tales 142), script by Jack Kirby (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Mike Esposito (as Mike Demeo); After a new "Wild Bill" robot goes wild, Fury checks out the "Encephalogram-Inducer", which, when hooked into the "Brainwave Stimulator" can transform the thoughts of the ESP Division into images; Mentallo breaches multiple defenses of The Fixer's underwater base, then convinces him to join forces; Fury contacts another SHIELD base for info about "Inferno 42" and Batroc The Leaper. Strange Tales #142, 143, and 144 cover reprints by Jack Kirby Mike Esposito. "To Free a Brain Slave" (from ST 143) script by Jack Kirby (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), pencils by Jack Kirby (layouts) and Howard Purcell, inks by Mike Esposito (as M. Demeo); While SHIELD HQ is in the hands of Mentallo & The Fixer, and Fury a helpless prisoner, Dum Dum & his men prepare to strike back. "The Day of the Druid!" (from ST 143), script by Jack Kirby (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), pencils by Jack Kirby (layouts) and Howard Purcell, inks by Mike Esposito (as M. Demeo). 52 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Night Rider (1974) 2 CGC 5.5

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Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Tom Palmer. The Macabre Menace of the Tarantula!, script by Gary Friedrich (writer) and Dick Ayers (plot), pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Vince Colletta; The Night Rider drives off Bart and his gang when they try to rustle some cattle; As they are preparing to leave, the Tarantula inspires them to work for him. Carter shows Jamie how he does many of his tricks as the Night Rider; The Tarantula and his gang try to force the people of Bison Bend to pay protection money, but Benjamin Brooks refuses; The Night Rider prevents the Tarantula and his gang from leaving with the rest of the townspeople's money, finally driving off the Tarantula with a little help from Jamie using the lantern-projector. The townspeople ask Benjamin Brooks to be their sheriff; reprinted from Ghost Rider (Marvel, 1967 western series) #2. Gunmanship!, script by Stan Lee, art by Dick Ayers; Wyatt Earp teaches gun safety and how to shoot a gun; reprinted from Wyatt Earp (Marvel, 1955 series) #26. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Nomad (1992) 1 CGC 9.6

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Label #3848307020

Cover pencils by Samuel Clarke Hawbaker, inks by Mark McKenna. Stepping from the pages of Captain America. 3-page fold-out "Wanted" poster. "The Favor Banker," written by Fabian Micieza, pencils by S. Clarke Hawbaker, inks by Mark McKenna, letters by Chris Eliopoulos, color by Joe Rosas; Origin of Nomad--Jack Munroe begins his new career in Seattle, as a hired vigilante, while caring for his adopted daughter, Bucky. 2-page spread for "Marvel Master Vision" game. Includes "Bullpen Bulletins." 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.00.

Nova (1976 1st Series) 1 CGC 8.0

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Written by Marv Wolfman. Pencils by John Buscema. Inks Joe Sinnott. When a dying alien passes on his super-powers to Earth teenager Richard Rider, Rider becomes the man called Nova, the human rocket! In the marvelous tradition of Spider-man, Nova must now stop the murderous alien known as Zorr, or Earth is doomed! Note: First appearance of Nova. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.30.

Nova (1976 1st Series) 1 CGC 8.0

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Label #4321929006

Written by Marv Wolfman. Pencils by John Buscema. Inks Joe Sinnott. When a dying alien passes on his super-powers to Earth teenager Richard Rider, Rider becomes the man called Nova, the human rocket! In the marvelous tradition of Spider-man, Nova must now stop the murderous alien known as Zorr, or Earth is doomed! Note: First appearance of Nova. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.30.

Nova (1976 1st Series) 1 CGC 8.0

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Label #4321929002

Written by Marv Wolfman. Pencils by John Buscema. Inks Joe Sinnott. When a dying alien passes on his super-powers to Earth teenager Richard Rider, Rider becomes the man called Nova, the human rocket! In the marvelous tradition of Spider-man, Nova must now stop the murderous alien known as Zorr, or Earth is doomed! Note: First appearance of Nova. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.30.

Nova (1976 1st Series) 25 CGC 9.6

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Label #4419693019

Final issue. Story by Marv Wolfman. Art by Carmine Infantino and Klaus Janson. Tensions rise as the uneasy allies hurtle through outer space toward their destination. Nova, Powerhouse, Crime-Buster, Comet, Diamondhead, and the powerful Sphinx are attacked by an armada of Skrull warships. But these champions will not be denied. Though this is the final issue in Nova's own series his story is not done yet. 32 pages, FC.

NOTE: Nova's epic saga continues in the pages of Fantastic Four (1st Series) #204-209 and concludes in Rom (1979) #24. - Odinson, mycomicshop Archivist Cover price $0.40.

Nova (1976 1st Series) 35 Cent Variant 11 CGC 9.8

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35Cent Variant

Label #2088552002

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35 Cent Variant, limited distribution. Story by Marv Wolfman. Art by Sal Buscema and Frank Giacoia. The ultra powerful Sphinx has crushed Diamondhead, Powerhouse, and the Condor. Now, Nova stands alone against this ancient and nigh unstoppable power. And if he loses, Richard Rider shall be "Nova No More!" 32 pages. Cover price $0.35.

NYX (2003) 2 CGC 8.5

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Label #4425791021

Written by JOE QUESADA Cover & pencils by JOSH MIDDLETON As the struggle to survive adolescence becomes more intense, Alphabet City's newest mutant begins to understand how her powers can save her butt. But what will she do when she learns that self-preservation comes at a price? FC, 32pg/MARVEL PSR+ $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

Old Man Logan (2016 Marvel) 31A CGC 9.8 Singh

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Label #3986144024

The Scarlet Samurai: Part 1 of 3 - Written by Ed Brisson. Art by Mike Deodato. Cover by Mukesh Singh. Old Man Logan - the man who was Wolverine - is up against a foe like no other…the Hand! Logan's past comes back to haunt him when a former love drags him into battle with the Hand, who have bolstered their forces like never before. Just when things couldn't get any worse, Logan encounters the mysterious Scarlet Samurai! Will Logan be able to discover who she is and take down the Hand? 28 pages, full color. Parental Advisory NOTE: Includes Marvel Value Stamp #10 of 53: Moon Knight. Cover price $3.99.

Our Love Story (1969) 9 CGC 7.5

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Label #4391056009

Cover pencils by John Buscema. I Dreamed the Impossible Dream!, script by Stan Lee, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Dick Ayers. Must I Be Lonely? The Summer Must End!, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. 36 pgs. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Over the Edge (1995) 1 CGC 9.6

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Label #2075214017

Cover by Robert Brown. ...And Fear Will Follow!, script by Ralph Macchio, art by Robert Brown and Mike Witherby; Daredevil battles Mister Fear. 36 pgs., full color. $0.99. Cover price $0.99.

Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man (2017 1st Series) 1CAMPBELL.A CGC 9.8 Campbell Cover A Variant

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JScottCampbell.com Edition A. Minor front/back crack(s), under 1". Severe front/back scuff(s).

Label #3921171009

J. Scott Campbell Store Exclusive "A" Cover Limited to 3,450 Copies.
Written by Chip Zdarsky. Art by Adam Kubert. Cover by J. Scott Campbell. SPIDER-MAN RETURNS TO THE FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD! The webslinging, wallcrawling wonder returns to New York City in the all-new PETER PARKER: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN. A companion series to the best-selling Amazing Spider-Man series, Peter Parker is going back-to-basics for big heroics in the Big Apple. Featuring adversaries old and new, be there as Spider-Man returns to his friendly neighborhood for his never ending battle against crime and the dreaded 'Parker Luck'. 36 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man (2017 1st Series) 1CAMPBELL.B CGC 9.8 Campbell Cover B Variant

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JScottCampbell.com Edition B. Severe front/back scuff(s).

Label #3921171010

J. Scott Campbell Store Exclusive "B" Cover Limited to 3,450 Copies.
Written by Chip Zdarsky. Art by Adam Kubert. Cover by J. Scott Campbell. SPIDER-MAN RETURNS TO THE FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD! The webslinging, wallcrawling wonder returns to New York City in the all-new PETER PARKER: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN. A companion series to the best-selling Amazing Spider-Man series, Peter Parker is going back-to-basics for big heroics in the Big Apple. Featuring adversaries old and new, be there as Spider-Man returns to his friendly neighborhood for his never ending battle against crime and the dreaded 'Parker Luck'. 36 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

Phoenix Resurrection The Return of Jean Grey (2018 Marvel) 1GOLDENAPPLE.B CGC 9.8 InHyuk Lee Golden Apple Virgin Variant

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Lee "Virgin" Edition

Label #1261414016

Golden Apple virgin variant by InHyuk Lee. Written by Matthew Rosenberg. Art by Leinil Francis Yu. She will return, like a Phoenix from the ashes. Years ago, Jean Grey died and the X-Men mourned her. Since then, the world has changed, her teammates have lived without her and died without her. And now, when strange events start happening all over the world, those teammates can only come to one conclusion - the one true Jean Grey is back! 36 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Phoenix Resurrection The Return of Jean Grey (2018 Marvel) 1K CGC 9.8 Artgerm Variant

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Lau Variant Cover

Label #1263427007

Written by Matthew Rosenberg. Art by Leinil Francis Yu. Cover by Artgerm. She will return, like a Phoenix from the ashes. Years ago, Jean Grey died and the X-Men mourned her. Since then, the world has changed, her teammates have lived without her and died without her. And now, when strange events start happening all over the world, those teammates can only come to one conclusion - the one true Jean Grey is back! 36 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Power Man and Iron Fist (1972 Hero for Hire) 1 CGC 7.0

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Label #4137959018

"Out of Hell--a Hero!" Script by Archie Goodwin, pencils by George Tuska, inks by Billy Graham. NOTE: Roy Thomas and John Romita are credited for their "considerable creative contributions." When Lucas, an innocent man, is sent to jail for a crime he did not commit, he decides he has nothing left to loose. Subjecting himself to unorthodox experiments, this inmate is endowed with great physical strength and nigh-unbreakable skin. No walls and bars on Earth can hold him. Now, as Luke Cage, he is known as the Hero for Hire, and he's here to clean up the "Mean Streets," one criminal at a time. Cover price $0.20.

Power Man and Iron Fist (1972 Hero for Hire) 66N CGC 9.4

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Newsstand Edition.

Label #4418461004

Newsstand Edition. 2nd appearance of Sabretooth. Guest-starring the Daughters of the Dragon and Bob Diamond (member of the Sons of the Tiger). Story by Mary Jo Duffy. Art by Kerry Gammill and Ricardo Villamonte. Private Investigators Misty Knight and Colleen Wing have tracked down the stolen jeweled statue, the Jade Tiger, but come face to face with two of the deadliest men alive. Constrictor, the man with the adamantium coils, and Sabretooth, the feral mutant killing machine. Wounded and knowing they've bitten off more then they can chew, Colleen calls in the reinforcements, Luke Cage and Danny Rand, a.k.a. Power Man and Iron Fist. 32 pages. NOTE: 2nd appearance of Sabretooth. Cover price $0.50.

Power Man and Iron Fist (1972 Hero for Hire) 69N CGC 8.5

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Newsstand Edition.

Label #4418461006

Newsstand Edition. "Victim Times Three!" Story by Mary Jo Duffy and Steven Grant. Art by Alan Weiss and Ricardo Villamonte. Power Man and Iron Fist race against the clock to stop a madman. Plus, Marvel gives a tour and behind the scenes look at Heroes for Hire. Cover price $0.50.

Powers of X (2019 Marvel) 2A CGC 9.8 Silva

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Label #2085078001

Written by Jonathan Hickman. Art and Cover by R. B. Silva. As Xavier sows the seeds of the past, the X-Men's future blossoms into trouble for all mutantdom. Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman (NEW AVENGERS, INFINITY, FF) continues reshaping the X-Men's past, present and future with breakout artist R.B. Silva (UNCANNY X-MEN)! 40 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Predator vs. Wolverine (2023 Marvel) 1E CGC 9.8

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McNiven Variant Cover

Label #4336008006

Written by Benjamin Percy. Art by Greg Land. Cover by Steve McNiven. THE THRILL IS THE KILL! The bloodthirsty saga you've been waiting for! Wolverine has lived one of the longest and most storied lives in Marvel Comics history. Now witness the untold greatest battles of Logan's life - against a Predator! One Yautja seeks the greatest prey in existence - and finds it in Weapon X. From the blood-ridden snows of the Canadian wilderness to the sword-slinging streets of Madripor, Wolverine and a Predator break everything in their paths on their way to the ultimate victory…or glorious death. Superstar writer Benjamin Percy brings the bloodiest hunters in all pop culture to their knees! 48 pages, full color. Rated Parental Advisory Cover price $7.99.

Prelude to Deadpool Corps (2010) 3 CGC 9.6

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Label #4422496006

Written by VICTOR GISCHLER. Art by PHILIP BOND. Cover by DAVE JOHNSON. Witness the birth of the most important super hero team ever in a universe-spanning event that will rock the month of March! Wade Wilson has been tapped to save the Universe, and to do that he's going to need help. Enter: The sexy-but-insecure Lady Deadpool! The devious-but-lovable Headpool (a.k.a. the Zombie Deadpool Head)! The bratty-but-brilliant Kidpool! And the irascible mutt known as Dogpool! Individually, they're, well, kind of messed up, but together, they're the unstoppable force know as DPC. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.

Punisher (1987 2nd Series) 1D CGC 9.8

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Label #4414140022

Direct Edition. Story by Mike Baron. Art by Klaus Janson. Vietnam vet Frank Castle's wife and children were caught in the crossfire of warring crime families. Now, he's back and they're all going to pay. All of them. Those that visit harm on others will come to know him as the Punisher. Frank starts up his first ongoing series with guns blazing. His first target, a drug dealer who thinks he's above the law. Well, he's not above Punishment. Cover price $0.75.

Punisher (1987 2nd Series) 1D CGC 9.8

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Label #4431690009

Direct Edition. Story by Mike Baron. Art by Klaus Janson. Vietnam vet Frank Castle's wife and children were caught in the crossfire of warring crime families. Now, he's back and they're all going to pay. All of them. Those that visit harm on others will come to know him as the Punisher. Frank starts up his first ongoing series with guns blazing. His first target, a drug dealer who thinks he's above the law. Well, he's not above Punishment. Cover price $0.75.