Auctions: comic books in 'Spider-Man', graded by CBCS

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 299N CBCS 6.5 Winnipeg

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition/Winnipeg Copy.

Label #24-36C428A-001

Newsstand Edition. "Survival of the Hittist!" Part 2 of 2. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by Todd McFarlane. Inks by Bob McLeod. Cover by Todd McFarlane. After their waterfront arms theft goes awry, the Life Foundation turns the tables on Chance! The mysterious survivalist group abducts the mercenary and takes him to their secret headquarters in northern New Jersey! But thanks to a well-placed spider tracer, the web-slinger infiltrates the foundation's secluded colony the next day...and rescues Chance! So now the adversaries of 24 hours ago suddenly become allies to avoid death...courtesy of the Life Foundation! First appearance (and cameo on the last page) by Venom. Cameo appearances by Eddie Murphy, Paul Schaffer, and Joe Robertson. Last 75¢ issue. 36 pages, full color. (Note: Chance returns in Amazing Spider-Man 336.) Cover price $0.75.

Amazing Spider-Man (1998 2nd Series) 569B CBCS 9.6 Granov Variant

Paper: White

Venom Variant

Label #17-21F2038-002

NEW WAYS TO DIE: Part 2 of 6 - Written by DAN SLOTT. Pencils by JOHN ROMITA JR. Cover by ADI GRANOV. SPIDEY'S a villain? NORMAN OSBORN'S a hero? What kind of crazy, mixed-up world is this? Next thing you'll tell us is that black is white and white is black...Or maybe that has something to do with VENOM, MISTER NEGATIVE, and the birth of an all-new Spider Villain! Or would that be an all-new Spider-Hero? Either way, True Believer, this is a 1st appearance you do NOT want to miss! 32 PGS. Rated A Cover price $2.99.

Amazing Spider-Man (1998 2nd Series) 601A CBCS 9.8 Campbell Direct

Paper: White

Label #21-1F6F530-002

Cover by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL. Written by MARK WAID. Art by MARIO ALBERTI. Prepare for the All-New, All-Deadly: DARK MARY-JANE!! Oops, sorry, that's the rest of Marvel's solicits...Actually, in this issue 'Red-Headed Stranger' begins just after the surprising events of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #600 with Pete's love life taking a turn for the worse just as his old flame Mary Jane returns to New York City. (FINALLY!! Sheesh. What took us so long?!) Plus: A back-up tale by Brian Michael Bendis & Joe Quesada. Cover price $2.99.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 53 CBCS 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Newsstand Edition

Label #21-40BAE71-069

"Nightmare in New Mexico!" Part 1 of 3. Guest-starring Spider-Man and the Hulk. Script by Bill Mantlo. Pencils by John Byrne (1st work on the X-men). Inks by Frank Giacoia. Cover by Dave Cockrum. The Uncanny X-Men and the web-slinger are flying back home after their adventure in Marvel Team-Up Annual 1, when they suddenly spot a titanic battle raging down below between the Incredible Hulk and Woodgod! What has brought the green goliath and Woodgod to the Land of Enchantment? Spider-Man volunteers to investigate...and he may live to regret it! Cameo appearances by Professor Xavier and the X-Men (Banshee, Colossus, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Phoenix, Storm, Wolverine). (Notes: This issue features John Byrne's first artwork on the X-men. Woodgod previously appeared in Marvel Premiere 31. The letters page includes a letter from comics cartoonist Fred Hembeck.) 32 pages Cover price $0.30.

Marvel Two-in-One (1974 1st Series) Annual 2 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition.

Label #21-1CE019B-006

"Death Watch!" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring Spider-Man, the Thing, Captain Marvel, and the Avengers. Script by Jim Starlin. Art by Jim Starlin (breakdowns) and Joe Rubinstein (finishes). Cover by Jim Starlin. Story continues from Avengers Annual 7. After Captain Marvel, Iron Man, and Thor destroyed Thanos' synthetic power gem, victory appeared close at hand for Earth's Mightiest Heroes. But the evil genius' back up plan has worked to perfection and knocked out the Avengers! Before succumbing to unconsciousness though, Moondragon sends a desperate plea for help back to Earth, specifically to Peter Parker! The web-slinger knows that cosmic battles in outer space are not his specialty, so he swings by the Baxter Building to scoop up a friend. After a quick pow-wow, the blue-eyed idol of millions and your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man blast off to save the galaxy! It's an epic encounter onboard the mad Titan's space ark as the Thing, Thor, Spider-Man, and finally Adam Warlock test their mettle vs. Thanos! Simply a fantastic annual! First appearances of Master Order and Lord Chaos. Avengers Lineup: Beast, Captain America, Iron Man, Scarlet Witch, Thor, and the Vision. (Note: Besides a surreal appearance in the Death of Captain Marvel Graphic Novel (1982), Thanos does not appear again until Silver Surfer (2nd series) #34 thirteen years later.) 48 pages Cover price $0.60.

Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham (1985 Marvel/Star Comics) 6D CBCS 9.4 SS Larry Hama

Paper: White

Witnessed Signature: Larry Hama on 3/23/2021. Direct Edition.

Label #21-21F617C-019

Direct Edition. Last 65-cent cover price. Cover by Joe Albelo. "Salad Daze," script by Steve Skeates, art by Joe Albelo; After spoiling a jewel robbery, Spider-Ham returns home, and surprises Aunt May, who falls into a coma; A robbery at the hospital puts him on the trail of the Master Conniver, who turns out to be Ducktor Doom, and the three interns on the trail of Spider-Ham; He battles gun-toting giant vegetables, Doom escapes, and a vegetable-to-May transfusion saves her. "Awful Flight," script by Steve Skeates, art by Steve Mellor; Snow-Youse awakens from a bad dream and finds herself in Walrus's home, where they are joined by Aroma, Trinket, and Hockeypuck. Heading out to fight acid rain, the team ponders their fate, finds a US Dollar, and spends it on root beer. Letter from comics artist Todd Nauck. 36 pgs., full color. $0.65. Cover price $0.65.

Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham (1985 Marvel/Star Comics) 8 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition.

Label #20-261F254-010

Cover by Joe Albelo. "Pigs Over Tokyo, or Kimono My House," script by Steve Mellor, pencils by Tony Salmons, inks by Joe Albelo; Raymond Bear reports on Jacques Gooseteau's brush with terror, so Jonah calls Peter and the three interns into action, and they go to Japan, where they witness the emergence of Hog-zilla!; The monster goes on an eating binge, so the army sends in Mechano-Hog-Zilla, but the robot is defeated; Spider-Ham defeats the monster, but the director Cur-Asawa hires him, and our heroes head for home. "Silver Squirrel," script by Mike Mellor, art by Steve Mellor; The Watchdog introduces us to The Silver Squirrel, a reprehensible character who zaps everyone and everything by use of the Power Cosmic. After several zaps, The Watchdog gets fed up, and turns the Squirrel into a silver-plated water fountain. 36 pgs., full color. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham (1985 Marvel/Star Comics) 10 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition.

Label #20-077742A-094

Cover by Joe Albelo. "The Lost Temple of the Golden Retriever!", script by Steve Skeates, pencils by Joe Albelo, inks by Pierre Fournier; The bank-robbing Terrible Terriers escape while Spider-Ham stops a building from collapsing; Jonah gets a lead on a jungle story (with the Terriers listening in), so he takes Peter and the interns to the Temple of the Golden Retriever; The "god" in charge turns out to be former reporter Winston Caribou, now insane. "Prince Kaymar, The Sub-Merchandizer!!", script by Steve Skeates, art by Howard Bender; Forced from his throne, Kaymar is now a salesman, traveling with Markup, his pet saber-toothed tiger shark. J. Hamilton Hampster falls into the bay, where nuclear waste turns him into a man-thing; He wanders past Kaymar, but remains oblivious, so Kaymar sells to a passing frogman. Star Signals ad. 36 pgs., full color. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham (1985 Marvel/Star Comics) 11 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition

Label #20-077742A-098

Cover by Joe Albelo. Dog Dame Afternoon, script by Mike Carlin, pencils by Art Nichols, inks by Vince Colletta; Jonah is hooked on "Die-Nasty" with Joan Collie, so it's up to the interns to send Peter to photo the giant mechanical wolf terrorizing the city; Spider-Ham races into action, and discovers Dragon-Lassy controlling the robot; He transforms the wolf-robot into a sheep-robot and gets kissed by Joan Collie, but Jonah is captured by Dragon-Lassy. Ant Ant, script and pencils by Michael Mellor, inks by Vince Colletta; Ant Ant, an ant with all the power of an ant, is taunted at the beach by Sandmanatee, embarassing him before his girlfriend Waspbunny; He tries various insect-power formulas, but Sandmanatee still wins, until Ant Ant turns himself into an unstoppable cockroach. 36 pgs., full color. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham (1985 Marvel/Star Comics) 14 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition

Label #20-26624C1-001

Cover by Joe Albelo. "Heavy Mental Music!", script by Mike Carlin, pencils by Joe Albelo, inks by Pierre Fournier; At an Ozzy Ostrich concert, the interns love the music, but Peter doesn't; all are impressed when Ozzy bites the head off a chocolate bunny; Spider-Ham fights Ozzy, but leaves when it turns out there was no crime; Ozzy's new guitar hypnotizes the crowd, but Peter has cotton in his ears. "Captain Americat," script by Mike Mellor, art by Steve Mellor; French sculptor Gopher Baroque turns himself into the stone-like Grey Gopher; when Captain Americat tries to stop him, he's turned into stone and becomes the Grey Gopher's slave, until the transformation wears off and the Gopher is captured. 36 pgs., full color. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Spider-Man (1990 Marvel) 8D CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s)

Direct Edition.

Label #21-107430A-026

Direct Edition. Perceptions Part 1 of 5. Script and art by Todd McFarlane. Cover by Todd McFarlane. A murder mystery is unfolding in the Canadian wilderness! And it might involve the legendary creature known as Bigfoot! To cover the breaking story, the Daily Bugle sends reporter Melvin Gooner and photographer Peter Parker to British Columbia! Who or what will the web-slinger find lurking in the woods? Cameo appearances by Mary Jane Watson and Wolverine. 32 pages. Cover price $1.75.

Venomverse (2017 Marvel) 1CRAIN CBCS 9.8 Crain Ultimate Variant

Paper: White

Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s)

Clayton Crain Ultimate Edition

Label #17-3678AFC-085

Clayton Crain Ultimate Edition - Limited to 250 copies. Written by Cullen Bunn. Art by Iban Coello. THE VENOM EPIC OF THE FALL STARTS HERE! During a routine battle with the villainous Jack O'Lantern, Venom finds himself transported to a far-off world and learns a terrible truth - a deadly new species called the Poisons has emerged from the vastness of space, and to make matters worse, they're hunting Venoms! Trapped on the planet's surface with a ragtag band of Venomized heroes, Eddie has no choice but to mount a counteroffensive and hope to find a way home! 44 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.