Auctions: comic books in 'Black Widow'

Daredevil (1964 1st Series) 110 CGC 9.2

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4475326024

Cover art by John Romita. Birthright!, script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; The Thing returns DD to New York after their failed attempt to defeat Black Spectre; Daredevil tangles with the evil organization once again and discovers that all of their soldiers are women with strange tattoos; The Widow is brainwashed into working for Black Spectre; DD discovers that the Spectre's leader is Mandrill and is told an origin story of violence and intolerance of a white boy who was black (Mandrill) and a black girl who was white (Nekra); The Black Widow and Shanna the She-Devil appear. Letter to the editor from comics writer Ralph Macchio. The letters page also contains Marvel Value Stamp series A #51 (Bucky Barnes by Jack Kirby). 36 pgs. Cover price $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Daredevil (1964 1st Series) 111 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4475326025

Cover pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Frank Giacoia. First appearance of the Silver Samurai in Sword of the Samurai!, script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Jim Mooney; The Silver Samurai, a new ally of Black Spectre, battles DD and Shanna the She-Devil, capturing the latter; DD decides to invade the Spectre's airship and take the fight to Mandrill; Black Widow appears. Letter to the editor from comics writer Ralph Macchio. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A (Super Skrull). 36 pgs. Cover price $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Daredevil (1964 1st Series) 161N CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white

Newsstand Edition

Label #4492265006

Newsstand Edition. Cover pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson. To Dare the Devil, script by Roger McKenzie, pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson; Ben continues to dig into Matt's past; DD takes on Bullseye and Slaughter's gang to rescue the Black Widow. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.40. Cover price $0.40.

Daredevil (1964 1st Series) 236 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4485121021

Marvel 25th Anniversary Cover pencils by Walt Simonson, inks by Bill Sienkiewicz. American Dreamer starring Daredevil, Black Widow [Natasha Romanov], S.H.I.E.L.D., and Jack Hazzard (1st and Death), script by Ann Nocenti (first work on the title), pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Barry Windsor-Smith and Bob Wiacek; DD and the Widow track down another deranged member of the Super Soldier Project. 32 pgs. Cover price $0.75. Cover price $0.75.