Auctions: comic books 1964, graded by CBCS

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) UK Price Variant 12UK CBCS 3.0 SS Stan Lee

Paper: Cream to off white

Verified Signature: Stan Lee. 9d U.K. Price Variant.

Label #23-3472450-003

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price. Cover art by Steve Ditko. Unmasked by Dr. Octopus!, script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; Peter has the 24 hour flu when Doc Ock captures Betty Brant in hopes of luring Spider-Man into battle; Ock beats the under the weather web-head and unmasks him, but everyone thinks it is just Peter trying to be brave by impersonating Spidey; Once he has recovered, Spider-Man battles through the wild animals Ock has released from the zoo to take on old six-arms himself. Reprinted in Marvel Tales # 149. Letter to the editor from comics artist Dave Cockrum. 36 pgs.

Flash (1959 1st Series DC) 142 CBCS 9.4

Paper: Off white to white

Label #16-19918F3-006

Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Murphy Anderson. Perilous Pursuit of the Trickster, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella; Barry breaks a date with Iris to fight crime. Puzzle of the Phantom Plunderers, script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella; Flash faces a super energy weapon. Matchbox cars ad. Amazing Speeds fact page. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.