Auctions: comic books 1970-1985, graded by CGC

2nd and later printings. Written by James Howe. Art by Leonard Shortall. Annie finds excitement - and danger - in all three rings! Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 64 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $1.50.

One-shot movie tie-in, 1982. Articles include profile of Harold Gray, movie synopsis, star bios, dancing and music examined, Aileen Quinn interview and Annie merchandise. 8-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, B&W and color. Cover price $2.95.

Punch-Out Doll book featuring Annie and Sandy! Includes 5 Punch out sheets and a punch out stand. 8.5-in x 12-in, Full Color. Cover price $1.79.

A program for the Victoria Palace Theatre production of the musical Annie complete with short cast biographies. Not illustrated. 5 1/4-in. x 8 1/2-in., 20 pages, B&W.

1972 - 1st printing. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "The Fourth Profession" (Larry Niven); "Gleepsite" (Joanna Russ); "The Bear with the Knot on His Tail" (Stephen Tall); "The Sharks of Pentreath" (Michael G. Coney); "A Little Knowledge" (Poul Anderson); "Real-Time World" (Christopher Priest); "All Pieces of a River Shore" (R. A. Lafferty); "With Friends Like These . . ." (Alan Dean Foster); "Aunt Jennie's Tonic" (Leonard Tushnet); "Timestorm" (Eddy C. Bertin); "Transit of Earth" (Arthur C. Clarke); "Gehenna" (K. M. O'Donnell); "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty" (Harlan Ellison); and "Occam's Scalpel" (Theodore Sturgeon). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 302 pages, Text Only.

NOTE: For previous volumes see World's Best Science Fiction HC (1943-1971)

1973 - 1st printing. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "Goat Song" (Poul Anderson); "The Man Who Walked Home" (James Tiptree, Jr.); "Oh, Valinda!" (Michael G. Coney); "The Gold at the Starbow's End" (Frederik Pohl); "To Walk a City's Street" (Clifford D. Simak); "Rorqual Maru" (T. J. Bass); "Changing Woman" (W. Macfarlane); "'Willie's Blues'" (Robert J. Tilley); "Long Shot" (Vernor Vinge); and "Thus Love Betrays Us" (Phyllis MacLennon). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 254 pages, Text Only.

1974 - 1st printing. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "A Supplicant in Space" (Robert Sheckley); "Parthen" (R. A. Lafferty); "Doomship" (Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson); "Weed of Time" (Norman Spinrad); "A Modest Genius" (translation of "Skromnyi Geniy", 1965) (Vadim Shefner); "The Deathbird" (Harlan Ellison); "Evane" (E. C. Tubb); "Moby, Too" (Gordon Eklund); "Death and Designation Among the Asadi" (Michael Bishop); and "Construction Shack" (Clifford D. Simak). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 280 pages, Text Only.

1975 - 1st printing. Cover by Richard Corben. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "A Song for Lya" (George R. R. Martin); "Deathsong" (Sydney J. Van Scyoc); "A Full Member of the Club" (Bob Shaw); "The Sun's Tears" (Brian M. Stableford); "The Gift of Garigolli" (C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl); "The Four-Hour Fugue" (Alfred Bester); "Twig" (Gordon R. Dickson); "Cathadonian Odyssey" (Michael Bishop); "The Bleeding Man" (Craig Strete); and "Stranger in Paradise" (Isaac Asimov). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 270 pages, Text Only.

1976 - 1st printing. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "Catch That Zeppelin!" (Fritz Leiber); "The Peddler's Apprentice" (Joan D. Vinge and Vernor Vinge); "The Bees of Knowledge" (Barrington J. Bayley); "The Storms of Windhaven" (George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle); "The Engineer and the Executioner" (Brian M. Stableford); "Allegiances" (Michael Bishop); "Child of All Ages" (P. J. Plauger); "Helbent 4" (Stephen Robinett); "The Protocols of the Elders of Britain" (John Brunner); and "The Custodians" (Richard Cowper). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 304 pages, Text Onlt.

1977 - 1st printing. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "Appearance of Life" (Brian W. Aldiss); "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank" (John Varley); "Those Good Old Days of Liquid Fuel" (Michael G. Coney); "The Hertford Manuscript" (Richard Cowper); "Natural Advantage" (Lester del Rey); "The Bicentennial Man" (Isaac Asimov); "The Cabinet of Oliver Naylor" (Barrington J. Bayley); "My Boat" (Joanna Russ); "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" (James Tiptree, Jr.); and "I See You" (Damon Knight). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 280 pages, Text Only.

1978 - 1st printing. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "In the Hall of the Martian Kings" (John Varley); "A Time to Live" (Joe Haldeman); "The House of Compassionate Sharers" (Michael Bishop); "Particle Theory" (Edward Bryant); "The Taste of the Dish and the Savor of the Day" (John Brunner); "Jeffty Is Five" (Harlan Ellison); "The Screwfly Solution" (Raccoona Sheldon); "Eyes of Amber" (Joan D. Vinge); "Child of the Sun" (James E. Gunn); and "Brother" (Clifford D. Simak). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 270 pages, Text Only.

1979 - 1st printing. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "Come to the Party" (Frank Herbert and F. M. Busby); "Creator" (David Lake); "Dance Band on the Titanic" (Jack L. Chalker); "Cassandra" (C. J. Cherryh); "In Alien Flesh" (Gregory Benford); "SQ" (Ursula K. Le Guin); "The Persistence of Vision" (John Varley); "We Who Stole the Dream" (James Tiptree, Jr.); "Scattershot" (Greg Bear); and "Carruthers' Last Stand" (Dan Henderson). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 268 pages, Text Only.

1980 - 1st printing. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "The Way of Cross and Dragon" (George R. R. Martin); "The Thirteenth Utopia" (Somtow Sucharitkul); "Options" (John Varley); "Unaccompanied Sonata" (Orson Scott Card); "The Story Writer" (Richard Wilson); "Daisy, in the Sun" (Connie Willis); "The Locusts" (Larry Niven and Steven Barnes); "The Thaw" (Tanith Lee); "Out There Where the Big Ships Go" (Richard Cowper); "Can These Bones Live?" (Ted Reynolds); and "The Extraordinary Voyages of Amélie Bertrand" (Joanna Russ). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 284 pages, Text Only.

1981 - 1st printing. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "Variation on a Theme from Beethoven" (Sharon Webb); "Beatnik Bayou" (John Varley); "Elbow Room" (Marion Zimmer Bradley); "The Ugly Chickens" (Howard Waldrop); "Prime Time" (Norman Spinrad); "Nightflyers" (George R. R. Martin); "A Spaceship Built of Stone" (Lisa Tuttle); "Window" (Bob Leman); "The Summer Sweet, the Winter Wild" (Michael G. Coney); and "Achronos" (Lee Killough). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 252 pages, Text Only.

1982 - 1st printing. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "Blind Spot" (Jayge Carr); "Highliner" (C. J. Cherryh); "The Pusher" (John Varley); "Polyphemus" (Michael Shea); "Absent Thee from Felicity Awhile . . ." (Somtow Sucharitkul); "Out of the Everywhere" (James Tiptree, Jr.); "Slac//" (Michael P. Kube-McDowell); "The Cyphertone" (S. C. Sykes); "Through All Your Houses Wandering" (Ted Reynolds); and "The Last Day of Christmas" (David J. Lake). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 304 pages, Text Only.

1983 - 1st printing. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "The Scourge" (James White); "A Letter from the Clearys" (Connie Willis); "Farmer on the Dole" (Frederik Pohl); "Playing the Game" (Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann); "Pawns Gambit" (Timothy Zahn); "The Comedian" (Timothy R. Sullivan); "Written in Water" (Tanith Lee); "Souls" (Joanna Russ); "Swarm" (Bruce Sterling); and "Peg-Man" (Rudy Rucker). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 256 pages, Text Only.

1984 - 1st printing. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "Blood Music" (Greg Bear); "Potential" (Isaac Asimov); "Knight of Shallows" (Rand B. Lee); "Spending a Day at the Lottery Fair" (Frederik Pohl); "In the Face of My Enemy" (Joseph H. Delaney); "The Nanny" (Thomas Wylde); "The Leaves of October" (Don Sakers); "As Time Goes By" (Tanith Lee); "The Harvest of Wolves" (Mary R. Gentle); and "Homefaring" (Robert Silverberg). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 256 pages, Text Only.

1985 - 1st printing. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "The Picture Man" (John Dalmas); "Cash Crop" (Connie Willis); "We Remember Babylon" (Ian Watson); "What Makes Us Human" (Stephen R. Donaldson); "Salvador" (Lucius Shepard); "Press Enter []" (John Varley); "The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything" (George Alec Effinger); "Bloodchild" (Octavia E. Butler); "The Coming of the Goonga" (Gary W. Shockley); and "Medra" (Tanith Lee). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 302 pages, Text Only.

Writer Jan Strnads high-end sci-fi adventure fanzine. This issue features a reprint of "The Masked Lizard," the first published story by Vaughn Bode, and art by Bernie Wrightson and Richard Corben. Mature readers. Black and white; 48 pages. 8.5" x 11". Wraparound cover by Robert Kline. Cover price $0.75.

Writer Jan Strnads high-end sci-fi adventure fanzine. This issue features "Encounter at War," written by Jan Strnad with art by Richard Corben, and more art by Roy Krenkel, Robert Kline and Herb Arnold. Mature readers. Black and white; 52 pages. 8.5" x 11". Wraparound cover by Corben. Cover price $0.25.

Bud Plant takes over publication of writer Jan Strnads high-end sci-fi adventure fanzine. This issue features a revised version of "Encounter at War," written by Jan Strnad with art by Richard Corben, plus Alice in Wonderlust by Corben, and Leander and the Fat Queen by Strnad with art by Robert Kline. Final issue of the series. Standard comics format; b&w, 32 pages. Cover price $0.50.

Reprint. Story and art by Matt Feazell. 4-1/4" x 5-1/2", 8 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

The Antagonizers Collection starring Kid Chaos, Mischief Man and Mr. Maniac. Written and illustrated by Robert Hammer. 6.5" x 10", 38 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

1st printing. Collects selected stories from the Slow Death underground series. Introduction by Harlan Ellison. Features stories and art by Richard Corben. R. Crumb, Greg Irons, George Metzger, Rand Holmes, Dave Sheridan, Fred Schrier. Softcover, 7-in. x 10-in., 132 pages, black and white. MATURE READERS. Cover price $5.00.

A sampling of comic books going back approximately to the late 1800's. These probably were the first fine quality comic books ever created and were the predecessors to comic books as we know them today. Reproduced from the antique full color originals, which, in turn were made from magnificently rendered French Imagerie d'Epinal Pellerin Prints. Included are "The Enchanted Whistle", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Louisette and the Lamb", "The Discreet Child", "The Selfish Little Boy", "If I Were a Little Boy", "Courage Recompensed", "The Little Mama", "Impossible Adventures", "Cinderella", "Blonda and the Fairy Caprice", "The Land of Cocagne", "The Magic Lantern", "True Story of John Serinet", "William Tell". 16 pages, full color.

Volume 30, Issue 6 - June, 1975. Novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Frost Garrison Compound, Early Telegraph collecting, more. 8" x 11", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

1st printing: February 1, 1985. Collects issues 1-4 of the minicomics. References to Pac-Man, the Love Boat and JFK. 4 1/2-in. x 5 1/2-in. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

Doonesbury Classic: Book 13 - 1st printing. By GB Trudeau. Collects classic Doonesbury comic strips. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W. All Ages

Doonesbury Classic: Book 13 - 2nd and later printings. By GB Trudeau. Collects classic Doonesbury comic strips. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W. All Ages Cover price $3.95.

1st Printing - Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan, as well as many other famous tales of marvelous adventures, wrote just a small handful of westerns, drawing on his own experience when, as a young man, he rode with the 7th Calvary. For all admirers of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and for anybody who enjoys a sweeping romantic western, this book is not to be missed. Hardcover, 5.5" x 8.5", 192 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $1.95.

Copyright 1981. Story and art by Peter Malik. Teens watch a popular TV show about a prehistoric caveboy and discuss the merits of evolution vs creationism. 6 5/8" x 10 1/8", FC, 32 pages. Cover price $0.69.

1st printing. Edited by Don Donahue and Susan Goodrick. Featuring a collection of classic underground comic strips by Willie Murphy, Art Spiegelman, Justice Green, Bobby London, Kim Deith, Gilbert Shelton, Sharky Flenniken, Jay Lynch, Bill Griffith, and R. Crumb! Softcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 192 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $4.95.

2nd or later printing. Edited by Don Donahue and Susan Goodrick. Featuring a collection of classic underground comic strips by Willie Murphy, Art Spiegelman, Justice Green, Bobby London, Kim Deith, Gilbert Shelton, Sharky Flenniken, Jay Lynch, Bill Griffith, and R. Crumb! Softcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 192 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $4.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Chronicles of Judge Dredd: Book 13!" Written by John Wagner. Art by Alan Grant and Carlos Ezquerra. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "Chronicles of Judge Dredd: Book 13!" Written by John Wagner. Art by Alan Grant and Carlos Ezquerra. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Chronicles of Judge Dredd: Book 14!" Written by John Wagner. Art by Alan Grant and Carlos Ezquerra. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.95.

Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. "Chronicles of Judge Dredd: Book 14!" Written by John Wagner. Art by Alan Grant and Carlos Ezquerra. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.95.

BB Sams/Tony Fischetto cover. Alexei and Cory Panshin on Heinlein, H.G. Wells "War of the Worlds" in verse form by Wade Wellman, more; 114 pages, squarebound, b&w, 8 3/8-in x 11-in. Cover price $2.50.

Apparitions (1978) by Bernie Wrightson, is a portfolio published by Sal Q. Productions. Includes four horrifying pictures in magnificent color. 11-in. x 14-in. on slick card stock. Illustrated black-and-white envelope.

Signed and numbered by Bernie Wrightson, this limited edition of his Apparitions portfolio includes an extra bonus plate! Apparitions (1978) by Bernie Wrightson is a portfolio published by Sal Q. Productions. Includes four horrifying pictures in magnificent color, plus a black and white bonus plate. 11-in. x 14-in. on slick card stock. Illustrated black-and-white envelope.

Cover by Rafael DeSota. "Manhattan Madness," script and art by Gail Burwen; City Slicker Bob and Fred Astaire put on a musical in New York City. "Th' Poetry of Nature," script and art by Ted Richards; The pigs leave the swimming pond when the wolves jump in. "Rowdy Noody in Duluth, Minnesota," script and art by Justin Green; Rowdy rolls a bowling ball down a hill in Duluth. "Gone with the Wind" photo story by Dennis Lopez starring Marquis De Dacquiri and Lady Farthingale. "The Invasion of the Windsuckers from Beyond the Stars," script by Bill Skurski; A woman reporter finds the weaknesses of invading aliens. "Groupie-Doo," script by Mark Swain, art by Stan Goldberg; Three groupies scheme to meet Mik Jugger and the Rolling Bones, but get tricked into a bad situation. "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters," script and art by Art Spiegelman. "Musical Fruit," script and art by Skip Williamson; Panels with rhyming titles relating to passing gas. "Allegro Con Brioche with Count von Counterpoint," pencils by Howard Chaykin; A baron obsessed with classical music goes on a war against rock music by bombing a rock festival from an airplane. Plus other stories. Mature readers. 80 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.25.

Issue #2 - May 1975. Humor magazine that parodies all the news of the day. Dennis O'Neil story. Cartoonists: Neal Adams, Continuity Studios, Justin Green, Larry Hama, Jerry Lane, Winsor McCay, Ralph Reese, Barry Siegal, Bruce Simon, Ned Sonntag, Bill Griffith. 78 pages, 8.5" x 11", B&W. MATURE. Cover price $1.25.

Mature Readers. Cartoonists: Kim Deitch, Justine Greene, Jerry Lane, S. Clay Wilson, Ned Sonntag, Spain, Ted Richards, Michael Kaluta. b&w. Cover price $1.25.

September, 1975. 8" x 11", 70 pages, B&W/color. Cover price $1.25.