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Auctions: comic books April 1997

  • Item #55500370
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    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 708 CBCS 9.8

    This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.

    Paper: White

    Direct Edition.

    Label #21-2428F5D-001

    Starts Feb 10

    Cover art by Lee Weeks. "The Death Lottery Part One Heart of Glass," script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Graham Nolan, inks by Bill Sienkiewicz; Gunhawk and Bunny are ready to fulfill a contract on a man's life at the Seattle airport; Gunhawk misses the shot and they are both discovered; They leave because their target's bodyguard started shooting at them; Deathstroke hunts in Africa under the name of Baas; a lion knocks him to the ground; Batman and Robin patrol Gotham City. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.95.

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    Silver Surfer (1987 2nd Series) 127 CBCS 9.4

    Paper: White

    Direct Edition.

    Label #23-18DCEC4-009

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    Starts Feb 24

    "Puppets!" Part 1 of 2. Story by J.M. DeMatteis. Art by Ron Garney and Bob Wiacek. The Surfer seeks out Alicia Master's father, the former Fantastic Four villain known as the Puppet Master. With his help the Sky Rider of the Spaceways breathes life into a complete duplicate of himself. But have they instead unleashed the greatest threat mankind has ever faced, a Silver Surfer that plans to unleash the suffering of his soul upon an unsuspecting world? Cover price $1.95.