Auctions: comic books published by Gold Key

Battle of the Planets (1979 Gold Key) 1 CBCS 9.6

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition.

Label #22-390C32D-001

Comic book based on the Japanese sci-fi cartoon which aired in the United States in syndicated television in the late 1970s. G-Force in "Operation: Decoy" in which the team's enemy Zoltar captures 7-Zark-7 and "Undersea Threat" in which G-Force battles a giant undersea robot turtle. Based on the classic syndicated cartoon by Sandy Frank. Featuring G-Force. Art by Winslow Mortimer. Cover price $0.40.

Battle of the Planets (1979 Gold Key) 1 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4011526016

Comic book based on the Japanese sci-fi cartoon which aired in the United States in syndicated television in the late 1970s. G-Force in "Operation: Decoy" in which the team's enemy Zoltar captures 7-Zark-7 and "Undersea Threat" in which G-Force battles a giant undersea robot turtle. Based on the classic syndicated cartoon by Sandy Frank. Featuring G-Force. Art by Winslow Mortimer. Cover price $0.40.

Bugs Bunny Winter Fun (1967) 1 VF 8.0

Number/month on cover: 30034-803, no month listed. A giant size comic featuring a variety of stories with the Warner Bros. cartoon character Bugs Bunny. Issue features Bugs Bunny in "The Booming Bouquets," "The Ghost of Klebob Castle," "Make-Believe Millyunaires," and four untitled stories. Issue also has one-page puzzles. All stories are reprints. Back cover is pin-up of front cover illustration. Story and art credits: unknown. Cover price $0.25.

Fractured Fairy Tales (1962) 1 VG+ 4.5

Green Hornet (1967 Gold Key) 1 FN 6.0

Number on cover is 10202-702. Photo cover of Van Williams as the Green Hornet and Bruce Lee as Kato. Intro with photo. Ring of Terror, script by Paul Newman, art by Dan Spiegle; The Green Hornet takes on criminals who use a drug to make upstanding citizens cooperate in their crimes with no memory of what they have done, including no less than Frank Scanlon! Photo of Bruce Lee as "Britt's houseboy" and a comic drawing of The Green Hornet's "crime-fighting aide" by Dan Spiegel, with brief textual description of the character(s). Photo of Wende Wagner as Lenore "Casey" Case, with brief textual description of the character. A back-cover black and white TV series photo of the Green Hornet and Kato crouching in front of the Black Beauty, with color borders. Based on the classic TV series. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Hanna-Barbera Band Wagon (1962) 1 FN+ 6.5

80 pages. Snagglepuss, Yakky Doodle, Augie Doggie, Lippy Lion and Hardy Har Har, Snooper and Blabber, Touche and Dum, Wally Gator, Hokey and Ding-a-Ling, Loopy de Loop, Ruff and Reddy, and Pixie, Dixie, and Mr. Jinks. Cover price $0.25.

Hanna-Barbera Band Wagon (1962) 2 VG/FN 5.0

Jonny Quest (1964 Gold Key) 1 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation.

Adaptation of "The Mystery of the Lizard Men," the first episode of the Jonny Quest cartoon series. P inup on back cover, cast of characters on inside front cover, and feature on the Sargasso Sea on inside back cover. Number on cover 10139-412. No month listed. Cover price $0.12.

Munsters (1965 Gold Key) 5 VG+ 4.5

Peanuts (1963 Gold Key) 2 VG+ 4.5

Peanuts (1963 Gold Key) 4 FN- 5.5

Rocky and His Fiendish Friends (1962) 2 VG+ 4.5

Rocky and His Fiendish Friends (1962) 3 GD/VG 3.0

Water damage.

Star Trek (1967 Gold Key) 1 VG- 3.5

Comic book version of the original Star Trek TV series that starred William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Photo cover of Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, & George Takei. Photo of U.S.S. Enterprise inside front cover. Note: There is ONLY one version of this issue. It has a photo of William Shatner on the back cover. There is no version of this issue with an ad on the back. "The Planet of No Return," script by Dick Wood, art by Nevio Zeccara; An expedition team discovers its secret too late... K-G, Planet of Death!; The planet K-G is a plant dominated planet that sends out spores that change mammals into plants; They also eat mammals; The crew beams down five crewmen and you never know who will make it because no one wears red. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Star Trek (1967 Gold Key) 2A VG- 3.5 Ad Back Cover 12c Cover Price

Cover detached at one staple. Staple rust.

Comic book version of the original Star Trek TV series that starred William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Photo cover of Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner. Photo of William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, & DeForest Kelly on inside front cover. There are 2 versions of this comic. This version has an ad on the back cover. The other version has a photo back cover. "Part I: The Devil's Isle of Space," script by Dick Wood, art by Nevio Zeccara; Kirk and his landing party lands on an asteroid only to find it is inhabited by condemned convicts awaiting an unusual execution. "Part II: The Secret of... Execution Asteroid," script by Dick Wood, art by Nevio Zeccara; The asteroids are unstable and explode at random times; Once Kirk and his team is captured their fates seemed sealed. 36 pgs., full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.12.

Star Trek (1967 Gold Key) 15-15C CGC 9.0 15c Cover Price Variant

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4426807001

Number/month on cover: 90210-208, August. Comic book version of the original Star Trek TV series that starred William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Issue features "Museum at the End of Time" Parts 1 & 2 in which a cosmic storm transports the Enterprise to the "Museum of Missing Ships," a world inhabited by ships which mysteriously disappeared. Story and art credits: unknown. Cover price $0.15.