Comic books September 1972, graded by CBCS

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $110.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Off white to white Witnessed Signature: Roy Thomas on 11/19/2022. Label #23-0AE1106-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.30) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Jim Mooney. "The Vampire Machine," script by Steve Englehart, pencils by Tom Sutton, inks by Jim Mooney; The Beast has stumbled into the middle of a Stark International munitions test, prompting Iron Man to try to pull the Beast out of danger; The Beast is surprised to find that Iron Man is alive and well, and when they are out of dangers way the two are confronted by the Stark security on the scene; One trigger happy guard instantly shoots at the Beast before Iron Man can order them to stand down; The shot isn't bad due to Beast's healing, and the two heroes make peace; When Iron Man asks if this is helped what's troubled him, the Beast tells Iron Man that it's not even close before hopping away; When the same guard tries to shoot the Beast as he leaves, Iron Man crushes his gun and fires the man on the spot; Beast battles Quasimodo the living computer. 36 pgs, full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $130.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Off white to white Witnessed Signature: Roy Thomas on 7/1/2023 & Steve Englehart on 12/2/2023. Label #24-0785CBD-003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.90) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Jim Mooney. "The Vampire Machine," script by Steve Englehart, pencils by Tom Sutton, inks by Jim Mooney; The Beast has stumbled into the middle of a Stark International munitions test, prompting Iron Man to try to pull the Beast out of danger; The Beast is surprised to find that Iron Man is alive and well, and when they are out of dangers way the two are confronted by the Stark security on the scene; One trigger happy guard instantly shoots at the Beast before Iron Man can order them to stand down; The shot isn't bad due to Beast's healing, and the two heroes make peace; When Iron Man asks if this is helped what's troubled him, the Beast tells Iron Man that it's not even close before hopping away; When the same guard tries to shoot the Beast as he leaves, Iron Man crushes his gun and fires the man on the spot; Beast battles Quasimodo the living computer. 36 pgs, full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $125.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Off white to white Witnessed Signature: Roy Thomas on 7/1/2023. Label #24-0785CBD-024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.75) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

"The Sentinels Are Alive and Well!" Part 2 of 3. Script by Roy Thomas. Pencils by Rich Buckler. Inks by Joe Sinnott. Cover by Rich Buckler, Joe Sinnott, and Frank Giacoia (touch-ups). In shocking fashion last issue, Sentinel #5 abducted the Scarlet Witch in Central Park! And took her where?!? That's what the Avengers must discover! Frustration grows inside Avengers Mansion as Earth's Mightiest Heroes struggle to locate the Sentinels' hideout. Meanwhile, Pietro has his own plan for finding his sister! And it starts by making a beeline to the home of Judge Chalmers and Larry Trask! After getting a tip from Starcore, the Avengers (minus Quicksilver) fly to Australia to confront the (Mark II) Sentinels! And atop a giant anthill in the Australian Outback; the golden avenger, the shield-slinger, the synthezoid avenger, the thunder god, and the ace archer battle the Sentinels...to save the planet from solar annihilation! Cameo appearances by Dr. Peter Corbeau, Nick Fury, and Rick Jones. Flashback cameos by the Blob, Mastermind, Toad, and Vanisher to recap the events of Uncanny X-Men 59 and 60. Note: The letters page includes a letter from Elfquest creator Wendy Pini (née Fletcher). 32 pages Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $78.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #21-4088DC5-035

First 20-cent issue, with page count reduction. Cover art by Nick Cardy. Flash Times Five Is Fatal, script by Len Wein, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Dick Giordano; Ira West's computer experiments inadvertently turn Flash into five Flashes. The Killing of an Archer! Chapter 1, script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Dick Giordano; During an attack, Green Arrow accidentally kills one of his assailants; After he calls Dinah to say good-bye forever, Dinah summons Green Lantern, who finds the same thugs who attacked GA have now planted a bomb in his building. Series continues from Green Lantern #89. Letter to the editor from comics writer Bob Rozakis. Super-Hero Stick-Ons ad. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $80.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Witnessed Signature: Mike Royer on 8/21/2021 Label #22-0692A42-221 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.40) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Mike Royer. The Scavengers, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Mike Royer; The Forever People build Deadman a body so he can interact with the physical world; Deadman learns that he has not yet found his killer; Deadman and the Forever People track down the Scavengers. 32 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $66.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Off white to white Witnessed Signature: Mike Royer on 8/21/2021 Label #22-0692A42-220 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.98) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Mike Royer. The Scavengers, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Mike Royer; The Forever People build Deadman a body so he can interact with the physical world; Deadman learns that he has not yet found his killer; Deadman and the Forever People track down the Scavengers. 32 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $54.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #22-40C0498-041

Cover art by Bernie Wrightson. "Round-Trip Ticket," script by Lore Shoberg, art by Tom Palmer; A man learns astral projection and uses it to cheat on his wife, but she gets even with him by having his body buried since there are no detectable life signs. Cain & Abel cartoon page by Sergio Aragonés. "The Man Who Stopped Time!", script by Jack Oleck, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Tony DeZuniga; A man escapes his execution and wanders onto the Alamogordo testing site in 1945; He believes in his own superiority to others so much that when he wishes for time to stop, and sees the unmoving dummies in the test ground houses, he mistakes them for real people and thinks that he has stopped time by the power of his mind. Abel's Fables cartoon page by Lore Shoberg. "Rest in Peace," script by Jack Oleck, art by Alfredo Alcala; A fat plantation owner in Haiti uses drugs to rob a chef of his will and force him to work for him; His obese master hates movement above all things so that when he finally dies of a heart attack, the chef gets his revenge by replacing the sands of an hourglass with his ashes. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CBCS 8.5 $69.00 Paper: White Label #23-2860294-002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.07) will be charged at checkout.

"Fear's the Way He Dies!" Guest-starring Ant-Man. Script by Mike Friedrich. Art by Herb Trimpe. Cover by Herb Trimpe. During the rescue mission last issue, Hank Pym was injected with a virus by the kidnappers! And now his body is stuck at three inches tall! After escaping a hungry hawk, the diminutive Ant-Man stumbles into a junkyard and into his long-time foe, Egghead! Why is Egghead chasing his niece, Trish Starr? Because the deranged genius has a devious plan to steal her mind! Once Egghead captures Trish and begins to siphon her intelligence, the situation looks grim. But the ant-like avenger fights on! Can the Astonishing Ant-Man snatch victory from the jaws of defeat? Or will Trish Starr meet a horrible fate? An excellent issue! First appearance of Trish Starr. Cameo appearance by the Wasp. (Notes: Egghead previously appeared in Avengers (1st series) 65. Hank Pym, Trish Starr, and Egghead cross paths again in Giant-Size Defenders 4 and then years later in the classic Avengers 217. This issue includes a full-page ad for Marvel Super-Heroes 32 and Where Monsters Dwell 17.) 32 pages Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $65.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #23-0EDC2E0-005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.95) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Barry Smith, inks by Tom Palmer. The Spawn of Sligguth, script by Archie Goodwin and Roy Thomas (plot), pencils by Barry Smith, inks by Frank Brunner; Ethan Stoddard asks help for his fiancee who has fallen prey to the cult of Sligguth in Starksboro; The Ancient One warns Strange of a Cosmic Obscenity that slumbers; Strange is overcome by Sligguth's worshippers. Featuring concepts created by Robert E. Howard. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $40.00 Paper: White Label #21-40BAE71-098

Adaptations of Edgar Rice Burroughs novels "At the Earth's Core" and "A Princess of Mars" begin. John Carter, Warlord of Mars stars in "Trial of Fear." Script by Marv Wolfman, art by Murphy Anderson. David Innes stars in "The Arena of Sudden Death!" Script by Len Wein, art by Alan Weiss. Joe Kubert cover. Cover price $0.20.