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Comic books July 1973, graded by CBCS

  • Item #61859502
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #18-1A1878D-002

    In the previous issue, the Green Goblin kills Gwen Stacy, so in this issue, Spider-Man is out for blood! "The Goblin's Last Stand" has a script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Gil Kane, and inks by John Romita Sr. and Tony Mortellaro. The death scene of the Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) is stunning and inspired a similar moment in the 2002 Spider-Man movie. Romita cover. Reprinted in Marvel Tales # 99 and 192. Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #61658849
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    • CBCS Authentic Signature
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    • Witnessed Signatures: Roy Thomas on 7/1/2023 & Jim Starlin on 9/10/2023.
    • Label #24-0785CBD-057
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    The Super-Skrull continues to pester Captain Marvel in "Trapped on Titan!" Script by Mike Friedrich, plot and pencils by Jim Starlin, inks by Pablo Marcos. Meanwhile, Thanos seeks out the Cosmic Cube. Cameos by the Thing (of the Fantastic Four), the Avengers (Captain America, Iron Man, the Scarlet Witch, the Vision, and the Black Panther), and Drax the Destroyer. This issue also contains a map of Titan. Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #58204764
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    • CBCS Authentic Signature
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    • Witnessed Sig: Roy Thomas on 3/11/2017.
    • Label #18-07C9D45-069
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    The Super-Skrull continues to pester Captain Marvel in "Trapped on Titan!" Script by Mike Friedrich, plot and pencils by Jim Starlin, inks by Pablo Marcos. Meanwhile, Thanos seeks out the Cosmic Cube. Cameos by the Thing (of the Fantastic Four), the Avengers (Captain America, Iron Man, the Scarlet Witch, the Vision, and the Black Panther), and Drax the Destroyer. This issue also contains a map of Titan. Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #58204932
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    • CBCS Authentic Signature
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    • Witnessed Sigs: Roy Thomas on 8/18/2018 and Jim Starlin on 10/7/2018.
    • Label #18-3B50655-041
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    The Super-Skrull continues to pester Captain Marvel in "Trapped on Titan!" Script by Mike Friedrich, plot and pencils by Jim Starlin, inks by Pablo Marcos. Meanwhile, Thanos seeks out the Cosmic Cube. Cameos by the Thing (of the Fantastic Four), the Avengers (Captain America, Iron Man, the Scarlet Witch, the Vision, and the Black Panther), and Drax the Destroyer. This issue also contains a map of Titan. Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #58445453
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    • CBCS Authentic Signature
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    • Witnessed Sig: Roy Thomas on 3/11/2017.
    • Label #17-4049963-032
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    Written by George Alec Effinger. Art by Val Mayerik and Vince Colletta. Cover by John Romita and Ernie Chan. New story: Red Swords, Black Wings; based on Thongor and the Wizard of Lemuria novel by Lin Carter. Art by Steve Ditko. Reprint: The Lighthouse from Nowhere!; A small Scottish fishing village is delighted when a much needed lighthouse appears from nowhere, but their school teacher feels it is wrong to take something unearned and destroys it; They build a new lighthouse, and no one will ever know that the first was a beacon for an alien invasion, unwittingly stopped by the teacher. Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #61994867
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    • CBCS Authentic Signature
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    • Witnessed Signatures: Lou Ferrigno on 11/04/2023 and Roy Thomas and Steve Englehart on 06/15/2024.
    • Label #24-2AD7A41-008
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    Cover art by Herb Trimpe. The Green-Skinned God!, script by Steve Englehart, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Sal Trapani; Hulk has been trapped on the ocean floor by Omen but is helped by Omen's traitorous son who wants the Hulk to lead his people back to the surface world; When Omen catches wind of the betrayal, he unleashes Aquon to battle the Hulk and quell the rebellion; The fight damages Omen's submarine badly enough that he has no choice but to rise to the surface and capitulate to Filius' demands; As the Infra-Worlders joyously experience the surface for the first time, they begin to explode in the new lighter pressure; Talbot and company finish their training and head off to rescue Ross from the Russians. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #59251212
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    Published Jul 1973 by Marvel.
    • CBCS Authentic Signature
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    • Witnessed Signature: Roy Thomas on 11/19/2022.
    • Label #23-0AE1106-069
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    Cover art by Frank Brunner. The Crypts of Kaa-U!, script by Steve Englehart (co-plot, script) and Frank Brunner (co-plot), pencils by Frank Brunner, inks by Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]; Strange finds essence of Shuma-Gorath, whose trail leads to crypts of Kaa-U, where The Ancient One has gone to die; The Ancient One saves Strange from attack of Shadowmen, & Shuma-Gorath emerges from the Ancient One's mind. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #61524681
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    • CBCS Authentic Signature
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    • Witnessed Signature: Roy Thomas on 7/1/2023.
    • Label #24-078697A-024
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    Cover pencils by Jim Starlin, inks by Frank Giacoia. "The Demon Brigade!!", script by Gerry Conway (Plot) and Len Wein (Script), pencils by John Buscema and Don Perlin, inks by Vince Colletta; The battle is great, but the Asgardians are defeated; Thor awakens in a dungeon, and discovers that the food is drugged, keeping the rest of the Asgardians enthralled; Thor breaks free, and frees Hildegarde and Tana Nile who have yet to be drugged; They meet up with Gregor and his resistance and agree to help them overthrow Sssthgar and the Vrellnexians; They destroy the drug factories and abandon Sssthgar to the former slaves of Golden Star, but not before he tells Thor that Sif was sold to some miners in the Dark Nebula. Full page cover reproduction ad for the classic Amazing Spider-Man #122. Ad for Tales of the Zombie Vol 1. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.