Comic books October 1972

National Diamond Sales Advertisement Insert Variant. Sub-Mariner battles the Dragon-Lord, Sunfire, and Nita in "Comes Now the Decision!" Script and art by Bill Everett. Back-up Sub-Mariner story, "The Mer-Mutants!" Script by Mike Friedrich, art by Alan Weiss (6 pages). Golden age reprint story, "The Sub-Mariner Gets a Lesson in Humility From Namora!" by Everett. Weiss cover pencils? Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 6p cover price. Distributed in the United Kingdom (England). Exact copy of American edition except for cover price. Cover pencils by Alan Weiss, inks by Joe Sinnott. "Comes Now... the Decision!", script and art by Bill Everett; Namor and Sunfire finally catch up with the Dragon-Lord and they quickly take him down; Sunfire then destroys the Dragon-Lord's base and weapons; Namor leaves behind an annoyed Sunfire whose pride is still demanding retribution against Namor; Namor returns to the cruise ship to rejoin Betty Dean and Namorita and learns that Namorita has already had her first encounter with a boy. "The Mer-Mutants!", script by Mike Friedrich, art by Alan Weiss; Namor encounters some Atlantean Mutants, which attack him out of mistrust; He tries to convince them that his people are enlightened enough to accept them. Golden age reprint from Sub-Mariner Comics (Marvel, 1954 series) #39, "A Lesson In Humility From Namora!", script and art by Bill Everett; When he was 15, Namor is introduced to his cousin Namora by his mother, Princess Fen; However, as they leave the palace, Namor ditches her to play in a sunken submarine with Byrrah and another boy. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $4.00

Add to cart Very Good $8.00

Add to cart Very Good $8.00

1st Printing. Written and Illustrated by Richard Green. 32 Pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: 1st printings are identified by the $0.50 cover price Cover price $0.50.

2nd Printing. Written and Illustrated by Richard Green. 32 Pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: 2nd Printings are identified by the $1.25 cover price Cover price $1.25.

Add to cart Very Good $5.70

Add to cart Very Good $5.70

Cover art by Nick Cardy. The Kid with the Super-Brain, script by Leo Dorfman, pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Murphy Anderson; Dr. Fleming kidnaps Hal and Lisa Warren; Superboy and Kathy work to free them. Attack of the Sun-Scavenger—A New Tale of the Legion of Super-Heroes, script by Cary Bates, art by Dave Cockrum; Dr. Regulus tricks Sun Boy into helping him recharge his new sun-based powers. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover art by Nick Cardy. The Kid with the Super-Brain, script by Leo Dorfman, pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Murphy Anderson; Dr. Fleming kidnaps Hal and Lisa Warren; Superboy and Kathy work to free them. Attack of the Sun-Scavenger—A New Tale of the Legion of Super-Heroes, script by Cary Bates, art by Dave Cockrum; Dr. Regulus tricks Sun Boy into helping him recharge his new sun-based powers. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $4.60 Water damage.

Cover art by Nick Cardy. Superman Battles the War-Horn!, script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Murphy Anderson. The Greatest Green Lantern of All!--The Fabulous World of Krypton, script by Neal Adams (idea and Elliot S! Maggin (script), pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Dick Giordano; The Guardians of the Universe explain to Green Lantern Tomar-Re that his failure to prevent the destruction of Krypton might not truly be considered a failure, even though the Guardians once thought to make Kal-El the leader of the Green Lantern Corps, because the destruction of Krypton allowed Superman to fulfill his destiny as the universe's greatest champion. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Good $3.30

Cover art by Bob Oksner. Curse of the Flame, script by Cary Bates, pencils by John Rosenberger, inks by Vince Colletta and Murphy Anderson (Superman heads only); Lois covers the Trans-Europa Olympics and discovers the 100 are using it as a cover to smuggle a large diamond. The Sea Devil!, script by Cary Bates, art by Don Heck; Thorn discovers a scheme to ransom a stolen giant white octopus. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

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Add to cart VF 8.0 $8.00 View scan	Add to cart FN 6.0 $5.30	Add to cart FN- 5.5 $6.00	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $4.99
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Cover art by Bob Oksner. Murder in Metropolis!, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Mike Esposito; Inter-Gang chief, angry about Jimmy's editorials, puts the hit on Jimmy. I Am ... The Gun!, art by Sal Amendola. And Time Goes On..., script by Steve Skeates, inks by J Lofamia. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Long-running men's interest magazine featuring articles, fiction stories, adult cartoons, and nude photography. 8.5" x 11", 74 pages, B&W/Color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $1.00.

Long Running vintage men's interest digest magazine that features articles, war stories, short fiction, true crime, and black and white pin-up photography. 5" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS-

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $6.30 View scan

Add to cart Fine $4.49

Add to cart VG 4.0 $3.00

Add to cart VG 4.0 $3.00

Cover by Joe Kubert. Balu of the Great Apes, script and art by Joe Kubert; Tarzan rescues Teeka's balu and the tribe from Sheeta; adapted from Edgar Rice Burroughs's short story, "The Fight For the Balu." Adventure On Poloda, script by Marv Wolfman, art by Dan Green; adapted from Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel, Beyond the Farthest Star. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover by Tony Tallarico. Stories by unknown. Art by Fred Himes and unknown. Boys and girls in love! In this issue: "Just Friends" with art by Fred Himes (as Ezell); "Please Love Me"; "No More Kid's Kisses"; Teen-Age Troubles advice 1-pager by Dr. Harold Gluck; and a Bobby Sherman pin-up by Tony Tallarico. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Fine $11.25

Add to cart VG 4.0 $6.49

Written by Bob Haney. Art by Art Saaf and Nick Cardy. Cover by Nick Cardy. Mal is Haunted by the ghosts of a Civil War era slave hunter. Written by Bob Haney. Art by Bob Brown and Dave Cockrum. Lilith continues her search to find her parents. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Italian language horror digest featuring comic strip story and art. Softcover squarebound, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 260 pages, black and white. Mature Readers.

Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories and art by Oscar Fraga, Antonio Reynoso, Alberto Macagno, Walter Casadei, Cirilo Munoz, Drury D. Sharp, Ezra Jackson, H. F. Arnold and Larry Woromay. Legendary publisher Myron Fass presents gory tales of horror and the macabre. A mathematician's formula contacts the 4th dimension, drawing the attention of the evil creatures that live there. A reporter spends the night in a creepy wax museum. An escaped convict meets mysterious hooded figures in a cemetery, but he should have kept running. Featuring altered reprints from Chamber of Chills and other 1950s pre-Code comics. The Gruesome Creatures; Chamber of Horrors; The Strange Escape; Locked in Time; The Vampire Witch; The Walking Dead; Demons and Vampires; Xebico; Terror of the Dead. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.60.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $3.60

Add to cart Good $3.00

Add to cart GD 2.0 $3.00

Cover pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Rudy Lapick. Meet Woodrow "Bingo" Wilkin III, popular student at Midville High School, who goes steady with girlfriend Samantha Smythe and is also lead vocalist and guitarist in his pop rock group The Bingoes. This humorous teenage series was similar to the Archie series that the same company published. Now Hair This, script by Dick Malmgren, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Jon D'Agostino; Samantha tries to prevent Bingo from seeing her with her hair in curlers, but he thinks she's hiding because there's a prowler in the house. In the Right Light one-page Li'l Jinx story by Joe Edwards. Between Two Loves, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Jon D'Agostino; When Rebel gets sick, Samantha demands that Bingo choose between her and the dog, and Bingo chooses to break their date and stay behind with Rebel. Easy Come Easy Go, script by Dick Malmgren, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Rudy Lapick; Mr. Smythe mocks the lottery as a waste of time, and when he gets a free ticket, he gives it to Bingo. That's the Brakes one-page That Wilkin Boy story, pencils by Stan Goldberg. It's Ladder Than You Think, script by Dick Malmgren, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Jon D'Agostino; Mr. Smythe sees a report on television that Bingo and Samantha have eloped and that Bingo plans to sponge off his new father-in-law. Dear Bingo & Samantha advice column. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

National Diamond Sales Advertisement Insert Variant. Meet Woodrow Bingo Wilkin III, popular student at Midville High School, who goes steady with girl friend Samantha Smythe and is also lead vocalist and guitarist in his pop rock group The Bingoes. This humorous teenage series was similar to the Archie series that the same company published. Giant size issue which features Bingo and the gang in Now Hair This, Between Two Loves (dramatic stories; others are humorous), Easy Come Easy Go, and Its Ladder Than You Think. Issue also has Lil Jinx in In the Right Light and Bingo & Samantha Tell It Like It Is advice column. Story and art credits: unknown. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 85, #10. Oct. 1972. 7.5" x 10.5", 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.60.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $5.99	Add to cart VG 4.0 $5.40	Add to cart VG 4.0 $5.40	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $4.30
Add to cart VG- 3.5 $4.30

Cover pencils by John Buscema, inks by Joe Sinnott. "Exiled on Earth!", script by Gerry Conway, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Jim Mooney (finished art); Odin condemns the heroes to Earth for daring to question him; Tana Nile uses her control pack to disguise herself as an Earthling, accepting the fact that she and Silas Grant are marooned on Earth; Doctor Donald Blake discovers that his office has been closed in his absence due to a change in building ownership; Slowly but surely, the exiled and marooned are separated and all fall prey to Mephisto. Appearances by Iron Man, Sif, Hogun, Fandral, Volstagg, Balder, Hildegarde, Karnilla, Heimdall, Mephisto, and Odin. Letter to the editor from comics artist Bill Blyberg. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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National Diamond Sales Advertisement Insert Variant. "Exiled on Earth!" Script by Gerry Conway, pencils by John Buscema and Jim Mooney, inks by Mooney. Appearances by Iron Man, Sif, Hogun, Fandral, Volstagg, Balder, Hildegarde, Karnilla, Heimdall, Mephisto, and Odin. Letter to the editor from comics artist Bill Blyberg. Buscema/John Romita Sr. and Joe Sinnott cover. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $9.00

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 6p cover price. Cover pencils by John Buscema, inks by Joe Sinnott. "Exiled on Earth!", script by Gerry Conway, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Jim Mooney (finished art); Odin condemns the heroes to Earth for daring to question him; Tana Nile uses her control pack to disguise herself as an Earthling, accepting the fact that she and Silas Grant are marooned on Earth; Doctor Donald Blake discovers that his office has been closed in his absence due to a change in building ownership; Slowly but surely, the exiled and marooned are separated and all fall prey to Mephisto. Appearances by Iron Man, Sif, Hogun, Fandral, Volstagg, Balder, Hildegarde, Karnilla, Heimdall, Mephisto, and Odin. Letter to the editor from comics artist Bill Blyberg. 36 pgs., full color.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $7.80

Focuses on movies from the 1950s and 1960s.8.5 X 11-in.; text with black and white pictures; 12 pages. Cover price $1.00.

Add to cart Very Fine $6.00 View scans

Not numbered. October 1972. Science fiction reprints from Robert F. Young, Keith Laumer, Roger Zelazny, Edmond Hamilton, Frank Tinsley, Arthur Porges, Al Sevcik, and David R. Bunch. Illustrations by George Schelling, Virgil Finlay. 5 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in.; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.60.

Add to cart Good $3.00

Cover by Sal Gentile. Stories and art by Don Perlin, A. Martinez, Jean Elier, Don Sherwood and Vince Alascia. Couples navigate the mazelike pathways of relationships and love in the 1960s and '70s. Realtor Leah meets handsome Mark when she's trying to unload a troublesome house, and that's all the incentive she needs to dump boorish boyfriend Ron, in a story featuring early art by Marvel legend Don Perlin. Recovering from a tragedy, a woman finds unexpected solace in the arms of her handsome neighbor. Plus a pinup of '70s teen heartthrob David Cassidy, and romance advice. No Strings Attached!; A Fine Place to Raise a Family!; The Boy Next Door; Teen-Age Troubles. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Add to cart Very Good $4.00

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $8.80 View scan

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $5.10

Whitman edition. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $2.50

Add to cart Good $2.50

Maybe it's the derby hat, but Casper's cousin Spooky gives new meaning to the word "tuff." Spooky thinks he's discovered a way to scare without alerting Poil, but she's one step ahead. A fairy and her magic wand help Casper do good deeds, but it soon gets out of hand. Spooky; The Ghostly Trio; Poil; Nightmare. Final issue of the series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $8.60

Cover pencils by George Tuska. The Menace of Merlin!, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Jack Sparling, inks by John Tartaglione; the X-Men battle Warlock, who reveals that he used to be Merlin the Magician;Thor cameo; reprinted from issue 30. Cover reprint, pencils by Jack Kirby. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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National Diamond Sales Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover pencils by George Tuska. The Menace of Merlin!, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Jack Sparling, inks by John Tartaglione; the X-Men battle Warlock, who reveals that he used to be Merlin the Magician;Thor cameo; reprinted from issue 30. Cover reprint, pencils by Jack Kirby. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.