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  • Item #64161840
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    • CBCS Authentic Signature
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    • Direct Edition. Witnessed Signature: Steve Englehart on 3/17/2024, Joe Rubinstein on 8/16/2024 & Jim Shooter on 4/27/2025.
    • Label #25-1A531AF-082
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    Direct Edition. "Free!" Guest-starring the Fantastic Four and Galactus. Story by Steve Englehart. Art by Marshall Rogers and Joe Rubinstein. Many years ago, in order to prevent the total annihilation of his civilization and homeworld, Norrin Radd bargained with the Devourer of Worlds. Imbued with the Power Cosmic, he became the Silver Surfer and Herald of Galactus. However, on the fateful day he arrived on Earth, for love of humanity, he betrayed his master, and thus was cursed to never traverse the spaceways again. Now, after many years of exile, will the Silver Surfer finally be free to soar the heavens again? Plus, witness the savage attack of Champion, an Elder of the Universe (last seen in Marvel Two in One (1974) Annual #7), as events are set in motion for the next 10 issues. 48 pages. Cover price $1.25.

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  • Item #63046800
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    Newsstand Edition. "Free!" Guest-starring the Fantastic Four and Galactus. Story by Steve Englehart. Art by Marshall Rogers and Joe Rubinstein. Many years ago, in order to prevent the total annihilation of his civilization and homeworld, Norrin Radd bargained with the Devourer of Worlds. Imbued with the Power Cosmic, he became the Silver Surfer and Herald of Galactus. However, on the fateful day he arrived on Earth, for love of humanity, he betrayed his master, and thus was cursed to never traverse the spaceways again. Now, after many years of exile, will the Silver Surfer finally be free to soar the heavens again? Plus, witness the savage attack of Champion, an Elder of the Universe (last seen in Marvel Two in One (1974) Annual #7), as events are set in motion for the next 10 issues. 48 pages. Cover price $1.25.

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  • Item #61438775
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    • Label #21-1D8FD6C-091
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    Direct Edition. "Doomsday!" Guest-starring Mantis and Galactus. Story by Steve Englehart. Art by Marshall Rogers and Joe Rubinstein. The last seven issues have led to this moment. The Elders of the Universe confront the Devourer of Worlds, and the Silver Surfer is caught in the middle. How can the former Herald of Galactus hope to defeat these villains when Shalla Bal and Mantis, the women he loves, are the helpless prisoners of the Elders? The Surfer can only save one of them, but who will it be? 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.

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  • Item #61307216
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    • Label #23-18DCEC4-012
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    "Heavyweights!" Guest-starring Galactus, Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman. Story by Steve Englehart. Art by Ron Lim and Joe Rubinstein. It's a clash of titans on a cosmic scale! The universe trembles when the nigh omnipotent Galactus battles the cosmically powered In-Betweener. 32 pages. Cover price $1.00.

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  • Item #61639808
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    • Label #21-1D90B3E-001
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    "The Heart is the Loneliest Place to Be!" Fantastic Four and Galactus cameos. Story by Ron Marz, Mike Friedman, and Mike Lackey. Art by Tom Grindberg and Bill Anderson. The Silver Surfer returns to his homeworld Zenn-La. However, he soon discovers things are not as they once were. Norrin Radd, meet Fennan Radd your brother and husband to Shalla Bal. 32 pages. Cover price $1.50.

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  • Item #62460359
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    "Surfer's Plea!" Guest-starring Galactus. Story by Ron Marz, Mike Friedman and Mike Lackey. Art by Tom Grindberg and Bill Anderson. Consumed by heartache and depression, the Silver Surfer seeks out his former master, the Devourer of Worlds. But, will Galactus grant Norrin Radd that which he request? Will he strip the Silver Surfer of the Power Cosmic and return the Surfer's humanity? 32 pages. Cover price $1.50.

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  • Item #62460515
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    "Crowd Control!" Guest-starring Galactus. Legacy (Captain Marvel III) cameo. Story by Mike Lackey. Art by Tom Grindberg and Bill Anderson. As Galactus prepares for his inevitable confrontation with Tyrant, the Silver Surfer may have finally lost his mind completely. Will the Sentinel of the Spaceways actually deal with the nefarious Doctor Doom? 32 pages. Cover price $1.50.

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  • Item #61307221
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    • Label #23-18DCEC4-006
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    "Crowd Control!" Guest-starring Galactus. Legacy (Captain Marvel III) cameo. Story by Mike Lackey. Art by Tom Grindberg and Bill Anderson. As Galactus prepares for his inevitable confrontation with Tyrant, the Silver Surfer may have finally lost his mind completely. Will the Sentinel of the Spaceways actually deal with the nefarious Doctor Doom? 32 pages. Cover price $1.50.

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  • Item #58539120
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    Direct Edition. Guest-starring Doctor Doom and Galactus. Legacy (Captain Marvel III) cameo. Story by Mike Lackey. Art by Tom Grindberg and Bill Anderson. The unthinkable has occurred. The Silver Surfer has struck a bargain with the arch fiend Doctor Doom that may change his life forever. 32 pages. Cover price $1.50.

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  • Item #62472024
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    "Galactic Grapplerama!" Guest-starring Legacy (Captain Marvel III). Story by Mike Lackey. Art by Tom Grindberg and Bill Anderson. The Silver Surfer fights for his life against the nefarious Doctor Doom. Meanwhile, Galactus confronts an ancient enemy from his past in a battle that could decide the fate of the universe. Cover price $1.50.

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  • Item #62472033
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    "Nullified and Void!" Guest-starring Legacy (Captain Marvel III). Story by Mike Lackey. Art by Tom Grindberg and Bill Anderson. The battle between Galactus and Tyrant takes a turn for the worse when the murderous Morg arrives on the scene possessing the Ultimate Nullifier, the Marvel Universe's most feared and powerful weapon! Cover price $1.50.

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  • Item #63032384
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    1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #48-50.

    Written by Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott. Cover by Ron Lim.

    It's the Fantastic Four's first fateful encounter with the Devourer of Worlds, Galactus! Featuring the enigmatic Watcher and the rise of the Silver Surfer.

    Softcover, 68 pages, full color.

    Cover price $5.95.

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  • Item #60098037
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    Direct Edition. Cover art by Bob Layton. "Galactus," script by Stan Lee and Mark Gruenwald, pencils by Jack Kirby and John Byrne, inks by Vince Colletta and George Klein; In a dying universe, on the planet of Taa, scientist Galan tries to find a way for his race to survive the end of the universe; He commandeers a spaceship towards the center of the imploding universe, but he does not die in "the big crunch"; Instead, he gestates in a cocoon for billions of years in a newly-formed universe; When he emerges, it is as Galactus, and he has to feed upon the life force of planets; Re-Telling of the Origin of Galactus; Original Story done by Lee, Kirby, Colletta and Klein with some panels modified or rearranged; New material done by the other artists. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.60.

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  • Item #60098038
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    Direct Edition. Cover art by Bob Layton. "Galactus," script by Stan Lee and Mark Gruenwald, pencils by Jack Kirby and John Byrne, inks by Vince Colletta and George Klein; In a dying universe, on the planet of Taa, scientist Galan tries to find a way for his race to survive the end of the universe; He commandeers a spaceship towards the center of the imploding universe, but he does not die in "the big crunch"; Instead, he gestates in a cocoon for billions of years in a newly-formed universe; When he emerges, it is as Galactus, and he has to feed upon the life force of planets; Re-Telling of the Origin of Galactus; Original Story done by Lee, Kirby, Colletta and Klein with some panels modified or rearranged; New material done by the other artists. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.60.

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