Auctions: comic books in 'Spider-Man', graded by CBCS

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 101 CBCS 3.5

Paper: Off white

Label #21-188AEBF-001

First appearance of Morbius the Living Vampire in "A Monster Called Morbius!" Script by Roy Thomas. Pencils by Gil Kane. Inks by Frank Giacoia. Cover by Gil Kane and John Romita. The first 100 issues of the Amazing Spider-Man title are in the books! And the next chapter in the web-slinger's anthology kicks off with the debut of Marvel's first bronze age vampire: Morbius! However at the moment Peter Parker has a much bigger problem on his (six) hands. After drinking the special potion he developed, Aunt May's nephew grew four additional arms! Oh my goodness! Peter is desperate to find a way to remove the arms, so he calls Dr. Curt Connors for help. Dr. Connors has a summer house and laboratory in Southampton on Long Island...and he gives Spider-Man permission to stay there and work on a cure. Meanwhile, a strange, pale, and bloodthirsty man is the sole survivor of a shipwreck near Southampton. And he's looking for a quiet place to rest. Oh no. Is the six-armed Spider-Man on a collision course with a living vampire? Oh yes! Cameo appearances by Gwen Stacy, J. Jonah Jameson, Joe Robertson, and the Lizard. Last 15¢ cover price. (Notes: This is the first issue of the Amazing Spider-Man series not written by Stan Lee. There exists a second printing of this issue published in 1992 with a silver background cover. Marvel also published a facsimile edition of Amazing Spider-Man 101 in 2021.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham (1985 Marvel/Star Comics) 8 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition.

Label #20-261F254-010

Cover by Joe Albelo. "Pigs Over Tokyo, or Kimono My House," script by Steve Mellor, pencils by Tony Salmons, inks by Joe Albelo; Raymond Bear reports on Jacques Gooseteau's brush with terror, so Jonah calls Peter and the three interns into action, and they go to Japan, where they witness the emergence of Hog-zilla!; The monster goes on an eating binge, so the army sends in Mechano-Hog-Zilla, but the robot is defeated; Spider-Ham defeats the monster, but the director Cur-Asawa hires him, and our heroes head for home. "Silver Squirrel," script by Mike Mellor, art by Steve Mellor; The Watchdog introduces us to The Silver Squirrel, a reprehensible character who zaps everyone and everything by use of the Power Cosmic. After several zaps, The Watchdog gets fed up, and turns the Squirrel into a silver-plated water fountain. 36 pgs., full color. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham (1985 Marvel/Star Comics) 10 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition.

Label #20-077742A-094

Cover by Joe Albelo. "The Lost Temple of the Golden Retriever!", script by Steve Skeates, pencils by Joe Albelo, inks by Pierre Fournier; The bank-robbing Terrible Terriers escape while Spider-Ham stops a building from collapsing; Jonah gets a lead on a jungle story (with the Terriers listening in), so he takes Peter and the interns to the Temple of the Golden Retriever; The "god" in charge turns out to be former reporter Winston Caribou, now insane. "Prince Kaymar, The Sub-Merchandizer!!", script by Steve Skeates, art by Howard Bender; Forced from his throne, Kaymar is now a salesman, traveling with Markup, his pet saber-toothed tiger shark. J. Hamilton Hampster falls into the bay, where nuclear waste turns him into a man-thing; He wanders past Kaymar, but remains oblivious, so Kaymar sells to a passing frogman. Star Signals ad. 36 pgs., full color. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham (1985 Marvel/Star Comics) 11 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition

Label #20-077742A-098

Cover by Joe Albelo. Dog Dame Afternoon, script by Mike Carlin, pencils by Art Nichols, inks by Vince Colletta; Jonah is hooked on "Die-Nasty" with Joan Collie, so it's up to the interns to send Peter to photo the giant mechanical wolf terrorizing the city; Spider-Ham races into action, and discovers Dragon-Lassy controlling the robot; He transforms the wolf-robot into a sheep-robot and gets kissed by Joan Collie, but Jonah is captured by Dragon-Lassy. Ant Ant, script and pencils by Michael Mellor, inks by Vince Colletta; Ant Ant, an ant with all the power of an ant, is taunted at the beach by Sandmanatee, embarassing him before his girlfriend Waspbunny; He tries various insect-power formulas, but Sandmanatee still wins, until Ant Ant turns himself into an unstoppable cockroach. 36 pgs., full color. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham (1985 Marvel/Star Comics) 14 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Direct Edition

Label #20-26624C1-001

Cover by Joe Albelo. "Heavy Mental Music!", script by Mike Carlin, pencils by Joe Albelo, inks by Pierre Fournier; At an Ozzy Ostrich concert, the interns love the music, but Peter doesn't; all are impressed when Ozzy bites the head off a chocolate bunny; Spider-Ham fights Ozzy, but leaves when it turns out there was no crime; Ozzy's new guitar hypnotizes the crowd, but Peter has cotton in his ears. "Captain Americat," script by Mike Mellor, art by Steve Mellor; French sculptor Gopher Baroque turns himself into the stone-like Grey Gopher; when Captain Americat tries to stop him, he's turned into stone and becomes the Grey Gopher's slave, until the transformation wears off and the Gopher is captured. 36 pgs., full color. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Spider-Man Deadpool (2016) 1A CBCS 9.0 McGuinness

Paper: White

Label #24-3B7EAFB-015

Written by Joe Kelly. Art and Cover by Ed McGuinness. BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT! The Webbed Wonder and the Merc with a Mouth are teaming up for their first ongoing series EVER! It's action, adventure and just a smattering of (b)romance in this episodic epic featuring the WORLD'S GREATEST SUPER HERO and the star of the WORLD'S GREATEST COMICS MAGAZINE. Talk about a REAL dynamic duo! This issue includes a special bonus issue of VISION #1. 52 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Venom Along Came a Spider (1996) 3 CBCS 9.6 SS Larry Hama

Paper: White

Witnessed Signature: Larry Hama on 3/23/2021. Direct Edition.

Label #21-21F7AAA-001

Cover by Joe St. Pierre and Chris Ivy. Cut to the Chase, script by Larry Hama, pencils by Joe St. Pierre, inks by Mark McKenna; The blood-feud between Venom and Spider-Man continues, with Eddie Brock's ex-wife caught in the middle. Hybrid, Phase Three: Reprisal, script by Evan Skolnick, pencils by Patrick Zircher (breakdowns) and Greg Adams (finishes), inks by Greg Adams; Justice teams up with Hybrid to help find Scott's brother's murderers. 52 pgs., full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Venom on Trial (1997) 1 CBCS 9.8 SS Larry Hama

Paper: White

Witnessed Signature: Larry Hama on 3/23/2021. Direct Edition.

Label #21-21F7AAA-016

Daredevil appearance. It's the Marvel media circus of the decade as Venom is finally put on trial for his crimes! Eddie has two options to win his freedom: he can submit to judgment by a jury of his peers, or he can try to break out of the most misbegotten prison this side of the Rock--guess which choice he makes! Written by Larry Hama. Art by Josh Hood and Derek Fisher. Cover by Josh Hood. (Venom also appears in this month's Uncanny Origins (1996) #7.) Cover price $1.95.