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Giant Size Kid Colt (1975) 3 CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Label #4752206002

New Kid Colt story: "Death Duel With Dack Derringer~" Script by Gary Friedrich, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Vince Colletta. Kid Colt reprints: "The Wolf Pack" (from issue 65 and later 140), "The Promise" (from issue 65 and later 140; art by Reed Crandall), "Fury at Farrow Gap" (also from issue 140; script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Werner Roth, inks by Colletta), "Dead on His Feet" (from issue 142; art by Jack Keller), and "Showdown in Smoke Mesa" (from issue 140; art by Keller). Also in this issue: "Rustler" (from issue 142; art by Joe Maneely). New Gil Kane cover. Cover price $0.50.

Jonah Hex (1977 1st Series) 2 VG/FN 5.0

Mr. Turnbull has Jonah framed for murder in "The Lair of the Parrot!" Characters: Jonah Hex; El Papagayo (introduction and first appearance); Mr. Turnbull. Written by Michael Fleisher, with art and cover by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. Cover price $0.30.

Jonah Hex (1977 1st Series) 4 VF 8.0

Mr. Turnbull hires the Chameleon to kill Jonah in "The Day of the Chameleon!" Characters: Jonah Hex; Ned Landon; The Chameleon; Joanna Mosby; Mr. Turnbull; Solomon. Written by Michael Fleisher, with art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. Cover by Luis Dominguez. Cover price $0.35.

Jonah Hex (1977 1st Series) 4 FN 6.0

Mr. Turnbull hires the Chameleon to kill Jonah in "The Day of the Chameleon!" Characters: Jonah Hex; Ned Landon; The Chameleon; Joanna Mosby; Mr. Turnbull; Solomon. Written by Michael Fleisher, with art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. Cover by Luis Dominguez. Cover price $0.35.

Jonah Hex (1977 1st Series) 10 VF 8.0

"Violence at Veracruz" is written by Michael Fleisher, with art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. Characters: Jonah Hex; El Papagayo; General Rumolo; Lt. Lopez; Edtrellita; Pedro; Sergio; Col. Sanchez. Cover by Gray Morrow. Cover price $0.35.

Jughead (1949 1st Series Archie) 89 GD/VG 3.0

1.5" Spine split from top.

Cover by Samm Schwartz. "The Squealer," script by Frank Doyle, art by Samm Schwartz; Jughead lures Reggie into a prolonged chase by appealing to his curiosity. "Strange Change," script by George Gladir, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Jughead begins acting strangely around Archie's cousin Ed. "Revenge," script by Frank Doyle, art by Samm Schwartz; Reggie plots revenge against Jughead for a prank Jughead pulled on him. The World of Jughead ad. "High and Wide" one-page Li'l Jinx story, script and art by Joe Edwards. Archie Club News. "Winner Lose," art by Samm Schwartz; Reggie blackmails Archie into giving up Veronica for a month and it's up to Jughead to save the day. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Kid Colt Outlaw (1948) 29 GD/VG 3.0

Cover art by Sol Brodsky. "Ambush!", art by Jack Keller; Kid Colt spots a group of Paiute warriors in full war paint while travelling along the range; The Kid then rides off to see what they might be after and comes across an army wagon train full of gold and warns them of the nearby Paiute war party; Kid Colt assists the soldiers in fighting off the Paiutes and rides off convinced that the Native Americans must have been tipped off by someone. "10 Men And A Marshal!" text story, art by Syd Shores. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; An outlaw named Caleb Marko has come to the home of prospector Jim Ballard, demanding that Jim turn over the Black Nugget, a gold nugget that is pure black; Jim refuses to hand it over because he believes that it has a blood curse on it, but Marko does not want to listen; He shoots Jim and steals the Black Nugget, leaving Jim's wife to cry for help; These cries are heard by Kid Colt, who happened to be passing by. "The Hangin's At Dawn," art by Sam Kweskin. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; An outlaw named Devlin, whose plots Kid Colt has foiled in the past, finally has his chance for revenge when he gets the drop on the Kid; Trying the outlaw hero to a post piled high with kindle, Devlin lights it up and heads across the desert with both his and Kid Colt's water canteens, hoping to make it to Collados; Left to die, Kid Colt whistles for his horse Steel. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Mighty Marvel Western (1968) 38 CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Label #4685377016

New Mutants (1983 1st Series) 41 CGC 8.0

Paper: White

Label #4521662020

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Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. Way of the Warrior, script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Jackson Guice, inks by Terry Austin; Mirage journeys home for a vacation, where she reunites with old friend/rival Pat Roberts; Pat is injured in a car accident; Mirage comes face-to-face with death (again, after New Mutants #37); Pat dies, and Mirage begins the process of healing. 36 pgs. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Night Rider (1974) 1 CGC 9.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4766479006

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Tom Palmer. The Macabre Menace of the Tarantula!, script by Gary Friedrich (writer) and Dick Ayers (plot), art by Dick Ayers; The Night Rider drives off Bart and his gang when they try to rustle some cattle; As they are preparing to leave, the Tarantula inspires them to work for him; Carter shows Jamie how he does many of his tricks as the Night Rider. The Tarantula and his gang try to force the people of Bison Bend to pay protection money, but Benjamin Brooks refuses; The Night Rider prevents the Tarantula and his gang from leaving with the rest of the townspeople's money, finally driving off the Tarantula with a little help from Jamie using the lantern-projector; The townspeople ask Benjamin Brooks to be their sheriff; reprinted from Ghost Rider (Marvel, 1967 western series) #2. Gunmanship!, script by Stan Lee, art by Dick Ayers; Wyatt Earp teaches gun safety and how to shoot a gun; reprinted from Wyatt Earp (Marvel, 1955 series) #26. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

R.I.P.D. City of the Damned (2012) 1 CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Label #4554958007

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(W) Peter M. Lenkov, Jeremy Barlow (A) Tony Parker (CA) Dave Wilkins Roy Pulsipher and Nick Walker are dead, but that doesn't mean their time in law enforcement is over. Both Roy and Nick are officers in the Rest in Peace Department, sworn to serve the Almighty and protect the living from evil's foul corruption. Their current case has them chasing a ghostly fanatic determined to undo all of creation-a threat with very personal connections to Roy's past, stretching back a hundred years into a weird, Wild West and Roy's first day on the job. It's a twisted history that Nick is only starting to uncover, and one that could have him reconsidering ever joining the R.I.P.D.! Cover price $3.50.

Sundance Kid (1971) 1 GD/VG 3.0

Cover by Dick Ayers and John Severin. Edited by Sol Brodsky. Stories and art by Jack Kirby, Len Wein, Dick Ayers, Everett Raymond Kinstler, John Tartaglione, and Fred Guardineer. Reprints of classic 1950s Western comics, plus some new material. The character, from Skywalds Blazing Six-Guns (but unrelated to the movie character), gets his own title. Also, sharpshooter Bullseye stars in two reprints from Kirbys Mainline comics company. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Tex Granger (1948) 20 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation.

Stories and art by Lorence Bjorklund, Clair Bee, Edd Ashe, Ferris Weddle, and Vic Herman. Cover by Lorence Bjorklund. Western adventure with sheriff Tex Granger, formerly the star of Calling All Boys (the comic's old title). Tex confronts a lynch mob; A profile of legendary frontiersman Davy Crockett; Tex's deputy Flapjack Smith has a solo adventure. Tex Granger; Hector; Lynch Law!; Coachs Corner; Famous Fighters of the Frontier: Davy Crockett; A New Adventure of Flapjack Smith. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Two-Gun Kid (1948) 119 CGC 9.8

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4747078013

Reprints. Cover by Dick Ayers and Marie Severin (alterations). Stories by Al Hartley and Stan Lee. Art by Dick Ayers, Jack Kirby and Carl Hubbell. Two-Gun Kid stars in "The Panther Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out" by Al Hartley, Dick Ayers and Carl Hubbell, reprinted from issue #77 (with two pages omitted). Also in this issue: A feared outlaw turns himself in to finally be at peace in the back-up story "Return of the Bad Man" by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Ayers, reprinted from Kid Colt Outlaw (1948) #96. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.