Auctions: comic books in 'Giant Insect', graded by CGC

Variant Cover #35 "The Flame Throwers." (W) John Layman (A) John McCrea The invasion begins! The first stories of an all-new MARS ATTACKS universe are here, bringing outrageous action and dark humor to the comics page. Eisner-winning writer John Layman (Chew) is joined by Eisner-winning artist John McCrea (Hitman) to sound the alarm. Beware! The Martians are coming! Cover price $3.99.

Variant Cover #37 "Creeping Menace." (W) John Layman (A) John McCrea The invasion begins! The first stories of an all-new MARS ATTACKS universe are here, bringing outrageous action and dark humor to the comics page. Eisner-winning writer John Layman (Chew) is joined by Eisner-winning artist John McCrea (Hitman) to sound the alarm. Beware! The Martians are coming! Cover price $3.99.

Variant Cover #38 "Victims of the Bug." (W) John Layman (A) John McCrea The invasion begins! The first stories of an all-new MARS ATTACKS universe are here, bringing outrageous action and dark humor to the comics page. Eisner-winning writer John Layman (Chew) is joined by Eisner-winning artist John McCrea (Hitman) to sound the alarm. Beware! The Martians are coming! Cover price $3.99.

Variant Cover #39 "Army of Giant Insects." (W) John Layman (A) John McCrea The invasion begins! The first stories of an all-new MARS ATTACKS universe are here, bringing outrageous action and dark humor to the comics page. Eisner-winning writer John Layman (Chew) is joined by Eisner-winning artist John McCrea (Hitman) to sound the alarm. Beware! The Martians are coming! Cover price $3.99.

Variant Cover #40 "High Voltage Execution." (W) John Layman (A) John McCrea The invasion begins! The first stories of an all-new MARS ATTACKS universe are here, bringing outrageous action and dark humor to the comics page. Eisner-winning writer John Layman (Chew) is joined by Eisner-winning artist John McCrea (Hitman) to sound the alarm. Beware! The Martians are coming! Cover price $3.99.

Variant Cover #41 "Horror in Paris." (W) John Layman (A) John McCrea The invasion begins! The first stories of an all-new MARS ATTACKS universe are here, bringing outrageous action and dark humor to the comics page. Eisner-winning writer John Layman (Chew) is joined by Eisner-winning artist John McCrea (Hitman) to sound the alarm. Beware! The Martians are coming! Cover price $3.99.

Variant Cover #42 "Hairy Fiend." (W) John Layman (A) John McCrea The invasion begins! The first stories of an all-new MARS ATTACKS universe are here, bringing outrageous action and dark humor to the comics page. Eisner-winning writer John Layman (Chew) is joined by Eisner-winning artist John McCrea (Hitman) to sound the alarm. Beware! The Martians are coming! Cover price $3.99.

Variant Cover #43 "Blasting the Bug." (W) John Layman (A) John McCrea The invasion begins! The first stories of an all-new MARS ATTACKS universe are here, bringing outrageous action and dark humor to the comics page. Eisner-winning writer John Layman (Chew) is joined by Eisner-winning artist John McCrea (Hitman) to sound the alarm. Beware! The Martians are coming! Cover price $3.99.

Variant Cover #44 "Battle in the Air." (W) John Layman (A) John McCrea The invasion begins! The first stories of an all-new MARS ATTACKS universe are here, bringing outrageous action and dark humor to the comics page. Eisner-winning writer John Layman (Chew) is joined by Eisner-winning artist John McCrea (Hitman) to sound the alarm. Beware! The Martians are coming! Cover price $3.99.

Variant Cover #45 "Fighting Giant Insects." (W) John Layman (A) John McCrea The invasion begins! The first stories of an all-new MARS ATTACKS universe are here, bringing outrageous action and dark humor to the comics page. Eisner-winning writer John Layman (Chew) is joined by Eisner-winning artist John McCrea (Hitman) to sound the alarm. Beware! The Martians are coming! Cover price $3.99.

Variant Cover #55 "Mars Attacks" (W) John Layman (A) John McCrea The invasion begins! The first stories of an all-new MARS ATTACKS universe are here, bringing outrageous action and dark humor to the comics page. Eisner-winning writer John Layman (Chew) is joined by Eisner-winning artist John McCrea (Hitman) to sound the alarm. Beware! The Martians are coming! Cover price $3.99.

SECOND PRINTING From IDW Publishing. The sold-out invasion continues with a second printing! The first stories of an all-new Mars Attacks universe are here, bringing outrageous action and dark humor to the comics page. Eisner-winning writer John Layman (Chew) is joined by Eisner-winning artist John McCrea (Hitman) to sound the alarm. Beware! The Martians are coming! Cover price $3.99.

Cover by John McCrea (W) John Layman (A) John McCrea The invasion has begun! The first stories of an all-new MARS ATTACKS universe are here, bringing outrageous action and dark humor to the comics page. Eisner-winning writer John Layman (Chew) is joined by Eisner-winning artist John McCrea (Hitman) to sound the alarm. Beware! The Martians are here! Cover price $3.99.

Volume 1 – 1st printings. Collects Mars Attacks (1994 Topps 1st Series) #1-5. Written by Keith Giffen and Len Brown. Art by Charlie Adlard. Cover by Nick Bradshaw. Mars Attacks Classics brings back your favorite comics from the past. This volume collects the first five-issue miniseries from Topps Comics, and features stories by beloved creators like Keith Giffen, Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), and more! Softcover, 156 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

Written by TODD DEZAGO Penciled by DEREC DONOVAN Cover by CLAYTON HENRY 'ANT-MAN is On The JOB!!'-Well, he's LOOKING for a job, anyway...But his employment is put on hold when the insidious SANDMAN crosses his path-and ANT-MAN needs to pull out all the stops to defeat the Granular Goon! And, as ANT-MAN's popularity rises, so too do the suspicions of Vernon Van Dyne...! 32 PGS./All Ages. Cover price $2.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) #21-30.

Written by STAN LEE and LARRY LIEBER. Art by JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, DON HECK, GENE COLAN and BOB FORGIONE. Cover by JACK KIRBY.

Prepare yourself for another dramatic dose of monsters from the mind of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko's strange suspense thrillers from TALES TO ASTONISH!

There's more big monster rampages than you can shake a stick at with Trull the Inhuman-a mechanical beast that would make a monster truck shudder- the menace of Moomba, the Creature from Krogarr, the Gorilla-Man, the Abominable Snowman, and the first-ever appearance of Hank Pym, the man who would become Ant-Man! To top it off, there's Steve Ditko's suspenseful shorts that will take you to the farthest reaches of the universe and the darkest depths of the human soul. Each tightly-told tale is a lesson for mankind that will make you think twice before you turn out the light! These strange stories were the mortar in the foundation of the House of Ideas, where Stan Lee and his two greatest collaborators built the synergy and style that would turn the comics' world on its head. So sign up for your copy today, and experience the energy of their imaginations in its most raw form!

Hardcover, 272 pages, full color.

Cover price $59.99.

Volume 135 - 1st printing. "Atlas Era: Tales to Astonish!" Collects Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) #21-30. Written by STAN LEE and LARRY LIEBER. Art by JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, DON HECK, GENE COLAN and BOB FORGIONE. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Prepare yourself for another dramatic dose of monsters from the mind of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko's strange suspense thrillers from TALES TO ASTONISH! There's more big monster rampages than you can shake a stick at with Trull the Inhuman-a mechanical beast that would make a monster truck shudder- the menace of Moomba, the Creature from Krogarr, the Gorilla-Man, the Abominable Snowman, and the first-ever appearance of Hank Pym, the man who would become Ant-Man! To top it off, there's Steve Ditko's suspenseful shorts that will take you to the farthest reaches of the universe and the darkest depths of the human soul. Each tightly-told tale is a lesson for mankind that will make you think twice before you turn out the light! These strange stories were the mortar in the foundation of the House of Ideas, where Stan Lee and his two greatest collaborators built the synergy and style that would turn the comics' world on its head. So sign up for your copy today, and experience the energy of their imaginations in its most raw form! Collecting TALES TO ASTONISH. Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Written by STEVE NILES Penciled by DUNCAN FEGRADO Cover by ERIC POWELL Brace yourself for the most original, innovative tale you ever--nah, it's just giant monsters breaking things! It's the Hulk, the Thing, Giant-Man and the Beast vs. a tidal wave of the most terrible monsters of the Marvel Universe! The Collector has inadvertently unleashed classic creatures Droom, Grogg, Goom, Rombuu, Grattu and more on New York City! Can our heroes save the day and have fun doing it? Plus: A classic tale from the past, 'We Found the Ninth Wonder of the World' from Tales to Astonish #1, January 1959 by Jack Kirby/Chris Rule Cover price $3.99.

Reprints: Amazing Spider-Man #7 featuring "The Return of the Vulture." Story by Stan Lee. Art by Steve Ditko. Strange Tales #102 starring the Human Torch (Johnny Storm of the Fantastic Four) in "Prisoner of the Wizard." Journey into Mystery #86 starring the Mighty Thor in "On the Trail of the Tomorrow Man!" Tales to Astonish #39 starring Ant-Man in "The Vengeance of the Scarlet Beetle!" Cover price $0.25.

Kicking off an all-new story line starring Bloodstone, Doctor Druid and Zawadi--the Monster Hunters! Before there was a Fantastic Four, there existed the Monster Hunters, a loose affiliation of champions, costumed and otherwise, who stood as mankind's defenders against fearsome creatures beyond understanding! Now, they have been gathered together by federal agent Jake Curtiss (who holds more than one secret himself) to seek out the source of the monsters plaguing humanity...and destroy it! Featuring the collected might of Gorgilla, Grottu and the Molten Man-Thing! Written by Roger Stern. Art by Mike Manley. #4A jam cover by Mike Manley, Michael Golden, Walt Simonson, Duncan Fegredo, Dan Brereton, Scott McDaniel, Bruce Timm, Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti. Cover price $1.99.

Jim Steranko's fine zine covering popular entertainment. Tabloid newspaper format (all issues come folded) but on good quality white paper stock. The Prisoner by Jack Kirby, Michael Kaluta interview, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Two Man Horse (Bob Gould and Eric Kimball), Wally Wood's Bucky and the Christmas Caper. Comics news. 36 pages in two sections; partial color. Cover price $1.50.

Whitman edition. Cover title says "Mickey Mouse and Goofy." Mickey Mouse in "The Mystery Machine" in which Mickey and Goofy construct a strange machine that Goofy receives and are led to a mysterious land. Issue also has Uncle Scrooge in "Something Very Fishy" and one-page text story "The Weasel-Whapper." No art/story credits given. Cover price $0.20.

Mickey Mouse Club logo on front cover. Mickey Mouse in "Battle the Giant Ants," a reprint from an earlier issue about Mickey, Goofy, and Pluto's encounters with a giant ant colony in the Amazon jungle. Issue also has the Mad Madam Mim and the Beagle Boys in "Tricks of the Trade," one-page text story "Buried Treasure," and one-page gag strips throughout book. No art/story credits given. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover title says "Mickey Mouse and Goofy." Mickey Mouse in "The Mystery Machine" in which Mickey and Goofy construct a strange machine that Goofy receives and are led to a mysterious land. Issue also has Uncle Scrooge in "Something Very Fishy" and one-page text story "The Weasel-Whapper." No art/story credits given. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.20.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.95.

Painted cover. Mighty Samson in "In the Country of the Blind" Parts One and Two in which Mighty Samson faces new threats and dangers in a land where all are blind. New costume for Mighty Samson. No art/story credits given. Cover price $0.20.

Painted cover. Mighty Samson in "Attack of the Lepidop-Terror" - "Part 1: The Cocoon Bursts," "Part 2: Mindor Baits a Trap," and "Part 3: The Lights That Failed" in which Mighty Samson deals with a giant moth invasion. Issue also has one-page text feature "The Big Apple." No art/story credits given. Cover price $0.25.

Whitman edition; Thorne art, painted cover Cover price $0.25.

Guy in red suit swinging giant brain head thing. by Michael T. Gilbert & George Freeman In the Land of the Free, we know what it is to be looked upon with envious eyes. Now the entire world will know! From across the millions of miles of space, we have been watched with envy by the beady red eyes of the Martians (three eyes to be precise)! There is only one thing they fear; one man whose reputation has already stretched beyond our own world: Doc Stearn... the man and living legend we call, Mister Monster! They have initiated a cunning strategy to divert Doc Stearn until he will be powerless to stop their invasion fleet. As our cities rapidly fall to the fatal red plague, can even Mister Monster find a way to avert destruction and save Earth from enslavement by the insidious Martian hordes? Wraparound painted cover by Alex Horley (Lobo), with a variant watercolor sketch cover by Dave Dorman (Wastedlands) shipping in a 1-in-4 ratio! Prestige Format. SC, 7x10, 48pg, FC$6.99 Cover price $6.99.

Pre-code horror. Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. Ghastly Ghost, art by Jack Abel; The twin brothers Mike and Stan are in love with Sue; Sue chooses Stan and Mike kills himself. Invasion, art by Tony Mortellaro; Little Barbara and the neighbor kids are playing "invasion"; They tell the grown-ups that a creature named "Brecko" will rise out of the rose bushes on Saturday to dominate the world. Now I'll Tell One, art by Charles Stern; Prospector Sandy Beard discovers an underground city populated by giant talking insects. The Case for Comic Books article. Patrol; Soldier is badly wounded in the field and is getting medical attendance by his buddy. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Monster Sized Issue. Featuring: Brinke Stevens meets the Tingler. Plus: Traci Lords, Ray Harryhausen, Fred Olen Ray, Gahan Wilson, Richard Hatch, William Castle, New Article by Christopher Schaefer, Ann Robinson, Bela Lugosi, Godzilla, Doctor Who, Rocky Jones, Steve Canyon. B&W, 120 pages, standard paper stock. Cover price $9.95.

Cover by Enrique Puchades. Stories and art by Enrique Puchades, Alfredo Elias, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. Charlton presents tales of creatures from the limits of the human imagination. Boys gone fishin' find a can containing a strange substance that causes things to grow to monstrous size, and soon the whole countryside is covered in monsters. When Vic and Carol find an unconscious, 150-foot giant washed up on the beach, Vic immediately goes to call an anthropologist. Julie suspects that what is on her wall is not a cursed painting, but a normal painting with a cursed frame. The Monsters Have Surrounded the House!; Find-A-Word; The Death of Little Mike; The Montego Frame; Giant on the Beach. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

The World's First Newspaper of Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy! Special Bugs on Parade Issue! Featuring: Roaches, Ants, Fleas and Spider-Man; "Them" Ants Eat Chicago; Hellstrom Chronicle; Do Comix Bug You?; Wells on Ants; King Kong Sells Out; Man Eating Plants. Plus: Giant Kong Poster Inside. Cover price $0.50.

Super Annual Issue. NO. 1. Cover price $1.25.

1st printing. Collects Fearless Defenders (2013) #8, Marvel Zombies (2005 1st Series) #1, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2015) #1, Totally Awesome Hulk (2015) #2-3, and material from Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) #73 and 90, Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) #11-13, 15, 17, 19 and 23; and Tales of Suspense (1959-1968) #15, 17, 19 and 22. Written by Cullen Bunn, Robert Kirkman, Amy Reeder, Brandon Montclare, Greg Pak, and Jack Kirby. Art by Will Sliney, Sean Phillips, Natacha Bustos, Frank Cho, Steve Ditko, Dick Ayers, and Jack Kirby. Cover by Greg Land. Years before Jack Kirby introduced the world to a new age of heroic Marvels, the King of comics terrorized it with incredible creations - many of which are poised to rock the Marvel Universe once again! In this collection of strange tales to astonish, meet a menacing menagerie from Kirby's boundless imagination, all with unforgettable names. Gorgilla! Blip! Monstrom! Grottu! Moomba! Orrgo! Bruttu! Rommbu! Vandoom's Monster! Goom and Googam! And don't forget Groot! Plus: Catch up with Jack's legendary creations Devil Dinosaur and Fin Fang Foom, and meet monster hunters Elsa Bloodstone, Lady Hellbender and Moon Girl! Softcover, 240 pages, full color. Cover price $34.99.

Worlds War Two on spine not cover. Story by Michael T. Gilbert. Art by Michael T. Gilbert and George Freeman. Cover by Alex Horley. During the 1960s, Mr. Monster and his sidekick, hippie chick Acid Annie, battle an invasion of Martian Nazis led by Hitlers Brain. As if that wasnt bad enough, Richard Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover are on his tail! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $6.99.

Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. I Was Tried by a Robot Court, art by Bob Brown; In the middle of the jungle, Professor Grimm has constructed an "experiment": an entire town populated by robots (and a few captive humans). Ad for Detective Comics #276, art by Sheldon Moldoff. I Tackled the Missile from Space, art by Bill Ely; Tod Sheppard, retired demolition expert, is called back into service when the army discovers a rocket from outer space that appears to be ticking. Ad for The Brave and the Bold #28 (first Justice League of America). I Was the Space Spies' Victim text story. I Became the Beetle Beast, art by Ruben Moreira; Due to an electronics fluke that "might occur once in every fifty billion tries," a scientist's mind is transferred into a beetle, which somehow causes the beetle to grow to enormous size. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"I Became the Wonder-Man of Space," "I Was Bewitched by the Fountain of Truth" (art by Bill Ely), "We Fought the Giant Ants" (art by Ruben Moreira), and a one-page text story, "I Battled the Wooden Spy." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Vince Alascia and Bill Molno. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. A blow to the head sends Melvin back in time. But was it all a dream? A man gets an inspection tour of his family tomb. A boy who terrorizes ants gets an ironic comeuppance when he's reduced to ant-size. Guest of the Ghosts in Archer's Gulch; Inspection Tour!; Meeting on the Moon; Webfoot; The Gorgeous Enemies; Which Witch Doctor?; The Ant-Agonizing Boy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. Astronauts seeking new worlds to colonize find a planet seemingly inhabited only by a primitive caveman-like race, and statues of their gigantic spider-gods. After painter Adam moves into The House of Borne Hill, he finds that his paintings magically come alive. Henpecked Henry lives a secret Walter Mitty life of space heroics in his imagination, where his wife can't get to him. The Primitives; The House of Borne Hill; Onward to Urth; Escape; Freedom for All. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Adam Strange stars in "Challenge of the Giant Fireflies!" (pencils by Carmine Infantino). Back-up stories: "Language-Master of Space!" (art by Sid Greene?) and "Mystery Message from Fort Nova!" (pencils by Gil Kane). Infantino cover pencils. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Regular cover by by Jacen Burrows. Written by John Russo. Art by Ryan Waterhouse. Before becoming flesh-eating recruits in the horrific army of the undead, each innocent victim of the plague had a personal tale of terror that ended on the NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. Now, for the first time, the story behind one of the classic 1968 films iconic cannibals has surfaced and you have a front row seat! Starving herself for the sake of vanity, drive-in theater employee Laura Crampton is about to fall victim to stark-raving terror, but it will not have been generated by the grade-Z horror film flickering on the outdoor screen. Tonight, blood will flow, lives will be torn asunder and bodies will be ripped apart, all by the hands of the nightmarish horde of zombies that lurk in the shadows on the night that would change the world forever! 16 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.99.

Rotting cover by Mike Wolfer. Written by John Russo. Art by Ryan Waterhouse. Before becoming flesh-eating recruits in the horrific army of the undead, each innocent victim of the plague had a personal tale of terror that ended on the NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. Now, for the first time, the story behind one of the classic 1968 films iconic cannibals has surfaced and you have a front row seat! Starving herself for the sake of vanity, drive-in theater employee Laura Crampton is about to fall victim to stark-raving terror, but it will not have been generated by the grade-Z horror film flickering on the outdoor screen. Tonight, blood will flow, lives will be torn asunder and bodies will be ripped apart, all by the hands of the nightmarish horde of zombies that lurk in the shadows on the night that would change the world forever! 16 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.99.

Plastic Man stars in "Giant Ants" and two untitled stories. Untitled Woozy back-up. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dave Gibbons. Written by Donne Avenell and Norman Worker. Art by Brian Bolland and Dave Gibbons. Reprints Powerbolt stories originally published in Nigeria in 1975. This edition was published by Acme Press, a British publisher, and distributed by Eclipse International. In this issue: Powerbolt in "The Evil Giant" by Donne Avenell (as Don Avenall), Norman Worker and Brian Bolland. Plus: Powerbolt in "Peril from the Sky" by Donne Avenell (as Don Avenall), Norman Worker and Dave Gibbons. Also starring Dr. Crime. And: Powerlines text page on the early careers of artists Gibbons and Bolland. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Jerry Ordway. Death Warrant, script by Jerry Ordway, pencils by Pete Krause, inks by Dick Giordano. Two Green Lanterns (Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner) help The Marvels defeat Mr. Mind. Cameos by Impulse, the Teen Titans, and Commander Steel. 36 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

Featuring: Geena Davis (Beetlejuice), Michael Jackson, Bruce Willis, Christopher Reeve, River Phoenix, Patrick Swayze, Harrison Ford, Don Johnson, Kathleen Turner, Hope Marie Carlton, Val Kilmer, Burt Reynolds. Geena Davis cover. Cover price $2.95.

A Cat Named Tarantula. Story by James Van Hise. Art by Howard Bender. Cover by Howard Bender and Patrick Owsley. The official comic adaptation of the popular 1980s cartoon series, inspired in turn by the hit movies. A magical cat seeks the Ghostbusters help in stopping the duel between a witch and her owner, a warlock. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.75.