Auctions: comic books in 'Acts of Vengeance'

Marc Spector Moon Knight (1989) 8 CGC 9.6

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4735711020

Cover pencils by Sal Velluto, inks by Mark Farmer. Devils In the House, script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Sal Velluto, inks by Tom Palmer; While the rest of the super hero community has their hands full with the Acts of Vengeance, Moon Knight and Midnight head out on a routine patrol; They come across an Ultimatum operation where they also encounter the Punisher on surveillance; MK sends Midnight home and he and the Punisher begin to track down Flag Smasher and his organization. Acts of Vengeance crossover. 36 pgs. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

Thor (1962 Marvel 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 412 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4027605021

Direct Edition. Cover pencils by Ron Frenz, inks by Joe Sinnott. Acts of Vengeance crossover. First full appearance of the New Warriors in "Introducing the New Warriors," script by Ron Frenz (Co-plot) and Tom DeFalco, pencils by Ron Frenz (layouts), inks by Joe Sinnott (finished art); With Thor down for the count, the New Warriors arrive and battle the Juggernaut; Thor recovers his strength and joins the fray as he and the kids are finally able to banish Juggy to another dimension. Beta Ray Bill back-up, "Freedom Is Only A Choice Away," script by Tom DeFalco, pencils by Ron Lim, inks by Mike DeCarlo; Bill has been trapped and is being used to help power a spaceship that feeds off of psychic energy; When the people of his race are threatened, however, he breaks free and faces Captain Orack. 36 pgs., full color. $1.00. Cover price $1.00.

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 328 FN/VF 7.0 Direct Variant

Direct Edition. "Shaw's Gambit" Acts of Vengeance crossover. Guest-starring the Hulk. Script by David Michelinie. Art by Todd McFarlane. Cover by Todd McFarlane. Plot continues from Web of Spider-Man 60. The powerful cabal masterminding the Acts of Vengeance is still trying to kill the web-slinger despite his new cosmic powers! And the next super-villain gunning for Spidey is Sebastian Shaw! However the Hellfire Club's Black King likes to fight by proxy! And who better to use than the Hulk! Shaw picks up the former Green Goliath in the Nevada desert and drops him in the middle of Manhattan! And the battle is joined! The cosmic-powered wall-crawler and the gamma-radiated Hulk throw down from Times Square to the Roosevelt Island ruins! An out-of-this-world ending! Plot continues in Spectacular Spider-Man 160. Cameo appearances by Mary Jane Watson and Flash Thompson. (Notes: This issue completes Todd McFarlane's dynamic 2-year run as the penciler of the Amazing Spider-Man series -- highlighted by the co-creation of Venom (aka Eddie Brock) and the initial Venom story arcs in issues 298-300 and 315-317. This story was reprinted in 1993 in the trade paperback: Spider-Man -- The Cosmic Adventures.) 32 pages. Cover price $1.00.

Web of Spider-Man (1985 1st Series) 61D CGC 9.0

Paper: White

Label #4750158014

Direct Edition. "Dragon in the Dark" Acts of Vengeance crossover. Story by Gerry Conway. Art by Alex Saviuk and Keith Williams. Cover by Alex Saviuk and Andy Mushynsky. Peter Parker is growing more and more frustrated by his overwhelming cosmic powers, and he desperately wishes to go back to being just the regular web-slinger. However, the super-villain masterminds (Doctor Doom, Kingpin, Magneto, Mandarin, Red Skull, Wizard) are not giving the cosmic-powered wall-crawler a break! The Wizard dispatches the Dragon Man to hunt down Spider-Man. (Note: This issue includes a one-page ad for the Spider-Man trade paperback: "The Saga of the Alien Costume." Reprinting Amazing Spiderman issues 252 thru 259.) 32 pages Cover price $1.00.

Punisher War Journal (1988 1st Series) 12 CGC 9.4 SS Jim Lee

Paper: White

Signed by Jim Lee on 03/26/16.

Label #2652745005

Cover art by Jim Lee. Contrast In Sin, script by Carl Potts, pencils by Jim Lee, inks by Al Milgrom and Don Hudson; Punisher battles Bushwacker in this Acts of Vengeance crossover, cameos by Kingpin and Dr. Doom. Punisher's Arsenal Automag III profile by Eliot Brown. 36 pgs. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

Captain America (1968 1st Series) 367 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4737570006

"Acts of Vengeance" crossover with Red Skull, Magneto. "Magnetic Repulsion." Story by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Kieron Dwyer and Danny Bulanadi. Cover by Kieron Dwyer. The Acts of Vengeance storyline brings together for the first time Magneto, a Holocaust survivor, and the Red Skull, the top terror operative of the Third Reich. Payback has been 45 years in the making...and the Master of Magnetism will not wait another day! Also in this issue, Captain America finishes off the Controller. Cameo appearances by Dr. Pym and the Sub-Mariner. Back up story: "The Way of the Snake" Story by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Mark Bagley and Don Hudson. The Cobra triumphs over Mr. Hyde and with his new found confidence and changes his name to...King Cobra! 36 pages Cover price $1.00.