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  • Item #61134586
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    Wolverine (1988 1st Series) 8D CGC 9.6

    Paper: White

    Label #4424959019

    Starts Jul 22

    Direct Edition. Part 2 of 2 - "If It Ain't Broke...!" Guest-starring the Incredible Hulk. Written by Chris Claremont. Art by John Buscema . In a humorous turn of events, using the Hulk's brute strength to do his dirty work for him, Wolverine tricks the Grey Goliath into trashing Coy's slave ring and cocaine operation. Rob Liefeld art on back cover. Cover price $1.50.

  • Item #60603704
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    Wolverine (1988 1st Series) 8D CGC 9.4

    Paper: White

    Label #4375432006

    Starts Jul 6

    Direct Edition. Part 2 of 2 - "If It Ain't Broke...!" Guest-starring the Incredible Hulk. Written by Chris Claremont. Art by John Buscema . In a humorous turn of events, using the Hulk's brute strength to do his dirty work for him, Wolverine tricks the Grey Goliath into trashing Coy's slave ring and cocaine operation. Rob Liefeld art on back cover. Cover price $1.50.

  • Item #60534924
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    Wolverine (1988 1st Series) 8N CGC 9.4

    Paper: White

    Label #4014901005

    Starts Jul 6

    Newsstand Edition. Part 2 of 2 - "If It Ain't Broke...!" Guest-starring the Incredible Hulk. Written by Chris Claremont. Art by John Buscema . In a humorous turn of events, using the Hulk's brute strength to do his dirty work for him, Wolverine tricks the Grey Goliath into trashing Coy's slave ring and cocaine operation. Rob Liefeld art on back cover. Cover price $1.50.

  • Item #60605319
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    Wolverine (1988 1st Series) 10D CGC 9.8

    1st battle with Sabretooth

    Paper: White

    Label #4375387015

    Starts Jul 6

    Direct Edition. "Hours!" Written by Chris Claremont. Art by John Buscema and Bill Sienkiewicz. Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz. On his birthday, Logan reflects on the murder of Silver Fox, the woman he loved, and Sabretooth, the man that murdered her! Featuring one of the earliest and most brutal battles between these two hated arch enemies. Kent Williams art on back cover (last back cover pin-up). Cover price $1.50.

  • Item #60814918
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    Wolverine (1988 1st Series) 10D CGC 9.4

    1st battle with Sabretooth

    Paper: White

    Label #4403190011

    Starts Jun 24

    Direct Edition. "Hours!" Written by Chris Claremont. Art by John Buscema and Bill Sienkiewicz. Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz. On his birthday, Logan reflects on the murder of Silver Fox, the woman he loved, and Sabretooth, the man that murdered her! Featuring one of the earliest and most brutal battles between these two hated arch enemies. Kent Williams art on back cover (last back cover pin-up). Cover price $1.50.

  • Item #61134592
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    Wolverine (1988 1st Series) 10N CGC 9.6

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    Label #4424959018

    Starts Jul 22

    Newsstand Edition. "Hours!" Written by Chris Claremont. Art by John Buscema and Bill Sienkiewicz. Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz. On his birthday, Logan reflects on the murder of Silver Fox, the woman he loved, and Sabretooth, the man that murdered her! Featuring one of the earliest and most brutal battles between these two hated arch enemies. Kent Williams art on back cover (last back cover pin-up). Cover price $1.50.

  • Item #60982343
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    Wolverine (1988 1st Series) 17 CGC 8.0

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    Label #4402776005

    Starts Jun 24

    Part 1 of 7 - "Basics!" Daredevil cameo. Written by Archie Goodwin. Art by John Byrne and Klaus Janson. There's a new crime boss in town, the cyborg Geist. This mysterious new villain has brought with him a lethal new kind of cocaine and he has captured Wolverine's erstwhile sparring partner Roughhouse in order to test it. 32 pages, FC Cover price $1.50.

  • Item #60600298
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    Wonder Woman (1987 2nd Series) 1A CGC 9.8 SS Perez/ Gadot

    Top CGC census grade for this issue.

    Paper: White

    Signed by George Perez on 12/10/16 and Gal Gadot on 12/9/17.

    Label #1323180007

    Starts Jul 6

    In this post-Crisis On Infinite Earths re-imagining of the Wonder Woman mythos, Diana is born of clay, growing on Paradise Island to become the champion of the Amazons. "The Princess And The Power!" Part 1 of 6, continued next issue. Script by Greg Potter, co-plot and pencils by George Perez, inks by Bruce Patterson. Perez inks first 2 pages and the final page. Wrap-around cover. No ads. 32-page story. Perez cover. Cover price $0.75.

  • Item #61127927
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    Wonder Woman (1987 2nd Series) 1A CGC 9.4

    Paper: White

    Label #4428711002

    Starts Jun 24

    In this post-Crisis On Infinite Earths re-imagining of the Wonder Woman mythos, Diana is born of clay, growing on Paradise Island to become the champion of the Amazons. "The Princess And The Power!" Part 1 of 6, continued next issue. Script by Greg Potter, co-plot and pencils by George Perez, inks by Bruce Patterson. Perez inks first 2 pages and the final page. Wrap-around cover. No ads. 32-page story. Perez cover. Cover price $0.75.

  • Item #60215094
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    Published Jun 1986 by Marvel.

    X-Factor (1986 1st Series) 5 CGC 8.0

    1st app. Apocalypse (cameo)

    Paper: White

    Label #4354346014

    Starts Jun 24

    "Tapped Out!" Part 1 of 2. 1st appearance of Apocalypse (shadowed cameo). Story by Bob Layton. Art by Jackson Guice and Joe Rubinstein. Cover by Ron Frenz and Joe Rubinstein. It's a classic super-hero/super-villain throw-down when X-Factor must battle the Alliance of Evil (Frenzy, Tower, Stinger, and Timeshadow) for the life of a mutant. Featuring a new menace by the name of Apocalypse, an evil mutant who will become a major thorn in the sides of the X-Men and X-Factor. Cover price $0.75.

  • Item #60660029
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    Published Jul 1986 by Marvel.

    X-Factor (1986 1st Series) 6D CGC 9.4

    1st full app. Apocalypse

    Paper: White

    Label #0167469002

    Starts Jun 24

    Direct Edition. "Apocalypse Now!" Part 2 of 2. 1st full appearance of Apocalypse. Story by Louise Simonson. Art by Jackson Guice and Bob McLeod. Cover by Ron Frenz and Joe Rubinstein. Cyclops begins to worry that the group's X-Factor ads are fueling mutant paranoia among humans. Plus, the last time X-Factor fought the Alliance of Evil they were soundly defeated. Can they take down their adversaries in time to save the life of a fellow mutant, before it's too late? And, witness the fury and power of Apocalypse, a mutant tyrant who believes in a world where only the strong survive. Cover price $0.75.

  • Item #61123260
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    Published Jan 1988 by Marvel.

    X-Factor (1986 1st Series) 24D CGC 9.2

    1st full app. Archangel

    Paper: White

    Label #4320308011

    Starts Jul 22

    Direct Edition. Fall of the Mutants! Part 1 of 3. "Masks!" 1st full appearance of Archangel. Story by Louise Simonson. Art by Walter Simonson and Bob Wiacek. One of the biggest mutant events to ever hit the comic racks begins here. The powerful mutant known as Apocalypse finally makes his move and unleashes his Four Horseman on an unsuspecting world. The only thing standing between humanity and total annihilation is X-Factor. However when the fourth and final Horseman, Death, reveals his true identity, the group will be rocked to its very core. This is a pivotal chapter in the lives of the original X-Men. Cover price $0.75.

  • Item #61052478
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    X-Factor (1986 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 6 CGC 7.5 Restored

    1st full app. Apocalypse

    Restored: B1

    Paper: White

    Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. Canadian Price Variant.

    Label #4418460009

    Starts Jun 24

    Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. "Apocalypse Now!" Part 2 of 2. 1st full appearance of Apocalypse. Story by Louise Simonson. Art by Jackson Guice and Bob McLeod. Cover by Ron Frenz and Joe Rubinstein. Cyclops begins to worry that the group's X-Factor ads are fueling mutant paranoia among humans. Plus, the last time X-Factor fought the Alliance of Evil they were soundly defeated. Can they take down their adversaries in time to save the life of a fellow mutant, before it's too late? And, witness the fury and power of Apocalypse, a mutant tyrant who believes in a world where only the strong survive. Cover price $0.95.

  • Item #61024692
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    Published Oct 1988 by Marvel.

    X-Terminators (1988) 1N CGC 9.0

    Paper: White

    Newsstand Edition.

    Label #4418462018

    Starts Jul 22

    Newsstand Edition. Story by Louise Simonson. Art by Jon Bogdanove and Al Milgrom. Inferno begins. Part Al Williamson inks. Inferno Cover price $1.00.

  • Item #61024689
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    Published Nov 1988 by Marvel.

    X-Terminators (1988) 2N CGC 9.4

    Paper: White

    Newsstand Edition.

    Label #4418462017

    Starts Jul 22

    Newsstand Edition. Inferno. Story by Louise Simonson. Art and Cover by Jon Bogdanove and Al Milgrom. Cover price $1.00.