Web of Spider-Man (1985 1st Series) comic books graded by CGC

Web of Spider-Man (1985 1st Series) 1D CGC 9.6 Vess Direct Variant

Paper: White

Label #4728755017

Direct Edition. "Til Death Do Us Part!" Story by Louise Simonson. Art by Greg LaRocque and Jim Mooney. Painted cover by Charles Vess. The alien symbiote (aka black costume) ambushes Peter Parker while he is getting dressed. Now Spider-Man must battle the black costume and the new Vulturions on his way to the Baxter Building! Meanwhile, Aunt May laments Peter's decision to drop out of graduate school. (Note: The Web of Spiderman series essentially replaced the Marvel Team-Up title as Marvel's third regular series featuring Spider-Man.) 32 pages Cover price $0.65.

Web of Spider-Man (1985 1st Series) 1N CGC 5.0 Vess Newsstand Variant

Paper: Off white to white

Newsstand Edition.

Label #4662184003

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Newsstand Edition. "Til Death Do Us Part!" Story by Louise Simonson. Art by Greg LaRocque and Jim Mooney. Painted cover by Charles Vess. The alien symbiote (aka black costume) ambushes Peter Parker while he is getting dressed. Now Spider-Man must battle the black costume and the new Vulturions on his way to the Baxter Building! Meanwhile, Aunt May laments Peter's decision to drop out of graduate school. (Note: The Web of Spiderman series essentially replaced the Marvel Team-Up title as Marvel's third regular series featuring Spider-Man.) 32 pages Cover price $0.65.

Web of Spider-Man (1985 1st Series) 13N CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition.

Label #4705638015

Newsstand Edition. "Point of View" Story by Peter David. Art by Mike Harris and Kyle Baker. Cover by Mark Beachum and Josef Rubinstein. J. Jonah Jameson spins a minor auto-pedestrian accident into another major anti-Spider-Man campaign. The web-slinger has had enough, and a powerful confrontation between Spider-Man and Jonah takes place! 32 pages $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Web of Spider-Man (1985 1st Series) 16N CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition.

Label #4710006008

Newsstand Edition. "Underworld!" Story by David Michelinie. Art by Marc Silvestri and Kyle Baker. Cover by Mark Beachum and Josef Rubinstein. J. Jonah Jameson sends Peter Parker and Bugle reporter Joy Mercado to Temple Corners, Virginia, to investigate possible civil unrest over a major factory closing. Upon arriving in town, the duo is attacked and kidnapped by mysterious gun men and taken to an underground complex in the Appalachian Mountains. 32 pages Cover price $0.75.

Web of Spider-Man (1985 1st Series) 25N CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition.

Label #4734839012

Newsstand Edition. "Beware the Stalker from the Stars!" Story by Larry Leiber. Art by Larry Leiber and Vince Colletta. Cover by Larry Leiber and Al Milgrom. The Amazing Spider-Man finds himself in the middle of a battle between two powerful aliens! The bad alien, Xanja, is attempting to recover an awesome cosmic weapon, the cosmultigizer, that accidentally crash landed on Earth. The good alien, Vaalu, is trying to prevent the weapon from falling into evil hands. (Note: The letters page contains a statement of ownership: average print run 460,676; average paid circulation 264,225.) 32 pages Cover price $0.75.

Web of Spider-Man (1985 1st Series) 25N CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition.

Label #4729838004

Newsstand Edition. "Beware the Stalker from the Stars!" Story by Larry Leiber. Art by Larry Leiber and Vince Colletta. Cover by Larry Leiber and Al Milgrom. The Amazing Spider-Man finds himself in the middle of a battle between two powerful aliens! The bad alien, Xanja, is attempting to recover an awesome cosmic weapon, the cosmultigizer, that accidentally crash landed on Earth. The good alien, Vaalu, is trying to prevent the weapon from falling into evil hands. (Note: The letters page contains a statement of ownership: average print run 460,676; average paid circulation 264,225.) 32 pages Cover price $0.75.

Web of Spider-Man (1985 1st Series) 39 CGC 8.5

Paper: White

Label #4729837023

Direct Edition. "Petty Crimes" Story by Fabian Nicieza. Art by Alex Saviuk and Keith Williams. Cover by Tom Morgan and Mike Esposito. A thief has stolen the engagement ring that Nathan Lubensky was planning to give Aunt May. Now Spider-Man will try to catch the thief and recover the ring! First $1.00 issue. (Note: The letters page contains a statement of ownership: average print run 437,255; average paid circulation 242,875.) 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.

Web of Spider-Man (1985 1st Series) 110N CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition.

Label #4739396014

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Newsstand Edition. "Final Sanction" Part 2 of 3. Script by Terry Kavanagh. Pencils by Alex Saviuk. Inks by Stephen Baskerville. Cover by Alex Saviuk and Stephen Baskerville. The Lizard is on the loose! And leaving a cross-country trail of death and destruction in his wake! Where is Doc Connors' alter-ego going after escaping from the Vault? Where else? His old stomping ground in the Florida Everglades! Meanwhile, federal authorities hire a bounty hunter to trap and kill the Lizard! And the mercenary plans to deviously use Martha and Billy Connors as the bait! But that's not an acceptable solution for your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! First appearance of Warrant. Cameo appearances by Calypso and Dr. Kafka. (Note: This issue features a full-page ad for Venom: The Enemy Within Limited Series.) 32 pages Cover price $1.25.

Web of Spider-Man (1985 1st Series) 118D CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Label #4249996008

First Printing. Direct Edition. First appearance of the Scarlet Spider (aka Ben Reilly) in The Exile Returns Part 1 of 4. "Memories" Guest-starring Venom. Script by Terry Kavanagh. Art by Steven Butler (breakdowns) and Randy Emberlin (finishes). Cover by Steven Butler. Plot continues from Spectacular Spider-Man 217. Ben Reilly (aka the Spider-Clone) wanders around Manhattan trying to bury the memories of his (and Peter Parker's) past. However Ben knows that with great power comes great responsibility. So he crafts a different -- yet similar -- superhero identity to fight crime. Meanwhile, Venom is back in town and wreaking havoc on the Upper East Side. But the Scarlet Spider vows to stop him! Story continues in Spider-Man (1990) #52. Cameo appearances by Aunt May, Anna Watson, Betty Brant, and Ken Ellis. 32 pages. Cover price $1.50.