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Amalgam Age of Comics TPB (1996 DC/Marvel) The DC Collection 1-1ST NM

1st printing. Collects Legends of the Dark Claw (1996), Super Soldier (1996), Amazon (1996 Marvel/DC), JLX (1996), Assassins (1996 DC/Marvel Amalgam), and Doctor Strangefate (1996).

Written by John Byrne, D.G. Chichester, Ron Marz, Mark Waid, Gerard Jones, Larry Hama, and Dave Gibbons. Art by John Bynre, Scott McDaniel, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Jim Balent, Howard Porter, and Dave Gibbons. Wraparound cover by Dave Gibbons and Angus McKie.

This volume offers the six DC-published Amalgam titles from 1996!

In a monumental joint partnership between the two biggest companies in the comic book industry, DC Comics and Marvel Comics, the two publishing rivals, worked together to temporarily create new super-heroes based on the amalgamation of their greatest legends. By combining characters such as Batman and Wolverine, they created Dark Claw, a new dark vigilante who borrowed elements and powers from each of the characters' true origins.

Featured in THE AMALGAM AGE OF COMICS: THE DC COMICS COLLECTION are the adventures of these momentary collaborations such as Super Soldier (Captain America and Superman), Amazon (Wonder Woman/Storm) and JLX (Justice League and the X-Men).

Softcover, 160 pages, full color.

Cover price $12.95.

Animal Quackers HC (1996 Gemstone) 1-1ST NM 9.4

1st printing. Includes lithograph signed by Carl Barks - Limited to 1,000 copies. Collection of Carl Barks non-Disney works. Hardcover, 7-1/2" x 9-1/4", 149 pages, full color.

Batman (1940) 528 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Slab: Scuffing on back of case

Direct Edition.

Label #21-22C5E10-022

Cover pencils by Kelley Jones, inks by John Beatty. "Two-Face Part 2: Schismed Faces," script by Doug Moench, pencils by Kelley Jones, inks by John Beatty; Batman must stop a rampage of death when Two-Face's search for an old enemy leads to a disturbing encounter at the circus; Two-Face is obsessed with a two-faced carnival employee. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.95.

Batman and Robin Adventures (1995) 9MULTIPACK CGC 8.0

Paper: White

Multi-Pack Edition

Label #4495386007

Multi-Pack Edition. "Tears!" Written by Ty Templeton. Art by Brandon Kruse and Rick Burchett. When the Daughter of the Demon shows up on campus, there's only one person capable of stopping her - Batgirl! Problem is, Batgirl's not sure she'd agree with that assessment. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $1.75.

Black Angel GN (1996 Verotik) 1-1ST FN- 5.5

1st printing. Written by David Williams. Art by J. Cassone. Cover by Dave Stevens. Black Angel GN (1996) contains eight complete stories from the Golden Age of Comics. The Black Angel is an ebony clad heroine of brass and cunning who fights the tyranny of Nazi Germany. Softcover, 64 pages. Cover price $9.95.

Darkness (1996 1st Series) 1A CGC 9.8 Silvestri

Paper: White

Label #3898215023

Variant blue cover. Cover pencils by Marc Silvestri, inks by Matt Banning (as Batt). "Coming Of Age," script by Garth Ennis, pencils by Marc Silvestri, inks by Matt Banning (as Batt); In New York City, Jackie Estacado is introduced as he stalks an undisclosed person for his "Uncle" Frankie Franchetti; The pair suspect that this man has been cheating the Franchetti Crime Family and decide on a whim that he would be better off dead; Jackie crushes the man with his sports car and shoots him several until he's dead; The Brotherhood of Darkness and a group of Angelus' warriors attack Jackie. "I Hope You've Enjoyed The Darkness" article by Marc Silvestri, pencils by Silvestri; Silvestri describes the making of the series. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.50.

Essential Vertigo Sandman (1996) 1 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4329026006

Reprints Sandman 1. Cover art by Dave McKean. "Sleep of the Just," script by Neil Gaiman, pencils by Sam Kieth, inks by Mike Dringenberg; Roderick Burgess, seeking to trap Death, snares her brother Dream instead; After many years of captivity, Morpheus is released and takes his revenge; 1st app of Morpheus (Modern Age Sandman); Golden Age Sandman Wesley Dodds cameo. See also Books of Magic, Vertigo Jam, and Vertigo Preview. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.95.

Penthouse Comix (1994) 17 VF+ 8.5

November 1996. Milo Manara cover; Reprints Manaras Hidden Camera. Denz, Part 3; Testosterony; Bad Girl: Doles in the House!; Doctor Dare in the Phillipines, Part 3; The Sex Slaves of Mamasaki!; Young Captain Adventure, Part 12; Gotcha!; Milo Manaras Hidden Camera, Part 1; Sense of Modesty; Monkey Jank; Abducted by Aliens, Part 1. Written by Jan Strnad, John Nubbin, Keith Giffen, Milo Manara, Bob Fingerman, George Caragonne, and Eliot Brown. Art by Richard Corben, Sean Shaw, Alfonso Font, Bart Sears, Milo Manara, Bob Fingerman, and John Burns. 8-in. x 10 1/2-in. 80 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $4.95.

Preacher (1995) 13 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #0300289002

Painted cover by Glenn Fabry. Came A Pale Rider (Hunters Part 1), script by Garth Ennis, art by Steve Dillon; Jesus De Sade, the Lord of the Gomorrah People, plans a party, Jesse and Tulip journey to San Francisco to hook up with Cassidy. 36 pgs. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

Sandman (1989 DC/Vertigo) 75REP.2ND CGC 9.8 2nd Printing

Paper: White

Second Printing.

Label #4315150019

Second Printing. The last grains trickle through the glass, a pen is set down, perhaps a soft sigh is heard. And with a strange sense of waking as if from some elusive, intangible dream, one of the most significant, closely followed and highly praised chapters in the history of comics draws to an all-too-soon but triumphant close. THE SANDMAN, Neil Gaiman's critically acclaimed and award-winning series, has consistently challenged and sparked the imagination of readers throughout the world. With compelling, multileveled storytelling and an unprecedented diversity of artistic styles, THE SANDMAN became the flagship title of DC's Vertigo imprint. Now Gaiman's poetic, personal exploration of the human condition and the lives touched by the eerie power of Dream concludes its 7-year run with #75, "The Tempest." Illustrated by Charles Vess (Gaiman's collaborator on the World Fantasy Award-winning "A Midsummer Night's Dream" from #19), "The Tempest" tells the final tale of the Sandman as Morpheus collects the last part of the debt owed to him by William Shakespeare. With dramatic interludes on a mysterious island, along with monsters, sprites, gods, maidens, apparitions and certain observations on English weather, "The Tempest" brings long-promised closure to what Steve Erickson in the Los Angeles Times Magazine described as "the best monthly comic book in the world." THE SANDMAN #75 is an extra-sized issue with a special 4-color, bound-in gatefold poster featuring art from the original cover of THE DOLL'S HOUSE trade paperback by Dave McKean one one side, and a commemorative time-line on the other. The issue also includes 2 'farewell' text pages by Gaiman. Cover by Dave McKean. Suggested for Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.

Sensational Spider-Man (1996 1st Series) 0B CGC 9.8 Lenticular Red Web Variant

Paper: White

Label #4509715022

Limited Edition: 1 of 3,000. Ultimate Commitment, script and pencils by Dan Jurgens, inks by Klaus Janson; Ben Reilly becomes the all-new Spider-Man and gets a job in a coffee shop; plus, the return of Mysterio. Lenticular cover. 52 pgs. $4.95.

Showcase 96 (1996) 3 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #0296159001

1st appearance Birds of Prey. Cover by Gary Frank & John Nyberg. Written by Jordan B. Gorfinkel, Jamie Delano and Scott Ciencin. Art by Jennifer Graves & Stan Woch, Wade Von Grawbadger and Alex Morrissey & Brian Garvey. Black Canary, Oracle and Lois Lane team up to shatter a slavery ring operating in Metropolis, run by a metahuman crimelord, in "Birds of a Feather"! (Note: Very early Birds of Prey story.) Plus, Deadman experiences the terrors of the life...on death row in "Mercy Killing"! And Lightray of the New Gods gets the shock of his immortal life when he finds a church devoted to him on the planet Earth in "Acts of God"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $2.95.

Sonic the Hedgehog (1993 Archie) 39D VF 8.0

Direct Edition. Cover pencils by Pat Spaziante [as Spaz], inks by Harvey Mercadoocasio [as HARVO]. Rage Against The Machine, script by Michael Gallagher, pencils by Pat Spaziante, inks by Brian Thomas; Sonic is ambushed and delivered to Dr. Robotnik, where he's roboticized into Mecha-Sonic. This story continues in Sonic & Knuckles: Mecha Madness #1. 36 pgs. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

Spawn (1992 Image) 53 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4045126006

"The Reckoning!" Written by Todd McFarlane. Art by Todd McFarlane, Greg Capullo and Danny Miki. Cover by Todd McFarlane and Greg Capullo. Al Simmons is returned to his demonic birthplace, the ninth plane of Hell, where is tormented by a demon in the likeness of Wanda. When he realizes that Malebolgia has tricked him, he angrily destroys the demon and passes another of Malebolgia's tests. Malebolgia then enlightens Al as to his puppeted position when he again tries to bargain his soul to leave Wanda alone. The Malebolgia reminds him that he already owns him, but agrees to leave Wanda alone in exchange for Al's loyalty and servitude. As agreed, Spawn enters Terry's dreams where he jerks awake in sudden realization that Al is Cover price $1.95.

Star Wars Dark Empire Preview (1996) 1 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4500670024

Star Wars Dark Empire Preview (1996) 1 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4500670023

Uncanny X-Men (1963 1st Series) 333 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4489329015

Cover by Lee Weeks and Tim Townsend. The Other Shoe..., script by Scott Lobdell, pencils by Pascual Ferry, inks by Tim Townsend, Rob Hunter, Mark Morales, and Chad Hunt; Kelly warns Cyclops about Operation Zero Tolerance; Jean and Gambit break into the Pentagon and run across Bastion. Continued in X-Men (Marvel, 1991 series) #53 and X-Force (Marvel, 1991 series) #55. 36 pgs., full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

Witchblade (1995) 10C CGC 9.8 Silvestri Gold Variant

Paper: White

Darkness #0 Gold Foil Variant

Label #2708166005

Special Gold Edition. 1st appearance of Darkness. Cover price $2.50.

X-Men (1991 1st Series) 54PRISM CGC 9.4 Prism Foil Variant

Paper: White

Special Collector's Edition Has No COA

Label #4498591022

Prismatic Etched Hologram Cover with Marvel Comics Certificate of Authenticity. Limited to 7500 copies. Onslaught's identity is revealed in Onslaught part 4: "Inquiring Minds." Script by Mark Waid, pencils by Andy Kubert, inks by Dan Panosian. The story continues in Uncanny X-Men 335.