Auctions: comic books 1997

Bettie Page Comics Spicy Adventure (1997) 1 FN/VF 7.0

Story and art by Jim Silke. It's New York, 1951. Midnight. Malay pirates abduct a high-heeled, molten mama and transport her to the 25th century, where she lands on a jungle-infested planet. There, everybody wants to enslave her. It's more than any normal girl could take, but she's Bettie Page, and with a wink, the snap of her hips, a handgun, several changes of costume, and no clothes at all, she fights back. FC. Cover price $2.95.

Incredible Hulk (1962 Marvel 1st Series) 449 CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Label #4574618002

Direct Edition. Cover by Mike Deodato Jr. It's the first appearance of the Thunderbolts in the aptly-titled "Introducing the Thunderbolts," script by Peter David, pencils by Mike Deodato Jr., inks by Tom Wegrzyn; Hulk and Janis are attacked by the Thunderbolts; Hulk is hurt during the fight, and breaks the wall of a dam to switch their attention onto saving citizen lives; At the end of the issue we see the Hulk falling on his knees, grabbing his chest. Characters: Hulk (Bruce Banner); Thunderbolts (Citizen V; Mach-1; Songbird; Techno; Atlas; Meteorite) ; Janis Jones. 36 pgs., full color. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

Lobo Mask (1997) 1 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4731159024

DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics present an absolutely hilarious team-up! Lobo's Alan Grant is joined by The Mask's John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke as they take the wackiest pair in all of comics to new heights of frag-all frivolity and zany adventure. In issue #1, bounty huntin' Lobo tracks down The Ultimate Bastich, a guy who looks like a really, really evil version of The Mask. When the trail leads the Main Man to Earth, the mask has been donned by a small time thug named Ira, resulting in a chaotic fight that completely destroys New York City. And that's just the set-up. Written by Alan Grant and John Arcudi. Art by Doug Mahnke and Keith Williams. Cover by Doug Mahnke. FC, 48 pg. Prestige Format. Cover price $5.95.

Marvel Super Comics (Japanese 1994 Shogakukan) 32 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Japan.

Label #4581000013

Japanese Reprint Series. "Marvel X No. 9". Reprints from a variety of Marvel titles. Reprints Material from X-Men (1991 1st Series) #41, Generation X (1994) #4, Wolverine (1988 1st Series) #90, and Cable (1993 1st Series) #20. Double gatefold wrap. Squarebound. Japanese Language.

Marvel Super Comics (Japanese 1994 Shogakukan) 34 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Japan.

Label #4581000009

Japanese Reprint Series. "Marvel X No. 11". Reprints from a variety of Marvel titles. Reprints Material from Uncanny X-Men (1963 1st Series) #131-132, Daredevil Love and War GN (1986 Marvel Graphic Novel), and Amazing Spider-Man #304-305. Also features an interview with Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. Cover by Todd McFarlane. Squarebound. Japanese Language.

Marvel Super Comics (Japanese 1994 Shogakukan) 35 CGC 8.5

Paper: White

Japan.

Label #4581000016

Japanese Reprint Series. "Marvel X No. 12". Reprints from a variety of Marvel titles. Reprints Material from Uncanny X-Men (1963 1st Series) #133-134, Daredevil Love and War GN (1986 Marvel Graphic Novel), and Amazing Spider-Man #306-307. Also features an interview with Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. Cover by Todd McFarlane. Squarebound. Japanese Language.

Marvel Super Comics (Japanese 1994 Shogakukan) 37 CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Japan.

Label #4581000015

Japanese Reprint Series. "Marvel X No. 13". Reprints from a variety of Marvel titles. Reprints Material from Uncanny X-Men (1963 1st Series) #135-136, Daredevil Love and War GN (1986 Marvel Graphic Novel), and Amazing Spider-Man #308-309. Also features an interview with Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. Squarebound. Japanese Language.

Marvel Super Comics (Japanese 1994 Shogakukan) 39 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Japan.

Label #4581000010

Japanese Reprint Series. "Marvel X No. 15". Reprints from a variety of Marvel titles. Reprints Material from Thor #338, Tales of Suspense #39, Amazing Spider-Man #314, and Excalibur Mojo Mayhem (1989). Also features an interview with Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. Squarebound. Japanese Language.

Maxx (1993) 31 FN- 5.5

Written by Sam Kieth. Art by Sam Kieth and Jim Sinclair. Cover by Sam Kieth. Untitled story; Dave smashes through the closet door, wherein is revealed a giant, or a giant exploding fairy, or a giant football (depending on whom you ask); Julie tells Dave a story about Megan, a teenage girl who tried to find a comfortable place to escape from a world that didn't understand her; surprisingly, the giant speaks with Sara's voice. 36 pgs., full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

Maxx (1993) 32 VG/FN 5.0

Written by Sam Kieth. Art by Sam Kieth and Jim Sinclair. Cover by Sam Kieth. Untitled story; Artie brings Glorie, and the reader relives her past, when she worked in Reno at a casino hotel; she catches a con artist who says he knew her dad; a man named Eddie steals money from the casino while forcing her to look away. 36 pgs., full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

Playboy Magazine (1953-Present HMH Publishing) Vol. 44 #5 CGC 8.5

Paper: White

Label #4729795002

MATURE READERS. The world's longest running men's magazine, featuring advice columns, pictorials, illustrations and humor. In this issue: Music & Supermodels - Claudia, Cindy and Friends; Saul Bellow - A Playboy Interview; It's 007 in '97 - Part Two of the New James Bond; Donald Trump - Richer Than Ever and Back on Top; Four Sisters, Oh Brother - Those Amazing Morrell Girls; Is He from Mars? - Shocking Advice for Women from John Gray; and Music Poll Results. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., PC/PB&W. Cover price $4.95.

Playboy Magazine (1953-Present HMH Publishing) Vol. 44 #8 CGC 8.5

Paper: White

Label #4729795003

MATURE READERS. The world's longest running men's magazine, featuring advice columns, pictorials, illustrations and humor. In this issue: Biker Babes - Talk About Hog Heaven; Bill Maher - A Politically Incorrect Interview; Mars - The Hottest Ticket in Space; and London Cool - It's Hip and It's Hot. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., PC/PB&W. Cover price $4.95.

Playboy Magazine (1953-Present HMH Publishing) Vol. 44 #10 CGC 8.0

Paper: White

Label #4729795004

MATURE READERS. The world's longest running men's magazine, featuring advice columns, pictorials, illustrations and humor. In this college blowout issue: Girls of the Big 10; Tommy Hilfiger Interview; The 100 Best College Bars; Kiss-and-Tell Co-Eds; Playboy's Pigskin Preview; Music Poll '97; Students, Profs and Sex; and 20 Questions with Tea Leoni. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., PC/PB&W.

Playboy Magazine (1953-Present HMH Publishing) Vol. 44 #12 CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Label #4729795005

MATURE READERS. The world's longest running men's magazine, featuring advice columns, pictorials, illustrations and humor. In this gala Christmas issue: Miss Canada Scores a Knockout; King of the Hill Goes to the Mansion; 20 Questions with Chris Rock; Robert Downey Jr. Interview - It Doesn't Get Any Wilder Than This; Alternative Medicine Guru Andrew Weil on Men and Health; College Basketball Preview; Sex Stars of 1997; Kurt Vonnegut's Last Novel; A Short History of the Bra; and more. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., PC/PB&W.

Toy Review (1992 Lee's) 56 FN- 5.5

Staple rust.

In this issue: TRU's exclusive Death Star Escape 3-Pack! Plus: McFarlane Toys' Monsters; Full Moon's Puppet Master figures; Skybolt's 'Sinthia'; 12" Star Wars exclusives; Bandai America's official MLS figures; and M.A.C.'s newest Chaos! comic femme fatale. Cover features figures of Chewbacca, Han Solo and Luke Skywalker (with the latter two as stormtroopers). Cover price $4.95.

Weird (1997 Magazine) 1 VG 4.0

Formerly 100% True?, Paradox Press's Factoid magazine continues reprinting unusual-but-true tales from the Eisner Award-winning Big Books. Special "Politics-as-Unusual" issue: We blow the lid off the JFK cover-up; Lee Harvery Oswald - how many of him were there?; Lincoln/Kennedy - coincidence...or conspiracy?; fifty ways to kill Castro; the woman who died for JFK; the secret society that controls practically everything. Written and illustrated by various. B&W, 48 pg. Magazine Format. Cover price $2.99.

X-Files Season One Deep Throat (1997) 1B.WIZ.SIGNED NM- 9.2

Variant Cover. Wizard Signed Edition. Signed by actor Jerry Hardin. Includes Wizard Certificate of Authenticity.