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Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact (1960-Present Dell) Vol. 72 #4 VG+ 4.5

Staple rust.

December 1963. Cover Art by John Schoenherr. Science Fact: "The Nature of the Electric Fluid" by John W. Campbell and "Cracking the Code" by Carl A. Larson. Serial: "Dune World" by Frank Herbert Part 1/1 (this is the first Dune story ever published). Plus several more stories. Cover price $0.50.

Justice League of America (1960 1st Series) 24 VG+ 4.5

Cover art by Murphy Anderson. Decoy Missions of the Justice League, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bernard Sachs; Kanjar Ro gains the ability to split off an aural form of himself and draw off aural forms of the JLA; He leaves his own aural form in his place in jail and uses the aural JLAers to lure their physical forms into traps; Adam Strange learns Kanjar Ro's plot and helps the JLA defeat him. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of Suspense (1959) UK Edition 48UK CBCS 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

U.K. Edition.

Label #16-3B74644-007

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UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Sol Brodsky. Iron Man gets a snazzy new costume in "The Mysterious Mr. Doll!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Steve Ditko, inks by Dick Ayers; Mister Doll uses magic dolls to take over whole companies; Iron Man stops him with the help of a new suit of armor. "The Pact," art by Joe Maneely; An historian writing about the trial and execution of his ancestor for witchcraft interviews the only remaining party concerned in the case: the Devil. "Kraddak," script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by George Roussos (as G. Bell); An alien tells a greedy mine owner that he will be killed in a fall; The mine owner hides at the lowest possible point in his mine. 36 pgs., full color.

Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) 50 GD/VG 3.0

Cover by Jack Kirby and Sol Brodsky. The Human Top!, script by Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirbym, Steve Ditko, and Don Heck; Henry Pym follows the crime spree of the Human Top in the newspapers but the Wasp convinces Henry to go after him as Giant-Man. Mystery Trip text story, art by Joe Maneely; Tommy's uncle returns from a space journey needing to re-learn how to walk on earth instead of floating. The Secret of Sagattus!, script by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, art by Larry Lieber and Matt Fox; A wise king listens only to the advice of a hunchback, causing the jealous nobles to murder the hunchback. No Ending!, script by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, art by Larry Lieber; A dictator is tormented by dreams of running on a treadmill suspended high in the sky. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.