Auctions: comic books February 1964

Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) 23 GD/VG 3.0

1st appearance of the Terrible Trio - Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Roussos. The Master Plan of Doctor Doom!, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Roussos [as George Bell]; Doctor Doom recruits three criminals to help him destroy the Fantastic Four. 32 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Fantastico (Mexican 1954-1966 Editora Sol) 110 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white

Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s)

Mexico.

Label #3858191009

Mexican Series. Stories by Al Feldstein, Bill Gaines, Ray Bradbury, and Jerry DeFuccio. Art by Wally Wood, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Roy Krenkel, Bill Elder, and Joe Orlando. Contains stories from Weird Science (1950 E.C.) #19. 7-in x 10.25-in, 36 Pages, Full Color, Spanish Language

Peanuts (1963 Gold Key) 4 FN- 5.5

Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) 52 VG+ 4.5

Cover by Jack Kirby and Sol Brodsky. The Black Knight Strikes!, script by Stan Lee, art by Dick Ayers; After being arrested for treason by Giant-Man, Professor Garrett flees to Europe where he manipulate the genes of horses and eagles to create a winged horse. X-Men #3 ad, art by Jack Kirby and Sol Brodsky. Avengers #3 ad, art by Jack Kirby and Paul Reinman. Not What They Seem!, script by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, art by Larry Lieber and George Roussos [as G. Bell]; The Wasp tells the tale of prison escapees who try to avoid a planet with a trap, but are doomed when they take the wrong side in a battle of the sexes. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Thor (1962 Marvel 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 101 PR 0.5

Interior complete. Full length spine split.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Roussos. The Avengers (Iron Man, Giant-Man, and the Wasp) guest appear in "The Return of Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Roussos (as G. Bell); Loki convinces Odin to reduce Thor's power in punishment for loving Jane Foster, and then restores the memory of the Tomorrow Man so that he can come back in time and defeat Thor; He builds a powerful robot, and when Thor cannot defeat it he agrees to help the Tomorrow Man conquer the 23rd century; Jane Foster appearance; Heimdall cameo. "The Flying Saucer That Was" text story. "The Enemies!", script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by Matt Fox; The barbaric Vulcans plan to invade the world of the pacifist Idylicans; Instead of fighting, the Idylicans abandon their world, altering the gravity of their world to trap the invaders, and settling the Vulcan's abandoned homes as their own. "Tales of Asgard" back-up: "The Invasion of Asgard," script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Roussos (as G. Bell); Loki makes a hole in Asgard's defenses and lures Thor there to face an attack alone; Thor holds off the enemies of Asgard until help arrives. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.