Auctions: comic books September 1964

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 16 CBCS 4.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #19-260C190-005

Cover art by Steve Ditko. Duel with Daredevil, script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; When the Circus of Crime comes to town, they advertise that Spider-Man will be appearing in an attempt to fill the big top before they rob it; Spider-Man sees the advertisements and decides he will show up; He is hypnotized along with the rest of the audience, but unfortunately for the Circus of Crime, the Daredevil is in attendance and immune to the Ringmaster's hat. Reprinted in Marvel Tales # 11 and 154. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Avengers (1963 1st Series) 8 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #3812658001

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. Kang, The Conqueror!, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta cover; Kang appears and demands to be made ruler of the Earth; The Avengers attempt to stop him, but it comes down to Wasp and the Teen Brigade to slow Kang long enough for the rest of the Avengers to free themselves and put an end to Kang's threat. Roster: Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Wasp, Giant-Man, and Rick Jones. First appearance of Kang. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Justice League of America (1960 1st Series) 30 CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Label #4593405009

Cover pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Murphy Anderson. The Most Dangerous Earth of All, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bernard Sachs; The JSA is tricked into being transported to an interdimensional prison by the Crime Syndicate (using the same word 'Volthoom' that captured the JLA last issue), so the JLA must battle the Crime Syndicate on Earth-2; The JLA then gets the Syndicate to over-exert themselves, imprisons them between the dimensions, and later frees the JSA from their dimensional trap set by the Syndicate to destroy the earths should they have lost vs. both teams. Rocky and Bullwinkle star in a one-page Cheerios ad. 32 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 57 GD- 1.8 (R)

Trimmed

TRIMMED. Tape on interior cover. Water damage. Staples added (not manufacturing).

Cover by Don Heck. First appearance of Hawkeye in "Hawkeye, the Marksman!", script by Stan Lee, art by Don Heck; A carnival marksman tries to become a super-hero, but after a misunderstanding with the police he falls in with the Black Widow; Hawkeye attacks Iron Man at the Widow's request, but when he accidentally injures his partner in the fight he flees to get her to safety. "The Runner" text story. "The Watcher's Power!", script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by George Roussos (as George Bell); Space Pirates plan to attack a rich planet, thinking the Watcher will not interfere; They are destroyed because they unknowingly targeted the Watcher's home world, the one planet that he can interfere with. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.