Auctions: comic books November 1964

Avengers (1963 1st Series) 10 GD/VG 3.0

Moisture damage.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone. First appearance of Immortus in "The Avengers Break Up!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Dick Ayers; Immortus appears before the Masters of Evil and demands to join them against the Avengers, using his control of the realm of Limbo to summon other powerful people from past ages to help them. Roster: Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Wasp, Giant-Man, and Rick Jones. Villains: the Executioner, the Enchantress, Baron Zemo, and Kang. Letter to the editor from comics artist Gene Day. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Avengers (1963 1st Series) 10 GD+ 2.5

Cover oxidation. Water damage.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone. First appearance of Immortus in "The Avengers Break Up!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Dick Ayers; Immortus appears before the Masters of Evil and demands to join them against the Avengers, using his control of the realm of Limbo to summon other powerful people from past ages to help them. Roster: Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Wasp, Giant-Man, and Rick Jones. Villains: the Executioner, the Enchantress, Baron Zemo, and Kang. Letter to the editor from comics artist Gene Day. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Little Dot's Uncles and Aunts (1961) 11 CGC 9.8

Paper: Off white to white

File Copy

Label #0916240017

Cover by Warren Kremer. Harvey's Little Dot, known for her dot-obsession, also had an infinite number of eccentric relatives with names befitting their quirks. Dot goes to work in the circus of her Uncle Big Topp. In the Netherlands, Dot visits her Uncle Dutch for some Holland days. Uncle Big Topp's Circus; Aunt Gwendolyn; Uncle Dutch; Little Lotta; Richie Rich. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 126 VG- 3.5

First appearance of Dormammu and Clea (named in issue 146). The Human Torch and the Thing face the Thinker and the Puppet Master in "Pawns of the Deadly Duo!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Paul Reinman. Reed Richards and Sue Storm appearances. Doctor Strange stars in "The Domain of the Dread Dormammu!" Script by Lee, art by Steve Ditko. First letters page. Jack Kirby/Chic Stone cover. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 59 VG+ 4.5

Water spotting.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. Iron Man and Captain America double feature begins. The Avengers guest star in the Iron Man story, "The Black Knight," script by Stan Lee, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Chic Stone; Iron Man battles the Black Knight; Wasp, Giant-Man, Captain America, and Thor appear. Part of the story continues in "Captain America," the first Silver Age Captain America solo story, script by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (co-plot), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone; While Cap lounges around Avengers Mansion, thinking about Bucky and his place in the world, a gang of costumed thugs break in intent on stealing any secrets or weapons Stark may have lying about the place, to sell for profit; They figure Cap's "just an acrobat"; Bucky Barnes cameo; First appearance of Jarvis (the Avengers' butler). Letters page begins. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 59 GD+ 2.5

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. Iron Man and Captain America double feature begins. The Avengers guest star in the Iron Man story, "The Black Knight," script by Stan Lee, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Chic Stone; Iron Man battles the Black Knight; Wasp, Giant-Man, Captain America, and Thor appear. Part of the story continues in "Captain America," the first Silver Age Captain America solo story, script by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (co-plot), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone; While Cap lounges around Avengers Mansion, thinking about Bucky and his place in the world, a gang of costumed thugs break in intent on stealing any secrets or weapons Stark may have lying about the place, to sell for profit; They figure Cap's "just an acrobat"; Bucky Barnes cameo; First appearance of Jarvis (the Avengers' butler). Letters page begins. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 59 GD+ 2.5

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. Iron Man and Captain America double feature begins. The Avengers guest star in the Iron Man story, "The Black Knight," script by Stan Lee, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Chic Stone; Iron Man battles the Black Knight; Wasp, Giant-Man, Captain America, and Thor appear. Part of the story continues in "Captain America," the first Silver Age Captain America solo story, script by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (co-plot), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone; While Cap lounges around Avengers Mansion, thinking about Bucky and his place in the world, a gang of costumed thugs break in intent on stealing any secrets or weapons Stark may have lying about the place, to sell for profit; They figure Cap's "just an acrobat"; Bucky Barnes cameo; First appearance of Jarvis (the Avengers' butler). Letters page begins. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Uncanny X-Men (1963 1st Series) 8 VG- 3.5

Water spotting.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone. Unus, the Untouchable!, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone; After being attacked by a mutant hating crowd following his heroic rescue of a young boy, Beast gets fed up with protecting a humanity that fears and hates him and quits the X-Men; He becomes a professional wrestler but meets his match when he battles Unus, a mutant who cannot be touched; Unus is trying to leave show biz and join Magneto's Brotherhood so he takes on the X-Men as an initiation; The X-Men barely fend him off and, returning home, they find the Beast has constructed a machine that will actually increase Unus' powers; Thinking him a traitor, the X-Men try to prevent Hank from using the machine, but, once Unus has been zapped and powered up, he finds that he cannot even eat without the food being repelled out of his hands; Beast returns him to his former power level but with the promise that Unus will steer clear of Magneto. The Beast Special Pin-Up Page, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.