Auctions: comic books July 1970

Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC) 90 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4745072002

Cover by Neal Adams. "You Only Die Twice!", script by Bob Haney, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; After a near death experience, Batman is visited by Adam Strange, who explains to him that after a freak accident involving the Zeta-Beam, Adam was transported to Earth sometime in the future and found Batman's obituary; However, as Adam grabbed for the newspaper, he was transported back to modern day Rann, only taking part of the obituary with him, so that the year of Batman's death is unknown; Giving this information to Batman leads the caped crusader to become paranoid of his coming demise, and leaves Earth with Adam Strange in the middle of solving a crime involving a contracting scheme and contractor Mike Morrison. However, when viewing Gotham City via a machine on Rann, Batman observes Alfred being taken hostage by the mob over gambling debts. Also features a one-page text article titled "The Greatest Heroes of Them All," the fourth in a series recounting the heroes who previously appeared in Brave and Bold. This article covers the appearances of Green Lantern, Eclipso, Flash, Metamorpho, Hawkman, Green Arrow, the Metal Men, Plastic Man, the Atom, Batgirl, and Wonder Woman. One-page horror story, "Spirit in the Séance," script by Murray Boltinoff, pencils by George Tuska, inks by George Tuska. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Captain America (1968 1st Series) 127 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4715512009

Cover pencils by Marie Severin, inks by Joe Sinnott. "Who Calls Me Traitor?", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Wally Wood (his only work on the title, and the results are striking!); At SHIELD headquarters, Nick Fury tests the new protecto-suit designed by Dr. Ryder; AIM attacks Fury and his SHIELD agents, who have developed a way to nullify the protecto-suits; Ryder convinces Fury that Cap is suspected of betraying SHIELD; Fury has Tony Stark build X-4, an android that can test Cap to assure Fury that he is not an imposter; X-4 attacks Cap; Sharon outs Ryder as a traitor. Brief appearance by Joe Robertson (from Spider-Man). Letter from DCs Neal Pozner. 36 pgs., full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Captain America (1968 1st Series) 127 VG+ 4.5

Cover pencils by Marie Severin, inks by Joe Sinnott. "Who Calls Me Traitor?", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Wally Wood (his only work on the title, and the results are striking!); At SHIELD headquarters, Nick Fury tests the new protecto-suit designed by Dr. Ryder; AIM attacks Fury and his SHIELD agents, who have developed a way to nullify the protecto-suits; Ryder convinces Fury that Cap is suspected of betraying SHIELD; Fury has Tony Stark build X-4, an android that can test Cap to assure Fury that he is not an imposter; X-4 attacks Cap; Sharon outs Ryder as a traitor. Brief appearance by Joe Robertson (from Spider-Man). Letter from DCs Neal Pozner. 36 pgs., full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Our Fighting Forces (1954) 125 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4207213015

36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.