Auctions: comic books March 1971

Avengers (1963 1st Series) 86 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4308216017

"Brain-Child to the Dark Tower Came" Part 2 of 2. Script by Roy Thomas. Pencils by Sal Buscema. Inks by Jim Mooney. Cover by John Buscema and Jim Mooney. The Avengers and Nighthawk race to Atomic City (of Earth-712) to halt the launch of Brain-Child's doomsday rocket! However three members of the Squadron Supreme are currently guarding the launch site to ensure a safe liftoff! Fortunately after Wanda stops the launch, Nighthawk is able to explain to his teammates the dire situation! And Hyperion, Doctor Spectrum, and the Whizzer agree to join the assault on Brain-Child's tower fortress! Can the eight heroes (from two different Earths) bring the child prodigy's delusional dreams to an end? Goliath will lead the charge! Avengers Lineup: Black Panther, Goliath, Iron Man, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Thor, and the Vision. (Notes: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the Squadron Supreme meet again in Avengers 141, but as adversaries instead of allies. Len Wein contributed to the plot of this two-part story. Theletters page includes a letter from comics writer Mike W. Barr. This issue contains a statement of ownership: average print run 385,239; average paid circulation 217,394.) 36 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Captain America (1968 1st Series) 135 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4715512018

Cover by John Romita. "More Monster Than Man!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Tom Palmer (Palmer is generally acknowledged as Colan's best inker, but this is his only work with Colan on Cap); Captain America takes Falcon to SHIELD headquarters to meet Nick Fury; Falcon battles Dum-Dum Dugan in the gym; Cap tries to talk to Sharon, but she brushes him off, citing the new Project Earth-Dig; Cap and the Falcon battle Dr. Erik Gorbo, a SHIELD scientist who has gone on a crime spree after turning himself into a monster ape. Missive from letter hack Guy Lilliam III. 36 pgs., full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Captain America (1968 1st Series) 135 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4715512017

Cover by John Romita. "More Monster Than Man!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Tom Palmer (Palmer is generally acknowledged as Colan's best inker, but this is his only work with Colan on Cap); Captain America takes Falcon to SHIELD headquarters to meet Nick Fury; Falcon battles Dum-Dum Dugan in the gym; Cap tries to talk to Sharon, but she brushes him off, citing the new Project Earth-Dig; Cap and the Falcon battle Dr. Erik Gorbo, a SHIELD scientist who has gone on a crime spree after turning himself into a monster ape. Missive from letter hack Guy Lilliam III. 36 pgs., full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Captain America (1968 1st Series) 135 VG+ 4.5

Centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.

Cover by John Romita. "More Monster Than Man!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Tom Palmer (Palmer is generally acknowledged as Colan's best inker, but this is his only work with Colan on Cap); Captain America takes Falcon to SHIELD headquarters to meet Nick Fury; Falcon battles Dum-Dum Dugan in the gym; Cap tries to talk to Sharon, but she brushes him off, citing the new Project Earth-Dig; Cap and the Falcon battle Dr. Erik Gorbo, a SHIELD scientist who has gone on a crime spree after turning himself into a monster ape. Missive from letter hack Guy Lilliam III. 36 pgs., full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Creatures on the Loose (1971) 10 VG 4.0

Series formerly "Tower of Shadows." Written by Roy Thomas. Art by by Berni Wrightson (adapted from the Robert E. Howard story). Cover by Marie Severin. New story: first full comic book appearance of King Kull in "The Skull of Silence; Kull's arrogance leads to the release of an ancient menace that he barely is able to defeat. Art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. Reprint"Trull the Unhuman!"; The mental essence of an alien bent on global conquest takes over a steam shovel and is defeated by an elephant. 36 pages, full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Daredevil (1964 1st Series) 74 VG/FN 5.0

Cover oxidation.

First appearance of the Smasher. Cover pencils by Marie Severin, inks by Herb Trimpe. In the Country of the Blind!, script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Syd Shores; Foggy shows up at Matt's doorstep completely blind and the two discover that many in New York have been struck with the malady; DD gets a group of genuine blind folks to help him take down the Smasher and his gang who have caused the sightless problem. Letter to the editor from comics writer Bob Rozakis. The letters page also contains a statement of ownership--average print run 385,433; average paid circulation 212,935. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

House of Secrets (1956 1st Series) 90 FR/GD 1.5

Cover art by Neal Adams. "The Distant Dome," script by Steve Skeates, art by George Tuska; In the future, the remaining humans that live on Earth survive under domes due to pollution. "The Symbionts," script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Rich Buckler, inks by Neal Adams; A man is left on a prison planet for ten years and when his sentence is up the computer that was assigned to keep him alive tells him it loves him and doesn't want to let him go; Since the men who have come to pick him up have brought a female prisoner to leave behind, the computer absorbs the man and adopts his personality to care for the woman. "Jedediah," script by Mike Friedrich, art by Gray Morrow; A prophet of God feels the call to preach on a planet that has no fear of death, but when he arrives he is told no one will listen to him since they discovered a substance they call Char-ite which they mine; The prophet wishes to see the mines and is warned they are dangerous, but he disregards the warning; When he enters the mine, a blast is set off and he is killed, but finds himself conversing with one of the locals. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Ka-Zar (1970 1st Series) 3 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4745258016

Final issue of the series. 64-page squarebound giant. Reprints: "The Coming of Ka-Zar" (from Amazing Spider-Man 57) and "If This Be Justice" (from Daredevil 14). New Angel (X-Men) back-up story: "In the Den of the Dazzler!" (script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by George Tuska, inks by Dick Ayers). The story continues from the previous issue and concludes in Marvel Tales 30. Marie Severin/Sal Buscema cover. Cover price $0.25.

Something Else (1971) Vol. 1 #2 VG+ 4.5

Was ring binder punched when published (the punch holes are not a defect).

Volume 1 , Issue 2 - March, 1971. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.