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    Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 105 CGC 8.0

    1st app. Spider Slayer

    Paper: White

    Label #4398081023

    Ends Feb 3 6:15 PM CST
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    "The Spider Slayer!" Part 1 of 3. Script by Stan Lee. Pencils by Gil Kane. Inks by Frank Giacoia. Cover by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia. Harry Osborn is out of the hospital after receiving treatment for his drug addiction. And to welcome Harry back to his apartment, Peter and Aunt May throw a party for him! Many of Harry's friends attend including Gwen, Mary Jane, and Flash Thompson -- plus Harry's father Norman. Meanwhile, J. Jonah Jameson meets with Spencer Smythe across town. Is Professor Smythe cooking up another spider slayer? Yes he is! And right at dusk the new and improved spider slayer attacks the web-slinger! Will this spider slayer live up to its name? Cameo appearances by Joe Robertson and Randy Robertson. (Notes: This issue is the first appearance of the spider slayer robot -- shaped like an actual spider. Spencer Smythe previously appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #58. This story was reprinted in Marvel Tales #84.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.20.

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    Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 105 CGC 5.0

    1st app. Spider Slayer

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4030889013

    Ends Feb 3 6:16 PM CST
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    "The Spider Slayer!" Part 1 of 3. Script by Stan Lee. Pencils by Gil Kane. Inks by Frank Giacoia. Cover by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia. Harry Osborn is out of the hospital after receiving treatment for his drug addiction. And to welcome Harry back to his apartment, Peter and Aunt May throw a party for him! Many of Harry's friends attend including Gwen, Mary Jane, and Flash Thompson -- plus Harry's father Norman. Meanwhile, J. Jonah Jameson meets with Spencer Smythe across town. Is Professor Smythe cooking up another spider slayer? Yes he is! And right at dusk the new and improved spider slayer attacks the web-slinger! Will this spider slayer live up to its name? Cameo appearances by Joe Robertson and Randy Robertson. (Notes: This issue is the first appearance of the spider slayer robot -- shaped like an actual spider. Spencer Smythe previously appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #58. This story was reprinted in Marvel Tales #84.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #62323779
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    Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 105 VG/FN 5.0

    1st app. Spider Slayer
    Starts Feb 3

    "The Spider Slayer!" Part 1 of 3. Script by Stan Lee. Pencils by Gil Kane. Inks by Frank Giacoia. Cover by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia. Harry Osborn is out of the hospital after receiving treatment for his drug addiction. And to welcome Harry back to his apartment, Peter and Aunt May throw a party for him! Many of Harry's friends attend including Gwen, Mary Jane, and Flash Thompson -- plus Harry's father Norman. Meanwhile, J. Jonah Jameson meets with Spencer Smythe across town. Is Professor Smythe cooking up another spider slayer? Yes he is! And right at dusk the new and improved spider slayer attacks the web-slinger! Will this spider slayer live up to its name? Cameo appearances by Joe Robertson and Randy Robertson. (Notes: This issue is the first appearance of the spider slayer robot -- shaped like an actual spider. Spencer Smythe previously appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #58. This story was reprinted in Marvel Tales #84.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #62323574
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    Avengers (1963 1st Series) 96 VF- 7.5

    Starts Feb 10

    "The Andromeda Swarm!" Part 8 of 9. Guest-starring Captain Marvel. Script by Roy Thomas. Pencils by Neal Adams. Inks by Tom Palmer. Cover by Neal Adams and Tom Palmer. Finally, the Avengers blast off into outer space to take the fight to the Kree and the Skrulls! On the edge of the Andromeda Galaxy, Earth's Mightiest Heroes engage the awesome Skrull armada! Cap, Shell-Head, Thor, and the Vision attack the armada's flagship hoping to turn back the entire fleet! During the ferocious battle inside, the Avengers hear about the Skrulls' secret plan to destroy the Earth! And as shown on the dynamic cover, an enraged Vision will do whatever it takes to uncover the devious plan (and rescue the Scarlet Witch)! Meanwhile on Hala, the Kree home planet; the power struggle between the Supreme Intelligence and Ronan the Accuser quietly rages behind the scenes...with Rick Jones caught in the middle! Cameo appearances by Nick Fury and Annihilus. Avengers Lineup: Captain America, Goliath, Iron Man, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Thor, and the Vision. 32 pages. Cover price $0.20.

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    Green Lantern (1960 2nd Series DC) 88 FN+ 6.5

    Starts Feb 3

    Giant-size issue. Neal Adams cover and one interior page (the pencilled version of the cover of Green Lantern 89). The rest of the issue contains reprints: "Summons From Space!" with script by John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella (from Showcase 23); "The Origin of Green Lantern's Oath!" with script by Broome, pencils by Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson; and the Golden Age Green Lantern in "The Menace of the Marching Toys!" with pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Bernard Sachs (from a 1949 issue of the original Green Lantern series). Letter to the editor from comic writer Martin Pasko and writer Dwight Decker. Cover price $0.25.

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    Marvel Spotlight (1971 1st Series) 2 CGC 6.0

    1st app. and origin Werewolf by Night

    Paper: Off white

    Label #4137212002

    Starts Apr 5

    52-page giant. Origin and first appearance of Werewolf By Night. Cover pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Tom Palmer. First Night, script by Roy Thomas (plot); Jean Thomas (plot), and Gerry Conway (script), art by Mike Ploog; Jack learns of the family curse on his eighteenth birthday from his mother on her deathbead; Jack begins to believe that his step-father had his mother killed. House ad for Venus, art by Bill Everett. Where Gargoyles Dwell! starring Venus, script and art by Bill Everett. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

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    Marvel Spotlight (1971 1st Series) 2 VG 4.0

    1st app. and origin Werewolf by Night

    1" cumulative spine split.

    Starts Apr 5

    52-page giant. Origin and first appearance of Werewolf By Night. Cover pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Tom Palmer. First Night, script by Roy Thomas (plot); Jean Thomas (plot), and Gerry Conway (script), art by Mike Ploog; Jack learns of the family curse on his eighteenth birthday from his mother on her deathbead; Jack begins to believe that his step-father had his mother killed. House ad for Venus, art by Bill Everett. Where Gargoyles Dwell! starring Venus, script and art by Bill Everett. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.