Auctions: comic books June 1972

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 109 CGC 9.2

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4170844009

"Enter: Dr. Strange!" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring Doctor Strange. Script by Stan Lee. Pencils by John Romita. Inks by John Romita and Tony Mortellaro (backgrounds). Cover by John Romita. The web-slinger frantically swings through the city trying to pick up a signal from his spider tracer! The amazing one tossed the tracer on the tall man who abducted Flash last issue. So, find the tracer...find Flash! But instead, Spider-Man picks up a message from the Master of the Mystic Arts! Somehow Dr. Strange knows were Flash has been taken. The duo rushes to the location, and the battle to rescue Flash begins! Cameo appearances by Gwen Stacy, Harry Osborn, Aunt May, and Sha Shan. (Notes: Spider-Man and Dr. Strange meet again in Marvel Team-Up #21. This story was reprinted in Marvel Tales #88.) 36 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 109 FN 6.0

"Enter: Dr. Strange!" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring Doctor Strange. Script by Stan Lee. Pencils by John Romita. Inks by John Romita and Tony Mortellaro (backgrounds). Cover by John Romita. The web-slinger frantically swings through the city trying to pick up a signal from his spider tracer! The amazing one tossed the tracer on the tall man who abducted Flash last issue. So, find the tracer...find Flash! But instead, Spider-Man picks up a message from the Master of the Mystic Arts! Somehow Dr. Strange knows were Flash has been taken. The duo rushes to the location, and the battle to rescue Flash begins! Cameo appearances by Gwen Stacy, Harry Osborn, Aunt May, and Sha Shan. (Notes: Spider-Man and Dr. Strange meet again in Marvel Team-Up #21. This story was reprinted in Marvel Tales #88.) 36 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 109 VG 4.0

Oxidation.

"Enter: Dr. Strange!" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring Doctor Strange. Script by Stan Lee. Pencils by John Romita. Inks by John Romita and Tony Mortellaro (backgrounds). Cover by John Romita. The web-slinger frantically swings through the city trying to pick up a signal from his spider tracer! The amazing one tossed the tracer on the tall man who abducted Flash last issue. So, find the tracer...find Flash! But instead, Spider-Man picks up a message from the Master of the Mystic Arts! Somehow Dr. Strange knows were Flash has been taken. The duo rushes to the location, and the battle to rescue Flash begins! Cameo appearances by Gwen Stacy, Harry Osborn, Aunt May, and Sha Shan. (Notes: Spider-Man and Dr. Strange meet again in Marvel Team-Up #21. This story was reprinted in Marvel Tales #88.) 36 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Batman (1940) 242 VG

52-page giant. Cover art by Michael Kaluta. "Bruce Wayne--Rest in Peace!", script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Dick Giordano; Batman begins his war against Ra's Al Ghul by faking Bruce Wayne's death and recruiting some allies. "Death-Point!", script by Mike Friedrich, pencils by Rich Buckler, inks by Dick Giordano; While battling Chthulu cultists, Terri is possessed by a demon. "The People Vs. the Batman," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos; Weasel Venner wants to make sure that a fellow criminal doesn't make public the fact that he is the head racketeer in Gotham City, so he arranges for someone to be set up for the murder of Horatio Delmar: that someone being Bruce Wayne! 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Heart Throbs (1949 Quality/DC) 142 VG- 3.5

Water damage. Ink writing on cover and interior.

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Last 25c cover priced issue. Cover by Art Saaf & Vince Colletta. Stories by unknown. Art by Win Mortimer, Gene Colan, Bernard Sachs and unknown. Spoiled Enid consults a therapist to find out why she drives everyone away with her selfish habits in "Doctor, Tell Me Why!" Plus: Stuart backs away from Liz when she blurts out that she wants to get married after they have only known each other a short time, and she tries to win him back by making him jealous in the retitled reprint story "The End of a Love Affair!" Also: Kay is interested in Justin, the son of her employer, but learns that he is in love with another girl, Monique. When Justin's brother Matt returns home, he tells Kay a surprising secret about Monique that changes everything in the retitled reprint story "Two Brothers"! And: Eve conceals the fact that she's a reporter on assignment when she arranges to meet the reclusive writer Andrew Hunter. When she decides to give up the assignment because she has fallen in love with Andrew, he discovers her ruse and walks out on her in the retitled reprint story "Temptation"! Plus: 1-page text story "I'll See You Around"! Also: Letters page Like It Is! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Iron Man (1968 1st Series) 47 VG 4.0

Barry Smith art. Origin retold. "Why Must There Be An Iron Man?" Story by Roy Thomas. Art by Barry Smith and Jim Mooney. Cover by Gil Kane. These are difficult days for Tony Stark as many people around him are questioning the purpose of Iron Man following the death of Kevin O'Brien. However, after lengthy soul-searching, Tony decides he is not going to quit being Iron Man. (Note: This issue features the retelling of the origin of Iron Man.) 32 pages Cover price $0.20.

Power Man and Iron Fist (1972 Hero for Hire) 1 CGC 5.0

Paper: White

Label #4132163007

"Out of Hell--a Hero!" Script by Archie Goodwin, pencils by George Tuska, inks by Billy Graham. NOTE: Roy Thomas and John Romita are credited for their "considerable creative contributions." When Lucas, an innocent man, is sent to jail for a crime he did not commit, he decides he has nothing left to loose. Subjecting himself to unorthodox experiments, this inmate is endowed with great physical strength and nigh-unbreakable skin. No walls and bars on Earth can hold him. Now, as Luke Cage, he is known as the Hero for Hire, and he's here to clean up the "Mean Streets," one criminal at a time. Cover price $0.20.

Power Man and Iron Fist (1972 Hero for Hire) 1 VG- 3.5

Cover and centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation.

"Out of Hell--a Hero!" Script by Archie Goodwin, pencils by George Tuska, inks by Billy Graham. NOTE: Roy Thomas and John Romita are credited for their "considerable creative contributions." When Lucas, an innocent man, is sent to jail for a crime he did not commit, he decides he has nothing left to loose. Subjecting himself to unorthodox experiments, this inmate is endowed with great physical strength and nigh-unbreakable skin. No walls and bars on Earth can hold him. Now, as Luke Cage, he is known as the Hero for Hire, and he's here to clean up the "Mean Streets," one criminal at a time. Cover price $0.20.

Uncanny X-Men (1963 1st Series) 76 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4619051003

Cover pencils by Gil Kane. The Wail of the Banshee, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Werner Roth, inks by Dick Ayers; Banshee is apparently a villain working with Ogre and the Factor Three; Banshee steals imported tobacco and a painting called the Gaelic Landscape; the X-Men test Mimic's powers; reprinted from issue 28.. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

World's Finest (1941) 212 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4616926007

Cover art by Nick Cardy. ...And So My World Begins! starring Superman and Martian Manhunter, script by Dennis O'Neil, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Joe Giella. The Outland Pirates starring Grim Ghost, script by Gardner Fox, art by Howard Purcell (Gay Ghost is renamed Grim Ghost as a recognition of the times). Underworld Jam Session! starring Air Wave, art by George Roussos. Letters to the editor from comics writers Bob Rozakis and Mike W. Barr. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.