Auctions: comic books July 1972

Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC) 102 CGC 9.8 Don Rosa Collection

Paper: White

Don Rosa Collection.

Label #0706490006

Giant-size issue. Cover by Nick Cardy. "The Commune of Defiance," script by Bob Haney, pencils by Jim Aparo (pages 1-13), Neal Adams (pages 14-21), and Dick Giordano (page 22), inks by Jim Aparo (pages 1-13) and Dick Giordano (pages 14-22); Batman recruits the Teen Titans to help defuse an explosive confrontation between Gotham City's "Establishment" and the Young Aquarians, a group of young citizens inhabiting a crime-ridden neighborhood; The situation is complicated by an internal struggle for control of the neighborhood, fought between a local crime boss and the Young Aquarians. Reprint story from The Doom Patrol #100: "The Robot-Maker Must Die" starring Robotman, The Chief, Elasti-Girl, and Negative Man, script by Arnold Drake, art by Bruno Premiani. Letter to the editor from comic editor Bob Rozakis. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 425 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4723168009

20-cent cover price begins. Cover by Bernie Wrightson. "The Stage Is Set... for Murder!!," script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Dick Giordano; During a modern-dress production of Macbeth, Batman must discover which cast member is a would-be murderer. "Open-and-Shut Case!," script by Frank Robbins, art by Don Heck; A Vietnam War buddy of Jason Bards has been committed to a psychiatric institution, but Bard doubts that he has committed the murder of which he is accused. Editorial on the price of DC Comics. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

House of Mystery (1951-1983 1st Series) 204 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4529074009

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Cover art by Bernie Wrightson. "All In The Family...," script by Mary Skrenes (as Virgil North) and Bernie Wrightson (plot), art by Bernie Wrightson; When Fred and Mary are stranded in the swamp they find a house that Mary had nightmares about the night before. One page of Cain's Game Room cartoons, art by Sergio Aragones. Realm of the Mystics page, art by Jack Sparling; Retelling of the Muslim legend of Zacornu, the Tree of Demons. "Never Deal With a Demon," script by Jack Oleck, art by Win Mortimer; Cooper summons a demon to give him money and he is safe from the demon as long as he doesn't go thru a red door. "To Die for Magda!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Alex Nino; Stephan is tricked into signing a fake confession stating that he's a warlock. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Thor (1962 Marvel 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) 201 CGC 9.2

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4271224001

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Vince Colletta. Odin is resurrected in "Resurrection!", script by Gerry Conway, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Jim Mooney; Odin has sent Heimdall and Kamorr on a quest; Meanwhile, Hela helps revive Odin, who casts Pluto from Asgard; On Blackworld, Tana Nile tells of how Ego Prime came to be; The origin of Blackworld. Appearances by Sif, Hogun, Fandral, Volstagg, Balder, Hela, Karnilla, Pluto, and Hildegard. Ego cameo. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Two-Gun Kid (1948) 105 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4732291012

Reprints. Cover by Gil Kane. Stories by Stan Lee. Art by Dick Ayers and Carl Burgos. All of Tombstone trembles at the sight of Goliath, the brute who has sworn to beat the Two-Gun Kid! Don't miss the most deadly menace the Kid has ever faced in "The Badman Called Goliath!" by Stan Lee and Dick Ayers, reprinted from issue #69. Also in this issue: Back-up story "Showdown at the Circle-C!" by Lee and Carl Burgos, reprinted from issue #52. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.20.

Where Monsters Dwell (1970) 16 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4714816019

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Vince Colletta. Beware of Googam, Son of Goom!!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Goom leaves an offspring in a cave to complete his conquest, and the son comes across the family of the scientist who was responsible for his father's defeat. He Who Laughs Last, Gets...The Horselaugh; A man who plays the rear end in a dummy horse act is jealous of the man who plays the head, so he kills him and when he returns to the stage that night, is trampled by the front part of the costume. I Am... Gorak!, art by Steve Ditko; A famous magician is enraged when his power is questioned, and he reveals that the whole world is an illusion, and only he is real; He even confronts the reader, but fades away as the story ends. All reprints. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.