Auctions: comic books February 1973

Daredevil (1964 1st Series) 96 CGC 9.4

Paper: Off white to white

Label #0604709007

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Tom Palmer. The Widow Will Make You Pay!, script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]; With DD in the hospital suffering from a bullet wound administered by Man-Bull's flunky, the Widow takes on the villain on her own; When folks start arriving at the hospital transformed into man-bulls by a tainted water supply, DD pulls himself together and takes down Man-Bull. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Daredevil (1964 1st Series) 96 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4728555012

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Tom Palmer. The Widow Will Make You Pay!, script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]; With DD in the hospital suffering from a bullet wound administered by Man-Bull's flunky, the Widow takes on the villain on her own; When folks start arriving at the hospital transformed into man-bulls by a tainted water supply, DD pulls himself together and takes down Man-Bull. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

DC 100 Page Super Spectacular (1971) 14 CGC 6.5

Paper: White

Label #4698991007

Batman reprints and more. Featuring: 12 page Batman reprint story "Menace of the Monk" written by Gardner Fox and drawn by Bob Kane & Sheldon Moldoff (backgrounds); 12 page Batman reprint story "Showdown with the Monk" written by Gardner Fox and drawn by Bob Kane & Sheldon Moldoff (backgrounds); 15 page Atom reprint story "Battle of the Tiny Titans" written by Gardner Fox and drawn by Gil Kane & Murphy Anderson (note: first appearance in costume); 12 page Blackhawk reprint story "The Treasure of Ghanpat" drawn by Reed Crandall & Charles Cuidera; 13 page Wonder Woman reprint story "Invisible Ray" written by William Marston and drawn by Harry G. Peter; 12 page Doll Man reprint story "Guardians Against Crime" pencilled by Reed Crandall (?); 10 page Wildcat reprint story "Introducing Stretch Skinner" written by Bill Finger and drawn by Irwin Hasen; 12 page Batman reprint story "The Batmobile of 1950" written by Joe Samachson and drawn by Dick Sprang & Charles Paris. Wraparound cover by Nick Cardy. Cover price $0.50.

House of Secrets (1956 1st Series) 105 GD+ 2.5

Cover detached at one staple and coming loose at the other.

Cover art by Jack Sparling. "Vampire," script by Maxene Fabe, art by Gerry Talaoc; A stepfather takes his child actor son to a "vampire cave" in order to dispose of him so that he can claim a two million dollar trust fund, but an actual vampire gets him before he can do so. "Coming Together!", script by Steve Skeates, art by Jim Aparo; A poet reads a poem which contains an incantation in a coffee house which brings three demons together to possess a sculpture; The sculpture menaces a waitress and a big bruiser type who is sweet on her manages to destroy it, but unfortunately for him, she is more interested in the college professor who was tracking the demons and destroys the poet's poem to prevent more carnage. "An Axe to Grind," script by Steve Skeates, art by Alfredo Alcala; A half-wit chops up his brother with an ax after he sees him talking to a girl he fancies; He doesn't believe that his brother was just asking her to be more polite to him, and so buries the pieces of the body out in the field. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Iron Man (1968 1st Series) 55 CGC 3.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #0249482004

"Beware the Blood Brothers!" First appearance of Thanos. Story by Jim Starlin. Art by Jim Starlin and Mike Esposito. Cover by Jim Starlin and Joe Sinnott. One of the landmark Marvel issues of the Bronze Age. Drax the Destroyer is a prisoner of Thanos at the evil Titan's Earth-fortress. In an effort to escape, Drax telepathically reaches out to Tony Stark for assistance; but before Iron Man can come to the rescue, Shell-Head is ambushed by the Blood Brothers! Can Drax and the golden avenger defeat the Blood Brothers and Thanos? Also first appearances of Drax the Destroyer, Starfox (in a flashback), and Mentor. (Note: Iron Man 55 was reprinted as a Marvel Milestone Edition in 1992.) 36 pages Cover price $0.20.

Iron Man (1968 1st Series) 55 GD/VG 3.0

"Beware the Blood Brothers!" First appearance of Thanos. Story by Jim Starlin. Art by Jim Starlin and Mike Esposito. Cover by Jim Starlin and Joe Sinnott. One of the landmark Marvel issues of the Bronze Age. Drax the Destroyer is a prisoner of Thanos at the evil Titan's Earth-fortress. In an effort to escape, Drax telepathically reaches out to Tony Stark for assistance; but before Iron Man can come to the rescue, Shell-Head is ambushed by the Blood Brothers! Can Drax and the golden avenger defeat the Blood Brothers and Thanos? Also first appearances of Drax the Destroyer, Starfox (in a flashback), and Mentor. (Note: Iron Man 55 was reprinted as a Marvel Milestone Edition in 1992.) 36 pages Cover price $0.20.

Secrets of Sinister House (1972) 9 CGC 9.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4478629014

Script by Shellu Mayer. Art by Abe Ocampo. Cover price $0.20.

Teen Titans (1966 1st Series) 43 CGC 9.4

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4753243003

Written by Bob Haney. Art by Art Saaf and Nick Cardy. Cover by Nick Cardy. The Titans defeat the Moonling demons that have kept the Cyrus and Davey Manning trapped on the Manning estate. Written by Bob Haney. Art by Ernie Chan. Lilith continues her search to find her parents. Lilith clears an innocent woman of murder just days before her execution only to find that she is not her mother. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.