Auctions: comic books June 1975

Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 439 CGC 8.0

Paper: White

Label #4208843002

Cover art by Jim Aparo. The Voice That Doomed... the Spectre, script by Michael Fleisher, art by Jim Aparo; After the Spectre concludes a grim case involving terrorists, his alter-ego has a long discussion with Gwen, and, that evening, Jim prays that his mission as the Spectre be ended and he be granted life again; The next day he discovers, when confronting some criminals, that his wish has been granted......and it nearly costs him his life! Father Time's Inn! starring Green Arrow and Speedy, script by Joe Samachson, art by Lee Elias. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

FOOM (1973 Marvel) 10 CGC 6.0

Paper: White

Subscription label attached to back cover.

Label #4228299018

This issue has an article which features the All-New, All-Different X-Men that predates their first official appearance in Giant-Size X-Men #1. Illustrations by Jack Kirby (original design for the Sentinels), Dave Cockrum (Storm sketch), Don Maitz (centerspread pin-up of the original and new X-Men), Val Mayerik, and Bob Budainsky. Good quality photos of Stan Lee, Neal Adams, Herb Trimpe, Doug Moench, Marie Severin, Howard Chaykin, Roy Thomas, Marv Wolfman, Joe Sinnott, Len Wein, and Scott Edelman. Cockrum cover.

Giant Size Invaders (1975) 1 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4506252005

"The Coming of the Invaders!" Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Frank Robbins and Vince Colletta. Long before the Avengers, there were the Invaders. Captain America, the world's first super soldier, Prince Namor, the world's first mutant, and the Human Torch, the world's first android, and their sidekicks Bucky and Toro to form the Invaders. The greatest heroes of the Golden Age unite to win World War II and take down the Axis Powers once and for all. Their first mission: the Invaders race against the clock to save the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill, from an assassination plot. NOTE: 1st appearance of Master Man. 68 pages, FC. Cover price $0.50.

Spirit (1974 Warren Magazine/Kitchen Sink) 8 CGC 9.8 Suscha News

Paper: White

Suscha News.

Label #1029887005

Female Foes issue. Published by Warren for the first 16 issues (and by Kitchen Sink beginning with 17), The Spirit reprints Will Eisner's groundbreaking work from the 1940s and '50s. This issue includes the following stories: Women's Club by Eisner (text article); Sand Saref by Eisner; Bring in Sand Saref by Eisner; Thorne Strand by Eisner; A Slow Ship to Shanghai by Eisner; Assignment: Paris by Eisner and Andre LeBlanc; A Pot O' Gold by Eisner, Jules Feiffer, and Jerry Grandenetti; Satin by Eisner and Feiffer; and Visitor by Eisner. Cover price $1.25.

Two-Gun Kid (1948) 124 VG

Reprints. Cover by Gil Kane. Stories by Sol Brodsky and Stan Lee. Art by Ogden Whitney and Joe Maneely. Alone...desperate...framed for a crime he didn't commit..."The Two-Gun Kid Strikes Back" by Sol Brodsky and Ogden Whitney, reprinted from issue #88. Plus the Two-Gun tale "The Giant of Rawhide Ridge" by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely, reprinted from issue #42. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.