Auctions: comic books November 1978

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 92 VG

Cover pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan. The Thing in the Crypt! Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan; setting: snowy wilderness & cave in mountain; Conan fights wolves, runs to cave, brings a giant skeleton to life, kills it and takes its ancient sword; adapted from the story by L. Sprague De Camp and Lin Carter. Thor stars in a one-page Hostess ad, Good Overcomes Evil! 36 pgs. Cover price $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 75 CGC 8.5

Paper: White

Label #3762919020

"The Smoke of That Great Burning!" Guest-starring Spider-Man and Power Man. Plot by Chris Claremont. Script by Ralph Macchio. Pencils by John Byrne. Inks by Al Gordon. Cover by Bob Hall. Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson, and Luke Cage are enjoying an evening at the Studio 13 disco, when suddenly masked gunmen bust in and start shooting! The two heroes quickly jump into the fray, but the thugs manage to escape after taking a hostage. Power Man and Spider-Man track the arson gang to a tenement building in the South Bronx, and that's where the action really heats up! When the gang sets the building on fire, the web-slinger, Power Man, and the New York Fire Department put their lives on the line to rescue the trapped residents! (Notes: This issue was critically acclaimed in the letters page of Marvel Team-Up 81 as tragically a real-life fire in Brooklyn claimed the lives of six firefighters in August 1978, about the same time this issue hit the newsstands. This story was reprinted in Marvel Tales 207.) 36 pgs. Cover price $0.35.

Spectacular Spider-Man (1976 1st Series) 24 CGC 9.8

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4402008009

"Spider-Man Night Fever" Script by Bill Mantlo. Pencils and Inks by Frank Springer. It's 1978 in New York City and disco music is king! After coming up one class short of graduating from college in Amazing Spider-Man 185, Peter Parker joins his friends for a night of dancing at the Beyond Forever Disco! While Peter, Betty, Mary Jane, Flash, Harry, and Liz are grooving on the dance floor, the Hypno-Hustler makes his move! If the web-slinger can avoid the shimmering disco ball and the dangerous back-up singers, he might have a chance of stayin' alive vs. the Hypno-Hustler! A fun story from a unique era of American music. 32 pages Cover price $0.35.