Auctions: comic books April 1979

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 97 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4556212018

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Last 35-cent issue. Cover pencils by John Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan. Last 35-cent issue. Belit guest stars in The Long Night of Fang and Talon" (part 2), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan; setting: Black Coast cliff fortress; Belit saves Conan from Ajaga's altar; They kill Ajaga, free the captive women, and sack Ajaga's fortress.. Spider-Man stars in a one-page Hostess ad, Spider-Man Puts Himself in the Picture! 36 pgs. Cover price $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

Ghost Rider (1973 1st Series) 35 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4107650004

Last 35c cover-priced issue - "Deathrace!" Story and art by Jim Starlin. Cover by Bob Budianski and Joe Rubinstein. Ghost Rider races against "Death" for the lives of three innocent people. 32 pages, FC. NOTE: Spider-Man stars in Hostess ad "Put Himself in the Picture!" Cover price $0.35.

Ghost Rider (1973 1st Series) 35 VF- 7.5

Last 35c cover-priced issue - "Deathrace!" Story and art by Jim Starlin. Cover by Bob Budianski and Joe Rubinstein. Ghost Rider races against "Death" for the lives of three innocent people. 32 pages, FC. NOTE: Spider-Man stars in Hostess ad "Put Himself in the Picture!" Cover price $0.35.

Godzilla (1977 Marvel) 21 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4657315016

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"A Night at the Museum!" Part 5 of 8. Guest-starring the Fantastic Four, Moon Boy, and Devil Dinosaur. Story by Doug Moench. Art by Herb Trimpe and Dan Green. Using the time machine created by the nefarious Doctor Doom , Reed Richards sends Godzilla back in time to a place where he might fit in better, the prehistoric land of dinosaurs. Here a still smaller version of Godzilla is confronted by another creature of legend, the feisty crimson T-Rex known as Devil Dinosaur. Cover price $0.35.

Godzilla (1977 Marvel) 21 CGC 8.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4660067021

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"A Night at the Museum!" Part 5 of 8. Guest-starring the Fantastic Four, Moon Boy, and Devil Dinosaur. Story by Doug Moench. Art by Herb Trimpe and Dan Green. Using the time machine created by the nefarious Doctor Doom , Reed Richards sends Godzilla back in time to a place where he might fit in better, the prehistoric land of dinosaurs. Here a still smaller version of Godzilla is confronted by another creature of legend, the feisty crimson T-Rex known as Devil Dinosaur. Cover price $0.35.

Godzilla (1977 Marvel) 21 FN 6.0

"A Night at the Museum!" Part 5 of 8. Guest-starring the Fantastic Four, Moon Boy, and Devil Dinosaur. Story by Doug Moench. Art by Herb Trimpe and Dan Green. Using the time machine created by the nefarious Doctor Doom , Reed Richards sends Godzilla back in time to a place where he might fit in better, the prehistoric land of dinosaurs. Here a still smaller version of Godzilla is confronted by another creature of legend, the feisty crimson T-Rex known as Devil Dinosaur. Cover price $0.35.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 80 CGC 9.6 Qualified

Paper: White

Cover detached from top staple.

Label #4542775008

"A Sorcerer Possessed!" Part 1 of 2. Guest-starring Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, and Clea. Script by Chris Claremont. Pencils by Mike Vosburg. Inks by Gene Day. Cover by Rich Buckler (pseudonym Validar) and Bob McLeod. A frightful werewolf ambushes Peter Parker and Cissy Ironwood during an evening walk in Central Park! After Peter fights off the beast, he finds the amulet of Dr. Strange! Is something wrong with the Master of the Mystic Arts? Perhaps something to do with the battle against Silver Dagger three issues ago? In order to find out, the web-slinger pays a visit to Stephen Strange's townhouse and ends up in a donnybrook with the good doctor! Can Clea and Spider-Man discover a cure for the Sorcerer Supreme? Cameo appearance by Satana. Last 35¢ issue. (Note: The letters page includes a letter from comics historian Peter Sanderson.) 36 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Ms. Marvel (1977 1st Series) 23 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #2115522024

Final issue? See the 1990's title Marvel Super Heroes # 10 & 11 for issues # 24 & 25. George Perez and Joe Rubinstein cover. Chris Claremont script. Mike Vosburg & Bruce Patterson art. "The Woman Who Fell To Earth" Ms. Marvel and Vance Astro of the Guardians of the Galaxy vs. The Faceless One who was last seen in Astonishing Tales #2, (next appearance Avengers #183). Cover price $0.35.

Uncanny X-Men (1963 1st Series) 120 CGC 7.5 SS Claremont

Paper: White

Signed by Chris Claremont on 4/11/23

Label #4233889012

"Wanted: Wolverine! Dead or Alive!" Part 1 of 2. Guest-starring Alpha Flight (1st appearance cameo). Story by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. Art by John Byrne and Terry Austin. Wolverine's past comes back to haunt him yet again. First the Canadian government sent its super-agent Vindicator to retrieve the awol operative (see Uncanny X-Men #109). But when the X-Men proved too much for the lone Canadian super-hero. This time they will send a whole strike force and not even the X-Men may be powerful enough to stop them getting what they want. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.35.

What If (1977 1st Series) 14 CGC 9.6

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4641523022

Cover pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Joe Sinnott. What if Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos had Fought World War II in Outer Space, script by Gary Friedrich (plot) and Don Glut (script), pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Pablo Marcos; In a reality where technology was move advanced, Fury and his men fight a space war in 1941. Hostess Twinkies ad with Spider-Man. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.60.