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Avengers (1963 1st Series) 195N CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition.

Label #4611916018

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Newsstand Edition. "Assault on a Mind Cage!" Guest-starring Ant-Man. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by George Perez. Inks by Jack Abel and Dan Green. Cover by George Perez and Dan Green. The Wasp has taken it upon herself to invade the Solomon Institute and find out what's going on inside! Unfortunately though, it's been several hours since anyone's heard from her! So Yellowjacket and Ant-Man (aka Scott Lang) infiltrate the institute, while the remaining avengers wait outside in the snow! The three insect-size heroes are having an easy time defeating all the guards in the asylum, but their fortunes dramatically change when the institute's head honcho arrives...the Taskmaster! First (cameo) appearance of the Taskmaster. Avengers Lineup: Beast, Captain America, Iron Man, Jocasta, Ms. Marvel, Vision, Wasp, Wonder Man, and Yellowjacket. 36 pages Cover price $0.40.

Marvel Preview (1975 Magazine) 21 VF 8.0

Cover pencils by Bill Sienkiewicz, inks by Klaus Janson; Moon Knight illo by Sienkiewicz; Full Phase article by Ralph Macchio; The Mind Thieves Moon Knight story by Doug Moench, pencils by Sienkiewicz, inks by Tom Palmer, Sienkiewicz, and Dan Green; Vipers Moon Knight story by Moench, pencils by Sienkiewicz, inks by Tom Palmer, Sienkiewicz, and Dan Green; Laughing in the Dark article by Roger Stern; and Walk a Crooked Mile! story by Mark Gruenwald and Steven Grant, art by Steve Ditko. 68 pgs. Cover price $1.25.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 93D CGC 9.0

Paper: White

Label #4672752019

Direct Edition. "Rags to Riches!" Part 1 of 2. Guest-starring Spider-Man and Werewolf. Script by Steven Grant. Pencils by Carmine Infantino and Tom Sutton. Inks by Jim Mooney. Cover by Don Perlin and Al Milgrom. Peter Parker, the Amazing Spider-Man, and Jack Russell, AKA Werewolf by Night, have their evening interrupted by that dastardly derelict known as the Tatterdemalion! The fight takes them from a jazz club to the sewers of Los Angeles, as the two heroes try to stop the vile villain! Cameo appearances by the Shroud and Dansen Macabre. Flashback cameos by Spider-Woman and the Enforcer. (Note: Tatterdemalion previously appeared in Werewolf by Night 9.) 36 pages. Cover price $0.40.

Spidey Super Stories (1974) 46 FN/VF 7.0

Mysterio Cover price $0.50.

Uncanny X-Men (1963 1st Series) 133D CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Label #4667965011

Direct Edition. The Dark Phoenix Saga: Part 5 of 9 - "Wolverine: Alone!" Story by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. Art by John Byrne and Terry Austin. The X-Men have been battered and beaten by the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club. Jean Grey has been psychically seduced by Jason Wyngarde, who just so happens to be one of the team's oldest enemies - Mastermind! Jean has become the Club's Black Queen and is poised to murder her friends. However, there's one glitch in the villains' plan, Wolverine. See what happens when the feral X-Man decides to really cut loose. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.40.

Uncanny X-Men (1963 1st Series) 133D CGC 7.0

Paper: White

Label #4632047024

Direct Edition. The Dark Phoenix Saga: Part 5 of 9 - "Wolverine: Alone!" Story by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. Art by John Byrne and Terry Austin. The X-Men have been battered and beaten by the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club. Jean Grey has been psychically seduced by Jason Wyngarde, who just so happens to be one of the team's oldest enemies - Mastermind! Jean has become the Club's Black Queen and is poised to murder her friends. However, there's one glitch in the villains' plan, Wolverine. See what happens when the feral X-Man decides to really cut loose. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.40.