Auctions: comic books December 1986

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 283 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4619819019

Direct Edition. Avengers Under Siege: Part 5 of 8 -- "With Foes Like These" Script by Tom DeFalco. Pencils by Ron Frenz. Inks by Bob Layton. Cover by Bob Layton. Plot continues from Avengers 274. While searching for Flash Thompson, the web-slinger runs into Titania robbing a jewelry store! What brings the powerful super-villainess to Manhattan? Her new job: working for the Masters of Evil...and destroying the Avengers! But if Titania is in town, her boyfriend can't be far behind! When the wall-crawler tracks Titania to LaGuardia Airport, his clash with the titans begins! The Amazing Spider-Man vs. Titania and the Absorbing Man! In a few minutes, ol Spidey may wish he had called the Avengers instead! Plot continues in Avengers 275. First appearance of Mongoose. Cameo appearances by the Hobgoblin, Roderick Kingsley, Mary Jane Watson, Flash Thompson, Betty Leeds, and the Wasp. Flashback cameo by Doctor Doom. (Notes: This issue completes Tom DeFalcos (writer) and Ron Frenz (penciler) wonderful 3-year run on the Amazing Spider-Man title -- highlighted by the alien symbiote (black costume) storyline, the advancement of the Hobgoblin saga, and the creation of the Rose, Puma, and Silver Sable. This issue was reprinted in Marvel Tales 291.) 36 pages. Cover price $0.75.

Jonny Quest (1986 Comico) 7 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4651642011

Dr. Zin invents a time machine and travels to the past to try to change history and it's up to the Quest team to stop him in "The Lady In Gray." Script by William Messner-Loebs and art by Dan Spiegle. Issue also has a Jonny Quest pinup and a wraparound cover. Cover price $1.50.

Man of Steel (1986) 5N CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition

Label #4532991017

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Newsstand Edition. Published just a few months after Crisis on Infinite Earths, John Byrne's The Man of Steel updated the saga of Superman for modern audiences, changing certain aspects of the character in the process. In issue #5, Lex Luthor scans Superman's cellular and molecular structure, enabling one of his scientists to create a being with strength and powers (and memories) almost equal to Superman. In pre-Crisis continuity, Luthor created Bizzaro with an imperfect duplicating ray. Written and drawn by John Byrne, with inks by Dick Giordano. Cover price $0.75.

New Mutants (1983 1st Series) 46 CGC 7.0

Paper: White

Label #4521662015

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Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. Bloody Sunday, script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Jackson Guice, inks by Kyle Baker; The X-Men return to the school from their battle in the Alley, with casualties; Magik brings Moira to help; the New Mutants try to help, but just get in the way; Karma's siblings are kidnapped; Magus attacks the New Mutants, and Magik teleports them away. A Mutant Massacre tie-in. The X-Men appear here between Uncanny X-Men #211 and #212. 36 pgs. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Transformers The Movie (1986) 1N FN 6.0

Newsstand Edition. "The Planet Eater!" Part 1 of 3. Adapted by Ralph Macchio. Art by Don Perlin, Ian Akin, and Brian Garvey. It is the near future and the millennium old war between the Autobots and the Decepticons comes to a head in an epic battle that leaves many familiar faces dead. New heroes, Ultra Magnus, Hot Rod, a small group of rebels, must do everything in their power to keep the Matrix from falling into the hands of the enemy. Plus, looming in the distance is the ever approaching planet consuming power known as Unicron. 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.