Auctions: comic books June 1989

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 316 CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Label #4717756002

Direct Edition. "Dead Meat" Part 1 of 2. Script by David Michelinie. Art by Todd McFarlane. Cover by Todd McFarlane. Venom is back in New York City! And the deranged Eddie Brock is looking to kill Peter Parker or Spider-Man with extreme prejudice! However, first the psychotic symbiote has to find where the Parkers are living! At the web-slinger's former Bedford Towers residence, Venom runs into and then runs roughshod over the Black Cat! But Felicia doesn't know where the wall-crawler is either! Later on Peter learns that his worst nightmare has returned and his family is in grave danger. Spider-Man can't wait for Venom to make the first move. The web-slinger must attack! Cameo appearances by Aunt May, Glory Grant, and Eduardo Lobo. (Note: This two-part story was reprinted in 1990 in the trade paperback: Spider-Man vs. Venom.) 36 pages. Cover price $1.00.

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 316 VF+ 8.5

Direct Edition. "Dead Meat" Part 1 of 2. Script by David Michelinie. Art by Todd McFarlane. Cover by Todd McFarlane. Venom is back in New York City! And the deranged Eddie Brock is looking to kill Peter Parker or Spider-Man with extreme prejudice! However, first the psychotic symbiote has to find where the Parkers are living! At the web-slinger's former Bedford Towers residence, Venom runs into and then runs roughshod over the Black Cat! But Felicia doesn't know where the wall-crawler is either! Later on Peter learns that his worst nightmare has returned and his family is in grave danger. Spider-Man can't wait for Venom to make the first move. The web-slinger must attack! Cameo appearances by Aunt May, Glory Grant, and Eduardo Lobo. (Note: This two-part story was reprinted in 1990 in the trade paperback: Spider-Man vs. Venom.) 36 pages. Cover price $1.00.

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 316 VF 8.0

Signed by David Michelinie, and Todd McFarlane (splash page). No autograph certification is included.

Direct Edition. "Dead Meat" Part 1 of 2. Script by David Michelinie. Art by Todd McFarlane. Cover by Todd McFarlane. Venom is back in New York City! And the deranged Eddie Brock is looking to kill Peter Parker or Spider-Man with extreme prejudice! However, first the psychotic symbiote has to find where the Parkers are living! At the web-slinger's former Bedford Towers residence, Venom runs into and then runs roughshod over the Black Cat! But Felicia doesn't know where the wall-crawler is either! Later on Peter learns that his worst nightmare has returned and his family is in grave danger. Spider-Man can't wait for Venom to make the first move. The web-slinger must attack! Cameo appearances by Aunt May, Glory Grant, and Eduardo Lobo. (Note: This two-part story was reprinted in 1990 in the trade paperback: Spider-Man vs. Venom.) 36 pages. Cover price $1.00.

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 316 VF 8.0

Direct Edition. "Dead Meat" Part 1 of 2. Script by David Michelinie. Art by Todd McFarlane. Cover by Todd McFarlane. Venom is back in New York City! And the deranged Eddie Brock is looking to kill Peter Parker or Spider-Man with extreme prejudice! However, first the psychotic symbiote has to find where the Parkers are living! At the web-slinger's former Bedford Towers residence, Venom runs into and then runs roughshod over the Black Cat! But Felicia doesn't know where the wall-crawler is either! Later on Peter learns that his worst nightmare has returned and his family is in grave danger. Spider-Man can't wait for Venom to make the first move. The web-slinger must attack! Cameo appearances by Aunt May, Glory Grant, and Eduardo Lobo. (Note: This two-part story was reprinted in 1990 in the trade paperback: Spider-Man vs. Venom.) 36 pages. Cover price $1.00.

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 316 VF- 7.5

Direct Edition. "Dead Meat" Part 1 of 2. Script by David Michelinie. Art by Todd McFarlane. Cover by Todd McFarlane. Venom is back in New York City! And the deranged Eddie Brock is looking to kill Peter Parker or Spider-Man with extreme prejudice! However, first the psychotic symbiote has to find where the Parkers are living! At the web-slinger's former Bedford Towers residence, Venom runs into and then runs roughshod over the Black Cat! But Felicia doesn't know where the wall-crawler is either! Later on Peter learns that his worst nightmare has returned and his family is in grave danger. Spider-Man can't wait for Venom to make the first move. The web-slinger must attack! Cameo appearances by Aunt May, Glory Grant, and Eduardo Lobo. (Note: This two-part story was reprinted in 1990 in the trade paperback: Spider-Man vs. Venom.) 36 pages. Cover price $1.00.

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 316 VG/FN 5.0

Water spotting.

Direct Edition. "Dead Meat" Part 1 of 2. Script by David Michelinie. Art by Todd McFarlane. Cover by Todd McFarlane. Venom is back in New York City! And the deranged Eddie Brock is looking to kill Peter Parker or Spider-Man with extreme prejudice! However, first the psychotic symbiote has to find where the Parkers are living! At the web-slinger's former Bedford Towers residence, Venom runs into and then runs roughshod over the Black Cat! But Felicia doesn't know where the wall-crawler is either! Later on Peter learns that his worst nightmare has returned and his family is in grave danger. Spider-Man can't wait for Venom to make the first move. The web-slinger must attack! Cameo appearances by Aunt May, Glory Grant, and Eduardo Lobo. (Note: This two-part story was reprinted in 1990 in the trade paperback: Spider-Man vs. Venom.) 36 pages. Cover price $1.00.

Predator (1989) 1 CGC 7.5 1st Printing

Paper: White

Label #4690703020

First Printing. Written by Mark Verheiden. Art by Chris Warner and Sam de la Rosa. The Predators are back, only this time their hunting ground isn't the tropical jungles of South America--it's the concrete and street jungles of New York City! It's the hottest summer on record, and Detective Schaefer suspects that his brother's disappearance is somehow tied to the wave of gruesome murders plaguing New York! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.25.

Punisher War Journal (1988 1st Series) 6D CGC 9.6 SS Jim Lee

Paper: White

Signed by Jim Lee.

Label #2729164003

Direct Edition. Cover art by Jim Lee. On the Track of Unknown Animals, script by Carl Potts, pencils by Carl Potts and Jim Lee, inks by Jim Lee; at Microchip's behest, Punisher goes to Africa as part of a dinosaur hunting expedition; Punisher battles Wolverine in the African jungle. 36 pgs. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

Transformers (1984 Marvel) 53N FN 6.0

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Newsstand Edition. Jim Lee cover. Script by Bob Budiansky and art by Jose Delbo & Dave Hunt. Now prisoners and in danger of becoming dinner for the robot-devouring black marketers known as the Mecannibals, Cloudburst and Landmine have to think and act fast to stay alive in Recipe for Disaster. Cover price $1.00.