Auctions: comic books January 1997

Bettie Page Comics Spicy Adventure (1997) 1 FN/VF 7.0

Story and art by Jim Silke. It's New York, 1951. Midnight. Malay pirates abduct a high-heeled, molten mama and transport her to the 25th century, where she lands on a jungle-infested planet. There, everybody wants to enslave her. It's more than any normal girl could take, but she's Bettie Page, and with a wink, the snap of her hips, a handgun, several changes of costume, and no clothes at all, she fights back. FC. Cover price $2.95.

Incredible Hulk (1962 Marvel 1st Series) 449 CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Label #4574618002

Direct Edition. Cover by Mike Deodato Jr. It's the first appearance of the Thunderbolts in the aptly-titled "Introducing the Thunderbolts," script by Peter David, pencils by Mike Deodato Jr., inks by Tom Wegrzyn; Hulk and Janis are attacked by the Thunderbolts; Hulk is hurt during the fight, and breaks the wall of a dam to switch their attention onto saving citizen lives; At the end of the issue we see the Hulk falling on his knees, grabbing his chest. Characters: Hulk (Bruce Banner); Thunderbolts (Citizen V; Mach-1; Songbird; Techno; Atlas; Meteorite) ; Janis Jones. 36 pgs., full color. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

Marvel Super Comics (Japanese 1994 Shogakukan) 32 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Japan.

Label #4581000013

Japanese Reprint Series. "Marvel X No. 9". Reprints from a variety of Marvel titles. Reprints Material from X-Men (1991 1st Series) #41, Generation X (1994) #4, Wolverine (1988 1st Series) #90, and Cable (1993 1st Series) #20. Double gatefold wrap. Squarebound. Japanese Language.