Auctions: comic books April 1999

Batman Beyond (1999 1st Series) 2 FN- 5.5

Cover art by Bruce Timm. I Am Batman, script by Hilary J. Bader, pencils by Rick Burchett, inks by Terry Beatty; Though Derek Powers is using Wayne-Powers to make nerve gas, Bruce refuses to act and tells Terry to take the information to Police Commissioner Barbara Gordon; But after leaving Wayne Manor, Terry is confronted by Powers and loses the disc. Terry returns to the Batcave, steals the Batman costume, and heads to Wayne-Powers where he witnesses Powers selling the nerve gas to the Kaznian Minister of Commerce; With Bruce's help through the radio receiver in the costume, Terry eludes Powers and puts a stop to the delivery of the nerve gas; The next day, Bruce offers Terry a job as his assistant. This is adapted from the first episode of the Batman Beyond cartoon. 36 pgs. $1.99. Cover price $1.99.

Uncanny X-Men (1963 1st Series) 366D VF

Direct Edition. Cover by Brandon Peterson. The Shot Heard Round The World (The Magneto War Part One), script by Alan Davis and Fabian Nicieza, pencils by Leinil Francis Yu, inks by John Livesay, Tim Townsend, and Edgar Tadeo; The Acolytes lead the X-Men on a wild goose chase while Magneto begins his war for peace on all of humanity; Sabra discovers that Joseph is a copy of Magneto. The story continues from X-Men #85 and continues in X-men #86. 36 pgs., full color. $1.99. Cover price $1.99.