Auctions: comic books May 2009

Amazing Spider-Man (1998 2nd Series) 589 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4631124014

Written by FRED VAN LENTE Pencils by PAULO SIQUEIRA Cover by KLAUS JANSON, CHRIS ELIOPOULOS & DEAN WHITE CHARACTER ASSASSINATION may be over, but the troubles keep coming as Spidey's old nemesis THE SPOT returns deadlier than ever! Wait. Did we just use 'The Spot' and 'deadlier' in the same sentence? You better believe it -- with his teleportation powers, he's poised to make a name for himself as an unstoppable killer for hire, and the only thing standing between him and his latest target is your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! 36 PGS./Rated A Cover price $2.99.

Avengers The Initiative Featuring Reptil (2009) 1 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4205149018

Written by CHRISTOS N. GAGE Pencils by STEVE UY Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS Stegron the Dinosaur Man and his dinosaur army launch a campaign of destruction across America! With the Fifty State Initiative in tatters from the fallout of Secret Invasion, Tigra must pull together a squad from the few superhumans still fit for duty, including Cloud 9, Komodo, Prodigy...and a brand new recruit. Be here for the debut of Marvel's newest superstar - REPTIL! Will he save the Initiative...or ruin it? 48 PGS. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Cloak and Dagger Child of Darkness, Child of Light HC (2009 Marvel) 1-1ST VF 8.0

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1st printing. Collects Cloak and Dagger (1983 Marvel 1st Series) #1-4. Written by BILL MANTLO. Art and cover by RICK LEONARDI. "The darkness hideth not from thee...the night shineth as the day..." Detective Brigid O'Reilly wants to arrest them, Father Francis Delgado wants to reform them - but does anyone really understand them? A year after they debuted as anti-drug vigilantes in SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN, Cloak and Dagger's secrets were revealed in their own miniseries, collected here for the first time! See the duo's first meeting and transformation, their battles against criminals, and their struggles with themselves - as only two of the eighties' authorial and artistic experts could present them! Hardcover, 112 pages, full color. NOTE: See Marvel Premiere Classic Library Edition HC Vol. 23 for Variant cover. Cover price $19.99.