Comic books June 1974

Anthology type comic featuring comic book adaptations of a variety of cartoon shows. This issue has Speed Buggy in "The Ice Peril," a book length tale in which the Speed Buggy gang investigates a beach that is frozen. No story/art credits given. # on cover: 90250-406 Cover price $0.20.

Anthology comic featuring comic book adaptations of a variety of cartoon shows. This issue has Speed Buggy in "The Ice Peril," a book length tale in which the Speed Buggy gang investigates a beach that is frozen. No story/art credits given. Cover price $0.20.

Comic book adaptation of the 1970s Saturday morning cartoon show about three kids and their ghostly friend, Jonathan Muddlemore. Issue features "Three Spook Sleuths" and "The Flivver King." No story/art credits given. # on cover: 90274-406 Cover price $0.20.

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Whitman edition. Comic book adaptation of the 1970s Saturday morning cartoon show about three kids and their ghostly friend, Jonathan Muddlemore. Issue features "Three Spook Sleuths" and "The Flivver King." No story/art credits given. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover by Rick Sternbach. Science fiction stories by Bob Shaw, Frederick Pohl, Jack Williamson, Verge Foray, James Blish, Larry Eisenberg, Joe Haldeman. Illustrations by Guaghan. 5-1/4-in. x 7-1/4-in.; b&w text with spot illustrations; 176 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.75.

Volume 2, Issue 6 - June 1974, 8.25" x 11" 140 pages, Color and B&W. MATURE READERS. Cover price $1.25.

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First 25-cent cover price. "Zodiac II!" Story by Tony Isabella. Art by Jim Mooney and Sal Trapani. A mentally disturbed man threatens Roxanne's life and tries to force Johnny Blaze to track down the Zodiac. However, the Ghost Rider has other plans... 32 pages, FC. NOTE: The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A # 74 (the Stranger by Gil Kane). Cover price $0.25.

Mark Jeweler "House of 1,000 Ghosts," "Conversation With a Corpse," Tales of the Haunted and the Damned story, "The Haunted Hotel" (script by Leo Dorfman, art by Ernie Chan as "Ernie Chua"), and "Welcome To Your Tomb." Nick Cardy cover. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Nick Cardy. House of 1,000 Ghosts, script by Leo Dorfman, art by Gerry Talaoc; The story of Sarah Winchester, heir to the Winchester fortune, who built a crazy mansion to hold the ghosts of the dead killed by the weapons her family sold. Conversation with a Corpse!, script by Leo Dorfman, pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Frank McLaughlin; Did the ghost of a WWI German pilot help guide a wounded B-17 bomber back to England? The Haunted Hotel, script by Leo Dorfman, art by Ernie Chan. Welcome to Your Tomb, script by Leo Dorfman, art by John Calnan; Sam Edwards finds a group of ghostly Satanists. A Dark and Desperate Dream text story. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover by Joe Kubert. Written by John David Warner. Art by Sam Glanzman and Ric Estrada. Featuring the Haunted Tank in "The Man Who Killed Jeb Stuart" by John David Warner and Sam Glanzman. Plus: "Sword of Blood" by Warner and Ric Estrada. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

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52-page giant. Origin and 1st appearance of Lilith (Dracula's daughter) in a new Dracula story, "Night of the She-Demon." Script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Frank Chiaramonte. Two-page text history of Dracula in Marvel Comics by Wolfman. Reprints: "Have You Ever Seen a Huge, Black Vampire" (script by Stan Lee, art by John Romita Sr. from Mystic 25); "The Village Graveyard" (art by Russ Heath from Weird Worlds 4). Romita cover. Title becomes Giant-Size Dracula with # 2. Cover price $0.35.

Auction Item: FN/VF 7.0 View scans Auction opens January 20	Add to cart CGC 9.4 $210.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #0046369006	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $18.00 View scans 1/2" Spine split from bottom.	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $19.00 View scans
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Add to cart GD 2.0 $15.50 View scan 2.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover separating from inner wraps.	Add to cart CBCS 9.0 $295.00 View scans CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Off white to white Witnessed Signatures: Gerry Conway on 7/29/2022 & Roy Thomas on 11/19/2022. Label #23-0AE1106-059 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics	Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $145.00 View scans Slight amateur restoration CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Witnessed Signatures: Gerry Conway on 7/29/2022 & Roy Thomas on 11/19/2022. Amateur Restoration Includes: Very small amount of color touch on cover. Label #23-0AE1106-057 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics	Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $39.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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48-page giant. "Man-Wolf At Midnight!" Guest-starring Spider-Man. Script by Gerry Conway. Pencils by Gil Kane. Inks by Mike Esposito. Cover by Gil Kane and John Romita. Morbius the Living Vampire in stalking Manhattan again! His first target is John Jameson, the Man-Wolf; and his second one ? the Amazing Spider-Man! Once Morbius reattaches the moonstone to John Jameson's neck, the Man-Wolf becomes his to command! Now under the cover of darkness, the deadly duo heads to Empire State University to break into the research laboratory, but the ever-present web-slinger intercepts them along the way! Can Spider-Man defeat these two creatures of the night? This issue includes a 1-page write-up from Roy Thomas describing the updated plans for Marvel's various Giant-Size series. This issue also contains a full-page Spider-Man pin-up by John Romita and a 6-page rogues' gallery of famous web-slinger foes drawn by Steve Ditko (reprinted from Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1). Back up feature: "How Stan and Steve Create(d) Spider-Man!" 3-page story also reprinted from Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1. (Note: The last panel of the main story indicates that there would be another issue of Giant-Size Super-Heroes; however, a second issue was never published.) Cover price $0.35.

More than 200 girls, grins, & giggles. Nudity. 6 1/2-in. x 10-in., B/W. Cover price $0.40.

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Issue #16 of Graphic Story Magazine (formerly Fantasy Illustrated) includes the following: The Wishing World strip by Mark Evanier and John Pound; Berserk Burk strip; letters by SF writer Howard Waldrop and comic book writer Mark Evanier; Nostrand by Nostrand column by Howard Nostrand; an interview with Nostrand; Colorama strip by Bob Powell; and Routine strip by George Metzger. Summer, 1974. 48 pgs. Cover price $1.50.

Issue 48, June 1974. 1st printing. Tarzan newsletter by Vernell Coriell. Film reviews of Tarzan's Greatest Adventure & Tarzan the Ape Man, Bill Elliot replaces Dick Van Bureb on Tarzan comic strip. 7-in. x 9 3/4-in. 4 Pages B&W.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Joe Gill, Bill Molno, Wayne Howard, Bill Fraccio and Tony Tallarico. Charlton's long-running horror series eventually became the home of horror host Baron Weirwulf. Trucker Ray begins to have nightmares of his wife in a car crash. The new owners of Cheldenham Castle want to bring tourists to the "haunted castle," but that doesn't sit well with the ghost who actually inhabits the property. A would-be grave robber learns the terrible secret of the Lambert crypt, in a story (and cover) with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Nightmare; Come See Our Ghost; Not to Die - But Why ?; Room for One More. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

June 1, 1974. Comics include Bernard Briggs, 12 Days to Save Britain, It's Goals that Count, The Swamp Rat, and more. 8 1/4-in. x 12-in., 32 pages, all newsprint, black and white.

June 22, 1974. Comics include The Secret of the Mystery Spinner, Wonder Dog, Muscles Malone M.A., Nickel, and more. 8 1/4-in. x 12-in., 32 pages, all newsprint, black and white.

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June 29, 1974. Comics include Captain Hornet, Hank the Yank, The Swamp Rat, Bernard Briggs, and more. 8 1/4-in. x 12-in., 32 pages, all newsprint, black and white.

June 1st, 1974. Action, Adventures, Western, and Humor comic strips featuring The Scarlet Hawk, The Lost Team From Eterna, and The Boyhood of Wild Bill Hickock! Saddle-Stitched, 8 1/2-in. x 12-in., 32 pages, PC/PB&W.

June 8th, 1974. Action, Adventures, Western, and Humor comic strips featuring The Scarlet Hawk, The Lost Team From Eterna, and Danny Boyd! Saddle-Stitched, 8 1/2-in. x 12-in., 32 pages, PC/PB&W.

June 15th, 1974. Action, Adventures, Western, and Humor comic strips featuring The Scarlet Hawk, The Lost Team From Eterna, and Fearless Fred! Saddle-Stitched, 8 1/2-in. x 12-in., 32 pages, PC/PB&W.

June 22nd, 1974. Action, Adventures, Western, and Humor comic strips featuring The Scarlet Hawk, The Lost Team From Eterna, and Fearless Fred! Saddle-Stitched, 8 1/2-in. x 12-in., 32 pages, PC/PB&W.

June 29th, 1974. Action, Adventures, Western, and Humor comic strips featuring The Scarlet Hawk, The Lost Team From Eterna, and Fearless Fred! Saddle-Stitched, 8 1/2-in. x 12-in., 32 pages, PC/PB&W.

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Cover art by Luis Dominguez. "To Never Grow Old," script by Mary Skrenes (as "Virgil North"), art by Tony DeZuniga; A scientist gets revenge on a partner for cheating him out of the profits of a rejuvenation machine by reverting him to an infant's body forever. "The Right Demon Could Do It!", script by Sheldon Mayer, pencils by Paul Kirchner, inks by Tex Blaisdell; A crabby man wishes tortures on all who annoy him and a demon records all of his wishes until it finally appears before him and offers him a wish; The demon suggests a promotion at work, but the man turns that down as he knows he'd still be working for his boss that he doesn't like; The demon suggests marrying his supervisor's attractive secretary. "The Lion's Share," script by Steve Skeates, art by Alfredo Alcala; A hunter in Africa uses dogs to finish off a wounded lion that the natives regard highly; To get their revenge, they toss a voodoo doll of the hunter to the dogs and release them so that the dogs tear apart the hunter as they did the doll. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Alex Nino art. Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Featuring: "To Never Grow Old" written by Virgil North and drawn by Tony DeZuniga; "The Right Demon Could Do It!" written by Sheldon Mayer and drawn by Paul Kirchner and Tex Blaisdell; "The Lion's Share" written by Steve Skeates and drawn by Alfredo Alcala. Cover by Luis Dominguez. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover by Art Cappello. Stories and art by Joe Gill, Tony Tallarico, Art Cappello, Vince Alascia and Charles Nicholas. Charlton's long-running romance title showcased the fashions and relationship ideals of its rapidly changing eras. A man must choose between two sisters he loves equally. Olga thinks she's being stalked, but George turns out to be a cop who's hunting the real stalker. A Quiet Place; Man in the Shadows; Find-a-Word; Teen-Age Troubles; The Bridesmaid Cried. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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May-June 1974. Volume 22, No. 5 (Whole No. 172). Cover by Jack Gaughan. Science fiction stories by Fred Saberhagen, Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg, Christopher Anvil, James H. Schmitz, Mack Reynolds, William Jon Watkins, Clark Collins. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 176 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.59.

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Cover art by Herb Trimpe and John Romita (alterations). Crisis On Counter-Earth!, script by Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Jack Abel; Thanks to the Inhumans, Hulk finds himself on Counter-Earth where he is promptly beaten and gassed by the Man-Beast's New-Men; The Recorder finds the stasis chamber containing Adam Warlock and wakes him up; Meanwhile, back on regular Earth, Glenn Talbot escapes from his Soviet captors--or does he? Continued from Warlock #8. Marvel Value Stamp. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "Crisis On Counter-Earth!" Script by Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Jack Abel. The story continues in Warlock 8. Trimpe/Sal Trapani cover. Cover price $0.25.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.50.

1st printing. Based on the story by H.G. Wells. Adapted by Otto Binder. Art by Alex Nino. When one man unlocks the secrets to invisibility, it isn't long before his twisted mind gets bent on world domination! Softcover, 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

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Iron Man's origin retold in this issue. "Night of the Rising Sun!" Guest-starring Sunfire. First 25¢ cover price issue. Story by Mike Friedrich. Art by George Tuska and Mike Esposito. Cover by Jim Starlin. Tony Stark follows Roxanne Gilbert to Vietnam in an attempt to find Eddie March's brother, who is listed as MIA after the war. But instead Iron Man finds Sunfire, the Mandarin, and the Unicorn! First, Sunfire attacks Iron Man, and then the Mandarin abducts Sunfire! What is going on? The story features a 1-page retelling of Iron Man's origin. (Notes: The letters page includes a letter from comics writer and artist Jerry Ordway. The letters page also contains Marvel Value Stamp series A #29 Baron Mordo.) 32 pages Cover price $0.25.

Mark Jewelers Advertisement Insert Variant. Iron Man's origin retold in this issue. "Night of the Rising Sun!" Guest-starring Sunfire. First 25¢ cover price issue. Story by Mike Friedrich. Art by George Tuska and Mike Esposito. Cover by Jim Starlin. Tony Stark follows Roxanne Gilbert to Vietnam in an attempt to find Eddie March's brother, who is listed as MIA after the war. But instead Iron Man finds Sunfire, the Mandarin, and the Unicorn! First, Sunfire attacks Iron Man, and then the Mandarin abducts Sunfire! What is going on? The story features a 1-page retelling of Iron Man's origin. (Notes: The letters page includes a letter from comics writer and artist Jerry Ordway. The letters page also contains Marvel Value Stamp series A #29 Baron Mordo.) 32 pages Cover price $0.25.

Cover pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick. To Catch a Thief, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; The girls mistake an innocent man for a jewel thief, and when they try to foil what they think is an attempt to steal the Cabot jewels, they wind up becoming wanted for theft themselves. Sound On! with Li'l Jinx by Joe Edwards. Money Talks, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Jon D'Agostino; Alex tries to bribe Alan to dump Josie, to no avail. Name Game, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Alex constantly calls people by made-up names because he considers himself too important to have to learn people's real names. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. House for Sale, art by Dick Ayers; In an attempt to save his job at a real estate agency, Paul Harris tries one last time to sell the haunted Keystone mansion. The Secret Men, art by Richard Doxsee; Captain Shaw and his soldiers search for a fabled city in the Rocky Mountains. The Burning Flame, art by Gil Kane; A bum breaks into a funeral parlor to steal a solid silver candlestick. I Went Through the Veil!, art by Paul Reinman; Lise falls in love with Ralph and brings him through time to the future. The Books That Were Alive, art by Mort Meskin; Bert Wells finds some books from space that allow him to experience the adventures contained within. Stan Lee discusses the Italy comic book convention he had just returned from. Ad for Giant-Size Chillers #1. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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UK Edition. Cover by Ron Wilson and Dan Adkins. Too Human!, art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito; Alien invaders adapt the same form of humans to learn their weaknesses but grow to like them, and when their masters demand they report in, they tell them that the humans are dangerous and smash the communicator. The Crackpot, art by Don Heck; An unsuccessful inventor finally gives up, throwing his final invention away. The Terrible Touch!, art by Syd Shores; A miner comes upon the immortal king Midas, takes him for a claim jumper and grabs him. The Secret of Steven Durham, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; A man's friend realizes that he has developed a way to stop aging by taking treatments from a device that measures the speed of light. The Trap Hostess Fruit Pies ad with Spider-Man, art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. 36 pages, full color.

1st printing. Based on the story by Jules Vern. Get ready for an adventure where a group of explorers seek a passage to the center of the Earth and discover a subterranean fantasy world, filled with prehistoric life forms and mythical monsters! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.95.

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Cover pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick. "The Measure of a Man," script by Frank Doyle, art by Samm Schwartz; Reggie tries to show Jughead up after he catches the Jones boy measuring objects in the street. "Last Word" one-page Li'l Jinx story by Joe Edwards. "It's a Snap," script by Frank Doyle, art by Samm Schwartz; Reggie and Archie harass Jughead while he's trying to make a living as a street photographer. "Model Muddle," art by Samm Schwartz; As a means of ensuring energy conservation in the school, Prof. Flutesnoot recommends that all the students copy Jughead's example. "Babbling Gourmet," script by Frank Doyle, art by Samm Schwartz; Pop makes Jughead earn his cheeseburger by helping out around the shop, an idea he quickly comes to regret. 36 pgs., full color Cover price $0.25.

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100-page giant issue. Cover art by Nick Cardy. Balance of Power!, script by Len Wein, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Dick Giordano. Wanted: the Injustice Gang!, script by Martin Pasko, art by Pat Broderick. The Black Star Shines! starring the Seven Soldiers of Victory, script by Mort Weisinger, art by Jon Smalle. Mystery of the Clowning Criminals starring the Shining Knight, art by Jon Smalle. Mystery of the Santa Claus Pirate! starring the Star Spangled Kid, art by Hal Sherman. Mystery of the One-Man Museum starring Green Arrow, script by Mort Weisinger, art by George Papp. Attack of the Star-Bolt Warrior! starring Justice League of America, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bernard Sachs. 100 pgs. $0.60. Cover price $0.60.