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Comic books September 1978

  • Issue #25UK
    Mister Miracle (1971 1st Series) UK Edition 25UK

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    UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. "Doom Unto Others..." Darkseid and his evil Apokolips henchmen attack once again. The real life villain, however, was the infamous "DC Implosion," which made this the last issue in the series. Script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Michael Golden, inks by Russ Heath.

  • Vol. 73 #9

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  • #1, 2nd Printing
    Mondo Snarfo (1978) #1, 2nd Printing
    Mondo Snarfo (1978) #1, 2nd Printing
    Tags: Underground
    Published Sep 1978 by Kitchen Sink.

    2nd printing (noted in indicia). R. Crumb. Mature Readers. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #813

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  • Vol. 69 #12

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  • Vol. 22 #7

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    Vintage men's interest magazine focused on articles, erotic short fiction stories, adult humor comics, and nude pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11", 68 pages, B&W/Color. -MATURE READERS-

  • Sep 1978
    National Lampoon (1970) Sep 1978

    September 1978. Style. If straight men ran the fashion industry; a satire on "punk" culture and fashion; a Gahan Wilson story. Stories and art by P. J. O'Rourke, Sam Gross, Larry Elmore, Joe Schenkman, Shary Flenniken, Claire Bretecher and Ed Subitzky. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and Foto Funnies. Mature readers. 100 pages. Cover price $1.50.

  • Issue #52
    New Terrytoons (1962 Gold Key) 52

    The hero of Mouseville stars alongside other characters from Paul Terry's Terrytoons. Sinister Dr. Deemon's latest invention is a formula that unexpectedly turns him into a good guy, and Mighty Mouse into a bad guy! Heckle and Jeckle find a genie in a lamp, but forget to be careful what they wish for. When Mitzi's new beauty shop turns out to be a trap set by the cats, only Mighty Mouse can save her. Mighty Mouse: The Turnabout; Heckle and Jeckle: Dumb Genie; Silly Sidney: The Living End; Mighty Mouse: Hair Today. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #52
    New Terrytoons (1962 Whitman) 52

    Whitman edition. The hero of Mouseville stars alongside other characters from Paul Terry's Terrytoons. Sinister Dr. Deemon's latest invention is a formula that unexpectedly turns him into a good guy, and Mighty Mouse into a bad guy! Heckle and Jeckle find a genie in a lamp, but forget to be careful what they wish for. When Mitzi's new beauty shop turns out to be a trap set by the cats, only Mighty Mouse can save her. Mighty Mouse: The Turnabout; Heckle and Jeckle: Dumb Genie; Silly Sidney: The Living End; Mighty Mouse: Hair Today. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

  • Sep 11 1978

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    September 11, 1978 issue cover featuring "Son of Star Wars, TV's Battlestar Galactica." Issue has cover photo and six-page article on the Fall 1978 TV season which featured the premiere of the original "Battlestar Galactica" TV series starring Richard Hatch as Apollo, Dirk Benedict as Starbuck, and Lorne Green as Adama. Article covers "Battlestar Galactica," the upcoming TV season and has many color and black-and-white photos. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #21
    Nova (1976 1st Series) 21

    "Is the World Ready for the Shocking Secret of Nova?" Story by Marv Wolfman. Art by John Buscema and Joe Rubinstein. In the wake of last issue's events, Nova confronts the leader of the hooded cabal, the sinister Corruptor. How can Nova possibly hope to defeat a foe who once possessed the mighty Thor? Plus, at long last, Richard Rider reveals to his family that he is in fact the super-hero known as Nova. 32 pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #21MJ

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    Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #21UK

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    UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. Guest-starring Thor. Story by Marv Wolfman. Art by Sal Buscema and Tom Palmer. Jack Kirby cover. The nefarious Corruptor has possessed the mighty Thor and sent the Asgardian on a rampage that will bring the city down. Can Richard Rider, even with the power of Nova Prime, hope to contain the mad god of thunder. It's the Human Rocket vs. the power of Thor! 32 pages.

  • Sep 17 1978
    Oakland Press Funnybook, The (1980) Sep 17 1978

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    Sept. 17, 1978. Oakland Press Funnybook was a Sunday comics supplement in comic book format for a Pontiac, Michigan newspaper. Marmaduke, Rich O-Shay and Hipshot, Born Loser, Boomer, Gordo, Russ Manning's Tarzan, Bugs Bunny, Apartment 3-G, Emmy Lou, Priscilla's Pop, Nancy, Better Half, Johnny Wonder, Fred Basset, Tumbleweeds, Short Ribs, Flintstones, Garfield, Doctor Shock, Bosleys, Ferd'nand, Dunagins People, Winthrop and Carnival Sunday Comic Strips are reprinted. 7 1/4-in. x 10-in., 16 pages, full color.

  • Sep 24 1978
    Oakland Press Funnybook, The (1980) Sep 24 1978

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    Sept. 24, 1978. Oakland Press Funnybook was a Sunday comics supplement in comic book format for a Pontiac, Michigan newspaper. Marmaduke, Rich O-Shay and Hipshot, Born Loser, Boomer, Gordo, Russ Manning's Tarzan, Bugs Bunny, Apartment 3-G, Emmy Lou, Priscilla's Pop, Nancy, Better Half, Johnny Wonder, Fred Basset, Tumbleweeds, Short Ribs, Flintstones, Garfield, Doctor Shock, Bosleys, Ferd'nand, Dunagins People, Winthrop and Carnival Sunday Comic Strips are reprinted. 7 1/4-in. x 10-in., 16 pages, full color.

  • Vol. 48 #9

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  • Issue #9
    OG Whiz (1971 Gold Key) 9

    Presents Tubby Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #9
    OG Whiz (1971 Whitman) 9

    Whitman edition. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 15 #1
    Old West (1964-1999 Western Publications Inc.) Vol. 15 #1


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  • Vol. 7 #9
    Oui (1972-2008 Playboy Productions) Magazine Vol. 7 #9

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  • Vol. 47 #7
    Parts Pups (1931-1996 NAPA Auto Parts) Vol. 47 #7

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    Monthly magazine published by NAPA automotive parts. Includes single panel gag strips, glamour pin-ups and jokes. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 8 total pages, B&W. NOTE: These items were published to be given away at different NAPA distributor locations and therefore the header varies. This does not affect value.

  • Issue #341
    Pep Comics (1940-1987 Archie) 341

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    Cover inks by Rudy Lapick. "Blow the Man Down," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Jim DeCarlo; Archie saves Gaston's dinner, then ruins it while taking a bow. A Way Out Puzzle; Lead Archie through the maze to civilization. "Attention Please," pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Jon D'Agostino; Archie is confident he can win two free sundaes from Pop by hitting a home run, until he finds out who is pitching. "Out-Boxed" starring Li'l Jinx, script and art by Joe Edwards; Charley outwits Greg. "Isn't it Swell," pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Rudy Lapick; Jughead just wants to be alone and everybody else wants to help him. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #293
    Perry Rhodan Neu Auflage (German 1973-1984 Erich Pabel Verlag) 293

    Issue 293. September 1978. All text in German. 6" x 8.75". 66 pages.

  • Issue #294
    Perry Rhodan Neu Auflage (German 1973-1984 Erich Pabel Verlag) 294

    Issue 294. September 1978. All text in German. 6" x 8.75". 66 pages.

  • Issue #1
    Peter Parker Spiderman (Spanish 1978-1980 Mundi Comics/Ediciones Vertice) 1

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    Spanish language reprint of Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #1-2. (W) Gerry Conway (A) Sal Buscema/Mike Esposito. 7 1/2-in. x 10 3/4-in., 40 pages, black and white.

  • Vol. 91 #7

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  • Issue #56
    Pink Panther (1971 Gold Key) 56

    Written by unknown. Art by unknown. Comic book version of the famous cartoon character. Issue features the Pink Panther in: "Pink Alien"; "Pink Tourist"; and "Pink Salesman." Issue also has the Inspector in "Case of: The Strange Robbery." 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #56
    Pink Panther (1971 Whitman) 56

    Whitman edition Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #12
    Pizzazz (1977) 12


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    Published Sep 1978 by Marvel.

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    Marvel-produced kids magazine in the vein of Dynamite. The Grease movie. Battlestar Galactica. Roger Stern reveals a cover-up at the Midtown High science lab that could cause someone to be bitten by a radioactive spider; art by Steve Ditko. Part 3 of Star Wars comic The Kingdom of Ice, by Archie Goodwin, Walt Simonson and Klaus Janson; Hey Look! by Harvey Kurtzman; other comics by Jon Buller. Plus puzzles, games, and pop culture. Full color; 48 pages. Cover price $0.75.

  • Vol. 25 #9
    Playboy Magazine (1953-Present HMH Publishing) Vol. 25 #9

    The world's longest running men's magazine, featuring advice columns, pictorials, illustrations and humor. In this issue: Drugs '78 - Everything that Takes You Up and Down, with a New Version of the Famous Playboy Drug Chart; College Girls - The West's Most Beautiful Coeds; Gahan Wilson Visits Dracula Country; What Does "Good in Bed" Mean?; College Football Predictions from the Country's Top Forecaster; Was "Rocky" a Fluke? - A Knockout Interview with Sly Stallone; and Spying and Lying on the Road to Watergate - How Nixon, the CIA and Big Oil Ganged Up on Aristotle Onassis. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., PC/PB&W. Mature Readers

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    $370 PLAYBOY MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1978 V25 #9 CGC 9.4 NM SUE PAUL SYLVESTER STALLONE

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  • Issue #141
    Popeye (1948-1980 Dell/Gold Key/King/Charlton) 141

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    36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #141
    Popeye (1978-1982 Whitman) 141

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    Whitman edition. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #84
    Porky Pig (1965 Gold Key) 84
  • Issue #84
    Porky Pig (1965 Whitman) 84

    Whitman edition. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #310
    PS The Preventive Maintenance Monthly (1951) 310

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  • Vol. 104 #5
    Railroad Magazine (1929 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Carstens) 2nd Series Vol. 104 #5

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  • Issue #3
    Rampage Magazine (1978 UK Magazine) Monthly 3

    An anthology magazine from Marvel UK, reprinting US superhero stories in a black-and-white format. This issue features The Monster and the Metal Master from The Rampaging Hulk magazine #3, continuing the Krylorian saga from #2. Written by Doug Moench, with art by Walt Simonson and Alfredo Alcala. Painted cover by Earl Norem, also reprinted from RH #3. 52 pages. Cover price 0.35. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 12 #9
    Ranger Rick's Nature Magazine (1967 National Wildlife Federation) Vol. 12 #9

    Volume 12, Issue 9. September, 1978. 8" x 10". 31 pages. Full color.

  • Issue #147
    Rawhide Kid (1955) 147
    Published Sep 1978 by Marvel.

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    Reprints. Cover by Paul Gulacy. Stories by Larry Lieber and unknown. Art by Larry Lieber, Doug Wildey and George Roussos. The Rawhide Kid stars in "Renegades of the Wild North!" by Larry Lieber and George Roussos, reprinted from issue #95. Claude Dijon appearance. Plus: The Outlaw Kid in the back-up story "Gun Crazy!" with art by Doug Wildey, reprinted from Outlaw Kid (1954 Atlas) #19. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #147MJ

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    Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #11
    Red Sonja (1977 1st Marvel Series) 11
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    "Red Lace" part 2, "Sightless in a Strange Land!" Script by Roy Thomas and Clara Noto, art and cover by Frank Thorne. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #11UK

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    UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. "Red Lace" part 2, "Sightless in a Strange Land!" Script by Roy Thomas and Clara Noto, art and cover by Frank Thorne.

  • Issue #11MJ
    Red Sonja (1977 1st Series) Mark Jewelers 11MJ

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    Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "Red Lace" part 2, "Sightless in a Strange Land!" Script by Roy Thomas and Clara Noto, art and cover by Frank Thorne. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #108
    Reggie and Me (1966) 108

    Cover pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Rudy Lapick. "The Friend," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Bob Bolling, inks by Rudy Lapick; Reggie declares a truce with Archie, but Jughead warns him that Reggie has an ulterior motive. "Petrified Forest," script and pencils by Dick Malmgren, inks by Jon D'Agostino; Reggie and Archie go hiking. By the "See" Puzzle activity page. "Triple Triumph," script by George Gladir, pencils by Bob Bolling, inks by Joe Edwards; This time Archie goes about sabotaging Reggie's time with Veronica. "A Loan Again," script by Dick Malmgren, pencils by Dick Malmgren, inks by Jon D'Agostino; Archie starts ducking Reggie when he learns Reggie is looking to collect something from him. 36 pgs., full color. $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #170
    Richie Rich (1960 1st Series) 170

    Cover by Warren Kremer. Harvey's flagship title featuring the adventures of Richie Rich, the richest kid in the world. Richie's cousin Chesley invites him to the Young Billionaires Club, where being a multi-millionaire simply isn't good enough. Little Dot gives Richie a gigantic cheese to prove a point. For Young Billionaires Only; Maydas Cottage; Cadbury: The Butlers Mascot; See How They Run; The School Picnic Wagon; Little Dot: The Unusual Dot. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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    $4 Richie Rich #170 (Sep 1978, Harvey) - Very Good
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  • Issue #2
    Richie Rich and Cadbury (1977) 2

    Uncontrolled Control starring Richie Rich, Cadbury, Mr. Rich, and Professor Keenbean. The Jogging Spirit starring Richie Rich and Cadbury. The Perfectly Safe Space-Suit starring Richie Rich, Cadbury, and Mr. Rich. Ironsides starring Richie Rich, Cadbury, Mr. Rich, Ironsides, and Cadbury. Richer Richie starring Richie Rich, Cadbury, and Uncle Wealthy. Uncle Rags starring Little Dot, Mrs. Polka, and Uncle Rags. 52 pgs. $.50 Cover price $0.50.

  • Issue #25
    Richie Rich and Casper (1974) 25

    Little Chief Richie Part 1 starring Richie Rich, Casper, Chef Pierre, Irona the Maid, Cadbury, Mr. Rich, Mrs. Rich, Bascomb, Dollar, and Spooch. Little Chief Richie Part 2: The Secret of Camp Wampum! Little Chief Richie Part 3: Summer Fun For Everyone. Having A Ball! starring Richie Rich and Little Dot. 36 pgs. $.35. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #25
    Richie Rich Billions (1974) 25

    "Trouble at the R$R Ranch"; Mr. Rich sends Richie to look over the R$R Ranch; When they arrive they find cattle rustlers making off with their herd. "The Ace in the Hole"; Cadbury is captured by Fester and his gang. "Outfoxing Fester"; Richie rescues Cadbury and puts an end to Fester's scheme. "Weather Fun" starring Richie Rich and Little Dot. "Yipe!" starring Richie Rich and Gloria. "Easy Money" starring Little Lotta, Mr. Plump, Mrs. Plump, and Little Dot. "Dots A Plenty" starring Little Dot, Mrs. Polka, and Prof. Gook. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.50.

  • Issue #25
    Richie Rich Cash (1974) 25

    The world's richest boy could carry credit cards, but that's not nearly as much fun as cash. While exploring the estate, Richie investigates a mystery in one of his playhouses; meanwhile, Richie's mean cousin Reggie is trying to impress Gloria's visiting cousin Pat. The mystery turns out to involve the latest invention from Rich Labs, which has escaped into the caverns under Playhouse 13. Richie must fight for his life and that of his friends, in a three-part story. Little Dot meets her Uncle Weirdo, who dresses like a Beatnik and has the power to teleport into the 4th Dimension. While there, she meets things even stranger than Uncle Weirdo. Plus a classic Casper PSA for the Cub Scouts, including the Cub Scout code and a membership application. Mystery at Playhouse 13; Cavern of Terror; The Kill!; Little Dot Meets Uncle Weirdo. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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  • Issue #38
    Richie Rich Diamonds (1972) 38

    "Unexpected Money"; Richie and his Dad find a roomful of money while touring a remote part of their mansion. But, is it their money, after all? "Love Those Gems"; Richie teaches his incautious Mom about the danger in flouting her jewelry in public. "Short People"; Poor Peewee feels left out of some activities because he's smaller than the others. But, they all soon learn that small has its advantages. "Gem Dandy"; When their neighbors call and ask to borrow a cup of gems for a party, Richie and his Mom decide to walk them over; Along the way, they find several uses for the gems. "Living Pictures"; Reggie decides to abuse a new invention that can bring pictures to life. Untitled one-page story; While visiting her uncle's farm, Lotta finds gathering an egg for breakfast and a chicken for dinner to be a difficult task. "Uncle Rush Slows Down"; For all his speeding around, there is one thing that causes Uncle Rush to sit and wait patiently. Untitled one-page story; After reading a comic book, Aunt Quaver doesn't know whether to laugh or cry or be scared. Untitled one-page story; Lotta catches a falling piano. "Blowhard!"; When Little Lotta hears a couple of boys bragging about how long they can hold their breath, she decides to see how well she can do at it; Holding her breath for a long time is no problem, but when she lets go, it means gale-force winds. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.50.