Comic books October 1974

Whitman edition. Two Scooby Doo stories "The Ancient Astronaut!" and "Curse of the Wishing Well!" Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $27.00 View scan Cover oxidation.

Cover by Vicente Ballestar. Edited by Al Hewetson. Stories by Al Hewetson, Ed Fedory and Augustine Funnell. Art by Cesar Lopez, Jose Cardona, Jose Martin Sauri, Paul Pueyo, and Jesus Duran. Horror anthology from upstart publisher Skywald, founded by Marvel and Warren veterans, and featuring artists of the Filipino New Wave. A Dracula story; Poes Murders in the Rue Morgue with art by Lopez; The Art of Killing Monsters. 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. 64 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart Fine $8.00	Add to cart FN 6.0 $9.00 View scan	Add to cart FN- 5.5 $6.00	Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $4.30
Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $6.00	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $4.10	Add to cart Very Good $9.30	Add to cart VG 4.0 $9.30
Add to cart VG- 3.5 $7.49	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $7.49

Final issue of the series. Cover by Nick Cardy. "Robin the Boy Wonder," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson; Dick Grayson watches his parents die and overhears the killers confessing the point, and he decides to tip off the Police; However, the Batman intervenes to save the boy's life, and trains him to become his partner, Robin the Boy Wonder; reprinted from Detective Comics #38. "The Submarine Strikes," script by Mort Weisinger, art by Paul Norris; An unnamed scientist and explorer uses the science of ancient Atlantis to give his son the power to breathe underwater; reprinted from More Fun Comics #73. Short article on the origins of Robin and Aquaman by E. Nelson Bridwell. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

First 25c cover priced issue. Cover by Art Cappello. Stories by unknown. Art by Art Cappello and Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia. Nothing matters much to them except the here and now. They don't know how much heartbreak lies ahead...and they don't care! Read..."Summer Girl"! Also featuring: "Skag!" and "Another Lovely Night"! Plus: Find-a-Word puzzle page! And: letters page "Teen-Age Troubles" by Harold Gluck. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $3.49 Centerfold detached at one staple.

Add to cart Very Good $3.20

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Reprint. Cover price $0.25.

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Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $14.25

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $9.10

100-page giant. New story: the Marvel Family stars in "The Evil Return of the Monster Society." Script by Denny O'Neil, art by Kurt Schaffenberger. Reprints: "The Prophetic Book" (from Captain Marvel Adventures 57 in 1946; art by Pete Costanza), Captain Marvel Jr. in "The Man Who Lived History" (from Captain Marvel Jr. 83 in 1949), "Mr. Tawny's Fight for Fame" (from CMA 126 in 1951; art by C.C. Beck), Mary Marvel in "Curse of the Books" (from Mary Marvel 2 in 1946; art by Jack Binder), "The Magic Mix-Up" (from CMA 102 in 1949; pencils by Beck, inks by Costanza), and the Marvel Family in "The World Wrecker" (from Marvel Family 86 in 1953; art by Kurt Schaffenberger). Bob Oksner cover. Cover price $0.60.

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Cover by Joe Simon. Stories and art by Paul Laikin, Bob Heit, Marylyn Ippolito, Len Herman, John Farris, Warren Emery, Aron Mayer, Eden Norah, Gregg Axelrod, Hope Lee, Tony Tallarico, Bernie Cootner, Bill Burke, John Ryan, Bert Houle, Diane Levin, Jerry Grandenetti, and Joe Simon. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Pyramid Books was the publisher during this run. Spoofs of the cop drama Serpico, sportscaster Howard Cosell, and undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau. A look at the 1960s "streaking" fad. Ad spoofs, cartoons, and Pickle Jokes. Ser-pig-o; The Henry Kissinger Sing-along Group; A Sick Look at Fathers; Barklett's Unfamiliar Quotations; How to Make Big Money in a Big Hurry; Sick Gets Even with the Telephone Company; Crime and Astonishment; Training Schools for Ushers; 101 Pickle Jokes; Streakers Nudes-letter; Civil Service Tests for Uncivil Employees; Inside Howard Cosell's Wallet; Gag Mag Covers; Going Phrasy; The Undersea World of Jerque Kooksteau; Sick Sick World; Sick as It Seems. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.40.

UK Reprints- Stories include; GORGILLA Strikes Again!, Prison Without Bars!, The Question That Can't Be Answered!, The Swirling Mist!, Beware of the Little Toy Men!!, Humans...Keep Out!, The Disappearing Man!, I Was Trapped in Horror House!, and The SAVAGES!. Squarebound B&W publication. 7.25" x 9.25". 68 pages.

Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 66 pages. B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $1.25.

October 1974 Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart Fine $3.60	Add to cart FN 6.0 $8.00	Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $7.60	Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $7.60
Add to cart Very Good $6.40	Add to cart VG 4.0 $6.40	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $5.10	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $4.49

Whitman edition. Spiegle art appears in all issues of this series. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $275.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Label #4373202021 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $475.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4216831015 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Simplified Spider-Man stories. 11 page origin story, "Spider-Man is Born!" Script by Jean Thomas (with help from Bill Effros, based on the original story by Stan Lee), pencils by Winslow Mortimer, inks by Mike Esposito. Also in this issue: "Spidey Signs Up," "Spidey Meets the Spoiler" (based on the Electric Company script by Tom Whedon), and "Help! I'm Spider-Man!" (based on a story by Byron Preiss). John Romita Sr. cover. Cover price $0.35.

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Will Eisner Published by Warren for the first 16 issues (and by Kitchen Sink beginning with 17), The Spirit reprints Will Eisner's groundbreaking work from the 1940s and '50s. This issue includes the following stories: Life Below by Eisner and Jerry Grandenetti; Mr. McDool by Eisner and Grandenetti; Silk Satin & The Spirit by Eisner and Andre LeBlanc; Ye Olde Spirit of '76 by Eisner and Jules Feiffer; The Elevator by Eisner, Feiffer, and Grandenetti; The Return of Vino Red by Eisner and Feiffer; The Guilty Gun... by Eisner and LeBlanc; and Flaxen Weaver by Eisner. Cover by Eisner and Ken Kelly. Cover price $1.00.

Cover by Warren Kremer. Harvey reprints classic stories of Spooky, Casper's scare-happy cousin, plus Wendy and other Casper pals. Spooky reminds anti-scaring Poil that she's a ghost too, but when she tries to scare, her boos are less than satisfactory. In Egypt, Spooky is captured by the Phantom Pharaoh, who is forcing ghost-slaves to build ghost-pyramids. Wendy's witchy aunts accidentally summon Merlin himself, who is more than a match for all three of them. Too Cold for Comfort; Poil Thinks It Over; The Egyptian Haunt; Changeabout; The Strange Animal; Wendy: The Double Whammy. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 39, No. 18. October, 29, 1973. Includes articles on the Oakland A's and their World Series win, O. J. Simpson and on the cover and coming changes to Pinehurst. 8 1/2 x 11". 130 pages. Color and B&W. Cover price $0.60.

Vol. 41, No. 18. October, 28, 1974. Includes articles on Ali and Foreman just prior to "The Rumble in the Jungle" fight, Sonny Jurgensen of the Redskins, and the Oakland A's after their third World Series win. 8 1/2 x 11". 122 pages. Color and B&W. Cover price $0.75.

Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on sports, hunting politics and crime. 10-in. x 13-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart Fine $7.90

Add to cart Fine $7.90

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $5.80

Add to cart Very Good $5.20

Cover art by Joe Kubert. A Thirst for Death! starring the Unknown Soldier, script by Frank Robbins, art by Jack Sparling. Hell's Angel! Part II: The Maverick Ace! Starring Enemy Ace and The Balloon Buster, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Frank Thorne; Lt. Savage escapes from Von Hammer; Von Hammer challenges Savage to a duel above No-Man's Land. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover art by Joe Kubert. A Thirst for Death! starring the Unknown Soldier, script by Frank Robbins, art by Jack Sparling. Hell's Angel! Part II: The Maverick Ace! Starring Enemy Ace and The Balloon Buster, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Frank Thorne; Lt. Savage escapes from Von Hammer; Von Hammer challenges Savage to a duel above No-Man's Land. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $30.00 View scans	Add to cart VF 8.0 $25.00 View scans	Add to cart VF 8.0 $29.00 View scans	Add to cart VF- 7.5 $15.00 View scan
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Cover art by John Romita. "Black Crossing," script by Mike Friedrich, art by Tony DeZuniga (not Luis Dominguez); Having just been saved by the Golem from a rebel army, Wayne Logan and Jason and Rebecca Adamson are shocked at the creatures lethal methods; As the statue becomes inert again, they theorize how Rebecca's recently deceased grandfather Abraham Adamson, managed to revive the creature; the Golem becomes a subject of interest for a sorcerer named Kaballa, who wishes to destroy the it. Reprint of an old weird story, "The Man Who Couldn't Be Killed!" (from Adventure Into Mystery 8), art by Jimmy Infantino; A man is going to be hanged on Monday so he escapes from jail and gets a potion from a witch doctor that will remove all Mondays from his life. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A #94 (Electro by Steve Ditko). 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 7p cover price. Cover art by John Romita. "Black Crossing," script by Mike Friedrich, art by Tony DeZuniga (not Luis Dominguez); Having just been saved by the Golem from a rebel army, Wayne Logan and Jason and Rebecca Adamson are shocked at the creatures lethal methods; As the statue becomes inert again, they theorize how Rebecca's recently deceased grandfather Abraham Adamson, managed to revive the creature; the Golem becomes a subject of interest for a sorcerer named Kaballa, who wishes to destroy the it. Reprint of an old weird story, "The Man Who Couldn't Be Killed!" (from Adventure Into Mystery 8), art by Jimmy Infantino; A man is going to be hanged on Monday so he escapes from jail and gets a potion from a witch doctor that will remove all Mondays from his life. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A #94 (Electro by Steve Ditko). 36 pgs., full color.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. The Golem stars in "Black Crossing." Script by Mike Friedrich, art by Tony DeZuniga (not Luis Dominguez). This issue also contains a reprint of an old weird story, "The Man Who Couldn't Be Killed" (from Adventure Into Mystery 8). The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A #94 (Electro by Steve Ditko). John Romita Sr. cover pencils, Frank Giacoia cover inks. Cover price $0.25.

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The Stripper is a fanzine/adzine by Biljo White made especially for collectors of daily and Sunday newspaper comic strips. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $8.00

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $6.40

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover art by Nick Cardy. The Legionnaire Nobody Remembered, script by Cary Bates, art by Mike Grell; The Legionnaires ponder a photo in their archives featuring a Legionnaire no one remembers, Anti-Lad; The readers are told how a time traveler from the far-distant future saw Superboy being rejected by the Legion in his initial tryout and went to the Legion's time to make sure they gave the Boy of Steel a second chance. Brainiac 5's Secret Weakness!, script by Cary Bates, art by Mike Grell; Brainiac 5 misses Supergirl so much his subconscious mind creates an android version of her; When Brainy and his android get into trouble, the real Supergirl saves them and announces she is leaving the Legion. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Bob Oksner. Death of a Prez!, script by Cary Bates, pencils by Art Saaf, inks by Vince Colletta; Supergirl must save Prez from three assassination attempts, including one from herself. Her Brother's Keeper!, script by Cary Bates, pencils by Art Saaf, inks by Vince Colletta; A mad scientist creates a male clone of Supergirl, and uses him to rob banks. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart FN 6.0 $8.10

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $2.80

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Cover art by Nick Cardy. Duel of the Diamond Demons!, script by Elliot S! Maggin, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Bob Oksner; Superman accidentally turns himself and Steve Lombard into diamond creatures. The Last Headline!, script by Martin Pasko, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Morgan Edge wants Perry White to retire. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

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Philippine reprint.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $7.20

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $7.20 Centerfold detached at one staple.

Add to cart Good $3.30

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $2.50

Cover by Bob Oksner. Written by Cary Bates and John David Warner. Art by John Rosenberger and Vince Colletta. Lois is kidnapped by other-dimensional aliens using a vehicle that looks like a subway train in "The Stolen Subway!" by Cary Bates, John Rosenberger and Vince Colletta. Starring Lois Lane, Superman (Clark Kent) and Perry White. Plus: Lois and Melba help an elderly couple when a crooked developer is trying to drive them out of their home in "The Building is Dead" by John David Warner, Rosenberger and Colletta. Starring Lois Lane, Superman and Melba Manton. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

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"The Eternity Man." A mysterious gem sends Swamp Thing through time, and in each era he faces dangers and encounters different incarnations of the same man. Script by Len Wein, art by Nestor Redondo. Cover by Redondo. Cover price $0.20.

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Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $20.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Long-running men's interest magazine featuring articles, fiction stories, adult cartoons, and nude photography. This issue with a comic related article, art by Gil Kane, Jim Starlin and more. 8.5" x 11", 110 pages, B&W/Color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $1.25.

Long Running vintage men's interest digest magazine that features articles, war stories, short fiction, true crime, and black and white pin-up photography. 5" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS-

Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories and art by Enrique Cristobal, Oscar Fraga, Larry Woromay and Dick Ayers. Legendary publisher Myron Fass presents gory tales of horror and the macabre. A fraternity initiation prank goes terribly wrong. A murdered circus clown returns from the grave as the Phantom Clown to save his circus, in a special bonus story for clownophobes. A female ghoul must choose between two handsome vampire brothers. Featuring altered reprints from Chamber of Chills and other 1950s pre-Code comics. Spider; The Seven Skulls; Creatures of Evil; The Devil's Zombie; The Witch's Claws; Sawdust Banshee; Vampire-Ghouls. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $5.40

Cover pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Jon D'Agostino. Meet Woodrow "Bingo" Wilkin III, popular student at Midville High School, who goes steady with girlfriend Samantha Smythe and is also lead vocalist and guitarist in his pop rock group The Bingoes. This humorous teenage series was similar to the Archie series that the same company published. Love Is Where You Find It, script by Dick Malmgren, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Bingo and Samantha try to convince their dads to stop their feuding and learn to love each other. Struck Out, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Henry Scarpelli; The devious Teddy tries to break up Bingo and Samantha by sending Bingo over to Zelda Maxson's house. What's Your Bag?, script by Dick Malmgren, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Henry Scarpelli; Bingo's dad won't let him go out until he cleans up his room. Name Game, script by Dick Malmgren, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Jon D'Agostino; Mr. Smythe offends Bingo by repeatedly making fun of his nickname. Dear Bingo & Samantha advice column. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Vol. 87, #10. Oct. 1974. 7.5" x 10.5", 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart Fine $5.70

Add to cart Very Good $4.30

Add to cart VG 4.0 $4.30

Hercules, Firelord, Galactus, and Ego guest star in "Ego: Beginning and End!" Script by Gerry Conway; pencils by Rich Buckler with Arvell Jones and Keith Pollard; inks by Joe Sinnott. Ego origin. The Destoyer takes Firelord's place as the herald of Galactus. Cameos by Sif and Odin. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A # 40 (Loki by Gil Kane). Buckler/Frank Giacoia cover. Cover price $0.25.

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UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 7p cover price. Hercules, Firelord, Galactus, and Ego guest star in "Ego: Beginning and End!" Script by Gerry Conway; pencils by Rich Buckler with Arvell Jones and Keith Pollard; inks by Joe Sinnott. Ego origin. The Destoyer takes Firelord's place as the herald of Galactus. Cameos by Sif and Odin. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A # 40 (Loki by Gil Kane). Buckler/Frank Giacoia cover.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $2.50

Not numbered. October 1974. Cover by Robert Adragna. Science fiction reprints from Keith Laumer, Robert F. Young, Jack Sharkey, Ben Bova, Frank Tinsley, Robert Silverberg, and Harold Cain. Illustrations by Robert Adragna, George Schelling, Virgil Finlay. 5 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in.; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.75.