Comic books January 1971, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $255.00 Paper: Off white Label #0056034011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.65) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by John Buscema, inks by John Verpoorten. "With These Rings, I Thee Kill!", script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone; Black Bolt removes the eye from the statute of Yin, but it speeds off as the Mandarin uses one of his rings to draw it to him. The Inhumans split up to set off searching for it and discover the Mandarin just after he has dissolved the sphere and absorbed its power; The Inhumans battle the Mandarin, defeat him, remove his rings and discard them underground while sealing in the cavern. "Deadlock," script by Mimi Gold, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Bill Everett; The Black Widow tries to persuade the Young Warriors to leave Scarola's house. She buys them a separate building and they leave Scarola's building. Letter to the editor from comic editor Paul Levitz. 36 pgs, full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $199.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4514760007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.97) will be charged at checkout.

"When Iceman Attacks" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring Iceman. Script by Stan Lee. Pencils by Gil Kane. Inks by John Romita and Tony Mortellaro (backgrounds). Cover by John Romita. In a surprising move, Spider-Man absconds with Gwen Stacy to keep her away from the deceitful Sam Bullit. The web-slinger would never harm his dear girlfriend, but a young man standing on the sidewalk named Bobby Drake doesn't know that. So when Iceman (of the original X-Men) sees Gwen in apparent distress, he zooms to the rescue! However the wall-crawler doesn't have time to fight Iceman, because he's just watched Sam Bullit's goons abduct Joe Robertson! Can the web-slinger convince Iceman to fight with him instead of against him? Robbie's life depends on it! Cameo appearance by J. Jonah Jameson. (Notes: Marie Severin designed the preliminary cover. This story was reprinted in Marvel Tales #73.) 36 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Avengers (1963 1st Series) 84 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4649142025

"The Sword and the Sorceress!" Script by Roy Thomas. Pencils by John Buscema. Inks by Tom Palmer. Cover by John Buscema and Sal Buscema. The beleaguered Black Knight journeys to the world of Polemachus to solve the mystery of his bloodthirsty ebony blade! However, Dane Whitman doesn't know who rules this extra-dimensional planet! Arkon the Magnificent! And the Imperion has a new ally on his home world: the Enchantress! That can't be good for Earth's Mightiest Heroes! And it's not once Arkon captures the knight, and the enchanting Asgardian teleports Wanda, Pietro, Goliath, and the Vision to Polemachus! But back on Earth, the Black Panther enlists the aid of the thunder god; and shortly thereafter all parties are on Polemachus and ready to rumble! The Avengers vs. Arkon and the Enchantress! A marvelous matchup indeed! Flashback cameo by the sixth century Black Knight (aka Sir Percy of Scandia). Avengers Lineup: Black Knight, Black Panther, Goliath, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Thor, and the Vision. (Notes: Arkon returns in Fantastic Four 160. The letters page includes a letter from comics writer Mike Barr.) 36 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $275.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4215742001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Neal Adams. "Red Water Crimson Death," script by Denny O'Neil, art by Neal Adams; In a tale narrated by Cain from House of Mystery, Batman slips up and almost gets himself killed trying to stop a normal thug, and is forced to go on vacation by Commissioner Gordon, who believes Batman is heading towards a total burn out; Reluctantly taking the Commissioner's advice, Batman (in his civilian guise of Bruce Wayne) takes a boat cruise in which he saves a small boy named Sean who falls overboard; Going along with the boy to his home of Arin Island, Bruce find that mystical forces are working to have him solve a mystery on the island as Batman; Learning of a local legend of the red sea that has killed many (including Sean's parents) and the supposed cases of haunting on the island, Batman soon learns that it is businessman Alysius Cabot; Cabot is really dumping chemicals into the water that is causing people to die, and is using technology to play on peoples superstitions. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $198.00 Paper: Off white to white Misspelled Indicia Variant. Label #4619347018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.94) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Neal Adams. "Red Water Crimson Death," script by Denny O'Neil, art by Neal Adams; In a tale narrated by Cain from House of Mystery, Batman slips up and almost gets himself killed trying to stop a normal thug, and is forced to go on vacation by Commissioner Gordon, who believes Batman is heading towards a total burn out; Reluctantly taking the Commissioner's advice, Batman (in his civilian guise of Bruce Wayne) takes a boat cruise in which he saves a small boy named Sean who falls overboard; Going along with the boy to his home of Arin Island, Bruce find that mystical forces are working to have him solve a mystery on the island as Batman; Learning of a local legend of the red sea that has killed many (including Sean's parents) and the supposed cases of haunting on the island, Batman soon learns that it is businessman Alysius Cabot; Cabot is really dumping chemicals into the water that is causing people to die, and is using technology to play on peoples superstitions. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $1,075.00 Paper: White Label #4626938008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($32.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Marie Severin, inks by Sal Buscema. The Falcon becomes Cap's partner in "Madness in the Slums!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Dick Ayers; Modok's origin is revealed as a former AIM scientist who was turned against his will into the grotesque living computer; Modok creates the Bulldozer robot and sends it to Harlem to tear down the slums in order to gain the residents' favor while discrediting Captain America; Cap and the Falcon defeat the Bulldozer and Modok. Brief appearance by Tony Stark (Iron Man). Ad for Thor #183. 36 pgs., full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 407 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4646432015

Cover by Neal Adams. "Marriage: Impossible," script by Frank Robbins, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Dick Giordano; When Batman learns about the pending marriage between Kirk Langstrom and Francine Lee, he races down to the cathedral to stop the wedding; Interrupting the ceremony, he pulls a mask off Langstrom's head, revealing the face of the Man-Bat. "One of Our Landmarks Is Missing!," script by Frank Robbins, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Vince Colletta; Continuing from last issue... Batgirl had stumbled upon the fact that the leader of the group Peaceful Protest has begun resorting to bombings to get the groups message across, this revelation however has gotten her trapped in a room where if she to step off a circle of floor in the middle of the room the entire place will explode. Letters to the editor from writers Alan Brennert and Arlen Schumer. 36 pgs., full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $109.65 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #0962853003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.29) will be charged at checkout.

Stories in this issue include: Point of View by Buddy Saunders (owner of MyComicShop) and Tom Sutton; The Drop by Chris Fellner, Bill Fraccio, and Tony Tallarico; The Devil's Hand by Bill DuBay; The Alien Plague by Billy Graham; The Oasis by Buddy Saunders and Carlos Garzon; October Weir: Lady in Ice by Nicola Cuti and Frank Bolle; and The Killer Slime by Steve Skeates and Carlos Garzon. Covar art by Richard Corben. Cover price $0.60.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $70.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #1339246011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.10) will be charged at checkout.

Giant-size issue. All reprints: Cover art by Jack Kirby. All reprints: "What Was X the Thing That Lived!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A writer buys an enchanted typewriter that brings his monster stories to life. "Orrgo...the Unconquerable!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An alien race with immense telepathic and telekinetic powers send one of their kind to conquer Earth; He easily defeats the police and army and freezes Washington, DC in a block of ice. "One-Way Journey!", art by Steve Ditko; A heartless tycoon has a time machine built to take him forty years into the future, where he believes that war and disease will be wiped out. "I Dared Enter the Forbidden World!", art by Don Heck; A white game hunter finds the legendary elephant's graveyard, hoping to make a fortune in ivory; He discovers that elephants were introduced to Earth by Martians. "The Inhuman!", art by Don Heck; In a future war between humans and robots the robots try to find a way to break the human defenses by sending a robot spy disguised as a human. "I Learned the Dread Secret of the Blip!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A power drain and radar anomaly is traced to a creature made of electricity hiding in a cave. "I Defied the Curse of Tut-Ah-Anka!", art by Paul Reinman; A criminal hides from the police in an old Egyptian tomb, ignoring the warning of a curse; He not only escapes the police, but has a run of luck that makes him rich and happy. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $250.00 Paper: White Label #4579123010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.50) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek

Cover art by Gray Morrow. "Where Dead Men Walk!", art by Gray Morrow; Philip and Anne inherit the Hastings Castle, and plan to move there; But the place seems haunted, and Jamieson helps them escape and burn down the Castle--or so it seems. "A Taste of Dark Fire!", script by Gerry Conway, art by Don Heck; A Christian and Jew battle the forces of evil together as they fear that an acquaintance has been possessed by the Devil; The Christian's housekeeper attempts to sow distrust for the Jew, but he isn't having any of it; She convinces him to allow her to accompany the two of them to the suspected man's house, but no further; They give her instructions to seek the police if they don't return in an hour and then enter the house; Once inside, the encounter the man who has indeed become a devil worshiper and begin a mystic battle. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $200.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #0145669028 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Joe Kubert. I'll Never Die starring Unknown Soldier, script and art by Joe Kubert; origin of Unknown Soldier. Killer Of The Skies! starring Enemy Ace, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Joe Kubert; The Enemy Ace faces off agains The Hunter, a Canadian Ace, over No-Man's Land. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $495.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4432704021 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Sal Buscema and Marie Severin (alterations). "Come the Cataclysm," script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Jim Mooney; Namor returns to Atlantis after his visit to Lemuria and discovers that a cataclysm has struck Atlantis and its people have turned to the traitorous Lord Byrrah; Namor challenges Byrrah and has 24 hours to prove his involvement in the cataclysm; Namor, assisted by the United Nations, tracks down Byrrah's co-conspirators, Dr. Dorcas and the Warlord Krang; He returns with them to Atlantis and they implicate Byrrah in the cataclysm; Prince Namor is restored to power and asks Lady Dorma to marry him. 36 pgs., full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $149.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4373238006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.47) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Siggy’s Comics

Cover by Sal Buscema and Marie Severin (alterations). "Come the Cataclysm," script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Jim Mooney; Namor returns to Atlantis after his visit to Lemuria and discovers that a cataclysm has struck Atlantis and its people have turned to the traitorous Lord Byrrah; Namor challenges Byrrah and has 24 hours to prove his involvement in the cataclysm; Namor, assisted by the United Nations, tracks down Byrrah's co-conspirators, Dr. Dorcas and the Warlord Krang; He returns with them to Atlantis and they implicate Byrrah in the cataclysm; Prince Namor is restored to power and asks Lady Dorma to marry him. 36 pgs., full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Sub-Mariner (1968 1st Series) 33 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4650383018

Cover by Sal Buscema and Marie Severin (alterations). "Come the Cataclysm," script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Jim Mooney; Namor returns to Atlantis after his visit to Lemuria and discovers that a cataclysm has struck Atlantis and its people have turned to the traitorous Lord Byrrah; Namor challenges Byrrah and has 24 hours to prove his involvement in the cataclysm; Namor, assisted by the United Nations, tracks down Byrrah's co-conspirators, Dr. Dorcas and the Warlord Krang; He returns with them to Atlantis and they implicate Byrrah in the cataclysm; Prince Namor is restored to power and asks Lady Dorma to marry him. 36 pgs., full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $1,270.00 Paper: White Label #0065828008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($38.10) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Neal Adams. Superman Breaks Loose, script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Murphy Anderson; A scientific experiment turns all the kryptonite on Earth to iron, as Clark Kent moves from newspaper to television journalism. Super-Turtle humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Jor-El's Golden Folly--The Fabulous World of Krypton, script by E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Murphy Anderson; Ignoring the jeers of his colleagues, Kryptonian scientist Jor-El experiments with using anti-gravity to aid in space travel. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $400.00 Paper: White Label #4140037005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Neal Adams. Superman Breaks Loose, script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Murphy Anderson; A scientific experiment turns all the kryptonite on Earth to iron, as Clark Kent moves from newspaper to television journalism. Super-Turtle humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Jor-El's Golden Folly--The Fabulous World of Krypton, script by E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Murphy Anderson; Ignoring the jeers of his colleagues, Kryptonian scientist Jor-El experiments with using anti-gravity to aid in space travel. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 233 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white

Label #3827426025

Cover art by Neal Adams. Superman Breaks Loose, script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Murphy Anderson; A scientific experiment turns all the kryptonite on Earth to iron, as Clark Kent moves from newspaper to television journalism. Super-Turtle humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Jor-El's Golden Folly--The Fabulous World of Krypton, script by E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Murphy Anderson; Ignoring the jeers of his colleagues, Kryptonian scientist Jor-El experiments with using anti-gravity to aid in space travel. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $300.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1482292017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Neal Adams. Superman Breaks Loose, script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Murphy Anderson; A scientific experiment turns all the kryptonite on Earth to iron, as Clark Kent moves from newspaper to television journalism. Super-Turtle humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Jor-El's Golden Folly--The Fabulous World of Krypton, script by E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Murphy Anderson; Ignoring the jeers of his colleagues, Kryptonian scientist Jor-El experiments with using anti-gravity to aid in space travel. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $200.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4582778021 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek

Cover art by Neal Adams. Superman Breaks Loose, script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Murphy Anderson; A scientific experiment turns all the kryptonite on Earth to iron, as Clark Kent moves from newspaper to television journalism. Super-Turtle humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Jor-El's Golden Folly--The Fabulous World of Krypton, script by E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Murphy Anderson; Ignoring the jeers of his colleagues, Kryptonian scientist Jor-El experiments with using anti-gravity to aid in space travel. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $175.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4544192008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Neal Adams. Superman Breaks Loose, script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Murphy Anderson; A scientific experiment turns all the kryptonite on Earth to iron, as Clark Kent moves from newspaper to television journalism. Super-Turtle humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Jor-El's Golden Folly--The Fabulous World of Krypton, script by E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Murphy Anderson; Ignoring the jeers of his colleagues, Kryptonian scientist Jor-El experiments with using anti-gravity to aid in space travel. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $1,650.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4410531022 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($49.50) will be charged at checkout.

All Jack Kirby reprints: "A World Gone Mad" (from Journey Into Mystery 113); "Balder Must Die" (JIM 107); "Trapped by the Trolls" (JIM 108); "Banished From Asgard" (JIM 109); "The Defeat of Odin" (JIM 110); and "The Stronger I Am, the Sooner I Die" (JIM 114). Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $136.00 Paper: White Label #4623548010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.08) will be charged at checkout.

Painted cover. Turok in "The Deathless Honker" "Part 1: Tracking The Terror" and "Part 2: Pursuit to the Death" in which Turok and Andar battle a dinosaur that will not die. Issue also has backup feature "Young Earth - Body Decorations," a one-page text feature "The Mysterious Ruins," and Gold Key Comics Club News features. No art/story credits given. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $140.00 Paper: White Pedigree: Murphy Anderson File Copy Murphy Anderson File Copy. Label #4635539009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.20) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Dick Giordano. The Phantom of the Woodstock Festival, script by George Kashdan, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Vince Colletta. Lady Killer, script by Murray Boltinoff [as Al Case], art by Murphy Anderson. To Die A Dozen Deaths!, script by Dave Wood, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Wally Wood. Scarecrow, art by Jerry Grandenetti. 36 pgs. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Vampirella (1969 Warren) 9 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4501211008

Stories in this issue include: "Vampi's Feary Tales: Lilith"; "Vampirella: The Testing"; "Monster Bait"; "Fate's Cold Finger"; "The Curse"; "Jack the Ripper Strikes Again"; "The Boy who Loved Trees"; and "The Work Orders for the Day." Written by T. Casey Brennan, Chris Fellner, Gardner Fox, Don Glut, Alac Justice, Charles McNaughton, Jr., Barry Smith, and Wally Wood. Art by Jerry Grandenetti, Alac Justice, Gardner Fox, Don Glut, Charles McNaughton, Jr, Barry Smith, Jeff Jones, and Wally Wood. Cover art by Boris Vallejo and Wally Wood. Cover price $0.60.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $349.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0978433007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.47) will be charged at checkout.

Splash page by Alex Toth. "Double Edge" (script by Steve Skeates, art by Alex Toth; 8 pages); "Double Take" (art by George Tuska?); and "Double Cross!" (pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Wally Wood; 9 pages). One-page text story, "The Dead Can't Talk But...." Nick Cardy cover? 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.