Comic books June 1978, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $225.00 Paper: White Label #4137178012

"Flashback!" Script by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema (breakdowns) and Mike Esposito (finishes). Cover by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia. The web-slinger's epic confrontation with the third Green Goblin is over. And now it's time for a walk down memory lane as the wondrous wall-crawler visits the grave of his departed Uncle Ben. Retelling of Spider-Man's origin. Flashback cameos by the Fantastic Four, Captain Stacy, Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane Watson, the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, and many other friends and foes. (Notes: This issue provides a comprehensive summary of the first 180 issues of the Amazing Spider-Man series. A few months earlier a similar story was published in Fantastic Four 190 to summarize the FF's adventures to date.) 36 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $125.00 Paper: White Label #4726567011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.75) will be charged at checkout.

"Flashback!" Script by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema (breakdowns) and Mike Esposito (finishes). Cover by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia. The web-slinger's epic confrontation with the third Green Goblin is over. And now it's time for a walk down memory lane as the wondrous wall-crawler visits the grave of his departed Uncle Ben. Retelling of Spider-Man's origin. Flashback cameos by the Fantastic Four, Captain Stacy, Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane Watson, the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, and many other friends and foes. (Notes: This issue provides a comprehensive summary of the first 180 issues of the Amazing Spider-Man series. A few months earlier a similar story was published in Fantastic Four 190 to summarize the FF's adventures to date.) 36 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $319.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4604144003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.57) will be charged at checkout.

Unintentional sexual innuendo on cover.

Stories by Joe Edwards and unknown. Art by Joe Edwards and unknown. Featuring Archie in: "Just Like Us"; "Dream Theme" (1 page); "Psyche Saga"; "Rash Trash" (1 page); "A Quiet Evening at Home"; and "All Figured Out"! Plus: Li'l Jinx in the half-pager "It's Guaranteed" by Joe Edwards. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.35.

Defenders (1972 1st Series) 60 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4747892007

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Cover pencils by Ed Hannigan, inks by Alan Weiss. The Revenge of Vera Gemini! Xenogenesis Day of the Demons Part 3, script by David Anthony Kraft, pencils by Ed Hannigan (breakdowns) and Dan Green (finished art), inks by Dan Green; Defenders defeat Vera Gemeni and stop the Xenogenesis and the demon invasion. One-page Hostess ad, Thor Meets a Glutton for Gold, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Joe Sinnott. 36 pgs. $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $50.00 Paper: White Label #3812907005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Mike Kaluta. "Blood Red Tear," script by Bill Kunkel (Plot), Joyce Katz (Special Thanks) and Roger McKenzie (Dialogue), pencils by Ric Estrada, inks by Romeo Tanghal; A young woman who has recently taken a job with a mysterious man with whom she has fallen in love seeks out the help of Madame Xanadu to uncover his dark secret. Dilemma Hostess snack cakes ad with Wonder Woman. 1 page Madame Xanadu text article "Tarot Readings" by Bill Kunkel. Profile of Cary Burkett (DC Profiles Number 30). 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $115.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #0043310006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.45) will be charged at checkout.

"Beware the Ravaging Retrievers!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Pencils by Keith Pollard. Inks by Pablo Marcos. Cover by George Perez and Joe Sinnott. Guest-starring the Sub-Mariner. Lights, Camera, Action! Susan Richards makes her acting debut in a movie being produced by the Sub-Mariner's film studio. Prince Namor joins the Invisible Girl on the set in an effort to get away from his troubles in Atlantis. However, with the cameras rolling, the Retrievers of Atlantis crash the set and grab the Avenging Son! The Invisible Girl and the Sub-Mariner join forces to escape the Retrievers! Cameo appearance by the Impossible Man. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $100.00 Paper: White Label #4738516002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.00) will be charged at checkout.

"Kiss Not the Lips of Killer Frost." First appearance of Crystal Frost, who becomes Killer Frost when she is accidentally locked in a freezer. She tries to kill Professor Stein, but Firestorm intervenes. Script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Al Milgrom, inks by Bob McLeod. Cover by Milgrom. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $219.99 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4583808016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.60) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Code’s Comics

Cover by Pete Alvarado and Joe Prince. Stories by Mark Evanier. Art by Roger Armstrong, Kay Wright, Dick Bickenbach and Joe Prince. In this issue: Dino in Tyrannoland in "Dino, Come Home" with art by Roger Armstrong and Joe Prince; "Agony of De Feet" with art by Kay Wright and Joe Prince; and "Hidden Talent" with art by Roger Armstrong and Joe Prince. Plus: Yogi Bear in "Unusual Prospects" with art by Dick Bickenbach and Joe Prince. And: 1-page The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera article "Recycling Animation"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $55.00 Paper: White Label #1298712006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.65) will be charged at checkout.

"Thunder Doom." Guest-starring Black Canary, Air Wave, & Ray Palmer (Atom). Sonar intends to disrupt a beauty pageant, and Green Lantern, Green Arrow, and Black Canary step in. The second Air Wave and Ray Palmer guest star. Script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Alex Saviuk, inks by Vince Colletta. Cover by Mike Grell. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $50.00 Paper: White Label #4744570002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.50) will be charged at checkout.

"The Man, the Metal, and the Mayhem!" Part 3 of 4. Guest-starring Jack of Hearts and the Soviet Super Soldiers. Script by Bill Mantlo. Art by Keith Pollard (breakdowns) and Fred Kida (finishes). Cover by Keith Pollard and Terry Austin. In deep space the golden avenger and Jack of Hearts are caught in an intergalactic war between the Rigellians and the Knights of Wundagore! The ruthless colonizers have selected Wundagore II to be their new home planet! But the native inhabitants (aka the New Men) won't give it up without a fight! Eventually Iron Man and Jack side with the genetically-advanced but low-tech knights against the star-spanning Rigellians! Will the underdogs have their day with the invincible one leading the way? Cameo appearances by Darkstar, Vanguard, Crimson Dynamo, Jasper Sitwell, and Madame Masque. Flashback cameos by the High Evolutionary, Thor, and the Hulk to recap the history of Wundagore II. (Note: This issue contains a full-page ad for Hostess Twinkies featuring Thor and Lady Sif.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $99.00 Paper: White Label #1296732017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.97) will be charged at checkout.

"The Man, the Metal, and the Mayhem!" Part 3 of 4. Guest-starring Jack of Hearts and the Soviet Super Soldiers. Script by Bill Mantlo. Art by Keith Pollard (breakdowns) and Fred Kida (finishes). Cover by Keith Pollard and Terry Austin. In deep space the golden avenger and Jack of Hearts are caught in an intergalactic war between the Rigellians and the Knights of Wundagore! The ruthless colonizers have selected Wundagore II to be their new home planet! But the native inhabitants (aka the New Men) won't give it up without a fight! Eventually Iron Man and Jack side with the genetically-advanced but low-tech knights against the star-spanning Rigellians! Will the underdogs have their day with the invincible one leading the way? Cameo appearances by Darkstar, Vanguard, Crimson Dynamo, Jasper Sitwell, and Madame Masque. Flashback cameos by the High Evolutionary, Thor, and the Hulk to recap the history of Wundagore II. (Note: This issue contains a full-page ad for Hostess Twinkies featuring Thor and Lady Sif.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $249.99 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4611916012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.50) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Code’s Comics

Cover pencils by Mark Evanier (layout) and Frank Smith, inks by Scott Shaw! "Take Me Out to the Brawl Game!", script by Mark Evanier, pencils by Jack Manning, inks by Scott Shaw; The Dalton brothers kidnap Captain Caveman to keep him from winning at the baseball meet; Appearances by Yogi Bear; Scooby Doo; Mumbly; Snagglepuss; Mildew Wolf; Shaggy; Dynomutt; Captain Caveman; Boo Boo Bear; Huckleberry Hound; Wally Gator; Blue Falcon; Augie Doggie; Doggie Daddy; Quick Draw McGraw; Dinky Dalton; Hokey Wolf; Babu the Genie; Pixie & Dixie; Dread Baron; Dee Dee Skyes; Taffy Dare; Brenda Chance; The Creepleys; Orful Octopus; Hong Kong Phooey; Cindy Bear; Yakky Doodle Duck; Mr. Jinks; Grape Ape; Daisy Mayhem; Fondoo the Magician; Dirty Dalton; and Dastardly Dalton. "The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera: Cartoon Roots II" article by Art Scott; Background/history on Hanna Barbera characters: Yogi Bear, Yakky Doodle, Snagglepus, Scooby Doo, Dynomutt and the Creepley Family. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $235.00 Paper: White Label #4451176008

Cover art by Dave Cockrum. "Nightmare's Evolution," script by John Warner (plot) and Ed Hannigan (plot, script), pencils by Mike Vosburg (breakdowns) and Ernie Chan, inks by Ernie Chan; During Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Tigra receives a warning from the ghost of Dr.Tumolo that "Tabur has the ray"; Relaying this to the Cat People, she learns that they possess a rare ability to sacrifice their own lives to warn loved ones of grave danger in this fashion; She learns that the "ray" was developed by Dr.Leon to give Tigra a way to return to human form, but it has been appropriated by Tabur, an embittered castaway New Man the Cat People had taken in; Tabur modifies the ray into a de-evolving weapon and goes on a rampage through the city turning humans and animals into their pre-historic counterparts; Tigra and the Cat People rush to the surface to combat Tabur. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $159.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #0245618001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.77) will be charged at checkout.

China Seas Saga. Part 4 of 7. "Black Knights!" Story by Doug Moench. Art by Jim Craig and John Tartag. Shang Chi fights for his life against the combined might of the femme fatale Pavane and the dangerous Skull Crusher. Plus, Shang Chi's past intersects with this present. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $94.99 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4605143009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.85) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by DoctorEdwardsEmporium

"Double Blind." Mister Miracle leaves New Genesis for Earth, where he preaches peace and ends up in Las Vegas. Script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Michael Golden, inks by Russ Heath. Cover by Marshall Rogers. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $425.00 Paper: White Label #4709241017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.75) will be charged at checkout.

1st full appearance of Mystique.

Dave Cockrum cover (pencils & inks). Chris Claremont script. Jim Mooney & Ricardo Villamonte art. "The St. Valentine's Day Avengers Massacre" Ms. Marvel and the Avengers (Wonder Man, Vision, Scarlet Witch, YellowJacket, & the Wasp) vs. Centurion and Mystique. First *full* appearance of X-Men Character, Mystique. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $750.00 Paper: White Label #0764007008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.50) will be charged at checkout.

1st full appearance of Mystique.

Dave Cockrum cover (pencils & inks). Chris Claremont script. Jim Mooney & Ricardo Villamonte art. "The St. Valentine's Day Avengers Massacre" Ms. Marvel and the Avengers (Wonder Man, Vision, Scarlet Witch, YellowJacket, & the Wasp) vs. Centurion and Mystique. First *full* appearance of X-Men Character, Mystique. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $260.00 Paper: White Label #1244699005

1st full appearance of Mystique.

Dave Cockrum cover (pencils & inks). Chris Claremont script. Jim Mooney & Ricardo Villamonte art. "The St. Valentine's Day Avengers Massacre" Ms. Marvel and the Avengers (Wonder Man, Vision, Scarlet Witch, YellowJacket, & the Wasp) vs. Centurion and Mystique. First *full* appearance of X-Men Character, Mystique. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $230.00 Paper: White Label #1399664012

1st full appearance of Mystique.

Dave Cockrum cover (pencils & inks). Chris Claremont script. Jim Mooney & Ricardo Villamonte art. "The St. Valentine's Day Avengers Massacre" Ms. Marvel and the Avengers (Wonder Man, Vision, Scarlet Witch, YellowJacket, & the Wasp) vs. Centurion and Mystique. First *full* appearance of X-Men Character, Mystique. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $255.00 Paper: White Label #4003194024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.65) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Ironside Comics

1st full appearance of Mystique.

Dave Cockrum cover (pencils & inks). Chris Claremont script. Jim Mooney & Ricardo Villamonte art. "The St. Valentine's Day Avengers Massacre" Ms. Marvel and the Avengers (Wonder Man, Vision, Scarlet Witch, YellowJacket, & the Wasp) vs. Centurion and Mystique. First *full* appearance of X-Men Character, Mystique. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $100.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4152849016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.00) will be charged at checkout.

1st full appearance of Mystique.

Dave Cockrum cover (pencils & inks). Chris Claremont script. Jim Mooney & Ricardo Villamonte art. "The St. Valentine's Day Avengers Massacre" Ms. Marvel and the Avengers (Wonder Man, Vision, Scarlet Witch, YellowJacket, & the Wasp) vs. Centurion and Mystique. First *full* appearance of X-Men Character, Mystique. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $199.99 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4528813001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Code’s Comics

"A Day like any other Day...?!" Part 1 of 3. Story by Story by Chris Claremont. Art by Mike Zeck. Luke decides to take Danny out for a night on the town. When they take a stroll through Harlem the Heroes for Hire find themselves in the middle of a bar room brawl. Plus, they end up facing the organized crime of the city and wind up fighting for their lives. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $300.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1482325006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Includes: cover art by Earl Norem; Great Moments in Hulk History, Script by Doug Moench, Pencils by Validar Rann W.; The Rampaging Hulk: A Retrospective! Article by David Kraft, art by Marie Severin; To Avenge the Earth, Script by Doug Moench, Pencils by Sal Buscema, Inks by Rudy Mesina; Shanna the She-Devil, Script by David Kraft, Pencils by Tony DeZuniga; and The Wrath of Raga-Shah! Shanna the She-Devil story by Steve Gerber, art by Tony DeZuniga. 68 pgs. Cover price $1.00.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $299.99 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4627587006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Code’s Comics

Cover art by Sam Savitt. Prelude to Death, art by Frank Bolle. Armies of the Doomed, art by Jack Sparling. Collision Course, art by Sal Trapani. Herne The Hunter. The Headless Conquistador, art by John Celardo. The Restless Ghost, art by Frank Bolle. The Tragic Spot, art by Win Mortimer. $.50.Double size 48 pages. # on cover is 90208-806. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $299.99 Paper: White Label #4735054005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Conan stars in "The Scarlet Citadel." Script by Roy Thomas, art by Frank Brunner. Adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard. Bran Mak Morn portfolio by Brunner (reprinting the Middle Earth edition). "A Gazetteer of the Hyborian World of Conan" by Lee Falconer (from the book by Starmont House). Illustrations by Alfredo Alcala, Bob Gould/Duffy Vohland, John Buscema/Bill Wray, and Val Mayerik. Letter to the editor from comic writer John Ostrander. Brunner cover. Cover price $1.00.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $89.00 Paper: White Label #4661527001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.67) will be charged at checkout.

Featuring: 1 page Destiny introductory story "Secrets of Haunted House" drawn by John Calnan & Danny Bulanadi; 8 page story "Yorick's Skull" written by Bob Toomey and drawn by Frank Redondo; 3 page story "Haunted" written by Robert Ingersoll and drawn by Steve Ditko; 5 page story "Life Sentence" written by Stuart Hopen & Catherine Andrews and drawn by Jess Jodloman. Cover by Joe Orlando and Dick Giordano. Cover price $0.35.

Spider-Woman (1978 Marvel 1st Series) 3 CGC 8.0

Paper: White

Label #4748996008

Cover art by Dave Cockrum. The Peril of -- Brother Grimm, script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Tony DeZuniga; Brother Grimm goes on a crime spree and Spider-Woman tries to stop him. 32 pgs. $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $399.00 Paper: White Label #4558176017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.97) will be charged at checkout.

1st comic work of Frank Miller. Anthology type comic with suspenseful, mystery, and spooky stories done in the style of the classic TV series "The Twilight Zone" which starred Rod Serling as your host. Painted cover art. Raptures of the Deep, art by Adolpho Buylla. Royal Feast. Nightowl, art by Jack Sparling. Don't Call Me, art by Frank Bolle. I Did It!, art by Al McWilliams. Seeing-Eye Man, art by John Celardo. Makeover!, art by Frank Bolle. 52 pgs. $0.50. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $675.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4583348012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($20.25) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by NJ Comics

"Mindgames!" Part 1 of 3. Story by Chris Claremont. Art by John Byrne and Terry Austin. The bouncing -blue-Beast takes time off from the Avengers to attend the Circus. What he finds shocks him to his very core...the main attractions are none other than the X-Men! How did Xavier's team of heroes wind up in this position and who is responsible. This all sets up a last page that will make your blood run cold. NOTE: 1st appearance of Mesmero. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $489.00 Paper: White Label #4659542011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.67) will be charged at checkout.

"Mindgames!" Part 1 of 3. Story by Chris Claremont. Art by John Byrne and Terry Austin. The bouncing -blue-Beast takes time off from the Avengers to attend the Circus. What he finds shocks him to his very core...the main attractions are none other than the X-Men! How did Xavier's team of heroes wind up in this position and who is responsible. This all sets up a last page that will make your blood run cold. NOTE: 1st appearance of Mesmero. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $220.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4466108016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.60) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Birbos

"Mindgames!" Part 1 of 3. Story by Chris Claremont. Art by John Byrne and Terry Austin. The bouncing -blue-Beast takes time off from the Avengers to attend the Circus. What he finds shocks him to his very core...the main attractions are none other than the X-Men! How did Xavier's team of heroes wind up in this position and who is responsible. This all sets up a last page that will make your blood run cold. NOTE: 1st appearance of Mesmero. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $39.99 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #2113173023 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.20) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by GSG Comics

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott. What If... the Avengers Had Been Formed During the 1950's?, script by Don Glut and Roy Thomas (concept), pencils by Alan Kupperberg (breakdowns) and Bill Black (finishes), inks by Bill Black; Heroes of the 1950s form their own Avengers team. Comics ad for the Grit newspaper. Hostess Twinkies ad with Thor, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Joe Sinnott. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.60.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $40.00 Paper: White Label #1284397002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.20) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott. What If... the Avengers Had Been Formed During the 1950's?, script by Don Glut and Roy Thomas (concept), pencils by Alan Kupperberg (breakdowns) and Bill Black (finishes), inks by Bill Black; Heroes of the 1950s form their own Avengers team. Comics ad for the Grit newspaper. Hostess Twinkies ad with Thor, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Joe Sinnott. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.60.