Comic books October 1978

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. Cover by John Buscema. Background figures added by Dave Cockrum for this reprint. "Death Calls For the Arch-Heroes." Story by Roy Thomas. Pencils by John Buscema. Inks by Vince Colletta. The Black Panther travels to the Avengers HQ only to find them seemingly dead. Caught beside the bodies by S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Jasper Sitwell, he shows the Avengers were put in a special type of coma by the Grim Reaper. The Reaper wants revenge for the death of his brother Wonder Man. Can the Panther defeat the Reaper and save the Avengers? Cover and story reprinted from (Avengers 1963 1st series) number 52. Full color. 32 pages.

Add to cart Very Fine $8.00

Add to cart Very Fine $8.00

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Add to cart Fine $6.00

"The Wonderful World of Brother Benjamin J. Grimm!" Guest-starring Hercules. Human Torch cameo. Story by Marv Wolfman and Bob Hall. Art by Bob Hall and Frank Giacoia. The ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing fights side-by-side with Hercules, the Prince of Power, for the fate of Olympus against Manduu the Merciless and Krokarr the Cruel. Cover price $0.35.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "The Wonderful World of Brother Benjamin J. Grimm!" Guest-starring Hercules. Human Torch cameo. Story by Marv Wolfman and Bob Hall. Art by Bob Hall and Frank Giacoia. The ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing fights side-by-side with Hercules, the Prince of Power, for the fate of Olympus against Manduu the Merciless and Krokarr the Cruel. Cover price $0.35.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. "The Wonderful World of Brother Benjamin J. Grimm!" Guest-starring Hercules. Human Torch cameo. Story by Marv Wolfman and Bob Hall. Art by Bob Hall and Frank Giacoia. The ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing fights side-by-side with Hercules, the Prince of Power, for the fate of Olympus against Manduu the Merciless and Krokarr the Cruel.

Whitman Variant. "The Wonderful World of Brother Benjamin J. Grimm!" Guest-starring Hercules. Human Torch cameo. Story by Marv Wolfman and Bob Hall. Art by Bob Hall and Frank Giacoia. The ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing fights side-by-side with Hercules, the Prince of Power, for the fate of Olympus against Manduu the Merciless and Krokarr the Cruel. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 97 - Issue 1, November, 1978. 8" x 10.5", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart Fine $7.20

Add to cart Fine $7.20

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $6.60

"Stairway to Rage!" Story by Doug Moench. Art by Mike Zeck and John Tartag. In the tradition of Bruce Lee's classic "Game of Death," Shang Chi battles his way through three challenges only to come face-to-face with the deadly Skull Crusher. They battle for the fate of the beautiful Juliette who has a surprising revelation of her own. No one saw this shocking ending coming. Cover price $0.35.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "Stairway to Rage!" Story by Doug Moench. Art by Mike Zeck and John Tartag. In the tradition of Bruce Lee's classic "Game of Death," Shang Chi battles his way through three challenges only to come face-to-face with the deadly Skull Crusher. They battle for the fate of the beautiful Juliette who has a surprising revelation of her own. No one saw this shocking ending coming. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $6.49

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. "Stairway to Rage!" Story by Doug Moench. Art by Mike Zeck and John Tartag. In the tradition of Bruce Lee's classic "Game of Death," Shang Chi battles his way through three challenges only to come face-to-face with the deadly Skull Crusher. They battle for the fate of the beautiful Juliette who has a surprising revelation of her own. No one saw this shocking ending coming.

Issue #9 - Oct/Nov 1978. Meet the Dealers is an illustrated adzine/newszine published by Frank Verzyl that is dedicated to comic books, fanzines, cards and pop culture films. Folded, it measures 8-in. x 11 1/2-in. Tabloid, 11 1/2-in. x 16-in., 24 pages printed on newspaper stock, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Very Good $4.40

Add to cart Very Good $4.40

Add to cart Fair $2.50

First 50c cover-priced issue. Cover by Joe Kubert. Stories by Roger McKenzie, Robert Kanigher and Cary Burkett. Art by Dick Ayers, Howard Chaykin, Jerry Grandenetti and Romeo Tanghal. Featuring Code Name: Gravedigger tale "Gravedigger -- R.I.P." by Roger McKenzie, Dick Ayers and Romeo Tanghal. (Unknown Soldier appearance.) Plus: The early life of Enemy Ace is revealed at last in "Brother Killers!" by Robert Kanigher and Howard Chaykin. Also: Dateline: Frontline is back in "Bathtub Blues" by Cary Burkett and Jerry Grandenetti. 40 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $12.50

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $9.00

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $3.20 View scan

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $5.20

Add to cart Very Good $4.80

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $3.80

Whitman edition. "The Secret of Earthquake Island" in which Mickey and Goofy travel to investigate the island which Goofy won in a contest. Issue also has "The Mixed-Up Fixer." All stories are reprints. Story and art credits: unknown. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $2.80

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Number/month on cover: 90027-810, no month listed. Issue features "The Secret of Earthquake Island" in which Mickey and Goofy travel to investigate the island which Goofy won in a contest. Issue also has "The Mixed-Up Fixer." All stories are reprints. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Tom Sutton, Nicola Cuti, Enrique Puchades, Frank Pergola, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. Charlton presents tales of creatures from the limits of the human imagination. Captain Campbell battles the sea monster that is menacing his village, in a story by E-Man co-creator Nicola Cuti, with art by horror comics legend Tom Sutton. Richard stands against a demonic prince. Jerrold Paige is tormented by dreams of Osiris. The Convert; The Kilgore Monster; Everybody Pays!; The Inquisition. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Very Good $6.00

Add to cart Very Good $6.00

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $175.00 View scans Paper: White Newsstand Edition. Label #17-3CE1463-008 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Dave Cockrum and Bob Wiacek cover and art. Chris Claremont script. "The All-New Ms. Marvel" Ms. Marvel gets a new costume and battles the Lizard People. Cover price $0.35.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Dave Cockrum and Bob Wiacek cover and art. Chris Claremont script. "The All-New Ms. Marvel" Ms. Marvel gets a new costume and battles the Lizard People. Cover price $0.35.

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UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. Dave Cockrum and Bob Wiacek cover and art. Chris Claremont script. "The All-New Ms. Marvel" Ms. Marvel gets a new costume and battles the Lizard People.

Add to cart Very Good $5.00

Add to cart Very Good $5.00

October 1978. Entertainment. A comic about media deals illustrated by Ralph Reese, Neal Adams and Larry Hama; novelizations of everything, illustrated by Bob Larkin; a spoof of Variety magazine. Stories and art by P. J. O'Rourke, Jeff Greenfield, Mary Wilshire, Shary Flenniken, Rick Meyerowitz, Gahan Wilson, Sam Gross, and B. K. Taylor. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and Foto Funnies. Mature readers. Cover by Flenniken. Cover price $1.50.

2nd and later printings. Story and art by Richard Corben. Foreword by Fritz Leiber. Sci-Fi master Richard Corben spent five years creating this fantasy masterpiece. It's an illustrted epic journey into fantasy and magic. Softcover, 9-in. x 11 1/2-in., 112 pages, full color. NOTE: Do NOT confuse with other editions of this book - Den: Neverwhere TPB (1984 Catalan) and Den TPB (1991 Fantagor) Vol. 1 "Neverwhere!" Cover price $7.95.

Oct. 1, 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, Bimbo's Circus, There Ourhta Be a Law and Carnival Sunday Comic Strips are reprinted. 7 1/4-in. x 10-in., 16 pages, full color.

Oct. 8, 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, Bimbo's Circus, There Ourhta Be a Law and Carnival Sunday Comic Strips are reprinted. 7 1/4-in. x 10-in., 16 pages, full color.

Oct. 15, 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, Bimbo's Circus, There Ourhta Be a Law and Carnival Sunday Comic Strips are reprinted. 7 1/4-in. x 10-in., 16 pages, full color.

Oct. 22, 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.

Oct. 29, 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 and more Sunday Comic Strips are reprinted. 7 1/4-in. x 10-in., 16 pages, full color.

First issue. Fiction by Isaac Asimov ("Found!"), Theodore Sturgeon ("Time Warp"), Ron Goulart ("Invisible Stripes"), and James B. Hall ("Valley of the Kilns"). Interview with physicist Freeman Dyson. H.R. Giger illustration. 10-page portfolio of paintings featuring robots. One-page Frazetta art used in an ad for Jovan Sex Appeal aftershave/cologne. Magazine format; color; 176 pages on slick white paper. Cover price $2.00.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Volume 81 - 1st printing. "The British Army 1914–18!" Written by Robert Marrion and Donald Fosten. Art by Gerry Embleton. Between 1869 and 1874, Edward Cardwell, Gladstone's Secretary for War, undertook major reforms to modernise the British Army. The Crimean War, and campaigns in India, had revealed serious administrative and command shortcomings. Cardwell's legislation was aimed at curing these faults and served as the foundation of a new-style army. His successors put into practice further improvements in tactics, training and command structure and by the outbreak of war in 1914, the British Army had developed into one of the best professional fighting forces in Europe. This book details the development, composition and uniforms of this 'new' army. Softcover, PC/PB&W.

Add to cart Fine $9.00

Add to cart Very Good $6.00

Add to cart Very Good $6.00

44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.50.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover price $0.50.

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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.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $2.50

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $2.50 View scan

October 2nd, 1978. Battlestar Galactica is featured. 126 pgs. B&W with color. Cover price $0.75.

"The Awful Truth," script by Mike Pellowski, pencils by Bob Bolling, inks by Rudy Lapick; Veronica asks Archie to take her to a new disco called "The Swamp"; He's excited until Jughead tells him how expensive it's going to be. "Josie Attacks Karate" Hostess snack cakes ad. "Hustle Hassle" half-page story; Jughead claims to work like a dog. Archie's Gag Bag; Two strips from the late 1950s or early 1960s. "Archie on the Road" activity page; Cross out the letters to find the secret message. "Bowl Brummel," script by George Gladir, pencils by Bob Bolling, inks by Rudy Lapick; Nancy thinks Chuck looks like a slob when he shows up for their date. "Arts and Crafty!", script and art by Joe Edwards; Everybody brings something they've made to the Kids' Arts and Crafts Show. Archie Club News. "The Specialty"; Pop Tate holds a burger eating contest and is going to name the burger after the winner. Archie's Pop Pin Up. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.35.