Comic books December 1978

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Whitman edition Cover price $0.35.

Marvel-produced kids magazine in the vein of Dynamite. The original Battlestar Galactica. Big movies of 1978. Part 6 of Star Wars comic The Kingdom of Ice, by Archie Goodwin, Dave Cockrum and John Tartaglione; Hey Look! by Harvey Kurtzman; other comics by Jon Buller and Ken Weiner. Plus puzzles, games, and pop culture. Full color; 48 pages. Cover price $0.75.

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The world's longest running men's magazine, featuring advice columns, pictorials, illustrations and humor. In this gala Christmas issue: Sex on the Sidelines - NFL Cheerleaders Bare All; John Travolta Steps Out - A Very Candid Interview; Farrah Comes Back Big; Part One of a Major New Series - Sex in America; The N.B.A. Coaches' All-Star Team; and Sex Stars of '78. Plus: Gunter Grass, Dan Greenburg, F. Lee Bailey, and more. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.50.

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"Heroes for Hire!" Story by Ed Hannigan. Art by Lee Elias and R. Villamonte. Luke Cage and his new partner, Iron Fist, must confront the fiery menace of the Incinerator. Will this be the end of the newly formed Heroes for Hire duo? 32 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "Heroes for Hire!" Story by Ed Hannigan. Art by Lee Elias and R. Villamonte. Luke Cage and his new partner, Iron Fist, must confront the fiery menace of the Incinerator. Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. It is believed these variants were distributed only in regions near U.S. military bases. Cover price $0.35.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. "Heroes for Hire!" Story by Ed Hannigan. Art by Lee Elias and R. Villamonte. Luke Cage and his new partner, Iron Fist, must confront the fiery menace of the Incinerator. Will this be the end of the newly formed Heroes for Hire duo? 32 pages.

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An anthology magazine from Marvel UK, reprinting US superhero stories in a black-and-white format. This issue features And All the Sea with Monsters from The Rampaging Hulk magazine #6, continuing the Krylorian saga from #5. Written by Doug Moench, with art by Keith Pollard and Tony DeZuniga. Plus backup stories starring The Defenders and Nova. Painted cover by Ken Barr, also reprinted from RH #6. 68 pages. Cover price 0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 12, Issue 12. December, 1978. 8" x 10". 46 pages. Full color.

Richie Rich in Under the Weather (Reggie tries to ruin Richie's vacation with weather machine), Peewee Produces (Peewee builds things that break), The Corrector (with Richard Rich and Little Lotta), and Slow But Sure (Cadbury remembers working for adventurer Sir Basil Brazen). Includes one-page story in which Richie and Gloria try to make Cadbury break his silence. Cover pencils by Warren Kremer. $0.35. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.35.

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Helpful Hound starring Richie Rich, Dollar, and Chef Pierre. Fisherchef starring Richie Rich, Dollar, and Chef Pierre. The Bark-Itect starring Richie Rich, Dollar, Mr. Plannit, Mr. Rich, Mrs. Rich, Cadbury, Bascomb, Irona the Maid, Chef Pierre, and Nurse Jenny. Dollar and Senses starring Richie Rich, Dollar, and Mr. Rich. Cooped Up starring Richie Rich, Mr. Rich, Mrs. Rich's Cousin Westport, Cadbury, and Flippy and Floppy. Richie Rich; Mr. Rich; Mrs. Rich's Cousin Westport; Cadbury; Flippy and Floppy starring Little Dot and Mrs. Polka. Behive Yourself starring Little Lotta and Mr. Figg. 52 pgs. $.50. Cover price $0.50.

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No longer limited to millions, the world's richest kid brings billions to his comical misadventures. Richie's chauffeur Bascomb will stop nothing to get Richie to a party on time. Little Lotta's father asks her to return a briefcase to one of his clients, but that's more difficult than she thought. Little Dot tries to help her mother with household chores, but somehow, they always involve dots. The Great Bracelet Search; Entertainment Badly Wanted; Cleaning Up; Leave It to Bascomb; Please Don't Leave Me; Little Lotta: Special Delivery; Little Dot: Dot's For Me! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.50.

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The world's richest boy could carry credit cards, but that's not nearly as much fun as cash. Richie and Freckles find fake dollar bills that lead, not to a counterfeiting ring, but to alien doppelgangers from outer space. Little Dot offers helpful scientific information about the moon to a couple on the beach, but it just spoils the mood. Little Lotta tries to impress the judge of a competition. Plus a classic Casper PSA for the Cub Scouts, including the Cub Scout code and a membership application. Richie Rich and the Double Bills; Richie Rich Sees Bill Fold; Double Trouble; Little Lotta: Exceptional! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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The adventures of super-rich Richie and his cast of supporting characters. In a dream, Richie and Cadbury go to Mars, and discover that it should be called Planet of the Butlers. Richie's girlfriend Gloria is appalled by Richie's conspicuous consumption, as they go shopping and he buys each of the stores they visit. Finally she tells him that she wants the moon, thinking he can't buy that, but.... Little Lotta helps her daredevil Gramps when he enters an auto race. On Mars!; Just Name It; Little Dot: Aunt Aggie; Little Lotta: Call Me Speedy. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.35.

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Richie Rich's fortune is both the cause and solution to his comedic misadventures. Richie shows Gloria the property's specialized robots that take care of maintenance that falls outside of Irona the robot maid's duties. As an added bonus for Rat Pack fans, this issue contains cameos by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. Each Doing Its Thing; Little Dot: Dot Is Dangerous!; Little Lotta: Cowboy Crazy. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.35.

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52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.50.

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More cash-based comedy with Richie Rich and the Rich family. Richie dreams of dollar signs after Gloria notices that his middle initial is $. Little Dot wants to know who's putting dots on everything in town. Of course, it's her Uncle Spotty, who's a little dotty himself. The Small-Scale Foundation Returns; Miss Robot America; Richie Rich and the $ Sign; The Gas Pills; Little Dot: The Dangerous Dots. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.35.

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Giant-Sized Issue. Richie Rich in "That Stealing Feeling" Pt 1, Richie Rich 'untitled' (1 pg), Richie Rich That Stealing Feeling Pt 2 "Mustn't Take!", Little Dot 'untitled' (1 pg), Richie Rich in "Very Much Self-Defended", Richie Rich and "Our Man Cadbury", Richie Rich in "Granite Hill", Litte Dot 'untitled' (1 pg), Little Lotta 'untitled' (1 pg), Little Lotta and "Hercules", Little Dot in "Uncle Brane's Robots". 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.

Painted cover art. The Ravens of Doom, art by Luis Dominguez. The Golem, art by Joe Certa. The Vampire of the Schloss, art by Andre LeBlanc. $.35. Cover price $0.35.

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Whitman edition. Painted cover art. The Ravens of Doom, art by Luis Dominguez. The Golem, art by Joe Certa. The Vampire of the Schloss, art by Andre LeBlanc. $.35. Cover price $0.35.

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Ambrose and Aunt Hilda get examined by a pushy doctor; Harvey fools Hilda into thinking aliens have visited Earth; Hilda takes desperate measures to get Sabrina going in the morning. Stories and art by Dick Malmgren, and Jon D'Agostino, plus Lil Jinx by Joe Edwards. 32 pages. Cover by Dan DeCarlo Jr. Cover price $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover pencils by Fred Rhoads. "Clean Sweep," pencils by Fred Rhoads; Sack helps Sarge make a mess of his office in an attempt to convince General Rockjaw that he needs a larger budget. "The Shoe Fits," pencils by Fred Rhoads; Sack and Slob try to find a way to talk about Sarge without his hearing them. "Good Old Slapstick," pencils by Fred Rhoads; Sarge's pursuit of Sack winds up involving General Rockjaw and Lieutenant Packrat. "A Piece of the Action," pencils by Fred Rhoads; Sack starts a pie stand company and sells franchises to both Sarge and Slob. "A Slight Goof" text story, pencils by Fred Rhoads. "Changed Man," pencils by Fred Rhoads; An explosion gives Sarge amnesia, so Sack tells him that he's General Rockjaw. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.35.

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Conan stars in "Hawks Over Shem." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Alfredo Alcala. Adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp. "A Gazetteer of the Hyborian World of Conan" (part 5) by Lee Falconer. David Wenzel/Duffy Vohland frontispiece. Earl Norem cover. Cover price $1.00.

Cover art by Demetrio Sánchez Gómez. Countess Von Bludd introduces the issue. Limited Visibility!, script by Joe Molloy, art by Pete Morisi; A hiker breaks his glasses; His poor eyesight leads him to his death when he mistakes a balloon for a monster. Only A Toy, script by Joe Molloy, art by Mike Zeck; A plane hi-jacking is stopped when it turns out one of the passengers is Death. Single Survivor text story. Valley Of Death, script and art by Paul Kirchner; Chico Sanchez outdraws Death in a gunfight; He then learns that anyone who kills Death becomes the new Death. 36 pgs. $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

January, 1978 Issue - This issue; "Who Were Ancient Egypt's Engineers?", and "The Tunguska Explosion" Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.75.

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Men's Magazine with adult jokes and cartoons.

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UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price.

Cover by Jack Sparling. Stories and art by Arnold Drake, Jack Sparling, Bill Burke, Dave Moulthrop, George Kashdan, and Dave Manak. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. A spoof of the fake-moon-landing drama Capricorn One. Parodies of the TV series Fantasy Island, In Search of…, and The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew, plus a Sick look at news tabloids. The final appearance of Ego-Man, Sick's Stan Lee parody. Why Flying Saucers Wont Come Near Us; Capricorny One; Sickies; Talking Tombstones; In Search of… TV Ratings; SICK Takes You on the Set of Jaws 3; National Unquieter; The Hardly Bows & Nancy Poo, in The Harrowing Happenings at Horror Hotel; Fantasy I Land; Ego-Man Nightmare Rally! or Death of a Salesman; Cher dFlower. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

Cover by Pat Boyette. Story and art by Denny O'Neil and Pat Boyette. Science-fiction tales with twist endings from the dawn of the Space Age. Space War departs from its usual format this issue, to present an issue-length tale by legendary comics scribe Denny O'Neil (credited as "Sergius O'Shaugnessy." Time travelers seek to prevent a world-ending catastrophe. Was the Doomsday Machine, designed by scientists to save Earth from nuclear war, truly the way to prevent disaster...or was it the cause? Children of Doom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 2 # 5. December 1978. Includes the following: Battlestar Galactica, A Closer Look at the Girls of Galactica, They Came from Beneath the Sea, The Man Behind Jaws 2: An Interview with Jeannot Szwarc, The Science Fiction World of Walt Disney, Gauntlet strip by Gene Day (art and story) and Dave Sim (letters), How to Kill a Robot, and By the Ray Gun's Red Glare. Black and white; 64 pgs. Cover price $1.75.

French language reprint series. This issue reprints material from Uncanny X-Men (1963 1st Series) #103, Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) #16-17, Marvel Two-in-One (1974 1st Series) #18, and more. 84 pages, full color, French language.

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"Carrion, My Wayward Son!" Script by Bill Mantlo. Pencils by Jim Mooney. Inks by Frank Springer. Cover by Keith Pollard and Bruce Patterson. The Maggia and Big M break into the Citicorp Center with their new powerful weapon...the Tri-Man! The web-slinger happens to be close by and swings into the bank to stop the robbery. However, the wall-crawler is not prepared to battle both the Tri-Man and the Masked Marauder in close quarters! Can the Spectacular Spider-Man stave off the Tri-Man and dodge Big M's opti-blasts at the same time? Meanwhile, the White Tiger (aka Hector Ayala) clashes with a street gang in South Bronx, and a new ghastly villain reveals his hatred for Spider-Man. First appearance of Carrion. (Notes: This issue begins a seven-issue run in the Spectacular Spider-Man series that features the best stories in the early years of the title. This issue also includes a full page ad for the Korvac saga taking place in the Avengers series. Art by George Perez.) 32 pages Cover price $0.35.

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Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "Carrion, My Wayward Son!" Script by Bill Mantlo. Pencils by Jim Mooney. Inks by Frank Springer. Cover by Keith Pollard and Bruce Patterson. The Maggia and Big M break into the Citicorp Center with their new powerful weapon...the Tri-Man! The web-slinger happens to be close by and swings into the bank to stop the robbery. However, the wall-crawler is not prepared to battle both the Tri-Man and the Masked Marauder in close quarters! Can the Spectacular Spider-Man stave off the Tri-Man and dodge Big M's opti-blasts at the same time? Meanwhile, the White Tiger (aka Hector Ayala) clashes with a street gang in South Bronx, and a new ghastly villain reveals his hatred for Spider-Man. First appearance of Carrion. (Notes: This issue begins a seven-issue run in the Spectacular Spider-Man series that features the best stories in the early years of the title. This issue also includes a full page ad for the Korvac saga taking place in the Avengers series. Art by George Perez.) 32 pages Cover price $0.35.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. 1st Printing. "Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory" Guest-starring Daredevil. First printing. Script by Bill Mantlo. Pencils by Jim Mooney. Inks by Frank Springer. The Amazing Spider-Man is in very bad shape after being injured and blinded by the Masked Marauder during their battle at the Citicorp bank. If the web-slinger is going to have any hope of stopping Big M, he must have help. Maybe the Man Without Fear can lend a hand! Meanwhile, Mary Jane Watson and Betty Brant Leeds stop by Peter's apartment to visit him; however, Peter is not home...but Carrion is! Cameo appearance by the White Tiger. This is the original printing (a 1993 video game promo facsimilie reprint was also made, but the differences between the original and the reprint are easily apparent). 32 pages. NOTE: 1993 JC Penney reprint exists. It can be identified by having the words "The Amazing Spider-Man" printed in the UPC box. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Bob Wiacek. Eye of the Needle starring Spider-Woman, script by Mark Gruenwald, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Al Gordon; A mysterious masked man sews men's mouths shut. 32 pgs. $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Bob Wiacek. Eye of the Needle starring Spider-Woman, script by Mark Gruenwald, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Al Gordon; A mysterious masked man sews men's mouths shut. 32 pgs.

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Wraparound Cover by Steve Leialoha. Written by Takahiro Isuta, Satoshi Hirota, Lee Marrs, Gene Day, Steve Leialoha and Gray Lyda. Art by Masaichi Mukaide, Gene Day, Steve Leialoha and Gray Lyda. In this issue: "The Mission" by Takahiro Isuta (concept), Satoshi Hirota (concept), Lee Marrs and Masaichi Mukaide; "Warriors!" by Gene Day; "The Quicksilver Serpent" (Part 2) by Steve Leialoha; and Tempus Fugit story "Tempus Fugitives" by Gray Lyda. 40 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $1.75.

Comic book version of the original Star Trek TV series that starred William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. 90210-812. Painted cover by Alden McWilliams, with inset photos of William Shatner as Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as Spock. "The Brain-Damaged Planet," script by George Kashdan, art by Alden McWilliams; An entire planet's population is being affected by a virus that is infecting a giant brain, which exists in the core of their planet. Hostess Twinkies ad with Captain Marvel. 36 pgs., full color. $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

"The Brain-Damaged Planet," script by George Kashdan, art by Alden McWilliams; An entire planet's population is being affected by a virus that is infecting a giant brain, which exists in the core of their planet. Hostess Twinkies ad with Captain Marvel. 36 pgs., full color. $0.35. NOTE: The Whitman Star Trek editions are not reprints. The Gold Key and Whitman editions were released simultaneously, but through different distribution channels. Cover price $0.35.

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Add to cart Very Good $7.00	Add to cart CGC 9.8 $219.00 View scans Paper: White Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #3890057001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart CGC 9.8 $225.00 View scans Paper: White Label #3880453004 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart CGC 9.4 $69.00 View scans Paper: White Label #4484721011 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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"The Empire Strikes!" Written by Archie Goodwin. Art by Carmine Infantino and Gene Day. After the destruction of the Death Star, Luke, Han, Leia, and the rest have become the most wanted people in the galaxy. So you can imagine the Empire's delight when the crew of the Millennium Falcon seemingly falls right into their grasp. Cover price $0.35.