Auctions: comic books 1967, graded by CGC
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Item #60723661
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Amazing Spider-Man (part 50), Spider-ManAmazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 50 CGC 6.0
1st app. Kingpin
Paper: Off white to white
Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back
Label #4017316001
Starts Jul 6 Cover pencils by John Romita. First appearance of the Kingpin in Spider-Man No More!, script by Stan Lee, pencils by John Romita, inks by Mike Esposito [as Mickey Dimeo]; Fearing for his aunt's health and tired of being hounded by Jameson, Peter gives up being Spider-Man and concentrates on being a simple college student; A kid finds the discarded Spidey suit in the trash can and brings it to the Daily Bugle where Jonah proudly puts it on display; Pete's personal life starts looking up but crime increases as the Kingpin gathers the mob under his leadership; Feeling guilty about the crime wave, Peter remembers the lessons taught to him by his uncle's death and decides to become Spider-Man once again. Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon cameos. Reprinted in Marvel Tales #190. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60852759
Avengers (1963 1st Series) Annual 1 CGC 7.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4388997007
Starts Jun 3 All new material. The Avengers face the Mandarin, the Living Laser, the first Power Man, the Swordsman, the Enchantress, and Executioner, and Ultimo in "the Monstrous Master Plan of the Mandarin!' Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Don Heck, inks by George Roussos (as "George Bell"). Avengers roll call: Captain America, Hawkeye, Goliath, the Wasp, Quicksilver, and the Scarlet Witch. Guest starring Thor, Hercules, and Iron Man, with the Black Widow and Nick Fury. Sub-Mariner cameo. This issue also includes pin-ups of the original Avengers, the new Avengers, the Black Widow, and Hercules (all by Heck/Roussos), a diagram of the Avengers Mansion, and biographies of Heck and Thomas. John Buscema/Roussos cover. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #60847519
Published Nov 1967 by Classics Illustrated.Classics Illustrated 001 The Three Musketeers (1946) 21 CGC 3.5
Paper: Off white to white
HRN 166.
Label #4372220019
Starts May 6 The Three Musketeers (see Classics Illustrated 41, Twenty Years After, for the sequel story), 21st printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 166, Date 11/67). Cover price $0.15.
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Item #60724718
Tags: BatmanDetective Comics (1937 1st Series) 359 CGC 5.5
1st app. new Batgirl Barbara Gordon
Paper: Cream to off white
Label #0360274001
Ends May 6 7:39 PM CST Bid History 12 bids Current Bid $490 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Written by Gardner Fox. Art by Carmine Infantino and Sid Greene. Cover by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson. 1st appearance of the new Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) in The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl!; Batgirl goes to a costume party dressed as Batgirl; she sees Killer Moth attack Bruce Wayne. Written by Gardner Fox. Art by Murphy Anderson. Riddle of the Sleepytime Taxi!; Ralph Elongated Man Dibny and Sue fall asleep in the back seat of a taxi while going to a costume party; Ralph discovers that crooks criminals are putting passengers to sleep to copy secret documents. Cap's Hobby Hints activity page by Henry Boltinoff. Letter to the editor from comics writer Mark Evanier. 36 pages, full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60852752
Tags: BatmanDetective Comics (1937 1st Series) 363 CGC 7.5
Paper: Cream to off white
Label #4388997009
Starts Jul 6 Written by Gardner Fox. Art by Carmine Infantino and Sid Greene. Cover by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson. 2nd appearance of the new Batgirl in The True-False Face of Batman!; Batman and Batgirl battle bad guys; Bruce Wayne has dinner with Commissioner Gordon and his daughter Barbara, who is really Batgirl. Written by Gardner Fox. Art by Carmine Infantino and Sid Greene; a UFO story in which Ralph Elongated Man Dibny and his wife Sue visit Wishbone City, where people are acting very strange. Letters to the editor from Irene Vartanoff, Guy H. Lillian III, and comics writers Mike Friedrich and--yes--Gardner Fox himself! Cap's Hobby Center with G.I. Joe by Henry Boltinoff. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60572305
Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) 58 CGC 4.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #3913535002
Starts May 6 Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott. The Dismal Dregs of Defeat!, script by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (co-plot), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott; Dr. Doom attacks and defeats the FF; he also steals the Silver Surfer's cosmic powers (part 2 of 4). Lockjaw (of the Inhumans) appearance. 32 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60652916
Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) 59 CGC 6.0
Paper: Cream to off white
Label #4202175025
Starts May 6 Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott. Doctor Doom steals the Silver Surfer's cosmic powers (part 3 of 4) in Doomsday, script by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (co-plot), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott; Dr. Doom wreaks havoc across the globe with the Power Cosmic; Black Bolt destroys the barrier that was imprisoning the Inhumans. Brief Inhumans appearance. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60512546
Tags: Fantastic FourFantastic Four (1961 1st Series) 62 CGC 6.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4119381009
Ends May 6 7:54 PM CST Bid History 3 bids Current Bid $22 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Frank Giacoia. ...and One Shall Save Him!, script by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (co-plot), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott; While trapped in the Negative Zone, Reed battles Blastaar. Sandman appearance; first appearance of Blastaar. Reprinted in Marvel's Greatest Comics # 45. 32 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60512549
Tags: Fantastic FourFantastic Four (1961 1st Series) 64 CGC 6.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4119381010
Ends May 6 7:54 PM CST Bid History 5 bids Current Bid $23 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott. First appearance of the Intergalactic Sentry #459 (a Kree machine) in The Sentry Sinister!, script by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (co-plot), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott; Explorers on a South Pacific island awaken the Kree Sentry 459; The FF come to the island for a vacation and become embroiled in a battle with the Sentry. Inhumans appearances. Reprinted in Marvel's Greatest Comics # 47. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60724763
Tags: Fantastic FourFantastic Four (1961 1st Series) 67 CGC 7.0
1st app. Him (Warlock)
Paper: Off white to white
Label #2030467005
Ends May 6 7:54 PM CST Bid History 12 bids Current Bid $111 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. 1st printing. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott. Origin (part 2) and first appearance of Him (Warlock) in "When Opens the Cocoon!", script by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (co-plot), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott; The FF track the kidnapped Alicia to the Beehive, where the cocoon opens and reveals Him. Crystal (of the Inhumans) appearance. 32 pgs. $0.12. NOTE: 1994 JC Penney reprint exists. Can be identified by having a Stridex ad on the back cover. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60512553
Tags: Fantastic FourFantastic Four (1961 1st Series) Annual 5 CGC 6.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4059142021
Ends May 6 7:56 PM CST Bid History 10 bids Current Bid $40 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. The Black Panther and the Inhumans help the FF battle Psycho-Man (his first appearaince) in "Divide and Conquer!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Frank Giacoia (not Joe Sinnott as credited). Silver Surfer back-up (first solo story), "The Peerless Power of the Silver Surfer!" by Lee/Kirby/Giacoia. This issue also has eight pages of pin-ups by Kirby/Giacoia and a short story, "This Is a Plot?" Script and pencils by Kirby, inks by Giacoia. Kirby/Giacoia cover. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #60879394
Tags: FlashFlash (1959 1st Series DC) 168 CGC 6.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4391037008
Starts May 13 Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella. One of Our Green Lanterns is Missing, script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Sid Greene; the Guardians enlist Flash's aid in finding Hal "Green Lantern" Jordan, who has amnesia. Letter from fanzine writer Robert Jennings. Letter from noted letter hack Guy H. Lillian III. Captain Action super hero parachute ad. Lost in Space Aurora model kit ad. Caps Hobby Hints strip by Henry Boltinoff. House of Mystery Dial H for Hero ad. 80 pg. Giant Supergirl ad. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #59737487
Tags: FlashFlash (1959 1st Series DC) 175 CGC 7.5
Paper: Off white
Label #3913154005
Starts May 13 Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Mike Esposito. The Race to the End of the Universe, script by E. Nelson Bridwell, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Rokk and Sorban, two aliens who once encountered Superman and Batman, force Superman and The Flash to a rematch race.; Superman soon realizes the aliens are not who they seem to be, and the two help each other escape traps along the race and reach the finish line together, after which they unmask the aliens as Abra Kadabra and Professor Zoom; the second Flash/Superman race; marks a new era for The Flash as Carmine Infantino steps down as longtime penciler; he went on to become the editorial director for DC and then publisher, returning to the title as penciler in 1985. Letter to the editor from Infantino himself! Bob Hope, Scooter, and Fox and Crow ad. Mattels Major Matt Mason ad. Letter from comics historian Peter Sanderson. Cap's Hobby Hints strip by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60858063
Ghost Rider (1967 Marvel Western) 1 CGC 5.0
1st app. and origin Ghost Rider Carter Slade
Paper: Cream to off white
Label #4059296006
Starts Jul 6 Origin and first appearance of Ghost Rider (Carter Slade) and his horse Banshee in "The Origin of the Ghost Rider," script by Gary Friedrich, Roy Thomas, and Dick Ayers (plot), pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Vince Colletta; School teacher Carter Slade was making his way to Bison Bend, Montana, to become the teacher for the new school built by newly settled homesteaders looking to build a home. Upon his arrival, however, he witnessed an attack by Indians; Slade put up a good fight but was outnumbered; Flaming Star treated Slade's wounds and pleaded to the gods for days to spare the life of the white man; Finally, on the Eighth day, Slade awoke which prompted Flaming Star to proclaim him the chosen one that had been revealed in prophecy that would become a powerful warrior, a living legend called "He Who Rides the Night Winds." Also a 6 page Kid Colt reprint, "The Menace of the Mask Maker!", script by Stan Lee, art by Jack Keller; A mask maker frames Kid Colt for a crime; originally presented in Kid Colt Outlaw # 105 (07/1962). Cover art by Dick Ayers. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60778374
Marvel Super Heroes (1967 1st Series) 12 CGC 8.0
1st app. and origin Captain Marvel
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4388597010
Starts Jul 6 Giant-size issue. Series continues from Fantasy Masterpieces. Origin and first appearance of Captain Marvel in "The Coming of Captain Marvel!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Frank Giacoia. The rest of the issue consists of Golden Age reprints: Captain America (from Men's Adventures # 28; 1954); the Human Torch by Dick Ayers (from Men's Adventures # 27; 1954); the Destroyer (from All Winners # 12; 1944); the Black Knight by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely (from Black Knight # 1; 1955); and the Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett (from Sub-Mariner # 38; 1955). Colan cover pencils. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #59737715
Metamorpho (1965 1st Series) 11 CGC 7.5
Paper: Off white
Label #4006272019
Ends May 6 9:04 PM CST Bid History 3 bids Current Bid $15 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover pencils by Sal Trapani, inks by Charles Paris. They Came from...Beyond?, script by Bob Haney, pencils by Sal Trapani, inks by Charles Paris; Vrag-Kol and his men, in a flying saucer, demand that the government surrender control to them; Vrag-Kol and his men capture Metamorpho and Simon Stagg. Dr. Floogle humor page by Henry Boltinoff. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #59737708
Metamorpho (1965 1st Series) 15 CGC 7.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4006273005
Ends May 6 9:04 PM CST Bid History 2 bids Current Bid $11 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover art by Sal Trapani. Hour of Armageddon, script by Bob Haney, pencils by Sal Trapani, inks by Charles Paris; After being destroyed by the Thunderer, Metamorpho and Element Girl are returned to life by Billy Barton; The Thunderer takes over the U.N. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60517342
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Not Brand Echh (part 1), Fantastic FourNot Brand Echh (1967) 1 CGC 4.0
1st Marvel parody book
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4055665011
Starts Jun 3 1st Marvel Parody book. 1st appearance of Forbush Man. Cover by Jack Kirby and Mike Esposito. The Silver Burper, script by Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirby and Frank Giacoia; A comical re-telling of the Surfer's encounter with Dr. Doom from Fantastic Four #57-60, starring Thung (Bim Grimm), Weed Wichards, Human Scorch, and Inevitable Girl (Shrew Storm). The Fastest Gums in the West starring Too-Gone Kid, script by Roy Thomas, art by Marie Severin. The Battle of the Century, script by Roy Thomas, art by Ross Andru, Bill Everett, and Mike Esposito (as Mickey Demeo); The Human Scorch battles The Sunk-Mariner. A Day of Blunder! starring Sgt. Furious and His Hostile Commandos!!, script by Gary Friedrich, art by John Severin. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60858079
Strange Adventures (1950 1st Series) 205 CGC 7.0
1st app. Deadman
Paper: Off white to white
Label #1216807008
Starts Jul 6 1st appearance of Deadman in "Who Has Been Lying in My Grave?" Script by Arnold Drake, pencils by Carmine Infantino. Back-up story: "War of the Mind Readers!" Infantino/George Roussos cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60747800
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Doctor Strange (part 157)Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 157 CGC 2.5
1st app. Living Tribunal
Paper: Off white
Label #4061040019
Ends May 6 9:56 PM CST Bid History 3 bids Current Bid $16 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover art by Jim Steranko. Nick Fury stars in "Crisis!", script and art by Jim Steranko; Strucker announces that the impregnable dome over Hydra Island will keep them safe from the "Death Spore" plague, and plans to use Fury's body as the basis for an army of HYDRA androids to "police" the world, once he's dead from the Alpha Ray beam; But Fury escapes!; As SHIELD searches the Heli-Carrier for the bomb with no result, Fury, "playing it by ear", takes on one group of HYDRA thugs after another, until Strucker faces him one-on-one. "The End of the Ancient One!", script by Stan Lee and Marie Severin (co-plot), pencils by Marie Severin, inks by Herb Trimpe; In order to pass his powers onto his disciple, The Ancient One allows Zom to defeat him; Before Strange's eyes, his mentor is fused with one of the giant rocks at Stonehenge, but not before he utters a warning; A battle ensues; First appearance of the Living Tribunal. Merry Marvel Marching Society info and coupon. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.
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Item #60505925
Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) 96 CGC 7.0
Paper: White
Label #4086893007
Ends May 6 10:07 PM CST Bid History 9 bids Current Bid $23 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover by Dan Adkins. Somewhere Stands... Skull Island!, script by Raymond Marais, art by Bill Everett, Werner Roth, and Vince Colletta; Before conducting war against the surface-dweller, Namor visits the Savage Land beneath the continent of Antarctica; Dorma, against orders, follows behind him. Meanwhile the Plunderer, unknown to the Atlanteans, has constructed a base on Skull Island and as Namor and Dorma approach, fires on them; Namor is captured while Dorma flees back to Atlantis. What Have I Created?, script by Stan Lee, art by Marie Severin and Herb Trimpe; With Banner trapped and about to be evolved by the High Evolutionary, the New Men attack and stop the experiment; Banner becomes the Hulk and fights the New Men and the Evolutionary decides that the only way to stop his former creations is to do to himself what he planned on doing to Banner--evolving himself a thousand years into humanity's future. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.