Auctions: comic books 1970-1983
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Item #60666244
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Iron Man (part 29), Iron ManIron Man (1968 1st Series) 29 CGC 3.5
Paper: White
Label #4387949009
Ends May 6 8:30 PM CST Bid History 2 bids Current Bid $2 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. "Save the People ? Save the Country!" Story by Mimi Gold. Art by Don Heck and Chic Stone. Cover by Marie Severin and Bill Everett. Tony Stark is on vacation in the Caribbean when he suddenly encounters political refugees from a nearby island. A tyrant called the Overseer has taken over the small island nation. Now Tony has a decision to make: is the golden avenger going to become a freedom fighter? 32 pages Cover price $0.15.
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Item #60515911
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Iron Man (part 37), Iron ManIron Man (1968 1st Series) 37 CGC 8.5
Paper: White
Label #4059142013
Ends May 6 8:30 PM CST Bid History 3 bids Current Bid $11 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. "In This Hour of Earthdoom!" Story by Gerry Conway. Art by Don Heck and Jim Mooney. Cover by Marie Severin and Sal Buscema. Iron Man lies seriously wounded after his battle against Ramrod. Tony's transplanted heart is failing, and only Kevin O'Brien can save him! Meanwhile, Ramrod and his master, the Foreman, are still planning to destroy the Earth. The Foreman has also captured Marianne. It may take a miracle for Shell-head to emerge victorious on this day. 32 pages Cover price $0.15.
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Item #60743671
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Iron Man (part 47), Iron ManIron Man (1968 1st Series) 47 VG/FN 5.0 (R)
Restored (see item notes)
RESTORATION. Color touch.
Ends May 6 8:30 PM CST Bid History 5 bids Current Bid $37 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Barry Smith art. Origin retold. "Why Must There Be An Iron Man?" Story by Roy Thomas. Art by Barry Smith and Jim Mooney. Cover by Gil Kane. These are difficult days for Tony Stark as many people around him are questioning the purpose of Iron Man following the death of Kevin O'Brien. However, after lengthy soul-searching, Tony decides he is not going to quit being Iron Man. (Note: This issue features the retelling of the origin of Iron Man.) 32 pages Cover price $0.20.
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Item #60515915
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Iron Man (part 49), Iron ManIron Man (1968 1st Series) 49 CGC 8.0
Paper: White
Label #4059142014
Ends May 6 8:30 PM CST Bid History 4 bids Current Bid $11 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. "There Lurks the Adaptoid!" Story by Mike Friedrich. Art by George Tuska and Vince Colletta. Cover by Gil Kane. Marianne Rodgers has a vision that something bad is going to happen at Avengers Mansion. Tony dons his armor and flies to the mansion and encounters...the Adaptoid! Shell-head and the Adaptoid fight from cover-to-cover, but the battle ends without a winner as both combatants break contact after being injured. (Note: The letters page includes a letter from comics editor David McDonnell.) 32 pages Cover price $0.20.
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Item #60743672
Iron Man (1968 1st Series) 54 FN 6.0
1st app. Moondragon
Ends May 6 8:31 PM CST Bid History 6 bids Current Bid $22 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Sub-Mariner and Iron Man do battle. 1st appearance of Moondragon as Madame MacEvil. "Sub-Mariner: Target for Death!" Story by Mike Friedrich and Bill Everett. Art by George Tuska and Vince Colletta. Cover by Gil Kane. It's a cataclysmic confrontation between Iron Man and the Sub-Mariner off the coast of Seattle! One of the heroes is being forced to fight against his will, but which one? And once the battle moves underwater, does Shell-Head have a chance to defeat Namor? First appearance of Moondragon as Madame MacEvil. (Note: The letters page includes a letter from comics editor Joey Cavalieri.) 32 pages Cover price $0.20.
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Item #60776130
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Iron Man (part 55), Thanos: The Final Threat (part 1), Iron Man, ThanosIron Man (1968 1st Series) 55 FN 6.0
1st app. Thanos
Starts May 20 "Beware the Blood Brothers!" First appearance of Thanos. Story by Jim Starlin. Art by Jim Starlin and Mike Esposito. Cover by Jim Starlin and Joe Sinnott. One of the landmark Marvel issues of the Bronze Age. Drax the Destroyer is a prisoner of Thanos at the evil Titan's Earth-fortress. In an effort to escape, Drax telepathically reaches out to Tony Stark for assistance; but before Iron Man can come to the rescue, Shell-Head is ambushed by the Blood Brothers! Can Drax and the golden avenger defeat the Blood Brothers and Thanos? Also first appearances of Drax the Destroyer, Starfox (in a flashback), and Mentor. (Note: Iron Man 55 was reprinted as a Marvel Milestone Edition in 1992.) 36 pages Cover price $0.20.
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Item #60784084
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Iron Man (part 55), Thanos: The Final Threat (part 1), Iron Man, ThanosIron Man (1968 1st Series) 55 CGC 4.0
1st app. Thanos
Paper: White
Label #4154278015
Ends May 6 8:31 PM CST Bid History 12 bids Current Bid $170 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. "Beware the Blood Brothers!" First appearance of Thanos. Story by Jim Starlin. Art by Jim Starlin and Mike Esposito. Cover by Jim Starlin and Joe Sinnott. One of the landmark Marvel issues of the Bronze Age. Drax the Destroyer is a prisoner of Thanos at the evil Titan's Earth-fortress. In an effort to escape, Drax telepathically reaches out to Tony Stark for assistance; but before Iron Man can come to the rescue, Shell-Head is ambushed by the Blood Brothers! Can Drax and the golden avenger defeat the Blood Brothers and Thanos? Also first appearances of Drax the Destroyer, Starfox (in a flashback), and Mentor. (Note: Iron Man 55 was reprinted as a Marvel Milestone Edition in 1992.) 36 pages Cover price $0.20.
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Item #60515922
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Iron Man (part 61), Iron ManIron Man (1968 1st Series) 61 CGC 9.0
Paper: White
Label #4059142015
Ends May 6 8:31 PM CST Bid History 3 bids Current Bid $11 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. "Death Knells over Detroit!" Part 2 of 2. Story by Mike Friedrich. Art by George Tuska and Mike Esposito. Cover by Rich Buckler and Frank Giacoia. Iron Man has been captured by the Masked Marauder. Shell-head must now escape and defeat the Marauder otherwise Detroit will be destroyed by an atomic bomb! Meanwhile, marital tension is growing between Pepper and Happy Hogan as their separation due to work commitments continues. 32 pages Cover price $0.20.
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Item #60640576
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Iron Man (part 101), Iron ManIron Man (1968 1st Series) 101 CGC 9.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4387918002
Ends May 6 8:31 PM CST Bid History 3 bids Current Bid $11 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. "Then Came the Monster!" Part 1 of 2. Script by Bill Mantlo. Pencils by George Tuska. Inks by Mike Esposito. Cover by Val Mayerik and Dave Cockrum. After his exhausting battle vs. the Mandarin, the golden avenger commandeers a Chinese fighter jet and begins flying back home! But Shell-Head's jet is mistakenly shot down over the Balkans by NATO forces! By the time Iron Man wakes up after hitting the ground, he's surrounded by a pack of gnomes and the monster of Frankenstein! Oh my, has Tony Stark landed in the middle of Mary Shelley's classic novel? Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction! First appearance of Dreadknight. Cameo appearances by Jasper Sitwell and Madame Masque (as Krissy Longfellow). (Notes: Frankenstein's Monster previously appeared in Marvel Team-Up 36 & 37. A limited distribution 35-cent cover price variant exists for this issue.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.30.
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Item #60518918
Tags: Demon in a Bottle (part 1), Marvel Legacy Numbering: Iron Man (part 120), Iron Man, Sub-MarinerIron Man (1968 1st Series) 120 FN/VF 7.0
1st app. Justin Hammer
Starts May 6 First appearance of Justin Hammer in "The Old Man and the Sea Prince!" Part 1 of 2. Guest-starring the Sub-Mariner. Plot by David Michelinie and Bob Layton. Script by David Michelinie. Art by John Romita Jr. (breakdowns) and Bob Layton (finishes). Cover by Bob Layton. During his trip back to the States, Tony Stark's 747 is struck in mid-air by a flying tank! Wow, where did it come from? Apparently it was thrown from the ground by the Sub-Mariner! Oh no! The golden avenger will deal with Prince Namor in a minute! But first he must stop his airliner from crashing into the ocean! Don't worry Shell-Head...the Avenging Son will wait! Cameo appearances by Bethany Cabe and Jim Rhodes. Flashback cameos by Spymaster and Nick Fury. 32 pages. Cover price $0.35.
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Item #57471006
Iron Man (1968 1st Series) Canadian Price Variant 171 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
75 Cent Canadian Price Variant.
Label #00-7002787-AA-010
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Starts Jun 10 Canadian edition with $.75 cover price. Script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Luke McDonnell, inks by Steve Mitchell. McDonnell/Mitchell cover. In "Ball and Chain", Rhodey's first solo assignment as Iron Man has him taking on Thunderball, while Stark sinks deeper into his compulsion. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #60818758
Ironjaw (1975 Atlas) 1 CGC 7.5
Paper: White
Label #4407731003
Starts May 6 In the distant future the Earth is a ravaged wasteland with only one law--survival of the fittest. And in a land of kill-or-be-killed, none is more efficient at it and revels in it more than the man known as Ironjaw. He's new kind of hero for a very different kind of world. "The Saga of Iron Jaw!" Script by Michael Fleisher, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Jack Abel. Neal Adams cover. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #60811181
Isis (1976) 1 CGC 9.4
Paper: White
Label #4386967004
Ends May 6 8:32 PM CST Bid History 4 bids Current Bid $29 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. "Scarab--the Man Who Would Destroy." Based on the live action Saturday morning television series, Isis lasted just eight issues. Here she battles an ancient sorcerer freed from a pyramid that has been transported from Egypt to America. Gerald Ford of Earth S appears. Script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Ric Estrada, inks by Wally Wood. Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Cover price $0.30.
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Item #60250075
James Bond For Your Eyes Only (1981 Marvel) 1 CBCS 8.5 SS Larry Hama
Paper: White
Witnessed Signature: Larry Hama on 03/23/2021. Newsstand Edition.
Label #21-21F3AF0-016
Starts Jun 10 Howard Chaykin art Cover price $0.50.
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Item #60671092
Tags: Black PantherJungle Action (1972 Marvel) 5 FN+ 6.5
Ends May 6 8:34 PM CST Bid History 4 bids Current Bid $11 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Black Panther stories begin. Cover art by John Romita. The Monarch and the Man-Ape! (reprinted from Avengers 62), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by George Klein; When the Black Panther and his fellow Avengers return to Wakanda they are captured by M'Baku, who plans to kill the Black Panther. Ad for The Ultimate Fan Club! FOOM! Friends Of Ol' Marvel. Monsters Unleashed ad. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.
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Item #60617423
Tags: Black PantherJungle Action (1972 Marvel) 5 VG 4.0
Water spotting.
Ends May 6 8:34 PM CST Bid History 1 bid Current Bid $1 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Black Panther stories begin. Cover art by John Romita. The Monarch and the Man-Ape! (reprinted from Avengers 62), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by George Klein; When the Black Panther and his fellow Avengers return to Wakanda they are captured by M'Baku, who plans to kill the Black Panther. Ad for The Ultimate Fan Club! FOOM! Friends Of Ol' Marvel. Monsters Unleashed ad. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.
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Item #60881271
Tags: Black PantherJungle Action (1972 Marvel) 5 CGC 4.0
Paper: Off white
Label #2136656003
Starts May 13 Black Panther stories begin. Cover art by John Romita. The Monarch and the Man-Ape! (reprinted from Avengers 62), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by George Klein; When the Black Panther and his fellow Avengers return to Wakanda they are captured by M'Baku, who plans to kill the Black Panther. Ad for The Ultimate Fan Club! FOOM! Friends Of Ol' Marvel. Monsters Unleashed ad. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.
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Item #59797649
Justice Inc. (1975) 1 CGC 9.6
Paper: White
Label #4323269012
Starts Jul 6 Cover art by Joe Kubert. "Batman and the Mummy" Hostess Twinkies ad. "This Night, an Avenger Is Born!", script by Denny O'Neil, art by Al McWilliams; Origin and intro of the Avenger, and his support organization Justice, Inc.; The Avenger was Richard Benson; Due to the traumatic kidnapping of his wife and child the muscles in his face were frozen; This enabled him to literally mold his face into any shape. "Justice Incorporated" by Allen Asherman. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #60764397
Justice League of America (1960 1st Series) 91 CGC 8.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4237308018
Ends May 6 8:36 PM CST Bid History 4 bids Current Bid $26 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover art by Neal Adams. Earth-- The Monster-Maker!, script by Mike Friedrich, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Joe Giella; Three aliens are out on a joyride alongside their symbiotic pets when they lose control of their ship, resulting in one of the aliens being separated from his pet as they travel through the dimensional barrier separating Earths 1 and 2; As the JSA face off vs. the Alien A-Rym, he defeats them, as a result of the adult Robin charging in headstrong. Meanwhile, on Earth-1, as Batman leaves the JLA for another case he's working on, young college-aged Robin faces off alongside the team vs. Teppy, A-Rym's symbiotic pet, with the same actions and consequences; This results in Robin's uniform being torn up. The Day the World Melted featuring Knights of the Galaxy, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella. The Hour Hourman Died! starring Hourman, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sid Greene. Letter from editorial director Carmine Infantino on the inflation in the USA and National Publications raising the price of its comics. Harlan Ellison controversy in this issue.52 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #60799337
Tags: JLA/JSA Crossovers (part 11.1), Justice League/SocietyJustice League of America (1960 1st Series) 107 CGC 8.0
Paper: White
Label #4332332007
Starts May 6 Cover art by Nick Cardy. Crisis on Earth-X!, script by Len Wein, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Dick Giordano; During an annual meeting between the JLA and JSA, six members and the Red Tornado (accidentally interfering with the transmatter machine that transports the two groups between Earths 1 and 2) are accidentally transported to another Earth, one in which the Nazis won World War Two; At first, the seven heroes are able to defeat a small group of Nazi soldiers, but are almost defeated by sonic machines when the Freedom Fighters, led by Uncle Sam, take the heroes away and explain what's going on in their secret headquarters; The three groups learn of machines around the world controlling everyone's minds, and set about to destroy them all. A letter from comics writer Mike W. Barr. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.
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Item #60521963
Tags: JLA/JSA Crossovers (part 11.1), Justice League/SocietyJustice League of America (1960 1st Series) 107 CBCS 3.0
Paper: Off white
Label #19-1D88571-041
Starts Jun 10 Cover art by Nick Cardy. Crisis on Earth-X!, script by Len Wein, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Dick Giordano; During an annual meeting between the JLA and JSA, six members and the Red Tornado (accidentally interfering with the transmatter machine that transports the two groups between Earths 1 and 2) are accidentally transported to another Earth, one in which the Nazis won World War Two; At first, the seven heroes are able to defeat a small group of Nazi soldiers, but are almost defeated by sonic machines when the Freedom Fighters, led by Uncle Sam, take the heroes away and explain what's going on in their secret headquarters; The three groups learn of machines around the world controlling everyone's minds, and set about to destroy them all. A letter from comics writer Mike W. Barr. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.
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Item #60778804
Justice League of America (1960 1st Series) 151 CBCS 4.0 SS Gerry Conway
Paper: Off white to white
Newsstand Edition. Witnessed Signature: Gerry Conway on 8/26/2023.
Label #23-29F5D14-002
Starts Jun 10 "The Unluckiest League of All!" Written by Gerry Conway, with art by Dick Dillin and Frank McLaughlin. Characters: Wonder Woman [Earth-1]; Hawkwoman [Shayera Thal] (as Hawkgirl); Black Canary; Elongated Man; Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Arrow [Earth-1]; Aquaman; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Superman [Earth-1]; Batman [Earth-1]; Red Tornado; Hawkman [Katar Hol] (all as the Justice League of America/JLA); The Racer; Strongman; The Crier; The Acrobat; Cyclone; The Shrinking Man; Water King; Jean Loring (flashback); Power Girl (flashback); Professor Amos Fortune (villain); Captain Comet (flashback). Cover by Al Milgrom and Joe Orlando. Cover price $0.60.
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Item #60655143
Ka-Zar (1970 1st Series) 1 CBCS 6.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #23-336D7D6-002
Starts Jun 10 68-page squarebound giant. Reprints: "The Coming of Ka-Zar" (script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby; from Uncanny X-Men 10) and "The Mystery of the Midnight Stalker" (script by Lee, pencils by Gene Colan; from Daredevil 24). Also in this issue, a new Hercules story, "In His Footsteps, the Huntsman of Zeus" (script by Allyn Brodsky, pencils by Frank Springer, inks by Dick Ayers). Guest starring the Avengers. Story continues in Sub-Mariner 29.. New Marie Severin/John Verpoorten cover. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #60865525
Ka-Zar (1974 2nd Series) 2 CGC 7.5 SS Friedrich
Paper: Off white
Signed by Mike Friedrich on 11/3/23
Label #4342144001
Starts Jun 3 Last 20-cent cover price. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by John Romita. "The Fall of the Red Wizard," script by Mike Friedrich, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Jack Abel; KA-ZAR and SHANNA aren't too keen on the idea of becoming human sacrifices; But when a triceratops rampages through their village, the Fall People are convinced Ka-Zar's blasphemy is to blame; Continued origin of the Savage Land. The Shanna story continues in Daredevil 109. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.
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Item #52256057
Ka-Zar the Savage (1981 Marvel) 1 CBCS 9.4
Paper: Off white
Direct Edition
Label #19-27D449D-035
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Starts Jun 10 Cover art by Brent Anderson. "A New Dawn... a New World!", script by Bruce Jones, pencils by Brent Anderson, inks by Carlos Garzon; Ka-Zar wonders if he should leave the jungle and join modern civilization, and ultimately discovers a vast new section of the Savage Land called Pangea! "Spider-Man in The Rescue!" Hostess snack cakes ad. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.50.
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Item #52256081
Ka-Zar the Savage (1981 Marvel) 3 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Direct Edition
Label #19-27D449D-037
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Starts Jun 10 Cover art by Brent Anderson. "To Forgive Dephine!", script by Bruce Jones, pencils by Brent Anderson, inks by Carlos Garzon; Ka-Zar and Shanna crash with the Pangean bird folk!; New ground is crossed in their relationship. Hostess Twinkies Cakes ad, "The Charge Of The Rhinos!" starring Iron Man. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.50.
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Item #52256085
Ka-Zar the Savage (1981 Marvel) 4 CBCS 9.6
Paper: White
Direct Edition
Label #19-27D449D-038
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Starts Jun 10 Cover art by Brent Anderson. "When the Sea Gives Up Its Dead!", script by Bruce Jones, pencils by Brent Anderson, inks by Carlos Garzon; Leanne switches into Shannas body—and is helpless against a dinosaur attack! Iron Man in "The Charge of the Rhinos!" Hostess snack cakes ad. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.50.
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Item #52256340
Ka-Zar the Savage (1981 Marvel) 5 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Direct Edition
Label #19-27D449D-039
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Starts Jun 10 Cover art by Brent Anderson. "The Ties That Bind!", script by Bruce Jones, pencils by Brent Anderson, inks by Carlos Garzon; Zabu is temporarily believed to be the rabid killer of Kapah, a young member of the Fall People; Sarak, Kapah's father, is driven insane by rabies and Ka-Zar is forced to take him down; Realizing that he will also succumb, Tongah (a supporting character from the old series) commits suicide; Ka-Zar watches a t-rex take down the rabid saber-toothed tiger and is relieved that it isn't Zabu. Dungeons & Dragons ad. The Fantastic Four in "Wonders of Nature" Hostess snack cakes ad. Missive from letterhack T. M. Maple. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.50.
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Item #52256376
Ka-Zar the Savage (1981 Marvel) 6 CBCS 9.6
Paper: White
Direct Edition
Label #19-27D449D-040
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Starts Jun 10 Cover art by Brent Anderson. "Brief Encounters," script by Brent Anderson (plot) and Bruce Jones (plot, script), pencils by Brent Anderson, inks by Carlos Garzon; Shanna is having delusions due to the effects of the mind-switching device; Ka-Zar has been stung and poisoned by a giant scorpion, and Shanna starts seeing a ghostly figure; The apparition reveals that he is an ancient Atlantean, and that Pangea is actually an outpost of Atlantis; The ghostly figure reveals himself to be a scientist named Dherk, he predicted the city's eventual sinking, and due to this he is banished to Pangea; Dherk body was placed in suspended animation but is able to appear as a projection, but he can temporarily make himself tangible; Dherk first saw Shanna while she was in the mind transfer device and from their he has fallen in love with her. "The Human Torch in Hot-Tempered Triumph!" Hostess snack cakes ad. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.50.
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Item #52256377
Ka-Zar the Savage (1981 Marvel) 7 CBCS 9.6
Paper: White
Direct Edition
Label #19-27D449D-041
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Starts Jun 10 Son vs. father--the nightmare is only beginning! "Nightmare" is written by Brent Anderson, Jerry Bingham and Bruce Jones, with art by Brent Anderson, Jerry Bingham and Carlos Garzon. Cover by Brent Anderson. Cover price $0.50.
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Item #52256378
Ka-Zar the Savage (1981 Marvel) 8 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Direct Edition
Label #19-27D449D-042
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Starts Jun 10 Ever since Ka-Zar discovered Pangea, the mysterious outpost of the once great Atlantean Empire, he and Shanna the She-Devil have been challenged by ancient perils. They discover a cave with a labyrinth of technology far more advanced than any other on Earth. Can they survive the attacks of the robotic caretaker long enough to discover the secrets of this wondrous place. "In the Beginning!" Story by Bruce Jones. Art by Brent Anderson and Carlos Garrion. 32 pages. Cover price $0.50.
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Item #52256573
Ka-Zar the Savage (1981 Marvel) 9 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Direct Edition
Label #19-27D449D-043
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Starts Jun 10 Cover art by Brent Anderson. "Toward Shadowed Places," script by Brent Anderson (plot) and Bruce Jones (plot; script), pencils by Brent Anderson, inks by Carlos Garzon; Ka-Zar and Shanna help Dherk the ancient Atlantean, in his new robot body, rebuild his outpost when a steam vent explodes, revealing a new corridor; They find a room full of clear containers with tiny mystical creatures such as: a tiny unicorn, a tiny griffin, a tiny minotaur; Sometime later after Ka-Zar and Shanna have left the outpost, they're where woken up to Dherk in a frenzy, shouting, "Where is it?" Enroll in the Marvel Subscriber's Club! house ad. Spider-Man's Dream Girl! Hostess snack cakes ad. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.50.
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Item #60725778
Ka-Zar the Savage (1981 Marvel) 12REDPANEL CGC 9.4 SS
Paper: White
Signed by Louise Simonson on 7/29/23
Label #2769489006
Starts May 6 Red panel variant. While most copies of this issue have a blank panel on the bottom left of page 10, about 1600 copies (of 80000 issues printed) show a red ink drawing of Dante in that panel. In the "Bullpen Bulletins" page in Marvel Comics cover-dated June 1982, Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter humorously explains this with "The First Annual Shooter Awards". Shooter wrote "The Award for Worst Engraver's Error goes to Chemical Color for Ka-Zar #12 "Belasco...!" in which an entire panel, a color-hold, was dropped out!" Cover price $0.75.
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Item #60811280
Kamandi (1972 DC) 1 CGC 9.2
1st app. and origin Kamandi
Paper: White
Label #4255810022
Ends May 6 8:37 PM CST Bid History 4 bids Current Bid $17 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. 1st appearance and origin of Kamandi. "The Last Boy on Earth." Script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Mike Royer. Cover by Kirby and Royer. A series that borrows many concepts from Planet of the Apes, Kamandi takes place in an alternate future where animals have mutated into bipedal beings of intelligence and where humans are treated like savage beasts. Kamandi avenges the death of his grandfather, who was killed by wolves, but is then captured by a tiger named Caesar, who turns him over to dog-scientist Dr. Canus. Canus proceeds to help Kamandi, and this is where the so-called last boy on earth hooks up with Ben Boxer, a mutated human who can turn to living metal. Cover price $0.20.
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Item #60671093
Kamandi (1972 DC) 1 FN 6.0
1st app. and origin Kamandi
Ends May 6 8:37 PM CST Bid History 5 bids Current Bid $11 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. 1st appearance and origin of Kamandi. "The Last Boy on Earth." Script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Mike Royer. Cover by Kirby and Royer. A series that borrows many concepts from Planet of the Apes, Kamandi takes place in an alternate future where animals have mutated into bipedal beings of intelligence and where humans are treated like savage beasts. Kamandi avenges the death of his grandfather, who was killed by wolves, but is then captured by a tiger named Caesar, who turns him over to dog-scientist Dr. Canus. Canus proceeds to help Kamandi, and this is where the so-called last boy on earth hooks up with Ben Boxer, a mutated human who can turn to living metal. Cover price $0.20.
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Item #60807965
Kamandi (1972 DC) 1 VG- 3.5
1st app. and origin Kamandi
Water damage.
Starts May 6 1st appearance and origin of Kamandi. "The Last Boy on Earth." Script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Mike Royer. Cover by Kirby and Royer. A series that borrows many concepts from Planet of the Apes, Kamandi takes place in an alternate future where animals have mutated into bipedal beings of intelligence and where humans are treated like savage beasts. Kamandi avenges the death of his grandfather, who was killed by wolves, but is then captured by a tiger named Caesar, who turns him over to dog-scientist Dr. Canus. Canus proceeds to help Kamandi, and this is where the so-called last boy on earth hooks up with Ben Boxer, a mutated human who can turn to living metal. Cover price $0.20.
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Item #57871990
Kamandi (1972 DC) 13 CBCS 9.0
Paper: White
1st cover 9.0, interior cover 9.0. Double Cover. Exceptional White.
Label #21-34BDE0B-012
Starts Jun 10 "Hell at Hialeah." Script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Mike Royer. Cover by Kirby and Royer. Kamandi fails in his attempt to escape the Hialeah raceway and must participate in a race to the death with Bull Bantam. Cover price $0.20.
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Item #60521874
Kid Colt Outlaw (1948) 176 CGC 4.5
Paper: Off white
Label #2117504025
Starts May 13 -
Item #60714482
Published 1976 by Russ Cochran.King Portfolio One (1976 Russ Cochran) NN FN 6.0
Staple rust (no migration).
Starts May 6 1935-1937. Focusing primarily on the work of Alex Raymond, this beautifully crafted portfolio features black and white reprints of Sunday strips from Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim as well as entries from Polly and Her Pals, Red Berry, Krazy Kat, Barney Baxter, Mandrake the Magician, and Prince Valiant. 41 pgs, 12" x 18", B&W.
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Item #60867459
Published 1982 by Polaris Adventures.Lake County Comix (1982) 0 CGC 7.5
Paper: White
Label #4249841002
Starts May 6 -
Item #60723309
Life of Pope John Paul II (1983 Marvel) 1D VF- 7.5
Ends May 6 8:42 PM CST Bid History 2 bids Current Bid $2 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Direct Edition. Written by Steven Grant, plus an introduction by Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins. Art and cover by John Tartaglione. Marvel commissioned this ad-free title, one of the earliest biographical comics from a mainstream publisher, shortly after the ordination of John Paul II. Father Mieczyslaw Malinski, a lifelong friend of the first non-Italian pope, and two Marvel staffers present the Popes life story, including his youth in Poland, his support of the Resistance during World War II, and the unsuccessful attempt on his life in 1981. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.50.
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Item #52257832
Machine Man (1978 1st Series) 18 CBCS 9.0
Paper: White
Direct Edition
Label #19-27D449D-060
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Starts Jun 10 Alone Against Alpha Flight! - Written by Tom DeFalco. Art by Steve Ditko. Cover by Rich Buckler and Dave Simons. Enter Sasquatch, Northstar and Aurora -- Alpha Flight! Ties into Uncanny X-Men (1963 1st Series) #140. Starring Machine Man, Alpha Flight [Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski], Aurora, Northstar], Agent K (introduction), Madame Menace (villain), Miles Brinkman (villain), Rollins (villain), Hulk (cameo), Gears Garvin, Peter Spaulding, Maggie Jones, Pamela Quinn, Eddie Harris and Santelli. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.
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Item #60848274
Machine Man (1978 1st Series) 19N CGC 9.4
Paper: White
Label #3921824004
Starts May 6 Newsstand Edition. Jolted By Jack O'Lantern! - Written by Tom DeFalco. Art by Steve Ditko. Cover by Frank Miller and Terry Austin. Complete-your-collection special! (Or, guess what mag won't have a 20th issue.) Featuring the first appearance of Jack O'Lantern! Starring Machine Man, Brock Jones [the Torpedo], Maggie Jones (Brock's sister), Geoff Peckman, Jack O'Lantern [Jason Macendale; Hobgoblin II] (introduction), Peter Spaulding, Gears Garvin, Maggie Jones, Pamela Quinn, Byron Benjamin and Eddie Harris. Note: Machine Man next appears in Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) #99. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.
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Item #52028318
Magnus Robot Fighter (1963 Gold Key) 30 CBCS 3.5 Restored
Slight amateur restoration
Paper: Cream to off white
Amateur Restoration Includes: Moderate amount of color touch on the cover.
Label #19-279A9AA-205
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Starts Jun 10 Reprint of issue #15. Cover art by Russ Manning. "The Weird World of Mogul Badur," script by Herb Kastle, art by Russ Manning; Magnus and Leeja are kidnapped by Mogul Badur, a dictator seeking to prolong his already abnormally long life. "Free to Fly"; Magnus tells Leeja about some of mankind's achievements in the field of flight. # on cover 10046-111. November #29 11/71. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.
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Item #60741865
Man-Thing (1974 1st Series) 1 CGC 8.5
Paper: White
Label #4386162010
Starts May 6 "Battle for the Palace of the Gods!" Written by Steve Gerber. Art by Val Mayerik and Sal Tarpani. Cover by Frank Brunner. Now in its own magazine - the macabre Man-Thing, the most startling sawmp-creature of all! 32 pages, FC. NOTE: 2nd appearance of Howard the Duck. Cover price $0.20.
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Item #60517227
Man-Thing (1974 1st Series) 1 CGC 7.5
Paper: White
Label #3764150010
Ends May 6 8:44 PM CST Bid History 3 bids Current Bid $26 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. "Battle for the Palace of the Gods!" Written by Steve Gerber. Art by Val Mayerik and Sal Tarpani. Cover by Frank Brunner. Now in its own magazine - the macabre Man-Thing, the most startling sawmp-creature of all! 32 pages, FC. NOTE: 2nd appearance of Howard the Duck. Cover price $0.20.
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Item #60504028
Man-Thing (1974 1st Series) 1 CGC 6.0
Paper: White
Label #4285769006
Starts May 13 "Battle for the Palace of the Gods!" Written by Steve Gerber. Art by Val Mayerik and Sal Tarpani. Cover by Frank Brunner. Now in its own magazine - the macabre Man-Thing, the most startling sawmp-creature of all! 32 pages, FC. NOTE: 2nd appearance of Howard the Duck. Cover price $0.20.
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Item #60671029
Man-Thing (1974 1st Series) 4 FN 6.0
Ends May 6 8:44 PM CST Bid History 3 bids Current Bid $8 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. "The Making of a Madman!" Written by Steve Gerber. Art by Val Mayerik and Jack Abel. The origin of the Foolkiller! Plus, a terrifying secret revealed! Includes Marvel Value Stamp. 32 pages, FC. NOTE: 2nd appearance of the Foolkiller. Cover price $0.20.
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Item #60747645
Man-Thing (1979 2nd Series) 1D CGC 9.6
Paper: White
Label #4400952019
Starts Jul 6 Direct Edition. "Regeneration and Rebirth!" Written by Michael Fleisher. Art by Jim Mooney and Bob Wiacek. Whoever knows fear BURNS at the touch of the Man-Thing. A group of scientist set out to cure the shambling mass of muck and flora the Man-Thing, a monstrous creature that was once known as Ted Sallis. But before they can treat the monster, they must capture it. A feat easier said than done. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.40.
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Item #60747620
Man-Thing (1979 2nd Series) 1N CGC 9.4
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition.
Label #4400952023
Starts May 27 Newsstand Edition. "Regeneration and Rebirth!" Written by Michael Fleisher. Art by Jim Mooney and Bob Wiacek. Whoever knows fear BURNS at the touch of the Man-Thing. A group of scientist set out to cure the shambling mass of muck and flora the Man-Thing, a monstrous creature that was once known as Ted Sallis. But before they can treat the monster, they must capture it. A feat easier said than done. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.40.