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Comic books February 1973, graded by CBCS

  • Item #59250965
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    • CBCS Authentic Signature
    • Paper: White
    • Witnessed Signature: Roy Thomas on 11/19/2022.
    • Label #23-0AE1106-016
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    "Check and Mate!" Part 3 of 3. Script by Steve Englehart. Pencils by Don Heck. Inks by Dave Cockrum and Joe Sinnott. Cover by Rich Buckler and Joe Sinnott. In a shocking development, the Vision accepts the Grim Reaper's offer! How could the synthezoid avenger betray his teammates?! Perhaps the Vision along with Captain America has an ulterior motive to trick Eric Williams! The two avengers successfully fool the Grim Reaper, but not the Space Phantom! In the strange alien's headquarters, Earth's Mightiest Heroes fight to the finish vs. the reaper, the phantom, and the hordes of Hydra! An action-packed issue! Cameo appearances by Captain Marvel, Rick Jones, and Thor. (Notes: The Grim Reaper returns in the classic Avengers 160. Wonder Man's body comes to life in Avengers 151.) 32 pages Cover price $0.20.

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  • Item #57825431
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #22-0B37CB6-003
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    Cover art by Gil Kane. First appearance of Red Sonja in The Shadow of the Vulture, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Wmith, inks by Sal Buscema, Dan Adkins, and Chic Stone; setting: Pah-Dishah, Makkalet; Conan delivers message from Makkalet to Pah-Disha; Red Sonja saves Conan's life twice; Conan kills Mikhal Oglu (vulture) and sends his head to Yezdigerd; adapted from the non-Conan story by Robert E. Howard featuring a female warrior, Red Sonya. 32 pgs. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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  • Item #58382122
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    • CBCS Authentic Signature
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Witnessed Signature: Roy Thomas on 9/18/2021
    • Label #22-0692A42-169
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    Cover art by Gil Kane. First appearance of Red Sonja in The Shadow of the Vulture, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Wmith, inks by Sal Buscema, Dan Adkins, and Chic Stone; setting: Pah-Dishah, Makkalet; Conan delivers message from Makkalet to Pah-Disha; Red Sonja saves Conan's life twice; Conan kills Mikhal Oglu (vulture) and sends his head to Yezdigerd; adapted from the non-Conan story by Robert E. Howard featuring a female warrior, Red Sonya. 32 pgs. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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  • Item #60108216
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    • From The D.N.A. Collection
    • Label #18-0D2F89E-020

    Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Tom Palmer. The Widow Will Make You Pay!, script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]; With DD in the hospital suffering from a bullet wound administered by Man-Bull's flunky, the Widow takes on the villain on her own; When folks start arriving at the hospital transformed into man-bulls by a tainted water supply, DD pulls himself together and takes down Man-Bull. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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  • Item #58002627
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    • Paper: White
    • (Exceptional White pages)
    • Label #21-3AE7374-002
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    Cover pencils by John Buscema and Jim Starlin (cover layout), inks by Frank Giacoia. The New Defender!, script by Steve Englehart, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Frank McLaughlin; Enchantress transforms Barbara into the Valkyrie and turns the Black Knight to stone; Valkyrie takes Aragorn as her horse; Omegatron down to 89 hundredths. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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  • Item #59076419
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    Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) 131 CBCS 9.0

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    Label #22-0F7594C-015

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    "Revolt in Paradise!" Part 1 of 2. Guest-starring Quicksilver and the Inhumans. Script by Roy Thomas. Pencils by Ross Andru. Inks by Joe Sinnott. Cover by Jim Steranko and Joe Sinnott. A fighting mad Human Torch busts into the Great Refuge's barricaded tower looking for Crystal! Johnny Storm finds her all right...and then finds the biggest shock of his life: Quicksilver! What is the mutant speedster doing in Attilan? And in the company of Crystal? Cooler heads don't prevail, and suddenly it's the Human Torch vs. Quicksilver! But a powerful earthquake rocks Attilan and halts the heroes fight! The Inhumans proceed to round up the usual suspect, Maximus, and press him for answers. But Black Bolt's brother doesn't seem to be the enemy this time...it's the Alpha Primitives and Omega! Flashback cameos by Larry Trask and the Sentinels. (Notes: Roy Thomas' bringing together of Crystal and Pietro was a very significant event in the Marvel Universe. Their relationship would spawn many future storylines among the Avengers, Inhumans, and Fantastic Four. Quicksilver previously appeared in Avengers 104. The letters page contains letters from both comics writer Mike Barr and Charles Dixon.) 32 pages Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #58063035
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    • CBCS Authentic Signature
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    • Witnessed Sig: Roy Thomas on 8/18/2018.
    • Label #18-3311DA4-089
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    "Knights and White Satin!" Script by Steve Englehart and Gerry Conway, pencils by Billy Graham, inks by Paul Reinman. Two beautiful sisters come to hire Luke Cage to find out why someone is trying to murder their father. But why would anybody want to murder a man who will be dead in a week anyway? Graham cover. Cover price $0.20.

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  • Item #58511654
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    Published Feb 1973 by Marvel.
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    • Witnessed Sig: Jim Steranko on 9/30/2018.
    • Label #18-39BD0E0-037
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    This series contains slightly edited reprints. Cover art by Jim Steranko. When the Unliving Strike!, script by Jack Kirby (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), pencils by Jack Kirby (layouts) and Don Heck, inks by Mike Esposito (as Mickey Demeo]; Using a huge "swamp buggy", Fury & his men have tracked the "THEM" vehicle (seen in TALES OF SUSPENSE #78) to a "murky, insect-infested swamp"; They ward off an attack by a squad of amphibian androids. The Enemy Within!, script by Jack Kirby (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), pencils by Jack Kirby (layouts) and Don Heck, inks by Dick Ayers; On returning from their latest mission, Fury catches hell from the military brass, but brushes it off and gives everyone a 10-day furlough--except Jasper; Royale has returned to an A.I.M. observation post, and watches as a squad invades the SHIELD barber shop. The Enemy Within! cover reprint (on interior page), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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  • Item #58403326
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    • Label #22-0692A42-640
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    Cover by Gil Kane and Tom Palmer. The Thing that Grew!; Professor Borglum creates a new life when his blood is accidently mixed with an experiment; When it continues to grow and kill people for their blood he tries to find a way to kill it. The Withered Hand, art by Paul Reinman; While in Tibet John Clay steals a priceless ruby that a monk tells him contains a sinner's soul. House ad for Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #12 (February 1973), featuring Man-Thing art. The Man in the Box!, script, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; The story of a little (roughly inch tall) man who lives in a little green box and comes out every night to do a good deed. Poor Mister Watkins, script by Stan Lee, art by Werner Roth; Henry Higgins is an obnoxious man who enjoys being mean to others and harrasses a young lady at the library. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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