Auctions: comic books March 1977
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Item #60724118
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Amazing Spider-Man (part 166), Spider-ManAmazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 166 CGC 9.4
Paper: White
Label #4075919004
Starts Apr 29 "War of the Reptile-Men!" Part 2 of 2. Script by Len Wein. Pencils by Ross Andru. Inks by Mike Esposito. Cover by John Romita and Frank Giacoia. It's a classic three-way Christmas confrontation! The Lizard vs. Spider-Man vs. Stegron! The key to victory for the web-slinger is to get the Lethal Lizard (aka Dr. Connors) to fight with him...instead of against him! But the Lizard usually just wants to kill Spidey! In snowy Central Park, the three combatants and a pack of dinosaurs come together for a Jurassic-style rumble! Is a Christmas miracle in the offing for your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man? An uplifting issue! Cameo appearances by Martha Connors, Billy Connors, J. Jonah Jameson, Dr. Marla Madison, Harry Osborn, Liz Allan, Flash Thompson, and Mary Jane Watson. (Notes: Stegron returns many years later in the Lethal Foes of Spider-Man (1993) Limited Series. The Lizard appears next in Spectacular Spider-Man 33 & 34.) Cover price $0.30.
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Item #60696044
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Amazing Spider-Man (part 166), Spider-ManAmazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 166 CGC 9.0
Paper: White
Label #4384510013
Starts Apr 22 "War of the Reptile-Men!" Part 2 of 2. Script by Len Wein. Pencils by Ross Andru. Inks by Mike Esposito. Cover by John Romita and Frank Giacoia. It's a classic three-way Christmas confrontation! The Lizard vs. Spider-Man vs. Stegron! The key to victory for the web-slinger is to get the Lethal Lizard (aka Dr. Connors) to fight with him...instead of against him! But the Lizard usually just wants to kill Spidey! In snowy Central Park, the three combatants and a pack of dinosaurs come together for a Jurassic-style rumble! Is a Christmas miracle in the offing for your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man? An uplifting issue! Cameo appearances by Martha Connors, Billy Connors, J. Jonah Jameson, Dr. Marla Madison, Harry Osborn, Liz Allan, Flash Thompson, and Mary Jane Watson. (Notes: Stegron returns many years later in the Lethal Foes of Spider-Man (1993) Limited Series. The Lizard appears next in Spectacular Spider-Man 33 & 34.) Cover price $0.30.
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Item #60812955
Tags: BatmanDetective Comics (1937 1st Series) 468 CGC 9.4
Paper: Off white to white
Label #0957840002
Starts May 6 Cover by Jim Aparo. "Battle of the Thinking Machines," script by Bob Rozakis, pencils by Marshall Rogers, inks by Terry Austin; The Calculator has immunized himself to six members of the Justice Leagues attempts to capture him, but Batman resolves to give it another try. Hostess Twinkies ad starring Aquaman and Aqualad, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Vince Colletta. Message from publisher Jenette Kahn, art by Neal Adams. 36 pgs., full color. $0.30. Cover price $0.30.
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Item #55746413
Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) 180 CBCS 8.5
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition.
Label #21-2795CFD-003
Starts Jun 10 "Bedlam in the Baxter Building" from issue 101 Written by Stan Lee. Pencils by Jack Kirby, Inks by Joe Sinnott. New cover by Kirby/Sinnott was done for the story intended for this issue but bumped to next issue, so it does not match the story inside. This issue contains a statement of ownership--average print run, 431,962; average paid circulation, 199,734. Cover price $0.30.
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Item #60695734
Tags: Spider-ManMarvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 55 CGC 9.2
1st Power Gem, Time Gem
Paper: White
Label #4384510021
Starts Apr 22 "Spider, Spider on the Moon!" Part 3 of 3. Guest-starring Spider-Man and Adam Warlock. Script by Bill Mantlo. Pencils by John Byrne. Inks by Dave Hunt. Cover by Dave Cockrum After narrowly escaping from Tranquility Base in New Mexico, a semi-conscious wall-crawler rockets into outer space on a spaceship rapidly leaking oxygen! But a celestial Good Samaritan saves him and takes the web-slinger to the blue area of the moon. Spider-Man and Adam Warlock are having a pleasant conversation when all of a sudden the Stranger attacks! What does the cosmic giant want from Warlock? And is there another cosmic being on the moon to help the two heroes battle the Stranger? Cameo appearances by the Hulk and Woodgod. (Notes: The letters page includes a letter from comics cartoonist Fred Hembeck. The mysterious silver egg on the final panel appears again in Iron Man 109.
NOTE: 1st appearance of the Gardener and the 1st appearance of the Power Gem and the Time Gem (later parts of the Infinity Gauntlet). Cover price $0.30. -
Item #60749908
Master of Kung Fu (1974 Marvel) 50 CGC 8.5
Paper: White
Label #4400986009
Starts Apr 29 Golden Daggers. Part 6 of 6. (Fu Manchu). "The Dreamslayer!" Story by Doug Moench. Art by Paul Gulacy and Mike Esposito. In order the save the world can Shang Chi kill his own father? He'll first have to get through the immortal Shaka Kharn. Cover price $0.30.
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Item #58542784
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Luke Cage (part 41)Power Man and Iron Fist (1972 Hero for Hire) 41 CBCS 7.5
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition
Label #21-279BDC8-021
Starts Apr 22 "Thunderbolt and Goldbug!" Part 1 of 6. Story by Marv Wolfman. Art by Lee Elias and Tom Palmer. Can even Power Man stand up to the double-pronged attack of Thunderbolt and Goldbug? Cover price $0.30.