Comic books January 1979

January 1979. Superman-The Movie. 60 Pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.75.

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"Master Assassin of Mars, Part 5: Battle at the Bottom of the World." John Carter and Garathon continue their battle against the Plothians and then escape Karanthor. Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Ernie Colon, inks by Colon. Cover by Rudy Nebres. Cover price $0.35.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "Master Assassin of Mars, Part 5: Battle at the Bottom of the World." John Carter and Garathon continue their battle against the Plothians and then escape Karanthor. Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Ernie Colon, inks by Colon. Cover by Rudy Nebres. Cover price $0.35.

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"Phantom Stage to Willow Bend!" Jonah's father returns. Written by Michael Fleisher, with art by Vicente Alcazar. Cover by Luis Dominguez. Cover price $0.40.

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Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "Phantom Stage to Willow Bend!" Jonah's father returns. Written by Michael Fleisher, with art by Vicente Alcazar. Cover by Luis Dominguez. Cover price $0.40.

Cover pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Jim DeCarlo. Bake and Shake, script by Frank Doyle, art by Samm Schwartz; A hungry Jughead and Archie con their way into using Miss Grundy's cooking class to bake a delicious cake all for themselves. Word Game, script by Frank Doyle, art by Samm Schwartz; To go with his new image as a ladies' man, Jughead buys expensive new clothes, which Reggie tries to ruin by treating Jughead to a big sloppy pizza. The Peacemaker, script by Frank Doyle, art by Samm Schwartz; When Archie plans to pick a fight with Vic "The Violent" Murray, Jughead dissuades him by getting Moose to pretend that even he is afraid to fight Vic. Blind Date, script by Frank Doyle, art by Samm Schwartz; Reggie offers to set up the newly girl-crazy Jughead with an intelligent, mature woman. 36 pgs. $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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Dillin and Giordano cover for "The Creation Conspiracy!" written by Gerry Conway with art by Dick Dillin and inks by Frank McLaughlin. This issue features Superman, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Wonder Woman, Zatanna, the Elongated Man, and the Red Tornado Cover price $0.40.

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Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Dillin and Giordano cover for "The Creation Conspiracy!" written by Gerry Conway with art by Dick Dillin and inks by Frank McLaughlin. This issue features Superman, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Wonder Woman, Zatanna, the Elongated Man, and the Red Tornado Cover price $0.40.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. Dillin and Giordano cover for "The Creation Conspiracy!" written by Gerry Conway with art by Dick Dillin and inks by Frank McLaughlin. This issue features Superman, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Wonder Woman, Zatanna, the Elongated Man, and the Red Tornado

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Whitman edition Cover price $0.40.

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Whitman edition. Cover price $0.35.

Written by Joseph Torchia as a Series of Letters to Superman and other Characters. 5-in. x 8-in. Hardcover 188 Pages text only B&W Cover price $4.95.

Cover art by Scott Shaw! "The Toys From Tomorrow," script by Mark Evanier, pencils by Roman Arambula and Tony Strobl, inks by Scott Shaw; After an accidental trip from the future, Elroy Jetson gets fooled into giving his toys to Dread Baron, who turns them into weapons against the competition. Appearances by Yogi Bear; Scooby Doo; Mumbly; Snagglepuss; Mildew Wolf; Shaggy; Dynomutt; Captain Caveman; Boo Boo Bear; Huckleberry Hound; Wally Gator; Blue Falcon; Augie Doggie; Doggie Daddy; Quick Draw McGraw; Dinky Dalton; Hokey Wolf; Babu the Genie; Pixie & Dixie; Dread Baron; Dee Dee Skyes; Taffy Dare; Brenda Chance; The Creepleys; Orful Octopus; Hong Kong Phooey; Cindy Bear; Yakky Doodle Duck; Mr. Jinks; Grape Ape; Daisy Mayhem; Fondoo the Magician; Dirty Dalton; Dastardly Dalton; George Jetson; and Elroy Jetson. "The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera" article; Spotlight on Heroes of the Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.35.

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"Tough Point," pencils by Dick Malmgren; When Archie tells Mr. Lodge he is tired of seeing him flaunt his money, Mr. Lodge takes Archie to Pop Tate's-and then leaves him with the bill. Moose's Riddle Time! by Joe Edwards; Moose gives the reader three riddles to solve. "Exercised," pencils by Dick Malmgren; Archie tries to get out of physical education class. "Career Wise," script and art by Joe Edwards; Mort the Worry Wart worries about what he is going to be when he grows up. Mr. Weatherbee Pin-Up, pencils by Dan DeCarlo. "Pushy," pencils by Dick Malmgren; Archie has trouble with his space wagon. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.35.

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Multi-part adventure stories: Betty becomes lost in a blizzard while searching for a missing child; a fortune-teller gives Big Moose a dark forecast. Stories and art by Frank Doyle, Stan Goldberg, and Jon D'Agostino, plus Lil Jinx by Joe Edwards. 32 pages. Cover by Goldberg. Cover price $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

1980 - A Fleetway Annual! Includes comic stories, prose, articles, and word puzzles. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, PC/PB&W.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.35.

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Whitman edition Cover price $0.35.

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1st printing. By Harold Gray. What a girl! That's Little Orphan Annie - brave, loyal, smart, and one of the most popular comic strip characters ever invented. Join Annie and her friends - Jake, Maw, Green, Doc Lens, and Sandy, of course, as they counter the evils of poverty, crime and indifference with love, courage, honesty and hard work. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Published by Charles Brown, Locus is a fanzine that reports on science fiction and fantasy writing. Issue #218 includes: Nebula award nominations (with photos); publisher news; Hugo and Nebula Award Trends article; On Writing by Algis Budrys; On Serendipity by William Rotsler; and book reviews (including The Shining and The Wicker Man). 20 pgs. Jan, 1979. $1.00. Cover price $1.00.

UK children's television magazine with interviews, crosswords and competitions, and it had pictures and pin-ups of TV stars and pop idols of the time. 9" x 12", 32 pages, PC/PB&W

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Cover by Jack Rickard. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, Stan Hart, Tommy Moore, Billy Doherty, William Garvin, Lou Silverstone, Paul Peter Porges, Dick DeBartolo, Frank Jacobs, George Woodbridge, Harry North, Esq., Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Paul Coker Jr., Angelo Torres, Jack Rickard, Jack Davis, Dave Berg, and Sergio Aragones. Spoofs of the second Jaws movie and the Incredible Hulk live-action TV series, featuring art by Mort Drucker and Angelo Torres. A modern look at "The 12 Days of Christmas." Gimmicky Christmas cards. Mad's takes on practical jokes, cloning, and libraries. Classic Don Martin strips, Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, and Marginals by Sergio Aragones. Jaw'd, Too; Christmas Is...; "New-Improved" Products That Really Are New and Improved; Early One Morning Down in South America; The Boulevard of Broken Dreams; If Someone Today Received Those Gifts on "The Twelve Days of Christmas"; One Hot Afternoon in the American Desert; Clones of the Future / Clones of the Past; Novelty Items for Practical-Joker Jocks; The Lighter Side of Boo-Boos; A Preview of this Year's "Gimmick" Christmas Gifts; One Evening in an Amsterdam Bus Terminal; If Libraries Sold Advertising Space; The Incredible Bulk; Fold-In; One Rainy Afternoon in the Black Forest. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.60.

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Volume 56, Issue 1 - January 1979. Cover by Ron Walotsky. Fantasy and science fiction stories by Christopher Priest, Robert Aickman, William Rotsler, ORson Scott Card, Edward Wellen, John Kessel, and Stephen R. Donaldson. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 162 pages, B&W Cover price $1.25.

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French Edition. Marvel Comics Super Special #7, by writer David Anthony Kraft and artists George Pérez and Jim Mooney. This premature adaptation of the film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was promoted on the "Bullpen Bulletins" page in Marvel Comics cover-dated January 1979, but was never published in the U.S. "because the book was late and the movie proved to be a commercial failure," according to a contemporaneous news account. French, French-Canadian, and Dutch editions are known to exist, though. Check individual item notes and scans to see which edition we're offering.

Penciller George Perez said of this elusive issue, "... we didn't realize that the [movie] script was still in so much flux that things we were putting in the comic were not going to appear in the movie and things we didn't know about were going to be added to the movie. The plot was so convoluted and cheesy — even on the printed page — and after a while we realized it was not really going anywhere. They said they were going to have all these superstars appear at the end of the film and, of course, in the end they couldn't get them — not that we could have used them anyway, because we didn't have the licenses to use their likenesses.... It was just one disaster after another. It was one of the nadirs of my career. I was so grateful that the book never got an American release. I've yet to see a copy of Sgt. Pepper." Cover price $1.50.

Netherlands Edition. Marvel Comics Super Special #7, by writer David Anthony Kraft and artists George Pérez and Jim Mooney. This premature adaptation of the film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was promoted on the "Bullpen Bulletins" page in Marvel Comics cover-dated January 1979, but was never published in the U.S. "because the book was late and the movie proved to be a commercial failure," according to a contemporaneous news account. French, French-Canadian, and Dutch editions are known to exist, though. Check individual item notes and scans to see which edition we're offering.

Penciller George Perez said of this elusive issue, "... we didn't realize that the [movie] script was still in so much flux that things we were putting in the comic were not going to appear in the movie and things we didn't know about were going to be added to the movie. The plot was so convoluted and cheesy — even on the printed page — and after a while we realized it was not really going anywhere. They said they were going to have all these superstars appear at the end of the film and, of course, in the end they couldn't get them — not that we could have used them anyway, because we didn't have the licenses to use their likenesses.... It was just one disaster after another. It was one of the nadirs of my career. I was so grateful that the book never got an American release. I've yet to see a copy of Sgt. Pepper." Cover price $1.50.

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Painted cover by Bob Larkin. The official comic book adaptation of the original 1970s science fiction TV series, Battlestar Galactica, written by Roger McKenzie, with art by Ernie Colon; In a distant time and place, a terrible war was waged between man and machine...the humans lost; Now, guided by their last surviving warship - the mighty Battlestar Galactica - a handful of survivors travel through space in search of the lost home of their ancestors, a shining planet known through ancient records, a planet called Earth. Includes an interview with special effects artist John Dykstra and much background information on the Battlestar Galactica universe. The story was reprinted in issues #1-3 of the Battlestar Galactica comic. 48 pgs. Full-color. This first printing is treasury-sized and has the red Spider-Man Marvel logo in the corner. Cover price $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

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Painted cover by Bob Larkin. The official comic book adaptation of the original 1970s science fiction TV series, Battlestar Galactica, written by Roger McKenzie, with art by Ernie Colon; In a distant time and place, a terrible war was waged between man and machine...the humans lost; Now, guided by their last surviving warship - the mighty Battlestar Galactica - a handful of survivors travel through space in search of the lost home of their ancestors, a shining planet known through ancient records, a planet called Earth. Includes an interview with special effects artist John Dykstra and much background information on the Battlestar Galactica universe. The story was reprinted in issues #1-3 of the Battlestar Galactica comic. 50 pgs. Full-color. This printing is treasury-sized and has the Modern Promotions MP logo in the corner. Cover price $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

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Painted cover by Bob Larkin. The official comic book adaptation of the original 1970s science fiction TV series, Battlestar Galactica, written by Roger McKenzie, with art by Ernie Colon; In a distant time and place, a terrible war was waged between man and machine...the humans lost; Now, guided by their last surviving warship - the mighty Battlestar Galactica - a handful of survivors travel through space in search of the lost home of their ancestors, a shining planet known through ancient records, a planet called Earth. Includes an interview with special effects artist John Dykstra and much background information on the Battlestar Galactica universe. The story was reprinted in issues #1-3 of the Battlestar Galactica comic. 50 pgs. Full-color. This printing is magazine-sized and has the yellow Spider-Man Marvel logo in the corner. Cover price $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

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Originally presented in Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st series) #126 - "Where Stalks the Night-Crawler!" Guest-starring Doctor Strange. Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Herb Trimpe. The Hulk battles a demon frm the Dark Dimension for the life of Doctor Strange! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.35.

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Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Originally presented in Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st series) #126 - "Where Stalks the Night-Crawler!" Guest-starring Doctor Strange. Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Herb Trimpe. The Hulk battles a demon frm the Dark Dimension for the life of Doctor Strange! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.35.

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Whitman Variant. Originally presented in Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st series) #126 - "Where Stalks the Night-Crawler!" Guest-starring Doctor Strange. Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Herb Trimpe. The Hulk battles a demon frm the Dark Dimension for the life of Doctor Strange! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.35.

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Reprints Amazing Spider-Man 122. In the previous issue, the Green Goblin kills Gwen Stacy, so in this issue, Spider-Man is out for blood! "The Goblin's Last Stand" has a script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Gil Kane, and inks by John Romita Sr. and Tony Mortellaro. The death scene of the Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) is stunning. Romita cover. Cover price $0.35.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #122. In the previous issue, the Green Goblin kills Gwen Stacy, so in this issue, Spider-Man is out for blood! "The Goblin's Last Stand" has a script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Gil Kane, and inks by John Romita Sr. and Tony Mortellaro. The death scene of the Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) is stunning. Romita cover. Cover price $0.35.

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Whitman Variant. Reprints Amazing Spider-Man 122. In the previous issue, the Green Goblin kills Gwen Stacy, so in this issue, Spider-Man is out for blood! "The Goblin's Last Stand" has a script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Gil Kane, and inks by John Romita Sr. and Tony Mortellaro. The death scene of the Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) is stunning. Romita cover. Cover price $0.35.

Auction Item: CGC 9.4 View scan Auction opens April 29 Paper: White Label #4168525004	Add to cart Very Fine $8.00	Add to cart Fine $6.00	Add to cart FN 6.0 $6.00
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"If I'm to Live, My Love Must Die!" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, and Ms. Marvel. Script by Chris Claremont. Art by Howard Chaykin (breakdowns), Juan Ortiz (finishes), and Jeff Aclin (finishes). Cover by John Romita, Jr. and Al Milgrom. The action is fast and furious as Doctor Strange and Marie Laveau enter the Orb of Agamotto to rescue the lost soul of Clea! While back in the Crescent City, Ms. Marvel and the wall-crawler battle Silver Dagger! Can the Sorcerer Supreme emerge victorious from the Orb? And how will Spider-Man and Ms. Marvel fare against the powerful Silver Dagger? One way or the other, Marie Laveau holds the key to victory! 32 pages Cover price $0.35.