Auctions: comic books July 1979
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Item #60642874
Tags: Spider-ManAmazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 194D CGC 8.5 Direct Variant
1st app. Black Cat
Paper: White
Label #2005321008
Starts May 6 Direct Edition. First appearance of the Black Cat in "Never Let The Black Cat Cross Your Path!" Part 1 of 2. Script by Marv Wolfman. Art by Keith Pollard (breakdowns) and Frank Giacoia (finishes). Cover by Al Milgrom. One of the landmark issues of the Amazing Spider-Man series! The dazzling debut of the Black Cat! The wall-crawler has spent the first 193 issues of his title chasing super-villains! But tonight he's going to kiss one instead! Wow! Does the web-slinger stand a chance against the beauty and charm of Felicia Hardy? Not when the alluring cat has his tongue! And maybe later his heart! A terrific issue! Cameo appearances by Aunt May, Betty Brant, Ned Leeds, Harry Osborn, Flash Thompson, Mysterio (in civilian clothes), and the burglar. (Notes: The Black Cat is the creative highlight of the Wolfman-Pollard run on the Amazing Spider-Man title. Dave Cockrum designed the cat's costume. The letters page includes an alternate cover (for issue 194) by Keith Pollard. It also includes an alternate cover to Spider-Woman 9 by Carmine Infantino. This two-part story was reprinted in the trade paperback: Spider-Man vs. the Black Cat (2005). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.40.
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Item #60723202
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Amazing Spider-Man (part 194), Spider-ManAmazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 194N VG/FN 5.0 Newsstand Variant
1st app. Black Cat
Starts Apr 29 Newsstand Edition. First appearance of the Black Cat in "Never Let The Black Cat Cross Your Path!" Part 1 of 2. Script by Marv Wolfman. Art by Keith Pollard (breakdowns) and Frank Giacoia (finishes). Cover by Al Milgrom. One of the landmark issues of the Amazing Spider-Man series! The dazzling debut of the Black Cat! The wall-crawler has spent the first 193 issues of his title chasing super-villains! But tonight he's going to kiss one instead! Wow! Does the web-slinger stand a chance against the beauty and charm of Felicia Hardy? Not when the alluring cat has his tongue! And maybe later his heart! A terrific issue! Cameo appearances by Aunt May, Betty Brant, Ned Leeds, Harry Osborn, Flash Thompson, Mysterio (in civilian clothes), and the burglar. (Notes: The Black Cat is the creative highlight of the Wolfman-Pollard run on the Amazing Spider-Man title. Dave Cockrum designed the cat's costume. The letters page includes an alternate cover (for issue 194) by Keith Pollard. It also includes an alternate cover to Spider-Woman 9 by Carmine Infantino. This two-part story was reprinted in the trade paperback: Spider-Man vs. the Black Cat (2005). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.40.
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Item #55263859
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Avengers (part 185), AvengersAvengers (1963 1st Series) 185 FN/VF 7.0
Starts Apr 29 "The Yesterday Quest!" Part 1 of 3. Plot by Mark Gruenwald and Steven Grant. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by John Byrne. Inks by Dan Green. Cover by George Perez and Terry Austin. Ever since their first appearance in Uncanny X-Men 4 many years ago, the origin of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch has been a mystery to both comic readers and the siblings alike. After Wanda and Pietro arrive in Transia with Django Maximoff, clues to the twins' birthplace and birth parents begin to emerge. Modred the Mystic, the Darkhold, Bova the cow-woman, the High Evolutionary's former citadel, and Wundagore Mountain are all pieces to the puzzle. And the truth seems to lie at the top of the mountain. But there's something else at the top of Wundagore Mountain. Something ancient, something evil. Cameo appearance by Bova. Flashback cameos by Robert Frank, Madeline Frank, and the Toad. Avengers Lineup: Beast, Captain America, Falcon, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Jocasta, Ms. Marvel, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Vision, and the Wasp. (Notes: Mark Gruenwald's participation in this three-part story was an indication of the storyline's importance to the continuity of the Marvel Universe. Modred previously appeared in Marvel Two-in-One 33. This issue includes a full-page ad for the Man-Thing's guest appearance in Micronauts 7.) 32 pages Cover price $0.40.
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Item #60858353
Tags: BatmanBatman (1940) 313 CBCS 9.2
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition.
Label #21-1C18334-003
Starts Jun 10 Cover art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. "Two for the Money!", script by Len Wein, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Frank McLaughlin; Its a race against the clock as Batman attempts to recover stolen defense codes before Two-Face, who plans on selling the information to Soviet spies. Hostess snack cakes ad with Superman. Letter from comics historian Peter Sanderson. Phantom Stranger parody strip with Power Girl by Fred Hembeck. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.
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Item #60647620
Tags: BatmanBatman (1940) 313 CGC 6.5
Paper: White
Label #3924916007
Ends Apr 29 6:48 PM CST Bid History 4 bids Current Bid $11 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. "Two for the Money!", script by Len Wein, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Frank McLaughlin; Its a race against the clock as Batman attempts to recover stolen defense codes before Two-Face, who plans on selling the information to Soviet spies. Hostess snack cakes ad with Superman. Letter from comics historian Peter Sanderson. Phantom Stranger parody strip with Power Girl by Fred Hembeck. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.
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Item #60344696
Tags: BatmanBatman (1940) 313 FN 6.0
Starts May 6 Cover art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. "Two for the Money!", script by Len Wein, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Frank McLaughlin; Its a race against the clock as Batman attempts to recover stolen defense codes before Two-Face, who plans on selling the information to Soviet spies. Hostess snack cakes ad with Superman. Letter from comics historian Peter Sanderson. Phantom Stranger parody strip with Power Girl by Fred Hembeck. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.
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Item #60696034
Buck Rogers (1964 Gold Key) 2 CGC 9.4
Paper: White
Label #4384510016
Ends Apr 29 7:00 PM CST Bid History 5 bids Current Bid $21 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Part 1 of the movie adaptation--Blast off with Buck! Script by Paul S. Newman, pencils by Frank Bolle, inks by Al McWilliams and Jose Delbo. Movie also inspired a TV show. Cover price $0.40.
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Item #59723054
Happy Days (1979 Gold Key) 3 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Label #23-2386FFA-005
Starts Jun 10 Photo cover featuring Charles "Chachi" Arcola (Scott Baio); Warren "Potsie" Weber (Anson Williams); Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli (Henry Winkler); Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard); and Ralph Malph (Don Most). Male Fraud, art by Bill Williams; Chachi starts a chain letter campaign which promises a date with Fonzie for every girl who keeps the chain going. Framed!, art by Bill Williams; A trouble-maker named Dick Fixx steals a number of valuables and frames Fonzie for the crimes. Matinee Idol, art by Bill Williams; Ralph falls for a girl named Marcie, and becomes convinced he looks like Humphrey Bogart. Star Trek the Motion Picture ad. Based on the classic TV series. 36 pgs., full color. $0.40. Cover price $0.40.
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Item #59076192
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Hulk (part 237), HulkIncredible Hulk (1962 Marvel 1st Series) 237 CBCS 8.0
Paper: Off white to white
Direct Edition
Label #22-0F7594C-044
Starts Jun 10 "When a City Dies!" Part 4 of 4. Guest-starring Machine Man. Story by Roger Stern. Art by Sal Buscema and Jack Abel. The Hulk and Machine Man finally catch up to Trish Star's kidnappers and heaven help those who would wrong the Hulk. 32 pages. Cover price $0.40.
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Item #60730338
Tags: HulkMarvel Super Heroes (1967 1st Series) 81 CGC 8.5
Paper: White
Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back
Label #4238250002
Ends Apr 29 8:29 PM CST Bid History 2 bids Current Bid $2 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Originally presented in Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st series) #129 - "Again the Glob!" Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Herb Trimpe. The diabolical Leader resurrects the grotesque Glob to destroy the Hulk! Story continues in Captain Marvel (1968 1st Series Marvel) #20-21. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.40.
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Item #60820245
Savage Sword of Conan (1974 Marvel) 42 CGC 9.4
Paper: White
Label #4384140013
Starts May 6 Conan stars in "The Devil-Tree of Gamburu." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Tony DeZuniga. The adaptation of "Conan the Buccaneer" by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter continues. Bran Mak Morn and King Kull star in "Kings of the Night." Script by Thomas, art by David Wenzel. Adapted from the Robert E. Howard story. "A Gazetteer of the Hyborian World of Conan" (part 9) by Lee Falconer. Illustrations by Tom Yeates and Buscema. DeZuniga frontispiece. Bob Larkin cover. Cover price $1.00.