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Comic books December 1987, graded by CBCS

  • Item #58071797
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    Tags: Batman
    Published Dec 1987 by DC.
    • CBCS Authentic Signature
    • Paper: White
    • Signed by Jim Starlin on 9/2/2016 at Baltimore Comic Con.
    • Label #16-32D8E72-004
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    In "Victims!", Batman is affected on a personal level when a string of murders plague Gotham. Story thread picks up again in #421. Script by Jim Starlin, pencils by Jim Aparo, inks by Mike DeCarlo. Aparo cover. 1st printing. NOTE: Most issues from 397-432 were reprinted in 1989 and sold in multipacks. These 2nd and 3rd prints have back cover ads dated 1989. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.75.

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  • Item #58071804
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    Tags: Batman
    Published Dec 1987 by DC.
    • CBCS Authentic Signature
    • Paper: White
    • Signed by Jim Starlin on 9/2/2016 at Baltimore Comic Con.
    • Label #16-32D8E72-003
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    In "Victims!", Batman is affected on a personal level when a string of murders plague Gotham. Story thread picks up again in #421. Script by Jim Starlin, pencils by Jim Aparo, inks by Mike DeCarlo. Aparo cover. 1st printing. NOTE: Most issues from 397-432 were reprinted in 1989 and sold in multipacks. These 2nd and 3rd prints have back cover ads dated 1989. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.75.

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  • Item #60166604
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    Tags: Batman
    Published Dec 1987 by DC.
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Witnessed Signature: Jim Starlin on 4/24/2022 Direct Edition
    • Label #22-17DE596-002
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    In "Victims!", Batman is affected on a personal level when a string of murders plague Gotham. Story thread picks up again in #421. Script by Jim Starlin, pencils by Jim Aparo, inks by Mike DeCarlo. Aparo cover. 1st printing. NOTE: Most issues from 397-432 were reprinted in 1989 and sold in multipacks. These 2nd and 3rd prints have back cover ads dated 1989. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.75.

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  • Item #58356821
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    Published Dec 1987 by Marvel.
    • CBCS Authentic Signature
    • Paper: White
    • Witnessed Signature: Larry Hama on 12/13/2020. Direct Edition.
    • Label #21-198117D-021
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    In "The Tenth Letter," Snake-Eyes, Scarlett and their ninja pals try to break the captured Joes out of the gulag in Borovia. Characters: FEATURE: G.I. Joe--Snake-Eyes; Scarlett; Stalker; Snow-Job; Quick-Kick; Jinx; GUESTS: Storm Shadow; Billy; Blind Master; The White Clown. Written by Larry Hama, with art by Ron Wagner and Randy Emberlin. Cover price $1.00.

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  • Item #58356812
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    Published Dec 1987 by Marvel.
    • CBCS Authentic Signature
    • Paper: White
    • Witnessed Signature: Larry Hama on 12/13/2020. Direct Edition.
    • Label #21-198117D-020
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    In "The Tenth Letter," Snake-Eyes, Scarlett and their ninja pals try to break the captured Joes out of the gulag in Borovia. Characters: FEATURE: G.I. Joe--Snake-Eyes; Scarlett; Stalker; Snow-Job; Quick-Kick; Jinx; GUESTS: Storm Shadow; Billy; Blind Master; The White Clown. Written by Larry Hama, with art by Ron Wagner and Randy Emberlin. Cover price $1.00.

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  • Item #56900484
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    • Paper: White
    • Direct Edition.
    • Label #21-275FB9A-015
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    Cover pencils by Steve Geiger, inks by Bob McLeod. Mercy Killing, script by Peter David, pencils by Todd McFarlane, inks by Jim Sanders III; Bruce, Rick and Clay are on the run from SHIELD trying to find a cache of gamma bombs; The Hulk fights off the mysterious Mercy who tries to end his doomed existance by doing him the favor of killing him. 36 pgs. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

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  • Item #58914700
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    • Paper: White
    • Direct Edition.
    • Label #22-422EF89-005
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    Armor Wars. Part 1 of 8. "Stark Wars!" Double-Sized issue. Guest-starring Ant-Man (aka Scott Lang). Plot by David Michelinie and Bob Layton. Script by David Michelinie. Art by Mark Bright (breakdowns) and Bob Layton (finishes). Cover by Mark Bright and Bob Layton. There is an abundance of technology-based villains in the Marvel Universe: The Beetle, Titanium Man, Controller, Crimson Dynamo, and many more! Each one uses super-advanced technology to make the weapons needed to commit their crimes! Tony Stark has just learned that his technology was stolen and could be the key component in the armor and battlesuits these villains wear! The Stark Enterprises CEO is furious! And the first bad guys on his list are Stilt-Man, the Mauler, and the Controller! "They stole his technology, and now it's Total War!" Retelling of Iron Man's origin. Cameo appearances by Jim Rhodes, Marcy Pearson, Cassie Lang, Abe Zimmer, Clayton Wilson, and Mrs. Arbogast. (Notes: Shell-Head previously clashed with the Controller in Iron Man #91. This eight-part story was reprinted in 1990 in the trade paperback: Iron Man Armor Wars.) 48 pages. Cover price $1.25.

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  • Item #59052716
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    Frank Miller introduction and cover Cover price $1.95.

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  • Item #56635600
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    $53.67
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Newsstand Edition.
    • Label #21-1D8FD6C-058
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    "Seeds of War!" Guest-starring Mantis. Story by Steve Englehart. Art by Marshall Rogers and Joe Rubinstein. The Silver Surfer has uncovered the truth behind the cosmic scheme of the Elders of the Universe. Plus, the Kree and Skrull renew their age old war. 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.

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  • Item #58953615
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    Published Dec 1987 by Comico.

    Space Ghost (1987 Comico) 1 CBCS 9.6

    Paper: White

    Label #23-046825D-009

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    "The Sinister Spectre." Story by Mark Evanier and Steve Rude. Pencils, front and back cover by Steve Rude. Inks by Willie Blyberg. Painted color by Ken Steacy. A mysterious figure breaks Space Ghosts most dangerous foes out of Gaolworld. It will take the combined power and ingenuity of Space Ghost, Jan and Jace, and Blip the monkey to recapture them. However, even if they do, they still have to face the hooded figure who freed them. While the face behind that hood is the last one anyone would expect. Contains a 5 page article on the development of the original Space Ghost cartoons by Mark Evanier. 48 pages. Square bound. Full painted color. Cover price $3.50.

  • Item #57314238
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    • Paper: White
    • Direct Edition.
    • Label #21-273D6C9-013
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    Four kids, playing one afternoon in the railroad yards, get caught between a battle of Transformers. Then things get really exciting when they stumble upon Blaster and free him from his mode lock in "Child's Play." Script by Bob Budiansky and art by Don Perlin & Ian Akin & Brian Garvey. Cover by Frank Springer, Ian Akin and Brian Garvey. Cover price $1.00.

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