Comic books March 1988, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $95.00 Paper: White Label #0004499077

Cover art by John Byrne. Checkmate starring Superman and Checkmate (1st appearance), script by Paul Kupperberg and John Byrne, inks by Ty Templeton; the Checkmate agency defeats a terrorist. 36 Pages, Full Color, $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $99.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4384130018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Siggy’s Comics

Direct Edition. Comic book version of the TV sitcom and cartoon that aired on NBC from 1986 to 1990 featuring an Alien Life Form (ALF) living with a family. It's a big problem when ALF's spaceship gets accidently picked up by the garbage men in "At Your Disposal." Then ALF goes along on the family's ski resort vacation but struggles with having to stay indoors and out of sight, especially when Brian is having bully problems in "Snow Skin Off My Nose." And in "Play Misty for Me," ALF tells Willie and Kate about his "glory days" as an orbit guard on Melmac. Scripts by Michael Gallagher and art by Dave Manak & Marie Severin. Photo cover. Cover price $1.00.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $475.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Newsstand Edition. Label #4319060014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.25) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by NJ Comics

Newsstand Edition. Comic book version of the TV sitcom and cartoon that aired on NBC from 1986 to 1990 featuring an Alien Life Form (ALF) living with a family. It's a big problem when ALF's spaceship gets accidently picked up by the garbage men in "At Your Disposal." Then ALF goes along on the family's ski resort vacation but struggles with having to stay indoors and out of sight, especially when Brian is having bully problems in "Snow Skin Off My Nose." And in "Play Misty for Me," ALF tells Willie and Kate about his "glory days" as an orbit guard on Melmac. Scripts by Michael Gallagher and art by Dave Manak & Marie Severin. Photo cover. Cover price $1.00.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $255.00 Paper: White Label #3849484004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.65) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Ironside Comics

Direct Edition. "Chance Encounter!" Part 1 of 2. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by Todd McFarlane. Inks by Bob McLeod. Cover by Todd McFarlane. Chance is back in business and working a new job for the Life Foundation! The clandestine organization wants Chance to steal an arms shipment coming into the west side docks! That should be a piece of cake for the high-flying mercenary! However the Daily Bugle dispatches an undercover photographer to observe the delivery! And beneath the moonlit sky, fireworks explode when Chance and the Amazing Spider-Man throw down on the docks! First appearance (and cameo on the last page) by Eddie Brock (aka Venom). First appearance of Carlton Drake of the Life Foundation. Cameo appearances by Mary Jane Watson, Joy Mercado, and Joe Robertson. (Notes: Chance previously appeared in Web of Spider-Man 15. This issue begins Todd McFarlane's 2-year run as the penciler of the Amazing Spider-Man series.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $295.00 Paper: White Label #3699807002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.85) will be charged at checkout.

Direct Edition. "Chance Encounter!" Part 1 of 2. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by Todd McFarlane. Inks by Bob McLeod. Cover by Todd McFarlane. Chance is back in business and working a new job for the Life Foundation! The clandestine organization wants Chance to steal an arms shipment coming into the west side docks! That should be a piece of cake for the high-flying mercenary! However the Daily Bugle dispatches an undercover photographer to observe the delivery! And beneath the moonlit sky, fireworks explode when Chance and the Amazing Spider-Man throw down on the docks! First appearance (and cameo on the last page) by Eddie Brock (aka Venom). First appearance of Carlton Drake of the Life Foundation. Cameo appearances by Mary Jane Watson, Joy Mercado, and Joe Robertson. (Notes: Chance previously appeared in Web of Spider-Man 15. This issue begins Todd McFarlane's 2-year run as the penciler of the Amazing Spider-Man series.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $200.00 Paper: White Label #0275523008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.00) will be charged at checkout.

Direct Edition. "Chance Encounter!" Part 1 of 2. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by Todd McFarlane. Inks by Bob McLeod. Cover by Todd McFarlane. Chance is back in business and working a new job for the Life Foundation! The clandestine organization wants Chance to steal an arms shipment coming into the west side docks! That should be a piece of cake for the high-flying mercenary! However the Daily Bugle dispatches an undercover photographer to observe the delivery! And beneath the moonlit sky, fireworks explode when Chance and the Amazing Spider-Man throw down on the docks! First appearance (and cameo on the last page) by Eddie Brock (aka Venom). First appearance of Carlton Drake of the Life Foundation. Cameo appearances by Mary Jane Watson, Joy Mercado, and Joe Robertson. (Notes: Chance previously appeared in Web of Spider-Man 15. This issue begins Todd McFarlane's 2-year run as the penciler of the Amazing Spider-Man series.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $295.00 or Best Offer CGC Signature Series Paper: White Signed by Todd McFarlane on 12/08/2022. Label #4154102012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.85) will be charged at checkout.

Newsstand Edition. "Chance Encounter!" Part 1 of 2. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by Todd McFarlane. Inks by Bob McLeod. Cover by Todd McFarlane. Chance is back in business and working a new job for the Life Foundation! The clandestine organization wants Chance to steal an arms shipment coming into the west side docks! That should be a piece of cake for the high-flying mercenary! However the Daily Bugle dispatches an undercover photographer to observe the delivery! And beneath the moonlit sky, fireworks explode when Chance and the Amazing Spider-Man throw down on the docks! First appearance (and cameo on the last page) by Eddie Brock (aka Venom). First appearance of Carlton Drake of the Life Foundation. Cameo appearances by Mary Jane Watson, Joy Mercado, and Joe Robertson. (Notes: Chance previously appeared in Web of Spider-Man 15. This issue begins Todd McFarlane's 2-year run as the penciler of the Amazing Spider-Man series.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $160.00 Paper: White Label #4347876021 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.80) will be charged at checkout.

The KGBeast arrives in Gotham on a mission to cripple the country's strategic defense initiative in "Ten Nights Of The Beast!" Part 1 of 4, continued next issue. Script by Jim Starlin, pencils by Jim Aparo, inks by Mike DeCarlo. Mike Zeck 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.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $120.00 CGC Signature Series Paper: White Signed by Mike Zeck on 9/7/14. Label #1278883024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.60) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

The KGBeast arrives in Gotham on a mission to cripple the country's strategic defense initiative in "Ten Nights Of The Beast!" Part 1 of 4, continued next issue. Script by Jim Starlin, pencils by Jim Aparo, inks by Mike DeCarlo. Mike Zeck 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.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $110.27 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4314896001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.31) will be charged at checkout.

1st DC Edition - 1st printing. Collects Batman (1940-2011) #426-429.

Written by Jim Starlin. Art by Jim Aparo and Mike DeCarlo.

In defiance of Batman, Jason Todd, the second Boy Wonder, embarks on a quest to find his mother, but meets the Joker... and his final fate!

Softcover, 144 pages, full color.

NOTE: "Other recommendations - Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying TPB (1990) and Batman: Under the Hood TPB (2005 DC)Vol. 1-2." - Odinson, mycomicshop.com Archivist

Cover price $3.95.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $140.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Slab: Minor side edge crack; Scuffing on front and back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Label #0046436015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.20) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by John Romita, Jr., inks by Al Williamson. Ground Zero, script by Ann Nocenti, pencils by John Romita, Jr., inks by Al Williamson; New York is in a blackout due to the assault by Apocalypse's Horsemen, and DD and crew have to keep Ammo and his gang away from the ordinance they are trying to steal; Fall of the Mutants Tie-In. 48 pgs. Cover price $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $58.00 Paper: White Label #4256501007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.74) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Norm Breyfogle and Dick Giordano. Fever Break! starring Batman, Scareface, and Ventriloquist, script by John Wagner and Alan Grant, pencils by Norm Breyfogle, inks by Steve Mitchell; Batman faces off against the one responsible for the import of the drug "Fever." 32 pgs. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $55.00 Paper: White Label #4295250002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.65) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Norm Breyfogle and Dick Giordano. Fever Break! starring Batman, Scareface, and Ventriloquist, script by John Wagner and Alan Grant, pencils by Norm Breyfogle, inks by Steve Mitchell; Batman faces off against the one responsible for the import of the drug "Fever." 32 pgs. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $200.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Slab: Scuffing on back of case Label #3823015018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by NJ Comics

"Into the Breach" finds the Joes trying to get the American Ambassador out of Sierra Gordo before the whole country falls apart. Characters: FEATURE: G.I. Joe--Hawk; Roadblock; Psyche-Out; Wild Bill; Maverick; Crazylegs (1st); VILLAINS: Destro (1st Gold armor); Zarana; Dreadnoks; Cobra Soldiers; Iron Grenadier (1st). Written by Larry Hama, with art by Tony Salmons and Randy Emberlin. Cover by Tony Salmons and Bob McLeod. Cover price $1.00.

Green Lantern (1960 2nd Series DC) 222 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #2100016016

Cover pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Bruce Patterson. The Last Testament of Sinestro!, script by Steve Englehart, pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Mark Farmer; the GL Corps execute Sinestro. 36 pgs. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Incredible Hulk (1962 Marvel 1st Series) 341 CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition

Label #4385887011

"The Savage Bull Doth Bear the Yoke!" Story by Peter David. Art by Todd McFarlane. His whole existence the Hulk has been hounded and hunted for being different. Enter: Savage the man-bull. The Hulk meets a sorry soul whose existence may be even worse than his own. 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.

Iron Man (1968 1st Series) 228 CGC 9.0

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition

Label #4385888005

Armor Wars. Part 4 of 8. "Who Guards the Guardsmen?" Guest-starring the Captain (aka Steve Rogers). Plot by David Michelinie and Bob Layton. Script by David Michelinie. Art by Mark Bright (layouts) and Bob Layton (finishes). Cover by Mark Bright and Bob Layton. Iron Man has already proven more than once in his private war that he'll cross the line to get back what he deems his! And his next targets are the Guardsmen, the armored prison guards of the Vault, a containment center for super-humans! The only thing standing in his way is long-time friend and teammate Steve Rogers, now known as the Captain (see Captain America 332 for the reason why). Will their friendship be the next casualty of this frantic war? Cameo appearances by Jim Rhodes, Mr. Hyde, and Titania. (Notes: Tony Stark makes cameos in Captain America 339 & 340. Shell-Head and the Captain clash again in Captain America 341. This issue was reprinted in 2010 in the trade paperback: Iron Man/Captain America.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $45.00 Paper: White Label #4028651004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.35) will be charged at checkout.

Armor Wars. Part 4 of 8. "Who Guards the Guardsmen?" Guest-starring the Captain (aka Steve Rogers). Plot by David Michelinie and Bob Layton. Script by David Michelinie. Art by Mark Bright (layouts) and Bob Layton (finishes). Cover by Mark Bright and Bob Layton. Iron Man has already proven more than once in his private war that he'll cross the line to get back what he deems his! And his next targets are the Guardsmen, the armored prison guards of the Vault, a containment center for super-humans! The only thing standing in his way is long-time friend and teammate Steve Rogers, now known as the Captain (see Captain America 332 for the reason why). Will their friendship be the next casualty of this frantic war? Cameo appearances by Jim Rhodes, Mr. Hyde, and Titania. (Notes: Tony Stark makes cameos in Captain America 339 & 340. Shell-Head and the Captain clash again in Captain America 341. This issue was reprinted in 2010 in the trade paperback: Iron Man/Captain America.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $362.00 Paper: White Label #4350001004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.86) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Mike Zeck. The Punisher Strikes Twice! starring Spider-Man, Jackel, and the Punisher, script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Frank Giacoia and Dave Hunt; reprinted from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #129. Night of the Marvel Balls (Part 1) starring Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham, Marvel Balls, and Crocktor Strange, script by Steve Mellor, art by Joe Albelo. 36 pgs. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $160.00 Paper: White Label #2049349014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.80) will be charged at checkout.

"Lifetime" - Written by George Caragonne. Art by Ron Wilson and Danny Bulanadi. He-Man no more! Can Eternia survive without its greatest hero? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.00.

Silver Surfer (1987 2nd Series) 9 CGC 9.0

Paper: White

Label #4328907005

"Doomsday!" Guest-starring Mantis and Galactus. Story by Steve Englehart. Art by Marshall Rogers and Joe Rubinstein. The last seven issues have led to this moment. The Elders of the Universe confront the Devourer of Worlds, and the Silver Surfer is caught in the middle. How can the former Herald of Galactus hope to defeat these villains when Shalla Bal and Mantis, the women he loves, are the helpless prisoners of the Elders? The Surfer can only save one of them, but who will it be? 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.

Starlog (1976) 128 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Slab: Misc debris in case

Black spots on back of slab.

Label #0215150001

Ray Bradbury talks Ray Bradbury Theater; John de Lancie discusses Star Trek: The Next Generation; Wiliiam Campbell interview; Peter Weller discusses RoboCop; Walter Koenig interview; Paul Darrow talks Blake's 7; Alfred Bester interview; Ron Perlman discusses Beauty & the Beast; James Earl Jones interview; David Prowse interview; Gary Goddard discusses Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future Cover price $3.50.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $80.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4277192004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.40) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Ron Frenz, inks by Brett Breeding. "When The Thunder Fails," script by Tom DeFalco, pencils by Ron Frenz, inks by Brett Breeding; Thor continues to battle on inside Exitar. But without Mjolnir, all he can do is hurl himself at the Celestial's brain; On Pangoria, Pegas enacts his plan to escape, while Myla stays behind; Inside the Celestial, Exitar begins to sort through Thors memories and study him, before spitting him out; Arishem and Exitar enact their judgment, destroying the harmful elements, while sparing the worthy ones; A Replicoid then appears, restores Thors health as well as Mjolnir, then transports him to Earth; In Asgard, the Demons of Death begin their assault. 36 pgs., full color. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Tick Special Edition (1988) 1 CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Manufactured with "No 04096" printed on interior front cover.

Label #2111161012

1st comic book appearance of the Tick; Ben Edlund story and art. 1 thru 5,000 serially numbered copies. Cover price $1.50.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $91.88 or Best Offer Paper: White Newsstand Edition Label #4320202025 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.76) will be charged at checkout.

The Fall of the Mutants tie-in. "The Belly of the Beast!" Part 3 of 3. Story by Chris Claremont. Art by Marc Silvestri and Dan Green. Can it be true?! In order to stop the sinister Adversary, will the ominous omen come to pass? Must the X-Men make the ultimate sacrifice to save the world? Don't miss the unbelievable conclusion to "The Fall of the Mutants!" Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $87.00 Paper: White Label #3997846010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.61) will be charged at checkout.

First printing. The origin of Spot, Usagi Yojimbos lizard-like traveling companion. Story, art and cover by Stan Sakai, plus the first-ever Patrick Rabbit story, by Phil Yeh. Black and white; 32 pages. Other titles featuring Usagi Yojimbo include Albedo, Doomsday Squad #3 and Space Usagi. NOTE: Some issues from #1-10 were reprinted. Reprints are so noted in the reprint edition's indica. Cover price $2.00.

Web of Spider-Man (1985 1st Series) 36 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4352307003

"Phreak-Out!" Story by Gerry Conway. Art by Alex Saviuk and Keith Williams. The young scientist from the previous issue is still on the loose, and now he has built his own powerful exo-skeleton. The Phreak goes to Peter Parker's apartment and abducts Mary Jane; setting the stage for a showdown with Spider-Man over Times Square! Meanwhile, Joe Robertson is horrified to see a chilling old acquaintance and a soon-to-be new villain for Spider-Man. First appearance of Tombstone. 32 pages Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $185.00 Paper: White Newsstand Edition Label #4308368015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.55) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Ironside Comics

"Phreak-Out!" Story by Gerry Conway. Art by Alex Saviuk and Keith Williams. The young scientist from the previous issue is still on the loose, and now he has built his own powerful exo-skeleton. The Phreak goes to Peter Parker's apartment and abducts Mary Jane; setting the stage for a showdown with Spider-Man over Times Square! Meanwhile, Joe Robertson is horrified to see a chilling old acquaintance and a soon-to-be new villain for Spider-Man. First appearance of Tombstone. 32 pages Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $118.00 Paper: White Newsstand Edition Label #4308368016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.54) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Ironside Comics

"Phreak-Out!" Story by Gerry Conway. Art by Alex Saviuk and Keith Williams. The young scientist from the previous issue is still on the loose, and now he has built his own powerful exo-skeleton. The Phreak goes to Peter Parker's apartment and abducts Mary Jane; setting the stage for a showdown with Spider-Man over Times Square! Meanwhile, Joe Robertson is horrified to see a chilling old acquaintance and a soon-to-be new villain for Spider-Man. First appearance of Tombstone. 32 pages Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $118.00 Paper: White Newsstand Edition Label #4308368014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.54) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Ironside Comics

"Phreak-Out!" Story by Gerry Conway. Art by Alex Saviuk and Keith Williams. The young scientist from the previous issue is still on the loose, and now he has built his own powerful exo-skeleton. The Phreak goes to Peter Parker's apartment and abducts Mary Jane; setting the stage for a showdown with Spider-Man over Times Square! Meanwhile, Joe Robertson is horrified to see a chilling old acquaintance and a soon-to-be new villain for Spider-Man. First appearance of Tombstone. 32 pages Cover price $0.75.