Auctions: comic books April 1992, graded by CGC

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 361A.D CGC 9.6 1st Printing

Paper: White

Label #4391227021

Direct Edition. First (full) appearance of Carnage in "Savage Genesis!" Part 1 of 3. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by Mark Bagley. Inks by Randy Emberlin. Cover by Mark Bagley and Randy Emberlin. Blood runs in the streets as a serial killer roams New York City! And as the web-slinger investigates the murders, he notices a very disturbing similarity to another killer's modus operandi! In a burned-out building in Brooklyn, the spectacular one comes face-to-face with his new homicidal foe...Carnage! Can the wall-crawler end Cletus Kasady's rampage in their very first encounter? Cameo appearances by Aunt May and Mary Jane Watson. Flashback cameo by Venom. (Note: This three-part story was reprinted in 2011 in the trade paperback: Spider-Man -- The Vengeance of Venom.) 36 pages, full color. $1.25 cover price. NOTE: Most of these were distributed with slight printer tears in the bottom edge of the cover. Cover price $1.25.

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 361A.N CGC 9.8 SS Bagley/Michelinie/Emberlin

Paper: White

Signed & sketch by Mark Bagley on 8/28/20 & signed by David Michelinie on 4/16/21 & Randy Emberlin on 12/4/21.

Label #2574778009

Newsstand Edition. First (full) appearance of Carnage in "Savage Genesis!" Part 1 of 3. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by Mark Bagley. Inks by Randy Emberlin. Cover by Mark Bagley and Randy Emberlin. Blood runs in the streets as a serial killer roams New York City! And as the web-slinger investigates the murders, he notices a very disturbing similarity to another killer's modus operandi! In a burned-out building in Brooklyn, the spectacular one comes face-to-face with his new homicidal foe...Carnage! Can the wall-crawler end Cletus Kasady's rampage in their very first encounter? Cameo appearances by Aunt May and Mary Jane Watson. Flashback cameo by Venom. (Note: This three-part story was reprinted in 2011 in the trade paperback: Spider-Man -- The Vengeance of Venom.) 36 pages, full color. $1.25 cover price. NOTE: Most of these were distributed with slight printer tears in the bottom edge of the cover. Cover price $1.25.

Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 361A.N CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition

Label #4402527010

Newsstand Edition. First (full) appearance of Carnage in "Savage Genesis!" Part 1 of 3. Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by Mark Bagley. Inks by Randy Emberlin. Cover by Mark Bagley and Randy Emberlin. Blood runs in the streets as a serial killer roams New York City! And as the web-slinger investigates the murders, he notices a very disturbing similarity to another killer's modus operandi! In a burned-out building in Brooklyn, the spectacular one comes face-to-face with his new homicidal foe...Carnage! Can the wall-crawler end Cletus Kasady's rampage in their very first encounter? Cameo appearances by Aunt May and Mary Jane Watson. Flashback cameo by Venom. (Note: This three-part story was reprinted in 2011 in the trade paperback: Spider-Man -- The Vengeance of Venom.) 36 pages, full color. $1.25 cover price. NOTE: Most of these were distributed with slight printer tears in the bottom edge of the cover. Cover price $1.25.

Darkhawk (1991 Marvel) 14 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4411714003

Cover pencils by Mike Manley. Heart of the Hawk, Part 5: The Antidote for Civilization, script by Danny Fingeroth, pencils by Mike Manley, inks by Ricardo Villagran; Darkhawk and Venom fight until Venom senses that Darkhawk is an innocent and feigns his own death so Darkhawk will leave; Darkhawk travels on raft to Althea Island where Philippe Bazin holds Mike Powell captive. Darkhawk defeats Lodestone and Mike Powell kills Bazin, but Bazin kills Powell as well; Mike Powell's dying wish is that Darkhawk protect his family and be the edge against crime. 36 pgs. $1.25. Cover price $1.25.

Rust (1992 Adventure Comics) 1LIMITED CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Special Limited Edition.

Label #4096985015

Limited Edition foil cover by Phil Hester and Ande Parks. Story by Steve Miller. Art by Phil Hester and Ande Parks. Creator Steve Miller reboots the cult series about a reluctant superhero, with art by future Green Arrow sensations Hester and Parks. After a freak accident, police officer Scott Baker police officer Scott Baker gains mastery over metal, as well as a metallic shell he cannot take off. Also features an issue guide to the previous Rust series and a Phil Hester Rust sketchbook. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $4.95.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1984) 46 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)

Label #4210171004

Masks, Part 1. An encounter with time-traveling Renet and their old foe Romero sends the Turtles back to feudal Japan to save history from being changed. Story, art and cover by Michael Dooney. Black and white; 32 pages. Cover price $2.00. Cover price $2.00.