Auctions: comic books February 1998

Birds of Prey Batgirl (1998) 1 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4113609020

Presenting the all-new team of Black Canary and...Batgirl?! Barbara Gordon, back in the cape and pointy ears, is once again fighting crime around Gotham City, facing a sinister plot that begins with the Mad Hatter and ends with every villain in Arkham Asylum. But if she isn't crippled and this isn't a dream--and it most definitely is not--how do you explain it? Written by Chuck Dixon. Art by Greg Land and Drew Geraci. Cover by Gary Frank and John Dell. FC, 48 pg. Miraweb Format. Cover price $2.95.

Stormwatch (1997 2nd Series) 4 FN 6.0

A Finer World: Part 1 of 3 - Written by Warren Ellis. Art by and cover Bryan Hitch and Paul Neary. StormWatch Black – a special unit of StormWatch that officially doesnt exist – discovered a deadly plot by International Operations to conduct biological war-games. Heading to Pavane, Louisiana the team began their investigation, despite the fact that the American government had forbid them from operating on U.S. soil. Exerting diplomatic pressure on France, Weatherman Jackson King was able to coerce its Prime Minister to invoke code perfect, the loophole that allows StormWatch to land and protect endangered citizens in any foreign territory. However, during the battle that ensued, StormWatch learned the secret identity of the man who helped facilitate the entire deadly chemical exercise – the mad ex-StormWatch Weatherman, Henry Bendix! 32 pages, FC. NOTE: 1st appearance of Apollo and The Midnighter. Cover price $2.50.