Marvel Premiere (1972) comic books graded by CBCS

Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $550.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #23-0EDC2E0-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($16.50) will be charged at checkout.

Origin of Warlock and Counter-Earth in "And Men Shall Call Him Warlock!" Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Dan Adkins. This is the first appearance of Warlock, who was previously the character "Him" in Fantastic Four (see issues 66 and 67) and Thor (issues 165, 166) comics. High Evolutionary guest stars. Brief appearances by the Hulk and Thor. Kane/Adkins cover. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CBCS 6.0 $175.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #23-0EDC2E0-004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Sinnott. "The Hounds of Helios," script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Dan Adkins; Warlock lands on the High Evolutionary's Counter-Earth with his memory lost but recalls being called Warlock, so Ellie Roberts gives him a first name, Adam. Untitled Yellow Claw story, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Jack Kirby and Roz Kirby; 4 page reprint starring S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Jimmy Woo, Suwan and the dread Yellow Claw; Reprinted from Yellow Claw #2. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $75.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #23-0EDC2E0-005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Barry Smith, inks by Tom Palmer. The Spawn of Sligguth, script by Archie Goodwin and Roy Thomas (plot), pencils by Barry Smith, inks by Frank Brunner; Ethan Stoddard asks help for his fiancee who has fallen prey to the cult of Sligguth in Starksboro; The Ancient One warns Strange of a Cosmic Obscenity that slumbers; Strange is overcome by Sligguth's worshippers. Featuring concepts created by Robert E. Howard. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $75.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #23-0EDC2E0-006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Mike Ploog and Frank Giacoia (alterations). The Shambler from the Sea, script by Gardner F. Fox, pencils by Frank Brunner, inks by Sal Buscema; Strange kills Sligguth, which wakens Shambler from the Sea, N'Gabthoth; Clea and Wong are overcome by Starksboro cult; Strange frees them from sacrifice to N'Gabthoth, and discovers map of Stonehenge. Featuring concepts created by Robert E. Howard. Comics ad for the NBC Saturday morning kid shows: Kids [Adam; Evy]; the Barkleys; the Houndcats; the Jetsons; the Pink Panther; the Roman Holidays; and Underdog. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CBCS 9.0 $145.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Off white to white Witnessed Signature: Roy Thomas on 11/19/2022. Label #23-0AE1106-069 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.35) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover art by Frank Brunner. The Crypts of Kaa-U!, script by Steve Englehart (co-plot, script) and Frank Brunner (co-plot), pencils by Frank Brunner, inks by Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]; Strange finds essence of Shuma-Gorath, whose trail leads to crypts of Kaa-U, where The Ancient One has gone to die; The Ancient One saves Strange from attack of Shadowmen, & Shuma-Gorath emerges from the Ancient One's mind. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CBCS 8.5 $100.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Off white to white Witnessed Signatures: Roy Thomas on 9/18/2021 and Larry Hama on 11/6/2021 Label #22-0692A42-365 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by Gil Kane and John Romita (alterations), inks by Dick Giordano and John Romita (alterations). Citadel On the Edge of Vengeance, script by Doug Moench, pencils by Larry Hama, inks by Dick Giordano; Iron Fist fights his way through Meachum's office building laced with traps but finds at the end, not Meachum, but a giant named Triple-Iron who is bent on killing him. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A # 32 (the Red Skull by Jack Kirby). 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CBCS 3.0 $75.00 or Best Offer Paper: White INCOMPLETE. Marvel Value Stamp missing from 10th page, does not affect story. Label #23-0EDC2E0-003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Gil Kane and John Romita (alterations), inks by Dick Giordano and John Romita (alterations). Citadel On the Edge of Vengeance, script by Doug Moench, pencils by Larry Hama, inks by Dick Giordano; Iron Fist fights his way through Meachum's office building laced with traps but finds at the end, not Meachum, but a giant named Triple-Iron who is bent on killing him. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A # 32 (the Red Skull by Jack Kirby). 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $85.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Off white to white Witnessed Sigs: Larry Hama & Roy Thomas on 8/18/2018. Label #18-3311DA4-092 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.55) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Jack Abel. Lair of Shattered Vengeance!, script by Doug Moench, pencils by Larry Hama, inks by Dick Giordano; Iron Fist fights his way through Triple-Iron to get to Harold Meachum, only to find that the man who killed his parents has lost both of his legs and lived in terror for the last decade waiting for the inevitable confrontation with Daniel Rand; Unable to kill Meachum in vengeance, Iron Fist is leaving him to his fate when a mysterious ninja shows up and skewers Meachum with a sword; Meachum's daughter, Joy, walks in and believes that Iron Fist has killed her father. Letter to the editor from Kim Thompson (Comics Journal). The letters page also contains Marvel Value Stamp series A # 74 (the Stranger by Gil Kane). 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $64.00 Paper: White Label #17-4049963-070 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.92) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Sinnott. Batroc and Other Assassins!, script by Tony Isabella, pencils by Arvell Jones, inks by Dan Green; Ward and Joy hire Batroc to kill Iron Fist; The mysterious ninja who keeps appearing in Danny's life shows up once again to help him out against Batroc and his brigade; The story reveals that the ninja is really Lee Wing (although Danny doesn't find that out yet). The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A # 73 (Kingpin by John Romita Sr.). 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CBCS 9.4 $220.00 Paper: White Label #18-1E11C66-011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.60) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Tom Palmer. Daughters of the Death-Goddess, script by Tony Isabella, pencils by Arvell Jones, inks by Vince Colletta; Batroc becomes enraged when the Meachums refuse to pay him for failing to kill Iron Fist; Iron Fist arrives at the Wings to find dead cult members lying in rubble but no sign of his friends; Misty Knight arrives and attacks Danny whom she suspects has done something with Colleen; Iron Fist follows the Ninja to the underground Temple of Kali where he finds Lee and Colleen in chains; He battles the daughters of Kali, but the Sacred Volume of Kali is burned up in the conflict; This enrages the Ninja who splits off from Lee Wing whom he has been possessing and prepares to kill Iron Fist; Brief appearance by Batroc. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $130.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Witnessed Signatures: Marv Wolfman on 10/20/2019, Chris Claremont on 10/8/2021 and Bob McLeod and Pat Broderick on 10/22/2021 Label #22-0692A42-366 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.90) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Bob McLeod. The Name Is...Warhawk, script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Pat Broderick, inks by Bob McLeod; Danny and Colleen are taking a walk in the park when a sniper begins picking off the people around them; Warhawk, a merc who still thinks he is fighting in Viet Nam, captures Colleen and Iron Fist has to get her back. he letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A # 27 (the Black Widow by John Romita Sr.). Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CBCS 9.2 $37.00 Paper: White Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back Label #0003951-AA-004

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by John Romita. Summerkill, script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Pat Broderick and Marie Severin (uncredited, assorted head shots on pages 15-17), inks by Vince Colletta and Marie Severin (uncredited, assorted head shots on pages 15-17); Iron Fist spars with Colleen but has a hard time fighting a girl as it was forbidden in K'un-Lun; Danny gets roped into playing softball with the Marvel bullpen and the police; After the game, he has to protect one of the spectators, Princess Azir of Halwan, from the killer robot sent to murder her. The Marvel softball team appears in this issue. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CBCS 9.2 $62.00 Paper: White Label #18-0C451D1-001

The Games of Raging Gods - Written by Bill Mantlo. Art by George Tuska & Vince Colletta. Cover by Jack Kirby & Vince Colletta. Featuring Hercules! Because you demanded it -- the Prince of Power in his own Olympian mag! A man-god unchained! Also starring Zeus, Richard Fenster, Typhon and Cylla. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CBCS 9.4 $445.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0010632-AA-002

The Legion of Monsters - Starring Ghost Rider, Morbius, Werewolf by Night and Man-Thing - "There's a Mountain on Sunset Boulevard!" Written by Bill Mantlo. Art by Frank Robbins and Steve Gan. The mightiest monsters of the Marvel Universe stand united! But can even their combined macabre might stand up to the supernatural power of the Starseed?! 32 pages, FC. NOTE: Letter to the editor from writer Frank Lovece. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CBCS 9.4 $37.00 Paper: Off white to white Newsstand Edition. Label #18-086E62E-003

Man-Wolf stars in "Otherwar!" Script by David Kraft, pencils by George Perez, inks by Frank Giacoia. The story continues from Creatures on the Loose 37. Perez/Bob McLeod cover. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $99.00 Paper: White Newsstand Edition. Label #17-2ED7553-021

Man-Wolf stars in "Stargod!" Script by David Kraft, pencils by George Perez, inks by Ricardo Villamonte. Perez/Terry Austin cover. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $1,185.00 Paper: White Newsstand Edition Label #23-1098925-002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($35.55) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Bob Layton. First Scott Lang as Ant-Man in "To Steal An Ant-Man!", script by David Michelinie, pencils by John Byrne (breakdowns) and Bob Layton (finished art), inks by Bob Layton; What happens when Scott Lang, former electrician to the Avengers, steals Hank Pym's shrinking particles?; And why has this ex-con reverted back to his thieving ways?; Check out Scott Lang, Ant-Man, suited up for the first time! 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CBCS 9.6 $585.00 Paper: White Newsstand Edition Label #23-1264C28-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.55) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Bob Layton. First Scott Lang as Ant-Man in "To Steal An Ant-Man!", script by David Michelinie, pencils by John Byrne (breakdowns) and Bob Layton (finished art), inks by Bob Layton; What happens when Scott Lang, former electrician to the Avengers, steals Hank Pym's shrinking particles?; And why has this ex-con reverted back to his thieving ways?; Check out Scott Lang, Ant-Man, suited up for the first time! 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CBCS 9.6 $332.45 Paper: White Newsstand Edition Label #23-1264C28-002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Bob Layton. First Scott Lang as Ant-Man in "To Steal An Ant-Man!", script by David Michelinie, pencils by John Byrne (breakdowns) and Bob Layton (finished art), inks by Bob Layton; What happens when Scott Lang, former electrician to the Avengers, steals Hank Pym's shrinking particles?; And why has this ex-con reverted back to his thieving ways?; Check out Scott Lang, Ant-Man, suited up for the first time! 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.35.

Marvel Premiere (1972) 47 CBCS 9.4

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition.

Label #23-1A09785-004

Cover art by Bob Layton. First Scott Lang as Ant-Man in "To Steal An Ant-Man!", script by David Michelinie, pencils by John Byrne (breakdowns) and Bob Layton (finished art), inks by Bob Layton; What happens when Scott Lang, former electrician to the Avengers, steals Hank Pym's shrinking particles?; And why has this ex-con reverted back to his thieving ways?; Check out Scott Lang, Ant-Man, suited up for the first time! 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $199.00 or Best Offer CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Verified Signature: Bob Layton Newsstand Edition Label #22-09022A6-007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Siggy’s Comics

Cover art by Bob Layton. First Scott Lang as Ant-Man in "To Steal An Ant-Man!", script by David Michelinie, pencils by John Byrne (breakdowns) and Bob Layton (finished art), inks by Bob Layton; What happens when Scott Lang, former electrician to the Avengers, steals Hank Pym's shrinking particles?; And why has this ex-con reverted back to his thieving ways?; Check out Scott Lang, Ant-Man, suited up for the first time! 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $56.00 Paper: Off white to white Direct Edition. Label #17-12AE0B4-023

Cover pencils by Dave Cockrum, inks by Bob McLeod. "The Price of a Heart!", script by David Michelinie, pencils by John Byrne (breakdowns) and Bob Layton (finished art), inks by Bob Layton; Scott Lang, the new Ant-Man, attempts to get Dr. Sondheim out of the clutches of the mutated Darren Cross; However, he underestimates Cross' enhanced abilities and is defeated; His equipment disabled, Scott listens as Cross explains his heart condition and the implantation of a "nucleorganic pacemaker"; The device backfired, not only slowly mutating him into a Neanderthal-like giant but also wearing out his heart, necessitating periodic transplants from unwilling donors; Learning he is to be next in line to be a "donor" Scott manages to fix his equipment and escape, busting back into the surgical theatre just as Dr. Sondheim finished another operation; Ant-Man fights Cross. Next appearance of Ant Man is in Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #125. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.40.

Add to cart CBCS 9.4 $37.00 Paper: White Label #0007064-AA-002

Cover pencils by Dave Cockrum, inks by Bob McLeod. "The Price of a Heart!", script by David Michelinie, pencils by John Byrne (breakdowns) and Bob Layton (finished art), inks by Bob Layton; Scott Lang, the new Ant-Man, attempts to get Dr. Sondheim out of the clutches of the mutated Darren Cross; However, he underestimates Cross' enhanced abilities and is defeated; His equipment disabled, Scott listens as Cross explains his heart condition and the implantation of a "nucleorganic pacemaker"; The device backfired, not only slowly mutating him into a Neanderthal-like giant but also wearing out his heart, necessitating periodic transplants from unwilling donors; Learning he is to be next in line to be a "donor" Scott manages to fix his equipment and escape, busting back into the surgical theatre just as Dr. Sondheim finished another operation; Ant-Man fights Cross. Next appearance of Ant Man is in Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #125. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.40.

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $67.68 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Witnessed Signature: Jim Shooter on 2/26/2022 Newsstand Edition Label #22-0F6BDE3-006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.03) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Dave Cockrum, inks by Bob McLeod. "The Price of a Heart!", script by David Michelinie, pencils by John Byrne (breakdowns) and Bob Layton (finished art), inks by Bob Layton; Scott Lang, the new Ant-Man, attempts to get Dr. Sondheim out of the clutches of the mutated Darren Cross; However, he underestimates Cross' enhanced abilities and is defeated; His equipment disabled, Scott listens as Cross explains his heart condition and the implantation of a "nucleorganic pacemaker"; The device backfired, not only slowly mutating him into a Neanderthal-like giant but also wearing out his heart, necessitating periodic transplants from unwilling donors; Learning he is to be next in line to be a "donor" Scott manages to fix his equipment and escape, busting back into the surgical theatre just as Dr. Sondheim finished another operation; Ant-Man fights Cross. Next appearance of Ant Man is in Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #125. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.40.

Add to cart CBCS 9.4 $32.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0006199-AB-001

Cover pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson. Sound of the Silencer, script by Mark Evanier, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Dave Simons; Bodavian diplomat, Sigjid Roskoff, is killed by the masked villain, the Silencer; The Falcon figures out that the murderer is Count Barzon, a fellow Bodavian who killed Roskoff for political reasons and who used the Silencer identity to throw the authorities off his trail. Brief Captain America appearance. Cameo from J. Jonah Jameson (from Spider-Man comics). 36 pgs. $0.40. Cover price $0.40.

Add to cart CBCS 7.5 $390.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Direct Edition. Witnessed Sigs: ALICE COOPER & TONY ISABELLA on 4/15/2019, DANNY FINGEROTH on 5/19/2019 & JIM SALICRUP on 5/19/2019 & JIM SHOOTER on 7/6/2019. Label #19-276BF92-093 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.70) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Alice Cooper stars in "Alice Cooper From the Inside." Plot by Alice Cooper, Jim Salicrup, and Roger Stern; script by Ed Hannigan; pencils by Tonm Sutton; inks by Terry Austin. Sutton/Austin cover. Cover price $0.40.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $135.00 Paper: White Label #0010608-AA-001

Cover pencils by Al Milgrom, inks by Klaus Janson. The Killing of Windeagle!, script by Ed Hannigan, pencils by Jerry Bingham, inks by Gene Day; Windeagle attacks T'Challa at the Wakandan consulate in New York City; Following the attack, T'Challa begins to recall his prior investigation of the death of Monica Lynne's sister in Georgia which somehow had been erased from his memory; Windeagle, an agent of the Dragon Circle cult somehow involved in the death, renews his attack on the Black Panther, but is shot and killed by an unknown assailant during the battle. Continues "The Panther vs. the Klan" storyline that ran in Jungle Action #19-24 (January 1976-November 1976) and continued in Black Panther #14 & 15. 36 pgs. $0.40. Cover price $0.40.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $215.00 Paper: White Label #0010905-aa-030

Direct Edition. Last 40-cent cover price. Wonder Man's first solo story, "A Force of Two!" Script by David Michalinie (co-plot by Bob Layton), pencils by Ron Wilson, inks by Joe Sinnott. Cover price $0.40.

Add to cart CBCS 9.2 $48.00 Paper: Off white to white Direct Edition Label #23-15EBACC-007

Direct Edition. Last 40-cent cover price. Wonder Man's first solo story, "A Force of Two!" Script by David Michalinie (co-plot by Bob Layton), pencils by Ron Wilson, inks by Joe Sinnott. Cover price $0.40.

Add to cart CBCS 9.4 $95.00 Paper: White Newsstand Edition Label #23-15EBACC-006

Newsstand Edition. Last 40-cent cover price. Wonder Man's first solo story, "A Force of Two!" Script by David Michalinie (co-plot by Bob Layton), pencils by Ron Wilson, inks by Joe Sinnott. Cover price $0.40.

Add to cart CBCS 9.4 $48.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0010608-AA-002

First 50-cent cover price. "The Big Top Barter Resolution," script by Len Wein (plot), Howard Chaykin (plot), and David Michelinie, pencils by Howard Chaykin (layouts) and Terry Austin, inks by Terry Austin; In spring of 1938, a young Dum Dum Dugan bets his circus at the tables of the Mississippi Queen and loses to the house, leading to a brawl between him and thugs working for Spencer Keene, who had been trying to buy the circus from him; Dominic Fortune helps quell the fight in exchange for Sabbath forgiving his debts. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart CBCS 7.5 $135.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Off white to white Witnessed Signatures: Jim Salicrup on 3/26/2022, Jim Shooter on 7/29/2022 & Walt Simonson on 10/28/2022. Newsstand Edition. Label #23-0B02941-070 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.05) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Direct Edition. Cover art by Walt Simonson. First U.S. comic book appearance of Dr. Who in "Doctor Who and the Iron Legion," script by Pat Mills and John Wagner, art by Dave Gibbons; The Doctor lands in an alternate dimension where Rome never fell. Three pages of character sketches by Dave Cockrum (one page inked by Frank Giacoia; another inked by Joe Rubinstein). The letters page contains a statement of ownership--average print run 269,621; average paid circulation 131,264. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $170.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Off white Witnessed Signatures: Jim Salicrup on 3/26/2022, Jim Shooter on 7/29/2022, Joe Rubinstein on 10/8/2022 & Walt Simonson on 10/28/2022. Direct Edition. Label #23-0B02941-071 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.10) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Direct Edition. Cover art by Walt Simonson. First U.S. comic book appearance of Dr. Who in "Doctor Who and the Iron Legion," script by Pat Mills and John Wagner, art by Dave Gibbons; The Doctor lands in an alternate dimension where Rome never fell. Three pages of character sketches by Dave Cockrum (one page inked by Frank Giacoia; another inked by Joe Rubinstein). The letters page contains a statement of ownership--average print run 269,621; average paid circulation 131,264. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.50.

Marvel Premiere (1972) 59 CBCS 9.0

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition.

Label #21-279B3E2-001

Cover art by Gene Day. Doctor Who stars in "City of the Cursed," script by John Wagner and Pat Mills, art by Dave Gibbons; The Doctor arrives in the city of the Zoms, where all emotion is forbidden. "Full Moon On the Highway!", script by Steven Grant, art by Win Mortimer; Jack and Lissa Russell are on the Ventura Freeway rushing home to chain him before the moon rises and he becomes the Werewolf; Unfortunately, a jackknifed truck has caused a traffic jam as dusk approaches; The truck is carrying lab animals, including five rabid wolves. The letters page contains a statement of ownership--average print run 254,611; average paid circulation 124,852. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart CBCS 9.4 $23.00 Paper: White Label #0003603-AA-002

Final issue of the series. Cover art by Tom Sutton. "Planet Story," script by Doug Moench, art by Tom Sutton; Star-Lord investigates the ruins on what seems to be an abandon planet; He quickly encounters a hostile environment; electric storms, earthquakes and wild winds which force him to seek shelter underground inside a "root-ball"; Believing he's safe from the space storm outside, the root tentacles begin to attack him as the planet itself is a parasite which feeds off of flesh. "Wonders of Nature" Hostess Fruit Pies ad featuring the Fantastic Four. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.50.