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5 Kull the Conqueror Marvel Comics, art by Marie & John Severin in all

Kull the Destroyer 11, 12 & 13 art by Mike Ploog  These 3 Now SOLD!

 

 

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Neal Adams' Brave & Bold #79 & #85

Mid-grade copies of key issues featuring 3 of Neal Adams' signature characters: Deadman, Green Arrow & Batman.

Edited May 18, 2023 by Zonker
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9 Batman comics #248 264 265 267 268 274 319 393 402 

• Stories by Denny O'Neil, Max Allan Collins, Len Wein, David Vern
• Art by Jim Starlin, Bernie Wrightson, Paul Gulacy
• Covers by Mike Kaluta, Dick Giordano, Joe Kubert

 

Edited July 9, 2023 by Zonker
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6 DC Golden Age Reprint comics, including Doctor Fate, Kid Eternity, Kubert Hawkman, Simon & Kirby Boy Commandos & Sandman, The Spectre and the first appearance of Solomon Grundy from All-American #61 & battle with JSA from All-Star #33

1. Wanted the World's Most Dangerous Villains #3 reprints a 1944 Vigilante story with artwork by Mort Meskin & Joe Kubert, a Doctor Fate story by his creators Gardner Fox and Howard Sherman, from More Fun Comics #65 (1941), and a Joe Kubert Hawkman story from Flash Comics #100 (1948).  Fine Minus condition. Some minor wear around the edges including some minor chipping along the lower edge of the front cover, color-breaking creases at the lower right corner of the front cover, and numerous spine stresses.  Pages and covers are tanned around the edges, see for example the lower edge of the back cover.  Nick Cardy drew the cover.
    
2. Wanted the World's Most Dangerous Villains #4 reprints the first appearance of Solomon Grundy from All-American Comics #61 (1944).  The second story is reprinted from Kid Eternity #15 (1949). Fine condition. Tiny chip out about a third of the way up the left-hand edge of the back cover. Slight color-breaking crease at the lower right corner of the front cover. Nick Cardy drew the cover.
    
3. Wanted the World's Most Dangerous Villains #9 reprints the Superman vs. Prankster story from Action Comics #57 (1943) and the Simon & Kirby Sandman story from World’s Finest Comics #6 (1942).  Very Good / Fine condition.  The white border area of the front cover is tanned, and there is a tiny water droplet stain to the right of the No. 9 issue id.  There is a ½ inch vertical tear starting at the lower edge of the back cover.  The top left corner of the back cover is creased.  Nick Cardy cover.
    
4. Boy Commandos #1 reprints Simon & Kirby Boy Commandos stories from Detective Comics #66 (1942) and from 1942's Boy Commandos #1. Fine condition: there is a color-breaking crease at the lower right corner of the front cover. The cover reprints the Simon & Kirby cover from the first Boy Commandos #1 issue from 1942.
    
5. Secret Origins #5 reprints the two-part origin of The Spectre, as it appeared originally in More Fun Comics #52 and #53 (1940).  Fine condition: there is a tiny color-breaking crease at the lower right corner of the front cover and a small water droplet stain on the back cover above the letter “T” in the word imposters.  Nick Cardy drew the cover.
    
6. Super-Team Family #4 reprints the Justice Society of America story from 1947's All-Star Comics #33, in which the JSA takes on Solomon Grundy.  The various chapters of the JSA story are drawn by different artists, including Joe Kubert and Irwin Hasen.  The second story in this issue is a Superman-Batman team-up from World's Finest Comics #98 (1958). Fine Plus condition. There is a non-color-breaking crease or perhaps a scratch on the front cover through the G in the word Giant.   Ernie Chan drew the cover.

 

 

 

Edited September 15, 2023 by Zonker
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Lot of 9 20-cent cover price DC Comics

Includes work by Mike Kaluta, Bernie Wrightson, Jack Kirby, Dave Cockrum, Joe Kubert, Walt Simonson, Jim Starlin, Denny O'Neil, John Severin and more!

Edited August 31, 2023 by Zonker
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JLA Midsummer's Nightmare & Grant Morrison's JLA #1

Turning point:  By 1996 the late-1980s Justice League International approach was losing steam, so DC again rebooted the Justice League and went back to basics, with the "Magnificent Seven" of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Flash and Green Lantern embodying the team just as they had way back in Brave & Bold #28.  The twist was this team incorporated the then-new versions of Flash and Green Lantern, specifically Wally West & Kyle Rayner.  The new/old team was formed in the 3-issue mini-series Justice League Midsummer's Nightmare, co-written by Mark Waid and Fabian Nicieza, before launching in JLA #1 written by Grant Morrison. All four issues offered here.

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12 Miscellaneous Mid-Grade DC Comics from the late 1970s

Kamandi, Warlord, Batman, Superman, Aquaman, Time Warp, the Legion of Super-Heroes, Mister Miracle & more

Comics creators represented here include: Jack Kirby, Denny O'Neil, Jim Aparo, Mike Grell, Mike Golden, Steve Gerber, Steve Ditko, Gil Kane, Joe Orlando and Howard Chaykin.

Edited October 1, 2023 by Zonker
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Lot of 9 Justice League of America, all written by Conway, several drawn by Perez

• JLA 194, 195, 196, 197 & 200 all have George Perez artwork.
• JLA 195-197 is the annual JLA/JSA team-up, this time taking on the Secret Society of Super-Villians
• JLA 197's letter column includes a fan letter from Todd McFarlane, several years before his first professionally-published artwork.  
• JLA 200 is a multi-chapter artistic jam issue.  In addition to the George Perez chapters, this issue also includes:
  • Green Lantern & the Atom by Gil Kane
  • The Flash & the Elongated Man by Carmine Infantino & Frank Giacoia
  • Wonder Woman & Zatanna by Dick Giordano
  • Aquaman, Red Tornado & the Phantom Stranger by Jim Aparo
  • Hawkman & Superman by Joe Kubert
  • Batman, Green Arrow & Black Canary by Brian Bolland.

 

Edited October 3, 2023 by Zonker
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Nine Bronze Age Batman Comics

Includes:

1. Detective 427 - Mike Kaluta cover
2. Detective 450 - early Walt Simonson art
3. Detective 459 - Ellery Queen homage story
4. Batman Family 16 - Mike Golden art on Man-Bat
5. Detective 483 - early Don Newton Batman art, 1st appearance Maxie Zeus, Crime Alley sequel
6. Batman 319 - Joe Kubert cover
7. Batman 336 - second string villains return: Spellbinder, Cluemaster, Monarch of Menace
8. Batman 347 - "Shadow of the Batman"
9. Batman Annual 8 - Ras al Ghul & Talia appear

Edited September 15, 2023 by Zonker
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Lot of 7 written by Alan Brennert

 

1. Detective Comics #500 Alan Brennert wrote the lead story, with a cameo appearance by the Phantom Stranger and artwork by Giordano.  Other stories in this issue (not by Brennert) feature Hawkman (Joe Kubert art), various non-super-powered detectives who had appeared in Detective Comics over the years (Jim Aparo art), Elongated Man (J. L. Garcia-Lopez art) and additional Batman stories with art by Walt Simonson and Carmine Infantino.  Robin and Deadman make appearances in the latter story.  Fine Plus condition.  No color-breaking creases.  Corners are abraded.  The left-hand edge of the back cover was cut out-of-square at the printer, resulting in the white strip visible on the back cover scan.
2. The Brave and the Bold #178 Batman and the Creeper, written by Alan Brennert, illustrated by Jim Aparo, who also drew the cover.  Very Good / Fine condition: there is a tiny chip out on the right-hand edge of the front cover, about 2 inches below the upper right-hand corner.  Along the right-hand edge is a thin color-breaking crease line.  The upper staple is discolored, but not rusted.
3. The Brave and the Bold #181 Batman and the Hawk & the Dove, written by Alan Brennert, illustrated by Jim Aparo, who also drew the cover.  Very Fine Minus condition: a non-color-breaking spine crease about midway up the spine, and some stray ink marking near the lower right corner. 
4. The Brave and the Bold #182 Batman and the Earth-2 Robin, written by Alan Brennert, illustrated by Jim Aparo, who also drew the cover. Cameo appearances by the Earth-2 Starman and Batwoman.  Fine / Very Fine condition: there is are some color-breaking spine creases, the most significant being about midway up the spine. There is a bit of overhang along the upper edge of the back cover.  The upper staple is discolored, but not rusted.
5. The Brave and the Bold #197 has a cover drawn by Jim Aparo, for Brennert’s story “The Autobiography of Bruce Wayne!”  Interior artwork for this story is by the team of Joe Staton & George Freeman.  Very Fine Minus condition.  No water damage, no staining.  No color-breaking creases, no spine splits.  The bottom right-hand corner of the front cover is slightly abraded. There are a few stress lines along the back cover spine, not particularly visible against the white border areas.  
6. Christmas with the Super-Heroes #2 Brennert writes the Deadman story in this issue, illustrated by Giordano.  There is an appearance here by a pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths character.  Other stories in this issue (not written by Brennert) feature Superman (Paul Chadwick art), Batman (Gray Morrow art), Enemy Ace (John Byrne art), Wonder Woman (Eric Shanower art), and the Flash & Green Lantern team (art by Colleen Duran & Ty Templeton).  Fine condition: this presents nicely from the front, but there is some soiling, possibly ink transfer staining, on the back cover, as seen on the back cover scan.
7. Batman: Holy Terror. This is a squarebound Elseworlds graphic novel written by Brennert and drawn by Norm Breyfogle.  Fine / Very Fine condition: there are reading creases along the spine, both on the front cover and the back cover (common with these squarebound books). The corners are abraded, and there is a slight color flake out on the top edge near the upper right-hand corner of the front cover.

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Lot of 9 DCs with Marshall Rogers artwork

Average condition is Fine Plus, details noted below.

 

1. Detective Comics #467 This is the first time Marshall Rogers draws the Batman, but it is in the Hawkman back-up story!  The lead story in this issue is written by Bob Rozakis & drawn by John Calnan & Vince Colletta.  The cover is by Rich Buckler & Colletta.  Fine/Very Fine condition: there are some spine stresses and a small color break about a third of the way up the right-hand edge from the lower right-hand corner. Mild non-color-breaking creasing at the upper right section of the front cover.
2. Detective Comics #468 Full-length Marshall Rogers story, as the Batman joins with Green Arrow, the Atom, Black Canary, the Elongated Man and Hawkman to take on the Calculator.  Jim Aparo drew the cover. Fine condition. Worn around the edges, including color breaks along the spine, a tiny tear on the right hand edge of the front cover, and creasing at the lower right corner of the front cover.  There are a few spots of discoloration on the front cover, see for example the letters "TEC" as part of the Detective Comics cover logo.
3. Mister Miracle #19 First post-Kirby issue.  Granny Goodness cover.  Steve Englehart scripts, Marshall Rogers interior pencils + cover artwork.  Fine / Very Fine condition.  Manufactured with only the upper staple.  There is a small color flake on the letter "M" in the Mister Miracle cover logo. There is a crease at the upper right corner of the front cover that does not break color, and this crease goes through the book, also visible on the upper left corner of the back cover.
4. Mister Miracle #20 ----script by Steve Englehart. Art by Marshall Rogers & Vince Colletta.  Very Fine condition.  There is a production crease running horizontally from the upper left edge of the back cover.  Very mild ink transfer near the lower left corner of the back cover. 
5. Mister Miracle #21 Another Englehart/Rogers/Colletta production.  Very Fine condition: similar to #19 this comic book was manufactured with only the upper staple.  The wrap is skewed a bit, the upper right-hand edge has some of the text cut off (from the original printing job).  Very slight color loss, possibly abrasion, at the upper left corner DC logo.
6. Mister Miracle #22 Steve Englehart writes this one under his pen-name of John Harkness.  Marshall Rogers illustrates and is joined in this issue by Rick Bryant and John Fuller.  Fine / Very Fine.  Very slight color-breaks near the upper right corner of the front cover.
7. DC Special Series #15 - a.k.a. the Batman Spectacular. Features some of the best Batman artists of the late 1970s.  The cover is drawn by Marshall Rogers. Inside, there are 3 stories: the first is written by David V. Reed, and illustrated by Mike Nasser & Joe Rubinstein. Then "I Now Pronounce You Batman and Wife" is written by Denny O'Neil and drawn by Michael Golden & Dick Giordano.  Ras al Ghul and Talia appear in this story. Finally, "Death Strikes at Midnight and Three" is written by Denny O'Neil as a straight prose short-story, but with illustrations by Marshall Rogers.  Fine Plus condition: the lower left-hand corner is abraded, and the lower right-hand corner has a bit of cover overhang and a bit of discoloration.  
8. Madame Xanadu #1 written by Steve Englehart, illustrated by Marshall Rogers.  Cover and interior poster by Michael Kaluta.  In addition, there is a 7-page science fiction backup story with art by Brian Bolland, a rare example of interior comics work by Bolland.  Fine condition: color-breaking stress lines along the spine, and color-breaking crease lines along the upper edge of the front and back covers. These stress lines really show up against the black border areas of the front and back covers.
9. Secret Origins #6 Roy Thomas scripts a retelling of the Batman's origin.  Rogers & Austin provide the artwork.  Also features the origin story for Halo, with Dick Giordano art.  Cover is by J. L. Garcia-Lopez.  Fine Plus condition.  There is a very slight spine roll, and some spine stress lines, including a couple of tiny color breaks.

Edited January 2 by Zonker
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Four DC Reprint Issues

• DC Special Series #2- this is the Original Swamp Thing Saga, which reprints the Len Wein & Bernie Wrightson Swamp Thing #1 and #2 from 1972.  For this issue Wrightson drew a new awesome wraparound cover.  Very Fine / Near Mint condition: there is a single spine stress line at about the midpoint of the spine.
• Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #238 - reprints the Jim Shooter / Curt Swan 2-part Legion of Super-Heroes story from Adventure Comics #359 & #360.  Jim Starlin drew the new wraparound cover for this one.  Very Fine Minus condition.  The upper left and lower left corners are slightly abraded at the spine.  The upper right hand corner has a couple of very small color-breaks.
• Dynamic Classics #1 - the first issue of a prospective reprint series that was cancelled as a result of the DC Implosion.  The Giordano cover is new, and inside the first Batman story by Denny O'Neil & Neal Adams is reprinted:  "Secret of the Waiting Graves" from Detective Comics #395.  Also reprinted is the first installment of the Manhunter series by Archie Goodwin & Walt Simonson from Detective Comics #437.  Fine / Very Fine Minus condition: there are some stray fingerprint-like markings on the white areas of the back cover.
• Battle Classics #1 - likewise the first and only issue of a DC war reprint title, also a victim of the DC Implosion. Reprints the Sgt Rock / Haunted Tank / Johnny Cloud team-up from The Brave and the Bold #52, written by Robert Kanigher and drawn by Joe Kubert.  Kubert provided a new cover for this issue.  Very Fine Minus condition, just a bit of ink transfer along the spine of the back cover.  A few stray creases are also visible on the white areas of the back cover.
  
  
  
   

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Final Four Batman Family issues #17-20, Michael Golden artwork in each

• Covers by Michael Kaluta & Jim Starlin
• Couple of Denny O'Neil Batman stories
• Huntress solo series begins
• Kirby's Etrigan the Demon makes a return appearance

• Batman Family #17 Mike Kaluta cover.  Jim Starlin pin-up splash page.  Jim Aparo art on the Batman story.  Huntress and Robin guest-star.  There is a great 20-page team-up between Man-Bat and Kirby's Demon, Etrigan, drawn by Michael Golden.  Fine condition: just a hint of a color break to the right of Batgirl's face on the front cover.  Production crease runs through Man-Bat's face on the front cover.  Slight ink transfer on the back cover. 
   
• Batman Family #18 Mike Kaluta cover. Batman story written by Denny O'Neil and illustrated by Michael Golden and P. Craig Russell.  Huntress solo series begins.  Fine Plus condition: just a bit of ink transfer along the upper edge of the back cover.
   
• Batman Family #19 Mike Kaluta cover. Batman story written by Denny O'Neil and illustrated by Michael Golden and P. Craig Russell.  The second Huntress solo story appears in this issue.  Fine Plus condition: there is a tiny crease at the tip of the lower right-hand corner of the front cover.  On the back cover there is some minor ink transfer along the spine and the lower edge of the back cover.  There is some non-color-breaking creasing at well on the upper right-hand portion of the back cover. 
   
• Batman Family #20 features two Michael Golden illustrated stories, first a team-up between the Batman and Ragman written by David V. Reed, the second a Man-Bat solo story written by Bob Rozakis.  Long-time Gotham City private eye Jason Bard makes an appearance in the Man-Bat story.  Batgirl & Robin team up with Red Tornado and the Elongated Man in a separate story.  The Huntress appears in a solo story.  Jim Starlin provided the wraparound cover art.  Fine condition: here the added height of the issue has led to some color-breaking creasing along the upper edge of the back cover.

 

Edited November 8, 2023 by Zonker
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Keith Giffen Legion of Super-Heroes lot

Paul Levitz scripts each of these.
This lot contains:

• Legion #285 & #286 are the first 2 Legion stories drawn by Keith Giffen, these are back-up stories.
• Legion #287 is the first Giffen Legion cover and cover-featured story.  
• Legion #291 & #294 are part of the Great Darkness Saga.
• Legion #300 is partially drawn by Giffen, but with other chapters by Dave Cockrum, Jim Sherman & Curt Swan.

 

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Lot of 9 Batman/Detective Comics 1975-1982

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Edited December 2, 2023 by Zonker
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8 DC 1970s Number 1 Issues

 

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Uncanny X-Men Claremont/Cockrum Lot: 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153

 

Edited December 10, 2023 by Zonker
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SOLD! Last Half of Steve Englehart's JLA Run: 144 145 146 149 150

Contemporaneous with his classic collaborations with Marshall Rogers on Detective Comics and Mister Miracle, Englehart's Justice League of America run is often overlooked, but it is one of the best JLA storylines between those of Gardner Fox and Grant Morrison!  

• Each issue Giant sized.
• Each has artwork by the regular 1970s team of Dick Dillin & Frank McLaughlin.
• Note #147 & #148 not by Englehart (and therefore not included here)

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Detective 481 & 482 - First Dollar Comics issues, post Batman Family merge

 

From 1978-1979: these are the first two Dollar Comic sized issues of Detective Comics, as it merges with the Batman Family magazine.

• Detective Comics #481 features a cover by Jim Starlin.  There are 2 Batman stories in this issue, one written by Denny O'Neil with Marshall Rogers artwork, and one written & laid out by Jim Starlin, with finished art by P. Craig Russell.  Also included in this issue are stories featuring Batgirl, Robin, and Man-Bat, the latter two stories featuring Don Newton artwork.  Fine / Very Fine condition: both staples are intact, free from rust, and holding all pages and covers together.  No water damage, no staining. There is a very slight amount of spine roll, and a production crease running horizontally across the lower third of the front cover.  The upper left-hand corner of the front cover has some slight chipping.
• Detective Comics #482 provides the second part of the Starlin/Russell Batman story, as well as 2 stories with artwork by Michael Golden:  a story featuring Jack Kirby's creation Etrigan the Demon, and another featuring Bat-Mite.  Batgirl and Robin appear in solo stories as well.  Cover by Rich Buckler & Dick Giordano.  Fine Plus condition: both staples are intact, free from rust, and holding all pages and covers together.  No water damage, no staining. The lower left-hand corner of the front cover is chipped.  There is a 1/8 inch tear about 2 inches up from the lower left-hand corner of the back cover.  Mild production creases run horizontally on the front cover (through the Demon's face) and the back cover (at about the same location)
   

Edited March 12 by Zonker
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DC 20-cent Cover Lot: Shadow, Kamandi, Mister Miracle, The Demon, Superman, Superboy/Legion, Sword of Sorcery, Black Orchid in Adventure Comics

 

1. Mister Miracle #13 
2. Sword of Sorcery #2 featuring Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
3. Demon #12 
4. Adventure Comics #429 with the Black Orchid & Captain Fear
5. The Shadow #1 
6. Superman #269
7. Superboy #201 starring the Legion of Super-Heroes 
8. Kamandi #19
9. Kamandi #20 
    

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