Auctions: comic books 1970-1985
-
Item #57480810
Tags: Hero/Villain TeamsOmega Men (1983 1st Series) 8 CBCS 9.4
Paper: White
Label #21-22F82E4-019
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 "Jubilation." Ex-Vegan ruler Alonzo Dulak attempts to get his crown back from Kalista. 3rd appearance of Lobo (3 page cameo). Script by Roger Slifer, pencils by Tod Smith, inks by Mike DeCarlo. Cover by Smith and DeCarlo. Contains "Star Raiders" Poster in centerfold. Cover price $1.25.
-
Item #57479448
Tags: Hero/Villain TeamsOmega Men (1983 1st Series) 10 CBCS 8.0
Paper: White
Direct Edition.
Label #21-22F82E4-021
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 "Compromising Positions." The Omega Men and Lobo team up against the Supreme Ruler and Harry Hokum. 1st full Lobo story. Script by Roger Slifer, pencils by Tod Smith, inks by Mike DeCarlo. Cover by Smith and DeCarlo. Cover price $1.25.
-
Item #57479470
Tags: Hero/Villain TeamsOmega Men (1983 1st Series) 11 CBCS 9.6
Paper: White
Direct Edition.
Label #21-22F82E4-022
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 "Of Vice and Virtue." The Omega Men and Mama Madame (in the brothel where Harpis once worked) form a fantasy that will reveal Mama's origin and restore her sanity. Script by Roger Slifer, pencils by Tod Smith, inks by Mike DeCarlo. Cover by Smith and DeCarlo. Cover price $1.25.
-
Item #52049352
Tags: Hero/Villain TeamsOmega Men (1983 1st Series) 12 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Direct Edition
Label #19-2A91623-105
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 "Heartaches and Heartbreaks." Broot and Shlagen go to the planet where Broot's wife has been taken and learn that she is in charge of enslaved child laborers. Script by Roger Slifer, pencils by Tod Smith, inks by Mike DeCarlo. Cover by Smith and DeCarlo. Cover price $1.25.
-
Item #57479180
Tags: Hero/Villain TeamsOmega Men (1983 1st Series) 13 CBCS 9.2
Paper: White
Label #21-22F82E4-024
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 "The Sacrifice of Security." Broot gets back together with his wife, but wonders why she rules over enslaved Changrylinian children who work in mines. Script by Roger Slifer, pencils by Tod Smith, inks by Mike DeCarlo. Cover by Smith and DeCarlo. Cover price $1.25.
-
Item #57479374
Tags: Hero/Villain TeamsOmega Men (1983 1st Series) 14 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Direct Edition.
Label #21-22F82E4-025
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 "Confessions." A bounty hunter named Bedlam pursues Primus and Tigorr on a jungle planet. Written by Todd Klein, pencils by Tod Smith, inks by Mike DeCarlo. Cover by Smith and DeCarlo. Cover price $1.25.
-
Item #59479430
Tags: Hero/Villain TeamsOmega Men (1983 1st Series) 15 CBCS 9.0
Paper: White
Direct Edition.
Label #21-249B5DA-001
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 "Under Siege." Motivated by the prospect of gaining his wife back, Primus leads the Omega Men in an attack on Euphorix's force shield. Script by Todd Klein, pencils by Tod Smith, inks by Romeo Tanghal. Cover by Smith and Ricardo. Cover price $1.25.
-
Item #59479427
Tags: Hero/Villain TeamsOmega Men (1983 1st Series) 19 CBCS 9.4
Paper: White
Direct Edition.
Label #41-249B5DA-005
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 "Beware of Sleeping Tigorr." Lobo attempts to save the Omega Men, who have fallen asleep on the giant Tigorr, who gives birth to a hundred Tigorr clones. Script by Doug Moench, pencils by Tod Smith, inks by Romeo Tanghal. Cover by Smith and Dick Giordano. Cover price $1.25.
-
Item #58943204
Tags: Hero/Villain TeamsOmega Men (1983 1st Series) 25 CBCS 8.0
Paper: Off white to white
Direct Edition
Label #22-45CD581-002
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 "Arbor of Enchantments Lost." Kalista reminisces about her childhood on Euphorix and realizes that Alonzo Dulak loves her. Meanwhile, Harry Hokum plots her assassination. Script by Doug Moench, pencils by Shawn McManus, inks by Pablo Marcos. Cover by McManus. Cover price $1.25.
-
Item #59189330
Tags: Hero/Villain TeamsOmega Men (1983 1st Series) 27 CBCS 9.2
Paper: White
Direct Edition.
Label #23-0F1235F-018
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 "Transfiguration." The Psions conduct a dangerous test on the Omega Men. Script by Todd Klein, pencils by Shawn McManus, inks by Bob Smith. "A Man's World." An alien biologist studies the Culacon race to learn how they have babies without the help of females. Script by Alan Moore, pencils by Paris Cullins, inks by Rick Magyar. Cover by McManus. Cover price $1.25.
-
Item #58539095
Tags: Hero/Villain TeamsOmega Men (1983 1st Series) Annual 2 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Direct Edition.
Label #22-3F879FE-011
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 "The Testimony of Primus." Primus/Artin and Kalista reveal their origins and other info to each other to try and restore their relationship. Script by Todd Klein, pencils by Shawn McManus, Ernie Colon, Tod Smith, Keith Giffen, and Kevin O'Neill, inks by McManus, Gary Martin, Ricardo Villagran, and O'Neill. Cover by McManus. Cover price $2.00.
-
Item #60901830
Tags: X-Men Dark Phoenix Saga (part Alternate Ending), X-MenPhoenix The Untold Story (1984 Marvel) 1 CBCS 8.0
Paper: Off white to white
Direct Edition.
Label #23-2A9AEDB-003
Starts Jun 10 Reprints Uncanny X-Men 137, but with five new pages containing the original ending in which Phoenix lives. Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by John Byrne, inks by Terry Austin. This issue also contains a 13-page interview with Claremont, Byrne, Austin, Jim Shooter, Jim Salicrup, and Louise Jones discussing the story and why the changes were mad for issue 137. New Byrne/Austin pin-up (originally the splash page to issue 138) and wraparound cover. Cover price $2.00.
-
Item #59787425
Plop (1973) 7 FN/VF 7.0
Starts Jun 24 "The Lawn That Devoured Cleveland" (script by David Michelinie, art by Sergio Aragones), "It Came From Beneath the Sink!" (story and art by Lee Marrs, script by Steve Skeates), "Switch Ending" (script by Jack Oleck, art by David Manak), and a framing sequence by Aragones that features Superman. No ads. Basil Wolverton covers. Cover price $0.20.
-
Item #55681070
Porky Pig (1965 Whitman) Canadian Price Variant 108 GD 2.0
Pencil markings in margins of first page, tears in a few interior pages.
Ends Jun 10 8:20 PM CST Bid History 1 bid Current Bid $1 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Canadian Price Variant. 75¢ cover price. Cover price $0.75.
-
Item #58372886
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Luke Cage (part 27), Luke CagePower Man and Iron Fist (1972 Hero for Hire) 27 CBCS 7.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #21-279EE8B-011
Starts Jun 10 "Just a Guy Named X!" Script by Bill Mantlo, pencils by George Perez, inks by Al McWilliams. When an overweight down-on-his-luck wrestler drinks a mysterious formula, he is endowed with super-human strength. Now, he's going to get back at everybody who laughed at him, starting with Luke Cage. Cover price $0.25.
-
Item #57366808
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Luke Cage (part 31), Luke CagePower Man and Iron Fist (1972 Hero for Hire) 31 CBCS 7.5
Paper: White
Label #21-279B3E2-018
Starts Jun 10 "Over the Years they Murdered the Stars!" Part 3 of 3. Story by Don McGregor. Art by Sal Buscema and the Crusty Bunkers (your guess is a s good as mine). This is it, the epic conclusion to Luke Cage's confrontation with Piranha Jones and Cockroach Hamilton. Will Power Man survive the experience? For that matter, will New York City survive the experience? Cover price $0.25.
-
Item #57367125
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Luke Cage (part 37), Luke CagePower Man and Iron Fist (1972 Hero for Hire) 37 CBCS 8.5
Paper: White
Label #21-279B3E2-022
Starts Jun 10 "Chemistro is Back!" Part 1 of 4. Story by Marv Wolfman. Art by Ron Wilson and A. Bradford. Luke Cage returns to the offices of Hero for Hire to find everything has been turned to glass. Now we know this won't sit well with the volatile hero. One of Power Man's most dangerous foes has returned and he's deadlier than ever. Cover price $0.30.
-
Item #58542787
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Luke Cage (part 40), Luke CagePower Man and Iron Fist (1972 Hero for Hire) 40 CBCS 8.5
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition
Label #21-279BDC8-020
Starts Jun 10 "Rush Hour to Limbo!" Part 4 of 4. Story by Marv Wolfman. Art by Lee Elias and Frank Giacoia. Luke Cage is tired of being played for a fool, and he's fightin' mad. This is the explosive conclusion to one of Power Man's most epic adventures yet. Cover price $0.30.
-
Item #58542660
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Luke Cage (part 43), Luke CagePower Man and Iron Fist (1972 Hero for Hire) 43 CBCS 8.5
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition
Label #21-279BDC8-022
Starts Jun 10 "The Death of Luke Cage!" Part 3 of 6. Story by Marv Wolfman. Art by Lee Elias and Alex Nino. It's the return of the man called Mace, and he's deadlier than ever. Plus, the death of Luke Cage, and a new beginning for Power Man. Cover price $0.30.
-
Item #58542635
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Luke Cage (part 45), Luke CagePower Man and Iron Fist (1972 Hero for Hire) 45 CBCS 8.0
Paper: White
Label #21-279BDC8-023
Starts Jun 10 "The Day Chicago Died!" Part 5 of 6. Story by Marv Wolfman. Art by Lee Elias. Bound by unbreakable titanium cables to a cobalt bomb, Luke Cage must find a way to escape and stop his mortal enemy, Mace, or this will truly be the day the city of Chicago dies. Cover price $0.30.
-
Item #58542527
Power Man and Iron Fist (1972 Hero for Hire) 49 CBCS 7.0
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition
Label #21-279BDC8-025
Starts Jun 10 "Seagate is a Lonely Place to Die!" Part 3 of 3. Guest-starring Iron Fist and the Daughters of the Dragon. Story by Chris Claremont. Art by John Byrne and Dan Green. Luke Cage returns to the prison where it all began, and comes face-to-face with the powerhouse known as Bushmaster. But, can even Power Man's diamond-hard fists and the power of the "Iron Fist" defeat the ultimate product of the experiments that gave Cage his powers? 32 pages. NOTE: This is last issue titled just Power Man. Cover price $0.35.
-
Item #58542519
Tags: Marvel Legacy Numbering: Luke Cage (part 57), Tale of the Living Monolith (Marvel) (part 6), Iron Fist, Luke Cage, X-MenPower Man and Iron Fist (1972 Hero for Hire) 57D CBCS 9.0
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition
Label #21-279BDC8-015
Starts Jun 10 Direct Edition. "The Living Monolith!" Guest-starring the Uncanny X-Men. Story by Mary Jo Duffy. Art by Trevor Von Eeden and Frank Springer. Sure, Power Man is strong, and Iron Fist has very few rivals in the martial arts, but even the Heroes for Hire are as nothing next to the raw power of the Living Monolith. Luckily, they'll get some help from the Children of the Atom when they take on this titanic menace. 32 pages. Cover price $0.40.
-
Item #58542474
Power Man and Iron Fist (1972 Hero for Hire) 58 CBCS 7.0
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition Mark Jewelers Insert
Label #21-279BDC8-016
Starts Jun 10 "El Aguila has Landed!" Guest-starring Misty Knight. Story by Mary Jo Duffy. Art by Trevor Von Eeden and Dan Green. A modern-day Robin Hood is about to go down hard. That is unless Power Man and Iron Fist have anything to say about it. Cover price $0.40.
-
Item #58542388
Power Man and Iron Fist (1972) Mark Jewelers 59MJ CBCS 8.0
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition Mark Jewelers Insert
Label #21-279BDC8-017
Starts Jun 10 Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover price $0.40.
-
Item #60804324
Primer (1982 1st Series) 2 CGC 9.4
1st app. Grendel
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4402527014
Starts Jul 6 1st appearance of Grendel (Matt Wagner art). 1st appearance of Argent. Cover price $1.50.
-
Item #60818160
Ragman (1976 1st Series) 1 CGC 8.5
1st app. and origin Ragman
Paper: White
Label #4408082009
Ends Jun 10 8:25 PM CST Bid History 3 bids Current Bid $4 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Origin and 1st appearance of Ragman. Cover by Joe Kubert. "Origin of the Tatterdemalion," script by Bob Kanigher, pencils by Joe Kubert (layouts) and Redondo Studio, inks by Redondo Studio; A shadowy figure hands a little girl a ball, and asks her to toss it to the man pulling up in the red convertible; The ball bounces into the convertible and explodes; The driver, Dill Dixon, dies in the explosion; The little girl lies severely injured in the street; Fleeing the scene are two hoods, who go by the names Vorst and Anders; As they cut through an alley, Vorst is spooked by a rustling sound, and fires three shots from his revolver; The two men ascend a fire escape ladder to a nearby rooftop; Behind them, stepping out from the shadows, is the Ragman, who has taken a bullet to the shoulder; Despite his injury, the Ragman pursues the two killers. "A Rag and a Bone and a Bag of Gold" text story by E. Nelson Bridwell. 36 pgs., full color. $0.30. Cover price $0.30.
-
Item #59723442
Tags: Marvel Movie SpecialRaiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Movie 1 CBCS 9.6
Paper: White
Direct Edition.
Label #23-238605B-004
Starts Jun 10 Marvel Comics' official comic adaptation of the 1981 movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark." In this issue, Indiana Jones' attempt to obtain a rare idol is foiled by his rival Belloq. And then Indy is contacted by the government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis do in part one of this adaptation. Script by Walt Simonson and art by John Buscema & Klaus Janson. Cover price $0.50.
-
Item #60636703
Red Sonja (1977 1st Marvel Series) 1 CGC 9.2
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4389079007
Ends Jun 10 8:25 PM CST Bid History 4 bids Current Bid $67 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover by Frank Thorne. The Blood of the Unicorn, script by Ed Summer, Roy Thomas, and Clara Noto, art by Frank Thorne; While wandering the forests of Argos, Red Sonja witnesses a warlord named Andar of Bezfarda attacking a unicorn; He cuts off the unicorn's horn in the hopes of obtaining its mystical properties; Red Sonja leaps down and liberates the unicorn from its attackers; She rides off with it, and both rider and mount develop a close bond. The Hulk stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "The Green Thumb." 36 pgs., full color. $0.30. Cover price $0.30.
-
Item #61016810
Red Sonja (1977 1st Marvel Series) 1 VG+ 4.5
Tracing on front cover.
Ends Jun 10 8:26 PM CST Bid History 3 bids Current Bid $13 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover by Frank Thorne. The Blood of the Unicorn, script by Ed Summer, Roy Thomas, and Clara Noto, art by Frank Thorne; While wandering the forests of Argos, Red Sonja witnesses a warlord named Andar of Bezfarda attacking a unicorn; He cuts off the unicorn's horn in the hopes of obtaining its mystical properties; Red Sonja leaps down and liberates the unicorn from its attackers; She rides off with it, and both rider and mount develop a close bond. The Hulk stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "The Green Thumb." 36 pgs., full color. $0.30. Cover price $0.30.
-
Item #59342222
Red Sonja (1977 1st Marvel Series) 4 FN 6.0
Starts Jun 24 "The Lake of the Unknown." Script by Roy Thomas and Clara Noto, art and cover by Frank Thorne. Spider-Man stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "Madam Web!" Cover price $0.30.
-
Item #60943819
Red Sonja (1977 1st Marvel Series) 15 CBCS 7.5
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition.
Label #22-0FD4FF7-037
Starts Jun 10 Final issue of the series. 40-cent cover price. "The Tomb of Three Dead Kings!" Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Tony DeZuniga. Iron Man stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "Brains Over Brawn!" Dave Cockcum cover. Cover price $0.40.
-
Item #56892987
Tags: ConanRed Sonja the Movie (1985) 1 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition.
Label #21-29CED65-022
Starts Jun 10 Cover by Mary Wilshire. Into the Realm of Darkness! (part 1), script by Louise Simonson and Mary Wilshire, art by Mary Wilshire and Vince Colletta; Based on the 1985 feature film. 36 pgs., full color. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.
-
Item #60901836
Tags: Martial ArtsRichard Dragon Kung Fu Fighter (1975) 1 CBCS 3.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #23-47F5AB7-008
Starts Jun 10 Cover art by Dick Giordano. Coming of a Dragon! starring Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter (1st appearance), O-Sensei, Benjamin Turner (intro, later becomes the Bronze Tiger), script by Jim Dennis, art by Leopoldo Duranona; martial arts action based on the novel, Dragon's Fists. 32 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.
-
Item #60488115
Tags: Martial ArtsRichard Dragon Kung Fu Fighter (1975) 16 CGC 8.0
Paper: White
Label #4366598018
Ends Jun 10 8:26 PM CST Bid History 2 bids Current Bid $9 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover art by Al Milgrom. The Doom Seer starring Richard Dragon Kung Fu Fighter, O-Sensei, Benjamin Turner, Lady Shiva, Ojo, Luke Lewis, and The Blades-Men, script by Denny O'Neil, art by Ric Estrada; Richard Dragon battles The Doom Seer in the cold northern tundra. 32 pgs. $0.35. 1st appearance of Professor Ojo. Cover price $0.35.
-
Item #58979554
Tags: Richie RichRichie Rich Bank Books (1972) 53 CBCS 9.6
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Label #23-0E505C0-008
Starts Jun 10 Story and art credit: Unknown. Richie's dog Dollar has an odd adventure in "What Is a Dog?" After noticing how lonely Irona is, Richie and Gloria decide to find another robot for her to socialize with, but things go awry when they stumble upon a defective one in "The Robot Who Ran Away." Richie Rich in "No Place for Money!" Mayda Munny in "Mayda Munny's Money Plot." 32 pgs. Full color. Cover price $0.50.
-
Item #59174443
Tags: Richie RichRichie Rich Millions (1961 Harvey) 105 CBCS 9.6
Paper: White
Label #23-150e668-014
Starts Jun 10 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.50.
-
Item #52415825
ROM (1979 Marvel) 3 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case
Direct Edition.
Label #19-27D449D-103
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema. Frank Miller cover. As Rom stands overlooking the countryside he contemplates his lost humanity and longs to return home. However, the threat posed by the Dire Wraiths demands his attention yet again. Also, Brandy Clark can't get Rom and his warning out of her head as she returns home to find visitors of another kind in her apartment. Meanwhile, disguised Dire Wraiths use one man's own xenophobia to twist his hate and fear of Rom to their own ends. 32 pages. Cover price $0.40.
-
Item #57708986
Tags: X-MenROM (1979 Marvel) 18 CBCS 8.5
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition.
Label #21-248D6B1-003
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 Part 2 of 2 - Guest starring the Uncanny X-Men (Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus, and Sprite). Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema. Frank Miller cover. Born from the unnatural union of a Dire Wraith father and a human mother, the malevolent Hybrid has used his powerful psionic and shape-changing abilities to trick the X-Men into thinking that Rom is the evil one. Now, Rom must stave off the powerful mutants long enough to convince them of the true threat before it is too late. 32 pages. NOTE: 2nd appearance of Hybrid. Cover price $0.50.
-
Item #57708989
Tags: The Fate of Nova (Marvel) (part 15)ROM (1979 Marvel) 24 CBCS 9.4
Paper: White
Direct Edition.
Label #21-248D6B1-004
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema and Joe Sinnott. Hurtling through space on his way home, Rom crosses paths with Richard Ryder, a.k.a. Nova, the Human Rocket. Rom soon allies with the youthful hero and his super-powered friends to defend the planet Xandar from invading hordes of alien Skrulls. 32 pages.
NOTE: This story continues the struggle started in Fantastic Four #204-209 and completes the saga of Nova (Richard Rider), whose adventures began in his own short-lived series. Rider returns as Kid Nova in the pages of New Warriors (1990-1996 1st Series) #1. - Odinson, mycomicshop Archivist Cover price $0.50. -
Item #58941617
Tags: Sub-MarinerROM (1979 Marvel) 35 CBCS 8.5
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition
Label #22-2D0A2F1-009
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema and Danny Bulanadi. Many fathoms below the sea, Rom, together with his new ally Prince Namor, the Savage Sub- Mariner, confront a horrible product of Dire Wraith black magic. A threat that could spell the end for the underwater kingdom of Atlantis and the surface world as well. 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.
-
Item #58539097
ROM (1979 Marvel) 42 CBCS 7.5
Paper: Off white to white
Direct Edition.
Label #22-3F879FE-012
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema and Akin Garvey. Rom strikes an unholy bargain with Quasimodo the Living Computer (last seen in Incredible Hulk #259). In exchange for his humanity Rom shall give up his Spaceknight armor to the sentient machine. There's no way this ends well. Special cameo appearance by Doctor Strange. 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.
-
Item #58941612
ROM (1979 Marvel) 47 CBCS 9.6
Paper: White
Direct Edition
Label #22-2D0A2F1-010
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema and Akin Garvey. A young couple soon learn what lurks in the dark as a pare of Dire Wraiths reveal their terrible nature to them. Plus, Rom and Starshine arrive to a mysterious island and are accosted by creatures of fantasy and fairy-tale in "One Man's Toys...are another Man's Terror!" 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.
-
Item #58941606
ROM (1979 Marvel) 52 CBCS 9.4
Paper: White
Newsstand Edition
Label #22-2D0A2F1-011
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema and Mel Candido. The Dire Wraiths step it up a notch in "Total War!" Rom bands together with the US Army to repel a Wraith attack and shows the military just how bad the Wraith infestation is on our planet. However, they soon learn that the Dire Wraiths are closer than they at first realized. 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.
-
Item #57904519
ROM (1979 Marvel) 54 CBCS 9.6
Paper: White
Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back
Direct Edition.
Label #21-24971B9-025
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 Guest-starring Rick Jones, Nick Fury, and Dr. Strange. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema, Mel Candido, and Kelly Jones. As Rom educates the military on the horrors of the Dire Wraiths, professional sidekick Rick Jones takes up residence at a hospital to have tests done. However, this house of medicine has also drawn the evil of Wraithkind to its doorstep. 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.
-
Item #58940178
Tags: ROM The Final Battle (part 1)ROM (1979 Marvel) 61 CBCS 9.4
Paper: White
Label #22-069BD64-033
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko and Jackson Guice. Continued from Rom Annual #3. Rom confronts a vast flock of Wraiths in the form Deathwings in "The Beginning of the End of the World!" Plus, government Agent Henry Gyrich, oft nemesis of the Avengers and X-Men, arrives to tell the military and Rom that there is a man who has successfully duplicated Rom's most powerful weapon, the Neutralizer. That man's name is Forge. 32 Cover price $0.60.
-
Item #57708991
ROM (1979 Marvel) 65 CBCS 9.2
Paper: White
Direct Edition.
Label #21-248D6B1-005
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 Guest-starring everybody. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko and P. Craig Russell. The end is near. Nay, true-believer...the end is here. This is it...the Final Conflict. Rom is defeated and victory is within the grasp of the evil Dire Wraiths. However, one last thing stands in their way and total victory, the united governments of the Earth and oh yeah, all those pesky super-heroes Rom has spent the last 64 issues recruiting to his cause. Rom is joined by the Avengers, the West Coast Avengers, the X-Men, the Defenders, the Soviet Super-Soldiers and all of the heroes of the world in one last ultimate battle to rid the Earth of Wraithkind forever. It's all or nothing...there's no turning back now. The war and the fate of mankind is decided in this epic issue. 32 pages. Cover price $0.65.
-
Item #58941337
ROM (1979 Marvel) 71 CBCS 9.0
Paper: Off white to white
Direct Edition
Label #22-2D0A2F1-022
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko and P. Craig Russell. Rom's ranks grow as Unam the Unseen and Vola the Trapper join him, Scanner, and Seeker. They come across yet another planet under attack by the deadly Dire Wraiths but this time the evil aliens are being led into battle by a traitor, the Spaceknight known as Raak the Breaker. It's Spaceknight vs. Spaceknight and one Spaceknight will not make it to the end of this issue alive. 32 pages. Cover price $0.65.
-
Item #58941764
ROM (1979 Marvel) Annual 1 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.
Paper: White
Direct Edition
Label #22-2D0A2F1-004
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Pat Broderick and Mike Gustovich. Introducing the sinister menace Stardust. Rom is accused by those he has sworn to protect of taking the life of children. He must find and stop this new menace from the stars who feeds on life-force. But how can even a Spaceknight defeat a foe who can strip away his armor and very being at will? And can Rom return and save the fading children in time before the spark of life leaves them forever? Plus, a bonus story from Rom's past. 48 pages. Cover price $1.00.
-
Item #58940185
Tags: ROM The Final Battle (part 0.5)ROM (1979 Marvel) Annual 3 CBCS 9.4
Paper: White
Direct Edition
Label #22-069BD64-036
View items consigned by SlabSmart: all items, auctions only
Starts Jun 10 Guest-starring Professor X and the New Mutants (story continues in Rom #61). Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by W.M. Johnson. As Rom and Starshine confront Dire Wraiths who threaten children, Rom soon realizes Brandy is losing her humanity within the cold steel of her Spaceknight armor. That's when Rom's old enemy the mutant known as Hybrid attacks. What sinister plans does this creature have for Starshine? One thing is for sure, she will never be the same again. Luckily Professor Xavier and his students arrive to lend a helping hand, or have they only arrived to meet their doom? Find out in "Prodigal Son!" 48 pages. Cover price $1.00.
-
Item #57497213
Saga of Crystar (1983 Marvel) 5 CBCS 9.8
This item's CBCS grade exceeds the top grade in the CGC census, 9.6.
Paper: White
Direct Edition.
Label #21-2761B6A-014
Starts Jun 10 "The Story They Said Couldn't Be Done!" Ika inadvertently drops the Caverns of Chaos next to the crystal palace in Galax. Script by Mary Jo Duffy, pencils by Ricardo Villamonte, inks by Dave Simmons. Cover by Michael Golden. Cover price $0.60.