PLEASE read the main points on the "How to Order" page if interested in buying anything, before you e-mail or call me, thanks. I'm NOT buying, thanks. Site navigation links are at the bottom of all main pages.

All you people who just want to look at pictures of old Marvel Comics, please go use this site for that: The Silver Age Marvel Comics Cover Index. There's over 1500 scans of Marvels from the 1950's, '60's, and '70's. And there's also the Grand Comic Book Database.

Stan Lee signed/autographed items:

All items were signed by Stan Lee while I watched, at a Tampa comic & sports collectibles show in Sept. 1993, and they all have certificates from the show and the punched autograph tickets. Since the show was mainly a sports memorabilia show that added the comics part late, the certificates all say "...the item of Sports memorabilia has been personally autographed by Stan Lee..." no matter what was actually signed. Autograph tickets were numbered, limited to 1000, and certificates signed by a Notary Public. Stan has received new popularity with the Spider-Man and other Marvel movies, and his TV reality show "Who Wants to be a Superhero?", and does sign lots of things, but these items are a bit to a lot rarer to find signed. (View certificate/ticket)

1) Spider-Man black costume 3-D wall display, a comic shop only promo item. It's a thin plastic vac-u-form type semi 3-D puffy thing, about 17.5" x 13.5", with Spidey in the black symbiote costume on a red brick background, signed in blue sharpie in the white Spider symbol on his back. This was sent to retailers in the mid-'80s to stick on the wall when the black costume thing happened. NM/M unused, and comes in the original Marvel shipping box too, with sticky strips, or can be hung with the holes. These are rarely for sale unsigned (seen them for $25-$100), much less signed. I had several at that show to sell (got $25 for unsigned ones then), and got a couple signed for myself (this is my only one now), so I know there's at least 3 more signed ones out there from that show, but it may be a long time before you find another one for sale. At the time, Stan hadn't ever seen one of these, so he said when I put it in front of him, and that was 9 years after they had been made! So get something very few people have, and be the envy of Spider-Man fans everywhere...$85 (View)

2) Silver Surfer "Judgment Day" hardcover graphic novel, script by Stan Lee, art by John Buscema, beautiful cover painting by Joe Jusko. 1988, 1st print. Signed on the credits page, "To Kim, --Stan Lee" in blue sharpie. Dust jacket has minor bend spot on top edge due to shipping ding, and hardcover edge there also shows a slight mush-in, and the spine corners also have very slight corner mushes from shipping bumps, so not NM. $14.95 cover price, and I keep seeing common $1-$2 value comics signed by Stan going for $25-$75 and more on auctions, so this should be a bargain at...$65 (View)

3) 1990 Marvel Universe trading card #161 of Stan Lee, A.K.A. "Mr. Marvel", signed on front across his forehead in black marker. Painted art card, with small photo and bio info on back. These are harder to find than the very common Spider-Man 3 movie autographed photo cards that are still getting $35-$50 or more. Will include an unsigned #161 card too...$50 (View)

I also have the Comics Buyers Guide issue #1258, Dec. 25, 1997, celebrating Stan's 75th birthday, with articles, pics, and congratulatory ads. Will throw this in as a BONUS for whoever buys the 3D wall display or Surfer hardcover, if they want it. (View)

Spider-Man (Spiderman) comics:
Amazing Spider-Man Vol. #1 single issues:

#294 NM- (Kraven's Last Hunt, pt. 5)...$6
#360 (Carnage cameo)...$2
Annual #14 (Denny O'Neil/Frank Miller story)...$12 (View)
Annual #15 - Frank Miller Punisher story, and Dr. Octopus! NM. 50%below Overstreet at...$15 (View)

Giant Size Spider-Man (and Punisher) #4, from 1975, early Punisher appearance. VF+, except two interior pages have tears on right side--one is 1/4" and in margin only, other is 1.5" and goes into art. (Anyone ever figure how much to grade off for that stuff?) Back bottom spine corner has light crunch/bend area about 3/4" into cover, front has some light kinkles near lower staple. Along the spine, the white edge overruns the cover about 1/8" at the widest point at top, then narrows as it goes down. Very clean and bright, great color, gloss, and nice edges. (Back cover bottom edge has two tiny v-shaped production ticks/nicks.) Spine is pretty square still. Light tan/off-white pages. $71 in 2007 OPG for VF. ($155 in NM-?! Why?) Reduced! Was $60, now...$45 (View)

Amazing Spider-Man: Spirits of the Earth hardcover graphic novel, by Charles Vess. All painted art. Peter and MJ go to Scotland and hunt ghosts. $18.95 cover...$15 (View)

Peter Parker The Spectacular Spider-Man/Spiderman Vol. 1, 1976 series:

Selling my Spectacular Spider-Man run from #99-263 when it ended in 1998, as one lot. Missing #'s 176, 184, 185. Run includes Spectacular Scarlet Spider #1, 2, Flashback -1, Annuals #6-9, & 12. So 170 issues total, all first prints. Most of the first 25 issues or so were bought off the newsstand or by mail subscription from Marvel, so they range from a VG sub-fold one, a few fines, to most being VF- to VF/NM. Most copies above #126 are direct market ones, and most are NM/NM-, with about 10 in VF to VF/NM, 1 VG, and a couple fine to F/VF. Some will have a slight "valley" along the spine or open edge, from not being lined up perfectly straight in the boxes/filing cabinets, which is a common thing. Some are 2 to a bag, some are bulk bagged in mag bags, and only a few have backing boards. If there was a choice, I bought the deluxe issue, so there's a number of $2.95 - $3.95 fancy covers. #213 includes the animation "cel" print. Overstreet guide if all NM is about $510-515, other guides are probably a bit higher. Discounting for grades, I come up with about $480 guide, but your mileage may vary. This run is for reading, not investment, so don't spend the education fund money on it. I'm going over 50% off approximate guide, so about $1.29 per issue, vs the $2.50 or more cover price for new comics, so get this for you or the kids to enjoy for only...$220

#2 - Kraven and the Tarantula appearances. Overall VF+ at least. Has one medium size, but not heavy spine kink at mid-spine (light valley to it, minor stress mark); has a couple dull patches in the gloss here and there, likely from another comic sticking slightly when they were new, but no color peels or flakes...$12 (View)

#28 - Pt. 2 of the Daredevil crossover, Frank Miller art. NM-, just a couple/three very small spine kinks/stress marks, all very very short. How is this $40 in OPG (way way high guys), and only $16 in the main online guide?...$12 (View)

#131 (Kraven's Last Hunt, part 3) NM-...$3.50

"Spider-Man 3" movie prequel comic. NM. Given out at AMC theaters on the first day of the movie release, co-sponsored by Target. 12 page story, plus Spidey centerfold, and pics in back of various toys and other stuff, plus coupons good at Target for the video game (expires Jan. 1 2008), and the spinning web blaster toy (expired). Written by Todd Dezago, art by Stuart Immonen. Not sure how many were made, but one seller who supposedly worked for AMC said his boss told him the paperwork said 25,000, but never got that confirmed. Story shows Peter and Marko (Sandman) walking around the city mulling over their life and recent decisions. Hasn't set the world on fire, but now don't see many for sale, and saw it sell for up to $10 this summer, plus high $5 shipping! Get mine for a mere...$3 (View)

Web of Spider-Man #1-129 run, only missing #104. Here's the general info on this run: This run is for READING, not for investment, as it's not an all NM run, besides being the least popular of the 3 old Spidey titles. Includes Web of Scarlet Spider #1-4, and New Warriors #67. All are 1st prints. #1, while NM, has a bad cut and staple job from the factory, with some pages having the art trimmed off a little on the open edge, and it was folded/stapled about a 1/2" off center. #2-26 were mostly purchased off the newsstand by me, before I was a "collector", and they range from several VG's and VG/F's, to mostly F/VF to VF+, so no great shakes there. MOST books above #34 are NM/NM- direct market copies, with a few VF+, a couple fines, and a couple newsstand issues. "Key" issues of #29, 31, 32, 48 are NM to NM- though. Some will have a slight "valley" along the spine or open edge, from not being lined up perfectly straight in the boxes/filing cabinets, which is a common thing. Some are 2 to a bag, some are bulk bagged in mag bags, and only a few have backing boards. Several issues have $2.95-$3.95 cover prices. #90 has the neat big hologram cover, #113 comes with the cel print, #125 has a neat Holodisc on the cover. If there was a choice, I bought the deluxe cover. Annuals #1, 2, 4, and 8 are included too. Guide price if all NM is $425-$510, give or take 10%, depending on which guide. Discounting a lot for the first 33 or so, and some for the NM- ones, approximate guide is around $310-360. 137 comics total. New comics are $2.50-$2.95 now, so these back issues are a bargain at what I'm going to ask, which comes to about $1.02 per book. Get the set for yourself or your kids to read and enjoy at over 50% off guide, for only...$140

Web of Spider-Man single issues:

#50 - Double size, one small/med. spine kink, so NM-...$2
Annual #2 (extra copy) - Art Adams art, New Mutants guest star. NM+...$4

Other Spider-Man comics:

Giant Size Super-Heroes #1 (1974). Spider-Man vs. Morbius and Man-Wolf. Have 3 NM- copies, most have somewhat flattened spine (in spots), but came that way. $80 for NM- in Overstreet, but not that rare. Get mine for 50% off!...$40 ea. (View)

Marvel Tales #286 - Reprints a Hobgoblin story, and has an "animation print" from the cartoon series (cel-like transparency print), and 16 page booklet on the animated series. Sealed in polybag, at cover price...$2.95

Marvel Team-Up (1972 series, Spider-Man team-ups):
#15 (w/Ghost Rider) VF/NM. Some light foxing and dist. ink overrun on back cover, some reading kinks on cover. 50% off Overstreet at...$10 (View front) (View back)
#117 (w/Wolverine) VF+ (couple small spine kinks/stresses)...$6 (View)

Maximum Clonage Alpha, or Omega. First and last parts to the Maximum Clonage story, with acetate and chromium covers, double size. $4.95 cover...$4 ea.

Scarlet Spider-Man Unlimited #1 ("Tomb of Kaine" one-shot). $3.95 cover. Sale!...$2

Spider-Man and Batman one-shot, 1995, a joint Marvel/DC production. Fancy embossed cover, 48 page prestige format story titled "Disordered Minds". Spidey & Batman vs. Joker & Carnage! 1st print. Nice! At cover price...$5.95 (View)

Spider-Man Classics #15 - reprints the first Green Goblin appearance from Amazing Spider-Man #14, and includes an animation cel-like print, and 16 page booklet on the cartoon series. Sealed in polybag. At cover price...$2.95

Spider-Man: Legacy of Evil one-shot. Green Goblin overview story by Busiek, with painted art by Texiera. $3.95 cover...$3

Spider-Man Unlimited Vol. 1, 1993 series, $3.95 cover:
#4 - Mysterio
#9 - Mark of Kaine pt. 5
#10 - Exiled pt. 4, new Vulture story. Sale!...$2 ea.

Venom comics (most have $2.95 cover price):
Venom: Carnage Unleashed #1-3 (of 4, don't have #4)...$2 ea.
Venom: The Madness #1-3 complete set...$6
Silver Sable #18 (Venom app.)...$1

Spider-Man related Treasuries:

Just basic listings here for the Spider-Man section, main listings with more issues and full descrips are down near the bottom in the Treasury section, AFTER all the regular comics listings.

#1 - Spectacular Spider-Man. Reprints. NM...$50 (View)

#25 - Spider-Man vs. Hulk at the Winter Olympics - All new story. 2 copies, VF/NM is $30 (View), VF-- is $18 (View)

#28 - Superman & Spider-Man - All new story, 1981, have 3 copies, NM one for $45 (View), NM- for $40 (View), and VF for $22 (View)

Marvel Special Edition #1 - The Spectacular Spider-Man - 1975. Reprints various Silver Age Amazing Spider-Mans. VG/F...$5 (View)

Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man - All new story, 1976. Have 2 copies, NM- one is $70 (View), and the VF/NM is $50. (View)

Other Marvel Comics:

Amazing Adventures #15 (1970) - Early Beast of X-men, vs. the Griffin. VF. Light 1.75" thumbed edge crease line at Griffin's wing, with 1 teeny tear; light cream-ish/off-white cover; about 7 short minor spine stress marks (2-3mm), don't show well in white border; slightly darker white along top margin; nice color, decent gloss; light tan pages (CGC's "off-white"). $40 VF in 2007 OPG...$30 (View)

Astonishing Tales (1970):
#1 Kazar and Dr. Doom stories, Jack Kirby art. VF+ copy has off-white pages; couple light cover kinks; 3-4 minor spine stress kinks; and one production "pinch kink" from back cover through book on the right edge, but doesn't show on front. Kazar vs. Kraven story, and Doom vs Mummy. $80 NM-, about $50 in VF+ in 2007 OPG...$38 (View)

#1 VF- copy. Has thin 1.75" stress line in upper right corner; 1/2" crease/bend in lower right corner; 5-6 minor spine kinks with 2-3mm stress marks; some flaking on spine edge at "Doom's Day" and a couple other spots on spine; couple short printing wrinkles; light tan/off-white pages. $40 VF in 2007 OPG...$30 (View)

#2 VF/NM. Main thing is an almost unnoticeable 1/4" zig-zag production tear at top staple, that also affects the first 4 pages some. Inside covers lightly tanning, but pages are nice off-white; one minor kink/ding lower left corner. Kazar vs. Kraven, and Dr. Doom vs. the Doomsman stories. $38 in NM- in 2007 OPG, $29 in VF/NM...$22 (View)

#4 NM-. Light tan pages; back cover dirt/rub-off; 1/16" corner crease/mush lower right. Kazar vs. the Sun God, and Dr. Doom vs. the Red Skull stories. Barry Smith art. $45 NM- in Overstreet...$34 (View)

Avengers Vol. 1:
#100. Great Barry Smith cover! VF. Has a short corner bend/indent line with accompanying stress mark there, on upper left spine tip. And a 3/4" (but thin) printing wrinkle line coming from mid-spine out into book, thru Black Panther's head. (One of those light zig-zag lines that happens sometimes.) Also has almost invisible corner bend line in lower left corner, just a faint whitish line, 3/8". Also has a 1" vertical thumbed/stress line on open edge, in the black area of course, below Iron Man's arm. Pages are fairly white tho, and cover is centered almost even down the spine, flat & clean otherwise...$46 (View)

#200 VF. Little bend line along 3/4 length of open edge, and very light bend on lower left corner. Big anniversary issue...$3

Annual/Special #3 (1969) - Reprints Avengers #4 (1st Silver Age Captain America), and has 3 new Lee & Kirby stories. VF/NM. Has staple bump/scuff spots, and those semi-common printing bump/spots along bottom edge; 1/4" light corner crease in lower right, but only shows 1/8" color break; 1/8" white scrape line on open edge near "cast list" blurb. Nice off-white pages. Very nice looking, and undervalued in guides...$27 (View)

Annual #7 (1977) Warlock, Thanos app's, Starlin art. NM-, mostly due to a flattened spot along spine, with a vertical bulge in cover along there. Nice off-white pages. $55 in NM- OPG?!...$35 (View)

Annual #15 Vs. Freedom Force...$3

Avengers #1 Vol. 3 (released in 1997, but '98 cover date) - Busiek writing and Perez art, great stuff! $2.99 cover, regular version, have 3...$2 ea.

Avengers Forever #1-12 set. All NM, complete run. Introduces new Captain Marvel, and divulges secret Avengers history. Reduced! $36 cover price, yours for...$25

The Last Avengers Story #1 (of 2). Prestige format acetate cover, Marvel "Alterniverse" story. Peter David writing, painted art by Olivetti. $5.95 cover price. I never got pt. 2, nuts. So let's go...$3

Bizarre Adventures #27, NM. A Marvel magazine from 1981, with the "Secret Lives of the X-Men", with 60 pages of black and white art, new "untold" stories about Phoenix, Iceman, and Nightcrawler, by Chris Claremont, Mary Jo Duffy, Bob Layton, with art by John Buscema, George Perez, and Dave Cockrum, with a Paul Gulacy cover painting. Prices seem to be all over the place, from $5-$15 or more. Get mine for...$5 (View)

Bizarre Adventures #28, VF/NM to NM-. A Marvel magazine from 1981, featuring an all new 10 page story of Elektra written and drawn by Frank Miller, plus Shadow Hunter written by Neal Adams, art by Larry Hama; Huntsman by Archie Goodwin & Michael Golden; Conscience of the King by Mary Jo Duffy w/art by Wendy Pini (Triton story); and Bucky Bizarre, by Steve Skeates & Steve Smallwood. 62 pages, black & white art, cover painting by Bob Larkin. Very mild corner tip bump in upper right, plus a couple/three thin spine stresses. Yours for...$4 (View)

Black Panther #1 (1977) Have some in VF/NM for $14 ea., and a couple in VF for $10 ea. ($32 NM-, $25 in VF/NM in OPG!) (View)

Black Panther: Panther's Prey mini-series #1-4 set, prestige format, $4.95 ea. cover, only...$12/set

Captain America #444 - 1st Mark Waid issue, comes with Overpower card, mine's Black Cat. NM-...$3

See 1966 Captain America mini-book/comic under Marvel Mini-books too.

Captain Marvel (1973 series):
#26 VF-. Marvel vs. the Thing, plus a Thanos app....$12 (View)
#33 VF/VF-. Thanos origin, big battle issue...$9 (View)

Contest of Champions #1 VF+ (of the 1982 "Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions" mini-series) - ALL the Marvel characters appear...$3

Cosmic Powers mini-series set (1994): #1 (Thanos), #2 (Terrax), #3 (Jack of Hearts), #5 (Morg), #6 (Tyrant). Missing #4. Thanos stars, all tie together as one story. 48 pgs, $2.50 cover. NM to NM-...$10/set

Daredevil Vol. 1:
#252 (dbl. size, Fall of the Mutants tie-in)...$2
#254 - 1st Typhoid Mary, plus Kingpin app. My last copy is NM-, with a very light raised production line running vertically on the cover (the reverse of a typical polybag seam indent line)...$4
#256, 257 (vs. Punisher), 260 (all have Typhoid Mary & Kingpin app's.)...$2 ea.
#295 (3, w/Ghost Rider, ninjas, Kingpin & Typhoid Mary app's too!) Sale!...$1 ea.
Annual #6 ("Lifeform" crossover)...$2

Daredevil The Man Without Fear #1 (of 5 issue mini-series) - Another great Frank Miller tale, with John Romita Jr. art. 1st issue retells his origin, and death of his father. $2.95 cover price...$2

Dragon's Claws #5 - 1st appearance of Death's Head. 1988, Marvel U.K., VF/VF+ (5 minor spine kinks with 1/16"-1/8" stresses). Was hot at one time, still not many for sale. Yours for only...$3

Earth X #0, Alex Ross cover. Half cover price at...$2
Earth X Special/preview from Wizard, VF-...$1

Excalibur: Sword is Drawn one-shot, 1987. 1st appearance of team Excalibur, 1st print. NM- . $3.25 cover. Clearance!...$1

Fantastic Four Vol. 1, 1961 series:
#50, 1st Silver Surfer cover! Calling this Fine-. Mostly has noticeable long vertical stress lines near spine between the staples, with some horizontal ones. 3 minor spine stress marks below bottom staple; little bump bend above Thing's head in Marvel box; couple edge overrun stress lines along top edge and at right corner; thin stress line at bottom edge near spine; and bottom right corner tippy tip creased. Off-white pages, off-white to white back cover. Low gloss, but good color. $123 in Fine in 2007 OPG (only 16.6% of the $740 price in NM-! Too cheap!), I'll go...$90 (View)

#100 in Fine. 4-5 thin printing creases on back cover (3"-4" long, diagonal, near spine, won't show in scan) and couple razor thin ones on front that don't detract from eye appeal (1" & 2"); 10-11 short thin minor stress marks, some barely break color, but some shallow valleys with a couple around top staple; a few light reading kinks; lower right corner tip creases (longest 1/2"), some very light foxing on back in top/bottom margins, and down spine, shows up much worse in scans than in person--can't ever get scans to reflect reality for this defect; lightly tan pages. Looks better than it sounds...$25 (View front) (View back)

#320 - Thing vs. Hulk, plus Dr. Doom! 2 copies...$2 ea.
#347-349 set (1st prints, have 2 sets.) - Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Hulk app...$5/set

Fantastic Four vs. the X-Men #1-4 mini-series set, 1987. Chris Claremont writing. At cover price for the set...$6

Generation X #1 (Chromium cover) Sale! Half cover price @...$2

Ghost Rider promo pin, from 1993. PLASTIC pin is just over 1" tall, 3/4" wide, has metal tie-tac button to hold it in place. Gold flames around G.R.'s head. Sent to comic shops for one of the Ghost Rider title launches. Pins vary in condition, so some have minor scratches or tiny paint flecks, but I send the best ones available. Seen these go for $2.99-$6.75 on auctions, plus ridiculous $2-$4 shipping prices, and the false "Rare!" hype. You can get 1 of mine for $1.99 total cost ($1 bill + .41 stamp to mail that, and .58 postage to mail pin back, as there's a .17 thickness charge if under 1 oz. and more than 1/4" thick. I have a bunch (40+), so get them for yourself, each ear or other body parts, friends, relatives, employees, pets, whatever, cheap at...$1 ea. (View)

Human Fly #1 VF, 1977. Origin story, & Spider-Man app.. Only...$2

Incredible Hulk, Vol. 2:
#176 VF-. 1974. A few small spine kinks/stresses; 1.5" light bend line near right edge; couple barely perceptible stress/creases in lower right corner tip; some 'dirt' on upper left in price/number box, and around margins of back cover, and little kink bend area on open edge; light tan pages. Warlock cameo appearance. Half guide at...$6 (View)

#177 Fine. Distributor ink bleed along top edge, reading kinks, 1" stress line. Battles Warlock. Only...$3

#330 - First Todd McFarlane art on Hulk. VF+. One medium size stupid "<" shaped kink above top staple, and short one above it, not heavy tho. Hulk not happy. A mere...$5

#367 - First Dale Keown art, NM-...$4

#369 - Keown art, 1st Pantheon, vs. Freedom Force, 2 copies: NM= $2, or VF/NM+...$1

Hulk Future Imperfect #1 of 2, prestige format. Peter David writing, George Perez art, $5.95 cover. Sale!...$3

See 1966 Hulk mini-book/comic under Marvel Mini-books too.

Iron Man #1, Vol. 3 (published in 1997, but has 1998 cover date) - By Busiek and Chen. $2.99 cover, regular version...$2. And #2...$2

Logan's Run #6 (Early Thanos app. in back-up story--1st solo story?) 2 copies. NM (why is this still $20 in OPG?)...$8 (View) or in Fine...$3

Marshal Law Takes Manhattan one-shot. Mature readers. $4.95 cover...$2.50

Marvel Annual Stock Report #2, 1992. Done in comic book style/size, 64 pages, nice and not common. Spider-Man cover, and it also has 8 exclusive deluxe promo trading cards by Fleer, featuring baseball players Tony Gwynn, Roger Clemens, Tom Glavine and Dennis Eckersley, plus the Black Knight, Thunderstrike, Hulk and Capt. America, who "mirror" the same poses! Have a couple, NM-...$12 ea. (View cover) (View cards)

Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #72 - Part 1 of the Wolverine/Weapon X storyline, art by Barry Windsor-Smith. NM-...$4. Rest (#54-100, many with Wolverine and Ghost Rider stories) have been moved to Clearance page, now $1 ea.!

Marvel Fanfare #51 - Double size all-new Silver Surfer story. (More Fanfares on the Clearance page)...$2

Marvel Graphic Novels:
All 1st prints, NM unless noted, not shrinkwrapped, but bagged.
(View all my Marvel Graphic Novels)

Hardcovers:

Amazing Spider-Man: Spirits of the Earth, by Charles Vess. All painted art. Peter and MJ go to Scotland and hunt ghosts. $18.95 cover...$15

Wolverine and Nick Fury: Scorpio Connection. By Goodwin, art by Howard Chaykin. Wolvy and Fury team up to defeat a surprise common enemy. $17.95 cover...$14

See my signed by Stan Lee Silver Surfer 'Judgment Day' hardcover at top of page.

Softcovers:

Avengers: Deathtrap, The Vault. 1991, Ron Lim art. Overlooked Venom app., used to be hard to find, but they reprinted it. 1st prints are better. Has one good spine kink, and 3/8" light corner bend. VF-, or F/VF to be conservative. $9.95 cover price, but to move it...$6

Iron Man: Crash. 1988. 1st all computer generated graphic novel. NM, with little corner bump. Huge cover price increase to $12.95, let's go...$9

Punisher: Assassins Guild. 1998, by Jo Duffy and Jorge Zaffino. NM. $6.95 cover, yours for...$5

Regular Comics continued:

Marvel Mini-books: These are from 1966, and only 5/8"x7/8" big, and are known as the world's smallest comics. (Listed in Overstreet in the Promotional comics section under Marvel Mini-books.) They were distributed in gumball machines, and they made 6 titles in 6 colors: Captain America, Incredible Hulk, Millie the Model, Sgt. Nick Fury, Spider-Man, and Thor, in red, orange, blue, green, light green, and yellow covers. About 50 pages, black & white, usually with an illustration on one page and text on the facing page. Some have stories (usually reprinted material from what I've read), and some are joke books. Insides are all the same per title, only the cover colors change. They have a glued binding, and many other's copies have dried out and are very fragile, but mine are all in good shape, but I'd be very wary about trying to read them anyway. Mine were not out of gumball machines, they were unused overstock, and most are in very nice shape, but quality varies, especially with the back covers.

2007 OPG has them at $40 in NM-, yet those 5,280 ft. guys in Denver have them over $200! While they supposedly made millions of them, it seems few survived, and you don't see very many people selling them, much less complete color sets. Most all have some edge flaking, this is just the way they are. These are all I have left now. I can email larger pics too. PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING TOO.

Captain America mini-books set #1 (best shape) - Bottom corner of the red, and top corner of the light green have a little corner bend/crease, the others are pretty much NM- as these go. I'm figuring over $215 guide value based on NM- and VF/NM, and knocking 30% off...$150 (View front & back)

Captain America mini-books set #2 - Green one has some little scuffs/wear on front and more edge flaking than others; light green one has corner tip crease, others are pretty much NM-. I'm figuring about $195 guide value based on NM-, VF/NM, and 1 VG/F (green), and knocking 30% off...$136 (View front & back)

Captain America mini-books singles (View front & back of all):
Yellow, best one, NM-...$30
Light green, second best, small white scuff near chin, say VF? So about $18-20 guide, yours for...$15
Red, orange, or green, all have layer flakes on back covers and/or a little more edge wear, scratch lines. Hard to decide grade for the size, so say Fine...$8 each

Incredible Hulk mini-books set #1 (best shape) - Green and blue one are maybe VF/NM due to edge flaking on back bottom edge or near spine, others are pretty much NM-. I'm figuring about $220 guide value based on NM- and VF/NM, and knocking 30% off...$154 (View front & back)

Incredible Hulk mini-books set #2 - Red one has a couple scratches and flakes on cover; green and yellow have corner tip crease lower right; blue has a bit more edge flaking, other 2 are nice. I'm figuring about $150-155 guide value based on NM-, VF/NM, VF, F/VF and VG/F (red) and knocking about 30% off...$106 (View front & back)

Single Hulk mini-book yellow, NM/NM-...$32 (View front & back)

Millie the Model mini-books set - Blue one is missing back cover, this is how it came to me; green & light green have some flaking near spine; orange has bigger flaking on back near spine; red has little bottom edge wear; yellow is NM-. Most consider these the hardest to find and ask more for them, but not me. I'm figuring about $110 guide value based on NM-, VF's and VF+, Fine, and throwing in the blue for free, and still knocking 30% off...$77 (View front & back)

Sgt. Nick Fury mini-books singles: These have a thicker glue stripe on page edges, still mostly intact, so I wouldn't recommend forcing them open to read. The back bottom edges have a little flaking though. So VF/NM and VF?
Yellow is best...$22.50
Red or orange...$15 each (View all 3 front & back)

Marvel Premiere (1972):
#1 VF. "Featuring the Power of Warlock", which precedes Warlock's regular series. Some slight yellowing of pages and inside cover margins; 1mm edge tear middle right side, with 1/4" thumbed spot; about 15 or so very thin spine stress marks, with a couple light spine kinks; bottom spine corner has a little fuzzing; bottom right corner has slightest 1/4" stress line; bottom edge has thin 3/8" thumbed stress line under "God"; top right corner tip has 1/6th" crease and fuzzy; back cover has some light tanning in margin. Looks nicer than it sounds. $45 VF in 2007 OPG...$36 (View)

#2 - Warlock story continues. Have 2 copies. VF one has 4 spine kinks, but valleyed a little, extend 3/8" to 1/4" in, but shallow, plus a few other little stress marks on spine; nice off-white pages...$17 (View)

#2 VF- , just slightly worse than VF one, with about the same number and kind of spine kinks, but one is a little heavier in mid-spine; very light 5/8" lower right corner bend, not creased or wrinkled, barely shows when glinted; tiny bit of bendover there with tiny edge tear...$13 (View)

#50 VF+ (Alice Cooper issue!)...$10 (View)

Marvel Presents (1975). All are Guardians of the Galaxy appearances (try to remain calm):
#4 VF, 8 VF, 9 VF, 10 VF+...$2 ea.
#11 NM, #12 VF/NM...$5 ea.

Marvel Preview #2. First Punisher origin story. 1975 black & white art magazine, color cover painting. Plus a Dominic Fortune story with art by Howard Chaykin. Looks VF/NM or better at first, but has some fair sized "foxing" (brown spots), mostly on back cover upper corner, but some in the title too, but very light there, and a slight rub fade in 'S' in Punisher title. Spots on back aren't quite as dark in person as in the scan. Inside front cover has more medium/dark foxing spots across the top margin that show some on opposite page, and inside back cover has some on inside corner that shows as a yellow stain on opposite page. Back lower corner has light 2" bend line. Off-white to white pages. Structurally the book is excellent, nice edges, no tears or nicks. Say VF, but priced below guide due to the foxing. ($140 in NM- in OPG! $65 in VF)...$50 (View front) (View back)

Marvel Super-Heroes Vol. 1 (1966/68):

#13 - Second app. of Captain Marvel, new story, plus other reprints. F/VF. Some scuffing near spine; a light couple inch bend line from spine-out; lower right corner stress/wear, a little edge stress/lines. Nice pages. Below guide @...$25 (View)

#15 - All new Medusa story (from the Inhumans), by Archie Goodwin, art by Gene Colan, plus reprints. VF, white pages. Medusa vs. the Trapster, Sandman and the Wizard. Nice copy, and it has the "normal" printing spots all over the cover from them stacking them before ink was dry, which most of this issue's print run had. They show some in the scan as the pinkish spots in the title, but show more in person. Main defect is a vertical 1.5" upward bend ridge near right edge, about 3" up from the bottom. No color break, and doesn't show in the scan, but noticeable in person; minor little kink spot at bottom left edge in Medusa's foot; top right corner has faint 1/2" mostly vertical bend to it, hardly noticeable; 3-4 worthless short stress marks on spine in the white border, they show more on the flat edge; decently square spine, and cover is otherwise smooth, edges are clean; back cover has some usual transfer "dirt", not bad. 2007 OPG NM- is $55, VF is $28, let's go...$20 (View)

#16 - First Silver Age appearance (?) of the Phantom Eagle (Who? Some WWI fighter plane guy.) All new story, plus Golden Age reprints with Sub-Mariner, Captain America etc.. VF+ nice off-white/white pages. Has a "JUN 25 1968" date sve his cape; bottom right corner has several short creases in tip, 3/16" and less, plus a thin 1/4" vertical stressine to the left, and hint of a corner bend/ding when glinted; a few of those common printing dot spots along bottom edge; nice spine, with only 1 very slight kink/indent; back cover has super light 1/2" corner crease/wrinkle lower left, only seen when glinted. 2007 OPG is $55 NM- (why?), $28 in VF, and since no one cares about the Phantom Eagle, let's go 1/2 guide at...$14 (View)

#19 - All new Kazar story, George Tuska art, plus Golden Age reprints. 1968. Oh, VF/VF-, off-white pages, with a couple "buts". Nice overall, but has a blue pen streak near top edge just off the Marvel box. It's about 7/8" total, but only 1/2" really shows, rest trails off; a 1/4" down the spine edge, there's a 1/4" split, don't know how that happens. Above the split there's no tear, but cover isn't glued to pages there. Split doesn't show unless you open it and look inside, otherwise all you see is a fuzzy line. Lower right corner has 1/4" and 1/16" creases; top right corner has faint 3/16" bend from tip ding, also on back corner, ding shows on most page tips; 3/8" thumbed stress line midpoint bottom edge; little chip/tick off bottom spine edge, otherwise nice spine. Clean, nice color. 2007 OPG is $40 NM-, $21 VF. Let's go 35%+ off the VF price...$13 (View)

#19 - second copy, VG, but looks like VF at first. Main problem is spine stuff. Has a 1.25" spine split at top, and a 1/8" tick flap there, still attached. Back cover has very mild 2.5" and 3/4" corner bends, lower left. Nice reader copy. I have a large scan I can e-mail, just didn't want to waste site space on a $5 VG book...$5

#20 - All new Dr. Doom solo story, from 1969, which should make this far more collectible than the guide shows (how can it be worth less than #15 & #16?). Oh, VF- or so, off-white pages. Doom vs. Diablo (Master of Alchemy, and really cliche villain phrases). Plus more Golden Age reprints. Top right corner has most of a 1/2" stress line, and inside of that is a 3/16" crease, but it's all flat there; some minor abrasions down the open edge, with a 1"+ thumbed stress line nearer bottom, in Doom's Cape along edge; bottom right corner has 3/16" crease, and fuzzing at tip; bottom edge has 7 or so yellowish printing scuff dots; white scuff dot at bottom staple bump, and some abrasion rub along top edge below that spot; top staple pokes through tiny hole at C in "Marvel Comics Group"; nice spine otherwise, no kinks/stresses to mention; light dirt in white letters of title; has very fine/light shelfwear or shipping rub scratches all over, not sure how that's done the way it is on this copy, but no heavy ones or color breaking scratches. 2007 OPG is $50 NM-, $25 VF, let's go...$18 (View)

Marvels Vol. 1, #2. From the acclaimed 1994 Alex Ross 4 part mini-series, 52 pages with acetate cover. Angel from X-Men cover. $5.95 cover price Sale!...$3 (View)

(See Marvel Team-up issues under Spider-man at top)

Marvel Two-in-One #1 (1974) VG to be on the safe side, but appears better. Thing vs Man-thing. Multiple spine stress marks/kinks, not heavy, and small peel spot in "o" in "Comics" in top banner...$10 (View)

Marvel Two-in-One #54, Thing and Deathlok, NM. Death of Deathlok issue! George Perez cover, John Byrne interior art...$4

(The) 'Nam #1-12 set. One of the first comic book series to deal with the Vietnam war. Real stories, done in real time. By Doug Murray and Michael Golden. Get the full first year for only...$10
'Nam #1, extra copy, NM+...$1

New Mutants #26, 28, 94 moved to Clearance page, now $1 ea.!

Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D./SHIELD, 1968 series:
#3 VG/F, off-white pages. Steranko cover & story. Looks better than grade, main defect is a 1" corner crease upper right; about 7 very thin 2-4mm spine stresses, hardly detract; fuzz at bottom spine corner; 1/16" tip crease bottom right; and found 2 water/moisture spots on cover--one 3/16"L x 1/8"H in R in Fury, shows as dull spot, but inside there's a stain spot; other lighter dull spot in E in SHIELD title, about 1/2"L x 3/16"H, has scattered little dull spots spreading off of it; a few little ones in Marvel box above Fury. You don't see the spots unless glinted or you're told where they are. And argh, a water stain that shows on inside front cover on bottom edge near spine--two spots, bigger one is 3/4" wide, about 3/8" high at highest point, and a 1/4" one above it. Doesn't show on front due to green grass color, and is not all fuzzy or browned like bad stains, but has discoloration. Only affects the inside cover, not interior pages. Otherwise nice glossy cover, nice edges. Back cover is clean and nice. 2007 OPG VG is $14, Fine is $21...$12 (View)

#4 VF, off-white/white pages. Steranko cover, Origin of S.H.I.E.L.D. issue. Very nice copy, has 3 little kinks on spine --at top staple, middle, and bottom staple, middle one is most noticeable, with some "<" shape to it, but they don't stand out on off-white cover. Has couple 2mm stresses below bottom staple. In Fury's chest, there's a very thin light 1" printing crease, goes off to left, no color break to it, shows when glinted; top right tip has 1/8" diameter moisture/dull spot, shows better on inside. Nice color, gloss and edges. Back cover is off-white; has small chew spot on open edge near bottom, 5mm L x 1mm W; also couple small dull moisture spots on edge at greeting card boxes, no staining. Nice eye appeal copy. 2007 OPG NM- is $85, VF is $43...$35 (View)

#5 Fine, white pages. Steranko cover. Vs. Scorpio. Basically one area of light bend/mush/stresses in Fury's neck keep this from VF. Spine has 3 mild kinks--top staple, 1/4" valley length, in "Marvel", thin stress line in it; midpoint one is 1/8"; bottom staple 1/4" light "<" shaped one; couple other thin stresses, hardly seeable on white cover. Problem areas in Fury's neck: Whole spoon-shaped thing covers about 2" long x 1"W, from his lower shoulder up and over to edge at ear level; color flake in neck; 1/2" wrinkle crease below that, another lighter one below that with slight raised bend, part of the larger bend outline you see when glinted; light 1/2" thumb stress along bottom edge, left side of psychedelic target thing. Nice color, gloss, nice clean back cover. 2007 OPG Fine is $24...$16 (View)

#6 VF-, off-white/white pages. Steranko cover. Five or six 3-4mm very thin spine stress lines, not kinked. 2 odd other wrinkle/stress lines are what cut down the grade: One curls down from top edge above Fury title to D in S.H.I.E.L.D., so about 2.5" long, but very thin, only the 1" part above Fury shows super thin white crack line, rest trails off, but you can see the slight indent/bend to it when glinted; other one runs vertical near spine edge, about 3.5" long, very thin; top right corner has some thin/very light stress lines too, no bends; Marvel box has a super light/thin vertical print crease running through Fury, can see it better on inside, almost invisible on outside; couple very minor thumbed edge stresses along top, barely noticeable; bottom spine corner has little impact ding and light 1/8" stress/crease. About 5 middle pages have 2-3" printing creases across top right corner, and last couple pages have a couple 3"+ dips/bends from printer too. Nice clean off-white back cover. 2007 OPG VF price is $38...$27 (View)

#7 Fine-, off-white pages. Steranko cover. Top right corner has thin 1" corner crease, light bend to it, and it goes through the book, with 3/4" crease on back cover corner; stress fractures along top edge overhang; 5 or so spine kinks, most very mild, one at bottom is worst, with thin dip extending about 1/2" in; couple 3/16" stress marks too, 3-4 other short ones, most hide well in the art. Back cover shows some very light indent lines near bottom spine corner, 1/4 to 1/2"; two dull spots in ad that look like thumb prints when glinted, can't see otherwise. 2007 OPG Fine is $18...$13 (View)

#10 VF, off-white/white pages. Christmas story, hence the cover art. Very nice at first glance, little niggling things keep it from VF+. About 7 very thin 2-3mm spine stresses/fractures, no kinks; slight abrasion along bottom edge; some pin-tip size indents in the red ornament, most at bottom, one near top; light color rub/scuff spot in bad guy's eye (right one looking at it), another very minor scuff in ornament neck; 3/8" light print crease in Fury's ornament near bottom. There's no extra black piece along the top, that's a scanner thing. Back cover is clean, off-white, has a 1/8" little layer peel/scuff spot near open edge. 2007 OPG NM- is $42, VF is $22...$17 (View)

#13 Fine, off-white/white pages. Vs. the Super Patriot. Mostly it's spine kinks/stresses, plus a 1/2"w x 3/4"h very light moisture stain in top of flag stripes, not solid, no waviness or fuzzing, easy to overlook. Has about a dozen various stress marks, half are 1/8", others are shorter and hard to see in the yellow part, but have mild kinks to them too, a couple valleys extend 1/4" to 1/2" into cover, but shallow. 1/4" dip/kink at .12 price is heaviest one. Top right corner has very light writing imprint of price, covers about 3/4"x3/4" above and into Comics Code box, shows when glinted. 1.5" thin horizontal printing wrinkle at Super Patriot's right foot, another lighter 1" vertical one in gun shadow on flag; little abrasion at bottom spine corner and some along bottom edge; few light reading kinks bottom area. Nice back cover, bottom spine corner shows minor ding. 2007 OPG Fine is $12...$9 (View)

#15 VF-, off-white/white pages. First appearance of AN assassin named "Bulls-Eye," but NOT the same one from Daredevil later (Bullseye), this was this guy's first and last appearance, but still high priced in guides. Little fuzzy/rub at top spine tip with the little tick piece there; in Marvel box, there's two little white rub dots right next to black edge across from Fury's shoulder, 3-4 really thin 3mm stress lines/wrinkles, another at top staple; at bottom of top staple, you can see one of those "<" shaped kinks going out 1/2" from it when you glint it, but very very light and shallow, and bottom staple hole has 1/16" tear, melds well so hard to see. Rest of spine is nice, but has very shallow valley the length of it, nothing I count off for though; bottom edge has very slight abrasion along most of it, worst part is near spine where it has the most minor of curl/mush to it, about 3/4" long; open edge has about a 2" section near bottom of white edge abrasions, but broken up. Back: upper left corner area of back cover got bent a little long ago, leaving a couple/3 very light wrinkle lines. Worst one is about an inch down, across corner, maybe 2.5", oh so slightly raised, only about 1.25" of it is noticeable. Inside cover, the ad shows white stress in the black part of that wrinkle. Other wrinkle lines are above it, longest is 3.5" if you count the last part as the same line, which it may not be; another very faint one above that is about 1" long. Can e-mail large scan of back. 2007 OPG NM- is $95, VF is $47...$38 (View)

Nick Fury vs. SHIELD #1-6 set, prestige format, $3.50 cover price, $21 total. (#1 has two lightly bumped corners, so it's VF+) Only...$13/set

See 1966 Nick Fury mini-book/comics under Marvel Mini-books too.

Power Man & Iron Fist:
#66 - 2nd Sabretooth appearance, 1980. Fine/Fine-. A good number of little spine stresses and kinks, maybe 20, most are 1-2mm, a couple are 1/8", with one light valley "<" one at mid spine. A few faint reading kinks on right side. Back cover has a light 4" bend line with wrinkle to it on top left corner; a 2" thumbed line along bottom edge, with a 1/8" tear at one end. Big price differential in NM between OPG and others, so hard to know who's right. 2007 OPG Fine is $15. Take this one for...$10 (View)

#84 - 4th Sabretooth appearance, on cover too, NM/NM-, off-white/white pages. Nice copy, just has a couple tiny 1mm white spine stresses above bottom staple, and light light 1/4" hump line off the one little kink, and super shallow valley at bottom staple in Spidey head box, seen when glinted. $30 NM- in 2007 OPG?! Get this sweet copy for 50% off guide...$15 (View)

Punisher Annual #1 (Evolutionary War)...$3
Punisher War Journal:
#1 (2)...$3 ea.
#14, 15 (Spidey app's)...$2 ea.
Punisher: Assassins Guild graphic novel (softcover). 1998, by Jo Duffy and Jorge Zaffino. NM. $6.95 cover, yours for...$5

Sabretooth Special #1 "In the Red Zone" w/chromium cover. (Not "Sabertooth"--he spells it different.) $4.95 cover, yours for...$3

Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #13 (1964). Fine+. Early Silver Age Captain America appearance, on cover too. Tanning pages; dark tanning on inside cover margins; one good spine stress area at top staple; a few thin spine stresses, and found some light partial fingerprints here and there, so have lowered this to Fine+, but looks much better at first glance. Back cover has some tanning in margins. No tears, flat, nice color and decent gloss for a 43 year old book! (2007 Overstreet says $625 NM-, $263 VF, $105 in Fine, so about $144 in F+) I'll ask...$120 (View)

Silver Surfer, 1987 series. The Surfer is the focus of the Fantastic Four movie sequel!:
#2, #3, #15 (#15 is VF, 1st Ron Lim art in series, 3/4" bend line lower right corner, not creased), #34, 35, 36, 37, 38 (34-38 are Return of Thanos, leads into Infinity Gauntlet story)...$2 ea.
#50 NM, fancy silver embossed cover, no spotting, Thanos app...$2.50 (View)
#75 NM, fancy silver embossed cover...$2 (View)
#100 NM-, vs. Mephisto, big round hologram cover, double size, $3.95 cover...$3 (View)
Annual #1 (Evolutionary War, 1st Ron Lim art on Surfer)...$3

Silver Surfer #1 & 2 set, "Parable", by Stan Lee and artist Moebius, from Marvel's Epic Comics line, 1988. #1 NM, #2 is VF due to 3/16" edge tear on right edge, and tiny almost unnoticeable 1/16" tip crease in bottom right...$3/set

Silver Surfer/Rune one-shot, $5.95 cover. 2 stories of Surfer vs. Rune (from Malibu Comics). Sale! 1/2 price @...$3

Star Wars #99 (several)...$2.50 ea.

Strange Tales Vol. 1:
(#178-181 all have Warlock stories, and Jim Starlin art, 1975.)
#178 - 2 copies: NM- (couple little spine kinks) (View), and NM w/low gloss, so it's a toss-up...$17.50 ea. (View)
#179 NM-. 3-4 thin little spine stresses, tiny corner bend lower right tip...$11 (View)
#180, have 2 copies: NM- (couple light spine kinks in Warlock 'circle')...$11 (View), or VF/VF- (light bottom right corner bend with 1/8" stress line; small 'd' written in ink on back cover in lower spine corner; 2 horizontal rows light printing track lines; little kink/bump in top left corner with longer faint 'ghost' bend outside of that) @ 40% off OPG VF price...$6 (View)
#181, have 3 copies: NM...$12 (View), or VF/NM- (has 2 rows of those little light printing press "tracks" across it, 3-4 minor spine kinks, one shallow valley bend near bottom spine)...$9 (View), or VF (some factory scuffing bottom right corner, 3-4 little spine kinks, little scratches in R in Warlock, and some very light surface shelfwear...$6 (View)

Tales to Astonish #57, 1964. F/VF to me. Light tanning pages (outer margin edges are a shade or so darker than rest of page), still supple. Early Spider-man appearance/crossover, with Giant-Man & the Wasp, with Wasp back-up story. Have seen CGC 7.5's (VF-) of other comics in same overall shape, and worse looking 7.0's (F/VF), your mileage/grade may vary, as this is a tough range to grade, so might be a 6.5 to some. Nice color, decent gloss, white area is darkened some as usual; there's 4 shallow "<" shaped valley kinks on spine--lightest 1 in Marvel box w/3mm thin stress, others are between the staples, extending 3/8" to 1/2" into cover ("worst"/longest one is in "Featuring" in blue blurb box, still fairly light), but only little 1/16" to maybe 1/8" stress wrinkles at spine; then there's 4-5 other little stress marks below that down the spine; bottom spine corner has an 1/8" split and little bitty piece missing. Inside that corner you can detect a little spot of old yellow/brown glue residue, apparently someone glued that tip closed a long time ago, but it dried out. Hard to count off much for it as it's so small. 1/4" light bump/bend line in that corner too, some color break to it; lower right corner has sharp, but hard to see 1/8" diagonal crease, +another more horizontal crease below it at edge; slight abrasion fuzz at bottom edge there. Rounded top right corner on front. Spine has a 1/16" wide light tan strip down its length, shows darker in scan than in person, and inside pages don't have it. Spine edge has some usual color cracking and white dot flakes, mostly along bottom third; top staple is on back, and has little tears at staple holes; top edge has some bendover along overhang, with a couple little abrasion 'dips'; thin 1/8" long abrasion/wear spot near mid-point on right edge, so cover indents a tiny bit there; otherwise clean and nice cover. Back cover is clean, a little yellowed/darkened of course, couple spine kinks that match ones on the front at bottom corner. Apparently this issue got hot lately, as OPG has jumped it to $485 in NM-, and I've seen people paying near, full, and over guide for even VG to F/VF's, including a high $140 for a CGC 6.0 Fine, and $160 for a CGC 7.0 F/VF, both on a well-known comics consignment site. 2007 OPG VF is $205, Fine is $87, so F/VF is about $146. If Fines sell for $140, steal mine for...$125 (View)

Tales to Astonish prestige format one-shot, 1994. Hulk, Wasp, Hank Pym. Painted art. Sale! 1/2 cover price @...$3.50

Thor Vol. 1 (a.k.a. The Mighty Thor):
#158 - Reprints his 1st appearance from Journey Into Mystery #83. VF-, maybe F/VF to be pickier, as two interior pages have decent tears, but not at the edge, in the middle! Weird. Nice color and gloss, and overall outside is decent. Upper right tip has multiple white line creases, only about 3/16" in from edge, longest crease is 3/8"; two noticeable spine stress marks, one in Marvel box is 1/8", and one below that box is about 1/4", but thin, and barely kinked/valleyed. There's 3-4 other light short kinks on down the spine, and two light valley bends in lower part, but you pretty much have to glint it to see that stuff. The interior page tears are on pg. 4 and 20, which is another oddity about them. Pg. 4 one is a semi-circle/hump-shaped tear, about 1.25" in width, and .75" high, in Thor's lower right leg (HIS right) and cape. Page 20 (last story page) tear is bigger, but hardly noticeable on pg. 20, but easier to see on back, pg. 21. If you didn't know it was on pg. 20, you wouldn't notice it as it melds very well. It's about 2" long, in a diagonal partial curve, in lower right panel, around Dr. Blake's head. Both tears meld well so they don't jump out at you, and I had the book for years before I saw them. Has some of that "top edge bendover" stress line too. NM price is $125, VF is $58, Fine is $27, and I have it priced below Fine at...$25 (View)

#162 VF-, off-white/white pages. 1969, first part of the origin of Galactus, one of the fan favorite cosmic characters. #168 & 169 are the other 2 parts. 6-7 thin minor spine stress marks, longest is 3mm at mid spine, others are 2mm, couple have slight kinks to them; top staple has some rust, egad! No stain on book. Feels smooth, but you can tell there's rust along inside edges and it's all darker than normal; bottom staple may have some slight rust along part of edge too, hard to tell; near Thor's neck is a slightly raised kink line about 1.5" long, barest color break on some of it; bottom right corner has 2mm edge mush/crease on tip, with vertical 1/4" barely-a-stress line outside of it. Inside front cover shows some tiny pinpoint foxing spots along bottom margin. Back cover has a barely visible moisture stain on open edge, about 1/2" long, you can just detect the stain line around edges of it; a few small dull areas, probably from finger oil, and you can find some tiny bits of foxing here and there, barely worth mentioning; 3 little rust stain slivers along spine from another comic, 1mm, 1/8" & 3/16"; inside back cover has bunch of light brown pinpoint foxing spots though, mostly along spine, bottom & right margins. Not terrible, but there. 2007 OPG VF is $33, will cut this to...$25 (View)

#168 F/VF, off-white pages, part two of the Origin of Galactus. Couple medium spine kinks, worst in Marvel box at Thor's head, with 3/8" stress line and shallow valley kink, and 3 other little stress marks around top staple; another 3/8" valley kink near mid spine, with very light one a bit below it; and 3-4 other 1/8" or less thin stress/wrinkles that are hard to see in the white; 1" vertical thumbed stress line at Galactus' shoulder at edge.; top right corner has slight 3/8" diagonal ding/bend, with 3/16" one inside of it, does affect most pages. Back cover top left corner has small "50" in very light pencil, and 1.25 print crease near lower corner, and a @#% little 1/2"L x 1/8"H light water stain at bottom spine corner, not dark, but has brownish outline edge. 2007 OPG VF is $33, Fine is $18, so F/VF about $25.50...$20 (View)

#169 VF-, off-white pages. Part 3 of origin of Galactus. Looks better at first glance. 1" thumbed stress line at midpoint right edge; top spine corner has slightest ding/stress, 3/16", fuzzy tip; couple very slight downward slanting binding stresses in Marvel box, and 3mm one at M in Marvel; couple 1-2mm stresses between staples; 1.25" shallow, almost unnoticeable vertical indent/bend at bottom near spine, goes up through E in "The"; very slight abrasions along some of bottom edge; 1/4" hard to find crease/stress line at bottom right corner, corner tip has tiny piece off; some normal light dirtiness in Galactus, as most have, with some scattered dull spots and swipes you can see when glinted, but very light, hard to tell if they're production gloss problems or from old handling, but don't appear to be foxing related, and most I've seen have some of this in the white area; one apparent little 2-3mm moisture spot on Galactus' shoulder, Thor's pointing to it. Back cover has a 1/8" edge tear and vertical 1.75" thumbed crease line with it, middle of open edge, but barely shows on outside, but shows more on inside. 2007 OPG VF is $33, so will do same as the 162...$25 (View)

Save $10 and get Thor #162, 168, 169 for $60.

Warlock (Power of, 1972 series):
#1, 1972, NM! Off-white/white pages. Warlock's first regular series. Gil Kane art. Beautiful copy, BUT, it never got the top staple put it at the factory (no hole either), so CGC wouldn't grade it since the pages might stick out and get bent. I had a CGC 9.4 copy, sold it, and this one is better looking on the front, with a smooth cover, nearly defect free spine (one super light stress at bottom staple's top hole, barely perceptible, another 2mm one near bottom, otherwise no kinks), and barest little dink on bottom spine corner, leaving a 3mm edge abrasion. And unfortunately, the back cover has a decent size spot of distributor ink on the top margin, about 1.25" wide and 1/4" deep. Bottom left corner has weak 3/16" crease/bend, it's flat, hard to see in the white margin. A CGC employee said they wouldn't mark off for the mis-stapling job if they could've graded it, but he couldn't say how much they'd take off for the ink spot, but they "wouldn't kill it" for that, so I'd guess a half point or so. It's a 9.4 on the front, possible 9.6 even, based on my other copy. Hard to know what to price it at with the no top staple and spot on back things, but it's a sweet looking display copy from the front. $75 in NM- in 2007 OPG, will discount it to...$50 (View front) (View back)

#10 VF/VF+. Recap of Thanos origin, and Thanos vs the Magus battle. Very nice, but has a light indent line in lower left in Thanos' jaw (runs vertically at slight angle), about 2" long, and another short light 3/8" one near mid-spine, otherwise nice spine, pretty kink free; top right edge has 1.5" light bend curl to it, due to that edge/corner getting bent over, and back cover shows the bend line on it. $20 VF in OPG, so how about...$15 (View)

#11 VF-. About 6-7 minor 1-2mm white stress marks along spine; back cover has 1/8" edge tear top edge, '1.75' in pencil and little 'K' in red marker in upper left corner, and couple darkish blotches midway down, near spine...$9 (View front) (View back)

Wolverine regular series, 1988, well below guide:
#41 (Sabretooth app.)...$4
#42, 43 (Sabretooth app.'s)...$3 ea.

X-Factor #92 - Fatal Attractions, Havok hologram cover...$3.50 (View)

X-Men (Uncanny):
#148 VF/NM (Dazzler and Spider-Woman guest star)...$7 (View)
#245 - 1st Liefeld art, but do you care?...$2
#248 - 1st Jim Lee art. 1st print, still only...$8 (View)
#268 VF/NM copy - Captain America, Black Widow and Wolverine story by Jim Lee. This copy has a very light indent line running down the length, like the kind a comic gets from a polybag seam (although this was not packed with any polybagged stuff as far as I know, but I've seen this type line from the factory too), plus a short corner bend (not creased) in upper right tip that shows when glinted...$6 (View)
#275 double size, 1st print...$3
#280, 281 (1st print), 285, 288, 332, 335 (Onslaught x-over)...$2 ea.

Annual #14, NM. Actual first appearance of Gambit, NOT a "cameo" either! Days of Future Past part 4, from 1990. Published before Uncanny X-Men #266, Gambit is in 5 pages and 14 or so panels, so clearly not a cameo like some guides note, so why isn't this guiding for more than #266? And why is it $8 in one guide, and $25 in another? Art Adams art, appearances by the Fantastic Four, New Mutants, and X-Factor. Seems to be plenty around on the low end though, so get my last one for only...$7 (View)

X-Men (1991 series, Jim Lee art):
#1E ($3.95 gatefold cover, with all four #1 covers), 50% off at...$2
#2...$2
#25 NM- (one spine kink w/stress wrinkle, and a short wrinkle line in Wolvy's hair) Wolverine loses adamantium, Fatal Attraction/Onslaught starts. Gambit hologram on cover. Well under guide at...$5 (View)

X-Men Prime special, with fancy chromium/foil wrap-around cover, 1995. $4.95 cover, yours for...$4

X-Men and the New Teen Titans #1 (A.K.A. "Marvel and DC Present The Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans #1"). 1st print, 1982, NM. Claremont writing, Simonson art. Early Deathstroke appearance. 64 pages, no ads. Darkseid is the villain they team up against. Lots of battle scenes, on nice Baxter paper, but this is one of the most overpriced modern comics, has been for decades now. $20 in guides, yet has anyone sold one for that in 10 years? No. Get this NM one for only...$7 (View)

Pro Action magazine #1, 1994. A collaborative effort from Marvel Comics and NFL Properties, "Where Pro football, comics, and pop culture collide," this 48 page mag has features on NFL stuff, and Marvel stuff. Has Troy Aikman cover and article, with Wolverine slashing "through" it. The 2 neat features it has are an original Uncanny X-Men comic book bound in, with a 16 page story featuring Callisto and the Morlocks, ("My Enemy, My Friend," by Ralph Macchio and Chris Marrinin, and two 4-card sheets of high quality trading cards: One sheet has Cyclops, Storm, Gambit, and Wolverine, other sheet has NFL Quarterbacks Randall Cunningham (Eagles), Steve Young (49ers), Phil Simms (Giants), and Warren Moon (Oilers) (View cards). Also articles on rookie 49ers player Todd Kelley, interview with coach Dave Shula (Don Shula's son), Junior Seau's workout routine, and more. I have several, in NM, VF/NM, VF, VF- and one in about Fine, due to it's back cover getting several creases, and some spine wear on the front, but insides are ok. The defects on the others are just a few spine kinks of various sizes. $2.95 cover. This should be a lot more valuable by now, due to the original comic and exclusive cards, and I didn't find very many for sale now on the net, but seems there's not a lot of demand for it still. Since I have several, let's go $6 on the NM ones, $5 on VF/NM, $4 on VF/VF-, and $2 on the Fine.  (View mag & comic)

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Treasury size comics:
Marvel Treasury Edition:

Produced from 1974 to 1981, these are large 10"x13.5" or so comics, with 48-96 pages (publisher usually counts covers too, I don't, so page counts may differ from what you see in guides, but all pages are there), and heavy cardstock covers. Keep the size in mind when reading defects size, as it's all relative. I've always thought these were very neat comics, undervalued for the all-new story ones, so I collected these back in the late '80's/early '90's at shows and via mail order. From what I've seen on auctions, most people selling these can't grade to save their lives, and are not comic people, and are misrepresenting the condition, or not even stating a condition, and have lousy pics, so auctions prices are sometimes very high for junk copies, and very low for high grade ones. Ask for grade details people, and don't bid if they won't provide them or they "don't know about grading"! The DC & Marvel crossovers are below the regular treasuries. Larger pics available.

#1 - Spectacular Spider-Man - 1974. Reprints multiple Amazing Spider-Man stories, some edited down, including #8, #14, #42, #90, and Marvel Super-Heroes #14, plus 1 page stuff. 96 paper pages, but Marvel counts the covers and calls it 100. NM, off-white to light tan pages, with only a little tick on top edge above the M. Cover by John Romita. $70 in NM- in 2007 OPG, but all reprints, so methinks that's high, although it is first in the series. Get mine for...$50 (View)

#2 - "The Fabulous Fantastic Four". Reprints Fantastic Four #6, #11, #48-50. Lots of Jack Kirby art. 96 pages, 1974. Sub-Mariner, Dr. Doom, Impossible Man stories, plus the legendary 1st appearances of Galactus and Silver Surfer in the #48-50 section. Calling VF-. Basically 3 corner problems is it. Top right corner has a hint of a bump bend, with a very light 1" diagonal wrinkle line; back cover on that corner shows 2 wrinkle/creases, 3/8" and 1/2", and slight curl; bottom left corner on back has a 3/8" crease from a bump; bottom spine corner on front shows a very light 5/8" bend/wrinkle line across it, but hardly shows in the white; slight vertical wavy bend about 2" to its right. Spine is otherwise nice, cover is clean and bright, pages are nice light off-white. $17 in VF in 2007 OPG. Way cheaper than the Marvel Masterworks reprints, and way bigger, get this for only...$12 (View)

#5 - Hulk on the Rampage. Reprints Hulk #139, 141, Tales to Astonish #79 & 100, Marvel Feature #11. 96 pages, 1975. Hulk tangles with Hercules, Sub-Mariner, the Leader, Doc Samson and others. Fine-? Corner bends on 3 corners are the main thing. Top spine corner got bumped, and has a 1/4" thin crease/wrinkle across tip, and a 3/4" light wrinkle line outside of that, ever so slight wave bend; top right corner has a light 1.5" diagonal wrinkle line from light bend, about 1" in from tip;  bottom font corner has 1/4" light crease and some mush on tip, and a 2" diagonal light wrinkle line(s) about 1.25" in from tip from a bend, but pretty flat there; back cover spine corner has a 5/8" thin wrinkle crease, with some light depression to it, and 1/2" in there's a light upward matching bend; top left corner has little 1/8" crease and hint of the bend from front; production tick bottom edge near spine. Otherwise clean and bright cover, fairly white pages too. $9 in Fine in 2007 OPG, let's give it away for...$5 (View)

#25 - Spider-Man vs. Hulk at the Winter Olympics - ALL NEW STORY. 64 pages, 1980. 2 copies, VF/NM and VF--. Bill Mantlo, Gruenwald and Grant story, art by Herb Trimpe, covers by Milgrom and Sienkiewicz. Spidey and Hulk battle each other and the Mole Man and Lava Men at the Winter Olympics, above and below ground. VF/NM copy just has a corner tip bend in top right, but on front it barely shows at all, mostly as lighter color patch; back cover shows nearly invisible 1/4" wrinkle crease at same corner; also has has a 1.25" reading kink wrinkle near right edge at tip of pole that Hulk is swinging. Tiny bit of color break in part of it, but hardly shows in the blue background, easy to miss. Does go through the book, shows on back as very slight hump bend with 1/4" stress/fold line coming off it, but hard to see unless glinted. VF-- copy has little corner dings at all four corners, although 2 only show on back. Top corners on front look fine; back top spine corner has a vertical 3/8" stress line with a shallow kink spot there; other top corner has light 3/8" crease/wrinkle across it; some light reading kinks on front left side in title and price box area with couple/3 light stress marks; bottom right corner has 1/4" crease with some kink to it; bottom back spine corner shows 3 little wrinkles and outline of a bump hump. Both have nice light off-white pages. 2007 OPG in NM- is only $18, which of course is wrong, and has been wrong forever now, and they have been told before. There's no way an ALL NEW story edition is only worth the same as the all-reprint ones in the #11-25 run, when any other new story Spidey and Whoever team-up treasury is $55-$105, and Flintstones are even $50! And they certainly aren't more common than the other all new Spidey ones, and seem to be scarcer to me. So am pricing mine based on the lower end of $50-55 for NM like it should be, so VF/NM would be about $40-42, VF about $28. Get my VF/NM one for $30 (View), and the VF-- for $18 (View)

#26 - The Rampaging Hulk. Reprints Hulk #167-170 vs. Modok, Harpy, and the ever popular Bi-Beast, even has a naked Betty Talbot! Story by Englehart, art by Trimpe. But the main collectible part is a NEW 6 pg. Hercules & Wolverine backup story. Bar fight! 80 pages, inside cover margins are tanning some, pages are off-white to light yellowish. VF, maybe VF+. Corner dings are the main defects (wish people would pack better!). Bottom front corner, about 1/2" in, has a 3/4" light wrinkle line from old bend, doesn't go across whole corner, no color break, and corner is flat; top edge near middle has 2 thumbed wrinkle lines in same spot, top one is 1/4", one below it is maybe 1", but only slight kink there, hides fairly well in the green; light reading kink/wrinkle in L in Hulk; back cover top left corner shows 5/16" crease across it, and bottom left corner has a light 3/8" crease; some very light shelfwear scuffing along the spine front and back. $14 in VF in 2007 OPG, get mine for...$10 (View)

Captain America's Bicentennial Battles (Marvel Treasury Special), ALL NEW STORY, 2 copies, both VF/NM. Jack Kirby writing and art. 80 pages of Captain America action as some guy named Buda transports Cap through history and to the future. Slightly better one has one 1/8" thin stress mark at price box, and a couple light reading kinks here and there, and an extremely faint vertical indent bendy between Cap's shield and 'Jack Kirby' blurb box, seen better inside. Back cover has a "ghost" of a corner bend at top left (open edge), but flat there, barely shows an under 1/2" wrinkle line near tip, and another 1" light wrinkle line about 1.5" in from tip, from the 'secondary' bend, but still flat; there's the faintest hint of this bump on the front cover corner tip too; and a 3/4" shallow kink with some wrinkle line to it near bottom spine in Uncle Sam's leg, but light. Pages vary, as the first 66 have an odd very very light bluish tint to them, others are normal off-white, likely a production thing. Beautiful glossy bright covers. Second copy has a few things in lower part that are just big enough that I can't give it a NM-. There's a vertical 1.5" long thin patch of lighter color right near spine near bottom in the blue-green background, may be production thing, or color pull from another comic long ago. Doesn't show in pic, but is whitish; faintest hint of an old curved kink, about 1.5" up from the bottom, in the blue-green background, so it hardly shows unless glinted. To its right, in Cap's ankle, is another slight kink with curved wrinkle line, about 1" long, no color break. Goes through the book (a "flop kink" from holding it there), shows on back as a minor hump bend. Back cover has couple/3 minor spine stresses, 1-2 light reading kinks. White pages, beautiful glossy bright covers. Only $28 in NM- in 2007 OPG, not sure why so low compared to some other all new editions. The trade paperback reprint retails for $19.95, so why buy a reprint when you can get the LARGE original for basically the same money? Get the better one for $18 (View), and the other one for $17. (View)

Flintstones Christmas Party (Under "Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera #1" in your Overstreet guide), all new I think. 1977, 48 pages. Features most of the bigger Hanna-Barbera characters in various Christmas stories, by Mark Evanier. Flintstones, Jetsons, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Top Cat, Magilla Gorilla, and many more. VF. Spine has about 4 stress marks, 1/4" to 3/8", slight kinks with them; 3/16" curved white color flake near top edge; back cover bottom spine corner has little bump bend and 1/4" wrinkle with it, couple very light reading kinks front and back. Bright, clean cover, off-white to white pages. $31 VF in 2007 OPG, yours for....$21 (View)

Marvel Special Edition #1 The Spectacular Spider-Man - 1975. Reprints Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 vs. the Sinister Six, plus Amazing Spider-Man #6 & #35. Not to be confused with the #1 of the Treasury SERIES above. "Spidey's Greatest Foes" is the theme. Romita covers. Only VG/F, due to general handling/reading kinks and bends on front and back covers. Structurally sound, spine is better than grade, it's all stuff on the right side and top mostly, and back cover has a couple brownish water stains in the middle (1/2"x1/2", and 1/4"x1/4", but not fuzzy, no bleed through; back cover has more bends with wrinkles lines overall too. No tears, no real creases. 80 large sized pages of Silver Age Spider-Man reading for less than 2 new comics...$5 (View)

2001: A Space Odyssey (Marvel Treasury Special, adapts the movie). 1976, adaptation and art by Jack Kirby. 80 pages, including a 10 page text/photo retrospective by David Anthony Kraft. Generally NM. Has a little production tick/tear on top edge near spine corner, minor thumb wrinkle line bottom edge near spine, off-white pages. Lots of great splash pages, if you like Kirby art. Not all that common in NM, not all that rare either. $26 in NM- in 2007 OPG, yours for...$20 (View)

"DC & Marvel Present" Treasuries:

Batman vs. The Incredible Hulk (a.k.a. DC Special Series #27) - ALL NEW STORY, "The Monster and the Madman". 1981, 64 pages, no ads. Have 2 copies, both VF-. Story by Len Wein and great art by Jose Luis Garcia Lopez. The Joker and the Shaper of Worlds pit Batman against the Hulk, who have to team up later to try and defeat an all-powerful Joker. VF- 'A' copy has a couple 3/8" spine stress lines, one at mid-spine, and one near B in Batman that has a 3/8" length depression kink with it; and some other shorter ones that blend in well, but seen when glinted; 3/16" diameter very faded moisture stain spot at mid-spine in white; little indent/kink spot at bottom spine corner; 1/8" tip crease bottom right corner. VF- 'B' copy has about 6 spine stress marks you notice, longest is 5/16", rest are 3/8" to 1/4", lighter to no kink with them; bottom right corner tip has 1/16" mush ding/crease, very slight bend outside of it; back cover shows about the same kind/size stress marks; and there's a 2" white surface scratch line through Hulk's chest (great full cover battle scene on back too), and some other very fine shelfwear scratches like many do; very light 1.5" vertical indent/bend line near bottom spine corner, through the "Collector's Edition" box. I think these are still overlooked by collectors, and undervalued and harder to find in high grade than the Superman/Spider-Man ones. $40 in NM-, $21 in VF in 2007 OPG. Get my VF- 'A' for $16 (View), and VF- 'B' for $14 (View)

Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man - All new story, 1976, have 2 copies, NM- and VF/NM. The first official Marvel/DC crossover. 92 pages, no ads! Written by Gerry Conway, classic style art by Ross Andru. Lex Luthor and Dr. Octopus team up to pit Superman against Spider-Man in "The Battle of the Century!". Features most regular supporting characters from the newspapers and their personal lives. Off-white to White pages in both, spines are well glued still (common with these is the spine comes unglued from the pages, beware when you buy one). Both have that "barely there" reading wrinkle about 1/4" in from spine all the way down (VF/NM copy only has a little of it, barely perceptible), and shows heavier on back cover, but that's normal and can't be helped. NM- copy has a 1/8" tip ding/bend in top right corner, shows on front and back; 1"+ light wrinkle line below Spidey's fist near edge, from mild kink/handling there, but is in the white so doesn't show well on front, matches on back too; little 1/2" vertical indent line in Spidey's fist near edge too; bottom corner has a very mild 3/8" not-quite-creased bend/tiny mush there. VF/NM copy got the top right corner bumped in shipping long ago, is almost completely flat there, but shows a VERY thin and broken 1.25" wrinkle line about 3/4" in from tip, with a partial 1/4" upward bend inside of it, and a 1/16" bend at tip. Back cover shows it a little more, with a 1/2" thin light wrinkle line at tip, and VERY light hump bend outside of it; little 1/2" vertical indent line in Spidey's fist near edge too (both have this, may be a storage thing from long ago before I got them). Now up to $105 in NM- in 2007 OPG, $78 in VF/NM. Used to be fairly tough to find in high grade, but seems to be more around on the net now, but has been getting near guide 9.2 price for NM 9.4's on some auctions of all places. But for you, my NM- one is...$70 (View), and the VF/NM is $50. (View)

Superman and Spider-Man (a.k.a. Marvel Treasury #28) - All new story, 1981, have 3 copies, NM, NM-, and VF. 62 story pages, 64 pages total. Painted cover by Bob Larkin. Written by Jim Shooter, art by John Buscema, inks by lots of people. Dr. Doom and the Parasite team up against Superman and Spider-Man, with appearances by the Hulk (fights Superman) and Wonder Woman (fights Spider-Man). Battle scene city! All mine have white or light off-white pages, tight spines. NM one has a slight raised hump down some of the spine on front, this is from the extra glue underneath, and is very common; minor little corner bump on bottom spine tip. NM- one has some of that usual 'reading wrinkle' line down the spine, about 1/4" in, pretty faint; couple light spine glue humps; back cover upper left corner shows 'ghost' of a bend about 1/2" in from tip, about 1.5" long, but flat there, and so faint it's hardly worth knocking much off for; and has 1/4" edge mush at that tip; bottom edge on back near spine has a little thumbed spot, with 1/16" tear. VF one is like the other two, except somehow it has a straight 3.25" horizontal slight ridge line from Doom's shoulder to Spidey's forearm. No wrinkle, no color cracks, so it doesn't really stand out, but it's there. Another lighter 1/2" one on top of Doom's head. Back cover has matching 3" wrinkle line in same area, looks more like a printing crease, and more wavy, so my guess is it's a production defect, as I don't see how you could bend this whole book in that direction and only make a partial line. Even a close-up scan doesn't show it, but that's a scanner angle limitation. Bottom right corner got lightly bent once, but flat still, but front shows barely perceptible 1/2" wrinkle across corner, with another on back. $55 in NM- in 2007 OPG, but we know better, but it should be getting that! Get my NM one for $45 (View), the NM- for $40 (View), and the VF for $22 (View)

Wizard of Oz (Under "MGM'S Marvelous Wizard of Oz" in Overstreet) - A 1975 'Marvel and DC Present' authorized adaptation of the movie, 80 pages, NM-. Has 1 little 1/8" tip crease at top right corner, and a tiny production nick on bottom edge, same on back. Great spine, no kinks/stresses; off-white pages. There's a few small dull spots in the gloss though, likely production streaks from something on the printing plate--one comet-shaped one across Lion's chest is most noticeable when glinted, small one in Dorothy's pigtail, a couple little ones in Tin Man's hand and ax, and a couple on back cover. Inside front and back covers have b&w photos from the movie, and back section has bios of author L. Frank Baum & the actors, and map of the Land of Oz. John Romita Sr. art on front and back covers. $26 in NM- in 2007 OPG, yours for...$20 (View)

The Marvelous Land of Oz - A 1975 "Marvel Treasury of Oz" 80 page adaptation of the second Oz book, NM--, off-white pages. Top and bottom spine tips have slight ding bump; spine has 4 or so hard to see stress wrinkle marks; 1 production nick on the page edges, 2/3rds of the way down, with tiny cover nick there too. Inside front cover has b&w photo of Dorothy, Tin Man and Scarecrow from Wizard of Oz movie; inside back cover an illustration from the original book, art by John R. Neil; and two page map of the Land of Oz. John Romita Sr. art on front and back covers. $26 in NM- in 2007 OPG...$19 (View)

Misc:

Wild Agents of Marvel, or "WAM" Fan Club kits. Marvel's 1991/92 attempt to start a new Marvel Fan Club like the old Merry Marvel Marching Society. Kits came in colorful 9"x12" folders, with X-Men team members Cable, Havok, Storm, Cyclops and Nightcrawler on the front, and a partial Wolverine on the back. All the paper stuff features Wolverine in the WAM logo. I have 3 complete kits, in excellent condition, but they vary some due to shipping and packing, so not all contents are near mint, but most are. The club only lasted about two years, and not sure how many actually joined up. I hardly find any for sale now, with some priced as much as $50! It was $12.99 to join the club, and they sent out newsletters and previews of upcoming comics and other stuff. If you're a Marvel memorabilia or X-Men/Wolverine fanatic, or have a child that is, you need these!

Standard contents included in all kits. (View most kit items):
1) A nice 8.5"x11" color print of X-Men's Wolverine, Storm, Cyclops, Havok and Cable, by Whilce Portacio.
2) Collectible WAM 7/8" diameter metal pin with a silver & black image of Wolverine on it. (View)
3) Ten 8.5"x11" sheets of stationery and envelopes.
4) 50 pack of 3"x5" WAM post-it/sticky notes.
5) Credit card size plastic numbered membership card.
6) 8.5"x11" Certificate with message from Stan Lee (printed signature).
7) 8.5"x11" Welcome letter from Stan Lee (printed signature). (View)
8) WAM logo black plastic pen.

The "extra" paper stuff is all 8.5"x11", mostly black & white, and larger pics are available (View all):
1) WAM Recruitment button. 3" diameter metal button, with "WAM Wants You!" on it.
2) WAM Newsline Vol. 1 #1, 1992 - Spider-Man's 30th Ann. and new X-Men trading cards coverage; advance unedited whole issue of Terror Inc. #1 in black & white (Jorge Zaffino art); messages from Tom DeFalco and Stan Lee.
3) WAM Newsline Vol. 1 #2. Covers the 2099 line, with interviews with Stan Lee, Joey Cavalieri, and Peter David, with advance b&w previews of pages from Spider-Man, Ravage, Punisher and Doom 2099.
4) A longer "uncorrected" version of #2 with more preview art.
5) An advance unedited 24 page black & white preview of Punisher War Zone #1, so for you people who like original art (John Romita Jr. in this case), this shows you the whole book in pen & ink form.
6) "Project X", a detailed 98 page report about the design of the 1992 X-Men toy line from Toy Biz, with transcript of design meetings, and LOTS of design sketches of X-Men figures and weapons, for you toy fanatics.
7) 1992 Marvel Update 4 page color flyer about new Marvel toys, comics, movies etc.
8) A hand-signed letter on Marvel stationery from WAM guy Paul Curtis to me, with a small hand-drawn sketch of Ghost Rider on it, and printed image of Spider-Man.
9) An 11"x17" folded in half promo poster for the X-Men animated TV series. Text only, with "X-Men on TV" in big red letters coming out through a TV. No pic, not worth scanning and piecing together.

Since I have duplicates of some of the extras, I'll divide them up among the 3 kits, with the best condition kit having the most extras. The folders all have some kinks and stresses from shipping etc., but not creased up, no tears, all are pretty similar shape:

WAM kit #1, #6430 - Best overall condition. Contents are all pretty much NM. X-Men print has minor mild bend in upper left corner in margin, couple dimple spots in top margin. Extras included are the WAM Recruitment button, Newsline #1, #2, uncorrected #2, Project X toy report, Punisher War Zone preview, Marvel Update flyer, "X-Men on TV" poster, signed Paul Curtis letter, and unsigned Editor trading cards of #5 Craig Anderson and #17 Mike Rockwitz. If you don't want ALL the extras, we can figure something out...$35

WAM kit #2, #6431 - Second best condition, most paper stuff is NM. X-Men print has 2 dot size dimples in Wolverine's lower half, and very light vertical bend down through his head. Extras included are a Punisher War Zone preview, Newsline #1, #2, and unsigned Editor trading cards of #5 Craig Anderson and #17 Mike Rockwitz...$20

WAM kit #3, #7011 - X-Men print has a 2.5" creased line in top left side margin, in gold border line, easily matted or framed out. Also a very mild 1" indent/bend in Wolverine's chest. Some envelopes have 1-2 dings/indents in them from the pinback and pen. Certificate has minor bend along top edge right corner. Sticky note pad has a few sheets with little corner tip folds, unbent now. NO extras, so just the basic kit...$15

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