The outstanding origin story of Barbara Gordon aka The Oracle in this two fisted Joker feature, a Killing Joke flashback and amazing work from John Ostrander and crew, DC’s Suicide Squad volume 1 issues 48 and 49 from December of 1990 and January of 1991, a tale so dark and important it stretched over two issues. Both copies are beauties, superb and sharp with no minor blemishes.

The dynamite double-sized epic to finish this fantastic Volume on a high point, the first appearance of team X-Force, the death of Brute as Shatterstar, Feral and others officially join in this Rob Liefeld / Fabian Nicieza gem — Marvel The New Mutants volume 1 issue 100 (the final book of this run) from April of 1991. Another gem copy, the only even minor blemish being a tiny brief bit of browning to the top edge of backing,a true beaut.

Is anything as hot as Deadpool currently? Perhaps only his costar cohort Wolverine, and before there was Wolvie there was the Weapon X Project which began with this BWS/Fabian Nicieza/Paul Gulacy gem — Marvel Comics Presents issue 72 from March of 1991, of course the first appearance of James Howlett as Experiment X. Another stunner, this copy is a remarkably clean and sharp one.

Judd Winick and the outstanding Joe Chiodo crafted this super captivating and somewhat foretelling gem of Gotham goodness, DC’s Harley And Ivy Love On The Lam from 2001, and the Batgirl/Two-Face splash page to begin things is worth the price of admission alone, crazy great imagery. Insane great condition too, not even a single crease, a single dent or minor edge wear, an epically clean and sharp copy.

Pamela Anderson this ain’t, more like the awesome inspiration for the film and don’t call her babe! Dark Horse Comics’ Barb Wire volume 1 issue 1 from April of 1994, a blonde brutal bombshell from Steel Harbor via John Arcudi and Lee Moder. Superb shape, no minor damages or blemishes.

Pretty much completely a Jim Somerville project, the gruesome gore and intense moments that inspired a definite stronghold moment in television and pop culture history harken all the way back to here with Aircel’s The Walking Dead number 1 from September of 1989, zombies WAY before Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore would get to them. A single super faint crease to the middle of spine, no where else a blemish, a delightful copy.

The first appearance of buffcoat and beaver, or is it bunghole and Beatrice? Jokes aside or more like inside the comic itself, the first appearance of Beavis and Butthead in comics and its autographed in gold marker by creator Richard Rick Parker (bottom right corner), Marvel and MTV’s Beavis And Butthead issue 1 from March of 1994. White and sharp, clean and spectacular, like-new and lovely.

"Hearts Of Darkness" was a personal favorite moment wherein the creators (Howard Mackie, JRJR and Klaus Janson) gave fans a fun and dark delight combining three powerhouse characters, in Prestige Format Marvels Hearts Of Darkness one-shot from December of 1991. A fabulously clean, sharp and dazzling copy, a moment or two of faint edge wear, foldout cover is beautiful.

You can’t argue with astonishing artwork, especially when it’s from the brilliant Bill Sienkiewicz, the eleven teams with writer D.G. Chichester here for a Logan undertaking, Marvels Wolverine Inner Fury first printing from November of 1992. Like a broken record, but another beautifully sharp and sensational copy, not even faint edge wear, a dazzler.

Legendary and lovely; a brutal Bruce Wayne moment happens with the landmark Bat-breaking, DC’s Batman volume 1 issue 497 from July 1993, autographed by Doug Moench himself in silver marker, teamed up with Jim Aparo and Dick Giordano this monumental moment was destined to become a fan favorite shakeup. Take a look at the photos, at this is basically a spotless like-new copy. Even the back cover is crazy clean, wow.

What happens when Eddie Brock teams up with Frank Castle? Funeral Pyre is what, and what an awesome 3 part event it was — Marvel Comics Venom Funeral Pyre numbers 1, 2 and 3 from August, September and October of 1993. All three books are in sensational symbiote shape, no creases to covers or anywhere else for that matter, concise and even inners, outstanding back covers.

The tremendous 30th Anniversary gold holofoil cover for this epic gem presents this proper Peter Parker moment perfectly — the first appearance of Jake Austin and Anne Weying, the latter would go onto become She-Venom, Marvel The Amazing Spider-Man volume 1 issue 375 from March of 1993, too many greats to name collaborated here. Straight sharp edges and corners, a spectacular beautiful book.

A mutant milestone so important and incredible Jim Lee and team made multiple covers, the first appearance of the Acolytes, Gambit’s Staff and the iconic Blue and Gold uniform teams, Marvels X-men volume 2 issue 1 from October of 1991 with all 5 of the variant covers, according to Guinness World Records, this issue is still the best-selling comic book of all-time, with sales of over 8.1 million copies. All three copies are gem, clean, sharp and stunning.

A Kal-El blast of Kryptonite proportions, Alex Ross hologram cover for DC’s Superman Forever number 1 from June of 1998, literally dozens and dozens of industry greats from John Byrne to Dick Giordano and beyond collaborated on this Supes feature. The weight and placement of the hologram to cover made this book very susceptible to damage, luckily this one remains nice; some dust surrounding the hologram and to minor creases to bottom, rest of book is clean and fantastic, so taut I did not want to stretch it to take further pictures.

You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind, and Gold Key’s Twilight Zone volume 1 8 issues numbers 28, 47, 55, 56, 59, 60, 64, and 70 with a sand through the hourglass time span of March of 1969 all the way to May of 1976, George Wilson and photo covers. An inch and a half small spine split to bottom of issue 56, top staple is loose to centerfold on issue 28 but bottom is intact, mostly very clean and sharp back covers, mostly concise and even inner pages, some minor spine creasing.

The first full appearance of Gen-13 and a whole bunch more with some doubles and variants, Image and Variant’s Deathmate with two copies of Silver Foil Prologue from September, two copies of Black also from September, two copies of Yellow Gold Foil Edition from October and finally two issues of Blue also from October of 1993. All 8 issues superb and super clean and shiny, great inners and backings.

Where does he get those wonderful toys? Wonderful indeed, two terrific adaptations from the mind of Denny O’Neil, Tim Burton’s visions grafted to graphic novels DC’s Batman and Batman Returns from 1989 and 1992. Both Bat books in beautiful like-new shape.

John Buscema and Mike Zeck crafted some super cool covers for the limited series feature for Bobby Drake solo shoot, Marvels Iceman volume 1 complete issues 1 through 4 from December of 1985 to June of 1986, the first appearances of Marge Smith as Mirage and Oblivion the manifestation of Death of the universe. All issues VF, a few very tiny creases to spine on issue 4, and a super minor surface scuffs to center of spine on issue 2.

A brief overview of the life of the mutants most deadly adversary, a Magnus pin-up gallery and a whole bunch more, "The Twisting Of A Soul" beautiful purple embossed Bill Sienkiewicz one-shot Marvel Magneto number 0 from September of 1993. A very clean and pristine copy, no damages or blemishes.

The most savage prime hunter in all the galaxy lurks here with three issues, Dark Horse’s Predator 2 Volume 2 issues 1 and 2 to complete the two issue adaptation miniseries from February and June of 1991, then Dark Horse Presents issue number 35 from December of 1989. All three issues white and concise inner pages, outstanding and clean back covers and superb covers.

Not one, not two, but three tremendous still-sealed and never opened white collector’s edition DC Adventures Of Superman number 500 from June of 1993, "Life After Death" featuring the first appearance of Hank Henshaw as Cyborg Superman, Steel III (John Henry Irons), Eradicator and Superboy (Kon-El). As stated before, all sealed with no holes or tears to the plastic, two tiny surface dings to the center of one of the baggings.

Beginnings, The Animal Unleashed, The Man Reborn, and The Hero Triumphant to complete the four issue miniseries showcasing Logan in his early solo upstarts, Marvels The Wolverine Saga numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 from September to December of 1989, four awesome cover features from JRJR, Rob Liefeld, M.W. Kaluta, and Adam Kubert and Terry Austin. All four issues are in snikt-acular shape, sensational and sharp.

The gorgeous gold foil embossed cover for the Origin, plus the med three steps to his first solo series including the first appearance of Weasel and a few other minors, Marvel Cable volume 1 issue 1, 2, 3 and 4 from a time traveling span of May to August of 1993. Super clean spines and covers, fabulous inner pages and backings.

The super cool Comic book adaptation version of the 1960s spy/secret agent TV series with photo covers, Gold Key The Man From U.N.C.L.E. issues 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 14, and 17 all from 1965. Some chipping to spine and perimeter wear on issue 6, minimal creases and wear elsewhere with mostly good inner pages and back covers, some perimeter print rubbing to the back of issue 12, a few creases on cover for issues 17 and 14.

Marvels first official comic and team triumphant and tremendous here, the first appearance of The Multiple Man, first Torgo The Ultimate Weapon, first Cat-Man, first Abominable Snowman, Crystal Joins the FF, first Nega Man, Second ever Annihilus, first Overmind, the Double-Sized Doctor Doom joining, and the marriage of Crystal and Quicksilver. A staggering amount of awesome — Marvels Fantastic Four volume 1 issues 90, 91, 92, 98, 99, 107, 113, 114, 116, 150 and the Giant-Size number 4 from February of 1975, September of 1969 to September of 1974 for the rest of the FF landmarks. Majority of these books are Fine+ if not better, very nice and clean copies with only minor blemishes, the Giant-Size has some typical waving to the staples, slight nubbing, faint creases or surface scuffs if any, really good copies mostly.

Simply marvelous and magnificent. The first solo Zatanna with a mighty amount of magic weaved by John Broome, Carmine Infantino, Joe Giella, Len Wein and a capper dapper cover by Gray Morrow, DC Super Stars Volume 2 Number 11 from January of 1977. Some faded creasing to the bottom right corner, slight nubbing to the top and bottom of spine, brief print rubbing to back cover.

Let’s return to bullets, bloodshed and big nothing, three equally iconic and excellent Frank Castle covers here, folks — Marvels The Punisher War Journal Volume1 number 50 from January of 1993, Punisher Volume 2 number 75 from 1993, and then John Romita Jr’s cut out cover for Punisher War Zone number 1 from March of 1992. All issues are excellent without any blemishes except War Zone number 1 which has some browning discoloration to the intro page from cover cutout.

The first appearance of Bishop in Marvels Uncanny X-men number 282 from November of 1991, paired with What If Volume 2 Starring Bishop issue number -1 from July of 1997. Both Bishop books are beautiful and with no blemishes besides a brief bit of waving to the bottom on a few pages of Uncanny 282.

The double-sized 17th anniversary issue spectacular for "When Titans Clash," another in an endless line of Kirby gems, Marvels Fantastic Four volume 1 issue 200 from November of 1978. A tiny bit of nubbing to the top left corner of cover, one tiny ding to spine and one small surface scuff to bottom center, mostly outstanding everywhere else with even clean inner pages and frontispiece, back cover with a few small print rubbing markings and waving.

A classic Liefeld / McFarlane cover, instantly recognizable and radical is the first meeting of Cable and Wolverine for Marvels The New Mutants volume 1 issue number 93 from September of 1990, also three new, all Asian members of the MLF (Mutant Liberation Front) make their first appearances: Dragoness, Sumo, Kamikaze. About the sharpest edges and corners you could hope for,my superbly clean and pristine.

An ultra alien invasion and a robotic rise up amidst spectral power, DC’s Mystery In Space volume 1 issues 88 from December of 1963 paired with issue number 108 from June of 1966, legends like Murphy Anderson, Gardner Fox, Carmine Infantino, Otto Binder and more for these early Hawkman/Ultra duo. Some surface scuffing to the top left corner on issue 88 and a diagonal crease to the right edge, faint nubbing to spine bottom and faded small crease to right edge for 108, even and concise inner pages however the centerfold is detached to issue 108 and one small surface stain to bottom of intro page, slight print rubbing to the backing of 88, white and clean for 108.

Jim Mooney, Al Plastino, Jim Shooter and of course the captivating Curt Swan covers fans grew to know and love, DC’s Action Comics volume 1 issues 324 and 344 from May of 1965 and December of 1966, "The Secret Life Of Clark Kent" and “Superman’s Nightmare Dreams!” Both Fine- is not better copies, lovely spines and corners, some minor print rubbing moments to the backings, concise and even inners, white frontispieces.

The second ever Light Lass, third ever Star Boy and Matter-Eater Lad in this Ed Hamilton, John Forte and Curt Swan LoSH spectacle, DC’s Adventure Comics number 318 from March of 1964, "The Mutiny Of The Legionnaires." A very nice copy, very brief browning and surface wear to the spine and top edge, concise inner pages with faint browning moments to backing.

The warfare and military moments are in no shortage, Dell’s Jungle War Stories number 2 from March of 1963, Dell’s Garrison’s Gorillas number 4 from October of 1968, and Gold Key’s Gomer Pyle number 3 from 1967. Some creasing to perimeters and spines, a faded pen marking to tops of GG and GP, slight wear to the back of GG and odd tearing near the staples for its inner pages, faint nubbing to bottom corner tips for Gomer but a nice pin-up backing for it, minor foxing to he backing of JWS and excellent sharp inner pages for it.

Landmark, iconic and incredible, the beginning of a brilliant and unique series with a stunner cover by Glenn Fabry (every cover he does is stunning, honestly) and intriguing and insanely awesome inner work from acclaimed writer and artists Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, DC and Vertigo’s Preacher number 1 from April of 1995, the first appearances of Preacher (Jesse Custer), Cassidy (my personal fav character from the series), Tulip and the Saint Of Killers. A beautiful and awesome copy, only a very faint wear to the spine if at all,

Marvel’s most popular horror title here with the beginning and very end, Marvels Tomb Of Dracula volume 1 issues 2, 3 and 4 (May, July and September of 1972) and then then fang finale series ending issue 70 from August of 1979, many firsts like the first Gort, Dr. Von Harbou, Rachel Van Helsing, Taj Nital, Ilsa Strangeway and others. Issue 4 was sticker labeled a VG/Fine, a slight bit of nubbing to spine bottom and a few minor dings to bottom, issue 70 is undoubtedly a Fine+/VF superb and clean, issue 4 considerable creasing to perimeter and wear, issue 2 has a faded pen marking to left bottom, wear and chipping to perimeter, relatively nice and sharp inners for it though and a good backing with minimal print rubbing and wear, great inners and backings mostly otherwise.

The second appearance of Rex Mason aka the ever changing Element Man Metamorpho in a Fine+ copy, DC’s The Brave And The Bold volume 1 issue number 58 from March of 1965 via Bob Haney, Charles Paris and Ramona Fradon, also the second ever Sapphire and Simon Stagg’s in "The Junkyard of Doom!" Sticker labeled a slightly nicer Fine, not a single crease to cover and only faint spot of wear or two, mostly great inner pages and a nice back cover.

Way before Carol Danvers or the spectacular Jim Starlin stuff came the original green and silver suit showcased here greatly with four early examples, Marvels Captain Marvel volume 1 issues 4, 7, 10 and 11 with a space traversing time stamp of August 1968 into March of 1969, including the awesome Sub-Mariner battle in "The Alien And The Amphibian," plus the deaths of Number One and Una-Rogg. Easily Fine- while issues 11 and 10 are even nicer VF for sure.

The coming of Orka the Human Killer Whale here in his first appearance, Marvels Sub-Mariner volume 1 issue number 23 from March of 1970 via Roy Thomas, Marie Severin and Johnny Craig. A few surface dings, minimal spine and edge wear, slight print rubbing to the perimeter of backing, inner pages are mostly concise, clean and even.

"A Show Of Power" indeed, a now famous and integral issue in Mutant and Marvel history, the first appearance of Cable and first ever Styfe, Reaper II, Strobe and Forearm for Marvels The New Mutants number 87 from March of 1990, you can’t deny the treasured McFarlane / Liefeld cover. A beautiful and a bonafide gem copy practically, superb and spectacular cover, fabulous and even inner pages, spotless book.

Truly beautiful and glorious in not only content but in condition, a fabulous first appearance of The Time Commander John Starr and also the first Batman team-up in this sensational series, DC’s The Brave And The Bold volume 1 issue 59 from May of 1965, a gorgeous Gil Kane cover to present it, too. Womdeful colors and edges to cover with a brief bit of surface rubbing and tiny faint creases to the center of spine, fantastic back cover and very delightful inner pages.

The ferocious femme fatale Thundra here in yet another FF epic with the Avengers, Cage and Spider-Man included for Romona Fradon’s first and only published Marvel work as opposed to her normal DC — Marvels Fantastic Four volume 1 issue 133 from April of 1973. A crisp and clean white and sharp backing and frontispiece, inner pages are off-white, even and concise, cover is a beautiful one with only a faint crease to the bottom right corner and a few teeny tiny ones near the staples.

Sal Buscema and Roy Thomas breathing flames into them pages of this title during their tremendous tenure, the second appearance of The Squadron Sinister in "When Strikes The Squadron Sinister," Marvels The Avengers volume 1 issue number 70 from November of 1969. Minor print rubbing and faint wear to the perimeter on cover, concise and sharp inner pages and off-white and nice frontispiece and back cover.

"Superman’s Day Of Truth" taunts an identity reveal while Jimmy Olsen, Lana, Lois and Perry White and others make appearances, DC’s Superman volume 1 issue number 176 from April of 1965. A truly fabulous cover condition with only minor and faint wear circling the perimeter of the cover, inner pages are delightful even concise and off-white, back cover is white as well with a little bit of foxing to the left edge.

The sensational silver foil embossed cover edition for a new era with Jim Rhodes, Marvel War Machine volume 1 number 1 from April of 1994, the first appearances of minors Advisor, Dr. Jeffries, Major Joseph and others. Also included is the War Machine Ashcan Edition. A gem impeccable copy, no minor blemishes to speak of really, clean, sharp and stunning.

Logan lurking in the shadows and going berserk when battle is imminent, Marvels Wolverine volume 2 issues number 26, 31 and 33 from July, September and November of 1990, while issue 31 is Larry Hama’s first comic book writing work. All books are pristine and clean, superb and sharp with no damages.

"Dead or alive, you’re coming with me!" The cybernetic upholder of the law here with Marvel’s Robocop The Official Adaptation of the Film from first color edition from July of 1990, then the complete 4 issue miniseries Dark Horse Robocop Prime Suspect numbers 1-4 from 1992 into 1993. All five issues are amazing in shape, no blemishes whatsoever just clean surfaces and sharp edges and corners.

"Lifelines" and “For Beauty Passes,” the first two steps to Ben Grimm’s first official titled solo series with Robin retold, Marvels The Thing numbers 1 and 2 from July and August of 1983, Ron Wilson and the legend John Byrne behind the pages. Yancy Street’s bludgeoner beautifully as both these copies are awesome, clean and sharp throughout.

"Escape To Battleground Earth" showcases the first appearance of the titular transforming Titan, DC’s Shade The Changing Man volume 1 issue number 1 from July of 1977, awesome artwork from easily one of the top ten greatest artists ever, Steve Ditko. Excellent in condition everywhere, superb edges and corners.

The world’s greatest superhero and in what I believe is the earliest issue I’ve ever held from this iconic series, Kal-El showcased with amazing Al Plastino in three tales here — DC’s Superman volume 1 issue 95 from February of 1955. Besides a very faint and faded crease to the bottom right corner and some minor print rubbing to the perimeter, a super brief bit of yellowing and a small print rubbing mark to nice back cover, absolutely excellent inner pages and edges, great corners, no chipping or nubbing, you don’t often at all see Golden Age Supes this nice, I included photos of most pages.

Crazy vivid Jack Sparling imagery for this Golden Age battle gem — Harvey’s War Battles volume 1 number 5 from July of 1952, arguably the most sought after issue of the only 9 issue series mainly because of cover. Speaking of cover, some slight creasing to the spine and even lesser wear to perimeter edges, very brief browning and slight wear only to the nice back cover, excellent even inner pages, only two bottom corner tiny tips are folded, great edges.

No, your eyes do not deceive you, only four steps away from issue 1, DC’s Our Army At War volume 1 number 5 from December of 1952, and featuring of course legend like Bob Oksner, Gene Colan, Bernie Sachs and many more for the battle filled bullet blitzes. The issue has an odd factory miscut as you can tell from the bottom line to bottom edge and the slightly skewed backing and cover (see photos, the backing has an odd corner tip), there is creasing, browning and surface wear to the perimeter on cover, one tiny pencil marking to A of title, backing has two chips to top edge and two or three not so terrible rips to left edge, brief browning to inner pages but concise edge and good corners.

Taking it way way back in Captain Marvel history before even Marvel Comics existed, Fawcett Publications Captain Marvel Jr. number 107 from March of 1952, Joe Certa, Bill Thompson and Bill Woolfolk to the horror dimension. A tiny pen marking to the top left corner, some slight browning and creasing wear to the perimeter and one minor smudge to bottom left corner, scattered creasing wear to the perimeter of back cover but it remains mostly good, inner pages are even, concise with no rips or tears or chips.

The master McFarlane in what is now an instantly and often tributed cover as the creator would take this series to great popular heights for a nice run, but it began with this "Torment," Marvel Comics Spider-Man number 1 from August of 1990 the non-bagged Spidey head variant. Issue remains like-new, clean and sharp and superb.

Like a murderer’s row of comic legends but such is the case when you get fairly deep into Golden Age territory, Murphy Anderson, Alex Toth, John Broome, Carmine Infantino and the list goes on for DC’s Mystery In Space volume 1 issue number only 16 from November of 1953, "Homeymoon In Space!" A chip to to the top left near corner box, some scattered and mostly faint creasing to cover and an odd corner tip to the top right, one pen marking to M of title, some slight browning and edge wear briefly but mostly great inner pages, back cover has top half torn off and some minor scattered wear.

Steve Ditko’s beloved and bizarre creation, Jack Ryder here in his second suspenseful step in his first series and third ever appearance overall plus first appearance of Proteus, DC’s Beware The Creeper volume 1 issue number 2 from August of 1968, "The Many Faces Of Proteus." A superb and delightful cover with only a few faint creases to spine, off white and concise inner pages, sharp and clean frontispiece and backing with only a tiny bit of print rubbing to the latter. A very nice copy.

The seaman crew and shipmates amidst battles, aquatic adventure and action with Battleship Burke in an early tale, Atlas’s Navy Action volume 1 issue 11 from April of 1956. Only minimal wear to the mostly concise inner pages, minor wear to the bottom and top edges of back cover and spine, creasing to the perimeter on cover and one small hole to the center right edge, also top staple is loose to the pages on frontispiece but bottom is intact.

Jim Mooney, George Klein, Sheldon Moldoff, and of course Curt Swan and others to this Lex Luthor topsy turvy tale, DC’s Action Comics volume 1 issue number 318 from November of 1964. About six of seven tiny chipped bottom corner tips to the otherwise good inner pages, cover has a faint browning border to the right and bottom edges and one faded crease to the right bottom corner and minor surface wear to a few tiny spots of the perimeter.

Two spectacular and classic covers from reading, PA’s own comic legend Jim Steranko (issue 7 in particular widely regarded as one of Steranko’s top ten cover pieces ever for his Salvador Dali take on "Hours Of Madness, Day Of Death") and two from Frank Springer as he took over the task for this first Shield series — Marvels Nick Fury Agent Of Shield volume 1 issues 6, 7, 8 and 9 from November of 1968 to February of 1969, the second appearance of Hate Monger, first Supremus, and first ever Agent Warden. All four issues are easily Fine-/VF copies (issues 7 and 8 in particular are extremely pretty), clean and sharp white back covers, concise OW/W inner pages with sharp edges, white frontispieces, delightful covers with very little if any creasing.

Even though it is numbered issue 10 it is actually the first issue of the only three issue miniseries of the Golden Age of America's favorite pastime, Ziff Davis Comic Group Baseball Thrills number 10 (issue 1) from Summer of 1951, Bob Feller’s take with baseball facts Babe Ruth, DiMaggio and other home run features. A dated stamp to top of back cover and some brief print bleeding to it, mostly nice inner pages with brief browning, scattered creasing to perimeter of cover and one small chip to bottom right edge.

Autographed to the cover and a separate ashcan sized art print by writer Beau Smith to this fantastic Flint Henry cover (although no certificate with it) for this outrageous one-shot, Image Comics Parts Unknown Killing Attractions number 1 from May of 2000. Books is clean and pristine, no blemishes.

Sergeant Biff Blake and squad behind enemy lines with bullets a blazing as this doomed patrol faces "The Last Grenade," Atlas’ Battle Action volume 1 issue number 23 from June of 1955. Some brief creasing to the spine and perimeter and a slightly folded corner tip to the top right, some brief browning to the spine and a faded top corner stain to back cover, very nice and even inner pages.

Two samples from a completely different era and age: Fawcett Publication’s Soldier volume 1 number 4 from July of 1952, and Youthful Magazine’s Redskin number 10 from June of 1952. Some spine wear and around the staples, surface smudging to the bottom of Soldier’s cover and a pencil marking very faded to the top left corner, a faded crease down the center of Redskin, some browning to spine on back covers and brief wear, mostly good inner pages.

Legends Jim Starlin and Jim Valentino to the cover for this terrific first appearance of the beyond Omega Level powerful and near omnipotent (placed high in most top ten most powerful Marvel characters ever lists) Protege, "The Power Of The Protege" Marvel Guardians Of The Galaxy volume 1 issue number 15 from August of 1991. Pristine, clean and sharp throughout.

Stupendous and wonderful times ten, the first ever Supergirl / Wonder Woman team-up here the stuff of legend, DC’s The Brave And The Bold volume 1 issue 63 from January of 1966, "The Revolt Of The Super-Chicks" showcases a beautiful Jim Mooney cover for this Kara Zor-El Diana Prince product. What’s even more stunning is the shape of this book, look at this cover, sensational edges with only a few faint creases to the staples, off-white frontispiece and even inner pages that are dazzling, a brief bit of print rubbing to the back cover spine and a tiny dot ding and very faded pencil marking to the top left corner. What a beauty.

The glorious and gorgeous Bolland Gold Foil cover for "Images," the Star-Studded creator feature with so many industry titans to name included, DC’s Batman: Legends Of The Dark Knight issue 50 from September of 1993. Beautiful, pristine and clean, a dazzling copy indeed.

Neal Adams, Brian Bolland, Scott Hanna and many other legends bringing new brilliance to this beginning of a new Boy Wonder Tim Drake — DC’s Robin volume 1 number 1 from January of 1991 and Robin volume 2 number 1 from November of 1993, volume 1 is the first appearance Lynx, the first appearance of Robin’s car with Volume 2, plus lots more. Both Boy Wonder books are beautiful and spectacular, shiny clean and superb.

The final issue to the short first self titled series with a monumental and captivating Nick Cardy cover piece, DC’s The Spectre volume 1 issue 10 from June of 1969,

"The Untold Origin Of The Justice Society" sees the finale of the important and first volume, to help thwart Hitler and the Nazi regime Roosevelt sends the earth’s mightiest super squad to thwart their evil — DC Special volume 1 issue 29 from September of 1977, and of course an outstanding cover by the legend Neal Adams. A pretty book with only a faded slight crease to the right corners and a tiny one to the center of spine, very brief print rubbing to back cover and excellent and even inner pages with only a faint crease dent to the top corner that echoes to some inners.

The man without fear teams up with the clobberin’ Ben Grimm with the FF to assist in the action against evil antagonist Black Spectre, with wonderful Gil Kane/Frank Giacoia/Sal Buscema/Joe Sinnott artwork — Marvel Two-In-One volume 1 issue 3 from May of 1974. Excellent and even cream colored inner pages. A nice white back cover with only minimal print rubbing to it, cover is also very awesome with only a faint bit of nubbing to the bottom corner tips and a few faint creases to spine.

Autographed by the awesome Amanda Conner numerous time and the TPB itself by both Amanda Conner and writer Justin Gray, two accompanying art prints also signed making this and splendid and sensational grouping, Paper Films’ Weapon Of God first printing trade paperback from 2013 with two art prints included. All three items sharp, superb and spectacular in shape.

Truly awesome, "Assault Rivals" sees an iconic and rare Captain America by legend Todd McFarlane during his short but extremely important run on ASM, so outstanding there was even a collectible figure crafted of this image — Marvel Amazing Spider-Man volume 1 issue number 323 from November of 1989, also the first appearances of Grayson and Ambassador Hawthorne as the tricky and sharp Sabretooth also makes a cameo. Book is unbelievably sharp and minty, super sharp corners and edges, fantastic inners and backing, a gem copy.

Chris Claremont, Jim Lee, Scott Williams and other outstanding industry titans melding magic with the mutants during this tenure, Marvel Uncanny X-men volume 1 issue number 271 from December of 1990, as Warlock makes an ominous cameo appearance as the New Mutants and the X-men collide during the famed X-tinction Agenda. A gem copy any way you look at it, no damages no blemishes just beauty.

The imagery for this landmark by Javier Saltares and legend Mark Texeira is undeniable but the unsung hero is Gregory Wright with the colors as they just pop brilliantly, Marvel Ghost Rider volume 3 issue 1 the beginning of anew from May of 1990, the first appearance of Danny Ketch as Ghost Rider, first Stacy Dolan and Capt. Dolan, first Deathwatch and Noble Kale. As you can tell from the photos, this is a magnificent minty copy, beautiful everywhere only super duper minor blemish is a very very faint bit of surface rubbing to the spine.

Five magical still-sealed Marvel Masterworks hardcover shrink wrapped, beginning with Avengers Volume 1, The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1, Ka-Zar Volume 1, Silver Surfer Volume 1 and Killraven Volume 1, various years of production from 2003 to 2018 and well over 1300 pages covering the starts of all these sensational Marvel series’. As stated, all are still plastic sealed, however there is a peroration to the plastic to the top of books for Avengers along its width, and top of Silver Surfer.

John Byrne, Jim Lee and Scott Williams brought a darker, deadlier villain to life with this landmark as the vibranium tendril’d Omega Red makes his first deadly appearance — Marvels X-men volume 2 number 4 from January of 1992, "The Resurrection and The Fire!" A fabulous gem copy that remains outstanding everywhere, only very super faint wear is a very very brief surface ding and nubbing to the top left corner, a fantastic copy.

"Bang! You’re Dead!" And not only because of the outstanding early cameo appearances from Cable and Stryfe but almost outshining that is the brilliant and deadly cover from Liefeld and McFarlane that pays tribute to the legend Steve Ditko — Marvels The New Mutants volume 1 issue number 86 from February of 1990, also the first appearance of The Mutant Liberation Front. Epic and excellent, a near-pristine book with razor sharp corners and edges and spotless inner pages, a very faint bend to the very tips of right corners on covers, terrific back cover.

Steve Ditko, Don Heck, Jack Kirby, Wallace Wood, BWS and even another legend Bernie Wrightson to the cover for the final issue of the series which is a Lovecraft adaption, more than twenty tales of horror within this bunch — Marvels Tower Of Shadows volume 1 issues 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 (the finale issue of the series) from May of 1970 to January of 1971. Super nice inner pages and covers, only faint creases to spines or perimeter of covers if at all, sharp back covers with minimal print rubbing for a moment or two.

Only three issues away from the very beginning of one of the longest running and appreciated war titles on its era and with an iconic Dr. Strangelove-esque cover by Jerry Grandenetti, DC’s Our Fighting Forces volume 1 issue 4 from April of 1955. Cover has some wear to the spine and bottom edges, slight chipping to bottom corners, a browning stain to right top edge, a brief browning to the back cover and a few tiny chips, very nice inner pages that are even and concise, great edged and staples intact and taut, slight yellowing to frontispiece.

Wow. Probably the third or fourth oldest comic I’ve ever personally touched and inspected, what a treat. The dust gets kicked up for this very beginning in comic form for America’s Number One Outlaw — Avon Periodicals’ Jesse James number 1 from August of 1950, and with a truly tremendous cover by Gene Fawcett with matching inner magic by fellow legend (and fairly young at the time) Joe Kubert. Some nubbing to the top and bottom of spine, very slight wear around the staples and spine center, brief browning to the bottom but otherwise a great cover, some denting, print rubbing to the spine on back cover and a few wear moments to its perimeter with a tiny rip or two, bottom corner chipping to most of the inner pages with a slight bend near it.

About as iconic as any Marc Silvestri cover has ever been, "Fever Dream" was stunning and staggering from the moment it hit shelves and still so as it was perfectly and awesomely featured in the new Deadpool Vs. Wolverine feature film — Marvels Uncanny X-men volume 1 number 251 from November of 1989, Claremont shows The Reavers against Jubillee and Logan, stuff of legend. A spectacular VF/NM copy, this book is a true beauty.

The gorgeous glow in the dark Bob McLeod cover for "Down And Dirty," the first appearance of Charles Palestine to a short and early Eddie Brock 3 issue miniseries, Marvel Venom: The Enemy Within number 1 from February of 1994. Take a gander at the photos as this one remains gorgeous and gem, great edges, corners, surface, inners and backing.

Another battle-tested ten center from yesteryear, legendary Russ Heath cover artwork as Stan Lee was early in his reigns as editor, Atlas War Adventures volume 1 issue 4 from May of 1952. Some browning and staining to back cover but nice edges mostly to it, concise inners with no chipping or major wear, a tiny rip or two to the second or third page, cover has a pen marking to title, some slight chilling to right edge and minor wear to spine. Actually not bad for an over 70 year old comic.

The fabulous first appearance of Screaming Mimi aka Songbird and first Grapplers, Poundcakes, and Titania in "Blood And Bionics," cybernetic knee deep into Project Pegasus with Terry Austin, John Byrne, George Perez, Jim Shooter…I mean wow, Marvel Two-In-One volume 1 issue 54 from August of 1979, the demise of Deathlok II with stunner imagery. Another pretty one with hardly any minor blemishes, concise even and sharp inners, white and nice back cover and frontispiece, marvelous cover.

You can almost hear those unmistakable infrared and growl sounds looking at this landmark, of course the first appearance in comic book form, Dark Horse’s Predator volume 1 number 1 from June of 1989, "The Heat" sees a sensational cover via Chris Warner. This key issue remains incredibly nice in shape, gorgeous clean and sharp.

The beginning of a beautiful friendship between jolly Ol’ Saint Nick and Bugs himself, Dell Publishing’s Bugs Bunny’s Christmas Funnies volume 1 number 1 from November of 1950. A giant-sized book and very thick, cover has a very faded bit of pencil marking to top near corner, a few tiny dings to the right edge and some brief creasing and warping to the spine, mostly even and outstanding inner pages that are concise and hardly damaged at all, concise, back cover has a crease to the top left and a rip to center left edge. Pretty amazing shape for its age and size.

Early and exciting Atlas warfare for the ages as the enemy encroaches, Atlas Battle-Ground volume 1 issue number 4 from March of 1955, a short series with only 20 issues in it, this one of course three boot damaged steps away from its bullet-filled beginning. Actually very nice cover, one tiny surface ding to title, great edges and corners with only some minor browning to bottom right corner and brief wear to the spine, a browning horizon to the bottom and left edges of back cover, excellent and even concise inner pages.

A passion project for the legend Joe Kubert even back then as he’d revisit this character a few more times later on in his life, St. John’s Publishing’s Tor volume 1 issue 5 (the finale of the short miniseries) from October of 1954. Some creasing and wear to the spine and top edge of cover and faint nubbing to bottom right corner tip, nice frontispiece and inner pages, only faint wear to back cover and one faded pencil marking.

One of earliest battle crews in comic history that stretched from current days to even before 1943, the squadron shown spectacularly here with Dick Dillin and Dick Wood dynamite, Quality Comics Blackhawk volume 1 issue 86 from March of 1955. Two big rips near the title and some surface prion rubbing to the spine, a super faded date stamp to back cover and one chip to the opening left edge center, minor print rubbing to the spine, the intro page has a similar rip with the cover while the rest are even and concise but the final page has a small cutout to bottom.

"I Am Lady Mandarin" produced an absolutely awesome and haunting cover via Jim Lee for this early Psylocke close to who’d she become most known as a fan favorite, plus the first appearance of Jubilee in her famous yellow trench, Marvels Uncanny X-men volume 1 issue number 257 from January of 1990. Not a speck or ding to the cover, an excellent and superb copy.

Two taunting and haunting books from two terrific terror shows: Dell’s Outer Limits volume 1 issue number 17 from October of 1968, and Topps Comics’ The X-Files number 0 from 1996. The spine on Outer Limited is worn with chipping to the bottom corner tip, scattered creasing to cover perimeter, the top staple is loose to the book but bottom is intact, wear, creasing and browning to back cover, X-Files is excellent and VF.

Polaris, Strong Guy, Wolfsbane, Havok and Multiple Man are magic and become the new team and would essentially become the eras most recognized titular team soon there after, Marvels X-Factor volume 1 issue number 71 from October of 1991 with a marvelous Al Milgrom cover to present them. Excellent, fabulous and outstanding with no blemishes to this beauty.

The first four fateful steps into a radical realm by imagery legend Frank Brunner, First Comics’ Warp volume 1 numbers 1, through 4 from March to June of 1983, the first appearance of Lord Cumulus and Prince Chaos, among others. All four fantasy books remain in fantastic shape, only some minor faded creases to a spine or two, excellent edges and inner pages.

With his wonderful work amongst the mutants for X-men and Image Comics, Jim Lee owned a good chunk of 90s comic-dom, shoot to his created series of a mercenary distraught and at the end of his rope, the red foil embossed cover for Image Comics’ Deathblow volume 1 number 1 from April of 1993, the first appearance of Cybernary. Copy is outstanding and blemish free.

The intergalactic cybernetic space night crash lands upon earth, "Arrival" Marvels ROM Spaceknight numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 from December of 1979 to May of 1980, of course the origin of ROM and first appearance of Firefall and a few others. Six spectacular copies together with only a few super brief moments of very minor nubbing to a tip or two, a tiny bit of print rubbing to the backing of issues 5 and 6.

"Metamorphosis’" sees Mar-Vell magnificence via legend Jim Starlin as this landmark he takes over art and story, plus Captain Marvel is first granted the Protector of the Universe title in this landmark, his cosmic awareness, and other internal changes and also undergoes a few external changes, including his hair color changing from white to blonde — Marvel Captain Marvel volume 1 issue number 29 from November of 1973. A stellar gem copy, nice sharp and clean throughout.

The awesome Fabien Nicieza with two savage samplings here and luckily one of them is autographed, Acclaim and Valiant Comics Turok Redpath volume 1 from October of 1997, and Turok The Empty Souls from April of 1997, the latter being signed by both Nicieza and…I can’t quite make out who else from that signature and roster? Both copies are clean and like-new, superb and super sharp.

A proper passion project from art writer creator legend David Lapham, it begins here with "The Look Of Love," El Capitan Stray Bullets volume 1 number 1 from March of 1995, a violent noir series about love and danger. Take a gander at the photos as this is an easy VF/NM copy, pristine and pretty, first printing.

How many times do you see a Todd McFarlane drawn Conan the barbarian cover? If you answered hardly at all, you are correct as it is rare and when he did this gem he made sure to make it graphic and bloody with his touch, Marvels Conan The Barbarian volume 1 number 241 from February of 1991. A slight bit of waving to the bottom of inner pages, excellent everywhere else, super nice.

If you want an astonishing and astounding assembly, you’ve got one… Amazing and awesome ain’t the half of it with thirteen (13) samples of the Earth’s mightiest hero team — starting with issues I hand picked: Marvels The Avengers volume 1 number 51, issue 65, issue 66, issue 71, issue 78, issue 80 and issue 100, then super fresh and like-new clean and superb, bagged and boarded trade paperbacks: The Avengers The Once And Future Kang, Avengers Assemble Volume 1, The Avengers Heavy Metal, Avengers Infinity Classic, DC and Marvel’s JLA/Avengers, and finally Avengers Defenders War. A marvelous time span of Avengers moments, too many important occurrences to list them all, but for a few - the second appearance of The Collector, Hawkeye’s identity revealed, first Ultron-6, first appearance of The Invaders (!), first Lethal Legion, first Red Wolf and of course the 100th issue spectacular. Only slight moments of wear and surface creasing to the comics, a brief moment of print rubbing but most issues hover in the VG+ to Fine+ area if not better, take a look at this treasure trove!

And now presenting the sadistic serial killing spawn of Venom, Cletus Kasady aka…Carnage! The first appearance of Carnage and it all started here with Marvels Amazing Spider-Man volume 1 issue 361 from April of 1992 "Savage Genesis." A gem copy as clean as you’d want without even a single crease to the cover, a true beauty.

Something terrifying and strange has occurred - outstanding even among horrors faced every day by spectral and spirit master John Constantine, Vertigo Hellblazer Pandemonium from February 2010 by Jamie Delano. What an awesome and haunting tome, image, content and condition wise, super shape and clean, even the dust jacket is spotless.

From the fantastic and acclaimed Neil Gaiman, the bestselling novelist and creator of the world-renowned comics title The Sandman, comes a mesmerizing tale of the dangers and opportunities of youth, and its endless possibilities. Illustrated by four of comics' most accomplished artists, John Bolton, Scott Hampton, Charles Vess and Paul Johnson, Vertigo’s The Books Of Magic The Deluxe Edition from April of 2014, with close to 200 pages of outstanding imagery included. A slight bit of dust to the dust jacket but a truly terrific specimen this one is.

The wicked wonderful writer Grant Morrison and awesome artist Frank Quitely deliver the emotional journey of WE3 – three house pets weaponized for lethal combat by the government – as they search for "home" and ward off the shadowy agency that created them, Vertigo WE3 The Deluxe Edition from August of 2011, with close to 40 extra pages of extra material. Some dust tot he bottom of cover dust jacket, but like new and clean and sharp everywhere else.

A personal favorite with two of my favorite characters all-time and with stunning Mike Mignola/Gene Colan art and Gerry Conway/Bill Mantlo story of wonder and magic, Marvels Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom Triumph and Torment softcover first printing from 2013. Like new, clean sharp and smooth with no damages to the inner pages or covers.

Astonishing growing and shrinking wonder with the early starts of one of the Avengers most sizable specimens, Marvel Masterworks Ant-Man/Giant-Man Volumes 2 and 3 from 2008 and 2018, over 500 pages of fabulous Avenger action. Both books are like-new and sealed in plastic.

From the master Sci-Fi art magician Moebius comes this unique and seldom seen pairing: Tundra Publishing’s Legends Of Arzach Gallery 3 and 4 still-sealed and featuring a staggering line-up of greats such as John Buscema, Richard Corben, Bill Sienkiewicz, Frank Brunner, Dave Gibbons and so much more. Both are still plastic wrapped and sealed, unopened and like-new.

There was only two issues to this super short but super spectacular miniseries and here they are together, why split up a wonderful thing — Gold Key’s The Fantastic Voyages Of Sinbad numbers 1 and 2 from 1965 and 1967. Some very slight spine creasing but these two are really nice copies, especially the inner pages that are super concise and clean, great pin-up back covers, one super tiny pen marking to the title on issue 2.

Spanning a sensational amount of mutant history, four still-sealed like-new morsels — Marvel Masterworks The X-men Volumes 4 and 6 and Masterworks Uncanny X-men Volumes 7 and 8, including iconic story and image work everyone from Roy Thomas and Don Heck to treasured team Dave Cockrum, Claremon and Byrne. There are two small slices to the plastic on center bottom cover of Volume 4.

Polk High’s finest shoe salesman and the entire family here with 16 samples and variant covers as well, Now Comics Married With Children, a mixing of issues from Volumes 1 and 2: Married With Children Quantum Quartet number 1 from 1993, Married With Children Flashback Special Number 1 1993, Married With Children Off Broadway number 1 1993, MwC volume 2 number 1 1991, MwC volume 2 number 2, MwC volume 1 number 3, MwC volume 2 number 3, MwC volume 2 number 4, MwC volume 1 number 4, MwC volume 1 number 5, MwC volume 2 number 5, 2 copies of MwC volume 1 number 6, MwC volume 2 number 7, MwC Collector’s Special number 1 from July of 1992, and the MwC Annual from 1994. All 16 issues have been stored well, clean and sharp VF copies, no blemishes or damages.

Early and excellent masked adventure features to save the day and gallop away heroically, Dell Publishing & King’s The Lone Ranger volume 1 issues 16 from October of 1949 (!) and issue 38 from August of 1951. Both nice covers, very slight warping to the bottom on issue 16 and some minor print rubbing and creasing to its spine and it is back-less (no back cover), a small chip to the bottom of issue 38 and brief warping to the spine, good concise inner pages for both with some browning.

"The Flying Jeep" has to be seen to be believed, luckily here it is! Amazing Golden Age artwork from Irv Novick, Ross Andru, Mike Esposito and Jerry Grandenetti — DC’s All American Men Of War volume 1 issue number 16 from December of 1954. A very great cover actually, slight creasing to the spine and a small smudge to center of it, a brief bit of warping to the bottom right corner, a small smudge and a few brief dings to back cover, mostly very good inner pages with slight browning.

Rip Carson is "Commando Strike" in the four fabled war-torn treasure of yesteryear, Fiction House Fight Comics volume 1 number 82 from October of 1952, “Death For Red Dragons” is a bullet blitz and a half for sure. A very faded and minor date stamp to title, some creasing wear to the staples and spine and one faded crease down center of cover, some browning to the frontispiece and backing, one chip to the bottom of spine on back cover.

The space overlord and tyrannical titan in epic Starlin proportions— Marvels Captain Marvel volume zany issue number 28 from September of 1973, the first appearance of the Cosmic Entity Eon, fifth ever Thanos (second ever cover appearance), spectacular stuff. Sticker labeled a F+ and I concur, it is a delight indeed, a spotless spine and cover, nice inner pages and only a faint moment or two of print rubbing and wear.

Honestly way way too many legends working behind the pages to this gem but it would be a crime not to mention the tremendous McFarlane Shadow Cat cover, what a beauty — Marvel Comics Presents volume 1 issue number 32 from November of 1989, the first appearances of Deadline and Rochester in this delight. Superb and VF, only some very brief warping to the bottom of book.

Fly Man, The Shield, The Web and other Archie avengers showcased in this stupendous one-shot, Archie Super Heroes Versus Super Villains number 1 from 1966, off-white and even inner pages, white sharp frontispiece, white back cover, outstanding cover with only minor browning to the bottom edge, a superb copy.

An undeniably cool moment as Adam and Andy join their legend father Joe Kubert (cover magic) for this epic double sized delight, Eclipse Comics Airboy volume 1 issue number 50 from October of 1989, Chuck Dixon fellow industry giant on story work. And easy VF/NM copy, it remains excellent and sharp.

Earth’s mightiest heroes in a huge way, almost the entire collection of Giant-Size’s: Marvels Giant-Size Avengers volume 1 issues 2, 3, 4 and 5, all that’s missing is issue 1 of course, a span of November of 1974 to 1975, almost too many important A team occurrences included with this wondrous lot, but the marriage of Scarlet Witch and Vision, the origins told of Rama-Tut, Mantis and also Moondragon, the death of Swordsman and much more. All clean and sharp, Fine- if not better, superb covers mostly with issue 5 having a bit of spine creasing, white and sharp back covers, even and great inner pages.

Pretty much everything the respected legend Dave Steven touched with his pencil was gold, case in point this dazzler cover for Eclipse Comics’ DNA Agents volume 1 issue number 24 from July of 1985, the finale of the series and on a highlight with his work. Fabulous condition, the faintest Ari face rubbing to the top side of spine, what a beauty.

The brilliant John Byrne with a proper passion project beginning with this, Dark Horse’s John Byrne’s Next Men volume 1 issue 1 from January of 1992, the Silver Embossed title, the stunning artwork, and first appearances of course of Bounce, Brawn, Control, Hardbody, Scanner, Sprint and a few others. A gem copy, clean and sharp with no damages.

Threatened by the Invasion Of The Thermal Man, Odinson wields Mjölnir mightily showcased with a spectacular Romita cover, Marvels Thor volume 1 issue number 170 from November of 1969 as Loki, The Warriors 3 and other threats aren’t far. Slight print rubbing and minimal creasing to perimeter and spine on cover, brief print rubbing to back cover, excellent even and sharp inner pages.

"…Here Dwells The Star-Thief" here in his first appearance and origin, stupendous Starlin stuff yet again, Marvels Warlock volume 1 issue number 13 from June of 1976, many other minor firsts as well. Epic and excellent in condition, easily a VF/NM, take a gander at this gem!

"The Spawn Of Sligguth" hath risen against the Sorcerer Supreme in this early Frank Brunner, BWS and Roy Thomas spectacle — Marvel Premiere volume 1 issue number 4 from September of 1972, the first appearance of Bethel Doan, The Serpent Men of Starkesboro and a few others. Outstanding, smooth sharp and clean with a faint bit of creases to the staples.

One of the four faces of Mount Rushmore if they included comic book art legends surely, Steve Ditko’s Static self funded one-shot second printing from 1989 ashcan. White sharp and spectacular with no blemishes.

I mean, c’mon already… Your friendly neighborhood webhead yet again, massively this time with 9 (nine) items — three still-sealed and like-new Marvel Masterworks ASM Volumes 16, 17 and 19, then Marvels Amazing Spider-Man volume 1 issues 181, 187, 188, the double sized 200th landmark, 201, and 212, with a Spidey time span of June to 1978 to January of 1981, first appearance of Barry, Bob And Mrs.Starr, death of The Burglar, the first Morris Bench as Hydro-Man and of course iconic covers for 201, 181 and 187. All issues extremely clean and sharp and Fine+ if not often much nicer.

"In The Grip Of Infinity" sees the Thunder god amidst the Warriors, Volstagg and Loki but with he first appearance of Infinity, the Guardian Of Infinity and Doctor Brunner — Marvels Thor volume 1 issue number 165 from February of 1971. Two super tiny surface scuff spots to spine on cover but this remains a truly terrific copy, shape and clean everywhere else.

You wanna talk iconic? Could’ve sworn I was just mentioning John Byrne, hmm… Well, one of the most instantly recognizable and sought after covers for this series by the legend, Marvels Sensational She-Hulk volume 1 issue number 40 from June of 1992. Epic and excellent in condition with no damages or blemishes.

Jim Starlin and Ron Lim’s "The Answer" sees the sentinel of the spaceways encountering the treacherous Titan Thanos in the finale of his rebirth after death, Marvels Silver Surfer volume 3 issue number 38 from June of 1990, the first appearances of Styx and the Pyraxions. Slight bit of waving to the bottom of book, fabulous inner pages and back cover, cover is sharp and spotless.

The Golden Era illustrator god Syd Shores pencils some staggering nautical action and imagery here with an early sample, Atlas Navy Action volume 1 issue number 10 from February of 1956, it’s a hit with Battleship Burke! A good cover with only wear to the bottom edge and creasing slightly to spine plus a few minor chips to opening edge, some minimal print rubbing and a few chips to perimeter of back cover, great even inner pages but a slightly bent bottom corner tip to most pages.

The first appearance of Namor’s Atlantean powerful cousin Lord Seth in this Marie Severin, Herb Trimpe, Werner Roth, Dan Adkins and Roy Thomas feature — Marvels Tales To Astonish volume 1 issue number 98 from December of 1967, "To Destroy The Realm Eternal…" Some brief creasing to the spine and bottom right corner tip, absolutely excellent inner pages that are clean and even, back cover is nice with minor print rubbing marks.

This series might have been somewhat overshadowed by other titles but looking at them now, they were so under appreciated in their time as the TV show also was; pre-code science fiction dinosaur action with Dell Comics Tom Corbett, Space Cadet volume 1 number 6 from May of 1953. Super sharp corners and edges to the very nice inner pages, great back cover with only one tiny faded blue dot to the bottom and a few faint marks of print rubbing, awesome cover with some brief creasing to spine and slight warping to it.

Wonderfully written of course by Preacher legend and co-creator Garth Ennis with art by War Story's John Higgins, plus a staggering and stunning Glenn Fabry cover (but aren’t they all?), John Constantine's pulled a lot of shady stunts over the years, but perhaps none as bad as this terrifying time Vertigo John Constantine Hellblazer Son Of Man TPB from 2004. A clean and sharp like-new softcover, sensational shape.

Magnificent martial arts action from Danny Rand’s early beginnings with Warhawk (first appearance), Batroc The Leaper and other baddies against the martial master, Marvel Premiere volume 1 issues 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 from October of 1974 to September of 1975, the first appearance of Colleen Wing, Cult Of Kali, Shaya and more. Issue 19 sticker labeled a VF but they might as well all be labeled as such, as you can see in the photos, these are fantastic copies with hardly a crease to their spines even.

Staggering and early war spectacle for this series with Golden Age legends like Don Heck, Ross Andru, Mike Esposito and more — DC’s Our Army At War volume 1 issues 36 from July of 1955 and issue 50 from September of 1956, "Foxhole Mascot" and “Mop-Up Squad” amongst many many other battle stories. Slight but of warping and surface discoloration to spine on issue 36, slight brief wear to the bottom left edge, creasing wear to spine on issue 50, sharp clean frontispieces and backings, concise clean and even inner pages, these are actually pretty darn good copies for their age.

Two absolute gem near-minty copies, both of these in their taut shiny polyp bagging make the colors pop as vividly and lively as kaleidoscope, wow — the purpose crusader of yesteryear here, Charlton Comics’ The Phantom volume 2 issues 57 and 59 from August and December of 1973, beautiful Pat Boyette illustration throughout both. Gorgeous, the only even minor blemish between both of them is a brief bit of print rubbing to bottom of backing for issue 57.

The glorious and glimmering green foil cover for the giant-sized 100th spectacular, Marvel Web Of Spider-Man volume 1 issue number 100 from May of 1993, the first appearance of Spider-Armor, first app of Tangler and Origin of Nightwatch. Not a blemish to this beauty, shiny, smooth and sharp.

"From The Ground Up" showcases the beginning of a brutal and unique team via Mark Bagley, Al Williamson, Fabian Nicieza and others — Marvels The New Warriors volume 1 issue 1 from July of 1990, the first appearance of Genetech and Walter Rosen. Outstandingly sharp and clean, no minor blemishes or even faint damages.

Shocking tales of combat and the cover is a jarring display of just that, definitely a product of its time is Harvey Features War Battles volume 1 issue 4 from June of 1952. A big chip taken out to the center of right edge on cover, slight crease nubbing to bottom corner tip, surface and print rubbing to the spine, brief browning to inner pages but they are even and concise, faint browning and slight print rubbing to the spine on back cover.

Obviously the 90s era of comic books had a lot of gimmicks, variant covers and alternate additions, but you can’t deny that this cover is visually stunning and almost hypnotic, the prismatic cover for the landmark Marvels Fantastic Four volume 1 issue number 400 from May of 1995, double-sized 64 pages of Doom headed FF. Clean, pretty and stunning.

"What Me Worry?" Alfred E. Neuman here with five features, E.C.’s Mad Magazine number 159 from June of 1973 (the outstanding Clockwork Orange cover issue), number 200 from July of 1978, number 202 from October of 1978, number 205 from March of 1979, and number 218 from October of 1980. Mostly outstanding covers, issue 159 has some spine creasing, brief minor moments of print rubbing for the rest, mostly good back covers and inners, a few minor nubbings but typically great copies here.

A true classic and iconic cover for Logan via the tremendous Jim Lee, Marvels Wolverine volume 2 issue number 27 from July of 1990, the beginning of the Lazarus Project, the first appearances of Target, Pinocchio and Captain Merrick. A gem copy, VF/NM with wonderful edges, corners and surfaces, white pages.

Let’s get epic — "On the Matter Of Heroes" showcases the first appearance of Paul Rudd, I mean Scott Lang, who’d later become Ant-Man of course, Terry Austin, John Byrne, George Perez and other greats working wonders — Marvel Avengers volume 1 issue number 181 from March of 1979, a super hero studded sample. Some super duper brief creasing to the spine as the only minor blemish really, a very sensational and sharp copy indeed.

The second spectacular appearance of the Guardians Of The Galaxy in this glorious gem, The Thing, Captain America and Sharon Carter have traveled forward in time to the year 3018 and help the Guardians of the Galaxy drive away the world-conquering Badoon from Earth, "Seven Against The Empire," Marvels Two-In-One volume 1 issue number 5 from September of 1974, Sal Buscema and Mike Esposito behind the bold imagery with a stunner cover from brother John Buscema, also the first appearances of Ebor and Zakkor. Some faint creasing to the spine and bottom right corner tip, slight print rubbing to perimeter, outstanding inner pages.

The first appearance of Brunnhilde aka the deadly Valhalla slayer Valkyrie and the first ever of her Lady Liberation Front, Marvels The Avengers volume 1 issue number 83 from December of 1970, Roy Thomas and John Buscema to all the brilliant beauty. Mostly very good inner pages with a few bottom corner tips to the back of book, slight browning to perimeter of nice back cover, a great cover with one small hard to see rip to the right center edge and a tiny stain mark to the V in title.

King and Queen Black Bolt and Medusa and crew team up with Natasha R for this great grouping, Marvels Amazing Adventures volume 2 issues 2, 3, 4 and 5 spanning September of 1970 to March of 1971, the firsts of The Astologer, Roman Wilson and a few others via stunning artwork from Neal Adams, Kirby, Buscema, Everett, Colan and other legends. A small chip to the bottom of spine on issue 4 is really all that remains for minor blemishes, white frontispieces and backings, even concise inners and sharp clean covers.

Gotham’s greatest showcased here with a super cool caped crusader lot — beginning DC’s Tales Of The Batman Hardcover Volume 1 by Don Newton from 2011, then 7 softcovers: Batman Harvest Breed by George Pratt from 2000, Batman Vs. Two-Face from 2008, The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told Volume 2 from 1988, The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told from 1992, Huntress: Darknight Daughter from 2006, Batman Year One from 2005 by Frank Miller and Mazzucchelli, Batman Prey from Moench, Gulacy, Palmiotti and Austin from 2012, finally Warner Books Batman To Stalk A Specter by Simon Hawke mini novel from 1991. All books clean and sharp, no damages.

"And Now…Starfox!" And “Holocaust In A Hidden Land” two important Avengers gems around this period for the series, the first appearance as Eros as Starfox and first appearance of Nebula — Marvels The Avengers volume 1 issues 232 from June of 1983, and Avengers number 257 from July of 1985. Issue 257 is an easy VF/NM basically a spotless book, issue 232 has some super brief spine creasing and print rubbing faintly to the back cover.

Three still-sealed copies of Rob Liefeld’s Cable team jump-off: Marvels X-Force volume 1 number 1 from August of 1991, the first appearance of James Proudstar as Warpath, first George Bridge, all issues sealed came with one of 5 different collectors cards. All three sealed and unopened with no punctures.

Gotham’s reckoning begins here! As gorgeous as it is important, Glenn Fabry to the stunning iconic cover of the first appearance of the Bat-breaking Bane and the rest is Tom Hardy history, DC’s Vengeance Of Bane number 1 from January of 1993. A sure-fire stunner copy, another bonafide gem copy with super sharp corners and edges, smooth surface, just a dazzler, take a look at this gem in the many photos!

Yes that is correct, your eyes do not deceive you. This is two short boxes full of Superboy and the Legion Of Super Heroes + 3 trade paperbacks, DC Superstars number 3 from May of 1976, the LoSH Annuals 1, 2 (2 copies), 3 (2 copies) and DC Special Annual number 1 from 1985. There are many doubles and triples included with this run as a matter of fact most issues have doubles, but this is a grand total of about 219 items. About 20 or so issues are Superboy volume 1 from 170 to 196 with a few skips, the Legion Of Super Heroes issues range from 197 to 304. Most issues are is spectacular shape as these two particular short boxes have hardly been opened. Pictures of every single comic would take forever and be ludicrous, but if you’d require more photos message us and I’d be glad to offer more. A treasure trove of Superboy and LoSH!

Al Simmons with two early hellish issues together, Image Comics’ Spawn volume 1 number 6 from November of 1992 first printing and first appearance of cybernetic behemoth Overtkill, then Spawn number 10 from May of 1993 also first printing and Superman feature with Cerebus cover. Both sharp and pristine with no blemishes.

Four fabulous gems from the first volume of the youngster heroes’ series here, DC’s Teen Titans volume 1 issues 16, 18, 20 and 23 spanning August of 1968 to October of 1969, the first appearance of Captain Carrot, first Dimension X, the new Wonder Girl outfit and look, first appearance of Red Star, and of course outstanding covers from Neal Adams and Nick Cardy. Mostly VG copies, some slight nubbing to bottom of spine and faded creasing to top right corner on issue 23, slight surface rubbing to spine on issue 18, brief print rubbing to perimeter on cover for issue 16 and two big surface scuffs to top left corner on backing, mostly good inner pages and back covers otherwise.

Pretty appropriate that George Papp and Jim Shooter present a brief appearance of "The Hunter" in this not often one tale’d issue for this series, DC’s Adventure Comics number 358 from 1967. Whomever wrote an entire description of this comics condition to the back of board was very detailed and informative (see photo).

The origin of the world’s greatest WWII super hero team triumphant here plus the first appearance of Dragon King in the first four epics to this series, DC’s All Star Squadron volume 1 issues 1, 2, 3 and 4 from September to December of 1981, issue 2 has a spectacular Joe Kubert cover as well. All four books are terrific and beautiful in condition, delightful copies, only a slight bit of faint waving to the back cover on issue 1.

The remarkable card carrying, staff wielding powerful mutant Remy LeBeau aka Channing Tatum aka Gambit presented here in his first full and cover appearance — Marvels Uncanny X-men number 266 from August of 1990, "Gambit Out Of The Frying Pan." A VF/NM copy, the faintest bit of nubbing to the bottom left corner tip on cover, but just a beauty throughout this landmark.

Astonishing and awesome truly, what happens when Bruce Wayne quits? The Gotham Dark Knight must be replaced, here, the first appearance and origin of Terry McGinnis as the titular hero, DC’s Batman Beyond volume 1 number 1 from March of 1999, "Not On My Watch!" And the rest is history. Extraordinary and excellent in condition, an easy VF/NM, take a closer look at this absolute gem!

I must have had 3 or 4 friends that had this particular issue framed and hanging on their walls because it was so outstanding at the time, takes me back; a beauty from Joe Rubenstein and Dave Ross — Marvel Comics Presents volume 1 number 54 from December of 1989, legend Steve Ditko included some pencils as well. A gem copy, super sharp corners, excellent inner pages, outstanding backing.

The sixth part and ending to a sensational Spidey segment but with a glorious and iconic McFarlane cover with a rare Red Skull drawn by the legend, Marvels Amazing Spider-Man volume 1 issue number 325 from November of 1989, the first appearance of Raymond Trask in "Finale On Red!" A glorious and spotless copy, superb in shape.

Both parts completing this two issue dust covered miniseries, Marvel Select Two Gun Kid numbers 1 and 2 from November and December of 1995, awesome artist Alex Maleev and writer Fabien Nicieza covering this wicked western. Both books clean, sharp, and delightful in condition.

The identity of the wicked Miles Warren aka The Jackal revealed in this Spidey spectacle, Marvels Amazing Spider-Man volume 1 issue number 148 from September of 1975 and with a glorious Gil Kane / John Romita cover to capture it. Sticker labeled a NM, it is very very sharp and clean with super minor surface rubbing moments to the left and bottom edge, some very brief print rubbing to the back cover perimeter and over very tiny pencil marking to the top corner of intro page.

You can’t mistake those Bruce Timm covers, Harley Q, Poison Ivy, Ra’s, Two-Face and more of the caped crusader’s rogues gallery with this five wicked Gotham delights, DC’s Batman Adventures volume 2 issues 1, 2, 3, 4, and 10 the Catwoman cover, with a time span of June of 2003 to March of 2004. All five issues VF and clean sharp copies, only minor blemish is a super faint bit of warping to the bottom right corner on cover for issue 3.

Dedicated to Rock musician Ian Curtis, J. O’Barr’s gift to the comic world, Tundra Publishing’s The Crow volume 2 issue number 1 of the only 3 part miniseries from January of 1992, "Pain And Fear," Eric Draven would around this time be portrayed by Brandon Lee in the fantastic film adaptation and the rest would be history. Epic, clean and sharp, just a dazzler copy.

Radical Reed Crandall artwork for this early Flash gem as Gordon goes against Doctor Zarkov with Secret Agent X-9, King Comics’ Flash Gordon volume 2 number 6 from July of 1967. Stamped a Near Mint to back, a very lovely and pretty copy.

Greg Rucka, Klaus Janson and Rick Burchett tell the beginnings and origin of Bruce Wayne but in a new and awesome way and with a wonderful and classic cover by Dave Johnson, DC Batman The 10 Cent Adventure from March of 2002. Not a single crease, a super clean and sharp copy.

Numerous terrifying tales within each of these haunts, Chaos Comics Nightmare Theater complete four issue limited series numbers 1 through 4 from November of 1997 and with stunning Bernie Wrightson painted covers. All four fear inducing features are in fantastic and Very Fine shape.

Jack Kirby, Bill Everett, Romita, so many legends worked wonders on this thunderous series, Marvels Thor volume 1 issues 170, 171, 172 and 173 from November of 1969 to February of 1970. Issue number 173 is sticker labeled a NM, most of the issues are fantastic in condition and similar, super slight creasing wear to bottom right corner of issue 172, faint print rubbing to center of spine on issue 170, mostly great inner pages and edges.

Hellish magic from mastermind Mike Mignola, the first appearance of Lobster Johnson in this only two part limited series, "Box Full Of Evil" Dark Horse’s Hellboy numbers 1 and 2 from August and September of 1999. Both gem copies, no damages or blemishes.

Stormy tales on the seven seas as pirates encounter Captain Mutiny in this super early and sensational Aragon Magazine’s Mutiny volume 1 issue number 2 from December of 1954. Some creasing and scattered wear to the corners and staples, slight browning to inner pages and back cover plus a few tiny rips, back cover also has one surface stain to left edge and bent top left corner.

The first cosmic collision of excitement and stellar space action here, Marvel Guardians Of The Galaxy volume 1 number 1 from June of 1990, the first appearance and origin of Taserface and also the first Goldenwing, Commander Blackhand and origin of the GOTG. Epic issue is epic, excellent in condition with sharp edges and corners.

Two time-traveling, gun-slinging special features important to the history of Cable: his origin in Marvels X-Factor volume 1 issue number 66 from May of 1991, then his joining the team in New Mutants volume 1 issue number 89 from May of 1990 with that terrific Liefeld/McFarlane cover. Both issues VF/NM, clean, sharp, superb.

Arguably the most marvelous Deathstroke cover by the master Mike Zeck, DC’s Deathstroke The Terminator volume 1 number 1 from August of 1991, the first appearances of General Kaddam and Qurac in "Full Cycle: Chapter One Assault." A gem copy, even the staples are clean, a fabulously clean and sharp copy.

One could easily argue this the most important miniseries in Anung Un Rama’s history, the first appearance of Hellboy in color to his own series, the first BPRD, first Rasputin, the inspiration for Guillermo Del Toro’s feature film adaptation and tons more awesome, Dark Horse’s Hellboy Seed Of Destruction complete miniseries, 1 through 4 from March to June of 1994. Only brief moments of surface rubbing and edge wear, mostly nice inner pages, covers and backings.

Absolutely magical M.W. Kaluta covers to this three part miniseries — DC and Vertigo’s Witchcraft numbers 1, 2 and 3 from June, July and August of 1994, "Maiden," “Mother” and “Crone.” All three morsels in marvelous condition with no damages or blemishes, just beauty.

Eclipso, Plastic-Man and many other DC dynamos accompany the dynamic duo in this 100 paged giant-sized Gotham gem, the first appearance of Harvey Bullock in Detective Comics volume 1 issue number 441 from July of 1974. Some creasing and wear to the spine and bottom edge, one tiny faded date stamping near top of title, nubbing to the top right corner, a small surface scuff to the back cover and some brief print rubbing, the many pages are mostly even sharp and concise.

An astounding Atlantis assortment absolutely, four Marvel Masterworks three are sealed one is not, and five important issues to the early first Namor volume, nine items total: Marvel Masterworks Volumes 3, 4, 5 and 7 (Volume 4 is the one that is not shrink wrapped and is raw), then Prince Namor Sub-Mariner Volume 1 issues 22 the first meeting between Doctor Strange and Namor plus first ever Nameless One from February of 1970, issue 26 the Death of Red Raven, issue 35 (the Defenders prelude), number 36 the Marriage of Namor to Lady Dorma, and finally issue 67 the new costume presentation from November of 1973. The Defenders prelude has a faint bit of surface rubbing near spine and a single tiny ding to top center edge but all of the issues are really nice and mostly sharp and clean. Although Masterwork Volume 4 is open it remains clean and like-new while the rest are with their shrink wrapping.

With spectacular Simon Bisley covers and inner work from Alan Grant and Kieth Giffen, this cigar smokin’, angry, awesome and savage miniseries was destined to become a hit — DC’s Lobo volume 1 issues 1, 2, 3 and 4 the complete beginning miniseries, from November of 1990 to February of 1991, "The Portrait of A Psychopath" and “The Lazt Czarnian.” All four copies sharp, clean and outstanding.

The Man Without Fear here in proper and pristine production, five still sealed and shrink wrapped Matt Murdock morsels — Marvel Masterworks Daredevil Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 6, Volume 8 and Volume 10, although it skips some Volumes this covers a huge span of DD’s history indeed going back all the way to issue 12 to 106. Like stated, all hardcovers like-new, minty and sealed.

The Hernandez Brothers with their most known and flagship property, five continuous first softcover editions and new stories from Fantagraphics Books, Love And Rockets Volumes 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 from September of 2011 to February of 2016, this is the tale end chunk of this series of softcovers, Volumes 1 through 3 would complete it. All books with no damage just some dust here and there.

"Heart Of The Dragon" showcases the origin of Danny Rand the Iron Fist and the legend Larry Hama’s first artwork for Marvel while also being the second ever appearance of Iron Fist as well, plus a bunch of minor first appearances also — Marvel Premiere volume 1 issue number 16 from July of 1974. This is a superb and sharp copy, white sharp back cover, even concise inners and a close to spotless cover.

Featuring two Marvel Feature comic books from the 1970s, the first one is 'Marvel Feature Presents The Defenders, Nightmare on Bald Mountain', featuring popular characters including the Hulk and is the second ever Defenders, publication date is July 3rd, 1971, writer is Roy Thomas, with artists Ross Andru and Bill Everett. The second comic is 'Marvel Feature Presents The Thing and The Incredible Hulk', dated May 7th, 1973, featuring a notable clash between The Thing and The Hulk, the writer is Len Wein, and the artist is Jim Starlin. Both comics are in VG+ condition if not better, with typical wear such as minor creases on the covers and slightly yellowed pages.

DC Comics Showcase Men Of War Giant trade paperback from 2014 with close to 500 pages of the beginning of the series, then DC’s All American Men Of War volume 1 number 91 from June of 1962. The TPB is super thick and like-new but has one sticker smudging and reside to center of back cover, comic has slight browning and minor wear to perimeter edges on cover.

The marvelous Matt Wagner and Jim Mahfood team up with other greats for this four part miniseries — Dark Horse Grendel Red, White and Black 1 through 4 from September, October, November and December of 2002, the vigilante Hunter Rosen slashing and slaying throughout these issues. All four books super clean and sharp with no damages.

The complete Alan Grant / Steve Pugh super man versus futuristic machines spectacular— Dark Horse’s Superman Versus The Terminator Death To The Future limited four part series numbers 1 through 4 from December of 1999 to March of 2000. All clean, sharp, pristine and minty copies.

The first full appearance of Brain Drain, first appearance of U-Man, first Araam, the origin of the Liberty Legion and their second appearance, and the first appearance of Union Jack, Baron Blood and Lady J soon to be Spitfire, and that’s a whole lot of goodness for this lot — Marvels The Invaders volume 1 issues 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 (the Baron Blood issue) from October of 1975 into July of 1976, prime art and story from Gil Kane, Romita, Roy Thomas and other greats that somewhat got overshadowed in its day but is certain an awesome glance back at greatness now. All six of these are easy Fine+ is not most way better, superb, sharp and clean, lovely copies.

A whole lotta fantastic Frank Cho Image Liberty Meadows and Brandy comin’ at ya here — 7 pieces in total, beginning with a still sealed plastic wrapped Liberty Meadows Cover Girl hardcover number 1 from 2003, Liberty Meadows Eden Book One number 1 hardcover from 2002 (not sealed, it is raw), Liberty Meadows Sundays Book One hardcover still sealed in plastic, Liberty Meadows Eden Book One softcover from 2002 that comes with a signed Marc Hempel Suitcase Head Spinner kit, University 2 The Angry Issues softcover from 1996 and 12 Angry Monkeys, then finally two clean sharp and like-new copies of the Frank Cho Liberty Meadows Wedding Album comic (36) from 2001. The two raw softcovers and one raw hardcover are also like-new although not sealed, sharp and clean, the only tiny blemish being a super small discoloring somehow to the top tip of corner for the sealed Cover Girl hardcover.

Invincible? Not so much. Incredible? Absolutely. Tony Stark here in a terrific way, old shell head showcased with 5 sealed Marvel Masterworks Invincible Iron Man Volumes 2, volume 6, volume 7, volume 11 and volume 12 from May of 2005 to May of 2019, a massive collection of Stark stories even if it does skip a bit wildly. All sealed in plastic, however there is three perforations: one to the top of Volume 2, one to the bottom corner of spine on Volume 12, and one to the very bottom of Volume 7 (all pictured).

You definitely don’t see these every day; Stan Drake and Leonard Starr the creators present Darguard Publishing’s Kelly Green numbers 1, 2 and 3, "The Go-Between," "One, Two, Three…Die!? and “The Million Dollar Hit? from 1982 and 1983, a more mature, international noir type vibe with some vivid imagery to these. All three magazine sized copies are very excellent in shape, only a few super minor surface scuffs to the back of issue 1, a small white out to bottom of intro page to number 3 and a few stampings to the frontispieces via John Wesley Harmon Memorial Library.

Over twenty terrifying tales included with this half end chunk of the short series and including the Origin of Tigra, many greats work featured in Curtis’ Monsters Unleashed volume 1 issues 7, 8, 10, and 11 from August of 1974 to April of 1975. Mostly monstrously great covers with minor edge wear and minimal nubbing if at all, great even and sharp inner pages and white backings with only minor browning to edges.

I personally handpicked all the best covers and most important issues from this series (except the finale of it issue 60), DC Gotham Adventures volume 1 issues 1, 10, 14, 29, 43 and 45 ranging from June of 1998 to February of 2002, issue 45 is the Darwyn Cooke cover, issue 29 the HQ/Ivy and so on. All issues spectacular and like-new copies, not even a minor blemish between them all.

How much punishment and proper awesome can you pack into one single issue of ASM? Answer: a whole lot. Here comes the third ever appearance of Frank Castle The Punisher, the Origin and second appearance ever of the Tarantula, and just a wicked and iconic John Romita cover for the ages — Marvels Amazing Spider-Man volume 1 issue number 135 from August of 1974, "Shoot-Out In Central Park!" Sticker labeled a FN+, it a truly delightful copy, super nice edges and surface with only some slight creasing to the spine, and some very minimal print rubbing to spine on back cover and a few faded faint dents to left edge, great inner pages all even and sharp while pages 7, 9, and 11 have the tiniest ding to bottom edge.

The leader of the Avengers assembles here in astonishing fashion, four still sealed in plastic Marvel Masterworks hardcover editions, series includes several volumes such as volumes 5, 6, 10 and 11, each reprinting classic comic book issues originally published by Marvel Comics. The hardcovers showcase stories from the '70s era of Captain America, with art and storytelling by notable creators. Each book is bound in a high-quality hardcover format with a dust jacket, featuring the original comic book cover art. The collection is preserved in excellent condition, some still in shrink wrap, indicating minimal handling and potential mint quality. These editions are perfect for collectors and fans interested in the history and legacy of Captain America and provide a comprehensive view of the character's development during this period, like-new, (my Cap figure is not included, sorry, see last photo) a truly awesome lot.

A tremendous Herb Trimpe cover and a terrific Al Milgrom one for this Bruce Banner pairing, the first appearance of Dr. Karen Sofen as Moonstone II and the first appearance of The Collective Man and some cameos of The Super Soviet Soldiers, Ursa Major and others — Marvels Incredible Hulk volume 1 issues 228 and 250 from October of 1978 and August of 1980. VF copies indeed, issue 250 especially, spine on 228 has the faintest creasing, white back covers with super brief print rubbing, concise clean and sharp inner pages.

The phenomenal forces of Kal-El and Neal Adams combine for this fabulous five item lot, DC’s Superman volume 1 issues 249, 250, 251, 253, and 254 from March to July of 1972, Murphy Anderson and Curt Swan Assist with the Magic as well. Hardly any creases to covers for these fantastic copies, only some brief browning moments and a slight warping to bottoms.

The astounding Neal Adams to this stunning cover, DC Batman volume 1 Annual number 14 from 1990 "Eye Of The Beholder," about as iconic as a Harvey Dent story ever was, coin flips and all. A spotless, sharp and superb copy with no blemishes or damages.

Boldly going with a brilliant and beastly sized lot, a true Trekkies treat undoubtedly — fifty-two issues (that’s 5-2) and a giant chunk of the series including the finale issue number 80, DC’s Star Trek The Next Generation Volume 2 and there are some skips, issues 8, 14, 15, 17, 22 through 40, then 45, 46, 49, 51 all the way through 65, issue 67 through 71, issue 73, 74, 79 and 80, plus Star Trek The Modala Imperative finale issue 4 to the four part miniseries and Star Trek The Next Generation The Modala Imperative issue 4 , like stated, 52 issues in total, May of 1990 to February of 1996. These are truly all terrific VF/NM copies that have been stored very neatly and cleanly bagged and boarded and barely ever taken out, clean and superb covers, a stellar lot no question.

The first preview appearances of Peter Porker The Spider-Ham and the lucky mutant Longshot that pre-dates their respective first appearances plus a Secret Wars 2 prelude to this three morsels, Marvel Age volume 1 issues 7, 27 and 29 from October of 1983, June and August of 1985, several art legends work included like Al Milgrom, Bob Wiacek, Joe Sinnott and several others. All three issues gem copies, sharp and clean, only a very few faint creases to the bottom staple area of issue 7.

The dangerous, deadly and slightly psychotic Jean-Paul Valley makes his fiery first appearance twice here via Joe Quesada and Denny O’Neil’s landmark, DC Batman Sword of Azrael number 1 from October of 1992, "Vanishing Angels & Sudden Death." Both beautiful copies, no creases, no dents, no damage, just dark Gotham goodness.

The great Greg Capullo made his spectacular and sensational splash with this very early Deadpool Versus Cable feature, I personally met Greg Capullo at a con and he was an absolute delight and went above and beyond but that’s a story for another time. This story is tacos, bullets and bloodshed for Marvel X-Force volume 1 issue number 15 from October of 1992 "To The Pain." Not a single crease or blemish to this beauty.

Hank Pym thrown to into the foray with fantastic art by Herb Trimpe, Steve Ditko, Dan Adkins, Jack Kirby and other titans, Marvel Feature volume 1 issues 5, 7, 8 and 10 from September of 1972 to July of 1973. Of important note: issue number 7 is a VERY rare double cover factory misprint! Outstanding conditions throughout, only very minor browning and wear moments, mostly fabulous edges and corners, very good inner pages.

You wouldn’t like him when he’s angry, but how about when he’s this amazing?! Eight (8) items to this Bruce Banner bomb of a lot here — three still sealed Marvel Masterworks The Incredible Hulk Volumes 3, 6 and 12 (no tears or perforations to their plastic), then terrific and important issues 106, 108, 116 (a personal favorite Trimpe cover), 117, and 197 with a green giant time stamp of August of 1968 to March of 1976, the first appearance of the Red Colonel, the Shield/Fury issue, first Super-Humanoid, the last 12 cent issue (117), and the marvelous Man-Thing battle. Issue 106 stickered a FN and they all remain in that realm if not nicer, only some slight moments of browning, very slight nubbing and minimal edge wear, some print rubbing to back covers but all else…Smashing!

Don Heck, Cary Bates, Vinnie Coletta, Bob Oksner and so many outstanding others to this Kara Zor-L beginning two step, DC’s Supergirl volume 1 issues 1 and 2 from November of 1972 and January of 1973, the only appearance of Wanda Five and first Terry Blake in Supergirl’s first titular solo series. Absolutely excellent covers, edges and corners, check them out, off-white and concise inners, sharp and clean backings.

Giddy up, cowpokes! Fawcett Publications Tex Ritter Western volume 1 issues 2 and 3 from December of 1950 and February of 1951, blazing six-shooters and smiles with these extremely early photo covers for the Golden Age ten cent era. Issue 3 some creasing to perimeter and browning marking to bottom right corner, issue 2 with 4 chips one to spine and the other three to right edge and bottom corner, some print rubbing to backings, browning to inner pages of course but mostly even and sharp they are.

Aye Carumba, Man! Bart Simpson teams up with Radioactive Man here, Welsh Publishing’s Simpson’s Comics And Stories Special Collector’s Edition number 1 from 1993, included with it is an absolutely awesome foldout poster that measures about 20 x 26, only creases from folded storage, the comic itself is also sharp and like-new.

Peanuts: A Golden Celebration honors the momentous 50th anniversary of Charlie Brown and the gang with over 1,000 carefully selected strips that tell the story of Peanutslike no other book before. In Schulz's own words we learn how he came to create the world's most popular comic strip characters from nostalgic and sometimes painful memories of growing up--such as the agony of classroom Valentine exchange and the longing for a little red-haired girl, Harper Collins Peanuts A Golden Celebration hardcover from September of 1999. This beautiful Charlie B book is outstanding and clean, superb and sharp, only some very slight warping to the bottom edge of dust cover.

The first fabulous feature to this only two issue limited series includes a Tiger-Man story (a prequel to the series) and several other stories which would have been at home in any Warren title of the time. The first issue includes a beautiful Frank Thorne-illustrated version of "Lawrence of Arabia" and a really tacky, Warren-looking article on the films of Alistair Maclean, Seaboard’s Thrilling Adventure Stories number 1 from February of 1975, featuring tons of dazzling art from a vast array of talents. Issue has a few slight moments of print rubbing, but a very sharp and clean copy.

The marvelous illustrator and HBO Animator Mike Vosburg presents some marvelous and mature magic, Calbier Comics Lori Lovecraft issue 1 from 1997 and Lori Lovecraft Dark Lady number 1 from 1997. Both books gorgeous and blemish free, smooth, sharp and dazzling.

Of course one of the most outstanding and respected artists in history showcased here, the wonderful Wallace Wood with his self-published Wallace Wood Portfolio featuring sketches, illustrations and advertisements, then Woodwork number 1 first Edition from 1980. Both sketchbooks in sharp shape, with only some super minor browning to edges.

"Thy Name Is Doom" but way before Victor Von D would be RDJ, Marvel Fantastic Four volume 1 issue number 84 from March of 1969, the first appearance of the Servo-Guards in this Nick Fury / Shield Kirby-Lee-Sinnott landmark. Some browning and slight wear to back cover, a browning mark to top center edge on cover and minor wear to spine, great inner pages.

King of the wild frontier, Dell Publishing’s Davy Crockett Indian Fighter number 631 from 1955. Some slight browning spots, mostly good even inner pages, slight wear to the spine on cover, great back cover.

Going out with a big bang from the world’s greatest super hero team, time to assemble awesomely… Marvel Masterworks The Avengers Volumes 3, 5, 14, 17, 18 and 19, spanning a huge timeline of A team action and adventure all the way back to issue 21. All six hardcovers pristine and plastic wrapped, no perforations to plastic.