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 Written by Steve Gerber. Art by Gene Colan and Steve Leialoha. Cover by Gene Colan and Steve Leialoha. Scandal Plucks Duck; The doctored photo is wreaking havoc on Howard's Presidential campaign and forces him and Beverly to hit the road again; But they have bigger issues at hand when they find themselves being targeted by assassins! The Incredible Hulk and the Green Thumb Hostess Fruit Pies ad, art by Dave Cockrum. Richochet Racers ad with Spider-Man and Captain America. 36 pgs., full color. $0.30. Cover price $0.30.

Written by Steve Gerber. Art by Gene Colan and Steve Leialoha. Cover by Gene Colan and Steve Leialoha. Swan-Song ...of the Living Dead Duck!; Stressed out, Howard begins experiencing super hero-themed night terrors; Guest starring Spider-Man, Doctor Strange and other major heroes! Spider-Man stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "The Champ. 36 pgs., full color. $0.30. Cover price $0.30.

Cover by Ed Hannigan and Frank Giacoia. Cats and No Dogs!, script by Mary Skrenes and Steve Gerber, art by Jim Mooney and Pablo Marcos; Omega rescues Teresa once and with Gramps help he holds El Gato to a draw, while James-Michael and his new friends have problems in school with Nick. 36 pgs., full color. $0.30. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia. Through the Rat Hole--Into the Cat's Lair!, script by Steve Gerber and Mary Skrenes, art by Jim Mooney; Omega the Unknown battles El Gato; cameo appearances by Spider-Man and J. Jonah Jameson. 36 pgs., full color. $0.30. Cover price $0.30.

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Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham #3 / (Sept. 1985) 8.0 VF 

Cover by Steve Ditko. The Captive of Changing Captors!, script by Steve Ditko and Michael Fleisher, art by Steve Ditko; Shade escapes his captors, but must face The Supreme Decider; Mellu's mother is revealed to be controlling Sude. Hostess snack cake ad featuring Batman and Sable Lady. 36 pgs., full color. $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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Shade the Changing Man # 7 / (Jul. 1978) FNCover by Steve Ditko. The Color Coma!, script by Steve Ditko and Michael Fleisher, art by Steve Ditko; the battle for the Meta Zone continues; Shade gets trapped within The Color Coma. Hostess snack cake ad, Aquaman in "Imperiled Sub." 36 pgs., full color. $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

Cover pencils by Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua], inks by John Calnan. Make Way For A Better World starring Superman and Batman, script by Bob Haney, pencils by Pablo Marcos, inks by John Calnan; believing he earth has been destroyed, Superman creates a new planet. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

 Marvel Feature #1 The Defenders / (Dec 1971) 4.5

1st appearance and origin of the Defenders (featuring Sub-Mariner, Hulk, and Doctor Strange). 

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Giant-size issue.

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Cover by Neal Adams. "The Day of the Defenders!," script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Bill Everett; The Defenders must stop Yandroth from destroying the Earth with the Omegatron. "The Sub-Mariner and the Icebergs" featuring Namora, Tha-Korr, and Byrrah, script and art by Bill Everett. "The Return!," script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Frank Giacoia; Stephen Strange becomes Doctor Strange again to stop Baron Mordo. 52 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

*Hulk, Dr. Strange, and Sub-Mariner series begins. 

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*See Marvel Feature #1, #2, and #3 for first Defenders appearance. Also see Sub-Mariner # 34 & 35. 

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Cover pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Jim Mooney. I Slay By The Stars!, script by Steve Englehart, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Frank Giacoia; Necrodamus attempts to sacrifice Namor to The Nameless One; Omegatron starts its countdown again. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

 NOTE: dummy at Jay's CD hobby changed out the books with standard bags and boards instead of leaving them in mylar bags. Meaning: they made this crap up. Never had this happen, pissed 😡 me off!

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Cover by Jack Kirby. 

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The Coming of the Magician!, 

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script by Stan Lee, art by Dick Ayers; Janet goes to a party in the hope of making Hank jealous; There, she is captured by the Magician. The Balloon text story. Ads for The Avengers #5 and Daredevil #1. 

Beware the Bog Beast!, script by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, art by Larry Lieber and Paul Reinman; A suitor thought unworthy by the king wins the hand of the princess through cunning when strength fails. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

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1st appearances of Spider-Ham, Hulk Bunny, Goose Rider and more. 

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Cover by Steve Mellor. Written by Tom DeFalco and Steve Mellor. Art by Mark Armstrong, Steve Mellor and Joe Albelo. Captain Americat and Spider-Ham investigate a saboteur destroying a video arcade and run up against Hulk Bunny in "If He Should Punch Me!" by Tom DeFalco, Mark Armstrong and Joe Albelo. Characters in this story: Spider-Ham [Peter Porker]; Captain Americat; Hulk Bunny; J. Jonah Jackal; The Gopher Gang (villain); Masked Marauder (villain). Plus: "Goose Rider" back-up story by Steve Mellor. Characters in this story: Goose Rider; Chainsaw (villain). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.60.

  Marvel Premiere #3 / (jul 1972) 7.0

Cover pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Frank Giacoia. While the World Spins Mad!, script by Barry Smith (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), pencils by Barry Smith, inks by Dan Adkins; Sensing evil, Strange is so focused on seeking it out he's almost hit by a truck; He calls upon The Ancient One, who warns him of the nature of the evil, but is still mystified; Then he finds himself confronted by someone (or something) who takes his own form, and tells him he's "already defeated"; Only when he discovers his oldest enemy is at the bottom of it does he also realize he was hit by the truck--and has been in a hospital bed ever since!; On recovering, he erases the memory of the night's events from the doctor's mind, as "Many things there are that mankind must not know..." 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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 Tales to Astonish #72 / (oct 1965) 5.0

Cover by Gene Colan, Jack Kirby, and Vince Colletta. A Prince There Was!, script by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan (as Adam Austin) and Vince Colletta; Sub-Mariner continues his quest for The Trident of Neptune. Sub-Mariner escapes a seaweed menace only to succumb to the stupifying brilliance of the Diamonds of Doom; Back in Atlantis, Krang is fed up with Lady Dorma rebuffing his advances and has her teleported into exile to the land of the Faceless Ones. Within the Monster Dwells a Man!, script by Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirby and Mike Esposito; The Hulk finally agrees to follow the Leader and the big brained one teleports him out just as Ross destroys Banner's old underground complex; The Leader and the Hulk get to know each other a little better but the jade giant struggles with trying not to change back to Banner as he is still plagued with a bullet in his head that would kill his alter ego. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

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 Tales to Astonish #61 / (nov 1964) 4.5

1st appearance of Glen Talbot - Cover by Jack Kirby and Chic Stone. Now Walks the Android, script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko, Joe Orlando, and George Roussos (as George Bell); Egghead uses a simple clothing store dummy to create a giant and powerful android which he plans on controlling mentally as it battles and defeats Giant-Man; He entices his arch-foe into his trap with the promise of a television series based on his heroic exploits (actually, it is Jan who is pretty keen on getting Hank into show biz). Captured at Last!, script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko and George Roussos (as George Bell); The Hulk takes on the indestructable Banner created robot and, in one of the more dubious plot devices in comics, succeeds in kicking him down a bottomless hole when he realizes that he cannot beat the machine; Glenn Talbot arrives on gamma base sent by the Pentagon to keep an eye on the suspicious activity of Bruce Banner; Glenn decides that keeping an eye on Betty seems like a good idea as well. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

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Tales to Astonish #43 / (may 1963) 4.0

Cover by Jack Kirby and Sol Brodsky. The Mad Master of Time!, script by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, art by Don Heck; A scientist forced to retire makes a device to artificially age others and holds the city hostage. Lady Luck text story. Frankie's Fast Ball!, script by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, art by Larry Lieber and Sol Brodsky; A boy gains extraordinary physical and mental abilities due to his parents' exposure to radiation. My Fatal Mistake!, script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A man is bitter because he has been replaced by a computer and must take a job servicing it. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.