NOTES: while this copy is a low grade copy, it is an actual copy of avengers #3 so I have no complaints and am content in the fact that I own a real copy of avengers #3.
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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Paul Reinman. The Avengers Meet... Sub-Mariner!, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Paul Reinman; After he left them, the Avengers feel responsible for the damages that the Hulk may cause; They start a search for him and find him. When they start to battle, the Sub-Mariner joins the Hulk. Roster includes: Thor, Giant-Man, Wasp, and Iron Man. Guest appearances by the Hulk, Rick Jones, the Sub-Mariner, the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the original X-Men, Odin, and miscellaneous Asgardians. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Amazing Spider-Man #101 - facsimile edition
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A Monster Called...Morbius! - Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia. Cover by Gil Kane and John Romita, Sr.The dramatic debut of Morbius the Living Vampire! Dr. Michael Morbius has a lust for blood, and he's out to sink his fangs into Spider-Man! But the wallcrawler is even more spiderlike than usual - because, in an effort to 'cure' himself of his spider-powers, he's ended up with four extra limbs! Peter must seek out Curt Connors, the Lizard, to return himself to normal - but little does Spidey know that he's on a collision course with Morbius that will put him in the crosshairs of not one, but two monsters! Witness the beginning of a rivalry for the ages between webslinger and bloodsucker, in the issue that began the tragic tale of the misunderstood Michael Morbius! It's one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #101. 32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.
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Amazing Spider-Man #121 - facsimile edition
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A Monster Called...Morbius! - Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia. Cover by Gil Kane and John Romita, Sr.The dramatic debut of Morbius the Living Vampire! Dr. Michael Morbius has a lust for blood, and he's out to sink his fangs into Spider-Man! But the wallcrawler is even more spiderlike than usual - because, in an effort to 'cure' himself of his spider-powers, he's ended up with four extra limbs! Peter must seek out Curt Connors, the Lizard, to return himself to normal - but little does Spidey know that he's on a collision course with Morbius that will put him in the crosshairs of not one, but two monsters! Witness the beginning of a rivalry for the ages between webslinger and bloodsucker, in the issue that began the tragic tale of the misunderstood Michael Morbius! It's one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #101. 32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.
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Amazing Spider-Man #121 - facsimile edition
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Written by Gerry Conway. Art by Gil Kane. Cover by John Romita Sr. The night Gwen Stacy died! In 1973, Spider-Man fans the world over were shocked by a story that had previously been unthinkable. To strike at the heart of Peter Parker, the Green Goblin kidnaps the woman he loves, Gwen Stacy, and Spider-Man faces a race against time as he swings to the rescue. Readers were used to Spidey saving the day - and as the Goblin sends Gwen plummeting from a bridge, our hero believes he has done it again, firing out a webline that breaks her fall. But when Peter holds Gwen in his arms, the heartbreaking truth is revealed - and comic books are changed forever! It's a masterpiece of storytelling from Gerry Conway and Gil Kane, and one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #121. 32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.
Avengers #1 - facsimile edition
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Written by Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby. Cover by Jack Kirby. And there came a day unlike any other, when Earth's Mightiest Heroes were united against a common threat! On that day the Avengers were born! The first five heroes to answer the call? Thor, Iron Man, the Wasp, Ant-Man and the Hulk! And the nefarious foe whose fiendish plan brought them together? Loki! Witness the Avengers' founding all over again as the trickster's bid to get the better of his brother, the God of Thunder, rebounds on him in spectacular fashion! Can these five very different heroes find a way to work together and defeat the God of Lies? It's one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting AVENGERS (1963) #1. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.
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Defenders #2 / (1972) 4.5
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Cover pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Frank Giacoia. The Secret of the Silver Surfer!, script by Steve Englehart, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by John Verpoorten; Dr. Strange, Namor and Hulk travel to Asia to find out why Silver Surfer attacked Namor. Letter from Bob Rozakis. 32 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.
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Shade the Changing Man #8 / (1978) VF
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Cover by Steve Ditko. The Gambles!, script by Steve Ditko and Michael Fleisher, art by Steve Ditko; Shade is trapped in the Presidential Palace; Shade relates the story of how he was framed. This series was canceled after this issue, a result of the DC Implosion. The material after this issue was later published in Detective Comics #487 and the Steve Ditko Omnibus. Gerry Conway profile by Michael Catron. 36 pgs., full color. $0.35. Cover price $0.35.
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Detective Comics #487 / (1979) 7.0
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68-page giant. Cover by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. "The Perils of Sergius," script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Don Newton, inks by Dan Adkins; The Sensei marks a writer named Sergius for death when he thinks Sergius has stumbled onto his plan, and contracts the work out to one Ma Murder; But Batman takes an interest in the writer, and protects him from Mas murder attempts. "The Aliens Among Us!" starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, script by Bob Rozakis, art by Dave Hunt. "The Pharaoh and the Mummies!" starring The Odd Man, script and art by Steve Ditko; Originally intended for the unpublished Shade the Changing #9; Story printed in the limited distribution Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #2; Almost all dialogue rewritten for this printing. "The Case of the Campaign Crimes" starring Batgirl, script by Jack C. Harris, pencils by Dick Giordano, inks by Steve Mitchell. Hostess snack ad with Superman, "The Rescue." 68 pgs., full color. $1.00. Cover price $1.00.
