Lot 101
Strange Tales #112 CGC 6.5 1st Appearance of the Eel (Marvel Comics, 1963) Off-White to White Pages
Northern Collection: Space, Science and Magic | CB26012
Auction: 11 September AT 15.00 BST
Description
Strange Tales #112 CGC 6.5 1st Appearance of the Eel (Leopold Stryke) (Marvel Comics, 1963).
Cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. 1st appearance of the Eel in "The Living Bomb!". Story by Stan Lee and Jerry Siegel, and art by Dick Ayers. A TV host starts a public campaign against the Human Torch. The Torch's efforts to regain his popularity fail, but when he stops the high tech thief the Eel from detonating a powerful bomb he is redeemed. "The Man Who Dared!", art by Steve Ditko. A gem merchant hears of the world's largest ruby guarded by a legendary giant statue in Tibet. He travels to Tibet and steals the ruby, but his escape is cut off by a boulder as he drives his jeep down the mountain pass and he is startled to see the giant statue is alive and pursuing him. "I Saw the Impossible World!". Story by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, pencils by Larry Lieber, and inks by Paul Reinman. A deserter from the Space Corps of the future finds a replica of his hometown and friends on an alien world. A stranger reveals that they are illusions created from the imagination of those who visit this planet and that they disappear. 36 pgs. Full colour. Cover price $0.12.
CGC Cert: #4730402022
Grader Notes: crease right center of front cover breaks colour, spine stress lines breaks colour, multiple crease right center of front cover breaks colour, crease left top of back cover, and off-white to white pages.
