Lot 185
Strange Tales #160 CGC 6.5 Cover by Dan Adkins "If This Planet You Would Save" (Marvel Comics, 1967) Off-White to White Pages
Timed Sale: Mirror Dimensions | CBE26013
Auction: 21 August 18.00 BST - 21 September 16.00 BST
Description
Strange Tales #160 CGC 6.5 Cover by Dan Adkins "If This Planet You Would Save" (Marvel Comics, 1967).
Cover art by Dan Adkins. Captain America guest stars in the Nick Fury story "Project: Blackout". Story and art by Jim Steranko. Cap introduces Fury to an old friend, FBI man Jimmy Woo as Fury relates the events of November 10, 1965. The ESP Division became aware of a threat on Bedloe Island before they were killed by an explosion. Fury asked Cap for aid and the two met under the Statue of Liberty, where they found an army of invaders planning to use an "Id-Paralyzer" to turn everyone on the East Coast into mindless slaves. Cap races toward the Baxter Building for help. "If This Planet You Would Save!". Story by Raymond Marais and Marie Severin, pencils by Marie Severin, and inks by Herb Trimpe. Strange is surrounded by a horde of evil mystics under the command of Baron Mordo! Mordo refuses to listen to reason and orders his minions to kill Strange, who grabs the ring-leader and drives out the evil magic from him. He forces Mordo to see a vision of the danger menacing Earth but Mordo's first instinct is to flee for his life!; Living Tribunal cameo. 36 pgs. Full colour. Cover price $0.12.
CGC Cert: #4730404001
Grader Notes: tanning interior cover, crease left top of front cover breaks colour, crease right center of front cover breaks colour, spine stress lines breaks colour, and off-white to white pages.
