First Comics For Sale

First Comics for sale are listed in alphabetical order by title. The year after the title indicates the year the series began. Sorry, sets and runs are combined for a reason, usually storylines or continuity, and will not be broken. Please see the Condition guide for grading codes. To purchase anything, see the How To Order page.

TITLE INDEX:
CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED	GRIMJACK	THE NEXT NEXUS
DYNAMO JOE	HAMMER OF GOD	SHATTER
ELRIC: SAILOR ON SEAS OF FATE	HAWKMOON	STARSLAYER
ELRIC: WEIRD OF WHITE WOLF	JON SABLE, FREELANCE	WARP
E-MAN COMICS	LONE WOLF AND CUB	WHISPER
EVANGELINE	MARS

CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED (1990): #1 - 27 and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Complete NM-M 27 Issue Set plus Washington Irving's The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow adapted by Bo Hampton (published by Tundra in 1992, which could have easily been part of this series), All First Editions, Squarebound, featuring the artwork of Gahan Wilson, Mike Ploog, Bill Sienkiewicz, P. Craig Russell, Rick Geary, Dan Spiegle, and many others! This is truly a gorgeous color addition to anyone's library with graphic storytelling of some of history's greatest tales. This set was stored in archival Mylar and will be shipped in it. Sold as a set of 28 issues. See Sleepy Hollow covers All 28 for $175

Also see: Classics Illustrated (Gilberton) / Dark Horse Classics / Marvel Classics Comics Series

DYNAMO JOE (1986)
#5 NM-; Doug Rice artwork and cover art (2 copies available). 50% off Guide Value. $1.50

#15, Special 1 NM; Doug Rice artwork and cover art (2 copies of each available). 50% off Guide Value. $2@

ELRIC: THE SAILOR ON THE SEAS OF FATE (1985): #1 - 7 Complete Set; All NM to Mint except #6 being a NM copy with a 1/4 inch bump at the top spine corner, Adaptation of Michael Moorcock's novel by Roy Thomas (script) with Michael T. Gilbert and George Freeman (artwork). #1 is signed and dated 1986 by Michael T. Gilbert with his little face remarque on the inside front cover. This set was stored in archival Mylar and will be shipped in it. Sold as a 7 issue complete set. See #1 covers See signature See #2 covers See #3 covers See #4 covers See #5 covers See #6 covers See #7 covers All 7 for $32

ELRIC: WEIRD OF THE WHITE WOLF (1986): #1 - 5 Complete Set; #1 - 4 NM - M, 5 VF/NM, Adaptation of Michael Moorcock's novel by Roy Thomas (script) and Michael T. Gilbert, George Freeman and P. Craig Russell (artwork). #2 - 3 have Russell cover art. Sold as a 5 issue complete set. This set was stored in archival Mylar and will be shipped in it. See #1 covers See #2 covers See #3 covers See #4 covers See #5 covers All 5 for $18

E-MAN COMICS (1983)
#6 NM; Joe Staton artwork, Origin retold, 60% off Guide Value! $2

#8 NM; Joe Staton artwork, Cutey Bunny guests (2 copies available) 60% off Guide Value! $2

EVANGELINE (1987): #1 - 2 NM/M and Special 1 NM Set; Special 1 is a 64 page issue by Lodestone (1986) that reprinted the Comico issues and precedes the story in issues #1 - 2 from First (1987). Special #1 and #1 both have wraparound painted covers. Origin of Evangeline, who is a futuristic nun with a mission! Sold as a 3 issue run. All 3 for $14

GRIMJACK (1984): #1 - 50 NM- to Mint Set; John Ostrander and Tim Truman's wonderful adventure series, Munden's Bar back-up stories, Second Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in color, Brian Bolland and Tom Sutton artwork, Dynamo Joe crossover. This set will be shipped in the archival Mylar it was stored in. Sold as a 50 issue run. See #1 covers See #26 covers All 50 for $170

HAMMER OF GOD: SWORD OF JUSTICE (1991): #1 - 2 NM-NM/M Complete Set; squarebound 48-page issues, Nexus tie-in. Sold as a 2 issue set. Priced at NM- Guide Value! Both for $10

HAWKMOON: THE SWORD OF DAWN (1987): #1 - 4 NM Complete Set; Michael Moorcock's novel adapted by Roger Salick (script) and Rafael Kayanan (artwork), Dave Dorman painted covers. Sold as a 4 issue set. Ships in the Mylar it is stored in. All 4 for $14

JON SABLE, FREELANCE (1983)
#1 NM-; First appearance of Jon Sable, Mike Grell story and artwork (2 copies available) $5

#37 NM-, 38 NM; Mike Grell story and artwork, Baxter paper, Recommended for mature readers. (2 copies of #38 available) $2@

#47 VF/NM+; Mike Grell story and artwork, Baxter paper, Recommended for mature readers. $1.50

LONE WOLF AND CUB (1987): #1 NM/M; First Printing, 96-page squarebound format, outstanding series by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, Frank Miller intro and cover artwork. Read the story in this nice large format instead of the reduced manga issue size. Priced at Guide NM-. See covers $24

MARS (1984)
#1 - 12 NM- to M Complete Set; Excellent science fiction series. Mature reading by Mark Wheatley and Marc Hempel, with highly stylized artwork. If you are looking for a story with a strong female lead character that doesn’t wear a costume, then you’ll want this set. Also, in #2-8 “Black Flame” back-up written by Peter B. Gillis with Tom Sutton and Don Lomax artwork. "Dynamo Joe" back-up stories in #10-12 by Doug Rice. This set will be shipped in the archival Mylar it was stored in. Sold as a 12 issue set. All 12 for $40

#1 VF/NM-; Premiere issue by Mark Wheatley and Marc Hempel. (2 copies available) $1.50

THE NEXT NEXUS (1989): #1 - 4 Complete NM-M Limited Series; Story by Mike Baron with Steve Rude artwork. Rude cover art on all, printed on Baxter paper. This set will be shipped in the archival Mylar it was stored in. Sold as a 4 issue set. All 4 for $14

SHATTER (1985): #1, 6, 7, and Special 1 NM-M Set; #1 is a First Printing, The first computer generated art comic books! Sold as a 4 issue lot. All 4 for $14

STARSLAYER (1983): #10 - 18 Set; Nice run with the last issues in high grade, #10 - 11 VG/F, 12 VF, 13 - 14 F, 15 VF/NM, 16 F/VF, 17 NM, 18 NM/M; First appearance of Grimjack with back-ups in each issue through #17, #18 book-length Starslayer and Grimjack story. Tim Truman artwork in all issues. Sold as a 9 issue run. All 9 for $22

WARP (1983)
#1 NM-; Frank Brunner artwork and cover art with Peter Gillis story, Sargon - Mistress of War back-up. (2 copies available) $3

WHISPER (Volume 2, 1986): #1 - 9 with Special 1 (1985) NM- to NM/M Set; Female ninja action with Norm Breyfogle artwork and cover art. Special #1 is a 64 page issue by Steven Grant and Rich Larson. This set will be shipped in the archival Mylar it was stored in. Sold as a 10 issue run. All 10 for $33