Fantasy Masterpieces #5 VG 4.0 1966 Stock Image Low Grade
| Grade | VG 4.0 |
| Year | 1966 |
| Publisher | Marvel |
This is a low grade item. It will be complete and readable, but will show significant wear. Allowed defects for this grade include: spine roll, a moderate amount of staining or water damage, writing or other marks on the cover, up to one inch spine splits or other tears, a cover or centerfold that is detached at one staple, discoloration due to oxidation, and a minor piece or pieces missing. An item could be assigned this grade due to either an accumulation of minor/moderate defects or one or two major defects.
Description
Cover pencils by Jack Kirby (Captain America figure, inset), Don Heck (inset), and Dick Ayers (inset), inks by Frank Giacoia (Captain America figure), Don Heck (inset), Jack Kirby (inset), and Dick Ayers (inset). Reprints. "Captain America and the Ringmaster of Death" from Captain America Comics #5, script and pencils by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; Steve and Bucky decide to visit the circus for some fun, but its Cap and Bucky that face the Ringmaster's Wheel of Death and its purpose: to allow the villain to place America into a steel vise of terror, using vicious mobsters as his personal Gestapo! "The Gruesome Secret of the Dragon of Doom!" from Captain America Comics #5, script and pencils by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; Captain America and Bucky investigate the disappearance of the patrol boat "Winfield" with its crew and discover a sinister villain, his HQ inside a monstrous sea serpent, responsible. "Mister Gregory and the Ghost" from Journey Into Mystery #75, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein; A homebuilder who uses shoddy materials and unskilled labor gets his comeuppance when he builds a home for himself out of the wood from haunted trees; He tries and fails several times to drive the ghost out of the house, but stubbornly refuses to admit failure. "The Things from Dimension X" from Strange Tales #80, art by Don Heck; A scientist successfully creates a link to the dimension Electra only to find the inhabitants bent on conquest; They pour through the portal but are stopped when the carved presidents on Mt. Rushmore come to life and drive them back. "It Fell from the Flying Saucer!" from Tales to Astonish #31, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An artist finds an alien pencil that will make whatever he draws real, but his selfish use of it makes the aliens take it back. "Killers of the Bund" from Captain America Comics #5, script and pencils by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; When a Nazi Bund beats up a man of German descent (because he won't join up), Captain America and Bucky attack the Bund camp and Cap is captured; Bucky races back to the city and enlists the aid of the Sentinels of Liberty to rescue Cap and round up the rogues. 68 pgs., full color.
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