Iron Man, Vol. 1 #79 (1975)
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Condition
Description
Midnite On Murder Mountain!
In another fill in issue, Iron Man sees a young couple stranded in a rainstorm by a downed tree. Bringing them to the closest town under the guise of Tony Stark, the three check into a hotel to wait out the storm. Tony is awakened in the middle of the night by a scream, only to find that he has been locked in his room. Changing to Iron Man, and not wanting people to know Iron Man was in his room by breaking down the door from the inside, he instead decides to break out through the metal-shielded window from the inside. He follows the sound of screaming to the basement, where he meets Dr. Kurakill and her assistant, Quasar the Future Man. Kurakill has been devolving humans, and giving their power to the ape she evolved into Quasar. With the help of the young couple's cat (who may, in fact, be a devolved human victim of Dr. Kurakill herself) Iron Man breaks free, knocks Quasar unconscious, and shuts down Kurakill's equipment. Kurakill unleashes her army of devolved human apes, hoping they will overwhelm Iron Man, only to be attacked by them herself. Iron Man swears to devote the full resources at his disposal to the curing of the devolved humans, and the moral education of Quasar.
Release Date: 1975
THE HIGH GRADES (Investment Quality)
- 9.9 – 10.0 MINT: Near perfect. No discernible defects.
- 9.8 NM/MT: High-end; negligible stress or bindery tears.
- 9.6 NM+: Nearly perfect; very minor surface wear.
- 9.4 NM: Standard high-grade; minor corner blunting.
- 9.2 NM-: Excellent; small stress lines (no color break).
- 9.0 VF/NM: Great eye appeal; minor spine stress.
THE MID GRADES (Collector Quality)
- 8.5 VF+: Clean copy; small amount of wear/creasing.
- 8.0 VF: Very attractive; minor surface wear or foxing.
- 7.5 VF-: Slight accumulation of defects; minor blunting.
- 7.0 FN/VF: Solid copy; minor creases or color breaks.
- 6.0 FN: Average mid-grade; small spine splits or tears.
- 5.0 VG/FN: Significant wear; small pieces may be missing.
THE LOW GRADES (Reader Quality)
- 4.0 VG: Average used copy; heavy creasing or scuffing.
- 3.0 GD/VG: Heavily read; major creases or staple rust.
- 2.0 GD: Well-worn; covers may be detached but present.
- 1.0 FR: Heavily damaged; large chunks missing.
- 0.5 PR: Fragile; missing pages or severe degradation.
Our raw grading is an opinion based on 30+ years of experience. We do not guarantee a specific numeric grade from 3rd party services (CGC/CBCS) but strive for maximum accuracy.
