Marvel Comics Presents, Vol. 1 #19 (Cvr A) (1989)
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The Retribution Affair / Panther's Quest / Nightmare In Suburbia, Part 3: the Price of Retribution / Battered Artifacts / Home Is Where the Heart Is / Overture
The Retribution Affair: The Price of Retribution: - Journeying to Muir Island at the request of his old friends, Scott Summers finds himself in the middle of a deadly mystery. Moira MacTaggert is under the hypnotic control of the mutant-hating sentinel knows as Master Mold. At his bidding, she has been performing mysterious experiments upon two local children. Now one hovers near death and soon all of mutantkind may face extermination.
Panther's Quest: Battered Artifacts - The Black Panther's meeting with Patrick Slade, a store owner on the fringers of a black township in South Africa, has been violently interrupted by mercenaries led by Elmer "Sex 'N' Violence" Gore. Zanti Chikane, a goldminer who lives in the township, has become a less-than-enthusiastic companion to hte Panther, especially since the Panther's unauthorized presence in South Africa has already made television news, and prompted Magistrate of Communications, Anton Pretorius, to promise that the Nationalist Government will make every effort ot hunt the Panther down!
Home is Where the Heart Is - Stephen Strange is a Master of the Mystic Arts and the Sorceror Supreme of htis dimensional plane. He has faced foes of unimaginable power on countless nether-realms. Now he must face something different. Somewhere in the American heartland lies a suburban nightmare...
Overture - When titans clash, they leave a heck of a mess! And somebody's got to clean it up. Damage Control is the Manhattan company specializing in the repair and resoration of property damage cause by super-human activity. Find out how they deal with their competition in this preview to the 4-issue limited series.
All plot summaries reproduced from the issue's Table of Contents.
Release Date: 1989
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.
