Marvel Comics Presents, Vol. 1 #25 (1989)
Condition
Description
Pharaoh's Legacy / Panther's Quest, Part 2: a Heart Reborn / Part 13: a Right To Kill / ... From Little Acorns Grow / Sophia
Pharaoh's Legacy: Part 2: a Heart Reborn - After finding Leila O'Toole in the Australian outback, Havok becomes invovled in a battle with hi-tech Mercenaries. He learns that these mercenaries are agents for a cult that will stop at nothing to have Leila O'Toole returned to them.
Part 13: a Right To Kill - Magistrate of Communications, Anton Pretorious, has a problem. The problem is The Great Cat, who prowls a black township. Anton has another problem, one of his colleagues, Minister of Security, Doeke Riebeeck, who is outrages by the Panther's violent conforntations with South African security forces. And Seargent Eugene Van der Merwe has suffered humiliation and defeat at the hands of ht ePanther... and is determined to have a return bout, but this time... He will win!
... From Little Acorns Grow - Two kids in an orphanage in Iowa during the early seventies catch a glimpse of their own futures. One, a self proclaimed world-saver, the other, the world's most dangerous assassin. The mysterious dying woman who left hte kids at the orphanage as babies said that, "One of them is very, very good and the other one is very, very bad." The problem is that the GOOD one grew up to be the assassin...
Sophia - He spent the first few years of his life in the custody of a clan of mountain bears - which may be the reason Mikhail Ursus developed the shape-changing ability that would later allow him to become his Country's first sanctioned mutant, Ursa Major of the Soviet Super Soldiers!
All plot summaries taken from the table of contents of the issue itself.
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.
