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Reprints the stories from Our Love Story (1969) #5. Cover by John Romita, Sr. Edited by Roy Thomas. (Original edits by Stan Lee.) Stories by Stan Lee. Art by John Buscema & Frank Giacoia, Jim Steranko and Gene Colan & John Romita, Sr. Don't condemn her for what she did! She was too young...too foolish...when she told herself -- "But He's Not the Boy for Me!" Also featuring "My Heart Broke in Hollywood!" and "-- But He's the Boy I Love!" 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.20.

Reprints. Cover by Sal Buscema. Edited by Roy Thomas. (Original edits by Stan Lee.) Stories by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber? and unknown. Art by Stan Goldberg & Frank Giacoia, Jack Kirby & Vince Colletta, Matt Baker & Colletta and Al Williamson. He's leaving! Has she lost him forever? Read..."How Do I Love Thee?" Plus: Sally doesn't understand why she and Tom fell out of love until she meets Frank and they fall in love for real in "He Was Perfect -- But I Lost Him!" Also featuring "His Lips...or None!" and "And Then I Found You!" 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.20.

"Working Girl" (art by Vince Colletta), "Two Different Worlds," "Those Lonely Nights" (art by John Tartaglione), "When a Girl Gossips" (art by Ann Brewster), "Me--Marry a Nobody?" (art by Jay Scott Pike), and a two-page text story, "Thinking of Him." Colletta cover. Cover price $0.10.

Tales of romance and betrayal presented in an advice format, with stories and art by the Iger Shop. After being stood up by Jim yet again, Anne has to wonder how he really feels about her. Betty wants to marry Freddie, but his interfering mother makes all his decisions for him, and she's not a Betty backer. Judy seeks advice from the magazine when she fears that her marriage to Johnny has failed. Date-Breaker; Bewildered Rival; My Personal Problem; What's Happened to Us?; Two for Company... Three for Love! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"We're in Love...but...": Lillian falls for Brent after boyfriend David leaves for the Air Corps. Luckily for all, David returns more interested in flying than a relationship (6 pages). "The Future is Now!": Newlywed Sandra would prefer to live in a house, but settles for a retired trolley car (7 pages). "Please Don't Break This Enchantment!": Newlywed Sally becomes the victim of her brother's manipulation (5 pages). "My Changing Heart": Nurse Joan marries a rich patient after Doctor Tim elopes (6 pages). 36 pages. Full-color. 10 cent cover price. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Harry Lazarus and others. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Singer Donna is an expert on love songs, but not so great at actual love; Farm girl Peg falls for big-city lawyer Steve after she gets rich, but old flame Johnnie tries to intervene; Advice on getting noticed by that special guy. Stick to Your Own Kind!; I Love Lacy!; Love Affair in Blue!; Girlie, Beware!; There's One in Every Office!; How to Make Him Notice You!; Romance Has No Price-Tag! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by John Rosenberger and others. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Well-off Jill falls for a working-class truck driver, but her domineering sister disapproves; Nurse Maria falls for handsome patient Arthur, but her no-nonsense employer isnt having it; Advice on being yourself rather than changing to suit a man. A Good Marriage!; Washing Machine Man; The Love She Sought!; Vanity!; Be What He Wants!; Registered Nurse!; What's Wrong with Childhood Sweethearts? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by John Forte, Kenneth Landau, John Rosenberger and Ogden Whitney. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Another rich-meets-poor love story, only this time the struggling taxi driver with a wealthy amour is a woman. A doctoral candidate learns a lot when she studies the dating habits of college men. Advice on men and money. Taxicab Romance; Love? Who Cares?; Doctor of Dates; Of Men and Money; Iris Grows Up; The Pessimist; The Other Woman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Wally Wood and others. Tales of forbidden love from Fox Feature Syndicate. A woman plays the field, but soon finds her indiscretions coming back to haunt her; A couple seems happy enough, until the man turns up in another woman's arms; A fun-loving gal's whirlwind romance leads to something deeper. Plus love advice to readers. I Was Man Crazy; I Thought I Belonged to Him; Ask Trudy Lynn; Take It From Trudy; One Week of Fun. Final issue under this title; numbering continues with Martin Kane (1950) #4. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Charles Nicholas, John Tartaglione and Vince Colletta. A whiff of scandal adds spice to tales of heartbreak and romance. Nan is haunted by the intense eyes of the handsome stranger on the bus. Ellen never gets a second date, until she meets Phillip, an introverted bookworm like herself. Anne and Mike meet when they get stranded on a cave tour together, and must find their way out of the dark. The Stranger's Eyes!; Blind Date; My Cave Man!; Why a Wistful Wallflower?; Time for Decision; Deny All Love! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Vince Colletta, and Bill Molno. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. Construction workers encounter a Bigfoot-like creature in rural Humboldt County, California. Earth's top athlete gets to compete against alien all-stars. A strange little boy astonishes a small town with his knowledge of helio-spectrum-theoretical suppositions and other advanced science. Giant from Below!; The Man Who Couldn't Miss; Sudden Fear; The Boy From Beyond; A Planet So Primitive. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $12.00 3" cumulative spline split. Water damage.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Vince Alascia, and Bill Molno. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. Strange, gigantic bubbles are released from deep within the Earth by oil drilling, and they begin to absorb anything they touch. Explorers from Earth discover that Venus's impenetrable cloud cover serves a vital, lifesaving purpose for Earth and Mars. A reporter discovers a shape-shifter's secret. The Giant Bubble Threat; The Man with 1000 Faces; Time Belt; The Ganymede Enigma; The Barrier Clouds of Venus. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $499.95 or Best Offer View scans Interior is complete. Back cover missing. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories and art by Dick Beck, Bill Savage, and Ross Andru. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. Thieves are stealing bottles of something from around the city - but what, and why? A couple visits their Bavarian relative during a series of werewolf attacks. A doctor and a mortician have a murderous business together, in one of two stories in this issue by future Marvel legend Ross Andru. Revenge; Werewolves; Terror in the Stars; The Coffin; Bank Night. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

# 92501-303. Horror and suspense stories reprinted from Gold Keys Ripleys Believe It or Not! comic books. Monster of the Frankenstein, The Skeletons That Would Not Die, The Floating Coffin, and more, plus a Dr. Spektor story. Stories and art by Donald Glut, Dan Spiegle, Don Heck, John Celardo, Ed Robbins, Joe Certa, Jesse Santos, Sal Trapani, Luis Dominguez, and Frank Bolle. 4.75 x 6.5. 160 pages. Painted cover by George Wilson. Cover price $0.50. Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Charles Nicholas. Stories by Dick Briefer, Al Weine and Nathaniel Nitkin. Art by Dick Briefer, Charles Nicholas, Walter Frame, Klaus Nordling, Norton Kingsley, Al Weine, Bob Powell, and George Tuska. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. The spaceship is menaced by Cranians, who have hands where their heads should be and two heads where their hands should be, in a Rex Dexter story by Dick Briefer; The Blue Beetle and his girlfriend, reporter Joan Mason, investigate the Muck Gang's spree of waterfront sabotage; Green Mask learns about a plan to hijack a gold shipment. The Muck Gang; The Cranians; New Gang in Town; The Warning; Son the Ace; Foreign Agents; The Naval Secrets; Mrs. Uppersnoots Party; The Port of Rio Grande; The Crooked Politician; Mystery Men Model Page: Aircraft Carrier. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $403.75 View scans Paper: Off white Label #17-10246E6-010 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by John Forte, inks by Matt Fox. The Boy Who Believed, art by John Forte. Wings in the Night!, art by Joe Maneely. The Rejected Robot!, art by Jack Abel. The Tiny Coffin!, inks by Matt Fox. Bottled Up!, art by Pete Tumlinson. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $59.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover detached at one staple and coming loose at the other, 2" cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

"A Pair of Shoes," "Stop" (pencils by Benulis, inks by Jack Abel), "The Brain" (art by John Forte), "The Man in the Rain" (art by Jack Katz), "The Unseen" (art by John Tartaglione), and a two-page text story, "The Golden Idol." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Fake" (art by Al Williamson with Roy Krenkel); "Forbidden!" (art by John Forte); "Crisis!" (art by Don Heck); "Where is Lola Drake?" (art by Vince Colletta?); "The Strange Man!" (art by Sol Brodsky); and "The Empty Room!" (art by Robert Q. Sale); plus a two-page text story, "The Traveler," with an illustration by Reed Crandall. Bill Everett cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $99.95 or Best Offer View scans 1.75" Cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

"The Last Look" (art by Robert Q. Sale), "Clarence!" (art by Pablo Ferro), "The Insult," "How Deep is Death?" (art by Jack Katz), "The Werewolf's Victims" (art by Sid Check), and a two-page text story, "Power of Revenge." 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $39.95 or Best Offer View scan Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Cover cleaned. 5" cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Alex Schomburg cover. Vince Alascia, Mike Sekowsky, Al Avison, and Al Gabriele art. Young Allies cover and appearance. Cover price $0.10.

Stories, art and cover by Robert Crumb. Super Ducks experiment with little blue pills goes terribly wrong. Plus Mr. Natural and Stan Shnooter. The Opening Shot; The Hipman; Dont Tempt Fate; Freak Show; Cradle to Grave. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.

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Add to cart Fine $2.50

Stories by Sean Deming. Art by Dan Green. Cover by Dan Green. One of the many martial-arts funny-animal comics that appeared in the wake of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles success, and nearly broke the comics industry. Four marsupial rockers named Bruce are recruited by the U.S. government to take down the renegade Sheik Ratal NRaul and prevent another energy crisis. Also featuring a cameo appearance by Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters, as well as Naive Inter-Dimensional Commando Koala cut-out paper dolls. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

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Written by George O. DeLorenzo. Art by Dell Barras and Jeanette Nouribekian. Cover by Dell Barras. 28 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.95.

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Cover by Gene Colan and Dick Giordano. "Lovers Die at Dusk". Part 1 of 4. Story by Don McGregor. Art by Gene Colan shot from his pencils. Set in the late 1930s, Nathaniel Dusk is your typical hard boiled PI. Lots of divorce cases, not much money. Today hes just out for dinner, unaware that hes being trailed by two thugs. But when they pick him up later and take him to a "meeting" atop the Empire State Building, his day gets a lot more interesting. 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.25.

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Add to cart Fine $2.50

Cover by Gene Colan and Bob Smith. "Lovers Die at Dusk, part 2". Part 2 of 4. Story by Don McGregor. Art by Gene Colan shot from his pencils. Surviving his visit to the top of the Empire State Building, Dusk thinks hes in the clear. Until his girlfriend turns up dead. Now he has to find out why she was killed, and why he was targeted just because he was seeing her. 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.25.

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Cover by Gene Colan and Dick Giordano. "Lovers Die at Dusk, part 3". Part 3 of 4. Story by Don McGregor. Art by Gene Colan shot from his pencils. As Dusk digs deeper into his dead lover's past, the pieces start to come to light. Then a tip leads him to the Staten Island Ferry. Problem is, its also a trap! 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.25.

Add to cart Fine $6.00

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Add to cart FN- 5.5 $5.49

"Apple Peddlers Die at Noon - Part 2" When Don McGregor recreates 1934 as the story setting, even the weather is factually accurate! As Dusk chases machine-gun wielding killers through Times Square, the maximum effect of Gene Colan's 'pencils only' art brings each page alive! Cover by Colan, too! Cover price $2.00.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $199.95 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, affects Quicksilver and Destroyer 171 stories. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart Coverless $49.95 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. First two wraps and three center wraps missing (affects Uncle Sam, Quicksilver, Destroyer 171 and G-s stories). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Alex Kotzky. Untitled stories starring Uncle Sam (art by Art Seymour), Sally O'Neil Policewoman (art by Al Bryant), Windy Breeze (script and art by Jack Cole), Kid Patrol (script and art by Gill Fox), Quicksilver (script and art by Fred Guardineer), Cyclone Cupid (script and art by Gill Fox), Destroyer 171, The Unknown (art by Rudy Palais), G-2 (art by Don Rico), and Chic Carter (script and art by Vernon Henkel). 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $220.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #2113862022

Features include the Barker in "The Man Who Hated Circuses!" (art by Klaus Nordling); Granny Gumshoe (art by Gill Fox); Sally O'Neil; Lassie; Quicksilver; Anthrop; and Steve Wood. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Bryant. The Curse of Ali Ben Riff Raff starring Barker, script and art by Klaus Nordling. The Ship That Ate Men starring Steve Wood, art by Alice Kirkpatrick. Untitled stories starring Granny Gumshoe (script and art by Gill Fox), Anthrop (script and art by Michael Senich), Lassie (script and art by Bernard Dibble), Quicksilver (art by Dan Zolnerowich), and Sally O'Neil Policewoman (art by Alice Kirkpatrick). 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Modern Times. Science fair projects; the Jersey City World Expo; a spoof of Popular Mechanics magazine. Stories and art by Michael O'Donoghue, Jeff Jones, Shary Flenniken, Vaughn Bode, Bobby London, Michael Gross, Henry Beard and Doug Kenney. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and Foto Funnies. Mature readers. Cover by Bruce McCall. July 1973; Cover price $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart FN 6.0 $8.00 View scan 1/8" Spine split from top.

Stupid. A Classics Illustrated-style comic by Joe Orlando and Alan Kupperberg; an amusement park for idiots; a spoof of U.S. News & World Report magazine. Stories and art by Michael O'Donoghue, P. J. O'Rourke, Frank Springer (as Francis Hollidge), Sean Kelly, M. K. Brown, Tony Hendra, Gahan Wilson, Jeff Jones, Shary Flenniken, Vaughn Bode, Bobby London, Byron Preiss and Ralph Reese, Michael Gross, Henry Beard and Doug Kenney. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and Foto Funnies. Mature readers. Cover by Charlie White. November 1973; Cover price $0.85. Cover price $0.85.

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Add to cart Very Good $4.00

December 1975. Money. True tales of the robber barons illustrated by S. Clay Wilson, Justin Green, Spain and Kim Deitch; the Lampoons guide to effective salesmanship; a parody of a classic newspaper. Stories and art by Sean Kelly, P. J. O'Rourke, Rick Meyerowitz, Tony Hendra, Gahan Wilson, Shary Flenniken, Bobby London, Jeff Jones, Byron Preiss and Howard Chaykin and Berni Wrightson, Trina Robbins and Doug Kenney. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and Foto Funnies. Mature readers. Cover price $1.00.

The Latest Issue. A spoof of dog magazines; how rich people came to America; Dirty Duck and Trots & Bonnie in full color. Stories and art by P. J. O'Rourke, Tony Hendra, M.K. Brown, Gahan Wilson, Shary Flenniken, Bobby London, Byron Preiss and Howard Chaykin, Trina Robbins and Sean Kelly. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and Foto Funnies. Mature readers. Cover by Page Wood. Cover price $1.00.

October 1977. Beatles. Special all-Beatles issue includes a fake fanzine, movie posters, interviews and the like; the truth about the Paul is dead theory; a spoof of the New York Times. Stories and art by P. J. O'Rourke, Chris Miller, John Hughes, Bobby London, and Sean Kelly. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and Foto Funnies. Mature readers. Cover price $1.25.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $6.70

Add to cart Very Good $6.00

Add to cart Very Good $6.00

JUNE 1990. Cover price $3.95.

29th Anniversary Edition - 1st printing. By Chris Miller. Based on the comedy hit movie Animal House, this novelization includes pictures from the movie and original art. From Rush Week to the Homecoming Parade follow the misadventures of Bluto, Otter, and the rest of the characters from Delta House! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $12.95.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00

Add to cart VG 4.0 $8.00

The National Lampoon cashes in on the self-help book craze of the late 1970s with its own version, edited by longtime NL writer and editor Gerald Sussman. Peter and Peggy Pope, PhDs offer advice on being a better you until you die. Mature readers. 144 pages. Cover price $2.50 Cover price $2.50.

1st printing. By Chris Miller. Based on the comedy hit movie Animal House, this novelization includes pictures from the movie and original art. From Rush Week to the Homecoming Parade follow the misadventures of Bluto, Otter, and the rest of the characters from Delta House! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $7.50 View scan

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $7.50 View scan

After the Death of Superman the National Whisper, the DC Universe's version of the National Inquirer, ran a very "I saw Elvis..." issue. Based in Metropolis, The National Whisper is America's leading tabloid. Printing all sorts of stories, with most of them leaning to the absurd, The National Whisper has run afoul of the Man of Steel on occasion. This 4 page spoof newspaper features such absurd headlines as "I Saw Superman Pumping Gas at a Texas Roadstop," "Superman's Spirit Possesses Teen," "Humongous 'S' Shield Appears in A Kansas Wheat Field," and others. B&W, 10-in. x 13-in.