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Ghosts (1971-1982 DC) 7 CGC 9.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4536339003

Cover by Michael Kaluta. Stories by Leo Dorfman. Art by Jack Sparling, Art Saaf and John Calnan. If you don't believe in ghosts...we challenge you to read true tales of the weird and supernatural! In this issue: "Death's Finger Points" with art by Jack Sparling; "Touch Not My Tomb!" with art by Art Saaf; "The Sweet Smile of Death" with art by John Calnan; and 1-page text story "Ghostly Vengeance from the Gallows" (writer unknown). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.20.

Giant Size Kid Colt (1975) 3 CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Label #4752206002

New Kid Colt story: "Death Duel With Dack Derringer~" Script by Gary Friedrich, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Vince Colletta. Kid Colt reprints: "The Wolf Pack" (from issue 65 and later 140), "The Promise" (from issue 65 and later 140; art by Reed Crandall), "Fury at Farrow Gap" (also from issue 140; script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Werner Roth, inks by Colletta), "Dead on His Feet" (from issue 142; art by Jack Keller), and "Showdown in Smoke Mesa" (from issue 140; art by Keller). Also in this issue: "Rustler" (from issue 142; art by Joe Maneely). New Gil Kane cover. Cover price $0.50.

House of Mystery (1951-1983 1st Series) 26 CGC 2.5 Restored

Restored: C1

Paper: Cream to off white

Restoration includes: Small amount of color touch on cover.

Label #4698991001

Cover art by Ruben Moreira. "The Man With The Magic Ears," pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley; Pioneering engineer Alfred Jarvis builds a machine with which he can hear the sounds plants make; Their cries, their sobs, their dying sighs; He goes on a rampage to stop people from cutting flowers, but is suspected to be a madman. "Written in the Sands," art by George Papp. "The Ship From The Past," pencils by Howard Purcell, inks by Ray Burnley; A "spectral ship" pursues a modern freighter; Its all a ruse, though, for a wanted criminal uses this set-up to flee the country. Untitled Can You Explain It? story, art by Bill Ely. "The Dress of Doom," art by George Papp; The bride is wearing a supposedly cursed wedding dress. "The Human Target," art by Ruben Moreira; A knife-throwers unrequited love for his assistent ends in jealousy and death. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

House of Mystery (1951-1983 1st Series) 194 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4514742003

Cover by Berni Wrightson. Featuring: 10 page story "Born Loser" written by Jack Oleck and drawn by Alex Toth; 8 page reprint story "The Human Wave" drawn by Russ Heath; 8 page reprint story "The Negative Man" written by Joe Orlando and drawn by Jack Kirby & George Roussos; 1 page Cain's Game Room filler drawn by Sergio Aragones; 1 page Cain's Room 13 filler; 10 page story "The King Is Dead" written by Jack Oleck and drawn by Nestor Redondo. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Journey into Mystery (1952) 43 GD- 1.8

1" Spine split from top.

Cover by Carl Burgos. "It's Waiting For Me," art by Jay Scott Pike; A man and his dog have a recurring nightmare in which some hostile presence is waiting for him just around a bend in the road; His wife dislikes the dog as its cries during the dreams disrupt her sleeping. "The Invisible Woman"; An invisible female terrorist strikes in the heart of a Communist country. "The Third Ear," script by Carl Wessler, art by John Forte; A convict with a device that lets him read minds acts as a stoolie for the prison warden. "The Secret of the Strange Stone," pencils by Al Williamson, inks by Ralph Mayo; A man finds a meteorite that gives off rays that make things disappear. "Living Portrait" text story, art by Al Williamson. "The Panhandler," script by Carl Wessler, art by Bernard Baily; A panhandler robs time-travelers from 1991 and is arrested for passing counterfeit bills. "Ghost Ship," script by Carl Wessler, art by Jim Mooney; Modern day pirates are thwarted in their efforts by a ghost ship. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Journey into Mystery (1972 2nd series) 2 CGC 9.4

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4753254012

Cover by Gil Kane and Tom Palmer. Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper!, script by Robert Bloch (original story) and Ron Goulart (adaptation), art by Gil Kane and Ralph Reese; The notorious murderer Jack the Ripper has survived into the present day, remaining young due to the human sacrifices he regularly performs. More Than Blood!, script by George Alec Effinger, art by Billy Graham; The best student athletes of Westfield Heights High School are struck down one by one by an unknown illness. The Girl Who Couldn't Die, art by Mort Lawrence; A scientist attempts to reanimate his dead lover. After years of failed attempts he succeeds, but she kills herself at the sight of his decades-old body. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Journey into Unknown Worlds (1951 2nd Series) 7 GD+ 2.5

"The Men Who Conquered the Earth," art by Russ Heath; An inventor attempts to unify the countries of Earth by building a ray which will draw Mars close enough that its rocket ships can launch an attack; He realizes his mistake when the Martian forces begin to get the upper hand. "Escape from Death!", art by Joe Maneely; A criminal condemned to die in the electric chair has planned for his mob to short circuit the electrical power and spring him, but the warden tells him that they arrested three of his men earlier; The man thinks the warden is trying to rattle him as he sits in the chair and the switch is thrown. "In the Valley of the Mist" text story. "Planet of Terror!", art by Basil Wolverton; An Earthman sets himself up as a god among primitive Saturians. "The House That Wasn't There," art by Paul Cooper; A mailman who desires the job of postmaster finds he has a natural gift to see the inhabitants of time-space and they want him to come with them so that he may be involved with an exciting new experiment. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Locke and Key (2008) 2A CGC 9.8 1st Printing

Paper: White

Label #2066791016

First Printing. Joe Hill (w); Gabriel Rodriguez (a & c) Acclaimed suspense novelist and New York Times best-selling author Joe Hill (Heart-Shaped Box) continues his all-new story of dark fantasy and wonder. Bode Locke, a six-year-old survivor of the tragedy that claimed his father, is about to get a crash course in death when he walks through an impossible door that separates his spirit from his body. The Ghost Door, though, is only one of Keyhouse's unlikely secrets...the other is the creature who lives in the house's well, a girl who is not a girl-and who would kill to be set free. Cover price $3.99.

Muppet Babies (1985-1989 Marvel/Star Comics) 1 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4698392023

Direct Edition. Comic book version of the animated TV series about the Muppet Babies – Kermit, Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie, Scooter, Skeeter, Rowlf, Animal and all of the extraordinary friends who pop into their lives. In this issue, it's a dark and stormy night and when a mysterious door magically appears in the Muppet Babies' nursery, they can't resist going through the door which leads them all into a haunted castle. They find all sorts of spooky and scary things in the castle and have to figure out how to get back to the nursery in "The Haunted Nursery" and "Say the Magic Word." Script by Stan Kay and art by Marie Severin. Cover price $0.65.

Muppet Babies (1985-1989 Marvel/Star Comics) 1 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4697019001

Direct Edition. Comic book version of the animated TV series about the Muppet Babies – Kermit, Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie, Scooter, Skeeter, Rowlf, Animal and all of the extraordinary friends who pop into their lives. In this issue, it's a dark and stormy night and when a mysterious door magically appears in the Muppet Babies' nursery, they can't resist going through the door which leads them all into a haunted castle. They find all sorts of spooky and scary things in the castle and have to figure out how to get back to the nursery in "The Haunted Nursery" and "Say the Magic Word." Script by Stan Kay and art by Marie Severin. Cover price $0.65.

New Teen Titans (1984 2nd Series) New Titans 84 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4049947001

The Jericho Gambit: Part 3 of 3. "Endings...and Beginnings!" Guest-starring Deathstroke, Red Star, Pantha, and Phantasm. Written by Marv Wolfman. Art and cover by Tom Grummett and Al Vey. The death of Jericho was only the beginning (see last page of last issue). The Titans and their allies must fight for their lives and their very souls in the cataclysmic conclusion to the epic tale that began all the way back in New Teen Titans (1984 2nd Series ) #1. Cover price $1.75.

Phantom Stranger (1969 2nd Series) 18 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4747078003

52-page giant. Cover art by Neal Adams. "Home Is the Sailor," script by Len Wein, art by Tony DeZuniga; When a lonely mariner girl named Lorelei is visited by ghosts out at sea, she is rescued by the Phantom Stranger; Later, she and her father are visited by a ship captain named Hans Vanderdecker, who has come to their port to wait out a storm; When the storm lets off, the impulsive Lorelei decides to leave with Vanderdecker. "War of the Toy Soldiers!", script by Jack Miller, pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs; Retired general Roger Fielding loves to play with his toy armies and dies of exhaustion. "Stopover!", script by Steve Skeates, art by Tony DeZuniga; Called to witness a seance, Dr. Thirteen and his wife Marie are witness to something altogether different; Aliens who have decided steal the Earth's atmosphere arrive. "The Demon Spirit That Invaded Mark Merlin!", script by Arnold Drake, pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos. Letter to the editor from cartoonist Jay Zilber. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

Silver Surfer (1968 1st Series) 8 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4745072009

"Now Strikes the Ghost!" Part 1 of 2. Written by Stan Lee. Art by John Buscema and Dan Adkins. Mephisto, the very embodiment of evil, sends a powerful emissary, The Flying Dutchman, to destroy his hated enemy, the Silver Surfer. Cover price $0.15.

Strange Tales (1951 1st Series) 169 CGC 8.5

Paper: White

Label #4747078005

Cover art by John Romita. "Brother Voodoo," script by Len Wein, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Dan Adkins; Part one of the origin of Brother Voodoo, who is the union of Daniel Drumm's spirit in twin brother Jericho Drumm's body; Drumm returns to Haiti to find his brother dying from the curse of Damballah This is the first Brother Voodoo story; The first appearance of the character occurred in an article in Tales of the Zombie 2. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

Strange Tales (1951 1st Series) 169 VG/FN 5.0

Cover oxidation.

Cover art by John Romita. "Brother Voodoo," script by Len Wein, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Dan Adkins; Part one of the origin of Brother Voodoo, who is the union of Daniel Drumm's spirit in twin brother Jericho Drumm's body; Drumm returns to Haiti to find his brother dying from the curse of Damballah This is the first Brother Voodoo story; The first appearance of the character occurred in an article in Tales of the Zombie 2. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 33 GD 2.0

1" Spine split from top. Centerfold detached at one staple. Water spotting.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "I was Trapped in the Chamber of Fear!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A man tries to pitch to Stan Lee the story of a blackmailer who becomes trapped within a mystic ruby as an agent of Fate to direct recently departed souls to their destination; Stan rejects the story as too outlandish even for Tales of Suspense and the man leaves the office. "Bird Talk" text story. "The Mystery of the Tax Collector from Space!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A failed actor finds a spaceship with a dead pilot and uses it in an attempt to con the authorities; The ship is actually a decoy, and is retrieved by the aliens to get a human specimen for their zoo. "The Secret of the Mirage," art by Don Heck; A doctor goes to the Middle East to treat the local people; He is attacked by bandits for curing the local sheikh, and chased into a desert mirage, which takes him to a utopian world. "Where Is the Wommelly?", script by Stan Lee (signed), art by Steve Ditko; An alien armada attempts to conquer Earth, but is driven off; One of the ships is damaged and forced to land on Earth, its pilot an outcast forever on the planet; The military is convinced they will capture the alien at any moment since it must be of monstrous appearance. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of Terror Annual (1951) 1953 CGC 2.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Tape on interior cover.

Label #1296350011

Feldstei bondage/torture cover, issue #3. Ingels, Wood, and Kamen art. Horror, Crime, and shock books that appeared around 1952. Each E.C. Annual contains four complete books that did not sell on the stands which were rebound in the annual format, minus the covers, and sold from the E.C. Office and on the stands in key cities. The contents of each annual may vary in the same year. Cover price $0.25.

This Magazine Is Haunted (1951 Fawcett/Charlton) 6 CGC 2.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4149393015

Edited by Will Lieberson, B.J. Heyman and Al Jetter. Cover by Shelly Moldoff. Stories by unknown. Art by Leonard Frank, Shelly Moldoff and unknown. Turn down the lights, lock the door and read this issue...if you dare! Horror tales that are so scary they could only lead you to believe that This Magazine is Haunted! In this issue: Scientist Peter Tam works as a graveyard keeper to conduct experiments on the deceased. When he succeeds in waking a corpse he fatally chooses to revive a homicidal maniac in "The Secret of the Walking Dead"! Plus: Tod Tilstrom, window display designer at a big store, abuses his manikins. An especially hideous one comes alive, chases him and substitutes Tod for itself in the window display in "Showcase for Horror!" with art by Leonard Frank. And: Jonathan Lodge comes to Salem, New England, to disprove theories that one of his ancestors was a witch. When he finds a magic crystal with the soul of a man trapped inside, Lodge delves into witchcraft himself, with tragic consequences, in "The Curse of the Crystal!" with art by Shelly Moldoff. Also: 2-page text story "The Unhaunted House" written by Eando Binder, and ads for Worlds of Fear, Strange Suspense Stories, and Terror Tales. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.