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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Rudy Palais and Vern Henkel. Pre-Code horror comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A crook ill-advisedly enters the door that has been sealed with a curse, despite the warnings, and pays the price. Buck Kelly and his cohorts have a robbery and murder spree across 1927 San Francisco. Treasure hunters trick natives by masquerading as a long-dead chieftain, at least until Jungle Lil gets wind of it. Also featuring vintage ads for the "New! 1953 Space Commander Vibro-Matic Walkie Talkies" and All Live Rubber Giant Beach Ball. Horror Beyond the Door; Death at Midnight!!; The Kill-Crazy Monster; Jungle Lil: The Lurking Ghosts. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Fine $2.65

Cover by Greg Staples, Story by: R.A. Salvatore, Geno Salvatore, & Ryan Schifrin Author: Ryan Schifrin & Larry Hama Artist: Adam Archer & Jonny Rench. From the Writer/Director of ABOMINABLE and the minds behind Forgotten Realms and G.I. JOE! Spooks is the name of a secret branch of the government that guards humanity from things that go bump in the night, and when the king of all vampires allies with the deadliest of witches, it unleashes an invasion of classic monsters on Washington DC, in an all out battle for control of the Earth. Monster designs by R.A. Salvatore - Military characters designed by G.I. Joe legend, Larry Hama! Cover price $3.50.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Vernon Henkel. Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, Vernon Henkel, and Pete Riss. Profiles of famous athletes from early Marvel Comics, when it was still called Atlas. Nile Kinnick becomes a college football hero, then an aviation hero in the Pacific during WWII; A comics biography of Koi Motsai, one of Japan's greatest baseball players; A football player ruins his career by throwing a game - but he did it to help a fan in need. The Nile Kinnick Story; Koi Motsai; A Pair of Mitts; Harry Greb, The Pittsburgh Windmill; What Happened to Chris King? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

George Tuska cover art. Black Dwarf story, art by Gus Ricca. Prehistoric Pete story, art by Joe Beck. Plenty of Noise For a Penny text story. Steve "Globe" Trotter story. Barry Kuda story. Veiled Avenger (Ginny Spears) story. Carnival story (jokes). The Clue text story. "His buddies turned against him." starring Sgt. Steele. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Paul Gattuso. Stories and art by Paul Gattuso, Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, Rafael Astarita, and Ken Battefield. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler. Steve "Globe" Trotter discovers that macabre shrunken heads conceal a diamond-smuggling operation, in a story featuring the notorious "injury-to-eye motif." When a mysterious killer targets the underworld, early female superhero the Veiled Avenger investigates what the police won't. Aquaman-like Barry Kuda defends his undersea kingdom from invasion by a rival realm, aided by his sidekick Algie. Black Dwarf: The Riddle of the Red Box; Globe Trotter; Devil Dog Dolan; Prehistoric Pete; Veiled Avenger; Barry Kuda; Carnival; Backfire Kick; Sgt. Steele. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Paul Gattuso. Black Dwarf story, art by Paul Gattuso. Globe Trotter story, art by Charles Sultan. Cop Killer text story. Ripley Waters Real Estate starring Prehistoric Pete. Veiled Avenger story with Bull Gomez. Barry Kuda story. Mother Hubbard story. Rescue For Revenge text story. Sgt. Steele story. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by Brian Meredith with art by Rick Forgus and inks by James Taylor. A Damsel In Distress, or a Femme Fatale...? Having been stranded in the future, Sprecken has managed to make a life for himself as a PI, trying to blend in and adjust. Still, he has doubts and questions about the direction his new life is headed. Something's missing and she may have just walked through the door...Will this mysterious damsel in distress be the answer to all his questions, or will she be the cause of all his doubts? All Ages, b/w, 32 pages, self-contained story. Rorschach Entertainment, Retail $2.99 Cover price $3.00.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by Charles Sultan and John Belfi. Tales of espionage from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, published as the Cold War was just heating up. A beautiful Soviet spy gets Jonathan Kent involved in a gas house slug-fest; The true story of Civil War spy Belle Boyd; Rick tracks a Nazi war criminal in San Salvador. Jonathan Kent, Counterspy; Brought to Bay!; When Spies Meet: The Black Avengers; The Ants Tell All; Belle Boyd, Confederate Spy; And the Rocket's Death Glare...! Final issue under this title; series becomes Spy-Hunters (1950) with issue #3. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"the Secret Invasion," "Discs of Death" (art by Russ Heath), "Date With Death" (art by Sitton), and "The Secret of Hakin's Harem." Sol Brodsky cover. NOTE: For issues #1-3, see #26-28. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Informer" (art by Robert Q. Sale), "Undeclared War," "The Fatal Step," "Moon of Death," and a two-page text story, "Reunion With a Rattlesnake!" Cover price $0.10.

The Kidnaping of General Syin! starring Doug Grant, Secret Agent. Soup's On text story. Revenge starring Doug Grant, Secret Agent. Last Request! Forest of Terror starring Doug Grant, Secret Agent. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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The Communist Zone starring Doug Grant Secret Agent. The Great Explosion text story. Contact In Ankara starring Doug Grant Secret Agent, pencils by Bill Savage. Dog Eat Dog spy story. 5 Seconds To Disaster!, pencils by Bill Savage. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover inks by Carl Burgos. The Fugitive! starring Doug Grant Secret Agent, art by Bill Savage. Night Fight text story. The Man-Eaters! starring Doug Grant Secret Agent, art by Bill Savage. Red Tape, art by Ed Moline. Iron Curtain Callers starring Doug Grant Secret Agent, art by Bill Savage. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Despite the #26 on the cover, this is the 1st issue in the series. Cover price $0.10.

Despite the #27 on the cover, this is the 2nd issue in the series. Bill Everett art. Doug Grant, Secret Agent, stars in "Red Shadow Over South America"; "Report on Alex BeGrad"; "Frame-Up in Red!"; and "Time for Treachery." Bondage cover by Sol Brodsky. Cover price $0.10.

Bell Features Canadian Edition, reprinting Spy Fighters #1. Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky. "The Snake of Saigon," pencils by George Tuska; the actual story of federal agent Clark Mason's single-handed battle against the most vicious spy ring in the far East. "Wanted: A Clue" text story. "The Secret of Comrade Petrov," art by Allen Bellman; Beneath the wet walls of Drukala prison, behind the Iron Curtain, a drama of life and death is played out and the stakes are the soul of a traitor and the fate of the country he betrayed! "Design For Death," art by Manny Stallman; Lisbon!; International city of glamour, intrigue, and sudden death!; Where a dress shop can become a battlefield and the latest fashion the last word in wholesale destruction! 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky. "The Snake of Saigon," pencils by George Tuska; the actual story of federal agent Clark Mason's single-handed battle against the most vicious spy ring in the far East. "Wanted: A Clue" text story. "The Secret of Comrade Petrov," art by Allen Bellman; Beneath the wet walls of Drukala prison, behind the Iron Curtain, a drama of life and death is played out and the stakes are the soul of a traitor and the fate of the country he betrayed! "Design For Death," art by Manny Stallman; Lisbon!; International city of glamour, intrigue, and sudden death!; Where a dress shop can become a battlefield and the latest fashion the last word in wholesale destruction! 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sol Brodsky. "Roman Ratrace," art by Sol Brodsky; On May 17, 1950, little did Clark Mason dream that in the mysterious ruins of Rome lurked the threat of deadly danger to his nation...and his life! "Desert of Horror," art by Sol Brodsky; Clark Mason fights his toughest battle for American freedom on the shores of Tripoli! "Counter-Spy!" text story. "The Bribe!"; Here is a spy story told by an average American...Charles Johnson!; Read what he did when a spy from behind the Iron Curtain tried to bribe him to betray America! "Sabotage," art by Sol Brodsky; Clark Mason found himself trapped in a net of foreign spies on the twelfth story of a New York skyscraper!; Only a miracle saved him from death...what was that miracle? 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Smoke over Trieste starring Spy Fighter, art by Sol Brodsky. Spy Secrets text story. South Sea Slayers starring Spy Fighter, art by Sol Brodsky. The Man Who Lived Dangerously, art by Cal Massey. The Deadliest of the Species. Urn of Fire starring Spy Fighter, art by Sol Brodsky. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Clark Mason, Spy Fighter stars in "Dirigible of Doom" and "Appointment in Albania." Other stories include "Arsenal for R-Day," Mister X (art by Robert Q. Sale), and "The Man in Black." Two-page text story, "The Countess." Sol Brodsky cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $30.00 View scans Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Tear seal. 1/2" spine split from bottom. Water damage. Staple rust.

Cover inks by Sol Brodsky. Passage To Hong Kong starring Clark Mason Spy Fighter, art by Mac Pakula. Privates Mike and Ike text story. The Big Surrender starring Clark Mason Spy Fighter, art by Mac Pakula. Passport to Death, art by Ed Winiarski. Death Mission starring Clark Mason Spy Fighter, art by Mac Pakula. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Clark Mason, Spy Fighter stars in "Death Rides the Moscow Express," "Corpse in Caracas," and "Top Secret" (art on all three by Mac Pakula). Back-up story, "Spy List!" (art by Ed Moline). Two-page text story, "Day of Fear." Cover price $0.10.

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PLATINUM EDITION Deep in the midst of a police sting operation targeting contraband being smuggled across the U.S. and Canadian boarder, things take a dramatic turn for the worse as the shipment is hijacked by two shadowy villains. Part mystery, part action-adventure, part social commentary, part satire, all fun! Also contains the 16 page essay The Ultraist Manifesto. Cover price $2.95.

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This is where it all begins. The year is 1999. A good cop is dead. Sergeant Hunter is on a mission to collar the criminal that killed his partner. Only he will soon find that this case is not all that it appears to be. It is a tangled web of crime and corruption that reaches deep into the depths of the underworld, involving the mob, a clan of ninjas, and quite possibly the police department itself. Action and suspense ensues, as the mystery of the Spy Guy is revealed. Cover price $3.75.

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SPY GUY: MINIS is a collection of mini comic strips created between October 2001 and April 2005, primarily as a stream of consciousness to explore ideas surrounding the aftermath of 9-11 and the resulting war on terror. The comics also include a humorous barrage of pop-culture reference, philosophy and current events, through the eyes of police officers in the Special Investigation Divisions Intelligence Unit. Cover price $3.50.

Death Over Washington starring Spy Smasher, "Satan" (a German spy), and Death [Baroness Von Todt]. The Two-Faced Killer! starring Spy Smasher and Bruno, art by Emil Gershwin. The Woman Who Doomed a Million Men--Thrilling Spy Tales starring Mrs. Greenhow (Confederate spy), Abraham Lincoln, and General George McClellan. Spy Smasher Vs. America Smasher; America Smasher escapes from the FBI agent guarding him and steps up his attack on America's morale by projecting propaganda films on a giant screen in the sky, and when the screen is destroyed shines them on buildings. The Chinese Pheasant text story by Paul Sinderson. The Victory Battalion starring Spy Smasher. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $499.95 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart GD 2.0 $299.95 or Best Offer View scans Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Staples replaced. Tape on interior cover and centerfold (around staples). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart PR 0.5 $229.95 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Piece from last page and majority of back cover missing, interrupts art and story. 1/2" spine split. Cover coming loose at one staple and centerfold detached at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories and art by Dave Berg, Mac Raboy and Emil Gershwin. One of Fawcett's most popular superheroes, Spy Smasher fights saboteurs, fifth columnists, Quislings and collaborators during WWII. Spy Smasher discovers the vampire weapon of the Third Reich known as The Terror in Exile. In a story by future Mad "Lighter Side" artist Dave Berg, Sir Butch takes on neighborhood tyrant Floda Reltih (spell it backwards). Spy Smasher aids The Komitaji, Yugoslav guerilla fighters of the Resistance. Contents page art by Mac Raboy. Cover features a photo promoting the Spy Smasher Republic movie serial. (Fawcett's characters pioneered the live-action superhero movie.) The Terror in Exile; Death Visits the Dentist; The Adventure of the Golden Wasp. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Rick Davis of the Secret Service in "The Double Identities," "The Purple Pyramid," and "The Ticking Death" (art on all three by Joe Sinnott). Back-up story, "The Eyes of Death!" Sol Brodsky cover. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by Charles Sultan, John Belfi, Edvard Moritz, and Leonard Starr. Spy and Counterspy (1949) becomes Spy-Hunters, presenting tales of espionage just as the Cold War was heating up. Master spy Jonathan Kent tries to decode a Soviet message written in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics; The head of Americas space program is secretly a Nazi spy; The real-life tale of 18th-century spy Chevalier DEon, whose true gender was a mystery for decades. Jonathan Kent, Espionage Ace; A Sneeze in Time; Challenge from Space!; Spy Trap; Cold Fingers; Chevalier... Or Charmer?; The Sweet Plot; Pursuit Perilous. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by Charles Sultan, Howard Larsen and Leonard Starr. Tales of espionage from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, published as the Cold War was just heating up. Master spy Jonathan Kent smokes out a Soviet agent in a Yugoslavian weapons plant; How American agents outwit Soviet spies in the field; A Central American dictator launches a covert war on a neighboring democracy. Jonathan Kent, Espionage Ace; Tricks in Espionage; Dirty Spies; Terror from the Tropics!; Master Spy Methods; Phoney Plants; Caribbean Counterstroke; True Espionage Cases: Case of the Singing Canaries; Duck Soup; Trouble in Teheran. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by Charles Sultan, Howard Larsen and Leonard Starr. Tales of espionage from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, published as the Cold War was just heating up. A missing parole officer leads ace spy Jonathan Kent to a bank robber, a theft of gold bullion, and a tidal death-trap; Vic and Libby discover that Hitler is alive and hiding out in a Bavarian cave; How real-life Nazis used a Honduran pirate bay as a submarine base. Jonathan Kent, Espionage Ace; Strikeout; Menace in Madagascar; Smokescreen; Nazi Nemesis; Let There Be Light; Violence in Venezuela; True Espionage Cases: Caribbean Cunning; The Spy Who Played Dumb. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by Ogden Whitney, Charles Sultan, Howard Larsen, Lin Streeter, and Bob Jenney. Tales of espionage from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, published as the Cold War was just heating up. A reporter discovers communist agents in newly liberated Indonesia; Scientist Rick learns that communists are testing atomic weapons in Antarctica; The true-life tale of the treasonous air-raid warden. Jonathan Kent, Espionage Ace; Blowup in Batavia; A Match for Spies; Storm Over the South Pole; Trapped by Ivy; King of Spies; Smuggler's Stunt; True Espionage Cases: The Case of the Traitorous Air-Raid Warden; South American Smashup. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $57.00 View scan 1 1/2" Cumulative spine split. 3/4" tear from bottom. Cover oxidation.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by Leonard Starr, Charles Sultan, John Celardo, and Edvard Moritz. Tales of espionage from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, published as the Cold War was just heating up. Ace spy Jonathan Kent discovers yet another South American dictator is building H-bombs for the communists; Real-life Union spy Elizabeth Van Lew uses her eccentricities as a cover during the Civil War; The true-life tale of daring French spy Louise de Bettignies, aka Alice Dubois, during World War I. Jonathan Kent, Espionage Ace; Patrol Perilous; Test by Fire; Mongol Spies; Reverse for Spies; The Spy Who Bluffed a Prince; The Pulverizing Peril; Spy-Proof; The Crazy Spy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by Ogden Whitney, Charles Sultan, John Celardo, and Edvard Moritz. Tales of espionage from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, published as the Cold War was just heating up. An American helps a Tibetan lama keep communists from overrunning his country; An underwater encounter between American and Soviet spies results in dueling bathyspheres; In ancient Persia, a spy conceals a secret message by tattooing it on his scalp, then letting his hair grow back. Jonathan Kent, Espionage Ace; Duel in the Depths; Hot on the Trail; Twin Umbrellas; Threat to Tibet!; Smoked Out; Assault in Armenia; The Tattooed Spy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by Ogden Whitney, Charles Sultan, Robert S. Pious, and W. G. Hargis. Tales of espionage from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, published as the Cold War was just heating up. A dying man in a kayak points American forces to a communist base in northern Greenland; Cowboys battle communist infiltrators in Texas; The true-life tale of Napoleonic spy Karl Schulmeister. Jonathan Kent, Espionage Ace; Assault in the Arctic; Sabotage Roundup; Alcohol Rubdown; Blowup!; The Spy with a Hundred Faces; Code Case; Terror in Trieste. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Ogden Whitney. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by Lin Streeter and Charles Sultan. Tales of espionage from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, published as the Cold War was just heating up. Navy intelligence investigates a mysterious submarine stalking the Eastern seaboard; A Native American woman and a forest ranger encounter communist agents in the north woods. In a fun sci-fi-flavored tale, a hypnotist (who looks like Mandrake the Magician) is actually a Nazi spy, seeking an American anti-gravity belt. The Vanishing Submarine; The Greedy Spy; Terror in the Timberland; Cracking the Code; Heroic Mission; Thunderbolt in Thuringia; Delayed Revenge; Hypnotist of Death; Spy Against Spain. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by Sam Cooper, Lin Streeter and Charles Sultan. Tales of espionage from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, published as the Cold War was just heating up. Reporters Madge and Cliff encounter the communist Viet Minh in Thailand during the run-up to the Vietnam War. Tim is superstitious about crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the 13th time, but it seems the good luck charm Celeste gave him contains secret information for enemy agents. Tricks used by real-life Japanese spies during the Russo-Japanese War of 1905 help make Japan into a world power. Smashup in Siam; Gun Gimmick; Incident in Shanghai; Windmill Ruse; Alaskan Alarm; The 13th Crossing; Spies Against Russia; The Unsecret Spy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.