Comic books in 'Lion', graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $1,100.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #2131169003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($33.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. Stories by John Graham and others. Art by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. After surviving a train wreck and a tiger attack, the boys join a traveling circus. They try to help the beautiful ringmaster save her circus from sabotage by minions of the Big Boss, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. Plus two joke articles "written" by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, about Lou's career as a boxer. Bad-girl cover by Renee and Peters. Cut the Clowning!; The Chubby Cyclone; Canvasback Costello. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $1,800.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4713475001

A Superman adventure leads off this issue, followed by: Pep Morgan story by Gene Baxter --- The Black Pirate by Sheldon Moldoff --- Untitled Three Aces story A Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster. Tex Thompson in "The Return of the Gorrah!" --- An untitled Clip Carson adventure --- Zatara, the Master Magician in "The Vanished Explorer!" Full page ad for Superman #6. Full page ad for Supermen of America club. Inside front cover ad for All Star Comics #1 plus ads for Batman #1, Superman #5 and Detective #41. 68 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

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"The Lion God Lives!" First appearance of Mantis. Script by Steve Englehart. Pencils by Don Heck. Inks by Frank Rolle. Cover by Don Heck. A mob of African protesters gathers outside Avengers Mansion and demands that the Black Panther return to his native Wakanda! When T'Challa goes outside to talk, he's kidnapped by their leader, the Lion God! Then the mob disperses and the Avengers are left wondering what just happened! However several hours later, the Lion God returns to the mansion and the no-holds-barred battle begins! Unfortunately, Earth's Mightiest Heroes fall one-by-one until only the Avengers' resident god remains! Can the Mighty Thor bring down the thunder and lightning and silence the Lion God's roar? Meanwhile on the other side of the globe, a mysterious couple makes plans to travel to the United States and join the Avengers. Cameo appearances by Mantis and the Swordsman. Avengers Lineup: Black Panther, Black Widow, Captain America, Iron Man, Scarlet Witch, Thor, and the Vision. 36 pages Cover price $0.20.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. "Enter: The Creeper", script by Len Wein, pencils by Ernie Chan, inks by Dick Giordano; The Creeper goes after Batman to determine whether or not his old friend is a murderer, and both of them are menaced by freed lions at the city zoo. "The Puzzle of the Pyramids," script by Bob Rozakis, pencils by A. Martinez, inks by Mazzaroli; Hudson students have a pyramid building contest to help the University build its new art gallery to store some priceless papers; During the contest someone steals the papers and Robin has to figure out which student pulled the heist. Hostess snack cakes ad with Batman and The Mummy. Statement of ownership - average print run 335,552; average paid circulation 145,832. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $38,000 or Best Offer Paper: White Pedigree: Edgar Church (Mile High) Edgar Church (Mile High). Label #0010866031 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1,140.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by StrandEstate

Cover by Paul Gustavson. Stories include The Arrow by Paul Gustavson, The Circus and Sue (uncredited), Mad Ming (uncredited), Kid Kopper (uncredited), Randall Ross Master-Sleuth (uncredited), and Collegiantics College (uncredited). 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $149.99 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #0136551005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover price by Gray Morrow. Introductory page with Abel, script by Paul Levitz, art by Michael Golden. "Roman Holiday," script by George Kashdan, art by Ernie Chan; A man answers an ad to go on a Roman holiday and ends up being thrown to the lions. #19 Julius Schwartz DC Profiles bio. "Sorcerer's Apprentice," script by Jack Oleck, pencils by Steve Ditko, inks by Ernie Chan; The sorcerer's apprentice is ambitious and wants to wed the princess; The princess rebuffs him as it is not possible for the princess to marry a commoner; The apprentice gets the king to allow him along on his campaign and actually proves decisive in gaining the victory; When the apprentice again asks the king to marry his daughter, he is once more rebuffed, so he slays the king and usurps the throne; When he returns from the campaign he has his master tossed in the dungeon until he can arrange the marriage ceremony. Letter from comics writer and editor Kevin J. Dooley. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $1,200.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Significant scratch(es) front or back Label #2008426001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($36.00) will be charged at checkout.

Jack Kamen bondage cover. In order of appearance: "The Water Warriors!"; "The Cutthroat Caravan"; and "Vulture Birdmen!". "Decoy for Death" text story reprinted in Jo-Jo Comics (1945) #18, Famous Crimes (1948) #13, and Famous Crimes (1948) #51 and retitled and reprinted as "Brother of Death" in All Famous Police Cases (1952-54) #14. Indicia states "JO-JO". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $590.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #3808696002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.70) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by thegeneral

Jack Kamen bondage cover. In order of appearance: "The Water Warriors!"; "The Cutthroat Caravan"; and "Vulture Birdmen!". "Decoy for Death" text story reprinted in Jo-Jo Comics (1945) #18, Famous Crimes (1948) #13, and Famous Crimes (1948) #51 and retitled and reprinted as "Brother of Death" in All Famous Police Cases (1952-54) #14. Indicia states "JO-JO". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $1,600.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4394765018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($48.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by John Buscema. All reprints. "Agu the Giant," script by Don Rico, art by Werner Roth (from Lorna, the Jungle Queen 1, July 1953); Lorna saves Agu from the warriors of Itibi. "The Trail of Sudden Death," script by Rico, art by Joe Maneely (from Jungle Action 1, October 1954); Tharn stops uranium smugglers with the help of the pygmy Matubi tribe and the bull elephant Gata . "Striped Fury," script by Rico, art by Syd Shores (from Jan of the Jungle 14, December 1956); Bazo, head of the zebra herd makes sure they don't get attacked by lions. "Double Danger," script by Rico, art by Jay Scott Pike (also from Jann of the Jungle 14); A Jann imposter tries to lead local tribes to war but Jann exposes her. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 103 CGC 7.0

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Cover art by John Celardo. "The Phantoms of Lost Lagoon," art by John Celardo; Treasure hunters seek the ship of the Emperor Khan; Kaänga locates the ship but the hunters believe that there is no treasure on board; One of the hunters is killed by a rhinoceros and Kaänga kills the other. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; A hunting cheetah escapes from his masters and is befriended by Simba; The two of them free the animals captured by the cheetah's masters. David Livingstone biography, art by George Evans. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; A young man infiltrates the lancers and frees his brother from the fort jail; The brother, Unganda Bill, and his accomplice, T'Gara, go on an ivory raid but are captured by Terry and the lancers with help from Bill's brother. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; The Scepter of Guru, a sacred object, is stolen from a village in Wambi's jungle and winds up with Ogg; The villagers seize Ogg and prepare to sacrifice him for profaning their sacred scepter. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Priestess Zotara rigs King N'Mongo's annual kingship ritual to cause N'Mongo's death and her own ascension to the throne. Tabu re-enacts the ritual in the Land of Mists--a nebulous after-life--and demonstrates Zotara's criminal acts. Jungle Facts; Brief natural histories of several jungle cats. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; When mine owner's daughter Jane Bronson learns that her father's overseers are using slave labor in her father's mines, she hurries to tell him; However, she accidentally stumbles into a trap set by Camilla for hyenas. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $245.00 Paper: Slightly britle Label #3876649005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.35) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Jack Kamen. Untitled story, pencils by Tom Cataldo, inks by Ruben Moreira; Bull Brannigan hopes to drain a lake near the Mgombas village and expose an ancient city that he expects to be full of treasure; Brannigan suspects that Kaänga will interfere with his scheme and attempts to have both Kaänga and Ann sacrificed to the Mgombas' spider-god; Kaänga manages to escape and Brannigan is killed by the spiders. "Fire-Birds from the Sky!", art by Tom Cataldo; Bronson, an unscrupulous con man convinces the Tulagis that he commands the sky gods, using hot air balloons in his deception; Kaänga exposes him and watches him fall to his death. Untitled story, pencils by Tom Cataldo; Kaänga's arbitration of a dispute over an idol is not received well by the cliff people who steal the idol and Ann, with the intent of sacrificing her to the idol. "Boomerang Juju" text story by Frank Riddell. "The Dead Who Could Not Sleep," pencils by Tom Cataldo; Unscrupulous archaeologists trick the N'ganas into believing that the N'gana gods are alive; Kaänga and N'geeso expose their plans to steal the N'ganas' treasures. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $89.99 Paper: White Label #4620682016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.70) will be charged at checkout.

"The Devil." Script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Mike Royer. Cover by Kirby and Royer. Kamandi, lost at sea, battles leopards. After escaping, he must face a giant insect (called the "Devil"). Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $585.00 Paper: Off white Label #4496214004

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by William Ritt, Clarence Gray, Brandon Walsh, Nicholas Afonsky, Carl Anderson, Jack Burnley, R. J. Scott, Eddie Sullivan, Charlie Schmidt, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, E. C. Segar, George McManus, Otto Soglow, Eddie Rickenbacker, Clayton Knight, Romer Grey, Charles Flanders, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Don Moore and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake the Magician and Lothar travel to the headwaters of the Amazon River with Dr. Cole and his daughter. Brick Bradford; Little Annie Rooney; Henry; Sport Features; Scott's Scrapbook; Radio Patrol; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Flash Gordon; Bringing Up Father; The Little King; King of the Royal Mounted. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Shoot Out Over Center Ring!" Guest-starring Spider-Man and Nightcrawler. Script by Chris Claremont. Pencils by Mike Nasser and Rich Buckler. Inks by Joe Rubinstein. Cover by Rich Buckler and Joe Rubinstein. While picking up Amanda Sefton at the airport, Kurt Wagner learns about a plot to kill Spider-Man at the World's Most Famous Arena! A cutthroat assassin lies in wait for the web-slinger at the circus inside Madison Square Garden! Will Nightcrawler dazzle the circus crowd one more time...and also save the wall-crawler? First appearance of Cutthroat. Cameo appearances by Arcade and Miss Locke. (Notes: This issue concludes Chris Claremont's run as the writer for the Marvel Team-Up title. This issue was reprinted in Marvel Tales 242.) 36 pages. Cover price $0.40.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $189.95 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #3794709018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.70) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher), Sol Hess, W. A. Carlson, Lynne Lovelace, Rod Reed and C.C. Beck. DC reprints the comic strip that defined the comic strip, featuring the original tall-and-short comedy duo. Also featuring the "topper" strip Cicero's Cat, and other strips from bygone days. Mutt tries Jeff's super plant food on a climbing vine, but it works a little too well. Jeff gets a job selling vitamin pills. Mutt and Jeff plant a tree for Mother's Day. Also featuring vintage PSA for the American Red Cross. Plus a Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Giant Cannon," with art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Simp O'Dill; Dumb Benny. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $154.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4704024002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.62) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher), Jack Schiff and Ruben Moreira. DC reprints the comic strip that defined the comic strip, featuring the original tall-and-short comedy duo. Also featuring the "topper" strip Cicero's Cat. Jeff and his twin brother Julius cause confusion at the beach. Mutt wants to know why Jeff is running his car in reverse. Mutt is chased by a bear. Plus a PSA about kids around the world. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Anthony and Julius; How to Be a Real Railroad Tycoon; The Trick Is to Treat All the World's Children! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Direct Edition. Doctor Light hadn't considered tangling with Hawkman or the Titans while planning a heist at the New York Museum in "The Light Fantastic!" Script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by George Perez, inks by Romeo Tanghal. Perez cover. Cover price $0.60.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $375.00 Paper: Off white Label #1156834002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.25) will be charged at checkout.

Win Mortimer cover shows covers to issues 1, 25, 50, and 75. The Toy Superman Contest starring Superman and Red Anson, script by Bill Woolfolk, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Little Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Superman--Substitute Teacher, art by Al Plastino; Superman accidentally gets called upon to be a substitute teacher in order to protect his secret identity. Shorty humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Clue From Krypton starring Superman, Jor-El, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Floyd Fowler, and Lois Lane, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Slingers of Kroo Maun," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; In the Great Swamp, Tarzan meets a pair of cave men from the hills of Kroo Maun and escorts them home. "Promise Fulfilled" text story starring Mabu. "Trial by Combat," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan gathers local chieftans for a vote on allowing Arab traders to supply the tribes with rifles; During the conference, Chief Katumu dies of natural causes; His witch doctor, Faloka frames Boy's waterbuck for the death. Untitled Brothers of the Spear story, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning; Dan-El and his men make their way toward Aba Zulu through the Cave of Kings. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by George Wilson. "The Jewels of Opar, Part 3: Fight for the Treasure," script by Edgar Rice Burroughs (original novel) and Gaylord Du Bois (adaptation), art by Russ Manning; Tarzan rescues first Werper and then Jane. Werper sneaks away with the Jewels of Opar, while Tarzan and Jane return home; Werper meets his death, and from his bones Tarzan recovers the jewels of Opar. "The Fabulous Jewel"; Facts about the discovery of the diamonds in Africa. "The Retreat" text story starring Mabu, art by Nat Edson. "Defiant Trumpet," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning; The Brothers of the Spear rescue Isana from a pair of lions and from savage raiders. Number on cover 10012-610 October. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. Jungle War (Part Two), script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, inks by Rudy Florese; Tarzan battles the savage hordes of an empire to avenge the woman he loves in this adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan the Untamed. 36 pgs. $0.30. Cover price $0.30.

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"Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar." Loosely based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel of the same name, this story finds the Lord of the Apes rescuing a man who has secretly vowed to kill him. Also includes: "Tarzan's Jungle Drums" and "Tarzan Pinup." Buscema's cover pays homage to the cover of the October, 1912 issue of All-Story Magazine. Script by Roy Thomas, art and cover by John Buscema. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, Gloria Charney, Ed Wexler, Sam Brant, George Mandel, and John Daly. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.