Comic books in 'Monster', graded by CBCS

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "The Monster in the Iron Mask!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A seemingly invincible alien attacks Earth, but a magician realizes that he is using misdirection to keep from facing his one weakness: gas. "Time Machine" text story. "The Man Who Found Shangri-La!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A thief uses his brother to find Shangri-La; He sees a ruin full of savages and flees into the mountains to die, while his brother finds paradise, since in Shangri-La everyone gets what they deserve. "The Crackpot," art by Don Heck; An unsuccessful inventor finally gives up, throwing his final invention away; A boy accidentally uses the gun to disintegrate three communist agents without even noticing. "The Missing Link!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; Scientists find a seemingly primitive man, but they discover that he is really from a future where nuclear war has destroyed civilization. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart CBCS 0.5 $120.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Back Cover Missing. INCOMPLETE. Centerfold Detached. Wrong Back Cover Attached to Front With Moderate Amount of Tape on Interior Cover. Label #23-24AAA48-003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Don Heck. "The Icy Fingers of Jack Frost!", script by Stan Lee (plot) and Robert Bernstein (as R. Berns) (script), art by Don Heck; A washed up boxer saves Stark's life, and he hires him as a chauffeur; Meanwhile, a scientist fired by Stark creates a suit that gives him the power to freeze whatever is near him. Ad for The Avengers. "I Come From Far Centaurus!", script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by Matt Fox; A greedy man is delighted when an alien shows that he will be rich, but he is sentenced to exile for fraud, and imprisoned on an asteroid where his money is useless. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Jack Abel. "Victory!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Jack Abel (as Gary Michaels); While battling the Titanium Man in Washington D.C., Iron Man soon finds that Pepper Potts, the girl he loves, is caught in the Titanium Man's paralyzer ray. "Enter ... the Tumbler!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; The Adaptoid, posing as Cap, is attacked by the Tumbler. Cap manages to defeat both. Letter to the editor from future comics writer Marvin Wolfman. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Auction Item: CBCS 6.5 View scans Auction opens July 6 Paper: White Label #21-300123C-008

Add to cart CBCS 9.2 $530.00 View scans Slight amateur restoration Paper: Off white to white Amateur Restoration Includes: Tiny Amount of Color Touch on Cover. Label #20-44C3750-031

Add to cart CBCS 3.0 $130.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #22-1657F1A-095 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott. "The Tragedy and the Triumph!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Dan Adkins; Iron Man saves villagers while battling Titanium Man; Iron Man destroys Titanium Man control center; Titanium Man aims a disintegrator ray at Iron Man. First appearance of Modok in "If This Be... Modok!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott; Helpless from a paralyzing ray, Captain America is about to be shot by an agent of A.I.M; However, MODOK wants to destroy Cap himself. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Number on cover 12-793-302. Movie tie-in. Roger Corman's "Tales of Terror," as well as "The Black Cat," and "Morella." Photo cover featuring Vincent Price and Debra Paget. Four additional movie photos appear on the inside front cover, featuring pics of Basil Rathbone and Peter Lorre. Inside back cover is an illustration and brief bio of Edgar Allen Poe. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Corey Wolfe. Written by Bill Pearson, Bob Curran & David Lloyd, Mindy Newell and Glen Johnson & Buzz Dixon. Art by Gray Morrow, David Lloyd, Ron Lightburn and Glen Johnson & Jim Sinclair. Illustrated horror! Featuring: "The Later Life of a Monster"; "Man in the Fog"; "Octopus"; and "Eyes in the Dark"! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $1.75.

Cover by John Bolton. Written by Bruce Jones, Chuck Dixon and Rick Geary. Art by John Bolton, Jim Seed, Rick Geary and John Ridgway. Illustrated horror! Featuring: "The Dark Man"; "The Cubicle"; 1-page story "Queen of the Worms" by Geary; and "Free"! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $1.75.

Cover by John Bolton. Written by Bob Curran, Jack Butterworth, Fred Burke & Andrew Lee and Chuck Dixon. Art by John Bolton, Flint Henry, Matt Nelson & Mark A. Nelson and Bob Hardin. Illustrated horror! In this issue: A hunter pursues..."The Last of the Vampires"; "Headset"; "Down to the Wire!"; and "Roadkill"! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.00.

Cover by Peter Ledger. Written by Tim Truman, Chuck Dixon, Fred Burke and Ron Fortier. Art by Ron Wagner, Karl Waller & John Nyberg, Graham Nolan and Glen Johnson & Jim Sinclair. Illustrated horror! Featuring: "In the Forest"; "Bag Boy A Tale of Terror"; 1-page story "Somewhere in the Jungle" by Burke & Nolan; and "Double Exposure"! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.00.

Horror, Crime, and Science Fiction 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.

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.

1st printing. Feature story stars the Armorkins in "Prisoners of Love", secondary story is "The Amazing Liver, A Space Pirate with Lots of Bile!", all by Larry S. Todd, back cover by Trina Robbins; 32 pages; b&w; mature; 7-in. x 10 1/8-in. Cover price $0.50.

Cover art by Larry Marder. Deep Down; Down Deep!, script and art by Larry Marder; The Goofy Service Jerks visit Beanworld and Gran'Ma'Pa promises a gift. 36 pgs. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. A Gift! A Gift Comes!, script and art by Larry Marder; Gran'Ma'Pa gives the beans a pod'l'pool. 36 pgs. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. Pod'L'Pool Past. Pod'L'Pool Present, script and art by Larry Marder; Flashback to Mr. Spook's childhood; Mr. Teach'm appears. 36 pgs. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. Notworm Madness!, script and art by Larry Marder; Goofy Jerks split Mr. Spook's fork. 36 pgs. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. "Cutie Cutie Boom Boom!", script and art by Larry Marder; Professor Garbanzo discovers that the Pod'l'pool Cuties have changed again!; They've sprouted something overnight; Mr. Spook's too busy to go see; he's trying to please an irritated Sprout-Butt that's unhappy with the replacement Fork; While the Chow Sol'jer Army is away, the remaining Beans discover that the cuties want to be held, and are speaking ("Hoo moo!"); The Boom'r Band comes up with a new boom just for the occasion; Beanish visits his secret friend. His power and skill are improving. Contest 4 Do-it-yourself Beanworld Winners, art by Larry Marder. Contest 5 Do-it-yourself activity, art by Larry Marder. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. "Uh-oh!", script and art by Larry Marder; While the Beans dance the Cutie Cutie Boom Boom, Mr. Teach'm fills Mr. Spook in on some of his duties as a hero; The baby beans need to be taught. To recover the Elusive Notworm, Mr. Spook will have to do it himself; While Mr. Spook takes the cuties on a tour of the Beanworld's landmarks, Professor Garbanzo goes back to her Float Factor research; When Mr. Spook approaches the Fix-It Shop and Proffy's Float Factor experiments, he refuses to let the cuties near; He and Proffy argue, with Mr. Spook claiming that the Float Factor is "unwholesome" and "unsuitable for youngsters"; Proffy gets so angry she takes a walk to calm down. Contest 5 Do-it-yourself Beanworld Winners, art by Larry Marder. Contest 6 Do-it-yourself activity, art by Larry Marder. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. "Jump'n Beanish," script and art by Larry Marder; While Beanish spends the morning making another Look·See·Show, Professor Garbanzo is doing research; She's unsuccessfully trying to duplicate Beanish's disappearance from his Secret Sketch; Beanish suggests that Proffy make a sketch of her own; Beanish is wondering about something himself: how are his visits with his Dreamishness tied up with hearts; The day's Chow Raid isn't going well; All the Hoi-Polloi rings are too big for the Chow Sol'jer Army; Mr. Spook has a good idea: he makes the day's Sprout-Butt unhappy and then leads his troops down into Der Stinkle; The unhappy Sprout-Butt annoys the Hoi-Polloi, and they forget that the Beans are nearby; The Beans reappear suddenly and successfully attack. "Tales of the Goofy Jerks," script and art by Larry Marder; The Goofy Sermon Jerk can't sleep; He's haunted by memories of Mr. Spook and the Beanworld; In flashback, we see the Goofy Surgical Jerks making a diagnosis of an ailing Gran'Ma'Pa; It's produced an unusual Pod'l'pool and can only speak through its offspring, a Sprout-Butt. Contest 6 Do-it-yourself Winners, art by Larry Marder. Contest 7 Do-it-yourself activity, art by Larry Marder. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. "The Mystery Pods Must Go!", script and art by Larry Marder; Mr. Spook has had it with the Mystery Pods!; He grabs a handful and tosses them off The Legendary Edge; Beanish notices that Mr. Spook looks very busy; When Mr. Spook tells him what he's doing, Beanish calls on Professor Garbanzo to help; Professor Garbanzo reminds Mr. Spook of what happens when Mystery Pods come near Twinks; Mr. Spook sheepishly admits that he already tossed some over the Legendary Edge; All the Beans go to see what's happened. "The Goofy Sermon!", script and art by Larry Marder; The Goofy Sermon Jerk is angry!; He's summoned all the suspect Goofy Service Jerks; With some Goofy Surveillance Jerks watching, he recounts the details of the crime; The criminals start looking very nervous and crooked; Their anxiety gives them away. Contest 8 Do-it-yourself Winners, art by Larry Marder. Contest 9 Do-it-yourself Beanworld activity, art by Larry Marder. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. "Boom the Poing Poing!", script and art by Larry Marder; A Goof-Off day begins with a visit of the Pod'l'pool Cuties to Professor Garbanzo's Fix-It Shop; Something's a little peculiar this morning, though; One of the beans is standing on her head and falling asleep while everyone else is waking up; Proffy teaches the baby beans about the Four Realities; They learn quickly; The Boom'r Band is at a loss; Nobody's bouncin' to their Good Morning Boom; They split up and go on a search for inspiration for a new boom. "No Goofy Excuses!", script and art by Larry Marder; After the criminal Goofy Service Jerks have been identified, the Goofy Sermon Jerk pronounces judgement. Contest 9 Do-it-yourself Beanworld Winners, art by Larry Marder. Contest 10 Do-it-yourself activity, art by Larry Marder. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. "Beanworld Zero," script and art by Larry Marder; The unusual Pod'l'pool is brought before the Goofy Sermon Jerk; Mr. Teach'm volunteers to take over its care; It hatches a single being, the young Mr. Spook, who Mr. Teach'm trains to be a hero; After Gran'Ma'Pa has healed, it requests a very large load of reproductive propellant and produces four Pod'l'pools containing a total of twenty baby beans; Without anyone around to teach them, they grow in silence, soaking up chow; Eventually the Pod'l'pools sag and burst, letting the baby beans become mobile; One curious bean wanders into the Fix-It Shop; There it sees a strange hat-like object that has images of a slat, hoop, twink, and chip. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. "The First Time Professor Garbanzo Discovered the Four Realities," script and art by Larry Marder; The baby Beans play at being Hoi-Polloi and Mr. Spook; Beanish shows up with new Beanworld Action Effigies of two very thin Beans; The baby Beans want to know who they are; Professor Garbanzo starts telling the tale; It continues the situation at the end of the previous issue; One day Mr. Spook notices that one of the Beans looks different; It appears to have some sort of hat on that won't come off; Soon after, the bean starts spending time gazing at the Fix-It Shop (even though she didn't know what it was); Then she begins to dream; In the dream, she meets what looks like a large version of herself; It reveals that it is the Fix-It Shop and that she is Professor Garbanzo. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Cover pencils by Whilce Portacio, inks by Gerry Alanguilan. Untitled Darkness story, script by Brian Haberlin and Malachy Coney, pencils by Whilce Portacio and Gilbert Monsanto (Assistant), inks by Gerry Alanguilan, Edgar Tadeo, and Gilbert Monsanto (Assistant); Sela and Fincher use the ploy of interspace smuggling to get on board the Darkness' giant living ship; Sela reports to her commanders that things are going according to plan but she does not plan on growing close to the dark ruler of the cosmos; As the Darkness cozies up to Sela, she is given every luxury but still holds the memory of her mother who died at the hands of the Darkness. 36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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Cover pencils by Whilce Portacio, inks by Gerry Alanguilan. Untitled Darkness story, script by Brian Haberlin and Malachy Coney, pencils by Whilce Portacio and Gilbert Monsanto (Assistant), inks by Gerry Alanguilan; Sela discovers that the Darkness is being manipulated by his servant Vassal; She tries to intervene but is attacked; Her mother, Galinda, emerges from the protoplasm of the Darkness and battles Vassal, allowing Sela and the Darkness time to escape; They arrive on a beautiful planet to begin a new life but, when the sun rises, it disintegrates the Darkness; As Sela is left alone with her grief, the Darkness reforms aboard his ship where Vassal is waiting to greet him. 36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Cover pencils by Clarence Lansang, inks by Victor Llam. Untitled Darkness, script by Malachy Coney, pencils by Clarence Lansang and Cedric Nocon, inks by Victor Llamas, Joe Weems, Marlo Alquiza, Jason Gorder, Edwin Rosell, John Livesay, and Marco Galli (Assistant); Alexandre and Maximillion are investigating a secret lair of the Brotherhood of Darkness hidden underneath the Statue of Liberty when the leader of the Brotherhood, Sonatine, and his men arrive; Sonatine digs through the treasure chest of the Brotherhood and finds a lost book by Cervantes which he promises to read to Alexandre after which he plans on killing her; In the story, Cervantes and Sancho Panza are shacking up in a local barn because the hostel it connects to is being occupied by members of the Inquisition; They find the barn has a previous tenant as well, the gypsy Michaelangelo Estacado who is hiding out after a dalliance with the maid. 36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Brown background cover. Cover pencils by Clarence Lansang, inks by Vicor Llamas. Untitled Darkness story, script by Malachy Coney, pencils by Clarence Lansang, inks by Victor Llamas, Jason Gorder, and John Livesay; The gypsy Michaelangelo Estacado tells Cervants and Sancho Pansa his sad history and how his mother was burned to death by the Inquisition; Once the young man takes his leave of the barn, the Inquisition comes looking for him and Cervantes is confronted by the dark priest Sonatine; When Estacado witnesses the Inquisition burning more heretics on crosses, he manifests the Darkness and attacks Sonatine and his men; Falling unconscious after his efforts, Estacado is once again taken in by the gypsies. 36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Wizard 1/2 Edition. Certificate of Authenticity. Includes color reprint of 4 page story by Garth Ennis from The Darkness Special Preview Edition.

Wizard 1/2 Variant Edition. Certificate of Authenticity. Includes color reprint of 4 page story by Garth Ennis from The Darkness Special Preview Edition.

Top Cow Comics: This is the regular wizard 1/2 edition. The special edition has a wizard special edition seal on the front cover. Includes color reprint of 4 page story by Garth Ennis from The Darkness Special Preview Edition. Cover price $2.95.

Variant Cover by CHRISTIAN PATY Written by ANGE Pencils by PHILIPPE BRIONES The bloodiest battle in the history of the Order of the Dragon Guard! Tens of thousands of creatures deformed by the Veil surge through the country like a wave of death. After overtaking the empire's troops, the monsters are only a few days from the capital. Only the Dragon Guard are strong enough to intervene and the Order cannot ignore the Emperor's request. Will the battle of Brisken Pass battle live on in history books as the battle that saved the empire or as the biggest trap the Order of the Dragon Guard Order ever fell into? 48 PGS./Mature Content...$5.99 Cover price $5.99.

Stories, art and cover by Robert L. Crabb. Another funny-animal spoof from the creator and publisher of Hamster Vice. Junior, a mythical jackalope (a jackrabbit with antelope horns) has wacky adventures that also provide sly commentary on American society as it existed in the 1980s. Professor Von Crabman explains the Pedigres Leapusalopus, or jackalope; The connection between the jackalope and Bigfoot; Junior Jackalope meets Beaver and the kamikaze Suicide Squirrel. So, What IS a Jackalope?; The Wilderness Camp of Wild Jackalope Dan McCoy; Roots; The Jackalope....Friend of Big Foot?; Junior and the Beaver: Sticks an Stones; Junior Jackalope: Squirrels Before Swine; Survival of the Faddist; Sabretooth Jackalope. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Tales of the Kung-Fu Warriors (1989) is a magazine published by CFW. Get all the martial arts action you could ever want in this magazine. Includes the stories "Max Luger", "Reiki Soldiers", "Moonlight Cutter", "Dragon Dancer", "Flint", and "Kung-Fu Dog." Contributors include Brad Parker, Daerick Gross, Dale Berry, Steve Ross, David Lee, and more. Cover art by Daerick Gross. 52 pages, color cover with black and white illlustrations in the interior, 8-in x 10.75-in. Cover price $2.25.

Cover by Alex Niño. Written by Steve Ditko and unknown. Art by Steve Ditko and Henry Boltinoff. Featuring "Deadly Shadow" by Steve Ditko. Plus: "The Desert" with art by Ditko, reprinted from issue #4; "Mister Evriman" with art by Ditko, reprinted from issue #6; "The Night Was Strange" with art by Ditko, reprinted from This Magazine is Haunted (1957 Charlton) #16; and 1-pager "The Planet Zog" with art by Henry Boltinoff. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.75.

An anthology series exploring the Turtles world, published in alternate months with the original TMNT title. All Hallow's Thieves. The Turtles fight a six-armed supernatural being known as the Thieving God. Story by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird; art by Jim Lawson. Black and white; 32 pages. Wraparound cover by Ryan Brown. Cover price $1.50. Regular Edition features an Edgar Allen Poe tombstone on the first page. A Manufacturing Error Variant manufactured with the interior of Turtle Soup (1987) #1 exists. For that listing, please see Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) #3ERROR. Cover price $1.50.

Manufacturing Error Variant manufactured with the interior of Turtle Soup (1987) #1. The first page of this issue should say "Turtle Dreams" in big letters. Cover price $1.50.

An anthology series exploring the Turtles world, published in alternate months with the original TMNT title. The Return of Savanti Romero. The time-traveling sorcerer Savanti Romero sends the Turtles into the Cretaceous Era. Story by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird; art by Jim Lawson. Final issue of Volume 1; Volume 2 did not appear until 2004. Black and white; 40 pages. Fantastic wraparound cover by Lawson, with art assists by Ryan Brown and Steven Bissette of Swamp Thing fame. Cover price $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

By Murphy, Lawson, and Talbot. What should have been a simple cross country trip turns into the Road Trip From Hell when Casey Jones, Michelangelo and Shadow end up trapped in a ghostly netherworld inhabited by the spirits of those who've died along a stretch of highway known as 'Hell's Blacktop!' Their only chance of escape lies in winning a drag race against a demonic greaser and his headless girlfriend! Bonus: this issue includes a short back-up story. Cover price $3.25.

By Jim Lawson. Donatello, Raphael and Casey hit Las Vegas! Unfortunately for them, this Vegas is on an alternate earth, one where giant insects roam the streets and humanity has been reduced to bug food. Our boys' only hope? Motorcycles, guns and an all-out assault on the giant insect queen's hive inside the Luxor casino! Full throttle action and adventure from TMNT auteur Jim Lawson! Cover price $3.25.

By Murphy and Brizuela. A Donatello solo adventure! Don hooks up with Glurin the Utrom in order to investigate mysterious goings-on deep beneath the Sargasso Sea! Cover price $3.25.

By Murphy, Brizuela, and Dwyer. "The White Worm" - Michelangelo recounts this solo adventure as he researches the Manhattan haunts of author Herman Melville, only to encounter demonic forces from 19th century New York and a gigantic, otherworldly Leviathan! Cover price $3.25.

Regular cover. by Murphy, Brizuela, Brown, & Brizuela 'The Eye of Aga-Moo-Tou': The Turtles go up against the Wild West C.O.W.- the Boys of Moo Mesa! When a powerful mystic amulet falls into the hands of the demon Savanti Romero, a rootin' tootin' race to save two worlds begins... and hero battles hero! Frontispiece by Jim Webb! Cover price $3.25.

by Peter Laird & Jim Lawson Three of the Turtles are vacationing in Western Massachusetts when Mike is abducted by a group of piscatorial abominations. Ralph and Don must rescue their brother before he's sacrificed to the Lovecraftian behemoth that lurks beneath the Quabbin Reservoir! Cover price $3.25.

by Ryan Brown, Tristan Jones & Paul Harmon The Turtles celebrate their 50th issue of Tales with an action-packed epic battle of monstrous proportions! Leatherhead and the Turtles battle the deadliest creatures on Earth to win back their freedom from big game hunter Mr. Marlin (from Tales of the TMNT Volume One #6)! Co-plotted by Leatherhead creator Ryan Brown and featuring the return of fan-favorites Tristan Jones on script and Paul Harmon on art! This is one for the ages - don't miss it! Cover price $3.25.

by Dan Berger 'Night of the Living Gingerbread.' Michelangelo tells Shadow a Halloween bedtime story that explains how Renet accidentally teleported the Turtles to the ancient past. There, the Turtles ran into ghouls and beasties of all nefarious varieties and were befriended by a gingerbread man named Gutwallow. Will our heroes have a happy Halloween or be eaten by hideous monsters from the nether realms? Cover price $3.25.

Written by Steve Murphy. Art by Dario Brizuela. A threat from beyond space and time is awakened by a renegade group of Utroms, leaving the fate of not one, but two worlds in the hands of the Turtles - our Earth, as well as the alternate Earth of the Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa! Guest-starring Cudley the Cowlick! Cover price $3.25.

Written by Ryan Brown and Dan Berger. Art by Ryan Brown and Fernando Leon Gonzalez. 'Adventures in Bunnysitting.' Michelangelo's Utrom friend, Klag, asks the good-natured ninja to take care of his pet bunny while he's away. Unfortunately for Raphael and Mikey, Klag was unaware that the rabbit was a test subject for mutagenetic studies - and once the little critter gets agitated, things go from bad to worse! Cover price $3.25.