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Dell Giant Tom and Jerry's Toy Fair (1958 Dell) 1B CGC 9.2

Paper: Off white to white

30 Cent Price Variant.

Label #4727469010

30¢ cover price variant. This Dell Giant features combative cat-and-mouse combo Tom and Jerry and other MGM characters in toy-themed stories. Tom tries to sell Jerry and Tuffy as toys. Fuzzy and Wuzzy use their toy tractor to harass Barney into taking them camping. The Mouse Musketeers get some high-powered toys to use against M'sieur Poosycat. Toy Fair; Big Spike and Little Tyke: Toy Lion; Barney Bear with Fuzzy and Wuzzy: Toy Tractor Tricks; Flip and Dips Play Submarine; Mouse Musketeers: Miniature Men of Armor; Droopy: The Mechanical Monkey; Wuff, the Prairie Dog: Twin Tin Sheriffs; Phony Phone Fun. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

Jack of Fables (2006) 30 CGC 9.0

Paper: White

Label #4555001008

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Jack's Big Book of War: Part 3 of 5 - Written by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham Art by Tony Akins & Jose Marzan Jr. Cover by Brian Bolland What's the 'First Draft,' and what is its awe-inspiring secret? Where did that extra pig come from? What's everybody reading? 'The Siege of The Golden Boughs' enters its third installment and the tide begins to turn - but in whose favor? Expect answers, explosions, mayhem and extra tacos. 32 pg, FC MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.

Kamandi (1972 DC) 12 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4668524013

"The Devil and Mister Sacker." Script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Mike Royer. Cover by Kirby and Royer. Kamandi befriends a giant grasshopper (known as the "Devil") and names him Kliklak. He then discovers that he must against Bull Bantam, who has abused Spirit, the sister of Flower. Cover price $0.20.

Last of the Viking Heroes Summer Special (1988) 2 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4728858007

Story, Pencils and Cover by Michael Thibodeaux. Inks and Frontispiece by Martin Lasick. Is there a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle among the Last of the Viking Heroes? Find out in this Summer Special! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.50.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 20 FN/VF 7.0

Spider-Man and the Black Panther in "Dinosaurs on Broadway!" Part 2 of 2 (Continued from previous issue). Script by Len Wein. Pencils by Sal Buscema. Inks by Mike Esposito and Frank Giacoia. Cover by Gil Kane and John Romita. Spider-Man and the Black Panther battle Stegron and his dino-minions in Times Square. Cameo appearances by Jarvis, J. Jonah Jameson, Joe Robertson, and Mary Jane Watson. Flashback cameo featuring Ka-Zar. Last 20¢ issue. (Stegron returns in Amazing Spider-Man 165. This issue was reprinted in Marvel Treasury Edition 22. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp Series A #25 Human Torch.) 36 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Marvel Two-in-One (1974 1st Series) 19 CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Label #4717756014

Written by Tony Isabella and Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema and Don Heck. Cover by Jack Kirby, John Romita, and Frank Giacoia. Claws of the Cougar!; Tigra asks the Thing for help in tracking down the Cougar who is making evil use of the powerful Nega-Bands. 36 pgs., full color. $.30. Cover price $0.30.

Mickey Mouse (1941 Whitman) 208 CBCS 4.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Centerfold detached.

Label #17-37BFEF8-005

Whitman edition. Cover by Bill Wright. Stories and art by Phil De Lara and Tony Strobl. The long-running series featured tales of adventure and comedy starring the most famous cartoon character in the world, Mickey Mouse. Mickey and Goofy help the army investigate disappearing missiles. Inspecting wiring for a circus, Mickey and Goofy are drawn into the rivalry between two magicians. The Mystery of the Misguided Missiles; Mixed-Up Magic. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.

Mighty Mouse (1947 St. John/Pines) 26 CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Label #4730056005

The world's mightiest mouse defends Mouseville from danger - mostly cats - in the comic-book adventures of the Terrytoons animated superhero. The industrious hillbilly mice are targeted by their lazy neighbors, the Catfields, until Mighty Mouse comes along. Oil Can Harry transports Pearl Pureheart back to the Stone Age, but Mighty Mouse can travel in time too. Dimwit sets out to climb a mountain. Dimwit Climbs a Mountain; The Feudin' Hillbillies; Gandy Goose: Shipwrecked; The Perils of Pearl Pureheart; Dingbat; Roquefort; Devil of the Deep. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Muppet Babies (1985-1989 Marvel/Star Comics) 10 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4696984003

Direct Edition. Story by Stan Kay. Art by Marie Severin. 36 pages. Cover price $0.75.

New Age Comics (1985) 1 CGC 9.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4663019016

Comic News previews for Renegade Press, Fantagraphics, Comics Interview, Kitchen Sink Press, and others. 24 pages all newsprint. standard comic size. Cover price $0.35.

New Funnies (1942-1946 Dell) 75 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing, interrupts art and story. Full length spine split. Brittle.

68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

New Funnies (1942-1946 Dell) 115 GD- 1.8 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch. 2 1/2" cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation. Tape. Water damage.

Andy Panda, Oswald the Rabbit in "The Stone Lion Mystery," L'il Eight Ball, Woody Woodpecker, and Homer Pigeon. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

New Terrytoons (1960-1962 Dell) 1 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4745717010

Art by Dan Gormley and others. Southern-fried sheriff Deputy Dawg headlined this title, featuring other characters from Paul Terry's Terrytoons. Deputy Dawg meets Mischa Mouse, whose strange accent and attitudes suggest he's from another country, or possibly another planet. Silly Sidney the elephant tries to get some of the other jungle animals to play games with him, but they're all busy doing jungle things. Dinky Duck wants to be a rock & roll singer, so his fairy godmother grants him the ability to sing like that famous rock star, Melvis Pestley. Deputy Dawg; Silly Sidney; Heckle and Jeckle: Buried Treasure; Dinky Duck; Silly Sidney: Annual Track and Field Meet; Hashimoto-San; Dinky Duck: The Gourmet; Deputy Dawg: The Mystery. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Orbit (1990) 1 VG/FN 5.0

Painted cover by Dave Stevens. "Nothing For Nothing," script by Isaac Asimov (original story) and Fred Burke (adaptation), art by John Bolton; Aliens try to trade with Cro-Magnon humans. "GINNY SWEETHIPS' FLYING CIRCUS," script by Neal Barrett, Jr. (original story), Leslie Clague (adaptation), and Steve Niles (adaptation), art by Mark Pacella; A woman, an accountant droid, and an anthropomorphic opossum try to survive the collapse of civilization by selling sex, tacos, and dangerous drugs. "Fermi and Frost," script by Frederik Pohl (original story) and Brent Eric Anderson (adaptation), art by Brent Eric Anderson; Refugees from World War III try to survive a nuclear winter in Iceland. Back cover illustration by John Bolton. 52 pgs., full color. $4.95. Cover price $4.95.

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1988) 1 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4698214020

Pogo Possum (1949-1954 Dell) 7 VG+ 4.5

Cover art by Walt Kelly. Scripts and art by Walt Kelly. "A Tiger Tale" text story. "The Return of the Fiasco Kid"; The fire brigade plus assorted followers-on go after Albert in a pie wagon, but Albert thinks they ride a stagecoach that he can hold up. "Hickory Dickory Parlory Phoo!"; Porky goes to work in his own clock as a cuckoo. "150 Watts Cookin'?"; Albert eats Howland's and Churchy's atomic experiment, making them think he can explode any minute. "A New Jag on the Old Bean Stalk"; Albert telling the story of Jack and the beanstalk for Rackety Coon Chile; Pogo acting as Jack, and Albert as his stepmother--as well as the giant. Pogo and Albert at swimming hole illustration on back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Pogo Possum (1949-1954 Dell) 11 VG- 3.5

Cover art by Walt Kelly. Scripts and art by Walt Kelly. Untitled one-page story; The frog swallows Alabaster's and Rackety Coon Chile's ping pong ball. "Old Muddle Hupboard"; First Albert, then Pogo tell the story of Old Mother Hubbard. "Hearts of Oak and Heads to Match"; A lifeboat drill [quite literally]. "Dog Daze"; It takes but seven persons to put out a cooking fire. "The Ghost Haunters" text story. "Well Done, Rare Old Medium"; Due to several misunderstandings Albert ends up wearing Miz Beaver's lacy underwear. "The Worm's Turn"; The protagonists try to convince a worm to go fishing with them. "The Dragon Tale"; Albert gets stuck in the music professor's bass horn, and is mistaken for an elephant. Untitled one-page story; Porky needs a new nut for his car engine, being the squirrel turning the wheels. Untitled one-page story; Albert tries blowing out the three candles on his birthday cake. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Pogo Possum (1949-1954 Dell) 14 VG- 3.5

Cover coming detached at one staple. Cover oxidation with chipping.

Cover art by Walt Kelly. Scripts and art by Walt Kelly. "The Hoodoo Man and the Nearsighted Duck" text story. "Cocky Doodle Dandy"; Pogo and Albert discuss whose mother had the highest intentions for them; Albert decides to spy on Pogo dressed as a spy queen. "The Hippocritical Oaf"; Howland's attempts at being a doctor quickly get misdirected into a false fire alarm, with the fire department burning up the fire station on the last page. "Ol' Albert Decides Yuletide and Time Waits For No 'Gator"; Albert tricks the alligator children into thinking that Santa Claus is dead and eats the presents Pogo and Bumbazine hide in his house. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Pogo Possum (1949-1954 Dell) 16 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation. Only one staple (manufacturing).

Cover art by Walt Kelly. Scripts and art by Walt Kelly. "No Home Like Place" text story. "Pieces of Ate"; Albert disguises as Blackbeard the pirate and steals Alabaster's and Rackety Coon Chile's treasure map, leading to Albert's own house. "Dig That Crazy Bait"; Pogo and Albert go fishing, but none of them wants to dig for worms. "Greetings From Soup To Nuts"; Howland finds a cooking book and decides to make turtle soup out of Churchy. Untitled story; Howland wants Pogo to join his knife-throwing act, promising fame and fortune. Untitled one-page story; The mystery of the two-headed turtle. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Puppet Master (1990) 4 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4698391022

Red Rabbit Comics (1947) 11 CGC 5.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4742164018

Stories by Gil Turner and others. Funny-animal comics featuring gunslinging Red Rabbit, bear cubs Willy and Nilly, Officer Mutt, and others in the classic mold. Red Rabbit realizes the dangerous bandit Red Mask plaguing the towns of the West isn't just a single man, but a whole gang working together. Officer Mutt gets exiled to the tough Gashouse District while a senator is visiting the precinct house. Bugsey Bear and his kid go exploring in the mountains and meet Crazy Jed, who gives them the map to the Lost Lady Gold Mine. Red Rabbit; Aunt Tilly: How the Elephant Got His Long Nose; Officer Mutt; Pete and Tweet; The Bugsey Bear Family. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Sam and Max (1992 Epic) Color Collection 1 FN+ 6.5

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Science Dog Special (2010 Image) 1 VF 8.0

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story ROBERT KIRKMAN art CORY WALKER cover CORY WALKER & DAVE STEWART Fight fire with fire. Fight evil with SCIENCE! Collecting the never before reprinted Science Dog back-up stories from INVINCIBLE #25 and 50, this story leads right into the senses-shattering back-up story contained within issue 75. If you're only reading INVINCIBLE in collected form - this is what you've been missing! Don't miss out a second time! 32 pgs FC Cover price $3.50.

Something Else (1971) Vol. 1 #1 VG 4.0

Water damage.

Was ring binder punched when published (the punch holes are not a defect).

Young person's magazine from 1971 Cover price $0.50.

Space Mouse (1953 Avon) 4 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label Error: wrong publisher specified by CGC.

Label #4745072013

Art by Frank Carin and others. Funny-animal antics in space, featuring the first character to claim the name Space Mouse. The space mice and Professor Brawdome investigate an unscheduled eclipse and encounter the devious Major Moto; Molly can handle the scariest of space creatures, but Halloween is another story; Major Moto escapes from prison and swears revenge on Space Mouse and The Earth. Fright Sight!; Major Moto; Oh, You Kidd!; Plane Crazy!; The Space Siren; Major Moto Strikes Again!; Danny Duck: Dinah Has Her Way! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Space Usagi (1996 Dark Horse) 3 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4753351014

Story and art by Stan Sakai. He's lost his clan's treasure to the kidnappers of Lord Kiyoshi, and he's mistakenly shot his friend Rhogen, thinking him involved in the rebel assault. Now Usagi has only two opportunities to save face -- he must free Kiyoshi from his captors and bring the criminals to justice. Or he must die trying. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Space Usagi (1996 Dark Horse) Ashcan 1 FN 6.0

Spongebob Comics (2011 United Plankton Pictures) 34 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4743880019

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Written by Gregg Schigiel, Derek Drymon and Robert Leighton. Art by Jerry Ordway, Gregg Schigiel and Scott Roberts. Cover by Gregg Schigiel. In part 3 of the epic 'Showdown at the Shady Shoals,' SpongeBob says he knows how the first meeting between Mermaid Man and the sea-king Viro Reganto must have gone down. How does he know? Because he's their biggest fan! Thus unfolds a spazzy, sponge-woven tale of underwater super villains and the power of friendship-all deliriously delineated by Jerry Ordway. Plus: This issue also features a round up of Wild West yarns - you know, the kind that take place underwater! First a mechanical bucking seahorse becomes the biggest fad - and the biggest rip-off - at the Krusty Krab in 'Shucking Seahorse'! And in 'Mixed Signals' we find out what happens when bubble signals go wrong on the ocean prairie; and Tim Truman provides a seaweed and spaghetti western-style pin-up of 'The Good, the Pat, and the Squiddy!' 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.

Street Sharks (05/1996 2nd Series) 1N CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition.

Label #4197664009

Newsstand Edition. Story by Evan Skolnick. Art by Nelson Ortega and Manny Galan. Cover by Nelson Ortega and Jay Oliveras. Cover price $1.50.

Super Mario Bros Special Edition (1990) 1 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4115279005

Super Mario Bros. (1991 2nd Series) 2 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Second Printing.

Label #4740460008

"Magic Carpet Madness" 32 pgs. Full color. Cover price $1.50.

Super Rabbit (1944 Timely) 10 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4745073002

Supermouse Summer Holiday Issue (1957) 1 GD+ 2.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION: Spine split seal.

This Summer 1957 issue is a square-bound 100-page giant. A big collection of funny animal stories featuring Supermouse, Buster Bunny, Merton Monk, Dizzy Duck, Uncle Fuzzy, Happy Hare, Sniffy the Pup, Luck Duck and Tommy Turtle. Cover price $0.25.

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) 4 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4370662001

An anthology series exploring the Turtles world, published in alternate months with the original TMNT title. I, Monster. Casey and the Turtles meet the mysterious Rat King. Story, art and wraparound cover by Jim Lawson. Black and white; 32 pages. Cover price $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) 6 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4370662002

An anthology series exploring the Turtles world, published in alternate months with the original TMNT title. Leatherhead. The Turtles meet the mutated alligator Leatherhead for the first time. Story by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird; art and wraparound cover by Jim Lawson. Black and white; 32 pages. Cover price $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

Tank Girl The Gifting (2007 IDW) 3A FN/VF 7.0

Staple rust.

Cover by Ashley Wood. Alan C. Martin (w); Ashley Wood (a & c) 'Please, Mr. Comic Store Owner, where can I find a comic book that offers schoolboy humour, unbridled slapstick violence, totally unnecessary swearing, and a woman with big honkers and a grenade pin between her teeth?' 'Why, that's simple, little Jimmy. You're looking for Tank Girl: The Gifting issue 3 by Ashley Wood and Alan C. Martin. There you go. Now run along. And don't tell your mum.' Cover price $3.99.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1984 Mirage) 3A CGC 7.0 JSA Eastman/Laird Eastman 1st Printing

Paper: White

Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird Authenticated Autographs on interior front cover.

Label #4735793001

1st printing. Main print run edition - Letters of 'Laird's Photo' in the background of cover are almost entirely blue. The original series that introduced the Turtles to the world. When Master Splinter is kidnapped, the Turtles must ask their new ally April O'Neil for help to find him. Story, art and cover by Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird. Black and white; 44 pages. Cover price $1.50.

Top Dog (1985-1987 Marvel/Star Comics) 1 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #1017520014

How Joey and Top Dog met and Top Dog became a part of Joey's family is told in "The Dog-Gone Beginning" and "House About a Dog, Mom?" Then, Mervin Megabucks, the richest and meanest kid in town, discovers that Top Dog can talk and resolves to own Top Dog in "Dognapped" and "The Big Breakout." Scripts by Lennie Herman and art by Warren Kremer & Jacqueline Roettcher. Cover price $0.65.