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Alabama Needs John Patterson for Governor (1958) 1958 VF 8.0

Includes COA from Commercial Comics Inc.

Alabama Needs John Patterson for Governor (1958) is a political promotional comic book published by Malcolm Ater's Commercial Comics Co. Full color, 16 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., all newsprint. The 1958 Gubernatorial campaign of Alabama between Attorney General John Patterson and Judge George Wallace will go down as one of the greatest dogfights in Southern Political History! Both men desperately wanted the governorship, and nothing was spared in their campaign to get elected. For John Patterson, it meant hiring a Yankee from up north to come down and write the first pro-segregation comic book in U.S. political history! So how effective was this comic book? Well, this was the only election that George Wallace ever lost. Wallace was so impressed with the Patterson comic that he hired the comic's creator, Malcolm Ater, to work for him in the 1962 Alabama Governor's election when state law did not allow John Patterson to run for a second term. Not only did Malcolm Ater help elect Patterson as Governor in this 1958 election, his 1962 book for George Wallace helped propel Wallace into the Governor's mansion. And when Wallace couldn't succeed himself as governor, Mr. Ater went back to Alabama in 1966 to do yet another book for John Patterson. This booklet has a crease down the middle which was standard practice for the purpose of mailing. This fold is not considered a defect.

Buster Brown Comic Book (1945-1956 Brown Shoe Co.) 2 FR 1.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION: Staples replaced. Extensive accumulation of defects. Brittle.

Stories by Hobart Donovan and Ed McConnell. Art by Edd Ashe, Joe King, Chu F. Hing and Jack Sparling. A classic giveaway comic from the Brown shoe company, named after one of the very earliest American comics characters, Buster Brown. A struggling circus is beset by accidents just before an investor makes an offer to buy it; Sioux hunters encounter the mysterious white buffalo; Modern-day pirates set out to find the secret of the Lagoon of Death. Jinx Circus; When Grandpa Sat On A Mousetrap; Phantom Buffalo; Oodles of Poodles; What's That Sound?; Lagoon Of Death. 32 pages, Full Color.

Detective Comics Oreo Cookie Giveaway (1984) 27 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

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Label #4511213023

Oreo Cookie promotional comic from 1984. Reprints Batman cover and story from Detective #27, plus Robin origin from Detective #38, and first Joker appearance from Batman #1. 32-pages, all newsprint, full-color standard comic book size.

Detective Comics Oreo Cookie Giveaway (1984) 27 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

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Label #4511213016

Oreo Cookie promotional comic from 1984. Reprints Batman cover and story from Detective #27, plus Robin origin from Detective #38, and first Joker appearance from Batman #1. 32-pages, all newsprint, full-color standard comic book size.

Detective Comics Oreo Cookie Giveaway (1984) 27 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

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Label #4511214008

Oreo Cookie promotional comic from 1984. Reprints Batman cover and story from Detective #27, plus Robin origin from Detective #38, and first Joker appearance from Batman #1. 32-pages, all newsprint, full-color standard comic book size.

Iron Horse Goes to War (1960 Railroads) 0 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more; Chipped/broken bracket

Major front/back crack(s) over 1".

Label #4657463014

Released by the the School and College Service division of the Association of American Railroads. This interesting promotional comic tells the story of railroading during the Civil War. Standard 7x10 comic size, 16-pages, full color, newsprint cover and interior.

March of Comics (1946 K.K. Publishing/Western) 404 GD+ 2.5

Space Family Robinson

Til Death Do Us Part (2007) 0 CGC 6.0

Paper: White

Label #4556966011

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Court TV promotional item for the television show 'Til Death Do Us Part starring John Waters. "Funeral Parlor Murder" written by James Peaty with art by Adam Dekraker. Full color, 12 pages, slick paper stock.

Winning Pitch Nolan Ryan (1992) 1 CGC 4.5

Paper: White

Label #4740460014

Winning Pitch with Nolan Ryan and Tony Tigger published by DC Comics and Sports Illustrated.