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Blackhawk (1944 1st Series) 12 CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Top edge label strip peeling.

Label #0944529002

Cover by Al Bryant. Featuring: 12 page Blackhawk story "The Winged Death"; 11 page Blackhawk story "Babylon, The Mighty City"; 8 page Chop Chop story; 14 page Blackhawk story "The Evil of Kobar." 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) 30 PR 0.5

Interior is complete. Full length spine split with back cover missing. Only one staple (manufacturing). Centerfold detached. Water damage.

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Spider Joe; while on leave from Military Intelligence, Dan helps the Chicago police with a Nazi-related case. Bean Shooter starring Petey and Pop, art by Morris Weiss. Magic Tricks for Young and Old, five pages of activity. The Case of the Escaped Suspect starring Durrand Draw, script by Montgomery Mulford, art by George Tukel. Untitled Ali Baba story, script by Charles Loeb, art by Sid Lazarus. Untitled Drop Towers story, script by Ed Forre, art by Robert Webster. Untitled Boxie Weaver story, script by Ink Higgins, art by Morris Weiss. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) 38 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Page missing. Interrupts art and story. 1 1/2" cumulative spine split. Water damage.

Edited by Victor Fox. Cover by E. C. Stoner. Stories by Otis, E. C. Stoner, Walter Egan, Hal George, Milt Hammer, Art Allen, Larry Page, and Tom Canby. Tales of daring-do, with such colorful characters as Sonny Boy, Joan Mason, the OBrine Twins, and Blue Beetle, a super-hero who wears a special bulletproof costume and takes "Vitamin 2X" which gives him super-energy. The Adventure Beneath the Sea. The Mystery of the Tolling Bell. The Threat From Saturn (Ch. 4): Revolt of the Zombies. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) 51 CGC 4.0 Restored

Restored: B1

Paper: Off white to white

Restoration includes: cover reinforced. All 3 Edges Trimmed. TRIMMED.

Label #4766479014

Edited by Victor Fox. Cover by Jack Kamen. Stories by Robert Webb, Jack Kamen, Alvin C. Hollingsworth, and Otis. Blue Beetle in "The Shady Lady," "The man Who Murdered Midas," and "The Cunning Corpse!" Tales of daring-do starring Blue Beetle, a super-hero who wears a special bulletproof costume and takes "Vitamin 2X" which gives him super-energy. The Shady Lady; A female gang leader uses electricity black outs and darkness to rob banks. The Man Who Murdered Midas; Professor Midas invents a drink that turns living tissue into pure gold. The Cunning Corpse; Joan Mason gets into trouble investigating criminals stealing corpses. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders (1950 ME/AC) 13 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4244829001

Frank Frazetta cover. Stories include the Lemonade Kid in "The Clutching Claws of Terror"; the Ghost Rider in "The Stagecoach for Death"; Red Hawk in "The Land of the Flaming Ground!" (art by Bob Powell); and Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders in "The Mystery of the Maverick Trail" (art by Powell). Cover price $0.10.

Boy Commandos (1942-1949 1st Series) 1 CGC 8.5 Restored

Restored: A2

Paper: Off white to white

Restoration Includes: Small Amount of Color Touch on Cover, Pieces Added to Cover, Tear Seals to Cover, Spine Sealed to Cover, Cover Cleaned, Cover & Centerfold Reinforced.

Label #2024464007

(Classic WWII cover) Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. The Town That Couldn't Be Conquered!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; the Commandos liberate Jan's village in the Netherlands. Heroes Never Die, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; the Commandos hear a story of an earlier group of adventurers in China. Satan Wears a Swastika, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; the boys are mistakenly reported killed in battle. Untitled Liberty Belle story, script by Don Cameron, art by Chuck Winter. Untitled Ghost Raiders story. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Boy Detective (1951) 4 VG- 3.5

1" Cumulative spine split. 3/4" tear on back cover. Cover oxidation.

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Art by Nicholas Alascia and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Tales of mystery and adventure with Dan Tayler, Boy Detective. Dan stalks a killer who laughs as he approaches his victims; He grapples with a gunman while investigating a murder on a skyscraper; Dan leaps aboard a speeding train to save a boy from kidnappers. Death Trap; The Laughing Killer; The Masked Terrorists; The Case of the Construction Crooks; The Smart Guy. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Boy Meets Girl (1950) 14 GD/VG 3.0

Painted cover by Bob Fujitani. Stories and art by Fred Kida, Ralph Owen, Frank Bolle, Al McWilliams, and Dick Briefer. Classic romance comics from publisher Lev Gleason. Tess is torn between three boys, each of whom has offered her a gift: a moon, a star and a heart. Advice on "handling that man" from Agnes includes an image of a girl with boys on strings around their necks. Honeymoon Spotlight continues its series on disastrous honeymoons, as David and Honey learn they hate each other's taste in clothing. One Moon...One Star...One Love; You Can Be Too Smart; Agnes Holmes Tells How to Handle That Man; Love Letters Special Delivery; The Most Romantic Moment in My Life; Honeymoon Spotlight; Then All of a Sudden.... 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Boy Meets Girl (1950) 22 VG+ 4.5

Cover photo by Ewing Galloway. Stories and art by Ruth Atkinson, Frank Bolle and Al Wenzel. Classic romance comics from publisher Lev Gleason. Amy fears that her happy marriage will be threatened by the sudden reappearance of Roger, a man from her past. Ginny talks to best friend Chris about her love life, never suspecting that he's madly in love with her. Eve falls for Doug, but first she must overcome her reputation as a "good-time girl." Danger on My Doorstep; I Was a Good-Time Girl; Agnes Holmes Advice; Unforgotten Kisses; False Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Buccaneers (1950 Quality) 21 VG+ 4.5

Cover pencils by Reed Crandall. Stories by unknown. Art by Reed Crandall and unknown. An Indian priestess convinces the local natives to attack the colony in an untitled Captain Daring story also starring Patch, Sir Mark Drayton, Delores Drayton, Chief Ranco, Xoctil, Quilla and Fenton Brint. Also featuring untitled tales of Black Roger, The Spanish Main and Eric Falcon, Soldier of Fortune. Plus: Captain Daring in 1-page text story "A Woman's Weapon"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Buffalo Bill (1950 Youthful) 9 CGC 6.5 Qualified

Paper: Off white to white

Panel Missing From Page 16. Universal Grade 3.0.

Label #4738862003

Cover by Ed Goldfarb and Bob Baer. Stories and art by Doug Wildey, Henry Kiefer, Stephen Kirkel and Manny Stallman. Western adventure from Youthful Magazines. Buffalo Bill races to find reinforcements for a besieged fort. Ute warrior Swift Deer sets out to prevent Alaskan Russians from invading the site of modern-day San Francisco, in a story that somehow manages to bring Cold War sentiments to the Old West. Kiowa chieftain Grey Wolf battles fortune hunters who have learned the connection between the Kiowas (a Northern tribe) and Aztec gold. The Grim Hand of Death; Swift Deer and the Russian Bear; Wyatt Earp and the Clanton Gang; Grey Wolf and the Sacred Ruby of Amad-Re; Five Deaths. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Bugs Bunny (1952-1980 Dell/Gold Key) 40 GD/VG 3.0

Centerfold detached at one staple.

Bugs Bunny in "Fountain of Youth" and two untitled stories. Issue also has one-page gag strips. Back cover and inside front cover have one-page features which have Bugs Bunny showing readers how to do simple gags/tricks. No story/art credits given. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Candy (1944 Wise) 1 GD 2.0

Water damage. Staple rust.

Cover by Art Moore. Stories and art by Art Moore, Jabey, Dave Abel, Dick Wood, R. W. Hall, Jack Warren and Basil Wolverton. Kids' comics featuring early work by Basil Wolverton. Noble muskrats answer a call to arms and become the Three Muskrateers; Ferdinando Fox goes riding; Two Scoop Scuttle stories by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton. Circus Life is a continuing text feature about the workers in King Brothers Circus. Chile the Bullthrower; Little Bo Pig; Mopey Moose; Scoop Scuttle; Circus Life; Dumb Like a Fox; Helpful Hank; The Three Muskrateers. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain America Comics (1941 Timely) 7 CGC 5.0 Restored

Restored: C1

Paper: Off white

Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover, pieces added to cover, cover reinforced.

Label #4768009001

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Syd Shores. "The Red Skull; An Ear for Music," script and pencils by Joe Simon and Kirby, inks by Simon; Cap has to contend with the return of the Red Skull and figure out why he is using Chopin's "Funeral March" as the means of his diabolical mission of destruction. "Death Loads the Bases," script by Simon and Kirby, pencils by Kirby, inks by Simon; After the mysterious deaths of two baseball players for the Brooklyn Badgers, Captain America agrees to pitch for the team in order to draw the murderer out of hiding. Human Torch ad, art by Alex Schomburg. "A Message from Captain America," script by Stan Lee; Captain America relates brief biographies of the various characters who appear in the pages of his magazine: Betty Ross, Sergeant Duffy, Father Time, Jerry "Headline" Hunter, and Hurricane. "Horror Plays the Scales," script by Simon and Kirby, pencils by Kirby, inks by Simon; Captain America relates brief biographies of the various characters who appear in the pages of his magazine: Betty Ross, Sergeant Duffy, Father Time, Jerry "Headline" Hunter, and Hurricane. Untitled Hurricane, Master of Speed story, art by Charles Nichols; Hurricane helps to fend off a group of protection racket gangsters, and, in the process, picks himself up a new partner in the fight against crime. Untitled Headline Hunter, Foreign Correspondent story, script by Stan Lee; An American man is framed for a murder of a British star, and Hunter discovers that the man's cousin is responsible, hoping to gain wealth from the Nazis and money from his cousin's estate after he is hanged. "Race Against Doom starring Father Time," script by Lee; One of Larry Scott's friends is accused of boarding a ship, shooting its officers and plundering the gold before sinking it, but Father Time smells a rat when he discovers the gold was counterfeit. Sentinels of Liberty Secret Club news and ad. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Captain and the Kids (1949-1955 United Features) 22 GD 2.0

Stories and art by Rudolph Dirks and others. Mama, the Inspector and most of all the Captain bear the brunt of Hans and Fritz's mean-spirited pranks, but the Kids always get it in the end. Asked to pose for a portrait, the boys substitute monkeys instead, and Mama is not amused. When the Captain's brother Felix visits from the Klondike, Hans and Fritz immediately steal his hot-air balloon, leading to a chase across the seas. Finally catching up to them in the Arctic, the family encounters hostile locals and peeved polar bears. The Captain and the Kids; Gold! Gold! Nothing But gold!; Treasure of the North, Chapter I; Treasure of the North, Chapter II. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Science (1950) 4 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white

Slab: Chipped/broken bracket

Label #4366401006

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Cover by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Stories and art by Myron Fass, Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. Responding to a call for help from Martian scientists, Captain Science must battle slavers who have taken control of Martian atmosphere plant. Captain Science and Rip go back in time to face the menace from another dimension, the insidious Doctor Khartoum. Captain Science art and cover by legendary artists Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Interplanetary private eye Brant Craig battles a Saturnian bank robber who reanimates the dead, as the influence of horror comics seeps into the sci-fi comics. Plus an article about the real-life history of belief in vampires and werewolves. The Martian Slavers; The Insidious Doctor Khartoum; Vampires: Truth or Fiction?; Brant Craig: The Legion of the Dead; When Time Stood Still. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Casper the Friendly Ghost (1949-1951 1st Series St. John) 5 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4766479013

St. John presents the earliest issues of what eventually became Harvey's long-running series about the friendliest of ghosts. Tired of staying in chilly haunted houses, Casper decides to visit the warm Wild West. Casper decides he doesn't want to "live" in a gloomy old haunted house. Casper helps a boy win a fox hunt; luckily, the fox and the hounds stop to have tea time together. Tomboy Trouble; Casper the Friendly Ghost: The Disguise; Beautyfied. Final issue of the series; Numbering continues with Harvey Comics Hits (1951) #61, also considered Casper the Friendly Ghost #6. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Casper the Friendly Ghost (1949-1951 1st Series St. John) 5 CGC 2.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4766479012

St. John presents the earliest issues of what eventually became Harvey's long-running series about the friendliest of ghosts. Tired of staying in chilly haunted houses, Casper decides to visit the warm Wild West. Casper decides he doesn't want to "live" in a gloomy old haunted house. Casper helps a boy win a fox hunt; luckily, the fox and the hounds stop to have tea time together. Tomboy Trouble; Casper the Friendly Ghost: The Disguise; Beautyfied. Final issue of the series; Numbering continues with Harvey Comics Hits (1951) #61, also considered Casper the Friendly Ghost #6. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Catman Comics (1941) 4 Coverless

COVERLESS/INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing, interrupts art and story. Lateral spine tears. Water spotting.

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Charles Quinlan, Ray Willner, Edward Lipowski, Saul Rosen and Al Ulmer. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 1 #9. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics Cat-Man's alter ego David Merryweather is marked for death after he threatens to reveal the names of the Nazi-affiliated Swastika Council. Dr. Diamond tracks a mysterious zeppelin that is destroying buildings with artificial lightning. Dean Denton is a reformed burglar who becomes the crime-fighting Deacon to make up for his past misdeeds. Working out of a church, he tries to prevent ex-con Johnny from resuming his life of crime and corrupting his young brother. Cat-Man; Blaze Baylor and the Arson Ring; The Deacon; Dr. Diamond; Lucky Landers; Freddie's Match; Hurricane Harrigan; Rag Man; Devil Dogs; Pied Piper; Lance Rand. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Catman Comics (1941) 19 CGC 0.5

Paper: Off white to white

Large piece out of page 1 and 2.

Label #4269154012

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Charles Quinlan, Herman C. Browner, Robert Turner, Al Mandel and C. R. Schaare. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 2 #6. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. The Hood faces the ruthless Axis interrogator Red Lash, who has red whips for hands. Gangsters capture the Deacon and put him into a pit full of man-eating rats, but luckily Mickey is not far away. Kitten and Mickey, the sidekicks of Cat-Man and the Deacon also known as the Little Leaders, search for the train robber who stole a fortune in diamonds intended for the defense industry. Cover by Charles Quinlan features caricatures of the Axis leadership and doubles as a war-bonds PSA. Cat-Man & Kitten: The Two-Faced Terror; The Deacon & Mickey: Vanishing Vagabonds!; The Ragman: Adventure of Formula G275; Little Leaders: Diamonds for Victory!; The Hood: The Red Lash!; Chinatown Trap; Blackout: Death for the Nazis!; The Well Cooked Cook; Hog-Bound. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Catman Comics (1941) 19 Coverless

INCOMPLETE. Only six wraps present. "Chinatown Trap" text and "Death for the Nazis" Blackout story complete, all others affected; Catman story is completely missing. No staple, heavy damage to margins and spine of a few wraps. Reproduction cover included (unattached).

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Charles Quinlan, Herman C. Browner, Robert Turner, Al Mandel and C. R. Schaare. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 2 #6. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. The Hood faces the ruthless Axis interrogator Red Lash, who has red whips for hands. Gangsters capture the Deacon and put him into a pit full of man-eating rats, but luckily Mickey is not far away. Kitten and Mickey, the sidekicks of Cat-Man and the Deacon also known as the Little Leaders, search for the train robber who stole a fortune in diamonds intended for the defense industry. Cover by Charles Quinlan features caricatures of the Axis leadership and doubles as a war-bonds PSA. Cat-Man & Kitten: The Two-Faced Terror; The Deacon & Mickey: Vanishing Vagabonds!; The Ragman: Adventure of Formula G275; Little Leaders: Diamonds for Victory!; The Hood: The Red Lash!; Chinatown Trap; Blackout: Death for the Nazis!; The Well Cooked Cook; Hog-Bound. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Chamber of Chills (1951 Harvey) 15 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4507090009

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Al Avison, Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Abe Simon and Moe Marcus. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. Scientists create a ravenous bacteria and realize they can control its actions. Archaeologists encounter deadly ants and living mummies in a pyramid. A doctor learns how to read the minds of others, but the first person he tries it on turns out to be a murderous lunatic. Nightmare of Doom; Vengeful Corpse; The Place!; The Living Mummies; True Tales Of The Tomb; Mind Over Matter; Web of Doom! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cinderella Love (1950) 8 GD+ 2.5

1" Spine split from bottom.

Stories and art by Alice Kirkpatrick¸ Mario Colavito, Bob Oksner, John Prentice, Merrylen Townsend and Jack Sparling. Ziff-Davis published the first incarnation of this influential romance title. Teri works as a nurse for research scientist John, but John's fiancee Joan doesn't understand or care about his work, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Alice Kirkpatrick. Doreen and Sally battle for the affections of radio DJ Hugh, in the punningly titled "A Record Breaking Affair." Maid Tina gets to impersonate a countess as a joke for her wealthy boss, but she didn't expect to fall for handsome gardener Kip, who is also not who he appears to be. Plus a guide to making your own fashion accessories. Doctor in My Heart; A Record Breaking Affair; Good-bye, My Love; Sleight of Heart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Classics Illustrated 030 The Moonstone (1946) 1 CGC 5.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #1073903027

The Moonstone, 1st Printing. Rico cover and art, Classics Comics. (HRN 30, 9/46). Moonstone by William Wilkie Collins (1 page bio after story). Adaptation by Dan Levin, cover and interior story penciled by Don Rico, back cover ad for Classic Comics Gift Boxes. Cover price $0.10.

Classics Illustrated 036 Typee (1947) 1 GD/VG 3.0

Typee, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 36, 4/47). Cover price $0.10.

Comics on Parade (1938) 1 Coverless

Comic is complete other than being coverless. First wrap and two center wraps detached.

Stories and art by Hal Foster, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Bernard Dibble, Fred Methot, Rudolph Dirks, Harry Lee, Winfield Meggs, Becky Sharp, Laverne Harding, Harry O'Neill, H. E. Homan, Dudley T. Fisher Jr., Robert Dickey, R. M. Brinkerhoff, J. Carver Pusey, Paul Berdanier, Frank Owen and Raeburn Van Buren. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 1 #1. Early in the transformation of comic strips to comic books, United Features Syndicate published Comics on Parade as a showcase for its most popular strips, including Tarzan, Li'l Abner and Nancy. This issue features the debut comic-strip adventures of Tarzan (by future Prince Valiant artist Hal Foster), Al Capp's Li'l Abner, and Raeburn Van Buren's Abbie and Slats. In the latter, country spinster Abbie meets her orphaned cousin Aubrey for the first time. She knows he's a city boy, but she's not prepared for the rough-and-tumble teen who calls himself "Slats." Shipwrecked on the African coast, the infant son of Lord Greystoke is raised by great apes to become Tarzan. Plus an illustrated biography of screen legend James Cagney. Terrific cover features a parade-float's worth of classic 1930s comic-strip characters, the familiar mingling with the forgotten. Danny; Abbie an' Slats; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Wayne Webster of Waverly Prep; Roads of Romance; Jest di-Jest; Cynical Susie; Broncho Bill; Looy Dot Dope; Colonel Wowser; How to Make It; For Junior Readers; Joe Jinks; Fritzi Ritz; Billy Make Believe; Mr. and Mrs. Beans; Bucky and His Pals; Little Mary Mixup; Benny; Opportunity Knox; If You Want to Know; Ella Cinders; Danny Dingle; Dub Dabs; Li'l Abner; Jasper. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine (1953) 3 VG/FN 5.0

March 1954. Stories: "Simpson" by Philip Latham, "Homecoming" by Irving Cox, Jr., "When The Five Moons Rise" by Jack Vance, "Survey" by John Jakes, "Who You Callin' A Monster? by Tom Beach, "Night On Horseback" by Winston K. Marks, and "Shadow Before" by Bertram Chandler. Softcover Pulp Digest, 5-in x 7-in, 128 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Crackajack Funnies (1938-1942 Western) 30 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing with piece-cuts, interrupts art and story.

Cover by Leon A. Beroth. Stories and art by Roy Crane, Fred Harman, Al McWilliams, Bill Connor, William Treadwell, Frank Thomas, Hal Bittner, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Al Micale, Abe Martin and Bob Bugg. Crackajack Funnies presented original stories and reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Wash Tubbs & Captain Easy. The Batman-like crimefighter The Owl suspects that the mysterious Dr. Nodd is behind the gang that attacked the governor. Red Ryder's old foe Ace Hanlon returns with a plan, and the first step is stealing Red's horse Thunder. Ellery Queen and his father are flying to California in an experimental plane when the plane is attacked by a foreign fighter. Plus a Tarzan prose story. Ellery Queen; Bob and Bill; Red Ryder; The Owl; Wash Tubbs; Dan Dunn; Myra North, Special Nurse; Gabby Scoops; The Crusoes; Stratosphere Jim; Don Winslow of the Navy; Tarzan; Boots and Her Buddies. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime and Punishment (1948 Lev Gleason) 39 Coverless

Comic is complete other than being coverless.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Robert Q. Sale, C. H. Moore, Dick Rockwell, Fred Guardineer, and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Five hoods plot the perfect heist, but one of them is planning a double-cross, in a story narrated by Mr. Crime. A detective gets too close to a killer in the American Zone of postwar Berlin, where life is a chaotic ruin. A detective dares the reader to figure out the identity of a mystery sniper on a college campus, in a whodunit with multiple clues and an upside-down panel for the answer. The Five Dopes; On the Level; Murderers' Circle; How They Were Trapped; Coonan's Comeback; The "Almost Perfect" Crime; Death Goes To College. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Case Book Magazine (1954 Temple) Digest Vol. 1 #3 VG 4.0 (R)

Trimmed

TRIMMED. 1" Cumulative spine split. Water damage.

Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 43 FR 1.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Tear seal. Lateral spine tear. 2" cumulative spine split. Staple rust with migration.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Robert Bernstein, Jack Alderman, Rudy Palais, Woody Hamlton, Vernon Henkel, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. An unhinged circus clown, spurned by a woman after making a declaration of love (in full clown regalia), then murders her (still in full clown regalia). The infamous Burke and Hare get jobs providing corpses to early medical schools, but when they run out of bodies, they start making fresh ones. Drunken med-school reject "Doc" Moran becomes the underworld's favorite physician. Also featuring a vintage PSA about recognizing honorably discharged veterans. The Bookkeeping Bandit; Case of the Love Sick Clown; Ghouls' Gold; The Folly of Johnny Bananas; The Case of the Impossible Suicide; Doctor of Evil; Whodunnit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 73 FR/GD 1.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION: Spine split seal.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by George Tuska, Fred Guardineer, Claude Moore, Tony DiPreta and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Mr. Crime narrates the tale of two-bit hood Peter Feflin, who wages war against another street gang on the rooftops of the New York tenements. Al Jennings becomes obsessed with getting the man he's convinced was responsible for sending him to prison. Mayhew and Johns, described in the story as "stir-mad, kill-mad morons," go on a spree of murder and robbery across the South. Also featuring vintage ads for "Amazing Life-Like Rubber Masks" and "Animated Lilliputiana." Two Gangs at War and Peter Feflin; Al Jennings, the Man Who Squealed on Himself!; How the Police Stopped the Murder Rampage of Dennis Mayhew and Everett Johns; This'll Kill Ya!; Our Police Hall of Fame; On The Level; Who Dunnit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) 16 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4745073009

Cover art by Johnny Craig. "Rendezvous!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Joe and his office companions are taking bets that Charlie will have an airplane accident...just as a lark; Then, when Joe's boss suspects that the company's books are being juggled, Joe devises a plan to make sure his boss will have a plane accident himself. "Fission Bait!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A man murders his wife to be with his mistress; He buries her in the desert, but a prospector accidentally finds the body with a Geiger counter. It turns out her watch had a radium dial! "Scorpion" text story by Albert B. Feldstein. "Come Clean!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, pencils by Al Williamson, inks by Angelo Torres; Ralph Jones has been found guilty of strangling his girlfriend and is strapped in the electric chair facing a horrible death, all for a crime he didn't commit but in which circumstantial evidence led to his conviction. "Who's Next?", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A barber's wife and a regular customer are having an affair; When the barber finds out, he decides the customer needs a REALLY close shave. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Daring Comics (1944 2nd series) 12 FR/GD 1.5

Staple rust. Interior soiling and mold.

Cover art by Allen Simon. Home Front Renegades, art by Allen Simon; A businessman looking to make a killing with black market booze and an organized criminal mob gang both get taken down by Sub-Mariner. Diamond of Death starring Sub-Mariner, inks by Al Gabriele. The Devil's Murder Web starring the Human Torch, art by Jimmy Thompson. The Vanishing Ghost Gun starring the Destroyer. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Darling Romance (1949) 3 CGC 5.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4637828004

Photo cover. "Dark Secret"; A few weeks before her wedding to Bob, Helen accepts a ride from Arthur, her friend Janes husband; Arthur gets fresh, Helen resists, the car wrecks, Arthur is killed, and Helen flees; The authorities know a woman was with Arthur and Jane says shell kill the woman if she finds her. "I Failed at Love"; Sharon is fascinated with high society, and thinks her mechanic boyfriend Jimmy is "Dull! Dull!"; Sharon has a crush on socialite David and turns down Jimmys marriage proposal; She meets and dates David; they fall in love, but Sharon is ashamed of her parents and Davids mother looks down on Sharon. "A Handful of Stars"; When Pete returns from the war, he tells his girlfriend Sonia hes not returning to his job as a miner--he plans to become a lawyer; Sonia doesnt want to wait 5 years to get married and Petes studying leaves little time for romance. "I Played at Marriage!"; Jay marries the "sheltered" Barbara, who thinks "this business of cooking, cleaning and being a wife" will be "real fun!"; Barbara is incompetent at housework and cooking and often shirks her duties, but when Jay is injured due to her carelessness, she changes her ways and "our home is now the well-regulated, orderly existence it should be." "Flight from Love"; Airline pilots Roger and Larry compete for the affections of stewardess Leslie; She chooses Roger and they become engaged; Larry reacts badly. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Davy Crockett Frontier Fighter (1951 Avon) 0 GD/VG 3.0

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Davy Crockett stars in "The Creek Rebellion" and "The Ringtailed Roarer of the Wilderness." Back-up stories "Remember the Alamo," "War Drums" (art by Paul Reinman), and Dead-Eye Dude in "Throwing the Bull!" George Tuska art? Fawcette cover. Cover price $0.10.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 115 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #0089223001

Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by Don C. Cameron, Jack Farr and unknown. Art by Win Mortimer, Jack Farr, John Daly, Lee Harris, Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. An architect invents a super strong glass that he plans to construct homes from, but his partner, noting that this man refuses an offer of $1 million from a steel company official to push for steel homes instead, parts company with the architect and swears revenge. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Man Who Lived in a Glass House!" by Don C. Cameron and Win Mortimer. Plus: Three-Ring Binks in an untitled story by Jack Farr; Slam Bradley in "Molar Mobsters!" with art by John Daly; Air Wave in "Dead Men Can Tell Tales!" with art by Lee Harris; and The Boy Commandos in "Brooklyn Wants a Kingdom!" with art by Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. Also: Daffy & Doodle half-pager by Lit-Win, and 2-page text story "A Game of Checkers" by Randolph Allen. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 129 CGC 3.5

Paper: White

Label #4745717014

Cover by Jack Burnley and Charles Paris. Stories by Bill Finger and unknown. Art by Jack Burnley, Charles Paris, Ray Burnley, John Daly, Lee Harris, Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. After a gang of jewel thieves, Batman and Robin land on an island owned by a judge, who has, because of the death of one of his daughters, forbidden the existence of any modern devices on the island in "The Isle of Yesterday!" by Bill Finger, Jack Burnley, Charles Paris and Ray Burnley. Plus: Slam Bradley in "The Heat's On!" with art by John Daly; Air Wave in "Crime Spots on the Sun!" with art by Lee Harris; and The Boy Commandos in "The Quarterback from Brooklyn!" with art by Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. Also: Nifty 2-pager, and 2-page text story "Long Chance" by Kit Martin. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 165 GD 2.0

1.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple and loose at other. Top staple loosely affixed.

Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by Edmond Hamilton, Don C. Cameron, Henry Boltinoff and unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Charles Paris, Dan Barry, Henry Boltinoff and unknown. While making an inspection of equipment in the Bat-Cave, Bruce and Dick also must inspect the various costumes Batman and Robin use in their fight against crime for leaks and tears, and, as it turns out, a never before used costume saves the day for the Batman, who has been seriously wounded, in "The Strange Costumes of Batman!" by Edmond Hamilton, Dick Sprang and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "The Riddle of Fort Brave!" with story by Don C. Cameron; Robotman in "One-Man Fire Department!"; Impossible -- But True! tale "The Man Who Never Slept!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Dan Barry; and Dover and Clover in "Cabbages and Kale!" by Henry Boltinoff. Also: Shorty 1-pager by Boltinoff, and 2-page text piece "Let 'Em Eat Wood." 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 167 FR 1.0

REMAINDERED COPY. Staple added, not manufacturing. Tape on first page.

Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by Bill Finger and unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Charles Paris, Bruno Premiani, Frank Bolle and Dan Barry. Professor Nichols uses hypnosis to send Batman and Robin back to Cleopatra's Egypt to investigate their appearance in a mysterious ancient frieze in "Bodyguards to Cleopatra!" by Bill Finger, Dick Sprang and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "The Killer Cougar of Shoe Mountain!" with art by Bruno Premiani; Robotman in "The Captured Brain!" with art by Frank Bolle; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The People Who Couldn't Grow Old!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Dan Barry. Also: Shorty 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Funny Facts 1-pager by Martin Naydel; Jerry the Jitterbug 1-pager by Boltinoff; and 2-page text piece "Here Comes the Band!" And: Superboy in the 1-page public service announcement "How to Bring Christmas Cheer" by Jack Schiff, Win Mortimer and Creig Flessel. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Detective Novels Magazine (1938-1949 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 FR 1.0

4" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Water saturation. Mold.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - January/February, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Diary Secrets (1950) 11 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4766479011

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and others. Tales of teen angst and amour, often featuring art and covers by celebrated good-girl artist Matt Baker. Linda's love-'em-and-leave-'em approach works fine until she meets John, whom she doesn't want to leave, in a story with art by Baker. In another Baker story, Virginia can't cope when she learns that her widowed mother is seriously dating family friend Bill. Fran thinks her popularity with the boys is playing against her when she wants to be taken seriously as an actress. I Didn't Want a Stepfather; I Was Afraid to Fall in Love; I Tried To Be a Hollywood Glamour Girl; Stand-In for Scandal; Spitework Was My Folly. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Dixie Dugan Volume 4 (1953 2nd Series Headline) 1 GD+ 2.5

Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover loose at staples.

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Vol. 4 No. 1 Cover price $0.10.

Do-Do (1950) 1 CGC 8.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #1211058016

Funny-animal stories from the circus, featuring Do-Do the Clown. Skinny the Giraffe and Hotspot the Leopard think they can become clowns and be just as famous and funny as Do-Do. Bears Rolly & Polly dress up as a two-headed leopard for a sideshow act. Plus activities, puzzles and games. The Circus Daze; Wrestle While You Work; Hat's Off to Do-Do; Rolly and Polly: The Great Two Headed Leopard. 5-in. x 7-in., 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.05.

Doc Savage (1933-1949 Street & Smith^) Pulp Vol. 26 #3 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4703388001

"Trouble on Parade" a Doc Savage novel by Kenneth Robeson.

November 1945. "Trouble on Parade" by "Kenneth Robeson"; "Roughwater Skipper" by John Scott Douglas; "Return Match" by Lt. Jerome M. Cowle; and "Arctic Interlude" by Stuart Friedman. Five illustrations by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Digest size, 5-5/8" x 7-3/4"; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Doc Savage Comics Vol. 01 (1940) 11 CGC 2.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4741208011

Doll Man Quarterly (1941 Quality) 12 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. 4.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached.

Don Winslow of the Navy (1943 Fawcett) 12 GD+ 2.5

Centerfold detached. 1 1/2" cumulative spine split. Water damage.

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Stories and art by Tom McNamara and John Jordan. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don and Red face a cunning criminal foe in the remote reaches of Basra. The pair investigates how Axis forces are getting re-supplied on a remote island surrounded by Allied forces. Don and Red try to figure out how Axis mines are targeting American ships. Plus an activity page, and an illustration of the U.S. Sturgeon submarine. Sealed Orders; Eaglebeak Spruder; Warriors of the Sea: Assault on the Mole; The Malalonga Mine Mystery!; U.S. Sturgeon No. 187; Hitler's Strange Sea Weapon!; Don Winslow Puzzle Page; Jetsam Joe; Tuned for Death! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Dynamic Comics (1941 Chesler) 20 VG 4.0

Water damage. Staple rust.

Cover by Paul Gattuso. Stories and art by Tony Cataldo, Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, Ralph Mayo, Paul Gattuso, and Fred Schwab. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring superhero and adventure stories. The Echo and his associates investigate after a millionaire mysteriously drowns at the waterfront. A Mountie tracks a cold-hearted killer through the frozen wastes of British Columbia. Flash Gordon-like Dan Hastings must protect Earth from an interstellar armada. Dynamic Man: The Mad Master of the Doomsday Express; The Echo; Ima Sleuth; Manhunters--Crime on the Run; Jest a Moment; Monument to Death; Yankee Boy; Cover Up for Murder; Dan Hastings; Out Where the West Begins; Mr. E. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.