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Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 44 VG 4.0

Signed by editor Wendell Crowley. Crowley/Fawcett File Copies certificate of authenticity is included.

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Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck and unknown. Mr. Mind realizes he has not fully recovered from his amnesia when he can't think of a new evil plot. He goes to attend his School for Evil and recovers his own evil nature. Billy is captured again by Archibald the Satyr, but he escapes and Captain Marvel tears apart the school, though he can't find Mr. Mind in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 23: Mr. Mind's School for Evil" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Captain Marvel also stars in: "The Genius of the Garret" with story by Otto Binder; "Captain Marvel and His Trip to Other Worlds" with story by Otto Binder; and "Washington's Haunted Embassy" with story by Otto Binder (Washington, D.C. city story). Plus: Captain Kid in an untitled 1-pager. And: 2-page text story "Night Comes to Esquag" by Arthur Lane. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 79 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation. Water damage.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk and Al Liederman. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza and Al Liederman. In his first appearance, Tawky Tawny leaves his jungle home for the big city, where he meets Captain Marvel in "The Talking Tiger" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Plus: Captain Marvel travels to ancient Egypt to discover if Shazam was a thief in the past in "The Ancient Crime" by Otto Binder and Pete Costanza. Captain Marvel also stars in "The World's Worst Actor" and "Minerva's True Love," both tales by Bill Woolfolk and Pete Costanza. Plus: Captain Kid in "Candidate for Chaos" by Al Liederman. Also: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Rocket Race" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder); 1-page Tootsie Roll ad "Captain Tootsie's Counter-Spook" with art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza; and two "Comix Cards" featuring Ozzie and Babs. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 80 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #3916797006

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk and Al Liederman. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza, Al Liederman and unknown. The story of how Billy Batson first became Captain Marvel in "A Twice-Told Tale" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza (appearances by Shazam and Sivana). Plus: Captain Marvel and a surrealist artist visit the land from which the artist's paintings are derived in "Captain Marvel in the Land of Surrealism!" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Also in this issue: "Captain Marvel's Inferiority Complex" and "Captain Marvel Meets the Weatherman," both written by Bill Woolfolk. Plus: Captain Kid..."On the Griddle" by Al Liederman. Also: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Duel in Space" by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). And: 1-page Tootsie Roll ad "Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party" with art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 81 CGC 6.5

Paper: White

Label #4735814025

Captain Marvel stars in "Captain Marvel Battles Mr. Atom and the Comet Men," "The Pact Plot," "The Boy Who Never Heard of Capt. Marvel," and "The Lottery of Death!" Captain Kid stars in "Two Ghosts Too Many", Two-page Jon Jarl text story, "The Space Trap" by Eando Binder." This issue has 2 Golden Arrow "Comix Cards," small pictures (slightly smaller than a trading card) that were printed at the end of a story; the reader was supposed to cut them and paste them on cardboard. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 85 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #0954742012

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza and unknown. Complete in this issue...Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in a four-part action thriller by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza: "The Freedom Train Part 1: The Freedom Train Rolls On"; "The Freedom Train Part 2: The Chase Through History"; "The Freedom Train Part 3: The Heritage of America"; and "The Freedom Train Part 4: The Freedom Plane" (Sivana appears throughout). Plus: Kid Gloves tale "A Sentimental Mood"! Also: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Freedom Rocket" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). And: 1-page Tootsie Roll ad "Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light" with art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Midnight and the Moon Woman (1943 Whitman BLB) 1452 VG 4.0

Sticker on interior cover.

Captain Midnight and the Moon Woman (1943 Whitman BLB) #1452

Captain Tootsie and the Secret Legion (Canadian 1950 Superior) 1 VG 4.0

Canadian Edition. Stories and art by Art Helfant and Vic Herman. Canadian reprint of the Toby Press comic Adventures of Captain Tootsie. the Tootsie Roll mascot created by Shazam creator C.C. Beck. Captain Tootsie and the Secret Legion kids travel to Venus to help the Goonans rebel against their cruel masters. Then they have to find a way to get back to Earth. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Catman Comics (1941) 4 CGC 5.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #3992323003

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) 11 CGC 3.0 Restored

Restored: C1

Paper: Off white

Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover, small amount of glue on cover.

Label #4728554024

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Charles Quinlan, Horace Wallace, Ray Willner, Courtney Dunkel, Robert Brice, Rudolph Johnson, Al Mandel and Al Ulmer. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 3 #1. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. The crimefighter called the Deacon goes undercover in a factory in order to track down a saboteur. Electric-powered hero Volton tries to prevent the Lightning-Gun from falling into Nazi hands, in an early story by legendary artist Joe Kubert. Blackout goes behind enemy lines to create a tower of light to direct RAF planes to enemy targets. Cat-Man and Kitten: The Case of the Sauce of Disaster; Phantom Falcon: Battle Stations; The Indian; The Deacon: The Explosion Enigma; Blackout: The Bell Tower of Doom; Rag-Man: Hells Kitchen; Volton; Frank Fairplays Cave; Alec: The Reign of Yang; Little Leaders; The Hood: Der Teufel. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Catman Comics (1941) 19 CGC 0.5

Paper: Off white

3 center wrap missing.

Label #4181514021

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) 4 (24) CGC 5.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4728555010

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Marvil Epp, Pierce Rice, and Vic Donohue. Sometimes listed as Chamber of Chills (1951 Harvey) #4. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. A man swears revenge on the woman who left him at the altar. A stranger enters a town of the dead. Brothers plot to murder their wealthy aunt, but she's got dark powers on her side. The Lost Souls!; The Pale Light Of Death!; Two Ways To Die!; Book Of Vengeance; Ancient Lands Of Mystery!; The Perfect Crime; Weird Facts; The Fighting Corpse; Master of Evil; Pact With the Devil! Series continues, renumbered as Chamber of Chills (1952 Harvey) #5. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Chamber of Chills (1951 Harvey) 7 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4723167009

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Abe Simon, Don Perlin, Manny Stallman, John Giunta and Joe Certa. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. The owner of a carnival tries to summon real monsters for his new exhibit. A cursed vase kills any plant placed in it, but disposing of it isn't so easy. A gambler makes a deal with the devil. Pit of the Damned!; Crawling Death; Garden of Horror; The Seal of Satan. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cinderella Love (1950) 8 GD+ 2.5

Staple rust. Cover loose at one staple.

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.

Cindy Comics (1947) 30 GD 2.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESOTORATION. Color Touch.

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City of the Living Dead (1952) 0 CGC 2.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4728554008

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, A.C. Hollingsworth, Norman Nodel, Vince Alascia and Harry Lazarus. Cover by A.C. Hollingsworth. Tales of pre-Code horror, curses, and vengeance from beyond the grave. Explorers discover the fabled City of the Living Dead in Mexico, where the bodies of long-dead pirates still live under an Aztec curse; A man hiding out in the swamps encounters a beautiful woman who is not what she seems; A slave trader meets a gruesome fate when he encounters a tribal witch doctor. Also featuring a creepy contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. City of the Living Dead!; The Glistening Death; Terror of the Skeleton Men; The Witches Come at Midnight!; Death Has Many Tongues. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Classics Illustrated 032 Lorna Doone (1946) 1 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4698990014

Lorna Doone, 1st Printing, Classics Comics. (HRN 32, 12/46). Cover price $0.10.

Classics Illustrated 032 Lorna Doone (1946) 1 GD 2.0

Cover detached.

Lorna Doone, 1st Printing, Classics Comics. (HRN 32, 12/46). Cover price $0.10.

Classics Illustrated 033 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1947) 1 GD 2.0

Centerfold detached. Cover coming detached. Oxidation.

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1st Printing, Classics Comics. Kiefer cover, contains Hound of the Baskervilles & A Study in Scarlet, 68 pgs. (HRN 33, 1/47). Cover price $0.10.

Classics Illustrated 044 Mysteries of Paris (1947) 1A GD/VG 3.0

Cover loose at both staples. Tape on interior cover.

Mysteries of Paris, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover, printed on normal paper. Used in "Seduction of the Innocent." (HRN 44, 12/47). Cover price $0.10.

Classics Illustrated 057 The Song of Hiawatha (1949) 5 GD/VG 3.0 (R)

Trimmed

RESTORATION. Trimmed.

The Song of Hiawatha, 5th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 134). Cover price $0.15.

Clue Comics (1943) 5 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #0135246003

Cover by Dan Barry. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Alan Mandel, Tony DiPreta, and John Cassone. Forgotten superheroes from the Golden Age of comics, featuring early work by Dan Barry and other comics legends. Zippo, Nightmare and Sleepy were all listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. The Crane, a Nazi agent with telescoping arms, targets the Giant and the Boy King. Nightmare and Sleepy battle a prison baseball team who continue their baseball-themed crimes after being paroled. Micro-Face investigates a murder, but the body is nowhere to be found. The Boy King and the Giant; Nightmare and Sleepy: The Crooked Nine and the Diamond Robberies!!!; Stupid Manny; Micro-Face; The Tall Witness; Zippo; Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers; Twilight. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Combat Casey (1952) 6 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4723167004

Comics on Parade (1938) 76 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4726568009

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller and Ed Dodd. Comics on Parade features reprints of Ernie Bushmiller's popular Nancy strip, featuring precocious Nancy and her streetwise pal Sluggo. Sluggo uses his little dog to send Nancy a message. Nancy meets the new kid who moved in next door, in a multi-page original story. Nancy; Stamp Tips; Back Home Again. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub (1954) 4 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4742157004

Stories by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Sheldon Moldoff and Ken Landau. Cover by Ogden Whitney. The crew of an atomic-powered submarine, The Atomic Commandos roam the seas battling threats to American naval supremacy. The Commandos are assigned to protect a scientist with a revolutionary new discovery, but they must contend with sleeping gas that works underwater, manned torpedoes, a gigantic super-sub, and other enemy weapons. Piercing the Iron Curtain!; Can't Stand Those Pigboats!; Sunken Treasure!; Brother, You've Done a Good Job!; A Day in the Life of an Atomic Commando: Doc Blake. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Contact Comics (1944) 7 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

"CVA Exceptional" Comic Verification Authority Sticker on front of slab.

Label #0348452005

Cover art by L. B. Cole. "The Golden Eagle Turned Traitor!", pencils by Rudy Palais; Golden Eagle carries a message to the Filipino underground, but enroute, his plane crashes and he suffers from amnesia. Untitled story; A colonel seeks out the location of a Japanese incursion into India and is followed by Black Venus. "Trouble Shooters of the Skyway," script and art by Robert Sale (as Bob Q. Siege); The role of the First Radio Squadron in assisting the war effort is portrayed. "Avenger," pencils by Paul Parker; Specifications for the Grumman TBF Avenger. "A 26 Invader"; Cadets listen to a lecture about the A-26. "Hellcat," pencils by Paul Parker; Specifications for the Grumman F6F Hellcat. "Trouble Shooters"; The role of Douglas test pilots in readying planes and combat pilots for the war effort is highlighted. "Sniper, G. I. Style"; How snipers, especially in jungle climates, operate. "Eyes of the Army," pencils by Alvin Hollingsworth; The role of observation planes in assisting the war effort is depicted. "A Feather For a Warhawk"; Tommy is shot down and captured because Little Black Bear broke flight formation; Upon learning of the consequences of his disobedience, Little Black Bear then takes it upon himself to search for and rescue Tommy. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cow Puncher (1947) 1 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4734894008

Stories by E. J. Bellin and others. Art by Joe Kubert, E. Balter, Howard Larsen, Jon Small (credited as and Jack Ross), and Gus Schrotter. Gunfights, outlaws and frontier justice in the Old West. Clint Cortland, The Texas Ranger, goes "undercover" in a Comanche tribe; How Alabam became the sheriff of Broken Creek; The Fighting Parson must learn to use a gun when fate sets him against the Piper Brothers. The White Comanche!; The Arctic Assassin!; Split-Second Stand In!; Throwing the Bull!; The Jealous Lover!; Kit West: Spitting Snake's Revenge!!; Poisoned Pipers!! 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crackajack Funnies (1938-1942 Western) 1 CGC 7.0 Rockford

Paper: Off white

Rockford.

Label #4268976014

Stories and art by Roy Crane, J. R. Williams, Norman Marsh, Irwin Myers, Al McWilliams, Merrill Blosser, Ray Thompson, Charles Coll, Dan Balkin, Martha Orr, Sol Hess, Wallace Carlson, Gene Ahern, Al Lewin, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Abe Martin, Sylvia Sneidman and Ken Ernst. Crackajack Funnies presented original stories and reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Wash Tubbs & Captain Easy. Don Winslow and his Navy crew attempt to rescue American civilians from the Spanish Civil War. Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy hop a train and ride with the hoboes - at least until Easy loses the boot that's got their money in it. Nan Cameron turns Tom Mix over to Carter's outlaws, who plan to shoot him, but Hank arrives just in time. Dan Dunn; Captain Frank Hawks, Air Ace; Freckles and His Friends; Myra North, Special Nurse; Columbus Goes West; Wash Tubbs; Out Our Way; Apple Mary; The Nebbs; Our Boarding House; Clyde Beatty; Don Winslow of the Navy; Tom Mix; Boots and Her Buddies; Tom Traylor, G-Man X32; Flapper Fanny; Buck Jones: The Rock Creek Cattle War. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crazy (1953) 5 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4728554021

Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories and art by Dick Ayers, Sol Brodsky, Joe Maneely, Howie Post, and Mike Sekowsky. The very first incarnation of Marvel's humor publication, started in the first wave of 1950s Mad imitators. A parody of werewolf movies, with art by Dick Ayers. A Crazy look at censors, a hot topic in 1953. Sinbad the Tailor must leave town in a hurry to flee angry customers, and that's how his adventures begin. Racket Buster!; Rose-Colored Glasses; The Wolf Man; Spencer the Censor; Sinbad the Tailor!; Gentlemen Prefer Bonds. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime and Punishment (1948 Lev Gleason) 1 VG 4.0

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Claude Moore, Dick Wood 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. Each story starts with a little gravestone, showing the date and method of the criminal's death. Narrated by a ghost cop, Officer Common Sense. Bespectacled killer Danny Iamascia is even more dangerous with his glasses off - to his fellow hoods and himself. The story of notorious German serial killer Peter Kurten, known as The Vampire of Dusseldorf. Bootlegger Charles "Vannie" Higgins, called "Brooklyn's Last Irish Boss" is notorious for his escapes from the law. The Crimson Story of Vannie Higgins; Danny Iamascia, Dutch Schultz's Triggerman; Gyp Artist; Small Fry Killer; Butcher of Dusseldorf; Fingerprints Can't Be Changed!; The Feud of Happy McNulty and Fancy Campbell. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 38 GD 2.0

Cover and centerfold detached.

Cover pencils by Charles Biro. The Case of the Armored Car starring Mr. Crime, script by Dick Wook, pencils by Robert Sale (as Bob Q. Siege) - man being electrocuted in an electric chair panel. The Meek Murderer, penciled by Al Fagaly. Murder by Night penciled by Rudy Palais. Crime in Concrete, 2 pages text story by by Dick Wood. Who Dunnit, script by Dick Wood, penciled by Dick Briefer - Charles Biro, Dick Wood, & Dick Briefer's comic book counterparts appear to introduce this story. Crime Cries Out, script by Dick Wood, penciled by Dick Alderman. Wild Beasts of Paris, penciled by Art Mann - last panel has a hanging of three men. Solution to Who Dunnit, Wood & Briefer, 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 42 GD 2.0

Cover and centerfold detached.

Charles Biro electric chair cover! A truly striking cover!

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Jack Alderman, Rudy Palais, Dick Wood, Norman Maurer, 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. Leonard Scamici makes a name for himself as a killer for hire, but a New York bank job proves his undoing. The brilliant and well-mannered "Western George" Leslie masterminded robberies down to the tiniest detail. A story that dares the reader to figure out who killed an embezzler during a costume party at Mardi Gras. Also featuring a famous and oft-reprinted cover by Charles Biro. Willie the Actor; Million Dollar Burglar; Murder Will Out; The Saga of Sir Charles; The True Story of Leonard Scamici, Killer For Hire; The Case of the Phony Count Chivano; Whodunnit: Can You Solve the Murder at the Mardi Gras? 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 46 GD+ 2.5

Centerfold detached.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Robert Sale, C. L. Hartman, Rudy Palais, Edd Ashe, Bert Bushell, Davy Johnson, 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. "Two Gun" Crowley's 1931 shootout with police becomes national news and helps create the image of the Prohibition-era gangster. A crooked insurance salesman hires two killers to do away with a woman for the insurance money. A story that dares the reader to figure out who committed murder during the production of a pirate movie. Also featuring several lurid text stories of the True Detective type, plus a vintage ad for Pepsi starring Pepsi the Pepsi-Cola Cop. Cut-Rate Murder; A River, a Basket, a Stain of Red; Death Insurance; The True Story of Two-Gun Crowley; This'll Kill You!; Joe the Boss; Trio of Terror; Whodunnit. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 50 GD+ 2.5

Cover coming detached at single center staple. Cover oxidation. Cover to cover puncture.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Fred Guardineer, George Tuska, Dick Briefer, Rudy Palais, Bob Moore, Jack Alderman, Walter Johnson 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. The Fleagle brothers like to rob banks together, but superstitions may turn them against each other. Bespectacled killer Danny Iamascia is even more dangerous with his glasses off - to his fellow hoods and himself, in a story with early art by future "Flash Gordon" artist Dan Barry. A masked robber terrorizes the Massachusetts town of Belmont, so citizens organize a neighborhood patrol. The Kill-Crazy Fleagle Brothers; Danny Iamascia, Dutch Schultz's Triggerman; On the Level; Arkansas Killer; The Chicken-hearted Killer; Jail Didn't Save Them; The Belmont Bandit; Whodunnit: The Invisible Killer. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 55 GD/VG 3.0

Cover and centerfold loose at single center staple.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Fred Guardineer, Bob Moore, 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. The true story of mobster Louis Lepke Buchalter, the gangster who created the Murder, Inc. killer-for-hire operation during the 1930s. Gerald Chapman, known as The Gentleman Bandit, became the first Public Enemy Number One. Bootlegger Annie French raises her son Don to be a killer. Leo Lepke Buchalter; Gerald Chapman, "Cop Killer"; Crime Quiz; Money's Worth of Murder; Shoe-Box Annie; On The Level; Whodunnit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 82 GD+ 2.5

Centerfold detached. Water spotting.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Tony DiPreta, Fred Guardineer, Claude Moore, 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 Natural Gilbey, a hard-luck hobo who recruits an army of criminals, in a story with possible art by future "Flash Gordon" artist Dan Barry. Burglars discover where wealthy families keep their valuables by listening to the servants on their night off. A sheriff enlists the Feds and the Coast Guard to catch a gang of killers operating from a houseboat off the Gulf Coast. Death in the Hobo Jungle; On the Level; How They Were Trapped!; Laugh These Off; The Case of the Thursday Burglars!; Our Police Hall of Fame; This'll Kill Ya; Savage Houseboat Mob!; Who Dunnit? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 36 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation. Water spotting.

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Reprints. In order of appearance: "Johnny Lazia, King of Kansas City" reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #3; "Charley Peace, Britain's Worst Criminal of the 19th Century" art by Sidney Greene, reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #3; and "Comicrimes: The Body in the Bag!" and "Henry Plummer, 'Virginia City Renegade'" reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #4. Murderer's Mirth!" text story reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #4. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Patrol (1948 EC) 15 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white

Piece out of page 3, slightly affects art.

Label #2019188021

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Art by Al Feldstein, John Alton, Fred Peters and Johnny Craig. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title begins its transformation into a New Trend horror title, featuring the 1st appearance of The Crypt Keeper. Mrs. Stonely's death seems a mere accident, and her husband's affair with a secretary only a coincidence, but one cop isn't convinced. Rising boxer Johnny Sparr becomes the "Guardian of the Little Guy" after his father is killed by the Mob. Corrupt businessmen murder their partner, or so they think, but when they check again the grave is empty. This is the tale that debuted the Crypt-Keeper and EC's legendary horror comics. Murder Writes a Policy; Case Number 318: Murder: The Swindle by Flame; Double-Exposure; Johnny Sparr: Guardian of the Little Guy; Coincidence; Return from the Grave. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Patrol (1948 EC) 16 CGC 3.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Tape on interior cover.

Label #0321622008

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Art by Al Feldstein, John Alton, Fred Peters and Johnny Craig. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title continues its transformation into a New Trend horror title, with less "crime" and more carnage. A man with catalepsy is mistaken for dead and sent to be cremated, unless his wife can find him in time. A murderous Egyptologist tries to kill a rival by sealing him in a tomb, but telltale facial scratches give him away. A reporter receives a foot transplant from a mad doctor, but the feet seek revenge for the murder of their previous owner, and take the reporter with them. Plus the second appearance of The Crypt Keeper. The Corpse in the Crematorium; Trapped in the Tomb; A Bottle of Murder; The Graveyard Feet; Voodoo Vendetta; The Spectre in the Castle. Final issue under this title; series continues as Crypt of Terror (1950) #17. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Reporter (1948) 3 CGC 2.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4728830008

Cover by Matt Baker and Ray Osrin. Stories and art by George Tuska and Paul Gattuso. Mystery and adventure comics from St. John featuring heroic reporters. Jinx Jordan investigates the murder of wealthy Diana Von Kyll, and the killers abduct his girlfriend Ginny. Rod Holmes uses his X-ray vision and powerful eyebeams to search for a missing heir. Ventrilo and his allies - his sister Cora and his scientist brother, "Dr. Doom" - battle a snake cult in a small town. Lawson Hunt must save a key witness before a trial, in a story with art by future Marvel legend George Tuska. Another stunning cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Jinx Jordan: Gang Victim Avenged by Crime Reporters; Blue Monk: Dynamite Switch Foils Payroll Loot Payoff; Lawson Hunt, Newsman Balks Scheme to Kill Key Witness; Pseudo-Murder; Ventrilo: Murder Unmasks Snake Cult Chiefs Swindle; Rod Holmes: Poison Death Linked to Fake Heir Fraud; Mock Murder. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) 13 GD/VG 3.0

Cover and interior oxidation. Water damage.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Al Feldstein. Art by Johnny Craig, Jack Kamen, Sid Check, and Al Williamson. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. Helen suspects her sister Joan is having an affair with her husband, and the result of her suspicion is a fatal misunderstanding. In another version of the same story, she's not suspicious enough. These two are half-length stories called Quickies, featuring similar characters and romantic triangles. A young woman's homicidal rage could be the result of a cursed axe that once belonged to Lizzie Borden. Hear no Evil!; First Impulse!; Second Chance?; Freak!; A Question of Time!!; Forty Whacks! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) 14 CGC 2.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4562797003

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Art by Johnny Craig, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels, and Fred Peters. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. A writer seeks solitude for his writing, and also for the murder that he's planning. A condemned murderer escapes the courtroom, only to have justice catch up with him on the subway. A jewel thief picks the wrong house for his next crime, and witnessing a murder is only the start of his ordeal. Sweet Dreams!; The Perfect Place!; The Electric Chair; The Hangmans Noose; The Guillotine!; Private Performance! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Crimes by Women (1948) 14 CGC 4.5

Paper: White

Label #1230570001

Bondage cover. Fox Feature Syndicate creates a pre-Code title guaranteed to provide lurid covers and art, as women both historical and fictional commit murder and other heinous acts. Heroin dealer Annie French raises her son to be her murderous partner in crime, but when the law closes in, it's her or him; Con woman Lina Vanishyn has access to a drug that makes her victims agree to whatever she suggests; Queeny Ames lures unsuspecting soldiers to be beaten and robbed by her gang, but is undone by her desire for fame. Terrific cover by an unknown artist. Shoe Box Annie French and the Vanishing Corpses; Facts About Crime; Female of Fraud!; Mr. Blackburn Should Have Known Better; The Queen of the Killers!; Racketeers' Revenge. 32 pages, Full Color. In order of appearance: "'Shoe Box' Annie French and the Vanishing Corpses" reprinted in Vixens, Vamps and Vipers SC (2014 EA Press) Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics #1-1ST; "Facts About Crime" reprinted in Startling Terror Tales (1953-54 2nd Series) #8 and Ms. Trees 1950s Three Dimensional Crime (1987) #1; "Female of Fraud!" retitled and reprinted as "Wicked Cheat..." in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #56; "The Queen of the Killers!" retitled and reprinted as "Bloodthirsty..." in All Famous Police Cases (1952-54) #14; and "Racketeers' Revenge, The Racket King" reprinted from Famous Crimes (1948) #6 and retitled and reprinted as "Killers' Revenge" in All Famous Police Cases (1952-54) #12. "Mr. Blackburn Should Have Known Better." text story reprinted from Famous Crimes (1948) #8 and retitled and reprinted as "Trial and Execution." in Startling Terror Tales (1952-53 1st Series) #12 and Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #55. Cover price $0.10.

Crypt of Terror (1950) 17 CGC 5.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4728556016

Cover art by Johnny Craig, his first EC Horror work. First of the "New Trend" issues to hit the stands, this is the first issue of Crypt of Terror with numbering continuing from Crime Patrol (1948-1950 EC). Death Must Come, script and art by Al Feldstein; A transferred gland preserves youth. The Man Who Was Death, script by Gardner Fox, art by Bill Fraccio; A state executioner takes the law into his own hands. The Corpse Nobody Knew, script by Al Feldstein, art by George Roussos; A couple find a body in their hotel room and play detective. Curse of the Full Moon!, script and art by Johnny Craig; Ralf thinks he's become a werewolf after being scratched by a Wolfsbane plant. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Crypt of Terror (1950) 19 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white

Label #0250556004

Cover art by Johnny Craig. Ghost Ship, script and art by Al Feldstein; A man and his wife are flying in a small plane when a thick fog arises and they are forced to put down at sea; Using a lifeboat for a couple of days they come across a rotted ship. The Hungry Grave, script by Gardner Fox, art by Graham Ingels; A woman hates her husband so she gives him small doses of arsenic trying to work up her nerve to finish him off, but all she succeeds in doing is allowing him to develop a tolerance to the stuff. Cave Man, script and art by Johnny Craig; A man thaws out after 200,000 years in ice and attacks his exhibitors. Zombie!, script and art by Johnny Craig. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Daisy and Her Pups (1952 Harvey) 15 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Page missing, interrupts art and story.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) 23 VG 4.0

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Dick Wood, Bob Wood, Dick Hall, Jack Warren and Dick Briefer. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Daredevil and The Little Wise Guys face the deadly millionaire called Pshyco on the ski slopes. Teen inventor Dickie Dean creates a Thought Transmitter, in a story with art possibly by Archie creator Bob Montana. The Pirate Prince's pal Droopy meets his dad, in a naval reunion in the tradition of Popeye and Poopdeck Pappy, with art by Dick Briefer. Also featuring a vintage ad for wartime "Victory Glasses": a set of tumblers featuring members of each branch of the US armed services smooching a cute civilian. Daredevil; Sniffer: The Strange Case of the Coded Pickles; Dickie Dean; Helpful Hank; The Pirate Prince; Crimebuster: Monkey Maneuvers; The Claw. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Dark Mysteries (1951) 10 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4153731013

Cover art by Hy Fleishman. "The Note of Death," art by A. C. Hollingsworth; Norman Conway is made mayor on the promise to buy a haunted house from mobster Jake Lomax and turn it into a school; The witch Mary appears on the scene and starts fires. "Food For Thought!", art by John D'Agostino; Phil Stewart crashes his plane into the jungle and is rescued by mystery woman Kadira; She flees from her cannibal tribe and follows Stewart to the US to be his wife. "Grave Information" text story by Ellen Lynn. "Vampires Bite," art by Hy Fleishman; Doctor Ralph Bowan keeps a menagerie of freaks - a vampire, a ghoul and a witch - in his house, encased in big formaldehyde vats; When Bowan finds out that his wife Lily is cheating on him with his assistant Alan, he kills them and integrates them into his collection. "Sea of Ghosts," pencils by Harry Harrison; Captain Caleb Firth is a slave trader; He murders a cargo of Chinese workers to escape the coast guard; But one of them returns from the dead and comes for revenge. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Dark Mysteries (1951) 21 VG- 3.5

Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth and Myron Fass. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. On a fog-shrouded night, an odd little man approaches a stranger and begins talking. His tale reveals the truth behind the strange deaths of rival magicians Mord and The Great Gobbo. Sinister Secret. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Dark Mysteries (1951) 23 GD 2.0

Centerfold detached. Cover oxidation with chipping.

Cover by Hy Fleishman. Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth and others. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. When the old rivalry between two barons is revived by horse-racing and murder, a mysterious horse appears on a mission of vengeance. A Civil War soldier shares a magic charm with his sweetheart that will keep them united through life and death, but he didn't really think about what that means. Archaeologist Dr. Peale finds evidence of a race preceding the Native Americans, and awakens things that were better left in slumber. First issue to feature the Comics Code seal on the cover. The Mardenburg Curse; The Final Waltz; Shadow over Manton Farm; Don't Box Me In. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Dell Giant Donald Duck Fun Book (1953-1954 Dell) 2 GD/VG 3.0

1/2" spine split from bottom. Some activities inside completed in pencil.

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Cover by Tony Strobl and Don MacLaughlin. Stories and art by Paul Murry and others. Donald Duck Fun Book was a 100-page special from Dell, featuring classic Duck stories, puzzles, games, connect-the-dots, mazes, crossword puzzles, and cut-outs. Uncle Scrooge's latest hobby is collecting rare birds. Donald and his nephews try to help Daisy find her cat Figaro. Donald wants to read a book while the kids watch a movie. Plus games, puzzles and activity pages aplenty. Happy Birthday!; Bird Watchers; Time Out for Laughs!; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Circus Want Ad; A Fish Story; Laughs. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.