Auctions: comic books 1955 or before

Chief Victorio's Apache Massacre (1951) 0 GD- 1.8

Light mold, heavy water damage, and staple rust/migration.

"Chief Victorio's Apache Massacre," "Chief Victorio, Scourge of the Border," "Chief Victorio's Last Stand" (art by Al Williamson and Frank Frazetta; 7 pages), and Kit West in "Beware After Dark." Larsen art. Everett Raymond Kinstler cover and inside front cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cloak and Dagger (1952 Ziff Davis) 1 GD+ 2.5

Cover oxidation. Water damage.

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by John Prentice and others. Cold War spy adventure from Ziff-Davis. Al Kennedy masquerades as a globetrotting playboy, but he's actually an agent of Lucius Blaine, "American Ambassador-at-Large." After a diplomat is killed in Peru, Al encounters an old enemy, Major Martin Klempner, the Krosno Butcher. Al is sent to the Middle East to protect King Ali Hassan from assassins. Al and Cass parachute into Vietnam (or "French Indochina") disguised as Soviet officers. The Krosno Butcher; Kismet; Panic; Arch-Spy of the Revolution; The Dangerous General Dow; The Wine Merchant of Trevaux; Fly Like a Birdman. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crackajack Funnies (1938-1942 Western) 30 GD- 1.8

Cover detached. Water damage. Cover oxidation.

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.

Crackajack Funnies (1938-1942 Western) 31 GD 2.0

Cover detached at 2 of 3 staples. Cover oxidation.

Cover by Frank Thomas. Stories and art by Roy Crane, Fred Harman, Al McWilliams, Bill Connor, William Treadwell, Leonard Steinman, 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. Stratosphere Jim uses his Flying Fortress to take the war to Asia, before America is even involved in WWII. Framed for murder by his old foe Ace Hanlon, Red Ryder is saved from hanging by Little Beaver, but now he is a fugitive from justice. Ellery Queen investigates a murder on the set of a Hollywood Western movie and encounters real-life outlaws. Plus a Tarzan prose story. Ellery Queen; Bob and Bill; Red Ryder; The Owl; Carnival; Wash Tubbs; Myra North, Special Nurse; Gabby Scoops; The Crusoes; Stratosphere Jim; Don Winslow of the Navy; Tarzan; Dan Dunn; Boots and Her Buddies. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime and Justice (1951) 6 CGC 6.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #0346150004

Stories and art by Albert Tyler, Bob Forgione and Dennis Laugen. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Vacationing in New Orleans, Nick and Nora-like Mr. and Mrs. Chase get caught up in a strange series of killings that target dance duos. A detective in the "Federal Anti-Swindle Bureau" describes the con job known as the "option swindle," which tricks suckers into buying back an option on their own land. When a judge is targeted for death, a detective figures out who's behind it: the last person anybody would have suspected. Crime Facts: Counterfeiting; Mr. and Mrs. Chase Mystery: The Dance-Team Killer!; The Option Swindle; The Borgia Ring Clue; Buildup to Murder; Radio Patrol: Dash of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Dark Mysteries (1951) 24 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Interior corner pieces missing (affects panel edges). Water spotting.

"Give A Man Enough Rope"; Jim Westbrook learns the famous rope trick in India and is able to disappear into nothingness; This comes in handy when he kills a man some years later. "The Bigger They Come," art by Gerald Altman; The small-time crooks Sam and Shorty sell the wonder lotion "Growoo" with the promise to make people grow; Having made a fortune they go into hiding for some months. "The Racket That Failed," art by Max Elkan; A gangster blackmails shop owners; Police set up a trap and catch him. "Crime Does Not Pay" text story; A prison guard relates the last hours of a convicted killer before his execution. "Death On Tour," art by Gene Leslie; Queenie Starr and Lieutenant Gaines investigate a murder in show business. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Darling Love (1949 Close-Up Inc.) 1 VG 4.0

Pat McElroy photo cover. "I Was Jilted!"; Office worker Laura is dumped by her boyfriend Alan because shes a poor orphan; Laura gets a job in rural Long Island as companion to elderly Miss Barnes; Miss Barnes urges Laura not to shut herself away, giving herself as an example of a lonely spinster. "Two Loves Have I"; Aspiring actress Ellen meets art student Dean and they fall in love; Deans older brother Steve runs the family ranch in Colorado; Steve demands Dean drop his studies and help run the ranch, and calls Ellen a gold-digger. "Rascal Heart" text story. "Your Handwriting" article by Handwriting Analyst Ellyn Lee. "I Was Branded Bad"; Dorothy dates bad boy Nicky to escape her familys poverty; Tricked into participating in a robbery, Dorothy is sent to prison while Nicky is killed. "I Married for Revenge" text story. "I Lied for Love," art by Pen Shumaker; High school student Lorna pretends she has a college boyfriend; Attending a fraternity party with her brother Hank, Lorna meets David. "The Darling Bandbox" text story by Miss Darling. "Star-Lights" article. "Too Wise for Love!!"; Edith, editor for a chain of magazines, falls in love with free-lance writer Mark; They wed, but he makes little money from his writing. "Reminiscence" text story by May Richstone. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Darling Love (1949 Close-Up Inc.) 6 VG/FN 5.0

Photo cover. "Hot Love And Cold Hearts"; Maya is a Native American who grows up on a reservation; In college, she encounters racism from white students and returns to the reservation to teach after graduation; Writer Tom arrives to do research and falls in love with Maya. "Good Stuff On Records" LP reviews. "Your Handwriting" article by Ellyn Lee. "Foolish Kisses"; Famous model Janet wonders if shes capable of love since shes never had a sustained romance; However, when she kisses Walter, the head of the modeling agency, they both realize they are in love. "The Darling Bandbox"; Helpful household hints submitted by readers. "Careless Lover," art by Harry Lucey; Secretary Ellen, plain but hard-working, is sent to Bermuda by her company to win a contract; She meets Dan on the boat and hes friendly but she thinks hes engaged to fellow passenger Judy; Later, Ellen is nearly drowned when her sailboat is caught in a storm, but shes rescued by Dan and Judy on their yacht. "Man Proposes" poem by Mary Richstone. A Victim Of Girl Glamour publisher ad. "Honkytonk Girl"; Yvonne is raised by her cynical mother; At 18, Yvonne becomes a nightclub hostess, giving men drugged drinks so they can be robbed; She saves Rex from a similar fate but refuses to give in his romantic overtures for his own safety; Her boss Harry hits Yvonne and warns her not to act foolishly again. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Dell Giant Christmas Parade (1949-1958 Dell) 1 VG- 3.5

Cover oxidation.

100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Destination Moon (1950) Fawcett Movie Comic 1 GD/VG 3.0

Water spotting.

Story by Otto Binder , from the screenplay by Robert Heinlein, Rip Van Ronkel and James O'Hanlon. Art by Dick Rockwell and Sam Burlockoff. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on George Pal's 1950 science fiction film Destination Moon, written by legendary science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein. When government efforts fail to send an astronaut to the moon, a scientist and a military man find private funding for their own rocket to the moon. The first adaptation of a Robert Heinlein work to comics. Like the movie itself, the comic contains a cameo by Woody Woodpecker, of all people. Plus photo stills from the film. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 17 CGC 5.5 Restored

Restored: B3

Paper: Off white to white

Restoration Includes: Color Touch, tear Seal, Spine Sealed, Reinforced.

Label #3739689005

Cover art by Creig Flessel. The Snake Death starring Speed Saunders, script by Gardner Fox, art by Fred Guardineer. Larry Steele story, script and art by Will Ely. Cosmo story, art by Sven Elven. Dr. Fu Manchu story, script by Sax Rohmer, art by Leo O'Mealia. The Hooded Hordes starring Spy, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. Disaster On the Diamond text story by Gardner Fox (Paul Dean). The Coolie Smugglers (Part 1) starring Bruce Nelson, art by Tom Hickey. The Right Trail starring Buck Marshall, script and art by Homer Fleming. Slam Bradley Gets the Air starring Slam Bradley, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. 64 pgs. $0.10. First Appearance of Fu Manchu in Detective Comics. Cover price $0.10.

Doll Man Quarterly (1941 Quality) 18 GD- 1.8

3" Cumulative spine split. Cover and centerfold coming loose at one staple. Cover tears taped at interior. Cover oxidation.

The Redskins Scalp Crime starring Doll Man and Holster. Death!, script by Bill Woolfolk; Gloves Guernsey grabs a high tension line and gains the touch of death. Cousin Ezra starring Torchy, art by Bill Ward. Stunt Man, script by Bill Woolfolk; Doll Man saves a movie stuntman, Ed Daniels, from a near death experience, but when the movie studio doesn't give him a bonus after this situation, Daniels decides to turn to crime for a real payoff, and Doll Man has his hands full trying to stop an opponent that can match him trick for trick, daring and feat! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Dynamic Science Stories (1939 Western Fiction Publishing) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - February 1939. Cover by Frank R. Paul. Stories by Stanton Coblentz ("Lord of Tranerica"), Lloyd Eshback ("Mutineers of Space"), and more. 7" x 10", black and white with color cover. Cover price $0.15.

Fairy Tale Parade (1942-1944 Dell) 4 FR/GD 1.5

Water damage. Staples added (not manufacturing). Cover detached at one staple.

Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Walt Kelly, Arthur Jameson and L. Bing. Dell puts fairy tales and fables into the hands of former Disney animator Walt Kelly, creator of beloved comic strip Pogo. Kelly adapts two classic fables: A knight searches for a kidnapped prince. And The Travelling Musicians of Bremen, by the Brothers Grimm. A beggar boy gets a chance to live like a prince after he finds a lamp with a genie in it. The Lost Prince; The White Cat; Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp; Grimms the Travelling Musicians; The Wee Men Othe Glen; The Giants Hand. 64 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Famous Detective (1949-1956 Columbia Publications) Pulp Vol. 11 #6 VG 4.0

Famous Detective (1949-1956 Columbia Publications) Pulp Vol. 13 #2 VG 4.0

Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 3 #2 VG 4.0

Water spotting.

"John Ovington returns" a short story by Max Brand.

June 1942. Cover by Virgil Finlay. "Beyond The Great Oblivion" by George Allan England, "John Ovington Returns" by Max Brand, "The Whereabouts of Mr. Moses Bailey" by James B. Nevin. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 9 1/2, 128 Pages, B&W. Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.15.

Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 8 #6 VG 4.0

2.5" Cumulative spine split.

Volume 8, Issue 6 - August, 1947. Cover by Virgil Finlay. "Minimum Man, or, Time to Be Gone" by Andrew Marvell, and "Boomerang" by George Whitley. Interior Illustrations by Lawrence, Bok, and Austin. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 134 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 13 #10 GD/VG 3.0

Volume 13, Issue 10 - October, 1951. Cover by Joe Tillotson. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Medusa Was a Lady" by William Tenn. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 132 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp Vol. 5 #2 GD/VG 3.0

Volume 5, Issue 2 - March, 1953. Alex Schomburg cover. Stories: "Shadow Over Mars" by Leigh Brackett, "The Best Laid Scheme" by L. Sprague de Camp, "Baby Face" by Henry Kuttner, "Hero" by Horace L. Gold, "The War of the Weeds" by Carl Jacobi, "Death Ship" by Richard Matheson, and "Too Bad You Died" by Joseph Slotkin. Softcover Pulp, 6.75" x 9", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Fate (1948-Present Clark Publishing) Digest/Magazine Vol. 1 #1 GD/VG 3.0

1.5" Spine split. Cover coming loose at one staple.

Volume 1 - Issue 1, March 1948. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue features "The Truth About The Flying Saucers", "Mark Twain and Halley's Comet", "Invisible Beings Walk the Earth", and "Twenty Million Maniacs". Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.25.

Fate (1948-Present Clark Publishing) Digest/Magazine Vol. 1 #2 VG 4.0

Cover coming loose at one staple.

Volume 1 - Issue 2, June 1948. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue features "Are Space Visitors Here?", "Baltazarini's Ghost", "Uncanny Experiences of Children", and "The Secret Science Behind Miracles". Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.25.

Fate (1948-Present Clark Publishing) Digest/Magazine Vol. 3 #4 VG/FN 5.0

Volume 3 - Issue 4, July 1950. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue features "Lemuria Did Exist", "Proof of Survival", "When the Rivers Ran Blood", and an exploration of "The Curse of the Hope Diamond". Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.25.

Fate (1948-Present Clark Publishing) Digest/Magazine Vol. 5 #9 VG+ 4.5

Volume 5 - Issue 9, December 1952. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue the True Story of St. nicholas, the Rocks From Nowhere, and a World Famed Astronomer Sees Flying Saucer! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.35.

Fight Against Crime (1951) 12 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing (affects "Fires of Death" and text stories).

Stories and art by Howard Alexander and Ed Goldfarb. Pre-Code tales of two-fisted criminals and the scales of justice from Story Comics. By this point, Fight Against Crime was edging away from crime stories to EC-style horror, as these stories demonstrate. A gangster blackmails a movie star into letting him realize his dreams of acting, which turns out to be a bad idea for all concerned. Killers abduct a carnival fortune-teller, who predicts their fiery deaths. A doctor who gets his patients hooked on morphine meets an ironic fate. Hollywood Death Trap!; Mountain Murder; Smart Cons Don't Talk; Fires of Death; The Big Dope. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Flying Saucers (1950 Avon) 1 GD- 1.8

Cover coming detached at one staple. Water damage. Cover oxidation.

1950 edition cover (with spotlights in background) by Gene Fawcette. Art by Wally Wood and Bob Fujitani. Professor Lanning accidentally releases ancient aliens from their slumber beneath a South American volcano, and they proceed to wage war on human civilization. Carl learns firsthand why pet tigers are never a good idea. Plus a backup Goofy Ghost story. Terrific cover by Gene Fawcette. The Flying Saucers; Goofy Ghost; The Eyes of the Tiger. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 3 GD+ 2.5

Cover detached. Water spotting.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Charles Spain Verral and others. Art by Ogden Whitney, King Ward, Emil Gershwin, Edvard Moritz and Leo Morey, plus one story by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, and Joe Orlando. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A couple studying ancient castles in Europe comes upon one that is the lair of an ancient vampire, situated on an inaccessible peak. Another couple accidentally flung into space on an experimental balloon lands on a purgatory planet inhabited by atomic mutants, in a story full of ludicrous science and genuinely disturbing art by King Ward. But the real gem is about a boy who accidentally summons the spirit of a vengeful sorcerer while playing with the skull on his fathers desk. This oft-reprinted story, Skull of the Sorcerer, features pencils by EC legend Al Williamson, inks by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood, and one panel (page 6 panel 3?) inked by Frank Frazetta himself. Lair of the Vampire; The Return; The Vengeful Spirit; The Domain of the Doomed; Giants on the Earth; Skull of the Sorcerer; Pursuit Into the Past. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 23 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #2136607006

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Charles Nicholas, Bill Walsh and Harry Lazarus. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A mad scientist creates horrifying insect-animal hybrids; A robot falls in love with a woman and goes on a rampage; A ghost ship appears over the South Pacific with a crew of undead privateers. Nightmare for Two!; The Mummy That Lived; The Machine That Fell in Love; The Thing in the Bottle!; Terror of the Deep! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 456 GD- 1.8

Water damage.

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's UNCLE SCROOGE, BACK TO THE KLONDIKE, No. 456." Cover art by Carl Barks. Back to the Klondike, script and art by Carl Barks; Scrooge takes pills to restore his failing memory, and immediately recalls the location of bag of nuggets he cached in the Yukon fifty years before; When the ducks arrive in the Klondike, they find that Scrooge's claim has been taken over by Glittering Goldie, a former dance hall girl Scrooge knew in the gold rush days--and who still owes Scrooge a thousand dollars, plus interest. Somethin' Fishy Here, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald pastes up a fake newspaper that convinces Scrooge that fish have been made the official money of the land. Back cover strip by Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Favorites (1941) 28 CGC 3.0

Paper: White

Label #4508088006

In order of appearance: "The Unknown"; "Colonel Blow and His Radio Show"; "Hap Hazard"; "Doc Klockenhand's Clinic"; "Hurry-Up Harrigan, Police Reporter"; "Luke the Lawyer"; "Hiram Hayseed"; "Captain Courageous"; and "Bachelor's Diner". "Hangnoose Heritage" text story by Cliff Howe, reprinted from Four Favorites (1941) #19. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Georgie Comics (1945 Marvel) 16 VG- 3.5

Cover detached at one staple. Staple rust/migration.

Cover by Mike Sekowsky. Stories by unknown. Art by Mike Sekowsky, Morris Weiss and unknown. America's laff-wit Georgie stars in four stories with art by Mike Sekowsky: "Mayor for a Day!"; "Fair Weather Friends"; "Carpet Capers!"; and "The Campus Coach!" Also in this issue: Margie in "The Wayward Cousin!" with art by Morris Weiss; 2-page text story "Face the Facts"; and Frankie in "Frankie's Film Flop!" 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Ginger (1951) 3 FR/GD 1.5

4" Cumulative spline split. Cover and centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.

36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Hand of Fate (1951 Ace) 25A FR/GD 1.5

1.5" Cumulative spline split with lateral spine tearing. Cover coming loose at both staples and centerfold detached. Water spotting.

Who'd Believe Kasimir Raades? starring Fate, art by Ken Rice; Scientist Kasimir Raades develops an elixir of eternal youth and is full of best intentions, using this agent to help his aged friends first; They sadly die after some days, the elixir has to be improved. Big Top Nightmare, art by Lin Streeter; Mysterious Countess Barovna joins the circus; She is an age-old vampire and kills off all the other acts to be the main act. Death Wears No Face starring Fate, art by Lou Cameron; Combat correspondent Alec North is the sole survivor of a patrol running into trouble in Korea; He should have died, too, but can cheat Death and Fate. Trial by Ghost Light, pencils by Ken Rice; Playboy Weston is convicted and executed for a murder he didn't commit; The district attorney Dexter knew of his innocence, but used the case to become governor. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Headline Comics (1943 Prize) 27 VG 4.0

1/2" Spine split from top. Centerfold detached at one staple.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Bill Draut, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The notorious Simon-Kirby crime classic, "Stella Mae Dickson...the Bobby Sox Bandit Queen"; The truth about legendary outlaw Jesse James; A gang starts a phony fortune-teller racket with Flo as the medium. Stella Mae Dickson...the Bobby Sox Bandit Queen; The Guns of Jesse James; The Death of the Gambler King; The Spark of Murder; Bring Me His Corpse; I Was the Front for the Merciless Spirit Swindlers. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Hi-Jinx (1945-1948 La Salle/B&I) 5 FR 1.0

Full length spine splitting to several interior wraps.

Holiday Comics (1951 Star) 8 GD/VG 3.0

L.B. Cole Christmas cover. Cover price $0.10.

Incredible Science Fiction (1955 EC) 31 GD 2.0

Tape along spine.

Cover by Jack Davis. Stories by Jack Oleck. Art by Bernie Krigstein, Wally Wood, Al Williamson, and Roy G. Krenkel. EC Comics changes its pioneering sci-fi title Weird Science-Fantasy to the Code-approved Incredible Science Fiction. Space tourists stranded on a primitive planet are unknowingly worshipped as gods, with art by Bernie Krigstein. A scientist finds that his time travel is predetermined to go wrong. A classic Wally Wood story reveals the age limit for space explorers. You, Rocket; Fulfillment; Time to Leave; Twice Told Tale; Has-Been. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Journey into Mystery (1952) 9 GD 2.0

Cover oxidation. Water spotting.

Cover by Bill Everett. "The Only Man In the World" (Part 1), art by Jerry Robinson; Aliens from dimension X stop time and then destroy humanity. "I Made a Monster," art by John Forte; When a jilted scientist is building a Frankenstein monster to kill for him, he decides to test it by using the type of lipstick his love interest wears as a kill trigger in order to pay her back for spurning him. "Last Verdict" text story. "The Hungry Animal!," art by Ed Goldfarb; Synopsis: When two robbers murder a retired sea captain in his seashore house, they decide to kill his pet as well, lest it begin to howl before they have time to get far enough away from the scene of the crime. "The Black Box!," art by Mac Pakula; A shoplifter regrets stealing and opening a black box from a "monster sale." "My Brother's Killer!," art by Paul Reinman; A brother decides to murder his brother for an inheritance, but when the train they are traveling crashes, he decides to merely leave him to perish in the fire. When the will is read, it is revealed that the dead man was the only person who knew the location of the mine wherein the fortune was kept. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Journey into Unknown Worlds (1951 2nd Series) 9 GD/VG 3.0

Stories by unknown. Art by Mike Sekowsky, Allen Bellman, Werner Roth, Pete Morisi and Joe Sinnott. Do you dare to meet..."The People Who Couldn't Exist!" with art by Mike Sekowsky. Also in this issue: "The Spaceman" with art by Allen Bellman; 2-page text story "House of the Vampire"; "Don't Kill Me Twice!" with art by Werner Roth; "Beyond Time!" with art by Pete Morisi; and "The Four Walls" with art by Joe Sinnott. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Journey into Unknown Worlds (1951 2nd Series) 17 FR/GD 1.5

Corner/margin pieces missing. Water spotting.

Cover art by Bill Everett. "The Ice Monster Cometh!", art by Gene Colan; A woman who scoffs at local tales of an 'ice monster' plots to get rid of her husband and pin the blame on the 'ice monster'; She has the tables turned on her when the accomplice she picks to aid her in her crime reveals himself to be...the Ice Monster. "The Lost City," pencils by Sheldon Moldoff; A pilot finds himself in a lost city at the ocean floor while charting a hurricane where men have their mouths sewn shut in order to prevent them from telling the secret. "The Woman Who Was Afraid of Birds" text story. "Harry's Hideout," art by Carl Hubbell; A murderer seeks a hiding place and unknowingly enters a time capsule. "Tough Guy," art by John Rosenberger; Bart Nelson is too tough for the demons of hell--nothing they do to him has any effect until they come up with a rather unique torment. "The Great Disappointment!", script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath; A Soviet expedition lands on the moon, but the cosmonauts are absorbed into the surface; American scientists observing this admit that they knew that the moon was a dangerous living organism, which is why they allowed the Soviet Union to reach it first. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Journey into Unknown Worlds (1951 2nd Series) 31 GD 2.0

2" Cumulative spline split. Water spotting.

Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by unknown. Art by Tony Mortellaro, Paul Reinman, Don Perlin, Dan Loprino and Eddie Robbins. In this issue: "The Strange Man!" with art by Tony Mortellaro; "Who's Dead?" with art by Paul Reinman; "The Captive!" with art by Don Perlin; "The Worm Men!" with art by Dan Loprino; "No Place to Hide!" with art by Eddie Robbins; and 2-page text story "'M' Means Mistake," reprinted from Spellbound (1952 Atlas) #9 (original title: "The Martians' Mistake"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jumbo Comics (1938) 100 GD/VG 3.0

1" spine split from top. Cover oxidation.

In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle", reprinted in Golden Age Sheena Queen of the Jungle TPB (1999 Paragon) #1-1ST and Golden Age Sheena Best of Queen of the Jungle TPB (2008) #1-1ST , and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb; "Hateful Herman"; "ZX-5" art by Jack Kamen; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker, reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990) #3 and Sky Gal (1994) #1; "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" art by Jack Kamen; "Patsy Pinup"; and "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen. "How Sheena and Bob Came to the Jungle" text story, reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990) #3. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 107 GD+ 2.5

Cover coming detached at both staples. Cover oxidation. Staple rust, rust migration.

Cover art by John Celardo. "Banshee Valley," art by John Celardo; White renegades impersonate the fire god of the B'tongis and demand the B'Tongis act as their raiding force. Kaänga exposes the impersonations and N'geeso's tribe help route the B'Tongis. Untitled story; Simba takes the prey of Lokko, learning later that Lokko's hunt was part of a leopard adulthood ritual and that Lokko is now banished from his tribe. Untitled story, art by Dan Zolnerowich; The Baxters, treasure hunters, persuade Kim Reagan that his father was driven to suicide by Terry; They then use the distraction created by Kim's accusations to attempt to smuggle diamonds inside palm nut shells. Jungle Journal; The story of the circle of life in the jungle. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; Wambi rescues a baby gorilla from a tangle of vines and from hyenas. "Ambush at Dawn" text story. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Kenyon, a jewel thief, kills a two of a trio of royal siblings and takes their sacred gems; As he is attempting to kill the third, he is confronted by Tabu and the ghosts of his earlier victims. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; Melton frames Camilla for his own looting of the Masais' Temple of Ka; She proves her innocence by capturing Melton with the rest of the treasure. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jungle Jo (1950) 1 GD/VG 3.0

Cover coming loose at one staple. Cover tear taped at interior. Water spotting with staple rust/migration.

Art by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Jungle heroics in the style of Jo-Jo Comics, which preceded it. Strange creatures are abducting members of the Tangane tribe in the middle of the night; Jungle queen Tangi protects magical black pearls from a sinister safari; A mad scientist wants to transplant human brains into gorilla bodies. Classic gorilla-abducting-girl cover. The Vanishing Tanganes; Tangi: The Sacred Waters; The African Constabulary; The Mystery of Doc Jungle. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Jungle Stories (1938-1954 Fiction House) Pulp 2nd Series Vol. 3 #7 CGC 4.0 Restored

Restored: C1

Paper: Off white to white

Restoration includes: spine split sealed to cover.

Label #4484742005

Summer, 1946 May-July. Cover by George Gross. Ki-Gor stars in "Death Seeks for Congo Treasure" by John Peter Drummond, plus other jungle stories by John C. Ropke, Tom O'Neil, Alexander Wallace, Duncan Zerr, R.A. Emberg, Cordwell Staples, and Joe A. Small. Interior illustrations by H.W. Kiemle and others. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white text with spot illos.; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Jungle Stories (1938-1954 Fiction House) Pulp 2nd Series Vol. 4 #2 CGC 3.5 Restored

Restored: C1

Paper: Off white to white

Restoration includes: spine split sealed to cover.

Label #4484742006

Volume 4, Issue 2 - Spring 1948 Feb-Apr. Pulp magazine focused on tales of Jungle adventure and intrigue. This issue features "Slayer by Stealth" by Wilton Hazzard, "Three Lion's Teeth" by Cordwell Staples, and "The Sorcerer of Kambara" by Dan Cushman. 7-in. x 10-in., 128 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations and photos) Cover price $0.20.

Jungle Stories (1938-1954 Fiction House) Pulp 2nd Series Vol. 4 #9 CGC 2.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4484742009

Justice Comics (1948) 41 VG 4.0

1/2" spine split from bottom.

Katy Keene (1949-1961 Archie) 7 GD/VG 3.0

1.5" Spine split from top. Water spotting.

Stories, Art and Cover by Bill Woggon. America's pin-up queen Katy Keene in two untitled stories: Katy can't escape attention from the guys at the beach; and tired of Katy leaving him for dates with K.O. in his jeep and Chubby in his "Chub Tub," Randy converts his new sports car into a hot-rod. Plus: "Heart Gowns" 1-pager (artist unknown; outfits submitted by readers); untitled Sis the Candy Kid story - Sis holds her birthday party, but much to her disappointment, no one brings her candy as a gift because they assumed everyone else would bring candy; untitled K.O. Kelly story - After losing dates with Katy due to his busy training schedule, K.O. dreams that he becomes world champion and finally defeats Randy for Katy's affections; and 2-page Hollywood Gossip article. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Katy Keene (1949-1961 Archie) 13 GD 2.0

2" Cumulative spline split. Cover detached. Water spotting and interior pencil markings.

Stories, Art and Cover by Bill Woggon. America's pin-up queen Katy Keene in two untitled stories: When K.O. asks Gloria to select a perfume for Katy's birthday gift, she chooses the worst-smelling perfume in the store so that Katy will get angry with K.O....her plan backfires when Katy's head cold prevents her from smelling the perfume; and Katy gets a movie part but her participation is threatened by a late arrival after K.O. gives Randy four flat tires. Plus: "Gloria Fashions" 1-pager; untitled Sis the Candy Kid story - Sis quickly plants seeds by having Billy use his pogo stick to dig the holes; "Sis Fashions and Puzzles" activity page; "Katy Keene Jokes" 1-pager; two "Katy Fashions" 1-pagers; K.O. Kelly 1-pager "Short Short Story" - K.O. tries to dissuade Sis from running away after Katy spanks her for not eating cauliflower; "K.O. Kelly and Randy Fashions" 1-pager; untitled Katy Keene/Sis the Candy Kid 1-pager - Katy suggests that Sis draw a box of candy on her new easel, but Sis ends up eating the box while drawing it; untitled Debby/Taffy story - Debby's parents think she didn't do the dishes because she's hosting her music teacher; and 2-page Hollywood Gossip article. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.