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Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 54 GD 2.0

Centerfold detached with cover coming detached. Oxidation. Chew.

Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Sparling, Charlie Tomsey, Dick MacKay and Al Carreno. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Sivana's latest invention causes Captain Marvel, Jr. to disappear. "International policeman" Radar investigates trouble on the Russo-Chinese border. Private "dick" (detective) Richard Richard investigates a mummy case, in a humorous story by Dick MacKay. Radar; Nyoka, the Jungle Girl: The Sinister Snake; Richard Richard, Private Dick; Bulletman: Leave Us Face It; Hoodoo Hannigan, Ch. XXVI: Life of the Hunted; Captain Marvel, Jr. Disappears. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 59 GD+ 2.5

3.5" cumulative spine split. Cover coming detached at both staples. Oxidation.

Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Sparling, and Al Carreno. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Captain Marvel, Jr. meets the Upside Downies, who walk on their hands and eat with their feet. "International policeman" Radar battles a rival "international police" organization in the African nation of Liberia. A luggage mix-up puts the Terrible Tiara in the bag of Nyoka, the Jungle Girl, but gangsters want it too. Radar: The World Gauleiters; Nyoka, the Jungle Girl: The Adventure of the Terrible Tiara; Bulletman: The Animal Secret; Sam the Sheriff; Hoodoo Hannigan, Ch. 31; Captain Marvel, Jr.: The Upside Downies. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 84 VG- 3.5

Water damage.

Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories and art by Bud Thompson and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Sivana Jr's latest invention is a "human magnet" that draws Capt. Marvel Jr. irresistibly into the mad scientist's grasp. Nyoka sets out to capture wild animals for a circus act, but someone doesn't want the circus to succeed, and sabotages her traps. Bulletman and Bulletgirl investigate after a Hollywood actress is murdered on stage during a film premiere. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade, and a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie's Radar Rescue, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Human Magnet; Trader Tom; Lumber Jack; Nyoka: Bring 'Em Back Alive; Bulletman: The Hollywood Murder; Vacuum Bloobstutter's Goofy Golf; Whipper-Snappers; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Poor Fish; Radar: The Food Train Menace. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 97 GD/VG 3.0

Cover detached at one staple. Interior tearing. Tape on interior cover.

Cover art by Kurt Schaffenberger. The Doubting Thomas Doubter, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; Thomas Doubter temporarily gains Captain Marvel, Jr.'s powers. Wheaties comic-style ad wioth Vern Stephens. Nature's Murderer! starring Nyoka the Jungle Girl; After the death of his father, young Steve Hagen inherits the entire estate, overseen in trust by his Uncle Michael; However, greedy Michael suggests to the lad that a hunting trip in the jungle would be just the thing to lift the boy's spirits, the Uncle believing that "accidents" do happen in the jungle. The Babe Ruth Story Tootsie Roll ad with Captain Tootsie, art by C. C. Beck. Dressed to Kill! starring Bulletman, art by Bill Ward. Employment Escapade starring Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb. Suspected starring Tom Mix, pencils by Carl Pfeufer, inks by John Jordan. Two Comix Cards featuring Monte Hale. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 102 VG+ 4.5

Cover art by Kurt Schaffenberger. The Plague of the Locusts starring Captain Marvel, Jr., art by Kurt Schaffenberger. Two Comix Cards featuring Captain Marvel, Jr. Sportsmen starring Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb. The Jealous Jungle Companion starring Nyoka the Jungle Girl. The Strange Hostage, art by Bill Ward; Bulletman is forced by criminals to allow them to carry out their crimes so that Bulletgirl, who has been kidnapped, is not harmed. Safety First starring Bart and Art. The Justice Killer starring Tom Mix, pencils by Carl Pfeufer, inks by John Jordan; Tom Mix is visiting Judge Jody in his courtroom when the Judge sentences Big Bletcher to the gallows; Big Bletcher decides that if he has to die he is going to kill the judge also and tries to strangle him to death. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 123 VG 4.0

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Bill Ward and others. Master Comics was one of the cornerstones of the Fawcett lineup during the 1940s. Overstreet notes a "lower print run" for this issue. When a canny crook steals the winged shoes of Mercury himself, Captain Marvel, Jr. must track him down and get them back, or Mercury can't return to Olympus. Nyoka discovers that bad guys are using a tropical island to store their ammunition. Ozzie takes up bowling, but he's not that great at the aiming part. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Flying Desperado; Muscle Hedd; Nyoka the Jungle Girl: Ammunition Isle; Ozzie: The Briny Deep; Vacuum Bloobstutter: Gooney Bird. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 124 GD/VG 3.0

Water damage.

Cover art by Kurt Schaffenberger. The Light That Failed, art by Bill Ward; Captain Marvel, Jr. starring Mancat. Bushwhacked, pencils by Carl Pfeufer, inks by John Jordan; Someone is stealing horses one at a time and Tom Mix thinks that Husky and Gingo are behind it; While out trying to find out what is going on, Tony is stolen and Tom left knocked out; Husky and Gingo find him and decide to get payback for Tom putting them in jail. The Knights of the Jungle starring Nyoka the Jungle Girl. Maddening Mystery text story by Rod Reed. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 129 VG 4.0

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. Master Comics was one of the cornerstones of the Fawcett lineup during the 1940s. Captain Marvel Jr. encounters a race of mer-people, who, in grand comics tradition, wish to stay hidden from the surface world. Jungle queen Nyoka is captured by a pygmy tribe that hates outsiders, ever since their chief's ritual diamond necklace was stolen by an explorer. Western hero Tom Mix warns a rancher to move his herds out of the path of a flood, but the rancher has a hidden agenda. Captain Marvel Jr. and The Underwater Mountain Mystery; Willer the Driller: A Vacuum Bloobstutter Story; Ozzie: The Hot Rod Race of the Century; Nyoka, the Jungle Girl and the String of Pygmies; Muscle Hedd: A Big Creep!; Tom Mix: The Storm of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Men in Action (1952 1st Series Atlas) 5 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4597191003

Mickey Mouse Magazine (1935-1940 Western) Vol. 5 #8 VG- 3.5

Mickey Mouse The Mail Pilot (1933 Whitman BLB) NN.SC PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Page missing, interrupts art and story.

Mickey Mouse the Mail Pilot (1933 Whitman BLB). Softcover Edition with no number on the spine or back cover. 3 3/8" x 4 1/8", 320 pages

Mike Barnett Man Against Crime (1951 Fawcett) 1 CGC 7.0

Paper: White

Label #4167177006

Stories and art by Pete Riss and John Martin. Mike Barnett, who did not carry a gun, was one of the first private-eye heroes on the brand-new medium of television. Baseball fans sometimes yell "kill the umpire," but when someone actually does it, Mike learns the umpire was up to some shady business. A search for counterfeit coins in the slums of Cairo leads Mike to the sinister, fez-wearing crimelord Dr. Dionysos. But the secret lies in finding the gold Dionysos is using to make his copies. Like many great private eyes, Mike narrates his stories in first-person. Kill the Umpire!; Doc Sorebones; Color Blind; The Mint of Dr. Dionysos; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: College Cutups; Dizzy Daisy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Miss Fury Comics (1942) 4 CGC 5.5 Qualified

Paper: Off white

Centerfold Missing.

Label #4355722001

52 pages. Book-length untitled story by Tarpe Mills. Cover price $0.10.

Mister Mystery (1951) 19 GD 2.0

2" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached.

Cover by Eugene E. Hughes. Stories and art by Ed Robbins, John Bulthuis, and Ed Smalle. Pre-Code horror tales from Aragon, an imprint of Stanley Morse Publications. A man who loves all forest creatures is befriended by the spirits of the wood, but his boss, a hunter, isn't so lucky. A killer swears that he'll never go to the chair and escapes prison, but the cops aren't the only ones looking for him. A scientist creates a formula that gives him plant-like capabilities and battles a gangster, 20 years before Dr. Alec Holland created his bio-restorative formula. The Man with the Green Thumb; The Killer; What's in a Name?; The Man Who Beat the Chair; The Wedding Eve. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Modern Comics (1945) 99 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4334190001

Cover inks by Chuck Cuidera. Untitled stories starring Blackhawk, Zorak, and Telga; Torchy (script and art by Gill Fox), and Ezra (script and art by Harry Sahle). The Big Blowhard starring Will Bragg, art by Jack Cole. No Clue of Danger text story starring Blackhawk. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Modern Comics (Canadian 1949-1950 Bell Features) 94 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white to white

Modern Comics #94. Canadian Edition.

Label #4434569003

Canadian Edition. Reprints cover and material from Modern Comics (1945) #95. Cover pencils by Reed Crandall, inks by Chuck Cuidera. Untitled stories starring Blackhawk and King Earthquake, Torchy (script and art by Gill Fox), and Ezra. Moronic Hall starring Will Bragg. Blackhawk's Challenge text story starring Blackhawk. 34 Pages, Full Color.

Mutt and Jeff (1939-65 All Am./National/Dell/Harvey) 3 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white

Label #0247162004

Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher). No issue number; bucking bronco on cover. All-American/ DC reprints the comic strip that defined the comic strip, featuring the original tall-and-short comedy duo. Jeff takes Mutt to the top of the Empire State Building to win a bet. Mutt and Jeff are chased by an enraged bull. Jeff invents the riding lawnmower by attaching a manual lawnmower to the back of his car. Also featuring the "topper" strip Cicero's Cat, about the silent adventures of Mutt's pet feline. Plus a bio of cartoonist Bud Fisher, and a "managing editor" credit to M.C. Gaines, inventor of the comic book and founder of EC Comics. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mutt and Jeff Big Book (1926) 2N GD 2.0

Water damage, interior page tears.

Cupples & Leon by Bud Fisher, thick book, hardcover with NO dust jacket, contains 3 previous issues rebound, 1929. 10 1/4" x 10 1/4", b&w, 140 pages.

My Friend Irma (1950 Marvel) 39 GD+ 2.5

Cover detached. Water damage.

My Greatest Adventure (1955) 1 FR 1.0

6" cumulative spine split, cover and centerfold detached.

"I Was King of Dagger Island," "I Hunted a Flying Saucer," "Trapped by a Twister," and "My Cargo Was Death." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

My Love (1949) 1 FR/GD 1.5

Cover and centerfold detached. Lateral spine breaks. Water damage.

My Story (1949) 6 FR 1.0

Large missing pieces. Cover detached. Moisture damage.

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Women reveal tales of love and loss. A woman gets a chance at stardom, but soon thinks of the man she left behind; A woman develops a reputation as a man-eater; A couple finds love, but the female half refuses to introduce him to her father. Plus love advice to readers. What Price Hollywood?; I Was A She-Wolf; Revenge In My Heart; I Was Ashamed Of My Dad. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mystery Men Comics (1939) 15 CGC 4.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #2027845002

Cover by Charles Nicholas. Stories by Dick Briefer, Fred Schwab, Paul Ludwig, and Bob Powell. Art by Charles Nicholas, Dick Briefer, Walter Frehm, Fred Schwab, Munson Paddock, and Bob Powell. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. A fragment of a destroyed planet crashes to Earth and forms its own mini-planet, complete with alien life, in a Rex Dexter story that features the very creation of the Earth rendered by Dick Briefer; The Blue Beetle tracks rooftop murderers Gimp and Moody, not realizing his girlfriend, reporter Joan Mason, is already on their trail; Wing Turner tracks jewel thieves in his final appearance before moving to The Flame comics. The Murders of Gimp and Moody; The Jewel Robbery; The Jewel Robbery; The Mummy's Curse; Billy Bounce; The Crojax Murders; The Murder of Sir James Boyce; The Strike of the Sinister Skull; The Siberian Sub Base; Ghost Murder At Stock Manor; The Murder of Jonathan Graham; The Bride of Baal. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mystery Men Comics (1939) 19 PR 0.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Staples replaced and TRIMMED. Full length spine split. Back cover missing and incorrect back cover married with archival tape.

Stories by Dick Briefer, Al Weine and Nathaniel Nitkin. Art by Charles Nicholas, Dick Briefer, Walter Frame, Klaus Nordling, Bob Powell, Al Weine, Munson Paddock, Norton Kingsley, and George Tuska. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. A talking crow who was once human tells Rex Dexter about the giant of Mercury, who turns humans to animals and hunts them for sport, in another inimitable story by Dick Briefer; The Blue Beetle and his girlfriend, reporter Joan Mason, investigate when the mysterious Sky-Ruler flings cars from atop skyscrapers; Green Mask sets out to free his reporter pal News Blake from a murder gang. The Skyscraper Murder Mystery; Slaves of Mercury; News Blake Gets a Clue; Tool Smugglers; The Bermuda Naval Base; Smugglers of El Chico; Burglar; The Golden Buddha; Baldy Burke; Vulloti. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mystery Tales (1952 Atlas) 27 VG- 3.5

"The Buildings That Vanished" (art by Dick Ayers), "Feet of Clay," "Costume Party," "Lonely Hearts" (art by John Forte), "Welcome Home" (art by Al Hartley), and a two-page text story, "The Letter." Joe Maneely cover. Cover price $0.10.

Mystic (1951 Atlas) 11 CGC 3.0 Big Apple

Paper: Light tan to off white

Big Apple.

Label #1465808005

Death and Tommy Norton, script by Stan Lee, pencils by John Romita; A boy's toy soldier shoots his aunt when she attempts to murder him. Dangerous Love text story. Horror in the City, pencils by Werner Roth; A man meets a woman who tells him of a war beneath the Earth between the Clabs and the Paladorns; He is separated from her but she returns later, reveals herself as a Paladorn, and kills him in order to silence him. Not Flesh and Blood!, script by Carl Wessler, art by Myron Fass; Howard Walton hires a mechanic, Karl Luger, to build a robot to murder his business partner. The Black Gloves, pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz; A man named Mr. Gamin wears black gloves in order to cover up the fanged mouths centered in his palms. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Nellie the Nurse (1945 Marvel/Atlas) 34 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4262841017

Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art and Cover by Howie Post. In this issue: untitled Nellie the Nurse tale with story by Stan Lee; untitled Dr. Dingbat 1-pager; untitled Speedy and Ingy tale with story by Stan Lee; 2-page text story "Ohhh, Fifi!"; three untitled Nellie the Nurse 1-pagers; untitled Nellie the Nurse tale with story by Stan Lee; untitled Nellie the Nurse 1-pager; and untitled Dr. Dingbat tale with story by Stan Lee. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Out of the Night (1952) 2 CGC 0.5

Paper: Brittle

Page 6, 7 & 8 missing.

Label #4559112006

Cover art by Ken Bald. The Vampire's Fate. Drum of Doom, pencils by Al Williamson, inks by King Ward. Army of the Dead Uncanny Mysteries. The Heart of Horror, art by George Wilhelms. Scorpion From the Stars, pencils by Edvard Moritz. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Out of the Night (1952) 12 GD 2.0

Cover and centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.

Cover art by Ken Bald. Music For the Dead, art by Sheldon Moldoff. I Am a Thing, art by Art Gates. The Terror of Totten Village, pencils by Charles Nicholas. The Cursed Caravan, art by Bob Forgione. Out of the Past, art by Harry Lazarus. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Out of the Night (1952) 17 FR/GD 1.5

Water saturation.

Cover art by Ken Bald. The Terror of the Labyrinth, art by Ken Landau. The Professor and the Pixie. Hunting Rifle, pencils by Pete Riss. The Fantastic Fan, art by Robert McCarty. The Haunted Piano, art by Milt Knoff. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Out of the Shadows (1952) 10 GD/VG 3.0

1" spine split from bottom.

Cover art by George Roussos. Destroy My Enemy, art by Nick Cardy; Meek Elmer Grimes commands a murderous pirate-genie in a bottle; Fulfilling a death contract the genie turns on his master. 'Til Death Do Us Part, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Mike Peppe; The husband of a dominating wife is sent over to inquire about the rich neighbors. Harvest of Hate text story by Irving Werstein, pencils by John Celardo. Revenge of the Little People, inks by John Celardo; The circus midget "Major" Martin marries the lovely trapeze artist Lila, but is betrayed by her and killed for his money; Lila is haunted by apparitions of ghost midgets, who sabotage her act and let her drop to certain death. The Corpse That Lived!, pencils by Alex Toth, inks by Mike Peppe; A woman is buried with her jewels; When grave robbers open the coffin, the lady stirs again. She recovers and lives happily ever after. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Panic (1954 EC) 1 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4644960001

Cover by John Severin. Stories by Al Feldstein. Art by Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Jack Kamen, Marie Severin and Joe Orlando. The infamous Mad-like satire comic edited by future Mad editor Al Feldstein, and published by Mad's publisher, EC Comics. A spoof of Little Red Riding Hood with art by EC legend Jack Kamen. A parody of Mickey Spillane's hard-boiled "Mike Hammer" detective novels, with art by MAD legend Jack Davis, provoked controversy in the 1950s. The parody of Clement Moore's "The Night Before Christmas" with art by MAD legend Will Elder, is the legendary story that got Panic banned in Boston. The final page is a Christmas message from EC to its fans, featuring drawings of the entire EC staff and artists. My Gun Is the Jury; This Is Your Strife; Little Red Riding Hood; The Night Before Christmas. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Pep Comics (1940-1987 Archie) 44 CGC 5.0 Restored

Restored: C1

Paper: Off white to white

Restoration includes: small amount of glue on spine of cover.

Label #0269285006

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Cover art by Bob Montana. The Ghost Goes East starring the Shield, art by Irv Novick. The Hangman and the Snail, art by Bob Fujitani. Li'l Chief Bugaboo story, art by Higgins. Catfish Joe story, script and art by Larry Harris. Archie the Pug, script by Ed Goggin, art by Harry Sahle. Marco Loco story, script by Ed Goggin, art by Harry Sahle. Heroes Never Die starring Captain Commando, art by Irv Novick. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Perfect Crime (1949 Cross) 28 VG- 3.5

Water damage.

Steve Duncan in "The Perfect Inside Job," "The Bandits with My Face," "Jackpot for a Killer," "No Substitute for Death." "An Eye for Murder" (art by Jim Reilley) Two page text piece, "That Awful Younger Generation." Cover price $0.10.

Perfect Crime (1949 Cross) 30 CGC 5.0

Label #1416857007

Steve Duncan in "The Fighter and the Fixer," "The Hottest Car," "Private Entrance to...Death" (art by Chas Rodgers), "The Hottest Alibi in Town," and "The End of a Good Thing." Two page text story, "The Green Goods Game." Cover price $0.10.

Perfect Love (1951) 3 CGC 9.4

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #0019513039

Painted cover art by Allan Anderson. "The Wheel of Fate!", pencils by Alice Kirkpatrick; Elaine convinces her fiancé Paul to give up his career as a test pilot for a safer job with an airline; When hes killed in a crash, Elaine blames herself and has a nervous breakdown; Her doctor sends her to recuperate at a fishing village. "The Pharaoh's Curse!", pencils by Bob Oksner; Teacher Fay falls in love with archeologist Stephen and accompanies him on an expedition to Egypt; Theyre separated by a flood and Fay thinks hes dead. "Long-Distance Date" text story. "The Princess and the Pirate"; At a Paris costume ball, American teacher Laura falls in love with another disguised guest, also an American; Theyre separated and since they dont know each others names (or even what they look like out of costume), Laura returns to the USA and her job. "Heaven on Wheels," pencils by Art Peddy; Roller derby participant Daisy is offered a job in a skating show by Jim, who makes himself her agent and her boyfriend; When shes injured doing a stunt, Daisy is surprised to learn Jim has replaced her in the show and has also been cheating her out of much of her salary; She takes a job in a drugstore to make ends meet. Back-cover pinup. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Pictorial Romances (1950) 11 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4366163016

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Joe Kubert, Hy Rosen, Robert Bernstein and Dana Dutch. Beautiful covers and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker elevate St. John's 1950s romance comic above the norm. Department-store clerk Margery dates three men who could help her career, but is in trouble when they find out about each other, in a cautionary tale with art by Baker. In another Baker story, Anne marries handsome farmer Ned after moving to a small town, but soon tires of the life of a farmer's wife. Janet is determined to be a star, but that leaves boyfriend Jed feeling left out, in a story featuring early art by future comics legend Joe Kubert. Cover by Baker. My Rival and Her Weakness; The Worst Mistake a Wife Can Make; I Learned by Trial and Error; Crazy for Love; Playgirl at Work. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 27 GD/VG 3.0

Cover detached at single center staple.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Malcolm Reiss. Stories and art by Graham Ingels, Joe Doolin, George Appel, and Karen Karol. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. Gale Allen battles subterranean Armadillo Men who want to transform and enslave the inhabitants of planet Vuur; Norge Benson tries to outwit space Vikings, but they're evenly matched; Hunt and Lyssa encounter primitive humans in The Lost World. Nice Gale Allen/alien-girl cover by Joe Doolin. The Lost World; Gale Allen and the Girl Squadron; Mars, God of War; Space Rangers; Will Man Find the Key to Eternal Life?; Norge Benson; Auro Lord of Jupiter; The Star Pirate. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 41 FR 1.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch, piece-fill and TRIMMED.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by Lily Renee, Joe Doolin, August Froehlich, Murphy Anderson, and Fran Hopper. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. The second Auro Lord of Jupiter debuts when the original Auro's body is possessed by a human scientist and transformed into a Flash Gordon-type hero; The Star Pirate takes a spaceship of male colonists to a forgotten world of space women; Gale Allen investigates after the lost planet Itec suddenly returns and begins capturing spaceships. Featuring art by pioneering female artists Fran Deitrick/Hopper and Lily Renee. Classic bondage cover by Joe Doolin. Creatures of the Mind World; The Lost World; Gale Allen; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Revolt of the Insect World; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 49 GD 2.0

Staple rust. Rust migration. Tape. Cover oxidation with chipping.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by Lily Renee, George Evans, Frank Doyle, Fran Hopper, Murphy Anderson and Chester Martin. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. In the Lost World, Hunt and Lyssa race to find Earth's atomic secrets before the Volta do; Murphy Anderson's Life on Other Worlds strip speculates about life on Saturn; The Space Rangers try to keep a mad scientist and his sub-humanoids from stealing a prediction machine. The Lost World; Futura; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Shrouds from the Death-Crypts; Life On Other Worlds: Saturn; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Plastic Man (1943 Vital/Quality) 6 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4512508023

Cover art by Jack Cole. The Moon Wizard, script by Gwen Hansen, art by Jack Cole; Scientific Sherman tries to find ways to destroy Plastic Man. The Crimes of Mother Goose, script by Gwen Hansen, art by Jack Cole; Plas and Woozy stop a man dressing up as nursery rhyme characters to commit his crimes. The Zwili Cat, script by Gwen Hansen, pencils by Jack Cole, inks by Alex Kotzky; The Zwili Cat, allegedly worth millions, is discovered to only hold marbles. Starrett Goes Straight text story with Plastic Man by Jack Cole. The Grasshopper, script by Gwen Hansen, pencils by Jack Cole, inks by Alex Kotzky; A criminal gets the powers to leap like a grasshopper. Fuzzy strip by Jack Cole. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Plastic Man (1943 Vital/Quality) 35 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4568471006

The Porcupine starring Plastic Man. Woozy Winks story. The Hypnotist starring Plastic Man and Hypo the Hypnotist. The Coroner's Clue text story. Untitled Plastic Man story starring Dr. Quomquat. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Police Comics (1941) 97 CGC 4.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Slab: Chipped/broken bracket

Label #4601231013

Cover art by Jack Cole. Mime, Master of Makeup starring Plastic Man, script and art by Jack Cole. Candy story, script and art by Harry Sahle. Spirit story, script and art by Will Eisner. Loaded Shell text story starring Plastic Man. Manhunter story, art by Al Bryant. 36 pgs. $.0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Popular Teen-Agers (1950 Star Publications) 8 CGC 1.8

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4371616001

L.B. Cole cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "Honey Bunn in No Holds Barred" art by Jay Disbrow; "Toni Gay in The Case of the Fortunate Fiddle" reprinted from Guns Against Gangsters Vol. 1 (1948) #2; "Eve Adams"; and "Midge Martin, Girl Reporter, Smuggle Trouble". "Love Match" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Popular Teen-Agers (1958 Accepted Reprint) 6 CGC 4.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #0352419025

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Norman Nodel and Manny Stallman. Archie-style teen comedy, reprinted from L.B. Cole's Star Publications. Toni and Butch try horseback riding to improve posture. Honey joins the school baseball team, and proves an even better player than Lefty. Eve gets mixed up with art thieves while vacationing in Italy. Also featuring a hilarious gorilla cover by L. B. Cole. The Showoff Showdown; White Walled Romance; Masquerade Mele; Villains Villa. 32 pages, Full Color.

Prairie Bill and the Covered Wagon (1934 Whitman BLB_) NN FR 1.0

A few pages detached but present. Binding coming loose from spine.

Prairie Bill and the Covered Wagon (1934 Whitman BLB) #NN, premium no ads, 3-color, softcover, Hal Arbo

Prize Comics (1940) 66 CGC 2.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4636894004

Cover art by Dick Briefer. Swami Rhiva- Stay 'Way From My Dough starring Boom Boom Brannigan. Behind The Eightball starring Jason. The Iron Man starring Sir Prize. Untitled stories starring Frankenstein (art by Dick Briefer) and Charlie Crow. The Switched Suitcase starring Yank and Doodle, art by A. Brewster. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Prize Mystery (1955) 1 GD/VG 3.0

Stories and art by Eugene E. Hughes and others. Fanciful mystery stories with an added cash incentive for the lucky 1950s reader. Inmates attempt a daring escape from an island prison that no prisoner has ever escaped. A two-page mystery involving murder at a circus offers a cash prize to the reader who can figure it out - the "prize" of the magazine's title. High-ranking US military officials learn a scientist has invented a time machine, but brings bad tidings from the future. Escape; Lie Detector!; The Circus Caper; Marked Weapon!; Hold Back Time; Pardon! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Punch Comics (1941 Chesler/Dynamic) 13 CGC 2.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Cover detached. Tape on cover & interior cover.

Label #1615541012

Cover by Gus Ricca. Stories and art by Ruben Moreira, Al Plastino and Paul Gattuso. An early superhero and adventure anthology published by Harry Chesler. Master Key investigates when a sinister scandal threatens to destroy America's diplomatic relations with another country. Boxer Punch O'Malley uses an opponent's superstitions to his advantage. In the modern West, Jim Collins is hunted for a crime he didn't commit, so he fights for justice as the Gay Desperado. Punch & Cutey; Master Key; Devil's Decoy; Happy Landing; Johnny on the Spot; Crime on the Run; Mock Murder: Gay Desperado; Rocketman. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Punch Comics (1941 Chesler/Dynamic) 19 CGC 1.8

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4658429001

Cover by Paul Gattuso. Stories and art by Ralph Mayo, Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, and Fred Schwab. An early superhero and adventure anthology published by Harry Chesler. Rocketman investigates a gang with a strange M.O.: faking pedestrian accidents and then blackmailing the drivers. The Master Key uses his X-ray vision to catch master con man and forger "Baldy" Shaw. Kid Dropper's trail of murder earns him the nickname Manhattan's Mad Mobster, in a violent pre-Code crime story. Also featuring a vintage ad for the Glow in the Dark Necktie ("Girls Can't Resist!"). Rocketman; Master Key; Alibi for Murder: The Clues Could Pin the Girl's Ears Back; Happy Landing; Johnny on the Spot; Mirth Parade; Crime on the Run; Registered for Ransom; Capt'n Courage; Racket Buster; Punch & Cutey; Joe Dokes. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.