Auctions: comic books 1955 or before, graded by CBCS

Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 200 CBCS 3.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #18-3BAF3FD-004

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. Superboy and the Apes!, art by John Sikela; Superboy goes to the jungle. Aquaman, Microbe Hunter, art by Ramona Fradon. Shorty humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. The Human Bird starring Johnny Quick, art by Ralph Mayo. Varsity Vic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The World's Worst Archer starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Little Dot (1953 1st Series) 1 CBCS 1.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Cover Detached.

Label #19-492BEFE-001

Stories and art by Marty Taras, Larz Bourne and Steve Muffatti. One of the mainstays of Harvey's long-running kids' comics, Little Dot also features Richie Rich and Little Lotta. Little Dot goes to the rodeo with her Uncle Hoot, as artist Steve Muffatti presents Dot in the famous "Harvey World" art style, fully developed in this issue, that would last for another three decades. Richie Rich figures out how to play baseball while keeping up with his dance lessons, in his first appearance. Also making her debut is Little Lotta, whose real name is given as "Charlotte Plump." Rough and Tumbled; Richie Rich: The Dancing Lessons; Little Lotta; Show Business; The Missing Jinx; Rags Rabbit. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Out of the Night (1952) 1 CBCS 4.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #25-217CA47-003

Cover art by Ken Bald. King of the Vampires, art by Charles Sultan. The Return of the Werewolf, pencils by Al Williamson (as Harold D. Williams), inks by Harold LeDoux. Time of Terror, art by Paul Gattuso. The Noose of Pearls, art by King Ward. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Robin Hood and Company Comics (Canadian 1946 Anglo-American) 31 CBCS 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #25-217CA47-004

Stories by Ted McCall. Robin Hood and the "Terror of Thessle", Robin Hood and "Smugglers' Cove", Men of the Mounted in "Kip Keene Meets 'Comet'", and more. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Robin Hood and Company Comics (Canadian 1946 Anglo-American) 32 CBCS 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #25-217CA47-005

Stories by Ted McCall. Robin Hood in "Robin Hood and the Outlaw Armada", plus Men of the Mounted in "Lost Valley of Totem Builders" and "Gold Mines & Lumberjacks", and more. 7 1/4-in. x 10-in., 52 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.10.

Super Magic (1941) 1 CBCS 4.0

Paper: Off white

Label #25-217CA47-006

Tomb of Terror (1952 Harvey) 1 CBCS 3.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #25-217CA47-009

Cover by Warren Kremer. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Warren Kremer, Pete Morisi and Joe Certa. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. A ghost awakens to resume his old life with a murder, but doesn't reckon on the murder victim's ghost returning as well. Scientists discover something living deep beneath the Earth's crust - something evil. Puppeteers buy strangely lifelike puppets from an odd little man. The Dead Awaken; The Thing from the Center of the Earth; The Marriage of the Monsters; Strange Superstitions; The Little People; The Wax Museum; The Living Dead/Root Of Evil; Weird Facts. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Willie Comics (1946) 5 CBCS 0.5

Paper: Slightly britle

From the personal collection of Matt Bruback. Centerfold & piece missing from last 8 pages, affects story. Incomplete.

Label #22-452A1A1-005

"By the Bee-u-tee-ful Sea!"; Willie and Jean spend a day at the beach. "Willie's Baseball Blues!"; Willie tries out for the school baseball team. "A Prize for Joe" text story; Betty mistakenly believes that Joe won a car in a contest. "Double Trouble!"; Snazzy and Speed are forced to take the nieces of their boss to a dance that they planned on attending with Nellie the Nurse. "No More Women!"; Joe Davis and his movie star daughter, Lila Listless, visit the Lawson family. "Willie Goes to the Dogs!"; Willie takes his dog for a walk. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.