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Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 102 FR 1.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch and staples replaced. Centerfold detached. Cover coming detached at both staples. Water damage. Rust migration. Slight mold.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. The Dream of Peter Green, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Marvin Stein; Fed up with crowded city conditions, Peter Green dreams of a new recreation center for the kids in the city to use, but it's the Sandman who must battle a crooked building contractor using inferior materials to build it. The Meteor Mob starring Starman, script by Joe Samachson, art by Emil Gershwin. King "Artie's" Crime Court starring the Shining Knight, script by Joe Samachson, art by Chuck Winter. The Eighth Day of the Week starring Genius Jones, script by Whitney Ellsworth, art by Stan Kaye. Honorable Information, Please starring Mike Gibbs, Guerilla, script by Joe Samachson, art by Maurice Del Bourgo. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 107 GD 2.0

Cover detached at one staple (taped). Lateral spine tear.

Cover art by Stan Kaye. The Sky is the Limit starring Superboy, script by Don Cameron, art by John Sikela. 'Ware Water starring Aquaman, art by Louis Cazeneuve; Aquaman battles Black Jack. The Nightmare of Nicholas Norwich starring Johnny Quick, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos. Magic and the Mobster starring the Shining Knight, art by Chuck Winter; Merlin time travels to 1946. Green Arrow, Junior starring Green Arrow and the Brain, script by Don Cameron, art by George Papp. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Airboy Comics (1945-1953 Hillman) Vol. 3 #1 FR 1.0

Full length spine split.

Cover by Fred Kida. Stories and art by Fred Kida, Tony DiPreta, A.H. Young, Art Helfant and Maurice Whitman. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #25. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #1 in indicia. Skinny McGinty first job as mayor of Hamtown is to solve a donut-related crisis. Iron Ace, an aviator who wears medieval armor, pursues an infamous London doctor and murderer who's escaped from prison. Heroic aviator the Flying Dutchman seeks the mysterious "Fliers' Grail." Also featuring a vintage ad for the Glow in the Dark Necktie ("Girls Can't Resist!"). Airboy; Sky Wolf; Skinny McGinty; The Jonah; Iron Ace; Flying Dutchman. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

All Surprise (1943 Timely/Marvel/CPC) 12 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4579123001

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Final issue; numbering continues with Jeanie Comics (1947) #13. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. America's greatest comic characters! Featuring: untitled Buck Duck story; "Buzzy's Trumpet Tune"; untitled Percy Penguin story; Percy Penguin in 2-page text story "Baseball Heroes"; untitled Widjit Witch story; untitled Posty Pelican story; and untitled Krazy Krow story. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Blackhawk (1944 1st Series) 12 CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Top edge label strip peeling.

Label #0944529002

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

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

Restored (see item notes)

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

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

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 115 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #0089223001

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

Dynamic Comics (1941 Chesler) 20 VG 4.0

Water damage. Staple rust.

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

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 110 GD/VG 3.0

Cover coming detached at one staple. Cover oxidation.

Cover art by John Stanley. Treasure Hunt; Lulu and Tubby row to an island in the lake to look for buried treasure. He Can't Hurt Us; Lulu shows Tubby how to stand up to Willy, who is trying to bully Tub. Stuff and Nonsense; Lulu brings Edgar the horse home and leads him upstairs into her bedroom. The Working Girl; Lulu is hired to deliver a success wreath to a customer. Lulu In Distress: A Tragedy; Lulu tells Alvin about when her wicked stepmother locked her in a castle tower. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Ice Capades (Ice-Capades, Inc.) Program 1946 GD+ 2.5

Staple rust. Water damage. Residue

1946 Program. George Petty cover. 8-1/2" x 11", 20 pages, B&W w/ spot color. Cover price $0.25.

Marvels of Science (1946) 1 VG- 3.5

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Cover by Robert Pious. Stories and art by Sid Greene, George Markos, Herman C. Browner, Robert Sanders and Art Helfant. Non-fiction comics about advances in science at mid-century. This was the first comic under the Charlton imprint. A speculative article about the first moon landing, from the perspective of 1946. A biography of Danish physicist Niels Bohr, who figured out the answer to the wave/particle question. Another article predicts how technology will change American life after 1946. Some predictions came true, like color TV, film-less cameras, and frozen food; others, like the aluminum dress and metal bathing suits, remain to be invented. Jet Plane, the Aircraft of the Future; Hero Scientist of the Atom Bomb; Young Scientist's Home Experiments; The First Trip to the Moon; Professor Blowfuse I.S. N.U.T.S.; Making the Weather in Peace and War; Gibson Girl Radio Kit; Wonder World of the Present & Future; Hunting Rhino in Uganda; Riding a Blister; Explorers of the Deep Sea; Device Showing Heart Reaction to Excitement; Lie Detector's Work; Charlie of the Navy; Dog Dead or Alive? 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 75 CGC 3.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4705498009

Stories and art by Howard Boughner and others. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Action girl Nyoka meets tigers in the jungles of India. Radar the superspy tracks war profiteers. Captain Marvel, Jr. battles a master of zombies - not the George Romero kind, but the Haitian voodoo kind. Plus a full-page comics-format ad for Mary Marvel fashions for girls (dresses, not the costume). Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Zombie Master; Lumber Jack: Small of Him!!; Nyoka in India; Whippersnappers: Exercise; Trader Tom: He Drives Us Crazy; Marooned; Bulletman: The Terrible Trio!; The Tragedy of Joe Miller; Whippersnappers: Dental Drolleries; Radar: The Merchant of War!. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

New Funnies (1942-1946 Dell) 115 GD- 1.8 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch. 2 1/2" cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation. Tape. Water damage.

Andy Panda, Oswald the Rabbit in "The Stone Lion Mystery," L'il Eight Ball, Woody Woodpecker, and Homer Pigeon. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 45 GD/VG 3.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Spine split seal. Tape on interior cover.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by Lily Renee, Bob Lubbers, 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, the alien Volta introduce Red Rain to drive the animals mad and make Earth more like Venus; Murphy Anderson's Life on Other Worlds strip speculates about what life on Pluto might look like; Satania has Space Ranger Flint Baker framed for treason. Girl-vs.-giant cover by Joe Doolin. The Lost World; Futura; Life on Other Worlds: Pluto; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Coffin Cargo; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. 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 Rabbit (1944 Timely) 10 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4745073002

Target Comics (1940) Vol. 7 #5 CGC 5.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Helen Gray autograph deemed inconclusive.

Label #4726569002

The Cadet Featuring Kit Carter story, art by Nina Albright. Chameleon spy story, art by Bill Allison. Monkey Business text story by Seth Harmon. Gary Stark story, script and art by Don Rico. Boitram the Boiglar humor page by Art Helfant. Dan'l Flannel story, art by Gus Schrotter. Two-Ton O'Toole humor page by Art Helfant. Target and the Targeteers, art by Ken Battefield; Tom and Dave have a pretty new secretary. Friday the 13th starring Fraidy-Cat Phil, script and art by Art Helfant. Heathcliff the Hobo humor page by Art Helfant. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Terry-Toons Comics (1942 Timely/Marvel/St. John) 48 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4745717012

Mighty Mouse in "The Cat Who Cried Wolf," plus other features. 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.