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Action Comics (1938 DC) 167 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white to white

Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more

Label #4435643004

Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Machines of Crime starring Superman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Man Who Stopped Space Flight starring Tommy Tomorrow, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. The King of the Bandits starring Congo Bill, script by Jack Miller, art by Ed Smalle. The Outlaw Editor starring Vigilante. 44 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

Action Comics (1938 DC) 168 CGC 4.5

Paper: White

Label #0915233006

Cover art by Win Mortimer. Happy Hobby Time! public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Menace of Planet Z starring Superman, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Meteor Mystery starring Tommy Tomorrow, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. Congo Bill's Last Fight, script by Jack Miller, art by Ed Smalle. Outlaws For Sale starring Vigilante, art by Bob Brown. 44 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cited in Parade of Pleasure. Cover price $0.10.

All American Men of War (1952) 128 FN- 5.5

This issue follows the #127 issue (the actual #1 in the series), so #128 is the chronological #2 in the series, a distinction it shares with the actual #2 which came out a month later in Dec 1952 - Jan 1953. The title was previously All-American Western. Cover price $0.10.

Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 54 GD- 1.8

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Cover by Bill Vigoda. Stories by unknown. Art by George Frese and unknown. Featuring Archie in: "Kiss Me Again"; "Optical Delusion"; "Diamond in the Rough"; "Family Circle"; "Late Date"; "Talking Turkey" (Thanksgiving story); and the 1-pager "Exhausted" (public service announcement warning against carbon monoxide buildup in a garage)! Plus: 2-page text piece "From Hollywood"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (1951) 7 FR 1.0

6" cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached. Cover detached at one staple. Water damage.

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Cover art by Bill Vigoda. "Frail but Firm"; Betty and Veronica wish that Archie and Reggie were more manly and protective like Big Moose. "A Face Worse than Death" starring Archies Girls Betty and Veronica. Betty Puzzle Page. Archie ad. "Registered Male"; Veronica signs up for the baby-sitting registry at school to earn money for a new dress; Archie signs up to so he can afford to take Veronica out to the country club for their date; Betty schemes to get a date with Archie. Untitled story; Betty is infatuated with the new science teacher, Mr. Dawson. "Just My Type" one-page story; Betty throws herself at Archie after criticizing other girls for the same type of behavior. Veronica Puzzle Page. "Football Fever"; The girls all get stood up for their dates and find out the reason why is because a famous football player is visiting Archie's father and the boys all went over to meet him. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Atom Age Combat (1952 St. John) 2 CGC 6.5

Paper: White

Label #4697726005

Capturing the paranoia of the Cold War, this series portrayed a future where "atomic" weapons replaced conventional ones. American soldiers face the ultimate 1950s threat: flying saucers flown by Communists. Tony battles the underground kingdom of Sub-Earth when their forces steal America's vital radium supplies. Lt. Robbins thinks he's been given a soft assignment with the photo reconnaissance unit, but he's soon to learn that it's just as dangerous as flying sorties. A Double-Cross in Disguise; Yellow Peril in the Skies; Landing Under Fire; Science Assaults the Death Sphere; Camera Daredevils. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Atom Age Combat (1952 St. John) 3 CGC 6.5

Paper: White

Label #4697726006

Capturing the paranoia of the Cold War, this series portrayed a future where "atomic" weapons replaced conventional ones. Flash Gordon-like Craig battles a mad scientist who has stolen the formula for an "electron" that can destroy cities. Captain Buck Vinson leads an assault on a Soviet-held uranium mine in the Congo. MacAvoy and his bomb-disposal team look for unexploded ordnance in the Korean combat zone. Intrigues of the Planet Smasher; Three Rocketeers; Assault on Target UR-238; Have You Heard This One?; Rescue Under Fire; Operation Bomb Disposal. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Batman (1940) 69 GD- 1.8

4" cumulative spine split. Cover detached.

Cover by Win Mortimer. Be Yourself -- Your Best Self! public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. "The Batman Expose!", script by Walter B. Gibson, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; Bruce Wayne gets involved with a company that is producing a Batman film; When he realizes that the movie is the target of criminal gang, Bruce infiltrates the film studio as the actor who would play Batman. -page Private Pete story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Buttons of Doom!", script by Walter B. Gibson, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; A criminal called the "Blaze" hits the streets of Gotham City; His methods baffle authorities; He attacks his victims to steal buttons from their clothes before he burns them to death using a flamethrower; Batman and Robin intervene. Captain Tootsie stars in a one-page Tootsie Roll ad, "The Radar Rescue." 2-page Casey the Cop story by Henry Boltinoff. Time Detective article by Raymond Perry. 3/4-page Varsity Vic story by Henry Boltinoff. "The King of the Cats!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; The King of the Cats begins operating in Gotham City using the same methods as Catwoman; Batman and Robin realize he is trying to convince Selina Kyle into going back to her life of crime. -page Peg story by Henry Boltinoff. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Batman (1940) 72 FR/GD 1.5 (R)

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RESTORATION. Tear seals, TRIMMED. Pieces of tape on interior cover spine. 6" Cumulative spine split (taped).

Cover by Win Mortimer. It's Smart to Check -- And Double Check! public service announcement starring Superman, script by Jack Schiff, art by Winslow Mortimer. "The Jungle Batman!", script by David Vern, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; After capturing the feared Sinister Eight, Commissioner Gordon asks the Dynamic Duo to deliver the crooks by radio-controlled ship to their prison at Satan's Island; The ship is torpedoed and sunk during a storm at sea. Two-page Varsity Vic story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Legion of Faceless Men!", pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris; Batman and Robin get invited to a party at The Maskers Club, which is formed by people who wear masks at their jobs; After the party, crime ensues. Half-page Private Pete story by Henry Boltinoff. One-page Peg story by Henry Boltinoff. Changing Styles In Magic article by David Kahn (as Donald King), art by Raymond Perry. Half-page Shorty story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Death-Cheaters of Gotham City!", script by David Vern, art by Jim Mooney (as Bob Kane); Batman becomes a member of the strange "Death Cheaters Club," but a wanted criminal, who fits the qualifications for membership, is denied the same--and vows vengeance against all the members! Casey the Cop one-page story by Henry Boltinoff. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Battle (1951 Atlas) 13 CGC 7.0

Paper: White

Label #4697725017

Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Carl Burgos? Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Russ Heath, Cal Massey, Norman Steinberg and Gil Evans. Battle adventures of troops in combat! In this issue: "Surrender, Hell!" with art by Russ Heath; 2-page text story "The Deadliest Enemy"; "Troop Movement" by Stan Lee and Cal Massey; "Surprise Attack!" with art by Norman Steinberg; and "Barbed Wire" with art by Gil Evans. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Battle (1951 Atlas) 13 VG 4.0

Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Carl Burgos? Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Russ Heath, Cal Massey, Norman Steinberg and Gil Evans. Battle adventures of troops in combat! In this issue: "Surrender, Hell!" with art by Russ Heath; 2-page text story "The Deadliest Enemy"; "Troop Movement" by Stan Lee and Cal Massey; "Surprise Attack!" with art by Norman Steinberg; and "Barbed Wire" with art by Gil Evans. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Battlefront (1952 Atlas) 1 GD+ 2.5

Glue on front cover.

Cover by Russ Heath. Written by Don Rico. Art by Jerry Robinson. Complete in this issue is a 4-part story by Rico and Robinson: "Operation Killer"; "Attack!"; "South to the 38th"; and "O.K."! Plus: 2-page text story "The Sarge"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Battlefront (1952 Standard) 5 CGC 4.5

Paper: White

Label #4697725010

Toth art. Note: This issue was published by Standard. An Atlas #5 also exists. Cover price $0.10.

Beware (1952 Youthful) 12 CGC 4.5

Paper: White

Label #4697725002

Cover by Joseph Szokoli. Stories and art by Joseph Szokoli, Vince Napoli, Bill Fraccio and Harry Harrison. Violent pre-Code horror comics from Youthful Magazines. This issue was mentioned in the text (p. 388) of the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent. Grave-robber Harry gets a comeuppance when the dead rise from their graves. An artist for "Beware" comics feels that he's run out of monster ideas, until he meets his son's strange new playmate, in a story that name-drops several other Youthful Mag horror artists. In postwar Germany, American agents investigate a killer stalking a small town, and learn the ancient castle nearby hides a very modern horror. The Body Snatcher; My Daddy Should Have Listened; The Death Waltz; The Pied Piper of Ziess-Baden; Don't Dance With Me When I'm Dead. Final issue under this publisher; Trojan Magazines continues the title and numbering with Beware (1953 Trojan/Merit) #1 (aka #13), while Youthful continues it as Chilling Tales (1952) #13. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Blue Bolt (1949) 115 CGC 4.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4683996001

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and others. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, unofficially called Blue Bolt Weird Tales of Terror. As the horror-comics craze grows, Star shifts the former superhero title to horror and mystery stories. Official indicia title remains Blue Bolt, despite shifting cover titles. The origin of Sergeant Spook, as a dead policeman learns he can still be seen and heard by teenage Jerry, and helps Jerry rid an orphanage of ghosts. A cursed parchment from Tibet kills anyone who reads it. An explorer and his dog seek a shape-shifting Alaskan monster, in a rare sequel to a previous story, "The Ghoul of the North" from issue #113. Cavern of Death; The Parchment of Death; Death from the Skies; Terror in the Fields; Secret of the Moaning Ghosts; The Return of the Ghoul. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders (1950 ME/AC) 13 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation.

Frank Frazetta cover. Stories include the Lemonade Kid in "The Clutching Claws of Terror"; the Ghost Rider in "The Stagecoach for Death"; Red Hawk in "The Land of the Flaming Ground!" (art by Bob Powell); and Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders in "The Mystery of the Maverick Trail" (art by Powell). Cover price $0.10.

Chamber of Chills (1951 Harvey) 11 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4697725003

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Rudy Palais, Al Avison, Manny Stallman, John Giunta and Tom Hickey. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. A woman's face in a pool tries to lure passersby into the water. Brothers take over an 18th-century English inn by having the owner committed to an asylum, but they didn't count on her grandmother's witchcraft. The Girl in the Moonpool; The Horror From the Shade; To Live Again!; Strange Legends: The Great Drought and the Waters of Waco; Return From Bedlam; The Curse of Morgan Kilgane; Graveyard of Gems! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cowgirl Romances (1950 Fiction House) 12 FN- 5.5

Cover oxidation.

Art by Maurice Whitman and Pete Morisi. Tender tales of romance among the cowhands and roughnecks of the Old West. After a stagecoach mishap, a woman impersonates another to sneak onto a ranch. Stella Dawson realizes that her rodeo stablehands are horse thieves, and handsome Rick was the only one to warn her. A woman discovers one of her ranch hands is a deserter on the run from the Confederate army. The Ranch of Riddles; Love Rode In; Revenge on the Rebound; Send Back My Love; My Rebel Heart. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Eerie (1951 Avon Series) 10 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4433662014

Cover by Alvin C. Hollingsworth. Edited by Sol Cohen. Art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth, Harry Lazarus, Charles Nicholas, George Roussos and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Tales of horror from the era just before the Comics Code was introduced. A couple takes refuge in a haunted house, where they learn about the hidden treasure and the mad ghost of Uncle Ezra; A scientists assistant murders him for his new super-grow plant formula, but learns too late that it makes things grow anywhere; Statues in a wax museum come to life, and one has revenge on its mind. Great if inexplicable cover by Alvin C. Hollingsworth. Only the Dead Live Here!; Green Grows the Grass; World Below the Ground; Phantom of the Waxworks!; Castle of Terror! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fightin' Marines (1951 St. John/Charlton) 10 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4697725014

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Gene Colan and others. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. In Korea, Leatherneck Jack and Monte must rescue two Allied soldiers after their plane is shot down over enemy lines, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. Knowing he is soon to be transferred to a desk job, Sgt. Gale elects to make his last stand on a Korean battlefield. The other Marines hate Davey's guitar playing, until it proves to turn the tide when they are trapped on the battlefield. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Leatherneck Jack: Danger Patrol; Tripoli Shores: Rapid-Fire Eviction; One-Man Army; Just an Old Leatherneck; Quips and Queries; Gag Bag; Davey's Guitar! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Flyboy (1952 Ziff-Davis) 1 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation. Moisture damage.

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Alex Kotzky and George Tuska. Aerial action with the aviator hero known as Flyboy. Larry gets constant ribbing and hazing from his peers and officers in the Air Force, but when his trainer blacks out in midair, Larry takes the controls and earns the name "Flyboy." A Korean War veteran, two lovely ladies, a case full of cash and trigger-happy gangsters add up to trouble for Flyboy and Happy. Anne's father, who looks like J. Jonah Jameson in colonel's stripes, becomes even worse after he learns he has reputation as a "monster." Plus a look at 1950s combat training for pilots, and a story with art by future Marvel legend George Tuska. Training for Combat; Stunting with Death; Angels Without Wings; The Dogface; The Gripes of Wrath!; Navy Wings; Fortress in the Sky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 437 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation.

Indicia title is "Edgar Rice Burroughs' JOHN CARTER OF MARS, No. 437." Cover art by Jesse Marsh. The Black Pirates of Omean, art by Jesse Marsh; After ten years away from Mars, John Carter is finally able to return and finds himself in the Valley Dor, where every Martian comes at the end of life; When savage plant men attack three Tharks. John is able to save one, who coincidently is an old friend, Tars Tarkas; John and Tars escape the plant men through a passage that leads them into the city of the Therns; There they rescue a slave girl, Thuvia, and learn the Therns are being raided by the Black Pirates of Omean, who have captured Dejah Thoris, John's wife on Barsoom; John takes over a pirate cruiser where Phaidor, the princess of Thern is held; After John defeats the pirate captain Xodar, the three go to the Temple of Issus deep under the South Pole of Mars. Illustration of John Carter and Dejah Thoris on back cover by Marsh. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Ghost Comics (1951 Fiction House) 6 CGC 6.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4491104004

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. The Sleepers in the Crypt; Gangster returns to the scene of his crime to recover hidden loot; His henchmen are frightened by ghosts and ironically turn on their boss, accidentally killing him. Zandini Did It!, art by A. Albert; Zandini comes back from the dead to wreak revenge on Dan Kramer, the man who caused his death years ago. Payoff Blues, art by Jack Kamen; Triggerman and train robber Chopper Mack is driven insane by a tune he keeps hearing over and over again. He also sees ghosts everywhere. Two Must Die, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; Two mine owners inquire about ghostly apparitions in their mine in Mexico. Not believing in ghosts, they enter an accident-prone shaft and perish. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Haunt of Fear (1950 E.C. Comics 2nd Series) 14 GD/VG 3.0

Water damage. Interior tearing.

Cover art by Graham Ingels. A Little Stranger!--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A man finds himself scratched by wolfsbane and transforms into a werewolf on every full moon; After his third kill, he hears someone approaching and hides in the brush. Take Your Pick!--The Vault of Horror!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A woman with a miser for a husband loses her marbles after enduring countless acts of 'ice-heartedness' and takes an ice-pick to his chest. Ship-Shape!--Haunt of Fear, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Sid Check. This Little Piggy...--The Crypt of Terror, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Haunted Thrills (1952) 1 GD- 1.8

Centerfold detached. Interior tearing. Water damage.

Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. Wealthy playboy Peter Brooke has a secret life as a creature of the darkness. The police are baffled by the strange murders at Surfside Manor. A Nazi bomb frees a 17th-century witch from her grave to fulfill her curse. A Coffin Waits...; Ghost Gloves; Ghost of R'wana; Skeletons Have Secrets!; The Witch's Curse! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Haunted Thrills (1952) 2 GD/VG 3.0

1" Spine split from bottom. Cover oxidation.

Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. Mine workers unearth a tentacled horror from the subterranean depths. Grimm, the Ghost Doctor, investigates when a ghost threatens a gardener and his black rose. The ghost of King John arises to protect the original copy of the Magna Carta. Horror in the Mine!; Blood of the Rose; Tropical Madness; Death Is Only Skin Deep; The Voyager Of Death! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Haunted Thrills (1952) 3 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4697725001

Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A cop loses his badge for insisting that a haunted house is responsible for a series of murders. Bolton Baker encounters Gloria, who acts as bait for a werewolf's victims. Grimm, the Ghost Doctor, finds a love triangle at the heart of a woman's unearthly melancholy. Nightmare Mansion; Horror Hour; The Strange Bell of Obani!; Grimm, Ghost Doctor: Music and Mayhem; Monsters for Rent.... 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Haunted Thrills (1952) 3 GD+ 2.5

Cover detached at one staple. Tape. Oxidation.

Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A cop loses his badge for insisting that a haunted house is responsible for a series of murders. Bolton Baker encounters Gloria, who acts as bait for a werewolf's victims. Grimm, the Ghost Doctor, finds a love triangle at the heart of a woman's unearthly melancholy. Nightmare Mansion; Horror Hour; The Strange Bell of Obani!; Grimm, Ghost Doctor: Music and Mayhem; Monsters for Rent.... 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Haunted Thrills (1952) 4 VG 4.0

1" Cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation.

Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A gigantic skeleton unearthed in the Indochinese Peninsula comes back to life. A woman is trapped in a house with an army of zombie slaves. A reporter discovers that the horrible creatures in a mad artist's paintings actually exist. Eerie Bones; Ghouls Castle; Portrait of Death. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Heart Throbs (1949 Quality/DC) 12 GD+ 2.5 (R)

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RESTORATION. Color touch. 1 1/2" Cumulative spine split/tear. Cover oxidation.

Photo Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Charles Sultan, Gene Colan, John Forte, Chuck Cuidera, W.G. Hargis and unknown. She learned that money could not buy the kisses of the man she worshipped! Read..."Love Me as I Am!" starring Lola Cameron, Kip Landsdale, Uncle Rupert Cameron, Dr. Lake, Mr. Devers, Don and Cookie. Also featuring: "They Called Me a Tough Gal!" starring Sue Allen, Larry Mills, Mrs. Allen and Biff Dudley; "Vengeance in Her Heart!" starring Betty Harcourt, Bob Maynard, Julia Wiley and Alice Rogers; and "Honeymoon House" starring Linda Clayton, Danny Reed, Sandra and Edward Oliver. Plus: Advice on Love Problems letters page by Marilyn Minton. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jesse James (1950 Avon) 8 GD/VG 3.0

Only one staple (manufacturing). Cover coming detached at only staple.

Painted cover. Kinstler inside front cover. Jesse James in "Jesse James Gang's Daring Train Robbery," "Trapped by the Pinkertons," and "The Holdup at Hangman's Knot!" (art on all three by Everett Raymond Kinstler). Back-up story, "El Gordito's Reign of Terror!" (art by Harry Lazarus). Cover price $0.10.

Journey into Mystery (1952) 1 CGC 3.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4437472001

Cover by Russ Heath. "One Foot In the Grave," art by Tony DiPreta; A man decides to make money by reselling flowers stolen from graves until the dead return to take their flowers back. "Death Finds A Way!" text story. "The Clutching Hands," script by Carl Wessler, art by Cal Massey; A writer murders another writer to steal his work, but the dead writer's hands continue to make trouble for him. Haunted!, art by Vic Carrabotta; A ghost scares off potential buyers of a derelict house. "It Can't Miss," art by Jay Scott Pike; An accomplice to an escaped con kills a man who looks like his buddy so that the cops will find the body and think the escaped prisoner is dead while he assumes the dead man's identity. "Iron-Head," art by Dick Ayers; Bronson is a grave robber and a murderer; To avoid being captured by the authorities, he accepts a job as a deep-sea diver on a private yacht. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Kaanga (1949 Fiction House) 12 CGC 6.0

Paper: White

Label #4697725024

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Lansing, a trader scarred by a rifle accident for which he blames Kaänga, is collecting slaves from among the pygmies for his gold mining operation; Kaänga, N'geeso, and Ann ride to the rescue of the slaves and Lansing is killed. "Primitive African Cults" Jungle Facts. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Treasure hunter Luca works with witch doctor Lago to discover the location of a tribe's hidden jewels; Determining that the jewels are located in the river bed, they dam the river, causing drought in Kaänga's jungle. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Camilla hears that Senga (an evil Zombi queen that reportedly cannot die) has declared that K'Bali must die; She rescues K'Bali from a leopard and sends a message that K'Bali will tell Senga's secrets; Senga kidnaps him and gives K'Bali a knife and tell him to kill her so that she can prove that she can't be killed. "The Queen's Curse" text story by Frank Riddell. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Treasure hunters are seeking a little boy with a treasure map hidden in his clothes; Kaänga and Ann protect the child and find his parents. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Man Comics (1949) 17 CGC 5.5

Paper: White

Label #4697724007

Man Comics (1949) 18 CGC 4.5

Paper: White

Label #4697724006

Marmaduke Mouse (1946 Quality) 34 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing, interrupts art and story. Full length spine split. Brittle.

Men's Adventures (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 14 VG- 3.5

"name, Rank, Serial Number" (art by Robert Q. Sale), "Retreat" (art by Gene Colan), "Insane" (art by Norman Steinberg), "The Coffin" (art by Bill Everett), and a two-page text story, "Military Man With a Spear." Everett cover. Cover price $0.10.

Miss America Magazine Vol. 7 (08/47 to 03/52) 44 GD 2.0

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Title is Patsy Walker Starring in... Miss America, no number on cover, issue (44), March 1952, Patsy Walker (3 stories), Hedy Wolfe. Two-page text story, "All a Mistake!" Al Jaffee cover. Cover price $0.10.

Mysterious Adventures (1951) 6 VG 4.0

Cover by Bill Fraccio. Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth, Lou Cameron and Tony Tallarico. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. While vacationing in a town celebrating a historical festival, a woman dreams that she was tried for witchcraft in a previous life. A bank robber on the run finds refuge in a remote swampland house, where the residents are only too eager to have him over for dinner. A mad scientist uses Peruvian mineworkers for his reanimation experiments. Terror of the Burning Witch; Bride of the Dead; Little Apples Spell Horror; The Phantom of Lonesome Swamp; The Corpse Springs Alive! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mysterious Adventures (1951) 7 FR 1.0

Full length spine split with covers detached. Oxidation.

Cover by Bill Fraccio. Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth and Lou Cameron. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. While honeymooning in the South Pacific, Patty tries a native potion and soon develops a yen for human flesh. While seeking authentic English ghost stories, Tim encounters the armored zombies of Sleed's Castle. A captain who abandons his foundering ship and crew on the rocks is picked up by the legendary ghost vessel the Flying Dutchman, for a fate far worse than being shipwrecked. The Absent Minded Fiend; The Secret of Sleeds Castle; The Ghost in the Mirror; The Curse of the Flying Dutchman; The Terror of a Tattooed Man! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mysterious Adventures (1951) 8 FR 1.0

Near-complete spine split with covers detached. Oxidation.

Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth, Ed Goldfarb, Bob Baer, Harry Harrison, Ernie Bache and Jon D'Agostino. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. A scientist has a parasitic worm in his eye socket, in a story featuring the infamous "injury-to-the-eye-motif." A botanist investigating a colleague's mysterious death learns the horrifying secret of beautiful Karen. Ellen likes to walk through the graveyard at night, where she meets handsome Harold and learns the story of the Addams vampire, in a story with art by future sci-fi author Harry Harrison. The Eyes of Horror; Horror of the Flowers of Death; The Bride of Death; Terror of the Vampire Kiss; Ghost with Two Faces. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mysterious Adventures (1951) 9 FR 1.0

6" Cumulative spine split. Oxidation.

"Terror of the Lion's Revenge"; A businessman is sent to Africa to learn how a remote tribe's secret method for dying lion heads; When he arrives, he finds that they believe men come back in the form of wild animals; He scoffs at the belief, but when he tried to make off with the tribe's stash of diamonds, he wishes he hadnt. "The Terror of the Lively Corpse"; To fulfill the terms of their uncle Herman's will, one of the Duane brothers has to die; Their scheme goes awry when murderer Luke Harris fits Les's coffin better than Les does, and vice-versa. "Horror of the Voodoo Dolls"; Daily Telegram police reporter Tom Decker discovers former members of the 721st Regiment have all died from Persian voodoo. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Mysterious Adventures (1951) 10 FR 1.0

6 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation. Only one staple (manufacturing.

Stories and art by Hy Fleishman and Doyle Cohen. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. A man murders his wealthy wife for her money, but a strange revenge awaits him. Alcoholic surgeon Luther is haunted by the friend whose death he caused through a botched cataract surgery - haunted first metaphorically, then literally. Big-game hunter Bert runs afoul of a voodoo tribe and their goat-god, in a story with the memorable title "Terror of the Speedy Goat!" The Death Head!; Blind Fury; Horror of the Drowned; The Gun That Fought Back; Terror of the Speedy Goat! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mysterious Adventures (1951) 11 FR/GD 1.5

4" Cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation.

Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. Irish sailor Denny seeks the wreckage of the ship where his sweetheart died, and instead finds a zombie pirate, in a reworking of an old legend. Superstitious movie star Kurt Cameron unwisely ignores the advice of Madam Arlando, who says he should avoid a film shoot in Africa. Big-cat circus trainer Marco is actually terrified of his job, but keeps doing it because he doesn't want Lola to know he's a coward. The Terror of the Sunken Ships; The Ghost's Seance!; The Whip of Death; A Gravedigger's Terror!; The Cage of Horror! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mystic (1951 Atlas) 10 VG- 3.5

Signed by artists Joe Sinnott and Russ Heath (interior), does not include certificate of authenticity. 1" spine split from bottom. Cover oxidation.

Cover art by Russ Heath. Bluebeard, art by Tony Di Preta; A man who calls himself Bluebeard murders and robs the guests of his inn, but when a thief carrying a bottle of Nitro becomes his latest victim, Bluebeard decides to dispose of the bottle outside. Death Notice!; An obit writer who finds that he has the power to cause the deaths he writes about has the tables turned on him when the ghosts of his victims print an edition of the paper that says he dies in a train wreck. They Called Her a Witch!, script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath; Peasants call an old woman a witch, a man gives her the benefit of the doubt, but it turns out the peasants were right. Doom Island text story. The Man Who Saw Tomorrow, art by Joe Sinnott; A man who invents a camera that can photograph the future is terrified when he sets it to a week in advance and produces a...blank photo. Detour!, art by Myron Fass; A man at a train crossing is killed and places a curse on motorists every year that one person must take his place. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Out of the Night (1952) 6 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4697724025

Cover art by Ken Bald. The Ghoul's Revenge, art by Harry Lazarus. The Wolf-Children of Bengal, art by Pete Riss. The Monster of the Mist, art by Art Gates. The Case of the Phantom Plane, pencils by Dick Beck. True Ghosts of History, art by Harry Lazarus. Fiend of the Undead, art by Jon Blummer. Phantom Armies—Aschen, art by Harry Lazarus. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Out of the Shadows (1952) 5 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4697725004

Cover art by George Roussos. The Shoremouth Horror, pencils by Alex Toth. The Hag of Red River, art by Jerry Grandenetti. Deadly Diamond, art by George Tuska; When count Ferenzy runs down and kills the gypsy Elena, a curse is wrought upon his family. A diamond passes from hand to hand, causing the death of its owner. Doll House text story by John Marvin. Curse of Rockwood, art by George Roussos; At Rockwood castle, old Sir Reginald quarrels with his cousin Abby and gets killed in the process. The Haunted Bed, pencils by Art Saaf. Tragedy of Terror, art by Ruben Moreira; n a Parisian "Theatre of Horrors" the French blue-beard Gille de Retz comes alive again; American student of the occult Hilary and his French fiancée Stephanie manage to render the fiend powerless. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Perfect Crime (1949 Cross) 26 GD/VG 3.0

Centerfold detached at one staple.

Steve Duncan in "Murder at Sea," "The Jewels of Sylvia Dudley," "The Last Job," "The Wrong Steal," "Revenge in Reverse." Two page text story, "Sir Peel's Bobbies!" The Overstreet Price Guide says this issue contains a "Drug propaganda story," but none of the stories relate to the cover or drugs in general. Cover price $0.10.

Pictorial Love Stories (1952 St. John) 1 CGC 7.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4334238005

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Enrico Bagnoli and Hy Rosen. Romance comics from St. John with a cover by "good girl" art legend Matt Baker. Robin and Chuck are partners in dance and life, but that may be over when a famous dancer hires Robin, in a story that may be the work of Matt Baker. Eva wants to break up with Nicky after she meets Tim on a visit to the city, but she doesn't know about Tim's wife. Wanting excitement, Sally breaks up with fiance Bill and goes to work in a nightclub, but soon she's up to her lipstick in a blackmail scheme. Have You Heard This One?; A New Routine; Spoiled Darling; Love Game; Blackmail Heart; Quips and Queries. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 67 FR 1.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Tear seals. Near complete spine split. Cover coming detached at both staples. Brittle.

Maurice Whitman cover. Stories reprinted from Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) #22. In order of appearance: "Flint Baker" art by Art Saaf; "Star Pirate" art by George Appel; "Reef Ryan" art by Pagsilang Rey Isip; and "The Lost World" art by Nick Cardy. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.