Auctions: comic books 1952

Action Comics (1938 DC) 168 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4719573005

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.

Adventures into Terror (1951 Atlas/Marvel) 13 CGC 4.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4318716003

Cover pencils by Bill Everett. Don't Try to Outsmart the Devil!, script by Stan Lee; An evil man makes a bargain with Satan that his heart will never stop beating so that he will live forever, but Satan merely arranges it so that his heart continues to beat after his body has rotted away. The Visitor, pencils by George Roussos; A man is convinced that controlling visitors exist all around him and when he is confronted by mist he goes off his rocker. Sugar is--Death!, pencils by Hy Rosen. The Hands of Death, pencils by Don Perlin, inks by Abe Simon; A woman's car breaks down in an area where women have been strangled and since she is frightened she tries to take shelter in a nearby house. The Man Who Talked to Rats, pencils by Manny Stallman; A man comes across a man who talks to rats in an alley and makes a deal with him to kill his uncle so he will inherit his money. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Adventures Into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) 1 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4514119006

"The Walking Death," "The Mad Man," "The Terrible Tree," "The World That Vanished," and a two-page text story, "Die the Doll-Death!" Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by Russ Heath, Sol Brodsky, John Tartaglione, and George Tuska. These tales of horror, sci-fi, and suspense will take you on Adventures into Alien Worlds! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Airboy Comics (1945-1953 Hillman) Vol. 9 #5 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4698989025

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Bill Ely, Gerald McCann, Ed Cronin and Ernest Schroeder. 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 #100. No issue # on cover; Vol. 9, issue #5 in indicia. Airboy goes undercover in a nuclear sub factory to catch a saboteur. A colonial lord in North Africa uses strange moonlight plants to return from the dead, drawing the attention of The Heap. A Balkan couple raises a boy who has been bitten by a werewolf. Airboy; The Heap: The Man of Moonlight; Money Facts; The Wolf Boy of Krakow; The Bag Man; The Crown of Coort. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 18 PR 0.5

Interior is complete. Full length spine split through cover and all wraps. Oxidation. Water damage.

Cover art by Bill Everett. Jack the Ripper, art by Tony DiPreta; An American hears stories of a new murder attributed to Jack the Ripper, who has been dead for 20 years, and figures the English are perpetuating a hoax and goes to England to prove that he is really dead. Laughter of the Cat God text story. Vampire at the Window, script by Stan Lee, art by Hy Rosen; A man seeks help from a private detective when he spies a vampire lurking outside of his window, but the private detective turns out to be one as well. Man with a Tail, art by Larry Woromay; A man born with a tail meets a woman with a tail at a carnival freak show and is happy that he is no longer alone, but she strangles him; Her tail reflects feline characteristics while his is that of a rodent. The Sweet Old Ladies, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache. The Last Kkrul, art by John Romita. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Batman (1940) 69 0.3

INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, interrupts art or story. Coupon cut. Includes facsimile copy of front cover.

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) 70 CGC 6.5

Paper: White

Label #4732720002

Cover by Win Mortimer. Be Sure of Your Facts! public service announcement with Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. "The Robot Cop of Gotham City!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; A scientist creates a robot capable that can perform amazing athletics feats; He gives the machine to the Gotham City Police Department; The robot works with Batman and is apparently much better than him. Half-page Private Pete story by Henry Boltinoff. -page Casey the Cop story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Masterminds of Crime!", script by David Vern Reed, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Charles Paris; Batman disguises himself as the crook Drexel to infiltrate the Crime Academy. -page Varsity Vic story by Henry Boltinoff . -page One Punch Willie story by Stan Kaye. Jerry the Jitterbug two-page story by Henry Boltinoff. "Burglars, Beware!" text story by David Kahn, art by Raymond Perry. Half-page Peg story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Parasols of Plunder," script by Bill Woolfolk, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; The Penguin is released from prison on parole, providing he gives up anything having to do with birds; So he takes up an umbrella business....with the same criminal results! Full-page ad for House of Mystery #3. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Battlefront (1952 Standard) 5 VG- 3.5

1.5" Spine split from bottom.

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

Beware Terror Tales (1952 Fawcett) 3 CGC 4.5

Paper: White

Label #4735800004

Cover by Bernard Bailey. Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff and Bob McCarthy. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. Prospector Dusty murders a competitor for his gold, then is denied water in the desert by his victim's ghost. Killers Jocko and Squash mock Justice, until she appears to them in person. Dr. Carlton ill-advisedly experiments with "flatlining" himself. The Dry Doom; Voice in the Brain; The Haunting White Shadow; Deaths Round Trip. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Black Cat Mystery (1951-1963 Harvey) 36 CGC 3.5

Paper: Slightly britle

Label #4426064023

Cover by Warren Kremer. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Joe Certa, and Manny Stallman. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A Frankenstein-like monster protects young Donnie from zombies at the cost of its own life. Treasure hunters encounter zombies in the Louisiana swamps. The last man on Earth, a horrible radioactive mutant, travels back in time to settle a score with the people of 1952. This issue was mentioned in the text of the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent, pp. 270-271. Battle of the Monsters; Rotting Demons; Dimension Death; Deaths Garden; The Last Man Returns; Whip of Death!; Carnival of Death. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Blazing Six-Guns (1952) 1 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4329854017

Jesse James stars in "King of the Bandits!" (art by Everett Raymond Kinstler; 7 pages). Wild Bill Hickok stars in "Payoff in Lead!" Kit Carson stars in "Guns of Death!" (art by Geral McCann?; 6 pages). And "The Saga of Frank Carplin--Sixgun Killer!" (pencils by Larsen, inks by Alascia). Cover and inside front cover by Kinstler. Cover price $0.10.

Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders (1950 ME/AC) 13 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4418747001

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.

Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders (1950 ME/AC) 14 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4418747002

Art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Cover by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Teen cowboy adventures set in the 1950s, based on the popular radio program that ran from 1949 to 1955. Bobby and his friends Tex, Windy, and Irish face modern-day rustlers and other challenges of life on the ranch. Rogue Native Americans abduct the leaders of different tribes in an effort to create a new Native American empire. Head Hunter of Pirates Peak; The Brat; The Arena of Death; The Ghost Bell of Terror Valley. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Chamber of Chills (1951 Harvey) 7 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4723167009

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Abe Simon, Don Perlin, Manny Stallman, John Giunta and Joe Certa. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. The owner of a carnival tries to summon real monsters for his new exhibit. A cursed vase kills any plant placed in it, but disposing of it isn't so easy. A gambler makes a deal with the devil. Pit of the Damned!; Crawling Death; Garden of Horror; The Seal of Satan. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cinderella Love (1950) 8 GD+ 2.5

Staple rust. Cover loose at one staple.

Stories and art by Alice Kirkpatrick¸ Mario Colavito, Bob Oksner, John Prentice, Merrylen Townsend and Jack Sparling. Ziff-Davis published the first incarnation of this influential romance title. Teri works as a nurse for research scientist John, but John's fiancee Joan doesn't understand or care about his work, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Alice Kirkpatrick. Doreen and Sally battle for the affections of radio DJ Hugh, in the punningly titled "A Record Breaking Affair." Maid Tina gets to impersonate a countess as a joke for her wealthy boss, but she didn't expect to fall for handsome gardener Kip, who is also not who he appears to be. Plus a guide to making your own fashion accessories. Doctor in My Heart; A Record Breaking Affair; Good-bye, My Love; Sleight of Heart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

City of the Living Dead (1952) 0 CGC 2.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4728554008

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, A.C. Hollingsworth, Norman Nodel, Vince Alascia and Harry Lazarus. Cover by A.C. Hollingsworth. Tales of pre-Code horror, curses, and vengeance from beyond the grave. Explorers discover the fabled City of the Living Dead in Mexico, where the bodies of long-dead pirates still live under an Aztec curse; A man hiding out in the swamps encounters a beautiful woman who is not what she seems; A slave trader meets a gruesome fate when he encounters a tribal witch doctor. Also featuring a creepy contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. City of the Living Dead!; The Glistening Death; Terror of the Skeleton Men; The Witches Come at Midnight!; Death Has Many Tongues. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) 13 GD/VG 3.0

Cover and interior oxidation. Water damage.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Al Feldstein. Art by Johnny Craig, Jack Kamen, Sid Check, and Al Williamson. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. Helen suspects her sister Joan is having an affair with her husband, and the result of her suspicion is a fatal misunderstanding. In another version of the same story, she's not suspicious enough. These two are half-length stories called Quickies, featuring similar characters and romantic triangles. A young woman's homicidal rage could be the result of a cursed axe that once belonged to Lizzie Borden. Hear no Evil!; First Impulse!; Second Chance?; Freak!; A Question of Time!!; Forty Whacks! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) 14 CGC 2.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4562797003

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Art by Johnny Craig, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels, and Fred Peters. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. A writer seeks solitude for his writing, and also for the murder that he's planning. A condemned murderer escapes the courtroom, only to have justice catch up with him on the subway. A jewel thief picks the wrong house for his next crime, and witnessing a murder is only the start of his ordeal. Sweet Dreams!; The Perfect Place!; The Electric Chair; The Hangmans Noose; The Guillotine!; Private Performance! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Dixie Dugan (UK 1950 Streamline) 2 VG/FN 5.0

UK publication reprinting various stories from Columbia publications. "Dixie Dugan" Script by J. P. McEvoy, art by John Striebel. "Cranberry Boggs" Script and art by Don Dean. "LImehouse Louey Takes Over" Text story by Mart Bailey. 28 pages, Single tone color.

Fantastic Worlds (1952) 6 FR 1.0

6" Spine split from bottom. Cover coming loose at one staple.

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"The Cosmic Terror," "Run, Martian, Run," "The Space Lorelei," and "The Boy Who Saved the World!" (art by Alex Toth). Toth cover. Cover price $0.10.

Fighting Man (1952) 1 CGC 7.0

Paper: White

Label #4742158001

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Thrilling battle adventures! See the trials a front line mail clerk goes through in "Mail and Mayhem"! Plus: PFC Jones finds himself trapped behind the Iron Curtain and helps destroy a Russian jet in "Peril at Jet Junction"; Brock Temple is hired to pilot a plane, only to discover that he has been captured by spies in "Operation Hush-Hush!"; and Barney Smith is washed out of OCS but becomes an officer on the battlefield in "Bloody Victory!" Also: The story of Joseph Hartney and how he won the Legion of Merit medal after the U.S.S. Juneau was sank in the 1-page text story "Trapped." And: 2-page text story "Yardbird Yancy - Hero!" 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

First Love Illustrated (1949-1963 Harvey) 22 GD/VG 3.0

Water damage.

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Cover art by Al Avison. "Love Above All!", art by Bob Powell; Angela graduates from high school and is trained by tennis pro Laura; Discarding her boyfriend Glen, Angela flirts with sportswriter Walt to further her career, even though she knows Laura loves him; However, Angela challenges Laura to a match and Walt realizes she is only using him. "Double Desire"; Jack and Dale are partners in an ad agency and are dating Sue and Mike, respectively; Dale suspects Mike is cheating on her with Sue, and breaks up with him; Jack and Dale pretend to be lovers to make Mike and Sue jealous. "Doomed To Heartbreak" text story. Strange Romantic Customs fact page. Advice to readers by Nancy Powers. "A Stranger's Kiss," art by Jack Sparling; Office worker Joan takes her vacation at fancy Manor Lodge, hoping to find a rich husband; On the train, she meets Hal and they hit it off, but hes "only an insurance agent" and she wants more. "Dream for Sale" text story. "He Wanted Too Much!", art by Al Avison; Mary is the private secretary of gambler Rocky, and is his girlfriend as well; He encourages her to date college basketball player Nick and prevent him from playing in a big game. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Football Thrills (1951) 2 FR/GD 1.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION: Spine split seal.

Painted cover by Clarence Doore. Stories and art by Mike Suchorsky, Edd Ashe, and Ed Jon Smalle. Famous true tales from football's first century. American football player and coach Don Hutson. The life of football legend Bronko Nagurski. A biography of kicker Charlie Brickley. Plus one-pagers with puzzles and quizzes about football. Casual Kazamaier of Princeton; The Texas Quarterback Alvin "Bo" McMillin; Nevers Vs. Notre Dame; The Gentle Giant: The Story of Bronko Nagurski; Red Grange's Quarterback Quiz; Don Hutson, the Alabama Antelope; Educated Toe: The Story of Charlie Brickley; Red Grange's Pigskin Puzzlers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 11 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4723167015

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Charles M. Quinlan, Charles Nicholas and Harry Lazarus. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A ghost forces a couple to spend the night in a haunted house if they want to break the clutching curse; A professor discovers a terrible secret about a wax museum full of historys worst killers; The hideous legends surrounding Elizabeth Bathory, the so-called Blood Countess. The Mummys Treasure; I Am Doomed; The Clutching Curse; The Wax Demons; True Vampires of History: Elizabeth Bathory. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 386 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4570980006

Cover art by Carl Barks. Only a Poor Old Man; When the Beagle Boys erect a building next to Scrooge's money bin, with plans to puncture the bin and drain out the money, Scrooge secretly transfers his money to an old reservoir, where he hides it underwater; Learning of this stratagem, the Beagle Boys try to destroy a dam so that Scrooge's money will flow onto their land. Coffee for Two; Scrooge takes a bum to a diner for a "free" cup of coffee. Soupline Eight back cover strip; Scrooge decides to "take a chance" on the Soupline Eight car. Scripts and art by Carl Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 21 CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Label #4726792002

Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Mort Meskin. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. The Monster and his hunters encounter a lost prehistoric world of dinosaurs. Explorers bargain with the ghost of pirate captain Jean Lafitte to find his treasure. The sinister-looking actor playing Satan in a movie is a little too real. World of Monsters; Ghost of Jean Lafitte!; Satan and the Sailor. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Frogman Comics (1952) 1 VG 4.0

Water damage.

Stories and art by Mike Suchorsky, John Prentice, Jack Abel, Mike Becker, Dan Zolnerowich, Paul Reinman and Ed Smalle. "Frogman" is not a frog-powered superhero, but a 1950s term for underwater special-ops soldiers. Frogmen investigate after strange submarines appear off the coast of Japan and Korea. Advance forces for D-Day must destroy a Nazi rocket launcher, and the frogmen are the men for the job. Dan Durkin Frogman: Operation Ravage; Underwater Trapper; The Iron Prowler; Willie Needs Us; Operation Demolition; The Frogman Takes a Bunker; Double-Cross in the Deep. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Frogman Comics (1952) 4 CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Label #4703711017

Cover by Mike Suchorsky. Stories and art by Bill Ely, Mort Lawrence, Lorence Bjorklund, and Mort Meskin. "Frogman" is not a frog-powered superhero, but a 1950s term for underwater special-ops soldiers. Frogmen in explosive vehicles target an underwater holding pen for enemy subs. Special forces are assigned to rescue a captured agent from enemy territory. In a fanciful story, pirates use barrels filled with air to become the first "frogmen" during a harbor raid. Saturday Afternoon Frogman; Underwater Lighthouse; Objective Sam; The Twenty-First Cave; Gulf Stream Riddle; The Pirate Frogman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Gangsters and Gun Molls (1951) 4 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Typo on Label - "Gangsters and Gunmolls".

Label #0104714014

Cover by Syd Shores. Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Syd Shores, Rafael Astarita, and Gerald McCann. Stories about mobsters and the women who love them, with a special focus on women who were notorious criminals in their own right. The life of Mara Hite, who could have shared career tips with Bonnie Parker; A reporter gets too close to the organized crime hes covering; Alice Cort causes a stir in Hollywood with her movie-star looks and ruthless crime spree. Nice cover by Syd Shores, as well as a typically exquisite contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. Mara Hite: Bank-Robbing Murderess; The Elking Boys: Vice-Lords of Crime; The Corpse in the Lake!; Death in the Air!; Alice Cort: Hollywood Hellcat; Payoff in Blood! Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Ghost Rider (1950 Magazine Enterprises) 10 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4728829019

(A-1 Comics #71) Cover by Dick Ayers. Art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #71. Western horror with the original Ghost Rider, a marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. The Ghost Rider investigates after the Monster of Frankenstein itself suddenly begins terrorizing his little Western town; Jed Gunner sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for a gold mine; Ghost Rider learns that the tiger terrorizing a traveling circus is actually two contortionists in a bullet-proof tiger suit. Ghost Rider vs. Frankenstein; Tales of the Ghost Rider: The Devil and Jed Gunner; The Spirit Spurs; Tales of the Ghost Rider: My Friend the Hangman; The Devil Tiger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Ginger (1951) 4 0.3

Comic is complete other than being coverless.

36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Hand of Fate (1951 Ace) 9 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4160382019

This cover predates by eight years Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. The film stars Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh/Janet Lee, name on tombstone.

It Is Written: I Die Tomorrow!, pencils by Ken Rice; Paul Hulick is a gambler who cheats on his girl; He meets Fate (the hooded figure) and learns that he must die tomorrow (by drowning) unless he changes his behavior. Secret of the Witch's Urn; Robbie Donegal saves a witch out of a pool of quicksand and gains magic items: a horn to summon the witch and do his bidding and an urn to hold the ashes of his enemies; The condition: no one else must touch these items. Strange Rendezvous at 17 Rue Noir; Chess champion Nicola is a vain and arrogant man; He is challenged by a mysterious opponent to a game of life and death involving human chess figures killing each other as the game unravels. Vengeance from a Restless Grave, art by Louis Zansky; Amos Langford is mocked by the whole town for his ugly appearance; He dies in an accident, is revived in a lightning-rich thunderstorm and comes back--with a vengeance. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Horrific (1952) 2 VG 4.0

Writing indentions on cover. Cover oxidation.

"Tail of Death"; Amos Hatter has to take care of his younger scientist brother, Joseph; The mentally deranged Joseph experiments with a growing formula, but finds the opposite and shrinks himself down to mouse size; Amos helps him to regain his normal size, but is murdered by Joseph out of fear to be submitted to a mental institution. "Terror On High"; Two criminals infiltrate a monastery in the Bavarian Alps, where the bodies of the dead are preserved in its sub-zero cellar; Ralph and Jerry steal precious gems from the corpses and make their escape to their hide-out cabin; But the ghosts of the robbed come for revenge. "The Bony Shadow" text story by Brett Thompson. "The Clay Coffin"; Sculptress Hortense Hollingsworth creates things of beauty, but is homely herself; When husband Grover starts flirting with the new maid, Hortense poisons her and makes her into a statue. "The Vengeful Corpse"; Fisherman John Penn murders old Silas Barnes for his gold; He dumps the body at sea. Penn panics, however, when the corpse turns up in his fishing net. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jet Fighters (1952) 5 VG 4.0

Centerfold detached at one staple.

Contains Alex Toth art. Contains air battle stories of the Korean War era. In order of appearance: "Mig Alley Tyrant" art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito; "Sabre Ace" art by Frank Giusto and Al Rubano; "The Egg-Beater" art by Alex Toth, reprinted in Alex Toth Edge of Genius TPB (2007- ) #1-1ST and Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 HC (2011 FB) #1-1ST; "The Last Flight!"; and "Time Flies". "Three Came Back: Cooperation Is Important, Especially When You're Fighting a War!" illustrated text story by Charles S. Strong. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Junior Hopp Comics (1952) 1 GD- 1.8

1.5" Spine split from bottom with splitting to interior wraps.

Stories and art by Dave Berg and others. Archie-style teen comedy from Stanmor, an imprint of Stanley Morse. An introduction to the supporting characters in Junior's world, and a map of his town, Highvale, U.S.A. Junior's attempt at creating a love potion goes hilariously wrong. Chuck deals with an ant problem. Featuring early art by future MAD artist Dave Berg. Meet Junior Hopp - The Keenest Teen In Town!!; And He's Stuck With It!; Potions of Love; Junior Hopp Club News; Gramps: Bandaging Words; Highvale, U.S.A.; Mower Power To You; Chuck Has The Ants-er. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Ken Shannon (1952) 6 GD/VG 3.0

Miswrap/miscut. Water damage.

Cover pencils by Reed Crandall. Stories by Joe Millard, Jack Cole and Robert Bernstein. Art by Reed Crandall, Jack Cole, John Daly and unknown. Crime-busting private eye Ken Shannon takes on the weird, uncanny and terrifying in "The Vampire Mob" with story by Joe Millard and pencils by Reed Crandall. Plus: untitled Angles O'Day story by Jack Cole; Ken Shannon in "Dead Man's Alley" with story by Joe Millard and pencils by John Daly; 1-page text story "Roses Are Red" (writer unknown); and Ken Shannon in "Dee Dee Can't Be Dead!" with story by Robert Bernstein and pencils by John Daly. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Love Journal (1951) 14 0.3

Comic is complete other than being coverless. Centerfold detached.

Cover by Ed Robbins. Stories and art by John Buscema, Mort Leav, Ed Robbins and Bill Woolfolk. Offbeat romance comic, from pioneering female publisher Rae Herman of Orbit-Wanted, often featured early work by future comics legends. Sue asks Love Journal if her love of bandleader Larry can survive his sudden fame, in an early story by future Marvel and Conan legend John Buscema. "Usherette" Nora is torn between steady theater manager Howard, or rich Randy, who's just out for a good time. Ranch gal Peggy is used to life on the farm and not so interested in looking "feminine," until she falls for handsome Jon. Plus an article on "So You Want to be a Bathing Beauty." Careless with My Kisses; The Man I Wanted!; SOS for Love!; I Want to be Loved! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Man Comics (1949) 14 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4728829015

"Bouncing Betsys" (art by Jerry Robinson), "No Prisoners," "A Spot For Nick" (art by Mac Pakula), "Screaming Meemies" (script by Hank Chapman, art by Dave Berg), and a two-page text story, "The General Was In a Hurry." Cover price $0.10.

Man Comics (1949) 20 CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Label #4742157025

"Talk or Die" (art by Al Hartley), "Glory," "Backfire!" (art by Gil Evans), and "The Big Stall" (script by Hank Chapman, art by Paul Reinman). Two-page text story, "Grenade Mission." Cover price $0.10.

Mutt and Jeff (1939-65 All Am./National/Dell/Harvey) 60 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4723167022

Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher), Jack Schiff, and Win Mortimer. DC reprints the comic strip that defined the comic strip, featuring the original tall-and-short comedy duo. Also featuring the "topper" strip Cicero's Cat. Mutt and Jeff try to avoid lightning during a storm. Jeff's gift of a banana immediately backfires. Jeff waits for a bus. Plus a PSA about learning. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Binky Asks, What Do You Know About Other People?; Every Movement Has a Meaning of Its Own. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

My Friend Irma (1950 Marvel) 23 FR 1.0

Cover oxidation. Water damage. 6" cumulative spine split. Staple rust. Cover detached at one staple.

Mysterious Adventures (1951) 8 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4728556013

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 CGC 1.5

Paper: Brittle

Label #4250633016

"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.

New Adventures of Walt Disney's Robin Hood (1952) Flour Giveaway 2 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4645782007

"Ghosts of Waylea Castle"

Peter Rabbit Comics (1947) 12 CGC 7.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4354074012

Art by Frank Carin and others. Cover by Frank Carin. Funny-animal hijinks with a rabbit named Peter and his family and friends. Peter and Dazy imagine themselves as an inventor and an actress in the 1890s; Timmy the mouse tries to convince Cicero the cat that he has a talent for music; Retellings of the classic fairy tales The Frog Prince, The Honest Prince and Clever Gretel running alongside the Peter Rabbit stories. Gay Nineties; Cicero's Career; The Frog Prince; The Honest Prince; Sparky Smith; Clever Gretel; Bronco Busting. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Prize Comics Western (1948-1956 Prize) 93 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4703711009

Cover by Will Elder and John Severin. Art by Will Elder and John Severin. Prize's flagship Western title featured early art by John Severin and other greats who worked for EC in the following decade. American Eagle and Buck are stalked by renegade Sioux warriors. Three stories and a cover featuring early art by EC legends Will Elder and John Severin. American Eagle signals for help to rescue a wagon train from Arapahoe warriors. Sioux War Party; Stuarts Stranglers; Wolf Pack; Hoot Owls of Cactus Gap; The Roundup; Smoke Signals! 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Romantic Adventures (1949) 21 VG 4.0

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Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Lin Streeter, Bill Walsh, Ken Bald, Gus Ricca and Leonard Starr. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Jessie gets a job in a defense plant and meets fellow welder Harry, but hes all business; Dale gets a job after a newspaper editor mistakes her name for a mans, only to find herself in the middle of a dangerous crime expose; Redhead Ann learns a man has bought the cherished seaside house shes always wanted. Welded Hearts; Office Romance; Lover's Masquerade; Heart on Trial; Real Cute Sport; Wooed By a Westerner; Search for Celia. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Romantic Love (1949) 11 CGC 4.0

Paper: White

Label #4354074014

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler and Rafael Astarita. Lurid tales of love and crime, with lush covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. Lila loves dancing, but her soldier fiance has an injury that keeps him off the dance floor; Phyllis suspects Jay is seeing Gloria behind her back; A woman finally meets the perfect man, only to learn that hes already engaged. I Married You Didnt I?; Phantom Husband; Love Thief; How My Husband Proposed!; The Honeymoon is Over. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Sensational Police Cases (1954) 0 GD- 1.8 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch, spine rebuild, piece-fill, tear seals. TRIMMED. Staples added (not manufacturing).

Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Art by Michael J. Becker, Gerald McCann, Goldfarb Baer, Tex Blaisdell, Sid Check, Joe Kubert, Mort Lawrence, and Howard Larsen. Reprints of Murderous Gangsters #3, Prison Break #3 and Police Lineup #3. Lurid pre-Code tales about mobsters, bank robbers and other bad guys and gals from the golden age of crime. A murdered detective sets out to ID his killer before he dies; Leech McCoy has a yen for arson and a name like a Dick Tracy villain; Redheaded Lina Foyle and her boyfriend go on a crime spree. Killer Bait; Blind Mans Bluff; Brothers in Crime; Jed Hawkins—Cold Blooded Killer; The Imperfect Crime; Nick Marek—Shakedown Racketeer; Killers on the Loose; Sonny Terhune Machine-Gun Madman; Lina Foyle Gunmoll; Clevelands Butcher of Death; Two-Dollar Murder; Death Comes Laughing; Killer at Large; Louie Gruber Czar of the Underworld; The Unseen Murderer; Death Danced the Samba; Mystery of the Headless Corpse; Leech McCoy the Incendiary Killer! 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Shock Suspenstories (1952 EC) 2 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation. Water damage.

Cover art by Wally Wood. Kickback!, script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Jack Kamen; A young woman marries an older man for his money and gets tried of caring for him after a heart attack leaves him paralyzed; She comes up with a plot to stock the cellar with canned goods for three weeks and then pretends to be locked inside while her husband starves to death. Gee, Dad... It's a Daisy!, script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Wally Wood; pace explorers land on a planet teeming with intelligent carnivorous plants and fall victim to a demonstration of "She loves me...She loves me not..." Time to Kill! text story by Albert B. Feldstein. Hiding Place text story by Albert B. Feldstein. The Patriots!, script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Jack Davis; A mob at a military parade to honor wounded Korean War soldiers, whipped up by anti-communist sentiment, beats to death a blind war vet when he doesn't doff his hat to the flag during the parade. Halloween!, script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); On Halloween night, when a new matron at an orphanage discovers the manager has been stealing the state's allotment for the children and threatens to strangle her to keep her quiet, the children take matters into their own hands and use his hollowed-out head as a pumpkin. 36 pgs. $0.10. NOTE: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover a 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints # 12). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950's publication date. Cover price $0.10.