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Adventures in 3-D (1953-1954 Harvey) 2 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4543086010

Cover by Howard Nostrand. Stories and art by Bob Powell and Howard Nostrand. Originally distributed with 3-D glasses; see individual item notes to determine whether an offered copy still includes them. A series of 3-D adventure stories, published to coincide with the 3-D craze in movies and comics of the era. A champion racer competes in the famed Le Mans endurance race. Test pilots Fred and Joe try to sabotage each other's planes so they can be the first lunar astronaut. Plus a tale that takes advantage of the 3-D technology of the era by telling two separate tales on the same page. Il Maestro; First Man On the Moon; Trapped; Winged Prayer; Three-D Blinkey. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, B&W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.

Adventures into Darkness (1952) 14 GD 2.0 (R)

Trimmed

TRIMMED. 1" cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. 2" tear in cover. Staple rust with migration. Oxidation.

Cover reprinted on Tales Too Terrible to Tell (1989) #9. In order of appearance: "The Garden of Evil!" art by Mike Roy; "Murder by Movie"; "Weird Watson" reprinted in Haunted Horror (2012 IDW) #26; "The Outcast"; "The Frozen Death"; "Horror's Scrapbook"; "The Curse of the Ancient Devil Gods"; "Part-Time Lunatic"; "Ghosts in the Sky"; and "The Corpse Candle". "The Living Brain: The Mad Scientist Took a Step Over the Human Dividing Line..." illustrated text story by Terry Hendryx. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Adventures Into the Unknown (1948 ACG) 58 CGC 2.5

Paper: Off white

Label #2111297006

3-D effect cover and stories: "Dead Man's Gold," "The Man Who Died Laughing," "The Clasp Knife," "The Last Bars," "The Plague Ship," and "The Crime Machine." Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Harry Lazarus. Stories by Harry Lazarus, Pete Riss, and Robert Sale. Spine-chilling tales of suspense, horror, and the supernatural—prepare yourself for Adventures into the Unknown! 3-D effect stories and cover. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Battle Cry (1952) 15 GD 2.0

Cover by Eugene Hughes. Stories and art by Eugene E. Hughes, Charles Stern and Tony Mortellaro. War comics from publisher Stanley Morse in the tradition of EC's war comics. A colonel and an captured enemy commander discuss their recent battle over a game of chess. Soldier Joe has short-timer's syndrome - if he can make it just a few more weeks, he'll be heading home. Steel Foxhole!; Dragon from the East!; Plan of Attack; Bawl Like a Baby!; Saga of Steel; Going Home! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Jr. (UK 1953-1954 L. Miller & Sons 3rd Series) 23 GD/VG 3.0

Water damage.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 204 CGC 7.0

Paper: White

Label #4670318002

Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Man Who Could Live Forever starring Batman and Robin, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Stan Kaye. The Best Present of All! public service announcement starring Binky, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Stars Spell Doom starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, art by Ruben Moreira. Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Passenger Who Never Went Ashore starring Captain Compass, art by Joe Certa. Unofficial Detective text article. The 3-D Crimes starring Mysto Magician Detective, art by Leonard Starr. 44 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Eh! (1953) 4 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #1274890013

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Stories and art by Dick Ayers, Fred Ottenheimer, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Eh! was Charlton's attempt at a one-word-title humor and satire comic, inspired by the success of EC's Mad. A boxing manager needing a new fighter looks for the toughest guy he can find, but they all have some hidden weakness. Hoiman the cab driver faces the strange and dangerous challenges of picking up a day's fares in the city. Eh! does a version of Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride," just as Mad did a year later. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including cigarettes, deodorant ("He smells like a gymnasium!"), and "Cellophane Diapers" - as Alfred E. Neuman would say, "Yecch!" The cover features an unprintable visual pun. Be Hacky - Go Nutz; A Million Dollar Gate!; Taxi, Lady?; Eh-!?!; Herman's Hazard; The Ride of Paul Revere!; Histerical News!; Don't Be Aloof...; Clearview Cellophane Diapers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 535 VG 4.0

Indicia title is "I LOVE LUCY, No. 535." Lucille Ball photo cover. Intro with four photos from the TV series. The Midnight Snack; Lucy's midnight snacks are giving her hiccups, which are keeping Ricky awake. Suds in Your Eyes; Lucy buys boxes of Fado Soap Flakes looking for the lucky ticket that's included in a box as a prize. Strike Up the Band; Ricky's orchestra gets a job playing a a party on Mr. Bluechip's yacht. Lucy stows away and causes havoc while trying to stay out of sight. Art by Hy C. Rosen. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Hand of Fate (1951 Ace) 25B GD/VG 3.0

1" spine split from top. Cover oxidation. Moisture damage.

The Last Hiding Place starring Fate, art by Lou Cameron; Fate presents us with Madame Lizette and her carnival wax museum of unnatural history; Resorting to witchcraft, she breathes new life into a werewolf and a tiger woman. Rendezvous with the Phantom Gypsies, art by Ken Rice; A gypsy boy flees the orphanage he lives in and travels with a salesman to a gypsy camp. They witness a gypsy wedding; In an outburst of jealousy the salesman kills the groom and drives away, burning down the camp. The Witch's Wicked Words, art by Larry Woromay; Running from the police and his gangster friends, crook and murderer Louie Brink is sent back to the year 1450 through a time machine. When His Number's Up... starring Fate, art by Louis Zansky. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Haunt of Fear (1950 E.C. Comics 2nd Series) 25 CGC 2.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4153731011

Cover art by Graham Ingels. The New Arrival--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Otto Binder, art by Graham Ingels; This story is told by a mansion; The occupant is a lunatic old woman who lost her mind when her husband was killed in WWI and kept her new born infant uneducated and in shackles for 40 years. Indisposed!--The Vault of Horror!, art by George Evans; A man uses his new garbage disposal to eliminate the remains of his wife's body, but his plumber friend who installed it doesn't have experience and connects it to the water intake. Out Cold--Haunt of Fear, script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Kamen; The old witch tells us a story with two endings; The first ending relates what would have happened to the protagonist if he had pursued a relationship with a new office girl who turns out to be a ghoul using human meat to feed her mother's cats, but the old witch tells us that's not what actually happened. The Light In His Life!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Haunt of Fear (1950 E.C. Comics 2nd Series) 26 CGC 3.5 Restored

Restored: B1

Paper: Off white to white

Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover.

Label #4419124004

Cover art by Graham Ingels. Marriage Vow--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Otto Binder, art by Graham Ingels; A woman who was murdered by her husband for her money comes back from the dead to fulfill her wifely role in a zombified way. The Shadow Knows--The Vault of Horror!, script by Otto Binder, art by Reed Crandall; A man murders his wife making it look like a suicide in order to marry a wealthy woman. Spoiled--Haunt of Fear, script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Kamen. Comes The Dawn!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Davis. 36 pages, full color. NOTE: Contains anti-censorship editorial, 'Are you a Red Dupe?' Cover price $0.10.

Haunted Thrills (1952) 13 VG- 3.5

Stories and art by Carl Burgos and others. Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A self-centered actor begins glimpsing a beautiful woman after an accident. A mad scientist wants to know which is stronger - love or hunger, featuring art by Human Torch creator Carl Burgos. A baboon develops a fatal attraction to a visiting prospector. Famous, oft-reprinted cover by an unknown artist. Experiment in Terror; Rendezvous with Doom; Death Do Us Part. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Horrific (1952) 10 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation. Water damage.

Cover by Don Heck. Stories and art by Max Elkin, Rudy Palais, and Don Heck. Pre-Code horror comics by the talents at the Iger Shop. A magical piper inspires the animals of a small European village to revolt and attack their owners. The sinister Mr. Dark offers to make Ivan a champion wrestler, but first he must kill for him. A thief ill-advisedly breaks into a legendary sculptor's mansion to steal a cursed artwork. Also featuring a cover by future Marvel legend Don Heck. The Revolt of the Beasts; Death Wins the Fall; Beneath the Grave; Sculptor of the Damned; Story of Ghosts; Magnolia Mary. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Horrific (1952) 12 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation. Water damage.

Cover by Don Heck. Stories and art by Max Elkin, Rudy Palais, Steve Kirkel and Don Heck. Pre-Code horror comics by the talents at the Iger Shop. A newscaster creates an imaginary monster that turns out to be real. A fishing vessel encounters the ghost of a Viking king. A man becomes obsessed with a woman in a portrait, with tragic results. Also featuring a cover by future Marvel legend Don Heck. Morrisons Monster; The Sea Ghost; Bloodlust; The Deadliest Witch; Dancing Ghost. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

House of Mystery (1951-1983 1st Series) 22 FR 1.0

9.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple.

Cover pencils by Ruben Moreira. "The Phantom's Return!," pencils by Curt Swan; Special effects engineer Raymond Danner is supposed to die at the hands of a rival. "The Second Life of General Marcellus!," art by Nick Cardy; Newspaper reporter Mark Ransom is convinced to be the reincarnation of Roman general Marcellus. "The Isle of the Ageless!," art by Leonard Starr; A millionaire is going to be robbed of his money; His secretary stages a hustle involving a treasure map, a fountain of youth, a hidden island plus natives let in on the plot, special make-up effects and false diamonds. "The Ghost of Devil Mountain!," art by Ruben Moreira; Two mountaineers try to climb the haunted Mount Taroo; One of them goes insane. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Love Romances (1949) 40 FR 1.0

Back cover coupon cut. Water damage.

Cover inks by Vince Colletta. Edited by Stan Lee. Stories by unknown. Art by Vince Colletta, John Tartaglione, J. Makowski?, Jay Scott Pike and unknown. What happens when a man falls under the spell of a..."Sophisticated Lady!" Also featuring: "If You Love Me!"; "Second Chance!"; and "Marriage is Many Things!" Plus: 2-page text story "My Kind of Man"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 89 FR/GD 1.5

Portion of back cover missing. Centerfold detached. Water damage. Puncture damage.

Cover art by Kurt Schaffenberger. Death's Direction text story by John Martin. Fights the Dark Curse; the Marvel family faces Sterling Morris. If The Shoe Fits starring Headline Harry, scrip and art by Howard Boughner. Then There Were None Ch. 1: One By One, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; The tenants of Mrs. Wagner's rooming house are disappearing, until only Billy Batson and Freddy Freeman are left. Then There Were None Ch. 2: Then There Are None; Billy and Freddy discover that everybody else in the boarding house has been replaced with robots. Then There Were None Ch. 3: Robots Robots Robots; Billy and Freddy rescue the rest of the members of Mrs. Wagner's boarding house from Lem Blucher and his robot replacements. Last app. of Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel, Jr., Mary Marvel, Prof. Edgewise, Mrs. Wagner, Red O'Reilly, Leroy Marks, & Jim Bellows until Shazam! #1. 36 Pages, Full Color. 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.

My Friend Irma (1950 Marvel) 39 GD+ 2.5

Cover detached. Water damage.

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.

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.

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.

Secret Mysteries (1954) 16 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #1273892009

Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Tony Tallarico, Edvard Moritz and Rudy Palais. Crime and horror comics. Series continues from Crime Mysteries (1952-1954 Trojan Magazines) #15. Hiding out in a department store overnight, Sally learns about the strange shadow people who live there full-time. Jewel thieves Ian and Jayne hide a stolen gem inside Jayne's very leg, which proves tricky when cops capture them. Ten strangers, all guilty of different crimes, are gathered on a remote island by a mysterious invitation. Plus a vintage PSA, "Better Schools Make Better Communities." The Shadow People; Hiding Place; Deathlook; Doomed by the Clock; The Jeweled Curse; The Week End of Dread. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Space Adventures (1952 1st series) 13 CGC 9.2

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4639938002

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Carl Memling, Vince Alascia, Joe Shuster, John Belfi, Seymour Moskowitz and Dick Giordano. Ahead of the Comics Code, Space Adventures switches from horrific tales of sci-fi to super-heroics, reviving 1940s hero Blue Beetle, in what proved to be a long and influential series for both Charlton and the Blue Beetle himself. In the far-off future year of 1988, Blast Baker and Astra Adams of the Planet Police battle a tentacled monster from outer space. Someone tries to frame reporter Joan Mason by planting a bag of cocaine in her purse. Blue Beetle: Murder in the Ring; The Thing in Outer Space; From Planet Rathe to Planet Earth; The Beauty Parlor Murders; Minit Mystery; Heritage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Spook (1954) 28 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4619669019

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and George Appel. Pre-Code horror comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. In one of the all-time classic lab accidents, an amoeba gains massive size and intelligence, and runs amuck in the city. Red Rocket discovers a plot to replace human babies with Martian mutants. Amazo enslaves a village and battles jungle hero Rulah, but falls afoul of her own superstition, featuring art possibly by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Creeping Death; Death Dance; Red Rocket: The Monstrous Madmen; Rulah: Jade of Death. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Spook (1954) 30 CBCS 6.5

Paper: Off white

Label #21-230DC57-015

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and George Peltz. Pre-Code horror comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A female reporter is the only witness as a long-dead mummy revives and goes in search of his ancient bride. A night watchman at a museum is dragged into a painting that is actually the door into an evil dimension. A writer's latest manuscript holds the potential to destroy all evil in the world. Another top-notch cover by L. B. Cole. Swamp Spirit; The Vengeful Phantom; The Mummy; The Ghost Who Cried; Picture a Nightmare; Maniac; The Insider. Final issue of the series. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Sub-Mariner Comics (1941) 33 CGC 2.5

Paper: Light tan to off white

Tape on Cover.

Label #0273574005

36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 90 FR 1.0

Interior tearing with minor impact to story. 5" cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Centerfold detached and anchored with tape.

Cover art by Win Mortimer. Superman's Last Job starring Superman and Red Evans, script by Jerry Coleman, art by Al Plastino. Superman's Secret Past, script by Edmond Hamilton, art by Al Plastino; Superman returns to Smallville. The Man Who Caught a Sub text story by Jack Miller. The Titanic Thefts starring Superman and Lex Luthor, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, Don't Give Fire a Place to Start. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

T-Man (1951) 20 FR 1.0

Near-complete spine split. Cover oxidation. Water damage.

Cover pencils by John Rosenberger. Stories by unknown. Art by John Rosenberger, Charles Sultan and unknown. In this issue: T-Man in "Project Doom" with pencils by John Rosenberger - A plot to assassinate all of the free world's leaders during a meeting in Stockholm is revealed in papers delivered to Trask by a Russian agent; T-Man Bart Fabian in "Ransom for Death" with pencils by Charles Sultan - Film cans are stolen from a Hollywood set making a pirate movie; T-Man in "Red Ring of Fire!"; 1-page text story "The Perfect Double Cross," reprinted from Blackhawk (1944 1st Series) #78; and T-Man in "The City of Spies" - An American diplomat is hypnotised by a French communist to obey a delayed hypnotic command to kill a North African caliph. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Thing (1952 Charlton) 17 GD 2.0

1" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached. Cover glued to first wrap.

Cover by Steve Ditko. "Through the Looking Glass," art by Steve Kirkel; Alice is a mean and sadistic girl who runs amok and kills Wonderland's hostile and wondrous inhabitants. "Bad Blood!", script by Carl Memling, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; Gabriel Robb murders his rich uncle in a rage. "Wishful Thinking!", art by Steve Kirkel; Emil Barto is a vampire aboard a ship and gets stranded on an island. "Horror on the Hill" text story. "Weird Legend of Trelawney," pencils by Bob Powell; John Marshand visits the English town of Trelawney; Two former land owners, the squires Tilton and Ghastney, haunt the region with their ghostly attack dogs. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

This Magazine Is Haunted (1951 Fawcett/Charlton) 16 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Gapping in plastic to top edge of slab.

Label #4289247002

Edited by Burton N. Levey. Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories by Bill Woolfolk and unknown. Art by Shelly Moldoff and unknown. Horror tales that are so scary they could only lead you to believe that This Magazine is Haunted! In this issue: Cruel Mark Coyne is led to his grandfather's ship, the Sea Witch. There he re-enacts the latter's last voyage with ghosts from the past in "The Last Voyage of the Sea Witch!" with art by Shelly Moldoff. Plus: Newspaperman Tom Farrell exposes the government of a Balkan country as run by aliens wanting to take over control. Nobody believes him, though, in "The Evil Ministers?" with story by Bill Woolfolk. And: Homer Rogers, author of a biography on Abraham Lincoln, is invited to a strange masquerade: Rogers is costumed as the assassinated president...and John Wilkes Booth is loose in the theatre in "Some Things Weren't Meant to be Written"! Also: 2-page text story "The 'Gnombi' Graveyard"; 1-page stories "The Haunt of Allanbank Castle" and "Pet Hate"; and a "Supernatural Quiz"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Uncanny Tales (1952 Atlas) 18 CBCS 2.0 Restored

Trimmed

Paper: Slightly britle

Top & bottom edge of book & left edge of back cover trimmed. 2 pieces of tape on cover & 2 pieces on interior cover. 1 staple added.

Label #25-2BFAE95-003

Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by unknown. Art by John Forte, Ed Winiarski, Al Eadeh, Vince Colletta and Bob Powell. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "One Second Till Doom!" with art by John Forte; "The Last Vampire" with art by Ed Winiarski; "One Little Man" with art by Al Eadeh; "The Machine Age" with art by Vince Colletta; "The Face in the Mirror" with art by Bob Powell; and 2-page text story "A Favor from Satan," reprinted from Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) #13 (original title: "The Demon of Disaster"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Web of Evil (1952) 20 GD- 1.8

1" spine split. Cover-to-cover edge tear. Water damage.

"Katumba - The Man-Made Terror"; Katumba is a legendary monster gorilla from the island of Martinique; Trent and Crane, owners of a "Hall of Oddities", travel to Martinique and build a fake Katumba there - to attract audiences at home. "Make-Up for Horror," pencils by Charles Nicholas; Ezra Fear is Hollywoods master make-up artist; His trade secret: There is no make-up; He uses a "chemical Z" to frightfully alter the appearance of actors he kidnapped, drugged and keeps caged in his cellar. "The Monster from the Deep," art by Louis Ravielli; An atom bomb test in the Pacific opens up a crack in the sea bottom and releases an ancient, dinosaur-like sea serpent. "Plan for Doom" text story. "Death from the Tomb," pencils by Charles Nicholas; Professor Dentons expedition explores the insides of an Azetec pyramid in Mexico. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Weird Science-Fantasy (1954 E.C. Comics) 25 GD 2.0

1" spine split from bottom. Cover-to-cover puncture damage.

"Flying Saucer Report" (art by Wally Wood), "A Sound of Thunder" (art by Al Williamson with Angelo Torres and Roy Krenkel; adapted from the classic Ray Bradbury story), "Bellyful" (art by Bernard Krigstein), and "Harvest" (art by Joe Orlando). Letter to the editor from Bradbury praising "The Flying Machine" adaptation that appeared in issue 23 by Krigstein: it is "The finest single piece of art-drawing I've seen in the comics in years." Comics artist Dan Adkins writes another letter. Williamson cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Weird Science-Fantasy (1954 E.C. Comics) 25 FR 1.0

Signed by artist Al Williamson, does not include certificate of authenticity. 7" cumulative spine split.

"Flying Saucer Report" (art by Wally Wood), "A Sound of Thunder" (art by Al Williamson with Angelo Torres and Roy Krenkel; adapted from the classic Ray Bradbury story), "Bellyful" (art by Bernard Krigstein), and "Harvest" (art by Joe Orlando). Letter to the editor from Bradbury praising "The Flying Machine" adaptation that appeared in issue 23 by Krigstein: it is "The finest single piece of art-drawing I've seen in the comics in years." Comics artist Dan Adkins writes another letter. Williamson cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 70 FR 1.0

REMAINDERED COPY. 5" cumulative spine split With splitting to interior wraps. Cover oxidation.

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "The Volcano-Maker," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman investigates a "Volcano Prophet" who foretells the eruptions of extinct volcanoes. "The Invisible Trail," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; The Angle Man has devised a method of following Wonder Woman anywhere - even after she's switched into her secret identity of Diana Prince. "Wonder Woman's Wedding Day," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; All crime has stopped; Wonder Woman agrees to marry Steve Trevor - but just before she says "I do," an evil scientist sends her to another dimension where she's invisible to the world around her. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

World's Finest (1941) 68 CGC 1.5

Paper: Light tan to off white

Label #4392278001

Cover art by Winslow Mortimer. Home, Sweet Home public service announcement starring Binky, script by Jack Schiff, art by Stan Kaye. The Menace from the Stars!, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; After attempting to destroy an asteroid with traces of Kryptonite, Superman loses his memory; He changes into the clothes in the cape pocket and heads to the Daily Planet; Lois and Perry tell him he is Clark Kent and that Superman has disappeared. Nine Men against Fort Mohawk starring Tomahawk, art by Nick Cardy. Shorty humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Mystery of the Vanishing Villains starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. Rockin' the Ranchers starring Two-Gun Percy, art by Jimmy Thompson. Riddle of the Portuguese Cat, script by Dave Wood, art by Howard Sherman. Caging the King of Beasts text story, script by Jack Miller [as Jack Mabely], art by Raymond Perry. Three Smashing Adventures of Superman, art by Win Mortimer and Al Plastino. The Secret Weapons of the Crimesmith starring Batman, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Young Men (1950-1954 Marvel/Atlas) 25 GD- 1.8

Cover loose at both staples. Water damage. Staple rust with migration.

1st printing. Cover by Carl Burgos. Written by Hank Chapman, Don Rico and unknown. Art by Carl Burgos, John Romita, Sr. and Bill Everett. In this issue: The Human Torch (Jim Hammond) and Toro (Thomas Raymond) in "The Return of...the Human Torch" by Hank Chapman and Carl Burgos; Captain America and Bucky in "Top Secret!" by Don Rico and John Romita, Sr.; the Sub-Mariner in a story with art by Bill Everett; and "Death Is Standing By" text story. 36 pages, full color. NOTE: 1994 JC Penney reprint exists; can be identified by having a Stridex ad on the back cover. Cover price $0.10.