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Green Lantern (1960 2nd Series DC) 1 CGC 2.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4473819003

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella. Buzzy Says: Free Speech -- Free For All! public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Planet of Doomed Men, script by John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson; Hal Jordan's energy-duplicate is summoned by the Guardians for the first time. After he is returned to Earth the Guardians send him to Calor, a nearby planet, to save the Calorians from the ape-monster Dryg. Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ad, art by Bob Oksner. Menace of the Giant Puppet!, script by John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella; The Puppet-Master invents a Hypno-Ray and commits crimes using others as puppets, until he attempts to capture Green Lantern, who instead captures him. Meanwhile, Carol Ferris daydreams of marrying Green Lantern. Letter to the editor from comic writer Roy Thomas. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Green Lantern (1960 2nd Series DC) 1 PR 0.5

Interior is complete. Full length spine split with cover glued to first wrap. Centerfold detached. 5" front cover tear. Two hole punch.

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella. Buzzy Says: Free Speech -- Free For All! public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Planet of Doomed Men, script by John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson; Hal Jordan's energy-duplicate is summoned by the Guardians for the first time. After he is returned to Earth the Guardians send him to Calor, a nearby planet, to save the Calorians from the ape-monster Dryg. Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ad, art by Bob Oksner. Menace of the Giant Puppet!, script by John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella; The Puppet-Master invents a Hypno-Ray and commits crimes using others as puppets, until he attempts to capture Green Lantern, who instead captures him. Meanwhile, Carol Ferris daydreams of marrying Green Lantern. Letter to the editor from comic writer Roy Thomas. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Green Lantern (1960 2nd Series DC) 2 VG- 3.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch, tear seals, spine rebuild. TRIMMED. Water spotting.

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson. The Secret of the Golden Thunderbolts!, script by John Broome pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella; Green Lantern learns of the anti-matter universe of Qward. He travels there to rescue the few lawful citizens and brings them to Earth and closes the portal between dimensions. Riddle of the Frozen Ghost Town!, script by John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella; Tom Kalmakus' father and Jimmy Dawes had stumbled on a gold mine and split the map for keeping while Dawes raised money to work it, but Tom's father died and Dawes lost his map while gambling. Duke Danfield won the map half and steals Tom's half to find the gold, but Green Lantern defeats his gang and Tom discovers Hal's secret identity as Green Lantern; Introduction of Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Henry (1948-1961 Dell) 60 PR 0.5

Remaindered copy.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane (1958) 15 VG/FN 5.0

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. The Super-Family of Steel! Part 1: Super-Husband and Wife!, script by Otto Binder, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; A girl who looks very much like Lois Lane meets a man who looks and acts very much like Superman and they get married by a native chief on a remote island. [The Super-Family of Steel!] Part II: The Bride Gets Super-Powers!, script by Otto Binder, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; a couple go on their honeymoon in space, then settle on Venus where they have twin children, after which the girl who looks like Lois gets superpowers. [The Super-Family of Steel!] Part III: The Secret of the Super-Family!; All is revealed and Van-Zee and Sylvia move into the bottle city of Kandor. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) 13 GD- 1.8

3" cumulative spine split. Cover and interior oxidation.

1st appearance of Groot - Cover by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. I Challenged... Groot! The Monster from Planet X!, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; The monarch of planet X arrives on Earth in order to capture a town for experimental purposes back on his homeworld. Special Sale text story, art by Joe Maneely. I Found the Abominable Snowman!, art by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko; A thug ventures to the Himalayas with the intention of capturing the Abominable Snowman for profit but is frustrated in his attempts of getting the locals to refer him to the creature he has in a photograph. My Friend is...Not Quite Human!, art by Steve Ditko; A misogynist wood-carver falls in love with his sculpture and has himself transformed into wood, but his refusal to pay a gypsy mystic leads to her making the wooden figure human out of spite. I Found the Hidden World!, art by Don Heck; An ex-con investigates a professor's theories about a world inside television sets. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Wendy the Good Little Witch (1960-1990 Harvey 1st Series) 1 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white

Label #1157976001

Cover has Wendy and Casper. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Wendy stars in "Toot and Tooter" and "The Wand Tree," plus three untitled 1-pagers. Also in this issue: Nightmare in "The Ghost Rider"; Spooky in "Butter Ball"; and 1-page text stories "Jest for Fun" and "The Nutty Squirrel"! Characters in this issue: Wendy; Thelma; Zelma; Velma; Nightmare; Spooky; Poil. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

World's Finest (1941) 114 VG+ 4.5

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. Captives of the Space Globes starring Superman and Batman, script by Jerry Coleman, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Sheldon Moldoff; Alba takes Batman, Robin and Superman to his planet to help rid it of alien invaders. Children of Tomorrow! public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily; Article relates how sub-standard conditions affect children in the world and quotes the "UN Declaration Of The Rights Of A Child." The Human Space Dragon starring Tommy Tomorrow, script by Jack Miller, art by Jim Mooney. Green Arrow's Alien Ally, script by Ed Herron, art by Lee Elias; Green Arrow helps a pixie sized cop from another world capture a (too him) giant criminal. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.