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Aces High (1955 EC) 1 FR 1.0

Near-complete spine split.

Cover by George Evans. Stories by Carl Wessler and Irv Werstein. Art by Bernie Krigstein, George Evans, Jack Davis, and Wally Wood. As part of its New Direction line, EC presents tales of air combat in World Wars I and II. A WWI veteran tells his grandson about war and its consequences. The latest recruit to the 37th Aero Squadron, Pomeroy is shunned by the seasoned pilots until he gets a chance to prove his mettle. An air squadron's canine mascot becomes a reliable indicator of a pilot's survival. The Way it Was; The Stork with Talons; The Outsider; The Mascot; The New C.O. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Aces High (1955 EC) 2 VG- 3.5

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Cover by George Evans. Stories by Carl Wessler and others. Art by Bernie Krigstein, George Evans, Jack Davis, and Wally Wood. As part of its New Direction line, EC presents tales of air combat in World Wars I and II. WWI pilot Lt. Horst Viegel disregards the unwritten rules of conduct for air combat, and pays the price. Captain Warren vows revenge on the enemy ace who killed the nurse he loved during an air raid. A pilot is elated when he is finally accepted by the famed Lafayette Escadrille, until he learns the reason why a spot opened up. First issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. Chivalry!; The Ace of Aces; Revenge; Locker 9; Laughing Warrior; Footnote. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) 16 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4745073009

Cover art by Johnny Craig. "Rendezvous!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Joe and his office companions are taking bets that Charlie will have an airplane accident...just as a lark; Then, when Joe's boss suspects that the company's books are being juggled, Joe devises a plan to make sure his boss will have a plane accident himself. "Fission Bait!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A man murders his wife to be with his mistress; He buries her in the desert, but a prospector accidentally finds the body with a Geiger counter. It turns out her watch had a radium dial! "Scorpion" text story by Albert B. Feldstein. "Come Clean!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, pencils by Al Williamson, inks by Angelo Torres; Ralph Jones has been found guilty of strangling his girlfriend and is strapped in the electric chair facing a horrible death, all for a crime he didn't commit but in which circumstantial evidence led to his conviction. "Who's Next?", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A barber's wife and a regular customer are having an affair; When the barber finds out, he decides the customer needs a REALLY close shave. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Dirty Pair II (1989) 4 FN/VF 7.0

Cover art by Adam Warren. Inside front cover B&W indicia page editorial about collecting "neat stuff" by Catherine Yronwode. ONE OF MY TURNS, script by Haruka Takachiho (creator of characters and situations), Toren Smith, and Adam Warren, art by Adam Warren; The "Lovely Angels" try to find out what Shasti is planning to do--Flashback sequence: Shasti tries to kill the "Lovely Angels." 36 pgs. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.

Extra (1955 EC) 1 VG 4.0

Water damage.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Colin Dawkins and Johnny Craig. Art by John Severin, Johnny Craig, and Reed Crandall. One of EC Comics' late New Direction titles, a response to the new Comics Code, featuring reporters finding danger while pursuing stories. Reporter Keith Michaels finds danger in the tropics when an ex-Nazi munitions dealer is selling weapons to Costa Rican revolutionaries. Photographer Steve Rampart sees suspicious doings while covering a peace conference in Geneva. Reporters find shady business while vacationing in sunny Key West. Dateline: Cayo Romano, Cuba!; Camera!; Holiday for Macduff; Thirty; Dateline: Key West! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Haunt of Fear (1950 E.C. Comics 2nd Series) 15 CGC 4.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4700104003

Cover art by Graham Ingels. Chatter-Boxed!--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A man subject to cataleptic fits worries that he may be buried alive during one of them so he instructs his undertaker to perform no embalming and has a telephone installed in the coffin; He gets into an auto accident while having a fit and it is mistakenly assumed the car crash killed him and so he is buried. All Washed Up!--The Vault of Horror!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by George Evans; A man doesn't have the money to marry his girl, so he kills his wealthier rival and dumps his body down an old well. Marriage Vows!--The Old Witch's Grim Fairy Tale!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. Death of Some Salesmen!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Haunt of Fear (1950 E.C. Comics 2nd Series) 26 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4745073007

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.

Hobbit (1989) 2 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4727337019

Mad (1952 EC) 1 CGC 1.5

Paper: Brittle

Label #4751867004

Debut issue of the iconic publication Mad, which would change to magazine format with issue 24. Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. "Hoohah!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; Two youngsters run out of gas and enter a house they think is haunted. "Blobs!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; Alfred outlines a terrible thought he has about the end of humanity. "Enter Cosmo McMoon!" text story by Harvey Kurtzman. "Crow Vadis?" text story by Harvey Kurtzman. "Ganefs!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Bill Elder; A perfect crime is hatched but Bumble fumbles. "Varmint!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by John Severin; Textron is hunting the killer of Melvin and kills every suspect. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Mad Special (1970 Super Special) 17A VF+ 8.5 Bonus Included

Includes Bonus Don Martin Posters and Portraits. Cover by Don Martin. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Tom Koch, Max Brandel, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Paul Peter Porges, Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres, Ronnie Nathan, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, E. Nelson Bridwell, Gloria L. Rich, Stan Hart, Sy Reit, William Garvin, Earle Doud, Irving Schild, Jack Davis and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Special, later known as the Super Special, reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine, often accompanied by original stories and attached bonuses in the form of posters, stickers, recordings and comics. A parody of the 1960s movie and counterculture classic Catch-22, featuring art by Mort Drucker. A Mad look at amusement parks and the sexual revolution. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. Includes Bonus Don Martin Posters and Portraits, poster-sized prints of Don Martin's spoofs of 1970s lifestyles and famous literary characters, including Tarzan, Sherlock Holmes and Robin Hood. Product "Improvements" to Justify Higher Prices; Mad Dreams; A Mad Look at Crowds; Insurance Policies That Everybody Needs; When the U.S. Switches to the Metric System; Worldwide Reaction to News from Washington; Catch-All-22; One Day in a Bus Depot; The Mad "Effluent Society" Pollution Primer; The Lighter Side of Boating; Ordure of the Day; The Mad Non-Smokers Hate Book; Spy vs. Spy; Mad's Rhyming Guide to Pro Football; One Day in a Pet Shop; TV as Viewed By the Animal World; Don Martin Vital Message Posters and Literary Heroes Portraits; Modern Muscle Magazine; A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Resort Hotel; Marching Songs for Crusaders, Militants and Assorted, Sundry Non-Conformists; Messy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; Very Early One Morning; New Movie Monsters From the Medical World; A Mad Look at Tropical Fish; The Lighter Side of Sound Equipment; A Mad Look at Amusement Parks; Greeting Cards for the Sexual Revolution; One Thursday Afternoon on the Moon; You Know It's Really Over When...; The Foul and the Prissy Cats; Fold-In; A Scene We'd Hate to See - The Morning Delivery. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

Orbit (1990) 1 VF/NM 9.0

Painted cover by Dave Stevens. "Nothing For Nothing," script by Isaac Asimov (original story) and Fred Burke (adaptation), art by John Bolton; Aliens try to trade with Cro-Magnon humans. "GINNY SWEETHIPS' FLYING CIRCUS," script by Neal Barrett, Jr. (original story), Leslie Clague (adaptation), and Steve Niles (adaptation), art by Mark Pacella; A woman, an accountant droid, and an anthropomorphic opossum try to survive the collapse of civilization by selling sex, tacos, and dangerous drugs. "Fermi and Frost," script by Frederik Pohl (original story) and Brent Eric Anderson (adaptation), art by Brent Eric Anderson; Refugees from World War III try to survive a nuclear winter in Iceland. Back cover illustration by John Bolton. 52 pgs., full color. $4.95. Cover price $4.95.

Orbit (1990) 1 VG/FN 5.0

Painted cover by Dave Stevens. "Nothing For Nothing," script by Isaac Asimov (original story) and Fred Burke (adaptation), art by John Bolton; Aliens try to trade with Cro-Magnon humans. "GINNY SWEETHIPS' FLYING CIRCUS," script by Neal Barrett, Jr. (original story), Leslie Clague (adaptation), and Steve Niles (adaptation), art by Mark Pacella; A woman, an accountant droid, and an anthropomorphic opossum try to survive the collapse of civilization by selling sex, tacos, and dangerous drugs. "Fermi and Frost," script by Frederik Pohl (original story) and Brent Eric Anderson (adaptation), art by Brent Eric Anderson; Refugees from World War III try to survive a nuclear winter in Iceland. Back cover illustration by John Bolton. 52 pgs., full color. $4.95. Cover price $4.95.

Piracy (1954 E.C. Comics) 3 CGC 7.0

Paper: White

Label #4745072019

Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by Carl Wessler and others. Art by Bernie Krigstein, George Evans, Graham Ingels, and Reed Crandall. One of EC Comics' late New Direction titles, featuring pre-Code tales of piracy on the high seas. Sailor Tod Ellis awakens to find himself aboard a slave ship - as cargo, not crew. A tale of treachery, murder and mutiny with art by George Evans. Gorgeously detailed cover by Reed Crandall. Blackbeard; U-Boat; The Beast; Mouse Trap; Slave Ship. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Piracy (1954 E.C. Comics) 4 CGC 7.0

Paper: White

Label #4745072018

Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by Carl Wessler and others. Art by Bernie Krigstein, George Evans, Graham Ingels, and Reed Crandall. One of EC Comics' late New Direction titles, featuring pre-Code tales of piracy on the high seas. Pirate commander Captain Satan fears no man - but then he captures a ship that contains his mother-in-law. Midshipman Price tries to convince sailor Harper to go by the book - but Harper has his own book. Emile Divigny incites the crew to mutiny in an effort to win his brother's title and lands. Dynamic swordfight cover by Reed Crandall. Pirate Master; The Kings Buccaneer; By the Book; The Sheba; Inheritance. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Seduction of the Innocent 3-D (1985) 1A FN 6.0

Cover by Dave Stevens. Written by Gene Fawcette and unknown. Art by George Roussos, Mike Sekowsky, Mike Peppe, Gene Fawcette, Mort Meskin, Mike Roy, Serge Desmodus and Alex Toth. 3-D separations by Ray Zone and Tony Alderson. The entire contents of this issue were intended for issue #15 of Adventures into Darkness (1952). Featuring: 1-page illo by George Roussos; 1-page story "The Evil Ones" with art by Mike Sekowsky and Mike Peppe; "Death Dives Deep" by Gene Fawcette; "Harvest of Death" with art by Mort Meskin and Roussos; half-pagers "Do You Believe..." and "The Velvet Vampire" by Fawcette; "That Stray Cat" with art by Mike Roy; 2-page text story "Blood Will Tell" with art by Serge Desmodus; "Gift of Murder" with art by Alex Toth (as Scott) and Peppe (as Scott); 1-page story "Charms" with art by Sekowsky and Peppe; and "Tryst with Terror" with art by Meskin and Roussos. 32 pages, with 3-D effects. Cover price $2.25.

Shock Suspenstories (1952 EC) 16 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4142056023

Cover art by George Evans. "Are You A Red Dupe" editorial on interior front page. ...My Brother's Keeper, script by Carl Wessler, art by George Evans; An evil Siamese twin murders but the state does not execute him as it would mean the death of the good one. The good one finally commits suicide to halt the evil of the other. The Hazing, art by Joe Orlando; A college student wants to join a frat so he makes up a story about a professor they don't like being a communist in order to get him fired. Slob! text story by Albert B. Feldstein. A Kind Of Justice, script by Carl Wessler, art by Reed Crandall; A mob beat a vagrant to death for the rape of a sixteen year old girl that the town sheriff has been violating. The Pen Is Mightier, script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Kamen; A newspaper columnist murders his gangster friend to get his wife and frames an innocent man for the crime through the power of his words. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Tales of Terror Annual (1951) 1953 CGC 2.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Tape on interior cover.

Label #1296350011

Feldstei bondage/torture cover, issue #3. Ingels, Wood, and Kamen art. Horror, Crime, and shock books that appeared around 1952. Each E.C. Annual contains four complete books that did not sell on the stands which were rebound in the annual format, minus the covers, and sold from the E.C. Office and on the stands in key cities. The contents of each annual may vary in the same year. Cover price $0.25.

Twisted Tales (1987 Eclipse) 1 CGC 8.5

Paper: White

Label #4619891017

Stories by Bruce Jones. Art by Rick Stasi, Jim Mooney, Scott Saavedra, and Henry Mayo. Cover by Dave Stevens. Eclipse picks up the acclaimed post-Code horror comic, previously published by Pacific. A horror anthology from the mind of writer Bruce Jones, featuring art by some of the top illustrators of the time. During the 1950s, teen sci-fi fans have a memorable evening in a haunted house. A lonely man picks up women in bars by eliciting sympathy about his non-existent dead brother. An ambitious young man finally joins an exclusive yacht club and faces a killer initiation. Termites From Mars; Fraternity; Night Dive. 52 pages, Full Color. Mature readers. Cover price $3.95.

Two Fisted Tales (1950 EC) 18 VG+ 4.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch, tear seals.

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Al Feldstein, Wally Wood, Johnny Craig and Harvey Kurtzman. Numbering continues from Haunt of Fear (1950 #15-17) #17. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. In the Spanish colonial era, Captain Alvarado arrives in the Americas with a license to search for gold and crush any who resist. Old friends Hill and Hunter run into each other while aiding a Central American conflict; unfortunately, they're working for opposite sides. Mutineers set their captain adrift while searching for a fortune in diamonds, but Captain Cutter isn't licked yet. Conquest; Hong Kong Intrigue!; Man-Trap; Rescue; Revolution!; Mutiny! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vault of Horror (1950 E.C. Comics) 25 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4745073011

Cover by Johnny Craig. "Seance!", script and art by Johnny Craig; John Chalmers hands over his check for $20,000 to several confidence men (unbeknownst to him); he dies and his widow conducts a séance. "Kickin' the Gong A Round!", art by Jack Davis; Marko had worked his way from the slums to a pro boxing career, and easily knocks out his last opponent before the championship match he'd waited to fight in; two visitors pull a gun on him and take him away to the training camp of the man he is to fight next: Jake Houseman. "Paradise!" text story by William M. Gaines. "Practical Yolk!", art by Jack Kamen; Fred Hamilton having visited the Belgian Congo for a hunting expedition, was now on his way home with B'uuna, his servant, to wed his finacee, Louise; Louise presented B'uuna with a present: an Easter egg with a scene of a rabbit and tiny eggs inside. "Collection Completed!", art by Graham Ingels; Anna had always loved animals and one day she saw a stray cat and brought it in to feed, but Jonah didn't approve; To get even with Anna, Jonah started his new hobby: taxidermy. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vault of Horror (1950 E.C. Comics) 26 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4745073010

Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for Weird Science and Weird Fantasy. "Two of a Kind!", script and art by Johnny Craig; The huge ocean liner pulled into the pier with many photographers waiting to snap a picture of camera-shy Willow Dree In the past, attempts were made to photograph her; the photos showed backdrops behind her, but she was never in any picture. "Graft in Concrete!", art by Jack Davis; Hornsby gruffly enters the Mayor's office planning to threaten the Mayor to get the road contract he was after, but the Mayor tells him the City Council will vote on that at the regular meeting; a member demands the new road also go through his town cemetery. "Joker!" text story by William M. Gaines. "Half-Way Horrible!", art by Sid Check; a voodoo witch doctor story. "Hook, Line, and Stinker!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels; Bernice was tired of his Saturday fishing trips and all the fish-mounted trophies she had to care for; One Saturday morning, she followed him on one of his trips where she discovered that he was cheating on her. NOTE: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover and 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints # 10). 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. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Weird Science-Fantasy (1954 E.C. Comics) 25 VG- 3.5

Cover detached at one staple. Water spotting.

"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) 27 CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Label #4742164007

Cover art by Wally Wood. "Adaptability," script by Otto Binder, art by Wallace Wood; John Oxton is the captain of a ship on a generations long voyage to another planet; Unfortunately, when they arrive they are not prepared for living outside the ship. Piracy comic ad. "Close Shave," script by Otto Binder, art by Reed Crandall; Two lovers are caught in the middle of racism between Earthlings and aliens from Ganymede. "Hello? Hello?" text story, art by Marie Severin. "4th Degree," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot and script), art by Jack Kamen; Val Draper wants to travel to the past to prevent the downfall of the planet; But he soon learns that he has been duped. "I, Robot," script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder) and Al Feldstein (adaptation), art by Joe Orlando; Dr. Link has created a thinking robot who unfortunately is believed to have killed him. Letter to the editor from comics writer E. Nelson Bridwell. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Weird Science-Fantasy (1954 E.C. Comics) 28 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4742164008

Cover art by Al Feldstein. Ad for Mad and Panic. "The Inferiors," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wallace Wood; An expedition to find inhabited worlds finds nothing but destruction on planet after planet; The populations of all these worlds were of the same space-faring race, but the populations are now extinct, and the explorers don't know why; Then, they find an old recording that explains that the aliens had achieved their evolutionary peak and were now slowly devolving into violent beasts. "Lost In Space," script by Otto Binder, pencils by Al Williamson, inks by Al Williamson, Angelo Torres, and Roy Krenkel; Myra tells her father that she doesn't wish to remain on Mars any longer, but return to Earth to her Jim; One day, she makes the trip by herself...but Earth is not there! Ad for Piracy comic. "Round Trip," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot and script), art by Jack Kamen; All of his life, Henry was a dreamer, and his big dream was to be the Captain of a spaceship, or at least be able to travel into the depths of space. "The Trial of Adam Link," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; Tom just inherited his uncle's estate, along with the robot, Adam Link; Despite the fact he is reasonable and polite, Adam continues to face persecution from humans; He even saves the lives of people trapped in a burning building, but nobody sees him do it; Finally, he is brought to "trial" to decide if he should be allowed to exist. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Zooniverse (1986) 3 FN

Zot! (1984 Eclipse) 1 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4699769024

Zacchary T. Paleozog (Zot) arrives on Earth and immediately saves Jenny Weaver and explains that he is looking for the key to the doorway at the edge of the universe. And when Jenny finds the key, she and her brother Butch end up on Zot's world in "Zot." Script and art by Scott McCloud. Cover price $1.50.