Comic books 1955 or before, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $10,750 Paper: Off white to white Label #4323790013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($322.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Joe Certa, Bob Powell, Nat Barnett, and Jack Sparling. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. A scientist's wife decides to get rid of her husband's robot duplicate, then realizes she's made a horrible mistake. An explorer climbs inside a gigantic statue before realizing it's actually a living giant. Exploding-face cover by Lee Elias is one of the most notorious covers of the pre-Code era. The Dead Planet; Terror Tricks; Escape!; Mirror Image; Break-Up; Experiment; Dream...or Nightmare?; The Man Germ. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Top-Notch Comics (1939) 1 CGC 2.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Cover detached.

Label #1238997020

Edited by Abner Sundell. Cover art by Edd Ashe. Meet Rang-A-Tang The Wonder Dog house ad. "The Pearl Harbor Peril," art by Edd Ashe; The Wizard uses his super powers to stop a Jatsonian attack on Pearl Harbor. "In the Worlds of Time," script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder), art by Jack Binder; Scott, a traveler through time with Dr. Meade in the "time car" (which is more of a rocket ship), pick ups Thor the Viking and the lovely Elda in the past. One-page SporTopics story, art by Irwin Hasen. "Murder by Sock" Swift of the Secret Service story, art by Charles Biro; introduction of Rex Swift; vs. Jack Snite. "To-nite! Saved from the Flames!" Jungle Town Show Boat story, script and art by Dick Ryan; Only Billy Hippo appearance. "Vendetta with Von Schiller," script by Joe Blair, art by Irv Novick; Ben "Wings" Johnson introduction and origin vs. Capt. Von Schiller and Nazis. "Murder Rap" text story with Lucky Coyne by Ken Fitch. It's Really A Fact! non-fiction story, art by Bob Wood. "The Bat and the Bull," script by Ken Fitch; Lucky Coyne posing as Bat Yardley, jewel thief in prison. One-page Lonesome Luke story. The "Fortune Teller's Revenge," art by Chuck Winter; The Mystic (later Kardak) intro; vs. Chuck and his gang. "Kornell Goes to West Point;" Keith Kornell, a physical and mental marvel, is a Kentucky mountaineer who is a collateral descendant of President Andrew Jackson and the son of a World War hero, is orphaned at the age of 5, when both of his parents succumbed to the ravages of pneumonia epidemic; Reared by a poor relative, Keith's life is one of dire poverty until a newspaper runs a story on him and he meets an old Army buddy of his father's who is now a U.S. Senator. "The Ice Cream Cone," script and art by Bob McCay (as Winsor McCay II). "Case 1: Master Forgers," script and art by Jack Cole; true crime story. "Forgets To Remember" one-page Pokey story, script and art by Dick Ryan. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $1,100.00 Paper: Off white Label #4243136001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($33.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Edd Ashe. Edited by Abner Sundell. Stories by Will Harr, Edd Ashe, Jack Binder, Charles Biro, Harry Shorten, Mort Meskin, Joe Blair, Irv Novick, Henry Kiefer, Lin Streeter, Mort Meskin, and Jack Cole. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $490.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4339666006

Cover by Edd Ashe. Edited by Abner Sundell. Stories by Will Harr, Edd Ashe, Harry Shorten, Lin Streeter, Joe Blair, Irv Novick, William Wills, Ed Smalle, Mort Meskin, Gerry Thorp, Ed Wexler, and C. A. Winter. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,995.00 or Best Offer Conserved Paper: Off white Conservation includes: cover reinforced, staples replaced. Label #4246982001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($59.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Edd Ashe. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Cliff Campbell, Al Camy, Harry Shorten, Lin Streeter, Bob Wood, Joe Blair, Irv Novick, Edd Ashe, Ed Smalle, and Bernard Klein. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Top-Notch Comics (1939) 11 CGC 7.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #0078147006

Cover by Al Camy. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Cliff Campbell, Al Camy, Harry Shorten, Harvey Biern, Irv Novick, Nick Zuraw, Bob Wood, Lin Streeter, Ed Smalle, Joe Blair, and Bernard Klein (as Bobby King). Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $1,690.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4311926008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($50.70) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Camy. Edited by Abner Sundell. Stories by Harry Shorten, Al Camy, Nick Zuraw, Warren King, Lin Streeter, Joe Blair, Ed Smalle, Roland "Ramona" Patenaude, and Paul Reinman. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $3,257.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4426522017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($97.71) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Camy. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Harry Shorten, Al Camy, Warren King, Bob Montana, Ed Smalle, and Paul Reinman. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $499.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4311772001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.97) will be charged at checkout.

Series change from Top Notch Comics to Top Notch Laugh, meaning many of the stories are now humor-based. Cover by Bob Montana. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Don Dean, Al Camy, Carl Hubbell, Pen Shumaker, Mary Goss, Dale Goss, and Jim Phillips. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $395.00 Paper: Off white Label #4311772002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bob Montana. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Don Dean, Al Camy, Scott Feldman, Carl Hubbell, Gerald Kean, Red Holmdale, Scott Meredith, Ed Goggin, and Sam Cooper. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $799.00 Paper: Off white Label #4542275003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($23.97) will be charged at checkout.

Peeping Tom cover, unusual for its time.

Cover by Red Holmdale. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Don Dean, Sam Cooper, Scott Feldman, Michel Roy, Red Holmdale, Ed Goggin, and George Kean. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $390.00 Restored: C1 Paper: Off white to white Restoration includes: small amount of glue on interior. Label #4438240009

Peeping Tom cover, unusual for its time.

Cover by Red Holmdale. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Don Dean, Sam Cooper, Scott Feldman, Michel Roy, Red Holmdale, Ed Goggin, and George Kean. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $495.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4289033003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Don Dean. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Don Dean, Ed Groggin, Claire Moe, Red Holmdale, and Bill Woggon. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! 60 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $175.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white 2 center wraps missing & panel cut out of page 3, affects story. Cover detached. Tape on interior cover. Incomplete. Label #2034710008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Harry Sahle. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Ed Goggin, Virginia Drury (as Ginger), Don Dean, Bill Vigoda, Carl Hubbell, Red Holmdale, Clem Weisbecker, Pen Shumaker, Robert C. Blackman, Ed Goggin, and Bill Woggon. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! 60 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $130.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4074648001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.90) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Kubert. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Alex Toth and Norman Maurer. Numbering continues from 3-D Comics Tor (1953 St. John) #2C. Comics legend Joe Kubert won fans early in his career with his tales of Tor, a caveman struggling for survival in a world where humans co-exist with dinosaurs. Tor tries to help a tribe escape a volcanic island that is collapsing into the sea. Tor defends a village from the raiding Flatnose tribe, and helps an all-female tribe settle differences with their neighbors. Co-creators Joe Kubert and Norman Maurer put themselves into the comic to discuss the science and history of the Tor series. Plus full-page dinosaur illustrations (including a pteranodon) by Kubert. Isle of Fire!; Snow Trap; Black Valley; 1,000,000 B.C. History of Prehistoric Animals: Pteranodon, Tylosaurus; Danny Dreams. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $495.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #2138078008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.85) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by thegeneral

Three untitled Torchy stories by Gill Fox, plus untitled Tess and Ed back-up, also by Fox. Gill Fox cover. Cover price $0.10.

Torchy (1949 Quality) 5 CGC 8.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4373408009

Cover art by Bill Ward. Untitled story, art by Bill Ward; Ed wins money on the horses and takes Torchy and Tess out to dinner where Torchy's unravelling sweater dress causes a panic. Untitled story; Ed takes on a ventriloquist with a horse for client and accidentally becomes a circus performer. Untitled story; Ed starts a parking lot and borrows a car to teach Torchy how to drive; Unfortunately an identical car is used at almost the same time to rob a bank. "The Blonde Up Front" text story. Untitled story; Ed gets a job working at the wax museum and breaks a wax dummy of Cleopatra; Torchy dresses up as Cleopatra while Ed gets the dummy fixed, but ends up being lent out to a businessman's luncheon. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $595.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4472059006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.85) will be charged at checkout.

Presenting fiction and non-fiction stories, many of which are religious in nature—a Treasure Chest of fun and facts! "Debunking the Animals," art by Strothmann; Debunking of old wives' tales regarding animals. "God's Gift Is Lent," script by Wilfred Diamond, art by Earl Lonsbury; A discussion of the appropriate sacrifices for Lent. "Legend of Pancake Tuesday," script and art by Violet Moore Higgins; A history of Shrove Tuesday traditions. Untitled story, script by Jay Griffin (as Griffin Jay), art by Earl Lonsbury; Chuck White and his dad move to Steeltown where Chuck unknowingly helps Bill and his gang steal a car. "Part I The Ark and the Dove"; Lord Calvert gives money to help establish a Catholic colony in the New World. Untitled story, script by Iris Vinton, art by Earl Lonsbury; Salvaging material from a sunken ship, Skee's air lines become tangled. Untitled story; An enchanted salt shaker takes Mary and Billy to Louisiana to show them how salt is mined and prepared for marketing. Untitled story, script by Chester Marsh, art by Clara Peck; The Robinson kids and their friend Jim prepare to create a rumpus room in the Robinsons' basement. "The Mystery of the Limping Man" text story by Jay Griffin (as Griffin Jay). Puzzle and Game Page. 32 pgs., full color.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $92.28 Paper: Off white to white Label #1163300007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.77) will be charged at checkout.

November 25, 1947

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $275.00 Paper: Off white Label #4613687022 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.25) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Edited by Samuel Bierman. Cover by August Froehlich. Stories by August Froehlich, Lit-Win, Manny Stallman, Jerry Gale, H. C. Kiefer, John Giunta, and Frank Frazetta. Adventure stories starring such characters as Paul Bunyan, Gor The Gorilla King, Arabian Knight, Dr. Styx, and Marco Polo--these are comics to Treasure! 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $92.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4465445012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.76) will be charged at checkout.

Stories based on actual people and events: Atoms Unleashed; The story of the Atomic Bomb. Week-End in Rome; American officers lay ground for Italian surrender. Cavalcade of England, script by Joseph H. Park; Chapter 6: British history 1815 to 1902 AD. Henry Hudson. Man-Made Miracle; Rayon and artificial fibers. The History of Clocks; How Industry Serves the Nation. Ann Curtis: Frisco Flash bio on competition swimmer. Wing Commander Robert Davidson: Underground Ace. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $495.00 or Best Offer Paper: Light tan to off white Label #0189965002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.85) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Louis Wolfe, and George Baker. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Great Hoaxes of history. The first appearance of George Baker's Sad Sack in a comic book, as the eternal grunt gets no respect even after returning home from the war. Soldiers spend Christmas 1942 aboard the U.S.S. Samuel Chase at sea. Unity of Arms; Great Hoaxes; How Industry Serves the Nation; The Secret Warriors; Seagoing Santa; Career in Canvas; Rebels in the North; The Sad Sack; Cities of Destiny: Kansas City; Gallant Steeds; How It Got Its Name: Yosemite National Park; Winged Prophet; What Would You Do?; True's Movie Guide; Truly Comic! 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $449.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Address Label Attached to Cover. Label #1136772003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.47) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Louis Wolfe, and George Baker. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Great Hoaxes of history. The first appearance of George Baker's Sad Sack in a comic book, as the eternal grunt gets no respect even after returning home from the war. Soldiers spend Christmas 1942 aboard the U.S.S. Samuel Chase at sea. Unity of Arms; Great Hoaxes; How Industry Serves the Nation; The Secret Warriors; Seagoing Santa; Career in Canvas; Rebels in the North; The Sad Sack; Cities of Destiny: Kansas City; Gallant Steeds; How It Got Its Name: Yosemite National Park; Winged Prophet; What Would You Do?; True's Movie Guide; Truly Comic! 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $300.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #0047768003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Edd Ashe and others. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Genghis Khan uses brute force and strategy to conquer vast territory; The Marie Celeste is found adrift with all hands missing, a mystery that was never solved; Attorney Abe Lincoln defends a murder suspect. Star of Stanford: Hank Luisetti; The Mystery of the Marie Celeste; Genghis Khan: Empire Builder; Wolves Can Be Tough; Shotgun Bank Robbers; Abraham Lincoln: Murder by Moonlight; The Truth about Cattle Rustling. 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: #80-84 are all newsprint editions that were distributed by mail only to subscribers (no newstand distribution). Cover price $0.10.

True Comics (1941 Parents' Magazine Press) 84 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4434569008

Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Henry C. Nicholas, Ernest Schroeder and Jack Sparling. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Allan Pinkerton, founder of the Pinkerton Detective Agency and pioneer of private investigation; Henry Hudson explores the North American continent; Wyatt Earp and the shootout at the OK Corral. Sizzling Southpaw; First American Detective; Sheriff's Secret; Great Military Bluffs; Henry Hudson; King of the Buccaneers; The Deadly Phone Call. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: #80-84 are all newsprint editions that were distributed by mail only to subscribers (no newstand distribution). Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $2,565.00 Paper: Off white Label #4407789001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($76.95) will be charged at checkout.

"Meet the Split Benny Benny Dickson, Public Enemy # 1," "$100.00 Reward for Adolph Berg," "Joyce McAllister," "Boston's Black Spade," and "Vengeance of the Mounted." Classic Jack Cole cover and art. Featuring a drug story with hypodermic needles, an opium den, and an addict in the throes of withdrawal! Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $1,440.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4039605004

"Meet the Split Benny Benny Dickson, Public Enemy # 1," "$100.00 Reward for Adolph Berg," "Joyce McAllister," "Boston's Black Spade," and "Vengeance of the Mounted." Classic Jack Cole cover and art. Featuring a drug story with hypodermic needles, an opium den, and an addict in the throes of withdrawal! Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $399.00 Paper: Light tan to off white Canadian Edition. Label #1216817017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.97) will be charged at checkout.

1947 Canadian Reprint. Art by Jack Cole. Parts of this issue are reprints from True Crime Comics (1947) 3. Cover redrawn to vastly reduce the violence. Full color. 36 pages. 7" x 10". Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $417.00 Paper: Cream to off white Canadian Edition. Label #1284742018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.51) will be charged at checkout.

1947 Canadian Reprint. Jack Cole cover and art. Parts of this issue are reprints from True Crime Comics (1947) 4. Full color. 36 pages. 7" x 10". Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $265.00 Paper: Light tan to off white Canadian Edition Label #4111138001

1947 Canadian Reprint. Cover by Jack Cole. Art by Jack Cole and Alex Toth. Reuses cover of True Crime Comics (1947 Magazine Village) #1. Parts of this issue are reprints from True Crime Comics (1947 Magazine Village) #1, but with artwork by Wally Wood removed. Full color. 36 pages. 7" x 10". Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $155.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4592820017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.65) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Ray Osrin. Stories and art by Leon Winik, Warren Broderick, S. Finocchiaro and Ray Osrin. Early romance comics that include noirish tales of melodrama, scandal and deceit. Widow Gina tries to lose her sorrow in wild living, but then she meets old high school chum Charlie and has second thoughts. Joyce likes partying with Speedy, who looks like Jimmy Olsen's sleazy older brother, while her father tries to cover for her with straight-arrow Mat. Stella wants to forget her ex, boxer Rocky, but it's hard to do when he's fighting for the championship on TV. Close Call!; My Selfish Heart; Night of Reckoning!; I Must Have Been Crazy; Love Wins a Decision!; Everybody's Sweetheart. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $495.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4278554017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.85) will be charged at checkout.

The fantastic (and unfortunately uncredited) Good Girl cover art for this issue was repurposed from My Desire #34 (sometimes listed as My Desire #4) with altered dialogue, making the scene a bit more salacious. Stories and art by Leon Winik and Ray Osrin. Early romance comics that include noirish tales of melodrama, scandal and deceit. Lola is contemptuous of her friends' make-do marriage plans, and sets out to find a wealthy husband. Nurse Ginny falls for Carl, the handsome doctor she works for, but hypochondriac Sandra wants Carl's attention for herself. Helen enjoys walking in the rain and brooding over her loneliness, but that's how she meets handsome Tod, who comes to her aid when she twists her ankle. Plus a romantic poem by Robert Louis Stevenson in comics form. Fast Track for Love; A Savage in Love; Romance; The Price I Paid; None But the Lonely. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $425.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4471846012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.75) will be charged at checkout.

The fantastic (and unfortunately uncredited) Good Girl cover art for this issue was repurposed from My Desire #34 (sometimes listed as My Desire #4) with altered dialogue, making the scene a bit more salacious. Stories and art by Leon Winik and Ray Osrin. Early romance comics that include noirish tales of melodrama, scandal and deceit. Lola is contemptuous of her friends' make-do marriage plans, and sets out to find a wealthy husband. Nurse Ginny falls for Carl, the handsome doctor she works for, but hypochondriac Sandra wants Carl's attention for herself. Helen enjoys walking in the rain and brooding over her loneliness, but that's how she meets handsome Tod, who comes to her aid when she twists her ankle. Plus a romantic poem by Robert Louis Stevenson in comics form. Fast Track for Love; A Savage in Love; Romance; The Price I Paid; None But the Lonely. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $1,000.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1488651004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

Photo cover. "Marriage for Spite"; Edna flirts with other men to make her boyfriend Johnny jealous, and he finally breaks up with her as a result; When she hears hes dating Laura, Edna goes out with Lewis in revenge, and agrees to marry him to one-up Johnny. "Bargaining for Happiness"; Kathy, who lives with her family in a shabby section of town inhabited mostly by poor railroad workers, becomes engaged to her boss Dick, the son of a wealthy businessman. "Heartbreak House"; Adria wins a house in a contest; Architect Keith asks to lease it from her, and Adria helps him find a lot and furnish and decorate the house; She falls in love with him, then learns hes engaged to Gloria and plans to marry her and live there. "Marriage Insurance" text story. "Corsage of Heartaches"; Lucy and her fiancé Ivan jointly inherit the plant nursery where they work; According to the will, the nursery is to be split between them, and at the end of 3 months, whoever has made the most money gets the whole business. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $1,450.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4284910010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($43.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Lily Renee, and Dana Dutch. Torrid tales of romance from St. John, with great covers by Matt Baker. Elaine falls for Paul on vacation, then follows him back to Nebraska to marry, but his small town gives her the cold shoulder, in a story with art by celebrated good-girl artist Matt Baker. Waitress Joy falls for mechanic Brad, but Brad has a secret he's hiding from the cops. Faye inherits her grandmother's farm, along with the rumors of buried treasure and the treasure-hunting neighbor who come with it. Gorgeous good-girl cover from the inimitable Matt Baker. Grant City Versus Elaine Trent; When Dreams Come True; No Greater Love; Girl of Deceit; The One Flaw in Our Romance. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $405.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4569550008

NOTE: #9 on cover, but this is actually #2 for the True to Life Romances series. -L. B. Cole cover. "No. 9" on cover. All stories reprinted in Confessions of Love (1953 Star Pulbications) #11. In order of appearance: "Stardust Can Blind You" script by Kenneth William Fitch, art by Manny Stallman; "Farewell to Love" art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth; "Deadline for My Heart" art by Norman Nodel; and "Love's Crash Landing". "Heartbreak in the Village" text story. Indicia states "True-To-Life Romances". 36 pages. Full color. Cover Price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $540.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4568491009

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Ken W. Fitch, Jay Disbrow, Louis Zansky and Wally Wood. Romance comics with "real world" problems from L.B. Cole's Star Publications. After many letters to her beau Dan, stationed overseas, Toni finally decides to tell him the truth. Helen must choose between secret romance with Alan, whom she loves, or a public relationship with Theo, a man she tolerates, in a story with art by comics legend Wally Wood. Socially awkward redhead Linda sheds her glasses and becomes a sought-after beauty, but still can't win the man she loves. Take Back Those Words; How Cruel My Love; I Gave My Heart to One Man; I Waited for the Man I Love; My Empty Dreams. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $319.00 or Best Offer Paper: Light tan to off white Label #1021498006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.57) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Warren Kremer, Vic Donahue, and Jack Sparling. Harvey presents war stories as Korea was becoming the latest American conflict. US soldiers face a vicious counterattack from enemy forces. A weary sergeant tries to keep two soldiers from fighting each other while patrolling the Korean front. US fighter pilots seek a hidden airbase somewhere in the Korean wild. The Spirit of '52; Counter-Attack!; Operation Diamond; Iron Joe; The Hero; The Mystery of Mig Alley. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $1,499.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #0607312005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($44.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman and Al Feldstein. Art by John Severin, Will Elder, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, and Harvey Kurtzman. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. A naive lieutenant leaves himself open to sniper attacks in Korea, in a story with inks by MAD legend Will Elder. The real-life story of the legendary ascent of the US Rangers up the cliffs of Pointe Du Hoe during the Normandy Invasion. A member of the 7th Cavalry witnesses Custer's Last Stand, with art by Wally Wood. Plus The EC "Artist of the Issue" featuring Wally Wood. Luck!; Custers Last Stand; Escape Plot; D-Day!; Jeep! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $899.95 or Best Offer Paper: Slightly britle 12th-16th wrap missing, affects story. INCOMPLETE. Label #3886598008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($27.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Pierce Rice and Louis Cazeneuve. A patriotic hero in the Captain America tradition from Fox Feature, published during the lead-up to World War II. A mad scientist with green skin hijacks an early television broadcast to terrify the nation; Nazis steal a scientist's new ray weapon, and capture U.S. Jones in the bargain; In an ad, U.S. Jones asks young readers to contribute to the war effort by watching for fifth columnists, pledging to defend the nation, and sending off for the U.S. Jones Cadets Membership Kit. Death Over the Airways; Nazis Strike At Night; The Terror of the Hooded Torch Bearers; The Case of the One-Legged Death Bringers; Dirk Delancey; Submarine Salvage; The Topper; Peg Miller, Girl Detective. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $950.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4651142021 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($28.50) will be charged at checkout.

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Tex Blaisdell and Mort Lawrence. One of many titles focusing on heroic American soldiers that came out as the Korean War was heating up. In a three-part story, U.S. Colonel Jeff Blane must undertake a dangerous mission within the Iron Triangle behind enemy lines, to secure secret plans for military operations that could mean thousands of casualties. Also featuring an action-packed contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. Airborne Operation Killer!; The Boomerang Battery; Operation Death! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by Hank Chapman, Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Fred Kida, Bill Everett, Paul Reinman, Manny Stallman and Ed Smalle. "Skin-Deep" by Hank Chapman and Fred Kida - A man is attempting to do a face transplant from a corpse but his interfering wife is always getting underfoot by trying to help him in his endeavors. When she burns the skin that he has harvested off the corpse in her attempt at cleaning up around the place, he fixes her wagon by transplanting the corpse's head onto her shoulder. Also in this issue: 2-page text story "The Vault of Doom"; "The Monster Maker!" with art by Bill Everett - A statue maker falls in love with one of his statutes and finds a black magic spell that transmutes him into stone; "The Man Who Believed in Ghosts" with art by Paul Reinman - A man who lives next to a cemetery is not frightened of the ghosts which show up every night until he meets his own; "Skeleton in the Closet" with art by Manny Stallman - A rich man marries into a family of freaks; and "The Man Who Melted" by Stan Lee and Ed Smalle - A forgetful inventor shoots his wife for testing his serum that will allow him to melt away and commit the perfect crime, but he forgets to devise a way to return himself to normal. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Jerry Robinson, Ed Winiarski, Don Perlin, Jack Keller, Gene Colan, Abe Simon and unknown. "Crazy" by Stan Lee and Jerry Robinson - A motorist hits a pedestrian and keeps going. When he gets to a small town the people observe him strangely and he thinks they must not get many visitors. They gather around his car with sticks and rope. They bind him and he asks them if they are crazy. It turns out the body of the man he struck is still in the car's grill. Plus: "The Slave" with art by Ed Winiarski - Sailor Joe Garcy travels to South America to seek his fortune. Discovering that Inca natives traditionally bury their dead with their belongings, he begins robbing crypts in search of riches. During a funeral procession, he disguises himself as an Inca slave to gain access to the burial vault. Once inside however, all of the slaves, including Joe Garcy, are sealed up behind the walls to die. Also in this issue: "The Tin Cup" with art by Don Perlin and Abe Simon - An actor poses as crippled, scarred and blind in one eye so as to bilk people out of sympathy money but then fate conspires to inflict such deformities upon him for real; "He Died Screaming" with art by Jack Keller - A man doesn't want his daughter to learn where he keeps his money so he shuts himself in with it, only remembering too late that his hiding place is soundproof and airtight; "Escape...to What?" - A man tries to escape from Hell and fails; and 2-page text story "Bill and the Beanstalk" with illo by Gene Colan. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Benulis, Tony DiPreta, John Tartaglione, Tony Mortellaro, Doug Wildey and Jack Abel. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "When Walks the Zombie" with art by Bill Benulis and Jack Abel; 2-page text story "Accidental Death"; "The Torturer" with art by Tony DiPreta; "Tomb for Two!" with art by John Tartaglione; "Fair Exchange!" with art by Tony Mortellaro; and "Bored to Death" with art by Doug Wildey. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.