Comic books 1955 or before, graded by CGC

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 $1,000.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4651142021 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) 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.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $385.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1169615004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.55) will be charged at checkout.

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.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $175.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #2054749002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.25) will be charged at checkout.

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.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $499.00 Paper: Off white Label #1221129005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.97) will be charged at checkout.

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.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $250.00 Paper: White Label #2048168005

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.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $1,500.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4619705007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($45.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Carl Barks. Stories and art by Carl Barks. Comics legend Carl Barks creates his masterpiece, featuring the adventures of Donald Duck's Uncle Scrooge, the richest duck in the world. Drawn in by stories of the Golden Fleece, Scrooge is captured by harpy-like "larkies," and his nephews must rescue him from the Sleepless Dragon. Scrooge is dying of thirst in the desert, but he still thinks the prices at Joe's Oasis restaurant are too high. Scrooge saves money on coffee by bringing his own "doughnut" cut from a sponge. Watt an Occasion; The Golden Fleecing; Doughnut Dare; A Sweat Deal. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $319.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4182865013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.57) will be charged at checkout.

A-1 Comics #62. Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Ogden Whitney. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #62. Female secret agent Starr Flagg debuted in Manhunt! (1947) before graduating to her own title. A reporter is murdered seconds before he could go on the air with a scoop about a hostile foreign country. Starr must find a ring that can trigger a nuclear holocaust. Madam Darkova's gorilla servant captures Starr and a scientist with a deadly steel-melting formula. The Mystery of the Stolen Secrets; The Riddle of the Radio-Death; The House That Hate Built; Jeopardy in Jade; Beauty and the Beast. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $300.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream Cracking to lower front and back of slab with plastic missing from right and bottom edge. Label #2011057002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

A-1 Comics #62. Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Ogden Whitney. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #62. Female secret agent Starr Flagg debuted in Manhunt! (1947) before graduating to her own title. A reporter is murdered seconds before he could go on the air with a scoop about a hostile foreign country. Starr must find a ring that can trigger a nuclear holocaust. Madam Darkova's gorilla servant captures Starr and a scientist with a deadly steel-melting formula. The Mystery of the Stolen Secrets; The Riddle of the Radio-Death; The House That Hate Built; Jeopardy in Jade; Beauty and the Beast. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Underworld Crime (1952) 3 CGC 5.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4377745011

Stories and art by Maurice Gutwirth and Rod Reed. Classic pre-Code crime comics from Fawcett. Chemist Henry wants to see if he can commit the perfect crime using acid, in a story that calls its main character "Henry Holmes," a possible reference to the infamous serial killer. When gangsters get involved in the gambling over college sports, it's not long before the athletes themselves are targeted by the Mob. Shot by mobster Tiger Jack, gunsel Marty survives, and sets out to get revenge on Jack by assembling a gang of "kill-happy morons who'll laugh at bullets." Microscopic Murder; The Fixer; Mink Murder Case; Hijacker. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Underworld Crime (1952) 6 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4377745014

Stories and art by Steve Kirkel and others. Classic pre-Code crime comics from Fawcett. Wealthy socialite and jewelry dealer Wayne is a member of high society, but no one suspects he's also a fence for illegal goods and a powerful figure in the underworld. The Harvey brothers tire of truck hijacking, and Al Harvey learned to fly solo during the war, so they begin stealing cargo planes right off the runway. When he recognizes fugitive bank robber Slats Pawling, law-abiding citizen Tom must deal with the consequences of reporting him to the police. Enough Rope; The Fence; Nervous Jervis; Pert Pamela; The Sky Pirates; Sykes the Psychiatrist; Quiz; Gangland Vengeance. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $4,999.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4429400009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($149.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Jess Cole. Classic pre-Code crime comics from Fawcett. Police are unable to topple the masked and mysterious Black Hand gang, but lone citizen John Stephens wages a one-man campaign of vengeance to bring them down. Ace and Killer agree to take the rap for a warehouse job in exchange for a cash payoff, but a cop goes undercover in prison to see if he can get Killer to crack. Moonshiner Poison Mike has souped-up the roadster he uses to escape the Feds on winding mountain roads, to deadly effect. Cover, possibly by Edd Ashe, contains elements of bondage and the ol' injury-to-the-eye motif. Two Bullet Holes; The Man Who Broke The Black Hand; Muscle Hedd; Careless Clara; Trapped!; Surgeon Sturgess; Important Man Manners; The Saga of "Poison" Mike McCroy. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $2,595.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #2051229001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($77.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Russell Patterson, and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Fritzi wants Phil to lose some weight. This issue is noteworthy as being the first comic book (along with Tip Top Comics (1936) #173, published the same month) to reprint Charles Schulz's beloved Peanuts comic strip, then only in its third year. Bathless Groggins is mistaken for his wealthy cousin and loses a poker game with millionaires, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Mamie; Stamp Tips; Abbie an' Slats. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $4,575.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1173833015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($137.25) will be charged at checkout.

Edited by Vince Fago. Cover by Syd Shores. Stories by Syd Shores, Mike Sekowsky, Carl Pfeufer, Al Gabriele, and Allen Bellman. Star-spangled super-hero stories featuring such characters as Captain America, The Destroyer, Jap Buster Johnson, Thunderbird, Sergeant Dix, and The Whizzer. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $575.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #2002436002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Johnny Craig. "Werewolf Concerto!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Guests at a Hungarian hotel are murdered; In order to get business, he provides famous pianist Mademoiselle Micheline free accommodations; One night after her arrival, a guest is horribly murdered, by a werewolf some say. "Fitting Punishment!", script by Al Feldstein (adaptation), art by Graham Ingels; On the death of his mother, young Stanley is placed in the care of his uncle, Ezra the town undertaker; Soon, Stanley discovers that his uncle takes jewelry and other valuables from the corpses before burial. "Business" text story by William M. Gaines. "The Grave Wager," script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; Paul and Clyde bet $50 that Roger won't spend the night with a corpse. "Escape!", script and art by Al Feldstein. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $360.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4276005003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.80) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Johnny Craig. "Fountains of Youth!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Eileen reads an ad in the newspaper asking for a traveling companion for a Madam DuBois, who is traveling abroad; She and Madam DuBois go on a cruise, but Eileen gets seasick. "The Monster in the Ice!", art by Graham Ingels; As Gerald Dawson sits as his desk in a shack in the Arctic, Herbert Campbell enters, telling him that their Eskimo guide refuses to take them any further; Dawson goes to see Lomo in his igloo, and the Eskimo tells him of the monster in the ice. "Choice" text story by William M. Gaines. "Gone... Fishing!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Maxwell and Steven's car rolled up to the water's edge, and they got out to unload their equipment; Max was a noted sport-fisherman, but Steven hated the sport, which he considered cruelty to animals. Unauthorized adaptation of Ray Bradbury's short story "The Emissary" in "What the Dog Dragged In!", script by Al Feldstein (adaptation), art by Jack Kamen; As she sat in her wheelchair, blind Betty reached out for her dog, Jerry, put a list in his collar, and sent him to the butcher's; unknown to her, Jerry was hit by a car on the way. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $385.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #1990041003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.55) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for MAD magazine. "The Mausoleum!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Howard was admitted to the castle by its owner, Mr. Weatherby, to make an offer on the castle: to dismantle it and re-assemble it back in the states. "Let's Play Poison!", script by Ray Bradbury and Al Feldstein (adaptation), art by Jack Davis; Mr. Howard returned to his classroom in time to see some of his students corner a young boy, who then fell out of a window to his death. "Last Assignment" text story. "A Sock for Christmas," script by Al Feldstein and William M. Gaines, art by Jack Kamen; Long ago in a huge castle lived a King, his Queen and their only son, who was a real brat; The King decides to go into the village and forcibly take another young lad to be the Prince's companion. "Pickled Pints!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels; Cal and Warren offer bowery derelicts $10 a pop if they would be willing to donate a pint of blood, then then the two sell it to a legitimate blood bank for $30. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $440.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #2029049015

Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for MAD magazine. "The Mausoleum!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Howard was admitted to the castle by its owner, Mr. Weatherby, to make an offer on the castle: to dismantle it and re-assemble it back in the states. "Let's Play Poison!", script by Ray Bradbury and Al Feldstein (adaptation), art by Jack Davis; Mr. Howard returned to his classroom in time to see some of his students corner a young boy, who then fell out of a window to his death. "Last Assignment" text story. "A Sock for Christmas," script by Al Feldstein and William M. Gaines, art by Jack Kamen; Long ago in a huge castle lived a King, his Queen and their only son, who was a real brat; The King decides to go into the village and forcibly take another young lad to be the Prince's companion. "Pickled Pints!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels; Cal and Warren offer bowery derelicts $10 a pop if they would be willing to donate a pint of blood, then then the two sell it to a legitimate blood bank for $30. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $405.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4463724003

Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for MAD magazine. "Together They Lie!", art by Reed Crandall; Agnes and her boss's attorney decided to create a major hoax on her employer, Mr. Horton, as she implied to him that his wife was having an affair with his attorney. "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Jack Davis; Children in town question people about various things regarding death and funerals, and are fascinated about a man dying in the electric chair. "Wrecker!" text story. E.C. Addict Fan Club promo. "A Slight Case of Murder!", art by George Evans; Doc Swanson gazes up at the abandoned mansion on the hill and figures it holds the answer to all of the killings. "Strung Along!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); Tony once was a famed puppeteer, performing shows all over and becoming quite wealthy. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $300.00 Paper: Slightly britle Label #1280424009

Cover by Johnny Craig. E.C. Fan-Addict Club promo. "Star Light, Star Bright!", script and art by Johnny Craig; As falls in sheets, Hartley stands over the open coffin as he nervously and sickeningly watches people run up to the corpse and do terrible things to it. "While the Cat's Away...", art by Jack Davis; John and Frank work their little travel agency scam for almost a year; they book trips for wealthy clients, then clean out their homes of valuables while they are away. "Sudden Death!" text story. "Smoke Wrings," art by Reed Crandall; Nervously, Hubert waited to see Miss Jackson about the Llama Cigarette account, and when he did get to see her, he proffered ideas to her concerning new revolutionary billboard ads using live steam; someone gets scalded to death. "Where There's a Will...", art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); The relatives of Harold Farber are gathered in his house, awaiting his certain death while Dr. Crotty and lawyer Walker go upstairs to see the old man, and tell him what vultures they really are. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $349.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4318749017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.47) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for Panic. "Twin Bill!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Larry stood there in the dark, sweating profusely, waiting for them to come: his wife and her lover. He remembered the night he caught them in each other's arms... how he made them take shovels and forced them to dig their grave. "Witch Witch's Witch!", script by Johnny Craig, art by Jack Davis; Eric came home to Blumstedt with his new wife... who was not the girl to whom he had been betrothed since childhood. "Cooler" text story. "Pipe Dream," script by Johnny Craig, art by Bernie Krigstein; Chen begins his tale while frequenting an opium den, a place where he can have drug-induced dreams that give him power and importance. "Two-Timed!", art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); It was 1900 and little Dickie lay in his bed until he heard a sound he thought was his Mom and Dad returning home; Instead it came from outside, and he followed the sound until he saw a man viciously beating a woman to death. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $410.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1251254004

Cover by Johnny Craig. "Any Sport in a Storm," script by Carl Wessler, art by Johnny Craig; Lon made his way along the beach and past Smuggler's Caves as the stormy night raged on; He discovers that a story about a Sea Hag is true. "Coffin Spell!', script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Davis; The two men finished digging up a corpse for Dr. Karolyi, but the man refused their efforts, so they went out to search for more bodies that the good doctor's students could use. "Pinch!" text story. E.C. Fan-Addict Club promo. "The Catacombs," script by Carl Wessler, art by Bernard Krigstein; Criminal Pietro plunges a knife into his greed partners back. "Out of Sight...", script by Carl Wessler, art by Graham Ingels; The circus barker encourages the crowd to pay to see the mental marvel of the age, the Great Brain, a man, once blindfolded, can identify any object being held up by his slow-witted partner, Benny. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $799.00 Restored: C1 Paper: Off white to white Restoration Includes: Small Amount of Color Touch on Cover. Label #3764489008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($23.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for Panic. "Deadly Beloved!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Johnny Craig; Edward's car overheats and is forced to stop and seek out help; He spots a stately mansion is the bayous, and enters, finding it burnt out inside. "Top Billing," script by Carl Wessler, art by Reed Crandall; Three actors find themselves at the stage entrance of mysterious Woltam Theatre; A rehearsal of Hamlet stops when a vital prop turns up missing. "Show Stopper!" text story. "The Purge," script by Carl Wessler, art by Bernard Krigstein; King Horace is called to the cell of a lovely lady and he asks her why she wants to see him; Alicia tells him that she was controlled by the devil and wanted to be purged of him. "All for Gnawt," script by Carl Wessler, art by Graham Ingels; Millie is drinking herself into a stupor, lamenting that her previous four husbands had not left her the funds she craved, but to find another husband would be difficult considering her looks and weight. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for Panic. "Deadly Beloved!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Johnny Craig; Edward's car overheats and is forced to stop and seek out help; He spots a stately mansion is the bayous, and enters, finding it burnt out inside. "Top Billing," script by Carl Wessler, art by Reed Crandall; Three actors find themselves at the stage entrance of mysterious Woltam Theatre; A rehearsal of Hamlet stops when a vital prop turns up missing. "Show Stopper!" text story. "The Purge," script by Carl Wessler, art by Bernard Krigstein; King Horace is called to the cell of a lovely lady and he asks her why she wants to see him; Alicia tells him that she was controlled by the devil and wanted to be purged of him. "All for Gnawt," script by Carl Wessler, art by Graham Ingels; Millie is drinking herself into a stupor, lamenting that her previous four husbands had not left her the funds she craved, but to find another husband would be difficult considering her looks and weight. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Final issue of the series. Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for MAD magazine. "Old Man Mose!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Ned stopped his wagon when he saw townspeople throwing stones at old Mose, a man they thought worshipped the Devil since he lived in the Black Church. "An Harrow Escape!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Joe Orlando; Captain Grady's ship approached the seemingly derelict "Sea Witch", boarded her and found the entire group on board slaughtered. "The Pit!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Bernard Krigstein; Felix & Lila listened to the crowd screaming for blood as they watched a cock fight; Nearby, they was another fight brewing between vicious dogs. "Bloodsuckers" text story. "Ashes to Ashes!", art by Graham Ingels; Emil sat at his desk in the old Frankenstein mansion writing in his diary about how his infamous Father had tried to create life from a miasmic swamp. An editoral urges readers to write the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, which had begun investigating the comics industry. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Final issue of the series. Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for MAD magazine. "Old Man Mose!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Ned stopped his wagon when he saw townspeople throwing stones at old Mose, a man they thought worshipped the Devil since he lived in the Black Church. "An Harrow Escape!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Joe Orlando; Captain Grady's ship approached the seemingly derelict "Sea Witch", boarded her and found the entire group on board slaughtered. "The Pit!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Bernard Krigstein; Felix & Lila listened to the crowd screaming for blood as they watched a cock fight; Nearby, they was another fight brewing between vicious dogs. "Bloodsuckers" text story. "Ashes to Ashes!", art by Graham Ingels; Emil sat at his desk in the old Frankenstein mansion writing in his diary about how his infamous Father had tried to create life from a miasmic swamp. An editoral urges readers to write the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, which had begun investigating the comics industry. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Devil Strikes!" Venus spurns Satan's advances, leading to Hell on Earth. "Terror on Earth!" Venus enlists Apollo to help her defeat Satan. Also includes: "The Trap!"; "Journey to the Moon!"; "Trapped on the Moon!"; "The Last Rocket!"; and "The Plot that Failed!" Cover price $0.10.

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"The Devil Strikes!" Venus spurns Satan's advances, leading to Hell on Earth. "Terror on Earth!" Venus enlists Apollo to help her defeat Satan. Also includes: "The Trap!"; "Journey to the Moon!"; "Trapped on the Moon!"; "The Last Rocket!"; and "The Plot that Failed!" Cover price $0.10.

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"The End of the World!" Venus manages to help a scientist with his love life and save the Earth from falling into the Sun. "Beyond the 3rd Dimension." A scientist dies, taking the secrets of dimensional travel with him. Also includes: "The Plot!" and "Perilous Patrol." With this issue, the title changes format, with "Stories of the Supernatural" appearing on the cover. Cover price $0.10.

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"The King of the Living Dead!" Venus helps convince a mad gypsy that creating zombie girls is not in his best interests. "The Last Day on Earth!" The gods help Venus defeat a rogue military man, who is bent on destroying U.S. forces. Also includes: "The Creeping Death"; "Invasion from Mars!"; and "The Evil Coin." Pencils and inks by Dave Berg. Cover by Bill Everett. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Bill Everett, Nathaniel Nitkin, Edmund Ashe, Jr., Joseph Piazzo, John Daly, Jack A. Warren, Gilbert James, Paul Quinn, Harry Anderson, Harry Campbell, George Kapitan, Emil Gershwin, George Kapitan, Emil Gershwin, Laura Baker, and George Mandel. Super-hero stories of action, adventure and war, starring such characters as The Conqueror, Bomber Burns, and Sergeant Flagg. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Matt Baker and Manning Lee Stokes. Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A honeymoon in Haiti is interrupted when the bride becomes a zombie. Jungle hero Kolah (a renamed Rulah the Jungle Girl) encounters the terrifying ape women of Antilla. Jungle hero El'nee battles a living caveman, in a story with art by Matt Baker. Zombie Bride; The Antilla Terror; Witch Doctors; Death-Trap; Idol of Death; Horror in the Hills. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A murderous treasure hunter with a fortune in blood diamonds is pursued by a severed hand. Deadly mandrake roots attack the human residents of a tea plantation. A pilot and a female detective track an embezzler into the jungle. The Game Called Dying; Plantation of Fear; Jewels of Death; Congo Terror; There's Peril in Perfection! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Matt Baker and others. Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A heroic jungle girl visits an island to find the magical Drum of Life, in a story with art by Matt Baker. Archaeologists ill-advisedly revive the feathered serpent-god Quetzalcoatl. A British soldier returns to the Irish lands where his ancestor ordered a massacre, and learns the horrifying secret of the bog people. Drums of Doom; The Crawling Horror; Jewels of Death; Thief of Souls; Beasts of the Bog. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Matt Baker and others. Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A heroic jungle girl visits an island to find the magical Drum of Life, in a story with art by Matt Baker. Archaeologists ill-advisedly revive the feathered serpent-god Quetzalcoatl. A British soldier returns to the Irish lands where his ancestor ordered a massacre, and learns the horrifying secret of the bog people. Drums of Doom; The Crawling Horror; Jewels of Death; Thief of Souls; Beasts of the Bog. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. Three men spend the night in a haunted lighthouse. A wife's hatred of her husband's undertaking job drives her murderously insane. A woman poisons her lover's wife, resulting in madness and revenge from the beyond the grave. Corpses of the Jury; Death Light?; Man-Killer; Ghoul for a Day; The Spiteful Spirit. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.