Comic books 1940, graded by CBCS

Add to cart CBCS 8.5 $6,800.00 or Best Offer Moderate professional restoration Paper: Off white to white Slab: Minor side edge crack Professional restoration includes: piece added to back cover, cover reinforced, spine splits sealed, tear seals to back cover, cover cleaned. Label #16-17447E6-008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($204.00) will be charged at checkout.

Hawkman (script by Gardner Fox, art by Sheldon Moldoff), the Sandman (script by Fox, art by Chad Grothkopf, not Creig Flessel), Gary Concord the Ultra-Man (only appearance; script and art by Jon L. Blummer as "Don Shelby"), the Flash (script by Fox, art by Everett (E.E.) Hibbard), the Spectre (script by Jerry Siegel, art by Bernard Baily), Biff Bronson (script by Albert Sulman, art by Joseph Sulman), the Hour Man (script by Ken Fitch, art by Baily), and Red, White and Blue (script by Siegel, art by William Smith). Two-page text story, "Exile to Jupiter" by Evelyn Gaines. Cover art (composite) by Creig Flessel, Hibbard, Blummer, and Baily. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $700.00 Paper: Off white to white Centerfold Married. Tape on Entire Spine of Cover and 6 Small Pieces on Interior Cover. Label #21-11A2705-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($21.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bill Everett. "Aman the Amazing Man" by Bill Everett; "Ranch Dude" by Joe Simon; "The Magician From Mars" by John Guinta and Michael Mirando; "The Iron Skull" by Carl Burgos; "Minimidget the Super-Midget"; Chuck Hardy in "The Land Beneath the Sea" by Frank Thomas; "Mighty Man and the Haunted House" by Martin Filchock; "The Shark" by Lew Glanz; plus a two-page Amazing Man text story, "The Test of the Stolen Records" by Lane Browne. Ad for Pinocchio picture book. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 2.0 $485.00 Moderate amateur restoration Paper: Off white to white Amateur Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover, tear seal to cover with glue. Back cover married. Bottom edge of 2 center wraps trimmed. Moderate amount of tape tape and archival tape. Label #21-0BE0C52-002

Cover by Bill Everett. "Aman the Amazing Man" by Bill Everett; Chuck Hardy in "The Lant Beneath the Sea" by Frank Thomas; "The Iron Skull" by Carl Burgos; "Minimidget the Super-MIdget" by John T. Kolb; "Zardi the Eternal man"; "The Shark" by Lew Glanz; "Mighty Man and the Coal People" by Martin Filchock; "The Magician From Mars" by John Guinta and Michael Mirando; and a two-page text story, "Three-Ring Death" by Duke Carey. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 0.3 $1,499.95 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Cover and 1st 2 Wraps Missing, Affects Story. Incomplete. Label #21-367C68F-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($45.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson. 2nd appearance of The Joker and Catwoman (called Catwoman for the 1st time) in "The Joker Meets the Cat-Woman," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Learning the Joker is hospitalized with wounds, the members of the Crime Syndicate make plans to rescue him to lead their mob again; But the Joker has planned a double-cross and the appearance of the Cat-Woman complicates matters. "Wolf, the Crime Master," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Bob Kane (signed) and Jerry Robinson (backgrounds); By an unfortunate accident, Adam Lamb becomes a psychological Jekyll and Hyde at midnight each evening, only to revert to his mild-mannered self during the day. "A Very Simple Case" text story by David Tree, art by Raymond Perry. "The Case of the Clubfoot Murders," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Bob Kane (signed) and Jerry Robinson (backgrounds); The contents of a strange will leave each of the heirs with strange tokens with inscriptions on them, not realizing that, if they are all united, the tokens will reveal the location of a gold mine. "The Case of the Missing Link," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos; Professor Drake brings back from Africa a "missing link" who he intends to civilize for the benefit of all civilization; Batman and Robin vs. Grimes. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 1.8 $400.00 Paper: Cream to off white Centerfold detached. Label #23-3D19116-002

Cover art by Charles Biro. The Madman of Mammoth Studios starring the dog Rang-A-Tang, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle. Hercules Slaying the Hydra of Lerna starring Hercules, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Wexler. The Island of Baron Von Krasner starring Gypsy Johnson, art by John Bulthuis [as Johann Bulthuis]. The Great Trailer Mystery starring Fox, script by Joe Blair, art by Irwin Hasen. Breakout In the POW Camp starring Corporal Collins, script by Abner Sundell, art by Charles Biro. Captured By the Dyaks starring Ty-Gor, script by Joe Blair, art by George Storm; Mr. Davis and her daughter are taken prisoners by the Dyaks. Battle In Oculta Valley starring Doc Strong, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper. The Dispatch Robbery starring Loop Logan, script by Joe Blair, art by Frank Volp. The Ulla-Boltyn Conspiracy starring Green Falcon, script by Harry Shorten, art by Edd Ashe. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.5 $10,000 Paper: Off white to white Label #16-23F4BA7-001

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. "The Result of the Most Famous Battle in Comic Magazines," script by Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, and John Compton, art by Everett and Burgos; Trapped in a translite tube, only the intervention of Betty Dean saves the Torch and ends the battle between him and Namor. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; Torch must battle a gas syndicate who tries to raise the price of gasoline, and bombs any gas station refusing to go along. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; Because of Namor's seemingly inability to handle the Torch, he is suspended from all active service; Meanwhile, a group of hardened ice field seamen, led by Luther Robinson, seek out the Sub-Mariner to destroy him. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel must cope with weird "devils of the mist," who have been released from the bowels of the earth by a volcano, and who are kidnapping young women top side to sacrifice to that volcano. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; Electro is called into service to battle an evil, now insane, ex-genius of brain surgery, stationed in an old castle somewhere off the coast of Cuba, who has successfully created artifical blood. Tiger Trail text story, script by Beach Allen, art by Ed Robins. The Masked Raider untitled story, art by Al Anders; A criminal who has fatally wounded a tax collector sees the Raider, and works out a scheme to convince the Sheriff that the Raider is the murderer...all as a blind to steal the tax money himself. "The Murder of a Man Without a Will," script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; While Terry Vance, the Boy of a Hundred Hobbies" works on an experiment, he hears a police call of someone murdered in a penthouse. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; A wanted criminal captures two Scotland Yard detectives and leaves them for dead, while he attempts to fly out of the jungle to freedom. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 9.0 $14,495 or Best Offer Moderate professional restoration Paper: Off white to white Moderate/Extensive Professional Restoration Includes: Color touch on cover, pieces added to cover, tear seals to cover and interior, cover and centerfold reinforced, cover and interior cleaned, staples cleaned. Gerber 8. This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($434.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bernard Baily. "The Spectre Strikes," script by Jerry Siegel, art by Bernard Baily; After murdering Corrigan, Benson and his thugs decide to kill the witness, Clarice, but before they can do this, a wraith-like Corrigan appears before them to exact justice. "Biff's Disguise," starring Biff Bronson, script by Albert Sulman, art by Joe Sulman. "The Mine Sweepers," starring Lt. Bob Neal, script by Robert Hirsch, art by Russ Lehman. "The Rocket Ship," starring King Carter, art by Paul Lauretta. "Submarine Pirates," starring Captain Desmo, art by Ed Winiarski. "Murder in the Ring," starring Detective Sergeant Carey, script and art by Joe Donohoe. "The Search for Half Breed Charlie," starring Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol, art by John Lehti. "The Fall of Billy Evans," starring Bulldog Martin, art by Bart Tumey. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $3,999.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) From The Oxford Collection. Label #21-2601C8E-015

Cover by Ed Kressy and Norman Fallon. Stories and art by Emile C. Schurmacher, Ed Kressy, Norman Fallon and Jack Alderman. An early science fiction comic book from publisher Hillman, featuring Rocket Riley, the Phantom Ranger and other embryonic superheroes. Rocket Riley tries to keep Professor Sterling's atomic rocket from falling into enemy hands, and is captured by the Octopus Men from space. The Phantom Ranger rides for justice in the Old West, like that other famous masked Ranger. Lt. Dick Jones must rescue Jane Wells, daughter of the governor of Monongo, after she is abducted by the modern-day pirate called The Steel Shark. Rocket Riley: The Runaway Rocket; Hurricane Hart: Treasure of Death; Red Roberts; The Phantom Ranger; The Steel Shark; Facts You May Not Know; Buzzard Barnes: Hell in the Heavens; Lefty Larsen: Traitors Must Die. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 1.5 $1,750.00 Paper: Off white Cover detached. Front cover reattached to back cover with 9 pieces of tape. Centerfold detached. Label #18-110B82D-003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($52.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Lou Fine. Stories by Rodney Weems and Bert Whitman. Art by Emil Gershwin, Robert Webb, George Tuska, and Bert Whitman. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics featuring sci-fi heroes and some of the very first superheroes. Electric-powered hero Electro becomes Dynamo, and uses his powers to trap a gang of gold thieves in gold electroplate like living statues; Marga the Panther Woman is kidnapped by a mad African ruler who wants to make her his queen; Navy Jones helps the undersea kingdom rebel against its corrupt Prime Minister. Another terrific cover by Lou Fine. Science Fights Crime!; The Eagle: The Mail Pirates; Dynamo: The Fort Knox Gold Robbery; Cosmic Carson: Master of the Ice Ray; Perisphere Payne: Attack On the Moon; Build a Fighting Plane; Build a Super-Locomotive; Marga: Uchunko, Ruler of the Jungle; Gold...1000 Miles Down; Dr. Doom: Battle of the Insects; Navy Jones: The Prime Minister Strikes Back. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.