Comic books 1951, graded by CBCS

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $350.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #21-4123596-004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bill Vigoda. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, George Frese and unknown. Mr. Weatherbee institutes Dilton's "obey your impulse" mantra throughout the school, to disastrous results, in "Obey That Impulse"! Plus: Betty takes up stamp collecting when Archie shows an interest in "Stamp Vamp"; Archie is roped into joining the football team in "The Drawback"; Archie balances simultaneous dates with Betty and Veronica in "Double Trouble"; Mr. Weatherbee takes tips on how to relax from Jughead in "Slump Chump!"; Mr. Andrews cooks a meal for Archie in the 1-pager "What's Cookin?"; and Archie tries to clean and repair Veronica's torn dress before a party in "Sew What"! Also: 2-page text piece "Hollywood Tattle Tales"! And: "Archie Fun Page"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 1.5 $7,884.95 or Best Offer Paper: Slightly britle Cover Detached and Completely Split. Label #22-23C36B1-006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($236.55) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Origin of the Joker. Cover by Lew Sayre Schwartz and George Roussos. Stories by Bill Finger and unknown. Art by Lew Sayre Schwartz, Win Mortimer, George Roussos, Bruno Premiani, Frank Bolle and Dan Barry. Batman is invited to be a guest instructor for a class on criminology at State University, and, since the students are making such good progress, he decides to use them to try and solve a case he never could concerning a criminal known as the Red Hood. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Man Behind the Red Hood!" by Bill Finger, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Win Mortimer and George Roussos. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "Ten Little Indians!" with art by Bruno Premiani; Robotman in "The Return of the Iron Man!" with art by Frank Bolle; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Electric Thinking Cap!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Dan Barry. Also: Peg 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Quick Quiz activity page by H.T. Elmo; 2-page text piece "Your Thinking Cap" by William Morrison; and Jerry the Jitterbug half-pager by Boltinoff. And: Green Arrow, Tomahawk and the Shining Knight in the 1-page public service announcement "The World of Adventure in Books" by Jack Schiff and Win Mortimer. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $98.00 Paper: Off white Label #21-40ADE66-003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.94) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Stories and art by Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character; this series often featured art by the two men most associated with Felix, Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Felix foolishly tries to do his own electrical work. Felix goes shopping. Monty Monk has a good idea - or at least, he thinks so. Felix Gets Ohm Sick; Worse and Reverse; Shopping Daze; Monty Monk. Final issue published by Dell; Toby Press took over with issue #20. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 9.0 $239.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #6500160-AA-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.17) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover art by Al Avison (?). Short character profiles of the main characters on the inside front cover. "The Terror of the Golden Claw!"; Captain Ghost escapes from custody, but Tim and Spud discover his map and reach Spider Lake first; There, they discover he is fencing stolen jewelry for Count Dupree; When the colonial police arrive to arrest Dupree, they identify him as Raoul Rixe, an escaped criminal they have been seeking for five years. "Weird Jungle Customs" non-fiction story. "Meet the Man Behind the Drawing Board: Lyman Young" article, art by Lyman Young. Tim Tyler pinup on back cover. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.5 $395.00 Paper: Off white Label #21-2F68DFB-006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.85) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Stories by unknown. Art by Ed Winiarski. In this issue: "Hired or Fired!" - Hedy, again late to the movie set, is at risk of being fired; untitled Hedy 1-pager - Hedy bemoans the fact that she is recognized everywhere she goes; Sandra the Star in "Sandra Meets the Press!" - Sandra mistakes an income tax collector for a reporter; "Platter Hunters" text story, reprinted from Patsy Walker (1945) #20 - Fay is jealous when she spots Danny with Isobel on a Friday night; Trumpetski the Terrific in "The Eyes Have It!" - Trumpetski is hypnotized into saying, "Trumpetski is a big fool!"; and "The Ripped Script!" - Hedy is given a new script and is expected to learn it in less than one day. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $155.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #22-0692A42-271 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.65) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Stories and art by Joe Certa, Frank Bolle and John Martin. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. An outlaw uses "loco weed" smoke to trick two innocent men into being his patsies. Mesquite buys a gold brick from a con man for five bucks - but bricks have a way of coming back down when you least expect it. Pistol Packing Pattie suggests that the back of Jackson's head would photograph better. The Smoke of Injustice; Hill Billy; Whitey Whiskers: A Feather in His Cap; Mesquite: The Butterfly Bonanza; Pistol Packin Pattie; Six-Gun Sight; The Covered Wagon Escapade. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $600.00 Paper: White Label #17-0C709CB-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($18.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover art by George Frese. "A Fool for Food!", pencils by George Frese; When Mr. Weatherbee realizes that Betty is passing food to Archie and Jughead from Home Economics class, he sabotages the next batch to teach them a lesson. "Fight! Fight!"; Jughead claims a fight is about to break out in the Choc'lit Shoppe. "The Baby Quitter," art by Samm Schwartz; An innocent remark to the child Jughead is baby-sitting gets him suspected of child abuse. "Flash in the Pan," art by Samm Schwartz; Ferdie's attempts to take cheesecake photos of Suzie end up making her father miserable. "Movie Chatter" article. "Bewitched Battered and Bewildered," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by George Frese, inks by Terry Szenics; Mr. Weatherbee tries to stop Jughead and Reggie from constantly fighting in class. In Hot Water" public service announcement, script and art by Dave Berg; Red goes swimming alone against Wilbur's advice. "Shirt from Skirt," art by Samm Schwartz; Jughead mails pictures of himself in a loud shirt to a strange woman. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.5 $395.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #18-0CD32F6-006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.85) will be charged at checkout.

Stories, Art and Cover by Bill Woggon. America's pin-up queen Katy Keene in three untitled stories: Katy gets a part as a princess, giving her and Sis dreams of fairytale royalty, but she turns out to be a Native American princess; inspired by the letters from her readers with polio, Katy continually runs across lucky objects (four-leaf clover, shooting star, etc.) and wishes that her fans would donate to the March of Dimes; and Katy gets a movie part, but she misses her alarm and arrives late...the next day, Sis invents an alarm clock that punches Katy with a boxing glove to wake her up, but she gets a black eye and loses the part. Plus: two "Katy Fashions" 1-pagers; untitled Sis the Candy Kid story - K.O. and Randy aren't available to date Katy (and bring Sis candy), so Sis arranges for Chubby to come over with ice cream; and "Fashions for Sis the Candy Kid" half-pager (artist unknown). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $720.00 Paper: Off white Label #16-1135562-053

The Man Who Vanished, art by Manny Stallman; An eight foot tall circus freak drinks a shrinking potion that continues to shrink him until he disappears. The Strange Tree!; A man buys a house with a tree out in the yard which possesses people. The New England Horror text story. Trapped in Time!; A man travels forward in time and finds that dinosaurs have again returned when man has destroyed himself through nuclear war. The Hollow Men; A reporter finds a scientist dead in a castle when the robot he created rebelled against him. Mike Sekowsky art. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $1,099.00 Paper: Off white to white Bottom edge Latch Cover broken though Latch is still intact. Label #16-16A7E20-002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($32.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Stories by Walter Gibson and Otis Adelbert Kline. Art by Charles Nicholas and Joe Orlando. Cover by Joe Orlando. A science-fiction tale based on the novel "Maza of the Moon" by Otis Adelbert Kline. An American inventor becomes the first human to land an object on the moon, by firing a giant space-gun at it. To his surprise, the people of the moon fire back. When he visits the satellite, he becomes caught up in the conflict between two warring peoples, one of which is ruled by a beautiful moon-princess. The story was written by Walter Gibson, best known as the author of The Shadows pulp adventures (under the name Maxwell Grant). Also featuring a Flash Harper backup story, and a classic space-opera cover by Joe Orlando. Rocket to the Moon; The Death Doll! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.