Comic books 1955 or before, graded by CGC

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Stories and art by Dick Briefer, Ed Goggin and Fritz Wilkinson. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. Horror-movie star Boris Karload accidentally spends the night with Frankenstein in the cemetery. Mr. Rose plots to do away with Frankenstein with his man-eating plant. Frankenstein has a crush on a pretty girl in a picture, so Awful Annie gives him a potion that will bring her out of the book, but other characters come to life as well. Boris Karload, Master of Horror; The Maestro; The Fountain of Youth; The Man-Eating Plant; Grown Up Now; The Picture Out of the Book. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Mort Meskin. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. The Monster and his hunters encounter a lost prehistoric world of dinosaurs. Explorers bargain with the ghost of pirate captain Jean Lafitte to find his treasure. The sinister-looking actor playing Satan in a movie is a little too real. World of Monsters; Ghost of Jean Lafitte!; Satan and the Sailor. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dick Briefer. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s A bell-ringer befriends the Frankenstein Monster. A mad scientist grows a deadly man-eating plant, in a horrific remake of a comedy story from issue #11. A scientist captures a burglar with his shrinking machine. Death O'Clock; Small Fry!; I Confess; Doorway To the Future!; Bird Hater; The Monster of Frankenstein and the Plant. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $215.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4223897006

New Years cover. Contains comic strip reprints, text articles, and activity pages. In order of appearance: "The Nut Brothers", "Mr. Blotto", and "Our Boarding House" by Gene Ahern; "Herky" by Clyde Lewis; "Dan Dunn" by Norman Marsh; "Mutt and Jeff" and "Cicero's Cat" by Bud Fisher; "Boots" by Edgar Martin; "Everybody's Playmate" by A. W. Nugent; "Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune" by Roy Crane; "Reg'lar Fellers" and "Daisybelle" by Gene Byrnes; "Ben Webster's Page" by Jay Jerome Williams (as Edwin Alger); "Otto Honk" by Bela Zaboly; "Out Our Way" by J. R. Williams; "Tailspin Tommy" by Hal Forrest; "From the Notes of Major Cosmo Strange, D.S.O." by George Baker; "Scribbly" by Sheldon Mayer; "The Tiny Mites" by Hal Cochran and George Scarbo; "Annibelle" by Dorothy Urfer; "Salesman Sam" by C. D. Small; "Bronc Peeler and Coyote Pete" by Fred Harman; "Alley Oop" by V. T. Hamlin; "Flapper Fanny" by Gladys Parker; "G Men on the Job" by Dick Blair and Milt Youngren; "Tad of the Tanbark" and "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Og, Son of Fire" by James Irving Crump; "From the Notes of Major Cosmo Strange, D.S.O." by George Baker; "Myra North, Special Nurse" by Ray Thompson and Charles Coll; "Home Magic" by A. W. Nugent; "Myra North, Special Nurse" by Ray Thompson and Charles Coll; "Freckles and his Friends" by Merrill Blosser; and "Stories in Stamps" by I. S. Klein. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $300.00 or Best Offer CGC Qualified Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side edge crack Pages 18, 19, and 24 missing, affects story. INCOMPLETE. Label #0004220013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Contains comic strip reprints, text articles, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Alley Oop" by V. T. Hamlin; "Herky" by Clyde Lewis; "Home Magic" by A. W. Nugent; "Dan Dunn" by Norman Marsh; "Our Boarding House" by Gene Ahern; "Ben Webster's Page" by Jay Jerome Williams (as Edwin Alger); "G Men on the Job" by Dick Blair and Milt Youngren; "Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune" by Roy Crane; "Stranger than Fiction" by Richard W. Thomas and Walter Galli; "Boots" and "Bootkins" by Edgar Martin; "Bronc Peeler" by Fred Harman; "The Tiny Mites" by Hal Cochran and George Scarbo; "Out Our Way" by J. R. Williams; "Tailspin Tommy" and "Four Aces" by Hal Forrest; "Stories in Stamps" by I. S. Klein; "Og, Son of Fire" by James Irving Crump; "The Worry Wart" by J. R. Williams; "Scribbly" by Sheldon Mayer; "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" and "Tad of the Tanbark" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Reg'lar Fellers" and "Daisybelle" by Gene Byrnes; "Mutt and Jeff" and "Cicero's Cat" by Bud Fisher; "Everybody's Playmate" by A. W. Nugent; "Freckles and his Friends" by Merrill Blosser; "Now You Tell One!" by Edward Courtney Dunkle; "Heroes' Hall of Fame" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); and "Be a Big Leaguer" by Ed Cronin. "Shark Hunters of Aran, Part One" text story by H. T. Sperry, illustrated by Walter Cole Brigham. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $1,975.00 Paper: Slightly britle Label #1482295024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($59.25) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Roy Crane, V. T. Hamlin, Fred Harman, J. R. Williams, Gene Byrnes, Al McWilliams, Jim Gary, Hal Forrest, Walt Spouse, C. D. Small, Fred Harman, and Win Smith. The Funnies presented reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Captain Easy, alongside original material. With the departure of former editor MC Gaines, this issue debuts several new features, including Edgar Rice Burroughs' authorized comic-strip adaptation of John Carter, Warlord of Mars. This is the first appearance of John Carter of Mars in a comic book. Another character making his comics debut is the early toon Bosko, in an adaptation of his 1931 Looney Tunes cartoon, Bosko Shipwrecked! Tex Ritter tracks down cattle rustler Dorgan, but Dorgan has dynamite, in an adaptation of the 1939 Western movie Sundown on the Prairie. Plus a comics adaptation of The Marvelous Land of Oz featuring art by Walt Spouse. Gene Autry: The Ghost of Winter Ranch; Salesman Sam; Alley Oop; Red Ryder; Bosko; Out Our Way; Four Aces; Everybody's Playmate; Tex Ritter: Sundown on the Prairie; John Carter, Warlord of Mars; Our Boarding House; The Crime Busters; Stranger Than Fiction; Oz; Captain Easy; Bronc Peeler. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $350.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4392532012

Cover by John Coleman Burroughs. Stories and art by John Coleman Burroughs, Roy Crane, V. T. Hamlin, Chester Gould, Gaylord Du Bois, Al Micale, J. R. Williams, Al McWilliams, Walt Spouse, C. D. Small, Hugh Harman, and Win Smith. The Funnies presented reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Captain Easy, alongside original material. Searching for the canal that leads to Helium, John Carter, Dejah Thoris and Sola are spotted by the savage green Martians, in the official comic-strip adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars. John Carter provides a distraction so the women can get away, but he is captured by the green Martians for use in their gladiatorial games. Bosko loses his overcoat that has $8 in it, so he goes around cutting the tails off of every overcoat in town until he finds it. Plus a text story featuring Dick Tracy. Cover and John Carter art by John Coleman Burroughs, son of Edgar Rice Burroughs. John Carter Warlord of Mars; The Sky Ranger; Salesman Sam; Alley Oop; Bosko; Tom Beatty: The Hand of Horror; Lightning Jim; Out Our Way; Dick Tracy: The Famon Gang; Find the Errors; Our Boarding House; The Crime Busters; This Curious World; Oz; Captain Easy; Mr. District Attorney. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $125.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white 6 center wraps missing. Label #4471846001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.75) will be charged at checkout.

Rex King of the Deep; John Carter; Capt. Easy

Stories and art by Roy Crane, V. T. Hamlin, John Coleman Burroughs, Gaylord Du Bois, Bob Jenney, Al McWilliams, Walt Spouse, Walker Harman, and Win Smith. The Funnies presented reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Captain Easy, alongside original material. Appointed to the palace of the Jeddak of Zodanga after rescuing the Jeddak's cousin, John Carter uses the opportunity to track down Dejah Thoris. But believing Carter was dead, she has sworn to marry the son of her captor, in the official comic-strip adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars. John Carter art by John Coleman Burroughs, son of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Captain Easy and Wash Tubbs try to make ends meet with a traveling medicine show. John Carter Warlord of Mars; The Sky Ranger; Alley Oop; Bosko; What Would You Do?; Rex, King of the Deep; Oz; Captain Easy; The O'Malley Kids; Whitey Harrison; Mr. District Attorney; Speed Martin. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $649.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white All copies taped at each corner to Wheaties box. Label #0152211007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.47) will be charged at checkout.

(Scarce) Funny Stuff (1946) was a promotional comic book published by National Periodical Publications. Features Dodo and the Forg, Three Mouseketeers, and others. These comics came taped to Wheaties boxes of cereal. 32 pages, full color, newsprint, 6.5-in. x 8.25-in.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $300.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Tape on cover. Overstreet states "Never found in better than Fine." Label #1104717012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

(Scarce) Funny Stuff (1946) was a promotional comic book published by National Periodical Publications. Features Dodo and the Forg, Three Mouseketeers, and others. These comics came taped to Wheaties boxes of cereal. 32 pages, full color, newsprint, 6.5-in. x 8.25-in.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $499.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4476044008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.97) will be charged at checkout.

Volume 4, Issue 6 - March 1954. Science Fiction and adventures stories featuring "The Wayward Course" by Randall Garrett, "The Wampum" by Sam Merwin Jr., and "The Square Peg" by Stephen Arr. 7-in. x 10-in. 96 newsprint pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $130.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #2102889009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.90) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Nick Cardy. The Man No Prison Could Hold, art by Syd Shores. She Knew 10,000 Crooks, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. The Case of the Five Minute Errand, art by Leonard Starr. Cops with Wings, art by John Prentice. The Story of the Black Ace Gang, art by Leonard Starr. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $474.00 Paper: Off white Label #4256879019 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.22) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Art by Wally Wood, Leonard Starr, Ed Waldman and Howard Larsen. Stories about mobsters and the women who love them, with a special focus on women who were notorious criminals in their own right. No mere gun moll, redheaded Evelyn Ellis builds her gang of hoods into a ruthless mob; The violent rise and fall of Big Jim Colosimo, leader of the Chicago Outfit; Gangster Sandy Quirk decides to take over a dance studio. Featuring a painted cover reprinted from Avon paperback #292. Evelyn Ellis—Queen of the Gangsters!; King of the Convicts!; Big Jim Colosimo; Sandy Quirk Trips the Light Fantastic. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $323.00 Paper: Off white Label #4369208001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.69) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Ken Battefield. Stories and art by Bill Fraccio, George Gregg, Marcia Snyder, Pete Tumlinson and Tex Blaisdell. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. The true stories of 1920s gangster Dutch Anderson and his protege Gerald Chapman, the first Public Enemy Number One. Holdup woman Irene Schroeder kills a cop, later earning the nicknames "the blonde bandit" and "Tiger Girl" while on trial for murder. A profile of real-life gunslinger John Wesley Hardin. Gerald Chapman: The Evil Genius of Crime; John Wesley Hardin: Killer of the Southwest; The Little Augie--Kid Dropper Feud; Irene Schroeder, The Original Bobbed-Hair Bandit: The Girl, The Gun, and the Grave!; Tip Off ; Wanted: Ned Kelly, Australia's Public Enemy #1, Dead or Alive; Larry Fay, Racketeer. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $3,629.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3719212008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($108.87) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Bill Fraccio, George Gregg, Marcia Snyder, Pete Tumlinson and Tex Blaisdell. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. High-class Eddie Bentz is secretly a criminal mastermind. Early New York ganglord Biff Ellison, of the Five Points Gang and Gopher Gang, gains a reputation for his dapper clothing and propensity for sudden violence. Harry Tracy is the last surviving member of the Hole in the Wall Gang. Eddie Bentz alias the Ghost; Basil Banghart; From the Farm to Alcatraz; Black Jack Rule: The Story of "Biff" Ellison: Do the Dead Return?; Murder Pay$ Off; Oregon's Trigger-Happy Killer: Harry Tracy. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bill Fraccio, George Gregg, Marcia Snyder, Pete Tumlinson and Tex Blaisdell. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. High-class Eddie Bentz is secretly a criminal mastermind. Early New York ganglord Biff Ellison, of the Five Points Gang and Gopher Gang, gains a reputation for his dapper clothing and propensity for sudden violence. Harry Tracy is the last surviving member of the Hole in the Wall Gang. Eddie Bentz alias the Ghost; Basil Banghart; From the Farm to Alcatraz; Black Jack Rule: The Story of "Biff" Ellison: Do the Dead Return?; Murder Pay$ Off; Oregon's Trigger-Happy Killer: Harry Tracy. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Leo Morey and others. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. Ma Barker and her sons become the first family of crime, until the Feds catch up with them. Beautiful Stella Irwin joins her husband Benny for a spree of bank robberies. Twin brothers Dan and Don Olson both grow up in a bad neighborhood, but one turns to crime and the other becomes a lawman. Most Dangerous Of All; Blue Eyes and a Gun: The Story of Stella Irwin; Twin Trouble; Thunder on the Mountain; Trigger Man: The Story of Frankie Uale; The Mystery of the Stolen Necklace; The Incredible Ma Barker; Brothers In Crime. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by Basil Wolverton and unknown. Art by Basil Wolverton and unknown. In this issue: Tessie the Typist stars in an untitled story. Plus: Snoopy and Dr. Nutzy in an untitled story; 1/2 Chief Poke-in-Nose in an untitled story; Squat Car Squad in an untitled story; 2-page text story "Amber Fortune"; Eustace Hayseed and Choo-Choo in an untitled story; Rolly & Solly in an untitled story; Star and Tar in an untitled story; and Powerhouse Pepper in an untitled story by Basil Wolverton. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,200.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: See item notes Significant front/back scuff(s). Label #3713551012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($36.00) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by L. Bing and others. Western comics starring beloved singing cowboy Gene Autry. In an issue-length story, cowboys track a mysterious killer who leaves devil-like cloven footprints, and instead find Gene on the trail. Gene joins the hunt for the Cloven Hoof, which leads to an imprisoned miner, his hostage daughter, and a sinister figure named Rankin Dole. This issue may represent the earliest major work by a 1940s artist only identified as "L. Bing." A Personal Note from Gene Autry; The Mark of the Cloven Hoof; Gene Autry. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $525.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Double Cover. 1st cover 7.0, interior cover 9.4. Label #0059762001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($15.75) will be charged at checkout.

Photo cover of Gene Autry. Stories and art by Jesse Marsh and Till Goodan. Singing cowboy Gene Autry was a multimedia star from the 1930s-1950s, in music, movies, radio, and television, as well as comic books. This issue features art by Tarzan artist Jesse Marsh. Gene joins a sheriff who is escorting outlaw Griff Wade to his hanging. But the sheriff fears that Griff's gang will try to free him. Gene finds a murdered man in the desert, and sees that he spent his last strength writing the cryptic phrase The Gold Bell. The Laughing Gunman; Half an Alibi; The Gold Bell; Famous Western Ranches; The Wonder Horse. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $300.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #1021498025 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Comic book featuring the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry. Gene Autry photo cover. Peter Pan comic ad. "Medicine Road," art by Nicholas Firfires; Flappjack has been doped by knockout drops in the saloon, and robbed of five hundred dollars worth of gold; Now Gene is going to find out if and how it is done. "Backfire"; Gene Autry vs. Cabe Regan. "The Unsolved Murder" text story. Sheriff Rex Tompkins vs. Flint Weston. "The Lechuza Silver Cashe," art by Tony Sgroi; Panhandle Pete is back from the search for the Rock Pens, and the kids are eager to hear his story. The Brave Battle of Buckshot Roberts article, art by Till Goodan. Wheaties ad featuring George Mikan. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $375.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Pedigree: Crowley Crowley File Copy Label #0074362013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.25) will be charged at checkout.

Fawcett presents the puppet characters of Pal's early animation studio. Rusty imagines himself taking part in the Trojan War. Punchy builds an airplane and takes Judy for a flight, but Sylvester's not happy about it. Rusty dreams he's a flying ace battling the Axis during World War II. Rusty: The Trojan Horse; Punchy and Judy: Plane Fun; Jasper: Deep Water; Lost in the Swamp; Sgt. Jan: A Lucky Guy; Jim Dandy: Courts Action; Jasper and the Scarecrow: A Frozen Fool; Rusty: Ace of Aces; Sgt. Jan: Global Warfare; Punchy and Judy: Dance Time. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $2,074.00 Paper: Off white Label #4174703006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($62.22) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Untitled story, script by Drew Murdoch, pencils by Iger Studios and Alex Blum, inks by Iger Studios and Matt Baker; A mother and her two children move into a house where a murder has happened. Untitled story, script by Drew Murdoch, pencils by Iger Studios and Alex Blum; Three people remember their old school teacher, whose ghost spoke to them in critical times of their lives. Untitled story, script by Capt. Derek West; a female American spy behind the Russian lines is rescued by brave pilot. Untitled story, script by Drew Murdoch, art by Iger Studios and Alex Blum; A kidnapped boy is going to be buried alive, but his mothers ghost guides the police to apprehend the gangsters. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $1,699.99 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4384461024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($51.00) will be charged at checkout.

Untitled story, script by Drew Murdoch, art by Iger Studios and Jack Kamen; Convict Red Harrison breaks out of prison and is led by the ghost of a murdered policeman to the son of the cop, who is about to embark onto a life of crime. Untitled story, script by Armand Weygand, art by Lily Renée; In Cairo, Professor Broussard battles Cephalia, a sorceress releasing an army of deadly spiders. Untitled story, script by Armand Broussard, art by Lily Renée; In Bagdad, Professor Broussard finds his face woven into a carpet and experiences a wild hallucination about robbing precious gems and killing for it. The Dark Eyes of Destiny, script by Drew Murdoch; Drew Murdoch investigates a pair of mystic glasses predicting doom – and their mysterious owner, a certain Azrael. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $1,498.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #3980562003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($44.94) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Death is a Dream, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; a female Chinese agent gets shot dead, but her ghost leads her brother to do the right thing. No World For Me, pencils by Jack Kamen, inks by Iger Studios; Criminal lands with a rocket ship on Mars. He is being questioned by the Martians and sent back to earth to atone for his crimes. Flee the Mad Furies, script by Drew Murdoch, art by Iger Studios: Alex Blum; Gypsy girl Rowena summons swamp ghosts with black magic to dispose of people who get in her way. The Trumpet of Valkyrie, art by Iger Studios and Rafael Astarita; American flyer is caught behind Soviet lines and aided in battle by the local folklore goddess Valencia. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $300.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: See item notes Significant front/back scuff(s). Label #2038730019 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Satan Owned His Soul, script by Frank Kelly, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; London 1680; Ambitious lawyer Peter Malden works his way to the top by siding with the forces of evil; Known as the hanging judge the cruel Malden finally has to face his own trial. Pilot's Revenge, art by Rafael Astarita; A passenger plane pilot recognizes a couple of traitors who were responsible for killing his buddies in World War II. Phantoms from the Sea; A band of shipwreckers occupy a lighthouse to lure ships into their doom; They are overwhelmed by a brave couple, the old lighthouse keeper and the ghosts of their previous victims. Second Life, script by Tim Sweeny, art by Lily Renée; Professor Broussard goes on a trance journey into the days of King Richard of England and thwarts the plan of poisoning the regent. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Maurice Whitman. The Sleepers in the Crypt; Gangster returns to the scene of his crime to recover hidden loot; His henchmen are frightened by ghosts and ironically turn on their boss, accidentally killing him. Zandini Did It!, art by A. Albert; Zandini comes back from the dead to wreak revenge on Dan Kramer, the man who caused his death years ago. Payoff Blues, art by Jack Kamen; Triggerman and train robber Chopper Mack is driven insane by a tune he keeps hearing over and over again. He also sees ghosts everywhere. Two Must Die, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; Two mine owners inquire about ghostly apparitions in their mine in Mexico. Not believing in ghosts, they enter an accident-prone shaft and perish. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $750.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #0917892012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Lords of the Upper Air, art by John Belcastro [as "Johnny Bell"]; A group of mountain climbers in the Himalayan stumble upon a tribe of snowmen with supernatural powers. Grab-Bag, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; A group of girls is being haunted by the ghost of a mysterious evil woman, whose stylish accessories came into the girls possession. The Witch's Doll, script by Marilyn Mercer, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti and Will Eisner; Dr. Drew hunts down the missing explorer Leander Miles, who is torturing the actress Jennie Paris--by means of an African "kaffir" witch doll. This black magic works like voodoo. Untitled story, art by George Evans; a magic bottle containing a miniature ship arrives at the house of an old acquaintance. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $2,200.00 Paper: Off white Label #4189514020

(A-1 Comics #27) Cover by Dick Ayers. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Stories and art by Gardner Fox, C. W. Winter, Howard Larsen and Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #27. Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. The masked gunslinger formerly known as The Calico Kid (actually Marshal Rex Fury) takes on a new identity, using special effects to fool evildoers into thinking he is a vengeful spirit; Outlaws face the various tricks Ghost Rider uses to appear as if he is an actual ghost. This was the first character to use the name and the very cool Western-themed Ghost Rider design, both of which have remained in use to the present day, but for different characters. The Ghost Rider; The Fire Ghost!; The Saga o' Sagebrush Sam; Spook Justice; Western 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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(A-1 Comics #27) Cover by Dick Ayers. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Stories and art by Gardner Fox, C. W. Winter, Howard Larsen and Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #27. Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. The masked gunslinger formerly known as The Calico Kid (actually Marshal Rex Fury) takes on a new identity, using special effects to fool evildoers into thinking he is a vengeful spirit; Outlaws face the various tricks Ghost Rider uses to appear as if he is an actual ghost. This was the first character to use the name and the very cool Western-themed Ghost Rider design, both of which have remained in use to the present day, but for different characters. The Ghost Rider; The Fire Ghost!; The Saga o' Sagebrush Sam; Spook Justice; Western 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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(A-1 Comics #51) Cover by Dick Ayers. Art by Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #51. Adventures of the original Ghost Rider, a Western marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. With this issue, the series takes on horror elements to fit with the horror trend in 1950s comics. A cursed Native tomb seems to be guarded by a winged serpent whose bite means death; The Ghost Rider seeks the truth about zombie gunfighters that are murdering ranchers in a small town, so he creates some zombies of his own; In Tales of the Ghost Rider, a rancher battles a white wolf that he soon learns is actually a werewolf. The Haunted Tomb!; The League of the Living Dead!; Tales of the Ghost Rider: The Bloody Fangs of Fear!; The Murder in Wax! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $265.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4412525002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.95) will be charged at checkout.

(A-1 Comics #67) Cover by Dick Ayers. Art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #67. Western horror with the original Ghost Rider, a marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. A monstrous vulture is attacking villagers, but turns out to be a man in a vulture costume, much like the later Spider-Man villain; Settlers ill-advisedly move into Hate Town, heedless of the curse that turned it into a ghost town; A hanged outlaw returns from the dead to continue robbing stagecoaches. Also featuring an ad for an official Ghost Rider scarf/mask for kids to wear. The Vulture Swoops; Hate Town, USA; The Left Boot Murders. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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(A-1 Comics #71) Cover by Dick Ayers. Art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #71. Western horror with the original Ghost Rider, a marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. The Ghost Rider investigates after the Monster of Frankenstein itself suddenly begins terrorizing his little Western town; Jed Gunner sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for a gold mine; Ghost Rider learns that the tiger terrorizing a traveling circus is actually two contortionists in a bullet-proof tiger suit. Ghost Rider vs. Frankenstein; Tales of the Ghost Rider: The Devil and Jed Gunner; The Spirit Spurs; Tales of the Ghost Rider: My Friend the Hangman; The Devil Tiger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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(A-1 Comics #71) Cover by Dick Ayers. Art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #71. Western horror with the original Ghost Rider, a marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. The Ghost Rider investigates after the Monster of Frankenstein itself suddenly begins terrorizing his little Western town; Jed Gunner sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for a gold mine; Ghost Rider learns that the tiger terrorizing a traveling circus is actually two contortionists in a bullet-proof tiger suit. Ghost Rider vs. Frankenstein; Tales of the Ghost Rider: The Devil and Jed Gunner; The Spirit Spurs; Tales of the Ghost Rider: My Friend the Hangman; The Devil Tiger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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(A-1 Comics #112) Cover by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #112 . Western horror with the original Ghost Rider, a marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. A mystery killer leaves his victims bare-chested for some reason; A vulture narrates a macabre tale of murder and death in the desert; Outlaws band together and hire a specialist to take out the Ghost Rider once and for all. The Treasure Chest Murders!; Tales of the Ghost Rider: My Two Friends!; The Man Who Hated!; Target: Ghost Rider!; Tales of the Ghost Rider: The Fastest Gunman in the Cemetery! Final issue of the series; the Ghost Rider continued to appear in Tim Holt/Red Mask (1954). Marvel's similar (Western) Ghost Rider debuted in 1967. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, part of the horror-comics craze of the 1950s. The heir to a haunted castle seeks the one weapon that can destroy its malevolent spirit. Jungle hero Jo-Jo and his mate Tanee encounter the slithery menace of Janeece, the Queen of the Cobras, and her venomous cohorts. A murderer's bride kills him in self-defense, but then faces justice from her own tribe. Terrible Encounter; Gems of Death; The Case of the Shrunken Heads; The Last Man Alive; Jo-Jo: The Cobra Kiss. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, part of the horror-comics craze of the 1950s. The heir to a haunted castle seeks the one weapon that can destroy its malevolent spirit. Jungle hero Jo-Jo and his mate Tanee encounter the slithery menace of Janeece, the Queen of the Cobras, and her venomous cohorts. A murderer's bride kills him in self-defense, but then faces justice from her own tribe. Terrible Encounter; Gems of Death; The Case of the Shrunken Heads; The Last Man Alive; Jo-Jo: The Cobra Kiss. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, part of the horror-comics craze of the 1950s. The heir to a haunted castle seeks the one weapon that can destroy its malevolent spirit. Jungle hero Jo-Jo and his mate Tanee encounter the slithery menace of Janeece, the Queen of the Cobras, and her venomous cohorts. A murderer's bride kills him in self-defense, but then faces justice from her own tribe. Terrible Encounter; Gems of Death; The Case of the Shrunken Heads; The Last Man Alive; Jo-Jo: The Cobra Kiss. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and Jack Kamen. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, unofficially called Blue Bolt Weird Tales of Terror. An amnesiac in Haiti is drawn by the jungle drums into dark places and the revelation of his true identity. Torpedoman investigates reports of a giant octopus, and finds something even more sinister. An American gangster deported to Africa tries his old tricks until he encounters jungle hero Princess Tonaka, in a story with art by EC legend Jack Kamen. The Homecoming; The Parchment of Death; Torpedo Man: Ghostly Sea Monster; A Thief; Ghostly Act; Weird Trap; Tonaka: The Coward. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Williams. Stories and art by Hal Seeger and Bill Williams. GI Jane is part of the WACs (Women's Army Corps), allowing her cartoonists, Hal Seeger and Bill Williams, to combine military humor with plentiful good-girl art. Jane just can't reconcile military-issue uniforms with her collection of skimpy underthings. Plus the adventures of Sad Sack-like grunt PX (post exchange) Pete. The Power of a Woman; Patti; Make Me a Star; PX Pete: You Can't Hound a Chow Hound; Jill Jones, WAC: Magic Mix-Up; The Sarge; Pardon My Negligee. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Williams. Stories and art by Hal Seeger and Bill Williams. GI Jane is part of the WACs (Women's Army Corps), allowing her cartoonists, Hal Seeger and Bill Williams, to combine military humor with plentiful good-girl art. Jane just can't reconcile military-issue uniforms with her collection of skimpy underthings. Plus the adventures of Sad Sack-like grunt PX (post exchange) Pete. The Power of a Woman; Patti; Make Me a Star; PX Pete: You Can't Hound a Chow Hound; Jill Jones, WAC: Magic Mix-Up; The Sarge; Pardon My Negligee. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Williams. Stories and art by Hal Seeger and Bill Williams. GI Jane is part of the WACs (Women's Army Corps), allowing her cartoonists, Hal Seeger and Bill Williams, to combine military humor with plentiful good-girl art. Jane gets jealous when Tom's "sick friend" appears to be a beautiful woman. Jane wants to date other men than Tom, but the other soldiers don't want to incur the wrath of superior officer Tom. PX (post exchange) Pete, a Sad Sack-like grunt, has insomnia on maneuvers, but when he gets a rest cure, he only dreams of Sarge and being on maneuvers. Miss-Understanding; Such Brass; Patti: The Dream Man in the Nightmare; That G.I. Desire; PX Pete: Night Maneuvers; Jill Jones, WAC: The Brush-Off; The Sarge. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $1,010.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4385984019 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.30) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bill Williams. Stories and art by Hal Seeger and Bill Williams. GI Jane is part of the WACs (Women's Army Corps), allowing her cartoonists, Hal Seeger and Bill Williams, to combine military humor with plentiful good-girl art. An MP officer finds a way to dance, even with handcuffs. A famous singer joins the Army. The soldiers all want to know the good-looking civilian who's working on the post. False Arrest; Patti: Overnight Pass; He's In The Army Now; PX Pete: The Flying Foot Soldier; Jill Jones, WAC: Playing House; The Sarge; The Goldbricks. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.