Comic books March 1942, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,999.99 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4572498019 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($60.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Fred Ray. The Devil's Playground starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Paul Cassidy. Crimes in Color starring Vigilante, script by Mort Weisinger, art by Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.). Three Aces story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Chad Grothkopf. Iron Giant starring Mr. America and Fatman, script by Ken Fitch, art by Bernard Baily. Congo Bill story, art by Fred Ray. Zatara story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Joseph Sulman. 68 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

Action Comics (1938 DC) 46 CGC 3.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4350119016

Cover art by Fred Ray. The Devil's Playground starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Paul Cassidy. Crimes in Color starring Vigilante, script by Mort Weisinger, art by Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.). Three Aces story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Chad Grothkopf. Iron Giant starring Mr. America and Fatman, script by Ken Fitch, art by Bernard Baily. Congo Bill story, art by Fred Ray. Zatara story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Joseph Sulman. 68 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $10,500 Paper: Off white to white Label #0805092003

Cover art by Jack Burnley. Case of the Magic Bloodstone, script by Gardner F. Fox, pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by Jack Burnley and Ray Burnley [backgrounds]; Starman becomes involved in a case involving the mysterious deaths of several members of an expedition in the Arabian Desert who had taken an accursed bloodstone from an ancient temple. The Adventure of the Stolen Armor starring The Shining Knight, art by Creig Flessel. The Bullet-Proof Tigers starring Steve Conrad, Adventurer, script and art by Jack Lehti. Dr. Glisten starring The Hourman, script by Ken Fitch, art by Bernard Baily. The Fish-Men starring Paul Kirk, Manhunter, script and art by Ed Moore. The Riddle of the Slave Market starring The Sandman, script by Jack Kirby, pencils by Jack Kirby. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $1,330.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4427847007

Cover art by Jack Burnley. Case of the Magic Bloodstone, script by Gardner F. Fox, pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by Jack Burnley and Ray Burnley [backgrounds]; Starman becomes involved in a case involving the mysterious deaths of several members of an expedition in the Arabian Desert who had taken an accursed bloodstone from an ancient temple. The Adventure of the Stolen Armor starring The Shining Knight, art by Creig Flessel. The Bullet-Proof Tigers starring Steve Conrad, Adventurer, script and art by Jack Lehti. Dr. Glisten starring The Hourman, script by Ken Fitch, art by Bernard Baily. The Fish-Men starring Paul Kirk, Manhunter, script and art by Ed Moore. The Riddle of the Slave Market starring The Sandman, script by Jack Kirby, pencils by Jack Kirby. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $455.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4406372001

Written by Gardner F. Fox. Art and cover by Everett E. Hibbard. Professor McQuatness invents a formula pill that re-arranges the electrons of the human body, allowing a person to travel in time. When the Professor persuades a skeptical Flash to travel back to 50 B.C., Joan Williams and several crooks make the journey as well. The Flash loses his super speed and becomes a galley slave for Julius Caesar. Butch McLobster story by Ed Wheelan. Hop Harrigan text story by Evelyn Gaines. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $1,850.00 Paper: Cream to off white Cover detached. Label #2137464002

Cover art by Lin Streeter. The Black Hand's Pirate Ship starring Captain Flag, script by Joe Blair, art by Lin Streeter. The Sacrifice starring the dog Rang-A-Tang, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle. The Fingerless Corpse starring the Fox and the Mandarin Fox, script by Joe Blair, art by Warren King. The Last Mission starring Corporal Collins, script by Harry Shorten, art by Carl Hubbell. Beethoven starring Ludwig Von Beethoven, art by Bill Woolfolk. The Warren House Curse--Tales From the Witch's Cauldron, script by Joe Blair, art by Jim Phillips. Leonardo Da Vinci story. The Ghost of Rogers starring Mr. Justice, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $95.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4679104002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.85) will be charged at checkout.

Spring 1942. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Edmond Hamilton ("Outlaws of the Moon"), Jack Williamson, Arthur K. Barnes, and Graph Waldeyer. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $2,075.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Inner well not fully sealed (minor), book appears unaffected and secure. Label #3800446005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($62.25) will be charged at checkout.

The Hypnotic Gas starring Black Terror, art by Don Gabrielson; vs. Sweiger. The Poison Dart Murders starring The Liberator; vs. Gobel and Babbon. The Murderous Mechanics starring Crash Carter, art by Bob Oksner. The Harlequin Murders starring the Mask, art by Kin Platt; vs. The Harlequin [Richter], a Joker-like character. Startling Comics ad. Carribean Crisis starring Larry North, art by Max Plaisted; vs. Von Stofer. In Hong Kong starring Ted Crane, art by George Mandel; vs. Dr. Cobra. Attack on the Secretary of War starring Sergeant Bill King, art by Maurice Gutwirth. Real Life Comics ad on back cover with Adolph Hitler. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $2,550.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4550194005

Cover art by Martin Nodell. The Living Graveyard of the Sea (Part 1) starring Green Lantern, script by Bill Finger, art by Martin Nodell; Alan Scott is sent to Australia to help install a short-wave radio transmitter, but his ship is torpedoed at sea by Nazi raiders. The Living Graveyard of the Sea (Part 2). The Nazi Dream (Part 3). Utopia Vs. Totalitarianism (Part 4). Adeline humor two-pager by Art Helfant. Hop Harrigan two-page text story. Untitled O'Malley of the Fourth Precinct story, art by Irwin Hasen. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Human Torch Comics (1940) 7 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white

Label #0700786012

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Agent of Death starring the Human Torch, script and art by Carl Burgos; Torch and Toro try to stop the plans of Agent X, who is out to destroy an American convoy headed toward the Far East carrying food and supplies. Promotional ad featuring Captain America, who encourages readers to join his Sentinels of Liberty. The Case of the Attempted Dreadnaught Disasters starring Human Torch, script and art by Carl Burgos; The Flaming Duo must act quickly to prevent the treacherous fingers of Japanese treachery, out to destroy strategic bridges that would bottle up our Navy yard. Devil Cat text story by Mickey Spillane. Sub-Mariner Slaughters the Japs On Wake Island, art by Allen Simon. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $495.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4502396009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.85) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by thegeneral

Stories and art by Dave Berg, Otto Binder, Phil Bard and Joseph Millard. Athletic Army private Jack Weston dons a patriotic costume and becomes the WWII superhero Minute Man. Minute Man faces the weird menace of Von Winkle, the Sleeping Saboteur, in a story that features the image of MM hanging the bad guys coatrack-style from the spires atop the Statue of Liberty. MM seeks the true identity of the killer called the Black Poet, who sends verses to his future victims in the defense industry. Brooklyn street punk Butch falls down a manhole and ends up a knight in a mystical kingdom, in an early story by future Mad "Lighter Side" artist Dave Berg. The Murder Music; The Black Poet; Drums of Doom; Sir Butch; The Ghost of Dry Gulch. Final issue of the series. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $13,300 Paper: Off white Label #0634834006

Cover art by Al Gabriele. Captain America Comics #11 ad, pencils by Al Avison, inks by Syd Shores. The Largest Diamond in the World, pencils by George Klein, inks by Howard James; The Black Marvel solves a case where a giant diamond in a mine in South Africa kills all who try to remove it. No One Is Safe, art by Howard James; Davey finds that the Demon has wrecked another town, and tries again to stop him. Young Allies Comics #2 ad, art by Syd Shores. Hitler Meets the Destroyer, script by Stan Lee; The Destroyer takes a job as a waiter at a large hotel in Berlin in order to taunt the Nazis staying there. The Gems of Doom, script by Stan Lee (as S.T. Anley); The Witness sees a jewelry store robbery and traces it back to the Imp, a criminal masquerading as a law-abiding pawn shop owner. Death Drews; The Terror discovers that ships supposedly taking refugees from Europe to America are actually abducting them to Africa to build railroads for the Nazis as slave labor. The Thing, art by Syd Shores; A hideous man named Dr. Fear is literally scaring citizens to death with his appearance and then robbing them. League of Crime, script by Stan Lee (as Neel Nats); The police ask the Challenger to defeat four master criminals who have banded together as a League of Crime. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $1,299.95 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4527202010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($39.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Will Eisner. The Man Behind the Man Behind the Gun starring Uncle Sam, art by Will Eisner. Untitled stories starring Windy Breeze (art by Jack Cole as Henry Johns), Wonder Boy (art by Jerry Iger as Jerry Maxwell), Sally O'Neil Policewoman (art by Frank Kearns), Prop Powers (art by Lynn Byrd), Kid Dixon (art by Klaus Nordling as Bob Reynolds), Quicksilver (art by Paul Gustavson), Pen Miller (art by Klaus Nordling), Kid Patrol (art by Dan Wilson), Paul Bunyan (art by Storey Weaver), Jack and Jill (art by Lowell Riggs), Cyclone Cupid (art by Gill Fox), and Merlin the Magician (art by Fred Guardineer as Lance Blackwood). 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $2,199.95 or Best Offer Paper: Off white 2 small pieces of tape on cover. Label #0788831004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($66.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Irv Novick. Shield G-Man Club house ad. Untitled story, art by Irv Novick; Joe Higgins has a dream, which he treats as a premonition, in which a series of events lead up to the death of his partner, Dusty. "The Walrus's Prison Break," script by Harry Stein (as Steyne), art by Harry Lucey; The Walrus breaks out of prison. Shield-Wizard No. 6 house ad. "The Boogy-Woogy Balloon," script by Harry Shorten, art by Lin Streeter; The Boogies and the Woogies build a hot air balloon so that Danny and his friends can return to Wonderland. "Battle in Tobruk," art by Carl Hubbell; Low on supplies, Sgt. Boyle manages to fend off the Italian soldiers at Tobruk until supplies can arrive. "Radio-Free Germany," script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle; Jolly Roger is captured by the Gestapo as he delivers radios to the Free German Movement. "Archie's Taxi Service," script and art by Bob Montana; Archie's jalopy is costing too much, so Archie offers to make it a taxi service; He picks up a man at the train station and while trying to shortcut, ends up on a road to the country. "Action in San Paulo," script by Harry Shorten, art by Art Seymour; The President of San Paulo manipulates Louis Liverlip into fighting Kayo Ward. "The Case of the Poisoning Monkey," art by Paul Reinman; Bentley investigates the death of the Duke of Ashwold. Comicscope toy ad. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.3 $650.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Coverless. Label #1488633001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Jack Binder. Untitled stories starring Doctor Frost (art by Ben Thompson), Frankenstein (script and art by by Dick Briefer), General and the Corporal (script and art by Ken Browne), Green Lama (script by Ken Crossen as Richard Foster, art by Charles Sultan), Spike Mason (art by Reade Conrad), and Power Nelson, Futureman (art by Paul Norris as Roy Paul). The Chetniks starring Ted O'Neil of the R.A.F., art by Win. Yank and Doodle, art by Paul Norris. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $6,499.00 or Best Offer Paper: Light tan to off white Label #4313682001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($194.97) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by George Tuska, Ken Battefield, Ernie Hart, Charles Sultan, Richard Speed, Bill Madden and Art Pinajian. A catch-all anthology from Chesler / Dynamic, featuring adventure, superheroes and comedy. Rocketman investigates after an atomic scientist is murdered and his daughter is kidnapped. Rocket Boy takes his flying suit to Africa to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance, but first he must find a lost diamond mine and battle a lion. In a macabre, unusual story, heroic witch Mother Hubbard battles a band of ogres that are stealing children's eyes; if she beats them, she can magically restore the eyes. Mother Hubbard was listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Fun cover by an unknown artist. Master Key; Rocketman; Plenty of Noise for a Penny; Mother Hubbard; Scoop Daily: Sacrifice; Rocketboy; Globe Trotter; Dan Hastings: The Return of Dr. Strange; Corporal Grant. Title changes to Yankee Comics (1941 Armed Service Edition) for issues #4-7. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $1,249.00 Paper: Off white Label #0120372005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($37.47) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover art by Fred Ray. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster]; Lois and Clark stand by and seek to assist Sgt. Branigan, who was blinded during a tussel with mobsters as well as being dismissed from the Police force for accidently killing a woman. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster], inks by John Sikela [as Shuster]; Superman discovers that Battleship Y-92 had been sabotaged by agents of the war-like nation of Napkan upon launching. Rattlebrain text story by Norman Goss. Chief Hot Foot two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. The Evolution King, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster], inks by John Sikela [as Shuster]; Superman must battle the Evolution King, a man who has developed a way to advance or revert the ages of prominent athletes. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $370.00 Paper: Off white Label #0121037001

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Fred Methot, Reg Greenwood, Hal Forrest, Bernard Dibble, and John Hix. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 6 #11. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Acting on a tip that Nazi prisoners of war in Canada are being spirited across the border, The Mirror Man springs into action. Iron Vic discovers a Seminole who is "the most natural slugger I ever saw," and tries to convince him to leave his home in the Everglades and become a pro ball player. Adopted by wealthy, dying Herkimer Hosschild the 12th as his heir, Li'l Abner has only one challenge: to find a wife. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; The Mirror Man; The Triple Terror; Jim Hardy; Stamp Tips; Looy Dot Dope; Tailspin Tommy; Iron Vic; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.