Comic books December 1944, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $625.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0343284014

Winter 1945. The Justice Society stars in "The Plunder of the Psycho-Pirate." Plot by Gardner Fox and Shaldon Mayer, script by Fox. Art by Joe Gallagher plus individual chapters featuring Hawkman (art by Sheldon Moldoff), Starman (art by Stan Aschmeier), Dr. Mid-nite (art by Aschmeier), Johnny Thunder (art by Aschmeier), the Spectre (art by Gallagher), and the Atom (art by Gallagher). No Wonder Woman. Two-page text story, "Peruvian Problem." Gallagher cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Blackhawk (1944 1st Series) 9 CGC 5.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #0152417002

Cover art by Al Bryant. Bait For A Death Trap; Blackhawk crashlands in Burma; Olaf and Andre go in to rescue him; But Burma Jack gets there first and wants to sell Blackhawk to the Japanese. Where In The World...?????; The Blackhawks raid Reri Atoll and find burnt remnants of a secret Japanese plan to evacuate the Phillipines using a floating island! The Super-Spies of the Rising Sun, art by Al Bryant; The Japanese use science to turn change of their soldiers to look completely like Caucasian Americans and then send them to infiltrate the Blackhawks. Rasputin and the Empress, art by Ernie Hart. Ezra Joins the Whiz-Cats, script and art by Harry Sahle. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $165.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4696744009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.95) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Tom Gill. Stories and art by Joe Donohoe, Ray Gill, John Jordan, Jim Wilcox, William F. Haywood, Milt Hammer and Tom Gill. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #51. Former superhero Blue Bolt soars as an aviator hero in WWII. Sergeant Spook and Jerry meet the spirits of past presidents at Mount Rushmore, which had only recently been completed at the time of this issue. Cap Hawkins tells the true story of the California tuna boats leased by the US Navy after Pearl Harbor to patrol US coasts and serve in battle, called "Yippees" in the story. Mysterious plane crashes send Blue Bolt home on a special mission to catch a cunning saboteur. Also featuring a one-page "message to the Boys and Girls of America!" from the US War Department and General H.H. Arnold, urging young people with "summer war jobs" to return to school in the fall. Dick Cole; Fearless Fellers; Cap Hawkins Tales; Edison Bell; Edison Bell's Linoleum Block Printing Press; Sergeant Spook; Private Moneybags; Krisko & Jasper; Blue Bolt. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $425.00 Paper: Off white Top right corner peg is missing. Label #0062562012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.75) will be charged at checkout.

World War II cover. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Assignment in Arrawa Atol, script by Joe Samachson, art by Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]. The Magic Kite starring Grandpa Peters, script and art by Tom McNamara. A Tale of Sherwood Forest, art by Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]; Brooklyn retells the story of Robin Hood his way. The Man Who Laughed At Horror, art by Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]. Han Von Mutter is an old crazy man living in Jitters Jeep two-pager by Jack Farr. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $235.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white A Very Minor amount of Glue on Cover. Label #4177049011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.05) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by thegeneral

World War II cover. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Assignment in Arrawa Atol, script by Joe Samachson, art by Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]. The Magic Kite starring Grandpa Peters, script and art by Tom McNamara. A Tale of Sherwood Forest, art by Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]; Brooklyn retells the story of Robin Hood his way. The Man Who Laughed At Horror, art by Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]. Han Von Mutter is an old crazy man living in Jitters Jeep two-pager by Jack Farr. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Exciting Comics (1940) 36 CGC 9.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #3962631006

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Terror of the Torch starring the Black Terror; vs. The Torch. The Punta Rebellion starring American Eagle, art by Maurice Gutwirth; vs. the Japanese. The Plasma Shipment Adventure starring Crash Carter, art by Bob Oksner; vs. Nazis. Ploopie Plays Cupid starring the Crime Crushers, art by Al Camy; intro of Virginia Giltrock; vs. Ricardo and his gang. Island Trap starring Sgt. Bill King, art by Maurice Gutwirth. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $800.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4480158016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($24.00) will be charged at checkout.

Flash stars in "Mastery of the Winds," written by Gardner Fox, art by Martin Naydel. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "Mystery of the Missing Murderer" with art by Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "Johnny Thunder, Ace Reporter" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; "The Story of Ferdinand Magellan by M.C. Gaines and Don Cameron; and Hawkman in "Publicity Proves a Problem" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff. Cover art by Naydel. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Marvel Mystery Comics (1939) 60 CGC 6.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Significant front/back scuff(s).

Label #0064275016

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Death Spins the Wheel starring Human Torch, script by Allen Simon, art by Al Bellman. Human Bombs of Horror starring Sub-Mariner, art by Allen Simon. Murder, Inc. starring Miss America, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Charles Nicholas, inks by Al Avison. The Key text story. What Price Freedom? starring Patriot, art by Vince Alascia. Angel untitled story, pencils by Al Gabriele, inks by Al Bellman. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $1,900.00 Paper: Off white to white Top Edge Label Missing. Label #0064421005

Cover by Mort Meskin. "Tubby Strikes It Rich" starring Johnny Quick, art by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton, Jr); Tubby thinks his uncle has died and left him 10 million dollars. "The Captain of Cactus Gulch," script by Joe Samachson, art by Louis Cazeneuve; Unscrupulous characters convince a landlubber to pretend to be a whaling captain. "The Green Arrow's Secret Past," pencils by Cliff Young, inks by Steve Brodie; Big Gus and Mazie try to convince Speedy the Green Arrow used to be a crook and spent time in the big house. "Masks and Mystery," art by Henry Boltinoff. Officer Rollins' crippled son Teddy makes puppets of Percival and the Spectre. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $284.95 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Back cover missing. Label #4611585003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.55) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Mort Meskin. "Tubby Strikes It Rich" starring Johnny Quick, art by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton, Jr); Tubby thinks his uncle has died and left him 10 million dollars. "The Captain of Cactus Gulch," script by Joe Samachson, art by Louis Cazeneuve; Unscrupulous characters convince a landlubber to pretend to be a whaling captain. "The Green Arrow's Secret Past," pencils by Cliff Young, inks by Steve Brodie; Big Gus and Mazie try to convince Speedy the Green Arrow used to be a crook and spent time in the big house. "Masks and Mystery," art by Henry Boltinoff. Officer Rollins' crippled son Teddy makes puppets of Percival and the Spectre. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $450.00 Paper: Off white Label #4658429003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Wayne Boring. Tune Up Time For Crime!, script by Bill Finger [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster], inks by George Roussos; Superman's arch enemy, Lex Luthor, invents a giant-sized tuning fork, whose concentrated vibrations cause buildings to collapse and safes to crumble. A Dog's Tale!, script by Bill Finger [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster] inks by George Roussos; Lois and Clark set out to investigate a series of vicious dog nappings. Shell Game text story by Whitney Ellsworth [as Fred Whitby]. Lois Lane story, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry], pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe]; Lois believes she is interviewing star Sari Mallon about a phony story concocted by her publicity agent, not knowing that a group of criminals are actually after the star's jewels. The Treasure House of History! starring Superman, script by Bill Finger [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster], inks by George Roussos. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $2,599.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #0231148004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($77.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by L. B. Cole. Bedlam story, art by John Giunta. Mr. Nobody's Clue Corner, art by L. B. Cole. Curse of the Copperhead, art by George H. Appel. The Sands of Time. Sherry Flippe, art by Tony Di Preta. Murder Is On The Air; from The Private Files of the Grey Mask. Caligstranno the Great. License for Murder, art by Rudy Palais. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $399.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4634534023 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Stories and art by Ken Battefield, Paul Gattuso, Leo Morey, Harold DeLay, Gus Schrotter, and Rudy Palais. An early comics anthology focusing on Yellowjacket and other little-known superheroes of the Golden Age. An ex-convict sets up a "crime school" to pass along illicit knowledge, until Yellowjacket gets wind of it. Diana the moon goddess intervenes when bandits attack American relief shipments to Nazi-beleaguered Greece. Steve of the harbor police learns that a gang plans to rob a cocaine smuggler's ship, and sets out to get there first. Plus, the early horror feature Tales of Terror adapts Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. Yellowjacket: The Steel Coffin Case; Diana the Huntress; Out of Commission; Famous Tales of Terror: The Fall of the House of Usher; Debunker; King of the Beasts: Circus Saboteur; Harbor Lights; Bee Lines. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.