Comic books February 1945, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $349.95 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #0716474016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.50) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by John Giunta. Stories and art by Howie Post and others. Funny-animal comics from Spotlight Publishers. When the hive's honey is threatened by a farmer, Bee-29 transforms into a bee superhero to stop him. But when he learns the honey is needed for the "war effort" to stop Hitler, the bees change their buzz, in an unusual mix of kids' humor and WWII propaganda. In another story that showcases its historical era, Spot and Dot get jobs through the WPA to work on a farm. But the journey to the farm becomes a cross-country odyssey. Frank Furter the dog sneaks into the carnival, but freaks out when he thinks "hot dogs" are cooked canines, a natural enough reaction. Cool cover by John Giunta. To Be or Not to Be a Bee...; Sammy the Stork; Gee Gee the Talking Horse: The Mysterious Castle!; Spot and Dot; Life's But a Stage...; Eeny Meeny and Moe; Frank Furter. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $855.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #2056859025 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($25.65) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Chu F. Hing. Stories and art by Chu F. Hing, Bill Allison, Art Moore, Harold DeLay and Henry Kiefer. Sometimes listed as Blazing Comics Vol. 2 #1. Costumed adventurers face Axis forces in this WWII-era series featuring the Green Turtle. The Green Turtle and Burma Boy must fly to Chunking, China for a mission against the Axis forces, in a story that features an appearance by real-life Chinese general Chiang Kai-Chek. Native American air ace Red Hawk risks a suicide mission to destroy a Japanese naval base in the South Pacific. The Black Buccaneer faces an ancient Incan sacrificial rite to rescue his brother Ronnie. Green Turtle: Mission to Chunking; Tommy Paige; Black Buccaneer; So I'm 4F; Super Drooper & Drip; Red Hawk: Cargo of Death; Jun-Gal; Mr. Ree: The Corpse That Came Back. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) 27 CGC 7.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #0990624029

Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories by Art Helfant and others. Art by Art Helfant and Mac Raboy. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Freddy joins a scientific expedition to Africa to find the legendary Monkey-Man, but another expedition is trying to find it first. No one knows how Tom Tweed does so well on the basketball courts, until Captain Marvel Jr. discovers there are actually two Tom Tweeds. Captain Marvel Jr. battles a mysterious foe in a fireproof suit who ignites coal seams while they're still underground. Plus a PSA about wartime paper rationing. In Darkest Africa!; Boxcar Benny; Rubbernose Randolph; Double Trouble; Sam the Sheriff; The Kid From Joisey; Caverns of Flame! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,050.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4349767001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($31.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Jack Burnley and George Roussos. Stories by Don C. Cameron, Jack Farr and unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Jack Farr, Howard Sherman, George Roussos and Louis Cazeneuve. Alfred asks for a month off, during which time he goes to another town and opens a detective agency. His first client: Stoney Peters, a criminal who had just shot the Batman! Don't miss the Batman and Robin tale "Alfred, Private Detective!" by Don C. Cameron and Dick Sprang. Plus: Three-Ring Binks in an untitled story by Jack Farr; Slam Bradley in "Bargains in Burglary" with art by Howard Sherman; Air Wave in "Crime Goes into Mourning!" with art by George Roussos; and The Boy Commandos in "The Sinister League!" with art by Louis Cazeneuve. Also: 2-page text story "Present from the General" by Stan Carter. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $3,300.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3850106002

1st appearance & origin of Superboy. Last issue of Spectre. Cover by Maurice Del Bourgo. "Formula for Doom!", art by Maurice del Bourgo; Crooks disguised as policeman steal a secret formula for imitation silk, and Green Arrow and Speedy must track down the perpetrator before he can sell that formula to obtain the money he needs. "Orphans of the Sea!", script by Joe Samachson, art by Louis Cazeneuve; Aquaman helps to end the false dealings of a pair of thugs who are selling seaside homes on eroding beaches to unwary investors. "The Origin of Superboy," script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuste; Master scientist Jor-El is convinced that Krypton is about to explode, and when the Supreme Council refuses to believe him, the scientist constructs a spaceship capable of taking his infant son to the Earth, where he'll have tremendous powers. "An Investment in Happiness!" starring Johnny Quick, script by Don Cameron, art by Mort Meskin (as Mort Jr.). "The Unsafe Safe!" starring The Spectre, art by Bernard Baily; Percival Popp is used by jewel thieves to complete a heist of gems. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $875.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4329854016

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jean M. Press. Stories and art by Lee Elias, George Tuska, Lily Renee, and Jack Keller. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. The debut of Firehair, as an amnesiac girl is taken in by the Dakota tribe after her father's murder; Good-girl art galore as Glory Forbes goes undercover as a go-go dancer; More inventive art by Lily Renee as The Werewolf Hunter meets The Mistress of the Moonblood. Bondage cover by Joe Doolin. U.S. Rangers; Firehair; The Werewolf Hunter; The Sea Devil; Beachheads of the World; Glory Forbes, Vigilante; The Phantom Falcons. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $1,083.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0362270012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($32.49) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Harry G. Peter. Racketeers Kidnap Miss Santa Claus starring Wonder Woman, script by William Moulton Marston [signed as Charles Moulton], art by Harry G. Peter; When Wonder Woman decides to play Santa Claus for some children who have lost all hope, she never would believe it would lead her up against a gang of gold thieves. The Story of Sir Francis Drake--Picture Stories From American History, script by M. C. Gaines, art by Don Cameron. Treasure For Ten Cents starring Little Boy Blue, art by Frank Harry. Henry M. Stanley starring Flying Colors, script and art by John M. Jenks. Vandals Desecrate Churches starring Gay Ghost, art by Jon L. Blummer. Meet Mr. Waffles starring Wildcat, art by Joe Gallagher. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 32 CGC 2.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4609636001

Cover pencils by Wayne Boring. Superman's Search for Clark Kent!, script by Alvin Schwartz [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster], inks by George Roussos; Superman agrees to undergo the powerful rays of a machine designed to study brain tissue. Crime on Skis!, script by Bill Finger (?) [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster], inks by George Roussos; Superman, in the guise of Clark Kent, travels with Lois to Ski Valley, which is being threatened by a death bird: a half-man, half-bird creature of Indian lore. Grandpa Peters humor two-pager by Tom McNamara [as Lefty O'Grady]. Bomb Trap text story by Jack Miller [as Jesse Merlan]. Lois Lane story, script by Whitney Ellsworth [as Jerry], pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe], inks by George Roussos. Shorty humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Toys of Treachery! starring Superman, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster], inks by George Roussos. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $404.00 Paper: Off white Label #4491414016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.12) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Merrill De Maris, Dick Moores, Bill Walsh, Bob Karp, Hubie Karp, Carl Buettner, George Waiss, Manuel Gonzales, Bill Wright, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 5 #5. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Pogo's Walt Kelly. In a classic Floyd Gottfredson story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey uses mysterious machinery to build a box with strange powers over time and space. In a story by Barks, Donald's latest scheme involves piloting a tramp steamer to Acapulco with a cargo of bubble-bath soap. Bucky Bug meets a Firebug. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Mickey Mouse; Li'l Bad Wolf; The Clock Watcher; Goofy's Valentine; Huey Dewey and Louie; Mickey Mouse and the 'Lectro Box. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $167.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4552464014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.01) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Merrill De Maris, Dick Moores, Bill Walsh, Bob Karp, Hubie Karp, Carl Buettner, George Waiss, Manuel Gonzales, Bill Wright, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 5 #5. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Pogo's Walt Kelly. In a classic Floyd Gottfredson story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey uses mysterious machinery to build a box with strange powers over time and space. In a story by Barks, Donald's latest scheme involves piloting a tramp steamer to Acapulco with a cargo of bubble-bath soap. Bucky Bug meets a Firebug. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Mickey Mouse; Li'l Bad Wolf; The Clock Watcher; Goofy's Valentine; Huey Dewey and Louie; Mickey Mouse and the 'Lectro Box. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.