Comic books October 1945, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $545.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #3965053007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($16.35) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Paul Reinman. Napoleon and Joe Safeen starring Green Lantern, art by Paul Reinman; An apparent insane asylum escapee uses his exceptional talent in mathematics to aid Joe Safeen's mob in a series of robberies. Curse of the Caliphs starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by Joseph Greene, art by Stan Aschmeier. Red and Blooey Meet in China starring Red, White and Blue, script by John B. Wentworth, art by Dennis Neville. Hippity and His Off the Cob Dream of Conquest starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $725.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1256834014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($21.75) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bill Vigoda. Stories by Bill Woggon and unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Bob Montana, Bill Woggon and Al McLean. Archie signs up for swimming so he can get a varsity letter in "Double Trouble"! Plus: Archie tries to get Benny King for the school dance in "Swing and Sway the Archie Way"; Betty and Veronica wreak havoc on Frank Croonatra when he comes to town; a tale starring Dotty and Ditto; and Archie gets a pet monkey that causes trouble around the house in "Monkey Shines"! Plus: Mr. Andrews and Archie attempt to fix a closet door in the 2-page text story "Mr. Fixit" by George Kapitan. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $615.00 Paper: Off white Label #0034138003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($18.45) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle", "ZX-5: Spies in Action", and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker; and "The Ghost Gallery" art by Alex Blum, reprinted in Ghost Comics (1951 Fiction House) #2. "Sheena and the Bedeviled Pygmy" text story by Audrey Anthony "Toni" Blum (as Tom Alexander). 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $449.00 Paper: Off white Label #1488670016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.47) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jean M. Press. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Fran Hopper, Archie E. Martin, Brodie Mack, Lily Renee, and H.L. Larsen. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Lynn Cabot returns to the Dakota tribe and her heroic career as Firehair; Classic good-girl art as Glory steals a motorcycle to save a woman from a mad scientist; Kazanda and the castaways race to rescue Aileen from Sylf, but Talmar gets there first. Bondage cover by Joe Doolin. The Unbeatable Twenty; Firehair; Glory Forbes; U.S. Rangers; Kazanda; The Werewolf Hunter. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $300.00 Paper: Slightly britle Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more; Minor crack(s) front or back, under 1" Label #4192377014

Cover by Paul Gattuso. Stories and art by Bob McCay, Paul Gattuso, Joe Beck and George Tuska. Numbering apparently continues from Carnival Comics (1945) #0, by Chesler's unusual numbering scheme. Humor and adventure comics from Chesler / Dynamic. Diminutive, Shadow-like superhero Black Dwarf and his band of assistants take on a counterfeiting ring. (The Black Dwarf was listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes.) The most unusual story in this issue is a rare Little Nemo in Slumberland strip by Bob McCay, son of original Nemo artist Winsor McCay, in which a Flash Gordon-like teenage Nemo defends Slumberland from attack by the Forest Kingdom. Sheriff Nye suspects the Gay Desperado is in cahoots with actual outlaw Midas Moran. Also featuring a vintage ad for the Glow in the Dark Necktie ("Girls Can't Resist!"). Classic bondage/ mad scientist cover by Paul Gattuso. Black Dwarf; Gay Desperado; Prehistoric Pete; Nemo In Adventureland; Lessons in Larceny; Lucky Coyne: Murderer! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $949.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0911037006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($28.47) 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, Bob Karp, Carl Buettner, George Waiss, Bill Wright, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 6 #1. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Pogo's Walt Kelly. In a classic story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey and Goofy have misadventures while rafting down a river. In a story by Barks, Donald tries to sabotage his nephews' new detective agency. Clarabelle Cow has extra WWII gas rations, and suddenly she's more popular with men. The Honey Tree; Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Mickey Mouse; Li'l Bad Wolf; Dumbo; Shanghai Gesture! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $179.00 Paper: Off white Label #4390835017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.37) 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, Bob Karp, Carl Buettner, George Waiss, Bill Wright, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 6 #1. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Pogo's Walt Kelly. In a classic story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey and Goofy have misadventures while rafting down a river. In a story by Barks, Donald tries to sabotage his nephews' new detective agency. Clarabelle Cow has extra WWII gas rations, and suddenly she's more popular with men. The Honey Tree; Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Mickey Mouse; Li'l Bad Wolf; Dumbo; Shanghai Gesture! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $199.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4660696016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.97) 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, Bob Karp, Carl Buettner, George Waiss, Bill Wright, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 6 #1. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Pogo's Walt Kelly. In a classic story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey and Goofy have misadventures while rafting down a river. In a story by Barks, Donald tries to sabotage his nephews' new detective agency. Clarabelle Cow has extra WWII gas rations, and suddenly she's more popular with men. The Honey Tree; Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Mickey Mouse; Li'l Bad Wolf; Dumbo; Shanghai Gesture! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.