Comic books February 1948, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $400.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4448181003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Mark'sBatcave

The Justice Society of America in "The Invasion From Fairyland!" Script by John Broome, art by Arwin Hasen. Two-page text story, "Cinderella" by John Osgood. Hasen cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $646.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side edge cracks Label #1236838006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.38) will be charged at checkout.

Art by Edmond Good and others. Cover by Edmond Good. Dagar the Desert Hawk, aka Bart Benson, is a white man who lives and fights in the Arabian desert. The Lawrence of Arabesque hero first appeared in All Great Comics. Numbering continues from All Great Comics (1947 Fox Features) #13 (despite the existence of All Great Comics #14). Dagar and friends stumble upon the Lost City of the Lizard People, where they are enslaved to keep the city's location secret. Also featuring the jungle adventures of Tangi and Safari Cary. Spicy bondage cover by Edmond Good. Monsters of Mura!; Claws of the Red Vulture!; A Killer Shouldnt Lie; Tangi, Ruler of the Jungle; Safari Cary: Spawn of Doom! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $260.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4361812001

Cover by Joe Doolin and others. Edited by Jack Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Jack Kamen, Robert Webb, John Forte, Mike Peppe, Maxwell Elkan and Matt Baker. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Tiger Girl helps a cartographer mapping the area, but the villain called the Cobra wants his data; Kayo Kirby is framed by the managers of lady wrestler Muscle Mary; Good-girl art aplenty as Senorita Rio tracks revolutionaries through the Central American jungles. Another terrific Tiger Girl cover, featuring a splendidly rendered bongo antelope. Tiger Girl; Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; Run For Life; Hateful Herman; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Captain Fight. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $510.00 Paper: Off white Label #4313783012

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.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $1,100.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Significant scratch(es) front or back Label #2008426001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($33.00) will be charged at checkout.

Jack Kamen bondage cover. In order of appearance: "The Water Warriors!"; "The Cutthroat Caravan"; and "Vulture Birdmen!". "Decoy for Death" text story reprinted in Jo-Jo Comics (1945) #18, Famous Crimes (1948) #13, and Famous Crimes (1948) #51 and retitled and reprinted as "Brother of Death" in All Famous Police Cases (1952-54) #14. Indicia states "JO-JO". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jumbo Comics (1938) 108 CGC 4.0

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Label #4394374002

In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle", reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990) #4, and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb; "ZX-5" art by Jack Kamen; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker, reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990) #7; and "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" and "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen. "Top of the World" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $300.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #1482301012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by John Celardo. "Ten Tusks of Zulu Ivory," art by John Celardo; Station manager Markham spreads word that the station personnel are suffering from fever and the natives give it a wide berth, enabling Markham to steal ten tusks of ivory; When Lindstrom, the station owner arrives, Markham convinces him to sign over the local mines to him; Kaänga rescues the party that Markham had taken hostage and Markham is killed by a captive gorilla. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba is wounded by a rhinoceros that proclaims himself king of the jungle; Simba's wounds are treated by a doctor on safari; When the rhinoceros attacks Simba's family, Simba stands his ground and defeats him. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Congo Lil and her men, disguised as ape cultists, raid the T'bongas and make them slaves in Lil's diamond mine; Terry leads the real ape cultists in attack on Lil and her men and Lil is killed in the battle. Jungle Quiz, art by Mike Peppe. Untitled story, Frank Doyle; After Wambi rescues an orphaned lion from a hunter's trap, the boy becomes jealous of the attention given to the cub by his jungle friends; He plays a series of practical jokes on them that almost results in his own death when he falls into the hunter's tiger trap and they don't believe his cries for help. "Lions at Large" text story. "Zazenda Ghost Goddess of Lost Souls!", art by Maurice Whitman; Tabu and the district commissioner travel by astral projection to the land of the witch Zazenda where Tabu bests her in a magic duel. Untitled story, art by Bob Lubbers; A trio of con men, hoping to extract tribute from a local tribe, use a double of Camilla to warn the tribe against dis-obeying the white men. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $449.00 Paper: Light tan to off white Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case Includes a Certificate from The John Celardo Fiction House Collection. Label #1972737005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.47) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jack Byrne. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, John Celardo, Charles Sultan, Maurice Whitman, Frank Doyle, and George Evans. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Tiger Man sets out to rescue the mayor's niece from gangsters after she gets in over her head; A magic ship in a bottle reminds The Werewolf Hunter of a shipboard adventure from his past; Glory Forbes encounters smugglers while vacationing at a ski resort. Another great damsel-in-distress cover by Joe Doolin. Firehair; Tiger Man; Sky Rangers; Glory Forbes; World Adventurers; Crusoe Island; The Werewolf Hunter. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Wonder Woman in "The Undersea Cowboys" (art by H.G. Peter), Little Boy Blue in "The Blue Boys Go Into Action," Sargon the Sorcerer in "Realm of Black Magic" (art by Paul Reinman), Wonder Women of History: Mary Lyon, Willy Nilly, and Wildcat in "The Scythe That Reaped Time!" Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $3,250.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Minor side edge cracks; Scratch on front of case Label #0080526007

Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Task That Stumped Superman starring Jasper Hawk and Lois Lane, pencils by Win Mortimer, inks by George Roussos. The Slogans That Came Too True starring Superman, Lois Lane, and The Prankster, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Win Mortimer, inks by Stan Kaye. Christmas Bonus text story by Ben Carroll. Shorty humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Hunter's Club starring Superman and Lois Lane, pencils by Win Mortimer, inks by Stan Kaye. Full-page ad for Mr. District Attorney #1. Full-color interior ad for Erector sets. Full-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Log Jam Rescue" by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,475.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #1171023006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($44.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by J.F. Byrne and William R. Shelton. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Charles Sultan, Al Walker, George Evans, John Celardo and Maurice Whitman. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Nice good-girl art as Jane Martin is tricked into smuggling contraband cash in an iron lung; Greasemonkey Griffin is hired to transport a champion skier who has ulterior motives; A spy impersonating an RAF pilot is revealed by the ghost of the actual flier. Good-girl in jeopardy cover by Bob Lubbers. Captain Wings; Jane Martin; Greasemonkey Griffin; Air Heroes of World War II; Phantom Falcon; Suicide Smith; Ghost Squadron. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $665.00 Conserved Paper: Off white Conservation includes: centerfold reinforced, cover reinforced, staples replaced. Label #0316930008

Tara in "The Fabulous Jewel of Morn," Wonderman in "The Hordes of the Immortal Emperor," the Grim Reaper in "The Master of Treachery," Jill Trent Science Sleuth in "Portrait of a Crime," and Spectro Master of Magic in "Murder in Mind!" Alex Schomburg cover (as "Xela"). Cover price $0.10.