Comic books March 1948, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $665.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #3845203009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.95) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover by Dan Barry. Stories and art by Arthur Peddy, Bernard Sachs, Frank Giacoia and Fred Kida. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #49. No issue # on cover; Vol. 5, issue #2 in indicia. Airboy hears a raving man's tale of The Wild Horse of Calabra. A Central American prospector tries to kill his partner to claim their find for himself, but he hadn't reckoned on The Heap, or human greed. Flying Fool and his female rival Riot O'Hara race to claim a dangerous job in the wilds of northern China. Eye-catching cover by Flash Gordon's Dan Barry. Airboy: The Wild Horse of Calabra; The Heap; Model Builders with Airboy; Right On Time; Horsethief; Flying Fool; The Golden Altar of Panama. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,150.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #2065514001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($34.50) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Western Tales of action and adventure starring the famous female sharpshooter, Annie Oakley: "Just Love That Cowhand"; Annie is hired on the Barr-X Ranch after capturing a wild steer. "The Grecian Wiggle" text story. "She's My Gal, Pa"; A lawyer comes looking for a blonde girl who ran away from home and everybody thinks it's Annie. "Heart Havoc," pencils by Ed Winiarski; Gabby thinks he's finally going to get a date with Hedy but it doesn't quite turn out that way. "Wrong Steer," inks by Chris Rule; Sally arranges a rodeo so that Slim can defeat Annie in tests of skill. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $695.00 Paper: Off white Label #1244954001

Western Tales of action and adventure starring the famous female sharpshooter, Annie Oakley: "Just Love That Cowhand"; Annie is hired on the Barr-X Ranch after capturing a wild steer. "The Grecian Wiggle" text story. "She's My Gal, Pa"; A lawyer comes looking for a blonde girl who ran away from home and everybody thinks it's Annie. "Heart Havoc," pencils by Ed Winiarski; Gabby thinks he's finally going to get a date with Hedy but it doesn't quite turn out that way. "Wrong Steer," inks by Chris Rule; Sally arranges a rodeo so that Slim can defeat Annie in tests of skill. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $550.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1207015004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($16.50) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by thegeneral

Western Tales of action and adventure starring the famous female sharpshooter, Annie Oakley: "Just Love That Cowhand"; Annie is hired on the Barr-X Ranch after capturing a wild steer. "The Grecian Wiggle" text story. "She's My Gal, Pa"; A lawyer comes looking for a blonde girl who ran away from home and everybody thinks it's Annie. "Heart Havoc," pencils by Ed Winiarski; Gabby thinks he's finally going to get a date with Hedy but it doesn't quite turn out that way. "Wrong Steer," inks by Chris Rule; Sally arranges a rodeo so that Slim can defeat Annie in tests of skill. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $28,500 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4715038001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($855.00) will be charged at checkout.

Fox Feature Syndicate presents the first series featuring the original version of the Blue Beetle, which by this time was becoming one of the era's many crime comics. The Beetle investigates after a model disappears; The Beetle tells the true story of cop-killer Victor Gelson. Featuring the most lurid cover yet, by an unknown artist, one that was reproduced in Seduction of the Innocent. (Note the possibly erroneous missing bra-straps - visible in the woman's reflection - that make the cover even tawdrier.) The Vanishing Nude; House of a Thousand Corpses; The Deadly Three; Tropical Topics; True Crime Story: Victor Gelson, the Murdering Showoff. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $2,750.00 Paper: White Pedigree: Ohio Ohio Label #0083201016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($82.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bob Kane and Charles Paris. Stories by Edmond Hamilton and unknown. Art by Bob Kane, Charles Paris, Howard Sherman, Lee Harris, Curt Swan and George Klein. A clairvoyant successfully predicts the death of two men, but when he predicts Batman will die aboard an ocean liner, the Caped Crusader is willing to gamble that the prediction is wrong. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Man Who Could See the Future!" by Edmond Hamilton, Bob Kane and Charles Paris. Plus: Slam Bradley in "Rockabye Rogues!" with art by Howard Sherman; Air Wave in "Radio 'Hams' to the Rescue!" with art by Lee Harris; and The Boy Commandos in "The Man Who Brought 'em Back Dead!" with art by Curt Swan and George Klein. Also: Shorty 2-pager by Henry Boltinoff, and 2-page text story "Payment in Kind" by Art Long. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $430.00 Paper: Off white Label #2021134019

Stories and art by Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character; this series often featured art by the two men most associated with Felix, Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. In a dream, Felix enters the world of the playing cards and meets kings, queens and jacks. Felix decides to start collecting celebrity autographs. Misdeal; Rainbow's End; Laffographs; Bruin Trouble; Herman and Sherman. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $190.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4145184009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.70) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Dan Barry. The Private Life of a Public Enemy, art by Dan Barry. I Smashed the Hot Car Mob, art by George Roussos. The Kiss of Death perfect crime mystery, art by Charles Paris. Flames for Profit, art by George Papp. Hideout in the Hills, are by Ed Moore. The Little Charlie Gang, art by Howard Sherman. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $1,250.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4647721001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($37.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Bill Woolfolk, and Gus Ricca. Ancient Egyptian sorcerer Ibis revives in modern times to battle evil, aided by his girlfriend Taia and his magic wand-like Ibistick. An ancient evil book, bound in human skin, is filled with illustrations of extinct beasts that can come to life and kill. When an ancient cult seeks to release the Titans that once ruled the Earth, only Ibis stands in their way. Mystic Moot uses his Magic Snoot to fix a hopelessly tangled highway, in a story from legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton. The Book of Evil; Beasts of Darkness; Mystic Moot and His Magic Snoot: Traveling in the Best Circles; The Revolt of the Titans. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $950.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1488657010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($28.50) will be charged at checkout.

Edited by Stan Lee. Stories by Basil Wolverton, Morris Weiss and unknown. Art by Basil Wolverton, Morris Weiss and unknown. In this issue: Millie the Model tries on several outfits in order to get Mr. Hanover to notice her in "Beauty and the Boss!"; Chubby keeps trying out for sports teams at his school even though he is unable to make any teams in the 2-page text story "You Gotta Keep Trying"; Rusty in "He Shoulda Stood in Bed!"; Powerhouse Pepper saves a passenger car from crashing after it is uncoupled from the train in "A Scare in the Air" by Basil Wolverton; and Tessie sends Skidsy to retrieve a package she left behind in a restaurant in "Her Package Problem!" by Morris Weiss. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $150.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4723169002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Ed Moritz. Stories and art by Henry Kiefer, Bill Fraccio, Bill Allison, Ed Moritz, Leo Morey, Jack Keller and Tex Blaisdell. Shoot-outs and showdowns between the outlaws and lawmen of the Old West, from DS Publishing. Nate's new mail-order bride turns out to be tougher than she looks, or as the story describes her, "the rootin'est, tootin'est, purtyest, flirt-iest gal the town ever saw!" An outlaw faces a different kind of justice in the desert. Cowpokes Rafe and Johnny Ace take on a dozen cattle rustlers. Lead-Slinging Bride; Judgement in the Sun; Saddlebum; The Awakening of "Little Doc" Doolittle; Lone Vengeance; Judgement Day in Outpost; Eagle of the Wilderness; Rustler's Reward. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,275.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1290328002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($38.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by George Evans, Matt Baker, Joe Doolin, Frank Doyle, Walter Palais, and Maurice Whitman. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. In the Lost World, Hunt and Lyssa discover the hideous truth about the ominously-named Project Monster; Mysta goes on vacation in disguise, but finds trouble anyway, in a story by good-girl art legend Matt Baker; Futura prepares to return to Earth, unaware that Mentor and the Brainmen have survived and crave revenge. Bondage cover by Joe Doolin. The Lost World; Futura; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Holiday on Venus; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $995.00 Paper: Off white Label #3923648012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($29.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by George Evans, Matt Baker, Joe Doolin, Frank Doyle, Walter Palais, and Maurice Whitman. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. In the Lost World, Hunt and Lyssa discover the hideous truth about the ominously-named Project Monster; Mysta goes on vacation in disguise, but finds trouble anyway, in a story by good-girl art legend Matt Baker; Futura prepares to return to Earth, unaware that Mentor and the Brainmen have survived and crave revenge. Bondage cover by Joe Doolin. The Lost World; Futura; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Holiday on Venus; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $899.00 Paper: Off white Label #4520321018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($26.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Phalanx of Fear starring Tygra. The Scourge of the Dark Seas! starring Sea Eagle. The White Elephant text story starring Tygra by Charles Strong. The Amoeba Men! starring Lance Lewis, Space Detective. The Joneses story. The Longest Arm text story by Edward Hassett. Jefferson Jones story, art by Hal Sherman. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $760.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4700390011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.80) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Phalanx of Fear starring Tygra. The Scourge of the Dark Seas! starring Sea Eagle. The White Elephant text story starring Tygra by Charles Strong. The Amoeba Men! starring Lance Lewis, Space Detective. The Joneses story. The Longest Arm text story by Edward Hassett. Jefferson Jones story, art by Hal Sherman. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $950.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0237110004

Cover pencils possibly by Mike Sekowsky. Firebrand, the Scourge of the Pacific starring Sub-Mariner, Namora, and Firebrand, art by Ken Bald. One Way Ticket text story. Murder Through the Mind starring Sub-Mariner, Namora, and Dr. Macabre. You Can't Get Away With Murder starring the Blonde Phantom and Miss Armanda. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Two-Gun Kid (1948) 1 CGC 2.5

Paper: Off white to white

Tape on interior cover.

Label #1482221025

Cover by Syd Shores. First appearance of Two Gun Kid in "Introducing the Two Gun Kid," art by Syd Shores; The Two-Gun Kid and his horse Cyclone ride into the town of Sundown, Arizona; There a stray bullet zips by knocking off the cowboy's had; Suspecting trouble, Two-Gun rushes to the saloon where the shot rang out from and finds a man shot in the arm for refusing to take a drink with another. First appearance of Blaze Carson (unnamed) in "The Sheriff"; The Sheriff is spending his quiet day playing checkers with one of the locals when he hears someone beating up on a horse. "Two Hungry Hikers" text story. "The Code of the West," art by Syd Shores; Dry Gultch, Nevada has been plagued with a series of bank robberies that has kept the town living in fear, and the sheriff unable to catch the gang responsible; 20 minutes after the most recent robbery, Sheriff Winn gathers a posse to go out looking for the thieves and bring them to justice. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $4,499.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1206430004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($134.97) will be charged at checkout.

Art by Matt Baker and others. Cover by Matt Baker. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. This, the March 1948 issue, is technically the fourteenth issue, but the May issue was also erroneously numbered #14. Treasure hunters seek sacred precious stones that Rulah has sworn to protect; Hagga tries to have Rulah made into a jungle outcast; Renegade Jacque Legreed tries to frame Rulah for a safari's fatal journey. The Pearls of Patmos; Condemned; The Trek of Danger. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.