Comic books August 1948, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $1,100.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #2131169003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($33.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. Stories by John Graham and others. Art by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. After surviving a train wreck and a tiger attack, the boys join a traveling circus. They try to help the beautiful ringmaster save her circus from sabotage by minions of the Big Boss, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. Plus two joke articles "written" by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, about Lou's career as a boxer. Bad-girl cover by Renee and Peters. Cut the Clowning!; The Chubby Cyclone; Canvasback Costello. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,125.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4732817002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($33.75) will be charged at checkout.

Lingerie cover. A violent panel on page seven of "The Amazing Dr. Holmes..." shows a terrified woman dissolving in a vat of acid after a man throws her into it. In order of appearance: "Blacky Banton, Incendiary Killer, Shoot to Kill" art by Louis Ravielli, reprinted in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #55; "Frame Up" reprinted in Startling Terror Tales (1953-54 2nd Series) #4; "The Amazing Dr. Holmes, Murdering Lothario of Illinois" reprinted in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #50; "Killers at Large, Ann and Tom Duncan" retitled and reprinted as "The Weird Mr. and Mrs. Murder" in Blue Bolt (1949) #116; and "Joe Corregio, The Elusive Killer" retitled and reprinted as "Death's Calling Card" in Shock Detective Cases (1952) #20 and Startling Terror Tales (1953-54 2nd Series) #11. "Stir Scared Killer, A True Crime Story" text story reprinted in Inside Crime (1950) #3, retitled and reprinted as "Wanted for Murder, A True Crime Story" in All Famous Police Cases (1952-54) #7, and reprinted again with original title in Startling Terror Tales (1953-54 2nd Series) #4. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $150.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4703388008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.50) will be charged at checkout.

"The Night Before the End of the World" a short story by Murray Leister.

Aug 1948. Cover by Lawrence. "The Purple Sapphire" by John Taine and "The Night Before the End of the World" by Murray Leinster. Interior illustrations by Virgil Finlay and Leydanfrost. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $475.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4584078010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Doolin and others. Edited by Joseph V. Daffron and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Jack Kamen, Robert Webb, John Forte, 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. Corrupt white men try to impersonate tribal gods until Tiger Girl intervenes; Hooks Devlin investigates a rash of forest fires; Senorita Rio becomes involved in the search for a shrunken head that conceals a secret. Another action-packed Tiger Girl cover. Tiger Girl; Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; Men of Adventure: Kit Carson; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Captain Fight. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $600.00 Paper: Cream to off white Centerfold Missing, Affects Story. Incomplete Label #0342574003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($18.00) will be charged at checkout.

Master of Murder starring Human Torch, pencils by Mike Sekowsky. The Last Atoll starring Sub-Mariner, art by Ken Bald. Mad Music Moans a Devil's Dirge starring Blonde Phantom, pencils by Mike Sekowsky. Boy Who Couldn't Study starring Captain America, art by Syd Shores. 52 pages Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,995.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Canadian Edition. Label #4434332002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($59.85) will be charged at checkout.

Canadian Edition. Reprints Cover from Marvel Mystery Comics (1939) #87. Cover by Syd Shores. Reprints Material from Marvel Mystery Comics (1939) #88. The Lethal Lollipops starring Human Torch, art by Ken Bald. Black Oil of Doom starring Sub-Mariner, pencils by Mike Sekowsky. Roll Out the Barrel text story. The Clown Who Couldn't Laugh starring Blonde Phantom, art by Al Gabriele. 36 pages.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $650.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4744709017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.50) will be charged at checkout.

Stories by unknown. Art by Pete Riss and unknown. Millie the Model in five stories with art by Pete Riss: "A Peach Makes a Speech"; "A Whale of a Sail"; "A Look at the Cook"; "Her Rent Romance"; and "Breaking Her Back at the Track"! Plus: 2-page text story "Rope Trick"; Hedy De Vine in "What's in a Name?"; and Rusty in "Johnny's Fish Story"! Also: Hey Look! 1-pager by Harvey Kurtzman. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $2,400.00 Paper: Off white Label #4278884002

"Meet the Split Benny Benny Dickson, Public Enemy # 1," "$100.00 Reward for Adolph Berg," "Joyce McAllister," "Boston's Black Spade," and "Vengeance of the Mounted." Classic Jack Cole cover and art. Featuring a drug story with hypodermic needles, an opium den, and an addict in the throes of withdrawal! Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $1,180.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4039605004

"Meet the Split Benny Benny Dickson, Public Enemy # 1," "$100.00 Reward for Adolph Berg," "Joyce McAllister," "Boston's Black Spade," and "Vengeance of the Mounted." Classic Jack Cole cover and art. Featuring a drug story with hypodermic needles, an opium den, and an addict in the throes of withdrawal! Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $999.95 or Best Offer CGC Qualified Paper: Slightly britle 1/2 OF 21ST PAGE MISSING, AFFECTS STORY. INCOMPLETE. Label #0794350009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

"Meet the Split Benny Benny Dickson, Public Enemy # 1," "$100.00 Reward for Adolph Berg," "Joyce McAllister," "Boston's Black Spade," and "Vengeance of the Mounted." Classic Jack Cole cover and art. Featuring a drug story with hypodermic needles, an opium den, and an addict in the throes of withdrawal! Cover price $0.10.