Comic books September 1948, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $1,500.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4334150001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($45.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Edvard Moritz. The Werewolf Strikes, script by Frank Belknap Long, art by Edvard Moritz; They captured a timber wolf, but it was instead a Werewolf! The Living Ghost, script by Frank Belknap Long, art by Fred Guardineer; Malveo, Satan's first lieutenant, lives and is looking for a Queen. The Painted Grave text story. It Walked By Night, art by Max Elkan. The Castle of Otranto--Tell Me A Ghost Story, script by Frank Belknap Long, art by Al Ulmer; adapted from novel by Horace Walpole. The Vengeful Specter of Lord Tyrone--True Ghosts of History, art by Edvard Moritz. Haunted House, art by King Ward. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,000.00 Paper: Off white to white Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #4389356008

Stories by Bill Woolfolk and unknown. Art by unknown. The Blonde Phantom stars in: "Justice for Jimmy Sullivan" with story by Bill Woolfolk; "Her Double Trouble!"; and "Rhapsody in Death" with story by Bill Woolfolk. Also: 2-page text story "The Murder Gang"! Plus: the Sub-Mariner in "The Playboy Killer!" (spoiler warning) - Host Nick Gaynor throws an early wedding party cruise aboard his yacht for the girl who spurned his advances and her fiance. However, when the Sub-Mariner (and Namora, who was also invited along) hears a mistake in naval language used by the Captain, he smells a rat and investigates. Soon, the young couple disappears and fire breaks out aboard the ship. Namor notes a launch speeding away from the ship, speeds after it, and rounds up the villains. Characters in this issue: Blonde Phantom [Louise Mason]; Jimmy Sullivan (first appearance); Dr. Demise (villain, first appearance); a phony Blonde Phantom (villain, first appearance); Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Namora; Barry; Kathy (Barry's fiancee); Nick Gaynor (villain, playboy); Charlie Manelli (villain, yacht's Captain and arsonist). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $284.00 Paper: White Label #4689938005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.52) will be charged at checkout.

During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don and Red are marooned at sea in a rowboat with two smugglers they were escorting to prison. During WWII, Don must retrieve sunken treasure before Axis forces get their hands on it. Don tracks his old foe the Scorpion, who has been destroying Coast Guard vessels. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad for a propeller beanie, a must-have fashion item for 1950s kids. Bondage cover by an unknown artist. Marooned; Shipwreck Jones and Seaweed Sam: Big Men at Sea; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Warriors of the Sea: Lucky Thirteenth; Bell Bottom Bill; Dangerous Treasure; Navy Quiz; Don Winslow and the Return of the Scorpion. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $222.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3811827007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.66) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

All comic stories except "Sweet Sue" reprinted in Terrifying Tales (1953) #12. In order of appearance: "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Movie Murder!" reprinted with new splash panel as "The Image of Horror.." in Terrifying Tales (1953) #12; "Jo-Jo Congo King, Gladiators of Gore!" reprinted as "Gladiators of Gore" in Terrifying Tales (1953) #12; "Jo-Jo Congo King, Talisman Pearl!" reprinted as "Talisman Pearl" in Terrifying Tales (1953) #12; and "Sweet Sue". "For Batter or Worse" text story reprinted in Pedro (1950) #18. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $4,800.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0032080001

Cover by Sheldon Moldoff and Johnny Craig. Stories by Gardner Fox and Richard Kraus. Art by Sheldon Moldoff and others. EC's lone superhero, Moon Girl fights for justice, aided by her moonstone powers and her sidekick, the rugged Prince Mengu. Gangsters smuggling diamonds in the West Indies run afoul of zombies, in the first-ever horror story from EC, a publisher soon to be famous for them. Sola the scientist plans to harness solar power to enslave all men to the women of the Earth. Moon Girl and the Prince investigate a corpse that is seemingly seeking revenge on illicit lovers. Moon Girl was listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Fun action-girl cover by Sheldon Moldoff and Johnny Craig. Slaves to the Sun!; The Ranch at Barren Acres!; Zombie Terror!; Trouble on Mimas; The Corpse with Will-Power! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $2,240.00 Conserved Paper: Off white Conservation includes: staples replaced. Label #4569639003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($67.20) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Sheldon Moldoff and Johnny Craig. Stories by Gardner Fox and Richard Kraus. Art by Sheldon Moldoff and others. EC's lone superhero, Moon Girl fights for justice, aided by her moonstone powers and her sidekick, the rugged Prince Mengu. Gangsters smuggling diamonds in the West Indies run afoul of zombies, in the first-ever horror story from EC, a publisher soon to be famous for them. Sola the scientist plans to harness solar power to enslave all men to the women of the Earth. Moon Girl and the Prince investigate a corpse that is seemingly seeking revenge on illicit lovers. Moon Girl was listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Fun action-girl cover by Sheldon Moldoff and Johnny Craig. Slaves to the Sun!; The Ranch at Barren Acres!; Zombie Terror!; Trouble on Mimas; The Corpse with Will-Power! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $1,800.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4184123001

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by George Evans, Enrico Bagnoli, Joe Doolin, Frank Doyle, Maurice Whitman, Murphy Anderson and Matt Baker. 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 find an ancient Martian weapon and a warning of the Volta invasion; The body of a strange humanoid warns Mysta of an impending alien attack, in a story by good-girl art legend Matt Baker; Pirate queen Yrina manages to switch places with Futura on her way to trial, in a story with exquisite art by Enrico Bagnoli. Bizarre transparent-women-under-glass cover by Joe Doolin (also featuring The Red Comet, long after his last appearance in the comic). The Lost World; Futura; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; The Unguarded Pass; Life On Other Worlds: Neptune; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Rulah, Jungle Goddess (1948) 18 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4281745001

Jack Kamen cover. "The Pigeons..." features a classic fight splash page. In order of appearance: "Rulah Jungle Goddess, Land of Giants!"; "Sweet Sue"; "Jungle Fables"; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Vampire Garden"; and "The Pigeons of Flame!". "The Sacred Jewel" text story. Indicia states "RULAH". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $95.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4679104018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.85) will be charged at checkout.

Sept 1948. Cover by Lee Brown Coye. Horror and supernatural stories by Ray Bradbury ("Fever Dream"), August Derleth, Allison V. Harding, Dorothy Quick, Harold Lawlor, Stanton A. Coblentz, Snowden T. Herrick, Edmond Hamilton, Eric Frank Russell, Peter Phillips, and Mary Elizabeth Counselman. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.