Comic books April 1949, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $700.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4710058006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($21.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Ken Battefield, John Belfi, and Ernest Schroeder. 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 #62. No issue # on cover; Vol. 6, issue #3 in indicia. Airboy enters the boxing ring to help a friend and runs afoul of crooked fight promoters. A comics biography of legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley. A Chinese counterfeiting gang abducts Riot O'Hara to lure The Flying Fool into a trap. Also featuring a vintage ad for the "All-Over Rain Cover," basically a tent-shaped two-person umbrella. Cover includes the seal of the ACMP, a precursor of the Comics Code. Airboy; The Flying Fool; The First Buccaneer; Sure-Shot Annie; Cheese-Box On a Raft. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $325.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4599160006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.75) will be charged at checkout.

Edited by Ned Pines. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by George Tuska, Jerry Robinson, Mort Meskin, Charles S. Strong, H. R. Karp, Irving Karp, and Art Helfant. Action-packed tales featuring such characters as Flush Bradley and the Black Terror, a super strong super-hero. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $149.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #1292662008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.47) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Bill Ward. "Darrel Dane's Double," pencils by Bill Ward; Doll Man rescues a man who could be his double from committing suicide. "A Helping Hand For Lolly," pencils by Alice Kirkpatrick; A new girl has a date with Swing Sisson. "The Treasure of Captain Kidd" starring Blimpy and Captain Jones, script and art by Al Stahl. "Black Beard the Bandit," script and art by Paul Gustavson; Rusty Ryan vs. Black Bear. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $199.00 Paper: Cream to off white From The Collection of John Buscema. Label #4703924022 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.97) will be charged at checkout.

Funny numbering on this title. Two versions of #7-9 exist with different dates. This is the April 1949 edition or the real #9. Cover pencils by John Buscema (made up of six re-lettered panels from page four of the first interior story). Stories by Allen Bellman and unknown. Art by Allen Bellman, John Buscema, Vern Henkel and unknown. True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: "Johnny 'The Gun' Sanchico" (cover story) with pencils by John Buscema - Every violent, smashing, bullet-ridden hour...every headline that screamed the truth about one of the most vicious criminals of our time; 1-page Hi, Friends editorial "A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents!"; "Machine-Gun Maggie!" with pencils by Vern Henkel; 2-page text story "Good Luck to Me"; Skip McCoy in Let's Play Detective 2-pager "Murder in Model Row!" by Allen Bellman; 1-page Wanted By the F.B.I. public service announcement; and "Everett Rand, the Shame of San Francisco!" 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $2,250.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #2004449003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($67.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Menace of the Machine Men, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Aliens appear to land in the woods outside Northville and invade the city with giant robots. Every Man a Superman, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman is thrown into the future where everyone has super powers, and he meets a woman who looks just like Lois Lane. Bebe humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. Beethoven bio. Varsity Vic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Son of Superman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman adopts an orphan boy and builds up his strength and confidence. Full-page ad for Superboy #1. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $2,000.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4498503002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($60.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Menace of the Machine Men, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Aliens appear to land in the woods outside Northville and invade the city with giant robots. Every Man a Superman, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman is thrown into the future where everyone has super powers, and he meets a woman who looks just like Lois Lane. Bebe humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. Beethoven bio. Varsity Vic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Son of Superman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman adopts an orphan boy and builds up his strength and confidence. Full-page ad for Superboy #1. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,799.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4226781002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($53.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Menace of the Machine Men, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Aliens appear to land in the woods outside Northville and invade the city with giant robots. Every Man a Superman, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman is thrown into the future where everyone has super powers, and he meets a woman who looks just like Lois Lane. Bebe humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. Beethoven bio. Varsity Vic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Son of Superman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman adopts an orphan boy and builds up his strength and confidence. Full-page ad for Superboy #1. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $3,500.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4528582003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($105.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Art Saaf, Ruben Moreira, Jerry Devers, Donald Bayne Hobart, Gene Fawcette, Oliver Buchanan, and Frank Frazetta. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $300.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #0047768003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Edd Ashe and others. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Genghis Khan uses brute force and strategy to conquer vast territory; The Marie Celeste is found adrift with all hands missing, a mystery that was never solved; Attorney Abe Lincoln defends a murder suspect. Star of Stanford: Hank Luisetti; The Mystery of the Marie Celeste; Genghis Khan: Empire Builder; Wolves Can Be Tough; Shotgun Bank Robbers; Abraham Lincoln: Murder by Moonlight; The Truth about Cattle Rustling. 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: #80-84 are all newsprint editions that were distributed by mail only to subscribers (no newstand distribution). Cover price $0.10.