Comic books February 1951, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $380.00 Paper: Off white Label #0234808005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.40) will be charged at checkout.

The Lizard prototype cover/story in "Enter…the Lizard," pencils by Harry Lazarus; A man discovers a type of werelizard that reproduces its kind by injecting humans with a poison in its bite that transforms their bodies. The Nesterfield Horror text story. The Parasite, script by Hank Chapman, pencils by Bill Walton. You Can Only Die Once, pencils by Manny Stallman; A man tries to kill himself over and over again but only succeeds in producing pain and mutilation, not the longed for oblivion. The Miracle, pencils by Bill LaCava; A criminal in a bar at night sees a stranger doing wondrous things and so he pulls a gun and demands to know how they are done. The Ones Who Laugh, pencils by Joe Sinnott. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $284.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4333273012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.52) will be charged at checkout.

Second issue of the series (despite numbering). "The Stranger" (script by Hank Chapman), "The Creeping Vine," "No Escape" (script by Chapman, art by Russ Heath), and "The Storm." Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $494.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0343181006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.82) will be charged at checkout.

Final Golden Age issue (becomes All Star Western with # 58). Scarce. Last appearance of Golden Age Green Lantern, Flash, and Dr. Mid-nite in the JSA story "The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives!" Script by John Broome, pencils by Frank Giacoia (chapters 1 and 3) and Arthur Peddy (chapters 2 and 4), inks by Giacoia (chapters 1 and 3) and Bernard Sachs (chapters 2 and 4). Back-up story, "The Lady of Mars" (art by Joe Kubert; 6 pages). Two-page story, "The Last Dictator." Peddy/Sachs cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $450.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4386107002

Cover by Bob Montana. Stories by unknown. Art by Sam Schwartz?, Dan DeCarlo?, Bill Vigoda? and unknown. Featuring Archie in: "You're Breaking My Art"; "Winter Blunderland"; "Ice Follies"; and "The Christmas Spirit" (Santa Claus appearance)! Plus: Jughead beats Reggie in a boxing match -- after he gets a triple dose of novocain -- in "The Big Shot"! Also: Archie in the 1-page ice safety public service announcement "Not On Ice"! And: 2-page text piece "Hollywood Tattle Tales"! Full color. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $11,000 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s); Significant inner well scuff(s) Piece re-attached to cover with tape. Label #2067001007

Origin of the Joker. Cover by Lew Sayre Schwartz and George Roussos. Stories by Bill Finger and unknown. Art by Lew Sayre Schwartz, Win Mortimer, George Roussos, Bruno Premiani, Frank Bolle and Dan Barry. Batman is invited to be a guest instructor for a class on criminology at State University, and, since the students are making such good progress, he decides to use them to try and solve a case he never could concerning a criminal known as the Red Hood. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Man Behind the Red Hood!" by Bill Finger, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Win Mortimer and George Roussos. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "Ten Little Indians!" with art by Bruno Premiani; Robotman in "The Return of the Iron Man!" with art by Frank Bolle; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Electric Thinking Cap!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Dan Barry. Also: Peg 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Quick Quiz activity page by H.T. Elmo; 2-page text piece "Your Thinking Cap" by William Morrison; and Jerry the Jitterbug half-pager by Boltinoff. And: Green Arrow, Tomahawk and the Shining Knight in the 1-page public service announcement "The World of Adventure in Books" by Jack Schiff and Win Mortimer. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $570.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #2004031010

"The Wax Museum" (script and art by Don Rico), "The Man Who Couldn't Die," "Terror in the Streets" (script by Hank Chapman), and "The Brain." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $315.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Scuffing on front of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Label #1260475001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.45) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Edited by Jack Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Marilyn Mercer, Jerry Grandenetti, and Enrico Bagnoli. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Jan of the Jungle leads an army of monkeys to free his animal friends from hunters; Firehair and her tribe battle a band of white and native marauders; A beautiful woman casts a strange spell on a man and his son that only Dr. Drew can explain. Firehair; The Secret Files of Dr. Drew; Antarctic Glacier Trap; Jan of the Jungle. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,000.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3824688005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Joe Kubert. Battle For the Atom World starring Wonder Woman, script by Robert Kanigher [as Charles Moulton], art by Harry G. Peter; Prof. Luxo, thought killed in a previous battle with Col. Trevor and U.S. forces, returns to disrupt forces in the Atom World, sabotaging atomic experiments being conducted under Col. Trevor's leadership. The Case of the Mechanical Brain starring Dr. Pat, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia. Conquerors of the Flame starring Astra, script by John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by John Giunta. How to Bring Christmas Cheer public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, pencils by Win Mortimer, inks by Stan Kaye. Castaway Heart--Romance, Inc. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $675.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0361497015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($20.25) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover art by Joe Kubert. Battle For the Atom World starring Wonder Woman, script by Robert Kanigher [as Charles Moulton], art by Harry G. Peter; Prof. Luxo, thought killed in a previous battle with Col. Trevor and U.S. forces, returns to disrupt forces in the Atom World, sabotaging atomic experiments being conducted under Col. Trevor's leadership. The Case of the Mechanical Brain starring Dr. Pat, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia. Conquerors of the Flame starring Astra, script by John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by John Giunta. How to Bring Christmas Cheer public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, pencils by Win Mortimer, inks by Stan Kaye. Castaway Heart--Romance, Inc. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $185.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4098548008

Written by Edmond Hamilton. Art by Howard Sherman. Cover by Bernard Sachs. Chris and his crew respond to a distress call from a sub-atomic world, where they liberate the population from an oppressive tyrant. Ad for DCs Big Town #1. Written by Bill Schreiber. Art by Bill Schreiber. Sequential art advertisement for Tootsie Rolls with Captain Tootsie. Written by David V. Reed and Gardner Fox. Art by Jim Mooney and Ray Burnley. Physicist Hiram Sprague develops a force field to protect cities against atomic attack and accidentally cuts off his city from the outside world. Written by Gardner Fox (as Robert Starr). Art by Cresto. Ordinary, average man, Roy Wilkins, glimpses the future and discovers that he's destined to become famous. Written by Julius Schwartz. Art by Raymond Perry. Science trivia quiz. Written by Henry Boltinoff. Art by Henry Boltinoff. Written by Jack Schiff. Art by Win Mortimer. Professor Eureka humor page. Public service announcement. Tomahawk, Green Arrow, and the Shining Knight explain to two boys how exciting reading can be. Written by Gardner Fox. Art by Carmine Infantino and Joe Giella. A scientist makes a criminal invisible and when the crook becomes bored with theft, he begins to invisibly aid the police. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $1,649.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #1497540004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($49.47) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Carmine Infantino, Robert Bernstein and Dana Dutch. Tales of teen angst and amour, often featuring art and covers by celebrated good-girl artist Matt Baker. Redheaded Betty has become an expert in stealing other women's boyfriends, but that doesn't help when she meets a man she wants to win honestly, in a story with art by Baker. In another Baker story, Arlene likes to live dangerously, so she convinces Paul to take her to a nightclub forbidden by the college regulations. Edythe gets a job as a stand-in for a movie star, but her scheming threatens her attempts at romance and her livelihood, in a story with early art by future DC artist and editor Carmine Infantino. Two-Timing Got Me in Trouble; I Tried to Win Love with Lies; Caught!; My Blind Date Wanted Thrills; The Scandal I Had to Confess; I Was Too Easily Persuaded. 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $700.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4335404021 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($21.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Warren Kremer. Stories by Mike Sekowsky, Vince Alascia, Martin Marty Rose, and Ken Rice. Suspense-filled horror tales that weave a Web of Mystery for the reader! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.