Comic books June 1951, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $415.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4022345013

Cover art by Al Plastino. The Superman Who Couldn't Fly, art by Al Plastino. Bodyguard to a Billion starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. The Interplanetary Baby-Sitter starring Tommy Tomorrow, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. The Impossible Escapes starring Vigilante, art by Bob Brown. Know Your Country public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $799.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4391256001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($23.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Leonard Starr, Frank Giacoia, John Giunta and Paul Parker. Sci-fi and fantasy from Ziff-Davis, edited by the legendary co-creator of Superman, Jerry Siegel. Brad is jealous of Chet for stealing Nina, so he shrinks all three of them with his shrinking invention... but he didn't reckon on the housecat. WWII vet John gets the chance to trade places with his exact duplicate from the year 3951. Col Rulak leads a revolt against the totalitarian world government of "Europa" in the year 2200. A gigantic, floating Cosmic Brain menaces the city. Painted cover by Norman Saunders predates The Incredible Shrinking Man. The Evil Men Do; The Princess of the Future; Blood Stands for Freedom; The Cosmic Brain!; Escape on a Planetoid; The Steel Monster. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $665.90 Restored: C1 Paper: Cream to off white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. (Tape on interior cover and interior.) Label #1995863001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.98) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bob Montana. Stories by unknown. Art by Sam Schwartz?, Dan DeCarlo?, Bill Vigoda? and unknown. Featuring Archie in: "That's the Point"; "Hire Education"; "Bored of Strategy"; "Private First Class"; "Clothes Meek the Man"; "Gold Rush" (Pop Tate begins to look like his later self); and "Messy Message"! Plus: Jughead in "Dog-Gone" and the 1-pager "The Road Back"! Also: Archie in the 2-page public service announcement "Gas Tester" (about not testing gas leaks with a match)! And: 2-page "Hollywood Tattle Tales"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $650.00 Paper: Off white Large piece missing from page 2. Label #4330845001

Cover by Bob Montana. Stories by unknown. Art by Sam Schwartz?, Dan DeCarlo?, Bill Vigoda? and unknown. Featuring Archie in: "That's the Point"; "Hire Education"; "Bored of Strategy"; "Private First Class"; "Clothes Meek the Man"; "Gold Rush" (Pop Tate begins to look like his later self); and "Messy Message"! Plus: Jughead in "Dog-Gone" and the 1-pager "The Road Back"! Also: Archie in the 2-page public service announcement "Gas Tester" (about not testing gas leaks with a match)! And: 2-page "Hollywood Tattle Tales"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.5 $665.90 Paper: Cream to off white Cover re-attached with 3 extra staples added after manufacturing. Centerfold detached. Puzzle filled out in pencil on pages 16 and 19. (minor typo on label) Label #3703997001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.98) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bob Montana. Stories by unknown. Art by Sam Schwartz?, Dan DeCarlo?, Bill Vigoda? and unknown. Featuring Archie in: "That's the Point"; "Hire Education"; "Bored of Strategy"; "Private First Class"; "Clothes Meek the Man"; "Gold Rush" (Pop Tate begins to look like his later self); and "Messy Message"! Plus: Jughead in "Dog-Gone" and the 1-pager "The Road Back"! Also: Archie in the 2-page public service announcement "Gas Tester" (about not testing gas leaks with a match)! And: 2-page "Hollywood Tattle Tales"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Chamber of Chills (1951 Harvey 1st Series) 21 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4405340003

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Vic Donohue and Rudy Palais. Numbering continues from Blondie (1947 McKay/Harvey/King/Charlton) #20. Sometimes listed as Chamber of Chills (1951 Harvey) #1. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. The descendant of famous witch-hunters is called to Ireland by a witch's spell. A man returns to Paris and remembers his childhood encounter with a ghost. A glimpse at what future space prisons might look like. The Old Hag of the Hills; The Avenging Spectre!; Darker Than Death; Gorilla!; Strange Customs; Gray Death; Tricks to Mystify Your Friends; The Chieftain of the Dead; Terror in the Heavens!; The Ghost of the Rue de Morte; How Death Valley Got Its Name; Weird Worlds. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $205.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4262841006

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, Paul Parker, John Prentice, Al McWilliams, Gerald McCann, John Daley, Floyd Torb and Mort Lawrence. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. Ex-college roommates reunite years later, when one is a successful football star and the other is a crook who wants his help fixing a game. A strong-arm man and a pickpocket who were once cellmates meet up on the outside, and their attempts at going straight end in murder with an ironic twist. How police and forensic science recover evidence from burned documents. The Puddle of Success; Only the Best for Frenchy; The Charitable Pickpocket; Prince of Pennies; A Gift from the Cellar; Cat Markey's Mistake; Science vs. Crime; The French Farmer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $223.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0935784012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.69) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and Bradley Burke. Bygone movie cowboy Maynard stars in offbeat stories that set this Fawcett book apart from run-of-the-mill Western comics. Instead of "Hi-yo, Silver," Ken directs his horse Tarzan to "Bite wind, Tarzan!" Framed by outlaws, Ken finds himself pursued by a sheriff and his posse, and he must elude them before he can try to clear his name. Jeeter tells his talking horse, Ya-Ta-Ta, about his football career. A gold prospector finds oil instead, and Ken must protect him from outlaws who want to jump his claim. Sassy Sam; The Outlaw Hoax!; Jeeter and His Talking Horse Ya-Ta-Ta: The Conditioner; Night Riders; Sagebrush; The Battle For Black Gold; Bird Brain. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.