Comic books December 1951, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $589.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #1969592004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.67) will be charged at checkout.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Ken Bald. Stories by Ogden Whitney, Edvard Moritz, Milt Knopf, Leo Morey, Edvard Moritz, George Wilhelms, and King Ward. Spine-chilling tales of suspense, horror, and the supernatural—prepare yourself for Adventures into the Unknown! 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Ernest Schroeder and others. 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 #94. No issue # on cover; Vol. 8, issue #11 in indicia. In London, Airboy seeks the secret of a dead man's pocket watch that others are willing to kill for. The appearance of both The Heap and a sea-serpent egg in an Irish coastal village plays into a squire's plot to plunder a sunken treasure. The true story of Cal Rodgers, who made the first transcontinental airplane flight across the U.S. in 1911. Airboy; The Heap; Calico Jack; The Kid in the Yellow Pants; Great Boat Ride; Cross Country Columbus. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $1,100.00 Paper: Cream to off white File Copy. Label #4707725002

Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand and Rudy Palais. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A cursed suit causes the fellow who wears it to decompose into a living skeleton. A man who wants to live in a tomb is put on trial by a ghostly jury. In a truly strange story like a 1950s B-movie, a mad scientist creates an octopus-man and sends it on a murderous rampage across the city. Bondage cover by an unknown artist has a little bit of everything. Baron of Death; Satans Suit; Deadly Acres; Arms of Doom. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Allen Anderson. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Al Carreno, and Gerald McCann. Ziff-Davis's pre-Code horror comic only lasted one issue before Avon took exception to their use of the title "Eerie." This comic was mentioned in the text (pp. 317-318) of Dr. Fredric Wertham's anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent. Two brothers rescue a stranded space traveler, who repays them by planting blood-sucking vines in their cellar. A criminal on the run kills a scientist and tries to escape into "the fourth dimension." A chess tournament becomes a game with Death. Plus one-pagers about various ghosts. Painted cover with bondage elements by Allen Anderson. Famous American Ghosts; The Vampires from Venus!; The Grim Reaper; The Fountain of Youth!; The Perfect Hideout!; Deadline for Death!; Preview of Death; From Beyond the Grave. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.0 $299.00 Paper: Light tan to off white Label #4634534006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Painted cover by Allen Anderson. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Al Carreno, and Gerald McCann. Ziff-Davis's pre-Code horror comic only lasted one issue before Avon took exception to their use of the title "Eerie." This comic was mentioned in the text (pp. 317-318) of Dr. Fredric Wertham's anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent. Two brothers rescue a stranded space traveler, who repays them by planting blood-sucking vines in their cellar. A criminal on the run kills a scientist and tries to escape into "the fourth dimension." A chess tournament becomes a game with Death. Plus one-pagers about various ghosts. Painted cover with bondage elements by Allen Anderson. Famous American Ghosts; The Vampires from Venus!; The Grim Reaper; The Fountain of Youth!; The Perfect Hideout!; Deadline for Death!; Preview of Death; From Beyond the Grave. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Clarence Doore. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Murphy Anderson, George Tuska, Ed Silverman and Alex Kotzky. Tough marshal Bob Hardie is better known to friend and foe alike as The Hawk. The lawless town of Adobe Bend must change after Marshal Bob "Hawk" Hardie rides into town, but outlaw Slash hires Lobo Moreno to get rid of The Hawk. Marshal Hardie arrives in Armadillo Flats and goes after Reb Sutton and his band of killers. Pajaro, new chieftain of the Mescaleros, declares war on white settlers, but his blood brother Sangre tries to convince him otherwise, in a story with art by comics legend Murphy Anderson. Plus the lyrics to the Western tune "Billy Venero" and a comics biography of Walter Scott, the man known as "Death Valley Scotty." Nice painted cover by Clarence Doore. Death Valley Scotty; The Law of the Colt; Cowboy Songs of the Old West: Billy Venero; A Fair Exchange; Six-Gun Showdown; Ghost Towns of the Old West: Cripple Creek; Blood Brothers; The Great American Desert. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 144 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4707747002

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. "Quest of the Dragon's Claw," art by Maurice Whitman; Kaänga, disguised, enters the kingship contest of the Bafwasendes in the place of the wounded Nyika; Despite the interference of the witch doctor, Nyika recovers in time to complete the contest on his own. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi frees a Cape buffalo from a tangled mass of vines; Later, Sirdah attempts to kill Wambi; He is stopped by the grateful Cape buffalo who learns of Wambi's plight from a macaw. Untitled story; Captain Terry Thunder and the lancer go upriver to deal with the murderous Barotes and their priestess. "The Big Top Battles a Storm" text story by Clyde Beatty. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; In an effort to loot a lost Egyptian temple, Reagan a safari guide, hypnotizes a scientist into believing that she is an ancient Egyptian queen; Camilla rescues the scientist and kills the guide. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Pete Riss and John Martin. Mike Barnett, who did not carry a gun, was one of the first private-eye heroes on the brand-new medium of television. Baseball fans sometimes yell "kill the umpire," but when someone actually does it, Mike learns the umpire was up to some shady business. A search for counterfeit coins in the slums of Cairo leads Mike to the sinister, fez-wearing crimelord Dr. Dionysos. But the secret lies in finding the gold Dionysos is using to make his copies. Like many great private eyes, Mike narrates his stories in first-person. Kill the Umpire!; Doc Sorebones; Color Blind; The Mint of Dr. Dionysos; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: College Cutups; Dizzy Daisy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of Bill Baker (Dean Martin) and Junior Jackson (Jerry Lewis). Nancy Olson article with photo. "Submarine Command," art by Ed Moore; Adaptation of the 1951 movie; Submarine commander Ken White remembers his wartime years aboard the USS Tiger Shark, a submarine. "Susan Hayward," art by Henry Kiefer; Susan Hayward talks about the filming of David and Bathsheba. Article on Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. "That's My Boy," art by Harold LeDoux; Adaptation of the 1951 movie; The greatest player in the history of Ridgefield College gets his sickly, nerdy, uncoordinated son on the schools football team. Famous Funnies Patterns ad. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Bondage cover by Bill Fraccio. "Ghouls Feast at Midnight," art by A. C. Hollingsworth; A father and his son are under suspicion to be grave-robbing ghouls. "The Pool of Eternity," art by Lou Cameron; Adventurer David Murstone crashes in the jungle and is severely injured; Jivaro goddess Konocry saves his life by letting him drink from the "Pool of Eternity" and thus giving him immortality; The Jivaro tribe disagrees with her action and tortures the couple. "Terror of the Sleeping Monster!", art by Bill Fraccio; Sculptor Lawrence Matthews is endowed with a magic chisel; In his dreams a strange man called Maroff commands him to sculpt his image; Maroff is a vampire who comes alive again to wreak vengeance on the townspeople. "Strange Grotto of Death" text story by Ellen Lynn. "Horror of the Walking Dead," art by John D'Agostino; The young woman Kathy pleads with her dead mother to help her against the cruel woman her father married recently; Rosamund, the new stepmother is found dead—mysteriously shot through the head. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Wally Wood. "Well-Cooked Hams!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Two American producers want to bring Parisian-style, Grand Guignol, gory plays to a Broadway theater, but the owner refuses to do business with them. "Madame Bluebeard," script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A woman raises her daughter to hate men and so for six years she murders a husband a year, making each appear an accidental death, as trophies for her departed mother. "Nature" text story. "Return!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A woman ends up getting pregnant by her husband's ghost! "Horror! Head... It Off!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A member of the French nobility during the Terror betrays his fellow's confidence in order to curry favor with the revolutionary government. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. "Fountains of Youth!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Eileen reads an ad in the newspaper asking for a traveling companion for a Madam DuBois, who is traveling abroad; She and Madam DuBois go on a cruise, but Eileen gets seasick. "The Monster in the Ice!", art by Graham Ingels; As Gerald Dawson sits as his desk in a shack in the Arctic, Herbert Campbell enters, telling him that their Eskimo guide refuses to take them any further; Dawson goes to see Lomo in his igloo, and the Eskimo tells him of the monster in the ice. "Choice" text story by William M. Gaines. "Gone... Fishing!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Maxwell and Steven's car rolled up to the water's edge, and they got out to unload their equipment; Max was a noted sport-fisherman, but Steven hated the sport, which he considered cruelty to animals. Unauthorized adaptation of Ray Bradbury's short story "The Emissary" in "What the Dog Dragged In!", script by Al Feldstein (adaptation), art by Jack Kamen; As she sat in her wheelchair, blind Betty reached out for her dog, Jerry, put a list in his collar, and sent him to the butcher's; unknown to her, Jerry was hit by a car on the way. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Katy Keene by Bill Woggon. Cover price $0.10.