Comic books January 1952, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $247.00 Trimmed Paper: White Right Ridge Trimmed. Label #4317770013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.41) will be charged at checkout.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Ken Bald. Stories by unknown. Art by Al Williamson, George Wilhelms, Charles Sultan, Al Camy, Ogden Whitney, Roy Krenkel and unknown. Tales of suspense, horror and the supernatural. In this issue: "The Lost Lives of Laura Hastings" with art by Al Williamson and Roy Krenkel - Laura Hastings has visions of her past lives after brain surgery but can she prove they are real?; 1-page text story "Strange Revenge"; "Dolls of Doom" with art by George Wilhelms - Floyd Sartoris seeks the service of Zambarta, the voodoo witch, in order to kill his brother's family; 2-pager "Warding Off Witches" with art by Charles Sultan; "The Shape of Evil" with art by Al Camy - Arlene is the top ranking performer at Cummings Colossal Circus, and the fortune teller predicts evil will come close; True Ghosts of History 1-pager "The Frenzied Sisters" - Isabeau and Margot constantly fought with each other, and they were killed in 1685 during a fight...their ghosts continue to fight; 1-page text story "Vicious Circle"; "The Buried Brain" with art by Ogden Whitney - Dr. Ames is acting strange after the death of Dr. Dundea; and "The Citadel of Evil" with art by George Wilhelms - Johnny and Ellen planned to go to outer space, but their rocket went deep inside the earth - to the Citadel of Evil. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $325.00 Paper: Off white Label #4234109005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.75) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Russ Heath. "The Little Black Box," script by Hank Chapman, art by Bob Fujitani; A postal employee working in the dead letter office gets a duplicator that has been lost in time from the year 2000; He makes a duplicate of himself to leave with his nagging wife. "Who Dares To Enter???", script by Stan Lee, art by Joe Maneely. "Where Is Death?", art by Don Rico; Satan warns one of his sailor minions to get off a ship sailing the Sargasso sea because he has rewarded his minion with immunity from death at sea in exchange for his service. "Vengeance Of The Time Stream" text story. "The Luck Of Louis Nugent"; A child is born as a jinx and is there at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attack. "The Scientists," art by Harry Lazarus. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $854.99 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4572498013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($25.65) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Win Mortimer. "The Atom Cave Raiders!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris; A gang of criminals gets a professional geologist to help guide them to the caves in Gotham City; They decide to steal from the cave located underneath Wayne Manor; The Gotham City Police Department teams with Batman to intervene. "The Secret Life of Batman's Butler!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz (as Bob Kane), inks by Charles Paris; Bruce fires Alfred without giving any explanation; The butler leaves rents a cheap room in Gotham and reminisces about his past adventures with Batman and Robin. -page Jerry the Jitterbug story by Henry Boltinoff. Varsity Vic two-page story by Henry Boltinoff. They Never Sleep article, art by Raymond Perry. Full-page ad for House of Mystery # 1. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Pete the Flash Scores for Captain Tootsie" by Bill Schreiber. "The New Crimes of Two-Face!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) (signed) and Lew Sayre Schwartz (as Bob Kane), inks by Charles Paris; Paul Sloane is chosen to re-create the role of Harvey Dent and how he became Two-Face for a television program; Unfortunately, a kleig light explodes in Sloane's face, and the result is an appearance identical to that of the real Two-Face. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $170.00 Paper: White Label #4569550007

Cover art by Ken Rice. Daughters of Doom, art by Louis Zansky; Student Dan Revere works as a graveyard keeper to earn his college money; He meets a female vampire who looks like his fiancée Anne. The Winged Spectres of Dismal Swamp, art by Lou Cameron; Gregg Damion crashes his car in the swamps and is rescued by a giant, heat-radiating moth; Finding overnight shelter, he meets swamp dweller Igor and his mysterious daughter Siri. Valley of the Macabre, art by Chic Stone. Ancient Curse of the Medusa, pencils by Jim McLaughlin. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.5 $379.00 Paper: Off white to white Spine of cover completely split & re-attached with 2 extra staples added after manufacturing. Label #3765458022 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.37) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Ironside Comics

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck and unknown. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "Captain Marvel Battles the Crystal Catastrophe" with story by Otto Binder; "Mr. Tawny's Pleasure Peril" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck; and "Captain Marvel and the House That Didn't Want to Be Haunted" with story by Otto Binder. Plus: Captain Kid in "The Mix Up"! And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "The Space City" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 106 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #0354623005

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Frank Frazetta, Fred Guardineer, Carl Wessler, Al McWilliams, Dick Rockwell, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. An investigator tries to prove that a gangster's suicide was actually murder, but a blond femme fatale is out to get him first. A lawyer goes to work for a racketeer, but when his sister gets drawn in, he realizes he's gone too far. Detective Boyd learns that a doll holds the clue to an arson and murder gang. A classic anti-drug PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Also featuring a vintage ad for "Lev Gleason Comics picture trading cards." The Last Stand of Walther "The Profile" Taylor; We Can Stop the Enemies of Youth; Crooked Mouthpiece; The Killer Came East; The Case of the Deadly Doll; The Frame-Up That Backfired. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $499.00 Paper: Off white Label #3937861014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Carl Barks. A Christmas for Shacktown, script and art by Carl Barks; The ducks and Daisy get Scrooge's promise to match their twenty-five dollars for Christmas dinner and a toy train for the poor children of Shacktown; Scrooge is unable to deliver when the floor of his money bin collapses and his money falls deep into an unknown cavern, separated by only a thin crust from bottomless quicksand. Christmas Kiss, art by Carl Barks; Donald brings his own mistletoe to win a kiss from Daisy. Back cover strip with art by Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $349.99 Paper: White Label #4598790024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Hartley. Edited by Stan Lee? Stories by Hank Chapman and unknown. Art by Morris Weiss, Mike Sekowsky, Christopher Rule and unknown. Lil thinks there isn't anyone else, so she decides to marry Hank! Not so fast, Lil! Read..."I Love a Vet!" Plus: The gripping story of..."The Thirty Seconds of Phyllis Arnold"! Also: Peggy Carlson had no right to be..."The Girl Who Dared to Love!" And: "The Man I Married"! Plus: 2-page text story "My Paris...Good-Bye"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $315.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4568491004

The Eye of Doom, art by Basil Wolverton; Floating eyes from Venus invade Earth. I Shall Never Die text story. Nothing, pencils by Manny Stallman; A scientist invents a time machine and then commits suicide after going ten years into the future and witnessing atomic war. The Old Lady's Son, pencils by Vernon Henkel; A gold digger becomes the victim of an old lady's vampire son. She Wouldn't Stay Dead! 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Pictorial Romances (1950) 11 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4366163016

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Joe Kubert, Hy Rosen, Robert Bernstein and Dana Dutch. Beautiful covers and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker elevate St. John's 1950s romance comic above the norm. Department-store clerk Margery dates three men who could help her career, but is in trouble when they find out about each other, in a cautionary tale with art by Baker. In another Baker story, Anne marries handsome farmer Ned after moving to a small town, but soon tires of the life of a farmer's wife. Janet is determined to be a star, but that leaves boyfriend Jed feeling left out, in a story featuring early art by future comics legend Joe Kubert. Cover by Baker. My Rival and Her Weakness; The Worst Mistake a Wife Can Make; I Learned by Trial and Error; Crazy for Love; Playgirl at Work. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $1,890.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #3847690002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($56.70) will be charged at checkout.

L.B. Cole cover. Stories include "Trust the Man You Love," "I Love You Respectfully" (art by Nodel), "LOve is Like Quicksand," and "Love Was an Outlaw." Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $599.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4574568009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.97) will be charged at checkout.

Volume 5, Issue 4 - January, 1952. Painted cover by Peter Driben. 8.5" x 11.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $429.95 or Best Offer Restored: C1 Paper: Off white to white Restoration includes: small amount of glue on spine of cover. Label #3810326018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.90) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "The Amazing Impersonation!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; The Daily Globe runs a contest to discover Wonder Woman's secret identity and discovers she is Jane Case, a librarian. "Wonder Woman's Strange Substitute!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Luria wins an atheletic contest on Paradise Island and demands the right to go to Man's World and fight crime like Wonder Woman, even though it means she will forfeit her immortality. Wonder Women of History: two-page Caroline Herschel bio by Julius Schwartz. "Let's Dance" text article by M. Sarafianos. Peg humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, "Share With Others!", script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.