Comic books October 1952, graded by CGC

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"Wanted?One P.O.W.!" Rex and Major Dennis win a Silver Star award for rescuing an American tank expert from the Nazis. Also includes: "The Saga of Leapin' Lena"; "The Dognappers of Ridge Park!" (starring Rex); and "Hounds Round the World." Script by Robert Kanigher and John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane and Irwin Hasen, inks by Sy Barry and Bernard Sachs. Cover by Kane and Barry. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joseph Szokoli. Stories and art by Joseph Szokoli, Vince Napoli, Bill Fraccio and Harry Harrison. Violent pre-Code horror comics from Youthful Magazines. This issue was mentioned in the text (p. 388) of the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent. Grave-robber Harry gets a comeuppance when the dead rise from their graves. An artist for "Beware" comics feels that he's run out of monster ideas, until he meets his son's strange new playmate, in a story that name-drops several other Youthful Mag horror artists. In postwar Germany, American agents investigate a killer stalking a small town, and learn the ancient castle nearby hides a very modern horror. The Body Snatcher; My Daddy Should Have Listened; The Death Waltz; The Pied Piper of Ziess-Baden; Don't Dance With Me When I'm Dead. Final issue under this publisher; Trojan Magazines continues the title and numbering with Beware (1953 Trojan/Merit) #1 (aka #13), while Youthful continues it as Chilling Tales (1952) #13. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Jack Kirby. Freak!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby; Sylvia goes on a date with Doctor Austin, who has to make one house-call before they go out; While at the Sheridan house a storm comes and they are forced to stay overnight, where Sylvia learns the hidden family secret. Guardian Angel, art by Mort Meskin. I Wouldn't Let Him Die text story. Hoof Beats of the Devil's Horse, art by George Roussos. The Mary Celeste: Ship of Evil, art by Al Eadeh; The true story of the ship Mary Celeste. The Soul of a Man!, art by Bill Draut. The Boy Who Was 2000 Years Old!, art by Bob McCarty; While sick with fever, young Andy describes life in ancient Rome, in perfect Latin, which he does not know. 44 pgs. $0.10. Vol. 2 #11 (#17 on cover). Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Bill Woolfolk and others. Art by Bud Thompson, and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. A train is abducted by aliens from Jupiter for a novelty show, but luckily, Captain Marvel Jr. is on board. A strange old man appears on an island predicting natural disasters, but when the disasters start happening, the people start listening. Professor Edgewise gets a crush on a woman who lived 1000 years before, so he travels back in time to King Arthur's Court to meet her. The Train That Travelled Through Space; Young Gunman; Kanvasback: Punchy Words; The Ruler of the Earth; Windy: Presents of Mind; Sir Edgewise in King Arthur's Court. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Abe Simon, Nat Barnett and Moe Marcus. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. A scientist descends into a pit of primitive creatures in Africa. An explorer climbs inside a gigantic statue before realizing it's actually a living giant. Treasure hunters are pursued by deadly ants after stealing sacred gems from an idol. Man in the Hood; The Lost Race; The Man Germ; The Things. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $399.00 or Best Offer Paper: Light tan to off white File Copy. Label #4370854004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Abe Simon, Nat Barnett and Moe Marcus. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. A scientist descends into a pit of primitive creatures in Africa. An explorer climbs inside a gigantic statue before realizing it's actually a living giant. Treasure hunters are pursued by deadly ants after stealing sacred gems from an idol. Man in the Hood; The Lost Race; The Man Germ; The Things. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Dizzy Dames (1952) 1 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #2104152011

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Owen Fitzgerald, Lynn Karp and Jack Bradbury. ACG Comics presents classic slapstick and screwball comedy stories featuring attractive women pratfalling their way into and out of trouble. Denise and Dottie come up with a scheme to jump-start their stage career by sabotaging the Gazelle Sisters; Moronica sees a path to stardom from a woman-on-the-street TV interview; Dee Licious finds a way around the citys lack of bicycle lanes. Broadway Babes; Knothead Nellie; Man-Huntin Minnie of Delta Pu; Moronica; Love Dizzy!; Dee Licious. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Owen Fitzgerald, Lynn Karp and Jack Bradbury. ACG Comics presents classic slapstick and screwball comedy stories featuring attractive women pratfalling their way into and out of trouble. Denise and Dottie come up with a scheme to jump-start their stage career by sabotaging the Gazelle Sisters; Moronica sees a path to stardom from a woman-on-the-street TV interview; Dee Licious finds a way around the citys lack of bicycle lanes. Broadway Babes; Knothead Nellie; Man-Huntin Minnie of Delta Pu; Moronica; Love Dizzy!; Dee Licious. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Owen Fitzgerald, Lynn Karp and Jack Bradbury. ACG Comics presents classic slapstick and screwball comedy stories featuring attractive women pratfalling their way into and out of trouble. Denise and Dottie come up with a scheme to jump-start their stage career by sabotaging the Gazelle Sisters; Moronica sees a path to stardom from a woman-on-the-street TV interview; Dee Licious finds a way around the citys lack of bicycle lanes. Broadway Babes; Knothead Nellie; Man-Huntin Minnie of Delta Pu; Moronica; Love Dizzy!; Dee Licious. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $338.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4303057017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.14) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Stories and art by Frank Frazetta, Fran Matera, Allen Saunders, Elmer Woggon, Matt Christopher, Rodlow Willard, William McCleery, and Ralph Briggs Fuller. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. The debut of Tom Terriss, the Vagabond Adventurer, as he enters "The Land of Satan." Dickie Dare and Dan's vacation is interrupted by yet another adventure. A classic religious PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Tom Terriss the Vagabond Adventurer; Dickie Dare; Steve Roper; Underwater Battle; Scorchy Smith; Prayer Works Wonders; Oaky Doaks. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Graham Ingels. Chatter-Boxed!--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A man subject to cataleptic fits worries that he may be buried alive during one of them so he instructs his undertaker to perform no embalming and has a telephone installed in the coffin; He gets into an auto accident while having a fit and it is mistakenly assumed the car crash killed him and so he is buried. All Washed Up!--The Vault of Horror!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by George Evans; A man doesn't have the money to marry his girl, so he kills his wealthier rival and dumps his body down an old well. Marriage Vows!--The Old Witch's Grim Fairy Tale!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. Death of Some Salesmen!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A cop loses his badge for insisting that a haunted house is responsible for a series of murders. Bolton Baker encounters Gloria, who acts as bait for a werewolf's victims. Grimm, the Ghost Doctor, finds a love triangle at the heart of a woman's unearthly melancholy. Nightmare Mansion; Horror Hour; The Strange Bell of Obani!; Grimm, Ghost Doctor: Music and Mayhem; Monsters for Rent.... 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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L.B. Cole Christmas cover. Cover price $0.10.

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L.B. Cole Christmas cover. Cover price $0.10.

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L.B. Cole Christmas cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $1,349.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Pedigree: Spokane Spokane. Label #1211211001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($40.47) will be charged at checkout.

Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Clayton Moore and unknown. Art by Syd Shores, Joe Sinnott, Don Perlin, Stan Goldberg, Tony DiPreta, Gene Colan, Abe Simon and unknown. The strangest stories ever told! In this issue: "When the Vampire Strikes" with pencils by Syd Shores; "The House of Skulls" with art by Joe Sinnott; "A Sight for Sore Eyes" with art by Don Perlin and Abe Simon; "The Cave of Death" by Clayton Moore and Stan Goldberg; "The Dragon" with art by Tony DiPreta; and 2-page text story "The Ghost" with illo by Gene Colan. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Hy Fleishman and Doyle Cohen. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. A man murders his wealthy wife for her money, but a strange revenge awaits him. Alcoholic surgeon Luther is haunted by the friend whose death he caused through a botched cataract surgery - haunted first metaphorically, then literally. Big-game hunter Bert runs afoul of a voodoo tribe and their goat-god, in a story with the memorable title "Terror of the Speedy Goat!" The Death Head!; Blind Fury; Horror of the Drowned; The Gun That Fought Back; Terror of the Speedy Goat! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Ken Bald. The Zombie's Revenge, pencils by Charles Nicholas. The Hex of Horror, art by Frank Simienski. Adventure Into Witchcraft, art by Harry Lazarus. The Vampire Master, art by George Wilhelms. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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The Phantom Ship, pencils by Alex Toth, inks by Mike Peppe; The vicious sorceress Circe lures treasure hunters aboard her gold-filled phantom ship - and transforms them into giant rats. Facts on the Fantastic, art by Ross Andru; Allegedly true facts of how the people of the world deal with ghosts. The Secret One, art by Jack Katz; Old man Harvey summons a demon, the "Secret One"; After fulfilling Harvey's fantasies of revenge, the demon demands food--and goes after his new master. Night of Horror text story by John Marvin. Witch's Wish, art by Jack Katz; Young Madlyn discovers that her wishes become true. It is the spirit of Tess, a 300-year-old witch, who wants to take over the woman's body, though; A duel ensues, in which both women lose their lives. The Rider text story by Woodrow Man. Salesman of Death, art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; An employee's ghost haunts his cruel boss; The dead salesman tries to sell his former employer on death. He kills the man's wife, destroys his factory, makes him a cripple and succeeds in the end. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carmine Infantino and John Giunta. The Killer Shadow! starring Phantom Stranger, script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino. Death's Strange Deputy starring Phantom Stranger, script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino. Death Writes an Obituary, script by Jack Miller, art by John Giunta. The Haunting Wind, script by Jack Miller, art by John Giunta. Can You Explain It? text story. The Three Signs of Evil starring Phantom Stranger, script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Enrico Bagnoli and Hy Rosen. Romance comics from St. John with a cover by "good girl" art legend Matt Baker. Robin and Chuck are partners in dance and life, but that may be over when a famous dancer hires Robin, in a story that may be the work of Matt Baker. Eva wants to break up with Nicky after she meets Tim on a visit to the city, but she doesn't know about Tim's wife. Wanting excitement, Sally breaks up with fiance Bill and goes to work in a nightclub, but soon she's up to her lipstick in a blackmail scheme. Have You Heard This One?; A New Routine; Spoiled Darling; Love Game; Blackmail Heart; Quips and Queries. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Wally Wood. Well-Traveled!, script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Jack Kamen; A henpecked husband dis-members his wife after she refuses to let him spend money on toy trains once too often. Hate!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; A man goes along with a plan to set fire to a Jewish couple's home until his mother tells him he's adopted and that his natural parents were Jews. Justice text story by Albert B. Feldstein. What Fur?, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; Captain Limpfort is hired by a furrier to fly him to a planet in another Solar System in order for the furrier to trap and skin skunks, which he makes into fashion apparel. Cold Cuts!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; A man murders his wife and cuts up her body in the tub to store in the meat locker. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Wally Wood. Well-Traveled!, script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Jack Kamen; A henpecked husband dis-members his wife after she refuses to let him spend money on toy trains once too often. Hate!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; A man goes along with a plan to set fire to a Jewish couple's home until his mother tells him he's adopted and that his natural parents were Jews. Justice text story by Albert B. Feldstein. What Fur?, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; Captain Limpfort is hired by a furrier to fly him to a planet in another Solar System in order for the furrier to trap and skin skunks, which he makes into fashion apparel. Cold Cuts!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; A man murders his wife and cuts up her body in the tub to store in the meat locker. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $1,290.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #2104152014

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Pete Riss, Charles Sultan, Jon L. Blummer, and Frank Simienski. Tales of pre-Code horror from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. The fiendish Largo the Magician plans to use Martha in his spell for immortality. A crooked Navy contractor faces justice from the spirits of John Paul Jones and the men whose deaths he caused. Communist agents encounter the ancient sea monster Scylla. Deathless Mortal; Sea of Retribution; Death for Hire; Monster of the Deep; The Ghost of Company C; The Corpse Under the Carpet. 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $950.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #2104152013

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Pete Riss, Charles Sultan, Jon L. Blummer, and Frank Simienski. Tales of pre-Code horror from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. The fiendish Largo the Magician plans to use Martha in his spell for immortality. A crooked Navy contractor faces justice from the spirits of John Paul Jones and the men whose deaths he caused. Communist agents encounter the ancient sea monster Scylla. Deathless Mortal; Sea of Retribution; Death for Hire; Monster of the Deep; The Ghost of Company C; The Corpse Under the Carpet. 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $820.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #2104152012

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Pete Riss, Charles Sultan, Jon L. Blummer, and Frank Simienski. Tales of pre-Code horror from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. The fiendish Largo the Magician plans to use Martha in his spell for immortality. A crooked Navy contractor faces justice from the spirits of John Paul Jones and the men whose deaths he caused. Communist agents encounter the ancient sea monster Scylla. Deathless Mortal; Sea of Retribution; Death for Hire; Monster of the Deep; The Ghost of Company C; The Corpse Under the Carpet. 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Pete Riss, Charles Sultan, Jon L. Blummer, and Frank Simienski. Tales of pre-Code horror from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. The fiendish Largo the Magician plans to use Martha in his spell for immortality. A crooked Navy contractor faces justice from the spirits of John Paul Jones and the men whose deaths he caused. Communist agents encounter the ancient sea monster Scylla. Deathless Mortal; Sea of Retribution; Death for Hire; Monster of the Deep; The Ghost of Company C; The Corpse Under the Carpet. 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $2,227.50 Paper: Off white Label #4434493007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($66.83) will be charged at checkout.

L.B. Cole cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "The Tyrant of Terror" art by George Peltz; "Madhouse of Crime!!" retitled and reprinted from "Constantine, The Killer" in Famous Crimes (1948) #8; "The Payoff-Prison!!" retitled and reprinted from "Sadie Krum, Girl Bandit" in Famous Crimes (1948) #1, which was reprinted from Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) #52; "Fool-Proof Scheme"; and "White Hand Horror!!" retitled and reprinted from "Wild Bill Lovett!" in Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #10. "Trial and Execution." text story retitled and reprinted from "Mr. Blackburn Should Have Known Better." in Crimes by Women (1948) #14, which was reprinted from Famous Crimes (1948) #8, and reprinted in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #55. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $459.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Siamese pages. Label #2140895014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.77) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Alice Kirkpatrick, Henry Sharp, Ben Brown, and David Gantz. Early romance comics with an emphasis on scandal. Ex-convict Louise is accused of a theft she didn't commit. Leda is attracted to the shady Russ, but Russ creates trouble for her fiance Pat. Pete comes to Peg's rescue after she gets in too deep with a rowdy crowd. Reformatory Girl; Courage of Love; Misplaced Devotion; Girly Giggles; My Soul in Bondage; Everybody's Sweetheart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $650.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0201346003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.50) will be charged at checkout.

Offbeat pre-Code horror stories from Ajax-Farrell, with art by the Iger Shop staff. A couple encounters a giant man-eating octopus while seeking a sunken Aztec treasure. A man falls for a female ventriloquist, until he learns her terrible secret. Three people are trapped overnight in a mountain cabin in freezing temperatures. Death Holds an Auction; Fate Has a Thousand Faces!; Fabulous Funeral; Chant of the Dead; The Frozen Bride. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $335.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4551140024

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by John Martin and Bob McCarthy. Classic pre-Code horror from Fawcett. Criminals Louie and Gabe are warned by the living embodiment of Fate herself, and still aren't moved to change their ways. George murders his business partner to get his ornate seaside mansion, but the drowned corpse returns as the angry undead. Barry's magical glasses allow him to see the spirits of the dead. Classic, pulpy painted cover by Norman Saunders. The Dark Mirror; Death To The Dreamers; The Thing From The Lake; The Unseen. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $3,499.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4234018005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($104.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Jack Davis. "'Taint the Meat...It's the Humanity!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; A butcher during the war gets around rationing points by selling steak to the wealthy customers who will pay cash for it and horsemeat, then stale meat and finally tainted meat to everyone else. "Roped In!", script by Al Feldstein, art by George Evans; Three business partners in construction make a patsy out of a fourth to take the blame for shoddy construction of a hospital that collapses and kills twenty-one patients. "Curse!" text story. "Cutting Cards!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Fred Peters; Two professional gamblers hate each other so much that they challenge each other to a game of chop poker. "Squash...Anyone?", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); An elephant trainer whose performance entails having the animal raise its foot an inch above his beautiful wife-assistant's face is having an affair with a woman who convinces him to have the elephant crush the wife and have the elephant shot blaming the death on the elephant. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $175.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #2054749002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.25) will be charged at checkout.

Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Jerry Robinson, Ed Winiarski, Don Perlin, Jack Keller, Gene Colan, Abe Simon and unknown. "Crazy" by Stan Lee and Jerry Robinson - A motorist hits a pedestrian and keeps going. When he gets to a small town the people observe him strangely and he thinks they must not get many visitors. They gather around his car with sticks and rope. They bind him and he asks them if they are crazy. It turns out the body of the man he struck is still in the car's grill. Plus: "The Slave" with art by Ed Winiarski - Sailor Joe Garcy travels to South America to seek his fortune. Discovering that Inca natives traditionally bury their dead with their belongings, he begins robbing crypts in search of riches. During a funeral procession, he disguises himself as an Inca slave to gain access to the burial vault. Once inside however, all of the slaves, including Joe Garcy, are sealed up behind the walls to die. Also in this issue: "The Tin Cup" with art by Don Perlin and Abe Simon - An actor poses as crippled, scarred and blind in one eye so as to bilk people out of sympathy money but then fate conspires to inflict such deformities upon him for real; "He Died Screaming" with art by Jack Keller - A man doesn't want his daughter to learn where he keeps his money so he shuts himself in with it, only remembering too late that his hiding place is soundproof and airtight; "Escape...to What?" - A man tries to escape from Hell and fails; and 2-page text story "Bill and the Beanstalk" with illo by Gene Colan. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Underworld Crime (1952) 3 CGC 5.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4377745011

Stories and art by Maurice Gutwirth and Rod Reed. Classic pre-Code crime comics from Fawcett. Chemist Henry wants to see if he can commit the perfect crime using acid, in a story that calls its main character "Henry Holmes," a possible reference to the infamous serial killer. When gangsters get involved in the gambling over college sports, it's not long before the athletes themselves are targeted by the Mob. Shot by mobster Tiger Jack, gunsel Marty survives, and sets out to get revenge on Jack by assembling a gang of "kill-happy morons who'll laugh at bullets." Microscopic Murder; The Fixer; Mink Murder Case; Hijacker. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Basil Wolverton and others. Stories and art by Hy Fleishman, Loffredo, Nick Frank, and Walter Palais. Pre-Code tales of horror from Stanley Morse Publications. Astronauts discover a planet populated by man-eating plants and unwisely decide to take one with them. A former employee takes holiday-themed revenge on the businessmen who framed him. An occult researcher gets a glimmer of immortality during a visit to Trinidad, but his past selves have tried that before. Cover includes Basil Wolverton art swiped from the splash page to "Flight to the Future" in Weird Tales of the Future (1952) #2. High Voltage; The Planet Eaters; Death Takes a Holiday; A Stones Throw from Eternity; Spirits from Outer Space. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Katy Keene by Bill Woggon. Cover price $0.10.

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Witches Tales features the eerie supernatural stories "A Rage To Kill, "Art For Deaths Sake", "The Fiend of the Nether World", and "The Well of Mystery." Also features the text story "The Dead Remember." Edited by Leon Harvey. Stories by Joe Simon, Joe Certa, Manny Stallman, Moe Marcus, and Rudy Palais. Weird tales and Witches Tales of horror, suspense, and unseen terrors. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.