Comic books April 1953, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $390.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4568491007

Contains Alex Toth art. In order of appearance: "The Hands of Don José" art by Alex Toth, reprinted in Seduction of the Innocent (1985 Eclipse) #6, Genius Isolated The Life and Art of Alex Toth HC (2011 IDW) #1-1ST, and Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 HC (2011 FB) #1-1ST; "Weird Maze" activity page; "The Three Monkeys"; "Phantom of Flushing"; "Flowers on Deborah's Grave"; "Ghost of Raynham Hall"; and "Nothing Can Save Her" reprinted in Tales Too Terrible to Tell (1989) #8, Haunted Love (2016 IDW) #1, and Haunted Love: The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics HC (2017 IDW) #1-1ST. "Call for Claws: Old Bates Knew a Magic Word, but He Used It Once Too Often!" illustrated text story by Lewis Island. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $150.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #3982878004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.50) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by thegeneral

Cover by Carl Burgos. "The Night It Rained Men!", script by Carl Wessler, art by John Forte; Sgt. Dimock and his men must hold on "Hopeless Hill." "The Crusader," pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; Richard the Lion-Hearted battles Saladin during the Third Crusade. "The Cannon's Course" two-page text story. "Operation Mo," pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; The Battle of Midway. "No Man's Land!", art by Bob Brown; A movie star visits the troops on the front lines. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $650.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4610338012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.50) will be charged at checkout.

April 1953. Cover by Peter Driben. Vintage men's interest magazine full of pin-ups and glamour photos paired with humorous text stories and adult comic strips. 8" x 11.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $350.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4427483001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.50) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

cover and art by Dan DeCarlo. Jetta in "Act Your Age," "Atom and Evil," and "Celestial Celebrity." Zoomer back-up story, "Double Trouble." Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.5 $200.00 Paper: Light tan to off white Label #4585538004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek

Cover art by Bill Everett. "The Ice Monster Cometh!", art by Gene Colan; A woman who scoffs at local tales of an 'ice monster' plots to get rid of her husband and pin the blame on the 'ice monster'; She has the tables turned on her when the accomplice she picks to aid her in her crime reveals himself to be...the Ice Monster. "The Lost City," pencils by Sheldon Moldoff; A pilot finds himself in a lost city at the ocean floor while charting a hurricane where men have their mouths sewn shut in order to prevent them from telling the secret. "The Woman Who Was Afraid of Birds" text story. "Harry's Hideout," art by Carl Hubbell; A murderer seeks a hiding place and unknowingly enters a time capsule. "Tough Guy," art by John Rosenberger; Bart Nelson is too tough for the demons of hell--nothing they do to him has any effect until they come up with a rather unique torment. "The Great Disappointment!", script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath; A Soviet expedition lands on the moon, but the cosmonauts are absorbed into the surface; American scientists observing this admit that they knew that the moon was a dangerous living organism, which is why they allowed the Soviet Union to reach it first. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $675.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #1139255007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($20.25) will be charged at checkout.

Stories by Stan Lee. Art and Cover by Dan DeCarlo. In this issue: Millie the Model in three untitled stories and three untitled 1-pagers. Plus: untitled Chili story; 2-page text story "Queen for a Day" (writer unknown); and untitled Daisy and Iggy story. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $550.00 Paper: Off white to white Tape on cover. Label #3878244001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($16.50) will be charged at checkout.

Stories by Stan Lee. Art and Cover by Dan DeCarlo. In this issue: Millie the Model in three untitled stories and three untitled 1-pagers. Plus: untitled Chili story; 2-page text story "Queen for a Day" (writer unknown); and untitled Daisy and Iggy story. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $189.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1566286006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.67) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by Henry Boltinoff, Morris Waldinger and unknown. Art by Howard Purcell, Charles Paris, Ramona Fradon, Henry Boltinoff and Morris Waldinger. Brand-new adventures of TV and radio's favorite! Mr. District Attorney in: "The Case of the Bad Luck Clues!" with art by Howard Purcell and Charles Paris; "The T.V. Gang" with art by Purcell and Paris; and "Shoot -- Like a Camera" with art by Purcell and Paris. Also in this issue: A Casebook Mystery "The Killer's Accomplice" with art by Ramona Fradon; Casey the Cop half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; "Reprieve from Death!" half-pager by Morris Waldinger; and The Crime File 2-page text article. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $3,450.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4343083001

Cover by Dick Beck. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. A man likes to marry women and murder them for their money, but his latest bride has a taste for blood. The "true" story of Tituba, the Haitian servant who was accused of witchcraft during the infamous Salem witch trials. A mortician collects body parts, but the woman he loves gets too close to his trophy room. Death Comes in Small Pieces; Life's Blood; Witches Never Die; The Living Dead. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $1,200.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4477426003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($36.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Dick Beck. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. A man likes to marry women and murder them for their money, but his latest bride has a taste for blood. The "true" story of Tituba, the Haitian servant who was accused of witchcraft during the infamous Salem witch trials. A mortician collects body parts, but the woman he loves gets too close to his trophy room. Death Comes in Small Pieces; Life's Blood; Witches Never Die; The Living Dead. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $280.00 Paper: Off white to white Crowley Copy. Label #1074815004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.40) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover features Kay Aldridge from the movie serial Perils of Nyoka. Stories and art by Howard Boughner and John Martin. Raised in the jungle by her scientist father, Nyoka faces its dangers like no man ever could. In a three-part story, oil is discovered on tribal lands. But that attracts the crooked Captain Pokoik, who turns the tribe against the chieftain, Kongi. Nyoka sets out to free Kongi and reveal the truth, but first she must survive the death trap Captain Pokoik has set for her. Little Thief; The Jungle Treasure, Chapter One: The Geyser of Death!; Trader Tom; Fizzy; Chapter Two: The Hostage; Forbidden Secret; Quiz; Egbert the Explorer; Gate to Doom; Chapter Three: Death Rides the Falls; The Whiskey Rebellion. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $450.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3926065004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.50) will be charged at checkout.

"Witch's Brand"; Sylvia Benton inherits a locket which belonged to a witch; Wearing it transforms her personality to an evil one; She kills her dog and poisons her husband, but a witch hunter from England can put her to death. "Visiting Corpse"; The marriage of Marge and Ted is breaking apart; Marge finds a magical ring and wishes upon Ted's death; Receiving news of his demise, she repents and wishes for him to come back. "Dream Destiny" text story. "Cadaver's Revenge"; Martin Jacoby is filled with happiness when his boss dies; He is to follow in his footsteps; Celebrating the event, Jacoby visits the cemetery and dances on his boss's grave. "Dead or Alive?"; Marveling at the likeness of a museum mummy and herself, Trudy is hurled back through time to ancient Egypt; As queen Ozarb she has to fight her way back into the present. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $380.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4569550005

"Witch's Brand"; Sylvia Benton inherits a locket which belonged to a witch; Wearing it transforms her personality to an evil one; She kills her dog and poisons her husband, but a witch hunter from England can put her to death. "Visiting Corpse"; The marriage of Marge and Ted is breaking apart; Marge finds a magical ring and wishes upon Ted's death; Receiving news of his demise, she repents and wishes for him to come back. "Dream Destiny" text story. "Cadaver's Revenge"; Martin Jacoby is filled with happiness when his boss dies; He is to follow in his footsteps; Celebrating the event, Jacoby visits the cemetery and dances on his boss's grave. "Dead or Alive?"; Marveling at the likeness of a museum mummy and herself, Trudy is hurled back through time to ancient Egypt; As queen Ozarb she has to fight her way back into the present. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $760.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #2108494001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.80) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Carl Burgos. "Danny Had a Dream," art by Joe Sinnott; Danny, a kid living on a farm, dreams of growing up and creating a powerful weapon which he can use to conquer the world; To get started on his task, he decides to gather some old junk and build a model of the machine which he envisions. "Feud!", script by Stan Lee, art by Jerry Robinson; A stranger in a mountain town comes across a murdered man, but the local sheriff refuses to do anything about it; The sheriff explains that the dead man is a member of the Ratfield family, who have been feuding with the McKay clan for years. "I Am a Vampire" text story. "The Big Kill," art by Charles A. Winter; This story's narrator claims that he's responsible for thousands of deaths every year, yet people love him and always want to make him a part of their lives. "5 Years Too Late!"; Released from prison after serving a five-year sentence, Birdie Salvo prepares to pick up his hidden loot; However, he gets picked up by some members of his former gang, who force him to tell them where the money is hidden. "Father-In-Law Trouble," art by Dick Briefer; Jeff Mitchell marries a woman for her money, but he soon finds out that her father, Mr. Hudson, has cut off her inheritance because he (correctly) considers Jeff to be a "cheap fortune-hunter"; Angrily, Jeff pushes his wife off a cliff and pretends that she fell off by accident. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Underworld Crime (1952) 6 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4377745014

Stories and art by Steve Kirkel and others. Classic pre-Code crime comics from Fawcett. Wealthy socialite and jewelry dealer Wayne is a member of high society, but no one suspects he's also a fence for illegal goods and a powerful figure in the underworld. The Harvey brothers tire of truck hijacking, and Al Harvey learned to fly solo during the war, so they begin stealing cargo planes right off the runway. When he recognizes fugitive bank robber Slats Pawling, law-abiding citizen Tom must deal with the consequences of reporting him to the police. Enough Rope; The Fence; Nervous Jervis; Pert Pamela; The Sky Pirates; Sykes the Psychiatrist; Quiz; Gangland Vengeance. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $349.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Tape on Cover and Interior Cover. Label #3824684010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.47) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bernard Baily. Stories and art by Sal Trapani and Eugene E. Hughes. Pre-Code tales of horror from Stanley Morse Publications. A couple buys werewolf and vampire costumes from a strange shop for Halloween, but the costumes become their real identities. An aging scientist discovers how to put his mind into a younger body, but he chooses the wrong body. A jeweler sells and resells a cursed ring that makes its wearers the targets of a vampire. Trick or Treat; The Ruby; To the Bitter End; Eternal Death; Vengeance in Death; A Better Mouse Trap. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $499.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4601482003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.97) will be charged at checkout.

Volume 8, Issue 5 - April, 1953. Cover by Peter Driben. 8.5" x 11.", 52 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $69.00 Paper: Cream to off white Centerfold Missing Label #4548076015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.07) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Ruben Moreira, Al Plastino and Ralph Mayo. 1940s Chesler heroes Rocketman and Rocketgirl return in new guises as Zip-Jet and Pat. "Tech" Carson and his "girl Friday" Pat put on their jet suits when they discover that an old mobster has a new trick: hijacking long-distance moving trucks. Aircraft designer Norton Bemis asks Zip-Jet and Pat to investigate a series of crashes. Zip-Jet and Pat learn that Ned Bailey's life is in danger after he finds an old pirate map. Terror Strikes the Turnpike; Assassin of the Air Lanes; Green Scaled Justice; Space Doom; Murder Hides Its Tracks. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.