Comic books October 1953, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $149.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3712147014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.47) will be charged at checkout.

Pre-Code war comics, speculating on atomic warfare, from the nervous early years of the Cold War. During the nuclear war between UN and Soviet forces in far-off 1977, an intelligence agent warns authorities of a game-changing new atomic-weapons system located on a Pacific island. During the Korean War, helicopter pilot Jack proves that his aircraft can go where jet planes can't. When tough Sgt. "Bull" Whip is in trouble, his buddy Pete has to be even tougher to save him. The Island That Disappeared; Blood and Guts; The Attack; Expedition Chopper; Heroes Are Born, Not Made. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Fox. Stories and art by Harry Harrison and Steve Kirkel. Tales of pre-Code horror from Youthful Magazines. A horror story based on the classic Sir Walter Scott story, "The Strange Case of Wandering Willie." Two other stories are adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe classics. In "The Tell-Tale Heart," a killer's guilt drives him to madness, or maybe it's the other way around. In a story based on Poe's "MS Found In a Bottle," a shipwrecked sailor is taken aboard a ghost ship. Cover art by noted artist Matt Fox, better known for his covers of pulp magazines such as Weird Tales. Strange Case of Wandering Willie; The Secret of Life and Death; The Tell-Tale Heart; Doomsday Ship; The Evil Eye. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Does not include original 3-D glasses. Mischievous Eva is an adorable counterpart to those other 1950s misadventurers, Little Audrey and Little Lulu. St. John was a pioneer in 3-D comics during the original 3-D craze of the 1950s. When Eva and her friends go camping, it quickly becomes the boys against the girls, until the boys get stuck on an outcropping. Short Stuff accidentally starts a feud with the neighborhood bully. Little Ike has a new way of making mischief when he gets a water pistol. Camping Out; Short Stuff: Bouncing Ball; Little Ike: Pistol-Packin Half-Pint!; Baby Kitten. 32 pages, B/W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $147.00 Paper: Off white Label #4587442001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.41) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Carl Burgos. "The Lost City!", script by Don Rico, art by Werner Roth; Lorna looks for the Lost City; She is captured. High priest Kativ usurps the rule of Tutakamin and condemns them to death but Greg Knight saves them. "Island Taboo" text story. "The Return of Agu the Giant!", script by Don Rico, art by Werner Roth; Agu kidnaps Greg and threatens to tear him limb from limb unless he's nice to Lorna. "The Treasure of Wajiji!", script by Don Rico, art by Jim Mooney; Jeremiah found the treasure of Wajiji. Lob and Otto plan to rob and kill him; But they are killed by a leopard. "Jungle Fire!", script by Don Rico, art by Werner Roth; Lorna and Greg stop two animal hide traders, Mike and Pete. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $159.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4520321016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.77) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. "Shermlock Shomes!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Bill Elder; Fearing for her uncle's life, a woman has Shermlock break into his room and Shermlock goes nuts trying to solve the non-crime; Sherlock Holmes parody. "Treasure Island!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by John Severin; A parody of Classics Illustrated comics version of Treasure Island. E.C. comics ad. "Operation Under-the-Ground" (Chapter 1) text story. Six pages of "Hey Look" by Kurtzman. "Smilin' Melvin!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; A parody of the aviation comic strip Smiling Jack. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Ice Man Cometh," pencils by Ed Goldfarb, inks by Robert Baers; The wife of an ice delivery company owner wants to kill him so she can run away with her lover; She tries to lock him in a freezer but the plan backfires. "A Pound of Flesh"; A mechanic kills his obese wife and uses her skin as a covering for a beautiful robot he built in his workshop. "Death's Revenge!"; When a player in an illegal card game gives evidence to the DA, the Mob organizers of the game see to his painful death; He returns on the anniversary of his killing for one more hand and some revenge. "The Death Statue"; Sculptor John Weatherbee can't get anyone excited with his work, until a model dies while posing, and, to cover up her death, he coats her in clay; The critics love his new piece, but how can Weatherbee keep his career going? 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Hy Fleishman. Stories and art by Bill Savage, Mike Esposito and Ross Andru. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. A big-game hunter seeks the beautiful, deadly ghost of native legend. The sadistic new manager of an insane asylum finally gets what's coming to him, in a story featuring early art by future Marvel legend Ross Andru. A satirical rendition of the classic Cinderella story. Insane!; Two for the Money; The Ghostly Recluse; Mother Ghoul's Nursery Tales: Cinderella; The Manhunting Lion. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $270.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #2062411012

Cover by Hy Fleishman. Stories and art by Bill Savage, Mike Esposito and Ross Andru. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. A big-game hunter seeks the beautiful, deadly ghost of native legend. The sadistic new manager of an insane asylum finally gets what's coming to him, in a story featuring early art by future Marvel legend Ross Andru. A satirical rendition of the classic Cinderella story. Insane!; Two for the Money; The Ghostly Recluse; Mother Ghoul's Nursery Tales: Cinderella; The Manhunting Lion. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $170.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4153934020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.10) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover art by Ken Bald. The Electric Spirit, pencils by Dick Beck, inks by George Klein. Beware the Bejango, art by Harry Lazarus. The Weird Winger, pencils by Pete Riss. The Awful Mr. Ishveli, art by Robert McCarty. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $759.99 Paper: Off white to white Label #4598790021 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.80) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by George Roussos. Destroy My Enemy, art by Nick Cardy; Meek Elmer Grimes commands a murderous pirate-genie in a bottle; Fulfilling a death contract the genie turns on his master. 'Til Death Do Us Part, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Mike Peppe; The husband of a dominating wife is sent over to inquire about the rich neighbors. Harvest of Hate text story by Irving Werstein, pencils by John Celardo. Revenge of the Little People, inks by John Celardo; The circus midget "Major" Martin marries the lovely trapeze artist Lila, but is betrayed by her and killed for his money; Lila is haunted by apparitions of ghost midgets, who sabotage her act and let her drop to certain death. The Corpse That Lived!, pencils by Alex Toth, inks by Mike Peppe; A woman is buried with her jewels; When grave robbers open the coffin, the lady stirs again. She recovers and lives happily ever after. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Thunder in Thailand starring T-Man. The Dying Sculptures starring Inspector Denver. The Death Drivers starring Ken Shannon. Tricks To All Trades text story. The Haunted Cop. 36 pgs. $.0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Davis. "Tight Grip!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; This story is narrated by a trunk and concerns the murder of a woman the trunk is fond of; When the murderer attempts to hide in the trunk, he panics and shoots holes through it. "Only Skin Deep!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Reed Crandall; A man marries a woman at Mardi Gras who wears a hag mask. "Big Fish!" text story. "Last Laugh," script by Al Feldstein, art by Will Elder; An obese practical joker with a stomach problem visits a doctor and relates a practical joke involving getting old clothes and bloody butchered chunks of horse flesh to take down to the train yard near where some children regularly play. "Mournin' Mess," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); The Grateful Hoboes, Outcasts, and Unwanteds' Layaways Society is run by a man who read 'Midnight Mess' in Tales from the Crypt #35, and offers a pleasant burial for the penniless. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Barks. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Carl Fallberg, Bill Walsh, Paul Murry, Manuel Gonzales, Bob Karp, Don Christensen, Frank McSavage, Gil Turner, Lee Hooper, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 14 #1. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured art by Carl Barks, the legendary Good Duck Artist. Mickey and Goofy have a showdown with Pete at the whirlpool. In a story by Barks, Donald competes against Uncle Scrooge in a mountain-climbing contest. Mickey and Goofy disguise themselves as rabbits to scare away a hunter. Donald Duck; Li'l Bad Wolf; Pluto; Little Hiawatha; Morty and Ferdie: Timid Tommy's Lion; Grandma Duck; Mickey Mouse: The Secret of the Whirlpool. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky. Written by Hank Chapman and unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Ernie Bache, Ed Moline, Sy Barry and George Tuska. In this issue: Buzz Brand in the United States Army story "Stopped Dead" by Hank Chapman, Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache; Flash Foster and His High-Gear Hot-Shots in "The Chase" with art by Ed Moline; "Captain Banner" text story; Rocky Steele, the Idol of the Ring in "Fighting Fury" with art by Sy Barry; and Rex Lane, Solver of the Supernatural in "The Stroke of 12!" with art by George Tuska. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.