Comic books January 1954, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $325.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4204455007

Stories and art by Art Gates, Alvin Hollingsworth and H. C. Kiefer. Crime and horror comics featuring detective heroes. The series begins edging toward pre-Code horror with this issue. Novelist Gene rents the deserted home of eccentric Simeon Graves to work on his next book, but it comes with a mysterious blonde, a dire warning, and a rumor of hidden treasure. A serial killer dares the police to stop him before he strikes again. An actor uses his skills to get away with the murder of his wife, but reliving the murder for a TV drama pushes him over the edge. Cash for a Corpse; The Strangler; Murder - and You Die!; Deadly Rendezvous; Bounty for Varmints; Dance of the Devil. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fantastic Fears (1953) 5 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4712909001

"My Coffin Must Wait"; Seth is informed that his wife Martha is dying; He vows to fulfill her last wish, driving her through a blizzard, defeating some bank robbers who want to hijack his car, and crashing through a police roadblock to reach town; Seth says he promised Martha she'd have her photograph taken one last time, and he gets Mr. Townsend to do it just before she dies. "Caught in the Graft"; Corrupt city official Sam is caught and sentenced to prison; Since he suffers from claustrophobia, Sam can't tolerate confinement; Working in the prison morgue, Sam learns the bodies are subsequently sent to the city morgue, a building constructed under his crooked supervision; Sam climbs into a coffin and escapes from prison. "Ghost Gift" text story; Dan finds his war comrade Don in Africa, now in possession of a valuable jewel mine. "Stretching Things," script by Bruce Hamilton, art by Steve Ditko; Dawson suffers from brittle bone syndrome, but Dr. Doyle invents "muiclac" to cure him; He discovers this makes him "elastic" and murders Doyle to keep his secret. "Escape from Hell!"; Criminal Richard Benton dies and goes to Hell; He's sentenced by Satan to drag a boulder around for eternity; Benton struggles to climb a mountain to freedom, plagued by demons and hindered by the boulder, only to learn "there is no escape from Hell!" "Temple of the Beast"; In Siam, American tourists Sam and Anne buy "the hand of Sivak," a local god; The vendor later buys it back from Sam but the hand comes alive and strangles him; Anne recovers the hand and mails it to the USA. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $1,714.00 Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Right Edge Trimmed. Label #4550167002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($51.42) will be charged at checkout.

"My Coffin Must Wait"; Seth is informed that his wife Martha is dying; He vows to fulfill her last wish, driving her through a blizzard, defeating some bank robbers who want to hijack his car, and crashing through a police roadblock to reach town; Seth says he promised Martha she'd have her photograph taken one last time, and he gets Mr. Townsend to do it just before she dies. "Caught in the Graft"; Corrupt city official Sam is caught and sentenced to prison; Since he suffers from claustrophobia, Sam can't tolerate confinement; Working in the prison morgue, Sam learns the bodies are subsequently sent to the city morgue, a building constructed under his crooked supervision; Sam climbs into a coffin and escapes from prison. "Ghost Gift" text story; Dan finds his war comrade Don in Africa, now in possession of a valuable jewel mine. "Stretching Things," script by Bruce Hamilton, art by Steve Ditko; Dawson suffers from brittle bone syndrome, but Dr. Doyle invents "muiclac" to cure him; He discovers this makes him "elastic" and murders Doyle to keep his secret. "Escape from Hell!"; Criminal Richard Benton dies and goes to Hell; He's sentenced by Satan to drag a boulder around for eternity; Benton struggles to climb a mountain to freedom, plagued by demons and hindered by the boulder, only to learn "there is no escape from Hell!" "Temple of the Beast"; In Siam, American tourists Sam and Anne buy "the hand of Sivak," a local god; The vendor later buys it back from Sam but the hand comes alive and strangles him; Anne recovers the hand and mails it to the USA. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $1,499.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4613687008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($44.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

"My Coffin Must Wait"; Seth is informed that his wife Martha is dying; He vows to fulfill her last wish, driving her through a blizzard, defeating some bank robbers who want to hijack his car, and crashing through a police roadblock to reach town; Seth says he promised Martha she'd have her photograph taken one last time, and he gets Mr. Townsend to do it just before she dies. "Caught in the Graft"; Corrupt city official Sam is caught and sentenced to prison; Since he suffers from claustrophobia, Sam can't tolerate confinement; Working in the prison morgue, Sam learns the bodies are subsequently sent to the city morgue, a building constructed under his crooked supervision; Sam climbs into a coffin and escapes from prison. "Ghost Gift" text story; Dan finds his war comrade Don in Africa, now in possession of a valuable jewel mine. "Stretching Things," script by Bruce Hamilton, art by Steve Ditko; Dawson suffers from brittle bone syndrome, but Dr. Doyle invents "muiclac" to cure him; He discovers this makes him "elastic" and murders Doyle to keep his secret. "Escape from Hell!"; Criminal Richard Benton dies and goes to Hell; He's sentenced by Satan to drag a boulder around for eternity; Benton struggles to climb a mountain to freedom, plagued by demons and hindered by the boulder, only to learn "there is no escape from Hell!" "Temple of the Beast"; In Siam, American tourists Sam and Anne buy "the hand of Sivak," a local god; The vendor later buys it back from Sam but the hand comes alive and strangles him; Anne recovers the hand and mails it to the USA. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $1,000.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4477426002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

"My Coffin Must Wait"; Seth is informed that his wife Martha is dying; He vows to fulfill her last wish, driving her through a blizzard, defeating some bank robbers who want to hijack his car, and crashing through a police roadblock to reach town; Seth says he promised Martha she'd have her photograph taken one last time, and he gets Mr. Townsend to do it just before she dies. "Caught in the Graft"; Corrupt city official Sam is caught and sentenced to prison; Since he suffers from claustrophobia, Sam can't tolerate confinement; Working in the prison morgue, Sam learns the bodies are subsequently sent to the city morgue, a building constructed under his crooked supervision; Sam climbs into a coffin and escapes from prison. "Ghost Gift" text story; Dan finds his war comrade Don in Africa, now in possession of a valuable jewel mine. "Stretching Things," script by Bruce Hamilton, art by Steve Ditko; Dawson suffers from brittle bone syndrome, but Dr. Doyle invents "muiclac" to cure him; He discovers this makes him "elastic" and murders Doyle to keep his secret. "Escape from Hell!"; Criminal Richard Benton dies and goes to Hell; He's sentenced by Satan to drag a boulder around for eternity; Benton struggles to climb a mountain to freedom, plagued by demons and hindered by the boulder, only to learn "there is no escape from Hell!" "Temple of the Beast"; In Siam, American tourists Sam and Anne buy "the hand of Sivak," a local god; The vendor later buys it back from Sam but the hand comes alive and strangles him; Anne recovers the hand and mails it to the USA. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories, Art and Cover by Bill Woggon. America's pin-up queen Katy Keene in three untitled stories: Katy gets a part alongside Errol Swoon involving scenes with lions, gorillas, and elephants, but she faints when she sees a mouse in Danny's office; Katy gives in to reader demand and does a story with more pin-ups...when Gloria calls demanding to be included, Katy gives her some less than attractive poses; and a studio photographer sent to take photos of Katy at home accidentally shoots her neighbor Bertha instead. Plus: "Katy Fashions and Puzzles" activity page; Sis the Candy Kid 1-pager "A Short Animal Tale" - Sis draws herself as an octopus with a sweet in each tentacle; "Gloria Fashions" 1-pager; Debby/Taffy story "Strange Things Are Hoppining" - Debby's parents are confused when she plays a game of "Strange Things are Hoppining" on the phone with Betsy; Sis the Candy Kid 1-pager "A Short Pig Tale" - Bill Woggon breaks the fourth wall to teach Sis a lesson about eating too much candy; "Sis Fashions" 1-pager; untitled K.O. Kelly story - Gloria hires Fearless Fagan as a sparring partner for K.O. but fires him when he knocks out K.O.; Betty 1-pager "Framed!" (unknown credits) - Betty defaces a photograph of Archie, mistaking it as a gift he meant for Veronica; "Katy and Bertha Fashions" 1-pager; and 2-page Hollywood Gossip article. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $895.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #3980780012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($26.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bill Benulis and Jack Abel. Edited by Jack Byrne. Stories and art by Ruth Roche, Nick Cardy, Robert Webb, John Forte and Matt Baker. Fiction House presents a partial reprint of Fight Comics (1940) #53 under a new title. Boxer Kayo Kirby finds trouble while on a tour of Central America, in a story with art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker; Hooks Devlin and his gal Peaches find danger at a dude ranch; Senorita Rio sets out to rescue munitions factory workers who have been captured by El Sangre, in a story drawn by Rio creator Nick Cardy. Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Lovers' Lane (1949) 38 CGC 2.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4629793014

Cover by Fred Kida. Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Al Wenzel, Jay Scott Pike, Robert Martinott and Eloise Taylor. From the publisher of Crime Does Not Pay, Lover's Lane offered somewhat edgier, more lurid tales than other romance comics of the era. Penny, an orphan, is so desperate for love that soon she has a bad reputation with the boys. Redheaded ice skater Rusty secretly loves her coach Mike, but he's all business. German immigrant Greta arrives in the US to be with Hal, only to find he's met someone else. Also featuring a vintage ad for a Tom Corbett, Space Ranger "Invisible Helmet." Love Starved; Love on Ice; Trust Your Love; Girl Unwanted; Love Problems. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $300.00 Paper: Light tan to off white Label #4585539014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek

Cover art by Gene Colan. Kill Me a Monster, art by Paul Reinman; A professor hires an assassin to kill creatures who possess the bodies of men. Blood Relation, art by Ed Winiarski; This story postulates that love can cure hereditary vampirism. The Fangs of the Wolf, art by Bill Everett; A man who shoots dogs for fun is bitten by a werewolf; He even has hired a sharpshooter to kill any strays that might venture onto his property, but he regrets this action when he changes to wolf form and his hired hand shoots him. Symphony in Death, art by Joe Maneely; When a music critic steals a work from a composer and passes it off as his own, the composer attaches a rope to a phonograph and strangles the critic slowly by playing the recording. The Walking Dead, art by John Forte; A zombie tries to eat a man but is tricked into a crematory chamber. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Stan Lee. Art and Cover by Dan DeCarlo. In this issue: Millie the Model in two untitled stories and five untitled 1-pagers. Plus: untitled Hanover and His Gals story; untitled Chili and Her Conscience story; and 2-page text story "A Present for Francie" (creators unknown), reprinted from Patsy and Hedy (1952) #4 (story is retitled, and has a different illo than the original printing). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Stan Lee. Art and Cover by Dan DeCarlo. In this issue: Millie the Model in two untitled stories and five untitled 1-pagers. Plus: untitled Hanover and His Gals story; untitled Chili and Her Conscience story; and 2-page text story "A Present for Francie" (creators unknown), reprinted from Patsy and Hedy (1952) #4 (story is retitled, and has a different illo than the original printing). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $285.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #1497658002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.55) will be charged at checkout.

Stories by Stan Lee. Art and Cover by Dan DeCarlo. In this issue: Millie the Model in two untitled stories and five untitled 1-pagers. Plus: untitled Hanover and His Gals story; untitled Chili and Her Conscience story; and 2-page text story "A Present for Francie" (creators unknown), reprinted from Patsy and Hedy (1952) #4 (story is retitled, and has a different illo than the original printing). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Pre-Code mystery and horror stories from Canadian publisher Superior. A crook soon regrets stealing a cursed gem from the coffin of his aunt's twin sister, leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. After the grisly murder of his wife (in an iron lung!), Bill is repeatedly visited by a woman who looks just like her. Watching a horror movie unleashes the beast within henpecked Horace, turning him into a werewolf with a taste for the ladies. Some horror-comics covers are symbolic, but this cover actually illustrates a scene from the comic, when gangster Big Jim visits a hellish nightclub called the Charnel House. Trapped in the Tomb; The Deadly Double; Mark of the Beast; Horror a la Mode; Call Me Monster. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Man Who Killed the Devil!, art by art by Dick Ayers; A man discovers a book with instructions for slaying the Devil and decides the fame would be so great that he will chance it. Fatal Treasure text story. Friend or Foe, art by Robert Q. Sale; Aliens from another planet are divided on how to treat the humans when their spacecraft lands. The Itch!, art by Al Hartley; A miser who is doused in itching powder by a client he cheated goes to an underworld doctor who promises relief for his itching. You Are Me!, pencils by John Forte; A man meets a duplicate version of himself from another dimension and strangles him so that there will be only one of them in existence. What Happened in Midville; An evil postman gives small boxes to everyone in town that they can wish an evil into, but they must accept an unknown box from one of neighbors as part of the deal. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.5 $238.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Extra staple added after manufacturing. Tape on cover. Label #2084352009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.14) will be charged at checkout.

Fountain of Fear, art by George Roussos; An escaped convict finds the fountain of youth; He tries to change his appearance by getting younger, but vengeful Indian spirits won't let him leave the fountain. The Coin of Evil, script by W. W. Jacobs (original story), pencils by Nick Cardy; Three wishes come true by the magic of a beggar's coin; But there's a horrible price to pay. Hands of Fate text story by Gordon Jones, pencils by Jack Katz. The Prophecy, pencils by Jack Katz; Carlotta sees death in the cards for thief Chuck Hanson; He kills Carlotta and is doomed to die by water; He does so after weeks on the run. The Wig, art by Mike Roy; A barber kills a man and steals his hair for a wig, but the wig seeks revenge. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Irv Novick. Prize Target, script by France Herron, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. All Quiet, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Joe Giella. Turnabout, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. The Fort and the Flea, script by France Herron, art by Jim McArdle. Private Pete filler page by Henry Boltinoff. From Blueprints to Battlefield humor story. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Captain Comet stars in "The Mind Monster" (Carmine Infantino/Murphy Anderson art?); "From Eternity to Here!" (pencils by Gil Kane); "Earth's Unlucky Day"; and "The Return of the Conqueror." Anderson cover? 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "The Corpse Comes Back"; A lawyer murders his partner and buries the body in 5 states; The dead man is stitched together and sent back to get revenge; His body falls apart and the lawyer tries to destroy him with acid and bury him in a trunk. "Black Pearls of Death"; Two men force islanders to dive for them to steal black pearls from a sunken idol; Once they get the pearls, they kill the islanders. "Horror's House" text story by John Martin. "Over His Dead Body"; A woman suspects that her husband returning from a business trip is abnormal; His skin is cold and he never sleeps; He refuses medical exams; She cheats on him. "Horror Unseen"; A scientist accidentally turns into a glass man; He steals money and wears makeup to fool his new bride; She is suspicious, discovers that he is glass, and is killed by him. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"She Stalks at Sundown" (art by Lou Cameron), "Halfway to Eternity," "Legion of the Doomed," and "Spectres of the Jolly Roger." Cover by Jim McLaughlin. Stories by Lou Cameron, Edward Goldfarb, Sy Grudko, Jim McLaughlin, and Ken Rice. Suspense-filled horror tales that weave a Web of Mystery for the reader! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bernard Baily. Stories and art by Tony Mortellaro, S. Finocchiaro, Sal Trapani and Eugene Hughes. Pre-Code tales of horror from Stanley Morse Publications. A man has a nightmare that an earthquake releases demons from Hell. A witch gives an unhappily married man some variety by transforming him into different creatures. A man with a bad heart finds a miracle cure, but there's a terrible catch. I Killed Mary; Premonition; The Witches Curse; Bum Ticker; The One That Got Away, Come and Get Me! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.