Comic books April 1954, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $119.00 Paper: Off white Label #3712147006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.57) will be charged at checkout.

Edited by Whitney Ellsworth (credited) and Robert Kanigher (actual). Cover by Jerry Grandenetti. Stories by Robert Kanigher, Jerry Grandenetti, Bernard Sachs, David V. Reed, Irv Novick, Joe Giella, Irwin Hasen, Art Wallace, Jerry Grandenetti, Joe Giella, Bill Woolfolk, Frank Giacoia, and Sy Barry. Adventure tales of war and the military, including some humor—go into combat with All American Men of War! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $237.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4482079003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.11) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

The Maze Master, art by Lou Cameron; Victor Rarlo is a sadist who loves puzzles and lets people perish in his fiendish mazes; Being challenged by a strange mystic, Rarlo travels into psychedelic mind-mazes and gets irreversibly caught in the maze of his own mind. Tune of the Zombie Queen, art by Louis Zansky; Washed-up dancers Ferdie and Doris take over a stage act from a genuine voodoo queen in New Orleans; They have to pay a price though--and turn into zombies. Hostage of the Unearthly, art by Ken Rice; Demons from the "half-world" invade our "earth-plane" through a pathway opened by radiation experiments. When Voodoo Drums Rumble, art by Jim McLaughlin. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $142.45 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #3970945025 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.27) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories and art by Dick Ayers, Sol Brodsky, Joe Maneely, Howie Post, and Mike Sekowsky. The very first incarnation of Marvel's humor publication, started in the first wave of 1950s Mad imitators. A parody of werewolf movies, with art by Dick Ayers. A Crazy look at censors, a hot topic in 1953. Sinbad the Tailor must leave town in a hurry to flee angry customers, and that's how his adventures begin. Racket Buster!; Rose-Colored Glasses; The Wolf Man; Spencer the Censor; Sinbad the Tailor!; Gentlemen Prefer Bonds. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $3,250.00 Paper: Off white Cover detached. Label #2133322001

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Bernie Krigstein, Marie Severin, Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, and Reed Crandall. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. A couple's intricate plot to have the mistress impersonate the murdered wife is undone by a game show, of all things. A banker who swindles a fortune from an old woman is betrayed by his own guilt. An attempt at murder-by-fire becomes suicide-by-spouse instead. Severed-head cover is one of the most infamous in comics history, mentioned during Gaines' testimony before the US Senate. In Each and Every Package; Monotony; Cinder Block; Sight Unseen. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $522.49 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4368350017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($15.67) will be charged at checkout.

Skeleton cover by Hy Fleishman. Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth, Hy Fleishman and Jon D'Agostino. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. This issue is hosted by "The Old Gravedigger," a take-off on EC's Crypt Keeper and other horror hosts. In a typically boundary-pushing story, a vampire includes an infant in its list of victims. A ape-human hybrid terrorizes a city. Lady with the Mask of Death; Horror of the Fifth Corpse; Terror of the Man-Ape; Verdict of Terror. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $200.00 Paper: White Label #4338111008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.00) will be charged at checkout.

Skeleton cover by Hy Fleishman. Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth, Hy Fleishman and Jon D'Agostino. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. This issue is hosted by "The Old Gravedigger," a take-off on EC's Crypt Keeper and other horror hosts. In a typically boundary-pushing story, a vampire includes an infant in its list of victims. A ape-human hybrid terrorizes a city. Lady with the Mask of Death; Horror of the Fifth Corpse; Terror of the Man-Ape; Verdict of Terror. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $630.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4303057021 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($18.90) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Stories and art by Robert Webb and others. Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A wealthy man has a special place for his unfaithful wives. A bank robbery turns out to be the work of the most unlikely suspect. The Trumpet that will signal the Apocalypse falls into the hands of Gabriel, who's only too ready to use it. Frigid Fear!; Wheel of Terror; Doctor Death; Trumpet of Doom; Dying Is So Contagious. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $400.00 Paper: White Label #4311771011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.00) will be charged at checkout.

Stories by Stan Lee. Art and Cover by Dan DeCarlo. In this issue: Millie the Model in four untitled stories. Plus: 2-page text story "Too Many Cooks" (creators unknown); untitled Chili the Dilly story; and untitled Hanover and His Gals story. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $399.95 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #2014692020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Al Feldstein. Art by Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Marie Severin and Joe Orlando. A Mad-like satire comic edited by future Mad editor Al Feldstein, and published by Mad's publisher, EC Comics. A parody of 1950s stage drama, including "A Streetcar Named Desire," "Come Back Little Sheba," and "Death of a Salesman," with art by MAD legend Jack Davis. A spoof of the classic film "The African Queen" with art by comics legend Wally Wood. A parody of the short story "The Lady or the Tiger?" with art by MAD legend Will Elder (plus a Basil Wolverton cameo). African Scream; The Lady or the Tiger?; Breakfast with the Fershlugginers; Come Back Little Street Car! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $500.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4364148012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($15.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Russ Heath. The Face of Death, art by John Forte. The Little Toy Shop text story. The Night Caller, art by Bill Walton. Too Bad, Ben, art by Vic Carrabotta. Men from the Morgue, pencils attributed to Les Zakarin, inks by Bob Bean. Listen, Slave, art by Dick Ayers. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $599.00 or Best Offer Paper: Light tan to off white Tape on Cover. Label #0273574005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.97) will be charged at checkout.

36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $499.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4608042005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.97) will be charged at checkout.

Volume 10, Issue 5 - April 1954. Painted cover by Billy Devorss. Vintage men's interest magazine focused entirely on amateur lingerie pin-up pictorials. This issue includes a Bettie Page photo. 8" x 11.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $210.00 Paper: Cream to off white Piece re-attached to back cover with tape. Label #0316930011

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "The Stone Slayer," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman is captured by the statues from Easter Island. "The Tornado Detective," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman battles a flying saucer that creates tornadoes. Wonder Women of History bio on Florence Rena Sabin by Julius Schwartz, art by John Giunta. Your Favorite Color text article. "The Last Amazon," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman wakes to find she's been shrunken and stuck in a display case along with Steve Trevor and some others; Then she finds out Duke Deception has conquered Earth. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.