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Comic books July 1954, graded by CGC

  • Item #61939842
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    Cover by Frank Frazetta and Sid Check. Stories and art by Henry Kiefer, Art Gates, Sid Check, and Jay Disbrow. Pre-Code horror comic from Trojan Magazines. Treasure hunters seeking lost pirate gold find skeleton pirates still guarding it, even underwater. A hanged man seeks revenge on those who framed him, in a story that may feature inks by Wally Wood or Frank Frazetta. Scientists seeking the secrets of life and death encounter a zombie. Early cover by art legend Frank Frazetta. The Bell Tolls Death!; Man with the Broken Neck!; The Thing in the Fens; Out of the Grave…; The Spell of Doom! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Cover by John Romita. Stories by Don Rico and Joe Gill. Art by John Romita, Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. "You Die at Midnight!" by Don Rico and John Romita (with the first panel drawn by Carl Burgos) - Communist spies attempt to extort a man who works at the shipyard into turning over plans for atomic-powered vessels or else they will kill his blind son. A disguised Captain America takes his place, and Bucky substitutes for the boy. They reveal themselves and are mopping up the spies when the blind boy comes out of the apartment attempting to help. One of the spies grabs him and threatens to shoot him. Captain America deflects his aim, but the gun discharges near his head, restoring the boy's sight. Captain America and Bucky hand over the spies to the police. Also in this issue: Cap and Bucky in "The Man with No Face" and "Striking Back at the Soviet," both by Don Rico and John Romita; untitled Human Torch and Toro tale by Joe Gill, Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache; and 2-page text story "Bait for a Spy" (writer unknown). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories and art by Rick Yager and Coulton Waugh. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Dickie Dare and Dan find adventure in Thailand. An outer-space variation of issue #210's Buck Rogers underwater cover (with bondage elements) by legendary artist Frank Frazetta. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of heroism. Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; The Chance; He Refused to Retreat; Mission of Mercy! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories and art by Rick Yager and Coulton Waugh. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Dickie Dare and Dan find adventure in Thailand. An outer-space variation of issue #210's Buck Rogers underwater cover (with bondage elements) by legendary artist Frank Frazetta. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of heroism. Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; The Chance; He Refused to Retreat; Mission of Mercy! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories and art by Rick Yager and Coulton Waugh. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Dickie Dare and Dan find adventure in Thailand. An outer-space variation of issue #210's Buck Rogers underwater cover (with bondage elements) by legendary artist Frank Frazetta. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of heroism. Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; The Chance; He Refused to Retreat; Mission of Mercy! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #53537432
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    "Terror under Glass," art by Robert Webb (Iger Shop); David sees a psychiatrist about his recurring nightmare of being suffocated in an hourglass; Under hypnosis, he reveals that he was a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, and collaborated with his captors; As a result, many of his fellow Americans died, including some in a building constructed in hourglass-shape. "Fear in the Jungle"; Wealthy Matilda turns down Tom's proposal, saying she wants to marry jungle man Kaza; Matilda and her companion Dorothy travel to Africa and use her influence to force the commissioner to ask Kaza to guide her on safari; Tom follows and tries to ambush Kaza. "Be My Ghost"; When Pierre learns his wife Gigi is pregnant, he takes a job as the official executioner to earn money for his family; He doesn't tell Gigi what he's doing, and decides to quit because the strain is too much for him; However, Gigi had learned the truth and began an affair with another man, then murdered him. "Ghost Bullet" text story. "Green Horror," pencils by Ken Battefield (Iger Shop); Over her husband's objections, Martha plants a cactus in the yard of their home; George broods over the plant and one night decides to chop it down, but the cactus seizes the axe and kills George instead; The police think a prowler did it. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and Hy Fleishman. Pre-Code tales of EC-style horror from Story Comics. Ralph becomes murderously obsessed with the idea that his wife is having an affair, but all is not as it seems. Hank and Gloria think they've figured out the perfect way to get rid of her husband, but fate provides poetic justice. Roger decides to loot the business that's just laid him off after thirty years, but when a security guard catches him, a simple burglary becomes murder. Smoked-Out; Double Trouble; Smart Cons Don't Talk; Two-of-a-Kind!; The Thief! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Masters of the Dead; Rocks Hudson smuggles jewels in the bodies of cadavers that he turns into zombies once they enter the U.S.A. The Avenging Ghost; A sword killer is hanged and buried in quicklime; He is not dead but is severely disfigured by the lime. Terror Take All text story. Partners in Horror; A man is confronted by the personification of death and agrees to marry her in exchange for prolonging his life. Body and Ghoul; A man harnesses the power of thought control, thus gaining the ability to change his appearance. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #52634087
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    Published Jul 1954 by DC.
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    Cover art by Irv Novick. Surprise Landing, script by Bob Kanigher, art by Irv Novick. Last Ditch, script by John Reed, art by Jerry Grandenetti. Kindergarten Patrol, script by David Kahn, art by Jim McArdle. Borrowed Wings, script by Ed (France) Herron, art by Eugene Hughes. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Frank Bolle, Ernie Bache and Dick Ayers. Cover by Frank Bolle. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. A soldier has PTSD after Apache torture; The Ghost Rider tracks killers to a northern lumber camp; Redmask and Black Phantom help a sheriff and his young son captured by outlaws. Also featuring an ad for a glow-in-the-dark Ghost Rider scarf/mask for kids to wear. A Tin Soldier!; Powdersmoke Hero!; The Ghost Rider: Terror Travels North!; The Shadow of the Sixguns! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #59215245
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    Published Jul 1954 by DC.
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    Cover art by Win Mortimer. Superman's Last Job starring Superman and Red Evans, script by Jerry Coleman, art by Al Plastino. Superman's Secret Past, script by Edmond Hamilton, art by Al Plastino; Superman returns to Smallville. The Man Who Caught a Sub text story by Jack Miller. The Titanic Thefts starring Superman and Lex Luthor, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, Don't Give Fire a Place to Start. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61939344
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    Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for Panic. "Surprise Party!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Jerry Adams arrived in a small town on a rainy night; He hits a detour and turns off on a dirt road until he spots a house; He sees that a party is in progress. "Sharp" text story. "Take Care," pencils by Al Williamson, inks by Angelo Torres; The former butler to Avery Ballusk waited on the owner hand and foot, but seemed only interested in inheriting his money after Ballusk's death, which soon came, at the end of a rope. "Oh! Henry!", art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); Lionel Hart, plainclothes detective, thought back to when he had just started on the force. He made many arrests, not listening to phony stories from the guilty... but one day he caught an old lady for shoplifting, and she pleaded for him to understand that the food she took was for her sick, paralyzed husband, Henry. Letter to the editor from E. Nelson Bridwell. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    "The Man Who Died Tomorrow," "Lair of the Silken Doom" (art by Lou Cameron), "MIne Own Executioner," and "Keeper of the Flames." Cover by Jim McLaughlin. Stories by Ken Rice, Sy Grudko, Lou Cameron, Jim McLaughlin. 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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    Published Jul 1954 by DC.
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    First time Superman and Batman appeared in the same story. Previously they had only been in separate stories. Cover art by Winslow Mortimer. Batman - Double for Superman!, script by Alvin Schwartz, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye; Lois accidentally learns Superman's identity while he is trying to rescue Batman and Robin, so Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne exchange roles to convince Lois that Clark is not Superman. The Invisible Death! starring Green Arrow, script by Ed Herron, art by George Papp. Jerry the Jitterbug humor page by Henry Boltinoff. 3-D Daredevils text article by Jack E. Miller. Feathered Fighters for Freedom! starring Tomahawk, script by Dave Wood, art by Nick Cardy. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #59419408
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    Published Jul 1954 by DC.
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    First time Superman and Batman appeared in the same story. Previously they had only been in separate stories. Cover art by Winslow Mortimer. Batman - Double for Superman!, script by Alvin Schwartz, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye; Lois accidentally learns Superman's identity while he is trying to rescue Batman and Robin, so Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne exchange roles to convince Lois that Clark is not Superman. The Invisible Death! starring Green Arrow, script by Ed Herron, art by George Papp. Jerry the Jitterbug humor page by Henry Boltinoff. 3-D Daredevils text article by Jack E. Miller. Feathered Fighters for Freedom! starring Tomahawk, script by Dave Wood, art by Nick Cardy. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.