Comic books published by Avon Publications, graded by CGC

Captain Steve Savage (1954-1956 2nd Series) 5 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white

Label #1350616005

NOTE: For #1-4 see Sensational Police Cases (1954). Art by Louis Ravielli and others. Numbering continues from Sensational Police Cases (1954) #4. Tales of adventure and espionage from the Cold War featuring ace pilot Steve Savage. Outnumbered and outgunned, Savage tries to lead an infantry company to safety; The true stories of 1920s gangster Dutch Anderson and his protege Gerald Chapman, the first Public Enemy Number One. Perilous Mission over Korea; The Plunderer. 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: For #1-4 see Sensational Police Cases (1954). Cover price $0.10.

Cow Puncher (1947) 5 CGC 6.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #1291776013

Cover by Al Ulmer. Art by Al Ulmer, Jill Elgin, Paul Reinman and Rudy Palais. Gunfights, outlaws and frontier justice in the Old West. A Tale of the Silent Spaces thats as violent as any pre-Code crime or horror comic; The Texas Ranger rescues a woman from a forest fire and discovers someone wanted her dead; Frontier scout Kit West learns that a visiting European prince may not be what he seems. The Flaming Fingers of Death!; Prince of Pioneers; Break the Bank; Tales of the Silent Spaces: Triple Cross; Swing Your Partner. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $395.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4445019008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Walter Johnson. Art by Walter Johnson, Jill Elgin, Paul Reinman and Chu F. Hing. Gunfights, outlaws and frontier justice in the Old West. The life of Western-themed humorist Will Rogers; The Texas Ranger encounters the Blacksmith Bandits, outlaws with a new gimmick, in a story (and cover) with mild pre-Code bondage elements; Frontier scout Kit West investigates a serial killer targeting women at Fort Gresham, in a story inspired by The Murders in the Rue Morgue, of all things. The Blacksmith Bandits; The Secret of Quiet Canyon; The Pony Express; Murder in the Stockade!; Death's Double Doom; Will Rogers, A Great American; War Drums; White Brother. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Famous Gangsters (1951) 1 CGC 5.5

Paper: White

Label #4028274009

Cover by George Roussos. Art by Louis Ravielli, Marion Sitton, Marvin Stein, Lou Morales and Mo Marcus. Tales of crime and punishment featuring pre-Code levels of violence. The stories of notorious gangsters Al Capone, Dutch Schultz and Lucky Luciano; John Dillinger escapes from prison and an FBI manhunt, but his luck runs out thanks to a woman in red; Chicago gang boss Bugs Moran narrowly escapes The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, as well as a speeding ticket. The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre; Al Capone!; Dutch Schultz; Lucky Luciano; The Mole; John Dillinger. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $329.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white 1 small piece of tape on interior cover. Label #1213870016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.87) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by George Roussos. Art by Louis Ravielli, Marion Sitton, Marvin Stein, Lou Morales and Mo Marcus. Tales of crime and punishment featuring pre-Code levels of violence. The stories of notorious gangsters Al Capone, Dutch Schultz and Lucky Luciano; John Dillinger escapes from prison and an FBI manhunt, but his luck runs out thanks to a woman in red; Chicago gang boss Bugs Moran narrowly escapes The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, as well as a speeding ticket. The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre; Al Capone!; Dutch Schultz; Lucky Luciano; The Mole; John Dillinger. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $428.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4608320001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.84) will be charged at checkout.

1952 edition cover (with plain black background and no issue number) by Gene Fawcette. Art by Wally Wood and Bob Fujitani. Professor Lanning accidentally releases ancient aliens from their slumber beneath a South American volcano, and they proceed to wage war on human civilization. Carl learns firsthand why pet tigers are never a good idea. Plus a backup Goofy Ghost story. This edition also features 2 pages of Wally Wood art not in the original 1950 edition. Terrific cover by Gene Fawcette. The Flying Saucers; Goofy Ghost; The Eyes of the Tiger; Ba-Rooom! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $450.00 Paper: Off white Label #4256879019 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.50) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Art by Wally Wood, Leonard Starr, Ed Waldman and Howard Larsen. Stories about mobsters and the women who love them, with a special focus on women who were notorious criminals in their own right. No mere gun moll, redheaded Evelyn Ellis builds her gang of hoods into a ruthless mob; The violent rise and fall of Big Jim Colosimo, leader of the Chicago Outfit; Gangster Sandy Quirk decides to take over a dance studio. Featuring a painted cover reprinted from Avon paperback #292. Evelyn Ellis—Queen of the Gangsters!; King of the Convicts!; Big Jim Colosimo; Sandy Quirk Trips the Light Fantastic. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Peter Rabbit Comics (1947) 1 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4339879023

Stories by Harrison Cady and Dow Walling. Art by Harrison Cady and Dow Walling. Cover by Harrison Cady. Reprints of the vintage childrens comic strip featuring a rabbit named Peter and his family and friends. When Peter sees Mr. Bear looking for a winter cave, he decides to play a trick on him; Buglet creates a school that has no doors, so no one has to go inside. Also featuring a profile of Peter Rabbit cartoonist Harrison Cady. Peter Rabbit; Skeets. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $429.99 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4573130014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.90) will be charged at checkout.

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Mo Marcus, Rocco Mastroserio, Warren Kremer, and Bill Molno. Lurid pre-Code tales about mobsters, bank robbers and other bad guys and gals from the golden age of crime. Wilbur Underhill and his gang roam the back roads of Oklahoma during the 1920s and 1930s; The strange case of Corpse for Hire John Rance; Willie Bioff abuses labor unions to extort millions of dollars from movie studios in the 1920s-40s. Also featuring a noirish contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. But perhaps the most amusing touch is the cover list of featured characters identified only by their prison numbers. Wilbur Underhill -- Maniac Killer!; Corpse for Hire; Willie Bioff & Co.; The Religious Murder Cult! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $550.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more Label #4528808002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($16.50) will be charged at checkout.

Everett Raymond Kinstler cover (Kinstler also did the art on the inside front cover). "The Jail-Breaking Tigress" (art by Mort Lawrence), "The Convict Killer" (art by Harry Lazarus), "Queen of Murder," and "The Maniac Gunman." Two one page text stories, "The Perfect Break!" and "Fall Guy for Crime." Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $349.95 or Best Offer CGC Qualified Paper: Cream to off white COUPON CUT OUT OF PAGE 9, AFFECTS STORY. INCOMPLETE. Extreme side/edge crack(s), 5" of more. Major front/back crack(s), over 1". Label #3714027005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.50) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories by Walter Gibson and others. Art by Mort Lawrence, Gene Fawcette, and John Giunta. Tales of science fiction, fantasy and horror. In the future, humans build robots to do every task for them, and fall into lives of pampered leisure. But when the robots rebel, the human race is helpless to stop them from taking over the Earth. The story was written by Walter Gibson, best known as the author of The Shadows pulp adventures (under the name Maxwell Grant). Also featuring a classic (unsigned) rampaging robot cover, in which the robots look like nothing so much as the Bug Out Bob stress toy. Robotmen of the Lost Planet; The Man of the Future!; An Accident in Devil's Gorge Lab! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $3,500.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4670893006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($105.00) will be charged at checkout.

Stories by Walter Johnson and others. Art by Warren Kremer, Alvin Hollingsworth and Walter Johnson. Cover by Matt Baker. The first comic book featuring Leslie Charteriss adventurer Simon Templar, better known as The Saint, timed to coincide with the concurrent Saint radio show starring Vincent Price. The Saint stalks a killer backstage at a pirate play; Photojournalist Flash Harper catches an arsonist in action in his latest photo; Lucky Dale, Girl Detective, finds danger at sea while vacationing on a houseboat. Also featuring a Flash Harper story and a classic cover by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. The Saint Steals the Show; Operation Blackout: The Mole; Terror in the Night; Do You Know?; The Saint Plays Nursemaid! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $400.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4570998001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.00) will be charged at checkout.

Stories by Walter Johnson and others. Art by Allen Ulmer, Jimmy Thompson, Ann Brewster, Chu F. Hing, Warren Kremer, and Jerry Fasano. Cover by Walter Johnson. The first comic book featuring Leslie Charteriss adventurer Simon Templar, better known as The Saint, timed to coincide with the concurrent Saint radio show starring Vincent Price. The Saint intervenes when a mysterious cult targets a diamond belonging to an Asian princess; The history of weaponry from antiquity to the A-bomb; The Saint outwits crooks who are looking for a beautiful redhead and a mysterious suitcase. The Diamond of Death; The Race-Track Rub-Out!; The Saint Pulls a Switch; Choose Your Weapon; A Musical Mystery; Truth Not Fancy: Greek-Fire to Flame-Thrower; Lucky Dale: Death Rides on Skies; Truth Not Fancy: Gunpowder to A-Bomb; The Saint Breaks a Spell! 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Slave Girl Comics (1949) 2 CGC 7.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4373408006

Art by Howard Larsen. Cover by Howard Larsen. Tales of adventure in the ancient past featuring Malu, a princess taken captive as a slave girl, and her defender, the warrior Garth. Trapped on Phao's trireme and doomed to be sold into slavery, Garth and Malu escape, but find themselves adrift on the ocean; The duo is imprisoned in the Tower of Indecision; The army of Tirza the Good invades the city of Zankhara. Slave Girl and the Pirates of Abmur; The Lost Princess; Malu: The Tower of Indecision; The Revel in Vardon Hall; The Flame Goddess; Malu: The Fall of Zankhara. Final issue of the series; one last Malu story appeared in Strange Worlds (1950 Avon) #3. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $342.00 Paper: Off white Label #3932451014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.26) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Art by Frank Carin and Isadore Klein. Funny-animal hijinks featuring Space Mouse, Super Pup, Merry Mouse and Peter Rabbit. Space Mouse investigates a lost world; Peter Rabbit becomes a test pilot; Super Pup battles an alien invasion. Space Mouse: The Lost World; Super Pup: The Green Peril; Moon Rocket; Peter Rabbit: Test Pilot!; Merry Mouse: The Awful Truth! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $440.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4107255017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.20) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. When danger threatens the Earth, wealthy Rod Hathaway and his secretary Dot change into the space-roving superheroes The Avenger and Teena. As part of their latest adventure, Teena does a fire dance; Teenas space-pearls draw the attention of The Chameleon and his accomplices, a Mole Woman and a Neptunian pearl diver. In the backup story, robot workers revolt against a mining colony and the tyrant who runs it. Plus a bizarre cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Pearl Ship of Death; Sea Nymphs of Neptune; Mole Woman of Jupiter; Say 'Hello' For Me!; Revolt of the Robots! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $600.00 Paper: White Label #4495685025 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($18.00) will be charged at checkout.

Stories by John Michel, Henry Kuttner (credited as E. J. Bellin), Donald A Wolheim (credited as W. Malcolm White), and Gardner Fox. Art by Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino, Jon Small and John Giunta. Cover by Gene Fawcette. Science fiction adventure from Avon, featuring stories and art from legends in the comics and sci-fi fields. An adventure of Kenton of the Star Patrol; A ghost tells the strange tale of the bottle that gave him wealth and then caused his death; Crom the Barbarian battles a giant spider. War of the Marsh-Men; Kenton of the Star Patrol: The Corsairs from the Coalsack; Dead Mans Tale!; Crom the Barbarian: The Spider God of Akka! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $598.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4153934016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.94) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Stories by John Michel, Henry Kuttner (credited as E. J. Bellin), Donald A Wolheim (credited as W. Malcolm White), and Gardner Fox. Art by Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino, Jon Small and John Giunta. Cover by Gene Fawcette. Science fiction adventure from Avon, featuring stories and art from legends in the comics and sci-fi fields. An adventure of Kenton of the Star Patrol; A ghost tells the strange tale of the bottle that gave him wealth and then caused his death; Crom the Barbarian battles a giant spider. War of the Marsh-Men; Kenton of the Star Patrol: The Corsairs from the Coalsack; Dead Mans Tale!; Crom the Barbarian: The Spider God of Akka! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $449.95 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #2097996004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.50) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Syd Shores, Michael Becker, Vince Alascia, and Gene Fawcette. Cover by Gene Fawcette. Science fiction adventure from Avon, featuring stories and art from legends in the comics and sci-fi fields. A man discovers by robots in the fourth dimension that are holding humans captive; Space agent Mike Gordon is assigned to rescue the daughter of Earths president from a space bandit; Space criminals are mutated by the planetoid they use as a hideout. Also featuring the finest contents page yet, illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. The Radium Monsters; Mystery of Asteroid 9; World of the Monster Brain!; Ransom — One Million Decimars!; Interplanetary Safari; Revenge at Callisto Orbit. Issues #10 through #17 were not published. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Television Puppet Show (1950) 1 CGC 4.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4074248010

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Sparky Smith in "The Sapture of Jesse Jim," Spotty the Pup in "Dream World" and "Big Business," Speedy Rabbit in "Carnival Daze," Illustrated text stories: "Snow White and the Magic Mirror," "The Country Mouse and the City Mouse," and "Puss in Boots." Back cover ad for Treasure Chest of the Worlds Best Comics that includes Captain America. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $1,000.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4651142021 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Tex Blaisdell and Mort Lawrence. One of many titles focusing on heroic American soldiers that came out as the Korean War was heating up. In a three-part story, U.S. Colonel Jeff Blane must undertake a dangerous mission within the Iron Triangle behind enemy lines, to secure secret plans for military operations that could mean thousands of casualties. Also featuring an action-packed contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. Airborne Operation Killer!; The Boomerang Battery; Operation Death! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $770.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #2104207001

Everett Raymond Kinstler art in two stories, "Jungle Vengeance" and "Death Wears the Jungle Crown," plus inside front cover. Other stories include "The Witch Doctor Murder Cult" and "The Strange Mission to Ormuz." Origin of Malu, Slave Girl Princess is reprinted. Kinstler cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $484.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4604097022 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.52) will be charged at checkout.

Everett Raymond Kinstler art in two stories, "Jungle Vengeance" and "Death Wears the Jungle Crown," plus inside front cover. Other stories include "The Witch Doctor Murder Cult" and "The Strange Mission to Ormuz." Origin of Malu, Slave Girl Princess is reprinted. Kinstler cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $999.99 Paper: Off white to white Label #4598737009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

"Heritage of Horror!", script by Sol Cohen, art by Joe Kubert; Weird events occur when Julian Daniels puts brush to canvas. "Devil-Music!", pencils by Gene Fawcette, inks by Vince Alascia; A beautiful young singer discovers what brings evil to life. "This Ship Is Doomed!"; The Indies Queen and its passengers were destined for disaster. "Demon's Bargain!" text story. "Vengeance of the Ouanga!"; Bob Grant carried a dead killer's good luck charm-the bones of a hand and arm-which leads to terror. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $1,999.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1992838023 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($59.97) will be charged at checkout.

Art by Sid Check, Norman Nodel, Vince Alascia, Ed Goldfarb, and Joe Kubert. Cover by Gene Fawcette. Tales of pre-Code horror, curses, and spells. A cursed tattoo gives its owner hypnotic powers, but slowly drives them to madness and death, then goes off to find a new victim. A scientist creates a formula that brings inanimate objects to life, then finds himself trapped in his own living and malevolent house. In the frozen north, explorers ill-advisedly investigate a lost Viking ship that is not as dead as it seems. Also featuring a classic horror cover, probably by Gene Fawcette, and a campy contents page illustrated by Sid Check on the inside front cover. Witchcraft; The Death Tattoo!; The Vampire Puppet; The Dead Do Tell! A True Ghost Story; House to Let; The Northern Horror! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Witchcraft (1952 Avon) 5 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4368488002

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Gene Fawcette, Vince Alascia, Alvin C. Hollingsworth, Rafael Astarita. Painted cover by Kelly Freas. Tales of pre-Code horror, curses, and spells. Bob learns that his new wife Sonya was cursed in childhood to become a witch; A Caribbean tourist witnesses secret voodoo ceremonies and discovers a horrifying truth; A woman marries a European prince, only to learn that his court is steeped in unholy rituals, demons and murder. Also featuring a moody contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover, and a painted cover by legendary fantasy artist Kelly Freas. Witchcraft; The Witch of Shadow Glen!; Where Zombies Walk!; The Land of the Dead; The Witch of Death!; The Warlock of Manescue Manse! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $976.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4521172014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($29.28) will be charged at checkout.

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Gene Fawcette, Vince Alascia, Alvin C. Hollingsworth, Rafael Astarita. Painted cover by Kelly Freas. Tales of pre-Code horror, curses, and spells. Bob learns that his new wife Sonya was cursed in childhood to become a witch; A Caribbean tourist witnesses secret voodoo ceremonies and discovers a horrifying truth; A woman marries a European prince, only to learn that his court is steeped in unholy rituals, demons and murder. Also featuring a moody contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover, and a painted cover by legendary fantasy artist Kelly Freas. Witchcraft; The Witch of Shadow Glen!; Where Zombies Walk!; The Land of the Dead; The Witch of Death!; The Warlock of Manescue Manse! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.