Comic books published by MLJ Magazines, graded by CGC

Black Hood Comics (1943) 14 CGC 2.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4342471008

Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. "Death Counts Ten," art by Irv Novick; A boxer is dead after a fight, and Kip finds out he has been poisoned. "The Four-Alarm Ghosts," art by Red Holmdale; The ghost of Gloomy saves people from a house on fire. "Death--The Crow Strikes Again," art by Harry Sahle; An opera singer is fired for drinking, but puts on a crow costume to get revenge. "Murder By Proxy" text story by S. Gordon James. "The Hound of the Devonshires," script by Joe Blair, art by Paul Reinman; A curse of a phantom hound in Devonshire. "The Sinister Spiritualist," art by Clem Weisbecker; A spiritualist tricks people to tell where they keep their valuables, and then robs them. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Blue Ribbon Comics (1939 MLJ) 6 CGC 1.0

Paper: Slightly britle

Spine of cover completely split and re-attached with tape. Tape on cover, interior cover and interior.

Label #2113219002

Cover art by Ed Smalle. Richy, the Amazing Boy starring the dog Rang-A-Tang, script by Joe Blair, art Ed Smalle. Hercules Cleans the Stable of King Augeais starring Hercules, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Wexler. The Island of Baron Von Krasner: Part 2 starring Gypsy Johnson, art by John Bulthuis; story swiped from "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell. The Underground Supply Train, script by Abner Sundell, art by Charles Biro. Trap For Ty-Gor's Uncle, art by Mort Meskin. Attack On the Isle of Right starring Doc Strong, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper. The Double Agent starring Loop Logan, script by Joe Blair, art by Frank Volp. Lady Marion Enslaved starring Green Falcon, script by Harry Shorten, art by Edd Ashe. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $1,280.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4126414007

Cover art by Sam Cooper. Light of Death starring Mr. Justice, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper; hooded bankrobbers use a death ray vehicle. The Sinister Sanitarium starring the dog Rang-A-Tang, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle. The Camera Clue starring Fox, script by Joe Blair, art by Irwin Hasen. Mystery At the Miami Air Race starring Steve Stacey, script by H. A. Biern, art by Nick Zuraw. Riding Shotgun To Greece starring Corporal Collins, script by Abner Sundell, art by Charles Biro. Ty-Gor Goes To School, script Joe Blair, art by Mort Meskin. The Martians Vs. the Barbarians starring Doc Strong, script by Joe Blair, art by George Mandel. The Suez Canal Mission: Part Two starring Loop Logan, script by Joe Blair, art by Frank Volp. To Save a Saracen starring Green Falcon, script by Harry Shorten, art by Roland "Ramona" Patenaude. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $1,220.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4351806004

Cover art by Sam Cooper. Light of Death starring Mr. Justice, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper; hooded bankrobbers use a death ray vehicle. The Sinister Sanitarium starring the dog Rang-A-Tang, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle. The Camera Clue starring Fox, script by Joe Blair, art by Irwin Hasen. Mystery At the Miami Air Race starring Steve Stacey, script by H. A. Biern, art by Nick Zuraw. Riding Shotgun To Greece starring Corporal Collins, script by Abner Sundell, art by Charles Biro. Ty-Gor Goes To School, script Joe Blair, art by Mort Meskin. The Martians Vs. the Barbarians starring Doc Strong, script by Joe Blair, art by George Mandel. The Suez Canal Mission: Part Two starring Loop Logan, script by Joe Blair, art by Frank Volp. To Save a Saracen starring Green Falcon, script by Harry Shorten, art by Roland "Ramona" Patenaude. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $665.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4249698003

Cover art by Sam Cooper. Created: The Green Ghoul, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper; A swarm of death-dealing bombers soars towards the capital of Kurtey, and Mr. Justice takes Field Marshal Boering along to let him have a good look at the bombing. The Screen Test Racket starring the dog Rang-A-Tang, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle. The Confession of Lucky Leonardo starring Fox, script by Joe Blair, art by Warren King. The Kidnapping of King Netto starring Corporal Collins, art by Carl Hubbell [as Hub]. The De Snook Snatch starring Ty-Gor, script by Joe Blair, art by George Storm. The Pinball Evidence starring Inferno, script by Joe Blair, art by Paul Reinman. Scouting Mission On the Suez Canal starring Loop Logan, script by Joe Blair, art by Paul Reinman. The Origin of Captain Flag, script by Joe Blair, art by Lin Streeter. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $1,050.00 Paper: Brittle Label #1238747001

Cover art by Lin Streeter. Rescue On Devil's Island starring Captain Flag, script by Joe Blair, art by Lin Streeter (signed as Lin); Captain Flag & his pet eagle Tang head for Devil's Island to rescue a young newspaperman he had encouraged to go there to dig up a story on the Nazis responsible for torturing people there. The Sinister Senator Snazzle starring the dog Rang-A-Tang, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle. Department Store Death starring Fox, script by Joe Blair, art by Bob Montana. Courier Mission To Russia starring Corporal Collins, script by Harry Shorten, art by Carl Hubbell. The Cannibals' Dinner Dance starring Ty-Gor, script by Joe Blair, art by Bob Montana. The Future Bubble--Tales From the Witch's Cauldron, art by J. S. Phillips. Attack On Gibraltar starring Loop Logan, script by Joe Blair. The Coming of the Gargoyle starring Mr. Justice, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $2,250.00 Paper: Cream to off white Cover detached. Label #2137464002

Cover art by Lin Streeter. The Black Hand's Pirate Ship starring Captain Flag, script by Joe Blair, art by Lin Streeter. The Sacrifice starring the dog Rang-A-Tang, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle. The Fingerless Corpse starring the Fox and the Mandarin Fox, script by Joe Blair, art by Warren King. The Last Mission starring Corporal Collins, script by Harry Shorten, art by Carl Hubbell. Beethoven starring Ludwig Von Beethoven, art by Bill Woolfolk. The Warren House Curse--Tales From the Witch's Cauldron, script by Joe Blair, art by Jim Phillips. Leonardo Da Vinci story. The Ghost of Rogers starring Mr. Justice, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $2,450.00 Paper: Off white Label #4439932009

The Hangman in "The Laughing Cavalier" (art by Irv Novick), "Crime Does Not Play" (art by Bob Fuje), and "Murder Wore a Suit" (art by Cooper). Also the Boy Buddies in "Special Case No. 12" (Hitler appearance) and "The Sorcerer's Apprentice!" "Hangman's Hall of Shame: Herman Goering" (art by Paul Reinman). Sahle cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $1,499.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Slab: Inner well not fully sealed (minor), book appears unaffected and secure. Label #4641768001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($44.97) will be charged at checkout.

68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.5 $449.95 or Best Offer Paper: Brittle Label #2073130003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.50) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Steel Sterling, Black Hood, others. Gerber's Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books says this cover was done by Sam Cooper, however, Grand Comics Database thinks it may have been done by Irv Novick. Our guess is Cooper. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.1 $1,000.00 Paper: Off white to white Coverless. 1st Wrap missing. Label #4615214022 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

1st appearance of Mrs. Grundy. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $1,999.99 Paper: Off white Label #2086559003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($60.00) will be charged at checkout.

Thrill at the smashing origins of the Shield, that G-Man Extraordinary, by Irving Novick, and the Wizard, the Man with the Super-Brain, by Ed Ashe Jr.! The Shield was one of the first super-heroes with an American flag-themed costume, beating Captain America by 14 months. Novick cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $1,149.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1130808004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($34.47) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Irv Novick. The Fountain of Death starring Shield and Dr. Bremen, art by Clem Harrison. Dusty story starring Shield, script by Joe Goggin, art by Clem Harrison. The Case of the Living Puppets starring Shield and Marvelo. Wizard, art by Ed Robbins. Alibi text story. Meet and Beat Dr. Defeet starring Wizard, art by Ed Robbins. Roy the Super-Boy story. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Top-Notch Comics (1939) 1 CGC 2.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Cover detached.

Label #1238997020

Edited by Abner Sundell. Cover art by Edd Ashe. Meet Rang-A-Tang The Wonder Dog house ad. "The Pearl Harbor Peril," art by Edd Ashe; The Wizard uses his super powers to stop a Jatsonian attack on Pearl Harbor. "In the Worlds of Time," script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder), art by Jack Binder; Scott, a traveler through time with Dr. Meade in the "time car" (which is more of a rocket ship), pick ups Thor the Viking and the lovely Elda in the past. One-page SporTopics story, art by Irwin Hasen. "Murder by Sock" Swift of the Secret Service story, art by Charles Biro; introduction of Rex Swift; vs. Jack Snite. "To-nite! Saved from the Flames!" Jungle Town Show Boat story, script and art by Dick Ryan; Only Billy Hippo appearance. "Vendetta with Von Schiller," script by Joe Blair, art by Irv Novick; Ben "Wings" Johnson introduction and origin vs. Capt. Von Schiller and Nazis. "Murder Rap" text story with Lucky Coyne by Ken Fitch. It's Really A Fact! non-fiction story, art by Bob Wood. "The Bat and the Bull," script by Ken Fitch; Lucky Coyne posing as Bat Yardley, jewel thief in prison. One-page Lonesome Luke story. The "Fortune Teller's Revenge," art by Chuck Winter; The Mystic (later Kardak) intro; vs. Chuck and his gang. "Kornell Goes to West Point;" Keith Kornell, a physical and mental marvel, is a Kentucky mountaineer who is a collateral descendant of President Andrew Jackson and the son of a World War hero, is orphaned at the age of 5, when both of his parents succumbed to the ravages of pneumonia epidemic; Reared by a poor relative, Keith's life is one of dire poverty until a newspaper runs a story on him and he meets an old Army buddy of his father's who is now a U.S. Senator. "The Ice Cream Cone," script and art by Bob McCay (as Winsor McCay II). "Case 1: Master Forgers," script and art by Jack Cole; true crime story. "Forgets To Remember" one-page Pokey story, script and art by Dick Ryan. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $515.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4339666006

Cover by Edd Ashe. Edited by Abner Sundell. Stories by Will Harr, Edd Ashe, Harry Shorten, Lin Streeter, Joe Blair, Irv Novick, William Wills, Ed Smalle, Mort Meskin, Gerry Thorp, Ed Wexler, and C. A. Winter. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,995.00 or Best Offer Conserved Paper: Off white Conservation includes: cover reinforced, staples replaced. Label #4246982001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($59.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Edd Ashe. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Cliff Campbell, Al Camy, Harry Shorten, Lin Streeter, Bob Wood, Joe Blair, Irv Novick, Edd Ashe, Ed Smalle, and Bernard Klein. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Top-Notch Comics (1939) 11 CGC 7.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #0078147006

Cover by Al Camy. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Cliff Campbell, Al Camy, Harry Shorten, Harvey Biern, Irv Novick, Nick Zuraw, Bob Wood, Lin Streeter, Ed Smalle, Joe Blair, and Bernard Klein (as Bobby King). Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $1,690.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4311926008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($50.70) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Camy. Edited by Abner Sundell. Stories by Harry Shorten, Al Camy, Nick Zuraw, Warren King, Lin Streeter, Joe Blair, Ed Smalle, Roland "Ramona" Patenaude, and Paul Reinman. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $3,257.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4426522017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($97.71) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Camy. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Harry Shorten, Al Camy, Warren King, Bob Montana, Ed Smalle, and Paul Reinman. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $499.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4311772001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.97) will be charged at checkout.

Series change from Top Notch Comics to Top Notch Laugh, meaning many of the stories are now humor-based. Cover by Bob Montana. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Don Dean, Al Camy, Carl Hubbell, Pen Shumaker, Mary Goss, Dale Goss, and Jim Phillips. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $395.00 Paper: Off white Label #4311772002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bob Montana. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Don Dean, Al Camy, Scott Feldman, Carl Hubbell, Gerald Kean, Red Holmdale, Scott Meredith, Ed Goggin, and Sam Cooper. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $799.00 Paper: Off white Label #4542275003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($23.97) will be charged at checkout.

Peeping Tom cover, unusual for its time.

Cover by Red Holmdale. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Don Dean, Sam Cooper, Scott Feldman, Michel Roy, Red Holmdale, Ed Goggin, and George Kean. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $390.00 Restored: C1 Paper: Off white to white Restoration includes: small amount of glue on interior. Label #4438240009

Peeping Tom cover, unusual for its time.

Cover by Red Holmdale. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Don Dean, Sam Cooper, Scott Feldman, Michel Roy, Red Holmdale, Ed Goggin, and George Kean. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $175.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white 2 center wraps missing & panel cut out of page 3, affects story. Cover detached. Tape on interior cover. Incomplete. Label #2034710008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Harry Sahle. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Ed Goggin, Virginia Drury (as Ginger), Don Dean, Bill Vigoda, Carl Hubbell, Red Holmdale, Clem Weisbecker, Pen Shumaker, Robert C. Blackman, Ed Goggin, and Bill Woggon. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! 60 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $1,630.00 Restored: B2 Paper: Off white Includes COA from The William Anselmo Pera Collection. Restoration includes: moderate amount of glue on cover, cover cleaned. Label #1556870008

Edited by Abner Sundell. Cover art by Charles Biro. Untitled story starring Steel Sterling, The Man of Steel, script by Abner Sundell, art by Charles Biro; John Sterling completes the chemical formula which will completely protect him from the underworld's bullets, unlike his murdered father who was killed by a group of ruthless gangsters; John bathes himself in the formula, which has been poured into a cauldron of molten steel......dives in, and emerges as a man with the resistance, the magnetism and the strength of steel. Untitled story starring The Scarlet Avenger, Gang Buster, script by Harry Shorten, art by Irv Novick; Jim Kendall has devoted himself to wiping out gangland since the death of his wife and child while flying in a hijacked plane, which crashed, and in which all were killed except Jim; In the accident, his face muscles were paralyzed and Jim became the man who never smiled; Kendall has a giant scientific brain, and uses that science to the aid of his crusade. Untitled story, art by Frank Volp; The Cattleman's Association has sent Nevada Jones to help Irene Cox prevent her herd being stolen by rustlers. Untitled Kalthar, The Giant Man, King of the Jungle story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Lin Streeter. "The Devil's Flying Twins," art by Ed Smalle, Jr.; The Shane twins are rich Americans who join the British Air Force to continue a feud with the German sportsman, Herr Schultz. "You Can't Win!", art by Mort Meskin; Executions are likely to be drably gruesome affairs even to the most hardened newspapermen. "The Pirates of Ho Tsin," script by Abner Sundell, art by Mort Meskin; Captain Valor resigns his commission in the U.S. Marine Corps to seek adventure, and, aided by Ronnie and Angie, heads to China to battle the evil Ho Tsin. "The Eye of Oglu," script by Abner Sundell, art by Edd Ashe; A young girl's father is missing after a series of weird happenings; She suspects foul play and contacts Dudley for help; He dons a purple costume with yellow cape and ventures out to help as Mr. Satan, international detective and soldier of fortune. "The Ritania-Hundaria War," script by Joe Blair, art by Elmer Wexler; The king of Ritania begs Zambini to help him win the war against Hundania; Hundanian spies place a huge and deadly cobra, whose bite means death, in Zambini's bedroom. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $750.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0050387005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.50) will be charged at checkout.

Edited by Abner Sundell. Cover art by Charles Biro. Untitled story starring Steel Sterling, The Man of Steel, script by Abner Sundell, art by Charles Biro; John Sterling completes the chemical formula which will completely protect him from the underworld's bullets, unlike his murdered father who was killed by a group of ruthless gangsters; John bathes himself in the formula, which has been poured into a cauldron of molten steel......dives in, and emerges as a man with the resistance, the magnetism and the strength of steel. Untitled story starring The Scarlet Avenger, Gang Buster, script by Harry Shorten, art by Irv Novick; Jim Kendall has devoted himself to wiping out gangland since the death of his wife and child while flying in a hijacked plane, which crashed, and in which all were killed except Jim; In the accident, his face muscles were paralyzed and Jim became the man who never smiled; Kendall has a giant scientific brain, and uses that science to the aid of his crusade. Untitled story, art by Frank Volp; The Cattleman's Association has sent Nevada Jones to help Irene Cox prevent her herd being stolen by rustlers. Untitled Kalthar, The Giant Man, King of the Jungle story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Lin Streeter. "The Devil's Flying Twins," art by Ed Smalle, Jr.; The Shane twins are rich Americans who join the British Air Force to continue a feud with the German sportsman, Herr Schultz. "You Can't Win!", art by Mort Meskin; Executions are likely to be drably gruesome affairs even to the most hardened newspapermen. "The Pirates of Ho Tsin," script by Abner Sundell, art by Mort Meskin; Captain Valor resigns his commission in the U.S. Marine Corps to seek adventure, and, aided by Ronnie and Angie, heads to China to battle the evil Ho Tsin. "The Eye of Oglu," script by Abner Sundell, art by Edd Ashe; A young girl's father is missing after a series of weird happenings; She suspects foul play and contacts Dudley for help; He dons a purple costume with yellow cape and ventures out to help as Mr. Satan, international detective and soldier of fortune. "The Ritania-Hundaria War," script by Joe Blair, art by Elmer Wexler; The king of Ritania begs Zambini to help him win the war against Hundania; Hundanian spies place a huge and deadly cobra, whose bite means death, in Zambini's bedroom. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $1,050.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4438240021

Edited by Abner Sundell. Cover art by Charles Biro. "Uwana's Life-or-Death Loan Company," script by Abner Sundell, art by Charles Biro; Witnesses are killed for testifying against protection and loan racketeers. "The Head in the Parachute," script by Harry Shorten, art by Irv Novick; The severed head of a witness in a policy racket case lands in a parachute in the street, as a warning. "Cervantes's Sacrifice Cult, inks by Frank Volp; Nevada and Little Joe are witnesses to a human sacrifice in an old castle in the desert town of Taranto. "The Rescue of Prof. Goodwill," script by Harry Shorten, art by Robert Pious; Prof. Goodwill has discovered a diamond vein in an ancient city and is taken prisoner by men who will force him to tell where the secret vein is. "The U-Boat Aircraft Carriers," art by Ed Smalle, Jr.; The Germans will launch airplanes from a U-boat off Plymouth. "Carnival Killer" text story. "Fire on the Junk," script by Abner Sundell, art by Mort Meskin; Valor and his friends are marooned on a barren island off the Chinese coast; Yat Sing and his followers are also on the island and try to kill Valor, but Tania wants them all to join forces. "Zotter the Blackmailer," script by Abner Sundell, art by Edd Ashe; Mr. Satan smashes up a blackmailer gang hiding on an old freighter in the harbor. "Abdul Khil's Trap for Zambini," script by Joe Blair, art by Elmer Wexler; Abdul Khil, leader of the Black Magic Magicians, plots Zambini's death when he arrives in Morocco. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $999.95 or Best Offer Paper: Brittle Spine of Cover and All Wraps Completely Split. Staples Missing. Cover Detached. Label #2031568006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Edited by Abner Sundell. Cover art by Charles Biro. "The Murder of John (Steel) Sterling," art by Charles Biro; John Sterling is hit deliberately by a moving truck and killed; At night he digs his way out of his grave. "Into the Magic Forest," script and art by Louis Golden; Dick braves the Magic Forest in search of its priceless possessions. "Murder In the Northwest Logging Camp," art by Frank Volp; Nevada and Joe has arrived at the Great Falls lumber camp to help solve the brutal murders. "Death By Radio," script by Joe Blair, art by Irv Novick; Professor Fischer kills two of his assistants by high velocity radio transmission waves which disintegrates the brain. "Battle In the Mediterranean," script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle, Jr.; On air patrol in the Mediterranian, Tom and Tim sinks an Italian aircraft carrier captured from the French. "The Last Indian Uprising" text story; The uprising of the Ute tribe in 1915. "The Book Bombs," scrip by Abner Sundell, art by Mort Meskin; Valor and his friends are in pursuit of Tania and the Russian Neek-Olaus, who have stolen the treasure of Wang Fu. "The Return of Mr. Nimbus," script by Abner Sundell, art by Mort Meskin; Dr. Nimbus kidnaps Inez to make her tell who the Scarlet Avenger is. "The Priest of the Chin Hills," script by Joe Blair, art by Lin Streeter; A black magician has kidnapped the only living descendant of the ancient rulers of Burma, and unless he is returned, it means revolution. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.5 $799.95 or Best Offer Paper: Slightly britle Spine of cover completely split and front cover detached. Label #2068102004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($24.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Edited by Harry Shorten. Cover art by Charles Biro. "The Rattler," script by Joe Blair, art by Charles Biro; The Rattler and his gang are digging a tunnel to rob the U.S. Sub Treasury building. "Gorro the Terror" Dicky in the Magic Forest story, script and art by Louis Golden; Dick's father fights Gorro, the Terror, and is nearly killed; Dick must return to the Magic Forest to get coconut milk to cure him. "Deviltry At the Dude Ranch," art by Frank Volp; Guests at a dude ranch are mysteriously killed. "Black Widow," script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle; Two masked men enter the payroll office of the Bradley Shoe Company, and Red Reagan takes up a subscription for a widow, to trap the murderer of her husband. "Enemy Force On Howe Island," script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle; Helen has information that the Germans have managed to get an invasion force based on the Howe Island, and they are going to strike soon, but Intelligence don't believe her. "Invader! Invader!", script by Joe Blair, art by Mort Meskin; The Japanese invader division rolls into the village as Captain Valor and his band gallop out the rear gate. "The Liquid Air Murders," script by Harry Shorten, art by Irv Novick; The judge in the trial of the gangster, Maretti, is turned into a pillar of ice when he is about to pass the sentence. "The Shambo Dance of Death," script by Joe Blair, art by Lin Streeter; One of the plantation workers has been killed, pierced by twenty spears, and ever since then, strange and sinister things have happened to the owner. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $1,500.00 or Best Offer Paper: Slightly britle Label #4471846007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($45.00) will be charged at checkout.

Edited by Harry Shorten. Cover art by Irv Novick. "Mystery At El Rancho Domo," script by Joe Blair, art by Irv Novick; The cruise ship carrying Doctor Cummings and his daughter is torpedoed by an unidentified submarine. "The Dog and the Dispatch," art by Lin Streeter; Captain Valor is recruiting new Marines. "The Saloon Girl and the Train Robbers," art by Frank Volp; An armored payroll truck is robbed by masked men, and the man behind it is a gambler. "Murder By Telephone," script by Joe Blair, art by Paul Reinman; Reagan is called to the mansion of Tennyson to investigate two murders; Both are killed by electric shock. "The Magic Picture Book," script and art by Louis Golden; Dicky finds a magic picture book in the Magic Forest. "The Revenge of Captain Schlitz," script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle; The German pilot, Captain Schlitz, challenges either of the Devil Twins to single combat at dawn. "Meet Wilbur," script by Harvey Willard, art by Lin Streeter; Wilbur is told by his father to control his temper. "The Murdering Matador," script by Harry Shorten, art by Paul Reinman; Zambini is in Mexico and witnesses a murder in the bull fighting arena. Shield pin-up by Irv Novick. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $4,300.00 Conserved Paper: Off white Conservation includes: leaf casting to cover, tear seals to cover, cover and interior reinforced. 13th wrap and centerfold married. Label #4240394001

Edited by Harry Shorten. Cover art by Irv Novick. Untitled Steel Sterling story, script by Joe Blair, art by Irv Novick; Steele and his friends are on Hawaii and meet the living dead who walk the sands of Waikiki Beach, controlled by Professor Dazzero. "Cleopatra, Queen of Hearts," art by Al Camy; The reincarnation of Cleopatra appears in New York and rich men dies by her spells. Untitled story, script by Joe Blair, art by Lin Streeter; Wilbur is on the Westfield football team and scores the winning goal. Untitled Captain Valor story, script by Joe Blair, art by Warren King; The Nazis are stirring up the natives on a South American island against the Marines. Untitled story, art by Frank Volp; The Mayor has called on Nevada Jones to deal with the killing outlaw, Pancho Cortez. Untitled story, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle; The War Eagles have stolen important papers from a Nazi factory and make their getaway in a German Stuka to deliver their goods. Untitled story, art by Lin Streeter; Dicky is chased by Loki, Lord of the Magic Forest, and puts on his magic boxing gloves. Untitled story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Paul Reinman; Zambini is nearly run down by a reckless driver and thinks he needs a good lesson. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $1,630.00 Paper: Off white Back cover missing. Label #4476391001

Edited by Harry Shorten. Cover art by Irv Novick. Untitled Steel Sterling story, script by Joe Blair, art by Irv Novick; Steele and his friends are on Hawaii and meet the living dead who walk the sands of Waikiki Beach, controlled by Professor Dazzero. "Cleopatra, Queen of Hearts," art by Al Camy; The reincarnation of Cleopatra appears in New York and rich men dies by her spells. Untitled story, script by Joe Blair, art by Lin Streeter; Wilbur is on the Westfield football team and scores the winning goal. Untitled Captain Valor story, script by Joe Blair, art by Warren King; The Nazis are stirring up the natives on a South American island against the Marines. Untitled story, art by Frank Volp; The Mayor has called on Nevada Jones to deal with the killing outlaw, Pancho Cortez. Untitled story, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle; The War Eagles have stolen important papers from a Nazi factory and make their getaway in a German Stuka to deliver their goods. Untitled story, art by Lin Streeter; Dicky is chased by Loki, Lord of the Magic Forest, and puts on his magic boxing gloves. Untitled story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Paul Reinman; Zambini is nearly run down by a reckless driver and thinks he needs a good lesson. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $1,279.00 Paper: Off white to white Minor amount of glue on spine of cover. Label #1158169012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($38.37) will be charged at checkout.

Edited by Harry Shorten. Cover art by Bob Montana. "The Web and the Madman of the Crooked Cross"; The Army has arranged for Raymond to take a job teaching in Pastor Michel's School in occupied France; This is before the U.S.A. got into the war. "The Laughing Death," script by Joe Blair, art by Irv Novick; A U.S destroyer picks up a lone survivor with an important portfolio that must not fall in the hands of Der Hyena. "The House of Cards," art by Red Holmdale; A worker at a playing card company discovers that they make deadly incendiary to be shipped out of the country, enroute to burst into flame. Untitled Wilbur story, script by Joe Blair, art by Bob Montana; Mr. Wilkin is playing golf. "Tame the King Gorilla," art by Warren King; Otto will capture a gorilla and train it to make plenty of money. His friend tries to persuade him to abandon his project. "The Epic of the U.S. Cruiser Marblehead," art by Sam Cooper; An American cruiser in fight with Japanese war ships. Untitled story, script by Harry Shorten; A business man who can't afford to lose an important contract, refuses to help the Army with experimental tanks; The Army officers then get help from Zambini. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Harry Shorten. Cover art by Bob Montana. "Your Own Web of Doom"; Winkler's poison gas formula is stolen and sent to Germany, but it is the imperfect version. Untitled story, script by Joe Blair, art by Irv Novick; The Vagabond, a master of disguise and daring, is the leader of the Valiants, his fellow Czechoslovakian freedom-fighters battling against the Nazis, as well as a pen pal to Steel Sterling; When Steel hears reports that the Vagabond has turned traitor, he investigates and finds that the hero has been imprisoned and replaced by an imposter. "Who Killed Casino?", art by Warren King; Black Jack must discover the identity of the person who killed the club owner, Casino. Untitled story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Bob Montana and Harry Lucey; Wilbur tries out his new inventions at home. "Pilot Zoom O'Day," art by Red Holmdale; Zoom gets into a boxing fight with Liverlips, and later meets him as a stowaway in the PBM patrol bomber. "General Draja Mihailovich," art by Paul Reinman; Leader of the conquered Yugoslavs. "People America Can do Without No.1 The Case of Mr. Hooker," script by Harry Shorten, art by Paul Reinman; Mr. Hooker has a hobby railroad and the U.S. could use it as valuable scrap metal. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Harry Shorten. Cover art by Irv Novick. "The Merchant of Hate"; This is the tale of a town somewhere in Europe, Lidice, and its destruction by the Nazis. "The Creeper," script by Joe Blair, art by Irv Novick; Steel in his struggle against the arch saboteur, the Creeper, who starts as a green costumed attraction at the circus. "The Clubfoot," art by Red Holmdale; The Clubfoot has come to America to kidnap the exiled King of Ptomania and take him to Germany, but Black Jack gets in his way. "The Football Season," art by Bob Montana; The football season and all the students are out for the team with that good old Westfield spirit. "Some Killers Work Slowly" text story by Scott Feldman. "The General's Radio," art by Joe Kubert; Zoom and Liverlips are on a strafing mission on Euphrates River and are shot down, but escape and blow up a river dam. "Major Devereux, Warrior of Wake Island," art by Paul Reinman; The battle of Wake Island in the Pacific, December 1941. "Case No. 2 of People America Can Do Without," art by Paul Reinman; On needlessly use of cars when sailors die to bring gasoline. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $3,000.00 Paper: Off white to white Coupon Cut out of Back Cover. Label #1972217004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($90.00) will be charged at checkout.

Edited by Harry Shorten. Cover art by Bob Montana. Untitled Web story, art by Sam Burlockoff; A German U-boat lands at the peaceful isle of Agoona to provision, and meets Father John. "Suicide...Or Murder?" text story, art by Scott Feldman. "The Werewolf of France," script by Joe Blair, art by Irv Novick; A fake werewolf prey on the French people to get skin and bones to use in the surgery on wounded German soldiers. "The Stars Shine Down--On Crime!" text story. Untitled Black Jack story, script by Scott Feldman; A rug merchant collecing war funds for China is murdered and twenty thousand dollars stolen; Only a playing card signed FanTan is left. World Wonders non-ficton page, art by Dale Goss; lungfish article. Untitled story, art by Bob Montana; Wilbur and the gang go "skinny" dipping; Many panels of characters sans clothing. Untitled story; After a forced landing with some medical supplies for Russia, Zoom disguises himself as Adolf Hitler to get another plane and deliver the load. "Maria Baida" Zip's Hall of Fame story; Maria gets the Order of Lenin for bravery fighting the German invaders. "Meet the Editor Harry Shorten" article by Scott Feldman; full page bio of editor Harry Shorten with drawn "headshot." "The Case of Silas Uriah," script by Harry Shorten, art by Mike Roy; Uriah has raised the rents of defence workers, and profits while the country fights a grim battle to the death. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.5 $159.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1292662007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.77) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Harry Sahle. "The Strange Case of the Timid Corpse," pencils by Clem Weisbecker, inks by Pen Shumaker; McGinty takes a injured lady to the hospital and is standing guard to watch her big diamond, the Koh-Noor, worth 50.000 dollars; It disappears, sewn into another patient by the crooked surgeon. Untitled story, script by Ed Goggin, art by Virginia Drury (as Ginger); Ginger is reading in her diary about her first date with Tommy. "Red Rube and El Tornado," art by Bill Vigoda; The ambassador in Mexico and his whole staff comes down with the measles, and Red Rube is sent down to smooth things over. "The Case of the Talking Dog," pencils by Irv Novick (?), inks by Pen Shumaker; A ventriloquist has killed a man for cheating him for years. "Red Rube and the Martians," art by Bill Vigoda; America is invaded by Martians, which turns out to be a Nazi trick to lower the fighting spirit. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.