Comic books published by Magazine Enterprises, graded by CGC

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Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Cover by Frank Bolle. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #122. A solo effort starring bad girl Black Phantom, formerly an adversary of Western hero Redmask, who has turned to fighting outlaws on her own. Black Phantom takes on the trio of outlaws who ride into town with their eyes on the bank; BP must figure out why someone is stealing what appears to be useless junk; Sheriff Satan of the outlaw town of Helldorado puts lawmen in jail and outlaws in power, until the Black Phantom comes along. Featuring early stories by future comics legend Gardner Fox. The Unholy Three!; The Nothing Robber!; Sheriff Satan!; The Ghost Rider. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.10.

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(A-1 Comics #27) Cover by Dick Ayers. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Stories and art by Gardner Fox, C. W. Winter, Howard Larsen and Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #27. Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. The masked gunslinger formerly known as The Calico Kid (actually Marshal Rex Fury) takes on a new identity, using special effects to fool evildoers into thinking he is a vengeful spirit; Outlaws face the various tricks Ghost Rider uses to appear as if he is an actual ghost. This was the first character to use the name and the very cool Western-themed Ghost Rider design, both of which have remained in use to the present day, but for different characters. The Ghost Rider; The Fire Ghost!; The Saga o' Sagebrush Sam; Spook Justice; Western 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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(A-1 Comics #37) Cover by Frank Frazetta. Art by Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #37. Adventures of the original Ghost Rider, a Western marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. A sadistic rancher tries to cheat his niece out of the land she inherited; A corrupt white man tries to gin up conflict between Natives and settlers for his own agenda; A cavalry stalked by an Apache war party becomes a Doom Patrol (years before the superhero team of that name). The Spirit Speaks!; Laughing Boy!; The Tyrant of Brimstone!; Doom Patrol! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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(A-1 Comics #71) Cover by Dick Ayers. Art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #71. Western horror with the original Ghost Rider, a marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. The Ghost Rider investigates after the Monster of Frankenstein itself suddenly begins terrorizing his little Western town; Jed Gunner sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for a gold mine; Ghost Rider learns that the tiger terrorizing a traveling circus is actually two contortionists in a bullet-proof tiger suit. Ghost Rider vs. Frankenstein; Tales of the Ghost Rider: The Devil and Jed Gunner; The Spirit Spurs; Tales of the Ghost Rider: My Friend the Hangman; The Devil Tiger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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(A-1 Comics #71) Cover by Dick Ayers. Art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #71. Western horror with the original Ghost Rider, a marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. The Ghost Rider investigates after the Monster of Frankenstein itself suddenly begins terrorizing his little Western town; Jed Gunner sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for a gold mine; Ghost Rider learns that the tiger terrorizing a traveling circus is actually two contortionists in a bullet-proof tiger suit. Ghost Rider vs. Frankenstein; Tales of the Ghost Rider: The Devil and Jed Gunner; The Spirit Spurs; Tales of the Ghost Rider: My Friend the Hangman; The Devil Tiger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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(A-1 Comics #80) Cover by Dick Ayers. Art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #75. Western horror with the original Ghost Rider, a marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. A witch summons demons to terrorize a town after her father's murder, but something doesn't add up; A killer is tormented by the disembodied hand of the man he buried alive; A reporter thinks he's figured out the secret identity of the Ghost Rider. The Beautiful Witch; Tales of the Ghost Rider: Hand Wrenched from the Grave; Assignment: Ghost Rider; Tales of the Ghost Rider: Tortures of the Damned; The Haunted Portrait! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Story adaptation by Gardner Fox, based on the screenplay by Andrew Solt and Maxwell Anderson. Art by Ogden Whitney. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #21. Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. This issue featured an adaptation of the 1949 Ingrid Bergman film Joan of Arc. Led by the voice of God, young Joan galvanizes the French during the Hundred Years War. Captured and burned at the stake, she nevertheless becomes an iconic figure in European history and the Catholic church. The film, by Wizard of Oz director Victor Fleming, was adapted for comics by legendary comics scribe Gardner Fox. Featuring production stills of Ingrid Bergman and an historical discussion. Joan Maid of France; Joan of Arc; After Her Death; Ingrid Bergman as Joan of Arc. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Red Letter Day" text story by Gardner Fox. "The Secret of the Statue," art by Ogden Whitney; Undercover Girl must keep a statue with the location of uranium deposits from Russian agents. Untitled story, art by Fred Guardineer; Space Ace must catch the criminal that has stolen the Neverfade Emeralds. "The Faery and the Fireplace," art by Paul Parker; Sir Menkie is killed while in a locked room in the home of his hated rivals, the MacClaymores. "The Adventure of the Fur Robbers," art by L. B. Cole; Red Fox stops Raoul Metis from stealing Chief Cornstalk's tribes furs. "The Girl and the Gorilla," art by Ogden Whitney; Agent Fallon follows killer Mike Makle into the swamps to capture him. "The Talented Team That Created Superman ..." ad. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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(A-1 #77). Cover pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache. "The Enemy Within," art by Ogden Whitney; Agent Fallon infiltrates a communist cell trying to take over the maritime unions; Reprinted from issue #5. "The Little Man Who Wasn't There," art by Paul Parker; Kirk pursues a thief who has perfected a shrinking formula; Reprinted from issue #10. "The Trail of the Curious Pin," art by Ogden Whitney; Undercover Girl must find the pin that contains the message another spy was bringing her before she was captured by enemy agents; Reprinted from issue #11. "The Terror of the Forest Trail," art by L. B. Cole; Red Fox must find out who has been killing every doctor that comes to Barren Bay; Reprinted from issue #9. "The Ledger That Told the Truth," pencils by Graham Ingels; The Duke exposes Fang's rackets on the waterfront; Reprinted from issue #9. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Bob Powell and Fred Meagher. Cover by Fred Meagher. Rancher Steve Adams, a Comanche raised by white settlers, has a secret identity as the warrior Straight Arrow, a hero who first appeared on a popular radio show. Steve tries to track down the outlaws who robbed a wagon train, but he has more luck as Straight Arrow. Red Hawk seeks his father's killers, strange men in fearsome green bird masks. An escaped killer masquerading as a Comanche encounters Straight Arrow, who is the real thing. Plus non-fiction features on tepees and other Western camps. Tepee; The Peril of the Pioneers!; Land of Our Fathers; Fangs of the Wild; Red Hawk: The Men of the Green Feather!; The Death Moccasin!; Proper Camp. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Bob Powell and Fred Meagher. Cover by Fred Meagher. Rancher Steve Adams, a Comanche raised by white settlers, has a secret identity as the warrior Straight Arrow, a hero who first appeared on a popular radio show. A sailor seeks an old ship lost in the desert sands, but everyone thinks he's crazy. Red Hawk hears the tale of the man who saved the world from a solar eclipse by shooting the moon with his bow. Outlaws masquerade as a skeleton spirit to steal treasure from Straight Arrow's tribe. Plus a non-fiction feature on Air Pioneers by Bob Powell. Comanche Country!; The Sand Ship!; Red Hawk: The Man Who Shot the Moon!; Two-Fisted Marshal; The Death Warning!; International Air Pioneers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Gunslinger's Chance" and "The Stolen Town" (art on both by Frank Bolle). The Calico Kid back-up story. Black-and-white inside cover photo page. Back cover full-color photo of Tim and his horse, Lightning, on a movie set. Inside back cover ad for Lone Ranger "Silver Bullet Ball Pen Set." Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Frank Bolle, Frank Frazetta and Dick Ayers. Cover by Frank Frazetta. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Tim winds up on a ship that mutinies against its tyrannical captain. Toughs Spike and Mike, who kick dogs and steal crutches, are hired by a sheriff's killer to take out the Ghost Rider. Tim and Chito investigate after a rancher is killed for the secret he knew. Featuring an early spot illo and cover by legendary artist Frank Frazetta. Tim Holt's Western Album; The Cowboy and the Clipper!; The Painted Killer; The Ghost Rider: Scourge of Guilt!; The Hooks of Horror!; Prairie Panic. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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A-1 Comics #62. Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Ogden Whitney. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #62. Female secret agent Starr Flagg debuted in Manhunt! (1947) before graduating to her own title. A reporter is murdered seconds before he could go on the air with a scoop about a hostile foreign country. Starr must find a ring that can trigger a nuclear holocaust. Madam Darkova's gorilla servant captures Starr and a scientist with a deadly steel-melting formula. The Mystery of the Stolen Secrets; The Riddle of the Radio-Death; The House That Hate Built; Jeopardy in Jade; Beauty and the Beast. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $300.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream Cracking to lower front and back of slab with plastic missing from right and bottom edge. Label #2011057002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

A-1 Comics #62. Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Ogden Whitney. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #62. Female secret agent Starr Flagg debuted in Manhunt! (1947) before graduating to her own title. A reporter is murdered seconds before he could go on the air with a scoop about a hostile foreign country. Starr must find a ring that can trigger a nuclear holocaust. Madam Darkova's gorilla servant captures Starr and a scientist with a deadly steel-melting formula. The Mystery of the Stolen Secrets; The Riddle of the Radio-Death; The House That Hate Built; Jeopardy in Jade; Beauty and the Beast. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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A-1 Comics #98. Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Ogden Whitney. Cover by Bob Powell. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #98. Female secret agent Starr Flagg debuted in Manhunt! (1947) before graduating to her own title. Starr must keep Russian agents from finding a statue that pinpoints uranium deposits. Jim's friend Bill rescues a woman lost in the woods, but is she really a vampire? Siva Dey plans to use her power to animate stone to turn all the statues in India into her private army. Terrific action-girl cover by Bob Powell. The Secret of the Statue; Fallon of the FBI: Terror From the Tomb; The Kidnapping of Major Amersley; The Doom of Siva Dey. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.