Comic books published by Magazine Enterprises, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $250.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4433610004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.50) will be charged at checkout.

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.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $399.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #06A8C5-009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.97) will be charged at checkout.

(A-1 No. 82) Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Bob Powell. Cover by Bob Powell. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #82. Classic good-girl art by Bob Powell, as a girl raised by wolves becomes the jungle hero Cave Girl. Orphaned in the primeval Dawn Lands (where Thun'da also resides), Carol Mantomer is adopted by wolves and rejects the king of beastmen and others who want to tame her; An explorer discovers Cave Girl's true identity as an heiress and takes to Nairobi, but she prefers the jungle; A big-game hunter wants to make Cave Girl his latest catch. Featuring early stories by future comics legend Gardner Fox. The Pool of Life!; The City of Terror; Tiger by the Tail!; Spears of the Snow-Men. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $189.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s) Label #0242245020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.67) will be charged at checkout.

(A-1 No. 116) Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Bob Powell. Cover by Bob Powell. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #116. Classic good-girl art by Bob Powell, as a girl raised by wolves becomes the jungle hero Cave Girl. Cave Girl saves a lost baby from vengeful natives; Jungle lord Thun'da investigates a murder in the French Foreign Legion; Cave Girl fights to save a village from an Amazon raid. Featuring early stories by future comics legend Gardner Fox. The Mau Mau Killers!; Thunda: The Price of Murder!; Altar of the Axe; The Jungle Badman! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $2,200.00 Paper: Off white Label #4189514020

(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.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $1,799.95 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4445780001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($54.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

(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.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $799.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4467613002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($23.97) will be charged at checkout.

(A-1 Comics #51) Cover by Dick Ayers. Art by Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #51. Adventures of the original Ghost Rider, a Western marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. With this issue, the series takes on horror elements to fit with the horror trend in 1950s comics. A cursed Native tomb seems to be guarded by a winged serpent whose bite means death; The Ghost Rider seeks the truth about zombie gunfighters that are murdering ranchers in a small town, so he creates some zombies of his own; In Tales of the Ghost Rider, a rancher battles a white wolf that he soon learns is actually a werewolf. The Haunted Tomb!; The League of the Living Dead!; Tales of the Ghost Rider: The Bloody Fangs of Fear!; The Murder in Wax! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $265.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4412525002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.95) will be charged at checkout.

(A-1 Comics #67) Cover by Dick Ayers. Art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #67. Western horror with the original Ghost Rider, a marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. A monstrous vulture is attacking villagers, but turns out to be a man in a vulture costume, much like the later Spider-Man villain; Settlers ill-advisedly move into Hate Town, heedless of the curse that turned it into a ghost town; A hanged outlaw returns from the dead to continue robbing stagecoaches. Also featuring an ad for an official Ghost Rider scarf/mask for kids to wear. The Vulture Swoops; Hate Town, USA; The Left Boot Murders. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $799.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4385185011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($23.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

(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.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $749.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4385185010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.47) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

(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.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $305.00 Paper: Off white Label #4412525003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.15) will be charged at checkout.

(A-1 Comics #112) Cover by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #112 . Western horror with the original Ghost Rider, a marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. A mystery killer leaves his victims bare-chested for some reason; A vulture narrates a macabre tale of murder and death in the desert; Outlaws band together and hire a specialist to take out the Ghost Rider once and for all. The Treasure Chest Murders!; Tales of the Ghost Rider: My Two Friends!; The Man Who Hated!; Target: Ghost Rider!; Tales of the Ghost Rider: The Fastest Gunman in the Cemetery! Final issue of the series; the Ghost Rider continued to appear in Tim Holt/Red Mask (1954). Marvel's similar (Western) Ghost Rider debuted in 1967. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $190.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4367280004

Art by Bob Powell and Al Williamson. Cover by Bob Powell. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #35. Science hero Jet Powers uses advanced tech to battle supervillains, in sci-fi stories that have gained a cult following for their Bob Powell art. A radioactive dust cloud from space threatens to wipe out life on Earth; Jet Powers travels to Mars to help the Martians fight off an alien invasion; Space Ace discovers a book that reveals the location of the ultimate weapon, in a story with art by EC legend Al Williamson. The Dust Doom; The Devil's Machine; Space Ace: The Nothing Weapon; The Interplanetary War. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $600.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3707642015

Cover art by Ogden Whitney. "Maid in the Morgue" text story by Gardner Fox. "The School for Spies," art by Ogden Whitney; Fallon uncovers a hidden school for communist agents. "The Land of Lost Lumber," art by L B Cole; Red Fox helps a lumberjack stop a surveyor from stealing his claim. "The Men from Deep Space," art by Fred Guardineer; Space Ace and Jak Tal, with the help of a handshake-buzzer, defeat an alien invasion. "The Stone of the Dying Druid," art by Paul Parker; Eddie Bishop finds a cursed stone that compels him to commit robberies and murder. "The Mystery of the Stolen Secrets," art by Odgen Whitney; Starr Flagg must determine how Black Dan is unknowingly sending secrets to enemy spies. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $4,250.00 Paper: Off white to white Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #4434493005

(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.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $80.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4412525010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.40) will be charged at checkout.

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.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $160.00 Paper: Off white Label #2024122006

Art by Bob Powell and Fred Meagher. Cover by Frank Frazetta. 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's efforts to impress new neighbor Nan only get worse when Packy and Molly try to help. Red Hawk and Bigfoot are taken as legendary figures of prophecy by a neighboring tribe. Straight Arrow, mistaken for part of a raiding party, risks capture to save his horse Fury. Cover by legendary artist Frank Frazetta. Steve Adams - Badman!; The Luck of Loud Calf!; Red Hawk: Beast of the Bayous!!; Trial by Fury! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $1,360.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4372491003

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.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $850.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4044884002

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.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $300.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream Slab: Other - see grading notes 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.