Comic books 1955 or before, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $2,095.00 Paper: White Slab: Minor side edge crack Label #1272058001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($62.85) will be charged at checkout.

Art by Robert Webb. Cover by Robert Webb. Adventures of the fearless jungle warrior Sheena, one of the earliest female heroes with her own title. Sheena battles cannibals who have lured crocodiles into doing their dirty work; Traders see dollar signs when a scientist stumbles on an undiscovered tomb of the pharaohs; Sheena battles killer leopards and the cult that worships them. The Congo Colossus; Death Trap of the River Demons; Lair of the Leopard Goddess. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $384.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #1127241001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.52) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by SamsCGCgoodies

Art by Robert Webb. Cover by Robert Webb. Adventures of the fearless jungle warrior Sheena, one of the earliest female heroes with her own title. Sheena battles cannibals who have lured crocodiles into doing their dirty work; Traders see dollar signs when a scientist stumbles on an undiscovered tomb of the pharaohs; Sheena battles killer leopards and the cult that worships them. The Congo Colossus; Death Trap of the River Demons; Lair of the Leopard Goddess. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $155.00 Paper: Off white Label #0135467003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.65) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Art by Robert Webb. Cover by Joe Doolin. Adventures of the fearless jungle warrior Sheena, one of the earliest female heroes with her own title. Sheena discovers the truth behind the ravings of the man called Trader Happy, and so do greedy treasure hunters; A crocodile attack proves to be a ruse to trap Sheena; A sinister blonde treasure-hunter knocks out Sheena and dresses like her to fool the natives. Action-packed cover, likely by Joe Doolin. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $115.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4165426003

Art by Robert Webb. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Adventures of the fearless jungle warrior Sheena, one of the earliest female heroes with her own title. Sheena tries to prevent war between hunters and Wasuti warriors; Sheena encounters the Beast-Women of Zarga, who are almost as fierce and beautiful as she is; Sheena tries to rescue passengers from a doomed riverboat before it is destroyed. Terrific cover by Maurice Whitman is the very definition of good-girl art. Also featuring vintage ads for products that both increase the figure and reduce it. Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; The Gorilla; Devil-Drum of Naaga-Bor; Stamps: Georgia; The Beasts That Dawn Begot. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $120.00 Restored: B2 Paper: Off white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover, tear seal to cover, cover & interior reinforced, staples replaced. Label #4326643018

Art by Robert Webb and Richard Case. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Adventures of the fearless jungle warrior Sheena, one of the earliest female heroes with her own title. Sheena outwits the thousand-year-old Witch-Maiden of the Burning Glade; Simba, the king of the lions (not Simba the Lion King) becomes the target of rival youths on a quest to prove their manhood; Sheena strikes back against the stronghold of the bird-men. The Hoodoo Beats of Mozambique; Simba; The Condor; Jungle Code; Land of Feathered Evil. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $200.00 Paper: Off white Label #4016388011

Art by Robert Webb and Lena Buffalente. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Adventures of the fearless jungle warrior Sheena, one of the earliest female heroes with her own title. Sheena's plan to overthrow a corrupt tribal priest involves disguising herself as a crocodile; Natives dress in lion suits to terrorize villagers; The King of the Congo dares a native attack to rescue a disabled barge. The Terror-Pack of Slavemans Cavern; The Curse of B'Shingu; Ju-Ju Gold; Calling Jungle Patrol!; The Great Congo Treasure Trek. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.0 $569.00 Paper: Brittle Label #4256054002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.07) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Irv Novick. Untitled Shield story starring Trigger Yancey, Maharani of Robat, and Maharajah of Robat, script by Harry Shorten, art by Irv Novick. The Mystery of the Flying Dutchman starring Shield, art by Irv Novick. Untitled Shield story starring Mayor Link, art by Irv Novick. The Red Birds of Death text story, art by Irv Novick. Wizard story starring McGonicle, art by Edd Ashe. Wizard story starring Rollo the Ape-Man, art by Edd Ashe. Scripts by Harry Shorten. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $2,495.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4358244003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($74.85) 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.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $395.00 Paper: Off white Page 18 missing. Label #3912225003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.85) 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.

Shock Illustrated (1955) 1 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4378731006

Painted cover by Jack Kamen. Stories by Daniel Keyes and Robert Bernstein. Art by Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, Wally Wood, and Johnny Craig. Part of EC's Picto-Fiction line, published in response to the Comics Code, featuring slice-of-life tales in text stories copiously illustrated by EC's lineup of artists. This first issue focused on psychology-themed stories, similar to EC's 1955 comic Psychoanalysis. A key-swapping party for bored suburbanites results in a temporary split in Beth and Jim's marriage, and a trip to the psychiatrist. Teenage dope addict Peggy sees a psychiatrist after her life falls apart and she's jailed on multiple charges. A teen becomes a leather-jacked juvenile delinquent and murders a stranger with a switchblade, encompassing many of the fears of middle-class America of the 1950s. Featuring some stories by Daniel Keyes, later the author of the science fiction classic Flowers for Algernon. The Needle; Switch Party; The Jacket. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, B&W with single-color accents. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,090.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #3827967004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($32.70) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. The Neat Job!, script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Jack Kamen; An abused housewife married to a neat freak snaps one day and neatly dices the sections of her husband's body into small jars. Yellow!, script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Jack Davis; A Colonel's son faces the firing squad for cowardice under fire, and is court-martialed and found guilty, sentenced to die by firing squad. Alibi! text story by Albert B. Feldstein. The Monsters!, script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), pencils by Joe Orlando, inks by Joe Orlando; Aliens deposit their mutant births on Earth which, to them, appear as horrible monsters, but appear as regular human beings to the Earth men. The Rug!, script by Ball Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); Conrad and his friend Reggie head up to the big woods for some relaxation, as well as going hunting for a grizzly bear. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $139.00 Paper: Off white Centerfold missing. Label #4262451020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.17) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. The Neat Job!, script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Jack Kamen; An abused housewife married to a neat freak snaps one day and neatly dices the sections of her husband's body into small jars. Yellow!, script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Jack Davis; A Colonel's son faces the firing squad for cowardice under fire, and is court-martialed and found guilty, sentenced to die by firing squad. Alibi! text story by Albert B. Feldstein. The Monsters!, script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), pencils by Joe Orlando, inks by Joe Orlando; Aliens deposit their mutant births on Earth which, to them, appear as horrible monsters, but appear as regular human beings to the Earth men. The Rug!, script by Ball Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); Conrad and his friend Reggie head up to the big woods for some relaxation, as well as going hunting for a grizzly bear. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $775.00 Paper: Off white Label #0206472002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($23.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Wally Wood. Well-Traveled!, script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Jack Kamen; A henpecked husband dis-members his wife after she refuses to let him spend money on toy trains once too often. Hate!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; A man goes along with a plan to set fire to a Jewish couple's home until his mother tells him he's adopted and that his natural parents were Jews. Justice text story by Albert B. Feldstein. What Fur?, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; Captain Limpfort is hired by a furrier to fly him to a planet in another Solar System in order for the furrier to trap and skin skunks, which he makes into fashion apparel. Cold Cuts!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; A man murders his wife and cuts up her body in the tub to store in the meat locker. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $1,660.00 or Best Offer Restored: C1 Paper: Off white to white Restoration Includes: Small Amount of Color Touch on Cover. (Tape on Cover.) Label #2117307006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($49.80) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Wally Wood. Dead Right!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A fortune teller predicts to a woman that a man who wants to marry her, but she finds repulsive, is going to inherit twenty-five thousand dollars and die shortly afterward, so she marries him. Under Cover!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; When Sam Masters sees a secret society whip a girl to death he tries to contact the F.B.I. before they can catch him. The Bend! text story by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Marie Severin. Not So Tough!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A space commander who is as tough as nails on his crew is reduced to soft putty in the grip of a large gravitational force. Sugar 'N Spice 'N..., script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); A brother and sister lose their ball in the yard of an old woman whom they referred to as "The Old Crab"; She eventually gave them the ball back, but warned them to stay away. 36 pgs. $0.10. NOTE: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover a 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints #8). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950's publication date. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $799.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4390835013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($23.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. Beauty And The Beach!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; Two men are frustrated by the vanity of their attractive wives and the fact that they have offers to do some modeling and to participate in four beauty contests. The Bribe!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; A fire inspector commits suicide when a fire breaks out in a night club where he took a bribe to overlook code violations; He thinks his daughter was killed in the fire with the other patrons because of a photo taken of her earlier that evening. The Mountain Jackal text story by Albert B. Feldstein. Infiltration, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; This story postulates that a small government agency responsible for ferreting out Martian infiltrators is completely infested with Martian infiltrators except for a sole human whom they gun down. The Small Assassin!, script by Ray Bradbury and Albert B. Feldstein (adaptation), art by George Evans; a mother is paranoid that her newborn baby is attempting to kill her. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $1,299.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case Label #0028161002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($38.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. Beauty And The Beach!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; Two men are frustrated by the vanity of their attractive wives and the fact that they have offers to do some modeling and to participate in four beauty contests. The Bribe!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; A fire inspector commits suicide when a fire breaks out in a night club where he took a bribe to overlook code violations; He thinks his daughter was killed in the fire with the other patrons because of a photo taken of her earlier that evening. The Mountain Jackal text story by Albert B. Feldstein. Infiltration, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; This story postulates that a small government agency responsible for ferreting out Martian infiltrators is completely infested with Martian infiltrators except for a sole human whom they gun down. The Small Assassin!, script by Ray Bradbury and Albert B. Feldstein (adaptation), art by George Evans; a mother is paranoid that her newborn baby is attempting to kill her. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $1,600.00 Paper: Off white Label #4210025002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($48.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. Piecemeal, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A woman plots to give her naturalist husband an overdose of sleeping pills so that she can be with his younger brother. The Assault!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; Lucy, who was spending hours away from home on a regular basis, comes home one night and claims that old Hodges kidnapped and raped her, when, in fact, she had been with her lover. Suicide text story by Albert B. Feldstein. The Arrival, script by Al Feldstein, art by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta (some panels on pages 4-6), and Roy Krenkel (alien architecture), inks by Al Williamson (signed), Frank Frazetta (some panels on pages 4-6), and Roy Krenkel (alien architecture); Ninety-five thousand years after man destroys himself with nuclear weapons, the evolved rats develop space travel and meet their Martian neighbors. Seep No More!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by George Evans; Every morning, after a man stabs a woman to death and stashes her body in the attic, he sees a huge bloodstain spreading across his ceiling; He tries to cover it up with paint, but every morning it's there. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $2,400.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #2073381001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($72.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. Deadline, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; An alcoholic ex-reporter tries to get back on his feet after meeting a girl, and his old boss says he can have his job back if he brings in a story. The Monkey, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A drug addict murders his father in order to get his fix. Last Laugh! text story, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Marie Severin; Major Clagg was a parachute corps pilot that liked to take real risks when parachuting from a plane, and every feat he accomplished was accompanied by a practical joke of some kind. The Kidnapper, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Reed Crandall; A man's baby is kidnapped and when his wife's mental health grows so bad that he desperately attempts to steal another baby, he is beaten to death by a crowd of onlookers for attempting to kidnap...his own son. Fall Guy, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; A hotel clerk steals $100,000 from a diamond merchant and then rents a safety deposit box years in advance under the name 'Brad Gilbert'; He serves 15 years for the theft, then meets with the girl who promised to wait for him because she wants the money. 36 pgs. $0.10. NOTE: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover a 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints #3). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950's publication date. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $3,750.00 Paper: White Pedigree: Gaines File Copy Gaines File Copy. Includes COA. Label #1098317014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($112.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Jack Kamen. Raw Deal, script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Kamen; A man cannibalizes his new bride in order to survive being stranded at sea. The Confidant, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; A mob beats to death a priest when the man refuses to betray the confession of a killer. Slaughter! text story by Albert B. Feldstein. For Cryin' Out Loud!, script by Otto Binder, art by Reed Crandall; A man's conscience bothers him so much after he strangles a woman that he has an uncontrollable urge to confess the deed to anyone in earshot. Well Trained, script by Carl Wessler, art by George Evans; A detective arrests the man burglar who murdered his wife when she surprised him and, after a brutal beating that hospitalizes him, continues to hound him in the hospital about the death he will receive in the electric chair. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $730.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3832764007

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and Myron Fass. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Small-time hood Garton is plagued by guilt after he kills a man. The murder of a patient in the operating room leads to a redheaded nurse with a secret vendetta. Modern-day train robbers murder the locomotive crew on the Siskayu Tunnel. A Murderer's Reward; Corpse - Without Teeth!; Bloody Hands of Vengeance; Weird Operation!!; The Shocking Tunnel Murders. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $199.00 Paper: Off white Label #4332430005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Mo Leff. Stories and art by Mo Leff. United's anthology series presented a different comic-strip character in every issue. This issue features the classic fantasy strip Peter Pat by Mo Leff, and the "topper" strip Percy Penguin. Peter Pat is transported to the magical Pagoland, where he has Little Nemo-like fanciful adventures. The strip, narrated in captions like Prince Valiant, was the first official solo work of Mo Leff, a former assistant to Al Capp and Ham Fisher. The weekly strip only lasted a year, so this probably collects the entire run. Human foibles are illustrated by members of the animal kingdom, in the sardonic Percy Penguin. Home Towners; Peter Pat; Percy Penguin. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Single Series (1938) 9 CGC 7.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4363506001

Cover by John Hix. Stories and art by John Hix. United's anthology series presented a different comic-strip character in every issue. This issue features the Ripley's Believe It or Not-like comic strip Strange as It Seems by John Hix. Freaks of nature, whimsical facts, historical oddities, persons of unusual habits, hero pets, wonders of the animal kingdom, strange foods, medical trivia, and pure plainspoken hokum. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $720.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4332885001

Stories and art by Hal Foster. United's anthology series presented a different comic-strip character in every issue. This issue focuses on the Tarzan strip during the run of Hal Foster, the future artist of the legendary Prince Valiant strip. Reprints Tarzan Sundays #88 (11/6/1932) to #151 (1/28/1934). Tarzan battles the menace of an ancient Egyptian civilization that has somehow survived in the jungle to the present day. Egyptian archers get a bead on the ape man after he takes down an attacking panther. Plus a vintage ad for a "Tarzan of the Apes Spinner" (like a pog?). Creator of Tarzan: Edgar Rice Burroughs; The Menacing Stream. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $2,250.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #2104152014

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Pete Riss, Charles Sultan, Jon L. Blummer, and Frank Simienski. Tales of pre-Code horror from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. The fiendish Largo the Magician plans to use Martha in his spell for immortality. A crooked Navy contractor faces justice from the spirits of John Paul Jones and the men whose deaths he caused. Communist agents encounter the ancient sea monster Scylla. Deathless Mortal; Sea of Retribution; Death for Hire; Monster of the Deep; The Ghost of Company C; The Corpse Under the Carpet. 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $1,490.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #2104152013

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Pete Riss, Charles Sultan, Jon L. Blummer, and Frank Simienski. Tales of pre-Code horror from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. The fiendish Largo the Magician plans to use Martha in his spell for immortality. A crooked Navy contractor faces justice from the spirits of John Paul Jones and the men whose deaths he caused. Communist agents encounter the ancient sea monster Scylla. Deathless Mortal; Sea of Retribution; Death for Hire; Monster of the Deep; The Ghost of Company C; The Corpse Under the Carpet. 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $1,300.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #2104152012

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Pete Riss, Charles Sultan, Jon L. Blummer, and Frank Simienski. Tales of pre-Code horror from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. The fiendish Largo the Magician plans to use Martha in his spell for immortality. A crooked Navy contractor faces justice from the spirits of John Paul Jones and the men whose deaths he caused. Communist agents encounter the ancient sea monster Scylla. Deathless Mortal; Sea of Retribution; Death for Hire; Monster of the Deep; The Ghost of Company C; The Corpse Under the Carpet. 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $450.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4241094001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Pete Riss, Charles Sultan, Jon L. Blummer, and Frank Simienski. Tales of pre-Code horror from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. The fiendish Largo the Magician plans to use Martha in his spell for immortality. A crooked Navy contractor faces justice from the spirits of John Paul Jones and the men whose deaths he caused. Communist agents encounter the ancient sea monster Scylla. Deathless Mortal; Sea of Retribution; Death for Hire; Monster of the Deep; The Ghost of Company C; The Corpse Under the Carpet. 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $275.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4390835014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.25) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by King Ward, Gus Ricca, Edvard Moritz, and Frank Simienski. Tales of pre-Code horror from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Journalists observe the resurrection of an ancient African snake goddess, but luckily, shes vulnerable to photo-developing chemicals. A scientist develops a robot bat thats controlled by brainwaves, but an evil spirit uses it for its own purposes. Ted meets a beautiful woman in an ancient tomb, but it turns out shes planning to raise the Unholy Dead. Awesome Ken Bald snake-woman cover. The Were-Serpent of Karnak; The Bat and the Brain; Tomb of the Unholy Dead; True Ghost Experiences. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $200.00 Paper: Off white Label #4241094002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by King Ward, Gus Ricca, Edvard Moritz, and Frank Simienski. Tales of pre-Code horror from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Journalists observe the resurrection of an ancient African snake goddess, but luckily, shes vulnerable to photo-developing chemicals. A scientist develops a robot bat thats controlled by brainwaves, but an evil spirit uses it for its own purposes. Ted meets a beautiful woman in an ancient tomb, but it turns out shes planning to raise the Unholy Dead. Awesome Ken Bald snake-woman cover. The Were-Serpent of Karnak; The Bat and the Brain; Tomb of the Unholy Dead; True Ghost Experiences. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,000.00 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 7.0 $1,710.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4175622006

The Ray story, art by Reed Crandall; The Ray battles fifth columnists who have a mobile atom-smasher. Good Neighborliness featuring Espionage Starring Black X. The Jester, art by Paul Gustavson. Wildfire story, script by Robert Turner, art by Jim Mooney. Purple Trio story. The Ghost of Robin Hood starring Midnight, art by Jack Cole. Wings Wendall story, art by Vernon Henkel. Rookie Rankin story, art credited to Kenneth Julian. Wun Cloo story, art by Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]. Invisible Justice story, art credited to Art Gordon. Bozo the Robot story, art credited to Wayne Reid. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $315.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #2010980020

Midnight story, script and art by Paul Gustavson; Doc Wackey invents a drug that makes the subject sleep so deeply even his heart stops beating. Espionage Starring Black X story. Wun Cloo story, script and art by Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]. Rookie Rankin story. The Jester story. Daffy story. Lady Luck story, script and art by Klaus Nordling. Spunky story, art by Sy Lazarus. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $349.00 Paper: Off white Double Cover: 1st Cover 6.5, Interior Cover 8.0. Label #1482281008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.47) will be charged at checkout.

It Was Murder starring Midnight, art by Paul Gustavson; Midnight hides a witness at Dave Clark's house, but the boys think she's moving in permanently and try to drive her out. Spunky story, art by Sid Lazarus. Rookie Rankin story; Rankin battles a grizzly bear in the middle of the city. Black X story. Lady Luck story, art by Klaus Nordling. Wun Cloo story, art by Jack Cole. Daffy story, art by Bart Tumey. Lord Mogsworth starring The Jester. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $250.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0720261001

The comic adventures of Smiley Burnette, best known as the sidekick to Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and other movie cowboys. Smiley's comedic introduction to comics is a parade through town that he financed himself, to boost circulation of the "Burnette's Bugle" newspaper. Meanwhile, Spike-Nose Ned uses the parade as a distraction to rob the Wells Fargo safe. When Smiley's horse Ring Eye is horsenapped, Smiley risks his life to save him. The Trapping of Spike-Nose Ned; Red Eagle: The New Chief; Dirty Dabble, the Dastardly Double; Owlhoot Justice; Revenge for Ring-Eye. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $262.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0074332024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.86) will be charged at checkout.

The comic adventures of Smiley Burnette, best known as the sidekick to Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and other movie cowboys. Smiley must fight for his life after his newspaper prints an expose of card-sharp Charley Cheet. When members of the Canuga tribe are being abducted by bears who vanish without a trace, Red Eagle suspects trickery from the rival Onadontas. Smiley's new recording career earns him the enmity of fellow performer Grouchy Gus; luckily, Smiley has his Smiley-o-phone, with its secret dart attack! Charley Cheet's Trickery; Mustang Mack Horses Around!; Red Eagle: The Marauders!; Miguelito's Merry Murder!; Careless Gold; The Show Must Go on!; Western Quiz; Halfwit Hack: A Pressing Occasion! Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $230.00 Paper: Off white Slab: See item notes Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #3761487010

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $330.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4314165002

Does not have dust jacket; grading is based on book itself. Smitty by Walter Berndt. Newspaper reprints, Cupples and Leon Co., New York. 7 x 8-3/4 inches, 86 pages, color hardbound cover with black-and-white interior. No cover price.

Space Adventures (1952 1st series) 7 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4006900009

Cover art by Dick Giordano. "Transformation," art by Dick Giordano; Anticipating nuclear war that would leave Earth barren of life, Lars Kranston convinces his colleagues to go to Mars; His paramour Betty Stone insists that she go as well; The ship crashes on Mars. "The Doomed Civilization," script by Carl Memling, pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by Vince Alascia; Commander Krait's crew begins receiving transmissions from an inhabitable planet called X-3-Z; Dr. Triple interprets the message; The message states society living there faces immanent destruction through war; Krait sends ships to stop the senseless destruction. "Simtone Saves the Space Officers" text story. "Homecoming," art by Stan Campbell; In the summer of 1953, Edmund Cranston presents his designs for a rocket ship to Dr. Corning at a large aircraft corporation; Cranston's only request is to be on the spacecraft maiden voyage to the moon. "Fateful Fluid," art by Art Cappello; When a professor perfects an elixir to transmute all it touches into gold, Kryn uses a "paralyzo ray" to freeze the professor; Kryn takes the potion for his own purposes. "Eternity in Space," art by Art Cappello; The Earth-Moon space station is a city floating between the Earth and the Moon; The city is constructed on an artificial wheel; Dr. Tero and Dr. Orso create two synthetic children; One is named Nors, the other Gri. Lars works on a fuel for spaceships; Both plan to win a contest for amazing feats. "Invasion" one-page story, art by Tony Tallarico. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $505.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3698454007

Cover art by Steve Ditko. "Interplanetary Safari!", pencils by Bill Molno (as Joe Shuster), inks by Dick Giordano; Ron Adams, Interplanetary "Bring 'Em Back Alive" Explorer, demands a half-million dollars to build a spaceship and go to the planet Xarto; There he hopes to capture a giant, carnivorous plant that is worth a great deal of money. "You Are the Jury," art by Steve Ditko; Ogu is an alien assigned a guard post in space; He notes a small planet, Earth in actuality, and goes there to investigate; He runs across a circus. "Moment of Decision" one-page story, art by Steve Ditko. "Machines versus Mars" text story. "Dead Reckoning!", art by Steve Ditko; Airman Andor is a police officer in space; He goes to a disturbance call; An elderly man is angry at his maid for attempting to steal his treasure map; She is a young and attractive blonde woman named Kyt. "Case of the Sweating Swami" one-page story, art by Tony Tallarico. "Legions of Atlantis," art by Seymour Moskowitz; The Navy submarine R-93 dives; Something goes wrong and it goes too deep; Captain Small, Huey, and Robert Crane are rescued by fishmen from the city of Atlantis. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $1,420.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case Label #3706393004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($42.60) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Carl Memling, Vince Alascia, Joe Shuster, John Belfi, Seymour Moskowitz and Dick Giordano. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Mad scientist Dr. Cabot uses his new shrinking serum on his wife and his assistant after learning that they've been having an affair. An experimental vessel probes beneath the Earth's crust for the most dangerous element ever discovered, in a story with art by Superman co-creator Joe Shuster. Quentin's new invention is a chemical treatment that will grow hair anywhere, but that's not always a good thing. Another legendary (and hilarious) cover by Ditko. Too Much to Swallow; The Unknown Element; Devolution; Saucers from Saturn; The Morning After; The Alien Raider. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $199.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Scuffing on back of case Label #0282332018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Carl Memling, Vince Alascia, Joe Shuster, John Belfi, Seymour Moskowitz and Dick Giordano. Ahead of the Comics Code, Space Adventures switches from horrific tales of sci-fi to super-heroics, reviving 1940s hero Blue Beetle, in what proved to be a long and influential series for both Charlton and the Blue Beetle himself. In the far-off future year of 1988, Blast Baker and Astra Adams of the Planet Police battle a tentacled monster from outer space. Someone tries to frame reporter Joan Mason by planting a bag of cocaine in her purse. Blue Beetle: Murder in the Ring; The Thing in Outer Space; From Planet Rathe to Planet Earth; The Beauty Parlor Murders; Minit Mystery; Heritage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $379.00 Paper: Off white Label #3932451014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.37) 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 $530.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4107255017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($15.90) 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 4.0 $360.99 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Scuffing on front of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Label #2003831003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.83) will be charged at checkout.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $41.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4129433006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.23) will be charged at checkout.

Sparkie, the elf "from the land of make-believe" and his human friend Big Jon were the stars of a children's radio show. Sparkie investigates after the Town Hall bell disappears. Sparkie and Charlie help Charlie's Uncle Horace promote his Human Fly climb on the Town Hall Tower, but they don't realize Horace is terribly out of shape. Sparkie and Twinkle set out to save Hansel and Gretel from a wicked witch. Sparkie pretends to be Jim Hawkins from Treasure Island. Painted cover by an unknown artist. Who Am I?; The Case of the Missing Bell; Benny the Bug; The Human Fly; Big Jon & Sparkie Riddle Bag; The Golden Egg; Benny the Bug: No Dogs Allowed; Sparkie and Twinkle: The Wicked Witch. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $1,140.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Label #3809665001

Cover by Burne Hogarth. Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Paul Berdanier, Fred Methot, Bernard Dibble, Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Sparling, Drew Pearson, Bob Allen, Milburn Rosser, Rudolph Dirks, Charlie Plumb, Bill Conselman, Harry O'Neill, and Raeburn Van Buren. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, plus patriotic WWII heroes The Spark Man and Race Riley. Just when Bathless Groggins' masquerade as Princess Groggynska reaches the height of absurdity, his estranged wife One-Eyed Maggie returns. Hap Hopper believes he's found the head of the Nazi spy ring. Plus a Tarzan adventure by Burne Hogarth. Dinosaur and Tarzan cover by Hogarth. Spark Man; Hap Hopper; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Ella Cinders; Tarzan; Abbie an Slats; Broncho Bill; Race Riley and the Commandos; Sparkler Salutes; El Bombo. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $170.00 Paper: White Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case Label #3962467001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.10) will be charged at checkout.

Special Delivery Pogo (1951 circa) is a promotional booklet produced by Post-Hall Syndicate to encourage newspaper editors to carry the Pogo comic strip. No date, but the strips (15 pages) are from October-December 1950, so this was probably published in 1951 (the copyright date on the cover). There is also a two-page biography of Walt Kelly. 8.5 x 10 in.; black and white; 20 pages.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $699.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #0343181018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($20.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Hirohito's Ghost starring Captain Freedom. Doom For Traitors starring Black Cat. Nightmare starring Biff Bannons, art by Art Helfant. Monsters Who Breed - - Earthquakes starring Shock Gibson and Professor Eltoy. The Story Behind The Cover featuring Captain Freedom, Black Cat, and Shock Gibson. Adventures of Padlock Homes story, art by Ed Wheelan. Murder for Matadors starring the Girl Commandos, art by Jill Elgin. 52 pages, four color. Cover price $0.10.