Comic books 1951, graded by CGC

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"The Evil Eye," art by Bill Everett; Prof. Lyle Chambers summons a gigantic, floating eye from outer space, which has the power to shoot death rays and blow up buildings merely by looking at them; Chambers' idea is to force the government to make him the dictator of America in exchange for removing the destructive force, but the eye eventually turns on him and blasts him into nothingness. "Dial...City Morgue!", art by Sol Brodsky; Our protagonist, Ted, uses his new phone in an attempt to call a business rival, but instead hears a mysterious voice saying "City Morgue!"; Just ten minutes later, Ted's rival dies in a hit-and-run killing. "Sculpture of Death" text story. "It!", art by John Romita; Bill and Jenny, a young married couple, adopt a baby, but they are soon plagued by a mysterious series of accidents, including a poisoned mug of coffee and a house fire; Jenny trips over the baby's teddy bear and falls down the stairs to her death; the story is a swipe of Ray Bradbury's "The Small Assassin." "The Man on the Beach!", art by Bill LaCava; While walking on the beach, a young couple encounters a ragged beachcomber who claims that the world is doomed; He explains that he used to be a clumsy and inept bookkeeper named Robert Gordon who was transported 5,000 years into the future as part of a scheme to save the world. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $595.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back Label #0191663003

"The Evil Eye," art by Bill Everett; Prof. Lyle Chambers summons a gigantic, floating eye from outer space, which has the power to shoot death rays and blow up buildings merely by looking at them; Chambers' idea is to force the government to make him the dictator of America in exchange for removing the destructive force, but the eye eventually turns on him and blasts him into nothingness. "Dial...City Morgue!", art by Sol Brodsky; Our protagonist, Ted, uses his new phone in an attempt to call a business rival, but instead hears a mysterious voice saying "City Morgue!"; Just ten minutes later, Ted's rival dies in a hit-and-run killing. "Sculpture of Death" text story. "It!", art by John Romita; Bill and Jenny, a young married couple, adopt a baby, but they are soon plagued by a mysterious series of accidents, including a poisoned mug of coffee and a house fire; Jenny trips over the baby's teddy bear and falls down the stairs to her death; the story is a swipe of Ray Bradbury's "The Small Assassin." "The Man on the Beach!", art by Bill LaCava; While walking on the beach, a young couple encounters a ragged beachcomber who claims that the world is doomed; He explains that he used to be a clumsy and inept bookkeeper named Robert Gordon who was transported 5,000 years into the future as part of a scheme to save the world. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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First printing cover by Wally Wood. Art by Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Raphael Astarita, Charles Sultan, and George Tuska. Science fiction adventure from Avon, featuring stories and art from legends in the comics and sci-fi fields. Kenton Of The Star Patrol confronts the beautiful Myrza, queen of the space vampires; Jac Hartt battles alien spies with the power of invisibility; Adventurers find a lost kingdom full of dinosaurs, cavemen and a girl wearing leopard skins. Also featuring an action-packed contents page illustrated by Wally Wood on the inside front cover, and a vivid Wood cover that practically leaps off the page. The Vampires of the Void; The Lost Kingdom of Athala; The Curse of Ahmen Ra; A Nation Is Born; The Enchanted Dagger! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Norman Nodel; John Rosenberger, Werner Roth, Ed Goldfarb, and Gene Fawcette. Cover by Wally Wood and Joe Orlando. Science fiction adventure from Avon, featuring stories and art from legends in the comics and sci-fi fields. The women warriors of Mimas, a moon of Jupiter, act as space sirens to lure unsuspecting spaceships to their doom; Space banditos from a rogue asteroid plot to steal the Earth itself; A robot gains a glimmering of humanity when he tries to save a lovely woman. Also featuring a gorgeous contents page illustrated by Wally Wood and Joe Orlando on the inside front cover, and another superb Wood cover featuring a ravenous alien, a beautiful woman in shimmering gossamer, and a dashing space hero. Sirens of Space!; End of His Service!; Shining Sands of Death!; The Abduction of Earth! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by John Sikela, Win Mortimer, and Al Plastino, inks by Ed Dobrotka, Mortimer, and Al Plastino. The Strange Costumes of Superboy, pencils by John Sikela; Lana promises to eat Superboy's cape if he can prove he's not Clark Kent. The Worst Circus on Earth!, pencils by John Sikela, inks by Ed Dobrotka; Superboy brings a run-down circus to Smallville and then has to help spruce the acts up. Peg humor page by Henry Boltinoff. A Sappy Story text story by B. Fairbanks. Remote Control Magnetic Derrick--Superboy's Workshop activity page. Superboy on Mars!, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti; Superboy and Marsboy switch places to see who has an easier life. Old Folks Are People, Too! public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. Clark Kent's Super-Masquerade starring R24, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman gains temporary amnesia. The Anti-Superman Club, script by Edmond Hamilton; Superman builds a Superwoman robot. Jerry Jitterbug humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. Minus Three Ninety text story. The Man Who Stole the Oceans starring Superman and Lex Luthor, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. (In #48 he was The Man Who Stole the Sun! This guy thinks BIG!) Full-page, full-color Schwinn bicycle interior ad. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $420.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4136933009

Cover art by Sol Brodsky. I Was Locked in a Mansion with ... Murder!; the actual record of the "world's most frightening evening." Behind the Mask, script and art by Don Rico. The Web. Quiet Destiny text story. Terror in the Tent! The Phantom!, art by Murphy Anderson. Dracula Lives! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Feldstein. "Reflection of Death!", script and art by Al Feldstein; Carl and Al are driving down a dark, lonely road when suddenly headlights appear in front of them, and there is a crash; Al awakens with torn clothes and a smell, asking a driver on the road for a lift to town, but the man screams and drives off. "Last Respects!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; Tony loves and secretly marries Anna, a wealthy, but underage girl; When her Uncle discovers this, he threatens to annul the marriage, which drives Anna to her sickbed. "Precautions" text story. "Seance!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Alan Bitsby sets out to prove that a medium is faking by asking him to raise the spirit of his 'departed' wife. "Voodoo Death!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Johnny Craig; Jay and Bill witness a forbidden voodoo ceremony; Jay is captured and later meets up with Bill and they leave Haiti. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Feldstein. "Reflection of Death!", script and art by Al Feldstein; Carl and Al are driving down a dark, lonely road when suddenly headlights appear in front of them, and there is a crash; Al awakens with torn clothes and a smell, asking a driver on the road for a lift to town, but the man screams and drives off. "Last Respects!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; Tony loves and secretly marries Anna, a wealthy, but underage girl; When her Uncle discovers this, he threatens to annul the marriage, which drives Anna to her sickbed. "Precautions" text story. "Seance!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Alan Bitsby sets out to prove that a medium is faking by asking him to raise the spirit of his 'departed' wife. "Voodoo Death!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Johnny Craig; Jay and Bill witness a forbidden voodoo ceremony; Jay is captured and later meets up with Bill and they leave Haiti. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Wally Wood. "Well-Cooked Hams!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Two American producers want to bring Parisian-style, Grand Guignol, gory plays to a Broadway theater, but the owner refuses to do business with them. "Madame Bluebeard," script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A woman raises her daughter to hate men and so for six years she murders a husband a year, making each appear an accidental death, as trophies for her departed mother. "Nature" text story. "Return!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A woman ends up getting pregnant by her husband's ghost! "Horror! Head... It Off!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A member of the French nobility during the Terror betrays his fellow's confidence in order to curry favor with the revolutionary government. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $13,300 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) 9 pieces of tape covering spine of cover. Label #0952981007

Horror and Science Fiction books that appeared around 1952. Each E.C. Annual contains four complete books that did not sell on the stands which were rebound in the annual format, minus the covers, and sold from the E.C. Office and on the stands in key cities. The contents of each annual may vary in the same year. Cover price $0.25.

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Edited by Will Lieberson, Roy Ald and Al Jetter. Cover by Shelly Moldoff. Stories by unknown. Art by George Evans, Bernard Baily and Shelly Moldoff. Horror tales that are so scary they could only lead you to believe that This Magazine is Haunted! In this issue: After two hundred years the Duke of Allister rises newly born from his casket at Carnoc Castle. Now immortal, he seeks to lead a second life. But the forces of witchcraft which granted him his gift return to haunt the Duke in "The Curse of Carnoc Castle" with art by George Evans. Plus: Karl Danner steals the coat of a dying man and uses the ticket he finds in its pockets to escape aboard a ferry. Unfortunately he has chosen the ferry of the dead and is doomed to ride along in "Stand-in for Death" with art by Bernard Baily. And: Beautiful Carlotta marries undertaker Hiram for his money. Things get dangerous when she finds out that her husband made a pact with the devil in person in "The Coffin-Maker!" with art by Shelly Moldoff. Also: 2-page text story "Doctor MacCready's Little Men" written by Al Schutzer, and an ad for Worlds Beyond. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. Weird Fantasy ad. "About Face!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Lydia was a circus lion tamer and considered the best, until one evening she was attacked and severely injured by a black panther. "The Reluctant Vampire!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; As the last rays of the sun retreated in the sky, a coffin opens and out steps Mr. Drink, vampire, who quickly hurries to his job as night watchman at the Blood Donor Center. 'Grandma's Ghost!', art by Jack Kamen; Little Peggy is awoken from her sleep by her Grandmother, who is having a heart attack. "Revenge is the Nuts!", script by William Gaines and Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; At the eerie Croydon Insane Asylum, horrible screams are heard as patients are being whipped, and as Mr. Aldershot, a relative of a patient, is in Blackpool's office in response to a letter from his patient-relative. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. Weird Fantasy ad. "About Face!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Lydia was a circus lion tamer and considered the best, until one evening she was attacked and severely injured by a black panther. "The Reluctant Vampire!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; As the last rays of the sun retreated in the sky, a coffin opens and out steps Mr. Drink, vampire, who quickly hurries to his job as night watchman at the Blood Donor Center. 'Grandma's Ghost!', art by Jack Kamen; Little Peggy is awoken from her sleep by her Grandmother, who is having a heart attack. "Revenge is the Nuts!", script by William Gaines and Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; At the eerie Croydon Insane Asylum, horrible screams are heard as patients are being whipped, and as Mr. Aldershot, a relative of a patient, is in Blackpool's office in response to a letter from his patient-relative. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. "Fountains of Youth!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Eileen reads an ad in the newspaper asking for a traveling companion for a Madam DuBois, who is traveling abroad; She and Madam DuBois go on a cruise, but Eileen gets seasick. "The Monster in the Ice!", art by Graham Ingels; As Gerald Dawson sits as his desk in a shack in the Arctic, Herbert Campbell enters, telling him that their Eskimo guide refuses to take them any further; Dawson goes to see Lomo in his igloo, and the Eskimo tells him of the monster in the ice. "Choice" text story by William M. Gaines. "Gone... Fishing!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Maxwell and Steven's car rolled up to the water's edge, and they got out to unload their equipment; Max was a noted sport-fisherman, but Steven hated the sport, which he considered cruelty to animals. Unauthorized adaptation of Ray Bradbury's short story "The Emissary" in "What the Dog Dragged In!", script by Al Feldstein (adaptation), art by Jack Kamen; As she sat in her wheelchair, blind Betty reached out for her dog, Jerry, put a list in his collar, and sent him to the butcher's; unknown to her, Jerry was hit by a car on the way. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Phil Marini. Stories and art by John Celardo and others. One-shot featuring Golden Age science fiction stories, like those in the pulp mags of publisher Ziff-Davis. Scientists create a dome over the city to aid against attack, but the plan backfires when criminals take control of the dome. A jilted scientist sets out to create a robot girlfriend and succeeds, but with an ironic twist. A man's life begins moving backwards from his wedding day. Plus predictions for futuristic devices, including mail-delivery drones, satellite TV, and self-refrigerating TV dinners. Painted cover by Phil Marini is like a sci-fi movie poster from the 1950s. Amazing Prophecies; Dome of Death; The Beautiful Robot; Horror of the Island; The Seeker from Beyond; The Man Who Lived Backwards! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Phil Marini. Stories and art by John Celardo and others. One-shot featuring Golden Age science fiction stories, like those in the pulp mags of publisher Ziff-Davis. Scientists create a dome over the city to aid against attack, but the plan backfires when criminals take control of the dome. A jilted scientist sets out to create a robot girlfriend and succeeds, but with an ironic twist. A man's life begins moving backwards from his wedding day. Plus predictions for futuristic devices, including mail-delivery drones, satellite TV, and self-refrigerating TV dinners. Painted cover by Phil Marini is like a sci-fi movie poster from the 1950s. Amazing Prophecies; Dome of Death; The Beautiful Robot; Horror of the Island; The Seeker from Beyond; The Man Who Lived Backwards! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,050.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #2104207001

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

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Stories and art by Al Avison, Rudy Palais, John Sink, Bob Powell and Tom Gill. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. The young wife of Captain Joshua Flint likes to flirt, but she doesn't realize he has evil voodoo powers. The ship called the Black Swan is cursed from the start. The mad scientist of Mad Mountain meets the perfect subject for his unholy experiments with life and death. The Monster of Mad Mountain; Horror Island; Voodoo Vengeance; The Fatal Bullet; Strange Superstitions; The Cursed Diamonds; The Icy Death; Launched in Blood; Strange Legends; The Dead Wont Die; Ghosts of Famous Pirates. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $715.00 Paper: White Label #1102630008

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Rudy Palais, Al Luster, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A plastic surgeon gives a wanted criminal a new face - and a new mind. A man's obsession over blood can't possibly end well. A thief who smuggles jewels in his glass eye witnesses a secret ceremony of the dead in Egypt. The Evil Eye; Phantoms in the Flames; Massacre of the Ghosts; The Man with Two Faces. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Rudy Palais, Al Luster, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A plastic surgeon gives a wanted criminal a new face - and a new mind. A man's obsession over blood can't possibly end well. A thief who smuggles jewels in his glass eye witnesses a secret ceremony of the dead in Egypt. The Evil Eye; Phantoms in the Flames; Massacre of the Ghosts; The Man with Two Faces. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $475.00 Paper: Off white Label #4113437010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Rudy Palais, Al Luster, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A plastic surgeon gives a wanted criminal a new face - and a new mind. A man's obsession over blood can't possibly end well. A thief who smuggles jewels in his glass eye witnesses a secret ceremony of the dead in Egypt. The Evil Eye; Phantoms in the Flames; Massacre of the Ghosts; The Man with Two Faces. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $295.00 Trimmed Paper: Off white to white All three edges trimmed. Label #4245195010

A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. Honeymooners spend the night in a haunted mansion, where the wife is transformed into a murderous witch. Strange gnome-like beings revive a mummy for murderous purposes. A scientist brings a frozen dinosaur back to life, but doesn't foresee its rampage across the city. Murder Mansion; Green Horror; Servants of the Tomb; The Thing That Grew. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $500.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #3727489017

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "The Wonder Woman Story," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; A female reporter gets the scoop that will win her a job at the Daily Globe over her male rival - the secret story of Wonder Woman and the Amazons. "Wonder Woman Story Part 2: Act of Treachery," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; As Mary Ellen observes the early days of the Amazons and Wonder Woman's origin, her male rival tracks her to Paradise Island, where his reckless flying threatens the Amazons. Wonder Women of History: two-page Helene Kottauer bio by Julius Schwartz, pencils by Robert Oksner, inks by John Giunta. "The Amazon and the Leprechaun," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; A leprechaun wins a scholarship to Holliday College, and Wonder Woman, as acting dean, must endure his pranks while protecting him from gangsters attempting to steal his pot of gold. "Gentlemen Be Seated" text story. "Wonder Woman - Western Whirlwind," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman and the Holliday girls travel to the "New West" for a wedding that may be cancelled when the groom's father is suspected of resuming his career as a stagecoach robber. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, "How to Bring Christmas Cheer." 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 49 CGC 6.0 Qualified

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Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "Return of the Phantom Empire," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Paradise Island finds itself at war with the land of Mu from 90 centuries ago! Jerry The Jitterbug humor page by Henry Boltinoff. "Little Miss Wonder Woman," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman adopts a little girl who has lost her parents. Wonder Women of History: two-page Emilja Plater bio by Julius Schwartz, art by John Giunta. "Happy Landing" text story. "The Mystery of the Magic Typewriter," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter Wonder Woman vs. leprechaun Moon O'Day; story used in Fredric Wertham's "Seduction of the Innocent." 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.