Comic books 1952, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $642.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #2008940012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.26) will be charged at checkout.

"The Sign of Doom," "You Dare Not Speak About It," "The Dead Dance on Halloween," and "Haunt of the Iskander Fjord." Stories by Bill Molno, Mike Sekowsky, Bill Walton, and Charles Nicholas. Suspense-filled horror tales that weave a Web of Mystery for the reader! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $325.00 Paper: Off white Label #4332430020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.75) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover art by Al Feldstein. "The Two-Century Journey!", script by Al Feldstein (script and plot) and William Gaines (plot), art by Wally Wood; A generation ship leaves earth to travel to another planet; On the way they discover that people age very slowly in space, which creates a population problem on the ship. "Shrinking From Abuse!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Jack Kamen; Hugo Masterson has created a formula to shrink tissue in order to possibly cure cancer, but he accidentally injects himself and is then injested by his wife. Shock SuspenStories ad. "Desire!" text story. "The 10th At Noon," script by Al Feldstein (script and plot) and William Gaines (plot), art by Wally Wood; Two scientists invent a time machine that can send a camera into the future and snap a picture, and, by doing so, they discover the end of the world is coming. "The Thing In the Jar," script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; Scientists discover what has been killing everything in Mr. Dorsey's pond. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $399.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4276005004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

"The End" (art by Wally Wood), "The Trip" (art by Jack Kamen), "Home to Stay" (art by Wood; unauthorized swipe of two Ray Bradbury stories, "Kaleidoscope" and "Rocket Man"), and "Don't Count Your Chickens" (art by Joe Orlando). The letters page features a well-reasoned response from the editors to a letter from a parent critical of SF and horror comics such as those published by EC. Al Feldstein classic outer space cover. NOTE: See 1st Series for 1950 #13.

NOTE: Also, this issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover and 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints # 5). 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 2.0 $125.00 Restored: C2 Paper: Off white to white Restoration Includes: Small Amount of Color Touch on Cover Label #4385185024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.75) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Al Feldstein classic outer space cover. "The Exile" (art by Wally Wood), "The Expert" (art by Joe Orlando), "The Ad" (art by Orlando), "Close Call" (art by Jack Kamen), and "Mad Journey" (art by Al Williamson--his first for EC--with Frank Frazetta and Roy Krenkel). The EC staff appears in the two Orlando stories. This issue contains the first Williamson/Frazetta collaboration at EC. 36 pages. NOTE: See 1st Series for 1950 #14. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.5 $222.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4254148009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.66) will be charged at checkout.

Al Feldstein classic outer space cover. "The Exile" (art by Wally Wood), "The Expert" (art by Joe Orlando), "The Ad" (art by Orlando), "Close Call" (art by Jack Kamen), and "Mad Journey" (art by Al Williamson--his first for EC--with Frank Frazetta and Roy Krenkel). The EC staff appears in the two Orlando stories. This issue contains the first Williamson/Frazetta collaboration at EC. 36 pages. NOTE: See 1st Series for 1950 #14. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $380.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4362037008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.40) will be charged at checkout.

Al Feldstein classic outer space cover. "Revulsion" (art by Joe Orlando), "The Quick Trip" and "The Long Trip" (art by Al Williamson)., "He Who Waits" (art by Jack Kamen), and "By George" (art by Williamson with Jack Hearn). NOTE: See 1st Series for 1950 #15 Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $615.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Label #2134551009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($18.45) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Basil Wolverton and others. Stories and art by Hy Fleishman, Loffredo, Nick Frank, and Walter Palais. Pre-Code tales of horror from Stanley Morse Publications. Astronauts discover a planet populated by man-eating plants and unwisely decide to take one with them. A former employee takes holiday-themed revenge on the businessmen who framed him. An occult researcher gets a glimmer of immortality during a visit to Trinidad, but his past selves have tried that before. Cover includes Basil Wolverton art swiped from the splash page to "Flight to the Future" in Weird Tales of the Future (1952) #2. High Voltage; The Planet Eaters; Death Takes a Holiday; A Stones Throw from Eternity; Spirits from Outer Space. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $329.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1301311006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.87) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Jack Kamen, Wally Wood and Joe Orlando. NOTE: There are two issues in this series numbered 13. The one dated May/June 1950 is issue # 2 in the series. The issue pictured here, dated May/June 1952, is the actual # 13 in the series. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. A scientist and his mistress decide to use a suspended-animation serum so they can be together in the future, but that future is farther away than they think. A space mission is endangered by a stowaway, in a Wally Wood story published before the similar science fiction classic "The Cold Equations." In another Wood story, a stranded space traveler on a primitive planet becomes a messianic figure. Science-fantasy cover by Wally Wood. A Weighty Decision; Saving for the Future; He Walked Among Us; Say Your Prayers. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $520.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #1451925002

Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Wally Wood, Will Elder, Sid Check, and Joe Orlando. NOTE: There are two issues in this series numbered 14. The one dated Sept/Oct 1950 is issue # 3 in the series. The issue pictured here, dated July/Aug 1952, is the actual # 14 in the series. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. Aliens planning an invasion pick the wrong Earthling to study for clues to the Earth's defensive technologies. Scientists discover the horrifying truth about why their cross-dimensional teleporter is fatal to cats, with art by Joe Orlando. A fourth-dimensional traveler dispenses his own brand of justice, with art by legendary MAD artist Will Elder. Classic spacemen on alien planet cover by Wally Wood. Therell be Some Changes Made; Inside Story; Warning!; Strategy; They Shall Inherit. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $499.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4276005006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Wally Wood, Will Elder, Sid Check, and Joe Orlando. NOTE: There are two issues in this series numbered 14. The one dated Sept/Oct 1950 is issue # 3 in the series. The issue pictured here, dated July/Aug 1952, is the actual # 14 in the series. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. Aliens planning an invasion pick the wrong Earthling to study for clues to the Earth's defensive technologies. Scientists discover the horrifying truth about why their cross-dimensional teleporter is fatal to cats, with art by Joe Orlando. A fourth-dimensional traveler dispenses his own brand of justice, with art by legendary MAD artist Will Elder. Classic spacemen on alien planet cover by Wally Wood. Therell be Some Changes Made; Inside Story; Warning!; Strategy; They Shall Inherit. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,280.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4090965004

Edited by Harry Kantor. Cover by Basil Wolverton. "Ten Thousand Years Old!", pencils by Ross Andru; Jerry Drago and Jill Johnson are abducted by a Venusian Doctor as Earth specimens; The doctor increases their life spans to an indefinite length; Jerry and Jill escape in a stolen rocket and return to Earth. "The Ghouls Who Ruled the World!", art by Ed Smalle; In the year 2042 a group of gangsters are restored to life by a gamma life ray. "Destination - Space 22" text story. "The Time Has Come," art by John Bulthuis; Alan Moore sets forth on a journey to the Moon in a spaceship designed by Professor Manheim; He is surprised to see another spaceship; It belongs to space pirates led by Jana; Jana has captured Professor Fenrir and his daugher, Desua; Jana tells the High One, ruler of Moon Men, that the prisoners are spies. "Trip Into Space" text story. "Survival of the Fittest," pencils by Ross Andru; Alpha leads his fellow robots in a peaceful revolt against mankind; Sandy and Doctor Morris's daughter, Arlene, have inadequate records to prove they are human; The general is suspicious of the pair. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $199.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back Label #4276005024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Pete Costanza. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Bill Woolfolk, Otto Binder, Howard Boughner, Charlie Tomsey, Anthony Cataldo, and Kurt Schaffenberger. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Lance and Mike discover that a warning beacon has been tampered with to cause shipwrecks on a hidden reef. Golden Arrow discovers that there is such a thing as "wheat rustlers," and they're plaguing the farmers of the area. After a close encounter with the tome "the Necromicon," Ibis finds himself a prisoner on Charon's ferry. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Unfetter a Sealed Letter." Captain Marvel: The Mystery of the Flying Studio; Doc Sorebones; The Culture Corner; Lance O'Casey: The Beacon of Death; Golden Arrow: The Harvest Rustlers; Dizzy Daisy Needs Coaching; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Wilbur the Waiter; Ibis the Invincible: Prisoner on Charon's Ferry. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Witches Tales (1951 Harvey) 10 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4386574003

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Vic Donahue, Warren Kremer, Joe Certa, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A scientist's electrical experiments create an evil energy being. Another scientist creates a one-celled organism that grows out of control. The ghost of a murdered tailor animates empty clothing to seek revenge on his killer. It!; The Flash of Doom; Witches Tricks; The Room; The Mask of Murder; Keepers of Horror; The Flaming Horror; Cloth of Terror; The Howl of Death! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $945.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white File Copy Label #0276664004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($28.35) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Joe Certa, Pete Morisi, Don Perlin and Abe Simon. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. Professor Hayes brings an Egyptian mummy back to life, and soon regrets it. The vengeful ghost of a theater owner is lethal to actors. A mad scientist tries to create winged people. The Unburied Mummy; Monster Maker; Devil Drums; Beyond This World!; Return from the Tomb; The Spiral Staircase!; The Battle of Birdmen! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $499.95 or Best Offer Restored: C1 Paper: Off white to white Restoration includes: small amount of glue on spine of cover. Label #3810326018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($15.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "The Amazing Impersonation!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; The Daily Globe runs a contest to discover Wonder Woman's secret identity and discovers she is Jane Case, a librarian. "Wonder Woman's Strange Substitute!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Luria wins an atheletic contest on Paradise Island and demands the right to go to Man's World and fight crime like Wonder Woman, even though it means she will forfeit her immortality. Wonder Women of History: two-page Caroline Herschel bio by Julius Schwartz. "Let's Dance" text article by M. Sarafianos. Peg humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, "Share With Others!", script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $540.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1264574009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($16.20) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by thegeneral

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "The Amazing Impersonation!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; The Daily Globe runs a contest to discover Wonder Woman's secret identity and discovers she is Jane Case, a librarian. "Wonder Woman's Strange Substitute!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Luria wins an atheletic contest on Paradise Island and demands the right to go to Man's World and fight crime like Wonder Woman, even though it means she will forfeit her immortality. Wonder Women of History: two-page Caroline Herschel bio by Julius Schwartz. "Let's Dance" text article by M. Sarafianos. Peg humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, "Share With Others!", script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $300.00 Paper: Off white Label #1344320002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "The Amazing Impersonation!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; The Daily Globe runs a contest to discover Wonder Woman's secret identity and discovers she is Jane Case, a librarian. "Wonder Woman's Strange Substitute!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Luria wins an atheletic contest on Paradise Island and demands the right to go to Man's World and fight crime like Wonder Woman, even though it means she will forfeit her immortality. Wonder Women of History: two-page Caroline Herschel bio by Julius Schwartz. "Let's Dance" text article by M. Sarafianos. Peg humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, "Share With Others!", script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $399.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4276005009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "The Crime Master of Time," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Tibro comes from the future to steal a hydrogen bomb and sends Steve and Wonder Woman to the past so they can't stop him. "The Wonder Woman Nobody Knows," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; A magazine reporter follows Wonder Woman around all day for a story that might save her job. Wonder Women of History: two-page Martha G. Kimball bio by Julius Schwartz, art by John Giunta. "Fashions of the Far East" text article. "The Secret Treasure At Rainbow's End," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman helps revive a ghost town. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, "Happy Hobby Time!" 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $310.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #0362270003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.30) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "Homicide Highway!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman battles hot-rodders. Strange Beliefs About Wedding Gowns! article. "Wonder Woman's Invincible Rival!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Steve tries to prove he's Wonder Woman's equal. Wonder Women of History: three-page Sarah Josepha Hale bio by Julius Schwartz. Women In War text article. "The Case of the 8 Million Witnesses!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $209.95 or Best Offer Restored: C1 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Scuffing on front of case Restoration includes: pieces re-attached with glue, small amount of glue on spine of cover. Label #3697143001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.30) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Winslow Mortimer. That Deep Dark Secret public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Superman's Super Hold-Up starring Superman and Lex Luthor, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Case of the Vanishing Arrow starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp; Green Arrow celebrates the firing of his millionth arrow in his fight against crime. The Bush Trackers featuring Manhunters Around the World, art by Chad Grothkopf. The Men Who Stole Roads starring Wyoming Kid, script by Gardner Fox, art by Howard Sherman. Race History Will Never Forget text article by Ben Galloway; Feb 1902 auto race from New York to Paris. The Joker's Aces starring Batman, script by David Vern, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Stan Kaye. Learn a Bit of Magic activity page by Al McLean. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $219.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #3727520008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.57) will be charged at checkout.

Importance of voting promotional comic starring Uncle Sam. 16 pages, full color, 5-in. x 7 1/8-in. NOTE: May have originally come in an Illustrated Envelope With the words "Here are the tools to help prove that votes are vital!" This Envelope is in our Database as Harvey Votes Are Vital Envelope (1952).

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $180.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #3905705006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.40) will be charged at checkout.

Importance of voting promotional comic starring Uncle Sam. 16 pages, full color, 5-in. x 7 1/8-in. NOTE: May have originally come in an Illustrated Envelope With the words "Here are the tools to help prove that votes are vital!" This Envelope is in our Database as Harvey Votes Are Vital Envelope (1952).