Comic books 1954, graded by CBCS

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $470.00 Paper: White Label #17-4049963-026 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.10) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Tom Hickey, Al Avison, Manny Stallman, John Giunta and Vic Donahue. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. Antarctic explorers discover a long-frozen caveman. A man arranges a fiendish revenge on the thieves who murdered his wife, setting the eight-armed Ranu against them. Figures from nursery rhymes are brought to life as murderous minions. Bondage cover by Al Avison. The Eight Hands of Ranu; The Captain's Return; The Ice Horror; Demons of the Night. Final issue under this title; the series continues as Chamber of Clues (1955) #27. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $1,000.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #7010419-AA-032 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

(C) Carl Burgos (A) Joe Maneely, Dick Ayers, Howard Post, Mike Sekowsky. Parody/satire of Sinbad the Sailor, The Wolf Man, Censorship, and others. FC, 32 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.5 $1,800.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #16-212B264-001

Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories and art by Rick Yager, Coulton Waugh and John Belfi. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Buck Rogers investigates the Mystery Planet, inspiring one of Frazetta's most dramatic and iconic Buck Rogers covers. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of wartime action. Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; The Escape; Captured; Forced Entry. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $265.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #6500098-AA-007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.95) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. After Marvel's first revival of Captain America, Cap creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby responded with another star-spangled patriot, who soon became a spoof of the superhero genre. An American pilot stranded in Tokyo battles Japanese mobsters and communist secret agents until Fighting American can get there. Johnny Flagg dreams of the strange future worlds explored by Starman Zero. Communist spy Rhode Island Red and her gang use Doraymirio Wolfirosoff to swindle wealthy single women. Tokyo Run Around; Home-Coming Year 3000; Operation Wolf. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.5 $755.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #0010634-AB-003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.65) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Harry Anderson. "Vampire Tale," art by Doug Wildey; A man wrapped in bandages is on trial for murder after slaying a vampire. "The Curse" text story. "Man Alone!," art by Al Eadeh; Communists get the idea to swap a spy for the village idiot in a centrally located village by taking a hermit and training him to pass for the idiot. "The Man Who Wasn't," art by Bill Walton; A man invents a youth serum and wishes to give it to the oldest member of an old folks home, but the man doesn't want it. "The Vultures," art by Mannie Banks; Unknown to his children, a man leaves his estate to the ones who attend his funeral. "The Question!," art by Vic Carrabotta; An inventor who loves his wife asks an electronic brain which he devised two questions, 'When will my wife die?' and 'When will I die?' 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $170.00 Paper: White Label #22-0692A42-339 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.10) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Stories by Gaylord Du Bois. Art by Stan Campbell. Painted cover by William George. The adventures of Canadian Mountie Dave King, a character created by Western novelist Zane Grey. This series featured gorgeous cover paintings of derring-do in the best Men's Adventure tradition. Enemy agents try to use a mentally disabled man to steal atomic secrets. The text pieces called True Stories of the R.C.M.P. begin this issue. Dynamic painted cover by William George. Arctic Patrol; Stolen Secrets. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $403.75 Paper: Off white Label #17-10246E6-010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.11) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by John Forte, inks by Matt Fox. The Boy Who Believed, art by John Forte. Wings in the Night!, art by Joe Maneely. The Rejected Robot!, art by Jack Abel. The Tiny Coffin!, inks by Matt Fox. Bottled Up!, art by Pete Tumlinson. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $1,090.00 Paper: Off white Label #21-230DC57-015

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and George Peltz. Pre-Code horror comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A female reporter is the only witness as a long-dead mummy revives and goes in search of his ancient bride. A night watchman at a museum is dragged into a painting that is actually the door into an evil dimension. A writer's latest manuscript holds the potential to destroy all evil in the world. Another top-notch cover by L. B. Cole. Swamp Spirit; The Vengeful Phantom; The Mummy; The Ghost Who Cried; Picture a Nightmare; Maniac; The Insider. Final issue of the series. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.5 $195.00 Paper: Off white Label #23-3812DEF-011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz. The Giant from the Tomb--A Purple Claw Mystery, pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz. Death Flower--A Purple Claw Mystery, pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz; a man-eating plant terrorizes the Florida Everglades. Sparks of Life cartoon by Chas. Kuhn. The Final Horror--A Purple Claw Mystery, art by Ben Brown. Just What the Doctor Ordered text story. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $220.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #17-4049963-092 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.60) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

"Nothing He Couldn't Do!", pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; Four shipwrecked men are stranded on a cannibal island and captured immediately. "Death of A Gambler!", script by Carl Memling, pencils by Bill Molno (as Joe Shuster), inks by Vince Alascia; Wealthy Jeff Traynor loses all at gambling and becomes a derelict. "Tara Tusta" text story. "Picture of the Future," script by Carl Memling, art by Seymour Moskowitz; Two gangsters rob an exhibition and come into possession of a magic scroll which forecasts their future. "Mental Wizard!", script by Carl Memling; Don Brunt killed his wife and got away with the crime. "The Crusher," script by Carl Memling; Sadistic plantation owner Barney Tragg flogs his wife's lover to death with a whip. Injury to eye panel. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $189.00 Paper: White Label #16-34DFB6D-010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.67) will be charged at checkout.

No ads in book. Entire issue from cover to cover is comic stories and one page strips. Uncle Scrooge in an untitled book-length story in which Scrooge, Donald, and the nephews try to transport Scrooge's fortune to a private island for safekeeping. The Beagle Boys strike, however help is available on the island from the "Menehunes," elf-like creatures who are visible when they don't know anyone is looking. Story by Carl Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $230.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #21-4283FBE-022

"I Died Laughing," "Realm of Lost Faces" (art by Lou Cameron), "She Shrieked With Horror," and "My Sinister Double." Cover by Ken Rice. Stories by Jim McLaughlin, Sy Grudko, Lou Cameron, Sy Grudko, Chic Stone, and Ken Rice. 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 CBCS 7.0 $799.99 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #16-2897383-008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($24.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Joe Certa, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. An undertaker's son is sheltered from the outside world, knowing only death, until he finally snaps, in a story with strong Eisner influences by Howard Nostrand. A MAD-style spoof of the classic Mutiny on the Bounty. Private eye Rudy Crane is hired to find a beautiful woman's missing husband, in a spoof of hardboiled detective stories. Undertaker; Pictures; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Mutiny on the Boundary; Eye Eye, Sir; Surgery; Monumental Feat. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $285.00 Slight amateur restoration Paper: White Amateur Restoration Includes: Small amount of color touch on cover. Label #23-4937718-009

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Joe Certa, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. An undertaker's son is sheltered from the outside world, knowing only death, until he finally snaps, in a story with strong Eisner influences by Howard Nostrand. A MAD-style spoof of the classic Mutiny on the Bounty. Private eye Rudy Crane is hired to find a beautiful woman's missing husband, in a spoof of hardboiled detective stories. Undertaker; Pictures; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Mutiny on the Boundary; Eye Eye, Sir; Surgery; Monumental Feat. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.