Comic books 1954, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $1,580.00 Paper: Off white Label #4336384001

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 CGC 8.0 $4,500.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0079774002

Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories and art by Rick Yager, Coulton Waugh, Fran Matera, Robert Peterson and John Belfi. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Dickie Dare and Dan outwit the pirates and dock their ship at Bangkok. An action-packed Frank Frazetta Buck Rogers cover (and an offer to join "Buck Rogers Rocket Rangers"). A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of heroism, puts less emphasis on the battlefield in the post-Korean War period. Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; You Live and Learn; Hill #355; Many Brave Hearts Crash; Baby in the Well. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $9,999 or Best Offer CGC Signature Series Paper: Off white to white Slab: Significant scuff(s) inner well Signed by Frank Frazetta on 7/12/08 Frank Frazetta Cover Label #0787142005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($300.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories and art by Rick Yager, Coulton Waugh, Fran Matera, Robert Peterson and John Belfi. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Dickie Dare and Dan outwit the pirates and dock their ship at Bangkok. An action-packed Frank Frazetta Buck Rogers cover (and an offer to join "Buck Rogers Rocket Rangers"). A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of heroism, puts less emphasis on the battlefield in the post-Korean War period. Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; You Live and Learn; Hill #355; Many Brave Hearts Crash; Baby in the Well. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $3,450.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #1972228002

Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories and art by Rick Yager and Coulton Waugh. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Dickie Dare and Dan find adventure in Thailand. An outer-space variation of issue #210's Buck Rogers underwater cover (with bondage elements) by legendary artist Frank Frazetta. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of heroism. Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; The Chance; He Refused to Retreat; Mission of Mercy! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $2,000.00 Paper: Off white Cover detached. Label #3989000001

Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories and art by Rick Yager and Coulton Waugh. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Dickie Dare and Dan find adventure in Thailand. An outer-space variation of issue #210's Buck Rogers underwater cover (with bondage elements) by legendary artist Frank Frazetta. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of heroism. Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; The Chance; He Refused to Retreat; Mission of Mercy! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $1,900.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4385246002

Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories and art by Rick Yager and Coulton Waugh. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Dickie Dare and Dan find adventure in Thailand. An outer-space variation of issue #210's Buck Rogers underwater cover (with bondage elements) by legendary artist Frank Frazetta. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of heroism. Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; The Chance; He Refused to Retreat; Mission of Mercy! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $2,200.00 Paper: Cream to off white Tape on cover. Label #2017696001

Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories and art by Rick Yager, Matt Christopher and Coulton Waugh. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Dickie Dare falls asleep on the boat, which drifts out to sea. Another mind-blowingly good Frank Frazetta Buck Rogers cover. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of heroism. Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; Danger - Ice!; He Made It Possible. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $619.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #3719882001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($18.57) will be charged at checkout.

"Terror under Glass," art by Robert Webb (Iger Shop); David sees a psychiatrist about his recurring nightmare of being suffocated in an hourglass; Under hypnosis, he reveals that he was a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, and collaborated with his captors; As a result, many of his fellow Americans died, including some in a building constructed in hourglass-shape. "Fear in the Jungle"; Wealthy Matilda turns down Tom's proposal, saying she wants to marry jungle man Kaza; Matilda and her companion Dorothy travel to Africa and use her influence to force the commissioner to ask Kaza to guide her on safari; Tom follows and tries to ambush Kaza. "Be My Ghost"; When Pierre learns his wife Gigi is pregnant, he takes a job as the official executioner to earn money for his family; He doesn't tell Gigi what he's doing, and decides to quit because the strain is too much for him; However, Gigi had learned the truth and began an affair with another man, then murdered him. "Ghost Bullet" text story. "Green Horror," pencils by Ken Battefield (Iger Shop); Over her husband's objections, Martha plants a cactus in the yard of their home; George broods over the plant and one night decides to chop it down, but the cactus seizes the axe and kills George instead; The police think a prowler did it. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $300.00 Restored: C1 Paper: Cream to off white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover & cover. Label #4052678003

LAST ISSUE; Extreme violence, dismemberment, GG art.

Stories and art by Robert Webb and others. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Ajax-Farrell. Nerdy Wilbur gets the power to make his dreams come true, and he doesn't even know it. The descendant of the iron maiden's inventor is haunted by the torture device's victims. A woman is possessed by the spirit of a witch after relocating to Salem, Massachusetts. If a Body Kill a Body; Deadly Wish; Secret Coffin; Broom for a Witch. Final issue under this title; numbering continues with Fantastic Comics (1954 Ajax) #10. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $320.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4144408007

Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and Hy Fleishman. Pre-Code tales of EC-style horror from Story Comics. A killer attempts a bank robbery, and manages to get into the vault...but can he get out? A nurse falls for her invalid patient's husband, and an evil idea begins to form. Temperance-minded Zacharias beats his new son-in-law for drinking, but his daughter gets an ironic revenge. Dream of Death!; The Dirty Trick; Death Signs His Name ; Shadows of Death; The Shakes. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $349.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1482282021 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.47) will be charged at checkout.

Final issue of the series. "Murder," "The Mistake," "Lady Killer," and "Tricked!" Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $240.00 Paper: White Label #4022353016

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Harry Lazarus, Ken Landau, Bob Forgione, Charles Nicholas, Jon L. Blummer and Charles Quinlan. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A sinister rubber baron has his partner killed by a Brazilian witch doctor, but the victims severed head continues to haunt him even back in America; A man purchases a cursed music box in Venice; A Nazi war criminal is pursued by the spirits of his victims. The Venetian Music Box!; Revenge of the Fire-Spirit; Hallahans Head!; United Forever!; The Living and the Dead!; The Dead Remember; True Uncanny Mysteries. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $1,100.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1280359002

Indicia title is "TUROK SON OF STONE, No. 596." Painted cover art by Robert C. Susor. Turok and the World Below, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Rex Maxon; In North America, before the advent of the white man, Native American Turok and his young friend Andar are out hunting when they find and venture into a cave system. Turok and the Terrible Ones, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Rex Maxon; Exploring the pre-historic jungle, Turok and Andar come across a tribe of cavemen, who naturally are suspicious; Turok is able to win their favor by showing them how they can use arrows with poisonous tips to hunt prey and kill hostile dinosaurs. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Foxhole (1954) 1 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4388597001

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Jo Albistur, Bill Walton, John Prentice, and Bill Draut. Gritty war comics "produced by veterans" (as the tagline proclaims) from Mainline, the publisher founded by comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. An American soldier captured during the Korean War is subjected to brainwashing techniques by the enemy. A soldier writes a letter home to his mother, but the visuals in the story provide a stark counterpoint to his reassuring lies about a trip to the beach. American soldiers stationed in Britain woo two beautiful women during the London Blitz. Cover by Jack Kirby is based on a painting by acclaimed artist Joseph Hirsch. Brain Wash; Casualty; A Day at the Beach; Fox-Hole Joe; Operation Foul-Up; Eight Ball Hero; Fruit Salad. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Foxhole (1954) 2 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4388597002

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Jack Kirby, Hy Fleishman, and Bill Draut. Gritty war comics "produced by veterans" (as the tagline proclaims) from Mainline, the publisher founded by comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. In a suspenseful Kirby tale, a soldier slowly approaches a seemingly deserted Korean farmhouse. A Korean spy tries to lure American soldiers into a trap, but he makes one crucial mistake. Sarge and his men know they must fight their way out of the Hotbox. Booby Trap; Action; Walkie-Talkie; Hot Box; Dishonorable Discharge; Yellow; Replacement. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $500.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4372486009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($15.00) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Marvin Stein. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s A mad sculptor decides to make a statue by encasing the Frankenstein Monster in molten bronze. A computer scientist builds an intelligent supercomputer, and is surprised when it runs amuck and builds a robot army. A mad doctor ill-advisedly enlists the Frankenstein Monster to secure fresh bodies for his experiments. Frankenstein; Tiger Fangs; Electronic Brain; The Hitchhiker; Half Alive; The Mark of the Skull. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $750.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #0917892012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Lords of the Upper Air, art by John Belcastro [as "Johnny Bell"]; A group of mountain climbers in the Himalayan stumble upon a tribe of snowmen with supernatural powers. Grab-Bag, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; A group of girls is being haunted by the ghost of a mysterious evil woman, whose stylish accessories came into the girls possession. The Witch's Doll, script by Marilyn Mercer, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti and Will Eisner; Dr. Drew hunts down the missing explorer Leander Miles, who is torturing the actress Jennie Paris--by means of an African "kaffir" witch doll. This black magic works like voodoo. Untitled story, art by George Evans; a magic bottle containing a miniature ship arrives at the house of an old acquaintance. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $474.95 or Best Offer Restored: C1 Paper: Off white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. Label #3906332003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.25) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and Jack Kamen. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, unofficially called Blue Bolt Weird Tales of Terror. An amnesiac in Haiti is drawn by the jungle drums into dark places and the revelation of his true identity. Torpedoman investigates reports of a giant octopus, and finds something even more sinister. An American gangster deported to Africa tries his old tricks until he encounters jungle hero Princess Tonaka, in a story with art by EC legend Jack Kamen. The Homecoming; The Parchment of Death; Torpedo Man: Ghostly Sea Monster; A Thief; Ghostly Act; Weird Trap; Tonaka: The Coward. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $1,000.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4385984016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bill Williams. Stories and art by Hal Seeger and Bill Williams. GI Jane is part of the WACs (Women's Army Corps), allowing her cartoonists, Hal Seeger and Bill Williams, to combine military humor with plentiful good-girl art. Jane gets jealous when Tom's "sick friend" appears to be a beautiful woman. Jane wants to date other men than Tom, but the other soldiers don't want to incur the wrath of superior officer Tom. PX (post exchange) Pete, a Sad Sack-like grunt, has insomnia on maneuvers, but when he gets a rest cure, he only dreams of Sarge and being on maneuvers. Miss-Understanding; Such Brass; Patti: The Dream Man in the Nightmare; That G.I. Desire; PX Pete: Night Maneuvers; Jill Jones, WAC: The Brush-Off; The Sarge. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $1,500.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4385984019 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($45.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bill Williams. Stories and art by Hal Seeger and Bill Williams. GI Jane is part of the WACs (Women's Army Corps), allowing her cartoonists, Hal Seeger and Bill Williams, to combine military humor with plentiful good-girl art. An MP officer finds a way to dance, even with handcuffs. A famous singer joins the Army. The soldiers all want to know the good-looking civilian who's working on the post. False Arrest; Patti: Overnight Pass; He's In The Army Now; PX Pete: The Flying Foot Soldier; Jill Jones, WAC: Playing House; The Sarge; The Goldbricks. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $210.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4144409020

Combination military and romance comic from Canadian publisher Superior. Red Cross worker Betty falls for a withdrawn soldier with a past, but their love is forbidden by regulations. Bernice secretly marries her sweetheart George before he ships out with the Marines. Mike is dating nice girl Janet, but secretly yearns for her bad-girl sister Gwynn. G.I. Kisses, Marine in My Heart; A G.I.s Faith; A Soldier in Love; Navy Bride. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $160.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4068392003

Who'd Believe Kasimir Raades? starring Fate, art by Ken Rice; Scientist Kasimir Raades develops an elixir of eternal youth and is full of best intentions, using this agent to help his aged friends first; They sadly die after some days, the elixir has to be improved. Big Top Nightmare, art by Lin Streeter; Mysterious Countess Barovna joins the circus; She is an age-old vampire and kills off all the other acts to be the main act. Death Wears No Face starring Fate, art by Lou Cameron; Combat correspondent Alec North is the sole survivor of a patrol running into trouble in Korea; He should have died, too, but can cheat Death and Fate. Trial by Ghost Light, pencils by Ken Rice; Playboy Weston is convicted and executed for a murder he didn't commit; The district attorney Dexter knew of his innocence, but used the case to become governor. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $375.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #1273074005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.25) will be charged at checkout.

The Last Hiding Place starring Fate, art by Lou Cameron; Fate presents us with Madame Lizette and her carnival wax museum of unnatural history; Resorting to witchcraft, she breathes new life into a werewolf and a tiger woman. Rendezvous with the Phantom Gypsies, art by Ken Rice; A gypsy boy flees the orphanage he lives in and travels with a salesman to a gypsy camp. They witness a gypsy wedding; In an outburst of jealousy the salesman kills the groom and drives away, burning down the camp. The Witch's Wicked Words, art by Larry Woromay; Running from the police and his gangster friends, crook and murderer Louie Brink is sent back to the year 1450 through a time machine. When His Number's Up... starring Fate, art by Louis Zansky. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Haunt of Fear (1950 E.C. Comics 2nd Series) 24 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4390315003

Cover art by Graham Ingels. Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes...--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Otto Binder, art by Graham Ingels; A blob story that features a cuckolded moonshine-swilling mountain man as the vengeful blob creature that is created when his wife and her lover shove him into a still to drown and be dissolved with a bag of lye. ...Only Sin Deep--The Vault of Horror!, script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Kamen; A heartless young woman pawns her beauty for 1000.00 to a shopkeeper she assumes is a crank. The Secret--Haunt of Fear, script by Carl Wessler, art by George Evans. Head-Room!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. NOTE: Used in Senate Investigative Report, page 8. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $350.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4239498011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Graham Ingels. Marriage Vow--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Otto Binder, art by Graham Ingels; A woman who was murdered by her husband for her money comes back from the dead to fulfill her wifely role in a zombified way. The Shadow Knows--The Vault of Horror!, script by Otto Binder, art by Reed Crandall; A man murders his wife making it look like a suicide in order to marry a wealthy woman. Spoiled--Haunt of Fear, script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Kamen. Comes The Dawn!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Davis. 36 pages, full color. NOTE: Contains anti-censorship editorial, 'Are you a Red Dupe?' Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,770.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4268060003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($53.10) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Graham Ingels. About Face--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Carl Wessler, art by Graham Ingels; A father thinks he has twins, a beautiful girl and a deformed girl. Game Washed Out!--The Vault of Horror!, script by Carl Wessler, art by George Evans; A man in a Puritan colony kills his wife and dumps her body with a weight attached into a pond in order to solicit another man's wife to run away with him. Silent Treatment--The Old Witch's Grim Fairy Tale!, art by Jack Kamen. Swamped--The Crypt of Terror, art by Reed Crandall. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. NOTE: An editorial urges readers to write to the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, which had started investigating the comic industry. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $699.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4303057021 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($20.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Stories and art by Robert Webb and others. Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A wealthy man has a special place for his unfaithful wives. A bank robbery turns out to be the work of the most unlikely suspect. The Trumpet that will signal the Apocalypse falls into the hands of Gabriel, who's only too ready to use it. Frigid Fear!; Wheel of Terror; Doctor Death; Trumpet of Doom; Dying Is So Contagious. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $135.00 Paper: Light tan to off white Label #2121646003

Cover art by Al Avison. No Place To Go, art by Bob Powell; After Jean's mother had died, Pop promised he would protect her and he was certain that Bill was after nothing more than Jean's kisses; After the two snuck out to discuss their love, Pop had the police find them. House ad for the current issue of Teen-Age Brides. Love Needs No Alibis; While Steve was twenty-one and working in construction, Vickie was only seventeen and still in high school. House ad for the Harvey line of mystery/horror comics: Black Cat, Chamber of Chills, Witched Tales, Tomb of Terror. Dangerous to Love; Edna had only brought bad luck to the men she loved. Reckless with My Kisses, art by Ray Bailey; Janet had developed a reputation as being "fast and loose" but decided to change her ways by finding a job. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $66.00 Paper: Off white Label #4273737009

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $869.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3950757025 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($26.07) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Carl Burgos. Vampire Tale starring the Human Torch, art by Dick Ayers; Torch and Toro encounter alien bat people who explain that vampires are their criminals that they exiled to Earth long ago when there was no intelligent life; A scout ship having informed them that there is now an intelligent species on the planet being preyed on by the vampire aliens, the bat people are now rounding up vampires to deposit on some other planet without an intelligent species since they do not believe in killing. A Spy There Was starring the Human Torch, art by Dick Ayers. Ghost Lights text story. The Underwater People starring Sub-Mariner, script and art by Bill Everett. The Menace of the Unhuman starring the Human Torch, art by Dick Ayers. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $897.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3995014015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($26.91) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Sol Brodsky. The World's End starring the Human Torch, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; A communist spy convinces Professor Marko to use a vacuum built on top of an observatory to suck in all the world's air in a bid for world domination; Torch and Toro put a stop his plans. In Korea! starring the Human Torch, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; The Torch and Toro fight Communists in North Korea to rescue a US General & his daughter and prevent the secret of an "atomic cannon" from falling into Red hands. Lost Island text story. The Octopus-Men! starring the Sub-Mariner, script and art by Bill Everett. Flame On! starring the Human Torch, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $325.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4385185012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.75) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Masters of the Dead; Rocks Hudson smuggles jewels in the bodies of cadavers that he turns into zombies once they enter the U.S.A. The Avenging Ghost; A sword killer is hanged and buried in quicklime; He is not dead but is severely disfigured by the lime. Terror Take All text story. Partners in Horror; A man is confronted by the personification of death and agrees to marry her in exchange for prolonging his life. Body and Ghoul; A man harnesses the power of thought control, thus gaining the ability to change his appearance. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $275.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s); See item notes Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #4152712013

Cover by Gene Colan. "The Slug!," art by Russ Heath; A wealthy man's brother attempts to induce transformative nightmares through hypnosis so that he can inherit the wealth when the victim is committed to an asylum. "Sculptor of the Dead" text story. "Where the Vampire Flies," art by Robert Q. Sale; This story is about a married couple who are both vampires but hide the secret from each other as they fear the other would hate them if they knew. "The Man Who Owned a World," pencils by Vic Carrabotta, inks by Jack Abel; A hateful man who bullies his stepson realizes in the last moments of his life that the one person who hates him most in the world is himself. "The Right Bait," art by Vic Carrabotta; A hunter falls prey to a canny jungle monster who lays a trap of treasure for greedy men. "The Star Men!," art by Dick Ayers; Aliens telepathically instruct a boy on how to build a rocket to their planet; When he arrives, they interview him about what life is like on Earth. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $750.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1278451002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.50) 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 CGC 4.5 $300.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0308370010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Sol Brodsky. "Behind the Locked Door!," art by Pete Tumlimson; When a man with a robotics researcher as a girlfriend gets a robot from her, it builds itself a girlfriend robot. "The Ray Machine," art by Tony DiPreta. "The Un-Human!," art by John Forte; When an alien spy assumes the shape and mind of a servant of the top scientist in the country in order to learn of Earth's defenses, he absorbs some of the goodness of the man's soul, and thus does not reveal to his evil alien masters that they will be destroyed when they attack Earth. "The Little Things!," script by Paul S. Newman, art by Howard Post; A man finds that the oriental figures his wife buys somehow turn into the real thing when they are broken; He wants to be rid of her, so he buys a rattlesnake figurine. "It Waits In the Tank!," art by Vince Colletta; When a man acquires a strange sea creature it slowly transfers into his body and switches minds, leaving him inside the tank starring out at the alien being which has seized his form. "The Witch Burning," art by Ed Winiarski. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $332.50 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0308370011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Carl Burgos. "Quick-Change!", art by Pete Tumlinson; A guy in love with an evil woman tries to woo her with an amulet which changes him into legendary creatures but she steals it to commit robberies; After one success she realizes that she doesn't know any more legendary creatures so she rushes into the library with police right behind her. "The Man in Black!" text story. "After Man...What?", script by Paul S. Newman, art by Bob Powell; A man discovers that Starlings have actually come from the moon and are planning on displacing humans on Earth. "Hector!", art by John Tartaglione; A woman who has a robot servant for a husband is the envy of all the other neighborhood women. "The Messenger!", script by Paul S. Newman, art by Jack Abel; A warehouse employee from the future gets the foreman taken away as a mental case after he shows him impossible products. "The Crazy Car!", art by Bill Everett; When a stranger approaches Karl Baxter on the street and invites him to take a test drive in his car: a car that runs on no fuel of any kind, Karl decides to kill the old man and figure out a way to duplicate the engine in the car so that he can make a fortune....or so HE thinks! 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $235.00 Paper: White Label #4369221003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.05) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Carl Burgos, inks by Sol Brodsky. The Castle of Shadows!, art by Doug Wildey; When a man returns to the family castle, he finds that stories among the locals of him inheriting the curse of lycanthropy are true. The Headhunters text story. When Death Comes A-Calling; When a truck strikes a small boy and kills him, Death grants him a reprieve. The World Within, art by Robert Q. Sale; A man whose face is scarred by Nazi torturers escapes to an underground world where he is accepted by the blind people who live there. One Extra Head, art by Dan Loprino; When a carnival owner finds a woman with two heads to join the man with two heads on stage, the two-headed man finds his response to her is disgust, just the same as everyone else. From Under the Earth!, art by Chuck Winter. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $238.00 Paper: Off white to white From the top-rated Katy Keene CGC registry set. Label #1972314008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.14) will be charged at checkout.

Bill Woggin cover and story art. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $72.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #0759231005

Cover art by Sol Brodsky. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; Johnny Falcon is about to be strung up on a noose by a lynch mob who has accused him of stealing their cattle; Before he can be hung, Kid Colt intervenes, telling the locals that the man they have accused deserves as fair trial; When they refuse to listen Kid Colt uses his guns to keep Johnny's would-be executioners at bay. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; An elderly ranch owned named Adams and his daughter are being terrorized by men in the employ of Mr. Saunders who has been trying with little success to convince Adams to sell his land and so he has sent me to force him to sell; Just before things get too rough, Kid Colt happens by and intervenes; He beats the leader of the gang senseless and sends them all packing. "Rustler's Noose" text story. Untitled story, art by Dan Loprino; Dr. Matthew Masters is riding through town on his horse Ichabod when he crosses paths with a newcomer named Deuce Dixon; Dixon tells Masters to get out of his way, but when Matthew tells Dixon there is room enough on the road for them to pass, Dixon decides to have fun by slapping Ichabod and sending the horse galloping away and sending Masters tumbling off his horse to the ground; Dixon then tells Masters that he intends to set up a gambling hall in Leadville and rides off. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; Kid Colt watches a train crossing the new line and decides to race his horse Steel alongside it; However, as he approaches, he sees what appear to be Comanche warriors attacking the train. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $895.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #3980780012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($26.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bill Benulis and Jack Abel. Edited by Jack Byrne. Stories and art by Ruth Roche, Nick Cardy, Robert Webb, John Forte and Matt Baker. Fiction House presents a partial reprint of Fight Comics (1940) #53 under a new title. Boxer Kayo Kirby finds trouble while on a tour of Central America, in a story with art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker; Hooks Devlin and his gal Peaches find danger at a dude ranch; Senorita Rio sets out to rescue munitions factory workers who have been captured by El Sangre, in a story drawn by Rio creator Nick Cardy. Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $850.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Slab: See item notes Cracking and chipping to bottom right corner of case with debris and tiny piece of plastic missing from outer case. Label #1220398004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($25.50) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Steve Muffatti and others. Cover by Warren Kremer. One of the mainstays of Harvey's long-running kids' comics, Little Dot also features Richie Rich and Little Lotta. Lotta prepares to enter a pie-eating contest with a few test pies. Richie Rich's spoiled cousin Reggie is a real drag on a camping trip. Richie thwarts a robbery with ventriloquism. First cover appearances of Richie Rich and Little Lotta. Little Dot; Richie Rich: The Wet-Blanket Camper; Little Lotta: Pie A La More; Richie Rich; Little Lotta. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $275.00 Paper: Off white Label #0792741009

Painted cover art by Don Spaulding. Apache Pass, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Crazy Wolf and his Apache braves take Colonel Meredith's daughter captive. The Fugitive, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Clay Trowbridge, unjustly accused of murder, hides out on Risco Island, an outlaws' refuge between Mexico and the United States. Zanzibar, art by Tom Gill; Mrs. Trotter comes to Powder Bend to claim an inheritance, but finds her life in danger after witnessing the killing of the manager of an express office. The Water of Vengeance text story by Gaylord Du Bois. Wolf Attack on Ice, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Desperate for food in February, a pack of wolves attacks Young Hawk and Little Buck while they are ice-fishing. Railroads and how they changed the West fact page. Promo for subscriptions to Dells Lone Ranger comic; Premium is vinyl plastic wallet. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $496.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white File Copy Label #1626980006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.88) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Don Spaulding. Article that recounts the Menomini legend of the Good Spirit Nanabush, the first Menomini brave Shekatcheke, and the wild rice found at Lake Winnebago. War Feathers, art by Alberto Giolitti; Young Crow wants to win glory in war and finds his chance when enemy braves steal his tribe's calumet. Fight for the Water Hole, art by Alberto Giolitti; A gang controlling the only water hole for miles about charge pioneers exorbitant sums per barrel; Tonto tricks the gang using a tomato. Story includes inside back cover and concludes on back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $200.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #0778746017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.00) will be charged at checkout.

Pre-Code romance comic from Canadian publisher Superior, featuring elements of crime, infidelity and good-girl art that later romance comics eschewed. Farmer's wife Martha is shocked at the way her bad-girl cousin Sally throws herself at her husband Bill. Anne falls for wealthy gadabout Phil, ignoring her brother's warnings that he's a notorious ladies' man. Bored with her older husband (who looks like Clark Kent), Jean hides her wedding ring to flirt with handsome Jim, then wonders if she's gone too far. Also featuring a vintage ad for the Rosary Cross of Seven Sorrows. Lesson for a Cheat; Gal on the Make; Loves Happy Landing; Runaway Romance. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $279.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4341429015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.37) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Vince Colletta (possibly his first cover art). Edited by Stan Lee. Stories by Paul S. Newman and unknown. Art by Jay Scott Pike, Vince Colletta, J. Makowski?, Paul Reinman, Christopher Rule? and unknown. Featuring: "A Wedding Ring for Wendy!"; "My Love, My Love"; "Small Talk!"; and "The Right Thing To Do"! Plus: 2-page text story "A Chance On Love"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $225.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4392292009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.75) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. E.C. Fan-Addict Club ad. "Little Orphan Melvin!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; Daddy is continually too late to save Melvin from danger, and also cannot save himself from Mommy; Little Orphan Annie comic strip parody. "The Raven," script by Edgar Allan Poe, art by Bill Elder; An adaptation of Poe's poem "The Raven." Ad for Panic magazine. "Bop Jokes!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by John Severin; Five gags using Bop terms. "Operation Under-the-Ground" (Chapter 3) text story. "Hah! Noon!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; Marshall Kane dithers about leaving town, beats up another marshall, and kills some accomplices of Miller before subduing Miller without violence; Parody of the Gary Cooper film "High Noon." 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $4,100.00 Paper: White Pedigree: Gaines File Copy Gaines File Copy. Includes: Gaines's COA. Label #3828252004

Humor magazine with this issues' contents printed upside down. The cover says "Turn insides downside-up, the cover turns upside-down. What fun, gang! People see you reading with the cover upside-down and think you're crazy!" Ad for Panic magazine. "Bringing Back Father!", art by Bill Elder and Bernie Krigstein; Jiggie cannot take Maggs's abuse any longer so when he has his serious moments he hires some goons to beat her into submission. "What's My Shine!", art by Jack Davis; How the Senate Subcomittee hearings would go if they were run like a TV game show; Loosely based on "What's My Line?" Ad for Piracy magazine. "Meet Miss Potgold," art by Basil Wolverton; A collection of drawings of grotesque women entered in the Miss Potgold of 1955 contest. "Julius Caesar!", art by Wally Wood; MAD writer points out standard lampoon shtick elements during a portion of Julius Caesar story. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $235.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0005620004

Humor magazine with this issues' contents printed upside down. The cover says "Turn insides downside-up, the cover turns upside-down. What fun, gang! People see you reading with the cover upside-down and think you're crazy!" Ad for Panic magazine. "Bringing Back Father!", art by Bill Elder and Bernie Krigstein; Jiggie cannot take Maggs's abuse any longer so when he has his serious moments he hires some goons to beat her into submission. "What's My Shine!", art by Jack Davis; How the Senate Subcomittee hearings would go if they were run like a TV game show; Loosely based on "What's My Line?" Ad for Piracy magazine. "Meet Miss Potgold," art by Basil Wolverton; A collection of drawings of grotesque women entered in the Miss Potgold of 1955 contest. "Julius Caesar!", art by Wally Wood; MAD writer points out standard lampoon shtick elements during a portion of Julius Caesar story. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $240.00 Paper: Off white Label #3849625004

Cover art by Harry Anderson. Emily, art by Pete Tumlinson; An alien marries a homely Earth girl who is treated cruelly by those around her and gives her a ring that will protect her when the rest of his invasion force lands. The Search! text story. When a Vampire Dies; Villagers kill a vampire who was appointed for their district and he is replaced by a vampire not content to feed merely upon the blood of animals. The Man Who Meddled!; A researcher looking to accelerate the life span of mice succeeds, but because he was exposed to the process as well, his son is dead from old age two weeks after his birth, and he is aging rapidly too. Walking Horror, art by Tom Cooke. Oh, Baby!, art by John Forte. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $300.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4395179001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Kubert and Bob Bean. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Norman Maurer and Bob Bean. The misadventures of Miss Pepper, the beautiful but scatterbrained novice teacher, featuring charming early art from comics legend Joe Kubert. Miss Pepper's class goes on an ice-skating trip that turns into a fiasco after her car breaks down and they have an encounter with a cow. Ed Phizz, the phys ed teacher, thinks Miss Pepper has written him a love poem. Nerdy Maximillian finds oil on the school grounds with his latest invention. Plus a guide to common student types of the 1950s, including "Clothes Horse," "Elastic Jaws," "Muscles," and "Barrymore." Also, vintage advice to 1950s teen girls and boys on the "Chix" and "Chux" pages. Meet Miss Pepper; Class Characters; Billy Bigtop; Chix Page; Chux Page; Schools Around the World. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.