Comic books 1959, graded by CBCS

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $300.00 Paper: Off white to white From the Mt. Rainier Collection. Label #18-0C71EAC-025

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. 1st meeting of Bizarro and Superman (cover & story) in "The Battle with Bizarro!", script by Otto Binder, art by Al Plastino; Luthor steals Professor Dalton's duplicating machine and creates an adult Bizarro to menace Superman, but this Bizarro turns on its creator, hands him over to the authorities, and attempts to help Superman; When the people he has helped react in horror to him, Bizarro gets depressed. 2/3-page Ollie story by Henry Boltinoff. "Congorilla Goes Wild!", art by Howard Sherman; A thief steals Congo Bill's ring and uses it to switch minds with Congorilla. "Supergirl's Foster Parents!", script by Otto Binder, art by Jim Mooney; Supergirl is adopted by a couple that turn out to be snake-oil salesmen. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $255.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #19-1A1E3F8-005

Cover pencils by Harry Lucey. "Lead 'em and Weep," pencils by Harry Lucey; When Archie gets a card from a weight and fortune machine that says he's "fearless, determined, strong-willed and a born leader," he gets conceited; Reggie tries to knock him down a peg by bribing a boy to ask Archie to lead his club on a hike in the forest. "Blackboard Blues!"; Miss Grundy can't get her students to pay attention in class; Mr. Weatherbee suggests that the only thing that interests teenagers is television, which gives Miss Grundy an idea to solve the problem. "Well Attired"; While looking for a tire for his car in the city dump, Archie finds a box containing a pearl necklace. Archie Annual ad. "Gone to the Dogs," script by Frank Doyle, art by Samm Schwartz; Reggie gets Jughead in trouble by hiding a rabbit in his desk; Mr. Weatherbee decides to make Reggie "game warden" of the high school to keep students from bringing pets to school and gives him a whistle. Archie Club news. "Hair Pressure"; Veronica sends Archie to pick up a package from René's Beauty Shoppe; When Reggie and Betty see him come out of the shop they razz him and he gets more grief from other students the next day at school. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $350.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #21-1E60C21-006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.50) will be charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "PEANUTS, No. 969." Cover art by Dale Hale. Linus's Blanket Addiction; Linus goes into withdrawal symptoms when Lucy hides his blanket. The Ball-Chasing Gig; Snoopy is fooled when Linus pretends to throw a ball and tells him to fetch it. The Kite Calamity; Lucy tries to help Charlie Brown get his kite into the air. Linus the Liar; Linus is causing problems for the group with a series of lies. All art by Dale Hale. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 1049 CBCS 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #23-40B95C4-001

Indicia title is "DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP, No. 1049." Adapted from the 1959 movie "Don't Give Up the Ship." Photo cover of John Paul Steckler VII (as played by Jerry Lewis). Preview with photos. Don't Give Up The Ship, script by Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer, art by Dan Spiegle; When the Navy asks for appropriations, Congressman Mandeville demands to know the whereabouts of an unaccounted-for destroyer escort, the USS Kornblatt from World War II, as an excuse to deny funding; Vice-Admiral P. T. Bludde sends for Lt. John Paul Steckler, who was the man who last signed off on the ship; Steckler, a bumbler, was the lowest ranking officer left when the ship left Pearl Harbor and he managed to run the ship on a reef near an island; Steckler goes ashore, only to find it occupied by Japanese soldiers who don't know the war is over; His crew thinks he's dead and sails to San Diego. A quiz to match illustrated words with their meaning in Naval slang. Silhouettes of various types of Navy ships on back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Little Dot (1953 1st Series) 49 CBCS 6.5 Conserved

Conserved

Paper: Off white to white

Amateur Conservation Includes: Small piece of cover reattached with glue.

Label #23-40B95C4-003

Stories and art by Steve Muffatti and Warren Kremer. Cover by Warren Kremer. One of the mainstays of Harvey's long-running kids' comics, Little Dot also features Richie Rich and Little Lotta. Dot meets the one relative she'd rather not: Uncle Anti-Dot. Richie Rich tries to prevent his pushy cousin Reggie from being so obnoxious. Also featuring a vintage ad for a "giant flying plastic jet," a model Douglas DC-3 with the Pan Am logo. Little Dot; Another Dot; Dorothy Meets Uncle Anti-Dot; Little Lotta: The Hobby Hunt; Richie Rich: Rough and Reggie; First Day; The Dress; Richie Rich; Little Lotta. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $664.99 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #0002057-AC-008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.95) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule. "Last Warning--Evacuate Earth!", art by Joe Sinnott; A gaseous alien arrives on Earth to warn people to evacuate before its race invades; It attempts to communicate with humans telepathically, but they disregard his warning as madness or a trick. "Mystery Trip" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "The Creatures from the Bottomless Pit!", art by Steve Ditko; A man descends in a bathysphere into a pit so deep that he is surprised to find a waterless cavern beneath it occupied by elves banished long ago by a wizard. "Test Pilot!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule; A rocketship test pilot in the year 2089 takes an experimental rocket on a test flight; He faces an oxygen leak caused by a collision, alien raiders and other hazards before returning safely to Earth. "Next Stop—Mars!", art by Carl Burgos; A short child mocked for his height takes comfort from his one friend and his love of airplanes; He is rejected by the air force because of his height, but when his friend designs an experimental rocket that can only be piloted by a short man he becomes the first man on Mars. "Trapped In Tomorrow!", art by John Buscema; A man spends twenty years building a time machine in order to use knowledge of the future to enrich himself; He travels to 2010 and memorizes stock market and horse race information from the newspaper archives. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $23.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #7000610-AA-015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($0.69) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Sheldon Mayer. The Magic Card! public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily. Santa's Tough Day; Sugar & Spike visit Santa. Don't-Touch Thing; Sugar & Spike use a vacuum. The Time the Trees Got Undressed; Sugar & Spike experience Fall. Pint-Size Love Story; Spike misses playing in the snow with Sugar. The Flying See-Saw; Sugar & Spike fly a plane. Scripts and art by Sheldon Mayer. Pint-Size Pin-Ups paper dolls by Mayer. Write Your Own Comic Page! by Mayer. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.0 $150.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #21-37B0A0F-006

Cover by Jack Kirby. I Saw the Invasion of the Stone Men, art by Steve Ditko; Stone men rise out of the ground and set off a panic. Patent Pending text story. I Was the Man Under Glass!, art by Joe Sinnott; An arrogant businessman becomes governor of an alien planet and lives in an oxygen-filled dome, forbidding the natives from entering. I Laughed at the Great God, Pan!, art by Jack Kirby and Christopher Rule; A man with his date at the museum laughs at the painting of Pan; The museum guard chastises him for it. I Became a...Human Bomb!, art by Paul Reinman; A criminal sneaks aboard an experimental nuclear missile planning to hijack it and sell it to the Soviets. I Was a Prisoner of the Living Statues!, art by John Forte. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 9.4 $1,300.00 Paper: Off white Label #21-15627D9-011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($39.00) will be charged at checkout.

Uncle Scrooge in "The Prize of Pizarro" in which Scrooge finds an old letter which leads him and Donald and the nephews on a quest to find the Inca's hidden gold mines and an untitled story. Issue also has Gyro Gearloose in "Krankenstein Gyro," a one-page text feature "A Bang-Up Time," and one-page gag strips. Stories by Carl Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.5 $80.00 Paper: White Label #0002057-AC-014

Cover art by Bob Brown. The Stunt Man of Space, art by Nick Cardy. Dissection of Planet Earth, art by Howard Purcell. The Giant With My Face, art by Ruben Moreira; a space explorer comes across a giant with his look and name. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.5 $179.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #17-31CE7D8-053 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.37) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Bob Brown. The Last Days of Planet Mars!, art by Jim Mooney. Peter Puptent Explorer humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Lighthouse In The Sky, art by Howard Purcell. Scientific Word Origins fact half-page by Mort Drucker. The Super-Insect Army text story. Battle of the Colossal Creatures, art by Bob Brown; two giant creatures battle over an airplane. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.