Comic books May 1944, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $690.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4120935025

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Rudy Palais, Dick Wood, Dick Briefer, Bob Wood, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. A woman is dubbed a "female Bluebeard" after doing away with her husbands, in a story with art by Dick Briefer. The story of Nolan the Notorious features early art by pioneering African-American artist Alvin Hollingsworth. The murderer of Mary Lawson is revealed by a burnt match, in a tale with art by Dick Briefer. Also featuring a vintage PSA for wartime paper drives, an early recycling program. Career of Carrington Hill; Four Crooks and a Coffin; Female Blue Beard; Murder Master; Angel Face of Crime; The Case of the Missing Monster; Nolan the Notorious; Whodunnit? Who Murdered Beautiful Mary Lawson?; A Crimebuster Special. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $430.00 Restored: C1 Paper: Off white to white Restoration includes: tear seals to cover. Label #4130978013

Flash stars in "The Peddler's Pipedream," written by Gardner Fox, art by Martin Naydel. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "Salvaging Waste Paper" with art by Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "Sabotage in Berlin" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; The Whip in "Hunting a Story" with art by Homer Fleming; "Terrors of the Big Top" by Ed Wheelan; an ad for the Junior Justice Society; Justice Society March of Dimes public service announcement; and Hawkman in "Simple Simon Met the Hawkman" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff. Cover art by Moldoff. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $425.00 Paper: Brittle Label #4276289011

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Paul Payne. Stories and art by Graham Ingels, Joe Doolin, Lily Renee, Fran Hopper, George Tuska, and Lee Elias. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. Good-girl art aplenty as Gale and her team are captured by the beautiful but deadly Butterfly Men of space; The Star Pirate refuses to join a pirate coalition on their next job, but now he knows too much about them; Hunt and Lyssa escape from an airborne Volta ship, only to find themselves in the ruins of Paris. Featuring art by pioneering female artists Fran Deitrick/Hopper and Lily Renee. The Lost World; Gale Allen and the Girl Squadron; Mars, God of War; Space Rangers; Life on Venus?; Norge Benson; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $222.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Plastic debris between case and inner well Label #2086116008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.66) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Art Saaf. Edited by J.F. Byrne. Stories and art by Gus Schrotter, Alex Blum, Lily Renee, Ruth Atkinson, Lee Elias, Ruben Moreira, and Arnold Hicks. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Nice Lily Renee good-girl art as Agent Jane Martin goes undercover as a gypsy dancer; Greasemonkey Griffin accidentally takes Professor Poppen J. Ipswitch's dangerous invention for a ride; Clipper Kirk must protect a conference of world leaders (Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin, and Chiang Kai-Shek appear) from a top-secret Nazi supercarrier. Skull Squad; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Captain Wings; Suicide Smith; Wing Tips; The Hero of Djebel Bou Arada; Thunder In the Alps; Greasemonkey Griffin. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.