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Comic books August 1947, graded by CGC

  • Item #60360269
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    • Label #4240359005

    Cover by Al Fagaly. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Irving Novick and unknown. Archie heads to the gym to bulk up after he makes plans to go to the beach with Veronica and her muscular cousin in "Musclebound Madness"! Plus: Archie gets stuck babysitting Veronica's triplet cousins in "Three's a Crowd"; Archie brings a mouse to school, with the expected results; a dog gets in the way of Archie's entries in the newspaper beauty contest in "Photo-Finish"; Betty and Veronica go to the beach and fight over men; and Archie tries to water the lawn in "Water, Water, Everywhere"! Also: Archie (Hollywood report) celebrity news and gossip, including a piece about Ronald Reagan's marriage to Jane Wyman, in the 2-page "Hollywood Tattle Tale"! And: "Archie Puzzle Page" (two of them)! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60051715
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    Cover by Al Fagaly. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Irving Novick and unknown. Archie heads to the gym to bulk up after he makes plans to go to the beach with Veronica and her muscular cousin in "Musclebound Madness"! Plus: Archie gets stuck babysitting Veronica's triplet cousins in "Three's a Crowd"; Archie brings a mouse to school, with the expected results; a dog gets in the way of Archie's entries in the newspaper beauty contest in "Photo-Finish"; Betty and Veronica go to the beach and fight over men; and Archie tries to water the lawn in "Water, Water, Everywhere"! Also: Archie (Hollywood report) celebrity news and gossip, including a piece about Ronald Reagan's marriage to Jane Wyman, in the 2-page "Hollywood Tattle Tale"! And: "Archie Puzzle Page" (two of them)! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #55304628
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    Featuring the origin of Tiger Girl; as well as art by Jack Kamen and Matt Baker. Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jack Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Jack Kamen, Lily Renee, Robert Webb, John Forte and Matt Baker. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Tiger Girl's origin is retold, as she's trapped by bounty hunters who know she's actually an Indian princess; An opera star plans to frame the woman who spurned him for his own suicide; Good-girl art aplenty as Senorita Rio must free a dictator's widow from a South American prison. "Reverse bondage" cover featuring Tiger Girl rescuing a bound male captive, her sidekick Abdola. Tiger Girl; Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; Jungle Terror; Hateful Herman; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Captain Fight. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #53156806
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: Scuffing on back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case
    • Last page missing, does not affect the story. INCOMPLETE.
    • Label #1125825006
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    Alex Schomburg cover. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #57322726
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    Alex Schomburg cover. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60416654
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    Indicia title is "MARGE'S LITTLE LULU, No. 158." Little Lulu for President; Lulu and Tubby both decide they could grow up to be President; Tubby decides to copy George Washington's mythical feat of chopping down the cherry tree. Takes the Cake; Lulu goes with Tubby to the bakery; He buys a cake, but drops it on the way home;They take the cake to Lulu's house to try to repair it. Just a Gigolo; Lulu and a new girl, Dolly, try to bribe Tubby with candy and soda so he'll notice them. Lulu's Lamp; Lulu tells Alvin a story about when she was a poor girl who worked for a shoemaker; An old man gives her a magic lamp after she gives him some shoes; The lamp has a genie that can grant her any wish--except for one thing. Scripts by John Stanley, pencils by John Stanley (layouts) and Irving Tripp, inks by Irving Tripp. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60246249
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    Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK IN THE GHOST OF THE GROTTO, No. 159." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Donald Duck and the Ghost of the Grotto; While the ducks are running a kelp-gathering boat in the West Indies, they are told of the mystery of an armored man who appears every fifty years to kidnap a small boy; This time, the armored man kidnaps Dewey, and the ducks fight to free him from the armored man's stronghold in a grotto in a coral reef, beneath a rotten old galleon guarded by an enormous octopus. Adventure Down Under; Donald is hypnotized into believing he is a kangaroo and buys airplane tickets to Australia for himself and the nephews; In Australia the ducks try to trap Mournful Mary, the "queen of the kangaroos," and this leads to Donald's falling into the hands of savage aborigines. Scripts and art by Carl Barks. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #54118998
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    Comic book featuring the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry. Gene Autry photo cover. Evolution of the Stock Saddle article. "The Bandit King," art by Jesse Marsh; Gene surprises two gunmen with a kidnapped girl. "Gene Autry and the Bearded Killer," art by Jesse Marsh; Gene enters Boonville, looking for Flapjack Hobbs, and gets arrested. "Scaredy-Cat" text story, art by Jesse Marsh. "Fool´s Gold"; The Clegg brothers, notorious killer-bandits, flee from the Sheriff and his men after robbing the bank in Sage City. Gene Autry photo on back cover. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #59497579
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    Hopalong Cassidy (1943 Fawcett/DC) 10 CGC 7.5

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    Label #4031783003

    Starts Apr 6

    Cover by Irvin Steinberg. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. When a wagon train of settlers rides into Twin Rivers, their problems become Hopalong's problems. Hoppy gives a gunslinger a second chance, but will he take it? Pistol-Packin' Pattie proves that a cowpoke is not the fiery type. The Frontiersmen; Description; Hill Billy; The Strange Death; Square Dance Riddle; Footloose; Whipper-Snappers; Whitey Whiskers; The Spider's Web; Chief Slaphappy; Pistol-Packin' Pattie; The Second Chance. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Cover by Paul Gattuso. Stories and art by Ralph Mayo, Paul Gattuso, Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, Gus Schrotter, Joey Cavallo, Anthony Cataldo and George Tuska. Superior takes over publishing of the humor and adventure anthology from Chesler / Dynamic. This issue features unpublished stories left over from the Chesler era. Diminutive, Shadow-like superhero Black Dwarf investigates after two of his agents find a shooting victim on the street. This story features the slang wordplay the strip was noted for, with lines like "He's cold cuts already, and his leather is empty!" The Gay Desperado follows stories of the "flaming hoss" and finds sinister doings afoot. Lady Satan's magical powers appear to be no match for the walking dead. The Black Dwarf and Lady Satan were listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Black Dwarf; Gay Desperado; Prehistoric Pete: Pete's Toll Bridge; Calling All Cars; Lady Satan; Sky Chief; Escapade Behind an Eight Ball; Lucky Coyne. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Saint (1947 Avon) 1 CGC 8.0

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    Label #4108431012

    Starts Apr 6

    Stories by Evalyn Fuss and others. Art by Matt Baker and Jack Kamen. Cover by Jack Kamen. The first comic book featuring Leslie Charteriss adventurer Simon Templar, better known as The Saint, timed to coincide with the concurrent Saint radio show starring Vincent Price. Lucky Dale, Girl Detective, takes a dangerous ride on a police helicopter; Pilot Prop Bowers runs afoul of a corrupt citrus king; Jewel thieves target a wealthy society matron until The Saint steps in. Also featuring a bondage cover by Jack Kamen. Empty Graves; Lucky Dale; The Devils Stooge; Foo Shampoo; Prop Bowers; Fact or Fancy?; The Saint Versus the Sinners. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60219039
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    Cover art by Winslow Mortimer. Perils of the Stone Age! starring Robin, art by Winslow Mortimer (as Bob Kane); Dick Grayson is so fascinated by the relics of the stone age Professor Nichols has in his home that he asks to be sent back to that time period. Sour Dough Spondoolix starring Penniless Palmer. Murder by Magic starring Robotman, art by Jimmy Thompson. The Thief with 1,000 Lamps starring the Star-Spangled Kid, art by Winslow Mortimer. Mission to Metropolis starring Tomahawk, art by Edmond Good. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #59046162
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    Art by Matt Baker, Stan Ford and Jo Logan. Cover by Matt Baker. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. Rulah warns a treasure-hunter about a dangerous witch doctor, but he refuses to believe a woman knows more about the jungle than he does; Fun facts about elephants; Spacefaring hero Rick Evans battles aliens that are using an iceberg as a base for invasion. Death from Fangs of Stone!; African Adventure; Natural Science: Elephants; Rick Evans: The Green Menace from Voluta; One Round Hogan. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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