Comic books May 1952, graded by CBCS

Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $435.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #23-3812DEF-003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.05) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bernard Bailey. Stories and art by Bob Powell and Bernard Bailey. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. In the English town of Trelawney, John gets caught in the ancient feud between two ghosts with ghostly attack dogs, in a story with art by comics legend Bob Powell. A safari captures the legendary white ape, but catching it and keeping it are two different things. Grave robber Charley is chosen by the dead themselves to be the new cemetery keeper. Ghost Hounds of Trelawney; The Nameless Horror; Horror on the Hill; Custodian of the Dead. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.5 $530.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #17-4049963-047 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($15.90) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Al Williamson, Pete Riss, Sam Cooper, Paul Gattuso and Paul Gustavson. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. An adventurous medical researcher gets more than he bargained for in the backcountry of Brazil; A writer sells his soul so that he can tell this very story; The strange tale of the African Were-Jackals. Any similarity to King Kong on the cover is purely commercial. The Domain of the Dead; The Haunted Gallery; The Sorcerers Play-Kit; The Flapping Head; The Haunting Refrain; The Devils Typewriter!; Stranglers Spirit; Bride of the Beast; The African Were-Jackals. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $495.00 Paper: White Label #20-48E05B5-013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.85) will be charged at checkout.

"The End" (art by Wally Wood), "The Trip" (art by Jack Kamen), "Home to Stay" (art by Wood; unauthorized swipe of two Ray Bradbury stories, "Kaleidoscope" and "Rocket Man"), and "Don't Count Your Chickens" (art by Joe Orlando). The letters page features a well-reasoned response from the editors to a letter from a parent critical of SF and horror comics such as those published by EC. Al Feldstein classic outer space cover. NOTE: See 1st Series for 1950 #13.

NOTE: Also, this issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover and 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints # 5). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original, which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950's publication date. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $375.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case Label #17-4085E2E-011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.25) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover by Sheldon Moldoff. Stories and art by Bob Powell and Sheldon Moldoff. Pre-Code tales of horror from Fawcett, a publisher not normally noted for grue. Ted dies in an accident, but is allowed to return to life until he finds his soul mate. A pro athlete finds an evil way to enhance his performance, by channeling the abilities of dead baseball stars. A gang boss's head is kept alive by a mad scientist to help his cronies plan their crimes. The Dead Lover Returns!; The Man Who Lost His Body; The Shrunken Head; The Resurrected Head. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.