Comic books March 1953, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $570.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #1100232020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.10) will be charged at checkout.

Kiss of Death, art by Tony DiPreta; A woman plans to get rid of her writer husband by taking him to a house supposedly haunted by vampires and shocking his bad heart. Mind over Matter, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; A man receives Yogi training to make objects disappear, and when his friend introduces him to Cartesian skeptical doubt, they both disappear. Daughter of Death text story. Flying Saucer, inks by Jack Abel. Surprise!, art by Jack Keller; An old man in love with a Gypsy girl murders his rival; The girl continues to moon over the dead man so a Gypsy woman offers to make the old man resemble the man he killed. The Old Man's Secret!, art by Jay Scott Pike. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $249.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4346141004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.47) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and others. Romance comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Numbering continues from Confessions of Love (1953 Star Publications) #14, confusingly enough. Gary longs for love, but women pass him by because he's not handsome or handy. Con man Bill Hale kills and swindles his way to a fortune in black gold in oil-boom Oklahoma. Convict Frank convinces the parole board that he's fallen in love and wants to go straight, but is soon blamed for another murder. The Longing Heart; I Waited For Him; I Fought For My Love; My Tragic Affair. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $1,100.00 Paper: Off white Label #4377473001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($33.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by David Vern and unknown. Art by Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Charles Paris, Leonard Starr, Ruben Moreira and unknown. Batman and Robin make headlines in "The Joker's Journal!" by David Vern, Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "The Double Life of Pow-Wow Smith" with art by Leonard Starr; Robotman in "The Super Magnet!"; and Impossible -- But True! tale "Roy Raymond's Rival!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Ruben Moreira. Also: Casey the Cop half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Varsity Vic half-pager by Boltinoff; and 2-page text piece "Caging the Counterfeiters" by Jack Miller. 44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $270.00 Paper: Cream to off white File Copy. Label #3701996002

Cover art by Al Avison. "Dangerous Rival," art by Warren Kremer; Ann loves bandleader Roger, but he falls under the spell of singer Myra; Ann becomes a runaway success on her own as a music arranger but Rogers career falters when Myra dumps him for another man; Using fake names, Ann writes music which revives Rogers popularity. "My Frozen Heart!" text story. "Stolen Kisses!", art by Bob Powell; "Poor high school girl" Paula breaks up with Bob because she has an "extravagant dream"; She falls in love with Frank, who showers her with gifts of jewelry, then learns hes a wanted jewel thief. "I Bargained With Love!", pencils by Joe Certa; Roz is hired as a secretary in an ad agency and works to get ahead; She and her boss Larry fall in love, but when Larry discourages her career ambitions, she reports him to the president of the firm. "I Loved Him Too Much!" text story. "Portrait of Passion," art by Al Avison; Pam is engaged to artist Tom; Art dealer Howard is attracted to Pam and she decides to cultivate his friendship to help Toms career; Pam falls in love with Howard and breaks up with Tom, but when she hears Howard harshly criticize Toms work out of spite, she leaves him. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $256.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1274431001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.68) will be charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's UNCLE SCROOGE, BACK TO THE KLONDIKE, No. 456." Cover art by Carl Barks. Back to the Klondike, script and art by Carl Barks; Scrooge takes pills to restore his failing memory, and immediately recalls the location of bag of nuggets he cached in the Yukon fifty years before; When the ducks arrive in the Klondike, they find that Scrooge's claim has been taken over by Glittering Goldie, a former dance hall girl Scrooge knew in the gold rush days--and who still owes Scrooge a thousand dollars, plus interest. Somethin' Fishy Here, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald pastes up a fake newspaper that convinces Scrooge that fish have been made the official money of the land. Back cover strip by Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $640.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4253909014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.20) will be charged at checkout.

Vampire Vengeance; classic story in which two thrill-killers inadvertently select a vampire as their target. The Devil's Ally. Satan's Playhouse text story. Evil Intruder; Classic story of a Trugg searching for love; It finds a couple, kills the husband, and casts a spell over the wife so that she believes he is her husband. No Rest for the Dead; A cemetery caretaker tortures the ghosts in his cemetery. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $590.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #2019190002

Cover by Maurice Whitman. Edited by J. F. Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, John Belcastro and Dick Dillin. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. A beautiful woman leads a man to learn the truth about the Cult of the Leopardmen; One-eyed detective The Eye seeks a gang that escapes their crimes in a high-speed dragster; Outlaw ivory traders make a night hunt for a rogue leopard even more dangerous for Sheena and her band. The cover alone has more action than whole issues of other comics. Ghost Gallery; The Eye; Space Rangers; The Man Who Spoke Too Soon; Famous Fighters; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. Final issue of series; Sheena's adventures continue in Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House). 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $235.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4311753017

Stories and art by Mike Sekowsky and Donald Shaw. Pre-Code crime comics from Fawcett with an emphasis on suspense. Margaret is trapped by a killer, and imprisoned in a coffin that is about to be buried. A blind man, his granddaughter and his dog are held prisoner by killers after they witness a murder. Mike could escape the killers who've captured him, but he goes back to save a stranger's life. Plus a PSA for U.S. Savings Bonds, "America's Future Is Your Future!" Save Me... The Coffin Is Closing; The Blind Witness?; He Rode With Fear; Two Strangers! Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $495.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4264093015

Cover by Moe Marcus. Stories and art by Ben Brown, David Gantz, Moe Marcus, and Bernard Baily. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. Hideously ugly Hans Bruckner is rejected from town after town, not because of his appearance, but because of his Mr. Hyde-like violent temper. The world's champion chess player is challenged by the mysterious Invincible One, who plays with a chessboard whose pieces look like miniature human beings. Vampires stalk the help at a country farm, but the farmer himself seems strangely unconcerned. The Man Who Lost His Shadow!; Hand of Fate!; Sisters of the Witch; Game of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $545.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0311463023 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($16.35) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Moe Marcus. Stories and art by Ben Brown, David Gantz, Moe Marcus, and Bernard Baily. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. Hideously ugly Hans Bruckner is rejected from town after town, not because of his appearance, but because of his Mr. Hyde-like violent temper. The world's champion chess player is challenged by the mysterious Invincible One, who plays with a chessboard whose pieces look like miniature human beings. Vampires stalk the help at a country farm, but the farmer himself seems strangely unconcerned. The Man Who Lost His Shadow!; Hand of Fate!; Sisters of the Witch; Game of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $665.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4087451007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.95) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman, John Giunta and Don Perlin. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. A killer has a near-death experience and realizes how close he is to losing his soul for good. An evil hypnotist seeks revenge on his ex-wife and her new boyfriend. An evil suit of armor is the undoing of two antique collectors. Hive!; Abominable Snowman; The Search; The Eyes of March; Final Blow; Vision in Bronze. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $459.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4070718004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.77) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Al Williamson, inks by Al Feldstein. "Counter-Clockwise," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot, script), pencils by John Severin, inks by Bill Elder; Ron's father is dismayed when he learns that his son wants to secure at a job at the Rocket-Port...not just to service rockets, but to fly them; He cautions his son that pilots must retire at age 26, but while they talk, Ron's Dad sights a space ship that is not of earthly origin; Together they go to the landing sight, armed with a blaster; When a weird alien being alights from the ship, they kill it and report to the authorities. "Zero Hour," script by Ray Bradbury and Albert B. Feldstein (adaptation), art by Jack Kamen; Mrs. Morris, at first, thinks nothing of her daughter and a friend playing their game of "invasion"; But when Mink starts telling of a Martian named Drill, who is the fore-runner of a Martian invasion of Earth, and Mary discovers that kids of her friends in other parts of the country are playing the same game, she wonders if this is for real. "The Ashtray" text story. "Homesick!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Al Williamson (signed) and Roy Krenkel (on technological details); David Todd and Lynn Ardsley plot her husband's murder, while David and Lawrence are on a mission to Mars to investigate the planet's landscape and possible life forms. "Judgment Day!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; Tarlton, the Earthman, has landed on the planet Cybrinia, home to mechanical life; He is to judge whether or not Cybrinia will be allowed to "partake of the wonders of Earth." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $349.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4385185025 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.47) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover pencils by Al Williamson, inks by Al Feldstein. "Counter-Clockwise," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot, script), pencils by John Severin, inks by Bill Elder; Ron's father is dismayed when he learns that his son wants to secure at a job at the Rocket-Port...not just to service rockets, but to fly them; He cautions his son that pilots must retire at age 26, but while they talk, Ron's Dad sights a space ship that is not of earthly origin; Together they go to the landing sight, armed with a blaster; When a weird alien being alights from the ship, they kill it and report to the authorities. "Zero Hour," script by Ray Bradbury and Albert B. Feldstein (adaptation), art by Jack Kamen; Mrs. Morris, at first, thinks nothing of her daughter and a friend playing their game of "invasion"; But when Mink starts telling of a Martian named Drill, who is the fore-runner of a Martian invasion of Earth, and Mary discovers that kids of her friends in other parts of the country are playing the same game, she wonders if this is for real. "The Ashtray" text story. "Homesick!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Al Williamson (signed) and Roy Krenkel (on technological details); David Todd and Lynn Ardsley plot her husband's murder, while David and Lawrence are on a mission to Mars to investigate the planet's landscape and possible life forms. "Judgment Day!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; Tarlton, the Earthman, has landed on the planet Cybrinia, home to mechanical life; He is to judge whether or not Cybrinia will be allowed to "partake of the wonders of Earth." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $1,370.00 Paper: Light tan to off white Label #4120889023

Cover by Bernard Baily. Stories and art by Tony Mortellaro, Eugene Hughes, and Hy Fleishman. Pre-Code tales of science fiction and horror from Stanley Morse Publications. Humans in the near-perfect society of 2053 set out to eliminate disease. A scientist who manages to shrink down in size is accidentally swallowed by a colleague. Plus an adventure of whimsical spacefaring hero Jumpin' Jupiter. Classic alien-abduction cover by Bernard Baily. Time and Tide; Plaything; The Purple Mists; Death Rides the Galaxy; Jonah; The Beginning or the End! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Weird Tales of the Future (1952) 6 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4257046005

Cover by Bernard Baily. Stories and art by Tony Mortellaro, Eugene Hughes, and Hy Fleishman. Pre-Code tales of science fiction and horror from Stanley Morse Publications. Humans in the near-perfect society of 2053 set out to eliminate disease. A scientist who manages to shrink down in size is accidentally swallowed by a colleague. Plus an adventure of whimsical spacefaring hero Jumpin' Jupiter. Classic alien-abduction cover by Bernard Baily. Time and Tide; Plaything; The Purple Mists; Death Rides the Galaxy; Jonah; The Beginning or the End! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $399.95 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white 1/3 Piece Missing From Front Cover. Label #4293170002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Bernard Baily. Stories and art by Tony Mortellaro, Eugene Hughes, and Hy Fleishman. Pre-Code tales of science fiction and horror from Stanley Morse Publications. Humans in the near-perfect society of 2053 set out to eliminate disease. A scientist who manages to shrink down in size is accidentally swallowed by a colleague. Plus an adventure of whimsical spacefaring hero Jumpin' Jupiter. Classic alien-abduction cover by Bernard Baily. Time and Tide; Plaything; The Purple Mists; Death Rides the Galaxy; Jonah; The Beginning or the End! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.