Comic books August 1954, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $450.00 Paper: Off white Label #4119652004

3-D effect cover and stories: "Dead Man's Gold," "The Man Who Died Laughing," "The Clasp Knife," "The Last Bars," "The Plague Ship," and "The Crime Machine." Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Harry Lazarus. Stories by Harry Lazarus, Pete Riss, and Robert Sale. Spine-chilling tales of suspense, horror, and the supernatural—prepare yourself for Adventures into the Unknown! 3-D effect stories and cover. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $430.00 Paper: Off white Label #2111297006

3-D effect cover and stories: "Dead Man's Gold," "The Man Who Died Laughing," "The Clasp Knife," "The Last Bars," "The Plague Ship," and "The Crime Machine." Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Harry Lazarus. Stories by Harry Lazarus, Pete Riss, and Robert Sale. Spine-chilling tales of suspense, horror, and the supernatural—prepare yourself for Adventures into the Unknown! 3-D effect stories and cover. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $185.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3717571008

An offbeat comic presenting short, often risque humor stories in a sort of comics version of vaudeville. Each "sketch" is presented as if it's on a vaudeville stage, complete with footlights. A detective advertises for an assistant, but he should have been more specific. A woman demands to see the hotel manager after seeing a man in her window. A couple is interrupted by the arrival of the woman's husband. There's No Place Like Home; The Palmist; On the Spot; Dispossessed; Old Faithful; Quickie Blackouts; The Sport; The Mother-in-Law; Private Eye; The Wrong-doing; There Should Be a Law; After the Honeymoon; He's No Angel; Even Steven; It's a Gift; Social Climber; The Right Approach; Night Court; Jack and the Bean Stalk; The Problem Child; Ally and Oop; Caught in the Act. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $897.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3995014015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($26.91) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Sol Brodsky. The World's End starring the Human Torch, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; A communist spy convinces Professor Marko to use a vacuum built on top of an observatory to suck in all the world's air in a bid for world domination; Torch and Toro put a stop his plans. In Korea! starring the Human Torch, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; The Torch and Toro fight Communists in North Korea to rescue a US General & his daughter and prevent the secret of an "atomic cannon" from falling into Red hands. Lost Island text story. The Octopus-Men! starring the Sub-Mariner, script and art by Bill Everett. Flame On! starring the Human Torch, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $1,000.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4385871004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Bob Powell, and George Tuska. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. John falls in love with Tania, a mermaid, after she saves him from drowning, in a story with early art by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Ben's soul seeks a new body to inhabit, in one of two stories this issue with art by comics legend Bob Powell. Bull, meanwhile, finds his soul split into two bodies, in a story with early art by comics legend George Tuska. Awesome mermaid cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Princess of the Sea; The Soul of Benjamin Sprague; The Mind Reader; Death x 2 = 0; The Shadow on the Screen; Space Age Glass. Final issue under this title; series continues as Amazing Ghost Stories (1954 St. John) #14. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $1,420.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case Label #3706393004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($42.60) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Carl Memling, Vince Alascia, Joe Shuster, John Belfi, Seymour Moskowitz and Dick Giordano. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Mad scientist Dr. Cabot uses his new shrinking serum on his wife and his assistant after learning that they've been having an affair. An experimental vessel probes beneath the Earth's crust for the most dangerous element ever discovered, in a story with art by Superman co-creator Joe Shuster. Quentin's new invention is a chemical treatment that will grow hair anywhere, but that's not always a good thing. Another legendary (and hilarious) cover by Ditko. Too Much to Swallow; The Unknown Element; Devolution; Saucers from Saturn; The Morning After; The Alien Raider. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $349.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4256879025 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.47) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

"Terror in the Attic"; George Moore shows his family home to his wife Linda and Linda discovers his twin brother Ben chained in the attic; Ben attacks Linda after she releases him and George has to kill his brother. "Desperate Peril!" starring Kolah (Rulah). "The Corpse Came To Dinner"; A man and his wife are haunted by the ghost of the mans original wife, who has come back from the dead angry that her husband had remarried after she died. "Bye-Bye Alibi!" text story. "The Murder Pool"; Fat unlikable James Gorse builds a swimming pool and fills it with a special red acid that eats away flesh; He tricks people he hates into swimming in his pool and laughs maniacally when they are reduced to skeletons. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $213.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4153934014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.39) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Ellis Eringer, Sal Trapani, Medio Iorio and Myron Fass. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. Professor Lenox's charm school for girls turns out to be abducting women and replacing them with slaves of Satan. Tuscan peasant Alberto betrays the witch who aided him, but he forgot that witches often have covens. The corpse at a funeral thinks back on how each of his pallbearers led him to his untimely death. Welcome to My School; Fate of Alberto; Highway Rubout; The Pallbearers; Poison-Quill at Midnight. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $260.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4292486007

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by John Prentice, Bill Draut and Al Avison. Harvey's romance comic about young brides includes cautionary tales about those who marry too soon. Judy hastily marries soldier beau Phil, but isn't prepared for the military life. Uptown girl Ginny thinks she can change Rob by marrying him, but he's stuck to his downtown ways. A woman insists on marrying, even though she's too young to really understand a lifetime commitment. Unfaithful; No Turning Back; Bride Of the Month; G. I. Bride; Only Myself to Blame; Lost Innocence; Will He Be Faithful?; Part-Time Wife! Final issue under this title; series continues as True Brides Experiences (1954) #8. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $3,800.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4353286002

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Warren King, Chuck Miller and Dana Dutch. Torrid tales of romance from St. John, with great covers by Matt Baker. Nancy gets a chance at stardom, but she's not sure she wants to compromise, in a story with art by celebrated good-girl artist Matt Baker. College librarian Arlene is flattered that star athlete Tommy asks her out, so she postpones with steady Steve, but does Tommy have ulterior motives? Cynthia tries to shake a reputation for being "boy-crazy." Plus the "Correspondence Club" page tries to find love for men (and women) stationed overseas. Risque cover by Baker seems very modern. Men Offered Me Stardom If I Would Pay Their Price; I Was a Victim of Deceit; The Navy Was My Target; And Now I'm in Trouble Because I Couldn't Control My Desires; Correspondence Club; I Was Too Free with Boys. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $180.00 Paper: Off white Label #4363466022

"Return of the Dead," pencils by Charles Nicholas; Serge Lamont builds a machine to communicate with the dead; He uses it to learn all the magic secrets of the recently deceased magician Zendali. "The Fiend Who Lived Forever," art by Louis Ravielli; A scientist is able to make himself immortal through experimentation on human victims; He robs banks to gather enough wealth to marry his sweetheart. "Terror in Chinatown," pencils by Charles Nicholas; The collector August Lamont searches frantically for a Chinese "book of the dead" holding great secrets; Lamont murders two book dealers to get his hands on the tome. "Death's Challenge" text story. "The Avenging Ghosts," pencils by Charles Nicholas; Gangsters Pete and Joey escape from their prison island in a motorboat and land on the "island of honesty" where no crime ever happens. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $500.00 Paper: Off white Label #0025204009

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Nat Barnett, Howard Nostrand, and Joe Certa. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A man makes a wager that he cannot be killed. A MAD-style spoof of the classic Wuthering Heights. A vampire is dejected to learn his son doesn't want to follow in his footsteps at Vampire University. Long Shot; Withering Heights; Go Vampire; Up There. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.