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  • Item #61122977
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    Published 1949 by Toby Press.

    Al Capp's Shmoo (1949) 3 VG- 3.5

    1/2" Spine split from bottom. Water damage.

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    The strange little creatures from the classic Li'l Abner comic strip get their own comic book. Super Shmoo shmoos into action when a shipment of rare Shmooranium-235 goes missing. Meanwhile, Washable Jones and his friends the shmoos find themselves on the Moon. Super Shmoo: The Case of the Missing Shmooranium-235; Washable Jones and the Shmoos: Trip to the Moon; What Cheer; Two-Bit the Wacky Woodpecker; Stop the Shmoosic! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60900754
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    Billy the Kid Adventure Magazine (1950) 21 GD+ 2.5 (R)

    Restored (see item notes)

    RESTORATION. Tear seal

    Ends Jul 29 6:58 PM CST
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    Stories and art by Art Helfant and Charles Kuhn. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy the Kid heads for Silver City, gunning for Simon Black, who "dry-gulched" his pal Al Morgan. Billy encounters female prospector Katie O'Donnell, who looks like Granny Goodness, and is just as tough. Prospector Pete takes his gold with him to the laundromat. The Gun-Fight!; The Murderer and the Lady; Billy Spoke First; I Am Black Bear!; Prospector Pete; The Good Old Days. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61238049
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    Felix the Cat Winter Annual (1954) 2 CGC 4.0 Restored

    Restored: C1

    Paper: Off white to white

    Restoration includes: small amount of glue on cover.

    Label #4440265012

    Starts Oct 5

    Cover by Otto Messmer. Stories and art by Otto Messmer. A collection of the Felix the Cat comic strip, reformatted to fit comic-book pages. Felix has an adventure in the land of the Little People. Back cover features a Felix paper doll by Messmer, with four different outfits. Squarebound, 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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    Tales of Horror (1952 Toby/Minoan) 4 CGC 1.8

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #4440265025

    Starts Jul 29

    Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Ernest Schroeder, Ben Brown, David Gantz and Myron Fass. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. For sinister reasons, a man slips his niece and her husband a magic potion that shrinks them down to four inches tall. A monster created for a hoax turns out to be real. A scientist's super intellect-booster works too well on the test rats. The Curse of King Kala; Death from the Sea; The Man Who Imagined a Monster; Who Shall Inherit the Earth?; Li'l Pepp. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.