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Add to cart CGC 9.4 $27,500 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #1971953001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($825.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by The John Comegys Collection

Cover pencils by Jerry Robinson, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos. "Brothers in Crime!", script by Don Cameron, pencils by Jerry Robinson (as Bob Kane), inks by Jerry Robinson (as Bob Kane) and George Roussos (backgrounds); While visiting their trophy room, the Caped Crusaders come across a bullet-proof vest, a keepsake from a case invoving the Rafferty Brothers, who unwittingly implicated their brother Peter in a murder. "The Wizard of Words!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson; Batman must once again battle the Harlequin of Hate, who, this time, decides to carry out, word for word, the slang words that people use every day in order to commit his crimes. "They Thrill to Conquer!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Jack Burnley (as Bob Kane), inks by Jack Burnley (as Bob Kane) and Ray Burnley (backgrounds); Batman must battle a gang of criminals who are trying to blackmail professional stuntmen. 2-page Busy Bill story, art by George Storm. "Around the Clock with the Batman!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson; Gotham City celebrates "Batman Day", honoring all of the Caped Crusader's amazing accomplishments; And the events leading up to that day also helps Bruce Wayne complete the last chapter of a book he is writing. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $26,000 Paper: Off white to white Label #1202749002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($780.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by The John Comegys Collection

Cover by Dick Sprang. "Crime on the Wing!", script by Bill Finger, art by Win Mortimer (as Bob Kane); Mobsters decide to use the Penguin as a ruse for Batman and Robin to follow while they commit crimes. "The Looters!", art by Win Mortimer (as Bob Kane); Seeing both of his parents killed in an earthquake on a small Pacific island, Dorry Leaf becomes an expert on these phenomena, and is offered a post at Pacific Coast University to oversee a seismographic observatory that he is determined to make quake-proof!; However, crooks become interested when they discover that the Professor can predict in advance where quakes will occur; Batman and Robin step in. "Double Trouble" text story by Murray Boltinoff (as Blair Bolton). "The Search for Santa Claus!", art by Win Mortimer (as Bob Kane); Jim Jocelyn's thieving cousins have a high time spending the money that their uncle had amassed for charities by using it to build up their own multi-million dollar businesses; They decide that the only way they can safeguard themselves is to murder their uncle. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain America Comics (1941 Timely) 27 CGC 3.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4415249010

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Includes: Alex Schomburg cover art; North of the Border, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; The Man-Hole of Death starring Human Torch; Swell Guy text story; Blitzkrieg To Berlin, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; Roddy Colt Steps Out starring Secret Stamp. 68 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $46,000 Paper: Off white to white Label #1620510001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1,380.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by The John Comegys Collection

Holocaust cover, classic. Includes: Alex Schomburg cover art; Invitation to Murder, art by Vince Alascia; The Five Traitors From Berlin, Pencils by Paul Reinman, Inks by Carmine Infantino; Too Smart To Live text story; The Shadow of the Monster, art by Alascia; The Mystery of the Puff-Adder Skulls, Pencils by Vince Alascia, Inks by Al Bellman; The Case of the Forged Check--Let's Play Detective, art by Bellman. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Science (1950) 4 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white

Slab: Chipped/broken bracket

Label #4366401006

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Cover by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Stories and art by Myron Fass, Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. Responding to a call for help from Martian scientists, Captain Science must battle slavers who have taken control of Martian atmosphere plant. Captain Science and Rip go back in time to face the menace from another dimension, the insidious Doctor Khartoum. Captain Science art and cover by legendary artists Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Interplanetary private eye Brant Craig battles a Saturnian bank robber who reanimates the dead, as the influence of horror comics seeps into the sci-fi comics. Plus an article about the real-life history of belief in vampires and werewolves. The Martian Slavers; The Insidious Doctor Khartoum; Vampires: Truth or Fiction?; Brant Craig: The Legion of the Dead; When Time Stood Still. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 42 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white

Label #1972664016

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Charles Biro electric chair cover! A truly striking cover!

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Jack Alderman, Rudy Palais, Dick Wood, Norman Maurer, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Leonard Scamici makes a name for himself as a killer for hire, but a New York bank job proves his undoing. The brilliant and well-mannered "Western George" Leslie masterminded robberies down to the tiniest detail. A story that dares the reader to figure out who killed an embezzler during a costume party at Mardi Gras. Also featuring a famous and oft-reprinted cover by Charles Biro. Willie the Actor; Million Dollar Burglar; Murder Will Out; The Saga of Sir Charles; The True Story of Leonard Scamici, Killer For Hire; The Case of the Phony Count Chivano; Whodunnit: Can You Solve the Murder at the Mardi Gras? 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fight Comics (1940) 38 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4549554006

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Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by M.E. Peacock and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Ann Brewster, Alex Blum, Arnold Hicks, H.C. Kiefer, Lily Renee 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 investigates the legends of a lost Greek colony that survived in the Indian jungle; Hooks Devlin investigates murder at a carnival when he and Peaches find a corpse in the Tunnel of Love; Senorita Rio investigates the case of the Singing Skulls in the Amazon rainforest. Featuring art by famed good-girl artist Matt Baker and pioneering female artist Lily Renee. Rip Carson; Tiger Girl; Hooks Devlin; Kayo Kirby; The Corpse Had a Message; Shark Brodie; Senorita Rio. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Killers (1947 Magazine Enterprises) 1 CGC 5.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more

Includes Rodger Hill Collection sticker on front of slab.

Label #4412259001

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Paul Parker, Vernon Henkel and Charles Quinlan. Gritty crime comics in the pre-Code tradition, narrated by the Killers Three. A small-time hood advances in the underworld until he is part of Baby-Face Nelson's gang; Detectives try to trick a killer into confessing to the murder of a school girl; Private eye "Ace" High is hired to recover jewels that were stolen by a killer. Scott Hunter of the C.I.D.; The Killer Behind the Killer; Poison Claw Killer; They Tricked the Schoolgirl's Killer!; The Magic of Murder! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Marvel Mystery Comics (1939) 56 CGC 5.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4433499002

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Berlin's Master Spy starring Human Torch, art by Jimmy Thompson. Hoggo's Great Secret starring Sub-Mariner, art by Allen Simon. Terry Vance untitled story, art by Bob Oskner. The Mysterious Peddler of Doom starring Miss America, script by Otto Binder, art by Charles Nicholas. Patriot untitled story, art by Nick Karlton. Angel untitled story, art by Gustav Schrotter. 60 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 39 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white

Tape on Interior Cover, Interior.

Label #2041224020

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Cover art by Mac Raboy. The Slave Trader, art by Mac Raboy; Captain Marvel, Jr. battles Redbeard. The Goat Without Horns, art by Bert Whitman; Balbo, Boy Magician vs. Dr. Haiti. Hoodoo Hannigan: Ch. 11: Hit--Sink and Run! text story by Joseph J. Millard. Bulletman Fights the Hoarder. The Singing Killer, art by Ralph Carlson; He carried neither gun nor knife, only a guitar and a lash, and he was out to kill Hopalong. The Bond Show Battle, art by Phil Bard; Minute Man vs. Baron Hour. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 1 CGC 5.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4430973006

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Cover art by Lou Fine. "The One-Eyed Monster Men from Mars," script and art by Dick Briefer; Flint has completed the rocket ship begun by his father and is ready to take off for Mars, but first has three prison convicts freed to serve as his crew; They land on Mars and find the corpse of a former explorer, who leaves a letter warning anyone finding his note to stay away from the dark side of Mars. Untitled story, art by Malcolm Kildale; After a rocket ship crash that kills his parents, Auro is raised by a saber-tooth tiger; He is approached by a young woman named Martha to help save her friends who have been taken as slaves by the fiendish ruler of Neptune. Untitled story, script by Ken Jackson; While the public is amazed and elated that no crimes have been committed for two weeks, the Police feel that their jobs are less secure because of the crime busting activities of the Red Comet; His magical powers seem to draw him like a magnet to the criminal element. Untitled story, art by Alex Blum (as Alex Boon); The loss of several Solar Ships forces the President of the Solar Congress to appoint Captain Cole to lead a force against the enemies from outer space. "The War Lords of the Moon," art by Henry Kiefer; Spurt and his companions must fend off the attacks of the Luzerons, who occupy the polar regions of the Moon. Untitled story; Buzz and his crew must face the Sharkmen, semi-intelligent living under the murky waters of Neptune. "The Man Who Stole a World!", art by Alvin Charles (as Albert Charles); A former Earth scientist takes up residence on a far distant planetoid, and threatens to rule the universe and destroy all traces of civilization. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Spy Smasher (1941 Fawcett) 5 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Case is slightly mis-aligned.

Label #1173850011

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Death Over Washington starring Spy Smasher, "Satan" (a German spy), and Death [Baroness Von Todt]. The Two-Faced Killer! starring Spy Smasher and Bruno, art by Emil Gershwin. The Woman Who Doomed a Million Men--Thrilling Spy Tales starring Mrs. Greenhow (Confederate spy), Abraham Lincoln, and General George McClellan. Spy Smasher Vs. America Smasher; America Smasher escapes from the FBI agent guarding him and steps up his attack on America's morale by projecting propaganda films on a giant screen in the sky, and when the screen is destroyed shines them on buildings. The Chinese Pheasant text story by Paul Sinderson. The Victory Battalion starring Spy Smasher. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $3,900.00 Paper: Off white to white From the Collection of "Crazy Ed's Comics". Label #1265842012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($117.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by The John Comegys Collection

Cover art by Fred Ray. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Joe Shuster (layouts) and Leo Nowak [as Shuster]; For doing such a great job, Lois and Clark are given a cruise vacation aboard the "Grenodier", where they meet Nan Wilson, who has inherited Pogo Island. Supermen of America info. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster]; After investigating three mysterious deaths, Clark Kent writes an article on the deaths, which he believes are actually murders. Kid Stuff page by Henry Boltinoff. Safe Job text story by Roger Forrest. Promotional ad for World's Finest Comics #2, More Fun Comics #70, Detective Comics #54, All-American Comics #29, Adventure Comics #65, Flash Comics #20, and Action Comics #39. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.