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  • Item #57151382
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    • Label #4076542012

    Edited by Seymour S. Schneid and Jack Byrne. Stories and art by Marilyn Mercer, Jerry Grandenetti, Kurt Caesar, Enrico Bagnoli, George Evans and Giovanni Benvenuti. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. King of the Congo sets out to rescue a woman targeted by murderous swindlers; Firehair saves a handsome horse thief from the sheriff, and her friends wonder if she's falling for him; The Sky Rangers go on a treasure hunt on Africa's West Coast. Firehair; The Secret Files of Dr. Drew; King of the Congo; Jan of the Jungle; C.Q.D. (Important - Danger); Sky Rangers; I Confess. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #59990886
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    • Label #4018522013
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    Edited by Seymour S. Schneid and Jack Byrne. Stories and art by Marilyn Mercer, Jerry Grandenetti, Kurt Caesar, Enrico Bagnoli, George Evans and Giovanni Benvenuti. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. King of the Congo is caught between a corrupt trader and an ivory caravan; Firehair hates the handsome hunter who has fallen for her, but she must go after him when he's captured by outlaws; The Sky Rangers contend with a bandit gang led by Senor Scorpion. Cover (possibly by Ed Waldman) manages to contain both bondage and action-girl elements. Firehair; The Secret Files of Dr. Drew; King of the Congo; Jan of the Jungle; Stampede - Part 1; Sky Rangers; I Confess. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60001969
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    Edited by Seymour S. Schneid and Jack Byrne. Stories and art by Marilyn Mercer, Jerry Grandenetti, Kurt Caesar, Enrico Bagnoli, George Evans and Giovanni Benvenuti. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. King of the Congo is caught between a corrupt trader and an ivory caravan; Firehair hates the handsome hunter who has fallen for her, but she must go after him when he's captured by outlaws; The Sky Rangers contend with a bandit gang led by Senor Scorpion. Cover (possibly by Ed Waldman) manages to contain both bondage and action-girl elements. Firehair; The Secret Files of Dr. Drew; King of the Congo; Jan of the Jungle; Stampede - Part 1; Sky Rangers; I Confess. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #59845813
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    Edited by Jack Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Marilyn Mercer, Jerry Grandenetti, and Enrico Bagnoli. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. A sinister guide murders a rival and tries to frame Jan of the Jungle for the crime; Bear Claw ignores Firehair's warnings and attacks settlers, setting the whole tribe up for retaliation; Dr. Drew must clear Sabina, who has been framed by a ghost. Firehair; The Secret Files of Dr. Drew; Rosin Is So Restful; Jan of the Jungle. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Edited by Jack Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Marilyn Mercer, Jerry Grandenetti, and Enrico Bagnoli. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Jan of the Jungle leads an army of monkeys to free his animal friends from hunters; Firehair and her tribe battle a band of white and native marauders; A beautiful woman casts a strange spell on a man and his son that only Dr. Drew can explain. Firehair; The Secret Files of Dr. Drew; Antarctic Glacier Trap; Jan of the Jungle. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Edited by Jack Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Marilyn Mercer, Jerry Grandenetti, and Enrico Bagnoli. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Firehair tries to mend fences after young Dakotas raid a wagon train; The warden of Dartbane Prison seeks Dr. Drew's help to explore the prison's haunted past; Jan of the Jungle must protect his animal friends from a rabid wolfpack. Firehair; The Secret Files of Dr. Drew; Another Word for Murder; Jan of the Jungle. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #59826624
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    Published Jan 1943 by Nedor.
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    • Label #1161203013
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    Published Mar 1943 by Nedor.
    $359.00
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    • Label #3698821017
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    Published Jul 1943 by Nedor.
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    • Label #3732724001
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  • Item #60274568
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    Real Love (1949 Ace Magazines) 68 CGC 6.0

    Only copy at the top CGC grade of 6.0.

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    Label #3766152013

    Starts Apr 6

    Photo cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "Too Much Glamour"; "Never Sure of Her Men"; "In Love with a Wolf" reprinted from Glamorous Romances (1949) #55; and "The Wrong Bride" reprinted from Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #33. "How to Perk Up for That Last Minute Invitation..." text article reprinted from Ten Story Love Vol. 32 (1953) #4 and partially reprinted from "Chats on Charm..." in All Love (1949) #29. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #59705785
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    Featuring Red Ryder, King of the Royal Mounted, Hawk of the Highway, Yanks in the RAF, and Captain Easy. Plus a very interesting "Glossary of Common Military Expressions and Slang." 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Red Ryder Comics (1940-1955 Hawley/Dell) 23 CGC 9.0

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    Label #4076875011

    Starts Apr 6

    Cover art by Fred Harman. I knowed we shouldn't trusted that Mystery Mesa woman! starring Red Ryder, art by Fred Harman. While arresting pearl-smuggling Shark's henchman... starring King of the Royal Mounted, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Jim Gary. An orange and a banana, too! starring Captain Easy, script and art by Roy Crane. Wait'll I lay hands on him! starring Biff Baker, script and art by Henry Lee. Night shrouds the Jungle... starring The Fighting Yanks, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Bob Jenney. The attention lavished by Cleopatra... strip starring Alley Oop, script and art by V. T. Hamlin. Everybody all right? starring Freckles and his Friends, script and art by Merrill Blosser. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Cover art by Fred Harman. We were not! humor page starring Boots. Red Ryder strip with Little Beaver, art by Fred Harman. Telecomics. Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted, art by Jim Gary. Little Beaver Plays With Dynamite text story, script and art by Fred Harman. Captain Easy. Alley Oop strip. Biff Baker, script and art by Henry Lee. Freckles and his Friends, script and art by Merrill Blosser. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Red Ryder, Telecomics presents King of the Royal Mounted, and the Kiyotee Kids. Two-page text story, "Little Beaver's Five Dollar Revenge." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #59701767
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    Cover by Paul Gattuso. Stories and art by Bob McCay, Paul Gattuso, Joe Beck and George Tuska. Numbering apparently continues from Carnival Comics (1945) #0, by Chesler's unusual numbering scheme. Humor and adventure comics from Chesler / Dynamic. Diminutive, Shadow-like superhero Black Dwarf and his band of assistants take on a counterfeiting ring. (The Black Dwarf was listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes.) The most unusual story in this issue is a rare Little Nemo in Slumberland strip by Bob McCay, son of original Nemo artist Winsor McCay, in which a Flash Gordon-like teenage Nemo defends Slumberland from attack by the Forest Kingdom. Sheriff Nye suspects the Gay Desperado is in cahoots with actual outlaw Midas Moran. Also featuring a vintage ad for the Glow in the Dark Necktie ("Girls Can't Resist!"). Classic bondage/ mad scientist cover by Paul Gattuso. Black Dwarf; Gay Desperado; Prehistoric Pete; Nemo In Adventureland; Lessons in Larceny; Lucky Coyne: Murderer! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #59616512
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    Cover by Paul Gattuso. Stories and art by Ralph Mayo, Paul Gattuso, Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, and George Tuska. Humor and adventure comics from Chesler / Dynamic. The Gay Desperado discovers that cattle rustling is just part of a larger land-grab scheme Mike Stiles is using on Norton's ranch. Magical superhero Lady Satan contacts the ghost of Nancy's murdered father to learn the truth about his death and missing fortune. In an unusual crime drama, police investigating a woman's murder discover a honeymooning couple is actually two holdup men, one of whom is dressed in drag. Black Dwarf; Gay Desperado: Haunted Land; Prehistoric Pete; Calling All Cars: The Whispering Bride; Lady Satan; Sky Chief; Stand-In For a Corpse; Lucky Coyne. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #59234992
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    Cover by Paul Gattuso. Stories and art by Ralph Mayo, Paul Gattuso, Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, Gus Schrotter, Joey Cavallo, Anthony Cataldo and George Tuska. Superior takes over publishing of the humor and adventure anthology from Chesler / Dynamic. This issue features unpublished stories left over from the Chesler era. Diminutive, Shadow-like superhero Black Dwarf investigates after two of his agents find a shooting victim on the street. This story features the slang wordplay the strip was noted for, with lines like "He's cold cuts already, and his leather is empty!" The Gay Desperado follows stories of the "flaming hoss" and finds sinister doings afoot. Lady Satan's magical powers appear to be no match for the walking dead. The Black Dwarf and Lady Satan were listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Black Dwarf; Gay Desperado; Prehistoric Pete: Pete's Toll Bridge; Calling All Cars; Lady Satan; Sky Chief; Escapade Behind an Eight Ball; Lucky Coyne. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and Howard Boughner. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. In an issue-length story, Rocky gets to the bottom of a especially clever cattle rustlers' trick. Gopherface tells his friends why he's worried. Plus photo pinups of Rocky and his equine movie co-star, Black Jack. Rustlers Round-Up!; Sagebrush; Red Rock Robber; Gopherface; Slim Pickens: The Chicken-Hearted Villain. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    The comics incarnation of movie cowboy Cameron pursues desperadoes and owlhoots in the days of the Old West. In an issue-length story, cattle ranchers declare open warfare against the homesteaders who are moving in on their grazing lands. Rod stumbles on a scheme to drive out the homesteaders by weaponizing gophers against them - you read that right. Sam the Sheriff's rival in the upcoming election tries to gaslight him to get him out of the race. Open-Range Freeze-Out; The Desert Rats; Sam the Sheriff; Hoghead Harry; Hotshot Horace. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    The comics incarnation of movie cowboy Cameron pursues desperadoes and owlhoots in the days of the Old West. In a three-part, issue-length story, the legendary lost cities of gold have apparently been rediscovered. Rod's pal Professor Weems gets the map from a murdered outlaw, sending Rod on an Indiana Jones-type adventure across the Old West. Sam the Sheriff tries to find out what started a fight between two cowpokes. The Golden Pueblos of Cibola: Chapter 1; The Map of Mystery; Chapter 2: The Drums of War; Old Slick; Chapter 3: The End of the Trail; Hotshot Horace; Finish Fight; Sam the Sheriff. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    "The Wand of Weirdness," script by Otto Binder, art by Irv Novick; Apollo and Muley break into a museum and are confronted by a guard, so Apollo grabbed a scepter out of a case to use as a club; It was the "Wand of Weirdness," supposedly belonging to Merlin the Magician which had a curse that said anyone using the wand for evil purposes would have it visit back upon them. Untitled story, script by Ed Goggin, pencils by Harry Sahle, inks by Terry Szenics; Stencho's wife wants to find out if he still loves her; A red wig and a new dress will do the trick. Archie Comics ad. Untitled story, pencils by Harry Sahle, inks by Terry Szenics; The Applejack boys are on a gas balloon trip and land near the house of a screwy professor, who turns them into monkeys. Untitled story, art by Janice Valleau (as Ginger); Ginger meets Frank Sinatra. Untitled story starring Red Rube, art by Bill Vigoda; The wicked scientist, Dr. Karvalla, invented a formula that enabled him to travel in the fourth dimension. "The Future and the Past" text story by Harry Rose. Untitled story starring The Flying Dragons, art by Bill Vigoda; The American Volunteer Group in China is disbanded and some join the Army Air Corps. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $329.00
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    Origin of the Red Rube retold; Steel Sterling in "The Gruesome Twosome" (art by Irv Novick); Senor Banana; the Slap Happy Applejacks; Chimpy, and Ginger. Cover price $0.10.

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    $300.00
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    Origin of the Red Rube retold; Steel Sterling in "The Gruesome Twosome" (art by Irv Novick); Senor Banana; the Slap Happy Applejacks; Chimpy, and Ginger. Cover price $0.10.

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    Origin of the Red Rube retold; Steel Sterling in "The Gruesome Twosome" (art by Irv Novick); Senor Banana; the Slap Happy Applejacks; Chimpy, and Ginger. Cover price $0.10.

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    Origin of the Red Rube retold; Steel Sterling in "The Gruesome Twosome" (art by Irv Novick); Senor Banana; the Slap Happy Applejacks; Chimpy, and Ginger. Cover price $0.10.

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    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Lin Streeter, Bill Walsh, Ken Bald, Gus Ricca and Leonard Starr. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Jessie gets a job in a defense plant and meets fellow welder Harry, but hes all business; Dale gets a job after a newspaper editor mistakes her name for a mans, only to find herself in the middle of a dangerous crime expose; Redhead Ann learns a man has bought the cherished seaside house shes always wanted. Welded Hearts; Office Romance; Lover's Masquerade; Heart on Trial; Real Cute Sport; Wooed By a Westerner; Search for Celia. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, John Rosenberger, Norman Nodel, Les Zakarin and John Romita. Lurid tales of love and crime, with lush covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. Private-school debutante Sally falls for tough customer Nick and joins him in a life of crime; Cigarette girl Doris gets caught up in a counterfeit perfume scheme; Claire starts smoking dope with her neer-do-well friends, and her stepfather hits the roof. Featuring early art by Marvel legend John Romita Sr., and a painted cover reprinted from Avon paperback #207. Also featuring a nice contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. Thrill Crazy; The Shame Is Mine!; My Scandalous Affair!; Terror Stalked My Love! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Romantic Secrets (1949 Fawcett) 2 CGC 7.5

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    Stories and art by Robert Louis Stevenson, Betty Baker, and Dorothy Bowen. This early romance comic from Fawcett had particularly complex plots to go with the tears and kisses. Alicia sets out to woo Bob away from his girlfriend Connie. In town to negotiate a contract, June realizes the handsome man she's negotiating with is the same one who once rescued her father. Sally's the sort of gal who blames others for her mistakes, but she soon learns that doesn't work on the guy she's fallen for. And a romantic poem by Robert Louis Stevenson in comics form. Plus a pin-up of screen legend Joseph Cotten, star of Citizen Kane and future star of Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt. Trouble Maker; Romance; My Tremulous Heart; And Be My Love; New Secretary Wanted; Love's Epitaph; I Was Deceitful; Romantic Secrets' Star of the Month: Joseph Cotten. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Teen hijinx in the Archie vein from Fox Feature Syndicate. Inspired by Romeo and Juliet, Romeo decides to elope with Hildergarde; A misunderstanding leads Daisey to believe Romeo's taking her to the dance instead of Hildergarde; Hildergarde and Daisey answer a personals ad to make Romeo jealous, but their new beau is expecting a wealthy woman, not two teen bobby-soxers. In Name Only; Don't Be A Dope; The Old House; What A Mess; Two Lonely Hearts. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Teen hijinx in the Archie vein from Fox Feature Syndicate. Hildergarde convinces Romeo and Beanie to babysit her bratty cousin; The kids are abuzz with rumors after teacher Mr. Punctilious gets a toupee; Romeo enlists Daisy to help him write a letter to smooth things over with Hildergarde, despite Beanie's warnings. Ooh Baby; Don't Blow Your Top; Star Struck; Cross My Palm; From Bread To Worse. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. The Rustler of Goblin Hill starring Roy Rogers, Trigger, and Bullet, art by Al McKimson team; Roy takes a job as undercover deputy and finds out that the cattle rustlers use a helicopter. The Clue of the Spur, art by Albert Micale; to keep Charley away from his daughter, Mr Voorhees tries to frame him for cattle rustling. Little Eric text story. Chuckwagon Charley's Tales story, art by Ray Thayer. Buffalo Skinners fact page. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy. Races Murder in Papoose Pass starring Roy Rogers, script by Gaylord Dubois, art by Al Micale. High Wind and Gun Smoke starring Roy Rogers, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Al Micale. Bullet Searches a Crook starring Roy Rogers, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Randy Steffen, Pete Alvarado, and Charles McKimson. The Choice of Rory O'Hara text story by Gaylord DuBois. Chuckwagon Charley's Tales story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Ray Thayer. The Last Boomtown Sheriff text story. Ad for Grape Nut Flakes featuring badges related to Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Trigger, and Bullet. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    1953 Yearly Adventures of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Cover price $0.10.

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    All stories reprinted in Terrifying Tales (1953) #14. In order of appearance: "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Twisted Fates!"; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Terrible Treasure!"; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Carnivorous Blonde!"; and "Jungle Gold". "Trail's End" text story. Indicia states "RULAH". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Rulah, Jungle Goddess (1948) 25 CGC 6.5

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    In order of appearance: "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Clinic of the Cruel..."; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, Hollywood Horrors...."; "The Amazing Legend of the Hound of the Jungle"; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Latest Style in Shrouds."; and "Facts You Wouldn't Believe!". "The Two-Headed Fly of the Jungle" text story reprinted in Frank Buck (1950) #70 and Nyoka The Jungle Girl (1955 Charlton) #15. Indicia states "RULAH". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Published Jul 1949 by Hercules.

    Scripts by Stan Lee, art by Harvey Kurtzman (17 pages). Cover price $0.10.

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    Published Jul 1949 by Hercules.
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    Scripts by Stan Lee, art by Harvey Kurtzman (17 pages). Cover price $0.10.

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    Saint (1947 Avon) 1 CGC 8.0

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    Stories by Evalyn Fuss and others. Art by Matt Baker and Jack Kamen. Cover by Jack Kamen. The first comic book featuring Leslie Charteriss adventurer Simon Templar, better known as The Saint, timed to coincide with the concurrent Saint radio show starring Vincent Price. Lucky Dale, Girl Detective, takes a dangerous ride on a police helicopter; Pilot Prop Bowers runs afoul of a corrupt citrus king; Jewel thieves target a wealthy society matron until The Saint steps in. Also featuring a bondage cover by Jack Kamen. Empty Graves; Lucky Dale; The Devils Stooge; Foo Shampoo; Prop Bowers; Fact or Fancy?; The Saint Versus the Sinners. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Published 1947 by Avon Publications.
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    Cover art by Allen Ulmer. The Star Gazer starring The Saint, art by Allen Ulmer. Lucky Dale story; when Lucky Dale went to visit her uncle in a sleepy Florida town, she found her quiet stay at the sea shore turned into an intrigue of murder and robbery. Double Trouble text story. Prop Bowers story. The Saint Meets the Housing Shortage starring The Saint, art by Allen Ulmer; be it ever so eerie, there's no place like home said Simon Templar when he saw the sombre lowering Mayhew Mansion. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    Art by Alex Blum and others. A strongman superhero from Fox Feature, descended from the Biblical Samson and sharing his weakness: having his hair cut. Samson and Baron Vee battle over a scientific formula that could change the course of the war; Wing Turner seeks saboteurs who are targeting military aircraft; A blackmailed secretary leads Agent K-51 to the Nazi agent Johann Kamp and his sinister Victory Society. Battle Against Balo; Army of the Wolf; Case of the Blackmailed Secretary; Treachery In the Air; The Molecule N Formula; Murder On the Air; Von Hamm's Aircraft Sabotage. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Cover by Lou Fine. Stories by Rodney Weems and Bert Whitman. Art by Emil Gershwin, Robert Webb, George Tuska, and Bert Whitman. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics featuring sci-fi heroes and some of the very first superheroes. Scientist Bill Powers discovers anti-gravitation fluid that gives his specially designed wings the power of flight, and becomes The Eagle; Jim Andrews, aka Electro, uses his new electrical super-powers to seek the kidnapped daughter of the President; Cosmic Carson battles the Fang Men of Jupiter. Other heroes making their debut in this issue include Perisphere Payne, Marga the Panther Woman, and Navy Jones, plus the first super-villain named Dr. Doom. Classic damsel in distress cover by Lou Fine. Origin of the Eagle; The Origin of Electro; The Fang Men of Jupiter; Perisphere Payne: The Space Slavers; Origin of Marga, the Panther Woman; Death On the Air Waves; Dr. Doom: The Shrinking Serum; Origin of Navy Jones. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    These Fox Giant Comics Editions (25c cover price) contain four remaindered Fox comics, without their original covers. The first page of the first story for each remaindered comic may be missing due to Fox comics often printing the first story page on the inside front cover. Such missing story pages are not considered a defect. Cover price $0.25.

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    Stories and art by Edvard Moritz, Bill Allison and Marty Elkin. Crime and horror comics with detective heroes, an unusual mix. A noble condemned to the guillotine during the French Revolution escapes with the help of a ghostly ancestor, then does the same for a modern-day descendant. A man has a vision of a couple's tragic death in a train accident, but is unable to prevent their fate. Pete Stockbridge, the master of disguise known as the Chameleon, outwits a gang of thieves. Aid from Yesterday; Date with Death; Toni Gayle: Maze of Mystery; Deserved Retribution; Curse of the Ancients; Pete Stockbridge: Mystery of Disguise. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Secrets Behind the Comics by Stan Lee (1947) was published by Famous Enterprises Inc. Written by Stan Lee with illustrations by Ken Bald. This book was published after Stan Lee wrote an article for Writer's Digest on the same subject matter. Though not the first book of its kind, Secrets Behind the Comics was a wonderful source of material to help inspiring young writers and artists to break into the comic book industry and has been reprinted and updated several times. Features a profile on Syd Shores and his creation the Blonde Phantom. It also includes profiles on Mike Sekowsky, Basil Wolverton, Al Jaffee and Martin Goodman. One of the gems of this book is a detailed description of how Captain America was created. 100 pages, B&W, card-stock paper, 5.5-in. x 8.5-in. Cover price $1.00.

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    Secrets Behind the Comics by Stan Lee (1947) was published by Famous Enterprises Inc. Written by Stan Lee with illustrations by Ken Bald. This book was published after Stan Lee wrote an article for Writer's Digest on the same subject matter. Though not the first book of its kind, Secrets Behind the Comics was a wonderful source of material to help inspiring young writers and artists to break into the comic book industry and has been reprinted and updated several times. Features a profile on Syd Shores and his creation the Blonde Phantom. It also includes profiles on Mike Sekowsky, Basil Wolverton, Al Jaffee and Martin Goodman. One of the gems of this book is a detailed description of how Captain America was created. 100 pages, B&W, card-stock paper, 5.5-in. x 8.5-in. Cover price $1.00.

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    Secrets Behind the Comics by Stan Lee (1947) was published by Famous Enterprises Inc. Written by Stan Lee with illustrations by Ken Bald. This book was published after Stan Lee wrote an article for Writer's Digest on the same subject matter. Though not the first book of its kind, Secrets Behind the Comics was a wonderful source of material to help inspiring young writers and artists to break into the comic book industry and has been reprinted and updated several times. Features a profile on Syd Shores and his creation the Blonde Phantom. It also includes profiles on Mike Sekowsky, Basil Wolverton, Al Jaffee and Martin Goodman. One of the gems of this book is a detailed description of how Captain America was created. 100 pages, B&W, card-stock paper, 5.5-in. x 8.5-in. Cover price $1.00.

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    Secrets Behind the Comics by Stan Lee (1947) was published by Famous Enterprises Inc. Written by Stan Lee with illustrations by Ken Bald. This book was published after Stan Lee wrote an article for Writer's Digest on the same subject matter. Though not the first book of its kind, Secrets Behind the Comics was a wonderful source of material to help inspiring young writers and artists to break into the comic book industry and has been reprinted and updated several times. Features a profile on Syd Shores and his creation the Blonde Phantom. It also includes profiles on Mike Sekowsky, Basil Wolverton, Al Jaffee and Martin Goodman. One of the gems of this book is a detailed description of how Captain America was created. 100 pages, B&W, card-stock paper, 5.5-in. x 8.5-in. Cover price $1.00.

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