Comic books 1938-1955, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $330.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0162474007

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye (1st Curt Swan cover on this title). Captain Kent the Terrible, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman goes back in time to prove Clark's ancestor was not a cruel pirate, and ends up becoming a pirate himself. Shorty humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. Superman of Skid Row, art by Al Plastino; Clark goes undercover to smoke out a mystery on Skid Row. Peg humor page by Henry Boltinoff. One Hour of Doom starring Superman and Lex Luthor, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $255.00 Paper: Off white Label #4163081008

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye (1st Curt Swan cover on this title). Captain Kent the Terrible, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman goes back in time to prove Clark's ancestor was not a cruel pirate, and ends up becoming a pirate himself. Shorty humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. Superman of Skid Row, art by Al Plastino; Clark goes undercover to smoke out a mystery on Skid Row. Peg humor page by Henry Boltinoff. One Hour of Doom starring Superman and Lex Luthor, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $349.00 Paper: Off white Label #4248575019 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.47) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover art by Win Mortimer. Superman's Last Job starring Superman and Red Evans, script by Jerry Coleman, art by Al Plastino. Superman's Secret Past, script by Edmond Hamilton, art by Al Plastino; Superman returns to Smallville. The Man Who Caught a Sub text story by Jack Miller. The Titanic Thefts starring Superman and Lex Luthor, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, Don't Give Fire a Place to Start. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 94 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4358958010

Cover art by Win Mortimer. Three Dooms For Metropolis starring Superman and The Hermit, script by Bill Woolfolk, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Little Pete humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. The Men Without a World starring Superman and three Blanthians (aliens from Blanth), script by Jerry Coleman, art by Al Plastino. The Night Climbers text story. Clark Kent's Hillbilly Bride, script by Bill Woolfolk, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Clark is set to marry a mountain girl named Marybelle. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $140.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1394099005

Cover art by Al Plastino. The Amazing Professor Memory, script by Bill Finger, art by Al Plastino; Superman takes the place of Professor Memory when the mob is after him for accidentally learning the serial numbers on some stolen bills. Varsity Vic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Big Game Hunt of Metropolis, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley; The Swindle Syndicate dupe Jimmy Olsen with free passes to Jack Borden's Big Game Hunt in an attempt to stop Clark Kent from figuring out who their leader is. Superboy's Last Day in Smallville!, script by Jerry Coleman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Fearless Fosdick stars in a quarter-page Wildroot Cream-Oil ad with art by Al Capp. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 98 CGC 2.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4376221004

Cover art by Al Plastino. Superman's Secret Life starring Superman, Rags Stephens, and Harry Chadwick, script by France Herron, art by Al Plastino. Clark Kent, Outlaw, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman battles The Big Guy. Club For Adventurers text story by Joe Mallon. The Amazing Superman Newsreel, art by Al Plastino. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $390.00 Paper: Off white Slab: See item notes Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #4148958015

Win Mortimer cover shows covers to issues 1, 25, 50, and 75. The Toy Superman Contest starring Superman and Red Anson, script by Bill Woolfolk, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Little Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Superman--Substitute Teacher, art by Al Plastino; Superman accidentally gets called upon to be a substitute teacher in order to protect his secret identity. Shorty humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Clue From Krypton starring Superman, Jor-El, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Floyd Fowler, and Lois Lane, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $279.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4385185021 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.37) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Win Mortimer cover shows covers to issues 1, 25, 50, and 75. The Toy Superman Contest starring Superman and Red Anson, script by Bill Woolfolk, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Little Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Superman--Substitute Teacher, art by Al Plastino; Superman accidentally gets called upon to be a substitute teacher in order to protect his secret identity. Shorty humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Clue From Krypton starring Superman, Jor-El, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Floyd Fowler, and Lois Lane, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $299.00 Paper: Off white Label #4332430010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Win Mortimer cover shows covers to issues 1, 25, 50, and 75. The Toy Superman Contest starring Superman and Red Anson, script by Bill Woolfolk, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Little Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Superman--Substitute Teacher, art by Al Plastino; Superman accidentally gets called upon to be a substitute teacher in order to protect his secret identity. Shorty humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Clue From Krypton starring Superman, Jor-El, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Floyd Fowler, and Lois Lane, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 101 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4376221005

Cover art by Al Plastino. Luthor's Amazing Rebus starring Superman and Lex Luthor, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Meek Man's Club starring Superman, art by Al Plastino. The Rainbow Doom, art by Al Plastino; Superman accidentally turns Lois Lane into glass. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $525.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case; Other - see grading notes Canadian Edition. 3" Crack on back of slab. Label #0096136010

Canadian edition. Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Stories by Al Schwartz and Joe Samachson. Art by Fred Ray and Win Mortimer. 32 pgs. NOTE: This printing contains less pages and material than the standard edition, which is 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $420.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4136933009

Cover art by Sol Brodsky. I Was Locked in a Mansion with ... Murder!; the actual record of the "world's most frightening evening." Behind the Mask, script and art by Don Rico. The Web. Quiet Destiny text story. Terror in the Tent! The Phantom!, art by Murphy Anderson. Dracula Lives! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $199.00 Paper: Slightly britle Label #4346141015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover art by Joe Maneely. The Machine!; the machine harbors a fate worse than death. The Strange Shoes!, art by Norman Steinberg. The String of Pearls, script by Hank Chapman, art by Ogden Whitney. The Wrong World. Death Comes Calling. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $525.00 Paper: White Label #2049880005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($15.75) will be charged at checkout.

The Beast-Man starring Frankenstein's monster and William Frankenstein (grandson of the original doctor), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Werner Roth. Stranger in the House!, art by John Romita. The Pain in the Neck, art by Allen Bellman. Furnished Room with Corpse, art by John Romita. Fairy Tale!, pencils by Edward Goldfarb, inks by Bob Baer. Joe Bonomo's mini-gym ad, pencils by C.C. Beck. The Brute! The Oath! The Man with No Face, art by Dick Ayers. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $285.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0312553012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.55) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Bill Everett. The Ghost of Grimm Towers!, script by Stan Lee, art by Tony DiPreta; A man puts a sheet over his head to frighten his uncle out of the window to his death. No Escape!, script by Hank Chapman, art by Dan Loprino. The Horrible Hog, art by Carl Hubbel. The Graveyard Ghoul!, art by Ed Winiarski. The Secret; a Bluebeard story. Terror at Midnight, art by Manny Stallman. Up from the Grave!, pencils by Edwin Goldfarb, inks by Bob Baer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $1,900.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #3799075009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($57.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Maurice Del Bourgos, Ezra Jackson, George H. Appel, Maurice Gutwirth, Bill Woolfolk, Lou Ferstadt, Nina Albright, Gerald Altman, Julia Gwin and L. B. Cole. Pre-Code crime and horror comics. Mr. Nobody is a shadowy, trench-coat-wearing narrator of horror and suspense tales, in the vein of the Crypt Keeper. A gangster forces a doctor to operate on his injured son, but the doctor is in a moral quandary over whether to turn the boy in to the police. The arch-fiend Satan abducts a bride and tries to coerce her into marrying him instead. Thieves steal an ancient Chinese idol and soon come to regret it. Mr. Nobody: My Son Has Returned; Sentence of Death; Satan; Mr. Nobody: Idol of Theft; Murder In the Hurricane; Mr. Nobody: Diamond of Death; Journey into Hell; Mr. Nobody: The Girl With the Blue Hair; Inspector Marsh's Crime Clues. 52 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 5.0 $285.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #1482203015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.55) will be charged at checkout.

"Snap Happy"; Ferdie attempts to take Suzie's picture with a new camera he borrowed from his Uncle Blunderbuss. Laugh Comics ad. "Ferdie the Fall Guy"; Ferdie helps Suzie out by keeping Angel Puss busy, not realizing Suzie already had a beach date with someone else. Archie Annual ad. "Hat's All, Brother"; Suzie goes hat shopping. "Father Not Wanted"; Ginger's party is a flop without her father around to entertain her friends. Suzie Puzzle Page. Wilbur Comics ad. "Blow Me Down"; Ferdie and Greg compete in a trick shot bowling contest. "The Fashion Queen," art by Bill Woggon; Sis tricks Katy into thinking she's fat. Katy Keene 1950 Pin-Up Calendar, art by Bill Woggon. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $35.00 Paper: Off white to white Cover detached. Label #2116399001

Katy Keene by Bill Woggon. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $799.00 Paper: Off white Pedigree: Davis Crippen "D" Copy Davis Crippen ("D" Copy) Label #4341429009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($23.97) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Lee Elias, Joe Certa and Bob Powell. Tales of teen love and heartbreak from Harvey. Reporter Martha has a love-hate relationship with her handsome editor Lee, until a circus fire makes them see what's really important. Redheaded Diane never got over her orphaned childhood, and is desperate to marry. Rookie cop Paul falls for Julia after saving her from a potentially deadly accident. Deadline For Love!; Forbidden Romance; She Makes a Honey of a Rescue; Sweet Love Lines; I Was Nobody's Baby; My Ticket to Romance!; How I Met My Boyfriend.... 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $2,180.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Scuffing on front of case Label #0709459013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($65.40) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

First issue of the series (continues from The Crypt of Terror). Cover by Johnny Craig. "The Thing From the Sea," script and art by Al Feldstein; During a sea voyage a passenger discovers that stateroom 13 has the reputation of being haunted. "A Fatal Caper," script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; Teenagers remove a body from a casket in order to dress as a mystically-summoned monster and place one of their own inside as a prank; the undertaker is unaware of this and buries the body. "Backfire" text story. "Rx...Death," script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A sister worries that her brother is under too much stress and so asks a doctor to write a prescription for some medicine. "Impending Doom," script by Al Feldstein, art by Johnny Craig; An artist draws a frightened face with a circle around it; Thinking it odd, he goes for a walk encountering a grave-stone cutter who looks like the picture he drew carving a tombstone with his name on it. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $3,780.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #1571180005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($113.40) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Feldstein. "A Shocking Way To Die," script and art by Al Feldstein; A scientist revives a man sent to the electric chair who then pursues revenge against the jury and judge that convicted him. "Terror Ride!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; A lunatic owner of a 'tunnel of love' ride replaces the wax figures in his lurid displays of violence with the more realistic-looking bodies of his victims so his customers will no longer laugh at the exhibits of his genius. "Burial" text story. "House of Horror," script by Al Feldstein, art by Harvey Kurtzman; Three college freshmen disappear one night as part of a frat hazing at a local haunted house. "Death Suited Him," script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; The rivalry between two college boys for the love a woman ends when the poorer of the two murders the other, making it look like an accident, to gain his wife and money. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $1,350.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #3812663009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($40.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Feldstein. "Reflection of Death!", script and art by Al Feldstein; Carl and Al are driving down a dark, lonely road when suddenly headlights appear in front of them, and there is a crash; Al awakens with torn clothes and a smell, asking a driver on the road for a lift to town, but the man screams and drives off. "Last Respects!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; Tony loves and secretly marries Anna, a wealthy, but underage girl; When her Uncle discovers this, he threatens to annul the marriage, which drives Anna to her sickbed. "Precautions" text story. "Seance!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Alan Bitsby sets out to prove that a medium is faking by asking him to raise the spirit of his 'departed' wife. "Voodoo Death!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Johnny Craig; Jay and Bill witness a forbidden voodoo ceremony; Jay is captured and later meets up with Bill and they leave Haiti. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $750.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3945305009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Feldstein. "Reflection of Death!", script and art by Al Feldstein; Carl and Al are driving down a dark, lonely road when suddenly headlights appear in front of them, and there is a crash; Al awakens with torn clothes and a smell, asking a driver on the road for a lift to town, but the man screams and drives off. "Last Respects!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; Tony loves and secretly marries Anna, a wealthy, but underage girl; When her Uncle discovers this, he threatens to annul the marriage, which drives Anna to her sickbed. "Precautions" text story. "Seance!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Alan Bitsby sets out to prove that a medium is faking by asking him to raise the spirit of his 'departed' wife. "Voodoo Death!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Johnny Craig; Jay and Bill witness a forbidden voodoo ceremony; Jay is captured and later meets up with Bill and they leave Haiti. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $1,000.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #1038440007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Wally Wood. "Well-Cooked Hams!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Two American producers want to bring Parisian-style, Grand Guignol, gory plays to a Broadway theater, but the owner refuses to do business with them. "Madame Bluebeard," script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A woman raises her daughter to hate men and so for six years she murders a husband a year, making each appear an accidental death, as trophies for her departed mother. "Nature" text story. "Return!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A woman ends up getting pregnant by her husband's ghost! "Horror! Head... It Off!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A member of the French nobility during the Terror betrays his fellow's confidence in order to curry favor with the revolutionary government. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $749.95 or Best Offer Restored: B1 Paper: Cream to off white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. Label #0351391014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.50) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Jack Davis. "'Taint the Meat...It's the Humanity!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; A butcher during the war gets around rationing points by selling steak to the wealthy customers who will pay cash for it and horsemeat, then stale meat and finally tainted meat to everyone else. "Roped In!", script by Al Feldstein, art by George Evans; Three business partners in construction make a patsy out of a fourth to take the blame for shoddy construction of a hospital that collapses and kills twenty-one patients. "Curse!" text story. "Cutting Cards!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Fred Peters; Two professional gamblers hate each other so much that they challenge each other to a game of chop poker. "Squash...Anyone?", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); An elephant trainer whose performance entails having the animal raise its foot an inch above his beautiful wife-assistant's face is having an affair with a woman who convinces him to have the elephant crush the wife and have the elephant shot blaming the death on the elephant. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $795.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4369221007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($23.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Jack Davis. EC Artist of the Month article about George Evans (with photo) by Al Feldstein. "Fare Tonight, Followed By Increasing Clottyness...", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; A cab driver has a dream that he is pursued by a Dr. Mueller into a basement filled with vampire-occupied caskets. "Curiosity Killed...", script by Al Feldstein, art by George Evans; A woman is convinced that her friend down the hall has been murdered by her husband and that he is disposing of her remains bit by bit via carrier pigeon to a local kennel. "Tight Squeeze" text story. "How Green Was My Alley," script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A bigamist is decapitated by his two athletic wives when they find they've been deceived; The golfer putts with his eyes and the bowler uses his severed head. "The Handler," script by Ray Bradbury and Albert B. Feldstein (adaptation), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); A mortician avenges himself against perceived slights upon the closed-casket victims of his parlor by violating their bodies until a corpse who isn't quite dead yet overhears his gruesome doings and begs the dead to rise from their graves and stop this horrid man. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $325.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4132266005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.75) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Jack Davis. "Tight Grip!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; This story is narrated by a trunk and concerns the murder of a woman the trunk is fond of; When the murderer attempts to hide in the trunk, he panics and shoots holes through it. "Only Skin Deep!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Reed Crandall; A man marries a woman at Mardi Gras who wears a hag mask. "Big Fish!" text story. "Last Laugh," script by Al Feldstein, art by Will Elder; An obese practical joker with a stomach problem visits a doctor and relates a practical joke involving getting old clothes and bloody butchered chunks of horse flesh to take down to the train yard near where some children regularly play. "Mournin' Mess," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); The Grateful Hoboes, Outcasts, and Unwanteds' Layaways Society is run by a man who read 'Midnight Mess' in Tales from the Crypt #35, and offers a pleasant burial for the penniless. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $800.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4268060004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($24.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Jack Davis. "Forever Ambergris," script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Davis; A sea captain murders a man for his wife by having him row out to a plague island where he contracts the disease. "Burial At Sea," script by Carl Wessler, art by Reed Crandall; A man kills an old man for 30 thirty gold coins and thinks that there must be more to the treasure when he finds a treasure map locating a spot just offshore under water. "Gunman" text story. "The Proposal," script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Kamen; A woman who uses men to stay surrounded by the finer things in life finally hears what she wants to hear "I want you for my wife." "The Sliceman Cometh," script by Carl Wessler, art by Graham Ingels; An executioner during the Terror, who takes money from a relative in order to guillotine his brother, finds he has a difficult time in getting rid of the head. 36 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 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 2.5 $229.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case Label #4000363022 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.87) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Gene Fawcette. Stories and art by Louis Ravielli and Gene Fawcette. Pre-Code horror comics set in exotic lands form this one-shot from Toby Press. A man visiting France sees the image of a long-dead woman in a mirror. Dan finds love and horror while visiting New Orleans during Mardi Gras. While visiting England, Marion gets lost in an old castle and finds herself 500 years in the past. The Mirror of Cagliostro; Murder At the Mardi Gras; Strange Romance: Love of Roger Hardin; Time Is Running Out; Death Ship. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $13,300 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) 9 pieces of tape covering spine of cover. Label #0952981007

Horror and Science Fiction books that appeared around 1952. Each E.C. Annual contains four complete books that did not sell on the stands which were rebound in the annual format, minus the covers, and sold from the E.C. Office and on the stands in key cities. The contents of each annual may vary in the same year. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $720.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Tape on cover. Label #3961544015

The Revenge of Dr. Death starring White Streak, script and art by Carl Burgos. Mayhem At the Martian Election starring Spacehawk, script and art by Basil Wolverton. Boomerang--Fantastic Feature Films, script and art by Tarpe Mills. The Eyes Have It starring Lucky Byrd, script and art by Harry Campbell. The Murder of Joe the Goon-Man starring T-Men, script and art by Paul Schneider. The Telepath and the Gorilla starring Calling 2-R, script and art by Alonzo Vincent. The Fence and the Frameup starring Chameleon, script by Doug Allen, art by Bill Everett. The Wildcat Cub and the Movie Cowboy: Part 2 starring Bull's-Eye Bill, script by B. Holmes, art by L. Kenner. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $295.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4000008020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.85) will be charged at checkout.

Classic WWII Tojo cover by Tom Gill. Cadet story, art by Walter Johnson; Kit Carter catches a murderous mink rancher. Speck, Spot, and Sis story, script and art by Milt Hammer. Peg Leg Killer starring Target and the Targeteers, art by Walter Johnson. Candid Charlie story, art by B. Gordon Guth. Bull's-Eye Bill story, art by Jack Hearne. Dan'l Flannel story. Friends At Last text story by Pam Robinson. Killer's Holiday starring Chameleon, script and art by Don Rico. Full page sequential panel art ad for Tootsie Rolls candy, script by Rod Reed, art by C. C. Beck. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $77.00 Paper: Off white Label #0774785008

Three stories are included in this issue: "Tarzan and the March of the Lion Men" (Tarzan fights off sabretooth lions and helps build the city of New Cathne); "Brothers of the Spear"; and "Buffalo Hunt" (a text piece). Art by Jesse Marsh. Lex Barker photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $110.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0774785012

Lex Barker photo cover. "Tarzan and the Men of Monga," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; While exploring Pal-ul-don, Tarzan rescues Ro-Mee-Lah, sister of his friend Jo-Rah, from the crooked-legged men of Monga; Jo-Rah gives Tarzan a dyal to carry him through the Valley of Monsters. "The Elephants of Athne," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan visits the city of New Athne and discovers that the Athneans have taken two archaeologists prisoner; The ransom price set by Prince Ergon is one rifle and a safari car. "New Warrior" text story. "Brothers of the Spear," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning: Dan-El and Natongo find that they have reached the kingdom of the Aba-Zulus. Kongoni, the king's speaker, recognizes Dan-El's key and birthmark and acknowledges him as king of the Aba-Zulus. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $99.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0774785013

Lex Barker photo cover. "Tarzan Faces Death on the Desert," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tom Culver, seeking the lost Maypools, meets Dr. MacWhirtle in Nairobi; MacWhirtle agrees to introduce Culver to Tarzan; When they find Tarzan he tells them that the Maypools are in New Athne. MacWhirtle flies Tom there and Tom is captured by the Athneans. "Tarzan on the Trail of the Leopard Men," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan helps his friend Buto rescue Buto's younger sister, Nee-Issa, from a leopard cult; With Tantor's help, the leopard cult village is destroyed. "The Day of Departure" text story starring Mabu. "Brothers of the Spear," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning; Kongoni arranges for the Aba-Zulu headmen to pledge their loyalty to Dan-El. 52 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 4.0 $895.00 or Best Offer Paper: Light tan to off white Label #4284285004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($26.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Jim Mooney, Bernard Sachs, Bob Bean and Dana Dutch. Tales of teen angst and amour, often featuring art and covers by celebrated good-girl artist Matt Baker. Jenny tires of living in the boondocks and runs away to work in the new resort hotel, but her troubles follow her, in a story with art by Baker. Hildy's a waitress in a truck stop, but when she learns handsome trucker Al is rich, she thinks she's hit the jackpot. Carolyn meets Army lieutenant Jerry while both are working with occupation forces in Cold War Germany, but then handsome German Karl tells her Jerry is not who he says he is. That last story features early art by future Marvel legend Jim Mooney. Good-By Innocence!; Bull's Eye for Cupid; Deceived by Jealousy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $1,795.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1482222013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($53.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Dana Dutch. Tales of teen angst and amour, often featuring art and covers by celebrated good-girl artist Matt Baker. Bobbie marries young but isn't ready to give up being a kid just yet, even after she has a baby, in a story with art by Baker. Jeanie starts dating soldier Bob to prove to Jeff that she is grown up. Dorothy enjoys playing the field, until she falls for Slim, who's also playing the field, in a story that may be the work of pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. I Had to Be Tamed; I Had to Live and Learn; Kid Sister; Caught in a Triangle at a Resort Hotel; Discarded Sweethearts Are an Easy Mark!; Love Came Last; First Aid for a Broken Heart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $410.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #3738073009

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Mort Drucker, Ric Estrada, Dana Dutch and Arthur Peddy. Love and scandal from St. John, with plentiful art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Ruth is torn between new love Bayard and old flame Ralph, who has just returned to town, in a story with very early art by MAD Magazine legend Mort Drucker. Janice finds her reputation ruined after an annulled marriage, in a story with art by Baker. Louise ditches steady Rod when old high-school crush Bill comes back to town. Cover by Baker hints at scandal. I Wanted Life-Long Thrills; The Kisses I Couldn't Forget; Without a Conscience; Comedy Column; Gag-Bag; Too Young to Wed. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ric Estrada, and Bill Ely. Love and scandal from St. John, with plentiful art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Vicki dates larcenous bad boy Wally and winds up in the news after he gets caught, in a story with art by Baker. Jimmy tries to woo Marge with offers to pay for their class trip, but she knows the money is stolen. After Vera's fiancee Robin loses his family fortune, she decides to go into modeling, but that's not as easy as it sounds. Cover by Baker. Notorious Woman; Love on Thin Ice; Love Cant Be Dishonest; 4 Years to the Altar; His Heart on My Sleeve. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $1,299.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4369221023 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($38.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ric Estrada, and Bill Ely. Love and scandal from St. John, with plentiful art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Vicki dates larcenous bad boy Wally and winds up in the news after he gets caught, in a story with art by Baker. Jimmy tries to woo Marge with offers to pay for their class trip, but she knows the money is stolen. After Vera's fiancee Robin loses his family fortune, she decides to go into modeling, but that's not as easy as it sounds. Cover by Baker. Notorious Woman; Love on Thin Ice; Love Cant Be Dishonest; 4 Years to the Altar; His Heart on My Sleeve. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Terror Illustrated (1955) 1 CGC 7.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4378731004

Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by John Larner, Jack Oleck, and Al Feldstein (credited as Alfred E. Neuman). Art by Reed Crandall, Joe Orlando, George Evans, Graham Ingels, and Johnny Craig. Part of EC's Picto-Fiction line, published in response to the Comics Code, featuring horror tales in text stories copiously illustrated by EC's lineup of artists. A carnival barker plots to get away with murder by faking his own death, but he fakes it a little too well. Villagers learn the horrifying secret of the basket that Vincent always carries on his shoulder. A gorilla's paw purchased in a strange little shop grants wishes, but at a terrible price. Some stories are credited to Alfred E. Neuman, a name soon to be irrevocably connected to MAD Magazine. Lush cover by Reed Crandall. The Sucker; Sure-Fire Scheme; Rest In Peace; The Basket; The Gorillas Paw. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, B&W with single-color accents. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $399.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4385185022 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and Matt Baker. Pre-Code jungle adventures from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Torga and Luana try to keep their old foe Laskar from sacrificing a visiting professor to the devil-beast called Zong. Jungle warrior Rulah follows a trail of dead bodies to a trap from her old foe Joppa, who wants to make her his bride. Rulah uses jungle strategy against what appears to be an invading Mongolian horde. Another bondage/good-girl/gorilla cover by L. B. Cole. Torga: Bride of the Devil-Beast; African Jungle Hunt; Rulah: Tyrant of the Jungle; Rulah: The Jungle Flames of Terror. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.