Comic books published by Star, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $650.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4100551002

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Mickey Spillane, Larry Antonette and Basil Wolverton. L. B. Cole's Star Publications takes over the Blue Bolt series, and as the superhero craze wanes, Blue Bolt becomes a backup feature to Dick Cole in his own title. A reprint of the second Blue Bolt adventure, featuring the very first teaming of Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby: Blue Bolt faces the Green Sorceress and her latest secret weapon, the Cyclotron. A Spacehawk adventure by Basil Wolverton, as Spacehawk faces Droon and The Queen of Neptune. The presence of a text story by future hardboiled detective author Mickey Spillane makes this a rare issue indeed, featuring early work by Spillane, Wolverton, AND Simon and Kirby. Blue Bolt; Sub-Zero Man; Terror in the Grass; Spacehawk. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $7,400.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #2039115001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($222.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by L. B. Cole and others. As the horror-comics craze grows, Star shifts the former superhero title to horror and mystery stories. Official indicia title remains Blue Bolt, despite shifting cover titles. Blue Bolt investigates weirdly local earthquakes and suspects the work of his old foe, the subterranean Green Sorceress. Red Rocket discovers a plot to replace human babies with Martian mutants. Bruce Corbet becomes the superhero The Mask to track down the Devil Gang that killed his brother, and engages the gang's leader in a final aerial dogfight. Mask: The Face of Death; Cremation; Red Rocket: The Monstrous Madmen; Thorns of the Devil; The Space Scare; The Thing of Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $735.00 Conserved Paper: Off white Conservation includes: top staples replaced. Label #4225363001

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and others. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, unofficially called Blue Bolt Weird Tales of Terror. Official indicia title for issues #117- 119 was Blue Bolt Weird Tales. Jeff Barton purchases a mysterious wooden chest at auction that, unknown to him, is all that binds a group of demons. American hero Jock MacReady discovers the nefarious plans of scientist Helmut Stefan during a cabaret performance in the American zone of occupied Germany. Jungle hero Jo-Jo and his mate Tanee discover a lost city in the Congo, but two inhabitants are already there. Demons of Docar; The Image; Die a Weird Death; Ghostly Tiger; Jo-Jo: Weird City. Final issue under this title; numbering continues with Ghostly Weird Stories (1953) #120. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $249.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4346141004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.47) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and others. Romance comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Numbering continues from Confessions of Love (1953 Star Publications) #14, confusingly enough. Gary longs for love, but women pass him by because he's not handsome or handy. Con man Bill Hale kills and swindles his way to a fortune in black gold in oil-boom Oklahoma. Convict Frank convinces the parole board that he's fallen in love and wants to go straight, but is soon blamed for another murder. The Longing Heart; I Waited For Him; I Fought For My Love; My Tragic Affair. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $569.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4176234007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.07) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

L.B. Cole cover. All stories reprinted in Popular Teen-Agers (1950) #23. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. "Heart-Break" art by Jay Disbrow; "Will I Have His Kisses Forever??"; and "I Was Dazzled by Love" retitled and reprinted from "I Hid My Lover" in My Desire (1949) #3. "Love's Mailbox" and "It's Personal, Do You Wear a Girdle?" text articles. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $485.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4182481001

Giant Xmas Issue. L. B. Cole cover. Santa Claus appears in the Neddy Bear story. Cute double-page spread "Merry Christmas from All Your Frisky Fables Friends!" "The Soul of a Shoe" with art by Dave Endlar is by far the stranges story in this issue devoted to various funny animals. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $950.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1488647015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($28.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, part of the horror-comics craze of the 1950s. The heir to a haunted castle seeks the one weapon that can destroy its malevolent spirit. Jungle hero Jo-Jo and his mate Tanee encounter the slithery menace of Janeece, the Queen of the Cobras, and her venomous cohorts. A murderer's bride kills him in self-defense, but then faces justice from her own tribe. Terrible Encounter; Gems of Death; The Case of the Shrunken Heads; The Last Man Alive; Jo-Jo: The Cobra Kiss. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $405.00 Paper: Off white to white Centerfold re-attached with tape. Tape on interior cover. Label #3711285021

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, part of the horror-comics craze of the 1950s. The heir to a haunted castle seeks the one weapon that can destroy its malevolent spirit. Jungle hero Jo-Jo and his mate Tanee encounter the slithery menace of Janeece, the Queen of the Cobras, and her venomous cohorts. A murderer's bride kills him in self-defense, but then faces justice from her own tribe. Terrible Encounter; Gems of Death; The Case of the Shrunken Heads; The Last Man Alive; Jo-Jo: The Cobra Kiss. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $474.95 or Best Offer Restored: C1 Paper: Off white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. Label #3906332003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.25) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and Jack Kamen. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, unofficially called Blue Bolt Weird Tales of Terror. An amnesiac in Haiti is drawn by the jungle drums into dark places and the revelation of his true identity. Torpedoman investigates reports of a giant octopus, and finds something even more sinister. An American gangster deported to Africa tries his old tricks until he encounters jungle hero Princess Tonaka, in a story with art by EC legend Jack Kamen. The Homecoming; The Parchment of Death; Torpedo Man: Ghostly Sea Monster; A Thief; Ghostly Act; Weird Trap; Tonaka: The Coward. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $99.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4216809004

L.B. Cole Christmas cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $615.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #3758969015

L.B. Cole cover. All stories reprinted from Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #5. In order of appearance: "Terror Castle" retitled and reprinted with alterations from "Carl Rittech, The King of Crime Castle" in Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #5; "James Wayburn Hall, The Arkansas Butcher" art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth; and "The Dead Tell No Tales". Indicia states "THE HORRORS". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $39.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #3824784001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.17) will be charged at checkout.

Steve Ditko cover. Features "The Summoning," and eight page, full color story written by Paul Levitz with art by Steve Ditko. This story looks to have originally been intended as a Dr. Strange story for Marvel. Also in this issue: Cosmix, a four page b&w science fiction story by Dave Sim; A Dream of Milk and Honey, a thirteen page b&w science fiction tale written and illustrated by Michael T. Gilbert. The Awakening of Tamaki, a b&w Asian fantasy written by Lee Marrs with art by Masaichi Mukaide. Cover price $1.75.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $585.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: See item notes Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #4377394001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.55) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Rick Hunt. Featuring work by Joseph Tyburczy, Kenneth Cutter, Michael Langevin, and Randy Bergeron. 24 pages, B&W, 7.5" x 10". Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $280.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4371616001

L.B. Cole cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "Honey Bunn in No Holds Barred" art by Jay Disbrow; "Toni Gay in The Case of the Fortunate Fiddle" reprinted from Guns Against Gangsters Vol. 1 (1948) #2; "Eve Adams"; and "Midge Martin, Girl Reporter, Smuggle Trouble". "Love Match" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $285.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case Label #1488667008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.55) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Ray Gill and Manny Stallman. Archie-style teen comedy, reprinted from L.B. Cole's Star Publications. A reprint of the first issue of Popular Teen-Agers. Eve schemes to ruin Toni and Butch's date. The girls sneak into the boys' camp despite Lefty's attempts to stop them. Con artists who use a love potion would have gotten away with it, if not for Midge and her meddling friends. Plus activities, a profile of Hollywood legend Betty Grable (with photo) and a striking cover by L. B. Cole. The Brat Race; Buoy Crazy; Potions of Love; Rajah Dodger. 32 pages, Full Color.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $299.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4301299009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Ray Gill and Manny Stallman. Archie-style teen comedy, reprinted from L.B. Cole's Star Publications. A reprint of the first issue of Popular Teen-Agers. Eve schemes to ruin Toni and Butch's date. The girls sneak into the boys' camp despite Lefty's attempts to stop them. Con artists who use a love potion would have gotten away with it, if not for Midge and her meddling friends. Plus activities, a profile of Hollywood legend Betty Grable (with photo) and a striking cover by L. B. Cole. The Brat Race; Buoy Crazy; Potions of Love; Rajah Dodger. 32 pages, Full Color.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $360.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4363466014

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Norman Nodel and Manny Stallman. Archie-style teen comedy, reprinted from L.B. Cole's Star Publications. Toni and Butch try horseback riding to improve posture. Honey joins the school baseball team, and proves an even better player than Lefty. Eve gets mixed up with art thieves while vacationing in Italy. Also featuring a hilarious gorilla cover by L. B. Cole. The Showoff Showdown; White Walled Romance; Masquerade Mele; Villains Villa. 32 pages, Full Color.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $730.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3832764007

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and Myron Fass. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Small-time hood Garton is plagued by guilt after he kills a man. The murder of a patient in the operating room leads to a redheaded nurse with a secret vendetta. Modern-day train robbers murder the locomotive crew on the Siskayu Tunnel. A Murderer's Reward; Corpse - Without Teeth!; Bloody Hands of Vengeance; Weird Operation!!; The Shocking Tunnel Murders. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $474.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4035473018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.22) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and Howard Larsen. Pre-Code horror comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A jealous musician kills his more talented identical twin, who then returns from the grave to steal the spotlight once more. Jungle hero Jo-Jo, Congo King, and his mate discover The Garden of Lost Maidens. A modern-day man must commit an act of bravery to free his family from an ancient curse. Another top-notch cover by L. B. Cole. Solo for Death; Jo-Jo: Spook of the Congo; Western Ghosts; Pete Stockbridge alias the Chameleon: Killer's Holiday; The Thing from Beyond; The Vengeful Phantom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $1,900.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back Label #4344153001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($57.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by thegeneral

L.B. Cole cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "The Tyrant of Terror" art by George Peltz; "Madhouse of Crime!!" retitled and reprinted from "Constantine, The Killer" in Famous Crimes (1948) #8; "The Payoff-Prison!!" retitled and reprinted from "Sadie Krum, Girl Bandit" in Famous Crimes (1948) #1, which was reprinted from Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) #52; "Fool-Proof Scheme"; and "White Hand Horror!!" retitled and reprinted from "Wild Bill Lovett!" in Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #10. "Trial and Execution." text story retitled and reprinted from "Mr. Blackburn Should Have Known Better." in Crimes by Women (1948) #14, which was reprinted from Famous Crimes (1948) #8, and reprinted in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #55. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Startling Terror Tales (1952-53 1st Series) 12 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4389005005

L.B. Cole cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "The Tyrant of Terror" art by George Peltz; "Madhouse of Crime!!" retitled and reprinted from "Constantine, The Killer" in Famous Crimes (1948) #8; "The Payoff-Prison!!" retitled and reprinted from "Sadie Krum, Girl Bandit" in Famous Crimes (1948) #1, which was reprinted from Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) #52; "Fool-Proof Scheme"; and "White Hand Horror!!" retitled and reprinted from "Wild Bill Lovett!" in Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #10. "Trial and Execution." text story retitled and reprinted from "Mr. Blackburn Should Have Known Better." in Crimes by Women (1948) #14, which was reprinted from Famous Crimes (1948) #8, and reprinted in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #55. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $2,950.00 Paper: Cream to off white Pedigree: Northford Slab: Significant scuff(s) inner well Northford. Label #3893487002

Cover by L. B. Cole. Pre-Code horror and crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A killer takes advantage of a trip through the remote jungle to commit his deadly crime. Criminal Harry Loomis is undone by convenient film footage of his crime. The Case of the Strange Murder; No Profit in Crime; Picture of Crime; Voyage of Death. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $149.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4320677010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.47) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Mickey Klar Marks, Jim Adams and Al Fago. Funny-animal hijinks from Star Publications. Super Cat receives a message for help, but someone is interfering with his radio signal. Dopsy Durvy uses his gift to enter fairy tales and gets a little too close to the Big Bad Wolf. Canaries Bill and Koo are playing pirates when they encounter the real thing. Super Cat; Dopsy Durvy; The Mad Artist!; Diggy The Derrick; Bill and Koo; Sniffy. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,900.00 Restored: C1 Paper: Off white to white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. Label #4373408007

Cover art by L. B. Cole. "Revenge of the Black Magic Idol"; Amazo destroys Gahna's village and enslaves his people. She pricks her finger on the idol of Janus, which she had hoped would help her defeat Rulah, and dies from its poison. "Silent Death"; Skeeter sends his wife, Liz, to Rulah's village to try out the Red Death bacteria he stole. "The Strangest Punishment" text story. "Mankillers"; Renture keeps his subjects by lying to them that they are cursed; In fact, it is their dimly-lit city that disfigures them. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $1,900.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Significant scuff(s) inner well Label #0759379011

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth and others. Pre-Code jungle adventures from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Jungle hero Jo-Jo faces the terror of the Tarantula Men. Jo-Jo battles a beast-man and a gigantic snake to free Tanee and other beautiful women from a witch doctor. Beautiful Torla drugs Jo-Jo and abducts his mate Tanee to the aptly named Rodent Island. Spooky cover by L. B. Cole. Jo-Jo, Congo King; World Facts; Jo-Jo, Congo King: Feathered Serpent; The Greedy Leopard; Wild Betty of the West; The Saga of British Caryl; Jo-Jo, Congo King: Rodent Island; Dream Mystery. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $1,099.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1401373010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($32.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth and others. Pre-Code jungle adventures from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Jungle hero Jo-Jo faces the terror of the Tarantula Men. Jo-Jo battles a beast-man and a gigantic snake to free Tanee and other beautiful women from a witch doctor. Beautiful Torla drugs Jo-Jo and abducts his mate Tanee to the aptly named Rodent Island. Spooky cover by L. B. Cole. Jo-Jo, Congo King; World Facts; Jo-Jo, Congo King: Feathered Serpent; The Greedy Leopard; Wild Betty of the West; The Saga of British Caryl; Jo-Jo, Congo King: Rodent Island; Dream Mystery. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $400.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4065566013

NOTE: #9 on cover, but this is actually #2 for the True to Life Romances series. -L. B. Cole cover. "No. 9" on cover. All stories reprinted in Confessions of Love (1953 Star Pulbications) #11. In order of appearance: "Stardust Can Blind You" script by Kenneth William Fitch, art by Manny Stallman; "Farewell to Love" art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth; "Deadline for My Heart" art by Norman Nodel; and "Love's Crash Landing". "Heartbreak in the Village" text story. Indicia states "True-To-Life Romances". 36 pages. Full color. Cover Price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $625.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4244956010

L.B. Cole cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "I Saved My Love for Him" art by Arthur Gates, retitled and reprinted with alterations as "When You Love Too Much..." in My Personal Problem (1955-56 Ajax) #4 and "At Long Last!" in Secret Love (1957 Four Star) #3; "I Wanted Two Men" retitled and reprinted from "I Wanted Both Men" in My Love Secret (1949) #26; and "My Bargain with Life" retitled and reprinted from "The Man I Wronged" in My Past (1949 Confessions) #8. "My Daring Date.." text story retitled and reprinted as "My Pickup Date" in Confessions of Love (1953 Star Pulbications) #12. Indicia states "True-To-Life Romances". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $250.00 Paper: White Label #4372428001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.50) will be charged at checkout.

June, 1976 - Volume 1, Issue 1. Front cover by Don Busik. Back cover by Carl Taylor. "Created, The Protector" Story by E.C. Waszkiewicz and Don Glut, art by Carl Taylor. "Drax the Mercenary" Story by Jeff Hansen, art by Don Busik. "Hands of Blood" Story and art by John Phillips. "Dome City 2075 AD!" Story by E.C. Waszkiewicz, art by Don Busik. "TV Terror" Story and art by Steve Patton. 8 1/4" x 11", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.