CBCS Graded Comic Books

Popular Comics (1936-1948 Dell) 25 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white

Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s)

Label #3693465001

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Edwina Dumm, Bill Holman, Harold Gray, Frank Willard, Fontaine Fox, Percy Crosby, Walter Berndt, J. R. Williams, William Ferguson, Martin Branner, Martha Orr, Gus Edson, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Carl Ed, Sol Hess, Wallace Carlson, Stookie Allen, Al Posen, Henry Sperry, W. C. Brigham, Ed Cronin, A. W. Nugent, and Ed Leffingwell. Edited by comics pioneers M.C. Gaines and Sheldon Mayer. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. The Purple Cross Gang pulls off their biggest bank robbery yet, but Dick Tracy is hot on their trail. Pat, Connie and Terry face a dangerous showdown with the Dragon Lady, until government troops arrive at her hideout. Don Winslow leads the charge against the Crocodile's forces. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Skippy, Smokey Stover and Gasoline Alley. Toonerville Folks; Moon Mullins; Kitty Higgins; Dick Tracy; Skippy; Always Belittlin'; Smitty; Herby; Tippie; Winnie Winkle; Yankee Privateer; The Gumps; Don Winslow; Chimpsey's Cartoon Circus; Bos'n Hal Sea Scout; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Jinglet; Gasoline Alley; Out Our Way; Soldiers of Fortune: Alexander Iacovleff; Apple Mary; This Curious World; Tiny Tim; Spooky; Simp O'Dill; The Nebbs; Real Magic; Dill and Daffy; Streaky; Terry and the Pirates; Popular Sports; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Smilin' Jack; Sweeney & Son. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $249.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4303057024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.47) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Maurice Kashuba. Stories and art by Maurice Kashuba, Bob Jenney, Jim Chambers, Hal Bittner, Ralph Carlson, Roy Humphries, William Ferguson, Victor Boni, Robert Turner, Alan Blane, Tom Hickey, Albert Hartje and Bill Ely. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Genius inventor Professor Warren, known as the Supermind, sends his superpowered son Dan to destroy an enemy spy base. Professor Supermind and Son were listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Invisible superhero The Voice uses his power to track a gang of counterfeiters. The Masked Pilot and Tom must capture a spy who is trying to steal an experimental new fighter-bomber plane. Dynamic cover by Maurice Kashuba. Did You Know That; Professor Supermind and Son; Heroes; The Voice, the Invisible Detective; Martan the Marvel Man; Wally Williams, American Boy; Fighting Planes; True Spy Stories: The Canal Zone Spy, The Red-Headed Spy Messenger; This Curious World; The Sky Hawk; The Masked Pilot; Gang Busters; The Hurricane Kids. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $574.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s) Label #1156842001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.22) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Bill Holman, Frank King, Zack Mosley, Boody Rogers, Frank Thomas, Bob Jenney, Gaylord Du Bois, John Hampton, Jon Small, Gus Edson, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Albert Hartje and Bill Ely. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. After a mysterious female pilot saves his life, Smilin' Jack tries to learn the identity of the "Phantom Girl." Connie and Big Stoop set out to spend their reward money, but they find more trouble after a road collision with the Baron De Plexus. Don Winslow manages to convince Captain X that he is an enemy agent before the attack on the Panama Canal. Also featuring popular strips Terry and the Pirates, Smokey Stover and Gasoline Alley. The Gumps; Mosquito Boat Raid; Smilin' Jack; Terry and the Pirates; The Return of Robin Hood; Cyclone; Don Winslow; Smokey Stover; Gasoline Alley; The Owl; Gang Busters; The Hurricane Kids. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $95.00 Paper: Brittle Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Label #3743904007

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Bill Holman, Frank King, Zack Mosley, Boody Rogers, Gaylord Du Bois, Dan Gormley, George Lichty, and Gus Edson. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Heartbroken over April, Terry finds a wounded woman in a Hong Kong alley - who turns out to be none other than the Dragon Lady. Another story featuring the gremlins, folklore creatures that entered pop culture during WWII, this time getting some cover exposure as well. After Downwind's picture appears in the newspaper, all his jilted exes come looking for him. Also featuring popular strips Smokey Stover and Gasoline Alley. The Gumps; Smilin' Jack; Terry and the Pirates; Don Winslow; Smokey Stover; Gasoline Alley; The Owl; Gang Busters; The Hurricane Kids. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $185.00 or Best Offer CGC Qualified Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case; Debris trapped between case and inner well Page 3-7 & 21-23 missing, affects story. INCOMPLETE. Label #3989644002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.55) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Hal Foster, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Paul Berdanier, Harry O'Neill, Fred Methot, Alan Maver, Ed Dodd, J. Carver Pusey, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Robert Dickey, and Ben Batsford. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 4 #2. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Tarzan escapes from the mines and his war against Flint begins anew, in Tarzan Sunday strips with art by Hal Foster. Jim Hardy wonders if Penny Feather is involved with escaped killer Allrat, but he doesn't suspect that she's his sister. Ella Cinders and her brother Blackie accidentally get involved in the feud with the Rutherford clan. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Jim Hardy; Twisted Timber; Bumps; Divot Diggers; Broncho Bill; Stamp Tips; Opportunity Knox; Benny; Home Towners; Frankie Doodle; Bucky and His Pals; Buster Beans; Hawkshaw the Detective; How It Began; Tip Top Cartoon Club; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Twice Told Tales; Joe Jinks Featuring Dynamite Dunn; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Chris Crusty. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $320.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4456615001

Stories and art by Rex Maxon, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Paul Berdanier, Harry O'Neill, Fred Methot, Alan Maver, Ed Dodd, J. Carver Pusey, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Robert Dickey, John Hix and Ben Batsford. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 4 #9. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. In the Moorish desert, Tarzan journeys to the last outpost of the French Foreign Legion, in Tarzan Sunday strips with art by Rex Maxon. But when Tarzan's allies D'Arnot and Carnot are captured by the Hawk of the Desert, Tarzan sets out on a rescue mission. It's Nancy's world, and everyone else is just living in it, in very early strips by Ernie Bushmiller. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Jim Hardy; Candid Camera Casey; Bumps; Divot Diggers; Broncho Bill; Stamp Tips; Strange as It Seems; Benny; Home Towners; Frankie Doodle; Bucky and His Pals; Buster Beans; Hawkshaw the Detective; How It Began; Tip Top Cartoon Club; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Twice Told Tales; Joe Jinks; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Chris Crusty. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $250.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4429181014

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Fred Methot, Reg Greenwood, Hal Forrest, Bernard Dibble, and John Hix. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 7 #8. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Iron Vic, now a Marine drill sergeant at Parris Island, tries to show tough kid "Slug" the real meaning of the word "tough." Fritzi Ritz investigates after she sees a mysterious figure burying a box in her yard, but the result is not what she expects. Captured by Nazis, the Mirror Man and Slim try a desperate gamble to escape, by detonating a massive explosion. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; The Mirror Man; The Triple Terror; Jim Hardy; Stamp Tips; Looy Dot Dope; Tailspin Tommy; Iron Vic; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $86.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4381040001

Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Ernest Hix, Charlie Plumb, Raeburn Van Buren, Ving Fuller and Gustavo Arriola. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Bathless Groggins realizes that the voice on a radio quiz show is his old crony in crime, Forked Tongue Freddie, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Fritzi Ritz's doctor prescribes bowling as a form of exercise. Ella Cinders meets a dog who can "fetch" anything, including a spare tire and $5000 in cash. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; Ella Cinders; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; Gordo; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Doc Syke; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $3,850.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #0958273004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($115.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Charles Schulz, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. This issue is noteworthy as being the first comic book (along with United Comics (1940/1950) #21, published the same month) to reprint Charles Schulz's beloved Peanuts comic strip, then only in its third year. Tarzan battles a lioness and leads natives on a hunting expedition. Nancy tries to build a swing in her backyard, but none of the trees are right. Plus a vintage ad for a "15 Piece Texas Ranger Cowboy Outfit." Nancy; Peanuts; Strange as It Seems; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Tarzan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $350.00 Paper: White Label #3723210001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Jerry DeMott, Sam Leff, Maikel Verkoelen, Raeburn Van Buren, Ed Dodd, Douglas Heyes, Ving Fuller, and Ernest Hix. Tip-Topper Comics collected some of United Features Syndicates most popular comic strips of the 1940s in full color, including Lil Abner and Fritzi Ritz. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. Palooka-like boxer Curly Kayoe is challenged by the champion of new country Bordania, but his political handlers have an agenda. The rulers of Frankistan want their second most-wanted criminal, Bathless Groggins, to capture their most wanted criminal, Bulbul the Bad, in an Abbie an' Slats strip. Lil Abner meets traveling salesman extraordinaire Roaming-Skunk, the Smiling Seminole. Plus the Ripley-like Strange as It Seems by Ernest Hix. Swimsuit cover by Bushmiller. Fritzi Ritz; Curly Kayoe; Ferd'nand; Stamp Tips; Abbie an' Slats; Back Home Again; Li'l Abner; How It Began; Doc Syke; Strange as It Seems. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $285.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Top staple removed. Label #1969457018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.55) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Al Capp, Sam Leff, and Henning Mikkelsen. Tip-Topper Comics collected some of United Features Syndicates most popular comic strips of the 1940s in full color, including Lil Abner and Fritzi Ritz. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. Phil and Fritzi's boring dude-ranch vacation becomes a breathless chase after Phil accidentally lassos a moose. This issue is noteworthy as being the third comic book (after Tip Top Comics (1936) #173 and United Comics (1940/1950) #21, tied for first place) to reprint Charles Schulz's beloved Peanuts comic strip, then only in its third year. Curly Kayoe becomes involved with Grace's center for troubled boys, and mixes it up with gangster Mooch. Surprising Smith wants to marry Daisy Mae, in a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Li'l Abner; Curly Kayoe; Ferd'nand; Stamp Tips. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.