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Add to cart VF 8.0 $16.75 View scan	Add to cart Fine $12.50	Add to cart Fine $12.50	Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $155.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Direct Edition Label #20-077742A-098 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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Cover by Joe Albelo. Dog Dame Afternoon, script by Mike Carlin, pencils by Art Nichols, inks by Vince Colletta; Jonah is hooked on "Die-Nasty" with Joan Collie, so it's up to the interns to send Peter to photo the giant mechanical wolf terrorizing the city; Spider-Ham races into action, and discovers Dragon-Lassy controlling the robot; He transforms the wolf-robot into a sheep-robot and gets kissed by Joan Collie, but Jonah is captured by Dragon-Lassy. Ant Ant, script and pencils by Michael Mellor, inks by Vince Colletta; Ant Ant, an ant with all the power of an ant, is taunted at the beach by Sandmanatee, embarassing him before his girlfriend Waspbunny; He tries various insect-power formulas, but Sandmanatee still wins, until Ant Ant turns himself into an unstoppable cockroach. 36 pgs., full color. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Art by Frank Carin and others. Cover by Frank Carin. Funny-animal hijinks with a rabbit named Peter and his family and friends. Cover title changes to The New Adventures of Peter Rabbit. A sinister stranger joins Peter and Dazy on their wagon train across the desert; Cicero the cat uses hypnotism on Timmy the mouse; Retellings of classic animal fables running alongside the Peter Rabbit stories. Never a Dull Moment; The Trader's Downfall; While the Folks Are Away...; Why the Crane Is Like He Is; Why the Weasel's Head Is Larger Than His Body; Magic Art; How the Porcupine Got His Quills; Headaches; Sunday Ride; Auction Sale; Peter's Puzzle Page. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Frank Carin and others. Cover by Frank Carin. Funny-animal hijinks with a rabbit named Peter and his family and friends. The leader of a gang of train robbers looks exactly like Peter Rabbit; Space Mouse ill-advisedly takes reservations for a moon voyage that wont happen for 15 years; Merry Mouse thinks an escaped tiger is his orange striped kitten after a vitamin treatment. Little Jack Frost; Double Trouble!; The Visitors from Outer Space!; Space Mouse: Reservation to the Moon!; Merry Mouse: Tiger Kitty!; Cicero and Timmy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

This Phantom Detective bound volume collects six complete issues (July to December, 1939) of the long-running pulp magazine. Due to the binding process, the interior magazines were trimmed, and the top layer of the spines were removed. For further information on condition, please see our grading notes. Hardbound, 7" x 9-1/2".

Whitman edition Cover price $0.40.

Stories and art by Warren Tufts and others. A revived Harvey Comics presents classic adventures of the Pink Panther from the 1970s Gold Key series. After a bank job, an escaped convict tries to get the Panther to drive him over the border to freedom. The Pink Panther learns how to throw his voice. Pink Contestant; Pink Ventriloquism; Case of the Cat Burglar; Pink Hostage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.50.

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Story by Elias Pate and Derek Hunter. Art and cover by Derek Hunter. Kid adventurers run across real-life pirates, and respond with South Park-style comic violence. John and Bearclaw start their Pirate Club in a tree house, but an old phony named Phil gives the kids a boat so they can live out their pirate dreams. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

Cover art by Jack Cole. Sadly-Sadly, script by Joe Millard, art by Jack Cole; Sadly-Sadly Sanders had a face so pitiful that looking upon him induced uncontrollable sobbing, and he used this ability to commit robberies...until Plastic Man got him to laugh! Is Yours a Captivating Personality?, art by Jack Cole. Mr. Blobb Goes To Town text story with Plastic Man. Come To the Oriental Quarter starring Plastic Man, art by Jack Cole. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Hoot Mon starring Plastic Man and Agnus MacWhangus. Life Story of Woozy Winks, with Mr. Hunch. The Magic Cup starring Plastic Man, script by Bill Woolfolk. A Lesson Well Learned text story. Untitled Plastic Man story with Mr. Aqua. Jack Cole cover/interior art. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Plastic Man stars in "The Man Who Broke the Law of Gravity" and "Plague of Plastic People." Untitled Woozy back-up story. Jack Cole cover and art? Part or all reprints. Cover price $0.10.

Not dated, circa 1950. Canadian reprints taken from Plastic Man stories previously published by Quality Comics. Cover and feature story from issue #25 of the source series. Otherwise, the rest of the stories are reprinted from random issues. 36 pages, full color except for back and interior covers. Cover price $0.10.

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Plastic Man's new gal pal is threatened by bad guys who want help from who father, who happens to be a bank robber. Script by John Albano, pencils by Ramona Fradon, inks by Bob Smith. Cover by Fradon and Smith. Cover price $0.30.

Mischievous Little Audrey has misadventures with her friends Melvin, Tiny and Echo. Little Audrey causes some confusion when her dad's boss comes over for dinner. Little Audrey thinks the rides at the amusement park are a little too rough. Tiny befriends a dog whose bone-burying habit confuses some paleontologists. Playful Little Audrey; The Tailored Meal; Keep It on Ice; No Biz Like Snow Biz; Tiny: A Bone to Pick! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Warren Kremer. Mischievous Little Audrey has misadventures with her friends Melvin, Tiny and Echo. Melvin finds a cave. Audrey daydreams what it would be like if she were the President of the United States. Little Audrey; The Fortune Cookie; Cave Boy; Madam President; Go Fly a Kite; Girl on the Go. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Untitled one-page story; Audrey is disdainful of the other girls and their dolls, until she gets a state-of-the-art doll from her Uncle Dunkle. "Playful Little Audrey and the Skazoo Hunt"; Audrey helps two martians look for a skazoo, their king's favorite food. Untitled one-page story; Melvin alters one of Audrey's talking dolls so that it uses profanity. Untitled one-page story; Audrey finds a lucky horseshoe. "Growing Pains"; Audrey wants to grow bigger so that she can play baseball with the older girls, but has second thoughts after imagining what could happen. "Wrong-Way Bungleton"; Bumbling neighbor Mr. Bungleton tries to help Audrey and her friends build a clubhouse. "The Marriage of Minnie" text story. "Store Gazers" text story. "Older and Bolder"; Thinking she'd like to be a grownup, Audrey masquerades as one but finds it's not much fun. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

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"Anything For a Laugh" Part 1; Audrey happens upon auditions being held for a young comedienne outside the Tip-Top Talent Agency; When the man running the auditions, Mr. Yoghurt, thinks she is there to try out and she instead tries to get away, the resulting slapstick inspires Yoghurt's boss to insist that he hire her. Untitled one-page story; Audrey prevents Melvin from scaring Lucretia with a rubber spider. "Hard to Get Away" (Anything For a Laugh, Part 2); Goldpott and Yoghurt try to catch Audrey to hire her as a comedienne but, not knowing why they're chasing her, she gets away. "Be Still!"; After a tiring baby-sitting experience, Audrey dreams that her every command is obeyed. "Dry Up" text story. "Let's Stick Together"; Audrey helps her neighbor, Mr. Bungleton, when he fills in for a friend as watchman at the glue factory. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $10.50

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Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $8.50

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"Along Came the Elves" (story idea by Ed Newsome, script by Steve Skeates, art by David Manak), "Plopular Poetry" (script and art by Wally Wood, 1 page), "A Lesson in History" (script by Coram Nobis, art by Ric Estrada), and a framing sequence by Sergio Aragones. Captain Marvel stars in a one-page Hostess Twinkies ad, "Minerva Menace!" CBS Saturday morning TV 2-page ad with art by Neal Adams featuring "The Shazam/Isis Hour," Scooby Doo, "Ghost Busters," "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids," and more. Basil Wolverton/part photo cover. Cover price $0.25.

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On A Hot Tin Roof. Story, art and cover by Drew Hayes. Hayes celebrated series featuring a very dark elf. Luse and Jace run into Friedrich and Balinarch, who are also trying to escape the city; as if that wasnt bad enough, the Purple Marauder shows up. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.50.

Second appearance of Plastic Man. Cover by Gill Fox. "The Revolt of General Muerte," script by S. M. Iger, art by Reed Crandall; Slugger and Firebrand parachute into the Caribbean nation of Libertad, single-handedly tracking and stopping a coup by General Muerte. "The Retribution On Looey Lutz," script and art by George E. Brenner; Daniel learns of many criminal plots from new convicts while in prison and he uses that information in order to take down an existing gang, and to clear the name of another unjustly convicted fellow inmate. "The Mosquito Boat Raids" starring Eagle Evans, art by Clark Williams. "Tamara - Marked For Murder," script and art by Vernon Henkel; Chic Carter is on board a luxury liner heading for South America, and he runs afoul of a murder plot in which he becomes the prime suspect. "Duelling the Dope Smugglers," script and art by Jack Cole; Plastic Man joins the Police. "The Hijacker" starring Steele Kerrigan, art by Al Bryant. "The Hogan Brothers," script and art by Fred Guardineer; The Mouthpiece (Bill Perkins) vs. The Hogan Brothers. "The Kidnapped Ambassador," art by Arthur Peddy; The Phantom Lady foils a plot by the large Eastern nation of Kioland to gain control over its smaller neighbor Herma by tricking it into declaring war on the United States. "Presenting Burp the Twerp," script and art by Jack Cole (as Ralph Johns); one-page story. "Evil on Calona Island" starring The Human Bomb, script and art by Paul Gustavson; Roy gathers up what notes he can from his father's lab and brings them to Major Adams at the War Department; Once again, however, Roy is attacked for his father's secret formula. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $44.00 View scans 2-1/2" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached.

Cover art by Jack Cole. Closets Kennedy's House Racket starring Plastic Man, art by Jack Cole. Candy story. Ransom For Woozy text story starring Plastic Man. Dewey Drip story, script and art by Joe Devlin. Spirit story, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Lou Fine. 36 pgs. $.0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Plastic Man story with Woozy Winks and Sam Snarl. Candy story, script and art by Harry Sahle. The Cop They Couldn't Lick. Jeb Rivers story, art by Reed Crandall. Trap For Trappers text story starring Plastic Man. Spirit story. 36 pgs. $.0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Jack Kirby and Mort Meskin. Charlton picks up the crime series created and originally published by comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. All the stories in this issue were illustrated by Jack Kirby. An inexperienced city cop investigates a murder in the country, but first he must convince the locals that he's a real cop. A cop must decide whether to turn in the criminal who saved the cop's son from a runaway bus (in a typically taut Kirby action sequence). A detective interrogates a terrified murder witness to get a description of the killer. The Amateur!; The Debt; $64 Question; Only the Guilty Run!; Words of Wonder; Third Degree. Final issue under this title; series continues as Public Defender in Action (1956) #7. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Hick Cop" (art by W.G. Hargis), "The Mountie," "Murder at the Frolics," and "Tough Beat." Reprints Police Trap 3 from the original series. Ross Andru cover? Cover price $0.12.

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Stories and art by May McNeer, Pat Adam, Helen Carter Maxon, Doris Falk, Nancy Williams, Miriam Young, Laura Leahart, Lynne Smith and Alice Barr Grayson. A magazine for girls from the producers of Parents' Magazine, with stories, fashion and advice as well as comics. The Pigtail Club finds danger while investigating their new clubhouse; After surviving a 1943 plane crash, Jane Froman performs on stage, radio and television despite the resulting disability; Polly Pilot gets stranded on the side of a cliff. The Pigtail Club; It Happened in Playhouse Cabin; It's Rainin', It's Pourin'; Rescue at Sea; Polly Pilot; Danger on Friday; Be Your Own Printer; The Doll That Works for USO; Magic in Your Birthday Party; Suit Yourself, Young Lady; Easter Honeys; Mystery of the Circus House; Sew Much Fun; Polly Prefers; Leader of Girls; Headline Girls; Have You Troubles?; Polly in the Kitchen. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. Trillionaire Lady!; When Olive's uncle Lord Golden Oyl dies, he leaves her all his estate; His executors insist that Popeye is now unworthy of her and she must marry the Duke of Crust. Beware of the Moocher!; Popeye and Swee'Pea try to keep Wimpy from mooching a meal but he outwits them as usual. Missile Anti-Missile text story. Ham; The Professor's rocket to the moon returns home with a stowaway - a strange creature that communicates in Morse code. Untitled one-page story; Swee'Pea's target practice ends when a rock crashes through a window. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Wild Oats. Stories, art and cover by E.C. Segar. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay's Feature Book was the first US comic book to devote complete issues to a single character. This issue reprinted stories from the comic strip that introduced the world to Popeye the Sailor. Collects Thimble Theatre daily strips from Aug. 30 to Nov. 13, 1937. Popeye confronts his father Poopdeck Pappy after he steals some money, only to discover a dark secret from his past. 9-in. x 12-in., 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Whitman edition. Cover price $0.40.

Created, written, & illustrated by Blair Kitchen. B&W, 24 pages, standard paper stock. Cover price $2.99.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Mystery, horror and suspense from L.B. Cole's Narrative comics. British noblemen track a werewolf through the streets of London. A rampaging elephant avenges the murder of a trapeze artist during a circus performance. Detective Terry Moore and his sidekick Nosey investigate when a series of models are murdered after posing for the same painter. Blood of the Wolf; The Great Circus Murder, or, The Elephants Revenge; Dusty Dugan; Shark Bait; Divide by Two; Tag - Youre It; Jerry Jr.; Detective Terry Moore: Sudden Death; The Theatre of Doom; Retribution; The Fable of Daedalus and Icarus. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $29.00 View scans

Add to cart VG 4.0 $12.00

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $450.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Label #4480147018 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

"Freedom!" Guest-starring the Daughters of the Dragon. Story by Chris Claremont. Art by John Byrne and Dan Green. Luke Cage has cleared his name of the bogus charges that landed him in jail to begin with, and now he is free to start his life anew as a free man. Plus, Power Man and Iron Fist officially become a team, as reflected in the title. But will their first adventure as partners be their last when the deadly assassins Stiletto and Discus attack? NOTE: First issue titled "Power Man and Iron Fist!" Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $340.00 View scans

Stories and art by Eugene E. Hughes and others. Fanciful mystery stories with an added cash incentive for the lucky 1950s reader. Inmates attempt a daring escape from an island prison that no prisoner has ever escaped. A two-page mystery involving murder at a circus offers a cash prize to the reader who can figure it out - the "prize" of the magazine's title. High-ranking US military officials learn a scientist has invented a time machine, but brings bad tidings from the future. Escape; Lie Detector!; The Circus Caper; Marked Weapon!; Hold Back Time; Pardon! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Pitt tie-in (Uncredited) - "The Kick Inside!" Guest-starring Nightmask. Story by Fabian Nicieza. Art by Ron Lim and Chris Ivy. Thomas Boyd, a.k.a. Stalker, has always had a dark side. Maybe Nightmask, the master of the Dreamscape, can help find out why. Includes a back-up story starring the Mutator. "Changes!" Story by Howard Mackie. Art by Don Heck. Cover price $1.25.

Cover by Pat Masulli and Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by George Wildman and others. Funny-animal antics from Charlton. Pudgy wants to become a hero to impress Ansonia Pig, but his efforts keep backfiring. Pudgy's nephew Pickles adopts an elephant, and hilarity ensues. The Fox disguises himself as a fortune teller in a scheme to get Atomic Bunny to reveal the carrots that provide his superpowers. The cover makes Pudgy resemble a certain porcine Looney Tunes character. For the Birds; Hammy Hero; Biggerin Both of Us; Annoyed Animals; Atomic Bunny: Swami Salami; Atomic Mouse Approves "Fun with Pop" Daily Habits; Its a Trade; Cheap Job; An Arrow Escape. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Gramercy Books Edition - 1st printing. By Robert Lesser. Pulp Art is the groundbreaking book of one of America's most important and spectacular forms of illustration art. Preserved herein are most of the still-existing originals created for the pulp covers, never-before-seen in all their sharply focused, vibrantly colored brilliance, and featuring work by such renowned visionaries as Virgil Finlay, J. Allen St. John, Rafael de Soto, Hannes Bok, Frank R. Paul, and many others. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 182 pages, full color.

Stories and art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Kids' comics from Hillman, featuring mischievous puppet Punch and his human friend Judy. Professor Microbe J. Butterbrain brings a talking alligator to New York, then has to figure out how to feed it, in a rare funny animal strip from Simon and Kirby (featuring an appearance by Hillman editor Ed Cronin). Punch and Judy; Fatsy McPig; Earl the Rich Rabbit; Billy Boy and Fancy Horse; Bucky the Mule; Dippy; Little Horse Feather; Lockjaw the Alligator. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $601.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #1972416003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Paul Gattuso. Stories and art by Joe Beck and Otto Eppers. An early superhero and adventure anthology published by Harry Chesler. Rocketman and Rocketgirl trace two murders to The Purple Peril and his pet tiger, Rajah. The Master Key uses his X-ray vision to examine a mystery: How could a dead man return to the scene of a crime? Outlaw Ray Sutherland's trail of murder earns him the nickname The Two-Gun Terror of Mohawk Valley, in a violent pre-Code Western story. Rocketman; Master Key; Happy Landing; Johnny on the Spot; Jest for Fun; Crime on the Run; Registered for Ransom; Capt'n Courage; Murder Scare; Punch & Cutey; Sport Slang. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $5.80

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Punisher/Daredevil cross-over reprinted (Punisher 10 and Daredevil 257). Painted cover art by Joe Jusko. The Punisher #10 cover reprint, pencils by Whilce Portacio, inks by Scott Williams. "The Creep," script by Mike Baron, pencils by Whilce Portacio, inks by Scott Williams; The Punisher and Daredevil come to blows as they clash over how to deal with a killer putting cyanide in aspirin bottles. "Punisher's Fighting Techniques," script by Roger Salick, pencils by Jim Lee, inks by Scott Williams; Punisher takes the reader through a typical vigilante workout. Daredevil #257 cover reprint, pencils by John Romita Jr., inks by Al Williamson. "The Bully," script by Ann Nocenti, pencils by John Romita Jr., inks by Al Williamson; Daredevil tracks down the killer putting cyanide in aspirin but ends up having to save him from Punisher's brand of justice. Punisher/Daredevil illustration by Dan Reed. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.25.

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Story by SCOTT KURTZ. Art & cover by SCOTT KURTZ ? 24 pg ? BW ? "ROBBIE'S MILLIONS"?Robbie Robertson has spent the last eight years sitting on a couch, eating pizza and drinking beer while playing video games. But all that is about to change. You see, Robbie has just won the lottery. Now he'll be doing all that from inside a million-dollar mansion. Will the close bonds Robbie shares with his best pal Jase and the PvP staff change due to this sudden windfall? Can you believe they nominate this crap for an Eisner two years in a row? Cover price $2.99.

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Regular edition. Cover price $2.25.

Limited Edition. Signed and numbered by Joel Steudler. Limited to 500 copies. NOTE: Scan is for reference purposes only and may not reflect the actual edition number that will be received when purchased. Cover price $2.25.

Cover by Albert Tyler and Bob Forgione. Stories and art by Walter Gibson, Dick Giordano, Albert Tyler and Bob Forgione. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, focusing on swindlers and con games. Inspector J.J. O'Malley investigates bets on a Guatemalan race that never takes place. A smart society crook preys on unsuspecting gem dealers. Advice to the reader on when to be wary of con games, such as the old shell game, or gambling with strangers on a train. Plus a great inside-cover "contents page," also by Forgione, describing the stories in this issue in all their tawdry, two-fisted glory. Some scripts in this issue are by Walter Gibson, legendary writer of The Shadow's pulp adventures. Inspector J.J. O'Malley: The Badger Racket; Gamblers Wont Gamble; Count Your Change; Inspector J.J. O'Malley: The Jewelry Swindle; Inspector J.J. O'Malley: Guatemala Sweepstakes; The Old Shell Game. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.