Comic books in 'Key', graded by CBCS

1st printing. Written by Neil Druckmann. Art by Joysuke Wong. Johnny stares at his newborn son, a dying wife, and a demon's talisman and agrees to a macabre deal. Now he must relive a day from his teenage years before he met his wife. Can he uncover her secret past and prevent the selling of her soul in only 24 hours? Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 94 pages, full color. Cover price $12.95.

Written by Rob Levin and Troy Peteri. Art by Bing Cansino. Cover by Tae Young Choi. After real estate agent Richard Ashwalt refuses to sell the house of a horrendous murder to elderly gentleman Jebediah Crone, his life takes a turn for the worse. Accused of first-degree murder, Richard flees his home and his family to find Crone and clear his name - but his nightmares are getting worse and the line between dream and reality is beginning to blur... MATURE READERS, 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.50.

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. Batman guest appearance in Superman cover story, "The Super-Key to Fort Superman," script by Jerry Coleman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Someone has broken into Superman's Fortress of Solitude, so Superman searches the place for clues. 2/3-page Hollywood Ha-Lights story by Harry Lampert. One-page Tricksy the World's Greatest Stunt Man story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Great Jungle Hoax" starring Congo Bill, art by Howard Sherman. Sgt. Bilko's Pvt. Doberman ad. "The Strangest Crew in the Universe" starring Tommy Tomorrow, script by Otto Binder, art by Jim Mooney. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

52-page giant. Cover by Nick Cardy. "The Day They Sold Superman's Fortress," script by Leo Dorfman, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Murphy Anderson; Titus J. Pearson secures the rights to look for oil in the arctic and stumbles onto the Fortress of Solitude. Eclipso origin reprint, "Eclipso, the Genius Who Fought Himself," script by Bob Haney, art by Lee Elias; Bruce Gordon and Profesor Bennett go into orbit in an experimental space capsule; When it looks like Eclipso could take over Gordon permanently, Gordon tries to sacrifice himself. Untold Chapter in the LIfe of Clark Kent back-up, "The Girl Who Worshipped Clark Kent," script by Leo Dorfman, pencils by John Calnan, inks by Murphy Anderson; Superman attends a college reunion. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Neal Adams. The Super-Team's Split-Up! starring Supergirl, Superman, Topar, Nick Gray, Congressman William Forbes, Jor-El (flashback), Lara (flashback), and the Kryptonian robot teacher, script by Cary Bates, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; Supergirl battles Jor-El's robot teacher. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Written by Evan Dorkan. Art and Cover by Juan Bobillo and Marcelo Sosa. Agent X teams up with his target to defend the honor of a few hot girls, and laughter ensues! 32 PGS. FC Cover price $2.99.

August 1966. Stories: "Too Many Magicians" (part 1) by Randall Garrett, "By the Book" by Frank Herbert, "Something to Say" by John Berryman, "Spirits of '76" by Joe Poyer, "Technicality" by Norman Spinrad, and "Light of Other Days" by Bob Shaw. Science Fact features, "One Mol Step Forward" by Lyle R. Hamilton and "The Psychoceramic" by John W. Campbell. Cover by John Schoenherr. Illustrations by Leo Summers, Kelly Freas and John Schoenherr. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; 178 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $0.60.

November 24, 1951. Boxoffice Magazine Supplement - Section Two. 120 pages, black and white with spot color, 9.25-in x 12-in.

52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Harvey presents the adventures of Casper in the long-running series sometimes called The Friendly Ghost Casper. Casper and Wendy accidentally frighten a woman stopping by for directions. Casper and the Ghostly Trio meet an accident-prone French police detective named Inspector Goof-Oh (rhymes with Clouseau). Inspector Goof-Oh has a plan for Casper to help him restore his reputation with the Paris police. Casper the Friendly Ghost; Professor Goof-Oh; The Crazy Journey; Kicked Upstairs; Spooky: The New Outfit. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Classic kids' comics from Harvey, featuring the Friendly Ghost and his pals, including good little witch Wendy and tuff little ghost Spooky. The alien called Mad Monster Groko kidnaps Father Time as part of a mad plan to stop time, rule the universe and fulfill his horoscope. Casper and Nightmare have to set the clock and the world to rights, in a three-part story. At Poil's request, Spooky tries to work on his diction and elo-boo-tion. Casper the Friendly Ghost; When Time Stood Still; Terror in the Land of Time; Time for a Change; Animal Crackers; The Sulky Lamppost; Spooky: Language Barrier. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

(W) Judd Winick. (A) Adriana Melo, Mariah Benes. (CA) Guillem March. In the wake of her run-in with Batman and the loss of someone very dear to her, Catwoman turns over a new leaf. With a new attitude, a new partner and a new game plan, she embarks on a new journey: She's stealing hot cars. The competition isn't too happy about it, and the Gotham PD are that much closer to nailing her. There's only one way out: Drive really, really fast. Cover price $2.99.

Patchwork V - By Troy Little. A new day sees a battered Steven Patch brooding over a coffee about a number of recent mysterious encounters. The direction of the conversation begins to shift upon the arrival of an old acquaintance who's having a run of good fortune. 24 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.75.

(W/A/CA) Bud Sagendorf Is this a horror comic or a humor comic? Chills or chuckles?! You'll have to decide when you read what its great cartoonist Bud Sagendorf described as 'a mysterious mystery entitled 'Ghost Island!' An amphibious tale of phantoms and monsters of the darkness-starring POPEYE!' But wait, there's more! Bud introduces a second story by penning these words: 'Thimble Theater presents a heart-warming homespun tale of pugilistic love entitled SMASH!' This arf-filled issue of vintage One-Eyed Sailor, Olive Oyl and Swee'pee comics also includes the usual wonderful Sagendorf one-pagers and a very special way-cool map of Popeye's adventures! Cover price $3.99.

Stories and art by Robert Webb, Max Elkan, Gerald Altman and Ken Battefield. Tales of horror and the supernatural. One of the few comics under Ajax-Farrell's "America's Best Comics" imprint, later borrowed for Alan Moore's unrelated publishing imprint. Police set a trap for a gangster who blackmails shop owners. Terry believes a magical key will change her husband for the better. The true story of pioneering investigative reporter Nellie Bly and her celebrated campaigns. Exactly What You Ordered!; Freddy and his Friends; The Racket That Failed; Long Live the King; Headline Heroine; The Bigger They Come. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Limited Edition Alternate cover. Signed by Joseph Michael Linsner with certificate of authenticity and limited to 2,000 copies. CONCEPT: Dawn, the Goddess of Birth and Rebirth, leads her Earthly lover Darrian Ashoka across a post-apocalyptic Europa on a journey for his salvation and their reunion. THIS ISSUE: After many years of questing, renegade swordsman Darrian Ashoka finally believes he has found a suitable replacement for Dawn, the love of his life. Queen Calypso welcomes Darrian to her inner sanctum as well as into her heart. But Darrian's disgust over the hypocrisy with which she rules her kingdom eventually forces him to turn his back on her. Unfortunately for Darrian, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

Cover by Jim Mooney and Charles Paris. Stories by Bill Finger, George Kashdan, Jack Farr and unknown. Art by Jim Mooney, Charles Paris, Jack Farr, Howard Sherman, Lee Harris, Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. A master locksmith poses as a criminal in order to help Batman and Robin capture a notorious criminal and his gang in "The Human Key!" by Bill Finger, Jim Mooney and Charles Paris. Plus: Three-Ring Binks in an untitled story by Jack Farr; Slam Bradley in "Society Plumbers" with art by Howard Sherman; Air Wave in "Skates for Scoundrels!" with art by Lee Harris; and The Boy Commandos in "The Unwelcome Santa Claus!" by George Kashdan, Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. Also: 2-page text story "Stolen Cache" by Robert Hale. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Beneath the Mask: Part 2 of 2 - Written by DAVID HINE. Co-feature written by GREG RUCKA. Art by JEREMY HAUN. Cover by CLIFF CHIANG. Co-feature art by CULLY HAMNER. Batman spends the night in the bowels of Arkham Asylum attempting to uncover its mysteries. Plus, the horrifying fate of Black Mask is at last revealed! In the co-feature, The Question discovers the shocking true identity of the man responsible for the human trafficking and gunrunning. Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover by Phil Hester. Written by Mark Waid. Art by Roberto Castro. FINAL ISSUE!!! Is Spektor the Key? Why is everything around him falling away? Will his ultimate decision destroy the universe…or unlock it? 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Written by Nunzio Defilippis and Christina Weir. Art by Fernando Heinz Furukawa. Cover by Sachin Teng. BioWare's best-selling fantasy franchise lives on in these canonical comics from Dark Horse! Elven squire Vaea and her knight arrive in Kirkwall for Varric Tethras's appointment as viscount. A talented thief, Vaea takes on an easy job . . . but when she chooses to change the terms of the deal midheist, she is entangled in a dangerous mission that is surely above her pay grade. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Wendy Pini and Richard Pini. Art and Cover by Wendy Pini. It's been thousands of years since the hidden key in Cutter's sword, New Moon, was first used. The Wolf Chief's followers are stunned as the goal of their mysterious new quest is revealed. Elsewhere, Shuna feels a resurgence of the warrior spirit she once embraced as she and her elfin allies prepare Iceholt's native humans for invasion. Bonds of love and loyalty deepen, and Cutter's leadership is needed more than ever. But is he, after all he has endured, up to the task? 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Pro-Life: Part 2 - Written by Brian K. Vaughan. Art and Cover by Tony Harris. Beginning the shocking last storyline leading up to the issue #50 series finale! Mayor Hundred must navigate the most challenging hot-button issue of his career, while a powerful new archenemy reveals a terrifying plan that's been in the works since the very first issue of EX MACHINA! 32 pages, full color. MATURE READERS. Cover price $2.99.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Jim Sasseville and others. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz, her boyfriend Phil Fumble, and her precocious niece Nancy. A fly-by-night acting school convinces Phil that he can be a movie star. Fritzi's grocery cart gets away from her and rolls downhill, leading to a frantic chase across town. Phil and Fritzi go on a scavenger hunt, but police think they're vandals stealing city property. Plus a Peanuts story by Charles Schulz's friend/understudy Jim Sasseville. Footlight Fever; Dinner a la Cart; Scavenger Hunt; Night Patrol; Knit-Wits; Peanuts; Many Happy Returns. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Anthology type comic featuring comic book adaptations of a variety of cartoon shows. This issue has Inch High Private Eye in "The Fashion Rustlers" and "Gives Crime-Co a Black- Eye." No story/art credits given. # on cover: 90250-410 Cover price $0.25.

Anthology comic featuring comic book adaptations of a variety of cartoon shows. This issue has Inch High Private Eye in "The Fashion Rustlers" and "Gives Crime-Co a Black- Eye." No story/art credits given. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Nami Jarrett. Stories and Art by Jose Calderon, Daphne Lage, Edward Luena, Nami Jarrett, Fred Patten, Mark Freid, Michael McAdam and Marci McAdam. Your only monthly source for anthropomorphics! In this issue: "Tall Tails Part 1" by Jose Calderon and Daphne Lage; "Gotcha!" by Edward Luena; "Siberia Part 2" by Nami Jarrett; "Theriopangrams" by Fred Patten and Mark Freid; and "Tales of the Byzantium Part 1" by Michael McAdam and Marci McAdam. Plus: Illustration by Diana X. Sprinkle. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Anthology comic which features spooky and suspenseful stories relating to ghosts and other mysteries from the beyond. This issue features "A Room with a Dreadful Secret," "The Stranger," "A Weird Episode," and "The Harmless Knife." Issue also has "Survivor" one-page text feature. Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation in the book states that the average monthly number of sales of the comic is 197,863. Story and art credits: Unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Anthology comic which features spooky and suspenseful stories relating to ghosts and other mysteries from the beyond. This issue reprints stories from issue number 14, "A Room with a Dreadful Secret," "The Stranger," "A Weird Episode," and "The Harmless Knife." Issue also has "Survivor" one-page text feature. Story and art credits: Unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover B Nick Runge. (W) Erik Burnham (A) Dan Schoening (CA) Nick Runge, Dan Schoening The spotlight is on Egon Spengler as he tracks down a paranormal entity-one that has ties to his past-to discover the true source of the city's abnormally high PKE levels! The grand finale to the second arc of the hit ongoing series! Cover price $3.99.

(W/A) Fred Perry Handsome, mysterious grad student V'ayt is beginning to have disturbing nightmares, visions of a terrifying dragon struggling to escape a cage, a cage that only V'ayt can open! Against the wishes of his professor, Gina Diggers, V'ayt takes Elena, Elroy, and the rest of Gina's class to the Arctic to discover the identity of the ancient beast. There he discovers the creature's lair -- and hints to his own hidden past! But before V'ayt can find the full truth, Gina and her extra-normal archealogy unit attack and order him to stand down and leave the site -- or ELSE! Cover price $3.99.

by Fred Perry Yes, it's another issue of full-color adventures for the Peebos, Brianna Diggers' super-smart bit-bombs! Enjoy Advanced A.I. antics old and new as these mini-marvels discover video games, guilt, manners, fine art, role-playing, and much more! Cover price $3.50.

Written by PETER CALLOWAY Art by ANDRES GUINALDO and LORENZO RUGGIERO Cover by GUILLEM MARCH Breakout at Arkham! With Harley Quinn in danger, can Catwoman and Poison Ivy put aside their tumultuous history and work together to save Harley? Guest-starring The Joker, Clayface and Jeremiah Arkham! PLUS: A Super 8 insert comic written by Peter Tomasi, with art by Tommy Lee Edwards, cover by Alex Ross, and 'special thanks' to John Paul Leon. 32 pg, FC, RATED T Cover price $2.99.

Green Lantern/Green Arrow crossover, Next Generation, Pt. 4 of 4. Cover pencils by Rodolfo Demaggio, inks by Robert Campanella. Hard-Traveling Heroes: The Next Generation Part 4: Final Appeal starring Green Arrow [Connor Hawke], Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner], The Judge of Desolation, and Hatchet, script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Rodolfo Damaggio, inks by Robert Campanella; Crackpot switches sides and Green Arrow and Green Lantern put a stop to Zachary Rayner's plans. Article discussing the Jerry Siegel Memorial. 36 pgs. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.

Written by Mark Waid. Art by Ronilson Frere. Cover by Paolo Rivera. Even back then, chicks dug the car. But the Green Hornet's limousine, the Black Beauty, holds a deadly secret that can tear the Hornet's life to pieces! Cover price $3.99.

WRITTEN BY RICK VEITCH; ART BY VEITCH AND RUSS HEATH; COVER BY VEITCH In stores November 14. More mysteries of Indigo City's champion revealed! Franky and Johnny are getting old enough to cause some trouble all their own...distributing Cobweb comics at the local high school. Their new pal Candi's old enough to fantasize about being the next voluptuous vigilante in Indigo City...but young enough that you can still call her Jailbait. Plus, along with the Sunday funnies and the Indigo Sunset newspaper, Russ Heath brings us the story all creators need to hear: What happens when you finally have to put away your pens? Find some answers in this 32-page issue with no ads! FC, 32 PG. (2 OF 6) $3.50 Cover price $3.50.

Sad Sack's Muttsy Cover price $0.12.

Painted cover by Tom Sutton. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Tom Sutton, Joe Gill, Rich Larson, and Wayne Howard. Charlton's long-running horror series eventually became the home of horror host Baron Weirwulf. Witches seek a human sacrifice for their ritual, but their choice, Conrad, seems a little too knowledgeable about their secret rites. Plus a story with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko, and another by horror comics legend Tom Sutton. The Jaws of the Dragon; Temple of Fire; The Cousins; The Whispering Box. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Photo Cover of Charlie McCarthy. Written by Art Gates, Ed Wheelan and unknown. Art by Bob Powell, Harry Sahle, Art Gates, Ed Wheelan, Sam Glanzman and unknown. Short story comics! Featuring: Martin Epp story "Nipponese Nightmare" with art by Bob Powell; Skip Flynn in "The Case of Stolen Shakespeare" with art by Harry Sahle; V-22 story "Trail of the Mystery Caravan"; Scarlet Sentry in "Death Rides the Rails"; Snowshoes the Great Detective story "The Strange Case of the Missing Statue" by Art Gates; Globe Trotter in "The Curse of the Corpse"; Scoop Daley story "Heel of Tyranny"; 3-page text story "Three Lives for Three"; Rufe McGoof in "The Daredevil Volunteer" by Ed Wheelan; and "The Third Front" with art by Sam Glanzman. 64 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Nick Percival. (W) Brandon Seifert. (A) Haemi Jang. She tried the easy way... Kirsty Cotton wanted no part of the deadly war waged between the Wolfes & the Nethercoates, but with the surviving members of both clans seeing the Cenobite Queen as their salvation, Kirsty will have to take a side - her own! Cover price $3.99.

(W) Janet L. Hetherington (A) Ronn Sutton (CA) Ronn Sutton & Various Two top-tier investigators in one titanic team up! High heels and Hedonism! Young cub reporter Carl Kolchak falls into an ongoing investigation with Honey West, who is undercover at a gentlemen's club! Disappearing women are the main course, and as the violence escalates and the case gets out of control, both our heroes must fight to stay alive! Cover price $3.99.

Room and Boredom: Part 2 of 5 - Written by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham Art by Luca Rossi and Jill Thompson Cover by Sam Weber The new monthly series that takes THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY into the twenty-first century continues. Meet feisty, young, almost-architect Fig Keele, who just happens to be running for her life. Unfortunately for Fig, she's ended up in the House of Mystery, a strange place like something out of her nightmares, where the bizarre inhabitants tending bar demand stories from visiting patrons to cover their tabs. And one of the customers tells such a tale - detailing the life of a supernatural process server who discovers an undersea kingdom - illustrated by multiple Eisner Award-winner Jill Thompson (THE SANDMAN)! ? 32 pg, FC ? MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.

Written by MATTHEW STURGES Art by LUCA ROSSI and JOSE MARZAN, JR and AARON CAMPBELL Cover by ESAO ANDREWS What happens next hasn't happened, or didn't not unhappen, or never was to have happened in the first place. Frankly, the proper tense for what happened to what happens next hasn't been invented yet. In 'Desolation' part two, Fig struggles to exist, but her existence is as problematic as our attempt to explain it! Meanwhile, a gang of mysterious strangers appeaS in the House of Mystery looking for one Lotus Blossom Mackenzie. Featuring a short story illustrated by Aaron Campbell (Green Hornet)! 32 pg, FC, MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.

(W) Michael Carroll (A) Kewber Baal (CA) Mike Mayhew Stone-cold vigilante Jennifer Blood is no longer trapped in the confines of the domestic life. No, now she's the most notorious inmate of Las Chacales Women's Correctional Facility... and she fears that she's been targeted by someone beyond the bars and barbed wire. Who could possibly have the connections and inclination to reach her in prison? Cover price $3.99.

Art by Wally Wood, Joe Kubert, and Fred Kida. True tales (some slightly embellished) of Old West outlaws, focusing on the James brothers and other real-life figures from history. Jesse sets out to rescue two bank robbers from being hanged by a corrupt sheriff; Then he commits the bank robbery that makes him famous, at Gallatin, Missouri. Also featuring a backup story starring Knight of the North, an RMCP Mountie. The Great Prison Break; Gunplay at Gallatin; Texas Killer; Murderer Unknown! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The Leaguers try to break out of their dream realities, much to the Key's delight, while Green Arrow must use his father's trick arrows in "Elseworlds". Part 2 of 2, continued from the previous issue. Script by Grant Morrison, pencils by Oscar Jimenez, inks by Chip Wallace and Hanibal Rodriguez. Howard Porter/John Dell cover. Cover price $1.95.

Cover by Al Avison (credited as Ham Fisher). Stories and art by Ham Fisher and Bill Schreiber. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. To help Joe, Bateese goes undercover in Balonki's training camp, but when he's found out, Balonki's people arrange a trap. Joe and his pals take the injured Bateese back in, but he insists on fighting despite his condition. Plus true tales of athletic greats and solo stories featuring Little Max and Humphrey. Also featuring vintage ads for Tootsie Roll, "Captain Tootsie Tames Lion," (by Bill Schreiber) and Ringling Brothers Circus Dog Training (!). Bondage cover by Al Avison (credited as Ham Fisher). The Frame-Up; Roadwork For Bateese; The Story Behind the Cover; Little Max: Dog Daze; Humphrey: In the Bag; Humphrey's Day At the Beach; Joe Palooka's Album; Sport Short: Joey Maxim; Ring Champs of To-day: Gus Lesnevich. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ham Fisher and Al Avison. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Communist agents plot the death of Grant Lockworth, the lawyer who is trying to get Humphrey released from a Russian prison. Meanwhile, Humphrey is drugged, tortured and given a show trial by his Soviet captors. Plus a pre-Code "history" strip featuring werewolves, wizards and phantoms. Flight To Freedom; Mogla's Plan; No Escape!; Ancient Lands of Mystery; Joe Strikes Back! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Chan. "Sherlock Stalks the Joker!," script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Tex Blaisdell; The Joker's latest crime spree has him matching wits with Clive Sigerson, an actor convinced that he is his starring role - Sherlock Holmes! 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Sherlock Holmes. Cover price $0.25.