Comic books in 'Knife', graded by CBCS

Spring 1942. Cover by Hannes Bok. Science Fiction by Ray Cummings "The Shadow Girl", Frederick Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth & Robert A. Lowndes (as "Paul Dennis Lavond"), Donald A. Wollheim (as "Millard Verne Gordon"), George R. Hahn, C. M. Kornbluth (as "Cecil Corwin"), and James Hollis Mason. Illustrations by Smolenski, Chester Cohen & Damon Knight (as "Conanight"), John R. Forte, Jr., and Hannes Bok. 6 3/4" x 9 1/2"; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Fall 1942. Cover by Hannes Bok. Science Fiction by Ray Cummings "Brigands of the Moon", Bob Tucker, Donald A. Wollheim (as "Martin Pearson"), Basil Wells, John B. Michel (as "Hugh Raymond"), Robert A. Lowndes (as "Wilfred Owen Morley"). Illustrations by Damon Knight, Hilkert, John R. Forte, Jr., and Dorothy Les Tina (as "Lestina"). 6 3/4" x 9 1/2"; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Riding the Pony. Story by R.A. Jones. Art and cover by Rob Davis. The notorious sword-swinging superhero investigates the LA gay scene of the 90s. As the Twilight Men close in, Scimidar learns that Gitanos brother was once the leader of the autonomous state of Baja. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.50.

By R. Marz, J. Cheung, D. Hillsman, and C. Rodriguez. Bron takes center stage in an issue built around the Eastern prince's dogged pursuit of a Lesser Races slave who has escaped from the Raven Keep. Bron's crusade brings him face to face with Ashleigh, the mysterious benefactor of the Underground, and their clash reveals stunning secrets about both of them. FC, 32pgs. Cover price $2.95.

By Marz, Fern, and Paris. Ethan and Ashleigh return to the Sanctuary Isle to find it the target of an attack by freebooters who see the island as easy prey now that the Raven and Heron Kingdoms no longer protect it. Will the dream of a free land for the Lesser Races end in blood and flames? FC, 32pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Written by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis. Art by Dale Eaglesham and Ron Wagner. Cover by Jill Thompson. We finally catch up to the migrating monsters - and their destination is even more horrifying than anyone imagined! But before the gang can act, Scrappy-Doo and his pack of smart mutts show up with a heck of a grudge against Scooby. It's two threats for the price of one! And, in the backup story, Scrappy strikes again-and someone pays the ultimate price! 32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

WRITTEN BY DAN ABNETT AND TERRANCE GRIEP JR.;ART BY JOE STATON, ANTHONY WILLIAMS, DAN DAVIS, AND DAVE HUNT;COVER BY STATON AND HUNT Mystery Inc. digs a reenactment of an 11th-century Viking battle, but those ghost Vikings roaring through the British countryside aren't part of the show! Also, the gang's personalities get all mixed up by a mad scientist. Can they escape a moat monster while trapped in one another's minds? FC, 32 PG. Cover price $1.99.

Stories and art by Al Plastino, Bill Madden and Art Pinajian. A catch-all anthology from Chesler / Dynamic, featuring adventure, superheroes and comedy. In a pre-Code adventure, Flash Gordon-like Dan Hastings battles the sinister Dr. Strange (no relation to the Marvel hero), who sends giant insects to attack helpless children. The adventure continues in a text story in this same issue, The Return of Dr. Strange. Rocketman bequeaths his flying suit to young Billy Wood after Billy's father disappears in the jungle, and Rocketboy is born. Steve "Globe" Trotter discovers that macabre shrunken heads conceal a diamond-smuggling operation, in a story featuring the notorious "injury-to-eye motif." Terrific cover by an unknown artist, possibly Charles Sultan. Master Key; Rocketman; Plenty of Noise for a Penny; Mother Hubbard; Scoop Daily: Sacrifice; Rocketboy; Globe Trotter; Dan Hastings: The Return of Dr. Strange; Corporal Grant. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bill Hobbs. Parting Shots, script by Paul Danner, pencils by Bill Hobbs, inks by Jenni Gregory; Scorpion Corps uses the missile Kyner intended to blow up the island with to blow him up instead; Mayday, who crashed earlier, is rescued by aliens. Blackbox illustration by Bart Sears. 36 pgs. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

Art Cover - Written by Scott Allie. Art by Cliff Richards and Will Conrad. Cover by Cliff Richards. Before he became the monstrous human-scorpion hybrid seen in last year's hit The Mummy 2, Mathyus (played by WWF superstar The Rock) was a hero of the Akkadian people, a tribe of warriors in pre-Egyptian times. This issue reveals how his people were wiped out -- at the hands of the evil Memnon. The same month that the new blockbuster, The Scorpion King, hits theaters, Dark Horse concludes the official prequel. Before you see the movie, read this comic and learn the backstory of the hero -- and the secrets of the movie's villain Memnon. Cliff Richards, the favored artist on the Buffy line brings his experience with action-packed Hollywood spinoffs to Dark Horse's newest license. 32 pages, FC.   Cover price $2.99.

While roaming around in the mountains, Scout has to deal with a group of rangers pursuing him in "Comeback Baby." Script and art by Timothy Truman. Issue also has "La Veau" with script Timothy Truman and art by Flint Henry & Bob Hardin. Cover price back up to $1.75. Cover price $1.75.

By David Claypoole Johnston. Issue consists of four one-sided sheets with 9 to 12 single panel cartoons per sheet. Contains 4 blank protective sheets (not part of the page count). 13-3/4" x 10-3/4", 12 pages, paper cover, B&W.

by Brendan Hay & Nate Watson BOOM!'s first horror-romance continues! Wrighty, the Shambling Terror of Rumson, continues to try to win the heart of high-schooler Molly by smiting her enemies. Oh, if only Wrighty's idea of 'exacting justice' didn't involve hot tar, we'd make him a BOOM! editor. Writer Brendan Hay from The Daily Show continues to bring a American Pie-meets-Friday The 13th darkness to his comedy. Or comedy to his darkness! Cover price $3.99.

by Brendan Hay & Nate Watson BOOM!'s first horror-romance barrels towards its bizarre climax! Wrighty, the Shambling Terror of Rumson, continues to try to win the heart of high-schooler Molly by smiting her enemies. It sucks for Molly that everyone in town now thinks she's the hatchet-wielding crazeoid behind all this. On the plus side, though, she's now the prom queen. In a class of, like, nine survivors. Eight. Seven. Hurry up and buy the book before they're all gone! Cover price $3.99.

Death of the Party: Part 3 - story HAROLD SIPE & CHRISTOPHER SEBELA art LEE LESLIE cover HECTOR CASANOVA Monster-Fight-A-Go-Go! The hunt for Invisible Man's killer continues through the bars and booths of FantasyScapeCon. Wolfman Carl and the Midnight Slasher finally face off with knives and claws, while TV's former interstellar engineer Travis uncovers the truth behind alien menace The Mass. Cover price $2.99.

66 pgs. B&W. Color cover. Text features illustrated with numerous photographs. This issue's topics include the return of Captain America, Errol Flynn's Robin Hood, Lion Man unmasked, Humphrey Bogart, and more. Articles with black-and-white photos. Cover price $0.50.

Second Printing Variant Cover. THEY GOT MIXED UP! Do not go out at night: GRIZZLY SHARK lurks in these woods. There are many dangers of the deep, but none so deadly as SEA BEAR! Thrill to the adventures of these two exciting new characters. Told in two full-length stories written and illustrated by RYAN (INVINCIBLE) OTTLEY and JASON (THE ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN) HOWARD. Also featuring a special prose origin story written by ROBERT KIRKMAN! Cover price $4.99.

Soap opera star Walt (All My Children) Willey is hunted by a mystic cult. The evil cult seeks a mysterious tattoo Walt has had on his hand since birth. Preferring not to be "skinned" by the evil doers, Walt turns to old college roommate Dr. Mirage for help. The two join forces to foil the cult and keep Walt's shooting schedule on track. "Soap Stars" is written by Walt Willey and Bob Layton, with art and cover by Bernard Chang and Ken Branch. Cover price $2.50.

Written by Jonathan Hickman. Art and Cover by Ryan Bodenheim and Michael Garland. 'ENDGAME' It's taken fifteen years of couples counseling. Forty barrels of ink. Six billion dollars… and a time machine to get to the epic conclusion of SECRET… and HERE IT IS! The death and resurrection of Steadfast. Someone lives. Someone dies. And, of course, someone loses a finger. Check out the final chapter of this modern spy thriller, SECRET #7: ENDGAME! Cover price $3.50.

Limited 1 for 15 Women of Marvel Frame Variant Cover by Chris Bachalo. Secret Histories: Part 4 of 4 - Written by ED BRUBAKER. Penciled by MIKE DEODATO. Frame art by STUART IMMONEN. The fate of one hero and the birth of another will be decided here, as the Secret Avengers true enemy is finally exposed! It's an all-new kind of Avengers by award-winning writer Ed Brubaker and acclaiming artist Mike Deodato, Jr. 32 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

by Jean-Pierre Pécau & Leo Pilipovic England, 1666. The embers of the Wars of Religion still smolder, but with Cromwell's reign of terror at an end, England breathes a little bit more freely. In London, a succession of strange crimes attracts Erlin's attention. What baleful creatures haunt the warrens of the capital? Cover price $5.95.

(W) Jean-Pierre Pécau (A) Igor Kordey The Watchers. 1945. The two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki seem to have put an end to the evil plots of William of Lecce. In liberated Paris, Daniel Rosenthal, a survivor of the death camps, learns how to live again. He owes his survival to a 'star,' a strange tarot card given to him by the surrealist poet Robert Desnos in the Terezín concentration camp, who also told him about the mysterious cabaret, L'Arcane 17. Daniel begins a descent into a world he did not know existed and into a story that the textbooks do not teach: the secret history. Cover price $5.95.

Beginning in the pages of Detective Comics (1937- ) #604, the Darknight Detective will battle the combined forces of the four Clayfaces. You can learn the origins of all four of these malleable malefactors here. 'Clayface I and Clayface IV' are by Mike W. Barr, Keith Giffen and Al Gordon. 'Clayface II' is by Dan Raspler, Bernie Mireault and Denis Rodier. And 'Clayface III' is by Len Wein, Tom Grummett and Gary Martin. Cover by Kevin Nowlan (featuring Batman). Cover price $1.50.

Cover by Dave Gibbons (W) Mark Millar (A) Dave Gibbons The world's greatest secret agent is on the most exciting case of his career. But will the end of the world as we know it take a back seat to training his street-punk nephew to be the next James Bond? The young man's preparation now begins in earnest, saving him from a life of desperation. Meanwhile, what's the secret link between a series of kidnapped science fiction stars and the murder of an entire town in Middle America? Cover price $2.99.

Cover art by Jack Sparling. The Queen without a Crown! starring Tiger Force, Crimson Dawn, King Savage, August Durant, Carlo Di Rienzi, Lili De Neuve, Mockingbird, Johnny Bright, Archduke Otto, and General Zarobin, script by E. Nelson Bridwell and Joe Gill, art by Jack Sparling; the Six attempt to recover the Graustanian Crown Jewels, stolen from a museum by Crimson's ex-husband, Johnny Bright. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Written by Gail Simone Art by Nicola Scott & Doug Hazlewood Cover by Cliff Chiang Because you demanded it! The Secret Six are back in an all-new ongoing series that promises to deliver some of the darkest, most twisted action-adventure the DC Universe has seen since...well, the last time the Secret Six got together!Writer extraordinaire Gail Simone (BIRDS OF PREY) is reunited with BIRDS penciller Nicola Scott to chronicle the adventures of the Six, and you will not believe what they have in store. Join Catman, Scandal, Deadshot, Ragdoll, and ?? as they prepare for an adventure that will take them through a gauntlet across the seediest parts of the DC Universe, and will ultimately pit them against a foe more monstrous and murderous than any they've had to face! Don't miss the beginning of the most ferocious and scandalous Six story yet! ? 32 pg, FC Cover price $2.99.

Written by Gail Simone Art by Nicola Scott & Doug Hazlewood Cover by Nicola Scott It's Viva Las Vegas for DC's most dangerous and demented team as the mysterious Junior tightens the noose around all their necks! That squeeze pushes one Secret Six member towards a life-threatening hazard that proves once and for all that rest-stop bathrooms really should be avoided at all costs! Plus, the new sixth member has joined the team, but is she really willing to stick with the Six all the way to Gotham with half the villains in the DC universe chasing them? 32 pg, FC Cover price $2.99.

Written by JOHN OSTRANDER Art by RB SILVA & ALEXANDRE PALAMARO Cover by DANIEL LUVISI Guest writer John Ostrander (SUICIDE SQUAD) brings you a story about men who choose to hunt the most dangerous game in the world: The Secret Six! The Six are tricked into traveling to a secluded island where they're trapped in a fight for their lives. But the Six are nobody's prey! 32 pg, FC. Cover price $2.99.

The Reptile Brain: : Part 2 of 4 - Written by GAIL SIMONE Art by J. CALAFIORE Cover by DANIEL LUVISI It's Scandal's Secret Six vs. Bane's Secret Six in the savage secret world of Skartaris! Who is manipulating the two teams, and who has vowed to track them both down? 32 pg, FC, Cover price $2.99.

Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art and Cover by Gabriele Dell'Otto. It's the super battle of the year! The one you've been waiting for! Every Marvel tech villain versus every Marvel NYC hero. The secret of Secret War hangs in the balance in the penultimate chapter of this top-selling series! Fury and his band of heroes have their hands full as an army of old villains in their new hi-tech gear attack New York City. The FF are called in to assist. Lucia Von Bardas arrives and links up with her team of villains to create a giant bomb to flatten the city (and Nick Fury). Plus: Criminal profiles in "S.H.I.E.L.D. Operations Database," and a Gabriele Dell'Otto gallery. Characters in this issue: Wolverine; Spider-Man; Daredevil; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nick Fury; Fantastic Four [Thing; Reed Richards; Sue Richards; Human Torch]; Boomerang; Constrictor; Crimson Dynamo; Diamondback; Goldbug; Grim Reaper; Hobgoblin; King Cobra; Lady Octopus; Lucia Von Bardas; Mentallo; Mister Fear; Scorpion; Scorcher; Shocker; Spider-Slayer; Trapster; Wizard. 48 pages, full color. Marvel PSR Cover price $3.99.

Cover by JIM CHEUNG. Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN. Art by GIANLUCA GUGLIOTTA. It's the dramatic conclusion of WAKE THE BEAST! Leviathan and Hydra go to war. A betrayal from deep within Fury's organization. More clues to the Zodiac event... And the final fate of the man called Kraken. Cover price $2.99.

Limited 1 for 15 Heroic Age Variant by MIKE PERKINS. Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN. Art by GIANLUCA GUGLIOTTA. It's the dramatic conclusion of WAKE THE BEAST! Leviathan and Hydra go to war. A betrayal from deep within Fury's organization. More clues to the Zodiac event... And the final fate of the man called Kraken. Cover price $2.99.

Cover pencils by Joe St. Pierre, inks by Rodney Ramos. "The Horror Below, Part II" continued from last issue, script by Joe St. Pierre, pencils by Joe St. Pierre, inks by Kathryn Bolinger and Jenifer Marrus; As the Eternal Warrior arrives in time to face a legion of subterranean monsters, evangelical aliens herald the appearance of X-O Manowar - and a frenzy of blood! Characters: X-O Manowar; Turok; Eternal Warrior; Geomancer; Stronghold; Livewire; Spider Aliens. 36 pgs., full color. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.

Featuring: 1 page Destiny introductory story "Secrets of Haunted House" drawn by John Calnan & Danny Bulanadi; 8 page story "Yorick's Skull" written by Bob Toomey and drawn by Frank Redondo; 3 page story "Haunted" written by Robert Ingersoll and drawn by Steve Ditko; 5 page story "Life Sentence" written by Stuart Hopen & Catherine Andrews and drawn by Jess Jodloman. Cover by Joe Orlando and Dick Giordano. Cover price $0.35.

Stellara's Choice! - Written by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Geiger, Joe DelBeato, Mike Esposito, Mark McKenna, Pat Redding and Keith Williams. Cover by Steve Geiger. Her friends...or her life! Stellara must choose between telebonding with her insectoid or saving her friends from the evil army of General Spidrax. Printed on Mando paper. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.75.

The Pilgrimage Of Lucas Hart: Part 3 of 4: Choking On The Past - Written by J.M. DeMatteis. Art and Painted Cover by Glenn Barr. Lucas Hart's astral experiences with the hobo mystic Charlie Limbo intensify, ultimately triggering repressed memories and sordid secrets from Lucas' childhood! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.50.

Cover art by Harry G. Peter. Wonder Woman story, script by William Moulton Marston, art by Frank Godwin. Gay Ghost story, art by Howard Purcell. The Case of the Radio Robbers starring Mr. Terrific, art by Hal Sharp. Crime Is Made Not Born! starring Little Boy Blue, art by Frank Harry. Second Chance starring Wildcat, script by Bill Finger, art by Irwin Hasen. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Harry G. Peter. In the Enemy's Hands starring Wonder Woman, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman is selected to deliver a very important international agreement treaty between Mexico and the U.S., but a certain bandito has other ideas! Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys story. King Cronos and Young Jupiter--Picture Stories from Mythology, script by M. C. Gaines, art by Don Cameron. The Violent Violin starring Mr. Terrific, art by Stan Aschmeier [as Stan Josephs]. Read This And Weep starring Wildcat, art by Joe Gallagher. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Harry G. Peter. The Lawbreakers' League starring Wonder Woman, script by William Moulton Marston [as Charles Moulton], art by Harry G. Peter; Ferva Shayne gives Steve an electronic globe that makes him stronger than Wonder Woman, theorizing that Wonder Woman will now marry him and give up fighting crime. The Author Who Couldn't Write starring Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys. The Great Wrestling Match--Picture Stories from Mythology, script by M. C. Gaines, art by Don Cameron. Futile's Follies starring Mr. Terrific, art by Stan Aschmeier. The Dummy starring Wildcat, art by Joe Gallagher. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Used in Seduction of the Innocent. Wonder Woman in "When Treachery Wore a Green Shirt" (art by H.G. Peter), Little Boy Blue in "The Loneliest Boy in Town," Sargon the Sorcerer in "The Man Who Was Tops," Wonder Woman of History: Clara Schumann, Wildcat in "The Booby Trap Lottery," and Willy Nilly. Bernard Krigstein art. Full-page ad for Dale Evans Comics # 1. Peter cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia. The Team's The Thing public service announcement featuring Leave It To Binky, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bob Oksner. The Wheel of Fate!, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia. I Was King of the Moths! starring Johnny Peril, pencils by Alex Toth. The Sands of Doom! starring Alex Leeds and Jack-In-The-Box pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Articles on Reed Crandall's EC work and "Where EC Writers Got Their SF Ideas." Full-page illustrations by Jeff Jones and Berni Wrightson. Front cover by John Fantucchio. Back cover by Don Rosa. 8 1/2" x 11", B&W, 16 pages, cardstock. Cover price $0.40.

Written by Zack Whedon. Art by Georges Jeanty and Karl Story. Cover by Daniel Dos Santos. Mal, Jayne, and River have infiltrated an Alliance facility that is home to more victims just like River-except, unlike her, they were never rescued. Now that Mal and the crew are in, the problem has become getting out-because Zoe still needs to be rescued and the Alliance is out for blood! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.50.

(W) Michaël Le Galli (A/C) Francis Manapul From the fan-favorite artist of The Flash and Adventure Comics comes 7 beautiful women, 7 Warriors! In 6th century Libya, the capitol of an ancient nation is surrounded by the Persian and Byzantine armies. Seven are chosen to save the heir to the kingdom. Seven Warriors. Seven... sexy, gorgeous women? An exquisitely rendered tale in the vein of 300, written by Michaël Le Galli and drawn by Francis Manapul. Cover price $3.99.

From the fan-favorite artist of The Flash and Adventure Comics comes 7 beautiful women, 7 Warriors! In 6th century Libya, the capitol of an ancient nation is surrounded by the Persian and Byzantine armies. Seven are chosen to save the heir to the kingdom. The exquisitely rendered tale in the vein of 300 marches on, written by Michaël Le Galli and drawn by Francis Manapul. Cover price $3.99.

From the fan-favorite artist of The Flash and Adventure Comics comes 7 beautiful women, 7 Warriors! In 6th century Libya, the capitol of an ancient nation is surrounded by the Persian and Byzantine armies. Seven are chosen to save the heir to the kingdom. The exquisitely rendered tale in the vein of 300 comes to a jaw dropping conclusion, written by Michaël Le Galli and drawn by Francis Manapul. Cover price $3.99.

Limit 1 per customer! FIRST PRINTING. (W) Joe Casey (A/CA) Piotr Kowalski Finally, a good reason for you come in the comicbook store -- to buy SEX! Simon Cooke has retired from his own 'alternative lifestyle' and returned to the city he'd previously sworn to protect. Now he's just another average citizen -- or is he? The term 'adult' has never been so appropriate as it is when it applies to SEX. Cover price $3.99.