Comic books in 'Spanking', graded by CBCS

Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, scripts by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Pete the Tramp strips by Clarence D. Russell. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Family Portraits strips, art by Norman Lynd. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Just Kids strips, art by A.D. Carter. Private Breger Abroad strips by Dave Breger. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Allen Anderson. Stories and art by Dave Berg and others. New adventures of Wonderland's hero, featuring early art by future Mad artist Dave Berg. Alice's rag doll gets lost in Wonderland and takes on a life of her own. Tweedle-Dum battles a Groark, thinking it's Tweedle-Dee in disguise - but it's a real Groark. The Tweedle twins confuse Alice as to which way is up. Plus puzzles and the story behind the writing of Alice in Wonderland. Alice in Puzzleland; The Lost Rag Doll; Rock-Candy Mountain; Topsy Turvey; The Real Alice; The Tweedle Twins vs. Horrible Groark; Alice in Bugville. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Emerald City Comic Con exclusive variant cover by Stjepan Sejic. Written by Ron Marz. Art and cover by Stjepan Sejic. Guest Appearance by The Darkness! Danielle Baptiste, the newest bearer of The Angelus, begins to explore what this new role means for her, learning what the Angelus truly is, and how it ties into our notions angels and even Heaven itself. But as she uncovers these truths, Dani begins to realize she might have surrendered any control she has over her own life. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.

Stories and art by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. The 1970s brought relationship complexities to romance comics, along with some unique fashion and design choices. A new employee at the UN warms to the attentions of foreign dignitary Georgi, but wonders why the security agent is always watching them. Spurned by childhood sweetheart Edgar, Wendie starts dating Jiggs, who's clearly wrong for her, in a story featuring some good-girl art by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Jon's lover leaves him in order to save their relationship, but he doesn't understand. The cover by an unknown artist shows a man spanking a woman, a provocative image for 1973, the peak of second-wave feminism. Dangerous Kisses!; Find-a-Word; Let Me Go Back; Here Withers Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

\Cover art by Mac Raboy. The Iron Heel of the Huns!, art by Mac Raboy; Freddy Freeman is air-lifted into the heart of Nazi Germany, who, as Captain Marvel Jr., is to attempt to free the founder of an anti-Nazi movement who is being held in a secure, well-guarded prison. Untitled Bulletman story; The Flying Detectives come face to face with The Bee, who uses concentrated bee venom as a murder weapon. The Fumes of Fear starring Minute Man, art by Phil Bard. Hoodoo Hannigan: Chapter 1: Lightning Over Luaca text story by Joseph P. Millard. Untitled El Carim story. Untitled Buck Jones, Frontier Marshall story, art by Ralph Carlson; Oil found on the Indian land and the murder of a government agent brings Buck and Mike to investigate. Untitled Companions Three story. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories and art by Mac Raboy, Otto Binder, Phil Bard, Bert Whitman, Harry Parkhurst and Jack Binder. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Hitler manages to create the ultimate Aryan soldier, Woton, but he's still no match for Captain Marvel Jr. Bulletman and Bulletgirl discover an evil insurance company that insures criminals against their crimes being foiled by superheroes. Minute Man, investigating Nazi spies, encounters a Civil War submarine and two old "holdouts" who have been fighting the Civil War for the last 78 years. Patriotic WWII Captain Marvel Jr. cover by Mac Raboy. Captain Marvel Jr.: Woton; Hoodoo Hannigan Chapter XIV: Prisoner of the Rising Sun; Minute Man: The Fort of Fury; Balbo the Boy Magician: Money for Sale; Hopalong Cassidy: The Butterfly Bandits; Bulletman: The Lloyds of Crime. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Classic spanking cover

September 1975. Back to College. A Midwestern college paper; an Animal House story by Chris Miller; a parody of Esquire Magazine. Stories and art by Sean Kelly, P. J. O'Rourke, Tony Hendra, Shary Flenniken, Gahan Wilson, Byron Preiss and Howard Chaykin, Henry Beard, Neal Adams, and Doug Kenney. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and Foto Funnies. Mature readers. Cover by Bernie Lettick. Cover price $1.00.

Stories, Art and Cover by Eisner. Kitchen Sink introduces Eisners classic stories from the 1940s and '50 to a new generation. Girls Dorm; The Black Bow; Street Music; Hildie; Hildie and Satin. Plus a Shop Talk interview with Milton Caniff (Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon). 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Stories, Art and Cover by Will Eisner. Reprints of the earliest pre-war stories from the Spirit newspaper sections. Dr. Prince Von Kalm; The Kidnapping of Ebony; The Prom, aka Girls Dorm; The Haunted House. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Ellen spanking by Spirit on cover, as well as inside. Will Eisner art on the first 3 pages, J. Cole art through the rest.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic reprint dated December 1, 1940. Ellen spanking by Spirit cover and inside. Will Eisner wrote individual commentary (on the back page) for most every issue in this reprint series. 6-1/4" x 9 3/8" inches, 8 pages, b&w.

Cover art by Arturo Cazeneuve. Etiquette Comes to Suicide Slum starring the Newsboy Legion, art by Arturo Cazeneuve. The Pixilated Parrot starring Penniless Palmer, art by Stan Kaye. Robbie Takes the Rap starring Robotman, art by Jimmy Thompson. The Saga of Swindle starring the Star Spangled Kid, art by Jon Small. The Neapolitan Necklace starring Liberty Belle, script by Don Cameron, art by Chuck Winter. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Moores, Fred Methot, Paul Berdanier, Sam Leff, Ed Dodd, Charles Plumb, and John Hix. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 10 #7. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. The "origin story" of Curly Kahoe continues, as Joe Jinks tells him who his father was and asks him to step into the boxing ring. Klondyke tries to disrupt Windy and Bess's lives - and get Paddles out of the upcoming race - by claiming to be the father of their adopted baby. After receiving a nickel for returning a purse, Bill Bumlin dreams that his good and bad selves are fighting over his soul. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; The Triple Terror; Jim Hardy; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Back Home Again; Ella Cinders; Bill Bumlin; The Burtons; Strange as it Seems; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Raeburn Van Buren, Ving Fuller and Gustavo Arriola. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Bathless Groggins accidentally drinks a formula that will disintegrate him in 30 days, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. After Shorty the Clown manages to capture a tiger that escaped from its circus cage, Bombo disguises himself as a tiger. Li'l Abner becomes engaged to the ominously named Miss Fortune. Li'l Abner; Ella Cinders; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; Gordo; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; El Bombo; Doc Syke; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Rudolph Dirks (The Captain and the Kids). Stories and Art by Ernie Bushmiller, Sam Leff, Al Capp, Ving Fuller and unknown. (Note: Who the inkers are is mainly unknown.) In this issue: Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller; Fritzi Ritz by Bushmiller; Curly Kayoe by Sam Leff; Stamp Tips article "The Costly Invitation"; Li'l Abner by Al Capp; Doc Syke 1-pager by Ving Fuller; How It Began article "Hocus Pocus"; and Strange as It Seems 1-pager. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

WRITTEN BY ALAN MOORE; ART BY RICK VEITCH, KEVIN NOWLAN, AND JIM BAIKIE; COVER BY VEITCH In stores October 10. AMERICA'S BEST COMICS' first crossover story appears this issue! Alan Moore writes and Rick Veitch illustrates a tasty team-up ? Greyshirt and Cobweb ? in a dynamite double length story! Also running around this issue is kid scientist Jack B. Quick (illustrated by Kevin Nowlan), and, heaven help us, the First American (illustrated by Jim Baikie)! Note: This is a resolicitation. All previous orders for MAY010517 have been cancelled. FC, 32 PG. $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

Written by Joe Gill & Various. Art by Joe Stanton & Various. Our brand spankin' new issue of everybody's favorite love to hate, or is that hate to love, comic... the lurid, the lusty, the loony...WEIRD Love! Along with MUCH more this issue has the most jaw-drooping, hilarious, bizarro story we've ever dared to print: 'I Married a Monster!' about a girl's crush who is a head-to-toe hairy, big footed, loon who goes around howling, 'AROOOO!' If she likes him there's hope for us ALL! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.