Comic books in 'Monster'

Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Myron Fass, Mel Keefer, and Ben Brown. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A deadly snake gets hold of a mad scientist's giantification formula, and soon menaces the city. A strange clock transports a man into the distant past, where Satanists appeal to him to sacrifice his wife. An evil pharaoh doll comes to life and commands the toys of the world to rise up in revolt against humanity. The Big Snake; The Devils Closet; The Toy Army; Trespasser from Beyond. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Moe Marcus. Stories and art by Ben Brown, David Gantz, Moe Marcus, and Bernard Baily. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. Hideously ugly Hans Bruckner is rejected from town after town, not because of his appearance, but because of his Mr. Hyde-like violent temper. The world's champion chess player is challenged by the mysterious Invincible One, who plays with a chessboard whose pieces look like miniature human beings. Vampires stalk the help at a country farm, but the farmer himself seems strangely unconcerned. The Man Who Lost His Shadow!; Hand of Fate!; Sisters of the Witch; Game of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Mel Keefer and Jack Sparling. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. This issue may have been used as an example in the anti-comics classic, Seduction of the Innocent (p. 161). Nebbish Edgar buys a genie who will fulfill his wishes from a man at a strange old shop...but there's always a catch. A zombie wants to know why her husband is late for their undead rendezvous. A jar of beet juice turns out to be human bean juice. The Treacherous Genie; Test of Terror; The Fiend of Flames; Weirdest Suicide Pact; Special on Beet Soup; Brief Stop at Lambeau. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Sparling. Stories and art by George Olesen, Ben Brown, David Gantz and Jack Sparling. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A hit man relaxes in a steam room after his latest job, but as the heat increases, he realizes he's not in his favorite sauna - or even New York - anymore. Dr. Jonathan Weir crash-lands in Africa, where a local tribe entrusts him with the mystical artifact known as The Purple Claw, giving him the power to battle evil. In his debut adventures, he faces Dr. Gool's army of the undead, and gangster's moll Brima Stone, who has the powers of witchcraft. The Son of Satan; It Came from the Bottom of the World!; Too Much Steam; The Power of the Purple Claw; Purple Claw: The Devil Is a Dame. 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz. The Giant from the Tomb--A Purple Claw Mystery, pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz. Death Flower--A Purple Claw Mystery, pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz; a man-eating plant terrorizes the Florida Everglades. Sparks of Life cartoon by Chas. Kuhn. The Final Horror--A Purple Claw Mystery, art by Ben Brown. Just What the Doctor Ordered text story. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein. "I Hear It Howl in the Swamp!", art by Steve Ditko; A fishing guide encounters an alien monster in the swamp, and after initial disbelief, the military plans to kill it; When two larger aliens arrive to take the thing away, they realize that it was only a lost child. "Lady Luck" text story. "I Was Captured by the Cyclops!", art by Don Heck; A man mentally transports himself to the past and becomes Sinbad, experiencing his encounter with the cyclops; He thinks that it was only a fantasy, but finds that he is still holding one of the cyclops' jewels. "The Mutants and Me!", art by Joe Sinnott; A man ignores his friend's theories about super-powered mutant humans, but after teleporting himself out of a locked safe he reconsiders. "Who Hides Beneath My Mask?", art by Dick Ayers; A burglar wears a rubber mask to avoid identification, but after his victim sees him, he discovers that his face has changed to match his mask. "The Luna Lizards Had Me Trapped!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule; Human colonists on an alien world believe that they are being attacked by aliens, who, in fact, are trying to help them. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein. "I Come from the Shadow World!", art by Steve Ditko; An invader from the shadow world is defeated by a room of lights rigged up by an electrician. "Odd Skills" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "I Know the Power of... the Genie!", art by Don Heck; A little girl summons a genie to punish adults after she is spanked; The genie eventually erases all people, but the girl gets lonely and asks him to bring them back, which he does, before leaving forever. "My Name Is... Robot X!", art by Paul Reinman; A criminal forces his robot assistant to help him commit crimes, but he is captured when the robot rusts and is jammed during a robbery. "I Was Trapped Inside the Martian Maze," art by Steve Ditko; The Martians force anyone wanting to trade with them to solve a puzzle; All of the scientists sent there fail, but the ship's steward realizes that the trick is done with a simple treadmill. "I Fought the Molten Man-Thing!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko; An airline pilot goes on vacation after a traumatic crash, but witness a volcanic eruption and strange creature; He uses a wind tunnel to drive the lava-covered creature back beneath the surface. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Monstro... The Menace from the Murky Depths!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A giant octopus appears in the harbor of a communist seaport; An American marine biologist is sent to help, and finds that it is an ordinary octopus enlarged by communist nuclear tests, and will shrink back in 24 hours. "The Story of Sammy Snork!", art by Bill Everett; A criminal accidentally boards a Martian flying saucer and ends up on display in a zoo. "I Am the Changing Man!", art by Steve Ditko; A shape-changing alien assumes the identity of trusted figures to sow panic; He is caught when he assumes the form of a dog he sees on a poster, not noticing that it is on a space flight for the next year. "The Recipe" text story. "The Runaway Planet!", art by Doug Wildey; A professor believes that a planet on a collision course will not destroy Earth because of the power that governs the universe; The planet is actually a spaceship come to greet the humans. "It Walks by Night!", art by Don Heck; Robots are outlawed after a series of malfunctions; One man builds a robot in secret, he is found out and the robot destroyed but the man, a robot in disguise, escapes. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. I Saw Diablo! "The Demon from the Fifth Dimension!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An extra-dimensional smoke monster invades the Earth; It could have destroyed humanity, but an adventurer tricks it by blowing out the smoke from a lighter, making it think humans can destroy it. "The Mirror" text story. The Wrath of Chondu!, art by Doug Wildey; A mystic is accosted by an escaped convict on the road, but mentally sends him to Limbo. "Time on My Hands!", art by John Forte; A man steals a time machine to learn how to get rich but is stranded when he accidentally leaves it in a garbage incinerator. "Earth Will Be Destroyed!", art by Steve Ditko; Aliens plot to devastate Earth before invading, but they cannot pinpoint its location; They are unaware that they are on Earth as a speck of dust in a petri dish, which is casually discarded. "The Return of the Living Robot!", art by Don Heck; The fugitive robot impersonates a prominent MP to lift the robot ban; The MP escapes and defeats the robot with his bare hands, since he is also a robot, secretly protecting humanity. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $60.00 View scans Cover oxidation. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Add to cart GD 2.0 $70.00 View scans Cover oxidation. Water damage. Writing and tearing on interior pages. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "I Created... Sporr! The Thing That Could Not Die!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A scientist moves into Dr. Frankenstein's castle to set up his experimental growth ray; When he trains it upon an amoeba, the frightened villagers burst in, and seeing the equipment, think he is going to bring ruin down upon them and hustle him off to the town jail. "The Thread" text story. "I Know the Secret of the Flying Saucer!", art by Steve Ditko; 150 Martian flying saucers land on Earth, but do nothing after landing; Since no pilots emerge the natives transport the craft to military bases where their hulls are experimented upon, but cannot be penetrated. "Beware the Eyes of Igor!", art by Paul Reinman; A hypnotist uses his power to rob a movie theatre, but accidentally hypnotizes himself and forgets the whole plan. "I Escaped to Another World!", art by Don Heck; A prisoner escapes and uses a time machine to travel into the past, but he accidentally kills his own ancestor, erasing himself. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Here's one of Buddy's favorite Kirby/Ayers pre-superhero monster covers! While still in junior high school, Buddy found a copy at a C.B. Berry Elementary Halloween carnival. In those days kids (but not Buddy) contributed comics to be sold at five cents each. Needless to say, Buddy loaded up!

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein. "I Alone Know the Dread Secret of Gor-Kill, the Living Demon!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A gaseous alien comes down to Earth and inhabits a dam of water to harass local villagers; The village loafer realizes that the alien is using the water in the dam to embody itself and steals dynamite in order blow up the pass before the alien can reach the sea. "Vial of Inspiration" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "Those Who Lurk Below!", art by Steve Ditko; A sadistic jailer buys a book detailing an alien civilization that has retreated below the Earth in order to avoid surface climate change in order to torment his prisoner with false hope of escape. "The Monster in My Cellar!", art by Reed Crandall; Wanting to give his editor a monster story to end all monster stories, a science fiction writer's imagination somehow makes the monster in his story real; He fights in the cellar and upstairs until he can imagine it out of existence. "I Met the Thing on Midnight Island!", art by Don Heck; A sailor finds a note from a castaway, but on the island named he finds only a strange creature; When an alien ship arrives to pick up the creature, he realizes that it was a castaway. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Chapter One - I Created the Colossus! ," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A Russian dissident is forced by his loyal brother to build a giant statue glorifying the USSR; An alien crash lands and fuses with the statue for protection, animating it and defeating the whole military. "The Comic" text story. "Chapter Two - The Colossus Lives!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; The Colossus escapes from the army and Boris takes the opportunity to attack the regime by declaring that after he built the statue a voice came from the beyond saying that it was time for dictators to be brought to task and power-mad rulers to be halted. "Chapter Three - The Power of the Colossus!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "I Am... Gorak!", art by Steve Ditko; A famous magician is enraged when his power is questioned, and he reveals that the whole world is an illusion, and only he is real. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $750.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #0628036002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Goom! The Thing from Planet X!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; After attracting the hostile attention of Goom of Planet X, a scientist realizes that any civilization possessing such advanced technology must be benevolent and that his radar transmissions must have been intercepted by a criminal; He rebroadcasts to Planet X, and the Earth officials plan to execute him as a traitor summoning a full invasion fleet from Planet X, when the representatives from Planet X arrive and stop the execution and take Goom into their custody and leave the planet. "Masquerade" text story. "I Am the Living Ghost!", art by Steve Ditko; A man enters a castle determined to prove that there are no ghosts, but the events he experiences convince him that the castle is haunted, and so he flees. "Moomboo!", art by Don Heck; A shaman cons his tribe, but when a seemingly magic idol appears he attacks it and it vanishes. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Beware of Googam, Son of Goom!!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Goom leaves an offspring in a cave to complete his conquest, and he comes across the family of the scientist who was responsible for his father's defeat; Googam is defeated when the scientist's son challenges him to a game of tag and runs off towards a pool of quicksand and then climbs a tree; When Googam sees the quicksand he mistakenly assumes that it is only mud since the boy must have run across it; Googam only sees the boy hiding in the tree as he sinks into the quicksand. "The Bridge" text story. "There Is Something Strange about Mister Jones!", art by Don Heck; A thug hears a man say that he has a fortune in his locker. He attacks him and tries to make him lead him there. His victim is Davy Jones, and he shows the thief his locker by drowning him. "What Lurks in the Mountain?", art by Steve Ditko; A communist general demands that the lama tell him of the alien space ship that has landed for repairs; At first the lama refuses to allow the aliens to be conquered by the communists, but he relents after the general threatens to execute all the peasants. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $165.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4234915006	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $46.00 View scans 1/2" Spine split from top. Centerfold detached.	Add to cart VG 4.0 $90.00 View scans 1/2" spine split from bottom. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $75.00 or Best Offer View scans Staple rust. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by thegeneral
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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Kraa the Unhuman," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An American teacher investigates the mysterious statues made by one tribe in Africa, and finds that they worship a native mutated into a monster by a Soviet atomic test; The teacher soothes the man's pain with ointment, but before the American can get him to a hospital he dies protecting his helper from a python. "The Money Tree" text story. "The Mysterious Mr. P!", art by Don Heck; A mysterious but famous clarinetist is trapped by communists and pressed to become a propaganda mouthpiece. "Enter... the Robot!", art by Steve Ditko; A mine foreman is concerned that a new robot may take his job, so he scrambles the wires in its control panel. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "The Green Thing!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A botanist invents a serum to magnify the latent intelligence of plants; He tested it on a remote island, but the plant was evil and wanted to conquer the world; The scientist ran from the plant and used the serum on a more advanced plant, which was benevolent and stopped the evil plant. "Lady Luck" text story. "The Haunted Paper!", art by Steve Ditko; A criminal skips town and sets up a newspaper as a front; When his typesetter changes the headlines from what they should read into what actually happens in the near future, he realizes he's got a goldmine, but the typesetter refuses to tell him how he can accurately predict the future. "The Coming of Maaboo!", art by Don Heck; A mercenary hears of a tribe that hoards gold while waiting for the return of a legendary alien; The mercenary poses as the alien and steals the gold, but he is abducted by the real alien. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $1,600.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4444297001	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $86.00 View scans	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $110.00 View scans Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $66.00 View scans Trimmed Side edge TRIMMED. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Colossus Lives Again," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; The crab-creatures of Cancrius III come back to try to take over the earth and begin by taking control of Colossus again; Bob O'Bryan, a scenery designer, comes up with the idea of creating a plaster of Paris creature to trick the crab-creatures into it taking over. "Weather Man" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "The Rocking Horse," art by Paul Reinman; A lame boy in a poor house asks for a rocking horse from charity, enraging his parents; When their house is destroyed in an earthquake the horse saves the boy, showing the value of love. "The Bomb," art by Steve Ditko; A threatening object that appears to be a bomb drops from the sky and lands in New York City; The object even emits ticking sounds that lead people to believe they are in imminent danger and so the city the evacuated. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $65.00 View scans Cover to cover punctures. Water damage. Pen markings on first page.	Add to cart FR 1.0 $48.00 View scans 7" Cumulative spine split.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $80.00 View scans Cover oxidation. Water spotting. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $60.00 View scans Water damage. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $115.00 or Best Offer View scans Heavy water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Klagg! His Mission: Destroy Mankind!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Klagg, an alien who visits Earth, becomes so upset upon learning humanity still wages war that he declares war upon the nations of the Earth; The hero of the story convinces communist agents to pool their forces with the democracies in an effort to present a united front against Klagg; The effort is successful because the fact the various nations were able to set aside their differences and band together convinces Klagg to give up his campaign of destruction and leave Earth. "Sdrawkcab" text story, art by John Tartaglione. "Whose Face Is in the Mirror?", art by Steve Ditko; A man wakes up in the morning and sees a stranger's face in the mirror and then it shatters. "The Man from... Tomorrow!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A man invents a time machine to travel back to the Roman Empire of 25 A.D. and set himself up as king, but all the present day devices he has brought back with him to prove his claims do not work without electricity, fuel, and broadcasting stations. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "Beware of... Bruttu," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An often bullied scientist accidentally transforms himself into a monster, and is attacked when he cant make himself understood; In his new form he discovers that the girl hed thought out of his league really loves him, and manages to make himself human again. "Mystery Trip" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "Only One Is Human!", art by Don Heck; A human unit on Mars realises that a disguised Martian is in their midst, they cannot tell the imposter and the real human apart, until a false piece of bad news makes the real human weep, uncovering the Martian. "The Anatomy of a Nightmare!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A science fiction writer is stuck, so he takes some pills, hoping a nightmare will inspire him; He dreams of horrible red-eyed aliens, but is disappointed, since that's only his own dull world. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $51.00 View scans Tape under staples at cover and centerfold.

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Add to cart FR 1.0 $35.00 View scans Centerfold detached at one staple. Heavy water damage. Interior tearing. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "The Insect Man," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A soldier is placed underground in a capsule to test the effects of isolation; He is attacked by a telepathic insect. "Mystery Pupil" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "Beware... the Ticking Clocks!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein; A king is beset by an assassin in the king's clockroom whereupon the assassin is magiked into yet another figurine upon the king's favorite timepiece. "Something Lurks in the Fog!", art by Don Heck; An unrepentant con-man is scared straight when he strays onto a forbidden road and enters a world between life and death. "Long Live the King!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A greedy prince marries a dowager queen; He tries to use her sleepwalking to cause her death, but the portrait of her husband calls out to warn her, and ghostly hands push the prince to his death. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $42.00 View scans 1.5" Spine split from bottom. Heavy water damage with staple rust/migration. Interior pen markings. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Add to cart FR 1.0 $38.00 or Best Offer View scan 1.5" Spine split from bottom. 1" Lateral spine tear. Interior cover taped. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Last 10-cent issue. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein. "The Death of Monstrollo," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A movie producer's next film is a sci-fi picture featuring a giant robotic monster; Bad press convinces him to abandon the project but just as he's about to disassemble the robot, an alien invasion fleet lands; He sends the robot lumbering towards them and they ineffectively fire their nerve weapons at it. "The Heat's On," art by Don Heck; When a young boy builds a fan to help his family get through a heat wave it brings down the flying saucer that caused the heat. "The Unseen," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein; A scientist is contacted by a communist agent who offers him a million dollars for research into an invisibility ray; The man's greed makes him accept treason and he succeeds, but he finds that after testing the ray upon himself, he has become intangible as well and has no way of turning on the switch of the antidote ray. "The Hidden Face," script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; An alien bigot attempts to preach hate by hiding his face under a hood; When he assaults one of the people he is defaming he flees the police to escape capture. "The Enchanted Paint," art by Paul Reinman; A greedy prince marries a dowager queen; He tries to use her sleepwalking to cause her death, but the portrait of her husband calls out to warn her, and ghostly hands push the prince to his death. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $50.00 or Best Offer View scans 2" Cumulative spine split. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

First 12-cent issue. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein. "It Crawls by Night!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein; A farmer develops a plant that grows so quickly at night that it becomes a menace to all objects around it by crushing and tossing them; The farmer feels he is done for as he runs to hide behind a meteorite that fell from the sky earlier in the day, but as the plant touches the rock, it begins to shrivel and die. "Music Master" text story. "Never Trust a Martian," art by Don Heck; Communist spies plan to fake a Martian invasion, but they are abducted and killed by the real Martians, afraid that their cover will be blown. "Seven Long Years," art by Paul Reinman; A racketeer breaks a mirror and gives up crime for seven years, only to break another mirror in his first robbery and be caught and sentenced to seven years. "The Face!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A thief steals a ruby from an Indian Lama's temple and finds himself cursed to see the Lama's face everywhere he goes; He tries to get out of the country by train, but still finds himself pursued by the face. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $42.00 View scans 1.5" Cumulative spine split. 1" Lateral spine tear. Cover detached at one staple and coming loose at the other. Water damage and interior tearing (taped). Staple added (not manufacturing). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Oog Lives Again!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An alien trapped in ice is freed and mocks the fearful humans as it waits to be rescued - "Invade you? You have nothing we want! We should quarantine you!" "From Outer Space" text story. "On the Trail of the Witch!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A witch is fearful of being pursued by a witch-hunter, but it turns out her fears are groundless as he is also a witch. "John Doe," pencils by Paul Reinman, inks by Joe Sinnott; An inventor creates a humanoid robot and treats it like a close friend; When the robot sacrifices itself to save him from a bear, his friends realize that the inventor is also a robot. "His Name Was... Merlin!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; An untalented magician who takes the name Merlin is visited by the spirit of the real Merlin in the form of a derelict and offers to teach him some tricks; When the man learns Merlin's last trick of completely disappearing, he stiffs Merlin his fee. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $86.00 View scans Cover to cover punctures. Pen markings on first page.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $379.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Label #1291590004 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "Titan, the Amphibian from Atlantis!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Russ Heath; John Cartwright, an auto executive, pretends to betray the human race to the invaders from Atlantis. "Special Sale" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "Back From the Dead!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A fugitive hides on Easter Island and finds a scroll that awakens the stone heads; They turn out to be aliens, and take him with them as a zoo specimen. "The Dummy," pencils by Paul Reinman, inks by Joe Sinnott; Ventriloquist the Great Gregory and his wooden puppet Herman are both wooden aliens from Uranus! "The Secret of the Black Planet," script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A man escapes from a prison planet only to mistake a native creature on another world for a rocket ship and ends up about to be devoured. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "The Martian Who Stole a City!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A Martian steals a city piece by piece, until a young boy figures out that it is vulnerable to light. "Mystery Mansion" text story. "Nothing Can Save Us!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Trapped on a small planet a group of space pilots almost kill a space dragon out of fear until they realize that it protects the planet from runaway asteroids. "It Was Only a Simple Barber Shop... or Was It??!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; Muggsy Bogar is a crook on the run. A mysterious figure instructs him to hide in a nearby barbershop; He goes in and the barber hides him forever. "The Thing in the Locked Room!", art by Don Heck; Prince Zemu takes a strange painting as part of his booty, only to discover it saps his life and youth from him. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "The Monster in the Iron Mask!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A seemingly invincible alien attacks Earth, but a magician realizes that he is using misdirection to keep from facing his one weakness: gas. "Time Machine" text story. "The Man Who Found Shangri-La!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A thief uses his brother to find Shangri-La; He sees a ruin full of savages and flees into the mountains to die, while his brother finds paradise, since in Shangri-La everyone gets what they deserve. "The Crackpot," art by Don Heck; An unsuccessful inventor finally gives up, throwing his final invention away; A boy accidentally uses the gun to disintegrate three communist agents without even noticing. "The Missing Link!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; Scientists find a seemingly primitive man, but they discover that he is really from a future where nuclear war has destroyed civilization. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $100.00 View scans 7" Cumulative spine split (partially taped).Cover detached and anchored with tape. Centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $220.00 View scans Cover oxidation. Interior tearing. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.	Add to cart CGC 3.5 $230.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4077298020 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart CGC 3.5 $300.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #3913999004 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Don Heck. "The Icy Fingers of Jack Frost!", script by Stan Lee (plot) and Robert Bernstein (as R. Berns) (script), art by Don Heck; A washed up boxer saves Stark's life, and he hires him as a chauffeur; Meanwhile, a scientist fired by Stark creates a suit that gives him the power to freeze whatever is near him. Ad for The Avengers. "I Come From Far Centaurus!", script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by Matt Fox; A greedy man is delighted when an alien shows that he will be rich, but he is sentenced to exile for fraud, and imprisoned on an asteroid where his money is useless. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Auction Item: FN 6.0 View scans 3 bids Current bid: $13.00 Time left: 3d 8h 14m Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Color touch.	Add to cart CGC 7.0 $95.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s) Label #2114661001	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $13.00 View scan Cover oxidation. Water damage.	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $19.50 View scan Cover oxidation.
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Cover pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Jack Abel. "Victory!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Jack Abel (as Gary Michaels); While battling the Titanium Man in Washington D.C., Iron Man soon finds that Pepper Potts, the girl he loves, is caught in the Titanium Man's paralyzer ray. "Enter ... the Tumbler!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; The Adaptoid, posing as Cap, is attacked by the Tumbler. Cap manages to defeat both. Letter to the editor from future comics writer Marvin Wolfman. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Auction Item: VG 4.0 View scans 3 bids Current bid: $31.00 Time left: 3d 8h 16m Cover coming loose at one staple.	Add to cart CBCS 9.2 $455.00 View scans Slight amateur restoration Paper: Off white to white Amateur Restoration Includes: Tiny Amount of Color Touch on Cover. Label #20-44C3750-031	Add to cart CGC 6.5 $115.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #3921563002	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $63.00 View scans Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation.
Add to cart GD 2.0 $32.00 View scans 2-1/4" Cumulative spine split. Water damage.	Add to cart GD 2.0 $33.00 View scans 3" cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation.	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $28.00 View scans Cover detached. Water damage. 2" cumulative spine split.	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $31.00 View scans Missing corner piece.
Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $26.00 View scans Cover coming loose at one staple. Severe water damage and chipping.	Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $28.00 View scans Chew. Water damage.	Add to cart FR 1.0 $25.00 View scan Water saturation. Staple rust, rust migration.	Add to cart FR 1.0 $25.00 View scan 1 1/2" spine split from top. Water damage. Staples added (not manufacturing).
Add to cart CGC 9.0 $901.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Label #2056211018 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka	Add to cart CGC 7.5 $382.00 View scans Paper: White Label #2133017018 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka	Add to cart CGC 7.0 $350.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4146831001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart CGC 5.0 $225.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #4003192018 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Ironside Comics
Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $299.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $300.00 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.	Add to cart VG 4.0 $199.00 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $75.80 View scans Cover detached at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott. "The Tragedy and the Triumph!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Dan Adkins; Iron Man saves villagers while battling Titanium Man; Iron Man destroys Titanium Man control center; Titanium Man aims a disintegrator ray at Iron Man. First appearance of Modok in "If This Be... Modok!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott; Helpless from a paralyzing ray, Captain America is about to be shot by an agent of A.I.M; However, MODOK wants to destroy Cap himself. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

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Number on cover 12-793-302. Movie tie-in. Roger Corman's "Tales of Terror," as well as "The Black Cat," and "Morella." Photo cover featuring Vincent Price and Debra Paget. Four additional movie photos appear on the inside front cover, featuring pics of Basil Rathbone and Peter Lorre. Inside back cover is an illustration and brief bio of Edgar Allen Poe. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Corey Wolfe. Written by Bill Pearson, Bob Curran & David Lloyd, Mindy Newell and Glen Johnson & Buzz Dixon. Art by Gray Morrow, David Lloyd, Ron Lightburn and Glen Johnson & Jim Sinclair. Illustrated horror! Featuring: "The Later Life of a Monster"; "Man in the Fog"; "Octopus"; and "Eyes in the Dark"! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $1.75.

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Cover by John Bolton. Written by Bruce Jones, Chuck Dixon and Rick Geary. Art by John Bolton, Jim Seed, Rick Geary and John Ridgway. Illustrated horror! Featuring: "The Dark Man"; "The Cubicle"; 1-page story "Queen of the Worms" by Geary; and "Free"! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $1.75.

Cover by John Bolton. Written by Bob Curran, Jack Butterworth, Fred Burke & Andrew Lee and Chuck Dixon. Art by John Bolton, Flint Henry, Matt Nelson & Mark A. Nelson and Bob Hardin. Illustrated horror! In this issue: A hunter pursues..."The Last of the Vampires"; "Headset"; "Down to the Wire!"; and "Roadkill"! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.00.

Cover by Peter Ledger. Written by Tim Truman, Chuck Dixon, Fred Burke and Ron Fortier. Art by Ron Wagner, Karl Waller & John Nyberg, Graham Nolan and Glen Johnson & Jim Sinclair. Illustrated horror! Featuring: "In the Forest"; "Bag Boy A Tale of Terror"; 1-page story "Somewhere in the Jungle" by Burke & Nolan; and "Double Exposure"! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.00.

Horror, Crime, and Science Fiction books that appeared around 1952. Each E.C. Annual contains four complete books that did not sell on the stands which were rebound in the annual format, minus the covers, and sold from the E.C. Office and on the stands in key cities. The contents of each annual may vary in the same year. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $999.95 or Best Offer View scans Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Spine split and tear seals. Cover detaching along spine. Water spotting. Staple rust with migration and deterioration. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Feldstei bondage/torture cover, issue #3. Ingels, Wood, and Kamen art. Horror, Crime, and shock books that appeared around 1952. Each E.C. Annual contains four complete books that did not sell on the stands which were rebound in the annual format, minus the covers, and sold from the E.C. Office and on the stands in key cities. The contents of each annual may vary in the same year. Cover price $0.25.

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1st printing. Feature story stars the Armorkins in "Prisoners of Love", secondary story is "The Amazing Liver, A Space Pirate with Lots of Bile!", all by Larry S. Todd, back cover by Trina Robbins; 32 pages; b&w; mature; 7-in. x 10 1/8-in. Cover price $0.50.

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Cover art by Larry Marder. Deep Down; Down Deep!, script and art by Larry Marder; The Goofy Service Jerks visit Beanworld and Gran'Ma'Pa promises a gift. 36 pgs. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. A Gift! A Gift Comes!, script and art by Larry Marder; Gran'Ma'Pa gives the beans a pod'l'pool. 36 pgs. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.

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Cover art by Larry Marder. Pod'L'Pool Past. Pod'L'Pool Present, script and art by Larry Marder; Flashback to Mr. Spook's childhood; Mr. Teach'm appears. 36 pgs. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.

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Cover art by Larry Marder. Notworm Madness!, script and art by Larry Marder; Goofy Jerks split Mr. Spook's fork. 36 pgs. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.

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Cover art by Larry Marder. "Cutie Cutie Boom Boom!", script and art by Larry Marder; Professor Garbanzo discovers that the Pod'l'pool Cuties have changed again!; They've sprouted something overnight; Mr. Spook's too busy to go see; he's trying to please an irritated Sprout-Butt that's unhappy with the replacement Fork; While the Chow Sol'jer Army is away, the remaining Beans discover that the cuties want to be held, and are speaking ("Hoo moo!"); The Boom'r Band comes up with a new boom just for the occasion; Beanish visits his secret friend. His power and skill are improving. Contest 4 Do-it-yourself Beanworld Winners, art by Larry Marder. Contest 5 Do-it-yourself activity, art by Larry Marder. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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Cover art by Larry Marder. "Uh-oh!", script and art by Larry Marder; While the Beans dance the Cutie Cutie Boom Boom, Mr. Teach'm fills Mr. Spook in on some of his duties as a hero; The baby beans need to be taught. To recover the Elusive Notworm, Mr. Spook will have to do it himself; While Mr. Spook takes the cuties on a tour of the Beanworld's landmarks, Professor Garbanzo goes back to her Float Factor research; When Mr. Spook approaches the Fix-It Shop and Proffy's Float Factor experiments, he refuses to let the cuties near; He and Proffy argue, with Mr. Spook claiming that the Float Factor is "unwholesome" and "unsuitable for youngsters"; Proffy gets so angry she takes a walk to calm down. Contest 5 Do-it-yourself Beanworld Winners, art by Larry Marder. Contest 6 Do-it-yourself activity, art by Larry Marder. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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Cover art by Larry Marder. "Jump'n Beanish," script and art by Larry Marder; While Beanish spends the morning making another Look·See·Show, Professor Garbanzo is doing research; She's unsuccessfully trying to duplicate Beanish's disappearance from his Secret Sketch; Beanish suggests that Proffy make a sketch of her own; Beanish is wondering about something himself: how are his visits with his Dreamishness tied up with hearts; The day's Chow Raid isn't going well; All the Hoi-Polloi rings are too big for the Chow Sol'jer Army; Mr. Spook has a good idea: he makes the day's Sprout-Butt unhappy and then leads his troops down into Der Stinkle; The unhappy Sprout-Butt annoys the Hoi-Polloi, and they forget that the Beans are nearby; The Beans reappear suddenly and successfully attack. "Tales of the Goofy Jerks," script and art by Larry Marder; The Goofy Sermon Jerk can't sleep; He's haunted by memories of Mr. Spook and the Beanworld; In flashback, we see the Goofy Surgical Jerks making a diagnosis of an ailing Gran'Ma'Pa; It's produced an unusual Pod'l'pool and can only speak through its offspring, a Sprout-Butt. Contest 6 Do-it-yourself Winners, art by Larry Marder. Contest 7 Do-it-yourself activity, art by Larry Marder. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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Cover art by Larry Marder. "The Mystery Pods Must Go!", script and art by Larry Marder; Mr. Spook has had it with the Mystery Pods!; He grabs a handful and tosses them off The Legendary Edge; Beanish notices that Mr. Spook looks very busy; When Mr. Spook tells him what he's doing, Beanish calls on Professor Garbanzo to help; Professor Garbanzo reminds Mr. Spook of what happens when Mystery Pods come near Twinks; Mr. Spook sheepishly admits that he already tossed some over the Legendary Edge; All the Beans go to see what's happened. "The Goofy Sermon!", script and art by Larry Marder; The Goofy Sermon Jerk is angry!; He's summoned all the suspect Goofy Service Jerks; With some Goofy Surveillance Jerks watching, he recounts the details of the crime; The criminals start looking very nervous and crooked; Their anxiety gives them away. Contest 8 Do-it-yourself Winners, art by Larry Marder. Contest 9 Do-it-yourself Beanworld activity, art by Larry Marder. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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Cover art by Larry Marder. "Boom the Poing Poing!", script and art by Larry Marder; A Goof-Off day begins with a visit of the Pod'l'pool Cuties to Professor Garbanzo's Fix-It Shop; Something's a little peculiar this morning, though; One of the beans is standing on her head and falling asleep while everyone else is waking up; Proffy teaches the baby beans about the Four Realities; They learn quickly; The Boom'r Band is at a loss; Nobody's bouncin' to their Good Morning Boom; They split up and go on a search for inspiration for a new boom. "No Goofy Excuses!", script and art by Larry Marder; After the criminal Goofy Service Jerks have been identified, the Goofy Sermon Jerk pronounces judgement. Contest 9 Do-it-yourself Beanworld Winners, art by Larry Marder. Contest 10 Do-it-yourself activity, art by Larry Marder. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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Cover art by Larry Marder. "Beanworld Zero," script and art by Larry Marder; The unusual Pod'l'pool is brought before the Goofy Sermon Jerk; Mr. Teach'm volunteers to take over its care; It hatches a single being, the young Mr. Spook, who Mr. Teach'm trains to be a hero; After Gran'Ma'Pa has healed, it requests a very large load of reproductive propellant and produces four Pod'l'pools containing a total of twenty baby beans; Without anyone around to teach them, they grow in silence, soaking up chow; Eventually the Pod'l'pools sag and burst, letting the baby beans become mobile; One curious bean wanders into the Fix-It Shop; There it sees a strange hat-like object that has images of a slat, hoop, twink, and chip. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. "The First Time Professor Garbanzo Discovered the Four Realities," script and art by Larry Marder; The baby Beans play at being Hoi-Polloi and Mr. Spook; Beanish shows up with new Beanworld Action Effigies of two very thin Beans; The baby Beans want to know who they are; Professor Garbanzo starts telling the tale; It continues the situation at the end of the previous issue; One day Mr. Spook notices that one of the Beans looks different; It appears to have some sort of hat on that won't come off; Soon after, the bean starts spending time gazing at the Fix-It Shop (even though she didn't know what it was); Then she begins to dream; In the dream, she meets what looks like a large version of herself; It reveals that it is the Fix-It Shop and that she is Professor Garbanzo. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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Cover pencils by Whilce Portacio, inks by Gerry Alanguilan. Untitled Darkness story, script by Brian Haberlin and Malachy Coney, pencils by Whilce Portacio and Gilbert Monsanto (Assistant), inks by Gerry Alanguilan, Edgar Tadeo, and Gilbert Monsanto (Assistant); Sela and Fincher use the ploy of interspace smuggling to get on board the Darkness' giant living ship; Sela reports to her commanders that things are going according to plan but she does not plan on growing close to the dark ruler of the cosmos; As the Darkness cozies up to Sela, she is given every luxury but still holds the memory of her mother who died at the hands of the Darkness. 36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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