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  • Item #62323396
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    Brave and the Bold (1955 1st Series DC) 2 FR/GD 1.5

    Signed by artists Russ Heath and Joe Kubert (splash and interior page). No certification is included. 6" cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation. Tape on interior cover.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Irv Novick. Draw Bob Hope! ad for Art Instruction Inc. "The Sword of Attila!", script by France Herron, art by Russ Heath; The crafty Cinna sends Marcus on a suicide mission: to seize the sword of Attila the Hun who threatens Rome!; Cinna's niece Lucia dresses as a soldier and joins him; Marcus dodges catapult fireballs but is captured. "The Threat of the Phantom Vikings!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Joe Kubert; Jon, the amnesiac Viking Prince, trains villagers how to fight as an abandoned ship drifts into the bay; Jon investigates and is attacked by a shark!; That night flames light up the village as the phantom ship drifts back; Jon finds the hold is packed with sharks and trap doors. His arch-enemy Thorvald attacks. One-page Laughing Arena story by Irwin Hasen. Short article about Roman siege weapons by Jack Miller, art by Raymond Perry. "Knight for a Day!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Irv Novick; Brian rescues a lady as she falls in the moat of savage fish; Sir Bane departs, but sends a message that Brian must bring the Sun Ruby to a castle across the Forest Perilous; Brian is waylaid by brigands, but the hawk Slasher drives them off and leads Brian to the secret grove where hangs the uniform of the Silent Knight. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62349208
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    Brenda Starr (1948-1949 Superior) 8 CGC 5.5

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #4491124021

    Starts Apr 5

    The adventures of Dale Messick's fearless comic strip hero, redheaded reporter Brenda Starr. Brenda faces a terrifying chase on a roller coaster when she tracks supposedly dead gangster Mugs Lawson to an amusement park. Newspaper copy boy Pesky Miller, who looks a lot like classic Jimmy Olsen, is crowned prince for a day to fill column space on a slow news day. Brenda narrates the real-life story of newspaper publisher Carl Magee, who exposed the Teapot Dome Scandal. The Case of the Undead Corpse; Paradise by Proxy!; Trapped by Nothing; Tempest in the Teapot Dome!; Murder in Style. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Broadway Hollywood Blackouts (1954) 3 FR 1.0

    6" Cumulative spine split with lateral cover tearing. Cover coming loose at one staple.

    Starts Apr 5

    An offbeat comic presenting short, often risque humor stories in a sort of comics version of vaudeville. Each "sketch" is presented as if it's on a vaudeville stage, complete with footlights. A detective advertises for an assistant, but he should have been more specific. A woman demands to see the hotel manager after seeing a man in her window. A couple is interrupted by the arrival of the woman's husband. There's No Place Like Home; The Palmist; On the Spot; Dispossessed; Old Faithful; Quickie Blackouts; The Sport; The Mother-in-Law; Private Eye; The Wrong-doing; There Should Be a Law; After the Honeymoon; He's No Angel; Even Steven; It's a Gift; Social Climber; The Right Approach; Night Court; Jack and the Bean Stalk; The Problem Child; Ally and Oop; Caught in the Act. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60522038
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    Buck Rogers (1951 Toby Press) 100 VG+ 4.5

    Water spotting.

    Starts Apr 5

    Stories and art by Murphy Anderson and Vic Herman. Sometimes listed as Buck Rogers #7. Toby Press presents reprints of the classic Buck Rogers comic strip from 1947-1949. Buck is accidentally sent back in time to 1950, where he battles flying saucers (also from the future) and ends the Korean War three years early. Nerdy boxer Kid Science solves a mystery with his brains and his fists. Plus an article about the 1950s flying-saucer sightings. The Adventure of the Flying Discs; Captain Kidd's Treasure; What Are Flying Saucers?; Battle of Planets; Kid Science: Batty Over Baseball. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Buck Rogers (1951 Toby Press) 100 GD 2.0

    2" Spine split from bottom. Cover detached at one staple.

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    Stories and art by Murphy Anderson and Vic Herman. Sometimes listed as Buck Rogers #7. Toby Press presents reprints of the classic Buck Rogers comic strip from 1947-1949. Buck is accidentally sent back in time to 1950, where he battles flying saucers (also from the future) and ends the Korean War three years early. Nerdy boxer Kid Science solves a mystery with his brains and his fists. Plus an article about the 1950s flying-saucer sightings. The Adventure of the Flying Discs; Captain Kidd's Treasure; What Are Flying Saucers?; Battle of Planets; Kid Science: Batty Over Baseball. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62371436
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    Published Feb 1942 by Whitman.

    Camp Comics (1942) 1 GD 2.0 (R)

    Restored (see item notes)

    RESTORATION. Tear seal. Centerfold detached. Original staples removed. Staples added (not manufacturing).

    Starts Apr 5

    A classic war time pin-up photo cover! The artwork is superior throughout, some of the best ever from this time period. A wonderful mischievous look at the "innocent" girl back home. This comic was printed for the boys overseas and is packed with plenty of gags, gams, and action that they would have loved! An excellent book for anyone interested in WWII, good-girl art, or humor comics from the golden age. Features include: Rusty O'Reilly (featuring plenty of sexy girls, old-fashioned nylons and bathtub bondage scene), Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny, Sy Wheeler, Party Line, Rimfire Ferguson, Hank and Lank, Roughing It (based on Mark Twain story), Fighting Giants and Dear Joe, plus a centerfold 2-page pib-up spread of 6 cuties drawn by Chuck Saxon.. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62371437
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    Published Mar 1942 by Whitman.

    Camp Comics (1942) 2 GD 2.0 (R)

    Restored (see item notes)

    RESTORATION. Tear seal. Cover detached. Original staples removed. Staples added (not manufacturing).

    Starts Apr 5

    Includes a very early Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd appearances, plus twelve pages of beautiful Walt Kelly art. Also, art by Frank Thomas. Western, cartoon characters, and action/adventure comic strips. Also features photos of girls in skimpy out-fits. 1942 was definitely a different era as there is an advertisement for Chesterfield Cigarettes on the back cover of this comic book. 64 pages. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62282959
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    Published Dec 1953 by Harvey.

    Captain 3-D (1953 Harvey) 1 CGC 9.0

    Paper: White

    Label #4074742008

    Starts Apr 5

    May or may not contain 3-D glasses. For consignment items, please check individual item notes to see whether the copy offered still has the 3-D glasses intact. "The Man From the World of D," "The Menace of the Living Dolls," and "Iron Hat McGinty and his Destruction Gang." Pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko (tied for third published work with Strange Fantasy 9). Kirby cover pencils, Mort Meskin cover inks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #62465248
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    Published Dec 1953 by Harvey.

    Captain 3-D (1953 Harvey) 1 VG/FN 5.0

    Includes original 3D glasses.

    Starts Feb 24

    May or may not contain 3-D glasses. For consignment items, please check individual item notes to see whether the copy offered still has the 3-D glasses intact. "The Man From the World of D," "The Menace of the Living Dolls," and "Iron Hat McGinty and his Destruction Gang." Pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko (tied for third published work with Strange Fantasy 9). Kirby cover pencils, Mort Meskin cover inks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #62173100
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    Captain Aero Comics (1941) Vol. 4 #26 CGC 0.5

    Paper: Off white

    Pieces cut out from page 1, 8 and 10.

    Label #4526560002

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Carmine Infantino, Frank Jackson, Rudy Palais, George Gregg, and Tony DiPreta. A patriotic WWII aviator hero whose motto is "Keep 'Em Flyin'!" Miss Victory discovers that a nationwide crime wave is only a distraction for criminals targeting the Federal Reserve Bank. A detailed early history of the hobby of flying model aircraft. Plus an early story by DC legend Carmine Infantino. Terrific sci-fi cover by legendary artist L. B. Cole. Captain Aero: Moon That Was Motionless; Miss Victory; Adventure in the Air; Derby Day; The Mighty Mite; The Sinister Surgery Incident; Little Planes with Big Ideas; Captain Aeros Sky Scouts. Final issue of the series. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62162274
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    Captain America Comics (1941 Timely) 43 CGC 3.5 Restored

    Restored: C1

    Paper: Off white to white

    Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)

    Restoration Includes: Interior Reinforced. (Cover Detached.)

    Label #3739689006

    Starts Apr 5

    Includes: Syd Shores cover art; The Shadows of Death, Pencils by Vince Alascia, Inks by Al Bellman; Mystery of the Wingless Bat starring Human Torch; The Death That Came Out of Nowhere, art by Alascia; The Black Fortune text story; and The Sea Dragon, pencils by Alascia. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62323354
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    Captain America Comics (1941 Timely) 71 FR 1.0

    Anti Wertham editorial

    1 1/2" cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Water damage. Staple disintegration. Mold.

    Starts Apr 5

    Includes: cover Pencils by Al Avison; Trapped By the Trickster, art by Avison; Terror Is Blind, Pencils by Ken Bald, Inks by Syd Shores; The Whispering Voice text story; The Mark of Death--Let's Play Detective; and Fate Fixed a Fight. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61755696
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    Captain Future (1940-1944 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 4 #2 CGC 5.0 Restored

    Trimmed

    Paper: Off white

    ALL 3 EDGES OF COVER TRIMMED.

    Label #4365247019

    Ends Feb 24 7:54 PM CST
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    Volume 4, Issue 2 - Summer, 1942. Stories by Edmond Hamilton ("The Comet Kings"), Jack Williamson, Williamson Morrison, and Manly Wade Wellman. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #61272711
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    Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 37 VG- 3.5

    Tape on interior of cover.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza and unknown. After Captain Marvel finds a way to plug the lava flow, he pursues Mr. Mind and Jeepers underground, where he meets a race of small people called the Sub-Americans, who have planned to use dynamite to split the western hemisphere from the eastern hemisphere if the Allied forces are endangered by the Nazis. Mr. Mind finds out about the dynamite and plans to use it for his own purposes in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 16: Earth Must Die" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Captain Marvel also stars in: "His Battle of the Bubbles" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza (Cincinnati, Ohio city story); "The Visitors from Space" with story by Otto Binder (Mary Marvel appearance); and "Trouble with Mr. Double" with story by Otto Binder. Plus: Captain Marvel "Missing Face Contest No. 2" 1-pager. And: 2-page text story "Pattern for Victory" by Carl G. Hodges. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62239228
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    Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 132 VG- 3.5

    Cover coming detached at one staple.

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    Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Frank Bolle and Al Liederman. Art by Pete Costanza, C.C. Beck, Frank Bolle and Al Liederman. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "Captain Marvel Battles Flood" by Otto Binder and Pete Costanza; "The Man Who Never Saw Captain Marvel" by Otto Binder and Pete Costanza; and "Captain Marvel and the Dizzy Dervish Day" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Plus: "Freddy Freshman and the Excuse" by Frank Bolle; Captain Kid in "Two Tickets to Nowhere!" by Al Liederman; and Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "The Ancient Secret" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62418795
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    Captain Marvel Adventures (1942 Mighty Midget Miniature) 11A CGC 9.8

    Top CGC census grade for this issue.

    Paper: White

    Label #1997540004

    Starts Apr 5

    Variant with plain back cover (no color on back). Stories include "Captain Marvel and the Bumble-Brained Bridegroom" and "The Alaskan Adventure." Newsprint cover and interior, 5" X 4", 36 pages in black, white, and red. Listed as Mighty Midget Comics in Overstreet.

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    Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) 20 GD+ 2.5

    Cover coming detached at single center staple. Cover oxidation.

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    Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories by Sid Lazarus and Art Helfant. Art by Mac Raboy, Sid Lazarus, and Art Helfant. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Native Americans retake Manhattan after finding an ancient deed allowing them rights to the island, in a story featuring a cameo by then-NYC mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. Captain Marvel Jr. looks for a pilot whose plane vanished in the canyons of the Southwest US, and finds the Lost Chasm. Mad scientist I.C. Frostbite has a device that can freeze anything solid, even Jr. himself. Plus a PSA about wartime paper rationing. The Indian Braves on Wall Street!; The Snortville Sneeze: The Case of the Talking Spirits; The Adventure of the Lost Chasm!; Rubbernose Randolph Upsets the Apple Cart!; The Tale of Lashs Tail; The Freezing Asset!; Punkinhead. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) 48 CBCS 2.5

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s); Minor side/edge crack(s)

    Small pieces missing from 2 pages, affects story.

    Label #18-3C0F46D-008

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Otto Binder, Art Helfant¸ Bill Woolfolk and Sid Lazarus. Art by Kurt Schaffenberger¸ Sid Lazarus, and Art Helfant. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Freddy tries to teach spoiled, wealthy snob Gilbert Tisdale that people are equal in America. Captain Marvel Jr. meets Jumbo the Whale. None Came Back; Rubbernose Randolph: You Can Bank On Him; The Un-American Way; Boxcar Benny: No Butts About It; Captain Marvel Jr. Meets Jumbo the Whale; For the Love of Baseball; Snortville Sneeze: Nautical but Nice; The Drive That Kills; Giggle Gags. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62282952
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    Captain Tootsie and the Secret Legion (1950) 1 CGC 5.0

    Paper: Off white to white

    Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s)

    COA Included

    Label #0186440003

    Starts Apr 5

    Stories and art by Art Helfant and Vic Herman. A short-lived series from Toby Press presenting the adventures of Captain Tootsie, the Tootsie Roll mascot created by Shazam creator C.C. Beck. Captain Tootsie and the Secret Legion kids travel to Venus to help the Goonans rebel against their cruel masters. Then they have to find a way to get back to Earth. Tookie gets a call from a radio quiz-show while she's baby-sitting. Plus a letter to the readers from Captain Tootsie. Out of the World!; The Double Clock Face; Prospector Pete; Tookie; Riders of the Red Lizards. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62465146
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    Chamber of Chills (1952-1954 Harvey 2nd Series) 8 GD 2.0

    3" spine split from top. Water damage. Staple rust, rust migration.

    Starts Feb 24

    Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Abe Simon, Rudy Palais, and Vic Donahue. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. A man's new property contains an evil tree. A scientist can revive the dead, but unfortunately, they return as monsters. Treasure hunters murder a woman to keep their latest find a secret, but her curse ensures that they will never make it through Egypt. Green Killer!; A Safari of Death!; Headless Horror!; Formula for Death. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62277496
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    Chamber of Chills (1952-1954 Harvey 2nd Series) 20 GD 2.0

    Cover and centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Howard Nostrand. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Joe Certa, John Giunta and Manny Stallman. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. A clockmaker's obsession with his latest clock drives him to murder. A deadly package is the result of an evil plan. A recluse encounters a Martian invader. The Clock; Murder; Lay That Pistol Down; End of the Line. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62277497
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    Chamber of Chills (1952-1954 Harvey 2nd Series) 21 VG- 3.5

    Cover oxidation.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Joe Certa, John Giunta and Manny Stallman. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. A washed-up composer decides to get his famous former students to perform his new chorus, whether they want to or not. An alcoholic ex-reporter returns to his old paper with the sensational story of a murder in a wax museum. A painter and a sculptor find that their works each have horrifying effects on the other. The Choirmaster; Nose For News; The Death Mask; The Inside Man. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62119336
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    Classics Illustrated 080 White Fang (1951) 1

    Classics Illustrated 080 White Fang (1951) 1 VG- 3.5 (R)

    Restored (see item notes)

    RESTORATION. Tear seals.

    Starts Feb 24

    White Fang, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover (the first 3 printings of this title are the last with line drawing covers). (HRN 79, 2/51). Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #61812291
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    Comics on Parade (1938) 58 VG 4.0

    1.5" Cumulative spine split.

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    Stories and art by Al Capp, Arnie Mossler and John Hix. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 5 #10. Comics on Parade focused on a different United Features comic strip in every issue. This issue features the hillbilly antics of Al Capp's Li'l Abner. The Angel face-cream advertising agency uses Eric Travers' painting of Daisy Mae as their new image, thinking she's a figment of Travers' imagination. Daisy Mae is ignorant of new newfound fame, even as wealthy Tony Powderly falls in love with her image. But Tony's jealous fiancee Lucretia learns the truth, and plans to get rid of Daisy Mae. Li'l Abner; Stamp Tips; Strange as It Seems; The Young Idea; Back Home Again. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Comics on Parade (1938) 2 COVER ONLY

    FRONT AND BACK COVER ONLY. Possibly MARRIED.

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  • Item #61812062
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    Published 1944 by Nedor.

    Coo Coo Comics (1942) 9 VG+ 4.5

    Double cove. Inner and outer cover present similarly. Outer cover detached at single center staple.

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  • Item #61812321
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    Published Nov 1951 by Quality.

    Crack Western (1949) 75 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Feb 24

    Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by Joe Millard and unknown. Art by Leo Morey, Paul Gustavson, Charles Sultan & unknown and Harry Anderson? Dawson floods the mines to get the holders to sell their shares to him in the Two-Gun Lil story "The Vultures of Goldhill!" Plus: Arizona Raines and Spurs are nearly killed by stampeding longhorns in "Trampling Hoofs of Murder!"; Johnny Lash (the Whip) is framed and jailed for bank robbery in "Hangnoose Sunrise!"; a man is killed trying to help Bob Allen, Frontier Marshal in "Kill or Be Killed!"; and 1-page text story "A Trap for Rustlers"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Published Jan 1953 by Quality.

    Crack Western (1949) 82 VG- 3.5 (R)

    Restored (see item notes)

    RESTORATION. Cover cleaned. Cover detached at one staple.

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    Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by Robert Bernstein and unknown. Art by Pete Morisi, Paul Gustavson, Charles Sultan and unknown. A woman is out to revenge the murder of her lover, and accuses Two-Gun Lil for the killing after finding a piece of her shirt sleeve on the scene of the murder in an untitled story. Plus: A master of disguise is out from a lunatic asylum and has picked five men for death in his desire for revenge in the Arizona Raines story "The Killer With a Thousand Faces!"; in search of a job, Johnny Lash (the Whip) helps the daughter of a rancher in "Range War!"; Bob Allen, Frontier Marshal in "Triple Cross"; and 1-page text story "Wildfire" starring Brad Tucker and Marcia Robbins. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62277500
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    Crackajack Funnies (1938-1942 Western) 31 GD 2.0

    Cover detached at 2 of 3 staples. Cover oxidation.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Frank Thomas. Stories and art by Roy Crane, Fred Harman, Al McWilliams, Bill Connor, William Treadwell, Leonard Steinman, Frank Thomas, Hal Bittner, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Al Micale, Abe Martin and Bob Bugg. Crackajack Funnies presented original stories and reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Wash Tubbs & Captain Easy. Stratosphere Jim uses his Flying Fortress to take the war to Asia, before America is even involved in WWII. Framed for murder by his old foe Ace Hanlon, Red Ryder is saved from hanging by Little Beaver, but now he is a fugitive from justice. Ellery Queen investigates a murder on the set of a Hollywood Western movie and encounters real-life outlaws. Plus a Tarzan prose story. Ellery Queen; Bob and Bill; Red Ryder; The Owl; Carnival; Wash Tubbs; Myra North, Special Nurse; Gabby Scoops; The Crusoes; Stratosphere Jim; Don Winslow of the Navy; Tarzan; Dan Dunn; Boots and Her Buddies. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62297122
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    Crime and Justice (1951) 6 CGC 6.0

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #0346150004

    Starts Apr 5

    Stories and art by Albert Tyler, Bob Forgione and Dennis Laugen. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Vacationing in New Orleans, Nick and Nora-like Mr. and Mrs. Chase get caught up in a strange series of killings that target dance duos. A detective in the "Federal Anti-Swindle Bureau" describes the con job known as the "option swindle," which tricks suckers into buying back an option on their own land. When a judge is targeted for death, a detective figures out who's behind it: the last person anybody would have suspected. Crime Facts: Counterfeiting; Mr. and Mrs. Chase Mystery: The Dance-Team Killer!; The Option Swindle; The Borgia Ring Clue; Buildup to Murder; Radio Patrol: Dash of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Crime and Punishment (1948 Lev Gleason) 21 0.3

    COVERLESS.

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    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Al Bare, Fred Guardineer, Jack Keller and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Convicted cop-killer George Sitts escapes from the Minneapolis city jail with three other men. A cop relies on a dead man to get the goods on the gang that committed a payroll robbery. Danny Kipp confesses to killing a cop, but a police lieutenant suspects there's more to the story. Cover and first page feature endorsements from police Detective Walter Clancy and Mary Sullivan, NYPD Women's Bureau Chief, approving of "this magazine as a good reading for red-blooded American youngsters." John "Greenie" Gosnow, the Hyena of the Sea; Killer Hunt in the Black Hills; On the Level; When Dead Men Told!; Our Police Hall of Fame; Why Did He Want to Die? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Crime and Punishment (1948 Lev Gleason) 22 0.3

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    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Joseph Gagliardi and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Bootleggers Denny and Cy Reckus have a good thing going until they try to flee from cops across the subway tracks. A con man trying to elude capture starts a vicious cycle of murder and bloodshed. The Coast Guard and a Treasury agent join forces to get the goods on counterfeiter Gus Rollins. The Reckus Brothers; The Daisy Chain of Death; On the Level; Charles "Lucky" Ward; Our Police Hall of Fame; Surrender or Die! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Crime Clinic (1951 Ziff Davis) 1 0.3

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    Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Leonard Starr and Carl Wessler. Listed as issue #10 on title and indicia. The adventures of Dr. Tom Rogers, prison psychologist. Dr. Rogers intends to put young Keller on the straight and narrow, even if he has to take down gangster Dolan himself. Along the way, Rogers tells Keller his origin story, starting out as a street kid with a record himself. Someone is killing prison guards and sending the warden threatening notes demanding he resign. Plus a one-pager about the dicey finances of famous gangsters. The Wages of Crime!; The Kid Gets His Chance!; Death in Prison!; Double Jeopardy; Cure for Crime!; Mad Dog of Manhattan: The Story of Vincent Coll; Smuggler's Tricks!; His Father's Shadow; Choppers, Rippers and Burners! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Crime Detective Comics Volume 2 (1950) 1 GD/VG 3.0

    Cover detached at one staple. Tape.

    Starts Feb 24

    Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Paul Parker, George Tuska, E. J. Smalle, Al McWilliams and Bernie Krigstein. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. Mamie figures out how to use two-way radios so that she only bets on winning horses. French forger Jean hatches a scheme to swindle his way across 1890s Africa. A New York con man plays an elaborate scam on a San Franciscan tourist, in a story with early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. Walkie-Talkie Mamie; African Penman; A Package from Paris; Two Men from Oregon; Ship-Lifter; The Royal Can Opener; The Helping Hand; Cooked in Oil. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Published Sep 1954 by Timor.

    Crime Detector (1954) 5 0.3

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    Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and others. Pre-Code crime comics from Timor, an imprint of Stanley Morse Publications. A couple who are fascinated with guns turn to a life of crime, in a story apparently inspired by the 1950 film noir classic, Gun Crazy. A man tells his doctor friend about his strange adventures in Tibet, but his friend knows more than he should about it. The reader is invited to solve a mystery before Captain Craig of the Homicide Department. Gun Happy; The Deadly Needle!; Death for Sale; Slaughter In The Court; The Penalty Of Being Big...; Vengeance!; Ultimate Destiny. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 67 VG/FN 5.0

    Staple rust with migration.

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    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dan Barry, George Tuska, Fred Guardineer, Claude Moore, Tony DiPreta and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Mr. Crime narrates the tale of Mike Alex, who found a loophole in the law, in a story with early art by future "Flash Gordon" artist Dan Barry. The bank-robbing O'Malley Gang stages a desperate prison break. After one of his inventions accidentally kills his wife, eccentric Edward Small gets an insurance payout and a deadly idea. Mike Alex; Once There Were Three Killers From Brooklyn Called Shapiro - Now There Are None!; On the Level; The End of the Deadly OMalley Gang; Edward Small, The Crackpot Inventor!; Rough, Tough Lona Flanders and Her Three Stupid Stooges; Crime Quiz; Who-Dunnit? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 82 0.3

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    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Tony DiPreta, Fred Guardineer, Claude Moore, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Mr. Crime narrates the tale of Natural Gilbey, a hard-luck hobo who recruits an army of criminals, in a story with possible art by future "Flash Gordon" artist Dan Barry. Burglars discover where wealthy families keep their valuables by listening to the servants on their night off. A sheriff enlists the Feds and the Coast Guard to catch a gang of killers operating from a houseboat off the Gulf Coast. Death in the Hobo Jungle; On the Level; How They Were Trapped!; Laugh These Off; The Case of the Thursday Burglars!; Our Police Hall of Fame; This'll Kill Ya; Savage Houseboat Mob!; Who Dunnit? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 108 VG- 3.5

    1" Spine split from bottom. Cover detached at one staple.

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    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Fred Guardineer, Al McWilliams, Dick Rockwell, Claude Moore and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. During Prohibition, a con man decides to use his mob to hijack a bootlegger's shipment of booze. Small-time hoods try to convince a just-released safecracker to come out of retirement for one last job. Detective Geoffrey learns that a custom clothing tag holds the clue to a book dealer's suicide. Also featuring a vintage ad for "Lev Gleason Comics picture trading cards." The Double-Cross That Boomeranged; Jim Franton, Bootlegger versus Bud Rollins, Con-Man; The Junkies; One Thrill Too Many; On the Level; The Case of the Custom-Made Clothes. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Crime Fighters (1948 Marvel) 4 FR/GD 1.5

    5.5" Cumulative spine split (partially taped). Cover detached and anchored with tape. Five center wraps detached at one staple.

    Starts Feb 24

    52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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    Published 1947 by Golfing/McCombs.

    Crown Comics (1944) 17 0.3

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    Cover art by Anthony Cataldo. Untitled Voodah story, script by Ken Fitch, art by Anthony Cataldo; Voodah is taken prisoner by headhunters led by white men. Silver City Showdown, art by Anthony Cataldo; Shotgun Grady and his gun-slingers have taken over Silver City, and when they kill one of Devlin's friends, the former Marshal returns. Untitled Minnie Soo with Little Haha and Tonka story, script and art by Ralph Heimdahl. The Smugglers, script and art by Frank Bolle. Untitled Vic Cutter story, script and art by Frank Bolle. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    Daisy and Her Pups (1952) 3 (23) PR 0.5

    INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, interrupts art or story.

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    36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Danger Is Our Business! (1953) 1 GD+ 2.5

    1.5" Spine split from bottom. Cover coming loose at one staple. Water spotting.

    Starts Apr 5

    Stories and art by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Mel Keefer and Fred Kida. Tales of adventure from Toby Press. Treasure hunters resort to kidnapping and murder to force Native diver "Fiji Joe" to dive for pearls in the White Octopus's waters, where none have returned. A tale of crime and corruption on the docks. Captain Comet is captured by space pirates who want the plans for the solar system's new shipping lanes, featuring terrific art by comics and fantasy legends Al Williamson and Frank Frazetta. Plus a vintage Popsicle ad in comics form featuring Major Mars ("America's #1 Space Soldier") and an offer for a "Real Rocket Water Pistol." The White Octopus; Death on the Waterfront; Famous Battles: Hastings 1066 A.D.; Life on the Ocean Waves; The Vicious Space Pirates!; One Night in Singapore.... 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) 2 FR 1.0

    6" cumulative spine split. Cover and centerfold detached. Cover and interior oxidation. Water damage. Cover-to-cover punctures.

    Starts Apr 5

    Written by Charles Biro. Art and cover by Charles Biro. The Kiss of Death; Forty years after he and his partner discovered the tomb of Princess Sheba, Dr. Pierce, knowing the Princess was buried alive, discovers a secret hidden inside the golden cobra buried with her: a serum which can bring her back to life! Written by Dick Wood. Art by Bernard Klein. Introducing the Whirlwind; Terry Turner is taking on an inhuman brute named Jean Jacques for the heavyweight championship, and learns that two swindlers are asking Terry to take a dive in the fight. Written by Dick Wood. Art by George Roussos (as Inky Roussos). Untitled Nightro, the Streamlined Robin Hood story; Two unscrupulous miners, having discovered a vein of pitchblend (or radium), have their find confirmed by scientist, Hugh Goddard. Art by Edd Ashe. Baseball Beginnings; The baseball team at Hale University is doing poorly and Coach Taylor is in danger of losing his job. Written by Bob Wood. Art by J. Gahr. The Coming of the Pioneer; The Pioneer hears a crash and discovers a wrecked car with injured men at the bottom of a gorge. Art by Charles Biro. Daredevil On Defense" text story. Written by Dick Briefer. Art by Dick Briefer. Origin of the Bronze Terror; Unscrupulous renegade Scar Thornton fills the Indians with liquor and fleeces them of their money on crooked games of chance. Written by Jerry Robinson. Art by Jerry Robinson. London Can Take It!; A prisoner of a concentration camp, Franz escapes with the help of Dian and makes his way to London, where he is greeted and lauded by the Prime Minister himself. Ad for Captain Battle Comics. Ad for Silver Streak Comics. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) 45 VG+ 4.5

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    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Bob Wood, Dan Barry and Carl Hubbell. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Daredevil tales on the new alter ego of Professor Bill Hart, and a crooked patent attorney puts the Little Wise Guys in danger when they join a test flight. Sniffer falls for an elaborate practical joke. The Little Wise Guys take on a bully. The backup historical strip "Famous Eccentrics" includes the Marquis de Sade, a strange choice even for a pre-Code 1940s comic book. Also featuring a vintage ad for an "Authentic Dick Tracy Tommy Gun and Detective Badge." Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys; Daredevil; Famous Eccentrics; Crimebuster: Case of the Careful Suicide; Sniffer. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) 51 GD/VG 3.0

    Only one staple (manufacturing). Cover and interior oxidation.

    Starts Feb 24

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Mike Roy, John Belfi and Carl Hubbell. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. The Little Wise Guys get involved when Pee Wee enters a soap-box derby. A double-page promotional spread from the publisher offers comics as a remedy to juvenile delinquency, a hot topic in that era. The Little Wise Guys film a boxing movie with themselves as stars, and Daredevil watches it from start to finish. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys; A Force for Good in Your Community!; Daredevil; Daredevil: The Carnival Murder; Sniffer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) 53 GD+ 2.5

    Cover and interior oxidation.

    Starts Mar 3

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Al Borth, Virginia Hubbell and Carl Hubbell. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys are chosen to lead an archaeological expedition to an Egyptian tomb that has never been located. Sniffer and the Deadly Dozen stow away aboard a gambling ship that turns out to be a gangster's elaborate kidnapping scheme. The Little Wise Guys have to let inept player Lawrence join their junior football league, so his father will give them land for a clubhouse. Also featuring a vintage ad for the Buck Rogers Sonic Ray gun. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys; This'll Kill Ya!; Daredevil; Crimebuster: The Case of the Death-Dealing Statuette; Sniffer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Daring Comics (1944 2nd series) 10 CGC 2.5

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Centerfold re-attached with 2 pieces of tape.

    Label #0988594004

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Death From the Unknown, art by Allen Simon; A criminal steals a spaceship and travels to Venus; He returns with some of the population and attempts to steal the wealth of a West Indian island, but Sub-Mariner kills him. Horror Rides the Rails starring the Human Torch, pencils by Al Gabriele. The Devil's Doorway! starring The Angel. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    Dearly Beloved (1952) 1 FN- 5.5

    Starts Apr 5

    Photo cover. "Meet Me Under The Clock," pencils by Carmine Infantino; College professor Lucinda discovers student Christine is the daughter of Sven, a student who fell in love with her 20 years earlier; Lucinda had rejected him then and regretted it ever since. "To Love And To Cherish"; Alice is upset when her younger sister Tina marries Ted just before hes deployed in the Air Force; Alice blames Teds friend Paul for enabling the marriage; Alice and Paul had been dating, but she breaks up with him as a result. "Hurricane of Love"; Sally is hired as a tutor for Harriet, daughter of wealthy Edward; He ignores the child because she reminds him of his faithless ex-wife; Edward and Sally fall in love, but she turns down his marriage proposal because he intends to send Harriet away. "A Beacon of Light" text story. "Storm in My Heart"; Ballerina Marya wants to marry Bob but her stepmother Anna opposes the match; Former dancer Anna is living her dreams through Marya and says she must dedicate herself to her career; Marya breaks her engagement with Bob but the strain causes her to collapse on stage. "No Barrier to Love"; The story of Manon Lescaut, from Antoine François Prévost's 1731 novel. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Destination Moon (1950) Fawcett Movie Comic 1 GD/VG 3.0

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    Starts Apr 5

    Story by Otto Binder , from the screenplay by Robert Heinlein, Rip Van Ronkel and James O'Hanlon. Art by Dick Rockwell and Sam Burlockoff. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on George Pal's 1950 science fiction film Destination Moon, written by legendary science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein. When government efforts fail to send an astronaut to the moon, a scientist and a military man find private funding for their own rocket to the moon. The first adaptation of a Robert Heinlein work to comics. Like the movie itself, the comic contains a cameo by Woody Woodpecker, of all people. Plus photo stills from the film. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 17 CGC 5.5 Restored

    Restored: B3

    Paper: Off white to white

    Restoration Includes: Color Touch, tear Seal, Spine Sealed, Reinforced.

    Label #3739689005

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover art by Creig Flessel. The Snake Death starring Speed Saunders, script by Gardner Fox, art by Fred Guardineer. Larry Steele story, script and art by Will Ely. Cosmo story, art by Sven Elven. Dr. Fu Manchu story, script by Sax Rohmer, art by Leo O'Mealia. The Hooded Hordes starring Spy, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. Disaster On the Diamond text story by Gardner Fox (Paul Dean). The Coolie Smugglers (Part 1) starring Bruce Nelson, art by Tom Hickey. The Right Trail starring Buck Marshall, script and art by Homer Fleming. Slam Bradley Gets the Air starring Slam Bradley, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. 64 pgs. $0.10. First Appearance of Fu Manchu in Detective Comics. Cover price $0.10.