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  • Item #62498713
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    Published Sep 1955 by DC.

    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 223 FR/GD 1.5

    Lateral spine tears, 2" cumulative spine split, staple rust/migration, centerfold detached at one staple.

    Starts Feb 24

    Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Batman Dime-Museum starring Batman and Robin, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Stan Kaye. Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Race That Saved a Country! starring Captain Compass, script by Otto Binder, art by Joe Certa. How To Be an Eyewitness text article by Jack Miller (as Jonathan Maxwell). Hercules Lives Again starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, art by Ruben Moreira. 36 pgs. $0.10. Quarter-page Wildroot ad featuring Fearless Fosdick by Al Capp. Cover price $0.10.

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    Dick Tracy Feature Book (1937) 9 FR/GD 1.5

    1" Spine split from time. 1.5" Tear in first twelve wraps. Cover oxidation.

    Starts Feb 24

    Stories, art and cover by Chester Gould. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay's Feature Book was the first US comic book to devote complete issues to a single character. This issue reprinted Dick Tracy comic strips from 1935-1936. Tracy temporarily becomes Chief of Police in small-town Homeville to reduce crime. But his arrival coincides with that of gangsters Cut and Muscle Famon, and their equally deadly mother, Maw Famon. 9-in. x 12-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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    Dime Mystery Magazine (1932-1950 Dime Mystery Book Magazine - Popular) Pulp Vol. 30 #3 PR 0.5

    Interior complete. Back cover missing.

    Starts Feb 24

    Vol. 30, No. 3 - July 1944. Magazine featuring mystery stories. 7" x 9", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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    Doc Savage (1933-1949 Street & Smith^) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 CGC 0.5

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Slab: See item notes

    All 3 edges of cover trimmed. Pages 51-64 missing. Page 49 and 50 inverted. 65 wrong pages married. Small amount of dried glue on cover. Bottom right corner peg is broke off and loose inside slab. (slab is fully sealed)

    Label #4529290001

    Starts Apr 5
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    Don Winslow of the Navy (1943 Fawcett) 47 GD+ 2.5

    Centerfold detached. Only one staple (manufacturing).

    Starts Feb 24

    Stories and art by John Jordan, Victor Pazmino and Tom McNamara. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don must wrestle a polar bear and eat frozen mastodon meat to survive during a rescue expedition into the Arctic. Don meets one of his most dangerous enemies, the beautiful pirate queen Singapore Sal. Don helps a young pickpocket start life over by enlisting him in the Coast Guard, but the kid's gangster boss isn't happy with the change. Plus a Navy quiz, and a vintage ad for Mary Marvel fashions (dresses, not the costume). Arctic Expedition; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Singapore Sal; Flatbush Foley's Predicament; Jetsam Joe; Warriors of the Sea: Battle of the Nile; Bell Bottom Bill; The 2nd Chance. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Donald Duck (1952-1980 Dell/Gold Key/Whitman/Gladstone) 28 FN- 5.5

    Water spotting.

    Starts Feb 24

    Cover by Carl Barks. Written by Dick Moores and unknown. Art by Dick Moores and Jack Bradbury. Donald Duck is featured in "Robert, the Robot" (by Dick Moores), plus the back-up stories "Gold Diggers" and "Apple Slogans"! Also: 1-pagers "Straight Shooter," "Critical Situation" and "Wet Cement"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Durango Kid (1949 Magazine Enterprises) 32 0.3

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    Art by Fred Guardineer and Frank Bolle. Cover by Fred Guardineer. Sometimes listed as Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid #32. Western adventure based on the popular masked hero played in the movies by Charles Starrett. A young woman raised by an outlaw gang swears revenge on the Durango Kid after he takes on her gang; Durango faces an old-school shootout at high noon on Main Street; A helpful glossary of Old West terminology used in the Durango Kid stories. Revenge of the Tigress!; Death Duel on Main Street!; The Durango Kid's Western Dictionary; Bloody Stalemate at Fort Watson; Killed by His Friend! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Dynamic Science Stories (1939 Western Fiction Publishing) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 VG 4.0

    Cover oxidation.

    Starts Apr 5

    Volume 1, Issue 1 - February 1939. Cover by Frank R. Paul. Stories by Stanton Coblentz ("Lord of Tranerica"), Lloyd Eshback ("Mutineers of Space"), and more. 7" x 10", 114 pages, black and white with color cover. Cover price $0.15.

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    Dynamite (1953 Comic Media) 9 0.3

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    Cover by Pete Morisi. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Bill Discount and Don Heck. Men's adventure comics that served as a platform to launch one-eyed private eye Johnny Dynamite. A blonde murdered before Johnny's eyes sends him on the trail of the mob, in a story with some particularly classic hard-boiled narration. Former street racer Jim becomes a pro racecar driver, but tough guy Trask challenges him on the track. Rookie reporter Tom sets out to learn how veteran Barney gets such reliable info on mob action. Featuring art by future Marvel legend Don Heck. The cover blurb describes the violent action as "Adult Reading," a rare distinction at the time. Final issue from Comic Media; numbering continues with Johnny Dynamite (1955 Toby) #10. Death Be My Judge; The Perfect Kill; Hell Driver; Final Scoop. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62106745
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    Exciting Comics (1940) 69 CGC 5.0

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4085197003

    Starts Mar 3

    The Deadly Dude, art by John Celardo; A dude riding a huge bicycle comes to town, and shortly after a masked bandit begins to rob and kill. The King of the Toys starring Judy of the Jungle, art by Ralph Mayo. Clean Up Your City! starring Speedy Hopper. The Kid Plays a Lone Hand starring the Black Terror, art by George Tuska. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62119370
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    Famous Detective (1949-1956 Columbia Publications) Pulp Vol. 11 #6 VG 4.0

    Starts Apr 5
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    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 10 #3 GD/VG 3.0 (R)

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    Starts Feb 24

    "The Scarlet Plague" a novelette by Jack London.

    Volume 10, Issue 3 - February, 1949. 7" x 9.5". 130 pages. Cover by Lawrence (Sterne Stevens). Text with occasional B&W illustrations. Cover price $0.25.

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    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 13 #4 VG 4.0

    Staple rust. Oxidation.

    Starts Feb 24

    Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #61939750
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    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 13 #4 VG 4.0

    Starts Mar 24

    Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 13 #4 VG 4.0

    Starts Mar 10

    Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #62334727
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    Famous Funnies (1934) 36 CGC 4.5 Qualified

    Paper: Slightly britle

    Page 5, 6, 8, 9 missing.

    Label #4491105022

    Starts Apr 5

    Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Screen Oddities" by Captain Roscoe Fawcett and Bruno Thompson; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Alec and Itchy" by Jimmy George and Merle Mulholland; "War on Crime" by Rex Collier and Hammon; "Nipper" by Clare Victor Dwiggins; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Nippie" and "Mickey Finn" by Frank E. Leonard (as Lank Leonard); "Fisher's History of Boxing" and "Joe Palooka" by Al Capp (as Ham Fisher); "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Beau Geste" by P. C. Wren and Bill W. Depew; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "Good Deed Dotty" and "Dixie Dugan" by J. P. McEvoy and J. H. Striebel; "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "Holly of Hollywood" and "Keeping Up With The Joneses" by Pop Momand; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Little Brother" and "The Bungle Family" by Harry J. Tuthill; "Ned Brant of Carter" by Bob Zuppke and Bill W. Depew; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Jolly Geography" and "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "Bobby" by S. M. Iger; "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "Lena Pry" and "Jane Arden" by Monte Barrett and Jack W. McGuire; "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; "Flight" by W. D. Tipton and J. H. Mason; "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Strange as it Seems" by John Hix; "Toddy" by George Marcoux; "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher; "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; and "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins). "Powder for the Fleet" text story by Ruth Colby. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Famous Funnies (1934) 76 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Mar 10

    Bill Everett art accompanies text story. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Speed Spaulding" by Edwin Balmer, Philip Wylie, and Marvin Bradley; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Big Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Spunky Dory" by M. E. Brady; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Lightnin' and the Lone Rider" by Jack Kirby (as Lance Kirby); "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; "There's A Town" by M. E. Brady; and "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher. "While the Radio Played" text story by F. S. Saunders. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62465249
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    Famous Funnies (1934) 163 VG+ 4.5

    Cover oxidation.

    Starts Feb 24

    Valentines Day cover. Contains comic strip reprints,and a text story. In order of appearance: "Steve Roper and Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Dickie Dare" by Mabel Burwick (as Odin); "Scorchy Smith" by Rodlow Willard; and "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller. "All Steamed Up" text story by Justin D. Triem. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61182923
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    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 13 #10 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Apr 5

    Volume 13, Issue 10 - October, 1951. Cover by Joe Tillotson. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Medusa Was a Lady" by William Tenn. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 132 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #61054291
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    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 13 #10 GD/VG 3.0

    Cover oxidation.

    Starts Feb 24

    Volume 13, Issue 10 - October, 1951. Cover by Joe Tillotson. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Medusa Was a Lady" by William Tenn. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 132 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #62424890
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    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 14 #1 VG 4.0

    Starts Feb 24

    Ziff Davis, NY, 1952. Vol. 14, No. 1. Pulp magazine. Edited by Howard Browne. Cover art by Ed Valigursky for "Rest in Agony" (novel) by Ivar Jorgensen [Paul W. Fairman]. Includes "Wrestlers Are Revolting!" (novelette) by Geoff. St. Reynard; "The Secret of Gallows Hill" by Paul W. Fairman; "When Greed Steps in" (short-short) by F. G. Rayer; "Satellite of Destruction" (novelette) by Burt B. Liston. Features: "The Editor's Notebook"; "That's Fast, Brother!" by Dale Lord; "The Wrath of Rust" by Wilton Avery MacDonald; "Xenon for the Future" by June Lurie; "DDT - The Merciful" by Jon Barry; "One De-Gaussing Girlde, please" by A. T. Kedzie; "No Heartaches on the Moon" by Salem Lane; "The Robot with the Spying Eyes" by Merritt Linn; "Smashed - One Satellite!" by Rita Glanzman; "More Science - More Future" by Walt Crain; "Morpheus in Hades!" by E. Bruce Yaches; "The Girl Was a Killer!" by John Weston; "Man Is Not Alone" by Carter T. Wainwright; "Pipelines Carry Juice" by L. A. Burt; "The Dying Protest" by Glen Otis; "The Flying Eggbeater" by Russell Newton Roman; "Repulsion Attracts" by Tom Lynch; "Terran Treachery Trips Luna" by Charles Recour; "Reader's page"; "To the Ends of the Earth" by Jonathan Peterson. Illustrated by Ed Emsler, Tom Beecham, Virgil Finlay, and Leo Ramon Summers. Letters from Terry Carr and others. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 134 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #60932669
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    Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp Vol. 5 #2 VG 4.0

    Water damage.

    Starts Jul 5

    Volume 5, Issue 2 - March, 1953. Alex Schomburg cover. Stories: "Shadow Over Mars" by Leigh Brackett, "The Best Laid Scheme" by L. Sprague de Camp, "Baby Face" by Henry Kuttner, "Hero" by Horace L. Gold, "The War of the Weeds" by Carl Jacobi, "Death Ship" by Richard Matheson, and "Too Bad You Died" by Joseph Slotkin. Softcover Pulp, 6.75" x 9", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #62118658
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    Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp Vol. 5 #2 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Apr 5

    Volume 5, Issue 2 - March, 1953. Alex Schomburg cover. Stories: "Shadow Over Mars" by Leigh Brackett, "The Best Laid Scheme" by L. Sprague de Camp, "Baby Face" by Henry Kuttner, "Hero" by Horace L. Gold, "The War of the Weeds" by Carl Jacobi, "Death Ship" by Richard Matheson, and "Too Bad You Died" by Joseph Slotkin. Softcover Pulp, 6.75" x 9", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #61939751
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    Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp Vol. 5 #2 GD 2.0

    Starts Jul 5

    Volume 5, Issue 2 - March, 1953. Alex Schomburg cover. Stories: "Shadow Over Mars" by Leigh Brackett, "The Best Laid Scheme" by L. Sprague de Camp, "Baby Face" by Henry Kuttner, "Hero" by Horace L. Gold, "The War of the Weeds" by Carl Jacobi, "Death Ship" by Richard Matheson, and "Too Bad You Died" by Joseph Slotkin. Softcover Pulp, 6.75" x 9", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #62421136
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    Fast Fiction (1949) 2 GD+ 2.5

    Cover detached at one staple and loose at other. 1/2" Cumulative spine split.

    Starts Feb 24

    Captain Blood. NOTE: The first five issues of Fast Fiction were reprinted under the title Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated. Except for the title change on the cover, the editions are identical. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62384044
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    Fighting Daniel Boone (1953) 0 CGC 5.5

    Paper: Off white

    Label #4491131010

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    1953 edition cover (with red background and no issue number) by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Mort Lawrence and Vince Alascia. Pioneer hero Daniel Boone leads a life of adventure on the American frontier. Boone and the settlers of 19th-century America fight for land with every weapon at their disposal. Plus a backup crime story, as Wallie Norman goes from loansharking to murder. Also featuring an elegant contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. Fighting Daniel Boone; Wallie Norman -- The Crime King! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61255260
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    Published May 1955 by Ajax.

    Flame (1955 Ajax) 3 CGC 6.0

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4203914002

    Starts Apr 5

    Stories and art by Robert Webb, Ken Battefield, Manning Lee Stokes Alex Blum, and Fred Schwab (credited as Fist E. Cuffs). Chemist Kip Adams becomes The Flame, with superhuman strength and a reporter girlfriend. The Flame tries to find out who's behind a sabotage ring. Tugboat Tessie and Melody leap into action after an escaped circus elephant runs amuck on the Brooklyn Bridge. Boxer Plug McTee doesn't know what to do after his manager is bought out for ten grand. Devil's Business; The Man in the Seven-League Boots; Tugboat Tessie: Traffic and Tide!; Plug McTee; Everybody's Secret; The Flame's Field Day. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62323355
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    Published Nov 1947 by DC.

    Flash Comics (1940 DC) 89 GD 2.0

    2" cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached. Staples removed and added staples (not manufacturing). Water damage.

    Starts Apr 5

    Flash stars in "Introducing the Thorn, the Flash's Newest Opponent," written by Robert Kanigher, art by Joe Kubert. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "The Unexpected Hour" written John B. Wentworth, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Robert Oksner; Johnny Thunder in "Produce the Crime" by Kanigher, pencils by Infantino, inks by Joe Giella; Atom in "The Waltzing Crooks" by Joseph Greene and Jon Chester Kolzak; Ton o' Fun by Harry Lampert; Watt, the Question man by Ed Wheelan; and Hawkman in "Crimes of the Acrobat" by John Broome and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Cover art by Kubert. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Flash Gordon (1950 Harvey) 3 VG- 3.5

    Cover oxidation.

    Starts Feb 24

    Stories and art by Alex Raymond and Bill Schreiber. Harvey reprints the original comic-strip adventures of legendary space-opera hero Flash Gordon and his struggle against interstellar tyrant Ming the Merciless. This issue reprints Sunday strips from May 4 - Sept. 21, 1941. Flash, Dale and Dr. Zarkov finally return to Earth after their long battle with Ming, only to find the world embroiled in a war of its own, and the space travelers detained as possible spies. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie, Gridiron Hero" by Bill Schreiber. Bondage cover by an unknown artist. Battle To the Death; The Floating Monsters. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Flash Gordon Gordon Bread Giveaway (1951) 1 VF 8.0

    Starts Apr 5

    No. 1 is not numbered. Stories and art by Alex Raymond. Harvey reprints the original comic-strip adventures of legendary space-opera hero Flash Gordon and his struggle against interstellar tyrant Ming the Merciless. This issue features an injured Flash captured by Ming, and turned over to Doctor Bono, who secretly aids Flash in his recovery and escape. Produced by Harvey Publications as a promotional giveaway for Gordon Bread Co. 16 pages, Full color.

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    Flash Gordon Gordon Bread Giveaway (1951) 2 GD+ 2.5

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    Stories and art by Alex Raymond. Harvey reprints the original comic-strip adventures of legendary space-opera hero Flash Gordon and his struggle against interstellar tyrant Ming the Merciless. This issue features Flash entering the underground electrical works of Mingo City, where the Power Men of Mongo are employed, and enlisting their aid against Ming's tyranny. Produced by Harvey Publications as a promotional giveaway for Gordon Bread Co. 16 pages, Full color.

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    Flying Saucers (1950 Avon) 1 GD- 1.8

    Cover coming detached at one staple. Water damage. Cover oxidation.

    Starts Apr 5

    1950 edition cover (with spotlights in background) by Gene Fawcette. Art by Wally Wood and Bob Fujitani. Professor Lanning accidentally releases ancient aliens from their slumber beneath a South American volcano, and they proceed to wage war on human civilization. Carl learns firsthand why pet tigers are never a good idea. Plus a backup Goofy Ghost story. Terrific cover by Gene Fawcette. The Flying Saucers; Goofy Ghost; The Eyes of the Tiger. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 1 VG 4.0

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    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Paul Reinman, Emil Gershwin, Edvard Moritz and Henry Kiefer. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A man unwittingly unleashes a demon, who grants him three wishes in return for his freedom. Artwork by legendary EC artist Al Williamson on this story may have been ghosted by the even more legendary Frank Frazetta. During World War I, a ghostly medieval cavalry appears to defend a Belgian town. A governor listens to a condemned mans strange story of life, death and resurrection involving a Monster Doll. Demon of Destruction; Monsieur Werewolf; Love of a Vampire; The Way of the Werewolf; Vampires Victim; The Ghostly Army of Bethune; The Monster Doll. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Published Nov 1951 by ACG.

    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 3 GD+ 2.5

    Cover detached. Water spotting.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Charles Spain Verral and others. Art by Ogden Whitney, King Ward, Emil Gershwin, Edvard Moritz and Leo Morey, plus one story by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, and Joe Orlando. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A couple studying ancient castles in Europe comes upon one that is the lair of an ancient vampire, situated on an inaccessible peak. Another couple accidentally flung into space on an experimental balloon lands on a purgatory planet inhabited by atomic mutants, in a story full of ludicrous science and genuinely disturbing art by King Ward. But the real gem is about a boy who accidentally summons the spirit of a vengeful sorcerer while playing with the skull on his fathers desk. This oft-reprinted story, Skull of the Sorcerer, features pencils by EC legend Al Williamson, inks by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood, and one panel (page 6 panel 3?) inked by Frank Frazetta himself. Lair of the Vampire; The Return; The Vengeful Spirit; The Domain of the Doomed; Giants on the Earth; Skull of the Sorcerer; Pursuit Into the Past. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Published Jul 1952 by ACG.

    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 7 FR/GD 1.5

    5 1/2" cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Oxidation. Tape on interior cover.

    Starts Mar 10

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by George Wilhelms, Harry Lazarus, Sam Cooper, King Ward and Pete Riss. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A doctor finds horror at the Sleepwell Tourist Camp while investigating a local anemia epidemic; A ghostly executioner stalks the last descendant of a French aristocratic family; A monster expert from Europe investigates a werewolf outbreak in America. 1st monthly issue. The Vampires Strike; Ghost Friends; The Realm of the Moonsters; The Ghouls Return; Merciless Medium; The Gambler and the Devil; The Prowling Terror. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 23 CGC 3.0

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #2136607006

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Charles Nicholas, Bill Walsh and Harry Lazarus. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A mad scientist creates horrifying insect-animal hybrids; A robot falls in love with a woman and goes on a rampage; A ghost ship appears over the South Pacific with a crew of undead privateers. Nightmare for Two!; The Mummy That Lived; The Machine That Fell in Love; The Thing in the Bottle!; Terror of the Deep! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 171 VG- 3.5

    Cover oxidation.

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    Indicia title is "CHARLIE McCARTHY AND THE TWENTY THIEVES, No. 171". Cover art by Harvey Eisenberg. Six short movie magazine-style "gossip" notes about Charlie and Mortimer, art by Harvey Eisenberg. In an ancient city, Charlie is a poor woodchopper and Mortimer is a wealthy merchant; While cutting wood one day, Charlie sees a gang of bandits coming; He hides in a tree while the leader of the gang (The Twenty Thieves) gives the command "Open Sesame"; A stone pivots, revealing the gang's hideout, which is full of stolen treasure; After the gang leaves, Charlie tries the magic words and takes some gold on his mule Scheherazade; Mortimer learns of Charlie's gold and goes to the cave himself; He is trapped inside when he can't remember the magic words to open the door; The Twenty Thieves return, find Mortimer, and chain him to the wall to starve. Posed photo of Charlie and Edgar in tuxedos on back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 190 GD+ 2.5

    Energy beam bondage cover

    Centerfold detached and taped in place. Cover oxidation.

    Starts Mar 17

    Indicia title is "FLASH GORDON, No. 190." Cover art by Paul Norris. Activity page with drawings of Flash Gordon's rocket ship, to be pasted on cardboard and cut out and assembled. The Adventure of the Flying Saucers, script and art by Paul Norris; While on Mongo, Flash and Dale spot flying "disc-ships" traveling from the planet Misto to attack Earth; They follow the ships to Earth, where Flash destroys the fleet, except for the ship of the commander, Wongee; who disables Flash's ship. Flash attaches his ship to Wongee's and after a mutiny against Wongee, Flash and Dale are taken to Misto; They escape from the ship as it comes in for a landing and find themselves in the midst of a rural area. Misto Disc Ship activity page; Drawings of the top and bottom of a Misto Space Ship, designed to be pasted to cardboard and cut out and glued back to back to make a flying disc. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 352 VG+ 4.5

    Centerfold coming detached at one staple.

    Starts Feb 24

    Indicia title is "Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE in THE MYSTERY OF PAINTED VALLEY, No. 352." The Mystery at Painted Valley, art by Bill Weaver; Mickey and Goofy interrupt their vacation to go undercover to try to prevent Black Pete from stealing Colonel Hosshyde's horses. Friday the Thirteenth; Mickey and Goofy try to avoid bad luck on Friday the Thirteenth. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 353 VG/FN 5.0

    Starts Apr 5

    The eagle egg, script by Don Christensen, art by Bob Moore; Donald and his nephews try to get an eagle's egg for a museum. Fashionable dogs, art by Frank McSavage; Daisy buys a huge pedigree Great Dane dog to try to impress her rich friends. The missing dollar, art by Bob Moore; Scrooge tries to collect every silver dollar ever minted, but comes up one short. The kangaroo who couldn't jump, art by Bob Moore; While at the zoo, Huey, Dewey and Louie befriend a kangaroo who is depressed because he can't jump. Rainy day party, art by Bob Moore; Grandma is host a party, but Gus manages to get a cow stuck in the house. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 394 GD- 1.8

    Water damage. Staple rust. Slight mold.

    Starts Feb 24

    Cover by Carl Barks. Stories by Del Connell and various. Art by Jack Bradbury. Featuring the tales "Malayalaya" and "[Donald buys a TV set]," plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie, Uncle Scrooge and Daisy Duck! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 411 FN 6.0

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Dick Moores. Stories by unknown. Art by Lee Hooper, Bill Wright and Dick Moores. Featuring the tales "The Old Sea Dog," "The Snipping Hand Mystery" and "The Li'l Lost Elephant," plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Mickey Mouse and Goofy! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Four Favorites (1941) 28 CGC 3.0

    Paper: White

    Label #4508088006

    Starts Apr 5

    In order of appearance: "The Unknown"; "Colonel Blow and His Radio Show"; "Hap Hazard"; "Doc Klockenhand's Clinic"; "Hurry-Up Harrigan, Police Reporter"; "Luke the Lawyer"; "Hiram Hayseed"; "Captain Courageous"; and "Bachelor's Diner". "Hangnoose Heritage" text story by Cliff Howe, reprinted from Four Favorites (1941) #19. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 27 FR 1.0

    Near full length spine split.

    Starts Apr 5

    Stories and art by Dick Briefer, Mort Meskin and Marvin Stein. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s Frozen in a block of ice, the Frankenstein Monster becomes a theater exhibit, until an accident sets him free once more. A master gardener conceals the sinister secret behind his champion roses. Plane crash survivors in the Himalayas discover a hidden paradise. Frozen Alive; Fatal Fever; So Red My Roses; Checkmate; Flight Unknown. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Published 1951 by Star.

    Frisky Animals (1951 Star) 50 CGC 4.5

    Paper: Off white

    Label #4495153016

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by A. N. Howe, Pat Adams and A. W. Nugent. Funny-animal hijinks from Star Publications. A castaway washes up on Li'l Pan's island and offers to take him to America to play his pan pipes with Sinatra and Bobby Sox. Dirty Dog plots to loot the treasures of Atlantis, so Cosmo Cat infiltrates the crew of his ship to stop him. Senor Tamale (a parrot, not a tamale) goes into business with his monkey pal harvesting and selling coconuts. Li'l Pan; Cosmo Cat: Atlantis; Dead Shot!; Percy; Senor Tamale; Pencil Play/Magic Tricks. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Ginger (1951) #3 FR/GD 1.5
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    Published 1952 by Archie Publications.

    Ginger (1951) 3 FR/GD 1.5

    4" Cumulative spline split. Cover and centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.

    Starts Apr 5

    36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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    Headline Comics (1943 Prize) 27 VG 4.0

    1/2" Spine split from top. Centerfold detached at one staple.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Bill Draut, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The notorious Simon-Kirby crime classic, "Stella Mae Dickson...the Bobby Sox Bandit Queen"; The truth about legendary outlaw Jesse James; A gang starts a phony fortune-teller racket with Flo as the medium. Stella Mae Dickson...the Bobby Sox Bandit Queen; The Guns of Jesse James; The Death of the Gambler King; The Spark of Murder; Bring Me His Corpse; I Was the Front for the Merciless Spirit Swindlers. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Published 1954 by Prize.

    Headline Comics (1943 Prize) 67 0.3

    COVERLESS.

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    Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A reporter investigates modern-day river pirates; A killer thinks he's found the perfect hideout; A murder witness is targeted by a mob boss. The River Pirates; Death Trap!; Closeups; Chain Reaction; The Egotist; The Witness! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Heroic Comics (1940 Famous Funnies) 25 CGC 4.0

    Paper: Off white

    Label #4481630002

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by H.C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Allen Ulmer, Harry G. Peter, Frank Wead, Russell Keaton and Stephen Douglas. Superhero comics from Famous Funnies, featuring some of the stranger heroes of the Golden Age. Hydroman and Rainbow Boy track down the Phantom Pirate who is attacking ships on the eastern seaboard; A PSA for wartime scrap-metal drives featuring Hydroman; Music Master battles The Lama Who Had No Face. Music Master and Man o' Metal were listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes; this was the final appearance of Rainbow Boy until his revival in the 2000s. True Stories of War Heroes; Hydroman; The Music Master; He Changed Their Plans; Man O' Metal; Ammunition for Victory; Flyin' Jenny. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Holiday Comics (1951 Star) 8 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Apr 5

    L.B. Cole Christmas cover. Cover price $0.10.