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  • Item #61809136
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    Hot Rod and Speedway Comics (1952) 2 VG+ 4.5

    Water spotting.

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    Cover by Mort Lawrence. Race adventure from the world of 1950s auto culture, featuring terrific "hip" racer slang of the era. Officer Boltin hits the roof when he finds out his own son is a street racer. The competition over an experimental new car leads to betrayal, a crash, and a high-speed chase. The true story of the 1908 New York to Paris Race that later inspired the classic film "The Great Race." Souped-Up Spite; Cannonball Loses A Flag; Pancake Alley; Bad Boy; Maverick Wheelman; New York to Paris on Wheels; Bush Track Sentence. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61809120
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    Hot Rod Comics (1951 Fawcett) 2 VG 4.0

    Water damage.

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    Stories and art by Bob Powell and others. Fawcett taps into the teen racing scene of the 1950s with one of the earliest racing comics. Clint Curtis and the Road Knights - the law-abiding kind of street-racing gang - get the airport and the city to approve a drag race. Every issue has illustrated mechanical and racing-culture features. This issue includes pinup-style drawings of the Jaguar XK-120, the Cunningham, and the MG Model TD Midget. Clint tries to convince the authorities that not only are the Road Knights a legit club, they want to help with the city's Civilian Defense program. Clint Curtis: Safety Comes in First; The Operation of Hydraulic Brakes; The Sports Car Gallery; Beauty Hints for Your Car; Why Not Build a Ford Four-Barrel?; Clint Curtis: Hot Rods for Civilian Defense. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Howdy Doody (1950-1956 Dell) 29 FN 6.0

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    Stories and art by Edward Kean and others. An icon of 1950s Americana, Howdy Doody was a star of early television, and a mischievous Tom Sawyer-type adventurer in this comic. Phineas T. Bluster hires Howdy and Dilly to ride Teena the elephant through town to promote the circus, but they forget Teena's command word. The Inspector's Whodunit Machine is supposed to be able to find anyone or anything. Howdy and Dilly go to the beach. Trailer's End; Bluster's Circus; Howdy Doody's Old-Time Silent Movie; The Inspector's Great Invention; Phineas T. Bluster. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Indians (1950 Fiction House) 7 FR/GD 1.5

    5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached and taped to first wrap at spine. Cover oxidation.

    Starts Feb 24

    Cover by Maurice Whitman. Stories and art by Maurice Whitman, Ann Adams, and Ralph Mayo. Western adventure stories told from the perspective of the first Americans. Manzar and Red Cloud try to prevent gun dealers from profiteering off intertribal warfare; Starlight intervenes in an Algonquin war of attrition against the Missisauga tribe; An illustrated text article on The Middle-Atlantic Tribes. Manzar the White Indian; Starlight; Mink and the Moon; Orphan of the Storm; The First Americans; Pow Wow; Long Bow. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Indians (1950 Fiction House) 16 GD/VG 3.0

    Cover oxidation. Water damage.

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    Cover by Maurice Whitman. Art by Tony D'Adamo and others. Western adventure stories told from the perspective of the first Americans. Lone Wolf discovers a plot to assassinate a peaceful chieftain and send tribes into a disastrous war with the U.S; The true story of Chief Black Hawk, who initiated the last Native American war east of the Mississippi River; An illustrated text article on Tribes of the Southeast (Part 1). Another vibrant cover likely by Maurice Whitman. Indians of the Plains; Warriors of the West; Orphan of the Storm; The First Americans; Lone Wolf; Long Bow; Indian Legends. 32 pages, Full Color Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61809684
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    Jo-Jo Comics (1945 Fox Feature) 21 PR 0.5

    Interior is complete. Near full length spine split. Heavy interior tape.

    Starts Feb 24

    In order of appearance: "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Double Double-Cross!"; "The Cowboy and the Cayman! Cowboy Standing on His Pony!"; "The Cowboy and the Cayman! Cowboy Lassoes Cayman in a Shrunken Pool!" reprinted in Ramar of the Jungle (1954) #2; Jo-Jo Congo King, The Meteors From Satan!"; "Our Good Neighbor...The South American Cowbow! Branding Time!" and "Our Good Neighbor...The South American Cowbow! Gaucho of the Past!" reprinted in Ramar of the Jungle (1954) #2; "Jungle-Venture!" art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth; and "Movie Mysteries" by George Gukell. "The Sheriff's Signal!" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Journey into Mystery (1952) 9 GD 2.0

    Cover oxidation. Water spotting.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Bill Everett. "The Only Man In the World" (Part 1), art by Jerry Robinson; Aliens from dimension X stop time and then destroy humanity. "I Made a Monster," art by John Forte; When a jilted scientist is building a Frankenstein monster to kill for him, he decides to test it by using the type of lipstick his love interest wears as a kill trigger in order to pay her back for spurning him. "Last Verdict" text story. "The Hungry Animal!," art by Ed Goldfarb; Synopsis: When two robbers murder a retired sea captain in his seashore house, they decide to kill his pet as well, lest it begin to howl before they have time to get far enough away from the scene of the crime. "The Black Box!," art by Mac Pakula; A shoplifter regrets stealing and opening a black box from a "monster sale." "My Brother's Killer!," art by Paul Reinman; A brother decides to murder his brother for an inheritance, but when the train they are traveling crashes, he decides to merely leave him to perish in the fire. When the will is read, it is revealed that the dead man was the only person who knew the location of the mine wherein the fortune was kept. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    Journey into Unknown Worlds (1951 2nd Series) 9 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Apr 5

    Stories by unknown. Art by Mike Sekowsky, Allen Bellman, Werner Roth, Pete Morisi and Joe Sinnott. Do you dare to meet..."The People Who Couldn't Exist!" with art by Mike Sekowsky. Also in this issue: "The Spaceman" with art by Allen Bellman; 2-page text story "House of the Vampire"; "Don't Kill Me Twice!" with art by Werner Roth; "Beyond Time!" with art by Pete Morisi; and "The Four Walls" with art by Joe Sinnott. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62239231
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    Jumbo Comics (1938) 100 GD/VG 3.0

    1" spine split from top. Cover oxidation.

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    In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle", reprinted in Golden Age Sheena Queen of the Jungle TPB (1999 Paragon) #1-1ST and Golden Age Sheena Best of Queen of the Jungle TPB (2008) #1-1ST , and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb; "Hateful Herman"; "ZX-5" art by Jack Kamen; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker, reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990) #3 and Sky Gal (1994) #1; "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" art by Jack Kamen; "Patsy Pinup"; and "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen. "How Sheena and Bob Came to the Jungle" text story, reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990) #3. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62383974
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    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 12 CGC 0.5

    Paper: Brittle

    Centerfold missing.

    Label #4491131017

    Ends Feb 24 8:56 PM CST
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    Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "The Devil's Death-Trap," art by George Tuska; Gangsters from American attempt to take over Kaänga's jungle. Untitled story, pencils by Arthur Peddy; The Panther rescues a party of scientists from a native tribe and then leads them to diamonds so that they can afford to carry on their scientific research. Untitled story; Camilla and Champion are shrunken to insect size by a mad scientist. Untitled story; Roy helps stops a cattle raiding tribe from plundering the herds of a peaceful village. "Violent Death" text story. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); A European army plans to use bases in Africa and South America to destroy democracy; Fantomah gives African lions the power of flight to destroy the European airborne assault in South American. Untitled story, art by Witmer Williams; Simba helps rescue a couple taken hostage by the savage chieftain, Wuga Moro. Untitled story, art by Bill Bossert; Terry outwits a group of Arabs determined to destroy an oil pipeline. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Tabu liberates a group of slaves working in a mine for the evil Baron Logh. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi prevents a Nazi-planned tribal war. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 107 GD+ 2.5

    Cover coming detached at both staples. Cover oxidation. Staple rust, rust migration.

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    Cover art by John Celardo. "Banshee Valley," art by John Celardo; White renegades impersonate the fire god of the B'tongis and demand the B'Tongis act as their raiding force. Kaänga exposes the impersonations and N'geeso's tribe help route the B'Tongis. Untitled story; Simba takes the prey of Lokko, learning later that Lokko's hunt was part of a leopard adulthood ritual and that Lokko is now banished from his tribe. Untitled story, art by Dan Zolnerowich; The Baxters, treasure hunters, persuade Kim Reagan that his father was driven to suicide by Terry; They then use the distraction created by Kim's accusations to attempt to smuggle diamonds inside palm nut shells. Jungle Journal; The story of the circle of life in the jungle. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; Wambi rescues a baby gorilla from a tangle of vines and from hyenas. "Ambush at Dawn" text story. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Kenyon, a jewel thief, kills a two of a trio of royal siblings and takes their sacred gems; As he is attempting to kill the third, he is confronted by Tabu and the ghosts of his earlier victims. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; Melton frames Camilla for his own looting of the Masais' Temple of Ka; She proves her innocence by capturing Melton with the rest of the treasure. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 142 FN 6.0

    Cover oxidation.

    Starts Apr 5

    "Sheba of the Terror Claws," art by Maurice Whitman; A safari finds its way into the Kingdom of Ra, descended from ancient Egypt and ruled by Queen Sheba; Sheba, following the suggestions of her advisor, Toru, imprisons the safari; Toru also advises the sacrifice of Sheba's sister, Landra; Landra flees into the jungle and meets Ann; Sheba's forces take Landra and Ann back to the kingdom; Kaänga follows. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; A marauding band of mandrills attacks the animals of the jungle; Wambi leads them on a game of chase that ends with the mandrills falling into the crocodile pool. Sidney Elias's stamp column covering stamp errors, plus ads. Untitled story, art by Robert Webb; Someone is helping convicts escape as they are sent downriver from Fort Diablo; Captain Terry Thunder follows the boat from the shore; The boat is attacked by Black Karen who takes the prisoners to her camp where they are sprayed with beldine dye, making them appear black. "Killer-Cats in the Big Cage" text story by Clyde Beatty. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; Murdock sets up a native as "Kaboola," a friend to all tribes, stealing from whites and giving the goods to the villages; Camilla learns that Murdock is plotting to have Kaboola lead the tribes into war against the whites that Murdock wants driven from Africa. Kaboola learns that he is being used and kills Murdock; Camilla captures Murdock's men and takes them to the district commissioner. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Jungle Jo (1950) 1 GD/VG 3.0

    Cover coming loose at one staple. Cover tear taped at interior. Water spotting with staple rust/migration.

    Starts Apr 5

    Art by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Jungle heroics in the style of Jo-Jo Comics, which preceded it. Strange creatures are abducting members of the Tangane tribe in the middle of the night; Jungle queen Tangi protects magical black pearls from a sinister safari; A mad scientist wants to transplant human brains into gorilla bodies. Classic gorilla-abducting-girl cover. The Vanishing Tanganes; Tangi: The Sacred Waters; The African Constabulary; The Mystery of Doc Jungle. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61804927
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    Junie Prom (1947) 5 VG- 3.5

    Cover coming loose at one staple. Interior pencil markings and staple rust/migration.

    Starts Apr 5

    Stories and art by Paula Giokaris and others. Teen-humor comics featuring the misadventures of Junie and her gal-pals. While rehearsing for a flight attendant role in costume, Junie mistakenly gets to be the real thing, even though she's never flown before. Junie's visiting cousin, a Southern belle from Atlanta, immediately charms all the boys in school, but the girls have a problem with that. Dexter and his dad try to make dinner for his mother's birthday, and the kitchen will never be the same. Plus fashion pin-ups starring Junie and her pals. Not So High Flyer!; Dance Time with Junie; Runway Starlet; Lamb in the House!; A Weigh with Women!; Junie's Teen Tips; Dexter: Many Happy Returns. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62277502
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    Justice Comics (1948) 41 VG 4.0

    1/2" spine split from bottom.

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  • Item #62384036
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    Kent Blake of the Secret Service (1951) 11 CGC 7.0

    Paper: Off white

    Label #4491131006

    Ends Feb 24 8:57 PM CST
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    Kent Blake of the Secret Service (1951) 13 CGC 6.0

    Paper: Off white

    Label #4491131007

    Ends Feb 24 8:58 PM CST
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    Kid Colt Outlaw (1948) 17
    Published Nov 1951 by Marvel.

    Kid Colt Outlaw (1948) 17 0.3

    INCOMPLETE. Page and pieces missing, interrupts art and story.

    Starts Feb 24

    Cover art by Joe Maneely. "Flaming Guns," art by Pete Tumlinson; Chip Mandrel and his gang ride through the Oklahoma badlands to get to the Okachee trading post; There they get permission to camp out within the posts walls for the night; Learning how poorly guarded the post is from the owner of the general store, Chip and his gang take over the fort; While going back to where his men are setting up camp, his men discover that there is gold hidden beneath the fort; They then decide to take over the camp instead of simply just robbing it; That night they kill the guards and take the post workers prisoner, forcing them to mine the gold for them; About two weeks later, Kid Colt is riding through the region and spots an overturned stage coach that has been robbed and the riders murdered, the third such wreck he has seen in his recent travels. "Badman Meets the Battle-Cub," art by Russ Heath. "Death Trap," art by Pete Tumlinson; While camping out in Wyoming, Kid Colt hears a gun go off and tracks its source; He spies another outlaw named Moccasin Joe Cass. "The Ghost of Cactus Canyon," art by John Romita. "The Would-Be Outlaw," art by Pete Tumlinson; In the border town of Lasso, Kid Colt is spending some time in a saloon listening to a guitar player; However, his enjoyment is short lived as he gets a sense that there is trouble in the air; Looking out the window he sees the posse that has been chasing him since Alvaregordo are pulling into town; Kid Colt quietly exits out the back of the saloon, but spots some of the posse coming around his way. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61809646
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    Lance O'Casey Mighty Midget (1943 Miniature) 12 VF- 7.5

    Ends Feb 24 8:59 PM CST
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    This comic measures approximately 5" X 4" and features 34 pages in black, white, and red. Also features full color cover. Listed as Mighty Midget Comics in Overstreet. 1st comic devoted entirely to character; predates Fawcett's Lance O'Casey #1

  • Item #62161939
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    Lash Larue Western (1949 Fawcett/Charlton) 23 0.3

    COVERLESS.

    Ends Feb 24 9:00 PM CST
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    Stories and art by Stan Campbell and others. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash tries to protect a prospector until he can make his gold claim legal at the surveyor's office, but every outlaw in town wants it first. Even captured and put in jail, the mysterious bandit White Mask manages to strike again. Dusty matches wits with the local dentist. Plus a vintage ad for Daisy Red Ryder rifles. The Tuxton Valley Hoax; Molasses Mouth; A Soldier; Dusty: The Toothache; Wagonwheels; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Party Capers; The Devil's Gap Plot. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62184014
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    Published Sep 1943 by DC.

    Leading Comics (1941) 8 GD+ 2.5

    1" Cumulative spine split. Water damage. Cover oxidation.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover pencils by Jon Small, inks by Maurice del Burgo. Exiles in Time! (Chapter 1), script by Joe Samachson, pencils by Jon Small, inks by Maurice del Burgo; Upset with the fact that the Sevon Soldiers seem to be wise to his vast criminal organization's plans, the Dummy, with the use of time machine, sends each of the Legionnaires to a different era in the past. The Queen's Necklace! (Chapter 2); Green Arrow and Speedy are hurled back into the days of the Three Musketeers and are arrested along with the three for dueling, and because of the disappearance of the Queen's pearl necklace. Courage in Canton! (Chapter 3). Voyage of the Vikings! (Chapter 4). Friends, Romans, Countrymen! (Chapter 5). The Legend of Leonardo! (Chapter 6). Conclusion (Chapter 7). Midnight Jones humor two-pager. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62169136
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    Published Apr 1952 by DC.

    Leave It to Binky (1948) 25 0.3

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    Ends Feb 24 9:00 PM CST
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    Cover art by Bob Oksner. The Team's The Thing! public service announcement with Binky, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bob Oksner. Untitled Leave It to Binky story, art by Bob Oksner; Binky walks off with the new gloves Lucy bought for Herbert, thinking they are a present from Peggy. Allergy's Water Gun, art by Bob Oksner; Allergy plays a practical joke on Binky and Binky tries to pay him back. Varsity Vic and Peg humor pages by Henry Boltinoff. Untitled story, art by Bob Oksner; Allergy borrows $.30 from Binky to buy a soda for Soozie and then gets Binky into trouble with Peggy. Big Block Party, art by Bob Oksner; Binky holds a block party and tries to keep Sherwood out because he doesn't live on the block. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62169122
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    Published Oct 1953 by DC.

    Leave It to Binky (1948) 34 0.3

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    Leroy (1949) #5 Coverless
    Published 1950 by Standard Comics.

    Leroy (1949) 5 0.3

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    Ends Feb 24 9:01 PM CST
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  • Item #59586528
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    Little Orphan Annie Feature Book (1937 David McKay Publishing) 7 GD 2.0

    3" Cumulative spine split (taped). 4 centerfold wraps detached. Tape on interior cover and pages. Coloring on interior pages.

    Starts Apr 5

    Stories, art and cover by Harold Gray. 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 Little Orphan Annie daily strips from 1935. Harold Gray's beloved strip features the adventures of the indefatigable kid hero and her beloved blank-eyed supporting cast, including Daddy Warbucks, Punjab and the Asp, and of course Sandy. 9-in. x 12-in., 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62162282
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    Little Roquefort Comics (1952) 2 0.3

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    Ends Feb 24 9:02 PM CST
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    Little Roquefort the mouse and Percy Puss the cat have a Tom & Jerry relationship - or Itchy & Scratchy, if you prefer. When a burglar invades the home, Roquefort and Percy declare a truce, and use all their weapons on the crook. Heckle and Jeckle's boxing glove-powered "Peddler Discourager" works a little too well. Percy decides to use a balloon to send Roquefort to the moon - on a one-way trip. Gandy Goose; Combined Operations; Dinky; Tee-rrific; Terry Bears: Aquarium Acrobats; The Bungling Burglar; Dinky: Rudy's True Colors; Gandy Goose; Heckle and Jeckle; Balloon-y Antics; Terry Bears. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Lone Ranger's Companion Tonto (1951-1959 Dell) 13 CGC 9.0

    Paper: Off white to white

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    Label #1626980006

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover art by Don Spaulding. Article that recounts the Menomini legend of the Good Spirit Nanabush, the first Menomini brave Shekatcheke, and the wild rice found at Lake Winnebago. War Feathers, art by Alberto Giolitti; Young Crow wants to win glory in war and finds his chance when enemy braves steal his tribe's calumet. Fight for the Water Hole, art by Alberto Giolitti; A gang controlling the only water hole for miles about charge pioneers exorbitant sums per barrel; Tonto tricks the gang using a tomato. Story includes inside back cover and concludes on back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (1941-1962 Dell) 80 CGC 7.5

    Paper: Off white

    Label #4495153003

    Starts Apr 5

    52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61807527
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    Published Oct 1950 by Fawcett.

    Love Mystery (1950) 3 FN 6.0

    Starts Apr 5

    Stories and art by George Evans, Bob Powell and Dodo Meyers. Fawcett combines romance comics with detective stories in this short-lived series. Kenny meets Margo when he visits the carnival where she works, and quickly falls for her, in a story with art by EC legend George Evans. But soon he learns that carnival owner Clive has a strange hold on Margo and others who work his fair. Sports reporter Don tries to help beautiful racehorse owner Norma after he stumbles on sinister doings at the track, in a story with art by Bob Powell. Fatal Fascination; The Cupid Bank; Death Take All. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61807512
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    Lucky Comics (1944 Consolidated Magazines) 4 VG+ 4.5

    1" Spine split from top.

    Starts Apr 5
  • Item #62239233
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    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 19 GD/VG 3.0

    Cover oxidation.

    Ends Feb 24 9:08 PM CST
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    Cover by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk, and Jack Binder. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. The Marvel family faces a giant that has been slumbering under the Old Man of the Mountain rock formation for generations. Construction on a tunnel under the West River awakens a sleeping triton that attacks the workers, and Mary Marvel dives into action. The original Captain Marvel gets involved in the cutthroat world of midget auto racing when he offers to help a boy win the race for his elderly inventor father. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Classic cover by C. C. Beck and Pete Costanza. The Monster Menace; Judge Smudge; Lazy Lee; Peewee Pete; Captain Marvel, Jr.: The Correspondence School Genius; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Mary Marvel: The Triton and the Tunnel; Coffin of Concrete; Ice-Capades; Captain Marvel: The Midget Auto Race. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 76 0.3

    COVERLESS. Margin pieces missing, slightly interrupts art or story.

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    Stories and art by Otto Binder, Pete Costanza and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. In an issue-length, multi-part adventure, The Marvel Family encounters "gremlins," an early example of these folklore creatures appearing in print. They learn the gremlins are actually alien beings drawn by humanity's discovery of nuclear power - but are they here to help, or to sabotage? The Atomic Crimes, Chapter One: The Gremlin Mystery; Point of Order; Lazy Lee; Boxcar Benny; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Chapter Two: The Atomic Robberies; Headline Harry: The Big Bluff; Old Smokey: The Best Policy; Chapter Three: The Payoff on Zorkia. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Marvel Mystery Comics (1939) 41 CGC 2.0 Restored

    Restored: C3

    Paper: Off white

    Slab: Plastic debris between case and inner well

    Label #3739689003

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Harry Sahle. Metal Monsters starring Sub-Mariner, art by Carl Pfeufer. Jimmy Jupiter untitled story, script and art by Ed Robbins. Bait for Suckers text story. Untitled Patriot story, pencils by Syd Shores. Master of Madness starring Vision, pencils by Syd Shores. Dr. Watson's Call To Fame starring Terry Vance, art by Bob Oksner. The Curse of Baron Trembieu starring Angel, art by Gustav Schrotter. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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    Marvel Science Stories (1938-1939 Postal Publications) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 1 #2 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Apr 5

    Jack Williamson, Henry Kuttner; Stant Coblentz, and David H. Keller.

    Vol. 1, No. 2 - November 1938. Cover by Frank R. Paul. "Exodus" by Arthur J. Burks, "The Time Trap" by Henry Kuttner, "The Dead Spot" by Jack Williamson, "Rout of the Fire Imps" by Stanton A. Coblentz, "The Thirty and One" by David H. Keller. Illustrations by Frank R. Paul, Jack Binder. 7" x 10"; black and white (text); 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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    Marvel Science Stories (1938-1939 Postal Publications) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 1 #3 CGC 5.0

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4541653009

    Starts Feb 24

    Volume 1, Issue 3 - February, 1939. Cover by Hans W. Wessolowski. Science Fiction stories by Jack Williamson, DD Sharp, RR Winterbotham, Hal Remson. 7" x 10"; black and white; 134 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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    Marvels of Science (1946) 3 FR 1.0

    Water damage. Cover oxidation. Mold.

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    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 90 GD 2.0

    Water damage. Cover oxidation. Interior tearing.

    Starts Mar 17

    Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories and art by Bill Ward, Frank Bolle, Max Elkan, Bill Woolfolk and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Capt. Marvel Jr. must stop a caveman that's going on a rampage in the city. Nyoka tracks a rogue leopard through the jungle. Outlaws hijack a stagecoach full of sheriffs on their way to the sheriff's convention in Twin Rivers. Plus Comix Cards (like the later Marvel Value Stamps) featuring the original Captain Marvel (Shazam), Captain Marvel, Jr., and Mary Marvel. Captain Marvel, Jr. Meets the Caveman!; Trader Tom; Lumber Jack; Nyoka: The Mad Leopard!; Bulletman: The Bear Scare!; Vacuum Bloobstutter's Initiation; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Golf Goofs; Freshman Freddy: X Marks the Spot; Hopalong Cassidy: The Sheriffs' Convention. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Millie the Model (1945 Marvel) 62 PR 0.5

    INCOMPLETE. Page missing, interrupts art and story.

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    Stories by Stan Lee. Art and Cover by Dan DeCarlo. In this issue: Millie the Model in four untitled stories and two untitled 1-pagers. Plus: untitled Chili the Dilly story, and 2-page text story "Surprise" (writer unknown). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Published May 1946 by Quality.

    Modern Comics (1945) 49 0.3

    COVERLESS.

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    Cover art by Al Bryant. Blackhawk Meets Fear starring Blackhawk, pencils by Reed Crandall, inks by Chuck Cuidera. Untitled stories starring Choo Choo (script and art by Gil Fox), Death Patrol (script and art by Al Stahl), Private Dogtag (script and art by Al Stahl), and Will Bragg (script and art by Paul Gustavson), Ezra! Rollo! Myrna!, script and art by Harry Sahle. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    Published Jan 1947 by Quality.

    Modern Comics (1945) 57 GD 2.0

    Cover detached at one staple. Heavy water damage with staple rust/migration. Mold.

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    Cover pencils by Reed Crandall, inks by Chuck Cuidera. The City Under the Sea starring Blackhawk, pencils by Reed Crandall, inks by Chuck Cuidera. Untitled stories Torchy (script and art by Bill Ward), Dogtag (script and art by Bill Tumey), Ezra (script and art by Harry Sahle), Will Bragg (script and art by Paul Gustavson), and Choo Choo (script and art by Gill Fox). 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    Published Nov 1947 by Quality.

    Modern Comics (1945) 67 PR 0.5

    INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story.

    Starts Feb 24

    Cover art by Reed Crandall. The Plateau of Oblivion starring Blackhawk, script by Crandall, inks by Chuck Cuidera. Untitled stories starring Dogtag (script and art by Bart Tumey), Torchy (script and art by Bill Ward), Will Bragg (script and art by Paul Gustavson), Ezra (script and art by Harry Sahle), and Choo Choo (script and art by Gill Fox). 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62370793
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    Published May 1942 by DC.

    More Fun Comics (1935) 79 GD/VG 3.0

    Cover loose at both staples. Water damage.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by George Papp. "The Boomerang!," starring Green Arrow and Speedy, art by George Papp; The Boomerang is adept at getting revenge, and sells his services, usually against judges. "The Deadly Designs of Mr. Who," starring Dr. Fate, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Howard Sherman; Using Solution Z, Mr. Who can grow, shrink and walk through walls and safes, but uses the solution to also impersonate one P. J. Moggan in order to obtain his vast wealth. "The Case of the Storm Raiders," starring the Radio Squad, art by Cliff Young; Two crooks use lightning to cover up their crimes. "Aquaman Rules the Waves!," art by Paul Norris; The Nazis have a battleship disguised as an iceberg. Ad for All-Star Comics. "Mr. Meek Makes Haste!," starring Johnny Quick, art by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton). "Money to Burn," starring The Spectre, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Bernard Baily; Chizzeler puts an ad in the paper offering $1000 a day for someone to do absolutely nothing. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    Published Feb 1944 by DC.

    More Fun Comics (1935) 95 GD- 1.8

    2 center wraps detached at single center staple. Cover oxidation. Cover-to-cover worm hole.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Cliff Young. "Heroes Incorporated" starring Green Arrow and Speedy, pencils by Cliff Young, inks by Steve Brodie; Oliver Queen goes on a camping trip with some businessmen seeking adventure. "Flame in the Night" starring Dr. Fate, script by Joe Samachson, art by Jon Chester Kozlak; Martin Main has a hobby: collecting matchboxes. However, when he picks one up at the scene of a murder, he doesn't realize the secret that it contains may cost him his life. "Guerillas of Fen-Shu" starring Aquaman, art by Louis Cazeneuve. "The Scoop That Was Thirty Years Too Late" starring Johnny Quick, art by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton). "Case of the Cantankerous Canine" starring Dover and Clover, script by Whitney Ellsworth, art by Henry Boltinoff. "The Book Bandits," script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Bernard Baily; The Spectre vs. Slicker. 60 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    Mr. District Attorney (1948 DC) 35 GD/VG 3.0

    Cover coming loose at one staple and two center wraps detached at one staple.

    Starts Feb 24

    Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by Morris Waldinger, Henry Boltinoff and unknown. Art by Howard Purcell, Charles Paris, Manny Stallman, Sheldon Moldoff, Morris Waldinger and Henry Boltinoff. Brand-new adventures of TV and radio's favorite! Mr. District Attorney in: "This Crime for Hire!" with art by Howard Purcell and Charles Paris; "Gangland's Rubout Squad!" with art by Purcell and Paris; and "War Trophies for Crime!" with art by Purcell and Paris. Also in this issue: A Casebook Mystery "The Case of the Pilfered Painting!" with art by Manny Stallman and Sheldon Moldoff; Casey the Cop half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; "Tracking Crime!" 1-pager by Morris Waldinger; and The Crime File 2-page text article. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Mr. Miracle (1944) Holyoke One-shot 4 VG- 3.5

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    Stories and art by Irwin Hasen, R. Johnson, Lee Lawrence and George Storm. Sometimes listed as Holyoke One-shot #4. Little is known about the so-called "Holyoke One-Shots," except they include stories reprinted from early Golden Age books by Temerson and other publishers. The Blue Streak battles Nazi agents to free an explorer from an Antarctic avalanche. Cat-Man must elude a series of traps to enter a spy stronghold and discover the identities of enemy agents. Secret Agent Z-2 faces one of the most difficult tasks of his career. The Flying Trio; Blue Streak; Secret Agent Z-2; Bob Preston; Cat Man; Jane Drake; Alec and the Reign of Yang; It's Time You Knew. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Mutt and Jeff (1939-65 All Am./National/Dell/Harvey) 8 FR 1.0 (R)

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    TRIMMED/ Spine damaged (book removed from a bound volume). Staples added (not manufacturing). Six interior wraps are detached.

    Starts Feb 24

    Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher), A. W. Nugent, Falcon Mathieu, Sol Hess, and W. A. Carlson. All-American/ DC reprints the comic strip that defined the comic strip, featuring the original tall-and-short comedy duo. Also featuring the "topper" strip Cicero's Cat, and other strips from bygone days. Jeff shares his thoughts on the rising divorce rates. Jeff invents a headache machine. A PSA for the March of Dimes offering autographed pictures of Wonder Woman, possibly by WW artist HG Peter and writers Dorothy Woolfolk or Sheldon Mayer. Plus a vintage ad for Picture Stories from the Bible, one of the first publications from Educational Comics, soon to be known as legendary publisher EC. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Simp O'Dill; Victory Puzzles; How to Spot the Planes in the Skies; Hop Harrigan. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Mutt and Jeff (1939-65 All Am./National/Dell/Harvey) 22 GD/VG 3.0

    Cover coming loose at both staples.

    Starts Feb 24

    Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher), Jim Robinson, Sol Hess, and W. A. Carlson. DC reprints the comic strip that defined the comic strip, featuring the original tall-and-short comedy duo. Also featuring the "topper" strip Cicero's Cat, and other strips from bygone days. Mutt and Jeff play golf and get way off course. Mutt and his wife hire a new maid. Jeff's latest jobs include auto mechanic and circus midget. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Simp O'Dill; Frozen Justice. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    My Experience (1949) 20 CGC 5.5 Restored

    Restored: B1

    Paper: Off white

    Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover.

    Label #4481827002

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    Starts Apr 5

    One of many romance comics from Fox Feature Syndicate. A woman rushes into romance; A terrible secret threatens to drive a couple apart; A gal with a taste for danger dates a bad boy who's a little too bad. Plus love advice to readers. I Loved Thoughtlessly; My Sin Was A Secret; Are You In Love; Between Us Girls; I Courted Danger. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    My Secret Romance (1950) 2 CGC 5.5

    Paper: Off white

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    Starts Apr 5

    Art by Wally Wood and others. Women admit to secret love. A woman deals with insulting insinuations, in a story with early art by EC legend Wally Wood; A man's faith in the woman he loves is shaken; A woman tries to dominate the man in her life, not expecting him to dump her. Plus love advice to readers. They Called Me Cheap; He Couldn't Trust Me; Heart To Hart; Carolyn's Column; I Thought I Owned A Man. Final issue under this title; numbering continues with Star Presentation (1950) #3. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Mysteries (Canadian 1953 Superior) 11 CGC 4.0

    Paper: Off white

    Label #0202025021

    Starts Apr 5

    Pre-Code mystery and horror stories from Canadian publisher Superior. Beautiful ballerina Glenda goes to plastic surgeon Doctor Hill, unaware that he's obsessed with her and has plans for her face. Thieves discover the horrifying secret of hunchback Jonas Palmer, but by then it's too late. A woman investigates the bizarre secret behind a corpse that goes wandering from taxi to train to luxury cruise ship. The Broken Mirror; Midnight Prowler; Grim Wedding Day; The Wandering Corpse; Gypsys Curse. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.