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    Weird Mysteries (1952 Gillmore) 4 GD- 1.8

    4" cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Bernard Baily. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Hy Fleishman, Edd Smalle and Ross Andru. Pre-Code tales of horror from Stanley Morse Publications. A businessman tests a magician's abilities by handcuffing him to a coffin, in a story by future Marvel artist Ross Andru. Witches seem to predict that a man will succeed in his revenge plan against his unfaithful wife. A wealthy man who never smiles confronts a greedy man in a cave, in a story by comics legend Basil Wolverton. Devils Disciple!; The Twin Coffins!; Chain Reaction; Choker; The Black Board; The Witches Tale; The Man Who Never Smiled. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Weird Mysteries (1952 Gillmore) 11 GD 2.0

    Water damage.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Bernard Baily. Stories and art by John Romita, Les Zakarin and Eugene E. Hughes. Pre-Code tales of horror from Stanley Morse Publications. A woman seeks revenge after her husband kills her father with voodoo. A serial husband-killer makes a pact with the devil that he will free her if she will live with the man he chooses, but that man turns out to be Jack the Ripper. A man makes a deal with the devil and thinks he's come out with the upper hand, in a story by future Spider-Man artist John Romita Sr. Voodoo Dolls; Live With a Man; Life Insurance; The Door; Rat-Trap; Cremation. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Weird Science-Fantasy (1954 E.C. Comics) 26 CGC 0.5

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #4219470002

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    Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Al Feldstein. Art by Wally Wood, Reed Crandall, George Evans, and Joe Orlando. EC's influential sci-fi comic was a reflection of its times. And none more so than this issue, devoted to the real-life flying saucer craze in 1950s America, and based on the book The Flying Saucers Are Real, by Major Donald Keyhoe, also the inspiration for the 1957 sci-fi classic Earth vs. the Flying Saucers. One article features the distinctive art of Wally Wood, portraying an atomic explosion on Mars, plus the observation that Flying Saucer sightings had a dramatic upswing after the US atomic bomb tests. Other articles are profusely illustrated retellings of real-life flying-saucer sightings and alien abduction claims. Was This "Fairly Heavy Body" a Flying Saucer?; The Eastern Airlines Case; The Gorman-Fargo, N.D., Case; The Mantell-Godman Case; The Muroc Air Force Base Case; The United Air Lines Emmett, Idaho Case; Was This The Answer?; The Dec. 27, 1949 Release; 1950 Sightings; 1951 Sightings; 1952 Sightings; The Utah Pictures; The Indianapolis Case; The Nash-Fortenberry Case; The River Edge, N.J. Case; Saucers Over Washington, D.C.; Recent Developments. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62426005
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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 22 #3 CGC 4.5 Restored

    Restored: C1

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Restoration includes: glue on spine of cover.

    Label #4541653003

    Starts Feb 24

    Volume 22, Issue 3 - September 1933. Edited by Farnsworth Wright. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 24 #2 CGC 5.5

    Paper: Off white

    Label #4436320006

    Starts Apr 5

    Volume 24, Issue 2 - August 1934. Edited by Farnsworth Wright. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 32 #2 CGC 7.5 Restored

    Restored: C1

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover.

    Label #4541653004

    Starts Feb 24

    Volume 32, Issue 2 - August 1938. Edited by Farnsworth Wright. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 132 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 35 #5 CGC 4.5

    Paper: Cream

    Label #4474815010

    Starts Apr 5

    Volume 35, Issue 5 - September 1940. Edited by Dorothy McIlwraith. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 36 #5 CGC 7.0

    Paper: Off white to white

    Top and bottom edge of cover trimmed. Minor amount of glue on spine of cover.

    Label #4506287001

    Starts Apr 5

    Volume 36, Issue 5 - May 1942. Edited by Dorothy McIlwraith. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 40 #1 VG 4.0

    Cover oxidation.

    Starts Apr 5

    November, 1947. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Robert Bloch "The Cheaters, Allison V. Harding, Bert David Ross, Stephen Grendon, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Carl Jacobi, Seabury Quinn, and George Whitley. Illustrations by Fred Humiston, Lee Brown Coye, and Boris Dolgov. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 100 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 40 #1 VG 4.0

    Starts Jul 5

    November, 1947. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Robert Bloch "The Cheaters, Allison V. Harding, Bert David Ross, Stephen Grendon, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Carl Jacobi, Seabury Quinn, and George Whitley. Illustrations by Fred Humiston, Lee Brown Coye, and Boris Dolgov. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 100 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 40 #4 VG 4.0

    Starts Jul 5

    May 1948. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Allison V. Harding "City of Lost People", Harold Lawlor, C. Hall Thompson, August Derleth "Saunder's Little Friend", Ray Bradbury "Black Ferris", Roger S. Vreeland, Stanton A. Coblentz, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Peter Phillips, and Davis Grubbs -as (Dave Grubbs) "One Foot in the Grave". Illustrations by John Giunta, Lee Brown Coye, Boris Dolgov, and Fred Humiston. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #61054298
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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 40 #4 GD/VG 3.0

    2" cumulative spine split.

    Starts Apr 5

    May 1948. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Allison V. Harding "City of Lost People", Harold Lawlor, C. Hall Thompson, August Derleth "Saunder's Little Friend", Ray Bradbury "Black Ferris", Roger S. Vreeland, Stanton A. Coblentz, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Peter Phillips, and Davis Grubbs -as (Dave Grubbs) "One Foot in the Grave". Illustrations by John Giunta, Lee Brown Coye, Boris Dolgov, and Fred Humiston. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #60836443
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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 41 #3 VG 4.0

    Cover oxidation.

    Starts Apr 5

    March 1949. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by August Derleth "The Testament of Claiborne Boyd", Theodore Sturgeon "The Martian and the Moron", Robert Bloch "The Strange Island of Dr. Nork", Allison V. Harding, Arthur J. Burks, Stanton A. Coblentz, and Thorp McClusky. Illustrations by Fred Humiston, Vincent Napoli, Boris Dolgov, and Lee Brown Coye. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 42 #2 VG 4.0

    Tape on interior cover.

    Starts Apr 5

    Jan 1950. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Arthur J. Burks "Black Harvest of Moraine", August Derleth "The Ormulu Clock", Manly Wade Wellman, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Ewen Whyte, Stanton A. Coblentz, Fredric Brown "The Last Train", Mal Bissell, Carroll John Daly "Outside of Time", Margaret St. Clair, Mildred Johnson, and Seabury Quinn. Illustrations by Vincent Napoli, Matt Fox, Lee Brown Coye, Fred Humiston, Boris Dolgov, and John Guinta. 6 3/4" x 10"; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #61054299
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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 42 #5 VG 4.0

    Starts Apr 5

    July 1950. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Arthur J. Burks "Shallajai", Robert Bloch "The Weird Tailor", Eric Frank Russell, Seabury Quinn, H. Russell Wakefield, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, August Derleth "The Closing Door", Margaret St. Clair, and Cleve Cartmill. Illustrations by Charles A. Kennedy, Vincent Napoli, Matt Fox, Fred Humiston, and John N. Anderson. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 44 #6 GD 2.0

    4" Cumulative spine split. Chipping.

    Starts Feb 24

    Sept 1952. Cover by Virgil Finlay. Horror and supernatural stories by H. P. Lovecraft (verse) "Hallowe'en in a Suburb", Margaret St. Clair "Island of the Hands", Curtis W. Casewit, Frederick Sanders, David Eynon, L. Sprague De Camp & Fletcher Pratt "Where To, Please?", H. Thompson Rich, E. Everett Evans, August Derleth "The Lost Path", and G. G. Pendarves. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Jon Arfstrom, Joseph Eberle, Fred Humiston, A. R. Tilburne, and Hannes Bok. 6 1/2-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    Weird Terror (1952) 2 FR 1.0

    2" cumulative spine split. Brittle cover due to oxidation.

    Starts Apr 5

    Edited by Allen Hardy. Cover art by H. C. Kiefer. Horror, suspense, and Weird Terror tales patterned after the classic EC comics. "The Evil Ones!", art by Don Heck; Statistician John Anders finds out that accidents do not happen by accident; They are caused by evil gnomes living below the city; When the gnomes spot him, Anders has to run for his life. "Wrath of Satan," pencils by John Belcastro, inks by Joe Galotti; Simon Fergus, a trash picker at the carnival, enters a pact with the devil to get even with the business partners who cheated him; As one by one dies in freak accidents, Simon realizes that Satan will be coming for him, too. "Fear - What Is It?" text article; Glossary of terms like "Torture", "Demonology", "Sadism" and "Insane Persons". "Isle of Doom!", art by Pete Morisi; A crew of explorers lands on a volcanic island, freshly risen from the sea. They find treasures and a lost race of unholy beings. "Death Song!", art by Don Heck; Violinist Marleau murders his rival Ricco to get his share of wealth and fame; Then he starts seeing things and is haunted by the dead man's spirit. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Weird Terror (1952) 4 GD+ 2.5

    Water damage.

    Starts Jul 5

    Edited by Allen Hardy. Cover art by Don Heck. Horror, suspense, and Weird Terror tales patterned after the classic EC comics. "Escape," pencils by Pete Morisi; Thirteen convicts escape from a prison colony in a boat without any food; They get decimated by animals, quicksand bogs, hunger and cold; The last five go overboard in a storm and drift as a gruesome quintet to frighten ships passing them. "Night Air"; A doctor treats a strange patient, the lovely Mara; She insists on staying indoors at night and keeping the windows strictly closed, because she feels stalked by vampires. "History of Horror" text article; Accounts of cannibalism and the inquisition. "Gruesome, Huh?" text article; Review of the novels "Justine" and "Juliette" by Marquis de Sade. "Short Cut," art by Don Heck; The bandit and tyrant El Toro wishes to be voted for president in the republic of Saldor; He uses every dirty trick in the book to get enough votes: Bribery, intimidation, blackmail. "Explorer"; A cruel captain commands an exploration into unknown territory; He kills dozens of natives and robs them of their resources. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Weird Terror (1952) 4 GD 2.0

    Centerfold detached. Cover-to-cover edge tear. Oxidation.

    Starts Apr 5

    Edited by Allen Hardy. Cover art by Don Heck. Horror, suspense, and Weird Terror tales patterned after the classic EC comics. "Escape," pencils by Pete Morisi; Thirteen convicts escape from a prison colony in a boat without any food; They get decimated by animals, quicksand bogs, hunger and cold; The last five go overboard in a storm and drift as a gruesome quintet to frighten ships passing them. "Night Air"; A doctor treats a strange patient, the lovely Mara; She insists on staying indoors at night and keeping the windows strictly closed, because she feels stalked by vampires. "History of Horror" text article; Accounts of cannibalism and the inquisition. "Gruesome, Huh?" text article; Review of the novels "Justine" and "Juliette" by Marquis de Sade. "Short Cut," art by Don Heck; The bandit and tyrant El Toro wishes to be voted for president in the republic of Saldor; He uses every dirty trick in the book to get enough votes: Bribery, intimidation, blackmail. "Explorer"; A cruel captain commands an exploration into unknown territory; He kills dozens of natives and robs them of their resources. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Weird Terror (1952) 6 VG- 3.5

    Cover oxidation. Water spotting.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Don Heck. Stories and art by Alberta Tewks, Alvah Null, Edwin Green, Kenneth Landau and Rudy Palais. Pre-Code horror comics by the talents at the Iger Shop. Louella is accused of murdering her fiance and sent to an asylum, in a story with some weird, hallucinatory art by Rudy Palais. A man reveals how he tried to poison a romantic rival. A man murders his wife because of her obsession with quiz shows, and winds up on a hellish game show of his own. Also featuring a cover by future Marvel legend Don Heck promising "shrunken skulls, decapitations, cemeteries, murders." Die; Cemetery; The Wizard; Waterfront; A Devil of a Racket; Decapitation. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Weird Terror (1952) 8 GD 2.0

    Water damage.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Don Heck. Stories and art by Alberta Tewks, Marty Elkin, and Rudy Palais. Pre-Code horror comics by the talents at the Iger Shop. Bank robbers take refuge on an old woman's farm, but it turns out the farm is already the refuge for something not quite human. In an adaptation of Ambrose Bierce's The Man and the Snake, an evil old man is terrified by a deadly snake in his bedroom. A warlord chooses the wrong woman as the spoils of his conquest. Also featuring a cover by future Marvel legend Don Heck. Blood of the Bat; Step into My Parlor; Mirror Image; The Improved Kiss; The Little Ghost. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61808655
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    Published Oct 1948 by DC.

    Western Comics (1948) 5 VG+ 4.5

    Starts Feb 24

    Cover art by Howard Sherman. Ad for Real Fact Comics No. 16, art by Dan Barry. The Duke of Orofino starring the Wyoming Kid, art by Howard Sherman. Highlights of Ewell BLackwell's career coupled with a Wheaties ad. Sam foils a hi-jacking in an ad for Wildroot Cream-Oil Hair Tonic, art by Lou Fine. The Lair of the Timberwolf starring Nighthawk, art by Charles Paris. A summary of Capt. Manny Gault's career including mention of his involvement with the end of Bonnie and Clyde. Along the Owlhoot Trail starring Rodeo Rick, art by Howard Post. Tootsie Pop ad, pencils by C. C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza. Ad for Dale Evans Comics #1, art by Lee Green. Highlights of the career of Wyatt Earp. The Pony Express text article. Death in His Holsters starring Cowboy Marshal, art by Ed Smalle Jr. Ad for All-American Comics #101, art by Alex Toth. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62168027
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    Published Oct 1949 by DC.

    Western Comics (1948) 11 0.3

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    Cover art by Howard Sherman. Deadlines and Danger starring the Wyoming Kid, art by Howard Sherman. The Terror at Tumble-Down Ranch starring Nighthawk, art by Charles Paris. The Indian Sign starring Rodeo Rick, art by Jimmy Thompson. Return from the Owlhoot Trail starring Cowboy Marshal, art by Ed Smalle Jr. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62176468
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    Whiz Comics (1940 Fawcett) 20 CGC 2.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4158452020

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. "Crusher of Crime," pencils by C. C. Beck; Sivana has a surprise in store for Captain Marvel, when he creates a new alloy stronger than steel and an electric motor more delicate than jewelry, all of which give him very strong powers; But he still needs human blood in his formula and Billy Batson is to supply that! "The Devil's Cave Deathtrap" starring Golden Arrow. "Monkey Mission" starring Lance O'Casey. "The Blitzys Strike" starring Spy Smasher, art by Charles Sultan. "The Missing Mummy" starring Dan Dare. "Trapper's Revenge" text story, art by Carl Formes (LaRac Semrof). "The Queen of the Giants" starring Dr. Voodoo, art by Mac Raboy. Deal with the "Devil" starring Ibis the Invincible; vs. Trug. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Whiz Comics (1940 Fawcett) 155 GD- 1.8

    Centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.

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    Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Otto Binder, Pete Morisi and Kurt Schaffenberger. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. In his final adventure in Whiz Comics, Billy Batson investigates mysterious disappearances and discovers the "human deep-freeze" maintained by the intelligent, many-tentacled Kraken of legend. Like any Lovecraftian hero, a temporarily Shazam-less Billy responds, "No - No! I'll go gibbering mad!" In another horror-themed tale, war hero Jaspar's spirit pursues his murderer. When archaeologists unleash evil spirits from the tomb of Pharaoh En-Tep, only Ibis knows how to contain them. Captain Marvel: The Legend Horror; Doc Sorebones; Lance O'Casey: Undercover Warfare; Dr. Death: The Heros Spirit; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Sacrifice Play; Wilbur the Waiter; Ibis the Invincible: The Guardians of the Tomb. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Wilbur Comics (1944) 18 GD+ 2.5

    Lateral spine tear. Staples added (not manufacturing). Oxidation.

    Starts Feb 24

    Cover art by Al Fagaly. "Wilbur Meets Laurie Lake," art by Bill Vigoda; Commodore Lake moves to Westfield to get his daughter away from the boys in the city; Wilbur meets the pair at the station and makes a shambles of trying to take their baggage to their new home. "The Daring Young Man," art by Bill Vigoda; Wilbur and Red go to the circus; Red gets a job, but Wilbur tries to sneak in, with unpleasant results. Archie ad. "The Speed Demon," art by Bill Vigoda; Wilbur and Red plan to participate in the Westfield jalopy race to Flatburg, but Slats sabotages Wilbur's jalopy. Nevada Jones ad. "Wilbur Builds His Dream Boat" text story. Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1947; No circulation figures given. Wilbur's Hollywood Quiz Page. "The Sky's the Limit," art by Bill Vigoda; Wilbur builds a model airplane for the hobby show, but it causes nothing but trouble when he tries to fly it. Super Duck ad. Untitled Katy Keene story, script by Bill Woggon; aty's future is told by a swami with a crystal ball; Later she and Sis go to the observation tower on the 100th floor of the "Umpire State Building." Katy Keene paper doll. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    Wilbur Comics (1944) 33 VG 4.0

    Staple rust.

    Starts Feb 24

    Cover art by Bill Vigoda. The Famous Archie Series Characters house ad. "Cops 'N Robbers"; Wilbur dresses as a crook for Laurie's costume party, then he has to make a deposit at the bank for his father. "Knots to You!"; After Laurie turns down Wilbur for lunch, Linda worries he's going to hang himself. "Flight from Fight"; Slats and Wilbur are going to fight, then Wilbur hears the school doctor talking about what bad condition Slats is in and decides not to fight him. Jughead house ad. "Poem! Sweet Poem!"; Cleaning the attic, Wilbur finds a poem his father wrote to his mother; he also finds a book of poems he borrowed from Laurie over a year ago. Wilbur Puzzle Page, art by Dave Berg. "Follow the Leader"; Linda has taught Wilbur to dance the samba. "Clutter Bug"; Red and Wilbur run to watch a fire then learn that it was started by a cluttered attic. Untitled Katy Keene story, art by Bill Woggon; Katy and Sis listen to K. O.'s big fight on radio, and Sis imagines what's happening based on the announcer's descriptions. Swim Fashions page with Katy Keene, art by Bill Woggon. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Wings Comics (1940) 52 CGC 7.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4088540011

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Art Saaf. Edited by J.F. Byrne and Ruth Atkinson. Stories and art by Art Saaf, Howard Larsen, Jack Keller, Alex Blum, Matt Baker, Lee Elias and Gene Colan. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Good-girl art aplenty as Jane Martin's cover as a Lisbon dancer is blown. Greasemonkey Griffin learns a lesson about "scrounging" aircraft parts, in a story that would fit right in with Will Eisner's "Joe Dope" series. The Skull Squad's mission is hijacked by a native woman who wants their help destroying a Japanese airbase. Featuring early art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker and future Marvel legend Gene Colan. Skull Squad; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Captain Wings; Suicide Smith; Wing Tips; Hell-from-Heaven Men; Greasemonkey Griffin. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Wings Comics (1940) 55 CGC 7.0

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4481630006

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Art Saaf. Edited by J.F. Byrne and Ruth Atkinson. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Jack Keller, Alex Blum, Robert Webb, Matt Baker, and Howard Larsen. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Agent Jane Martin is shaken after losing her wingman in a dogfight; Greasemonkey Griffin explores an old castle that is actually a Nazi hideout; The Skull Squad falls for a lovely Chinese-Irish resistance fighter, in a story featuring early art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. Skull Squad; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Captain Wings; Suicide Smith; Wing Tips; Greasemonkey Griffin. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61808747
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    Published Apr 1946 by Fiction House.

    Wings Comics (1940) 68 GD/VG 3.0

    1/2" Spine split from bottom. Cover coming loose at both staples.

    Starts Feb 24

    Cover by Lee Elias. Edited by J.F. Byrne. Stories and art by Alvin Hollingsworth, Fran Hopper, Joey Cavallo, Alex Blum, Lee Elias, and Rafael Astarita. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Believed dead after an air battle, Clipper Kirk adopts the costumed identity of the Phantom Falcon to bring his would-be assassins to justice; Agent Jane Martin seeks black-market thieves stealing American equipment in Tokyo; Greasemonkey Griffin builds his own bizarre plane out of US Army surplus equipment. Suicide Smith; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Greasemonkey Griffin; The Team Behind the Pilot; Captain Wings; Ghost Patrol. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Published May 1946 by Fiction House.

    Wings Comics (1940) 69 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Lee Elias. Edited by J.F. Byrne. Stories and art by Alvin Hollingsworth, Fran Hopper, Joey Cavallo, Mike Peppe, Lee Elias, and Maurice Whitman. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Clipper Kirk catches his would-be killers, and then decides to keep his new, postwar identity as the Phantom Falcon; Agent Jane Martin is caught in the middle when two Mexican airlines wage war over a shipment of US fighters; Greasemonkey Griffin is recruited to fly for a sideshow's wing-walker act. Suicide Smith cover by Lee Elias strongly resembles Milton Caniff's art style. Suicide Smith; Jane Martin; The Phantom Falcon; Greasemonkey Griffin; The Emperor of Tomorrow; Wing Tips; Captain Wings; Ghost Patrol. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Wings Comics (1940) 81 GD+ 2.5

    Starts Feb 24

    Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by J.F. Byrne. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Fran Hopper, Al Walker, George Evans, Howard Larsen, John Celardo and Maurice Whitman. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Jane Martin travels to the Antarctic in search of a modern-day Moby Dick and precious ambergris; Greasemonkey Griffin competes in an air race with a beautiful but dangerous woman; A bereaved pilot decides to sell out his country, so his ghostly wife sets out to stop him. Captain Wings; Jane Martin; Greasemonkey Griffin; Air Heroes of World War II; Phantom Falcon; Suicide Smith; Ghost Squadron. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Wink (1944-1955 Wink Inc.^) Magazine Vol. 2 #5 CGC 5.0

    Only copy at the top CGC grade of 5.0.

    Paper: Off white to white

    Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s)

    Label #4421594012

    Starts Mar 3

    Vol. 2 #5 - April 1947. Pinup and glamour magazine. Cover by Peter Driben. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 64 pages, sepia tone on newsprint. Cover price $0.25.

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    Wink (1944-1955 Wink Inc.^) Magazine Vol. 6 #1 CGC 7.5

    Only copy at the top CGC grade of 7.5.

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4421594005

    Starts Mar 3

    Volume 6, Issue 1 - August, 1950. Humor and scantily clad women. Peter Driben cover. 8.5" x 11.5". 62 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

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    Wonder Stories (1930-1936 Stellar/Continental) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 5 #2 CGC 6.5

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #4541653010

    Starts Apr 5
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    Published Jun 1950 by DC.

    World's Finest (1941) 46 CGC 3.0

    Paper: Off white

    Label #4483102006

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover art by Winslow Mortimer. The Seven Crimes of Mr. 7 starring Superman and Mr. 7, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Big-Money Mystery starring Wyoming Kid, script by Ryerson Johnson, art by Howard Sherman. Sir Oliver Queen of Dornee Castle starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp; Oliver appears to live in a mansion, rather than his usual apartment. Honeymoon with Headaches starring Full-Steam Foley, art by Win Mortimer. Rusty story, script and art by Lit-Win. Bruce Wayne, Riveter starring Batman, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris; Bruce gets a job undercover at a shipyard to investigate a murder. A Salute to the Boy Scouts public service announcement starring Superman and Batman, art by Win Mortimer. 76 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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    Youthful Romances (1949 Pix-Parade) 4 VG/FN 5.0

    This item's 5.0 grade equals the top CGC census grade.

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    Starts Apr 5

    Cover art by Walter Johnson. "Miss Stardust," art by Walter Johnson; Star, assistant to "Saturday Night Hit Parade" producer Al Pearce, is upset when her press agent boyfriend Tim flirts with aspiring singer Laura; Al and singer Bill Harrington give Star a makeover and promote her as a singing star to make Tim jealous; Tim gives Bill and Star incorrect directions to a private party where they are booked to perform, but proves he loves Star when she is in danger of drowning as a result. "Second Fiddle," pencils by Walter Johnson; Star college football player Dick dumps Babs for "campus coquette" Connie; After his shoulder is injured in an auto accident, Dick is off the team and Connie drops him. "Sammy Kaye" Star of the Month article. "Model Perfect," pencils by Walter Johnson; Model agency owner Harry Conover "discovers" Carol working in a store and hires her as a model; She begins to date middle-aged actor Darryl, unaware hes using her to restart his waning career; Carol breaks up with her fiancé Fred as a result, and he goes to Conover for help. "One-Sided Love," art by Walter Johnson; Tommy loves Karen but he tells her "marriage is not for me," and hints at something in his past; Karen later overhears Tommy being pressured into helping rob her fathers bank, where Tommy now works, and discovers Tommy is an ex-convict. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted Feature Book (1937 David McKay Publishing) 1 PR 0.5

    Interior complete. Full-length spine split (taped). Cover glued to first wrap. Interior tearing.

    Starts Feb 24

    Stories by Romer Grey and Stephen Slesinger. Art by Allen Dean. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay's Feature Book was the first US comic book to devote complete issues to a single character. This issue (technically the third, but the first numbered) reprinted King of the Royal Mounted comic strips from 1936.  Canadian Mountie Dave King was based on a character created by Western novelist Zane Grey. Yukon outlaws set fire to King's cabin to distract him while they ambush a dogsled team, killing the men escorting a gold shipment. 9-in. x 12-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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    Zip Comics (1940) 16 PR 0.5 (R)

    Trimmed

    TRIMMED. Full length spine split with spine damage, book removed from a bound volume.

    Starts Apr 5

    Edited by Harry Shorten. Cover art by Charles Biro. "The Return of the Puppet Master," script by Joe Blair, art by Charles Biro; The Puppet Master has escaped from prison and sets his plan of living puppets into operation. "The Sack of the Giant" Dicky in the Magic Forest story, script and art by Louis Golden; A giant has entered Panora and collects human beings to eat. "The Bar-X Ranch War" starring Nevada Jones, art by Frank Volp; A crooked rancher is fencing off water in public domain. "The Devil-Devil Doctor" starring Red Reagan, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper; Old Rixon is murdered in his bed by a hooded figure before he could change his last will. "Swen Olson's Maiden Flight," script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle; Swen Olsen is ready for action as a gunner in R.A.F. "Valor On the Slave Block," script by Joe Blair, art by Mort Meskin; Captain Valor and his friends have taken command of the village of the Chinese lord, but he gets in contact with Mongol horsemen who attack the village to help him; A news photographer is framed for killing a friend. "Scrambling the Gambling Joint," script by Joe Blair, art by Paul Reinman; Zambini visits a crooked gambling house. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.