Auctions: comic books 1970-1985, graded by CBCS

A Marvel Special. By Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett. A Marvel Summer Special. Cover price 60p. 48 pages, B&W.

One-shot magazine chronicling the films and career of Charles Chaplin. 8.5" x 11", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Tabloid newspaper comic strip reprints: Tarzan (Russ Manning), Wonder Woman, Buz Sawyer (Roy Crane), On Stage (Leonard Starr), Modesty Blaise (Romero), Popeye (E.C. Segar), Terry and the Pirates (Milton Caniff), Gordo, Little Orphan Annie (Harold Gray), and Johnny Hazard (Frank Robbins). Text story, "The Flame Horror" by Lester Dent. Black and white; 24 pages. Cover price $1.25.

Tabloid newspaper comic strip reprints: Tarzan (Russ Manning), Wonder Woman, Buz Sawyer (Roy Crane), On Stage (Leonard Starr), Modesty Blaise (Romero), Popeye (E.C. Segar), Terry and the Pirates (Milton Caniff), Gordo, Little Orphan Annie (Harold Gray), and Johnny Hazard (Frank Robbins). Text story, "The Flame Horror" by Lester Dent. Black and white; 24 pages. Cover price $1.25.

Tabloid newspaper comic strip reprints: Tarzan (Russ Manning), Wonder Woman, Buz Sawyer (Roy Crane), Alley Oop (V.T. Hamlin), On Stage (Leonard Starr), Modesty Blaise (Romero), Popeye (E.C. Segar), Terry and the Pirates (Milton Caniff), Gordo (Gus Arriola), Little Orphan Annie (Harold Gray), and Johnny Hazard (Frank Robbins). Text story, "The Flame Horror" by Lester Dent. Black and white; 24 pages. Cover price $1.25.

Tabloid newspaper comic strip reprints: Tarzan (Russ Manning), Wonder Woman, Buz Sawyer (Roy Crane), Alley Oop (V.T. Hamlin), On Stage (Leonard Starr), Modesty Blaise (Romero), Popeye (E.C. Segar), Terry and the Pirates (Milton Caniff), Gordo, Little Orphan Annie (Harold Gray), and Johnny Hazard (Frank Robbins). Text story, "The Flame Horror" by Lester Dent. Black and white; 24 pages. Cover price $1.25.

Tabloid newspaper comic strip reprints: Wonder Woman, Buz Sawyer (Roy Crane), Alley Oop (V.T. Hamlin), On Stage (Leonard Starr), Modesty Blaise (Romero), Popeye (E.C. Segar), Terry and the Pirates (Milton Caniff), Gordo, Little Orphan Annie (Harold Gray), and Johnny Hazard (Frank Robbins). Plus two original strips: Spicy Third Reich Stories & Todd Steele's World. Black and white; 40 pages. Cover price $2.00.

Tabloid newspaper comic strip reprints: Wonder Woman, Buz Sawyer (Roy Crane), Alley Oop (V.T. Hamlin), On Stage (Leonard Starr), Modesty Blaise (Romero), Popeye (E.C. Segar), Terry and the Pirates (Milton Caniff), Gordo, Little Orphan Annie (Harold Gray), and Johnny Hazard (Frank Robbins). Plus four new strips: Gani the Leopard, Connie, Patsy and Oaky Doaks. Black and white; 56 pages. Cover price $2.50.

1st printing. By David Longest. A comperhesive catalog and price guide for toys and collectibles. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 184 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. Contains over 600 pictures, 2500 words defined, and 50 U.S. state maps. Hardcover,8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, Full color. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in.

1st printing. By Charles M. Schulz. Over 580 pictures in full color. 2400 words defined based on The Rainbow Dictionary. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 400 pages, full color.

2nd and later printing. By Charles M. Schulz. Over 580 pictures in full color. 2400 words defined based on The Rainbow Dictionary. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 400 pages, full color.

1st printing. Based on the Charles M. Schulz Characters. Designed by Terry Flanagan. Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the gang star in this funny mini-storybooks based on The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show! Softcover, 5-in. x 5-in., 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.25.

1972 Charlie Brown View-Master Stereo Picture reels. Must contain original packaging, 3 View-Master reels and story booklet, "Charlie Brown's Summer Fun" meant to be enjoyed along with the stereo pictures. Booklet measures 4-in. x 4-in. 16 pages, full color.

1st printing. By Charles M. Schulz and R. Smith Kiliper. For the first time, Charles Schulz tells what he really thinks about Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy, Woodstock, Linus, Peppermint Patty - and all the other members of the Peanuts gang. And here, the man behind the most famous, best-loved comic strip in history tells us how it all began. Lavishly illustrated with cartoon gems that have made Peanuts #1 in our hearts. And photographs, from the author's personal scrapbook of CHARLIE BROWN, SNOOPY AND ME. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

1st printing. By Charles M. Schulz and R. Smith Kiliper. For the first time, Charles Schulz tells what he really thinks about Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy, Woodstock, Linus, Peppermint Patty - and all the other members of the Peanuts gang. And here, the man behind the most famous, best-loved comic strip in history tells us how it all began. Lavishly illustrated with cartoon gems that have made Peanuts #1 in our hearts. And photographs, from the author's personal scrapbook of CHARLIE BROWN, SNOOPY AND ME. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.95.

November 1973 Volume 1 No 1. Cover by Bill Edwards. Charlie Chan short novel "Walk Softly, Strangler" by Robert Hart Davis. Novelette "Death on Deck" by Jim Duke. Short stories by Robert W. Alexander, Andrew Bogen, Bill Pronzini, Pauline C. Smith, George Antovich, & Lawrence Treat. A few interior illustrations. Digest format, 5.25-in. x 7.5-in., 160 p, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

February 1974 (January inside) Volume 1 No 2. Cover by Bill Edwards. Charlie Chan short novel "Silent Corpse" by Robert Hart Davis. Novelette "And the Beast Was Marked" by Hal Ellson. Short stories by John Lutz, James P. Cody, Henry Slesar, Lawrence Treat, M. G. Ogan, & Edward D. Hoch. A few interior illustrations. Digest format, 5.25-in. x 7.5-in., 160 p, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

May 1974 Volume 1 No 3. Cover by Bill Edwards. Charlie Chan short novel "The Temple of the Golden Horde" by Robert Hart Davis. Novelette "Cop on the Run" by David Mazroff. Short stories by John Lutz, James Holding, Syd Hoff, Jack Foxx, Evelyn Payne, & Herbert Harris. A few interior illustrations. Digest format, 5.25-in. x 7.5-in., 160 p, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

August 1974 Volume 1 No 4. Cover by Bill Edwards? Charlie Chan short novel "The Pawns of Death" by Robert Hart Davis. Two novelettes "Turn and Turn About" by Francis Clifford and "Murder Candidate" by M. G. Ogan. Short stories by Al Nussbaum, Ronald Anthony Cross, Gary Brandner, Clarence Alva Powell, and Pauline C. Smith. A few interior illustrations. Digest format, 5.25-in. x 7.5-in., 160 p, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Stories, art and cover by Alfred Andriola. In the years before the Internet, Pacific Comics Club collects classic comic strips in a high-quality format for fans. This issue collects the Sunday Charlie Chan strip from March 2, 1940 to May 31, 1942 (the end of the strip).  A mystery man called The Hawk targets a baseball pitcher to ruin the fortunes of the Centropolis Dolphins; Charlie teaches his son Lee (and the reader) techniques of police work and crime detection; and an odd strip (but representative of its times) in which Charlie proves Hitler is the Antichrist using numerology. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 8-in., 124 pages, B&W.

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Written by Grant Fausey, art by Duane Gordner and Lynn Avery. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.70.

Annual 1979 - 1st printing. Featuring stunning full color photos of the beautiful cast in action. Includes games, puzzles, and a comic adventure. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10 1/2-in., 64 pages, full color.

"Featuring Static"; Steve Ditko cover and art. Cover price $0.75.

Edited and published by Bob Layton, The Charlton Bullseye is a fanzine focusing on comics published by Charlton. Issue #1 includes: cover art by Al Milgrom; Charlton news; a Countess R.H. Von Bludd pinup by Joe Staton; a pinup by Tom Sutton; The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves by Roger Stern; previously unpublished "The Guardian Spiders!" strip by Jeff Jones (7 pages); "Rog-2000: A Family Album" by John Byrne; a feature on The Blue Beetle by Franklin W. Maynerd; an ad for C.P.L. by Byrne; new 10-page "Captain Atom Showdown in Sunuria!" strip co-starring Nightshade by Steve Ditko (pencils), Jon G. Michels (script), and John Byrne (inks and lettering); Nick Cuti interview; and back cover art by Staton. 36 pgs. 1975. Cover price $1.00.

Doomsday +1 by John Byrne; Byrne interview; E-Man by Joe Staton; Walt Simonson pin-up; Frank Thorne pin-up Cover price $1.00.

Alex Toth cover and art (the Question); Doomsday +1 by John Byrne; Doomsday +1 back cover by Neal Adams; Don Newton interview; Dave Cockrum illustration. Mike Nasser and Jack Abel pin-up. Michael Uslan story. Cover price $1.50.

Cover pencils by Dan Reed, inks by Bob McLeod. The Enigma!, script by Benjamin Smith, pencils by Dan Reed, inks by Dan Reed, Al Val, and Bill Black; The Question meets the Blue Beetle as the Enigma's men hijack the Beetle's flying Bug; The pair use a homing device to track the Bug to the Enigma's warehouse hideout, where they have to overcome a series of deathtraps. Ads for Cap'n Catnip and Womble, Jack Bunny, and Neil the Horse. Cover price $0.50.

Cover art by Tim Fuller. The Peril of the Purloined Pearls!, script by John Leasure, art by Tim Fuller; Cap'n Catnip and Womble battle Ratman and his henchmen, the Jet Pack Cats; Costumed heroes Ms. Kitty and Tiger appear at the end of the fight to save the title heroes. Rocket Rabbit, script and art by Mark Armstrong; Jack helps Von Bluebird protect an experimental rocket-sled from spies. Untitled Neil the Horse story, script by Arn Saba and Marie-Lynn Hammond (song lyrics), art by Arn Saba; Neil, Soapy, and Ma'amselle Poupee take a trip on a flying saucer to another universe, where everything is soft. 36 pgs.$0.50. Cover price $0.60.

Fantasy and science fiction issue. Cover price $0.60.

Vanguards with John Byrne art. Cover price $0.60.

Vanguards with John Byrne art. Cover price $0.60.

Thunderbunny Cover price $0.60.

Captain Atom Cover price $0.60.

Horror issue. Cover price $0.60.

Bludd (science fiction) Cover price $0.60.

Thunder-Bunny Cover price $0.60.

Reprints issues from the 1967 Charlton 12c cover-priced series. Cover art by Sam Glanzman. "Adventures Of The Man-God Hercules," script by Joe Gill, art by Sam Glanzman; Hercules begins his 12 labors; app. by King Philip, Helen of Troy, and Alexander the Great. "Orion," script by Nicola Cuti, art by Don Newton; Orion hunts a 'weredeer'; app. by Zeus and Clora. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.40.

Reprints issues from the 1967 Charlton 12c cover-priced series. Hercules in "When Man Meets Monster" in which he faces Gerion, a giant whose soul inhabits three separate bodies. Art and story credits: unknown. Issue also has Jason in an untitled story with script by Nicola Cuti and art by Joe Staton. Cover price $0.40.

Reprints issues from the 1967 Charlton 12c cover-priced series. Hercules in "The Netherworld" in which he must battle the forces of Hades, lair of the dead. Art and story credits: unknown. Issue also has "Oberyll" with story and art by Wayne Howard. Cover price $0.50.

Reprints issues from the 1967 Charlton 12c cover-priced series. Hercules in "Land of Menace" in which he must obtain the golden apples on Nul within three days. Art and story credits: unknown. Issue also has "The Fly" with art by Wayne Howard. Cover price $0.50.