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    Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 150 GD+ 2.5 (R)

    Restored (see item notes)

    RESTORATION. Top staple replaced. Tape on interior cover and under staples.

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    Final issue. Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Al Liederman and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck and Al Liederman. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) takes on Sivana (in the villain's last Golden Age appearance) in a 4-part tale with art by C.C. Beck: "The World of Too Many Sivanas Chapter 1: I Conquer Africa"; "The World of Too Many Sivanas Chapter 2: I Conquer Billy Batson"; "The World of Too Many Sivanas Chapter 3: I Conquer Captain Marvel!"; and "The World of Too Many Sivanas Chapter 4: I Conquer the World!" Also: You are invited to..."Captain Marvel's Wedding" with art by C.C. Beck. Plus: Captain Kid in "The Escaped Lunatic" by Al Liederman. And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Interplanetary Jailbreak" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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

    Cover and centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.

    Starts Apr 5

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

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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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    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.

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

    1/2" spine split from bottom.

    Starts Feb 17
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    Tomb of Terror (1952 Harvey) 12 VG- 3.5

    Striking horror cover

    Water damage.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Manny Stallman, John Giunta, Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, and Jack Sparling. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. A scientist's evolving machine turns him into an advanced being, until he takes it too far. The series continues its trend of offbeat horror stories with a Western version of the classic Don Quixote. A man murders his brother....too bad they were Siamese twins. Evolution; Terror; The Story of the Witch/The Hand Behind the Head; Don Coyote: A Boo of the Month; Tale of Cain; Blind Alley; Terror Tricks; Gambling Fever. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62370813
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    Published Nov 1953 by Atlas.

    Uncanny Tales (1952 Atlas) 14 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky. Stories by unknown. Art by Ed Winiarski, Russ Heath, Dick Ayers, Mort Lawrence, Joe Sinnott and unknown. "For the Birds!" with art by Ed Winiarski - When Professor Gorey realizes that there is a valuable market in interplanetary birds, he begins stealing eggs from other worlds, hatching them, and selling the rare birds. However, on one trip to a new planet, he finds a giant bird taller than a skyscraper, who mistakes his spaceship for its egg and sits down on it, crushing the ship and the professor. Also in this issue: "The Victims of Vonntor!" with art by Russ Heath - A man with eight arms kills people and avoids being arrested for the crimes because when he is fingerprinted he shows the police a different set of hands; 2-page text story "The Dreadful Formula"; "The Hidden Martians" with pencils by Dick Ayers - A man charged with detecting hidden Martians is unaware that his girlfriend is one; "The Horselaugh" with art by Mort Lawrence; and "Find a Pin and Pick It Up!" with art by Joe Sinnott - A man fashions a voodoo doll to kill his partner and winds up killing himself. 32 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.