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Alien Worlds (1982 1st Series) 2 FN/VF 7.0

Three tales written by Bruce Jones. Featuring a beautiful woman on a mission! A close encounter! Wishes coming true! Some twists and turns! "Aurora" art & story by Dave Stevens, "Vicious Circle" art by Ken Steacy, "A Mind of Her Own" art by Bruce Jones. Cover by Dave Stevens. Cover price $1.50.

Alien Worlds (1982 1st Series) 2 VG 4.0

Three tales written by Bruce Jones. Featuring a beautiful woman on a mission! A close encounter! Wishes coming true! Some twists and turns! "Aurora" art & story by Dave Stevens, "Vicious Circle" art by Ken Steacy, "A Mind of Her Own" art by Bruce Jones. Cover by Dave Stevens. Cover price $1.50.

Alien Worlds (1982 1st Series) 4 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4486417008

Five tales written by Bruce Jones. Featuring a damsel in vehicular distress! Fantasies come true! A domestic robot! The price of infidelity! Humans rebelling against their oppressors! "Princess Pam" art by Bruce Jones & Dave Stevens, "Girl of My Schemes" art by Bo Hampton, "One Day in Ohio" art by Ken Steacy, "Deep Secrets" art by Jeff Jones, "Land of the Fhre" art by Al Williamson. Cover by Dave Stevens. Cover price $1.50.

Alien Worlds (1982 1st Series) 4 FN+ 6.5

Five tales written by Bruce Jones. Featuring a damsel in vehicular distress! Fantasies come true! A domestic robot! The price of infidelity! Humans rebelling against their oppressors! "Princess Pam" art by Bruce Jones & Dave Stevens, "Girl of My Schemes" art by Bo Hampton, "One Day in Ohio" art by Ken Steacy, "Deep Secrets" art by Jeff Jones, "Land of the Fhre" art by Al Williamson. Cover by Dave Stevens. Cover price $1.50.

Alien Worlds (1982 1st Series) 4 VG+ 4.5

Five tales written by Bruce Jones. Featuring a damsel in vehicular distress! Fantasies come true! A domestic robot! The price of infidelity! Humans rebelling against their oppressors! "Princess Pam" art by Bruce Jones & Dave Stevens, "Girl of My Schemes" art by Bo Hampton, "One Day in Ohio" art by Ken Steacy, "Deep Secrets" art by Jeff Jones, "Land of the Fhre" art by Al Williamson. Cover by Dave Stevens. Cover price $1.50.

Babe (1948) 8 VG+ 4.5

Cover coming loose at one staple. Staple rust.

Hillbilly blonde Babe encounters a land of centaurs who prefer to ride people like horses, and later meets a movie star who is hiding out from his fans by wearing a dress. Included in Paul Gravetts 2008 book The Worlds Weirdest Comic Books. The centaur story was also reprinted in Raw, Vol. 2 #2. Story and art by Boody Rogers and Eric Stanton! 52 pages. Cover price $0.10. Cover by Rogers. Cover price $0.10.

Detective Tales (1935-1953 Popular Publications) Pulp 2nd Series Vol. 28 #4 VG 4.0

Cover by Rafael Desoto? Pulp magazine focusing on Crime and Detective stories. "Half-Pint Homicide" by Ray Bradbury, plus other stories by G. T. Fleming Roberts, Cyril Plunkett, Day Keene, Donald G. Cormack, Francis K. Allan, Charles Larson, Jack Bradley, and Stuart Friedman. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in, 98 pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 8 GD 2.0 (R)

Conserved

CONSERVATION. Archival tape along interior cover spine, staples replaced. Interior oxidation, centerfold coming loose at staples.

Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Alan Maver. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. Chaos ensues after a wheel of cheese and a clock are mistakenly switched; Jerry Seagull and Joe Shoestring (spoofs on Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster) introduce the Monster to their comics creation, Blooperman; Frankenstein recalls a case of mistaken identity on a tropical island. The Zombies; The Musical Horse; The Pie-Eyed Piper; Blooperman by Seagull & Shoestring; Hector; Hail the King. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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

Water spotting.

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

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.

Masked Ranger (1954) 5 FR/GD 1.5

Heavy water damage. Beginnings of mold.

The Masked Ranger stars in "Masked Killer." The Crimson Avenger stars in "Black Demon." Other stories include "Death Valley" and "The Strange Death of Jesse James" (art by George Woodbridge). Cover price $0.10.

Mysterious Stories (1954) 2 GD+ 2.5

2.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. Water spotting.

Mysterious Stories (1954) 4 GD+ 2.5

Cover detached at one staple. Water damage.

"Dark Secret"; When Captain Blaine buys the model of a Phoenician sailing ship, he is drawn into a hallucination about the beautiful Nalina and the confrontation with evil sorcerer Zaro; Or is he? "Uncle Waldo" text story. "Magic Touch!", inks by Jack Abel; Lowly bank accountant Phil Connell discovers voodoo-like abilities; People get injured when he rips or damages photographs of them; Connell goes on a power trip and starts blackmailing his colleagues. "That's the Spirit!", art by A. C. Hollingsworth; The American Adam Palmer inherits an English castle, which is inhabited only by the odd custodian Webb and is haunted by the ghost of beautiful Maureen. "Still There Were More" text story. "Rumpelstiltskin"; The miller's daughter has to spin not gold, but marbles out of straw; The fairy tale has also been transported into old Egypt. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Pacific Presents (1982) 1 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4487060013

Cover by Dave Stevens and Steve Ditko. Edited by David Scroggy. Stories and art by Dave Stevens and Steve Ditko. An early anthology series from influential independent publisher Pacific Comics. Noteworthy for presenting the third chapter of Dave Stevens beloved Rocketeer series, after appearances in Starslayer (1982 Pacific/First) #2 & #3. Also, Missing Man, another offbeat hero from Marvel legend Steve Ditko, battles the Queen Bee. Rocketeer Chapter 3; Missing Man Meets Queen Bee. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.00.

Penthouse Comix (1994) 1A FN/VF 7.0

First Printing. Young Captain Adventure, Part 1; Hotblooded; Scion, Part 1; The Hunter; Libby in the Lost World; Bethlehem Steele, Part 1; Pirate Hearts; Doctor Dare and the Spear of Destiny, Part 1; The Right Man for the Job; Hotblood: Rematch; Right Place, Wrong Time. Written by George Caragonne, Ray Weisfeld, Horatio Altuna. Art by Adam Hughes, Kevin Nowlan, Arthur Suydam, Garry Leach, Mike Harris, Jordan Raskin, Horatio Altuna. 96 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $4.95.

Treasure Comics (1945 Prize) 1 VG/FN 5.0

Water spots across front cover, cover oxidation.

Edited by Samuel Bierman. Cover by August Froehlich. Stories by August Froehlich, Lit-Win, Manny Stallman, Jerry Gale, H. C. Kiefer, John Giunta, and Frank Frazetta. Adventure stories starring such characters as Paul Bunyan, Gor The Gorilla King, Arabian Knight, Dr. Styx, and Marco Polo--these are comics to Treasure! 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vanguard Illustrated (1983) 2 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4486417020

Edited by David Scroggy. Cover by Dave Stevens. Written by David Campiti, Mike Baron, Darren Auck and Peter Milligan. Art by Cynthy J. Wood and Bob McLeod, Steve Rude, Darren Auck and Brendan McCarthy. Otherworldly tales of science fiction, some with elements of fantasy and the supernatural! Featuring: "Legends of the Stargrazers"; "Sales Call" (part 2 of 4, continues next issue); "The Guest"; and "Freakwave! Part 2: With Ceaseless Turmoil Seething..." (part 2 of 3, continues next issue). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.

Young Romance (1947-1963 Prize) Vol. 4 #4 (28) PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing, interrupts art and story. 4-1/2" Cumulative spine split.

#28 on cover; Vol. 4 No. 4 in indicia. Photo Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Mort Meskin, Bill Draut and unknown. Where death was part of the game of love -- "Hot Rod Crowd!" Also featuring: "His Father's Son!"; "Not Worth the Price!"; "A Shattered Dream!"; and 2-page Will You Help Me? story! Plus: 1-pager "Pickups Are Let-Downs"; 1-page article "[Nag]"; and 1-page article "Be a Bathing Beauty"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.