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Complete Romance (1949) 1 VG+ 4.5

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Story by Harry Sinclair Drago. Art by Myron Fass. An issue-length drama based on the novel Women to Love by Harry Sinclair Drago, here credited just as Sinclair Drago. Scarlett falls for street punk Rocco and stays with him as he works his way up in the Chicago underworld, but when he orders the St. Valentines Day Massacre, she feels he might have gone too far. Featuring a painted cover reprinted from one of Avons paperbacks. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Gangsters and Gun Molls (1951) 4 GD+ 2.5

1/2" Cumulative spine split. Cover to cover punctures. Water spotting. Oxidation.

Cover by Syd Shores. Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Syd Shores, Rafael Astarita, and Gerald McCann. Stories about mobsters and the women who love them, with a special focus on women who were notorious criminals in their own right. The life of Mara Hite, who could have shared career tips with Bonnie Parker; A reporter gets too close to the organized crime hes covering; Alice Cort causes a stir in Hollywood with her movie-star looks and ruthless crime spree. Nice cover by Syd Shores, as well as a typically exquisite contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. Mara Hite: Bank-Robbing Murderess; The Elking Boys: Vice-Lords of Crime; The Corpse in the Lake!; Death in the Air!; Alice Cort: Hollywood Hellcat; Payoff in Blood! Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mask of Dr. Fu Manchu (1951) 1 FR/GD 1.5

Cover detached. Water damage. Staple rust, rust migration.

Art by Wally Wood and Alvin Hollingsworth. Cover by Wally Wood. Adventure tales featuring Sax Rohmers influential (and decidedly un-PC) supervillain with the great moustache, Dr. Fu Manchu. The evil genius plots to start an uprising by stealing the Mask of El Mokanna; Sir Denis Nayland Smith tries to save Shan Greville from the enticements of Fus daughter, Fah Lo See; Manchu becomes a modern-day pirate. Featuring a terrific contents page illustrated by Wally Wood on the inside front cover. Mask of Dr. Fu Manchu; Flash Harper: Operation Blackout. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Prison Break! (1951) 2 FR/GD 1.5

5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Water spotting and edge chew.

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Wally Wood cover. Everett Raymond Kinstler inside front cover. "Walter Legenza and the Tri-State Gang!" (art by Joe Kubert), "Roger Tuohy the 'Tough-Boy' Killer," "Riot at Grey Rock," and "The Case of the Missing Bridegroom" (art by Allen Ulmer). Cover price $0.10.

Prison Break! (1951) 4 VG+ 4.5

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Everett Raymond Kinstler cover (Kinstler also did the art on the inside front cover). "The Jail-Breaking Tigress" (art by Mort Lawrence), "The Convict Killer" (art by Harry Lazarus), "Queen of Murder," and "The Maniac Gunman." Two one page text stories, "The Perfect Break!" and "Fall Guy for Crime." Cover price $0.10.

White Princess of the Jungle (1951) 1 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4448808014

Art by Louis Ravielli and Charles Sultan. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. In the tradition of Sheena and Tarzan, redheaded, blue-eyed jungle queen Taanda rides a trained zebra and fights for the people of her adopted tribe, the Tauruti. White hunters enter Taandas jungle and soon regret it; The native tribes are threatened by strange swamp beasts; Slavers target Taandas tribe, but before she can save them, she must wrestle an enraged gorilla. Also featuring a dramatic contents page by Louis Ravielli on the inside front cover. Death at the Animal Pit!; Terror-Fangs at Tauruti Kraal!; The Trek of the Swamp Beasts!; Tenderfoot Mary; Capt'n Courage. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

White Princess of the Jungle (1951) 2 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4448808015

Everett Raymond Kinstler art in two stories, "Jungle Vengeance" and "Death Wears the Jungle Crown," plus inside front cover. Other stories include "The Witch Doctor Murder Cult" and "The Strange Mission to Ormuz." Origin of Malu, Slave Girl Princess is reprinted. Kinstler cover. Cover price $0.10.

White Princess of the Jungle (1951) 3 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4448808016

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler and Gene Fawcette. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. In the tradition of Sheena and Tarzan, redheaded, blue-eyed jungle queen Taanda rides a trained zebra and fights for the people of her adopted tribe, the Tauruti. Soviet forces invade Taandas jungle home; Taanda fights to save her people from an invading army of monster-sized ants; Scientists find danger while tracking the elusive blue gorilla. Also featuring a classic contents page by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. The Army of Terror!; Black Death; The Ant Invasion!; The Story behind the Cover… The Leopard Men!; The Blue Gorilla! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.