Comic books October 1944, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $900.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0700805003 Discounted from $1,000.00.

Cover art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye. The Headline Hoax starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Ed Dobrotka (signed as Joe Shuster). The Punctured Picture starring Hayfoot Henry. The Rainbow Man sees Red starring The Vigilante, art by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton Jr.). The Leaping Leopard starring Congo Bill. The Pranks of Pan starring Zatara. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $900.00 Paper: Off white Pedigree: Davis Crippen "D" Copy Davis Crippen ("D" Copy). Label #0288152001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($27.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Nina Albright, Jack Alderman, Rudy Palais, John Giunta, George Appel, Manny Stallman, Charles Quinlan and Lou Ferstadt. Sometimes listed as Captain Aero Comics Vol. 4 #3. A patriotic WWII aviator hero whose motto is "Keep 'Em Flyin'!" A dying man gives Miss Victory a chemical formula that Axis forces want. When Japanese troops seize medical supplies, the masked hero Red Cross gets irate. Plus a comics biography of canine soldier Caesar. Cover by legendary artist L. B. Cole. Captain Aero: The Killers in Kunai; Miss Victory: Death from the Past; Burma Roadsters; Episode In the South Pacific; The Mighty Mite: Yokohama Yokels; Salute to the Yanks "The Dog of War"; Captain Aeros Sky Scouts: The Pilot Who Looked Like Death; The Red Cross. Series skips to #21 after this. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $1,485.00 Paper: Off white to white Cover Detached. Label #1244377008 Discounted from $1,650.00.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Written by John Swenson, Gerald Devers, Walt Wilson and unknown. Art by Ken Battefield, Maurice Gutwirth, Bob Oksner, Max Plaisted, Ed Moritz and unknown. Featuring The Black Terror, Nemesis of Crime, in an untitled story with art by Ken Battefield and Ed Moritz. Plus: The American Eagle in an untitled story with art by Maurice Gutwirth; Crash Carter, Air Cadet, in an untitled story with art by Bob Oksner; 1-page text story "Dust Storm" by John Swenson; The Liberator in an untitled story; 1-page text story "Haunted House" by Gerald Devers; Sergeant Bill King in an untitled story with art by Maurice Gutwirth; 1-page text story "Good Cowpony" by Walt Wilson; and Larry North, U.S. Navy, in and untitled story with art by Max Plaisted. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $1,275.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #1462522021 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($38.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by M.E. Peacock and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Alex Blum, Ann Brewster, H.C. Kiefer, Lily Renee and George Tuska. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Tiger Girl must prove a white man stole a precious idol before tribal warfare erupts, in a story with possible art by Matt Baker; More good-girl art as Hooks Devlin investigates the "lamp-post Mata Haris" who are causing US soldiers to desert; Senorita Rio investigates Nazi U-boat attacks on ships near the Panama Canal. Another offbeat bondage cover by Joe Doolin. Rip Carson; Tiger Girl; Hooks Devlin; Kayo Kirby; Silent Cannons; Shark Brodie; Senorita Rio. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $349.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #1488672022 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.47) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Gabriele. Stories and art by Henry Kiefer and Roland "Ramona" Patenaude. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. Kinker Kinkaid investigates Crime's 3-Ring Circus; Teen inventor Cliff Gordon plays pirate on the high seas; Time-traveling teen Tom Morgan visits the Old West. Junior Rangers; Buck Saunders; Cliff Gordon -- Pirate; Routine Report; Tom Morgan; Kinker Kinkaid. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $1,650.00 Paper: Off white Slab: See item notes Significant front/back scuff(s). Label #0199354014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($49.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Madman of Terror Mountain starring Human Torch, art by Jimmy Thompson. Case of the Electric Killers starring Sub-Mariner, art by Allen Simon. The Horror of the Secret Weapon starring Miss America, script by Otto Binder, art by Charles Nicholas. Escape to Freedom text story. The Case of the Vanishing Head starring Patriot, art by Al Bellman. The Talking Corpse starring Angel, art by Gustav Schrotter. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $216.00 Restored: C1 Paper: Cream to off white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. Label #3791366008 Discounted from $240.00.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jean M. Press. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, George Tuska, Lily Renee, Lee Elias, H.L. Larsen, and Art Saaf. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. The U.S. Rangers face the Golden Dragon Squadron; Good-girl art galore as Glory Forbes deals with bickering sidekicks while pursuing even more incompetent gangsters; Truly haunting art by Lily Renee as The Werewolf Hunter pursues a wolf-woman and her children, who vanish into flame. U.S. Rangers; Commando Ranger; The Werewolf Hunter; The Sea Devil; Queen of the Blue Waters; Glory Forbes, Vigilante; The Phantom Falcons. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $1,425.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white THE BOBBY BLUE COLLECTION. Label #4303662013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($42.75) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by thegeneral

Origin and first appearance of Mr. Mxyztplk (later Mxyzptlk). Superman flies for the first time. Cover art by Jack Burnley. Superman Alias Superman, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster]; Lois Lane thinks Clark Kent is trying to trick her into believing he's Superman! Untitled Lois Lane story, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster]; Lois is taken prisoner by the Dover gang. The King's Substitute!, script by Bill Finger [as Jerry Siegel], art by Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster]; Unhappy because his father-in-law to be considers him to be a nobody, Johnny Poly goes to Poltavia to bid on a picture of the nation's ancient monarch. Death of a Pirate text story by Eric Carter. The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk!, script by Jerry Siegel (signed), pencils by Joe Shuster (?) and Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster]. Handy Andy humor page by Jack Farr. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $1,260.00 Paper: White Label #0284951002 Discounted from $1,400.00.

Origin and first appearance of Mr. Mxyztplk (later Mxyzptlk). Superman flies for the first time. Cover art by Jack Burnley. Superman Alias Superman, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster]; Lois Lane thinks Clark Kent is trying to trick her into believing he's Superman! Untitled Lois Lane story, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster]; Lois is taken prisoner by the Dover gang. The King's Substitute!, script by Bill Finger [as Jerry Siegel], art by Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster]; Unhappy because his father-in-law to be considers him to be a nobody, Johnny Poly goes to Poltavia to bid on a picture of the nation's ancient monarch. Death of a Pirate text story by Eric Carter. The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk!, script by Jerry Siegel (signed), pencils by Joe Shuster (?) and Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster]. Handy Andy humor page by Jack Farr. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $1,950.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #1264315006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($58.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, Bob Oksner, William McClellan, Maurice Gutwirth, Buck Barton, Johnston Craig, and August Froehlich. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $396.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4299880012 Discounted from $440.00.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Marc Swayze, and Edd Ashe. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Sinister Professor Van Ish uses his "Z-ray" to escape justice into Mirror Land, so Mary Marvel follows him through the looking-glass. Phantom Eagle learns of the legendary Black Mace, which can cause eternal war on Earth, and becomes determined to get it before the Nazis do. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky battle the Sun Man, whose special mirrors can cause sunstroke or cook you alive. Plus a PSA about the wartime uses of milkweed, featuring Mary Marvel. Mary Marvel in Mirror Land; Commando Yank; Phantom Eagle: The Black Mace; Penny Graves: The Mystery of the Persian Tomb; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Sun Man Terrorizes the City. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $169.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4341429007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.07) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Marc Swayze, and Edd Ashe. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Sinister Professor Van Ish uses his "Z-ray" to escape justice into Mirror Land, so Mary Marvel follows him through the looking-glass. Phantom Eagle learns of the legendary Black Mace, which can cause eternal war on Earth, and becomes determined to get it before the Nazis do. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky battle the Sun Man, whose special mirrors can cause sunstroke or cook you alive. Plus a PSA about the wartime uses of milkweed, featuring Mary Marvel. Mary Marvel in Mirror Land; Commando Yank; Phantom Eagle: The Black Mace; Penny Graves: The Mystery of the Persian Tomb; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Sun Man Terrorizes the City. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.