Comic books July 1952, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $540.00 Paper: White Label #4392222003

"When Werewolves Howl," "The Monsters Strike," "The Girl Who Died Twice," "The Lair of Lost Souls," and "Fiend of Midnight." Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Ken Bald. Stories by Lin Streeter, Milt Knopf, Charlie Sultan, S. Cooper, King Ward, Al Camy, Paul Cooper, and Paul Gattuso. Spine-chilling tales of suspense, horror, and the supernatural—prepare yourself for Adventures into the Unknown! 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $600.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4335257007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($18.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Rudy Palais, Al Avison, Manny Stallman, John Giunta and Vic Donahue. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. A businessman makes a deal with the devil to get revenge on the partners who forced him out. Explorers enter an ice cave, not realizing it is the mouth of a frozen giant. Miners encounter the living dead. The Face of Horror; Cave of Doom; The Dead Sleep Lightly; Devil's Due. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $550.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4028380005

Cover by Alvin Hollingsworth. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and others. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. Dr. Lance Storm battles mad scientist Dr. Zarno, who has discovered how to turn people into radiation-powered zombies. Chinese scientist Dr. Foo helps Don Grady solve crimes, in his debut. Plus a classic anti-marijuana story. Lance Storm: The Nightmare Monster; Jerry Jasper; The Fantastic Dr. Foo; Queenie Starr. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $513.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s) Label #4354763001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($15.39) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Alvin Hollingsworth. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and others. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. Dr. Lance Storm battles mad scientist Dr. Zarno, who has discovered how to turn people into radiation-powered zombies. Chinese scientist Dr. Foo helps Don Grady solve crimes, in his debut. Plus a classic anti-marijuana story. Lance Storm: The Nightmare Monster; Jerry Jasper; The Fantastic Dr. Foo; Queenie Starr. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $235.00 Paper: Off white Label #1240844006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.05) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Carl Barks. The Golden Helmet, script by Carl Barks; The ducks and a museum curator race Azure Blue, a descendant of the Vikings, to the coast of Labrador to find a golden helmet left by a Viking explorer; once the helmet is saved from Blue, the curator and Donald have visions of ruling the continent. Rigged-Up Lawn Roller; Donald is angry because the nephews have lent his lawn roller. Awash in Success; The nephews sell towels to the victims of an over-active park fountain. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $6,050.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4218044001

Bondage and torture cover. Pre-code horror. Cover art by Tony Mortellaro. The Fatal Chord, art by Ed Robbins; Edgar Chadwick is a self-taught composer; He writes a musical piece that can kill anyone who listens; This "Fatale" will cost him dearly. Deal With Fate, art by Tony Mortellaro; Wealthy Grover Jones models his son into a tough young man; The boy is killed by a tiger on a safari in India. The Time Machine Murder text story. Murder!, art by Ed Robbins; Don Barton murders the rival for his love, but goes free. Warlock!, pencils by Jon Smalle, inks by John Rosenberger; Criminal lawyer Charles Indigo is working for the mob; He meets Satan and learns that he is in reality an age-old warlock. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $4,965.00 Paper: Off white Label #4504615002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($148.95) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

Bondage and torture cover. Pre-code horror. Cover art by Tony Mortellaro. The Fatal Chord, art by Ed Robbins; Edgar Chadwick is a self-taught composer; He writes a musical piece that can kill anyone who listens; This "Fatale" will cost him dearly. Deal With Fate, art by Tony Mortellaro; Wealthy Grover Jones models his son into a tough young man; The boy is killed by a tiger on a safari in India. The Time Machine Murder text story. Murder!, art by Ed Robbins; Don Barton murders the rival for his love, but goes free. Warlock!, pencils by Jon Smalle, inks by John Rosenberger; Criminal lawyer Charles Indigo is working for the mob; He meets Satan and learns that he is in reality an age-old warlock. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $80.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1447401006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.40) will be charged at checkout.

Photo cover features Lash LaRue. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by Maurice Tombragel and June Carr. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on The Vanishing Outpost, a 1951 Monogram Western starring Lash LaRue. Marshal LaRue and his sidekick Fuzzy meet Walker, a Pinkerton detective, while disciplining the rowdy barflies in a saloon. Walker enlists their help in tracking down the outlaw gang that murdered his partner. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mystic (1951 Atlas) 10 CGC 5.0

Paper: Cream to off white

THE BOBBY BLUE COLLECTION.

Label #4393108009

Cover art by Russ Heath. Bluebeard, art by Tony Di Preta; A man who calls himself Bluebeard murders and robs the guests of his inn, but when a thief carrying a bottle of Nitro becomes his latest victim, Bluebeard decides to dispose of the bottle outside. Death Notice!; An obit writer who finds that he has the power to cause the deaths he writes about has the tables turned on him when the ghosts of his victims print an edition of the paper that says he dies in a train wreck. They Called Her a Witch!, script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath; Peasants call an old woman a witch, a man gives her the benefit of the doubt, but it turns out the peasants were right. Doom Island text story. The Man Who Saw Tomorrow, art by Joe Sinnott; A man who invents a camera that can photograph the future is terrified when he sets it to a week in advance and produces a...blank photo. Detour!, art by Myron Fass; A man at a train crossing is killed and places a curse on motorists every year that one person must take his place. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $616.00 Paper: Off white Label #4398840012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($18.48) will be charged at checkout.

"Beyond Lies the Wub" a short story, the 1st published work by Philip K. Dick. Plus "Frozen Hell" ia short story by John Jakes.

Cover by Allen Anderson. "Beyond Lies the Wub" 1st published work by author Philip K. Dick. Other stories by Charles Dye & Katherine MacLean, Noel Loomis, Henry Hasse, Vaseleos Garson, Florence Verbell Brown, John Jakes, and Stanley Mullen. Illustrations by Emsh, Herman Vestal, Kelly Freas. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $127.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s); See item notes Top right corner peg is broke off inside slab. Label #4244338002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.81) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by Edvard Moritz, King Ward and Lin Streeter. Tales of espionage from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, published as the Cold War was just heating up. An American pilot encounters an ancient biplane and a communist conspiracy over Poland; Suspicions mount after an American diplomat disappears; Roman king Tarquin and his son engineer a deadly ruse on the battlefield. Power Play in Poland; Pistol Lore; The Vanishing Diplomat; Surprise for Spies; Murder Stalks New York; The Spying Son. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Thrilling Crime Cases (1950) 49 CGC 3.5

Paper: Slightly britle

Label #4505871002

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by George Peltz and others. Part of Star Publications' purchase of Novelty Publications titles, former adventure comic 4Most becomes one of the most violent of the pre-Code crime titles, with lurid covers by L. B. Cole. Police close in on criminal genius Duke Morane and his underworld empire. In pre-WWII Germany, Hilda marries wealthy older men and then poisons them. The leader of one of the earliest New York street gangs, the Bowery Boys, Bill the Butcher later enters city politics. Underworld Mastermind; The Poisoner; Strong Arm Terror. Final issue under this title; series continues as Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #50. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $2,499.95 or Best Offer Paper: Light tan to off white Label #4006922008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($75.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by George Peltz and others. Part of Star Publications' purchase of Novelty Publications titles, former adventure comic 4Most becomes one of the most violent of the pre-Code crime titles, with lurid covers by L. B. Cole. Police close in on criminal genius Duke Morane and his underworld empire. In pre-WWII Germany, Hilda marries wealthy older men and then poisons them. The leader of one of the earliest New York street gangs, the Bowery Boys, Bill the Butcher later enters city politics. Underworld Mastermind; The Poisoner; Strong Arm Terror. Final issue under this title; series continues as Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #50. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $370.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #1973740003

Cover by Ross Andru. Contains horror stories. In order of appearance: "The Blood Money of Galloping Chad Burgess" art by Alex Toth, reprinted in Alex Toth Reader TPB (2003-2005) #1-1ST, Alex Toth Edge of Genius TPB (2007- ) #1-1ST, and in Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 HC (2011 FB) #1-1ST; "Spectral Ships"; "Shadows in Pawn"; "The Hungry Lodger"; "The Devil's Stones"; and "The Nine Horrors". Comic advertisement for Dubble Bubble bubble gum from Fleer. "The Claw of Klath: Was It Hypnosis, or Was Mary Dale a Priestess Out of the Past?" illustrated text story by Irwin Shapiro. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $375.00 Paper: White Label #4363196011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Ross Andru. Contains horror stories. In order of appearance: "The Blood Money of Galloping Chad Burgess" art by Alex Toth, reprinted in Alex Toth Reader TPB (2003-2005) #1-1ST, Alex Toth Edge of Genius TPB (2007- ) #1-1ST, and in Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 HC (2011 FB) #1-1ST; "Spectral Ships"; "Shadows in Pawn"; "The Hungry Lodger"; "The Devil's Stones"; and "The Nine Horrors". Comic advertisement for Dubble Bubble bubble gum from Fleer. "The Claw of Klath: Was It Hypnosis, or Was Mary Dale a Priestess Out of the Past?" illustrated text story by Irwin Shapiro. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $2,200.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4142557001

Stories and art by Matt Baker and Manning Lee Stokes. Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A honeymoon in Haiti is interrupted when the bride becomes a zombie. Jungle hero Kolah (a renamed Rulah the Jungle Girl) encounters the terrifying ape women of Antilla. Jungle hero El'nee battles a living caveman, in a story with art by Matt Baker. Zombie Bride; The Antilla Terror; Witch Doctors; Death-Trap; Idol of Death; Horror in the Hills. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $700.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s); Significant inner well scuff(s) Label #4361788025

Stories by Louis Zansky, Mike Sekowsky, Lou Cameron, and Bill Molno. Suspense-filled horror tales that weave a Web of Mystery for the reader! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $400.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #1451925002

Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Wally Wood, Will Elder, Sid Check, and Joe Orlando. NOTE: There are two issues in this series numbered 14. The one dated Sept/Oct 1950 is issue # 3 in the series. The issue pictured here, dated July/Aug 1952, is the actual # 14 in the series. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. Aliens planning an invasion pick the wrong Earthling to study for clues to the Earth's defensive technologies. Scientists discover the horrifying truth about why their cross-dimensional teleporter is fatal to cats, with art by Joe Orlando. A fourth-dimensional traveler dispenses his own brand of justice, with art by legendary MAD artist Will Elder. Classic spacemen on alien planet cover by Wally Wood. Therell be Some Changes Made; Inside Story; Warning!; Strategy; They Shall Inherit. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $474.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4276005006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.22) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Wally Wood, Will Elder, Sid Check, and Joe Orlando. NOTE: There are two issues in this series numbered 14. The one dated Sept/Oct 1950 is issue # 3 in the series. The issue pictured here, dated July/Aug 1952, is the actual # 14 in the series. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. Aliens planning an invasion pick the wrong Earthling to study for clues to the Earth's defensive technologies. Scientists discover the horrifying truth about why their cross-dimensional teleporter is fatal to cats, with art by Joe Orlando. A fourth-dimensional traveler dispenses his own brand of justice, with art by legendary MAD artist Will Elder. Classic spacemen on alien planet cover by Wally Wood. Therell be Some Changes Made; Inside Story; Warning!; Strategy; They Shall Inherit. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $189.95 or Best Offer Restored: C1 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Scuffing on front of case Restoration includes: pieces re-attached with glue, small amount of glue on spine of cover. Label #3697143001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.70) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Winslow Mortimer. That Deep Dark Secret public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Superman's Super Hold-Up starring Superman and Lex Luthor, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Case of the Vanishing Arrow starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp; Green Arrow celebrates the firing of his millionth arrow in his fight against crime. The Bush Trackers featuring Manhunters Around the World, art by Chad Grothkopf. The Men Who Stole Roads starring Wyoming Kid, script by Gardner Fox, art by Howard Sherman. Race History Will Never Forget text article by Ben Galloway; Feb 1902 auto race from New York to Paris. The Joker's Aces starring Batman, script by David Vern, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Stan Kaye. Learn a Bit of Magic activity page by Al McLean. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.