Comic books December 1953, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $199.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #0764516010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.97) will be charged at checkout.

A series of 3-D kids' stories, published to coincide with the 3-D craze in movies and comics of the era. The most significant item in 3-D Dolly is a reprint of the very first Richie Rich story, from Little Dot #1, reformatted to 3-D. May or may not include 3-D glasses. Kid Trouble; Circus Sideshow; 3-D Blinkey; Man of Iron; Richie Rich: The Dancing Lessons. 36 pages, B&W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $995.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #1462370011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($29.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Bill Everett. The One Who Was Dead, art by Paul Reinman; A man uses life restore serum to revive Cleopatra, but it also works on the Asp that she used to commit suicide, and it bites him. The Trap text story. He Kidnapped a Rocket; A criminal hijacks a rocket, but unknown to him, its destination is a space prison colony. The Hunter; A hunter winds up on a planet where animals are the masters and place humans in zoos. Halfway Home!, art by Chuck Winter; A scientist aboard a rocket without enough fuel to reach Earth wants to use a device to reduce the weight of the crew by half; when he tests it on a monkey, it shrinks the monkey to half-size. Look Out for the Martians, art by John Forte; A man realizes that he is actually a Martian that has been incubated into a human infant and only becomes aware of his identity once maturity has been reached. Human agents called 'scanners' attempt to neutralize him, but fail. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $129.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3712147004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.87) will be charged at checkout.

Edited by Whitney Ellsworth. Cover by Irv Novick and Joe Giella. Stories by David Kahn, Carmine Infantino, Henry Boltinoff, Harry Harrison, Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, Irwin Hasen, Nat Barnett, Gene Colan, Bernard Sachs, Jack Miller, Raymond Perry, Robert Kanigher, Irv Novick, and Joe Giella. Adventure tales of war and the military, including some humor—go into combat with All American Men of War! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $480.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #3880395001

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman and Joe Certa. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A scientist tries to convince future Earth of the folly of shooting convicted criminals into space. A prisoner gets a chance to escape his cruel captors, or so he thinks. A dark spoof of the movie High Noon, an experiment in the Mad-style humor that resulted in Harvey's short-lived comic Flip. Supreme Penalty; Low Noon; Torture; Regent 3! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $469.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case Label #2045610004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.07) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman and Joe Certa. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A scientist tries to convince future Earth of the folly of shooting convicted criminals into space. A prisoner gets a chance to escape his cruel captors, or so he thinks. A dark spoof of the movie High Noon, an experiment in the Mad-style humor that resulted in Harvey's short-lived comic Flip. Supreme Penalty; Low Noon; Torture; Regent 3! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $2,999.00 Restored: C1 Paper: Off white to white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover, piece re-attached to cover with glue. (TOP EDGE OF COVER TRIMMED). COVER TRIMMED. Label #1252580003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($89.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Art by Johnny Craig, Marie Severin, Jack Davis, Jack Kamen, and Reed Crandall. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. A cheating wife and a murderous husband plot to out-murder each other with a fire and a wild horse. Brothers who owe a huge debt to mobsters prove to be even worse at murder than they were at gambling. When jealous stunt fliers fall for the same woman, the opportunities for them to murder each other are plentiful. Famous hanging-corpse cover by Johnny Craig was cited in illustration #10 of the famous anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent. Fire Trap!; The Welchers; Rope!; Double Jeopardy; Plane Murder. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $365.00 Paper: Off white Label #4304819001

Stories and art by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Mel Keefer and Fred Kida. Tales of adventure from Toby Press. Treasure hunters resort to kidnapping and murder to force Native diver "Fiji Joe" to dive for pearls in the White Octopus's waters, where none have returned. A tale of crime and corruption on the docks. Captain Comet is captured by space pirates who want the plans for the solar system's new shipping lanes, featuring terrific art by comics and fantasy legends Al Williamson and Frank Frazetta. Plus a vintage Popsicle ad in comics form featuring Major Mars ("America's #1 Space Soldier") and an offer for a "Real Rocket Water Pistol." The White Octopus; Death on the Waterfront; Famous Battles: Hastings 1066 A.D.; Life on the Ocean Waves; The Vicious Space Pirates!; One Night in Singapore.... 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $360.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #3895654003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.80) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Don Heck. Stories and art by Ken W. Fitch and Don Heck. Violent, pre-Code tales of gunplay, outlaws and horsemanship in the Wild West. The discovery of a lost gold mine leads to double-crosses and triple-crosses. Newly elected sheriff Bart is actually the secret head of the outlaw gang that's been terrorizing the town. Mark single-handedly takes on the outlaw gang that shot up Silver City. Featuring art and a cover by future Marvel legend Don Heck. Fools Gold; Outlaw Nightmare; Bloody Sheriff; Alone. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $2,750.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s) Label #4319174002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($82.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories and art by Rick Yager, Colton Waugh and Harold LeDoux. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Seminal sci-fi strip Buck Rogers returns to Famous Funnies, ushering in the first of a series of iconic Buck Rogers covers by fantasy and comics legend Frazetta that ran during the title's last years. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of wartime action. Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; The Terrible Titans; The Smoke Eating Marine; The River Secret; Star Scout in Star Act; The Best Automobile Sticker. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $633.00 Paper: White Label #4378748015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($18.99) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Ken Landau, Charles Nicholas, Walter Davoren and Harry Lazarus. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A gypsy witch gives a womanizer a potion that will make the beautiful Roxanne fall in love with him forever, but the potions power lasts even after death; A demonic creature demands the sacrifice of beautiful women in ancient Egypt, but one man has had enough; A man meets a beautiful woman in the Arctic wilderness and learns the truth about the wolf pack thats been stalking him. Love Me Forever!; King of the Zombies; Charars Prey; The Drakko; The Werewolf's Fangs. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $950.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1488647015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($28.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, part of the horror-comics craze of the 1950s. The heir to a haunted castle seeks the one weapon that can destroy its malevolent spirit. Jungle hero Jo-Jo and his mate Tanee encounter the slithery menace of Janeece, the Queen of the Cobras, and her venomous cohorts. A murderer's bride kills him in self-defense, but then faces justice from her own tribe. Terrible Encounter; Gems of Death; The Case of the Shrunken Heads; The Last Man Alive; Jo-Jo: The Cobra Kiss. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $345.00 Paper: Off white to white Centerfold re-attached with tape. Tape on interior cover. Label #3711285021

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, part of the horror-comics craze of the 1950s. The heir to a haunted castle seeks the one weapon that can destroy its malevolent spirit. Jungle hero Jo-Jo and his mate Tanee encounter the slithery menace of Janeece, the Queen of the Cobras, and her venomous cohorts. A murderer's bride kills him in self-defense, but then faces justice from her own tribe. Terrible Encounter; Gems of Death; The Case of the Shrunken Heads; The Last Man Alive; Jo-Jo: The Cobra Kiss. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $340.00 Paper: Off white Label #4383814018

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, part of the horror-comics craze of the 1950s. The heir to a haunted castle seeks the one weapon that can destroy its malevolent spirit. Jungle hero Jo-Jo and his mate Tanee encounter the slithery menace of Janeece, the Queen of the Cobras, and her venomous cohorts. A murderer's bride kills him in self-defense, but then faces justice from her own tribe. Terrible Encounter; Gems of Death; The Case of the Shrunken Heads; The Last Man Alive; Jo-Jo: The Cobra Kiss. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $379.00 Paper: Off white Label #4153934024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.37) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Stan Lee, Dan Keyes and unknown. Art by George Tuska, Basil Wolverton, Bill Everett, Louis Zansky, George Roussos and unknown. In this issue: "The Lighthouse Ghost" by Stan Lee and George Tuska; 2-page text story "The Ultimate Weapon" with illo by George Roussos; "One of Our Graveyards Is Missing!" by Dan Keyes and Basil Wolverton; "One Little Mistake"; "The Scarecrow" with art by Bill Everett - A destitute couple, out of money and nearly out of hope, wish for a miracle to happen to ease them out of their plight...when their fields are plowed and corn planted overnight, and a mysterious scarecrow appears on their property, their wish seems to have come true...in more ways than one; and "The Spy" with art by Louis Zansky. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $247.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4390430005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.41) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Kubert. Stories and art by Gene Colan, Alex Toth, Everett Raymond Kinstler, and Murphy Anderson. Numbering continues from Weird Horrors (1952) #9. Classic pre-Code horror stories, originally from Ziff-Davis's Weird Thrillers, including art from many comics legends. A man buys a horror mask to scare his wealthy uncle to death, but faces a grim comeuppance, in a story with early art by Marvel legend Gene Colan. A cosmic Fisherman From Space catches humans and leaves them on an island where they never grow old, in a story with art by comics legend Alex Toth. A crook steals a time machine and Grandfather Paradoxes himself, in a story with art by comics legend Murphy Anderson. Also featuring a story by Everett Raymond Kinstler, and a cover by comics legend Joe Kubert. The Fisherman of Space; The Last Man; Destiny Takes a Long Road; A Will from the Grave; The Cycle of Time; The Mystery of Easter Island; Murderers Mask; Headed for the Stars; The Drummer of Tedworth. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $325.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case Label #1618403005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.75) will be charged at checkout.

1953 Yearly Adventures of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $3,900.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #2073381001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($117.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. Deadline, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; An alcoholic ex-reporter tries to get back on his feet after meeting a girl, and his old boss says he can have his job back if he brings in a story. The Monkey, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A drug addict murders his father in order to get his fix. Last Laugh! text story, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Marie Severin; Major Clagg was a parachute corps pilot that liked to take real risks when parachuting from a plane, and every feat he accomplished was accompanied by a practical joke of some kind. The Kidnapper, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Reed Crandall; A man's baby is kidnapped and when his wife's mental health grows so bad that he desperately attempts to steal another baby, he is beaten to death by a crowd of onlookers for attempting to kidnap...his own son. Fall Guy, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; A hotel clerk steals $100,000 from a diamond merchant and then rents a safety deposit box years in advance under the name 'Brad Gilbert'; He serves 15 years for the theft, then meets with the girl who promised to wait for him because she wants the money. 36 pgs. $0.10. NOTE: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover a 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints #3). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950's publication date. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $129.00 Paper: Off white Label #3712150023 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.87) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. The Yellow Ribbon, script by Harry Harrison, art by Jerry Grandenetti. Old Soldier, script by Art Wallace, art by Jim McArdle. Unwanted Medal, script by Art Wallace, art by Ramona Fradon. Combat Cameraman, script by France Herron, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Joe Giella. Private Pete filler page by Henry Boltinoff. Rapid Fire humor story. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $15,600 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4200453006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($468.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Howard Rosenberger. Stories and art by Mel Keefer and Jack Sparling. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A bookkeeper with delusions of heroism decides to track down the mad killer stalking the city. Mad Avery devises a fiendish trap for the guests at his pool party, and the only person who suspects is his butler, Jarvis. A deadly snake gets hold of a mad scientist's giantification formula, and soon menaces the city, inspiring a great cover by Howard Rosenberger. The Slasher!; Pool of the Skeletons; The Witness!; Doorway to Darkness; The Death Ship; The Big Snake! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $495.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3900934003

Cover by Warren Kremer and Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Pete Riss, and Jack Sparling. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A town is beset by suspicion when one resident may be a vampire. In a parody of Dick Tracy, detective Hector Protector discovers the man he's pursuing is actually a robot. A gun is followed on its path around the city, as it is used in one murder after another. Classic subway-of-the-dead cover by Warren Kremer and Lee Elias. Day of Panic; The Baby; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Chain Reaction; The Hunter; Debut!; Double Crossed. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $1,059.00 Paper: Off white Label #4333784010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($31.77) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Carl Burgos. Written by Hank Chapman, Don Rico and unknown. Art by Russ Heath, Carl Burgos, John Romita, Sr., Mort Lawrence and Bill Everett. In this issue: The Human Torch (Jim Hammond) and Toro (Thomas Raymond) in "The Return of...the Human Torch" by Hank Chapman, Russ Heath and Carl Burgos (art for Torch figure on splash page); Captain America, Bucky and the Red Skull in "Back From the Dead!" by Don Rico, John Romita, Sr. and Mort Lawrence (art for first panel of splash page); the Sub-Mariner returns in a story with art by Bill Everett; and "A Traitor Among Us" text story. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.