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Comic books October 1954, graded by CGC

  • Item #61404886
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    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Ed Goldfarb, and Robert Baer. Numbering continues from Nightmare (1953 St. John) #13. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. Edgar Allan Poe's tale of torture and madness, The Pit and the Pendulum, is adapted by comics legend Everett Raymond Kinstler. A mermaid rescued from the ocean has a taste for human flesh. In two separate stories, dolls and a statue come to horrific life. Plus an article about poltergeists. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. The Death Dolls; The Devil from the Deep; Ghosts with a Sense of Humor; An Eye for an Eye; Dream Girl; The Pit and the Pendulum. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Cover art by Harry Anderson. Jessica!, art by Sid Greene; A young man invents a girlfriend for himself, but comes to regret it when he tells people he's meeting her that evening at the bridge, and a body is found floating in the river which matches his description of his girlfriend. The Dinner Guest, art by Don Perlin; A Soviet peasant feeds the local commissar to his zombie son. Collins Is In His Coffin!, art by Ed Winiarski; When a man is hanged on trumped charges in order for his neighbors to steal his land, he curses the area. Brother Vampire!, art by Al Eadeh; A man thinks that his Siamese twin is a vampire, but it turns out that the vampire just used his amnesia in order to hide in plain sight after using some plastic to connect the two of them. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61224935
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    Cover art by Harry Anderson. Jessica!, art by Sid Greene; A young man invents a girlfriend for himself, but comes to regret it when he tells people he's meeting her that evening at the bridge, and a body is found floating in the river which matches his description of his girlfriend. The Dinner Guest, art by Don Perlin; A Soviet peasant feeds the local commissar to his zombie son. Collins Is In His Coffin!, art by Ed Winiarski; When a man is hanged on trumped charges in order for his neighbors to steal his land, he curses the area. Brother Vampire!, art by Al Eadeh; A man thinks that his Siamese twin is a vampire, but it turns out that the vampire just used his amnesia in order to hide in plain sight after using some plastic to connect the two of them. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Rudy Palais, Manny Stallman, and Joe Certa. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. Sarah's uncle brings a macabre trophy back from India - a severed hand that grants wishes, in a pastiche of the horror classic "The Monkey's Paw." A wife-killer is pursued by the corpse of his victim. Halloween partiers are forced into a macabre scavenger hunt by a strange creature. Plus a vintage ad for a "Savage Australian Boomerang." Hand of the Yogi; Jack of Horror; Halloween Nightmare; Shadows on the Tomb; The Return of the Mummies; Mark of the Vampires. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Cover art by Graham Ingels. About Face--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Carl Wessler, art by Graham Ingels; A father thinks he has twins, a beautiful girl and a deformed girl. Game Washed Out!--The Vault of Horror!, script by Carl Wessler, art by George Evans; A man in a Puritan colony kills his wife and dumps her body with a weight attached into a pond in order to solicit another man's wife to run away with him. Silent Treatment--The Old Witch's Grim Fairy Tale!, art by Jack Kamen. Swamped--The Crypt of Terror, art by Reed Crandall. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. NOTE: An editorial urges readers to write to the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, which had started investigating the comic industry. Cover price $0.10.

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    Cover by Eugene E. Hughes. Stories and art by Ed Robbins, John Bulthuis, and Ed Smalle. Pre-Code horror tales from Aragon, an imprint of Stanley Morse Publications. A man who loves all forest creatures is befriended by the spirits of the wood, but his boss, a hunter, isn't so lucky. A killer swears that he'll never go to the chair and escapes prison, but the cops aren't the only ones looking for him. A scientist creates a formula that gives him plant-like capabilities and battles a gangster, 20 years before Dr. Alec Holland created his bio-restorative formula. The Man with the Green Thumb; The Killer; What's in a Name?; The Man Who Beat the Chair; The Wedding Eve. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61960851
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    Cover by Eugene E. Hughes. Stories and art by Ed Robbins, John Bulthuis, and Ed Smalle. Pre-Code horror tales from Aragon, an imprint of Stanley Morse Publications. A man who loves all forest creatures is befriended by the spirits of the wood, but his boss, a hunter, isn't so lucky. A killer swears that he'll never go to the chair and escapes prison, but the cops aren't the only ones looking for him. A scientist creates a formula that gives him plant-like capabilities and battles a gangster, 20 years before Dr. Alec Holland created his bio-restorative formula. The Man with the Green Thumb; The Killer; What's in a Name?; The Man Who Beat the Chair; The Wedding Eve. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Cover by Eugene E. Hughes. Stories and art by Ed Robbins, John Bulthuis, and Ed Smalle. Pre-Code horror tales from Aragon, an imprint of Stanley Morse Publications. A man who loves all forest creatures is befriended by the spirits of the wood, but his boss, a hunter, isn't so lucky. A killer swears that he'll never go to the chair and escapes prison, but the cops aren't the only ones looking for him. A scientist creates a formula that gives him plant-like capabilities and battles a gangster, 20 years before Dr. Alec Holland created his bio-restorative formula. The Man with the Green Thumb; The Killer; What's in a Name?; The Man Who Beat the Chair; The Wedding Eve. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60999378
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    "The Square Earth" (Written by Otto Binder, art by Sy Barry), "The Men Who Bombed the Sun!" (pencils by Gil Kane), "The Venus Sky-Trap," and "Rescue Through the Fourth Dimension!" (art by Carmine Infantino). Cubed Earth cover by Murphy Anderson. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62294523
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    Published Oct 1954 by Star.

    Spook (1954) 30 CGC 5.0

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    Label #0361436008

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and George Peltz. Pre-Code horror comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A female reporter is the only witness as a long-dead mummy revives and goes in search of his ancient bride. A night watchman at a museum is dragged into a painting that is actually the door into an evil dimension. A writer's latest manuscript holds the potential to destroy all evil in the world. Another top-notch cover by L. B. Cole. Swamp Spirit; The Vengeful Phantom; The Mummy; The Ghost Who Cried; Picture a Nightmare; Maniac; The Insider. Final issue of the series. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Cover art by Harry Anderson. Man Or Beast, art by Paul Reinman. The Ticket text story. The Dreadful Disguise, art by Al Eadeh. Harley's Friend, art by Bob McCarty. The Wrong Man, art by Jim McLaughlin. The Horrible Years, art by Joe Maneely. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    $800.00
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    Cover by Jack Davis. "Forever Ambergris," script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Davis; A sea captain murders a man for his wife by having him row out to a plague island where he contracts the disease. "Burial At Sea," script by Carl Wessler, art by Reed Crandall; A man kills an old man for 30 thirty gold coins and thinks that there must be more to the treasure when he finds a treasure map locating a spot just offshore under water. "Gunman" text story. "The Proposal," script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Kamen; A woman who uses men to stay surrounded by the finer things in life finally hears what she wants to hear "I want you for my wife." "The Sliceman Cometh," script by Carl Wessler, art by Graham Ingels; An executioner during the Terror, who takes money from a relative in order to guillotine his brother, finds he has a difficult time in getting rid of the head. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62174269
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    • Restored: C1
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    • Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover.
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    Cover by Jack Davis. "Forever Ambergris," script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Davis; A sea captain murders a man for his wife by having him row out to a plague island where he contracts the disease. "Burial At Sea," script by Carl Wessler, art by Reed Crandall; A man kills an old man for 30 thirty gold coins and thinks that there must be more to the treasure when he finds a treasure map locating a spot just offshore under water. "Gunman" text story. "The Proposal," script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Kamen; A woman who uses men to stay surrounded by the finer things in life finally hears what she wants to hear "I want you for my wife." "The Sliceman Cometh," script by Carl Wessler, art by Graham Ingels; An executioner during the Terror, who takes money from a relative in order to guillotine his brother, finds he has a difficult time in getting rid of the head. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Published Oct 1954 by Quality.
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    "The Half-Creatures of the Sargasso Sea"; Explorer Paul Raymond has set his mind to proving to his colleagues at the club that there are mysteries to be found in the Sargasso Sea; He travels there and encounters a race of fish men. "Demon of the Pit," art by Charles Nicholas; Two years ago convicted killer Caesar Renard survived a volcanic eruption which buried the prison he lived in. "The Fiend from Outer Space," art by Louis Ravielli; Scientist Martin develops a test machine for rocket flight capable of accelerating with over 10 Gs of gravity. "The Man Who Murdered Himself" text story. "The Skid Row Monster," pencils by Charles Nicholas; A hooded figure calling himself Vengeance calls upon down-and-out lawyer Arthur Drake; He pulls Drake out of the gutter and makes him a member of his criminal gang. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    Bettie Page photo feature in this issue.

    Vol. 10 #2 - October 1954. Men's interest magazine with pin-up and glamour photography. This issue also includes a Bettie Page pictorial of her monkeying around with a gorilla and an Irving Klaw advertisement with a small Betty photo. Peter Driben cover. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.25.