Comic books December 1954, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $125.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4471846005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.75) will be charged at checkout.

"Drown and Out"; Archie gets a job as a lifeguard; Betty pretends to be drowning in order for Archie to rescue her, but she overdoes the hugging in the water and Archie has to sock her to get them to shore. "Pranks For the Memory"; Jughead gets hit on the head by a baseball and apparently has temporary amnesia. "Change Your Oil!"; Archie asks the pharmacist to fill a prescription; The prescription is mostly castor oil. "Backfield in Emotion"; The girls are upset that the boys signed up for football and won't date them as much. Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Annual ad. "A Shorts Story"; The boys are wearing Bermuda shorts to school, much to Miss Grundy's displeasure. "Snow Use" text story. "Rags to Riches"; Wilbur and Red sneak into the exclusive Westfield Country Club to go swimming on a hot day. "Missile-Man"; Archie makes a homemade boomerang; It almost hits Mr. Lodge, who tries to get rid of it by throwing it away, which doesn't work. "Pair of Spectacles"; Moose has a part in the school play that requires him to have bad eyesight except when wearing glasses; He's having trouble remembering that, so Betty and Veronica tell him to stay in character until the next rehearsal. Archie's Joke Book ad. Archie Club ad. "Dragnut!"; Everywhere he turns, Mr. Weatherbee is faced with students singing the "Grabnet" [Dragnet] theme song or using versions of the show's catch phrases ("Just the facts, ma'am," etc.), which is driving him crazy. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Bernard Sachs, Mario Colavito, Art Peddy, Merrylen Townsend and Jack Sparling. Numbering continues from Romantic Marriage (1950) #24. St. John's influential romance title was noted for its memorable covers by Matt Baker. Struggling waitress Annette gets the chance to impersonate one of the wealthy college students she always sees at work, and date handsome Brian, but soon she's leading a double life with a man who doesn't know her real identity. Photographer Carol creates a fake photo of herself with wealthy polo star Jock for her own amusement, but when it gets leaked, she's accused of blackmail. Struggling actress Marcia hits it off with famous co-star Richard, but a newspaper gossip columnist threatens to spoil everything. Plus a guide to making your own fashion accessories. Iconic cover by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker, one of his most famous.My Double Life!; Dating Dilemmas; My Gay Deception!; Queen for a Week; The Big Date; Stage Door Johnny; Man Hunt; Home-Made Glamour; Cindy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $375.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #1273074005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.25) will be charged at checkout.

The Last Hiding Place starring Fate, art by Lou Cameron; Fate presents us with Madame Lizette and her carnival wax museum of unnatural history; Resorting to witchcraft, she breathes new life into a werewolf and a tiger woman. Rendezvous with the Phantom Gypsies, art by Ken Rice; A gypsy boy flees the orphanage he lives in and travels with a salesman to a gypsy camp. They witness a gypsy wedding; In an outburst of jealousy the salesman kills the groom and drives away, burning down the camp. The Witch's Wicked Words, art by Larry Woromay; Running from the police and his gangster friends, crook and murderer Louie Brink is sent back to the year 1450 through a time machine. When His Number's Up... starring Fate, art by Louis Zansky. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $395.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #0251206005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Carl Burgos. "Quick-Change!", art by Pete Tumlinson; A guy in love with an evil woman tries to woo her with an amulet which changes him into legendary creatures but she steals it to commit robberies; After one success she realizes that she doesn't know any more legendary creatures so she rushes into the library with police right behind her. "The Man in Black!" text story. "After Man...What?", script by Paul S. Newman, art by Bob Powell; A man discovers that Starlings have actually come from the moon and are planning on displacing humans on Earth. "Hector!", art by John Tartaglione; A woman who has a robot servant for a husband is the envy of all the other neighborhood women. "The Messenger!", script by Paul S. Newman, art by Jack Abel; A warehouse employee from the future gets the foreman taken away as a mental case after he shows him impossible products. "The Crazy Car!", art by Bill Everett; When a stranger approaches Karl Baxter on the street and invites him to take a test drive in his car: a car that runs on no fuel of any kind, Karl decides to kill the old man and figure out a way to duplicate the engine in the car so that he can make a fortune....or so HE thinks! 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $315.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0308370011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.45) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Carl Burgos. "Quick-Change!", art by Pete Tumlinson; A guy in love with an evil woman tries to woo her with an amulet which changes him into legendary creatures but she steals it to commit robberies; After one success she realizes that she doesn't know any more legendary creatures so she rushes into the library with police right behind her. "The Man in Black!" text story. "After Man...What?", script by Paul S. Newman, art by Bob Powell; A man discovers that Starlings have actually come from the moon and are planning on displacing humans on Earth. "Hector!", art by John Tartaglione; A woman who has a robot servant for a husband is the envy of all the other neighborhood women. "The Messenger!", script by Paul S. Newman, art by Jack Abel; A warehouse employee from the future gets the foreman taken away as a mental case after he shows him impossible products. "The Crazy Car!", art by Bill Everett; When a stranger approaches Karl Baxter on the street and invites him to take a test drive in his car: a car that runs on no fuel of any kind, Karl decides to kill the old man and figure out a way to duplicate the engine in the car so that he can make a fortune....or so HE thinks! 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $403.75 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1571919090 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.11) will be charged at checkout.

"The Lady in Glass" (art by Paul Reinman), "Case Closed" (art by John Forte), "Down on the Farm," "The Stone Heads," "Cast of Characters" (art by Jay Scott Pike," and a two-page text story, "Return From the Grave." Joe Maneely cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $260.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #1562127051

"The Lady in Glass" (art by Paul Reinman), "Case Closed" (art by John Forte), "Down on the Farm," "The Stone Heads," "Cast of Characters" (art by Jay Scott Pike," and a two-page text story, "Return From the Grave." Joe Maneely cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $279.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3846808004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.37) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Ken Bald. Music For the Dead, art by Sheldon Moldoff. I Am a Thing, art by Art Gates. The Terror of Totten Village, pencils by Charles Nicholas. The Cursed Caravan, art by Bob Forgione. Out of the Past, art by Harry Lazarus. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $385.00 Paper: Off white Label #0193832001

Cover pencils by Curt Swan. The Flying Jimmy Olsen!, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley; Jimmy drinks a special potion from another world and gains the ability to fly; He uses this ability to put on a one-man show for a circus. Peg humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Hide and Seek Mystery!, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley; Jimmy figures out where the Purple Gang has hidden the uncut diamonds they stole. The Superman Word Hunt puzzle page. Little Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Jimmy Olsen, Superman's Ex-Pal!, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley; Crooks dress up as Superman to "guard" wealthy people for a small fee. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $500.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4028380017

Stories and art by Leon Winik and Ray Osrin. Early romance comics that include noirish tales of melodrama, scandal and deceit. Lola is contemptuous of her friends' make-do marriage plans, and sets out to find a wealthy husband. Nurse Ginny falls for Carl, the handsome doctor she works for, but hypochondriac Sandra wants Carl's attention for herself. Helen enjoys walking in the rain and brooding over her loneliness, but that's how she meets handsome Tod, who comes to her aid when she twists her ankle. Plus a romantic poem by Robert Louis Stevenson in comics form. Fast Track for Love; A Savage in Love; Romance; The Price I Paid; None But the Lonely. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $625.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #2072062005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($18.75) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Leon Winik and Ray Osrin. Early romance comics that include noirish tales of melodrama, scandal and deceit. Lola is contemptuous of her friends' make-do marriage plans, and sets out to find a wealthy husband. Nurse Ginny falls for Carl, the handsome doctor she works for, but hypochondriac Sandra wants Carl's attention for herself. Helen enjoys walking in the rain and brooding over her loneliness, but that's how she meets handsome Tod, who comes to her aid when she twists her ankle. Plus a romantic poem by Robert Louis Stevenson in comics form. Fast Track for Love; A Savage in Love; Romance; The Price I Paid; None But the Lonely. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $495.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4278554017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.85) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Leon Winik and Ray Osrin. Early romance comics that include noirish tales of melodrama, scandal and deceit. Lola is contemptuous of her friends' make-do marriage plans, and sets out to find a wealthy husband. Nurse Ginny falls for Carl, the handsome doctor she works for, but hypochondriac Sandra wants Carl's attention for herself. Helen enjoys walking in the rain and brooding over her loneliness, but that's how she meets handsome Tod, who comes to her aid when she twists her ankle. Plus a romantic poem by Robert Louis Stevenson in comics form. Fast Track for Love; A Savage in Love; Romance; The Price I Paid; None But the Lonely. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $450.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4471846012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.50) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Leon Winik and Ray Osrin. Early romance comics that include noirish tales of melodrama, scandal and deceit. Lola is contemptuous of her friends' make-do marriage plans, and sets out to find a wealthy husband. Nurse Ginny falls for Carl, the handsome doctor she works for, but hypochondriac Sandra wants Carl's attention for herself. Helen enjoys walking in the rain and brooding over her loneliness, but that's how she meets handsome Tod, who comes to her aid when she twists her ankle. Plus a romantic poem by Robert Louis Stevenson in comics form. Fast Track for Love; A Savage in Love; Romance; The Price I Paid; None But the Lonely. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.5 $212.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #3905705017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.36) will be charged at checkout.

"Death's Album"; Alec Marston, freelance photographer, witnesses an accident at an atomic laboratory; His camera lens is somehow altered and reveals three emissaries of death behind the catastrophe. "The Man Who Lived Forever"; An age-old sage lives on a plateau in the Canadian wilderness; One day three prospectors parachute in as visitors looking for uranium. "Spectre of the Andes," art by Louis Ravielli; A tourist couple arrives in the Peruvian village of Vortezo where a Spanish conquistador of the same name reigned with brutal terror. "Dark Sorcery" text story. "One Night of Terror," pencils by Charles Nicholas; A meteor comes down in the desert near Ghost City valley; Some prospectors go searching for it, but discover an alien spaceship. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.