Comic books graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $235.00 Paper: Off white Label #2115863012

The "A" variant has a June 1948 publication date. "When Fear Ruled Chicago," "Dead Man's Return," "The Man They Couldn't Find," "The Sign of the Skull," and "Pay Up or Die," plus a two-page text story, "The Red Head." Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $245.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more; See item notes Chipping to top corner bracket of slab. Label #0347403005

This issue contains an anti-Wertham editorial signed, "The Editors of the Marvel Comics Group." Stories include "The Last Cigarette," "Terror by Remote Control," "Gangster's Goal," "The Bullet Sings," and "Tide of Terror," plus a two-page text story, "The Landing." 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $259.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #0354562004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.77) will be charged at checkout.

"Born to Burn" (art by Mike Sekowsky?), "Death Was His Partner," "The Homicidal Hitchhikers," "Teen-Age Private Eye," and "The Legacy of Death." Two page text story, "Cops Don't Cry!" by Jim Hendryx, Jr., and one page filler "X Marks the Spot." Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $240.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4393009002

"When the Showdown Came," "King on a Junk Pile," "Dirty Money," and "Boomerang Bobby-Trap." Two page text story, "Killer's Impersonation." Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $1,000.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #2042487008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Ken Battefield and Pierre Charpentier. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. "Crime psychologist" Jim Phillips investigates a crime wave that seems to be masterminded by a hypnotist who died in prison. Private eye Jerry Jasper is hired by gang boss Mike Bullen to find out who is trying to take over his racket. Showgirl Babe Dawson hires master of disguise Don Grady to protect her from her ex-con ex-husband, Spider Webb. Bondage cover may be the work of Adolphe Barreaux. Jim Phillips: Death Is the Victor; Jerry Jasper: Murder Backfires; Don Grady: The Hidden Clue; Hate Backfires; Queenie Starr: Death Directs. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $540.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s) Label #4354763001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($16.20) 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 5.5 $890.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4363120003

Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Mo Marcus, Al Gordon, Art Gates, Alvin Hollingsworth and H. C. Kiefer. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. Dr. Lance Storm probes the riddle of a deadly hoax. Ray Hale, star reporter of the Midvale Clarion, proves that the press is an ally to police and ordinary citizens alike. Lighthearted werewolf/vampire cover by Myron Fass. Lance Storm: The Hoax of Death; Death Rides High; Frozen Fear; Second Attempt; Ray Hale-News Ace. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $270.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4398081010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.10) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Gardner Fox, Johnny Craig and Al Feldstein. Art by Johnny Craig, Al Feldstein and Ann Brewster. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title started as adventure, changed to grisly crime stories and eventually metamorphosed into straight-up horror. Gangsters become accidental assassins after the rich guy they killed for his cash turns out to be a high-ranking Mob figure. Action girl Madelon goes in search of a legendary idol in the Blue Grottoes of the Mediterranean, and encounters a very real tentacled Kraken, in a story featuring art by rare 1940s female artist Ann Brewster. A handsome killer has a Dorian Gray relationship with his mirror in Double-Crossed: The Finger of Death, the first story by future EC legend Al Feldstein. The Slaughter Syndicate: Murder by Appointment!!; Madelon: The Grotto of The Green Stone Man; Crooked as a Corkscrew; Double-Crossed: The Finger of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $485.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1231844011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.55) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Al Feldstein and others. Art by Al Feldstein, Ed Waldman, Howard Larsen and Graham Ingels. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title started as adventure, changed to grisly crime stories and eventually metamorphosed into straight-up horror. Redheaded bad girl Nell gets on the wrong side of the law and likes it, in a pre-Code story with early art by EC legend Al Feldstein. Police and gangsters alike are searching for safecracker Gentleman Danny Kenyon, in a story with early art by EC legend Graham Ingels. A mad scientist's plot involves a gorilla and the brain of an executed killer, in another early EC horror effort. Nell Baker; The Gentleman Gunman; The Werewolf's Curse!; The Hanged Man's Revenge; Ruse; The Ransom Racket. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $380.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4448072023

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Al Feldstein and others. Art by Al Feldstein, Ed Waldman, Howard Larsen and Graham Ingels. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title started as adventure, changed to grisly crime stories and eventually metamorphosed into straight-up horror. Redheaded bad girl Nell gets on the wrong side of the law and likes it, in a pre-Code story with early art by EC legend Al Feldstein. Police and gangsters alike are searching for safecracker Gentleman Danny Kenyon, in a story with early art by EC legend Graham Ingels. A mad scientist's plot involves a gorilla and the brain of an executed killer, in another early EC horror effort. Nell Baker; The Gentleman Gunman; The Werewolf's Curse!; The Hanged Man's Revenge; Ruse; The Ransom Racket. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $28,800 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1201838007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($864.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Art by Al Feldstein, John Alton, Fred Peters and Johnny Craig. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title begins its transformation into a New Trend horror title, featuring the 1st appearance of The Crypt Keeper. Mrs. Stonely's death seems a mere accident, and her husband's affair with a secretary only a coincidence, but one cop isn't convinced. Rising boxer Johnny Sparr becomes the "Guardian of the Little Guy" after his father is killed by the Mob. Corrupt businessmen murder their partner, or so they think, but when they check again the grave is empty. This is the tale that debuted the Crypt-Keeper and EC's legendary horror comics. Murder Writes a Policy; Case Number 318: Murder: The Swindle by Flame; Double-Exposure; Johnny Sparr: Guardian of the Little Guy; Coincidence; Return from the Grave. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $2,800.00 Moderate professional restoration Paper: Off white to white Restoration Includes: Color Touch, Pieces Added, Tear Seals, Reinforced. Label #0917501002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($84.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Art by Al Feldstein, John Alton, Fred Peters and Johnny Craig. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title continues its transformation into a New Trend horror title, with less "crime" and more carnage. A man with catalepsy is mistaken for dead and sent to be cremated, unless his wife can find him in time. A murderous Egyptologist tries to kill a rival by sealing him in a tomb, but telltale facial scratches give him away. A reporter receives a foot transplant from a mad doctor, but the feet seek revenge for the murder of their previous owner, and take the reporter with them. Plus the second appearance of The Crypt Keeper. The Corpse in the Crematorium; Trapped in the Tomb; A Bottle of Murder; The Graveyard Feet; Voodoo Vendetta; The Spectre in the Castle. Final issue under this title; series continues as Crypt of Terror (1950) #17. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $419.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1497629004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.57) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem, Adolphe Barreaux, Gene Leslie and Newton H. Alfred. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. Sally the Sleuth goes undercover to infiltrate a blackmail ring that uses pretty girls to capture compromising photos. Gail Ford, Girl Friday goes undercover as a cocaine dealer's girlfriend to catch drug kingpin Spade Samson. Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (who dresses like '50s-era Jimmy Olsen in these stories) finds multiple suspects after a blackmailing starlet is murdered on a movie set. Gail Ford, Girl Friday: Doubling For a Moll; Sally the Sleuth: Dirty Politics; Ray Hale, News Ace: Body on the Roof; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: Blackmail Bump-Off. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $800.00 Paper: Off white Label #4371100007

Cover by Wally Wood. Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem, Adolphe Barreaux, Max Plaisted and Keats Petree. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. Action girl Sally the Sleuth suspects that a bowling alley is a front for an illegal gambling den. Reporter Ray Hale investigates the murder of a dance-hall girl and uncovers a dope ring. Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (who dresses like '50s-era Jimmy Olsen in these stories) investigates blackmail and murder on a movie set, in a story with an extended girl-fight sequence. Bondage-themed cover is early work by comics legend Wally Wood. Gail Ford, Girl Friday: The Clutch of Evil; Sally the Sleuth: Death Rolls a Strike; Ray Hale, News Ace; Bump the Jackpot; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: Off Stage Kill. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $750.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #2008274014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Art by Johnny Craig, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels, and Jack Davis. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. A couple finds an old trunk in the attic of their new home, but curiosity turns to horror when it contains human bones. A movie stand-in plots to permanently replace a famous film star. Land developers in Borneo discover gold-roofed temples, hollow trees used as coffins, and a curse that links the two together for the greedy. Also, The EC "Artist of the Issue," featuring Johnny Craig. Understudy to a Corpse!; Medicine!; Accident; Cut!; A Tree Grows in Borneo! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $595.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #2708903001

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Art by Johnny Craig, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels, and Jack Davis. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. An anatomy professor turns out to have a personal connection to his class's latest cadaver. Mary conceives of an elaborate plan to poison her husband, but there are many kinds of poison. An accountant works out a bogus counterfeiting swindle, essentially counterfeit counterfeiting. Stiff Punishment!; One Mans Poison!; Big Money; Two for One!; Four for One!; A Fool and His Honey Are Soon Parted! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,599.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1173825015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($47.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Johnny Craig. "When the Cat's Away...", script and art by by Johnny Craig; Jay and his wife are always fighting, and Jay always finds solace at a friend's home; However, when he discovers that his friend and his wife are lovers, Jay decides on a scheme to rid himself of the problem. "The Screaming Woman!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; Adapted from the short story "The Screaming Woman" by Ray Bradbury. "The EC Caper" text story. "Water, Water, Everywhere...", script by Bill Gaines (plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (plot, script), art by George Evans; A pair of prisoners escape from a South American island prison and are chased by prison guards with bloodhounds; The guards, however, trick the men, leaving them a boat without much gas. "Hail and Heart-y!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); Anna was sick and tired of her lazy husband refusing to do any chores around the house, and having to rely on a kind neighbor to help with her chores; When she discovers that her husband does not have a heart condition like he had claimed, Anna decides to find a way to make Ben very useful around the place! 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $799.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3989419007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($23.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Al Feldstein. "The Killer," script and art by Reed Crandall; Jonathan worked hard at his work, never wanting to follow in the footsteps of his father. Then he met Elsie, whom he intended to marry after he had established himself; However, because Jonathan's father was not a member of a guild, Jonathan was denied his opportunity to make a living, and reluctantly accepted doing his father's line of work. "Wined-Up!", script by Bill Gaines (plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (plot, script), art by George Evans; Charles, in a wheelchair since an auto accident, learns that the accident was no accident at all, and that his wife Laura wanted to kill him because she was sick and tired of living with him; She now informs him that is going to try again by wheeling him out on a pier, attaching a wire to it so that she can pull the chair into the lake as she goes swimming. "Rendezvous!" text story, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Marie Severin. "Murder May Boomerang," script and art by Johnny Craig; Nearly inseparable, a father and son did everything in life together until that one day when a prisoner from a nearby penitentiary discovers the pair's cabin, where he steals clothing and nearly beats the father to death. "About Phase," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by George Evans; 36 pgs., 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 5.0 $341.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4391037006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.23) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Johnny Craig. "Mother's Day," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Reed Crandall; Brothers Fred and Harold grew up with Harold given the best of everything, and Fred began to hate his brother; One day, Fred discovered that Harold had committed a theft and decided to take the rap for his brother and went to jail. "In the Groove," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A small-time radio announcer devises a plot to kill his wife, while he was broadcasting at the radio station; But he does not foresee a snag in those plans with the pre-recorded record he made and was playing over the airwaves. "On Schedule!" text story by Albert B. Feldstein. "Understudies!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Gail and Jim are unhappily married to their respective spouses, but, in fact, love one another; They decide on a daring plan to kill their mates and dissolve their bodies in quicklime to leave no trace. "Blood Brothers," script b Bill Gaines (plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (plot, script), art by George Evans; Alex arrives unannounced at the beach house of his brother who invites him to stick around and stay with him; Alex's intent is to kill his brother after putting into place a whole series of alibis. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $925.00 Paper: White Label #4105705002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($27.75) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by George Evans. "This'll Kill You!", script by Otto Binder, art by Reed Crandall; The police are stunned when Victor Gattling brings in the dead body of his best friend and then claims that he, Victor, has been killed by his best friend. "Standing Room Only," script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Kamen; Siblings Carl and Cynthia spent their early years cross-dressing in order to have laughs on their friends but fall out of favor with each other; Stime later, Carl sees that his sister has married into money, so he murders his sister and her husband and then disguises himself as her in order to have access to those funds as beneficiary. "The Real Thing" one-page text story by Al Feldstein, art by Marie Severin. "Return Blow," script by Carl Wessler, art by Reed Crandall; Alma and Luke decide to butter up Alma's boss lady at the fabulous Sanford Manion in order to get Alma listed in the old lady's will as beneficiary for a cool $250,000. "Last Resort," script by Carl Wessler, art by George Evans; Jerry hated Mona, hated her for being controlled by her money, so he seeks out a diversion in young and beautiful Jane, a waitress in town. Jerry kills Mona and dumps her into a lake at night, which eventually trips him up because he had dumped her body into crystal clear Silver Springs! 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $807.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4390430020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($24.21) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by George Evans. "This'll Kill You!", script by Otto Binder, art by Reed Crandall; The police are stunned when Victor Gattling brings in the dead body of his best friend and then claims that he, Victor, has been killed by his best friend. "Standing Room Only," script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Kamen; Siblings Carl and Cynthia spent their early years cross-dressing in order to have laughs on their friends but fall out of favor with each other; Stime later, Carl sees that his sister has married into money, so he murders his sister and her husband and then disguises himself as her in order to have access to those funds as beneficiary. "The Real Thing" one-page text story by Al Feldstein, art by Marie Severin. "Return Blow," script by Carl Wessler, art by Reed Crandall; Alma and Luke decide to butter up Alma's boss lady at the fabulous Sanford Manion in order to get Alma listed in the old lady's will as beneficiary for a cool $250,000. "Last Resort," script by Carl Wessler, art by George Evans; Jerry hated Mona, hated her for being controlled by her money, so he seeks out a diversion in young and beautiful Jane, a waitress in town. Jerry kills Mona and dumps her into a lake at night, which eventually trips him up because he had dumped her body into crystal clear Silver Springs! 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $300.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3810370017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

"Three For the Money" (art by Jack Kamen), "Dog Food" (art by Reed Crandall), "Key Chain" (art by Bernard Krigstein), and "The Sqealer" (art by George Evans). Kamen cover. NOTE: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover a 1970's copyright date. 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. NOTE 2: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover a 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints #9). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $81.05 or Best Offer Paper: White Reprint Label #4327186004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.43) will be charged at checkout.

Reprints of classic EC stories. Cover art by Al Feldstein. "The Killer," script and art by Reed Crandall; Jonathan worked hard at his work, never wanting to follow in the footsteps of his father. Then he met Elsie, whom he intended to marry after he had established himself; However, because Jonathan's father was not a member of a guild, Jonathan was denied his opportunity to make a living, and reluctantly accepted doing his father's line of work. "Wined-Up!", script by Bill Gaines (plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (plot, script), art by George Evans; Charles, in a wheelchair since an auto accident, learns that the accident was no accident at all, and that his wife Laura wanted to kill him because she was sick and tired of living with him; She now informs him that is going to try again by wheeling him out on a pier, attaching a wire to it so that she can pull the chair into the lake as she goes swimming. "Rendezvous!" text story, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Marie Severin. "Murder May Boomerang," script and art by Johnny Craig; Nearly inseparable, a father and son did everything in life together until that one day when a prisoner from a nearby penitentiary discovers the pair's cabin, where he steals clothing and nearly beats the father to death. "About Phase," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by George Evans. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.50.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $590.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4024354005

Fox Feature Syndicate creates a pre-Code title guaranteed to provide lurid covers and art, as women both historical and fictional commit murder and other heinous acts. Doll maker Margot Haffner gets an unusual order from sinister Count Aorta, but he soon learns the hard way that she's the better criminal; Mary Read becomes one of the most famed female pirates of all time; In a truly offbeat story, redheaded hobo queen Mable Reine leads a tramp army on a rampage of robbery and looting against moneyed society. Margot Haffner: Passion for Dolls; Maude Bennet and Her Crusade Against the Law; Mary Read, Woman Pirate; Mable Reine, Queen of the Jungle. 32 pages, Full Color. In order of appearance: "Margot Haffner, Passion for Dolls"; "Maude Bennet and Her Crusade Against the Law"; and "Mable Reine, Queen of the Jungle" reprinted in Vixens, Vamps and Vipers SC (2014 EA Press) Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics #1-1ST. "Mary Read, Woman Pirate, A True Action Crime Story" text story reprinted from Crimes by Women (1948) #7. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $110.00 Paper: White Label #1264747010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.30) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Written by Ed Brubaker. Art by Sean Phillips. The Award-Winning crime series continues! Tracy Lawless is getting close to finding the killers he's been searching for... but before he can put all the pieces together, he finds himself in their crosshairs in Chinatown, with enemies all around him. This can't end well, or wouldn't be an issue of Criminal, would it? And remember, all the single issues of CRIMINAL are packed with articles and extras that are not reprinted in the collections. 40 pages, full color. MATURE READERS. Cover price $3.50.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $299.95 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4415713008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Bob Plate, Harvey K. Fuller, Milt Hammer, Bill Allison, B. G. Guth, Al McWilliams and Art Helfant. Sometimes listed as Criminals on the Run Vol. 04 #4. Bespectacled, eccentric detective "King" Cole Jr. takes over his father's detective agency. Young King Cole probes the connection between a mob war and the mysterious Green Death. Goatee'd criminologist Doctor Doom (no relation to Victor) investigates the puzzling murder of travel writer Wilfred Trotter. Also featuring a vintge ad for the Slinky spring toy, then a new concept. Nice shark cover by L. B. Cole. Young King Cole: The Mystery of the Green Death; Hammertoones; Merkin Gerkin; Dr. Doom: The Case of the Decoy Parrot; Homer K. Beagle; Boitram the Boiglar; Move Fast Doctor; The Case of the Suspicious Fisherman. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $179.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Scuffing on back of case Label #0352737018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.37) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Nina Albright and Al McWilliams. Sometimes listed as Criminals on the Run Vol. 05 #3. Bespectacled, eccentric detective "King" Cole Jr. takes over his father's detective agency. Young King Cole investigates the arsonist who is causing forest fires. Sergeant Spook and Jerry try to prove that a corrupt mayor is swindling the city over a playground for impoverished kids. A reprint of the first adventure of goatee'd criminologist Doctor Doom (no relation to Victor), as he and his students investigate deadly accidents at a skyscraper. Final issue under this title; series continues as Crime-Fighting Detective (1950) #11. Young King Cole; Criminal Lawyer's Medicine; Sergeant Spook; Dr. Doom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $24.99 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #3793745006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($0.75) will be charged at checkout.

Written by Matt Kindt. Art by Matt Lesniewski. Cover by Matt Lesniewski and Bill Crabtree. From New York Times-bestselling Mind MGMT creator Matt Kindt and Matt Lesniewski (The Freak) comes a brand-new, mind-altering journey through Russian folk tales, trained assassins, and government conspiracies. After losing her family in a violent home invasion, a woman uses folk tales to cope. In a blood-soaked journey toward revenge, she tracks down the man responsible for her family's deaths, only to discover a startling government plot-to weaponize folk tales and use them to raise children into super assassins. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $90.00 Paper: White Label #2073438009

"The Summoning!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez and Dick Giordano. This is it, the biggest, and arguably most important, event in the history of the DCU. A wave of unstoppable destructive force is sweeping across the multiverse and indiscriminately destroying everything in its path. Nothing seems able to stop it. The Crime Syndicate of Amerika (evil versions of the JLA) of Earth-3 die trying, along with their world. Batman receives an ominous warning from the Flash. Weather and natural disasters are out of control. An eclectic group of heroes and villains from around the multiverse are assembled to halt the death and destruction, and the being known as the Monitor may be the only one who can help them. 1st appearance of Alexander Luthor. Featuring the deaths of the Crime Syndicate of Amerika and Lex Luthor of Earth-3. NOTE: What can I say about "Crisis" accept that it's epic, meaningful, engrossing, and grand in scope. As an eleven year old comic fan, I remember being absolutely blown away by this story. Marv Wolfman and George Perez are truly masters of their craft. - Odinson, Lone Star Comics Archivist Cover price $0.75.

Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) 1 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4499611022

"The Summoning!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez and Dick Giordano. This is it, the biggest, and arguably most important, event in the history of the DCU. A wave of unstoppable destructive force is sweeping across the multiverse and indiscriminately destroying everything in its path. Nothing seems able to stop it. The Crime Syndicate of Amerika (evil versions of the JLA) of Earth-3 die trying, along with their world. Batman receives an ominous warning from the Flash. Weather and natural disasters are out of control. An eclectic group of heroes and villains from around the multiverse are assembled to halt the death and destruction, and the being known as the Monitor may be the only one who can help them. 1st appearance of Alexander Luthor. Featuring the deaths of the Crime Syndicate of Amerika and Lex Luthor of Earth-3. NOTE: What can I say about "Crisis" accept that it's epic, meaningful, engrossing, and grand in scope. As an eleven year old comic fan, I remember being absolutely blown away by this story. Marv Wolfman and George Perez are truly masters of their craft. - Odinson, Lone Star Comics Archivist Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $400.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Slab: Scuffing on back of case Label #4031132010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by NJ Comics

"Oblivion Upon Us!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez and Dick Giordano. The heroes of the DCU are only beginning to realize the scope of the danger they are in, and it may already be too late. The Flash inexplicably disappears. The Teen Titans try desperately to curb the death and destruction caused by this cataclysmic event. The Legion of Super-Heroes stand helpless as a wave of anti-matter threatens to sweep over them wiping them and their world from existence forever. Featuring the deaths of the Losers, Nighthawk, and Kid Psycho. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $95.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4031132011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.85) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by NJ Comics

"Thus Shall the World Die!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez and Dick Giordano. 1st appearance of Lady Quark and the female Dr. Light. Another world succumbs to the destructive power of the relentless anti-matter wave, but this time the mysterious man known as Pariah is able to save the life of one person, if only for a little while longer. Meanwhile, the android known as Red Tornado is captured by the enemy, and the Monitor is betrayed by his most trusted ally. Featuring the death of the Monitor. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $86.00 Paper: White Label #0746895007

"3 Earths! 3 Deaths!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez and Jerry Ordway. Using the mind-altering powers of the Psycho-Pirate, the sinister Anti-Monitor creates a wave of fear and paranoia which reaches out and engulfs the last three Earths in existence. While heroes battle heroes this monster's machiavellian schemes of total annihilation come closer and closer to fruition. Meanwhile, Lex Luthor is summoned before the robotic Brainiac. What could these life-long villains possibly be up to in this time of Crisis? 1st appearance of the new Wildcat (Yolanda Montez). Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $43.00 Paper: White Label #4185143022 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.29) will be charged at checkout.

"3 Earths! 3 Deaths!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez and Jerry Ordway. Using the mind-altering powers of the Psycho-Pirate, the sinister Anti-Monitor creates a wave of fear and paranoia which reaches out and engulfs the last three Earths in existence. While heroes battle heroes this monster's machiavellian schemes of total annihilation come closer and closer to fruition. Meanwhile, Lex Luthor is summoned before the robotic Brainiac. What could these life-long villains possibly be up to in this time of Crisis? 1st appearance of the new Wildcat (Yolanda Montez). Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $225.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4064320003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.75) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by NJ Comics

Direct Edition. "Beyond the Silent Night!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez, Dick Giordano, and Jerry Ordway. At last the origins of the most mysterious players in this story are revealed. Learn the secret pasts of Pariah, and why he is destined to witness world after world die, the tragic past of Harbinger, the mysterious Monitor, and evil incarnate, the Anti-Monitor. Plus, in order to stop the Anti-Monitor from destroying the last remaining Earths in the multiverse, a cadre of the DCU's most powerful heroes mount an all out assault on the villain's stronghold in the dangerous Anti-Matter Universe. It is a task not everyone will survive. Featuring the heroic and tragic death of Supergirl. Cover price $1.25.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $150.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4046080007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.50) will be charged at checkout.

Direct Edition. "Beyond the Silent Night!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez, Dick Giordano, and Jerry Ordway. At last the origins of the most mysterious players in this story are revealed. Learn the secret pasts of Pariah, and why he is destined to witness world after world die, the tragic past of Harbinger, the mysterious Monitor, and evil incarnate, the Anti-Monitor. Plus, in order to stop the Anti-Monitor from destroying the last remaining Earths in the multiverse, a cadre of the DCU's most powerful heroes mount an all out assault on the villain's stronghold in the dangerous Anti-Matter Universe. It is a task not everyone will survive. Featuring the heroic and tragic death of Supergirl. Cover price $1.25.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $120.00 Paper: White Label #2091133009

Direct Edition. "Beyond the Silent Night!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez, Dick Giordano, and Jerry Ordway. At last the origins of the most mysterious players in this story are revealed. Learn the secret pasts of Pariah, and why he is destined to witness world after world die, the tragic past of Harbinger, the mysterious Monitor, and evil incarnate, the Anti-Monitor. Plus, in order to stop the Anti-Monitor from destroying the last remaining Earths in the multiverse, a cadre of the DCU's most powerful heroes mount an all out assault on the villain's stronghold in the dangerous Anti-Matter Universe. It is a task not everyone will survive. Featuring the heroic and tragic death of Supergirl. Cover price $1.25.

Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) 7N CGC 8.0

Paper: White

Label #4179886009

Newsstand Edition. "Beyond the Silent Night!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez, Dick Giordano, and Jerry Ordway. At last the origins of the most mysterious players in this story are revealed. Learn the secret pasts of Pariah, and why he is destined to witness world after world die, the tragic past of Harbinger, the mysterious Monitor, and evil incarnate, the Anti-Monitor. Plus, in order to stop the Anti-Monitor from destroying the last remaining Earths in the multiverse, a cadre of the DCU's most powerful heroes mount an all out assault on the villain's stronghold in the dangerous Anti-Matter Universe. It is a task not everyone will survive. Featuring the heroic and tragic death of Supergirl. Cover price $1.25.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $91.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #1204817019 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.73) will be charged at checkout.

"A Flash of the Lightning!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez and Jerry Ordway. Fresh off his set-back of last issue, the nefarious Anti-Monitor is reborn and he's more powerful and more determined than ever to destroy all life in the multiverse. As this sinister villain threatens to destroy all life in the positive universe, the only one left to stop him is the Flash, but at what cost. Don't miss one of the most heroic moments in the history of this medium as the Scarlet Speedster sacrifices all to preserve life in the DCU. Featuring the heroic death of the Flash (Barry Allen). NOTE: This was a character defining moment that can still be felt in the Post-Crisis DCU today. - Odinson, Lone Star Comics Archivist Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $70.00 Paper: White Label #2091133010

"A Flash of the Lightning!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez and Jerry Ordway. Fresh off his set-back of last issue, the nefarious Anti-Monitor is reborn and he's more powerful and more determined than ever to destroy all life in the multiverse. As this sinister villain threatens to destroy all life in the positive universe, the only one left to stop him is the Flash, but at what cost. Don't miss one of the most heroic moments in the history of this medium as the Scarlet Speedster sacrifices all to preserve life in the DCU. Featuring the heroic death of the Flash (Barry Allen). NOTE: This was a character defining moment that can still be felt in the Post-Crisis DCU today. - Odinson, Lone Star Comics Archivist Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $319.00 or Best Offer CGC Signature Series Paper: White Signed By George Perez on 8/31/19. Label #2504916013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.57) will be charged at checkout.

"Death at the Dawn of Time!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez and Jerry Ordway. In an attempt to finally crush his enemies, the Anti-Monitor travels to the Dawn of Time. In a coordinated effort by the heroes and villains of the DCU, they try to prevent this killing blow, and fail. Now, only the spirit of vengeance known as the Spectre stands defiant against the total annihilation of everything. But does even this immeasurably powerful being possess enough power to stop the Anti-Monitor when the villain has added the strength of all the heroes to his own? This is the end of everything as we know it and nothing will ever be the same again, literally. Includes a look at the Monitor's Tapes. Featuring the death of Psi-Mon and the end of the multiverse. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $95.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4031132015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.85) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by NJ Comics

"Aftershock!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez and Jerry Ordway. The multiverse is no more. Now there is only one Earth, one History of the DC Universe. But where does that leave heroes like Superman (Earth-2), Superboy-Prime, Wonder Woman (Earth-2), Robin (Earth-2), and Huntress (Earth-2)? How do they fit into a world they don't belong to. Plus, the Anti-Monitor returns, and boy is he mad! After his battle at the Dawn of Time, the Spectre lies helpless to do anything. Can this truly be the end of the DCU? Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $319.00 or Best Offer CGC Signature Series Paper: White Signed By George Perez on 8/31/19. Label #2504916018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.57) will be charged at checkout.

"Aftershock!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez and Jerry Ordway. The multiverse is no more. Now there is only one Earth, one History of the DC Universe. But where does that leave heroes like Superman (Earth-2), Superboy-Prime, Wonder Woman (Earth-2), Robin (Earth-2), and Huntress (Earth-2)? How do they fit into a world they don't belong to. Plus, the Anti-Monitor returns, and boy is he mad! After his battle at the Dawn of Time, the Spectre lies helpless to do anything. Can this truly be the end of the DCU? Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $119.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4046102022 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.57) will be charged at checkout.

"Final Crisis!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez and Jerry Ordway. Get ready for the explosive finale to the biggest event in the history of the DCU. The Anti-Monitor mounts an all out attack on the last remaining Earth, the only bastion of light standing in his way of total victory. While the heroes and villains of the DCU wage a war against an army of the villain's Shadow Demons, a contingent of the most powerful beings in the universe take the fight to the Anti-Matter Universe itself. Heroes will rise, heroes will fall, and in the end things will never be the same again. Featuring the deaths of Dove, the Silver Age Lori Lemaris, the Golden Age Green Arrow, Prince Ra-Man, Robin (Earth-2), Huntress (Earth-2), Kole, the Silver Age Wonder Woman, and the 1st appearance of Wally West as the Flash. NOTE: In the wake of Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC decides to revamp and reinvigorate their universe, and their heroes. Recommended follow-up reading: History of the DC Universe (1986) #1-2, Man of Steel (1986) #1-6, Superman (1987- ) #1-22, Wonder Woman (1987-2004 2nd Series) #1-15, Shazam: The New Beginning (1987) #1-4, Batman ##404-407 (Year One), Justice League America (1987-1996) #1-25, Identity Crisis (2004) #1-7, and Infinite Crisis (2005-2006) #1-7, where we see the return of Superman (Earth 2), Superboy, Alex Luther, and Lois Lane (Earth 2). - Odinson, Lone Star Comics Archivist Cover price $1.25.