Comic books published by Ace Magazines, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $349.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #2038963024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.47) will be charged at checkout.

One-shot. Numbering continues from Love Experiences (1949) #5. "Villa of the Vampire" splash panel appears on page #48 of the "Report of the New York State Joint Legislative Committee to Study the Publication of Comics", March 1951. In order of appearance: "High Priestess of the Snake People" reprinted in Hand of Fate (1951 Ace) #19 and in Snake Tales: The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics HC (2016 IDW) #1-1ST; "True Tales of the Supernatural #1" reprinted with CCA alterations as "True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #55" in Web of Mystery (1951) #29; "The Ghost in the Portrait" reprinted in Baffling Mysteries (1952) #18; "True Tales of the Supernatural #2"; "Villa of the Vampire" art by Lin Streeter, reprinted in Web of Mystery (1951) #19; and "No Grave to Hold Him" art by Mike Sekowsky, reprinted in Web of Mystery (1951) #21. "Unburied Dead" text story reprinted in Hand of Fate (1951 Ace) #8. Indicia states "CHALLENGE OF THE UNKNOWN (Formerly Love Experiences)". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $215.00 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.

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The 5 Lives of Otto Marlin starring Fate, art by Lou Cameron; Mad scientist Otto Marlin poisons Vivian Lake to learn about her previous lives; When cornered by the police, he poisons himself and is reincarnated in the middle ages. Marlin meets Lake again. Stampede of the Centaurs, art by Jim McLaughlin; Archeologist Harlow Griffith releases a horde of living centaurs from a cave at Mt. Pindus in Greece; He joins their ranks and commits acts of murder and plundering. Satan's Sinister Bargain, art by Louis Zansky; Tony Pascal, petty thief and murderer, comes into possession of the "Devil's Mirror"; By looking into it, one is drawn into the realm of Satan. High Priestess of the Snake People; In the Swiss Alps, a young American stumbles across a cult of snake-worshippers; He is bewitched by the beautiful snake queen Gilda. 36 pgs. $0.10. 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 2.5 $1,600.00 Paper: Cream to off white Gapping in plastic to top edge of slab. Label #4311667023

Jim Mooney cover. In order of appearance: "'Flash' Lightning" art by Jim Mooney, reprinted in Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) #29; "The Raven"; "Doctor Nemesis, Rx"; "Congo Jack" art by Mark Schneider; "Marvo the Magician and Tito"; "Hap Hazard"; and "Whiz Wilson". "The Big Reward" in-house comic advertisement for Super Mystery Comics Vol. 2 (1941), art by Jack Alderman. "I Knew Buffalo Bill" text story biography of Buffalo Bill Cody by 'Old-Timer'. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $260.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4096604018

Painted cover. In order of appearance: "Warned Against Her" art by Sam Cooper, reprinted in Love Experiences (1949) #31; "In Debt to Each Other" art by Chuck A. Winter, reprinted in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #67 and Weird Love (2014 IDW) #8; "I Lied to Keep Him" reprinted in Glamorous Romances (1949) #82; and "No Chance with Men". "Your Charm Guide: Check That Popularity Hazard! Tips on Shoe Buying, Seven Ways to Stay Slender..." text article reprinted as "Glamorizing Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #66, "Help Yourself to Allure..." in Love Experiences (1949) #29, and "Don't Handicap Yourself..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 35 (1955) #6. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Alice Kirkpatrick cover. In order of appearance: "Dangerous Kisses"; "Trapped by Love"; "I Bought a Man"; and "Rodeo Girl". "Your Charm Guide: Truth and Consequences, Pep up Your Life, Break the Ice of Loneliness..." text article reprinted from "The Charm Corner..." in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #35 and Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #46, and reprinted as "Brighten Your Living..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 34 (1954) #6. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $735.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3977564015

Classic Harvey Kurtzman World War II bondage cover features a giant Japanese army robot; this cover is also Harvey Kurtzman's first. In order of appearance: "Bonds for Victory or Bonds for Slavery" art by Louis Ferstadt; "Magno and Davey"; "Mr. Risk, The Race Against Death!" art by Harvey Kurtzman; "Doctor Nemesis" and "The Sword" art by Earl Da Voren; "Buckskin"; "Hap Hazard"; and "Paul Revere, Jr." art by Harvey Kurtzman. "Cold-Country Justice" text story by Brant House, reprinted in Super Mystery Comics Vol. 4 (1944) #5 and in Four Favorites (1941) #18. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Rudy Palais cover. In order of appearance: "Magno and Davey" art by Rudy Palais; "Chuck"; "Mr. Risk" art by Warren Kremer (as 'DOC'); and "Harry the Hack". "Pay Dirt Paradise" text story by Ralph Powers, reprinted from Four Favorites (1941) #22, and reprinted in Super Mystery Comics Vol. 5 (1945) #5 and in Super Mystery Comics Vol. 6 (1946) #6. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Bondage cover by Warren Kremer (as 'DOC'). In order of appearance: "Magno and Davey" art by Rudy Palais; "Chuck"; "Mr. Risk" art by Warren Kremer as 'DOC'; and "Harry the Hack". "Pay Dirt Paradise" text story by Ralph Powers, reprinted from Four Favorites (1941) #22 and from Super Mystery Comics Vol. 5 (1945) #4, and reprinted in Super Mystery Comics Vol. 6 (1946) #6. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.5 $119.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4317297001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.57) will be charged at checkout.

"Showdown For a Shavetail"; Lieutenant Graham must replace the leader of Company B who was loved by his men. "Last Chance on Hopeless Hill"; Sergeant Tom Cargill learns his little brother Ed has gone AWOL and is charged with being in a black market ring. "Operation: Pots and Pans," art by Lou Cameron; Mess Sergeant Connelly and his two helpers take a hot meal to the soldiers on the front line; Korean War story. "What Price Courage" text story. "The Sacrifice Platoon," art by Jim McLaughlin; Sergeant Fiske and his men stay behind as a "sacrifice platoon" to buy the rest of the men in his company time to escape. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.