Comic books published by Star , graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $500.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4100551002

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Mickey Spillane, Larry Antonette and Basil Wolverton. L. B. Cole's Star Publications takes over the Blue Bolt series, and as the superhero craze wanes, Blue Bolt becomes a backup feature to Dick Cole in his own title. A reprint of the second Blue Bolt adventure, featuring the very first teaming of Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby: Blue Bolt faces the Green Sorceress and her latest secret weapon, the Cyclotron. A Spacehawk adventure by Basil Wolverton, as Spacehawk faces Droon and The Queen of Neptune. The presence of a text story by future hardboiled detective author Mickey Spillane makes this a rare issue indeed, featuring early work by Spillane, Wolverton, AND Simon and Kirby. Blue Bolt; Sub-Zero Man; Terror in the Grass; Spacehawk. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $6,500.00 Paper: Off white Label #2039115001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($195.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by L. B. Cole and others. As the horror-comics craze grows, Star shifts the former superhero title to horror and mystery stories. Official indicia title remains Blue Bolt, despite shifting cover titles. Blue Bolt investigates weirdly local earthquakes and suspects the work of his old foe, the subterranean Green Sorceress. Red Rocket discovers a plot to replace human babies with Martian mutants. Bruce Corbet becomes the superhero The Mask to track down the Devil Gang that killed his brother, and engages the gang's leader in a final aerial dogfight. Mask: The Face of Death; Cremation; Red Rocket: The Monstrous Madmen; Thorns of the Devil; The Space Scare; The Thing of Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $199.95 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4216809004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

L.B. Cole Christmas cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $39.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #3824784001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.17) will be charged at checkout.

Steve Ditko cover. Features "The Summoning," and eight page, full color story written by Paul Levitz with art by Steve Ditko. This story looks to have originally been intended as a Dr. Strange story for Marvel. Also in this issue: Cosmix, a four page b&w science fiction story by Dave Sim; A Dream of Milk and Honey, a thirteen page b&w science fiction tale written and illustrated by Michael T. Gilbert. The Awakening of Tamaki, a b&w Asian fantasy written by Lee Marrs with art by Masaichi Mukaide. Cover price $1.75.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $99.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4320677010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Mickey Klar Marks, Jim Adams and Al Fago. Funny-animal hijinks from Star Publications. Super Cat receives a message for help, but someone is interfering with his radio signal. Dopsy Durvy uses his gift to enter fairy tales and gets a little too close to the Big Bad Wolf. Canaries Bill and Koo are playing pirates when they encounter the real thing. Super Cat; Dopsy Durvy; The Mad Artist!; Diggy The Derrick; Bill and Koo; Sniffy. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Thrilling Crime Cases (1950) 49 CGC 3.5

Paper: Slightly britle

Label #4505871002

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by George Peltz and others. Part of Star Publications' purchase of Novelty Publications titles, former adventure comic 4Most becomes one of the most violent of the pre-Code crime titles, with lurid covers by L. B. Cole. Police close in on criminal genius Duke Morane and his underworld empire. In pre-WWII Germany, Hilda marries wealthy older men and then poisons them. The leader of one of the earliest New York street gangs, the Bowery Boys, Bill the Butcher later enters city politics. Underworld Mastermind; The Poisoner; Strong Arm Terror. Final issue under this title; series continues as Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #50. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $2,499.95 or Best Offer Paper: Light tan to off white Label #4006922008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($75.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by George Peltz and others. Part of Star Publications' purchase of Novelty Publications titles, former adventure comic 4Most becomes one of the most violent of the pre-Code crime titles, with lurid covers by L. B. Cole. Police close in on criminal genius Duke Morane and his underworld empire. In pre-WWII Germany, Hilda marries wealthy older men and then poisons them. The leader of one of the earliest New York street gangs, the Bowery Boys, Bill the Butcher later enters city politics. Underworld Mastermind; The Poisoner; Strong Arm Terror. Final issue under this title; series continues as Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #50. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.