Comic books published by EC, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $200.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #0918555004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Written by Bill Woolfolk and unknown. Art by Burton Geller? and unknown. Featuring the funniest animals of all! Freddy turns into the superhero Firely when he says the magic words "take fire"! He tracks down the thief who stole the Van Jonker diamond in a Freddy Firefly tale by Bill Woolfolk and Burton Geller? Plus: Korky Kangaroo tale; Petey Pig 1-pager; Little Danny Demon in "Oh How I Want To Be Bad!" with story by Woolfolk; Hector the Inspector tale with story by Woolfolk; 2-page Korky Kangaroo text story; Willie the Weasel tale with story by Woolfolk; and Bozo the Bowlegged Bull in "Alexo, the World's Champion Bull" with story by Woolfolk. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $200.00 Restored: C1 Paper: Off white to white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. Label #4075168005

Cover by Bud Parke. Stories by Daniel Keyes. Art by Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, Wally Wood, and Johnny Craig. Part of EC's Picto-Fiction line, published in response to the Comics Code, featuring tales of scandal in text stories copiously illustrated by EC's lineup of artists. Ignoring her brother's warnings, Nan joins the Tigers street gang to be close to Hal, and finds herself at the center of a gang war. Fran visits her friend Barbara in Greenwich Village and soon gets swept up in a world of artists, beatniks and free love. Working woman Stella regrets her ill-advised fling with handsome Freddie, and her husband Max never suspects. Gorgeous painted cover by Bud Parke. I Joined A Teen-Age Gang; I Can Never Marry; My Tragic Affair; I Took My Sisters Husband; Passion Made Me A Thief. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $250.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3856294002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bud Parke. Stories by Daniel Keyes. Art by Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, Wally Wood, and Johnny Craig. Part of EC's Picto-Fiction line, published in response to the Comics Code, featuring tales of scandal in text stories copiously illustrated by EC's lineup of artists. Ignoring her brother's warnings, Nan joins the Tigers street gang to be close to Hal, and finds herself at the center of a gang war. Fran visits her friend Barbara in Greenwich Village and soon gets swept up in a world of artists, beatniks and free love. Working woman Stella regrets her ill-advised fling with handsome Freddie, and her husband Max never suspects. Gorgeous painted cover by Bud Parke. I Joined A Teen-Age Gang; I Can Never Marry; My Tragic Affair; I Took My Sisters Husband; Passion Made Me A Thief. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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 $24,800 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1201838007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($744.00) 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 $2,480.00 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 ($74.40) 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 2.0 $1,100.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4495668012

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 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 $1,399.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1173825015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($41.97) 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.

Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) 17 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4497600003

Cover art by Johnny Craig. Al Williamson article by Albert B. Feldstein. "Touch and Go!", script by Ray Bradbury and Johnny Craig (adaptation), art by Johnny Craig; Acton had killed Arthur Huxley and now tried to remove any clue that he had been at Huxley's home and had committed the crime; But his fixation with eliminating evidence of his presence had its consequences; Adapted from the short story "Touch and Go" (later retitled "The Fruit at the bottom of the Bowl") by Ray Bradbury. "One for the Money," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A shameless gold-digger ends up paying for her sins in a roundabout way. "Big Blow!" text story by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Marie Severin. "Fired!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, pencils by Al Williamso, inks by Al Williamson and Frank Frazetta (as Fritz); As the owner of a cattle ranch, Patricia is getting lonely and longs for a man; That man is Roy Willis, a ranch hand who talks her into making him foreman. "Two for the Show!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Bill Elder; A man murder his wife and packs her body into a trunk; He takes the trunk on a train and secretly exchanges it with another, identical trunk. 36 pages, 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 2.0 $4,000.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s); Significant inner well scuff(s) Cover detached. Label #2133322001

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Bernie Krigstein, Marie Severin, Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, and Reed Crandall. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. A couple's intricate plot to have the mistress impersonate the murdered wife is undone by a game show, of all things. A banker who swindles a fortune from an old woman is betrayed by his own guilt. An attempt at murder-by-fire becomes suicide-by-spouse instead. Severed-head cover is one of the most infamous in comics history, mentioned during Gaines' testimony before the US Senate. In Each and Every Package; Monotony; Cinder Block; Sight Unseen. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) 23 CGC 2.0 Restored

Restored: A3

Paper: Off white to white

Restoration includes: pieces added, tear seals, reinforced.

Label #4452609003

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 or Best Offer 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 7.5 $7,880.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #1096935001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($236.40) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Johnny Craig, his first EC Horror work. First of the "New Trend" issues to hit the stands, this is the first issue of Crypt of Terror with numbering continuing from Crime Patrol (1948-1950 EC). Death Must Come, script and art by Al Feldstein; A transferred gland preserves youth. The Man Who Was Death, script by Gardner Fox, art by Bill Fraccio; A state executioner takes the law into his own hands. The Corpse Nobody Knew, script by Al Feldstein, art by George Roussos; A couple find a body in their hotel room and play detective. Curse of the Full Moon!, script and art by Johnny Craig; Ralf thinks he's become a werewolf after being scratched by a Wolfsbane plant. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $5,999.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1617994005

Cover art by Johnny Craig, his first EC Horror work. First of the "New Trend" issues to hit the stands, this is the first issue of Crypt of Terror with numbering continuing from Crime Patrol (1948-1950 EC). Death Must Come, script and art by Al Feldstein; A transferred gland preserves youth. The Man Who Was Death, script by Gardner Fox, art by Bill Fraccio; A state executioner takes the law into his own hands. The Corpse Nobody Knew, script by Al Feldstein, art by George Roussos; A couple find a body in their hotel room and play detective. Curse of the Full Moon!, script and art by Johnny Craig; Ralf thinks he's become a werewolf after being scratched by a Wolfsbane plant. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

EC Classics Magazine (1985) 5 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4498221016

Weird Fantasy reprints. "The Exile" (from WF # 14) by Wally Wood, "Mad Journey" (# 14) by Al Williamson and Frank Frazetta, "He Who Waits" (# 15) by Jack Kamen, "Ahead of the Game" (# 17) by Bill Elder, "Revulsion" (# 15) by Joe Orlando, "By George" (# 15) by Williamson, "What He Saw" (# 16) by Jack Kamen, and "There Will Come Soft Rains" adapted from the Ray Bradbury story (# 17) by Wood. 8-in. x 11-in.; full color; 56 pages on good quality white paper stock with cardstock covers. Cover price $4.95.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $105.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #2076940004

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Colin Dawkins and Johnny Craig. Art by John Severin, Johnny Craig, and Reed Crandall. One of EC Comics' late New Direction titles, a response to the new Comics Code, featuring reporters finding danger while pursuing stories. Reporter Keith Michaels finds danger in the tropics when an ex-Nazi munitions dealer is selling weapons to Costa Rican revolutionaries. Photographer Steve Rampart sees suspicious doings while covering a peace conference in Geneva. Reporters find shady business while vacationing in sunny Key West. Dateline: Cayo Romano, Cuba!; Camera!; Holiday for Macduff; Thirty; Dateline: Key West! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $1,980.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s) Label #1624769002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($59.40) will be charged at checkout.

First appearance of "The Witches Cauldron" and the Old Witch by Jack Kamen. In this issue the Old Witch begins as the hostess of Haunt of Fear. "Vampire" (art by Johnny Craig), "Horror-Ahead" (art by Harry Harrison and Wally Wood), "The Killer in the Coffin" (script by Gardner Fox, art by Graham Ingels), and "The Mummy's Return" (art by Kamen). Craig cover. NOTE: This issue is the second of the series and was published in 1950; the ongoing series has another issue 16 that was published in 1952. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $1,083.00 Trimmed Paper: Off white Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s); Significant inner well scuff(s) Right edge trimmed. Label #2032068016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($32.49) will be charged at checkout.

Origin of Crypt of Terror, Vault of Horror, and Haunt of Fear. Material in this issue was featured in Wertham's "Seduction of the Innocent." Stories include "Nightmare" (art by Johnny Craig), "Television Terror" (art by Harvey Kurtzman), "Monster Maker" (art by Graham Ingels), and "Horror Beneath the Streets" (art by Al Feldstein). Craig cover. NOTE: This issue is the third of the series and was published in 1950; the ongoing series has another issue 17 that was published in 1953. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. Hounded To Death!--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A man who keeps hounds starving for the foxhunt catches another guy making time with his wife; The wife tells him to pretend he's had a heart attack so the husband will dump his body down the road, but instead, since the husband is wise to them, he tosses the body into the dog kennel where it is ripped to shreds. The Very Strange Mummy!--The Vault of Horror!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by George Roussos; Explorers discover a vampire entombed as a mummy. Diminishing Returns!--Haunt of Fear, script by Albert B. Feldstein. The Irony of Death!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. The E.C. Artist of the Issue - Graham Ingels photo and bio. Grave Business!--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; An undertaker who overcharges for his services becomes paralyzed in an auto accident and buried alive because his partner doesn't bother to embalm him and uses all the tricks he learned while working with the victim to bilk the estate for the funeral costs. The Vamp!--The Vault of Horror!, script by Johnny Craig, pencils by Johnny Craig (pages 1-4) and Jack Davis (pages 5-7), inks by Jack Davis; A man and wife go on vacation in Europe where he meets a vampire that falls in love with him; Once he learns what she is he rejects her in disgust and she angrily replies that she'll kill him before she lets him go back to his wife. My Uncle Ekar!--Haunt of Fear, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. Bum Steer!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Graham Ingels. For the Love of Death!--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A man envious of the accolades showered upon the dead at their funerals resolves to slay the town's richest man so he can substitute for the corpse and enjoy the pomp and circumstance. Fed Up!--The Vault of Horror!, art by Johnny Craig; A sword-swallower marries a man who becomes obese over time by spending all the money she earns with her act on food. Minor Error!--Haunt of Fear, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. Wolf Bait!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Graham Ingels. Chatter-Boxed!--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A man subject to cataleptic fits worries that he may be buried alive during one of them so he instructs his undertaker to perform no embalming and has a telephone installed in the coffin; He gets into an auto accident while having a fit and it is mistakenly assumed the car crash killed him and so he is buried. All Washed Up!--The Vault of Horror!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by George Evans; A man doesn't have the money to marry his girl, so he kills his wealthier rival and dumps his body down an old well. Marriage Vows!--The Old Witch's Grim Fairy Tale!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. Death of Some Salesmen!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,575.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4424533007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($47.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Graham Ingels. Horror We? How's Bayou?--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels [as Ghastly]; A man in the Louisiana swamp diverts traffic from the road to his mansion in order to satisfy the cravings of his demented homicidal brother for victims to dismember. Gorilla My Dreams!--The Vault of Horror!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by George Evans; A brain surgeon transfers the brain of his victim into the body of a gorilla taken from a carnival. A Likely Story!--The Old Witch's Grim Fairy Tale!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. Garden Party--The Crypt of Terror, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Graham Ingels. Thump Fun!--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A murderer thinks he is like the character in Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart", imagining he hears a heartbeat in the walls, but after police examine the area they find his older brother's corpse. Terror Train--The Vault-Keeper's E.C. Classic, script and art by Albert B. Feldstein; Gloria was in a cab, running away from her husband Ralph...heading toward the train station and the train that would take her away from this man whom she thought was trying to poison her. Bloody Sure--Haunt of Fear, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Reed Crandall. Hyde and Go Shriek!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Graham Ingels. Marriage Vow--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Otto Binder, art by Graham Ingels; A woman who was murdered by her husband for her money comes back from the dead to fulfill her wifely role in a zombified way. The Shadow Knows--The Vault of Horror!, script by Otto Binder, art by Reed Crandall; A man murders his wife making it look like a suicide in order to marry a wealthy woman. Spoiled--Haunt of Fear, script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Kamen. Comes The Dawn!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Davis. 36 pages, full color. NOTE: Contains anti-censorship editorial, 'Are you a Red Dupe?' 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.

Incredible Science Fiction (1955 EC) 30 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4248014022

Cover by Jack Davis. Stories by Jack Oleck and Alfred Coppel. Art by Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Bernie Krigstein, and Joe Orlando. Numbering continues from Weird Science-Fantasy (1954 E.C. Comics) #29. As part of its skirmishes with the Comics Code, William Gaines' EC Comics changes its pioneering sci-fi title Weird Science-Fantasy to Incredible Science Fiction. This was also the first issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. Astronauts find the other planets reduced to the size of toys, with art by Bernie Krigstein. The advance agent of an alien invasion is disguised to look like a human. Future Earth empires discover a mysterious barrier on the moon that prevents their struggle for domination. Clean Start; Marbles; Conditioned Reflex; Barrier. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Davis. Stories by Jack Oleck and Alfred Coppel. Art by Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Bernie Krigstein, and Joe Orlando. Numbering continues from Weird Science-Fantasy (1954 E.C. Comics) #29. As part of its skirmishes with the Comics Code, William Gaines' EC Comics changes its pioneering sci-fi title Weird Science-Fantasy to Incredible Science Fiction. This was also the first issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. Astronauts find the other planets reduced to the size of toys, with art by Bernie Krigstein. The advance agent of an alien invasion is disguised to look like a human. Future Earth empires discover a mysterious barrier on the moon that prevents their struggle for domination. Clean Start; Marbles; Conditioned Reflex; Barrier. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Davis. Stories by Jack Oleck. Art by Bernie Krigstein, Wally Wood, Al Williamson, and Roy G. Krenkel. EC Comics changes its pioneering sci-fi title Weird Science-Fantasy to the Code-approved Incredible Science Fiction. Space tourists stranded on a primitive planet are unknowingly worshipped as gods, with art by Bernie Krigstein. A scientist finds that his time travel is predetermined to go wrong. A classic Wally Wood story reveals the age limit for space explorers. You, Rocket; Fulfillment; Time to Leave; Twice Told Tale; Has-Been. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $350.00 Paper: Off white Slab: See item notes Gapping in plastic to top edge of slab. Label #4215024001

Cover by Jack Davis. Stories by Jack Oleck. Art by Jack Davis, Bernie Krigstein, Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, and Roy G. Krenkel. EC Comics changes its pioneering sci-fi title Weird Science-Fantasy to the Code-approved Incredible Science Fiction. A space captain faces court-martial, in a story by Jack Davis. Efforts at terraforming an alien planet have an unexpected result. A space tyrant sets his sights on familiar territory. Fallen Idol; Food for Thought; The Ultimate Weapon; Marked Man. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $150.00 Restored: C2 Paper: Off white to white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. Label #4445019006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Jack Davis. Stories by Jack Oleck. Art by Jack Davis, Bernie Krigstein, Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, and Roy G. Krenkel. EC Comics changes its pioneering sci-fi title Weird Science-Fantasy to the Code-approved Incredible Science Fiction. A space captain faces court-martial, in a story by Jack Davis. Efforts at terraforming an alien planet have an unexpected result. A space tyrant sets his sights on familiar territory. Fallen Idol; Food for Thought; The Ultimate Weapon; Marked Man. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $170.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4316995009

Cover by Jack Davis. Stories by Jack Oleck. Art by Jack Davis, Bernie Krigstein, Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, and Roy G. Krenkel. EC Comics changes its pioneering sci-fi title Weird Science-Fantasy to the Code-approved Incredible Science Fiction. A space captain faces court-martial, in a story by Jack Davis. Efforts at terraforming an alien planet have an unexpected result. A space tyrant sets his sights on familiar territory. Fallen Idol; Food for Thought; The Ultimate Weapon; Marked Man. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

International Comics (1947) 4 CGC 7.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Slab: Significant inner well scuff(s)

Label #0032688014

Cover by Lee Bachelor (credited as Leo Bachle). Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Sheldon Moldoff, Lee Bachelor and Kurt Schaffenberger. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title started as adventure, changed to grisly crime stories and eventually metamorphosed into straight-up horror. Van Manhattan battles circus performers who have turned to crime, in a story (and cover) guaranteed to creep out every clownophobe. Diggy Do & Diggy Dont investigate when an ancient folk remedy gives a killer the strength of a tiger, in a story by Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Crime-solvers the Chessmen investigate a series of strange murders committed by someone dressed like a medieval crossbowman. Van Manhattan: The Crooks from the Circus!; Diggy Do & Diggy Dont: The Wine of the Tiger!; The Magic Formula; Chessmen: The Crossbow and the Crook!; Madelon: Menace of the Midnight Marauder! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ernie Bache cover (signed with his penname, 'Bachelor'), which features Radix the Man of Hate and the International Crime Patrol. The International Crime Patrol star in "The Tide of Terror!", Igor the Archer in "The Phantom of the Factory," the Chessmen in "The Adventure of the Misplaced Vial," and Madelon, Slick Chick of the Camera, in "Peril Over Paris." Also features Moon Girl in "Moon Girl and the Prince." Two full page Moon Girl and the Prince ads (one in black and white, the other in color). Two page text story, "The Mysterious Pencil Sharpener!" This pre-code gem features bondage panels in almost every story, plus a scantily clad Moon Girl! Va-va-va-voom! Cover price $0.10.

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Debut issue of the iconic publication Mad, which would change to magazine format with issue 24. Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. "Hoohah!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; Two youngsters run out of gas and enter a house they think is haunted. "Blobs!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; Alfred outlines a terrible thought he has about the end of humanity. "Enter Cosmo McMoon!" text story by Harvey Kurtzman. "Crow Vadis?" text story by Harvey Kurtzman. "Ganefs!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Bill Elder; A perfect crime is hatched but Bumble fumbles. "Varmint!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by John Severin; Textron is hunting the killer of Melvin and kills every suspect. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. "Dragged Net!", art by Bill Elder (as Sergeant Elder); Joe and Ed travel around the world NOT solving a crime; A parody of Dragnet TV show. "Sheik of Araby!", art by John Severin; Melvin has joined the Foreign Legion to escape his wife and kids, but she decimates the entire regiment at Fort Wadi El Aycare. E.C. comics ad. "Rookie Gladiator" text story. "The Dandelion Caper" text story. "V-Vampires!", art by Wally Wood; A vampire goes on a date with a werewolf. "Lone Stranger!", art by Jack Davis; The Lone Stranger bumbles his way through foiling a stage coach robbery; A parody of the Lone Ranger. First letters page. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. E.C. Fan-Addict Club ad. "Little Orphan Melvin!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; Daddy is continually too late to save Melvin from danger, and also cannot save himself from Mommy; Little Orphan Annie comic strip parody. "The Raven," script by Edgar Allan Poe, art by Bill Elder; An adaptation of Poe's poem "The Raven." Ad for Panic magazine. "Bop Jokes!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by John Severin; Five gags using Bop terms. "Operation Under-the-Ground" (Chapter 3) text story. "Hah! Noon!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; Marshall Kane dithers about leaving town, beats up another marshall, and kills some accomplices of Miller before subduing Miller without violence; Parody of the Gary Cooper film "High Noon." 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $345.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s) Label #4340843005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.35) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. E.C. Fan-Addict Club ad. "Little Orphan Melvin!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; Daddy is continually too late to save Melvin from danger, and also cannot save himself from Mommy; Little Orphan Annie comic strip parody. "The Raven," script by Edgar Allan Poe, art by Bill Elder; An adaptation of Poe's poem "The Raven." Ad for Panic magazine. "Bop Jokes!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by John Severin; Five gags using Bop terms. "Operation Under-the-Ground" (Chapter 3) text story. "Hah! Noon!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; Marshall Kane dithers about leaving town, beats up another marshall, and kills some accomplices of Miller before subduing Miller without violence; Parody of the Gary Cooper film "High Noon." 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $245.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4340843001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.35) will be charged at checkout.

Ad for Panic magazine. "Starchie," script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Will Elder; Bottleneck frames Starchie so that Starchie goes to prison and Bottleneck can take over the girls and rackets at the high school; Parody of Archie comic books. "From Eternity Back to Here!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Bernie Krigstein; Prewitt will not fight, no matter what, and Sgt. Warden and Mrs. Homes drown on the beach; Parody of the movie "From Here to Eternity." "Operation Under-the-Ground" (Chapter 6) text story. "3-Dimensions!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; A phony description of how 3-D comics are made and a look at what can go wrong. "Mark Trade!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; Parody of the comic strip Mark Trail, finding Mark sick and tired of nature. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Mad (1952 EC) Magazine 14 CGC 4.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4469976010

Painted cover is a parody of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. "Manduck the Magician," script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Will Elder; Manduck is reduced to using his hypnotic spells to sell snake oil on the street, until he matches spells with Lamont Shadowskeedeeboomboom; Parody of the comic strip Mandrake the Magician. "Movie... Ads!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; The differences between scenes in a movie and the way the movies are advertised. E. C. Fan-Addict Club! ad. "The Countynental!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; Parody of a short-lived 1952 TV show, "The Continental." "Plastic Sam!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Russ Heath; Plastic Sam meets an imitation who is a bank robber; Parody of Plastic Man (Quality, 1943 series). 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Child!", art by Bill Elder; A humorous look at Bill's early life with some supposed early scribblings of his. "The Boy!", art by Bill Elder; Humorous bio of Bill's childhood, through photos supposedly showing his early artwork. "The Young Artist!", art by Bill Elder; Humorous look at Bill's early career, with photos of various items he supposedly painted. "The Commercial Artist!", art by Bill Elder; Humorous look at Bill's commercial art career, with samples of fake advertisements. "The Old Pro!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Bill Elder; Melvin is captured during a bank robbery and continually digs his way out of jail. "Senility!", art by Bill Elder; A few of Bill's most recent drawings, showing a regression to his earliest form. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $539.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #1071486001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($16.17) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Wally Wood and Harvey Kurtzman (frame). "The Dave Garrowunway Show," art by Jack Davis; Dave gets locked out of the studio and J. Floyd continues the show; Parody of the "Today" tv show with Dave Garroway. "Confidentially," art by Bill Elder; Phony articles from various confidential exposé magazines showing how they are all the same. "The Conquest of Tillie's Lookout," script by Ira Wallach, art by Wally Wood; An account of climbing a minor hummock at a New England resort, narrated as if climbing Mt. Everest. "Let's Go For A Ride!", art by Jack Davis; Exaggerated versions of the problems of a Sunday drive, with the family finally deciding home was more peaceful. "The Prodigious," art by Wally Wood; Parody of movie "The Prodigal." "The Seven Itchy Years," art by Bill Elder; Scenes from the movie with a review. "Today's Criminal Investigating Game," script and art by Roger Price; Roger discusses "The Sissonville Fiend Case", how to surround and capture a criminal whose location is known, obtaining information, identifying criminal types, stake outs, fingerprints, marksmanship, and delinquent youth assistance programs. "A Guide To Better Understanding The Fine Old Art of Boxing," script by Al Jaffee, art by Jack Davis. "Tense Tycoons and Lucky Bucks," script by Bernard Shir-Cliff, art by Bernie Krigstein and Wally Wood; Parts of a story about a corporate raider and the people of one of the companies he buys. 60 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.