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Add to cart CGC 9.8 $275.00 Paper: White Label #0502601009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.25) will be charged at checkout.

Stories in this issue include: Snapper by Bill Kelly and Leopoldo Duranona; Sunset Farms by Gerry Boudreau, Alex Southern, and Rudy Nebres; Take Your Child, Please! by Cary Bates and Jose Ortiz; The Demon Hater by Nicola Cuti and Rafael Auraleon; Horror is a Highrise by Archie Goodwin and Leopoldo Duranona; A Knightmare to Remember by Cary Bates and Joe Vaultz; and The Clockmaker by Bob Toomey, Gary Null, and Jesus Blasco (art miscredited to Jesus Blasquez). Cover art by Patrick Woodroffe. Cover price $1.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $300.00 Paper: White Label #0502223009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Stories in this 1979 Annual issue include the following reprints: The Muck Monster by Bernie Wrightson; The Laughing Man by Bruce Jones and Bernie Wrightson; The Pepper Lake Monster by Bernie Wrightson; Clarice by Bruce Jones and Bernie Wrightson; Cool Air by Bernie Wrightson (from the story by H.P. Lovecraft); Country Pie by Bruce Jones, Carmine Infantino, and Bernie Wrightson; and A Martian Saga by Nicola Cuti and Bernie Wrightson. Cover art by Bernie Wrightson. Cover price $1.50.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $99.46 Paper: White Label #4342978004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.98) will be charged at checkout.

Stories in this issue include: Gabriel's Horn by Roger McKenzie and Leopoldo Duranona; The Last Labor of Hercules by Budd Lewis and Delando Nino (art credited to A2-120); Rapid Fire Angel by Gerry Boudreau and Axel Laxamana; Et Tu Brutus by Nicola Cuti, Val Mayerik, and Rudy Nebres; and War Children by Gerry Boudreau and Val Mayerik. Cover art by Manuel Sanjulian. Cover price $1.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $125.00 Paper: White Label #3967867003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.75) will be charged at checkout.

Stories in this issue include: Scream by Bob Toomey and Leopoldo Duranona; A Noble Gesture by Adolfo Abellan; The Beast by Michael Fleisher and Isidro Mones; Nightmare Highway by Gerry Boudreau, Carmine Infantino, and Steve Leialoha; and The Silkie by Nicola Cuti, Val Mayerik, and Jeff Easley. Cover art by Ken Kelly. Cover price $1.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $170.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0626263015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.10) will be charged at checkout.

Stories in this issue include: Scream by Bob Toomey and Leopoldo Duranona; A Noble Gesture by Adolfo Abellan; The Beast by Michael Fleisher and Isidro Mones; Nightmare Highway by Gerry Boudreau, Carmine Infantino, and Steve Leialoha; and The Silkie by Nicola Cuti, Val Mayerik, and Jeff Easley. Cover art by Ken Kelly. Cover price $1.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $110.00 Paper: White Label #0626263017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.30) will be charged at checkout.

Stories in this issue include the following reprints: A Boy and his Thing by Bill DuBay and Alex Nino; Keep Kool by Bob Toomey and Alex Nino; Always Leave 'em Laughing by Len Wein and Alex Nino; Sisters by Bill DuBay and Alex Nino; Backwaters and Timing Circles by Budd Lewis and Alex Nino; and Alien Strain by Bill DuBay and Alex Nino. Includes the 1979 Warren Awards. Cover art by Jim Laurier. Cover price $1.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $130.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #1399012002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.90) will be charged at checkout.

Stories in this issue include: Kiss of the Plague! by Doug Moench, Leo Summers, and Alex Toth; Hands of Fate by Carl Wessler and Martin Salvador; The Don't Make Movies by Gerry Boudreau, Carmine Infantino, and Alfredo Alcala; The Slave by Alabaster Redzone (a.k.a. Jim Stenstrum) and Jesus Blasco (art miscredited to Jaime Brocal); Harriman's Monsters! by Greg Potter and Dan Adkins; Always Leave them Laughing by Michael Fleisher, Val Mayerik, and Rudy Nebres; and Jelly by Nicola Cuti and Herb Arnold. Cover art by Ken Kelly. Cover price $1.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $80.00 Paper: White Label #0626264020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.40) will be charged at checkout.

Stories in this issue include: Malphisto's Illusion by Nicola Cuti, Alexis Romeo (a.k.a. Romeo Tanghal), and Alex Toth; Cult by Archie Goodwin and Martin Salvador; Paydirt by Roger McKenzie, Carmine Infantino, and Alfred Alcala; Mayhem Museum by Carl Wessler and Adolpho Buylla; The Prometheus by Rich Margopoulos, John Garcia, and Rudy Nebres; and A Slight Case of Madness by Bill DuBay and Herb Arnold (story credited to Will Richardson). Cover art by Vicente Segelles. Cover price $1.75.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $85.00 Paper: White Label #0626265009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.55) will be charged at checkout.

Stories in this issue include: Guardians of the Universe! by Budd Lewis and Delando Nino; Hear the Organ Grinder Play by Mark Willard and Martin Salvador; Soul Sucker! by Gerry Boudreau and Fred Carrillo; Wreck of the Vendigo Shafter! by Rich Margopoulos, Gene Day, and Rudy Nebres; Nefites by Bruce Jones and Jun Lofamia; Orson Who? by Nicola Cuti, Carmine Infantino, and Wayne Howard; War is Hell! by Roger McKenzie and Val Mayerik; and The City of God by Budd Lewis and Steve Gan. Cover art by Ken Kelly. Cover price $2.00.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $150.00 Paper: White Label #0501692004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.50) will be charged at checkout.

This special Al Williamson issue includes the following reprinted stories: H2O World! by Archie Goodwin, Al Williamson, and Roy G. Krenkel; The Success Story by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson; Welcome Stranger by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson; Sand Doom by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson; Now you See it... by Bruce Jones and Al Williamson; and The Homecoming by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson. Cover art by Rudy Nebres. Cover price $2.00.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $170.00 Paper: White Label #0083603014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.10) will be charged at checkout.

Stories in this issue include: I Created the...Gargoyle! by Danille DuBay and Delando Nino; The Puppet Master by John Ellis Sech and Fred Carrillo; The Check-Out Counter by Timothy Moriarty and Alfonso DeLeon; Covering All Bases by Kevin Duane and Martin Salvador; Candle in the Wind by Gerry Boudreau and Jun Lofamia; and Moral Blood by Don McGregor and Al Sanchez. Cover art by Richard Corben. Cover price $2.25.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $350.00 Paper: White Label #1018237006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.50) will be charged at checkout.

Stories in this issue include the following reprints: Forgotten Flesh by Doug Moench and Vicente Alcarar; For the Sake of Your Children! by Ed Fedory and Jaime Brocal; It! by Tom Sutton; In Darkness it Shall End! by Doug Moench and Vicente Alcazar; The Ghouls! by Carl Wessler and Martin Salvador; Berenice by Rich Margopoulos and Isidro Mones (from the story by Edgar Allan Poe); and It: The Terror-Stalked Heiress! by Carl Wessler and Jose Gual. The features page includes an announcement of the departure of Forrest J Ackerman from Famous Monsters. Cover art by Frank Frazetta. Cover price $2.25.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $285.00 Paper: White Label #1446025001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.55) will be charged at checkout.

Stories in this last issue of Creepy magazine, which was published by Harris Publications, include: Sex Kitten by S.K. Pierce an Bill Wray; Creeps by Archie Goodwin, John Severin, and Wally Wood; Yellow Heat by Bruce Jones and Russ Heath; ...The Dump Man by Stephen Perry and Eric Shanower; Too Many Termarrows by Timothy Moriarty and Vic Catan; Dead Run by Jeff Jones; A Base and Nasel Hunger by Stephen Perry and Steve Bissette; Sacrifice by Roger McKenzie and Luis Bermejo; Grave Undertaking by Archie Goodwin and Alex Toth; To Kill a God! by Wally Wood; The Super-Abnormal Phenomena Survival Kit! by Jim Stenstrum and John Severin; Werewolf! by Larry Ivie and Frank Frazetta; Creepy's Loathsome Lore: Mummy's Curse! by Archie Goodwin and Roy G. Krenkel; The Machinations of Lust by S.K. Pierce, Mike Harris, and Greg Theakston; and No (Horse) Laughing Matter by Doug Moench and Rafael Auraleon. Cover art by Richard Corben. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $270.00 Paper: Off white Label #0098275015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.10) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by H.B. Harris. Edited by Bill Parente. Stories by Archie Goodwin, John Benson, Bhob Stewart, and Johnny Craig. Art by Frank Frazetta, Angelo Torres, Dan Adkins, Rocke Mastroserio, Wally Wood, Neal Adams, and Johnny Craig. Reprints from the early years of the influential horror comics magazine. A Frazetta werewolf one-pager; a monster rises from the grave. 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. 52 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $225.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4262841006

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, Paul Parker, John Prentice, Al McWilliams, Gerald McCann, John Daley, Floyd Torb and Mort Lawrence. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. Ex-college roommates reunite years later, when one is a successful football star and the other is a crook who wants his help fixing a game. A strong-arm man and a pickpocket who were once cellmates meet up on the outside, and their attempts at going straight end in murder with an ironic twist. How police and forensic science recover evidence from burned documents. The Puddle of Success; Only the Best for Frenchy; The Charitable Pickpocket; Prince of Pennies; A Gift from the Cellar; Cat Markey's Mistake; Science vs. Crime; The French Farmer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $145.00 Paper: Off white Label #4169298004

Stories and art by Bill Ely and others. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. A jewel thief sets his sights on the famed Blue Star diamond as a gift for his wife. A simple-minded town fool stumbles on the evidence of a murder, but townspeople think he is involved himself. It's gangsters vs. cowboys when a new rustling scheme involves hijacking a cattle drive onto a schooner. The Glass Gibraltar; The Rats on the Vine; Haunted Headlines; The Kind Nuisance; The Mink in the Balcony; The Hamburger Pirates; The Gypsy Link. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $1,895.00 Restored: B1 Paper: Off white to white Restoration includes: tear seal to cover, glue on 13th page, cover reinforced. (Married 13th page) Label #1292690003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($56.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dick Briefer, Harry Lucey, Woody Hamilton, Carl Hubbell, Bob Montana, George Tuska, Norman Maurer, Alan Mandel, Lev Gleason and Charles Biro. Numbering continues from Silver Streak Comics (1939) #21. Erroneously listed as issue #23 on cover (#22 in indicia). The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. The series kicks off with the true story of 1930s mobster Louis Lepke Buchalter, the gangster who created the Murder, Inc. killer-for-hire operation. The Wild West gunfighter "Wild Bill" Hickok becomes a figure of legend. Paralyzed polio survivor Bill Reed develops a set of prosthetic wings and becomes the superhero War Eagle, in his sole adventure. Crime Kings: The Real Story Behind Lepke, Mad Dog of the Underworld; Wild Bill Hickok; Officer Edward Maher and the Mad Dog Killers of Fifth Avenue; The Saga of Harpshead Road; Two-Legged Rats; The Mad Musician and His Tunes of Doom; The Crime Corner Presents: Hollywoods Panther Man, The Jersey Devil; The Case of the Twisted Cigarettes; The Blackout Murder Mystery; Dickie Dean, The Boy Inventor; The War Eagle. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $200.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Centerfold Detached. Label #0285779003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dick Wood, Norman Maurer, Dick Briefer, Alan Mandel, Bob Wood, Jack Alderman and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. The unkillable Michael Malloy survives multiple murder attempts. "Two Gun" Crowley's 1931 shootout with police becomes national news and helps create the image of the Prohibition-era gangster. Gunfighter Luke Short survives numerous gunfights and finances some of the best-known saloons in the Old West. Crime Kings: The Phantom of Fort Wayne; The Poison Dove; Two-Gun Crowley; The Count of Gramercy Park; The Killer Who Died Laughing; Thisll Kill You; Little Luke Short; The Corpse That Would Not Stay Dead!; Whodunnit? Be a Detective. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $200.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #0285779004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Carmine Infantino, Dick Wood, R. W. Hall, Dick Briefer, Milton Kramer, Bob Wood, Jack Alderman and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. The Eastman Gang becomes the ruling underworld organization in New York in the period between the 1890s and the 1910s. A killer's shoes identify him among Texans' cowboy boots, in a story with early art by comics legend Carmine Infantino. Crime Does Not Pay editors Charles Biro and Bob Wood investigate a murder and find the trail leads right back to their own office, in a whimsical whodunit with art by Dick Briefer. Crime Kings: The True Story of Monk Eastman; The Killer the Law Couldn't Kill; The Texas Terrors; Mirthful Murder and the Crazy Killers; The Praying Corpse; Sing Sing Prison Break; Crime Close-Ups; The Patent Leather Killer!; Whodunnit? Be a Detective. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $690.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4120935025

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Rudy Palais, Dick Wood, Dick Briefer, Bob Wood, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. A woman is dubbed a "female Bluebeard" after doing away with her husbands, in a story with art by Dick Briefer. The story of Nolan the Notorious features early art by pioneering African-American artist Alvin Hollingsworth. The murderer of Mary Lawson is revealed by a burnt match, in a tale with art by Dick Briefer. Also featuring a vintage PSA for wartime paper drives, an early recycling program. Career of Carrington Hill; Four Crooks and a Coffin; Female Blue Beard; Murder Master; Angel Face of Crime; The Case of the Missing Monster; Nolan the Notorious; Whodunnit? Who Murdered Beautiful Mary Lawson?; A Crimebuster Special. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $895.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scratch on front of case Label #0709679004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($26.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Rudy Palais, Dick Wood, Dick Briefer, Robert Q. Sale, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. A criminal gang becomes known in the press as the Suede Glove Bandits. An Alcatraz inmate distinguishes himself as being tougher than the rest. A Hollywood murder mystery dares the reader to figure out who killed a movie star, in a whimsical whodunit with art by Dick Briefer. Also featuring an ad for the following issue's Jimmy Durante Murder Case. Career of Walter Cahill and the Suede Glove Bandits; 27 Years of Murder!; The Grave Gamble; Terror on the Tracks; The Man in Wolf's Clothing; Four Steps to Doom; Tough Guy of Alcatraz; Whodunnit? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $649.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1970688003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.47) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by C.C. Beck, Rod Reed, Rudy Palais, Dick Wood, Milt J. Kramer, Robert Sale and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. The feud between New Jersey neighbors turns violent when they both become involved in illegal cockfighting, gambling and mobsters. Also featuring a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Bumbershoot Jump!," with art by C.C. Beck and Rod Reed. Plus a vintage PSA for the American war effort. An Important Message to the American People; Little Adam; The Feud of Happy McNulty and Fancy Campbell; The Last Laugh of the Lone Wolf Bandit; Alibi Murderer; Francesco the Terrible; This'll Kill You!; Whodunnit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $695.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Slab: Scratch on back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Label #1972664016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($20.85) will be charged at checkout.

Charles Biro electric chair cover! A truly striking cover!

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Jack Alderman, Rudy Palais, Dick Wood, Norman Maurer, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Leonard Scamici makes a name for himself as a killer for hire, but a New York bank job proves his undoing. The brilliant and well-mannered "Western George" Leslie masterminded robberies down to the tiniest detail. A story that dares the reader to figure out who killed an embezzler during a costume party at Mardi Gras. Also featuring a famous and oft-reprinted cover by Charles Biro. Willie the Actor; Million Dollar Burglar; Murder Will Out; The Saga of Sir Charles; The True Story of Leonard Scamici, Killer For Hire; The Case of the Phony Count Chivano; Whodunnit: Can You Solve the Murder at the Mardi Gras? 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $610.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Label #3985843009

Charles Biro electric chair cover! A truly striking cover!

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Jack Alderman, Rudy Palais, Dick Wood, Norman Maurer, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Leonard Scamici makes a name for himself as a killer for hire, but a New York bank job proves his undoing. The brilliant and well-mannered "Western George" Leslie masterminded robberies down to the tiniest detail. A story that dares the reader to figure out who killed an embezzler during a costume party at Mardi Gras. Also featuring a famous and oft-reprinted cover by Charles Biro. Willie the Actor; Million Dollar Burglar; Murder Will Out; The Saga of Sir Charles; The True Story of Leonard Scamici, Killer For Hire; The Case of the Phony Count Chivano; Whodunnit: Can You Solve the Murder at the Mardi Gras? 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $720.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4112838002

Charles Biro electric chair cover! A truly striking cover!

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Jack Alderman, Rudy Palais, Dick Wood, Norman Maurer, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Leonard Scamici makes a name for himself as a killer for hire, but a New York bank job proves his undoing. The brilliant and well-mannered "Western George" Leslie masterminded robberies down to the tiniest detail. A story that dares the reader to figure out who killed an embezzler during a costume party at Mardi Gras. Also featuring a famous and oft-reprinted cover by Charles Biro. Willie the Actor; Million Dollar Burglar; Murder Will Out; The Saga of Sir Charles; The True Story of Leonard Scamici, Killer For Hire; The Case of the Phony Count Chivano; Whodunnit: Can You Solve the Murder at the Mardi Gras? 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $725.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #0241874006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($21.75) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Fred Guardineer, Mike Roy, Sam Burlockoff, Rudy Palais, George A. Marko, Arne Arntzen, Jack Alderman, Red Woodbury, Harley M. Griffiths and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. The Schroeder gang robs and kills its way across 1920s America, led by bereted blonde Irene, featuring some classic bad-girl art by Fred Guardineer. Mr. Crime narrates the story of killers Steve and Tony, featuring a lurid image of an electric chair high atop the pile of their victims' bodies. The true story of violent criminal Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll. Also featuring a vintage ad for Pepsi starring Pepsi the Pepsi-Cola Cop, and a photo of the Lev Gleason creative staff: Bob Wood, Lev Gleason and Charles Biro. Thug's Throne; Fingers of Death; The Tri-State Terror; Mad Dog Vincent Coll; Triple Death and the Trail of Terror; The Terror Down Under; The Horrible Halzingers; Whodunnit. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $549.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #0987690001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($16.47) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Fred Guardineer, Mike Roy, Sam Burlockoff, Rudy Palais, George A. Marko, Arne Arntzen, Jack Alderman, Red Woodbury, Harley M. Griffiths and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. The Schroeder gang robs and kills its way across 1920s America, led by bereted blonde Irene, featuring some classic bad-girl art by Fred Guardineer. Mr. Crime narrates the story of killers Steve and Tony, featuring a lurid image of an electric chair high atop the pile of their victims' bodies. The true story of violent criminal Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll. Also featuring a vintage ad for Pepsi starring Pepsi the Pepsi-Cola Cop, and a photo of the Lev Gleason creative staff: Bob Wood, Lev Gleason and Charles Biro. Thug's Throne; Fingers of Death; The Tri-State Terror; Mad Dog Vincent Coll; Triple Death and the Trail of Terror; The Terror Down Under; The Horrible Halzingers; Whodunnit. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $435.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0780988001

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Fred Guardineer, Mike Roy, Sam Burlockoff, Rudy Palais, George A. Marko, Arne Arntzen, Jack Alderman, Red Woodbury, Harley M. Griffiths and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. The Schroeder gang robs and kills its way across 1920s America, led by bereted blonde Irene, featuring some classic bad-girl art by Fred Guardineer. Mr. Crime narrates the story of killers Steve and Tony, featuring a lurid image of an electric chair high atop the pile of their victims' bodies. The true story of violent criminal Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll. Also featuring a vintage ad for Pepsi starring Pepsi the Pepsi-Cola Cop, and a photo of the Lev Gleason creative staff: Bob Wood, Lev Gleason and Charles Biro. Thug's Throne; Fingers of Death; The Tri-State Terror; Mad Dog Vincent Coll; Triple Death and the Trail of Terror; The Terror Down Under; The Horrible Halzingers; Whodunnit. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $349.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side edge crack Label #0746647010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.47) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Ken Fitch, Fred Guardineer, George Tuska, Dick Wood, Rudy Palais, Bert Bushell, Jack Alderman, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. With the encouragement of Mr. Crime and the Devil himself, Denvil Dotson works his way up from petty theft to killing cops. Police suspect a swindle when a painter's highly insured studio burns down and takes his art with it. Infamous Ma Barker births a criminal gang that includes her four sons, in a different story than the previous issue's Barker bio. Also featuring a vintage ad for Pepsi starring Pepsi the Pepsi-Cola Cop, and a classic bad-girl cover by Charles Biro. Devil's Diary; Mother of Murderers; On the Level; Brother Rats; Two-Timing Trio; Crime Quiz; Gyp Artist; The Case of the Voodooed Hangars; Whodunnit: Murder in the Penthouse. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $299.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Other - see grading notes Scuffing to front and back of slab. Label #0107969003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Fred Guardineer, George Tuska, Lee Teaford and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Criminal brothers Bud and Don Hoover have a lifelong feud that escalates into murder. The story of notorious real-life gunman Pretty Boy Floyd. Bloodshed results when neighborhood laundries fight back against Johnny Spanish's protection racket. The Hoover Brothers; Pretty Boy Floyd The Two-Faced Terror; Killers' Jinx; Washed in Blood; The Telltale Scar; Whodunnit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $299.00 Paper: Off white Label #4391056021 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.97) will be charged at checkout.

Annual. 100 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $260.00 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.

Crime Illustrated (1955) 1 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4378731002

Cover by Joe Orlando. Stories by Al Feldstein, Jack Oleck, John Larner, and Richard Smith. Art by Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, Reed Crandall, and Johnny Craig. Part of EC's Picto-Fiction line, published in response to the Comics Code, featuring tales of law and outlaws in text stories copiously illustrated by EC's lineup of artists. A private eye investigating a woman's disappearance finds a vital clue in a mystery novel, but fails to notice the title, "Fall Guy For Murder," adapted from a story that originally appeared in Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) #18. In a noirish story, a chance encounter on the street gets Ben involved with the dangerous lives of Myra and her sister. Another historic moment occurs in Mother's Day (adapted from a story that originally appeared in Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) #21), when writer Al Feldstein uses the soon-to-be-famous moniker "Alfred E. Neuman." Vivid cover by Joe Orlando definitely would not have passed muster with the new Comics Code. Fall Guy For Murder; The Sisters; Fools Gold; Farewell To Arms; Mothers Day 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Crime Illustrated (1955) 2 CGC 3.5

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Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by Al Feldstein, Jack Oleck, John Larner, and Maxwell Williams. Art by Jack Davis, Joe Orlando, Reed Crandall, Graham Ingels and Johnny Craig. Part of EC's Picto-Fiction line, published in response to the Comics Code, featuring tales of law and outlaws in text stories copiously illustrated by EC's lineup of artists. A movie stand-in plots to permanently replace a famous movie star, in a story adapted from "Cut!" which originally appeared in Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) #9. Condemned man Arnold tells the priest who's come for last rites why and how he murdered his wife. Norman and Sally conspire to kill Norman's wife in Pieces of Hate (adapted from "In Each and Every Package" in Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) #22, written by Al Feldstein using the soon-to-be-famous moniker "Alfred E. Neuman." Ax-wielding maniac cover by Reed Crandall is actually kind of tame for EC. Motive; Fair Trade; Clean Sweep; Screenplay For Murder; Pieces Of Hate. Final issue of the series; a third issue was planned, but not printed until the modern era, in EC Picto-Fiction HC Set (2006 Gemstone) #1. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Alvin Hollingsworth. Stories and art by Art Gates, Alvin Hollingsworth, and Myron Fass. Crime and horror comics featuring detective heroes. When redheaded heiress Jane marries struggling artist Roy, her disapproving guardian gives them a wedding present: a haunted house where an eccentric artist once murdered his model. Inspector Kent investigates reports of a zombie murdering the members of an adventurer's club that's seeking a lost treasure. A private eye is hired to escort a murder witness back to the city, but a gangster wants her dead. Painted in Blood; Cross a Gypsy's Palm; The Murdered Murderer; Fact into Fiction; The Road Back. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Cover art by Johnny Craig. "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. "Death's Double-Cross," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Wally Wood; Ruth was bored and lonely; Her two-year marriage to John was missing something: love, and she found it in John's twin brother. "Reward!" text story by Albert B. Feldstein. "A Snapshot of Death!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels; A woman enters a pool room and hires a man to kill a lady, whose picture she provides to him; Imagine his surprise when he notes that the photo is of the woman wanting the crime committed. "High Tide!", script and art by Harvey Kurtzman; Four men on a mail boat leave the infamous Mephisto Prison and soon hear by radio of the escape of one of the prisoners; When the boat's engine, clogged with sand, brings the craft to a halt a ways off shore, all fingers begin to point to each other as the culprit. 36 pgs., full color.

PRINTING NOTE: Some copies have Vol. 1 No. 1 printed above a redacted line in the indicia (before the indicia was corrected). Apparently, EC originally intended to print this issue as Vault of Horror #15. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Art by Johnny Craig, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels, and George Roussos. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. Felix's plot to murder his wife features untraceable poison, a slip of the tongue, switched gravestones, and a gruesome comeuppance. A radio broadcast about an escaped maniac turns a pleasant evening's hitchhiking into a night of terror. When partners in a meatpacking business discover a way to swindle the customers and the competition, can murder be far behind? Out of the Frying Pan…; A Trace of Murder!; Double-Cross; The Escaped Maniac!; Partnership Dissolved! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Johnny Craig. Al Feldstein bio. "Rocks in His Head!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Cynthia shows Charles her new $4000 mink coat and he goes ballistic, not knowing how he can afford such a luxury on his income; He rushes to the hospital and discovers an emergency operation that he is to do, and before he starts to operate, he spots that his lady patient is wearing a valuable diamond ring; he takes it. "Lady Killer," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; Ralph and Jeanne conspire to kill Ralph's wife who refuses to give him a divorce; After making sure he has an air-tight alibi, Ralph sneaks back to his home to shoot his wife, but she is not there; He sits down to wait on her, remembering back to when he first met Jeanne. "Missed by Two Heirs!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Two stepsons, angry because their late mother willed her fortune to her husband, Henry, instead of to them, decide to kill Henry by loosening the bannister on the spiral staircase leading upstairs, a bannister that Henry leans on every time he descends the stairs. "Friend to 'Our Boys'!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); Corporal Tacker arrives home on leave and finds the rented, ramshackle family home teeming with rats and biting insects; When the landlord refuses to correct the conditions of the house, Barry visits the USO, but they can't help either. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.