Comic books 1953, graded by CGC

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Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. Stories by Al Liederman and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza and Al Liederman. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "Captain Marvel's Most Difficult Task" with art by C.C. Beck (King Kull's last Golden Age appearance); "Mr. Tawny--Hermit" with art by C.C. Beck (Tawky Tawny appearance); and "Billy Batson's Double Life" with art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Plus: Captain Kid in "The Golf Lesson" by Al Liederman. And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "The Peaceful Space War" with script by Otto Binder. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Art by Bud Thompson, Art Helfant, Howard Boughner, and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel Jr. investigates when a US regiment in Korea is suddenly gripped by inexplicable fear. The world seems topsy-turvy when Captain Marvel Jr. confesses to murdering his cop friend Jim, and is sentenced to the electric chair. Prof. Edgewise thinks he's figured out the location of Atlantis, and with Captain Marvel Jr.'s help, learns that it's still occupied. The Hunted; The Regiment That Was Afraid to Fight; Judge Smudge; Rubbernose Randolph; Kanvasback: The Big Businessman; Guilty of Murder; The Fourth Dimensional Elephant; The City In the Maelstrom. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Al Avison, Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Abe Simon and Moe Marcus. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. Scientists create a ravenous bacteria and realize they can control its actions. Archaeologists encounter deadly ants and living mummies in a pyramid. A doctor learns how to read the minds of others, but the first person he tries it on turns out to be a murderous lunatic. Nightmare of Doom; Vengeful Corpse; The Place!; The Living Mummies; True Tales Of The Tomb; Mind Over Matter; Web of Doom! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Steve Kirkel, Henry Kiefer and Vince Napoli. Tales of pre-Code horror from Youthful Magazines. A horror story based on the classic Rudyard Kipling story "The Mark of the Beast." Another story is based on an Edgar Allan Poe story, his first to see print, in which the survivor of a brutal family feud is undone by fate and an untamed horse. An artist makes a deal with the devil, and receives a disembodied hand that will do anything he asks, even draw...or kill. The Mark of the Beast; The Curse of Metzengerstein; The Creeping Hand; The House of Greed. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Fox. Stories and art by Harry Harrison and Steve Kirkel. Tales of pre-Code horror from Youthful Magazines. A horror story based on the classic Sir Walter Scott story, "The Strange Case of Wandering Willie." Two other stories are adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe classics. In "The Tell-Tale Heart," a killer's guilt drives him to madness, or maybe it's the other way around. In a story based on Poe's "MS Found In a Bottle," a shipwrecked sailor is taken aboard a ghost ship. Cover art by noted artist Matt Fox, better known for his covers of pulp magazines such as Weird Tales. Strange Case of Wandering Willie; The Secret of Life and Death; The Tell-Tale Heart; Doomsday Ship; The Evil Eye. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and others. Romance comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Numbering continues from Confessions of Love (1953 Star Publications) #14, confusingly enough. Gary longs for love, but women pass him by because he's not handsome or handy. Con man Bill Hale kills and swindles his way to a fortune in black gold in oil-boom Oklahoma. Convict Frank convinces the parole board that he's fallen in love and wants to go straight, but is soon blamed for another murder. The Longing Heart; I Waited For Him; I Fought For My Love; My Tragic Affair. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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First issue (title continues from "Confessions of Love"). "Too Good" (art by Lee Loeb), "I Loved and Lost," and "The Man I Loved." L.B. Cole cover. Cover price $0.10.

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

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

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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 Johnny Craig. "Fall Guy for Murder," script by William Gaines (plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (plot, script), art by Johnny Craig; Harry calls in his good friend, best man and private-eye, Gregg Saunders, to investigate the sudden disappearance of his wife, Edith; He finds a clue in a murder mystery novel called "Fall Guy For Murder." "Juice for the Record!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Bill Elder; Seeing his only son involved with shady criminal elements, old Pop Martin tries to persuade his son to get away from that element and turn to decent pursuits; When he refuses and is shot by a crook that he supposedly swindled, Pop decides to record a confession implicating himself as the murderer of a crook giving Richie a hard time. "Eight Bar Rest," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Marie Severin; Sure that his counselor-at-law can get him off on a temporary insanity plea, Barney tells his attorney in the prison cell block how he was hired, along with fellow musician Ernie Treble, to play a gig at a local club; but Ernie was a fanatic for facts, and every time the duo broke into song, Ernie would bore Barney to death with facts. "Frozen Assets!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; Lovers Mort and Helen, wanting to insure that Helen's husband (and thus her as well) would receive his aunt's $200,000+ inheritance, murder the husband and hide him away in a freezer, awaiting the aunt's death. "From Here to Insanity," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Reed Crandall; A homicidal maniac, having committed several murders of young women because they could identify him, takes up residence in an old woman's apartment in order not to be discovered by the police. 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.

Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) 19 CGC 4.0

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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.

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Stories and art by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Mel Keefer and Fred Kida. Tales of adventure from Toby Press. Treasure hunters resort to kidnapping and murder to force Native diver "Fiji Joe" to dive for pearls in the White Octopus's waters, where none have returned. A tale of crime and corruption on the docks. Captain Comet is captured by space pirates who want the plans for the solar system's new shipping lanes, featuring terrific art by comics and fantasy legends Al Williamson and Frank Frazetta. Plus a vintage Popsicle ad in comics form featuring Major Mars ("America's #1 Space Soldier") and an offer for a "Real Rocket Water Pistol." The White Octopus; Death on the Waterfront; Famous Battles: Hastings 1066 A.D.; Life on the Ocean Waves; The Vicious Space Pirates!; One Night in Singapore.... 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Hy Fleishman. "Horror of the Ghostly Pilot!", art by A. C. Hollingsworth; Greedy airplane constructors want their pilots to give their new plane a favorable recommendation; The chief test pilot dies in the faulty machine. "The Vampire with the Iron Teeth," art by Hy Fleishman; A beautiful duchess changes into a vampire by getting implanted new teeth. "The Dead Can Escape from the Grave" text story. "Slow Death in Quicksand," art by Jon D'Agostino; A father goes after a pirate treasure, tagging son and daughter along; All three get greedy and kill the last survivor, who was so kind to tell the story. "Horror of the Cannibals' Dinner"; A cruel plantation owner flogs a girl to death and cuts off the hand of the old witch doctor woman; The old woman commands her tribe to burn her at the stake so she can take revenge; She returns from the dead as a beautiful savage and lures the evil master into the jungle. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Don Heck. Stories and art by Ken W. Fitch and Don Heck. Violent, pre-Code tales of gunplay, outlaws and horsemanship in the Wild West. The discovery of a lost gold mine leads to double-crosses and triple-crosses. Newly elected sheriff Bart is actually the secret head of the outlaw gang that's been terrorizing the town. Mark single-handedly takes on the outlaw gang that shot up Silver City. Featuring art and a cover by future Marvel legend Don Heck. Fools Gold; Outlaw Nightmare; Bloody Sheriff; Alone. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by David Vern and unknown. Art by Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Charles Paris, Leonard Starr, Ruben Moreira and unknown. Batman and Robin make headlines in "The Joker's Journal!" by David Vern, Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "The Double Life of Pow-Wow Smith" with art by Leonard Starr; Robotman in "The Super Magnet!"; and Impossible -- But True! tale "Roy Raymond's Rival!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Ruben Moreira. Also: Casey the Cop half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Varsity Vic half-pager by Boltinoff; and 2-page text piece "Caging the Counterfeiters" by Jack Miller. 44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by David Vern and unknown. Art by Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Charles Paris, Leonard Starr, Ruben Moreira and unknown. Batman and Robin make headlines in "The Joker's Journal!" by David Vern, Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "The Double Life of Pow-Wow Smith" with art by Leonard Starr; Robotman in "The Super Magnet!"; and Impossible -- But True! tale "Roy Raymond's Rival!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Ruben Moreira. Also: Casey the Cop half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Varsity Vic half-pager by Boltinoff; and 2-page text piece "Caging the Counterfeiters" by Jack Miller. 44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by David Vern and unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Charles Paris, Leonard Starr, Joe Certa and Ruben Moreira. A new and vicious criminal appears to wreck the attempts of the populace to honor Batman and Robin in any way in "The League Against Batman!" by David Vern, Dick Sprang and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "Pow-Wow Smith, Television Star!" with art by Leonard Starr; Robotman in "License for a Robot!" with art by Joe Certa; and Impossible -- But True! tale "Million-to-One Miller!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Ruben Moreira. Also: 2-page text piece "Deputy Sheriff -- Junior!" by Jack Miller. 44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by David Vern and unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Charles Paris, Leonard Starr, Joe Certa and Ruben Moreira. A new and vicious criminal appears to wreck the attempts of the populace to honor Batman and Robin in any way in "The League Against Batman!" by David Vern, Dick Sprang and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "Pow-Wow Smith, Television Star!" with art by Leonard Starr; Robotman in "License for a Robot!" with art by Joe Certa; and Impossible -- But True! tale "Million-to-One Miller!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Ruben Moreira. Also: 2-page text piece "Deputy Sheriff -- Junior!" by Jack Miller. 44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. Know Your Community! public service announcement starring Binky, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Millionaire Island starring Batman and Robin, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris. The Dummy With a Mind of It's Own starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, art by Ruben Moreira. Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Human War Machine starring Robotman, art by Joe Certa. Mystery of the Seaman Smuggler text article by Jack Miller. Pow-Wow Goes Hollywood starring Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman, art by Leonard Starr (Craig Delich). 44 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"Geronimo Joe," "The Glory Road," "Death Above the Decks" (art by Ken Landau), and "Tell It To the Marines." Art by Alex Toth (first two stories?). Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Fran Matera, Allen Saunders, Elmer Woggon, Matt Christopher, and Ed Moore. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Tom Terriss, the Vagabond Adventurer, encounters the Queen of Tuareg. Dickie Dare and Dan reach Lolanda, the isolated island where Captain John Henry's wife was stranded. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of wartime action. Tom Terriss the Vagabond Adventurer; Dickie Dare; Steve Roper; 500 Yen Reward; He Took Command; Volunteer Valor; Keep Advancing!; Operation Underground; With the First Marine Division: Korea. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Fran Matera, Allen Saunders, Elmer Woggon, Matt Christopher, and Ed Moore. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Tom Terriss, the Vagabond Adventurer, encounters the Queen of Tuareg. Dickie Dare and Dan reach Lolanda, the isolated island where Captain John Henry's wife was stranded. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of wartime action. Tom Terriss the Vagabond Adventurer; Dickie Dare; Steve Roper; 500 Yen Reward; He Took Command; Volunteer Valor; Keep Advancing!; Operation Underground; With the First Marine Division: Korea. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Final issue of the series. "The Music Makers of Aldebaran," "The Ace of Space," "The Asteroid God," and "Doom in the Depths." 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bill Fraccio, Tony Tallarico and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code tales of two-fisted criminals and the scales of justice from Story Comics. By this point, Fight Against Crime was edging away from crime stories to EC-style horror, as these stories demonstrate. Rival ganglords Mike and Toots feud over Mike's casino, but Toots makes a fatal error when he has Mike's gal Robin killed. Murderous thug George marries a wealthy widow and then has her declared insane, but fate has an ironic twist in mind. Stage magician Draco knows his wife and assistant are having an affair and planning his murder, so he arranges a gruesome revenge involving the old sawing-a-lady-in-half trick. Gangwar!; The Case of the Crazy Killer; The Striped Noose; The Corpse That Came Back!; Black Magic! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Beck. Stories and art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth, Sal Trapani and Ed Goldfarb. Pre-Code tales of EC-style horror from Story Comics. Seeking revenge for his wife's death, a doctor ensures that a reporter really does have ink in his veins. Cowardly Crowell goes on safari with his wife, but when she has an affair with the guide, he manages to make at least one kill. A horror host (based on EC's Crypt-Keeper) reveals the story of Paul, who falls in love with the vampire next door. Two Heads Are Better Than One; Deadline; The Rat and the Rattlesnake; The Big Game Hunter; The Bloodless Killer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Beck. Stories and art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth, Sal Trapani and Ed Goldfarb. Pre-Code tales of EC-style horror from Story Comics. Seeking revenge for his wife's death, a doctor ensures that a reporter really does have ink in his veins. Cowardly Crowell goes on safari with his wife, but when she has an affair with the guide, he manages to make at least one kill. A horror host (based on EC's Crypt-Keeper) reveals the story of Paul, who falls in love with the vampire next door. Two Heads Are Better Than One; Deadline; The Rat and the Rattlesnake; The Big Game Hunter; The Bloodless Killer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Beck. Stories and art by Doug Wildey, Bill Savage, Edward Goldfarb and Ross Andru. Pre-Code tales of EC-style horror from Story Comics. Rita and her chauffeur Rick plot the murder of her wealthy husband, but poisoners shouldn't toast their own success, in a story featuring early art by future Marvel legend Ross Andru. Abusive husband Herbert collects tropical fish, so his wife finds a creative use for the piranha, in a story with early art by Doug Wildey. When a despised ball player commits murder by baseball, his teammates get revenge, in a story possibly inspired by EC's infamous "Foul Play," published earlier that year. Rescue; Dead Fish!; When Dead Stiffs Kill; Dead Drunk!; Foul Ball. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Gene Colan and John Tartaglione. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. Canteen Kate needs an air conditioner for the camp break room, so she decides to steal one from the General's office, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Marines are joined by a South Korean soldier in a mission to an enemy-held dam, in a story with art by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. Biff's draft notice finally catches up to him on the battlefield in Korea. Cover by Baker. Leatherneck Jack: Yalu Death Squad; Foxhole Escapade; Purple Heart Potato; The Big Freeze; Mission Accomplished; Challenge Under Fire. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $245.00 Paper: Cream to off white File Copy. Label #3701996002

Cover art by Al Avison. "Dangerous Rival," art by Warren Kremer; Ann loves bandleader Roger, but he falls under the spell of singer Myra; Ann becomes a runaway success on her own as a music arranger but Rogers career falters when Myra dumps him for another man; Using fake names, Ann writes music which revives Rogers popularity. "My Frozen Heart!" text story. "Stolen Kisses!", art by Bob Powell; "Poor high school girl" Paula breaks up with Bob because she has an "extravagant dream"; She falls in love with Frank, who showers her with gifts of jewelry, then learns hes a wanted jewel thief. "I Bargained With Love!", pencils by Joe Certa; Roz is hired as a secretary in an ad agency and works to get ahead; She and her boss Larry fall in love, but when Larry discourages her career ambitions, she reports him to the president of the firm. "I Loved Him Too Much!" text story. "Portrait of Passion," art by Al Avison; Pam is engaged to artist Tom; Art dealer Howard is attracted to Pam and she decides to cultivate his friendship to help Toms career; Pam falls in love with Howard and breaks up with Tom, but when she hears Howard harshly criticize Toms work out of spite, she leaves him. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $250.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1996166005

Stories and art by Lee Elias, Jack Sparling, John Sink, Tom Hickey and Bob Powell. Harvey's entry in the romance-comic genre includes love poetry, advice to readers, and occasional pre-Code notoriety. Shary dates a dangerous rebel despite her friends' warnings. Mary loves struggling grocery clerk Ralph, but she really admires a go-getter like Bob. Doris will stop at nothing to keep Mark in her life, but he's turned off by her dishonesty. Tainted Kisses; Your Problem; Marriage Memos!; My Perfect Love; I Loved a Weakling; Shameful Surrender; A Child at Love; I'll Never Let You Go. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $256.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1274431001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.68) will be charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's UNCLE SCROOGE, BACK TO THE KLONDIKE, No. 456." Cover art by Carl Barks. Back to the Klondike, script and art by Carl Barks; Scrooge takes pills to restore his failing memory, and immediately recalls the location of bag of nuggets he cached in the Yukon fifty years before; When the ducks arrive in the Klondike, they find that Scrooge's claim has been taken over by Glittering Goldie, a former dance hall girl Scrooge knew in the gold rush days--and who still owes Scrooge a thousand dollars, plus interest. Somethin' Fishy Here, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald pastes up a fake newspaper that convinces Scrooge that fish have been made the official money of the land. Back cover strip by Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $225.00 Paper: Slightly britle Tape on interior cover. Label #2013153014

Stories and art by Dick Briefer. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. Two boys innocently befriend the Monster, but townspeople soon discover him; A modern-day Scandinavian sea captain meets his Viking ancestors; A man's ghost watches over his widow, in a story similar to the 1990s film "Ghost." Friendly Enemies; Death Leap; Tomb of Ice; Oddly Enough; Death Departs; Spirit World. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $320.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #1021498025 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.60) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Comic book featuring the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry. Gene Autry photo cover. Peter Pan comic ad. "Medicine Road," art by Nicholas Firfires; Flappjack has been doped by knockout drops in the saloon, and robbed of five hundred dollars worth of gold; Now Gene is going to find out if and how it is done. "Backfire"; Gene Autry vs. Cabe Regan. "The Unsolved Murder" text story. Sheriff Rex Tompkins vs. Flint Weston. "The Lechuza Silver Cashe," art by Tony Sgroi; Panhandle Pete is back from the search for the Rock Pens, and the kids are eager to hear his story. The Brave Battle of Buckshot Roberts article, art by Till Goodan. Wheaties ad featuring George Mikan. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,235.00 Paper: Slightly britle Label #0911322001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($37.05) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. The Curse of the Mist-Things, art by John Belcastro [as Johnny Bell]; In his youth, Sir John killed a man and kidnapped a gypsy woman; A ghostly gypsy caravan arrives at Belfast manor--to claim the lords daughter who is the result of that mating. The Face in the Shroud, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; When a seance goes wrong and Helen's husband Jim is killed by a ghostly apparition, she is held for murder. Return Engagement, art by Bill Discount; Deceased marionette performer Zucardo invites his criminal wife Mae to an abandoned theatre. The Soul Stealer; Careless tourists David Fleming and Ann Jordan come into contact with a voodoo ritual. The Last of Glanamores; When Hugh Glanamore comes visiting his inherited castle in Scotland, he is confronted by ghosts from the past. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $950.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1488647015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($28.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, part of the horror-comics craze of the 1950s. The heir to a haunted castle seeks the one weapon that can destroy its malevolent spirit. Jungle hero Jo-Jo and his mate Tanee encounter the slithery menace of Janeece, the Queen of the Cobras, and her venomous cohorts. A murderer's bride kills him in self-defense, but then faces justice from her own tribe. Terrible Encounter; Gems of Death; The Case of the Shrunken Heads; The Last Man Alive; Jo-Jo: The Cobra Kiss. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $385.00 Paper: Off white to white Centerfold re-attached with tape. Tape on interior cover. Label #3711285021

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, part of the horror-comics craze of the 1950s. The heir to a haunted castle seeks the one weapon that can destroy its malevolent spirit. Jungle hero Jo-Jo and his mate Tanee encounter the slithery menace of Janeece, the Queen of the Cobras, and her venomous cohorts. A murderer's bride kills him in self-defense, but then faces justice from her own tribe. Terrible Encounter; Gems of Death; The Case of the Shrunken Heads; The Last Man Alive; Jo-Jo: The Cobra Kiss. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $340.00 Paper: Off white Label #4383814018

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, part of the horror-comics craze of the 1950s. The heir to a haunted castle seeks the one weapon that can destroy its malevolent spirit. Jungle hero Jo-Jo and his mate Tanee encounter the slithery menace of Janeece, the Queen of the Cobras, and her venomous cohorts. A murderer's bride kills him in self-defense, but then faces justice from her own tribe. Terrible Encounter; Gems of Death; The Case of the Shrunken Heads; The Last Man Alive; Jo-Jo: The Cobra Kiss. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.5 $145.00 Label #4148532001

Cover by Bill Williams. Stories and art by Hal Seeger and Bill Williams. GI Jane is part of the WACs (Women's Army Corps), allowing her cartoonists, Hal Seeger and Bill Williams, to combine military humor with plentiful good-girl art. Jane crashes Colonel Oppenheim's party, and gets confined to quarters after she gets caught. But a chance discovery provides her the opportunity to get off the hook, and have a great story for the girls in the barracks besides. Plus the adventures of Sad Sack-like grunt PX (post exchange) Pete. GI Jane; PX Pete. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $320.00 Paper: Off white Slab: See item notes Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #1277741010

Cover by Bill Williams. Stories and art by Hal Seeger and Bill Williams. GI Jane is part of the WACs (Women's Army Corps), allowing her cartoonists, Hal Seeger and Bill Williams, to combine military humor with plentiful good-girl art. Jane just can't reconcile military-issue uniforms with her collection of skimpy underthings. Plus the adventures of Sad Sack-like grunt PX (post exchange) Pete. The Power of a Woman; Patti; Make Me a Star; PX Pete: You Can't Hound a Chow Hound; Jill Jones, WAC: Magic Mix-Up; The Sarge; Pardon My Negligee. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $230.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4346638005

Cover by Bill Williams. Stories and art by Hal Seeger and Bill Williams. GI Jane is part of the WACs (Women's Army Corps), allowing her cartoonists, Hal Seeger and Bill Williams, to combine military humor with plentiful good-girl art. Jane just can't reconcile military-issue uniforms with her collection of skimpy underthings. Plus the adventures of Sad Sack-like grunt PX (post exchange) Pete. The Power of a Woman; Patti; Make Me a Star; PX Pete: You Can't Hound a Chow Hound; Jill Jones, WAC: Magic Mix-Up; The Sarge; Pardon My Negligee. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $300.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4338111005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $170.00 Paper: Off white Label #4252668003

36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $190.00 Paper: Off white Label #4252668004

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $225.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1266146018

Specters Stalk the Bloody Tower; England, 1940, height of the "blitz"; A German collaborator is brought to justice and hanged by the ghosts of the London Tower. The Clock of Doom Strikes Loud!; A "selfish man" dies and meets Fate, leading him to the afterlife; The man tries to cheat his demise by entering three doors back into life, labeled "Money," "Power" and "Love". The Black Curse of Rhan Giva, art by Louis Zansky; After the death of Mr. Wingate, his indian servant tries to get control over his lovely daughter; He traps her in a magic doll house. Havoc on the Midway; A circus stage hand makes pact with the devil; He gets the magician's act, the strongman's girl and inherits the whole operation. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.