Strange Mysteries (1951 Superior) comic books graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $950.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4333897005

Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "The Living Corpse"; A wife has dreams about a man dead for 10 years. Her husband makes a deal with the devil to bring the corpse back to life; The corpse kidnaps his wife; The husband gets the wife back, but is shot by her. "The Blood Curse"; A woman is killed by ghosts as a result of a curse; A psychic researcher investigates and ends the curse. "The Man with No Shadow" text story. "The Lost World Below"; Two brothers take off in an experimental rocket ship and land inside the Earth in a frozen world; They find a woman in suspended animation. "Fangs of the Wolf Woman!"; A major in the army is sent to Hungary to help the resistance; He is shot but recovers with the help of locals. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $240.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4017947008

Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Swamp Terror!"; A man leaves his fortune to his inconsiderate niece and nephew instead of his beloved sister; They must live in a house in the swamp & find the inheritance. "Chamber of Doom!"; A man is murdered by the ghost of a woman who he had jilted when she was alive. "Ghost Bait" text story by Kermit Welles. "The Haunted Hand!"; A man wins an auction for a hand that belonged to "Bloody John"; The hand steals things, and kills the protagonist. "Planet without Death"; A scientist becomes ill and travels to a planet he's studied where death doesn't occur; Instead, people become trees. He returns to Earth with an alien. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $295.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4091493008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.85) will be charged at checkout.

Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Blood of the Zombie"; A man asks to be embalmed because a zombie colony will think that he has white blood and thus believe him to be a god. "Dead Men Never Die!"; A reporter covers his first execution, and sees the executed man alive later; He pretends to kill someone so that he will be executed. "The Ghost Came Back" text story by Michael Arthur. "Eyes of Evil"; A woman buys an idol which is missing its eyes; Her husband brings home two rubies which are the eyes of the idol. "Bury Us Not!"; A woman answers a classified ad for assisted suicide; Her husband's ghost convinces her to leave. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $490.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Scratch on front of case; Scratch on back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Label #3886194003

Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Zombie Vengeance"; An aviator crashes in Haiti. He finds a house of zombies who welcome him in; He and a zombie woman escape the other zombies and their zombie dogs. "Death Thumbs a Ride"; A man learns that his wife is having an affair; He kills her and her lover and buries them in the basement. "Was It a Dream?" text story by Charles James. "You Can't Cheat a Ghost"; Three criminals search for pirate gold; One fools the others into thinking he's the ghost of the pirate. "Night of Horror"; A writer of horror books has writer's block; He goes to a movie to steal an idea; He falls asleep and when he wakes he's alone in the theater so he runs a movie. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Strange Mysteries (1951 Superior) 15 CGC 2.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4258134002

Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "The Corpse Comes Back"; A lawyer murders his partner and buries the body in 5 states; The dead man is stitched together and sent back to get revenge; His body falls apart and the lawyer tries to destroy him with acid and bury him in a trunk. "Black Pearls of Death"; Two men force islanders to dive for them to steal black pearls from a sunken idol; Once they get the pearls, they kill the islanders. "Horror's House" text story by John Martin. "Over His Dead Body"; A woman suspects that her husband returning from a business trip is abnormal; His skin is cold and he never sleeps; He refuses medical exams; She cheats on him. "Horror Unseen"; A scientist accidentally turns into a glass man; He steals money and wears makeup to fool his new bride; She is suspicious, discovers that he is glass, and is killed by him. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $1,140.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing on front of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Cover detached. Tape on interior cover & interior. Label #3697690024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($34.20) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "The Corpse Comes Back"; A lawyer murders his partner and buries the body in 5 states; The dead man is stitched together and sent back to get revenge; His body falls apart and the lawyer tries to destroy him with acid and bury him in a trunk. "Black Pearls of Death"; Two men force islanders to dive for them to steal black pearls from a sunken idol; Once they get the pearls, they kill the islanders. "Horror's House" text story by John Martin. "Over His Dead Body"; A woman suspects that her husband returning from a business trip is abnormal; His skin is cold and he never sleeps; He refuses medical exams; She cheats on him. "Horror Unseen"; A scientist accidentally turns into a glass man; He steals money and wears makeup to fool his new bride; She is suspicious, discovers that he is glass, and is killed by him. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $225.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #0347600033

Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Death Deals a Hand"; Several people join a club in which one person kills another each meeting until only one is left; The remaining person inherits all the others possessions. "Heart of the Corpse"; A man kills himself because he is fired; Another employee kills the mean boss, and is executed; A doctor digs up the three bodies, and finds that the mean boss had a stone heart. "Vengeance Night" text story by John Martin. "Tomb for a Werewolf"; A tombstone engraver is a werewolf who kills villagers and then makes money by carving their tombstones. "Call from the Grave"; Two newlyweds crash off of a cliff; The wife is killed; The disconsolate widower is urged by his dead wife to kill himself and join her. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $285.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4088784001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.55) will be charged at checkout.

Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Preview of Chaos!"; A druid has been hired to make it appear that the moon is on a collision course with California so a crook can buy real estate cheap. "Was He Death-proof?"; A criminal sentenced to die promises to get revenge; The judge's daughter paints the criminal's picture; The dead man's ghost returns and kills the judge and tries to kill the daughter. "Terror in the Tomb" text story by John Martin. "I Am Murder"; A woman became photophobic because her fiancé broke up with her because she was too ugly; A blind man comes to her house during a storm. "The Playful Executioner"; An evil spirit causes discord between a nagging wife and her husband by moving objects around; The spirit kills the wife by causing her to trip on the stairs. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.