Auctions: comic books published by Magazine Enterprises, graded by CGC
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Item #62954593
Published 1951 by Magazine Enterprises.Ghost Rider (1950 Magazine Enterprises) 7 CGC 5.5
Paper: White
Label #4376669001
Starts Jan 3 (A-1 Comics #51) Cover by Dick Ayers. Art by Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #51. Adventures of the original Ghost Rider, a Western marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. With this issue, the series takes on horror elements to fit with the horror trend in 1950s comics. A cursed Native tomb seems to be guarded by a winged serpent whose bite means death; The Ghost Rider seeks the truth about zombie gunfighters that are murdering ranchers in a small town, so he creates some zombies of his own; In Tales of the Ghost Rider, a rancher battles a white wolf that he soon learns is actually a werewolf. The Haunted Tomb!; The League of the Living Dead!; Tales of the Ghost Rider: The Bloody Fangs of Fear!; The Murder in Wax! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #63816778
Published 1953 by Magazine Enterprises.Manhunt! (1947 Magazine Enterprises) 14 CGC 5.0
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4584458001
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Starts Jan 3 (A-1 #77). Cover pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache. "The Enemy Within," art by Ogden Whitney; Agent Fallon infiltrates a communist cell trying to take over the maritime unions; Reprinted from issue #5. "The Little Man Who Wasn't There," art by Paul Parker; Kirk pursues a thief who has perfected a shrinking formula; Reprinted from issue #10. "The Trail of the Curious Pin," art by Ogden Whitney; Undercover Girl must find the pin that contains the message another spy was bringing her before she was captured by enemy agents; Reprinted from issue #11. "The Terror of the Forest Trail," art by L. B. Cole; Red Fox must find out who has been killing every doctor that comes to Barren Bay; Reprinted from issue #9. "The Ledger That Told the Truth," pencils by Graham Ingels; The Duke exposes Fang's rackets on the waterfront; Reprinted from issue #9. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #62541120
Published 1946 by Magazine Enterprises.Romantic Picture Novelettes (1946) 1 CGC 6.0
Paper: Off white
From The Collection of Jon Berk
Label #1485503002
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Starts Jan 3 Story by Allen Saunders. Art by Ken Ernst and Paul McCarthy. An early precursor to romance comics. The bulk of the issue is taken up with a collection of a Mary Worth strip from 1944. Mary's new tenant, Senora Lisa De Leon, keeps her face hidden under a veil while she undergoes a mysterious treatment from Dr. Karen Ward. But how will the new love of her life feel when her procedure is done? Also featuring pinup photos of movie stars John Hodiak and Alan Ladd, and a one-page Gertie O'Grady gag strip. Romantic John Hodiak; Mary Worth: Doctor Ward's Secret; Gertie O'Grady; Romantic Alan Ladd. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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