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Cover art by Rex W. Lindsey. "Garbage In Garbage Out," script by Craig Boldman, pencils by Rex Lindsey, inks by Rich Koslowski; Jughead is supposed to take out the trash. "Fit to Be (Yule) Tide!", script by Craig Boldman, pencils by Rex Lindsey, inks by Rich Koslowski; Jughead is planning to buy Trula a present. Ad for Archie's Weird Mysteries on TV!!! "T'was the Fight Before Christmas," script by Craig Boldman, pencils by Rex lindsey, inks by Rich Koslowski; Snowball fights in poetry. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.79.

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by Craig Boldman & Rex Lindsey "On the Ball": You'll be "rolling" with laughter as Jughead walks through town atop a giant ball! "Show Me the Money": The buck would stop with Reggie ? if only Jughead would stop mooching off him! "Mullet Over": Jughead is fashionably unfashionable when he gets a mullet haircut! "Jabbertalk: Jughead's in "Wonderland" when he decides to pattern his speech after Lewis Carroll's writings, baffling all who cross his path! FC, 32pg$1.99 Cover price $1.99.

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by Craig Boldman & Rex Lindsey "Review Askew": Pop Tate's competitor, Segarini calls in a favor from a food critic who owes his career to him... by serving the critic the only burger he's ever eaten in Riverdale! Naturally, that makes his "best burger I've tried in Riverdale" quote a "true" review... but Jughead isn't about to let this culinary chicanery stand! "Meal Zeal Spiel!": The hockey coach calls on Jughead to explain his passion for food, hoping it will inspire his team to play with the same passion! 32pgs, FCSRP: $2.25 Cover price $2.25.

Stories by George Gladir and Craig Boldman. Art by Pat Kennedy, Tim Kennedy, Rex Lindsey, Jim Amash and Rich Koslowski. Cover by Fernando Ruiz and Bob Smith. Cover by Bob Smith. Cupid headquarters have just received a message that a girl in Riverdale wishes to be kissed. The girl: Ethel. The hopeful kisser: Jughead. The cupids know better than to try and strike the female-hater himself, but a wish is still a wish. This looks like a job for a woman! Can 'Queenie,' the new female cupid successfully grant Ethel's wish? Or will Jughead resist the feminine wiles once more? Find out in 'Mission Most Improbable,' this fun, new lead story! 160 pages, full color. Cover price $4.99.

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Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $5.20

Cover by Dan DeCarlo. "Farmer's Daughter," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Harry Lucey, inks by Chic Stone; After a farmer's daughter saves him and Jughead from a bull, Archie sees the opportunity to impress her with his big-city ways. "Sticks and Stones," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Harry Lucey, inks by Chic Stone; Archie breaks a neighbor's picture window while playing stick ball in the street. "Fool$ Gold," art by Bill Vigoda; Playing on Jughead's sudden obsession with scuba diving for sunken treasure, Reggie and Archie plant a map on the beach for him to find. "Room Gloom," art by Al Hartley; Banished to his room, Archie telephones Veronica to relate the catastrophe that occurred when his father's boss came to their house for dinner. "A-Haunting We Will Go!", script by Sy Reit, art by Bob White; As part of an initiation, the boys make Moose spend the night in the local haunted house and try to make him think the place is actually haunted. "Calling All Spooks, Chapter II." "Ghost Busters!, Chapter III." "Ah-Sweet Mystery!, Chapter IV." "Borrow Sorrow," script and art by Joe Edwards; Li'l Jinx tries to get her father to buy her a pair of roller skates and learns the meaning of collateral. "Inflation Vexation," script by George Gladir, pencils by Harry Lucey, inks by Chic Stone; Archie tries to beat the soaring mid-'70s inflation by going on cheaper dates, but cheap dates with Betty or Veronica just wind up costing him more money. Plus puzzles, other stories, and more. 132 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.95.

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Cover by Dan DeCarlo. "The Children's Hour," art by Dan DeCarlo; Betty and Veronica are seething because Reggie and Jughead are always childishly trading insults. "A Matter Of Degree," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Sick of Jughead's nasty comments about them because they're women, Betty and Veronica dress up as men to see if he'll react differently to them. "Anyone For Seconds?", script and pencils by Al Hartley, inks by Jon D'Agostino; Jughead has had his fill of food and Archie has had his fill of girls. "Expert Help," script by Jim Ruth, art by John Rosenberger; The United Girls Against Jughead try to catch Jughead, but Archie and Betty help him escape. "Rockets Away!", script by Sy Reit, art by Bob White; When Dilton creates a special fuel for the school rocket, Jughead adds some random chemicals to it, and the new formula causes the rocket to literally go into orbit. "The Ransom!", pencils by Bill Vigoda, inks by Terry Szenics; Feeling under-appreciated by Veronica, Archie fakes his own abduction to garner sympathy. Archie's Double Digest ad. Plus puzzles, other stories, and more. 132 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.00.

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Add to cart Near Mint $3.00

by Various If you think Archie gets into trouble on his own, check out the action when he teams up with Jughead! Featuring new stories and classic tales! Script and art by various talent including Henry Scarpelli, Stan Goldberg, and Dan DeCarlo. Digest, FC Cover price $2.19.

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by Various If you think Archie gets into trouble on his own, check out the action when he teams up with Jughead! Featuring new stories and classic tales! Script and art by various talent including Henry Scarpelli, Stan Goldberg, and Jon D'Agostino. Digest, FC Cover price $2.19.

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by Various Its double-decker sandwiches and double-trouble as the irrepressible Jughead tilts the laugh-o-meter in this uproarious collection of new stories and classic tales! Bonus: Puzzles, games, and your chance to 'Find Your Name in Print!' Cover price $3.69.

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by George Gladir, Bill Golliher, Jeff Shultz & Stan Goldberg Mrs. Jones has a 'Worry Flurry' that her husband and Jughead aren't getting enough physical activity - and then worries some more over all the injuries and trouble such activity could cause! A competition between school cafeteria managers allows Jughead to see Miss Beazly 'Dishing It Out.' Can her rival take the heat, or will she get out of the kitchen? Finally, the gang figures out the perfect way to battle the recession and help the environment at the same time: recycle their cans and bottles for cash! Plus, other new and classic tales, puzzles, pin-ups, and more! Cover price $3.69.

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Cover pencils by Tod Smith, inks by Al Milgrom. "Treasure Hunt," script by Paul Kupperberg, pencils by Tod Smith, inks by Terry Austin; Jughead is supposed to dig up the yard to make it ready for a new septic system so he creates a fake treasure map to get his friends to do his work for him. Kevin Keller ad. "Behind the Panels," script by Craig Boldman, pencils by Rex Lindsey, inks by Rich Koslowski; Puzzled as to why nothing is going on in Riverdale, Jughead and Archie go behind the panels to discover that the writer is missing. "Game Gambit," script by George Gladir, pencils by Pat Kennedy, inks by Jon D'Agostino; Archie and Jughead play some video games that Dilton designed for Jughead. Archie Marries Betty & Veronica ad. "How Low Can You Go?", script by Craig Boldman, pencils by Rex Lindsey, inks by Rich Koslowski; Jughead is practicing the hula to win a radio station's dance contest. "Letting Off Steam," script by Craig Boldman, pencils by Rex Lindsey, inks by Rudy Lapick; Jughead encourages Archie to let out his frustration at being bullied by Moose, but Moose overhears them and goes after Archie again. "Mutts To You!", script by Nate Butler, pencils by Doug Crane, inks by Nate Butler; Hot Dog and Pablito use a transmogrifier to make themselves into humans, but unknown to them it also turns Archie and Reggie into dogs. "Rockets and Wrestling!", script by Nate Butler, pencils by Doug Crane, inks by Pat Kennedy; Hot Dog is called back to the planet where he is Bark-Man. "Service With A Smile" starring That Wilkin Boy, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Rudy Lapick; The boys try to score points with Mr. Smythe at the beach, but he takes advantage of their good deeds. Plus other stories and more. 164 pgs., full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Writing, Art, and Cover by David Lapham. When inquisitive Billy Farnsburger stumbles upon a group of his classmates digging around a series of intricate tunnels, it threatens to expose the covert Juice Squeezers before their secret mission can be accomplished. Oh, and don't forget the dog-sized bugs Billy keeps seeing! This new town is definitely weird! o David Lapham (Stray Bullets, The Strain) writes and draws a new creator-owned series! o A new series spinning out of Dark Horse Presents! 'I'm ready for . . . [a] full-length comic with these characters.'-Comic Book Resources Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $125.00 or Best Offer View scans 3" cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Mike'sRack

Edited by Claude E. Lapham and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Lou Cameron, Tony D'Adamo, Robert Webb and Jack Kamen. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. A spy encounters spooky doings while on a mission in communist-held territory; Famous Fighters focuses on the WWI flying ace Manfred Von Richtofen, The Red Baron; Sheena's old foe N'Gachi returns with his trained attack cheetahs. Spooky cover by an unknown artist. Ghost Gallery; Famous Fighters; Flinch Hitter; Space Scout; The Hawk; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $284.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4035473014 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Maurice Whitman. Edited by J. F. Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb and Murphy Anderson. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. An executed convict finds that justice pursues him beyond the grave; A robot boxer from Earth takes on the Martian champ; An ivory hunter attempts to fake his own death to swindle his partner, but Sheena isn't fooled. Multi-paneled cover offers a little bit of everything, from zombie convicts to space gals to fighter crashes. Ghost Gallery; The Eye; Life On Other Planets; Operation Shutter Bug; Star Pirate; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Flash 75 Variant Edition by Kelley Jones. Written by J. M. DeMatteis and Walden Wong. Art by Andres Guinaldo and Kelley Jones. The members of JL Dark struggle to pull themselves back together from across the timestream to confront an evil in the present day! 32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

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Cover by Marvin Stein. Art by Mo Marcus, Jack Abel and Mart Bailey. Pioneering crime comic Justice Traps the Guilty was produced by the studio of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. A mechanic runs a stolen-car ring. Ex-con Gorilla Dykes makes up for his lack of intellect with muscle and a murderous streak. Cliff becomes a sheriff while Fred turns to crime, and their conflict is inevitable. Hot Car Racket!; His Own Executioner!; No Way Out!; Closeups; Fool's Gold!; The Unmilked Cow; On the Record! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Pioneering crime comic Justice Traps the Guilty was produced by the studio of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. A killer leads cops on a dangerous chase atop a roller coaster track. Ralph impersonates the long-vanished heir to a fortune, but his crooked cohorts have a deadly finale planned. A robber gets himself sent to prison to learn the location of stolen loot from his ex-partner. The Fake Heir Swindle!; Straight to the Chair!; Deadly Dime!; The False Clue; Closeups; Monster on the Midway! 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Pioneering crime comic Justice Traps the Guilty was produced by the studio of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. An explosives expert is forced to join a gang of safecrackers. A petty thug kills another criminal and takes his place, but he picked the wrong man to impersonate. The story of notorious real-life gunman Pretty Boy Floyd. The Safecrackers!; Lucky 7-11; Pretty Boy Floyd; Closeups; Legacy of Doom; Boomerang! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Contains teen humor stories. In order of appearance: "Kathy in 'Notes to You'"; "Hank"; "Bingo in 'Oh, My Achin' Tooth'"; "Kathy"; "Kathy in 'Not Guilty'"; "Romeo Ruggles in 'The Used Car'"; and "Kathy in 'Romantically Speaking'". Comic advertisements for Slinky and for Dubble Bubble bubble gum from Fleer. "Too Many Boy Friends: Everybody Loved Penny, Except the One She Wanted'" illustrated text story by Mickey Klar Marks. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $15.00 View scan INCOMPLETE. Piece clipped. Slightly interrupts art or story.

Stories and art by Max Trell, Syd Hoff, Wally Bishop, Russ Westover, Dudley Fisher, Dave Breger and Dick Wingert. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring kids comics, starring those eternal rapscallions, the Katzenjammer Kids. The original German Bart Simpson x2, the Kids are up to constant mischief, usually directed against the stern authority figures in their lives: their long-suffering Mama, Der Captain (a stranded sailor and their surrogate father), and the schools envoy, Der Inspector. These stories are original to the comic, not reprints from the comic strip. The Katzenjammer Kids Go To School; A Goodnight Story; Tuffy; Muggs and Skeeter; Tillie the Toiler; Right Around Home; The Katzenjammer Kids Down On The Farm; Mister Breger; Hubert. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

New Katzenjammer Kids stories Cover price $0.10.

Harvey Comics presents an anthology series featuring kids comics, starring those eternal rapscallions, the Katzenjammer Kids. The original German Bart Simpson x2, the Kids are up to constant mischief, usually directed against the stern authority figures in their lives: their long-suffering Mama, Der Captain (a stranded sailor and their surrogate father), and the schools envoy, Der Inspector. This issue features a story in early 3-D, a popular trend at the time. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Syd Shores, inks by John Buscema. "Sign of the Scarecrow," pencils by Mike Becker and Syd Shores; The Scarecrow has been forcing local cattle owners to sell him their beef cheap; When he confronts Herb Latimer demanding he sell his cows at $2 a head, Latimer refuses and is gunned down. "Blaze Calls a Bluff," inks by Mike Becker; Blaze Carson is watching over a poker game at the saloon during a rainy night and takes not how banker Morton is having a string of bad luck and is losing big time; Suddenly, there is an explosion at the bank which sends Carson and Morton to investigate. "Mystery of the Missing Mine" text story, pencils by Syd Shores. "His Greatest Gamble," art by Russ Heath; Kid Colt is riding in the desert when he comes across a tenderfoot out in the heat just about ready to be buzzard meat; Giving the man some water and riding him back to Wolf Pass, Kid Colt learns that the man is named Jon Cannon who arrived in town the day before and was tricked into gambling and was cleaned out by Hawk Rowan, a local gambler, and made broke. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Pete Tumlinson. "The Magic of Manitou!", art by Pete Tumlinson; Kid Colt spots some wagons rushing toward a nearby army fort in a hurry; Curious, he catches up and asks them what the hurry is and learns that the local tribe of Mandan Native Americans are gearing up to go to war; He goes into the fort and gets confirmation from the captain that Flying Cloud, the chief of the Mandans is gearing up for a warpath; Since Kid Colt is a friend of Flying Cloud, he decides to go to the camp and find out what's going on. "Code of the Outlaw!", art by Pete Tumlinson; In a small town, Kid Colt comes across a man trying to whip a boy and orders him to stop; When the man tries to whip him instead, Kid Colt blasts his whip to pieces; Kid Colt demands to know what happened, and the boy tearfully tells him that he wanted a horse so bad that he tried to steal the one the man was riding. "The Showdown!", art by Don Rico; Chappie Harroway vs. Black Ben Ford. "Showdown in the Woods" text story. "Murder by a Dead Man!", art by Pete Tumlinson; Kid Colt is trying to escape a posse after him along the Arizona plane; Kid Colt manages to give them the slip near a plateau and then begins cutting through the brush to get away; He comes across a man camping out who tells Kid Colt that he is not after him and offers the outlaw to sit down and eat with him; Kid Colt gets to talking about how he has been trying to dodge the law since he rode out of Culver City where he tells the man he had tangled with the hand of death. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Chain Gang of Pecos Pass" (script by Stan Lee, art by Jack Keller). Back-up story: "The Lawman of Lazy River" (plot by Lee, script and pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by Paul Reinman). Dick Ayers cover. Cover price $0.12.

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Reprints Kid Colt Outlaw # 118. Cover price $0.25.

36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $720.00 View scans Cover oxidation. Interior tearing. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Schomburg cover. The Young Allies star in "The Corpse Came F.O.B." Jap Buster Johnson stars in "The Vanishing Island." The Destroyer in "The Robot Boomerang!" 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages. Cover price $0.10.