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Eyeful (1943-1955 Eyeful Magazine Inc.^) Vol. 10 #6 VG

Spine stress. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Residue. Soiling.

Volume 10, Issue 6 - June 1954. Vintage men's interest magazine full of adult humor comics and pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

Fairy Tale Parade (1942-1944 Dell) 3 CGC 8.0

Paper: Cream to off white

File Copy.

Label #1226382001

Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Walt Kelly, Arthur Jameson, Jon Small and L. Bing. Dell puts fairy tales and fables into the hands of former Disney animator Walt Kelly, creator of beloved comic strip Pogo. Kelly adapts two classic fables: Washington Irving's classic tale of a man who sleeps for decades and awakens in a new world. And the strange tale of Mother Goat, her seven kids, and the Wolf. Mysterious midnight visitors help a struggling cobbler make his shoes. Plus a biography of Washington Irving. Rip Van Winkle; The Table, the Donkey, and the Stick; The Princess on the Glass Hill; The Wolf and the Seven Kids; The Elves and the Cobbler; The Enchanted Prince; Rumpelstiltskin; Washington Irving. 64 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fairy Tale Parade (1942-1944 Dell) 6 CGC 6.5

Paper: Cream

File Copy.

Label #1226382003

Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Walt Kelly, Arthur Jameson, Casper Emerson and Bill Brady. Dell puts fairy tales and fables into the hands of former Disney animator Walt Kelly, creator of beloved comic strip Pogo. Kelly adapts two classic fables: When Glum, the sprite in charge of night, gets the blues, day sprite Bright tries to cheer him up. The gingerbread man depends on speed, but the fox relies on his wit. Plus the classic romantic tale of Beauty and the Beast. And a fantastically detailed Map of the Fairy Tale Lands by Kelly! Beauty and the Beast; The Legend of the Stars; The Gingerbread Man; The Elves Dance; The Frog Queen; The Wild Swans; Dick Whittington and his Cat; Saku; Spring Morn; Map of the Fairy Tale Lands. 64 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fame and Fortune Weekly (1905-1928 Frank Tousey) 365 VG- 3.5

Lateral spine tear.

September 27, 1912. Always on Time; or, The Perils of a Young Mail Contractor. 11" x 8", 36 pages. Cover price $0.05.

Fame and Fortune Weekly (1905-1928 Frank Tousey) 368 GD/VG 3.0

October 18, 1912. $10,000 Reward; or, The Fortune of a Bank Clerk. 11" x 8", 36 pages. Cover price $0.05.

Fame and Fortune Weekly (1905-1928 Frank Tousey) 387 GD+ 2.5

2" Cumulative spine split.

February 28, 1913. The Odds Against Him; or, A Boy with Grit. 11" x 8", 36 pages. Cover price $0.05.

Fame and Fortune Weekly (1905-1928 Frank Tousey) 389 GD/VG 3.0

March 14, 1913. His Own Business; or, From Errand Boy to Boss. 11" x 8", 36 pages. Cover price $0.05.

Fame and Fortune Weekly (1905-1928 Frank Tousey) 416 GD/VG 3.0

Interior residue. Oxidation.

September 19, 1913. Ed, The Office Boy; or, The Lad Behind the Deals. 11" x 8", 32 pages. Cover price $0.05.

Fame and Fortune Weekly (1905-1928 Frank Tousey) 425 VG 4.0

Oxidation.

November 21, 1913. In the Lumber Trade; or, A Winning Speculator. 11" x 8", 32 pages. Cover price $0.05.

Fame and Fortune Weekly (1905-1928 Frank Tousey) 436 VG- 3.5

Centerfold loose at one staple. Oxidation.

February 6, 1914. Barry & Co. Bankers and Brokers; or, The Boy Money Makers of Wall St.. 11" x 8", 32 pages. Cover price $0.05.

Fame and Fortune Weekly (1905-1928 Frank Tousey) 482 VG 4.0

Cover loose at one staple.

December 25, 1914. Capturing the Money; or, How Ben Bailey Made His Mark. 11" x 8", 36 pages. Cover price $0.05.

Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 1 #2 GD/VG 3.0 (R)

Trimmed

Paper: Off white

Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Nov 1939. Text Cover. Sci-Fi/Fantasy stories by A. Merritt ("Conquest of the Moon Pool" - part 1 of 6"), J. P. Marshall, Garett P. Serviss, George Allan England, Austin Hall, and Leslie Burton Blades. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay. 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.15.

Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 10 #2 GD/VG 3.0

Water damage.

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Arthur Machen is profiled in the "Masters of Fantasy" column.

Volume 10, Issue 2 - December, 1948. Cover by Lawrence. "Nordenholt's Million" by J. J. Connington and "Let Clarence Do It" by Edward S. Sullivan. Interior illustrations by Virgil Finlay and Lawrence. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 134 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 10 #3 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4416090004

"The Scarlet Plague" a novelette by Jack London.

Volume 10, Issue 3 - February, 1949. Cover by Lawrence Stevens. Stories by Inez Haynes Gillmore and Jack London. Illustrations by Lawrence Stevens and Leydenfrost. Book-length novel: "Angel Island" by Inez Haynes Gillmore - Five desperate, earthbound men...an isle where Love and Death were neighbors...a day when wings fought free of fetters to make a strange new world. Novelette: "The Scarlet Plague" by Jack London - Across a sick world it had crept, leaving man and his works destroyed. Now, in the twilight of history, only one remembered -- a blurred and faded picture of the death of our times. Also: The Readers' Viewpoint; In the Next Issue; Masters of Fantasy by Neil Austin - M.P. Shiel, High Priest of Phantasy; and The Lawrence Portfolio. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 130 newsprint pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

Famous Gangsters (1951) 1 CGC 5.5

Paper: White

Label #4028274009

Cover by George Roussos. Art by Louis Ravielli, Marion Sitton, Marvin Stein, Lou Morales and Mo Marcus. Tales of crime and punishment featuring pre-Code levels of violence. The stories of notorious gangsters Al Capone, Dutch Schultz and Lucky Luciano; John Dillinger escapes from prison and an FBI manhunt, but his luck runs out thanks to a woman in red; Chicago gang boss Bugs Moran narrowly escapes The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, as well as a speeding ticket. The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre; Al Capone!; Dutch Schultz; Lucky Luciano; The Mole; John Dillinger. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Famous Gangsters (1951) 1 PR 0.5

Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Brittle.

Cover by George Roussos. Art by Louis Ravielli, Marion Sitton, Marvin Stein, Lou Morales and Mo Marcus. Tales of crime and punishment featuring pre-Code levels of violence. The stories of notorious gangsters Al Capone, Dutch Schultz and Lucky Luciano; John Dillinger escapes from prison and an FBI manhunt, but his luck runs out thanks to a woman in red; Chicago gang boss Bugs Moran narrowly escapes The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, as well as a speeding ticket. The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre; Al Capone!; Dutch Schultz; Lucky Luciano; The Mole; John Dillinger. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Famous Western (1937-1960 Columbia Publications) Pulp Vol. 15 #6 VG/FN 5.0

Paper: Off white

Volume 15, Issue 6 - December, 1954. 6.5" x 9", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Fantastic Novels (1948-1951 New Publications) Canadian Edition Vol. 3 #5 FN

Paper: Cream to off white

Staple rust: Slight. Foreign edition: Canada.

Canadian Edition says "The World's Best Fantasy Fiction" on cover. Cover price $0.25.

Fantasy Magazine (1932-1937 Science Fiction Digest) Fanzine Vol. 6 #1 GD

Front cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Fight Comics (1940) 49 CGC 5.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4066599006

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jack Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Alex Blum, Lily Renee, Robert Webb, and Matt Baker. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Slavers target the native population, but not if Tiger Girl has anything to say about it; Good-girl art aplenty as Senorita Rio tracks a mad scientist experimenting on natives in the Amazon jungle; Meg and Black Hart conspire to swindle Captain Fight's ship away from him. The first of many covers featuring Tiger Girl in action. Tiger Girl; Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; Puzzle For a Murderer; Hateful Herman; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Captain Fight. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fight Comics (1940) 52 GD+ 2.5

1" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached. Chew. Staple rust.

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Cover by Joe Doolin and others. Edited by Jack Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Jack Kamen, Nick Cardy, Robert Webb, John Forte and Matt Baker. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Good-girl art aplenty as Tiger Girl tries to aid a pygmy tribe; A masquerade party complicates a mystery on a yacht for Hooks Devlin and his gal Peaches; Senorita Rio must stop a plot to free the dictator El Fuente, in a story drawn by Rio creator Nick Cardy. Another upside-down bondage cover, a recurring theme on this title, with Tiger Girl likely drawn by various hands in the Iger Shop. Tiger Girl; Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; Delayed Payment; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Captain Fight. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fight Comics (1940) 65 VG 4.0

.5" Spine split from top.

Cover by Edmund Good and others. Edited by Joseph V. Daffron and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Jack Kamen, Edmund Good, John Forte, and David Heames. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Tiger Girl aids white sailors attacked by the Leopard Men, unaware they have enslaved the Leopard Women; Rich Cynthia Snark stages a robbery of her own jewels, but the crooks decide to rob her for real; Exquisite art as Senorita Rio knows an old enemy is after her - she's just not sure which one. Tiger Girl; Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; The Epic of the Revenge: Part 1; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Captain Fight. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fighting Fronts (1952-1953 Harvey) 1 FR 1.0

7" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Centerfold detached.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Al Avison, Vic Donahue, Bob Powell and Warren Kremer. Tales of war from Harvey, published as the Korean War was at its peak. WWII pilot Pete is shot down, and only his buddy Mike can save him. A US convoy truck confronted by enemy soldiers makes a desperate ramming attack. A soldier on his last tour in Korea brings along a movie camera to capture footage of the war. Plentiful vintage ads for toy soldiers and war comics (including one starring Joe Palooka) provide a time capsule of Cold War-era culture. Buddy System; Do or Die; Eye Witness; He Knew!; The Last Patrol; Conways Revenge. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Fighting Yank (1942 Nedor) 3 CGC 1.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Small amount of dried glue on interior.

Label #4495668024

Film Fun (1915-1942 Film Fun Publishing Co.^) Magazine 534 GD

Staple rust. Rust migration. 4" Cumulative spine split. Foxing. Soiling.

Issue 534 - October, 1933. Painted cover by Enoch Bolles. Movie stills are paired with humorous text. 8." x 11", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Film Fun (1915-1942 Film Fun Publishing Co.^) Magazine 638 VG

Issue #638 - June 1942. Enoch Bolles cover. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Flame (1940 Fox Features Syndicate) 6 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white

Tape on cover and interior cover.

Label #2007962009

Art by Arthur Cazeneuve, Roland "Ramona" Patenaude, Charles A. Winter and George Tuska. Cover by Arthur Cazeneuve. Raised by Tibetan lamas, orphan Gary Preston gained the mystic ability to control fire and temperature, including the power to materialize wherever there is an open flame. The Flame meets his match in the Nazi spy Herr Arson; Bob and Lana suspect Voodoo Man is involved when archaeologists digging for the Spanish Main begin mysteriously dying off; Zanzibar, who is like Mandrake the Magician in a blue fez, investigates the abduction of a noted doctor, witnessed by his beautiful daughter. Herr Arson Strikes; Curse of the Green Vase; The Horrible Hooded Men; Runaway Murders; Zanzibar: The Abduction of Dr. Dean; Voodoo Man: Captive of the Zombies; Captain Savage: Kayamoto Attacks. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Flash Comics (1940 DC) 12 VG/FN 5.0 (R)

Trimmed

Tearing in margin of second and third page.

Flash stars in "Trouble in Kurtavia," written by Gardner Fox, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: "Les Sparks, Radio Amateur" by Don Cameron; Johnny Thunder in "Johnny's Date" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; The Whip in "Trapped" by Wentworth and Homer Fleming; King in "The Witch and The Emeralds" by Fox and Harry Lampert; Cliff Cornwall in "Encounter with the Wolf" with art by John Ayman; Hawkman in "The Heart Patient" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff; and "Manhattan Madman" by Ed Wheelan. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Flash Comics (1940 DC) 96 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #2023903024

Flash stars in "The Flash and the Thorn-Stalk," written by Robert Kanigher, art by Joe Kubert. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "The 'Spectacular' Crimes" written John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia; Black Canary in "The Riddle of the Topaz Brooch" by Kanigher, pencils by Infantino, inks by Joe Giella; and Hawkman in "Return of the Centaurs" by John Broome and Kubert. Cover art by Joe Kubert. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Flash Comics Wheaties Giveaway (1946) NN CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Tape on cover.

Label #3892823007

6 1/2 x 8 1/4. 32 pages. Flash stars in "The Criminal From Tomorrow!" Johnny Thunder stars in "Farewell To Crime!" Hawkman stars in "The Scavenger of the Skies!" (art by Joe Kubert). Also in this issue: "The Ghost Patrol." GRADING NOTES: All known copies were taped to Wheaties boxes and are never found in NM condition.

Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 3 FR/GD 1.5

5" cumulative spine split (partially taped), cover near brittle in places.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Charles Spain Verral and others. Art by Ogden Whitney, King Ward, Emil Gershwin, Edvard Moritz and Leo Morey, plus one story by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, and Joe Orlando. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A couple studying ancient castles in Europe comes upon one that is the lair of an ancient vampire, situated on an inaccessible peak. Another couple accidentally flung into space on an experimental balloon lands on a purgatory planet inhabited by atomic mutants, in a story full of ludicrous science and genuinely disturbing art by King Ward. But the real gem is about a boy who accidentally summons the spirit of a vengeful sorcerer while playing with the skull on his fathers desk. This oft-reprinted story, Skull of the Sorcerer, features pencils by EC legend Al Williamson, inks by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood, and one panel (page 6 panel 3?) inked by Frank Frazetta himself. Lair of the Vampire; The Return; The Vengeful Spirit; The Domain of the Doomed; Giants on the Earth; Skull of the Sorcerer; Pursuit Into the Past. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 16 GD 2.0 (R)

Trimmed

TRIMMED. Tape on interior cover, pages, and under staples. Oxidation.

Indicia title is "PORKY PIG, No. 16." Cover art by Chase Craig. Porky and Petunia paint an introduction to the stories in the issue on a board fence, art by Carl Buettner. Porky Pig and -Sh-h-h!!- Th' Secret of the Haunted House!, script by Chase Craig, art by Carl Buettner; Porky and Petunia spend the night in a haunted house, not knowing that it's the hideout for a gang of counterfeiters. Porky Pig Meets Beaky Buzzard, script and art by Chase Craig; Porky and his friends write millionaire Wilfred Crump to ask for a small loan to buy a gold mine. Hollywood gossip style page of facts about Porky, art by Carl Buettner. Porky paints "That's All Folks!" on the same board fence as the inside front cover, art by Carl Buettner. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 51 CBCS 4.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #23-445B7B5-007

Indicia title is "BUGS BUNNY FINDS THE LOST TREASURE, No. 51." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Bugs Bunny Finds the Lost Treasure, art by Carl Buettner; Bugs buys an old sea chest at an auction; In it is a sailor's diary is which he tells of the Zazztec treasure on Happy Pappy Island. A Statue Comes to Life, art by Carl Buettner; Bugs buys some powerful perfume; While visiting the museum he sprays a statue of Hercules, not knowing that a crook is impersonating the statue. Back cover Bugs Bunny strip by Tom McKimson. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 167 CGC 9.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #0913088007

"The Lone Ranger and the Hooded Horsemen" Written by Fran Striker, Art by Charles Flanders, and Cover art by Morris Gollub. A gang of hooded men holds two sisters hostage to get their father to sign over his property to them. The Lone Ranger and the Dagger Gang; The Lone Ranger and Tonto find a man in a cabin who has been stabbed; Tonto stays with him, while the Lone Ranger goes for help. The Lone Ranger on the Trail of a Fugitive; The Lone Ranger is on the trail of Red Hawkins, a man accused of killing a Texas Ranger; The Lone Ranger and Silver get caught in an explosion meant to blow up a bridge. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 189 GD- 1.8

2.75" Cumulative spine split.

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK IN THE OLD CASTLE'S SECRET, No. 189." Cover art by Carl Barks. The Old Castle's Secret, script and art by Carl Barks; Uncle Scrooge and the ducks go to Scotland to find the treasure hidden in the walls of the old McDuck castle, and there they encounter a "ghost" that is invisible except for the shadow cast by its skeleton; The "ghost" soon steals the treasure and traps the ducks on a balcony a hundred feet above the ground, but the nephews get down safely and find a secret entrance to the castle through an old graveyard. Horseshoe Luck, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald refuses to believe that finding a horseshoe brings good luck. Bean Taken back cover strip by Carl Barks; Donald devises a system for guessing the number of beans in a jar. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 204 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4317515012

Indicia title is "FLASH GORDON, No. 204." Cover art by Paul Norris. Flash Gordon Cut-Out Jet-Car activity page. Adventure on Orano, script and art by Paul Norris; Two modified V-2 missiles take off from Earth, one crash-lands on Mongo, the other on the planet Orano; Flash finds the ship that crashed on Mongo has an American crew; The other ship is a mystery; Flash and the Americans go to Orano to investigate, but are captured by the forces of Orano's cruel ruler, Torro, the Terrible. Orano Fly Model Space-Ship activity page. Fight at Space Port back cover art by Paul Norris. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 328 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4627591001

Cover art by Carl Buettner. Donald Duck in Old California!, script and art by Carl Barks; The ducks, injured in a car wreck in Southern California, are transported by means of a mysterious dream to the California of 1848; While there they stay at the home of a wealthy Spanish rancher, take part in the gold rush, and help a young vaquero win the hand of a rancher's daughter. Grandma's Visit starring Donald Duck, script by Don Christensen, art by Bob Moore. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 590 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4587226002

Indicia title is "HANSEL AND GRETEL, No. 590." Michael Myerberg's Hansel and Gretel, art by Dan Gormley; Hansel and Gretel are sent into the forest by their mother to gather berries for dinner; After losing their way, they spend the night in the forest, guarded by 14 night angels; The next day they find the gingerbread house of Rosina the witch; She captures Hansel to fatten him up and make him part of the gingerbread hedge; Gretel rescues Hansel and the pair use a log to knock the witch into her stove, which then explodes; The house and the witch disappear and the children who were part of the hedge turn back into their original forms. Adaptation of the 1954 stop-action puppet movie "Hansel and Gretel". 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 26 FR 1.0

Cover detached at one staple. Paper loss on back cover.

Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Marvin Stein. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. The Monster gets caught up in a mad whaler's obsessive search for his prey. Mortimer Nash is compelled to kill whenever he sees the moon. A crook meets a strange little man who offers to grant wishes...for a price. The Battle of the Monsters; Haunted Car; Moon Madness; Polio Facts for 1953; Four Wishes. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Frankie Comics (1946) 6 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. Water damage.

Written by Irving Tirman and unknown. Art by Irving Tirman, Morris Weiss and unknown. Frankie, America's scream boy, stars in four tales by Irving Tirman: "Gold Is Where You Find It!"; "Nature Nonsense!"; "The Rugged Radio Rumpus!"; and "Frankie's Frantic Foibles!" Plus: 2-page text story "An Ounce of Prevention"; Willie 1-pager; Margie in "Worse than Verse!" with art by Morris Weiss; and Mitzi in "Taken to the Cleaners!" 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Frankie Comics (1946) 7 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, interrupts art or story. Water damage.

Written by unknown. Art by Morris Weiss and unknown. Frankie, America's scream boy, stars in three tales: "The Merry Mayor!"; "Carnival Capers!"; and "Two in a Million!" Plus: 2-page text story "Ballet Dancer"! And: Margie in "Margie and Her Men!" with art by Morris Weiss. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Frankie Comics (1946) 8 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. Cover oxidation.

Written by unknown. Art by Morris Weiss, Mike Sekowsky and unknown. Frankie, America's scream boy, stars in two tales: "Playin' Politics!" and "The Dummy that Wasn't!" Plus: Margie in "Pity Poor Pop's Painting!" with art by Morris Weiss; 2-page text story "A Brand New Look"; and Georgie in "Dog Daze!" with art by Mike Sekowsky. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

From Here to Insanity (1955) 12 GD+ 2.5

Cover coming loose at both staples. Water damage.

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Stories and art by Dick Ayers, Art Gates, Carl Hubbell and Fred Ottenheimer. Charlton's Mad imitator continues its hit-or-miss parodies of 1950s pop culture, converting to a magazine format with this issue, as Mad did. This issue features no art by Marvel legend Jack Kirby, contrary to some sources (the Kirby art is in issue #11). Photo cover includes 1950s icons Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Jackie Gleason, and Jerry Lewis. How Davy Crockett rose up from a simple frontiersman to a 1950s TV star. Parodies of the films Blackboard Jungle and Marilyn Monroe's The Seven Year Itch. Another 1950s icon, trans pioneer Christine Jorgensen, gets the From Here to Insanity treatment. An indecipherable article written in "jazz" lingo. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including shampoo, deodorant, and cigarettes ads. Haloo Shampoo; Chase & Sunburn Coffee; Old Spicy Sticky Deodorant; Classified Ads; The Raving Reporter; How Davy Crockhead Captured America; The Man on the Flying Trapeze; Confidentially; The Truth About the French Pose Card Raquet; The Truth About Army Justice; Why Gretel Garbow Wants Her Privacy; Operation Denmark; The Truth About the Einstein Experts; I Toyed With the Hearts of Men; Blackboard Jumble; Fisherman's Daily Guide for August; How to Catch a Man; Camp Minnacootchie; Eat Younger and Look Older; Jive Me Gently; You Too Can Dance; How To Pour a Patio; Across and Drowkcab Puzzle; Insanity Removes the Wraps from Atomic Age's Most Explosive Pin-Ups!; Recommended by Huncan Dines; Those T.V. Commercials; Maryland Monrowboat in "The Seven Year Twitch"; French Girdle; Pearliaments Cigarettes. Final issue under this title; series continues as Crazy, Man, Crazy (1955) #1. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Gang Busters (1948 DC) 28 FR 1.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Piece fill and tape along spine. Near full length spine split. Cover detached. Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation with chipping. Water damage.

Cover art by Ruben Moreira. The Return of Mr. Big, art by Ruben Moreira. Confidential Squad, art by Bernard Baily. I Drive a Black Maria, art by Ramona Fradon. I Trapped the Clue-Proof Killer, art by Win Mortimer. 44 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Gay Comics (1944 Timely) 28 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing, interrupts art and story. Cover oxidation.

52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Gay Comics (1944 Timely) 30 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. Cover oxidation.

Rusty in "Pop's Problem," Millie the Model in "Ballet Batty," Tessie in "In the Dark," and Nellie the Nurse in "Throwing the Bull!" Half-page "Hey Look" by Harvey Kurtzman. Two-page text story, "What's In a Name." 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Gene Autry Comics (1941-1943 Fawcett/Dell) 12 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Multiple pieces missing, interrupts art and story. Brittle and chipping.

Stories and art by Till Goodan and others. Western comics starring beloved singing cowboy Gene Autry. Dell takes over publishing from Fawcett. Answering a call for help from aging Colonel Blake, Gene becomes involved in the power struggle over the vast Mesa Ranch in Arizona. Rustlers Crip and Rocky are determined to steal the ranch for themselves. But Gene finds allies in Mexican police detective Ramon and beautiful Senorita Clara. Plus short biographies of Gene Autry and his horse Champion. The Blue Band; Angel-Face Kirby; Down Mexico Way; A Smart Trick; Famous Bucking Horses: War Paint, High Skip. Final issue of the series; followed by Gene Autry Comics (1946-1959 Dell) #1. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Georgie Comics (1945 Marvel) 11 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Page missing, interrupts art and story. Water damage.

Cover by Mike Sekowsky. Stories by Ken Bald and unknown. Art by Mike Sekowsky, Ken Bald and Morris Weiss America's laff-wit Georgie stars in four stories with art by Mike Sekowsky: "Ain't Love Lovely?"; "Judy's Tennis Menace!"; "The Bear Facts of Life!"; and "The Romantic Romeo!" Also in this issue: Margie in "Margie's Movie Mix-Up!" with art by Morris Weiss; 2-page text story "Uncle Tom's Present"; and Millie the Model in "Publicity Mad!" by Ken Bald. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Ghost Rider (1950 Magazine Enterprises) 7 CGC 5.5

Paper: White

Label #4376669001

(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.

Ginger (1935-1936 Edmar-Nudeal-Best) Vol. 2 #6 VG 4.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Reglossed. TRIMMED.