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  • Item #65110398
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    Little Orphan Annie (1926-1934 Cupples & Leon) 7D FR 1.0

    Brittle and damaged dust jacket (secured in plastic wrap).

    Starts Jul 27

    With dust jacket. Little Orphan Annie A Willing Helper (1932), written and illustrated by Harld Gray, is a comic published by Cupples & Leon Company. It is book 7 in the Little Orphan Annie book series and reprints 1931 strips. 92 pages, squarebound, color cover with black and white illustrations, 6-in x 8.75-in., no cover price.

  • Item #64708204
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    Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (1941-1962 Dell) 91 CGC 7.5

    1st app of "Kelsey Coyote" (Wile E. Coyote)

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #2045105002

    Starts Oct 3

    1st app of "Kelsey Coyote", he was not called Wile E. Coyote until Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) #918 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (1941-1962 Dell) 91 CGC 7.0

    1st app of "Kelsey Coyote" (Wile E. Coyote)

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4162465001

    Starts Jan 2

    1st app of "Kelsey Coyote", he was not called Wile E. Coyote until Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) #918 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #65069553
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    Lovelorn (1950) 41 VG 4.0

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    Starts Jul 27

    Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Harry Lazarus and Edmond Good. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, one of the earliest of the romantic comics genre of the postwar era. A handsome man falls for a woman who works as a dime-a-dance girl and learns her secret; A stranded woman barges in on a handsome, reclusive writer and seeks to win him over; Advice on letting your fiancee see the real you, rather than pretending to be perfect. Deception!; Goody-Good!; Supposin'; Goodbye, Miss Pettigrew!; Follow Your Heart; Man from Nowhere!; The Professor's Daughter!; Love Under Shadows! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #65046338
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    Published May 1952 by Marvel/Atlas.

    Man Comics (1949) 14 CGC 6.0

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4728829015

    Starts Jul 20

    "Bouncing Betsys" (art by Jerry Robinson), "No Prisoners," "A Spot For Nick" (art by Mac Pakula), "Screaming Meemies" (script by Hank Chapman, art by Dave Berg), and a two-page text story, "The General Was In a Hurry." Cover price $0.10.

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    Marvel Stories (1940-1941 Western Fiction) Pulp Vol. 2 #3 FR 1.0

    Near-complete spine split. Oxidation.

    Starts Aug 3

    Vol 2., No. 3. April 1941. Includes: "The Last Secret Weapon" by Polton Cross (John Russell Fearn); "Girl from Venus" by D. D. Sharp; "The Iron God" by Jack Williamson; "The Thought Machine" and "The World of Tomorrow" by Ray Cummings; and "We - The Other People" by Bruce Manchester. Cover by J. W. Scott. 7" x 9.75". 112 pages. Title changes to Marvel Science Stories (1950-1951 Stadium) Pulp 2nd Series with Vol. 3 #1. Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #63150245
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    Published Jan 1954 by Atlas.

    Menace (1953 Atlas) 9 CGC 2.0

    Paper: Light tan to off white

    Label #4585539014

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    Starts Oct 3

    Cover art by Gene Colan. Kill Me a Monster, art by Paul Reinman; A professor hires an assassin to kill creatures who possess the bodies of men. Blood Relation, art by Ed Winiarski; This story postulates that love can cure hereditary vampirism. The Fangs of the Wolf, art by Bill Everett; A man who shoots dogs for fun is bitten by a werewolf; He even has hired a sharpshooter to kill any strays that might venture onto his property, but he regrets this action when he changes to wolf form and his hired hand shoots him. Symphony in Death, art by Joe Maneely; When a music critic steals a work from a composer and passes it off as his own, the composer attaches a rope to a phonograph and strangles the critic slowly by playing the recording. The Walking Dead, art by John Forte; A zombie tries to eat a man but is tricked into a crematory chamber. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    Mighty Mouse (1947 St. John/Pines) 28

    Mighty Mouse (1947 St. John/Pines) 28 PR 0.5

    INCOMPLETE. Missing two wraps, interrupts art and story.

    Starts Aug 3

    Art by Jim Tyer and Connie Rasinski. The world's mightiest mouse defends Mouseville from danger - mostly cats - in the comic-book adventures of the Terrytoons animated superhero. A mad scientist revives fossilized cavemen and sends them on a rampage. Oil Can Harry unleashes the beasts of the jungle to menace Pearl Pureheart and Mighty Mouse. In Storyland, Mighty Mouse intervenes to save Hansel and Gretel from the witch. Gandy Goose; A Battle Royal; Sourpuss; The Perils of Pearl Pureheart; Farmer Gray: A Mouse in the House; Terry Bears; Dinky; The Candy Cottage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62830982
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    Modern Romances (1930-1997 Dell Publishing) Magazine Vol. 46 #4 VG/FN 5.0

    Staple rust.

    Starts Jul 27
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    Modern Romances (1930-1997 Dell Publishing) Magazine Vol. 47 #6 FN- 5.5

    Water spotting.

    Starts Jul 27
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    Mr. District Attorney (1948 DC) 4 PR 0.5

    INCOMPLETE. Piece clipped. Interrupts art or story. Cover detached at one staple.

    Starts Jul 27

    Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by Ed Herron, Stookie Allen and unknown. Art by Ed Dobrotka, Charles Paris, George Papp, Stookie Allen and unknown. Law vs. crime! Based on the smash radio hit! Mr. District Attorney in: "The Merchant of Death!" by Ed Herron, Ed Dobrotka and Charles Paris; "The False Code of Honor!" with story by Herron and pencils by Dobrotka; "Death Writes a Forgery!" with pencils by Dobrotka; and "The Case of the Loan Shark!" with pencils by Dobrotka. Also in this issue: A Special Crime Feature "Border Cop" with art by Paris; Thomas Brophy 1-pager "Firebug Catcher" by Stookie Allen; The Grapevine 2-page text article; and A Perfect Crime Mystery "Crime Rides the Sky!" with art by George Papp. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #65115679
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    Mutt and Jeff (1939-65 All Am./National/Dell/Harvey) 60 CGC 5.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4723167022

    Starts Jul 20

    Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher), Jack Schiff, and Win Mortimer. DC reprints the comic strip that defined the comic strip, featuring the original tall-and-short comedy duo. Also featuring the "topper" strip Cicero's Cat. Mutt and Jeff try to avoid lightning during a storm. Jeff's gift of a banana immediately backfires. Jeff waits for a bus. Plus a PSA about learning. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Binky Asks, What Do You Know About Other People?; Every Movement Has a Meaning of Its Own. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #64821378
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    My Friend Irma (1950 Marvel) 4 PR 0.5

    INCOMPLETE. 2 Center wraps missing, interrupts art and story.

    Starts Jul 27

    52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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    My Friend Irma (1950 Marvel) 23 FR 1.0

    Cover oxidation. Water damage. 6" cumulative spine split. Staple rust. Cover detached at one staple.

    Starts Aug 3
  • Item #65017868
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    Published Jun 1955 by Atlas.

    Mystery Tales (1952 Atlas) 30 GD/VG 3.0

    Cover oxidation.

    Starts Jul 20

    Cover art by Carl Burgos. The Boy Who Could Fly!, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache. Strange Meeting text story. The Warning!, art by Don Heck. The Lady Vanished, art by John Forte. Too Late!, art by Sid Greene. From Out of Nowhere, art by Pete Tumlinson. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #64996518
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    Nyoka the Jungle Girl (1945 Fawcett) 18 VG 4.0 Double Cover

    Double cover. Inner cover 4.0, outer cover 3.5. Staple rust. Cover oxidation.

    Starts Jul 20

    Stories and art by Bert Whitman and Howard Boughner. Raised in the jungle by her scientist father, Nyoka faces its dangers like no man ever could. In a two-part story, deranged artist Van Morte convinces Nyoka to pose for him, but his models have a habit of meeting terrible fates. Nyoka has only one ploy: to steal Van Morte's painting. In another story, Nyoka falls prey to the self-proclaimed Emperor of the Jungles, who makes her battle big cats in his personal arena. The Art of Murder, Part I: A Brush with Death; Lumber Jack; Trader Tom; Whippersnappers; Part II: The Mad Masterpiece; Lion-Hearted Leo, the Animal Trainer: A Slippery Character; The Death Rites of Turugu; Wilbur the Waiter; Nyoka the Jungle Girl's History of Animals: Aardvark; The Emperor of the Jungles! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #65110666
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    Out of This World Adventures (1950 Avon) Pulp Vol. 1 #2 FN 6.0 (R)

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    Starts Jul 27

    A pulp magazine with 32 pages of four color comic content!

    Dec 1950. Cover by James Bama. "Out of This World Adventures" Vol. 1 No. 2 is a pulp magazine with 32 pages of four color comic content, including "The Corsairs from the Coalsack," written by John Michel with art by Joe Kubert, and Crom the Barbarian in "The Spider God of Akka," written by Gardner Fox, with art by John Giunta. This issue also includes over 100 pages of b&w illustrated pulp SF stories, including "Raiders of the Solar Frontier" by A. Bretram Chandler, plus six others. 6 3/4-in. x 9 3/4-in, partial b&w/color, 130 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    Paul Terry's Comics (1954) 109

    Paul Terry's Comics (1954) 109 0.3

    COVERLESS. INCOMPLETE. Missing story on interior cover, interrupts art and story.

    Starts Jul 20

    Animator Paul Terry's Terrytoons featured Mighty Mouse, Heckle & Jeckle, and other classic cartoon characters of yesteryear. Mighty Mouse must save Mitzi from the clutches of The Claw. Heckle and Jeckle's latest scam involves the roller derby, but those birds play rough. Percy tries to get out of mouse-chasing by playing sick. Dimwit's Lesson; Mighty Mouse: Menace in the Meadow; Dinky: Ring of Luck; Heckle and Jeckle: Roller Derby Chumps; Can You Complete 'Em?; Percy Puss: Playing Sick. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #56147921
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    Pep Stories (1932-1938 King Publishing^) 2nd Series Vol. 7 #2

    100% spine split, covers completely detached PR

    Starts Jul 27

    Volume 7, Issue 2 - February, 1937. Vintage men's interest magazine that features erotic fiction stories, as well as humorous poetry, adult comics and tasteful nude pin-up photographs. 7.5" x 10.5", 64 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #65113352
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    Peter Rabbit Comics (1947) 12 CGC 7.0

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #4354074012

    Starts Jul 20

    Art by Frank Carin and others. Cover by Frank Carin. Funny-animal hijinks with a rabbit named Peter and his family and friends. Peter and Dazy imagine themselves as an inventor and an actress in the 1890s; Timmy the mouse tries to convince Cicero the cat that he has a talent for music; Retellings of the classic fairy tales The Frog Prince, The Honest Prince and Clever Gretel running alongside the Peter Rabbit stories. Gay Nineties; Cicero's Career; The Frog Prince; The Honest Prince; Sparky Smith; Clever Gretel; Bronco Busting. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #64884984
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    Pogo Possum (1949-1954 Dell) 4 VG+ 4.5

    Starts Jul 20

    Cover art by Walt Kelly. Scripts and art by Walt Kelly. Untitled one-page story; Churchy chasing butterflies catches Miz Mam'selle's bow. "The Big Hink-Cup"; Pogo and Albert require the help of the fire brigade for the Bunny Boy falling into their cake batter. "Kiddin' on the Keys"; Seminole Sam sells Porkypine an almost self-playing piano with office space inside. "Beware of the Wash Dog"; Howland convinces Albert he can make millions doing washing, and makes him begin at washing Howland's dirty clothing. "His Hand Has Never Lost its Kill"; Albert decides to build a home for the lady bug, and spends seven pages fighting assorted tools. "Planters Punchy"; For Arbor Day Churchy and Rackety Coon Chile decide to plant a tree and try to decide which kind of a hole to put into the ground. Untitled one-page story; A bird keeps stealing Churchy's pancakes. Untitled one-page story; The ants trick Albert out of the contents of his sandwich. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #64612591
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    Pogo Possum (1949-1954 Dell) 12 VG 4.0

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    Starts Jul 20

    Cover art by Walt Kelly. Scripts and art by Walt Kelly. Untitled story; Howland pulling teeth on Churchy and on his own stuffed moose's head. "Li'l Green Robin Hood"; A concoction of the stories of Robin Hood and William Tell, going off a tangent as Howland appears. "The Nesting Habits of the Horn Rimmed Bung Starter" starring Howland and Churchy; Everybody loses their heads--more or less literally. "Who Do Th' Hoo Doo Do?" text story. "How to Draw the Long Bow and Narrow"; Albert making Pogo's fishing rod into a bow and arrow. "Sick 'em Doc"; Howland and Churchy decide to go into the doctoring business, making customers sick with something they got a cure for. "Skull Skill"; Beauregard finds a book on being a detective, and tries to unravel the mystery of the children's cowboy games. Untitled one-page story; The crows steal Albert's seeds. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

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    Pogo Possum (1949-1954 Dell) 13 FN- 5.5

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    Starts Jul 20

    Cover art by Walt Kelly. Scripts and art by Walt Kelly. Untitled story; The squirrel is already behind the black drape of the camera. "Thud and Blunder"; Howland proclaims that a real comic book ought to have lots of blood, shooting and knife stabbing in it, but it all ends up in slapstick. "Van Winkle, Van Blinkle and Van Nod"; Pogo sends Albert home to sleep in his own house, after Albert has spent the entire day at Pogo's. "Much Hoodoo About Nothin'" text story. "Nigh Noon or the Fiasco Kid Writhes Again"; Howland decides that the swamp needs law and order, but Albert quickly takes on the job of being sheriff; Howland and Churchy dress as a villain and a damsel in distress, respectively, in order to put Albert's bravery to the test. Untitled one-page story; Bun Rabbit juggles Easter eggs, but the frog gets in the way. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

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    Pogo Possum (1949-1954 Dell) 15 VG+ 4.5

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    Starts Jul 20

    Cover art by Walt Kelly. Scripts and art by Walt Kelly. "The Magic of the HooDoo Man" text story. "Teeth For Two"; Albert gets inspired by "The Three Musketeers" to rescue beautiful maidens in distress, and expects Pogo to be his valet; He ends up saving Miz Beaver from Beauregard brushing flour off her. "The Deaf Trail"; Bun Rabbit, Beauregard, Pogo and Churchy go visiting Bun's hard-of-hearing uncle. Beauregard tries to entertain the uncle with a tall tale from the seven seas. "The Semi-Mental Gentlemints"; Howland wants to enter Churchy in a stupidity contest at the county fair. Untitled story; Pogo receives a letter from Walt Kelly advising the cast to act more refined...of course to no avail. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #64767142
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    Published Oct 1945 by Quality.

    Police Comics (1941) 47 GD/VG 3.0

    Interior tearing.

    Starts Jul 20

    Cover art by Jack Cole. Plastic Man story, script and art by Jack Cole. Flatfoot Burns story, script and art by Al Stahl. Human Bomb story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Candy story, script and art by Harry Sahle. Burp the Twerp story, script and art by Jack Cole. I'm Guilty! starring Manhunter, art by Al Bryant. Spirit story, pencils by Lou Fine. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #65069823
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    Published Jun 1953 by Quality.

    Police Comics (1941) 126 VG 4.0

    Starts Aug 3

    Reed Crandall/Nick Cuidera cover. Ken Shannon in "Hit-and-Run Murders!"; Inspector Denver; T-Man in "The House of Haunted Heads!"; and "Four-Legged Cop!" Cover price $0.10.

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    Popular Mechanics Magazine (1902-Present Popular Mechanics Company) Vol. 81 #6

    Popular Mechanics Magazine (1902-Present Popular Mechanics Company) Vol. 81 #6 GD 2.0

    Water damage. Staple rust.

    Starts Aug 3

    June 1944. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Includes: "Table Top War Movies" article on building film miniatures with George Pal photo. 6.75" x 9.5". 248 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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    Popular Romance (1949) 25 GD 2.0

    Water damage.

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    Starts Jul 27

    Photo cover. In order of appearance: "I Need You" art by Alex Toth and Mike Peppe, reprinted in Alex Toth Reader TPB (2003-2005) #1-1ST and in Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 TPB (2011 FB) #1-1ST; "Keep 'Mr. Happy"; "Just Between Us...by Brenda Brant: Picnic Daze, Fish Fry, The Important Little Things, Work for All" advice page; "Love Must Be Natural"; "Plan a Future Perfect"; "Good-Bye... For Awhile"; "Let's Talk It Over, with Brenda Brant" letters page; "My Trusting Heart"; and "Collect Yourself". "I Wanted to Be an Artist!" comic advertisement from Art Instruction Inc. "Legacy of Love: There's Always a Way to Learn Whether a Girl Marries for Money" illustrated text story by Margaret Isbell, illustrations by Ralph Mayo. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #64878573
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    Prize Comics Western (1948-1956 Prize) 93 CGC 6.0

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4703711009

    Starts Jul 27

    Cover by Will Elder and John Severin. Art by Will Elder and John Severin. Prize's flagship Western title featured early art by John Severin and other greats who worked for EC in the following decade. American Eagle and Buck are stalked by renegade Sioux warriors. Three stories and a cover featuring early art by EC legends Will Elder and John Severin. American Eagle signals for help to rescue a wagon train from Arapahoe warriors. Sioux War Party; Stuarts Stranglers; Wolf Pack; Hoot Owls of Cactus Gap; The Roundup; Smoke Signals! 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #65115673
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    Puppet Comics (1946) 2 CGC 5.0

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4723167021

    Starts Jul 20
  • Item #64375372
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    Published May 1946 by DC.

    Real Fact Comics (1946) 2 GD 2.0 (R)

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    TRIMMED. 3.5" Cumulative spine split (partially taped).

    Starts Jul 20

    Cover art by Dick Sprang. Presenting the Amazing P.T. Barnum, script by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and Bernie Breslauer, art by Dick Sprang. Rin-Tin-Tin feature, script by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and Bernie Breslauer, art by Lee Harris. A World of Thinking Robots, script and art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Undersea Divers, script by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and Bernie Breslauer, art by Stookie Allen. Scoops... Pictures to Remember, script by Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger, and Bernie Breslauer, art by George Roussos. The Story of Braille, script by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and Bernie Breslauer. Jackie Robinson feature by Phil Berube. The Panama Canal, script by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and Bernie Breslauer, art by Phil Berube. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #65046278
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    Published Sep 1950 by Youthful.

    Redskin (1950) 1 CGC 5.5

    Paper: White

    Label #4728829011

    Starts Jul 20

    Redskin in "Stop the Cheyenne Drums" and "Pawnee Massacre." Also in this issue: "Indian Arrows" and "The White Warrior" (art by Walter Johnson). John Sink cover. Cover price $0.10.

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    Reel Humor (1938 Periodical House Inc.) British Edition Vol. 1 #5

    Starts Jul 27
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    Romantic Adventures (1949) 3 VG 4.0

    Centerfold detached at one staple.

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    Starts Jul 27

    Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Al Hartley and others. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A woman lets her jealous nature get the better of her; Thelma is so set on getting back at the man who broke her heart, she doesnt notice the one who really loves her; Mary learns how the Valentine Ranch got its name; Rich girl Dona meets a man money cant buy. Also, readers send in their personal love stories. I Was My Mother's Rival!; The Shattered Heart; Jealous of a Shadow; Romance on Valentine Ranch; Money Can't Make Marriage; Breaking the Ice; Readers' Romances; Afraid of Love. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Sam Hill Private Eye (1950) 3 CGC 5.5

    Paper: White

    Label #4728829023

    Starts Jul 20
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    Secret Story Romances (1953) 15 CGC 4.0

    Paper: Off white

    Label #4313392002

    Starts Aug 3
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    Sensation (1941-1946 Sensation Magazine) Vol. 1 #12

    Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Starts Jul 27
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    Sniffy the Pup (1949) 18

    Sniffy the Pup (1949) 18 PR 0.5

    INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story.

    Starts Jul 20
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    Son of Tarzan HC (1927 Grosset & Dunlap) 1N-1ST VG+ 4.5

    Starts Jul 27

    1st Grosset & Dunlap Printing. Does not include dust jacket. Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Art by J. Allen St. John. Hardcover, 5" x 7 5/8", 394. B&W text w/ illustrations.

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    Published Sep 1946 by Quality.

    Spirit (1944 Quality) 6 GD 2.0

    1" Spine split from bottom. Cover and centerfold coming loose at one staple.

    Starts Aug 3

    Cover art by Lou Fine. Untitled Spirit story, script by Manly Wade Wellman, pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Lou Fine and the Quality staff. Jonesy humor page by Bernard Dibble. Untitled Spirit story. Untitled Spirit story with Danny Bibo, pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Lou Fine and the Quality staff. Untitled Spirit story; the murder of Bob Sydell. Jonesy humor pages by Bernard Dibble. Crime Dictionary starring Flatfoot Burns, art by Al Stahl. Rustler's Boomerang text story. Untitled Spirit story, script by Manly Wade Wellman; Ebony's Inheritance. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    Spirit (1952 Fiction House) 3 FR/GD 1.5 (R)

    Restored (see item notes)

    RESTORATION. Color touch. 4.5" Spine split from bottom. Cover detached at one staple.

    Starts Aug 3

    Stories by Jules Feiffer and Will Eisner. Art by Jim Dixon and Al Wenzel. Reprints of the later years of the Spirit strip, when Will Eisner's crimefighter was being run by other cartoonists in his studio. This issue includes Spirit strips #600, 610, 613, and 615. The Octopus wins an I Hate the Spirit essay contest; The Spirit goes into a collapsed mine to save trapped miners and discovers evidence of a murder; Mad Mr. Nero builds a replica of the Coliseum, and tries to feed the Spirit to the lions. The Walking Corpse; It Kills by Dark; The League of Liars; A Man Named Nero. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Published 1946 by Baily Publ..

    Spook Comics (1946) 1 CGC 4.0

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #4021949006

    Starts Oct 3
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    Stag (1937 Leeds Publishing) A Magazine for Men Vol. 1 #2

    Staple rust: Moderate.

    Starts Jul 27

    Volume 1, Issue 2 - August, 1937. Fiction by Langston Hughes and ERskine Caldwell. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W. Combined July and August issue. Cover price $0.25.

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    Star Spangled Comics (1941) 48 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Jul 20

    Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. Booty and the Blizzard starring the Newsboy Legion, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Arturo Cazeneuve, inks by George Roussos. A Weasel in the Woodpile starring Penniless Palmer, script by Whitney Ellsworth, art by Thurston Harper. Crooks on Ice starring Robotman, script by Joe Samachson, art by Jimmy Thompson. When Dreams Come True starring Star Spangled Kid, art by Jon Small. Outpost in the Philippines starring Liberty Belle, script by Joe Samachson, art by Chuck Winter. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    Star Spangled War Stories (1952 DC 2nd Series) 13 CGC 7.5

    Paper: White

    Label #4690085007

    Starts Oct 3

    Cover pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Joe Giella. No Escape, script by David Kahn, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. One-Ton Terror, script by Art Wallace, art by Dan Gordon. Battle Detective, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. Command Performance, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Joe Giella. Private Pete filler page and Shorty filler page by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Star Spangled War Stories (1952 DC 2nd Series) 14 CGC 7.5

    Paper: White

    Label #4711899020

    Starts Oct 3

    Cover art by Leonard Starr. Pitchfork Army, script by William Woolfolk, art by Leonard Starr. I Faced a Firing Squad, script by France Herron, art by Carmine Infantino. Combat Champions, script by Art Wallace, art by Jim McArdle. Secret Invasion, script by David V. Reed, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Joe Giella. Private Pete filler page and Shorty filler page by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 22 #2 VG/FN 5.0

    Starts Aug 3

    Volume 22, Issue 2 - November, 1950. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Jack Vance, Edmond Hamilton (Captain Future in "Pardon My Iron Nerves), L. Ron Hubbard (author's final pulp story), Rog Phillips, Robert Moore Williams, and Mack Reynolds. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    Published Dec 1953 by Ajax.

    Strange Fantasy (1952) 9 CGC 5.0

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #4476284001

    Starts Oct 3

    Stories and art by Bruce Hamilton and Steve Ditko. Offbeat pre-Code horror stories from Ajax-Farrell, with art by the Iger Shop staff. A man's long hair comes to life, in a truly bizarre escalating series of events partially illustrated by future Marvel legend Steve Ditko. An artist tries and fails to maintain the balance between madness and genius. Luther is cursed with the ability to know who is going to die. Dream of Horror; Hair Yee-eeee; Magic Formula; Portrait of Doom; Mirror of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: In addition to the regular issue, some copies of no. 9 were manufactured with different interiors from other comics. Please see title Strange Fantasy (1952) #9 Variant Interiors. Cover price $0.10.

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    Super Cat (1954 Star) 57

    Super Cat (1954 Star) 57 PR 0.5

    Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Missing back cover.

    Starts Jul 20
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    Super Science Stories (1940-1951 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 2 #2 GD/VG 3.0 (R)

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    TRIMMED. Cover oxidation.

    Starts Aug 3

    Cover by Leo Morey. Stories by Ross Rocklynne and Leigh Brackett. Illustrations by Hannes Bok. Softcover Pulp, 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 128 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.