Auctions: comic books 1951, graded by CGC

Chamber of Chills (1951 Harvey 1st Series) 21 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4405340003

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Vic Donohue and Rudy Palais. Numbering continues from Blondie (1947 McKay/Harvey/King/Charlton) #20. Sometimes listed as Chamber of Chills (1951 Harvey) #1. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. The descendant of famous witch-hunters is called to Ireland by a witch's spell. A man returns to Paris and remembers his childhood encounter with a ghost. A glimpse at what future space prisons might look like. The Old Hag of the Hills; The Avenging Spectre!; Darker Than Death; Gorilla!; Strange Customs; Gray Death; Tricks to Mystify Your Friends; The Chieftain of the Dead; Terror in the Heavens!; The Ghost of the Rue de Morte; How Death Valley Got Its Name; Weird Worlds. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Chamber of Chills (1951 Harvey 1st Series) 22 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white

Label #3827781007

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by John Giunta, Manny Stallman, Vic Donohue and Rudy Palais. Sometimes listed as Chamber of Chills (1951 Harvey) #2. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. A ferry captain provides corpses to a mad doctor in an island castle for his evil experiments. An unhinged artist creates a portal to a horrific world, bringing a hapless art student along with him. Profiles of infamous monsters: Frankenstein's Monster; Dracula; The Mummy; The Werewolf; Jack the Ripper. The Vault of Living Death; Portrait of Fear; Creatures of the Swamp; Men from Mars; Strange Customs; Caught!; House of Horror; Ferry of the Dead; The Snake Man; Chambers of Chills; Weird Worlds. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Chamber of Chills (1951 Harvey 1st Series) 22 CGC 3.0 Restored

Restored: C1

Paper: Off white to white

Restoration Includes: Small Amount of Color Touch on Cover.

Label #4386574001

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by John Giunta, Manny Stallman, Vic Donohue and Rudy Palais. Sometimes listed as Chamber of Chills (1951 Harvey) #2. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. A ferry captain provides corpses to a mad doctor in an island castle for his evil experiments. An unhinged artist creates a portal to a horrific world, bringing a hapless art student along with him. Profiles of infamous monsters: Frankenstein's Monster; Dracula; The Mummy; The Werewolf; Jack the Ripper. The Vault of Living Death; Portrait of Fear; Creatures of the Swamp; Men from Mars; Strange Customs; Caught!; House of Horror; Ferry of the Dead; The Snake Man; Chambers of Chills; Weird Worlds. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Chamber of Chills (1951 Harvey 1st Series) 23 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4386574002

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Lee Elias, Pierce Rice, Vic Donohue and Rudy Palais. Sometimes listed as Chamber of Chills (1951 Harvey) #3. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. The recipient of an eye transplant is haunted by horrifying visions. A meek accountant pushed too far turns to murder, in a story with possible inks by comics legend Leonard Starr. Scientists discover the legendary lair of the Minotaur, but soon regret it. Arctic explorers accidentally unfreeze an evil temple and its inhabitants. Walking Dead; Hall Of Horror!; Trip To Terror; Brain Operation!; Strange Customs; Death In The Desert!; Monster's Maze; Scientific Oddities; The Doom of Living Ice; Weird Worlds. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Plastic Man (1943 Vital/Quality) 29 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4417376008

Cover art by Alex Kotzky. The Attempted Return of Tricky Toledo starring Plastic Man and Tricky Toledo. The Tennessee Smugglers starring Plastic Man. Two untitled Plastic Man stories. Woozy Winks story. The Body In the Creek text story. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Red Ryder Comics (1940-1955 Hawley/Dell) 90 CGC 8.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4400765005

Photos from the Red Ryder Roundup. Red Rider story, pencils by John Hampton; Red and Little Beaver attempt to help Auntie Duchess with her wild cows. Red Rider story, pencils by John Hampton; Red Ryder plans on riding Cyclone, a wild horse. The West that lives Forever article by Fred Harman, art by Bill Lignante. Little Beaver story. The story of Little Turtle, Chief of the Miami tribe, art by Bill Lignante. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Red Ryder Comics (1940-1955 Hawley/Dell) 97 CGC 5.0

Paper: White

Label #4400758014

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

White Princess of the Jungle (1951) 2 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4405338009

Everett Raymond Kinstler art in two stories, "Jungle Vengeance" and "Death Wears the Jungle Crown," plus inside front cover. Other stories include "The Witch Doctor Murder Cult" and "The Strange Mission to Ormuz." Origin of Malu, Slave Girl Princess is reprinted. Kinstler cover. Cover price $0.10.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 49 CGC 6.0 Qualified

Paper: White

PAGE 16 MISSING.

Label #4380359001

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "Return of the Phantom Empire," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Paradise Island finds itself at war with the land of Mu from 90 centuries ago! Jerry The Jitterbug humor page by Henry Boltinoff. "Little Miss Wonder Woman," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman adopts a little girl who has lost her parents. Wonder Women of History: two-page Emilja Plater bio by Julius Schwartz, art by John Giunta. "Happy Landing" text story. "The Mystery of the Magic Typewriter," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter Wonder Woman vs. leprechaun Moon O'Day; story used in Fredric Wertham's "Seduction of the Innocent." 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.