Auctions: comic books 1952, graded by CGC

Buster Crabbe (1951 Famous Funnies) 4 CGC 2.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #3742309017

Cover by Frank Frazetta. Art by Allen Ulmer, Mike Roy and Frank Frazetta. Adventure tales featuring Hollywood legend Buster Crabbe, star of Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers and Tarzan serials. Whiskers goes underground when he thinks he's killed his barber; A classic PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Also featuring cover art by Frazetta. The Kansas Killer; Lead Poison; Top Secret; Whiskers Has A Close Shave; The Raiders; Red Cross New Method of Artificial Respiration. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Chamber of Chills (1952-1954 Harvey 2nd Series) 9 CGC 5.0

Paper: Light tan to off white

Label #4405340002

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Tom Hickey, Rudy Palais, Al Avison, Manny Stallman, John Giunta and Vic Donahue. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. Antarctic explorers discover a long-frozen caveman. A man arranges a fiendish revenge on the thieves who murdered his wife, setting the eight-armed Ranu against them. Figures from nursery rhymes are brought to life as murderous minions. Bondage cover by Al Avison. The Eight Hands of Ranu; Strange Legends: Maushope - The Dying Smoker; The Captain's Return; The Annals of Horror: The Black Death; The Rotting Death; Birth of a Monster; The Ice Horror; Demons of the Night. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Justice Traps the Guilty (1947 Prize) 44 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4363506007

Cover art by Marvin Stein. The Taxi Tricksters, art by Marvin Stein; a cab driver runs a crooked loan company. Payoff, pencils by Mort Meskin; when Carl Ames died, Marty Proust stood to collect a small fortune, but he shouldnt have used homicide to speed up the payoff. Hard Luck Guy. Too Perfect. Caught. Jumbled Clues text story. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Sensation Mystery (1952) 110 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4348396009

Formerly Sensation Comics. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson. Nightmare Island!, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Sy Barry; Test pilot Larry Mangrum pushes his plane through the speed barrier at 1500 miles-per-hour; He crash-lands in another dimension—An island populated by giant frog beings, where he meets two other missing pilots. Vengeance of the Invisible Men!, art by Murphy Anderson; Robert Marley comes into possession of magic glasses, which make him see the invisible "Trogs"; The trogs are causing deadly accidents all over the country and try to wipe out the human race. The Vampire Myth article by Jack Miller, art by Raymond Perry. Horror in the Lake!, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Frank Giacoia, inks by Sy Barry; Johnny Peril has to fight a horde of evil and weird caterpillar monsters. He can outrun and finally outfox them by using explosives he finds in a shack. Beware the Black Cat!, art by Morris Waldinger; Account of superstitions about black cats. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Thing (1952 Charlton) 2 CGC 3.5 Restored

Restored: C1

Paper: Cream to off white

Restoration Includes: Tear Seals To Cover, Cover Re-attached With Glue.

Label #4405338003

Cover by Bob Forgione. "The Red Death," art by Bob Forgione; A terrible and deadly plague ravages a medieval king's land; While his peasants die, the king holds a masquerade ball. 'El Toro Diablo,' pencils by Albert Tyler, inks by Bob Forgione; A boy with the looks and the horns of a bull becomes famed matador Tomas Hernandez. "The Witch's House" text story. "The Creature," pencils by Albert Tyler, inks by Bob Forgione; The earth is befallen by mysterious cancerous growths. "The White Rat"; A doctor is bullied by his strong assistant; He invents a muscle growth serum and goes for payback. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Witches Tales (1951 Harvey) 10 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4386574003

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Vic Donahue, Warren Kremer, Joe Certa, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A scientist's electrical experiments create an evil energy being. Another scientist creates a one-celled organism that grows out of control. The ghost of a murdered tailor animates empty clothing to seek revenge on his killer. It!; The Flash of Doom; Witches Tricks; The Room; The Mask of Murder; Keepers of Horror; The Flaming Horror; Cloth of Terror; The Howl of Death! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.