Auctions: comic books 1955 or before, graded by CGC

Action Comics (1938 DC) 24 CGC Coverless

Paper: Off white to white

Coverless. Centerfold Missing.

Label #4723167020

Cover art by Joe Shuster and Paul Cassidy. Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster and Paul Cassidy. Pep Morgan story, art by Fred Guardineer (as Gene Baxter). Black Pirate story, art by Sheldon Moldoff. Three Aces story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Chad Grothkopf. Tex Thomson story, art by Bernard Baily. Clip Carson story, art by Sheldon Moldoff. The Magician Murder starring Zatara, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Fred Guardineer. 68 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (1952) 13 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4736272018

Written by unknown. Art by unknown. Cover by Owen Fitzgerald? Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis star in a 3-part untitled tale! Plus: Teen Teasers activity half-pager by Martin Naydel; Honey in Hollywood untitled 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; "Block Buster" activity half-pager by Naydel; Twisting the Dial profile on Robert Q. Lewis; and Willy untitled back-up story. 40 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great (1936-1937 Manvis Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 CGC 0.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4734105001

Vol. 1, No. 1 - October 1936. 6.75" x 9.75", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Blazing Six-Guns (1952) 1 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4329854017

Jesse James stars in "King of the Bandits!" (art by Everett Raymond Kinstler; 7 pages). Wild Bill Hickok stars in "Payoff in Lead!" Kit Carson stars in "Guns of Death!" (art by Geral McCann?; 6 pages). And "The Saga of Frank Carplin--Sixgun Killer!" (pencils by Larsen, inks by Alascia). Cover and inside front cover by Kinstler. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 80 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #3916797006

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk and Al Liederman. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza, Al Liederman and unknown. The story of how Billy Batson first became Captain Marvel in "A Twice-Told Tale" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza (appearances by Shazam and Sivana). Plus: Captain Marvel and a surrealist artist visit the land from which the artist's paintings are derived in "Captain Marvel in the Land of Surrealism!" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Also in this issue: "Captain Marvel's Inferiority Complex" and "Captain Marvel Meets the Weatherman," both written by Bill Woolfolk. Plus: Captain Kid..."On the Griddle" by Al Liederman. Also: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Duel in Space" by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). And: 1-page Tootsie Roll ad "Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party" with art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cindy Comics (1947) 32 CGC 2.5

Paper: Light tan to off white

Label #4579637005

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Comics on Parade (1938) 76 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4726568009

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller and Ed Dodd. Comics on Parade features reprints of Ernie Bushmiller's popular Nancy strip, featuring precocious Nancy and her streetwise pal Sluggo. Sluggo uses his little dog to send Nancy a message. Nancy meets the new kid who moved in next door, in a multi-page original story. Nancy; Stamp Tips; Back Home Again. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub (1954) 4 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4742157004

Stories by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Sheldon Moldoff and Ken Landau. Cover by Ogden Whitney. The crew of an atomic-powered submarine, The Atomic Commandos roam the seas battling threats to American naval supremacy. The Commandos are assigned to protect a scientist with a revolutionary new discovery, but they must contend with sleeping gas that works underwater, manned torpedoes, a gigantic super-sub, and other enemy weapons. Piercing the Iron Curtain!; Can't Stand Those Pigboats!; Sunken Treasure!; Brother, You've Done a Good Job!; A Day in the Life of an Atomic Commando: Doc Blake. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 10 #3 CGC 4.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4365255008

"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.

Film Fun (1915-1942 Film Fun Publishing Co.^) Magazine 550 CGC 6.5 Restored

Restored: C1

Paper: Off white to white

Restoration includes: tear seals to cover.

Label #4696564003

Volume 63, Issue 550 - February, 1935. Enoch Bolles cover. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, tinted B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Film Fun (1915-1942 Film Fun Publishing Co.^) Magazine 556 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4553995006

Issue 556 - August, 1935. Enoch Bolles cover. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8.5" x 11.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 447 CGC 7.0

Paper: White

Label #4723167017

Indicia title is "ANDY HARDY COMICS, No. 447." Cover art by Al Hubbard. Company Masquerade Party; Glamourpuss records Andy pretending to be an executive in order to impress Polly; She then blackmails Andy by threatening to take the cylinder transcription to Andy's boss if he doesn't take her to the company masquerade party instead of Polly. Dressed for Success; Andy is wearing a dress of his mother's that she is altering when his car starts rolling down the hill. Romance with Lana Grable; Andy gets jealous when Polly rides with rich Clarence Goldsack. All art by Al Hubbard. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Frontline Combat (1951 EC) 15 CGC 2.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4736273018

Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman, Jerry DeFuccio and Jack Davis. Art by Wally Wood, George Evans, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, and John Severin. The companion title to Kurtzman's groundbreaking war comic Two-Fisted Tales, showcasing the brutal realities of war. A burned-out soldier lists the things wrong with the Korean War. An air mechanic becomes a flying ace. A soldier's-eye view of Custer's Last Stand. Plus information about the E.C. Fan-Addict Club from publisher Bill Gaines. Perimeter!; McCudden!; Captain Teach; Vengeful Sioux!; Belts n Celts! Final issue of the series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Gunsmoke (1949 Youthful Magazines) 7 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4723167019

Cover by Walter Johnson. Stories by unknown. Art by Manny Stallman and unknown. Blazing heroes of the West! In this issue: Gunsmoke in "The Killers of Sorocco" with art by Manny Stallman; The Masked Marvel in "His Deadly Double"; "The Border Patrol"; "Massacre"; and 2-page profile of Charles Starrett with a photo of Starrett. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Justice Traps the Guilty (1947 Prize) 3 CGC 4.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4688939002

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Buried Treasure Fraud, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; a confidence team tries to outsmart the law. So Many Ways to Die!, art by Bill Draut; none of the residents at a nursing home die from old age. The Capture of Night-Club Nick, art by Warren Broderick. Suicide or Murder? text story. My Strangest Crime Case starring Private Investigator Ruth Lang, art by Bill Draut. Ask Eddie Green, Consultant to Crime, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Ad for Young Romance comics. My Personal Comic Album comic holder ad. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Lil Abner (1947) 70 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4722034001

Stories and art by Al Capp, Jay Benton and Milt Story. Cover by Al Capp. Toby takes over reprints of Al Capp's famed comic-strip masterpiece, featuring hillbilly hero Li'l Abner, his love Daisy Mae, and the citizens of Dogpatch, USA. "Ironpants" Bailey and his cohorts take over Dogpatch, and force the citizens to ostracize Pappy and Lil Abner until they promise never to return. Tender Foote, young man from the big city, heads out west. Li'l Abner Fights For His Rights; Dizz Kids; Lil Abner; Tender Foote; Memphis Smith, Private Eye. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Little Eva 3-D Comics (1953) 1N CGC 6.5 Qualified

Paper: Off white to white

3-D glasses Missing.

Label #3956697010

Does not include original 3-D glasses. Mischievous Eva is an adorable counterpart to those other 1950s misadventurers, Little Audrey and Little Lulu. St. John was a pioneer in 3-D comics during the original 3-D craze of the 1950s. When Eva and her friends go camping, it quickly becomes the boys against the girls, until the boys get stuck on an outcropping. Short Stuff accidentally starts a feud with the neighborhood bully. Little Ike has a new way of making mischief when he gets a water pistol. Camping Out; Short Stuff: Bouncing Ball; Little Ike: Pistol-Packin Half-Pint!; Baby Kitten. 32 pages, B/W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.

Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (1941-1962 Dell) 91 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #2045105002

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.

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

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4162465001

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.

Man Comics (1949) 14 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4728829015

"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.

Menace (1953 Atlas) 9 CGC 2.0

Paper: Light tan to off white

Label #4585539014

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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.

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

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4723167022

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.

Peter Rabbit Comics (1947) 12 CGC 7.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4354074012

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.

Prize Comics Western (1948-1956 Prize) 93 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4703711009

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.

Puppet Comics (1946) 2 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4723167021

Redskin (1950) 1 CGC 5.5

Paper: White

Label #4728829011

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.

Sam Hill Private Eye (1950) 3 CGC 5.5

Paper: White

Label #4728829023

Secret Story Romances (1953) 15 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4313392002

Spook Comics (1946) 1 CGC 4.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4021949006

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

Paper: White

Label #4690085007

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.

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

Paper: White

Label #4711899020

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.

Strange Fantasy (1952) 9 CGC 5.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4476284001

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.

War Comics (1950 Atlas) 20 CGC 5.0

Paper: White

Label #4728829003

War Heroes (1952 Ace) 4 CGC 5.5

Paper: White

Label #4728829016

War Report (1952) 1 CGC 3.5

Paper: White

Label #4730055007

US soldiers face combat action as the Korean War heats up, from publisher Ajax-Farrell. A seasoned corporal and a fresh lieutenant get caught in an ambush with their squad. Injured Private Fenton is captured by enemy forces and fears being listed as MIA. Tensions between Air Force and infantry soldiers come to a head during a fight at a USO club in Okinawa. The Dawn's Early Light; Missing in Action; Dirty Fighter; I'll Take the Infantry; Operation Bridgehead. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wink (1944-1955 Wink Inc.^) Magazine Vol. 7 #2 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4421594006

Bettie Page photo feature in this issue.

Volume 7, Issue 2 - October, 1951. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Vintage men's interest magazine focused entirely on amateur lingerie pin-up pictorials. This issue with a Bettie Page photo. 8.5 x 11.5", 58 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 6 CGC 3 Page Centerfold Only

Paper: Off white to white

Slab: Chipped/broken bracket

3 PAGE CENTERFOLD ONLY.

Label #4490414008

Cover by Harry G. Peter. 1st appearance of the Cheetah in "Wonder Woman and The Cheetah" script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Upstaged by Wonder Woman at a charity event, a jealous socialite is overtaken by her evil alter ego, dons a Cheetah hide, and attempts to frame and kill her Amazon adversary. "The Adventure of the Beauty Club," script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; The Cheetah uses an exclusive beauty club as a front to learn military secrets from soldiers' families; Wonder Woman travels to the Pacific area to stop the Japanese from attacking an American base. "Hop Harrigan and the Radiosonde" text story. Women of History: four-page Madame Chiang Kai-Shek bio, script by Alice Marble, art by Sheldon Moldoff. "The Conquest of Paradise," script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; The Cheetah crashes a competition between Amazons and man's world girls on Paradise Island, seeking the source of the Amazons' strength to help her defeat Wonder Woman. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.