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Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 1 CGC 8.0

Paper: White

Label #4510632003

Cover pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by John Verpoorten. First comic book appearance and origin of Conan. The Coming of Conan!, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Dan Adkins; Conan battles at Vanaheim and sees his future; Tara returns to her dimension 1st comic book appearance of Kull (cameo). The letters page contains a map of Conan's world of the Hyborian Age drawn by Windsor-Smith (based on Robert E. Howard's own version) and a short essay on The World of Conan. 36 pgs. Cover price: $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 1 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4264713014

Cover pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by John Verpoorten. First comic book appearance and origin of Conan. The Coming of Conan!, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Dan Adkins; Conan battles at Vanaheim and sees his future; Tara returns to her dimension 1st comic book appearance of Kull (cameo). The letters page contains a map of Conan's world of the Hyborian Age drawn by Windsor-Smith (based on Robert E. Howard's own version) and a short essay on The World of Conan. 36 pgs. Cover price: $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 3 VF- 7.5

Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. The Twilight of the Grim Grey God!; script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Sal Buscema; setting: Hyperborean/Brythunian battlefield; Conan converses with God Borri Borri, participates in a great and bloody battle, and kills Malachi; adapted from the non-Conan story, The Grey God Passes by Robert E. Howard. Rumored to have had lower distribution in some areas. The letters page reprints the Hyborian Age map from Conan 1. 36 pgs. Cover price: $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 13 CGC 9.0

Paper: White

Label #4700858007

Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. Web of the Spider-God, plot by John Jakes, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Sal Buscema; setting: desert east of Ophir & city of Yezud; Conan is delirous in desert, Thanix saves his life; Conan fights Omm (giant spider), Tork destroys Yezud and leaves for Shadizar with Lea. 36 pgs. Cover price: $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 13 FN 6.0

Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. Web of the Spider-God, plot by John Jakes, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Sal Buscema; setting: desert east of Ophir & city of Yezud; Conan is delirous in desert, Thanix saves his life; Conan fights Omm (giant spider), Tork destroys Yezud and leaves for Shadizar with Lea. 36 pgs. Cover price: $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 16 VG/FN 5.0

Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. The Frost Giant's Daughter, script by Roy Thomas, art by Barry Windsor-Smith; setting: Snowy battlefield; Conan chases Atali across the snow, slays her two frost giant brothers, and catches her; Her father, Ymir then takes her from Conan. This story originally appeared in Savage Tales 1, but for its publication here Windsor-Smith added another page (a new splash page), and some panels and dialogue were altered for Comics Code approval. Back-up reprint story: The Sword and the Sorcerers (from Chamber of Darkness 4), script by Roy Thomas, art by Windsor-Smith. Also in this issue: a full-page reprint of the Hyborian Age map from Conan 1. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 23 VF 8.0

Cover art by Gil Kane. First appearance of Red Sonja in The Shadow of the Vulture, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Wmith, inks by Sal Buscema, Dan Adkins, and Chic Stone; setting: Pah-Dishah, Makkalet; Conan delivers message from Makkalet to Pah-Disha; Red Sonja saves Conan's life twice; Conan kills Mikhal Oglu (vulture) and sends his head to Yezdigerd; adapted from the non-Conan story by Robert E. Howard featuring a female warrior, Red Sonya. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 24 VG 4.0

Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. First full Red Sonja story, The Song of Red Sonja, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith; setting: Makkalet; Conan and Red Sonja start a bar-fight, bathe in a fountain, scale temple walls, break in and steal a snake-tiara, and fight a magical snake; at the end Sonja tricks Conan, and leaves for Pah-Disha; the Red Sonja story continues in Savage Sword of Conan 1. Final Windsor-Smith art on this title. The art in this issue (at least on page 8, and perhaps elsewhere) was altered without Windsor-Smith's approval. See Marvel Treasury Edition 15 or Savage Sword of Conan 82 for the original version. (The reprint in Conan Saga 8 contains the altered version). In the letter's column, Roy Thomas responds and announces Barry Smith's final departure as Conan the Barbarian artist; Incidentally, Roy's responses to R. Benitz and Keith Taylor are mistakenly transposed. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 24 GD- 1.8

Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. First full Red Sonja story, The Song of Red Sonja, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith; setting: Makkalet; Conan and Red Sonja start a bar-fight, bathe in a fountain, scale temple walls, break in and steal a snake-tiara, and fight a magical snake; at the end Sonja tricks Conan, and leaves for Pah-Disha; the Red Sonja story continues in Savage Sword of Conan 1. Final Windsor-Smith art on this title. The art in this issue (at least on page 8, and perhaps elsewhere) was altered without Windsor-Smith's approval. See Marvel Treasury Edition 15 or Savage Sword of Conan 82 for the original version. (The reprint in Conan Saga 8 contains the altered version). In the letter's column, Roy Thomas responds and announces Barry Smith's final departure as Conan the Barbarian artist; Incidentally, Roy's responses to R. Benitz and Keith Taylor are mistakenly transposed. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 25 VF+ 8.5

Cover pencils by Ralph Reese (layout) and Gil Kane (finished art), inks by Ralph Reese. The Mirrors of Kharam-Akkad, script by Roy Thomas, co-plot by Barry Windsor-Smith, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Sal Buscema and John Severin (pages 4-5); setting: City of Makkalet; Two page Kull flashback; Akkad; Prince Yezdigerd prepares to storm Makkalet; guest appearances by Kull and Brule the Spear-Slayer; the Kull appearance is based on a Kull story, The Mirrors of Tuzun Thone," by Robert E. Howard. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 241N FN/VF 7.0

Newsstand Edition. Cover pencils by Todd McFarlane, inks by Scott Williams. All Roads Lead To Zamora, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Gary Hartle, inks by Mike DeCarlo; Red Sonja is getting married, and Conan is anything but the best man when he suspects sorcery, and not love, is her motivation. 36 pgs. Cover price $1.00. Cover price $1.00.

Conan the Barbarian Lot of 10

Issues 10-12, 25, and 27-32 of Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel). Most will grade in the FN to VG range with a couple grading GD and #30 grading PR (multiple pieces missing, affects story and art).

Conan the Barbarian Lot of 12

Issues 235-240 and 249-254 of Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel). Most will grade in the FN range with a couple grading VF. #240 has puncture through first 8 pages; slightly affects story and art.

Conan the Barbarian Novels Promotional Flyer from Zebra Books

Sent to retailers to promote both the novels and available endcap display with wholesale prices. High quality print on glossy stock. Flyer has been previously folded, as originally distributed. 8 1/2" x 11" (unfolded).

Conan the Barbarian Print by Frank Frazetta

The art from this print appeared in The Ultimate Triumph: The Heroic Fantasy of Robert E. Howard. High quality print on textured paper stock. 11" x 15 1/4".

Conan the Barbarian Print by Frank Frazetta

The art from this print appeared in The Ultimate Triumph: The Heroic Fantasy of Robert E. Howard. High quality print on textured paper stock. 11" x 15 1/4".

Conan the Barbarian Print by Frank Frazetta

The art from this print appeared in The Ultimate Triumph: The Heroic Fantasy of Robert E. Howard. High quality print on textured paper stock. 11" x 15 1/4".

Conan the Barbarian Print by Frank Frazetta

The art from this print appeared in The Ultimate Triumph: The Heroic Fantasy of Robert E. Howard. High quality print on textured paper stock. 11" x 15 1/4".

Conan the Barbarian Print by Frank Frazetta

The art from this print appeared in The Ultimate Triumph: The Heroic Fantasy of Robert E. Howard. High quality print on textured paper stock. 11" x 15 1/4".

Conan the Barbarian Print by Frank Frazetta

The art from this print appeared in The Ultimate Triumph: The Heroic Fantasy of Robert E. Howard. High quality print on textured paper stock. 11" x 15 1/4".

Conan the Barbarian Print by Frank Frazetta

The art from this print appeared in The Ultimate Triumph: The Heroic Fantasy of Robert E. Howard. High quality print on textured paper stock. 11" x 15 1/4".

Confessions of the Lovelorn (1954) 86 VG+ 4.5

Cover oxidation.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by unknown. Art by Ogden Whitney, Kenneth Landau, Harry Lazarus and unknown. The magazine that dares tell the truth! In this issue: She was a smart city girl...and she had to fall in love on a hayride! Here's the real lowdown on romance...in a story you'll remember forever -- "Cupid Is a Horse Named Bertram!" with art by Ogden Whitney. Plus: 1-page text story "Dominating Male"; "25 Men and Me!"; 1-page text story "Age of Chivalry"; "It's Not Too Late!" with art by Kenneth Landau; and "You'll Find Them in Every Office!" with art by Harry Lazarus. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Coo Coo Comics (1942) 4 GD- 1.8 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Staples replaced, minor color touch, TRIMMED. Tape on interior cover and centerfold.

Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Supermouse" story by Richard E. Hughes, art by Milton Stein; "Dusty and Littlechief" by Bud Sagendorf; "Dub n' Bub Cubb in 'Good Riddance'" by D. Williams; "Mick the Monk and the Three Cops" by Ben Farish; "Kitchy Koo" by Smith; "Kenny" by Irving Dressler; "Shipmates Starring 'Godfrey'"; "Sidney Skunk"; "Book Worm Billy" by Matt Curzon; and "Fin 'n' Haddi and Mammy in 'Fin Plays Hooky'" by Sidney Pillet. Illustrated text stories: "Abraham Lincoln's Pet Swan, A Story of Pond Folk: Susan Swan Sticks Her Neck Out for Advice!" by Chuck Stanley; "Martin Monkey Joins the Army, A Story of the Jungle Folk: A Simian Rookie Polishes Up on His Training!" by Morley Burroughs; and "Raymond Rabbit's Victory Garden: As a Farmer, Raymond Sure Knew His Onions!" by Charles S. Strong. Indicia states "Vol. 2, No. 1". 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cosmic Ghost Rider (2018 Marvel) 1C NM- 9.2 Hans 1:25 Variant

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Donny Cates. Art by Dylan Burnett. Cover by Stephanie Hans. EXPLODING FROM THE PAGES OF THANOS! Frank Castle was the Punisher. A deal with the devil made him Ghost Rider. A deal with Galactus made him cosmic. A deal with Thanos made him…DEAD?!? Not to worry, he's coming back, and he's got a plan to make the universe a better place that's going to lead him into an even CRAZIER adventure than he's ever been in! Join hot new comic (and cosmic?) writer Donny Cates (THANOS, DOCTOR STRANGE) as he pushes his wildest creation past the breaking point! 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Cosmic Stories (1941 Albing Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation. Tape on interior cover.

Vol. 1, No. 1 - March 1941. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Countdown to Annish - Go! (c.1980's Joel Thingvall - CAPA-Alpha) Fanzine 1 VF- 7.5

Signed by Neal Adams on pin-up page. Includes Vintage Stock certificate of authenticity.

CAPA-Alpha side publication featuring a Neal Adams foldout of a nude Black Canary. Front cover by Fastner & Larson. Back cover by Chas Truoe. Features segments with Jeff Gelb, Neal Pozner, Tom McGeehan, Charlie Smith and more. Loose pages stapled, 8-1/2" x 11", 62 pages, B&W.

Cowgirl Romances (1950 Fiction House) 12 FN- 5.5

Cover oxidation.

Art by Maurice Whitman and Pete Morisi. Tender tales of romance among the cowhands and roughnecks of the Old West. After a stagecoach mishap, a woman impersonates another to sneak onto a ranch. Stella Dawson realizes that her rodeo stablehands are horse thieves, and handsome Rick was the only one to warn her. A woman discovers one of her ranch hands is a deserter on the run from the Confederate army. The Ranch of Riddles; Love Rode In; Revenge on the Rebound; Send Back My Love; My Rebel Heart. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crack Comics (1940) 41 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Page missing, interrupts art and story. 1 1/2" spine split from the bottom.

Cover art by Al Bryant. Volto From Mars ad, art by Frank Robbins. Everywhere at Once!, art by Ed Dobrotka; Captain Triumph has to rescue Lance, Kim and Biff when their sailboat gets caught in a storm; But Lance is unconscious and can't summon him; Then they get caught in the Sargasso Sea. Homer's Odyssey starring Beezy, art by Bernard Dibble. Untitled Pen Miller story, script and art by Klaus Nordling. In the grip of the Butcher... starring Hack O'Hara. Big Model Airplane Meet Today, script and art by Al Stahl; Inkie gets a job test piloting model planes. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Crackajack Funnies (1938-1942 Western) 15 GD/VG 3.0

Cover detached at 1 of 3 staples. Water damage. Staple rust.

Stories and art by Roy Crane, Art Krenz, Fred Harman, Norman Marsh, J. R. Williams, Merrill Blosser, Ray Thompson, Charles Coll, Martha Orr, Sol Hess, Wallace Carlson, Al Lewin, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Virginia Krausmann, Sylvia Sneidman and Abe Martin. Crackajack Funnies presented original stories and reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Wash Tubbs & Captain Easy. Red Ryder has his final showdown with rustler and arch-enemy Ace Hanlon. Don Winslow and Red overhear Doctor Thor plotting against America. Plus a Tarzan prose story. In This Corner; Dan Dunn; Red Ryder; Freckles and His Friends; Myra North, Special Nurse; Wash Tubbs; Apple Mary; The Nebbs; Our Boarding House; Clyde Beatty; Don Winslow of the Navy; Tom Mix; Boots and Her Buddies; Ed Tracer, G-Man X32; Tarzan; Annibelle; Buck Jones: The Canyon Rustler; Time Marches Back with Looney Luke; Speed Bolton, Air Ace; Out Our Way; Flapper Fanny. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Creature From the Black Lagoon Print by Art Adams

Signed by the artist. High quality print on heavy stock. 13" x 19".

Creature From the Black Lagoon Print by Art Adams

Signed by the artist. High quality print on heavy stock. 13" x 19".

Creatures on the Loose Lot of 7

Issues 22-27, 29 of Creatures on the Loose (1971). Most will grade in the GD/VG to FN- range.

Creepy (1964 Warren) 3 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4446268004

Issue #3. June 1965. Stories in this issue include: Swamped! by Archie Goodwin and Angelo Torres; Tell-Tale Heart by Archie Goodwin and Reed Crandall (from the story by Edgar Allan Poe); Howling Success! by Archie Goodwin and Angelo Torres; Haunted! by Archie Goodwin and Gray Morrow; Incident in the Beyond by Archie Goodwin and Gray Morrow; and Return Trip by Arthur Porges and Joe Orlando. Cover by Frank Frazetta. 8.25" x 10.75". 48 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.35.

Creepy (1964 Warren) 25 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4661047010

Stories in this issue include: Keep your Spirits Up by Bill Parente and Reed Crandall; Witches' Tide by Archie Goodwin and Gene Colon; Their Journey's End by Bill Parente and Ernie Colon; It That Lurks! by Archie Goodwin and Dan Adkins; Deep Ruby! by Archie Goodwin and Steve Ditko; and An Unlikely Visitor by Bill Parente, Bill Fraccio, and Tony Tallarico. Cover art by Richard Conway. Cover price $0.40.

Creepy Archives HC (2008-2019 Dark Horse) 6-1ST VF/NM 9.0

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Collects Creepy (1964-1985 Magazine) #26-32.

Cover by Frank Frazetta.

Dark Horse Comics continues to showcase its dedication to publishing the greatest comics of all time with the release of the sixth spooky volume of our Creepy magazine archives. This collection of legendary yell yarns includes selections from revered writers Archie Goodwin and Harlan Ellison, among others, and groundbreaking artistic contributions from Frank Frazetta, Neal Adams, Angelo Torres, Jack Davis, underground comics great Vaughn Bodé, and more. Treat yourself to this fright-filled tomb, and you'll see why these gore-geous collections have become freaky fixtures on the New York Times bestseller list!

Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 296 pages, B&W.

Credits:

Written by Buddy Saunders, Bill Warren, Ken Dixon, K. Pagan, Tony Williamsune, Rhea Dunne, Tom Sutton, Al Hewetson, Nicola Cuti, T. Casey Brennan, Reuben Reid, Bill Parente, Tony Tallarico, Forrest J Ackerman, R. Michael Rosen, Archie Goodwin, Don Glut, Harlan Ellison, Barbara Gelman, Arnold Hayes, Carl Wessler and Kim Ball.

Art by Vaughn Bodé, William Barry, Larry Todd, Reed Crandall, Tony Tallarico, Will Brown, Ernie Colon, Roger Brand, Tom Sutton, Bill Black, Viz Prezio, Bill DuBay, Bill Hughes, Billy Graham, Mike Royer, Ken Kelly, Bob Stewart, Frank Frazetta, Tony Williamsune, Jack Davis, Dan Adkins, Steve Ditko, Rocco Mastroserio, Gene Colan, Steve Stiles, Jerry Grandenetti, Jeff Jones, Maurice Whitman, Carlos Prunes, Neal Adams, Joe Orlando and David St. Clair.

Cover price $49.99.

Creepy Archives HC (2008-2019 Dark Horse) 8-1ST VF+ 8.5

Volume 8 - 1st printing. Collects Creepy (1964-1985 Magazine) #37-40.

Written by Buddy Saunders, Tom Sutton, Chris Fellner, Nicola Cuti, Bill Warren, Ernie Colon, Doug Moench, Pat Boyette, T. Casey Brennan, Clif Jackson, Steve Skeates, Dave Cockrum, Stu Schwartzberg, Gerry Conway, Wally Wood, Charles Richard Grose, Al Hewetson, Dave Wood, Phil Seuling, Gary Kaufman and Donald F. McGregor. Art by Ken Barr, Tom Sutton, Bill Stillwell, Syd Shores, Mike Royer, Ernie Colon, Don Brown, Pat Boyette, Ken Kelly, Clif Jackson, Rich Buckler, Tony Williamsune, Wally Wood, Nicola Cuti, Basil Gogos, Sal Trapani, Dave Cockrum, Pablo Marcos, Frank Brunner, Richard Bassford, Gary Kaufman, Vaughn Bodé, Larry Todd and George Roussos.

Dark Horse's multiple-award-winning archive editions of Creepy have arrived at one of the most compelling and legendary eras of the horror magazine's epic run. Creepy Archives Volume 8 collects issues #37-#40, which herald the beginning of the more psychedelic and strangely spooky stories that came into vile vogue with the onset of the 1970s. This gore-geously designed volume highlights work from amazing artists such as Basil Gogos, Ernie Colón, Vaughn Bodé, Ken Kelly, and others, and stories written by Nicola Cuti, Phil Seuling, Doug Moench, and other great monsterminds!

Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 200 pages, B&W.

Cover price $49.99.

Creepy Archives HC (2008-2019 Dark Horse) 9-1ST VF/NM 9.0

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects Creepy (1964-1985 Magazine) #42-45.

Written by T. Casey Brennan, Gardner Fox, Don Glut, Steve Skeates, R. Michael Rosen, Gary Kaufman, Dennis P. Junot, Fred Ott, Donald F. McGregor, Jose M. Bea, Gerard Conway, F. Paul Wilson, Tom Sutton, Jan Strnad, Alan Hewetson, Kevin Pagan, Bill DuBay, Jack Katz and E.A. Fedory. Art by Sanjulian, Ken Kelly, Auraleon, Dave Cockrum, Joe Staton, Larry Todd, Jorge B. Galvez, Jerry Grandenetti, Gary Kaufman, Richard Corben, Jaime Brocal, Luis Garcia, Felix Mas, Segrelles, Irv Docktor, Tom Sutton, Nebot, Frank Bolle, Jose M. Bea, Martin Salvador, Bill Barry, Mike Ploog, Enrich, Bill DuBay, Frank Brunner and Jack Katz.

The latest volume in Dark Horse's award-winning Creepy Archives hardcover run will shake, rattle, and obliterate your sanity, as the stories from Warren Publishing's landmark horror series arrive as perfect antidotes to seasonal melancholy. In the early 1970s, comic-book legends like Bruce Jones, Gardner Fox, Richard Corben, Dave Cockrum, and Mike Ploog conspired to bring readers wonderfully mixed anthologies of terror and suspense! This volume also features a cover by celebrated fantasy and horror illustrator Sanjulian and a brand-new foreword by comic-book historian and writer Richard Arndt.

Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 256 pages, B&W.

Cover price $49.99.

Creepy Lot of 2

Issues 15 and 16 of Creepy (1964 Warren). Most will grade in the FN range.

Creepy Lot of 2

Issues 10 and 11 of Creepy (1964 Warren). Most will grade in the FN range.

Creepy Lot of 2

Issues 7 and 8 of Creepy (1964 Warren). Most will grade in the FN range.

Creepy Lot of 2

Issues 5 and 6 of Creepy (1964 Warren). Most will grade in the FN range.

Creepy Lot of 2

Issues 2 and 3 of Creepy (1964 Warren). Most will grade in the VG range.

Creepy Lot of 3

Issues 12-14 of Creepy (1964 Warren). Most will grade in the FN to VG+ range.

Creepy Lot of 4

Issues 33, 35, and 37 of Creepy (1964 Warren); and 1970 of Creepy Yearbook (1967). Most will grade in the FN range.

Creepy Lot of 4

Issues 27, 28, and 30 of Creepy (1964 Warren); and 1969 of Creepy Yearbook (1967). Most will grade in the FN range with a couple grading VG/FN.

Creepy Lot of 5

Issues 20 and 23-26 of Creepy (1964 Warren). Most will grade in the FN range with a couple grading closer to VG/FN.

Creepy Lot of 7

Issues 42, 44, 52, 82, 83, 100, and 101 of Creepy (1964 Warren). Most will grade in the FN range with a couple grading closer to VG/FN.

Crime and Justice (1951) 11 VG 4.0

Cover by Lou Morales. Stories and art by Lou Morales, Art Capello, Frank Frollo, and Stan Campbell. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Mr. and Mrs. Chase are aided by teen gang "The Cobras" (who ride around in an Archie-like jalopy) while investigating a narcotics ring and a mad millionaire who keeps live alligators in his weird mansion. Not your typical crime-comics story. A small-time hood named Lippy still knows enough to bring down a major organized-crime syndicate. A detective flies out to Skull Lake to investigate killings that seem to be the work of a lake monster. Crime Clues: A Simple Case of Murder!; Mr. and Mrs. Chase: The Cobras; Rub-Out!; Plainly Poison; The Demon of Skull Lake; Radio Patrol: Case of the Bottled Murder. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime and Punishment (1948 Lev Gleason) 30 CGC 5.0

Paper: White

Label #4294518006

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Tony DiPreta, C. H. Moore, Carl Wessler, George Tuska, Fred Kida, Fred Guardineer, and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. A cop tracks a deported killer to Sicily and finds that his lawless work continues. A detective dares the reader to figure out who killed the advance man for a carnival, in a whodunit with multiple clues and an upside-down panel for the answer. The Suspect; How They Were Trapped; Mob In Exile; On the Level; Death Takes a Ride!; Our Police Hall of Fame; This'll Kill Ya!; The Sergeant's Story. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Detective Comics Volume 1 (1948) 9 VG/FN 5.0

Staple rust.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich and Herb Rogoff. Stories and art by Charles Raab, Art Peddy, Jules Steiner, Jack Keller, and Dan Zolnerowich. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. The notorious cover of this issue portrays a spoof of anti-comics crusader Dr. Fredric Wertham bound and gagged, something acknowledged by the artists and Wertham himself, who points it out in both the illustrations and text of his 1954 anti-comics classic, Seduction of the Innocent. A female crimelord tries to turn herself and her fellow crooks into high-society types in 1880s New York. Spinster sisters Tabby and Birdie Rosebud, "the 70-year-old teenagers," enter a stock-car race in their ancient jalopy and astound fans and drivers alike with their speed. Beautiful Meat-Hooks; Elmo's Penthouse; No Mice Are Nice; The Apple; Strange Confession; The Rosebud Sisters; Smith Does It Again; The Witness; Corkscrew Alley. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.