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All Star Comics (1940-1978) 46 GD+ 2.5

1" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Water damage.

The Justice Society of America star in "The Adventure of the Invisible Band!" Script by John Broome. Pencils by Irwin Hasen (splash page and chapters 1 and 3) and Arthur Peddy (chapter 2), inks by Bob Oksner (splash and chapters 1 and 3) and Bernard Sachs (chapter 2). Back-up story, "The Fabulous Ride of Portugese Jack!" Back-up Johnny Peril's Surprise Story, "Colossus!" Two-page article, "In the Days of Knights" by John Osgood." Peddy/Sachs cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

All Star Comics (1940-1978) 46 FR 1.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch, piece fill, and staples replaced. 7.5" Cumulative spine split (partially taped). Interior taped and under cover staples. Centerfold detached at one staple.

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The Justice Society of America star in "The Adventure of the Invisible Band!" Script by John Broome. Pencils by Irwin Hasen (splash page and chapters 1 and 3) and Arthur Peddy (chapter 2), inks by Bob Oksner (splash and chapters 1 and 3) and Bernard Sachs (chapter 2). Back-up story, "The Fabulous Ride of Portugese Jack!" Back-up Johnny Peril's Surprise Story, "Colossus!" Two-page article, "In the Days of Knights" by John Osgood." Peddy/Sachs cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

All Star Comics (1940-1978) 48 0.3

Comic is complete other than being coverless.

The Justice Society of America star in "The Strange Lives of Edmund Blake!" Script by John Broome, pencils by Arthur Peddy (splash page and chapters 1 and 3) and Irwin Hasen (chapter 2), inks by Bernard Sachs (splash and chapters 1 and 3) and Bob Oksner (chapter 2). Back-up Johnny Peril's Surprise Story, "The Littlest Planet!" Two-page article, "Frontier Surgeon," about Ephraim McDowell, by William Irwin. Peddy/Sachs cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Amazing Stories (1926-Present Experimenter) Pulp Vol. 23 #11 VG/FN 5.0

Volume 23, Issue 11 - November, 1949. Cover by Arnold Kohn, depicting a scene from "Prometheus' Daughter" by Alexander Blade. Stories by Alexander Blade, Rog Phillips, Richard S. Shaver & Chester S. Geier, Berkeley Livingston and Norma Laxell Easton. Illustrations by Arnold Kohn, Julian S. Krupa, J. Allen St. John, Leo Ramon Summers and Bill Terry. Stories: "Prometheus' Daughter" by Alexander Blade, illustrated by Arnold Kohn; "Beyond the Matrix of Time" by Rog Phillips, illustrated by Julian S. Krupa; "Battle in Eternity" by Richard S. Shaver & Chester S. Geier, illustrated by J. Allen St. John; "Mr. Jones' Eternal Camera" by Berkeley Livingston, illustrated by Leo Ramon Summers; and "The Avenger" by Norma Laxell Easton, illustrated by Bill Terry. Features: The Observatory; Maybe It's True; Radioactive Railroad; Sinister Blackout; Electric Muscles; The Ancient Geometrical Monument; Floating on Air; and more. 7-in. x 10-in., 160 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Batman (1940) 54 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4652009016

Cover pencils by Win Mortimer, inks by Charles Paris. The Treasure Hunter!, art by Jim Mooney; A bad guy begins stealing valuable collectors items from rich people in Gotham City; Batman and Robin intervene. The Door Without a Key!, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson get lost in Florida and discover an ancient castle; As Batman and Robin, they find a long lost fugitive; When they return in the Batplane, they can't find castle. Wonder Drug article, art by Raymond Perry. Untitled two-page Varsity Vic story by Henry Boltinoff. The Amazing Masquerade!, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; Batman and Robin battle John Foster and the Human Spider Mob. Safety First public service announcement starring Superman, script by Jack Schiff, art by Wayne Boring. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain America Comics (1941 Timely) 70 PR 0.5

Interior is complete. Full length spine split reaching all interior wraps. Very brittle. Chipping.

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Includes: cover Pencils by Al Avison, Inks by Syd Shores; Worlds At War, Pencils by Ken Bald, Inks by Vince Alascia; Eddie Saves the Dough text story; The Man Who Knew Everything, art by Bald; and Scavengers of the Desert starring Sub-Mariner. 36 pgs. 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.

Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 10 #3 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4416200007

"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.

Love at First Sight (1949) 1 GD/VG 3.0

1/2" Spine split from bottom. Cover coming loose at both staples. Water damage.

Painted cover. In order of appearance: "Warned Against Her" art by Sam Cooper, reprinted in Love Experiences (1949) #31; "In Debt to Each Other" art by Chuck A. Winter, reprinted in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #67 and Weird Love (2014 IDW) #8; "I Lied to Keep Him" reprinted in Glamorous Romances (1949) #82; and "No Chance with Men". "Your Charm Guide: Check That Popularity Hazard! Tips on Shoe Buying, Seven Ways to Stay Slender..." text article reprinted as "Glamorizing Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #66, "Help Yourself to Allure..." in Love Experiences (1949) #29, and "Don't Handicap Yourself..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 35 (1955) #6. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Love Diary (1949-1955 Our Pub.) 1 VG 4.0

1" Spine split from bottom. Only one staple (manufacturing).

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Stories and art by Bernie Krigstein, Mort Leav, Bob Rogers, and Art Peddy. A post-war, pre-Code romance comic from pioneering female publisher Rae Herman of Orbit-Wanted (who doubled as Love Diary's advice columnist, Ray Mann). Spurned nurse Vicky infects herself with a dangerous tropical disease to prove her doctor boyfriend's vaccine works, and to prove his love for her as well. Model Kathy breaks up with hometown boyfriend Tommy in favor of fast living with playboy Roger, and soon regrets it. Gloria is attracted to bad boy Don until he takes her hostage during a police chase, in an early story by future EC art legend Bernie Krigstein. I Was Branded a Flirt!; Shall I Pet?; I Wanted Excitement! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Pride of the Yankees, The (1949) 0 VG- 3.5

Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Bob Jenney and Ogden Whitney. The life of baseball legend Lou Gehrig (which also inspired the award-winning film of the same title). Lou Gehrig becomes a champion baseball player for the New York Yankees, before his life is tragically cut short by the nerve disease ALS. A PSA on the Lou Gehrig Memorial Fund. The story of how one player made it to the big leagues. The Pride of the Yankees; A Living Memorial to Lou Gehrig; The Rise of Dave Hudson. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Real Clue Crime Stories Vol. 4 (1949) 8 VG- 3.5

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Art by John Prentice and Ed Moore. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #44. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #8 in indicia. A courier stumbles on a lucrative Ponzi scheme. A fence extorts from the thieves who must sell to him in 18th century London. A cop refuses to carry a gun after he's shot by a fellow cop in the line of duty. Miller the Clipper; The Thief-Taker; Empty Holster; The Linguist; The Bookkeeper; Just Like the Birds. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Real Clue Crime Stories Vol. 4 (1949) 10 VG 4.0

1" Spine split from bottom.

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Art by John Prentice, Dick Hall, Al Ulmer and Bernie Krigstein. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #46. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #10 in indicia. A story called 22,000 Dollars Worth of Wheelbarrows, featuring early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. A barmaid falls for notorious French highwayman Claude Duval. A crook's love of music reveals him to the cops. 22,000 Dollars Worth of Wheelbarrows; The Orders from the Lotus Garden; Canned Music; The Coffin; Bon Voyage; The Royal Mobster; Practice; The Man from Cairo. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Robert Alphonso Taft Story (1949) 1949 NM 9.4

Robert Alphonso Taft Story (1949) is a promotional comic book. It is political giveaway comic sponsored by the United Labor League of Ohio and their candidate, Joe Ferguson. This promo was done in order to discredit Senator Taft in his 1950 Ohio re-election bid. The tone is distinctly pro-union. 10c cover price. Cover price $0.10.

Rocky Lane Western (1949) 6 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Photo Cover.

Label #1265549007

Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. In an issue-length story, Rocky investigates when the ghosts of long-dead outlaws Billy the Kid, Jesse James and Joaquin Murieta appear and try to drive people out of the town of Devil's Bid. Plus a vintage ad in comics form for malted milk, "Rocky Lane Ropes a Killer." The Curse of Devil's Bid; Gopher Face; The Coward and the Kid; Percy Peter Pippleberry the Painter; Slim Pickens: A Figure of Speech; Pat the Poet. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Sensation Comics (1942) 90 0.3

INCOMPLETE. First three wraps missing, interrupts art and story.

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Cover art by Harry G. Peter. The Secret of the Modern Sphinx starring Wonder Woman, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter. Mary Smith is going to be executed for murder unless someone can turn up and tell her who she really is; or Wonder Woman could use her lasso, but it's missing. The Mystery of Cell 17 starring Wildcat. Chip humor page by Harry Lampert. Willy Nilly story, art by Frank Harry. The House of a Thousand Secrets starring Lady Danger, art by Emil Gershwin. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

True Crime Comics (Canadian 1947 Alval) 9 CGC 5.5

Paper: Light tan to off white

Canadian Edition

Label #4111138001

1947 Canadian Reprint. Cover by Jack Cole. Art by Jack Cole and Alex Toth. Reuses cover of True Crime Comics (1947 Magazine Village) #1. Parts of this issue are reprints from True Crime Comics (1947 Magazine Village) #1, but with artwork by Wally Wood removed. Full color. 36 pages. 7" x 10". Cover price $0.10.