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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".

Conan the King (1980) 18 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4565482021

In the midst of a costumed celebration for the god Mitra, King Conan finds himself battling the cannibalistic Ibo Mala in "The Devil of Darfar." Written by Alan Zelenetz, with art by Rudy Nebres. Cover by John Severin. Cover price $1.00.

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 Odyssey (1988) 1 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4698525025

Book One: Discovery. Since time immemorial, the forces of New Genesis and Apokolips have stood at odds for control over the universe. Nothing less than the threat of total cosmic destruction could forge an alliance between Highfather and Darkseid...but that time has come and the story is told in the COSMIC ODYSSEY. Metron has at last unlocked the secret of the mysterious Anti-Life Equation, the very meaning of life itself...throwing the fate of the entire universe into question. The only chance for salvation is a hastily assembled team of the universe's greatest heroes, consisting of Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Starfire, Orion and others...operating under the joint supervision of Highfather and Darkseid. Written by Jim Starlin, with art by Mike Mignola and Carlos Garzon, and colors by Steve Oliff. Cover by Mignola and Oliff. Cover price $3.50.

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.

Coyote (1983) 11 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4673968006

1st Todd McFarlane art in comics. "The Heat!" Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Chas Truog and Richard Howell. Has Coyote fallen for his enemy? Plus, The origin of "Slash!" Written by Steve Enlehart. Art by Todd McFarlane. Cover price $1.50.

Coyote (1983) 12 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4673968007

"Thirty Secondsh!" Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Chas Truog and Frank Springer. Coyote's love Tally has become a were-creature and she's out for coyote blood! Plus, "Scorpio Rose: Part 1 of 3!" Written by Steve Enlehart. Art by Todd McFarlane. 32 pages, FC. Mature Readers NOTE: 2nd Todd McFarlane art in comics. Cover price $1.50.

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 (1971) 17 CGC 9.8

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4493699024

Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Gil Kane and Sam Grainger. Cover by Gil Kane. New story: "River of the Dead!"; Gullivar Jones, Warrior of Mars story adapted from the novel Lt. Gullivar Jones by Edwin A. Arnold. Art by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. Reprint: Gargantus!; A deep sea explorer encounters a giant and intelligent reptile that follows him back to the surface. Art by Don Heck. Reprint: The Things from Dimension X!; A scientist successfully creates a link to the dimension Electra only to find the inhabitants bent on conquest. 36 pages, full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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 (1964 Warren) 139 CGC 9.8

Paper: Off white to white

Label #0502817001

This special Alex Toth issue includes the following reprinted stories: Daddy and the Pie by Bill DuBay and Alex Toth; The Monument by Archie Goodwin and Alex Toth; Grave Undertaking by Archie Goodwin and Alex Toth; Rude Awakening! by Archie Goodwin and Alex Toth; Survival! by Archie Goodwin and Alex Toth; Phantom of Pleasure Island by Gerry Boudreau and Alex Toth; and Unreal! by Alex Toth. Cover art by Rudy Nebres. Cover price $2.25.

Creepy Lot of 2

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

Creepy Lot of 2

Issues 15 and 16 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 2

Issues 5 and 6 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 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.

Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 46 GD+ 2.5

Centerfold detached.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Robert Sale, C. L. Hartman, Rudy Palais, Edd Ashe, Bert Bushell, Davy Johnson, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. "Two Gun" Crowley's 1931 shootout with police becomes national news and helps create the image of the Prohibition-era gangster. A crooked insurance salesman hires two killers to do away with a woman for the insurance money. A story that dares the reader to figure out who committed murder during the production of a pirate movie. Also featuring several lurid text stories of the True Detective type, plus a vintage ad for Pepsi starring Pepsi the Pepsi-Cola Cop. Cut-Rate Murder; A River, a Basket, a Stain of Red; Death Insurance; The True Story of Two-Gun Crowley; This'll Kill You!; Joe the Boss; Trio of Terror; Whodunnit. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Fighters (1948 Marvel) 6 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4697724014

This issue contains an anti-Wertham editorial signed, "The Editors of the Marvel Comics Group." Stories include "The Last Cigarette," "Terror by Remote Control," "Gangster's Goal," "The Bullet Sings," and "Tide of Terror," plus a two-page text story, "The Landing." 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Illustrated (1955) 1 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4681183002

Cover by Joe Orlando. Stories by Al Feldstein, Jack Oleck, John Larner, and Richard Smith. Art by Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, Reed Crandall, and Johnny Craig. Part of EC's Picto-Fiction line, published in response to the Comics Code, featuring tales of law and outlaws in text stories copiously illustrated by EC's lineup of artists. A private eye investigating a woman's disappearance finds a vital clue in a mystery novel, but fails to notice the title, "Fall Guy For Murder," adapted from a story that originally appeared in Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) #18. In a noirish story, a chance encounter on the street gets Ben involved with the dangerous lives of Myra and her sister. Another historic moment occurs in Mother's Day (adapted from a story that originally appeared in Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) #21), when writer Al Feldstein uses the soon-to-be-famous moniker "Alfred E. Neuman." Vivid cover by Joe Orlando definitely would not have passed muster with the new Comics Code. Fall Guy For Murder; The Sisters; Fools Gold; Farewell To Arms; Mothers Day 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Crime Smashers (1950-53 Trojan) 6 CGC 3.5

Paper: White

Label #4668586011

Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem and Newton H. Alfred. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. Action girl Sally the Sleuth and "The Chief" go undercover to catch an arson gang burning down houses for the insurance money. Reporter Ray Hale witnesses a murder by an abandoned house, but after the victim disappears, he learns he seemingly witnessed an crime that happened 18 years before. When a swimming film star dies during a dive, suspicion falls on her rescuers, who both had a reason to kill her. Gail Ford, Girl Friday: Bullet of Treachery; Sally the Sleuth: Peril in the Flames; Ray Hale, News Ace: The Mysterious Tip-Off; The Hand of Fate; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: Dive to Death. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) 7 FR/GD 1.5

3" Cumulative spine split (taped). Staple added (not manufacturing). Tape on interior cover.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Art by Johnny Craig, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels, and Jack Davis. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. Mrs. North's fear turns to murderous paranoia when she suspects her maid is the axe-murderer stalking the neighborhood. A Texas oil millionaire's wife falls for an oilfield worker, and they plot to murder her husband. Strange circus murders result after a human cannonball's wife has an affair with a trapeze artist. Hatchet-Killer!; Revenge!; Inches; Phonies; Horror Under the Big Top! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) 16 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #0919905005

Cover art by Johnny Craig. "Rendezvous!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Joe and his office companions are taking bets that Charlie will have an airplane accident...just as a lark; Then, when Joe's boss suspects that the company's books are being juggled, Joe devises a plan to make sure his boss will have a plane accident himself. "Fission Bait!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A man murders his wife to be with his mistress; He buries her in the desert, but a prospector accidentally finds the body with a Geiger counter. It turns out her watch had a radium dial! "Scorpion" text story by Albert B. Feldstein. "Come Clean!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, pencils by Al Williamson, inks by Angelo Torres; Ralph Jones has been found guilty of strangling his girlfriend and is strapped in the electric chair facing a horrible death, all for a crime he didn't commit but in which circumstantial evidence led to his conviction. "Who's Next?", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A barber's wife and a regular customer are having an affair; When the barber finds out, he decides the customer needs a REALLY close shave. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) 22 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4167672001

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Bernie Krigstein, Marie Severin, Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, and Reed Crandall. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. A couple's intricate plot to have the mistress impersonate the murdered wife is undone by a game show, of all things. A banker who swindles a fortune from an old woman is betrayed by his own guilt. An attempt at murder-by-fire becomes suicide-by-spouse instead. Severed-head cover is one of the most infamous in comics history, mentioned during Gaines' testimony before the US Senate. In Each and Every Package; Monotony; Cinder Block; Sight Unseen. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.