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Forever People (1971 1st Series) 1 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4438210009

1st full appearance of Darkseid (his 3rd appearance anywhere). Superman guest stars--Odd fact: DC didn't like Kirby's rendition of Superman in this issue, so they had another artist redraw Superman (in the standard Curt Swan fashion of the day) in every panel of the comic! Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Frank Giacoia; The Forever People come to earth and are greeted by Superman. A Visit with Jack Kirby by Marv Wolfman. 36 pgs. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Forever People (1971 1st Series) 2 CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Label #4693083025

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. Super War!, script by Jack Kirby, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta; Darkseid sends Mantis to attack the Forever People. Buzzing in the Boom Tube article by Mark Evanier and Steve Sherman. 32 pgs. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Forever People (1971 1st Series) 11 VF+ 8.5

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Mike Royer. Devilance the Pursuer, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Mike Royer; Devilance attacks the Forever People; When they call for Infinity Man they switch places, freeing Infinity Man from Darkseid's trap, but leaving the Forever People trapped in an empty universe. 32 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Forever People Lot of 7

Issues 3, 4, 6, 8-11 of Forever People (1971 1st Series). Most will grade in the GD- to VG/FN range.

Forever People Lot of 8

Issues 2, 4-7, 9-11 of Forever People (1971 1st Series). Most will grade in the GD to VG+ range.

Forever People Lot of 8

Issues 2, 3, 5, 7-11 of Forever People (1971 1st Series). Most will grade in the GD- to VG/FN range.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 18 GD/VG 3.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Staple replaced. 1 1/2" cumulative spine split with tape. Only one staple (manufacturing). Water spotting.

Beautiful World War II patriotic flag cover. Indicia title is "LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE'S JUNIOR COMMANDOS, No. 18." Untitled Little Orphan Annie story, script and art by Harold Gray; Annie organizes the local kids into the "Junior Commandos" to do homefront war work like collecting scrap and selling war bonds; Annie befriends Mrs. Sleet, a bitter old woman who lost her son and husband in "the last war" (World War I); Doc Zee joins the Army and Annie comes to live with Mrs. Sleet, who she now refers to as "Auntie Priss"; A hardbitten refugee boy called Driftwood comes to live in the house; Later Annie uncovers a German Fifth Column operation; A brief cameo of Daddy Warbucks fighting in Asia, then back to Annie and the kids watching a sub attack a ship, whose captain is Annie's old friend Shanghai Peg; Later Annie hears a radio report that Warbucks and his company had been killed in battle; Doc Zee returns from the war, minus an arm. Flag Cover; reprints strips from 6/14/42 to 11/21/42. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 27 CGC 2.5 Restored

Restored: C1

Paper: Off white

Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover.

Label #4419461014

Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S MICKEY MOUSE, No. 27." Cover art possibly by Ken Hultgren. The Seven-Colored Terror!, script and art by Ken Hultgren; Mickey, Minnie, and Pluto go to Lake Tranquil to take summer jobs, only to find that the tourist trade is being scared off by a ferocious seven-colored mountain lion. The Great Swami Mooh-lah, art by Ken Hultgren; Minnie inherits some money and decides to open a gift shop. Villain of the Victory Garden, art by Ken Hultgren; Someone is vandalizing Mickey and his friends' Victory Gardens. Untitled back cover strip, art by Ken Hultgren; Mickey and Minnie ride a bicycle and pull Pluto in a trailer behind them. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 47 CGC 6.0 Qualified

Paper: Off white to white

INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, affects story.

Label #2028614001

Indicia title is "GENE AUTRY, No. 47." Cover art by Till Goodan. The Ghost Mine; Bill Drake has restarted the Ghost Canyon gold mine; He claims he bought it from Hank Nolan before he died, but Nolan's daughter Milly says he left the mine to her. Cowboy Lingo fact pages; definitions of cowboy slang terms. Renegade Ranch; Royal Rollins employs ex-cons from nearby Graystone Prison on his ranch. The Bandit of Dust Devil Gap; Anton Burke, a railroad official, calls on Gene for help in solving a series of train robberies that occur at night at a dusty pass. 60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 79 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white

Label #3731199001

Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S MICKEY MOUSE, No. 79." The Riddle of the Red Hat, script by Eleanor Packer, art by Carl Barks; Mickey laughs at Minnie's new hat, then mistakes a girl in a similar hat for Minnie; The girl mistakes Mickey for someone else and gives him a "diamond ring" that actually contains a large ruby. Pluto the Hero, art by Vivie Risto. Goofy's Orphans, art possibly by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 201 CBCS 3.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #24-4266FFA-001

Indicia title is CHRISTMAS with MOTHER GOOSE, No. 201. Cover art by Walt Kelly. Christmas in the Shoe; Mr. Nicholas solicits gifts from the residents of Mother Goose Town so that the Old Woman Who Lives in A Shoe's children can have a merry Christmas. A Christmas Alphabet; Christmas-themed Illustrations for each letter of the alphabet. Hickory and Dickory Help Santa Claus; A pair of mice help Santa when he becomes stuck in the chimney of their house. Three Jovial Welshmen; Three Welsh men go hunting on Christmas Day and spend more time arguing than hunting. The Tale of Chip-Chop and his Christmas Good Deed; Chip-chop the chipmunk gathers trinkets in Santa's workshop for Mr. Crow to distribute to the forest animals. All art by Walt Kelly. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 437 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation.

Indicia title is "Edgar Rice Burroughs' JOHN CARTER OF MARS, No. 437." Cover art by Jesse Marsh. The Black Pirates of Omean, art by Jesse Marsh; After ten years away from Mars, John Carter is finally able to return and finds himself in the Valley Dor, where every Martian comes at the end of life; When savage plant men attack three Tharks. John is able to save one, who coincidently is an old friend, Tars Tarkas; John and Tars escape the plant men through a passage that leads them into the city of the Therns; There they rescue a slave girl, Thuvia, and learn the Therns are being raided by the Black Pirates of Omean, who have captured Dejah Thoris, John's wife on Barsoom; John takes over a pirate cruiser where Phaidor, the princess of Thern is held; After John defeats the pirate captain Xodar, the three go to the Temple of Issus deep under the South Pole of Mars. Illustration of John Carter and Dejah Thoris on back cover by Marsh. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Fraggle Rock (1985 Marvel/Star Comics) 4N CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition.

Label #4643170020

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Newsstand Edition. Comic book version of the TV show featuring the Fraggles, Gorgs, Doozers and other wonderful creatures living in the small fantastic place known as Fraggle Rock. Cotterpin, a Doozer isn't interested in doing what other Doozers do and becoming a part of the work crew. So she spends her time following and watching Fraggles and wishing she could be like them in "The Doozer Who Wanted to be a Fraggle" and "Something Else." Script by Stan Kay and art by Marie Severin. $0.65. Cover price $0.65.

Frankenstein (1973 Marvel) 1 VG/FN 5.0

Marvel begins its own unique take on the Frankenstein mythos by, in essence, continuing the Mary Shelley story--beginning with the discovery of the monster frozen in ice and bringing it back to life! "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein!" Script by Gary Friedrich, early classic art and cover by Mike Ploog. Cover price $0.20.

Frankenstein (1973 Marvel) 2 FN+ 6.5

The title says it all: "Bride of the Monster!" Part re-telling of the Shelley classic, part new "Marvel" story. Script by Gary Friedrich, art and cover by Mike Ploog. Cover price $0.20.

Frankenstein (1973 Marvel) 5 CGC 9.4 JSA Ploog

Paper: Off white to white

Mike Ploog Authenticated Autograph.

Label #4686468004

The monster rescues and befriends a beautiful woman in "The Monster Walks Among Us!" Script by Gary Friedrich, pencils by Mike Ploog, inks by John Verpoorten. Ploog cover. Cover price $0.20.

Frankenstein (1973 Marvel) 8 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4643401002

It's the monster versus Dracula in "My Name is Dracula!" Script by Gary Friedrich, pencils by John Buscema, inks by John Verpoorten. Back-up reprint, "The Man Who Can't Be Stopper" with beautiful art by Joe Orlando. Buscema cover? Cover price $0.20.

Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 2 CGC 9.4

Paper: Cream to off white

Slab: Chipped/broken bracket

Olympia Collection.

Label #4589847010

Stories and art by Dick Briefer. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. A sculptor plans to create his works by covering models in liquid metal; The Monster of Frankenstein joins high society; Frankenstein builds an ark during a flood and winds up battling a lost Nazi U-boat. Frankensteins Creation: Flashback; Frankenstein and the Statue Maker; Frankensteins Job; Frankensteins Ark. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Frankenstein Lot of 4

Issues 4, 5, 6, 18 of Frankenstein (1973 Marvel). Most will grade in the FN- range.

Freddy's Dead The Final Nightmare (1991) 1 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4697999008

Official Movie Adaptation by Andy Mangels & Mike Witherby. Cover price $2.50.

Freddy's Dead The Final Nightmare (1991) 3 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4530095009

Official Movie Adaptation by Andy Mangels & Rob Phipps. Cover price $2.50.

Freedom Fighters Lot of 10

Issues 1-5, 7-9, 11, 13 of Freedom Fighters (1976 DC). Most will grade in the VG/FN to FN/VF range.

Freedom Fighters Lot of 10

Issues 1-7, 9, 13, 14 of Freedom Fighters (1976 DC). Most will grade in the VG+ to FN/VF range.

Freedom Fighters Lot of 10

Issues 1-5, 7, 9, 11-13 of Freedom Fighters (1976 DC). Most will grade in the VG to FN+ range.

Freedom Fighters Lot of 15

Issues 1-15 of Freedom Fighters (1976 DC). Most will grade in the VG/FN to FN/VF range.

Freedom Fighters Lot of 9

Issues 1-5, 7-9, 13 of Freedom Fighters (1976 DC). Most will grade in the GD/VG to VF- range.

Freedom Fighters Lot of 9

Issues 1-5, 7, 10, 13, 14 of Freedom Fighters (1976 DC). Most will grade in the VG- to FN+ range.

Freedom Fighters Lot of 9

Issues 1-5, 7-9, 13 of Freedom Fighters (1976 DC). Most will grade in the GD/VG to FN/VF range.

Freedom Fighters Lot of 9

Issues 1-5, 7-9, 13 of Freedom Fighters (1976 DC). Most will grade in the VG+ to FN/VF range.

Fright Night (1988) 8 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4699209018

The Revenge of Evil Ed! Story by Tony Caputo. Art by Neil Vokes. Adventures of the monster hunters Charley and Peter, based on the beloved vampire film from 1985. Evil Ed finds new ways to mess with Charley when he becomes the new DJ at The Club; Charley learns that his girlfriend Natalia's father was killed by a vampire. Also featuring a Rust backup story. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.75.

From Beyond the Unknown Lot of 10

Issues 5, 7, 8, 18-20, 22-25 of From Beyond the Unknown (1969). Most will grade in the GD to VG/FN range.

From Beyond the Unknown Lot of 10

Issues 3-6, 9-11, 15, 20, 22 of From Beyond the Unknown (1969). Most will grade in the FN- to VF- range.

From Beyond the Unknown Lot of 10

Issues 2, 4-8, 15, 17, 24, 25 of From Beyond the Unknown (1969). Most will grade in the GD to VG/FN range.

From Beyond the Unknown Lot of 11

Issues 2, 4-9, 11, 23-25 of From Beyond the Unknown (1969). Most will grade in the GD/VG to FN- range.

From Beyond the Unknown Lot of 9

Issues 5, 7, 18, 19, 21-25 of From Beyond the Unknown (1969). Most will grade in the GD/VG to FN- range.

Frontline Combat (1951 EC) 10 VG- 3.5

Centerfold detached at one staple. Writing on interior pages. Oxidation.

Cover pencils by John Severin, inks by Bill Elder. "A Baby!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; Young Ok-Dong is born at the end of World War II and is a small child when the Korean War begins and kills his entire family. "Geronimo!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils by John Severin, inks by Bill Elder; Geronimo and his band of renegades make forays into Mexico, where the Mexicans fight against the intrusion, but not too successfully; And the Americans along the Arizona border wonder just what can stop the Apache outlaws; Finally, Geronimo tires of running and surrenders. "Bayonet Drill!", script and art by Harvey Kurtzman. "Napoleon!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by George Evans; Using superior tactics, French General Napoleon Bonaparte manages to defeat the Russian and Austrian forces in the Battle of Austerlitz, a victory that will change history for the next seven years. "Anzio!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; The story of the invasion of Anzio during World War II. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Funnies, The (1936-1942 Dell) 36 FR/GD 1.5

2" spine split with tape. Cover oxidation. Water spotting.

Cover by John Coleman Burroughs. Stories and art by John Coleman Burroughs, Roy Crane, V. T. Hamlin, Chester Gould, Gaylord Du Bois, Al Micale, J. R. Williams, Al McWilliams, Walt Spouse, C. D. Small, Hugh Harman, and Win Smith. The Funnies presented reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Captain Easy, alongside original material. Searching for the canal that leads to Helium, John Carter, Dejah Thoris and Sola are spotted by the savage green Martians, in the official comic-strip adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars. John Carter provides a distraction so the women can get away, but he is captured by the green Martians for use in their gladiatorial games. Bosko loses his overcoat that has $8 in it, so he goes around cutting the tails off of every overcoat in town until he finds it. Plus a text story featuring Dick Tracy. Cover and John Carter art by John Coleman Burroughs, son of Edgar Rice Burroughs. John Carter Warlord of Mars; The Sky Ranger; Salesman Sam; Alley Oop; Bosko; Tom Beatty: The Hand of Horror; Lightning Jim; Out Our Way; Dick Tracy: The Famon Gang; Find the Errors; Our Boarding House; The Crime Busters; This Curious World; Oz; Captain Easy; Mr. District Attorney. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Funnyman (1947) 2 0.3

Comic is complete other than being coverless.

Stories by Jerry Siegel, plus a text story by Ray Krank and Gardner Fox. Art by Joe Shuster, John Sikela and Dick Ayers. Cover by Creig Flessel. Famous as the "other" superhero created by Siegel and Shuster, who started the whole phenomenon with Superman. TV comedian Larry Davis uses vaudeville-style shenanigans to fight bad guys. When a mad scientist creates a bank-robbing car, Funnyman counters with his Jet-Jalopy; Jailbreak master Slippery Sam switches places with Funnyman, and only Larry's gal June guesses the truth; A mad scientist invents a robot woman who ambushes people, in a Looney Toons-style scenario. The Giant in the Doll House; Funnyman; A Fool's Duel; Slippery Slim; The Kute Knockout! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Futurama Comics (2000 Bongo) 1N VF 8.0

Newsstand Edition. Written by Eric Rogers. Art by James Lloyd. Cover by Matt Groening. 32 pages, full color Cover price $2.50.

Futurama Comics (2000 Bongo) 8 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4645780019

by Rogers, Lloyd, & Morrison Be it hallucination, dream, or just wishful thinking, the Planet Express crew don tights, manifest extraordinary mutant powers, and get real ornery (and it isn't even time for lunch yet!). But when they discover a stranger in their midst, will the Professor, Wonder Boy, Uniclops, the Weather Mon, Lobstrosity, and Rouge embrace him with open arms, or cast him out into a hate- filled world intolerant of anyone who is different (or can drink a keg of Olde Fortran in one sitting)? Get ready for furious, fist- fightin', futuristic fun with the Planet Express Men! FC, 32pg$2.50 Cover price $2.50.

G.I. Combat Lot of 10

Issues 135, 137, 138, 139, 142, 143, 145, 147, 148, and 151 of GI Combat (1952). Most will grade in the FN to VG range.

G.I. Combat Lot of 5

Issues 122, 126, 127, 132, and 152 of GI Combat (1952). Most will grade in the GD- to VG range. NOTE: #152 signed by Russ Heath, and Sam Glanzman. No autograph certification is included.

G.I. Combat Lot of 7

Issues 102, 103, 105, 109, 110, 112, and 115 of GI Combat (1952). Most will grade in the FR to GD/VG range.

G.I. Combat Lot of 7

Issues 116, 118, 119, 121, 128, 129, and 130 of GI Combat (1952). Most will grade in the GD to VG range.

Gambit Lot of 14

Issues 11-15, 16A, 17-19, 21, 22, and 24 of Gambit (1999 3rd Series); and 1999 and 2000 of Gambit (1999 3rd Series) Annual. Most will grade in the VF to FN+ range.

Gambit Lot of 14

Issues 1 of Gambit (1999) Wizard 1/2; 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 2A, 2B, 3-7, 8A, and 10 of Gambit (1999 3rd Series). Most will grade in the VF to FN+ range.

Gameboy (1990) 1 VF 8.0

Gangsters Can't Win (1948) 3 VG/FN 5.0

Stories and art by Leo Morey and others. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. Ma Barker and her sons become the first family of crime, until the Feds catch up with them. Beautiful Stella Irwin joins her husband Benny for a spree of bank robberies. Twin brothers Dan and Don Olson both grow up in a bad neighborhood, but one turns to crime and the other becomes a lawman. Most Dangerous Of All; Blue Eyes and a Gun: The Story of Stella Irwin; Twin Trouble; Thunder on the Mountain; Trigger Man: The Story of Frankie Uale; The Mystery of the Stolen Necklace; The Incredible Ma Barker; Brothers In Crime. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Gangsters Can't Win (1948) 4 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Missing first wrap, affects art and story.

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Stories and art by Tex Blaisdell and others. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. Lefty Schwartz is done in by his own cronies when the heat gets too hot, in a story inspired by real-life gangster Dutch Schultz. No one suspects that a quiet, suburban family man leads a secret life as a bank robber. In 1945, a gangster targets a profitable bookie joint in Chicago. Suicide on Sound Stage Seven; Mystery of the Murder in the Penthouse; Lefty Schwartz; The Ghost of Mrs. Hicks; One Eye's Gang; Death Holds the Joker; Frankie the Pug. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Gargoyles (1995 Marvel) 1N CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition.

Label #4553654006

Newsstand Edition. Cardstock Embossed Cover. Written by Martin Pasko. Art by Amanda Conner and Alberto Saichann. Cover by Joe Madureira and Jimmy Palmiotti. Fiends In High Places; David Xanatos is up to his same tricks as and Demona try to capture the Gargoyles; They do this by setting up the Gargoyles and making them look bad; It is up to Eliza Maza to protect the Gargoyles' reputation but things are made more difficult for her when Goliath won't stay out of it and she has to hide things from her new partner Matt Bluestone. Written In Stone introduction to the characters and creative team, written by Hildy Mesnik, art by Amanda Conner and Alberto Saichann. 36 pages, full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.