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Authentic Police Cases (1948 St. John) 15 GD- 1.8

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Enrico Bagnoli, Ralph Lane and Michael OMalley. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Bad girl Molly Stamm is the brains behind an international market in stolen "wonder drugs," in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. A major gang figure who was going to testify to a Senate committee is murdered in broad daylight on Millionaire Beach by men in scuba gear wielding spearguns. Private eye Vic Flint is hired to find out who is blackmailing wealthy industrialist AJ Mogul. Cover by Baker. Trapping the Triangle Gang; Death on Millionaires Beach; Vic Flint: Blackmailers at Work; Racketeering in Drugs. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Eddie Stanky (1951) 1 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4659527004

Stories and art by Eddie Stanky and Charles Dexter. Fawcett continues its early-'50s baseball one-shots with a look at the life of another pioneering baseball great, Eddie Stanky. He plays second baseman and shortstop for teams such as the Chicago Cubs and the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s and '50s. Despite breaking a leg in a game in 1948, he goes on to play in three World Series. Includes a short message written by Eddie Stanky himself. Eddie Stanky, Baseball Hero; To My Fans Everywhere. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Hooded Menace (1951 Realistic Publications) 0 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4000363020

Art by Louis Ravielli and others. Cover by Louis Ravielli. A typically lurid pre-Code comic, based on a real-life band of hooded outlaws in the Pacific Northwest of the early 1900s. In 1903, ex-soldiers from the Spanish-American War settle in the Northwest and begin preying on the still-young towns and communities; President Roosevelt sends the Army to deal with the hooded menace. The backup story features the short and brutal life of gangster Vincent Coll, known as Mad-Dog. Also featuring a dramatic contents page illustrated by Louis Ravielli on the inside front cover. The Terror of the Northwest!; Reign of Terror!; Mad-Dog Killer Vincent Coll!; Mike Strong: Forecast for Death! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Love Diary (1949-1955 Our Pub.) 16 CGC 3.5 Buscema Collection

Paper: Cream to off white

From The Collection of John Buscema.

Label #4703908013

Stories and art by John Buscema, Arthur Seymour, Vince Alascia, Miles Cahn, Bill Woolfolk, Bob Rogers, and Mort Leav. 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). Stephen is torn between steady Beth and exciting bad girl Roxy, in an early story by future Marvel and Conan legend John Buscema. Movie star Lily tries to control the image and behavior of her daughter Jane, but Jane is ready to be her own woman. Kathy has daddy issues and mistrusts men, but Denis tries to love her anyway. Wanted: A Man of My Own; They Called Me Plain Jane; Prescription for Happiness; Journey to Romance; Secrets from a Love Diary; Bewitched; I Belong to You. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Santa Claus Parade (1951 Ziff Davis/St. John) 0 GD/VG 3.0

1" cumulative spine split. 1/2" cover to cover edge tear. Water damage.

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Stories and art by Mike Sekowsky, Jim Miele, Vic Martin, and Lou Myers, plus a poem by Clement C. Moore. A 100-page giant of Christmas stories from Ziff-Davis. The story of how Santa's elves accidentally made the reindeer fly. Gertrude the cow reveals how she jumped over the moon, and what happened afterward. A woman who refuses a Prince's proposal is cursed to become a cuckoo clock. A history of the life of Saint Nicholas and how it translated into the legend of Santa Claus. Plus the stories behind the Christmas carols Silent Night and Jingle Bells. And how to say "Merry Christmas" in other languages. They Bear Gifts in Other Lands; Jingle and Bell, the Eskimo Twins; How to Draw Your Own Santa Claus; The Miracle of the Snowman; Benny Brown Bear's Christmas Sleep!; How the Reindeer Came to Fly; Crystal the Snowflake; The Story of Silent Night; Santa's (Snapshot) Album: All-Reindeer Team; Pampas and Poncho: A Christmas Dream; How to Draw Santa's Little Helper: the Elf; The Fir Tree; How to Draw Your Own Reindeer; Jingle Bells; Christmas Morning at the North Pole; The Golden Fish; The Cow That Jumped Over the Moon!; The Greedy Dog; The Cuckoo Clock Princess; The Raven and the Jackal; The Furry Fishermen; The Man Who Tried to Please Everybody; The Funny Nest; The Little Red Hen; Christmas Night at the North Pole; Boswell the Brat; Alley the Cat and Li'l Arthur; The Mouse Who Played Santa Claus; The Sparrow Who Came for Christmas; The Legend of St. Nicholas; Merry Christmas in Other Lands; Christmas Morning at Santa's House. 116 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.