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Adventures Into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) 25 CGC 3.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #3747215011

"The Men From Mars," "Nightmare!" (art by Joe Sinnott), "A Million Light-Years Away" (art by Bill Everett), "Two Times Two!" (art by Paul Reinman), "The Mad Mamba!" (art by Joe Maneely), and a two-page text story, "A Man's Past." Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by Bill Everett, Joe Sinnott, Sam Kweskin, Joe Maneely, and Paul Reinman. These tales of horror, sci-fi, and suspense will take you on Adventures into Alien Worlds! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 16 CGC 2.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4013698008

Cover by Bill Everett. "I Prowl at Night!", art by Syd Shores; An American stationed at the American embassy in Hungary hits a werewolf who had just changed back into human form with his car and crashes; The ambulance takes the both of them to the hospital and gives him a transfusion with the dying man's blood since it is the same type; He begins to feel the effects of the werewolf blood, so he flees his wife so as not to transfer the curse to her. "The Flying Saucers" text story. "Terror In Jimmy's House," pencils by Edwin Goldfarb, inks by Bob Baer. "The Miser," art by Bernie Krigstein. "Don't Make a Ghoul of Yourself!", pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 41 GD 2.0

Water damage. Centerfold detached at one staple. 1" spine split from the bottom.

Cover by Russ Heath. "The Locked Room!", script by Paul S. Newman, art by Mort Drucker; An Indian mystic needs half a million dollars to build a temple so he bets an American businessman that he can use the power of his mind to move chess pieces in a locked room thousands of miles away. "The Search" text story. "The Inventors!", art by Bill Benulis; Machines take over and make slaves out of humanity. "Wings in the Night!", pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; A destitute man who feeds the park birds gets in trouble when the birds begin stealing for him. "The Rag Doll!", art by John Tartaglione; A child with a new baby sister feels neglected so she pours her love into a rag doll pretending that it is her baby. "The Living Proof," script by Carl Wessler, art by Pete Tumlinson; A newspaper editor refuses to believe his reporter's story about meeting men from Mars so the reporter becomes one of them in order to convince the man and take his daughter away to Mars with him. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Black Rider (1951 Atlas/Marvel) 23 GD 2.0

Centerfold detached at one staple. Chew.

Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Syd Shores. Stories by unknown. Art by Syd Shores and unknown. The Wild West lives again! Nothing that lives can stop the Black Rider, who stars in three stories with art by Syd Shores: Black Rider arranges a reunion between a reluctant outlaw and his young son in an untitled tale; Black Rider helps a criminal go straight in an untitled tale; and it looks like a killer has returned from the dead to kill again in "The Black Gauntlet"! Plus: Two-Gun Kid in an untitled back-up story. And: 2-page text story "A Date with Death"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Black Rider (1951 Atlas/Marvel) 24 VG- 3.5

Water damage.

Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by unknown. Art by Syd Shores and Joe Sinnott. The Wild West lives again! The Black Rider stars in three stories with art by Syd Shores: "These Guns for Hire!"; "The Legion of Death!"; and "Trail of the Killer!" Plus: Arrowhead in an untitled back-up story with art by Joe Sinnott. And: 2-page text story "Dynamite" (with illo by Gene Colan). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 113 VG- 3.5

Cover coming detached at one staple.

Cover art by Sol Brodsky. The Iron Lady, art by Al Luster. The Door text story. Brother of a Monster, script by Stan Lee; Two brothers, a deformed one and handsome one, are situated near the occurrence of murders; People suspect the deformed one as the culprit, but it turns out to be the other one. What's New?, script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath. Terror Tale, script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath; A vampire captures a fat man and takes his victim to display him to his brothers; They all agree that not even the Beast-Man captures such victims and ask the fat man his name; The fat man doesn't speak and instead transforms into the Beast-Man and attacks the vampires. The Man Who Isn't There, art by Tony DiPreta. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Men's Adventures (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 20 CGC 8.0

Paper: White

Label #4711899011

Mystic (1951 Atlas) 21 GD+ 2.5

2" Cumulative spine split. Only one staple (manufacturing). Tape on interior cover and pages. Water damage.

Zombie in the Streets, art by John Buscema. Dorothy's Doll, art by Gene Colan; A man buys a lifelike doll for his ill child unintentionally fooling Death into taking the doll and leaving the girl. The Honeymooners, art by Tony Mortellaro; A man strangles his new bride, and when confronted by a neighbor, is told to mind his own business because that is what she wanted; He is a ghost and now his wife is a ghost, too. Isle of no Escape text story. Homicide; Jim Lane kills a bothersome tramp, then tries to frame his neighbor, an inadvertent witness, for the murder. The Ghost Comes Back!, pencils by Dick Ayers; A woman fools a criminal into thinking that her returning husband is a member of the undead. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Mystic (1951 Atlas) 41 VG- 3.5

The Test!, art by Dick Ayers; An experimental psychologist conducting tests on hamsters has a dream wherein they become so intelligent that they escape their cages and turn the tables on him subjecting him to electric shocks whenever he attempts to leave the house. The Genius text story. They Pass By Night!; This story attempts to build drama by leading the reader to believe that a bus and a car are going to collide during the night but the last panel reveals the bus was traveling on the planet Mercury and so there was no danger of collision between the two vehicles. I Can Hear You Think!, art by Vic Carrabotta; After the first atomic bomb explodes children are born with the ability to read minds, which the government put to use as a tactical defense against the Communists. The Man Who Took a Walk!, art by Robert Q. Sale; A man from Atlantis tours the scientific achievements of the surface world. One Who Dared, art by Mort Lawrence. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Mystic (1951 Atlas) 56 FR 1.0

5 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation. Water spotting.

Cover art by John Severin. While the City Slumbers!, art by Paul Reinman; Angry molemen want revenge for being forced to live in warrens on the outskirts of San Francisco so they plan an invasion; When the earthquake brought on by their tunneling produces multiple fires, they figure that the citizens must have thought to destroy their town rather then have them take it over, so they return to their caves and collapse the entrance behind them. Locked in the Silent Room, art by Mac Pakula. The Thing behind the Wall!, art by Mort Drucker. The Man Who Went Too Far, art by Robert Q Sale. No Variations text story. The Fish Man. The Revenge of Kah Ming!, art by Joe Sinnott. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Suspense (1950) 22 CGC 2.0 Restored

Restored: C2

Paper: Off white

Restoration includes: spine split sealed to cover, piece added with tape to cover.

Label #4379128009

Cover art by Bill Everett. The Blood Brothers!, art by George Roussos; Scientists regret increasing the intelligence of a pig when he duplicates the formula and ships it all over the world to pig farmers to build an army. The Gabby Ghost, art by Bernie Krigstein. Strike! Hate!, art by Ogden Whitney. Too Late! Each Night I Drown, art by Vernon Henkel. The Bomb!, art by Fred Kida. 48 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Suspense (1950) 26 VG- 3.5

Cover loose at one staple. Moisture. Oxidation.

Cover art by Bill Everett. Worse than Death!, inks by George Roussos. Beauty and the Beast!, art by Al Eadeh. Alone with a Ghost, pencils by Vic Dowling, inks by Bob Stuart. Vampire Killer!, art by Fred Kida. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

True Secrets (1950) 28 FR 1.0

7" cumulative spine split. Water damage.

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Cover by Vince Colletta. Stories by unknown. Art by Jay Scott Pike, Vince Colletta, John Tartaglione and Al Hartley. All brand-new romances! In this issue: One thing in life that's always beautiful is the love story of..."A Boy and a Girl" with art by Jay Scott Pike. Plus: "Private Secretary" with art by Vince Colletta; "To See Ourselves" with art by John Tartaglione; "Temptation!" with art by Al Hartley; and 2-page text story "Happy Return!" 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.