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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.

GI Sweethearts (1953) 38 GD/VG 3.0

Centerfold detached at one staple

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Heart Throbs (1949 Quality/DC) 12 GD+ 2.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch. 1 1/2" Cumulative spine split/tear. Cover oxidation.

Photo Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Charles Sultan, Gene Colan, John Forte, Chuck Cuidera, W.G. Hargis and unknown. She learned that money could not buy the kisses of the man she worshipped! Read..."Love Me as I Am!" starring Lola Cameron, Kip Landsdale, Uncle Rupert Cameron, Dr. Lake, Mr. Devers, Don and Cookie. Also featuring: "They Called Me a Tough Gal!" starring Sue Allen, Larry Mills, Mrs. Allen and Biff Dudley; "Vengeance in Her Heart!" starring Betty Harcourt, Bob Maynard, Julia Wiley and Alice Rogers; and "Honeymoon House" starring Linda Clayton, Danny Reed, Sandra and Edward Oliver. Plus: Advice on Love Problems letters page by Marilyn Minton. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Heart Throbs (1949 Quality/DC) 124 VG 4.0

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Cover by Ric Estrada & Vince Colletta. Stories by unknown. Art by Ric Estrada, Jay Scott Pike, Vince Colletta and unknown. Love and heartbreak meet in..."Love Stop," a 24-page tale! Also featuring the 5-page tale "The Girl Voted Most Likely to Succeed"! Plus: Jewelry in 1-page Dates 'n' Mates filler! And: Letters page Telling It the Way It Is...to Lynn Farrell. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Heart Throbs (1949 Quality/DC) 136 FN 6.0

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Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Katz, George Tuska?, Gene Colan, Win Mortimer, Vince Colletta and unknown. Sheila and Don are competing race car drivers. Sheila gets Don to fall for her, but he wants her to quit racing in "Smashup!" Plus: Anne and Betty are both dating Eric, although neither is very interested in him. Eric tries to tell each of them that he is seeing someone else, but they both string him along as a joke. When Anne and Betty discover they are both seeing the same person, they decide to show up together at Eric's apartment to see the look on his face. The joke is on them when Jane opens the door, introducing herself as Eric's fiancee in "The Pretenders"! Also: Carole invites her cousin, Jean, to the city to visit for a few weeks. Jean remembers Carole's penchant for stealing boyfriends, but Jean doesn't expect that to be a problem since she doesn't currently have a boyfriend. That starts to change when she meets a policeman who helps her when she gets lost on the way to Carole's house in the retitled? reprint story "Stolen Love"! And: As a teenager, Donna hangs out with wild Jackie 'The Rebel' and starts to get a bad reputation in town. She eventually stops seeing Jackie, but her reputation follows her. Many boys seem to be interested at first, but drop her soon after. After years of this, Donna and her mother wonder what keeps the old reputation alive. Donna finds out when she catches her best friend Cynthia telling her latest boyfriend about her past. But Dave realizes Cynthia is sabotaging Donna out of jealousy and tells Donna what matters is that she stopped seeing Jackie in the retitled reprint story "A Friend In Need!" Plus: Gale doesn't want to get involved with another man after she breaks up with Tad, but Bob is persistent. Gale clings to the love letters that Tad had sent to her while he was in the army, but the letters had actually been written for Tad by Bob while they were serving overseas together in the retitled? reprint story "With All My Heart"! Also: 1-page text story "Let's Get Married"; 2-page quiz "Are You Lovable To Men?"; and letters page Telling It the Way It Is...to Lynn Farrell. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Heart Throbs (1949 Quality/DC) 137 VG 4.0

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Cover by Jay Scott Pike & Vince Colletta. Stories by unknown. Art by Vince Colletta and unknown. When Shelly meets Steve, he wants her to change her hairstyle, her wardrobe, and her interests. She decides she really loves him, but she's shocked when she realizes he's made her into a copy of his previous girlfriend in "Don't Make Me Over!" Plus: Ellen tries to help Bob get back together with his estranged girlfriend, but falls in love with him herself in "Man on My Mind!" Also: Shirley unsuccessfully tries to get Walter to notice her, until her friend Rita suggests she try witchcraft. The girls cast a spell, and soon after, Walter calls Shirley for a date, but is black magic really responsible? Find out in "Love Potion"! And: Brenda's older sister June always attracts Brenda's boyfriends away, but she doesn't like it when one day the tables are turned in the retitled reprint story "How to Get a Man!" Plus: Lois is determined to get ahead in life but her boyfriend Vic doesn't share her drive in the retitled reprint story "Winter of Love"! Also: 1-page filler "The Supermagic Diet - Lose 7 Pounds in 7 Days"! And: Letters page Telling It the Way It Is. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Love Confessions (1949 Quality) 34 GD+ 2.5

1" Cumulative spine split.

Cover by Charles Sultan. Stories by unknown. Art by Charles Sultan, Bill Ward, W.G. Hargis, Dick Beck and unknown. There was Neal, dancing with that girl! Find out what happens next in..."I Waited for Revenge" starring Arlene, Ginny, Jim, Johnny, Neal Patterson and Patty. Also featuring: "A Boy In Every Town" starring Fran Perry, Mr. Perry, Mrs. Perry and Roy Childs; "Marriage for Convenience" starring Alice Terry, Miss Johnson, Paul Shelby, Rachel, Ralph and Tommy; and "Too Late to Say No" starring Dave Shelly, Gloria Victor, Mrs. Porter and Paul Kearns. Plus: 1-page retitled reprint text story "Unlock Your Heart" starring Doris, Gary, Karen, Mrs. Neuman and Shirley. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Marmaduke Mouse (1946 Quality) 34 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing, interrupts art and story. Full length spine split. Brittle.

Modern Comics (1945) 63 CGC 9.4

Paper: Off white to white

Double Cover. First cover 8.0, interior cover 9.4

Label #1054968003

Cover art by Reed Crandall. Gungha the Royal Elephant of Uslustan starring Blackhawk, pencils by Crandall, inks by Chuck Cuidera. Untitled stories starring Torchy (script and art by Bill Ward), Dogtag (script and art by Bart Tumey), Ezra (script and art by Harry Sahle), Choo Choo (script and art by Gill Fox), and Will Bragg (script and art by Paul Gustavson). 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Modern Comics (1945) 76 CGC 5.5

Paper: White

Label #3718786001

Cover art by Reed Crandall. The Besieged City starring Blackhawk, pencils by Crandall, inks by Chuck Cuidera. Untitled story starring Torchy (script and art by Bill Ward). The Fireballs text story starring Blackhawk. Trackem Private Detective Agency starring Choo Choo, script and art by Gill Fox. Pottsville Clothing Co. starring Dogtag, script and art by Bart Tumey. Homo Braggadocio starring Will Bragg, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Fore starring Ezra, script and art by Harry Sahle. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Plastic Man (1943 Vital/Quality) 1 0.3

INCOMPLETE. First two wraps missing (affects "The Game of Death" and "Go West, Young Plastic Man, Go West" stories). Two center wraps detached.

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#1 does not have an issue number. Cover art by Jack Cole. The Game of Death; Plas and Woozy break up The Chance Club. Now You See It, Now You Don't; Plas and Woozy must stop the Japanese from stealing a camouflage machine. Willie McGoon, Dope; Professor Goodman takes advantage of a man's disfigurement. Plastic Nemesis text story. Go West, Young Plastic Man, Go West; Woozy gets conned into buying a map to a goldmine, and heads out West to find his fortune. Scripts and art by Jack Cole. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Plastic Man (1943 Vital/Quality) 34 GD/VG 3.0

Cover detached at one staple.

Three untitled Plastic Man stories, plus Woozy back-up. 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Police Comics (1941) 89 FR/GD 1.5

3" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Heavy water damage.

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Cover art by Jack Cole. Plastic Man story with Woozy Winks, Derelict, and Muggins. Candy story. Poor Fish text story starring Plastic Man. Manhunter story, art by Al Bryant. 36 pgs. $.0.10. Cover price $0.10.

T-Man (1951) 14 CGC 4.5

Paper: White

Label #4651906011

Stories by unknown. Art by Charles Sultan and unknown. U.S. Treasury Agent Pete Trask has found out something that no one outside that room knows! But is it really Hitler? His death has never been proved! Has Trask stumbled on a secret that will startle the world? Find out in "Trouble in Bavaria"! Also on this issue: T-Man in "Ultimatum of Doom!"; T-Man Tod Ellis in "The Case of the Merry Murderer" with art by Charles Sultan; 1-page text story "The Killer Who Wasn't There"; and T-Man in "Border Incident"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Uncle Sam Quarterly (1941) 6 0.3

INCOMPLETE. First wrap missing, interrupts art and story.

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Edited by John Beardsley. Cover by Ruben Moreira. Stories by Al Gabriele, Bernard Dibble, and Art Gates. Action packed, patriotic stories starring Uncle Sam, the great American hero in a top hat. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Web of Evil (1952) 5 CGC 1.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4630450001

Cover pencils by Jack Cole. "The Man Who Died Twice," pencils by Jack Cole; Lester Paley is framed for a murder he did not commit; He dies in the electric chair, but its all a set-up; He is only stunned by the electricity and proclaimed dead by a bribed doctor. "Laughter from Hell," pencils by Charles Nicholas; Old and wealthy John Grome wont part with his money, so his unfaithful wife Della joins family lawyer Loring in a fiendish plot. "The Vengeful Curse," pencils by Jack Cole; Andrew Craven leaves his friend Dave Burk to die in a hole after claiming the riches they were digging for together for himself and taunts Dave that he will marry his fiance Elsa. "Lair of Doom" text story. "The Corpse That Wouldn't Hide"; Walter Mains lives on the allowance of his wife, the successful chemical inventor Anna Mains; They both make their lives a living hell. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.