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Battle Angel Alita Part 1 (1992) 1 VF+ 8.5

Battle 1: Reclamation - Story, Art and Cover by Yukito Kishiro. While elites enjoy life in a floating city, the rest of humankind and cyborgs struggle below, amid scrap heaps and dirty streets. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.75.

Battle Angel Alita Part 1 (1992) 1 VF+ 8.5

Battle 1: Reclamation - Story, Art and Cover by Yukito Kishiro. While elites enjoy life in a floating city, the rest of humankind and cyborgs struggle below, amid scrap heaps and dirty streets. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.75.

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.

Dragon Ball Part 1 (1998 Viz) 4 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4657650008

1st printing. Not Your Cup of Tea? - Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. When Goku is hired to drive a hideous monster named Oolong out of town, he discovers his nemesis has some special abilities that may come in handy on his quest. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Dragon Ball Part 1 (1998 Viz) 5 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4657650009

1st printing. Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. Carry something as precious as Dragon Balls, and you're just asking for trouble...and now Goku, Bulma and Oolong have found it! Meet Yamcha the Desert Bandit, who would just as soon relieve them of their burden, and whose Fist of the Wolf Fang is strong enough to knock Goku out. But Yamcha's got a weakness, and his weakness has curves! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Flashback 08: Young Allies #1 (1941/1970) 8 FN- 5.5

The eighth issue of the Flashback reprint series presents YOUNG ALLIES # 1 originally published in 1941 by Timely Comics (now Marvel). Featuring the Red Skull. 68-pages, full color cardstock covers, 7-3/4-in. x 10-3/8-in., black-and-white interior on white paper stock, saddle-stitched binding. Cover price $3.00.

Flashback 19: Sub-Mariner Comics 1 (1941/1974) 19 VG/FN 5.0

The 19th issue of the Flashback reprint series presents SUB-MARINER COMICS #1 originally published in 1941 by Timely/Marvel. Cover art by Alex Schomburg. "Deep-Sea Blitzkrieg," script and art by Bill Everett; Hitler decides to smash Atlantis, and in the first U-boat attack, the emperor is incapacitated and Namor assumes command. The Atlanteans fight back in "Trojan" whales and sharks that circle the Nazi subs without being noticed until their guns open up; The Nazi fleet is destroyed when Namor's people man gun emplacements on top of icebergs and rain down fiery death. Namor is captured by the lead sub, but Namor destroys the sub with his bare hands. Captain America Comics ad. "The Radium Robbery," script and art by Bill Everett; Sub-Mariner vs. The Nazis. "Namor... His Boyhood" text story by Ray Gill. "The House of Horror," script and art by Paul Gustavson; Angel vs. Ricardo Amegos and zombies. 68-pages, full color cardstock covers, 7-3/4-in. x 10-3/8-in. black-and-white interior on white paper stock, saddle-stitched binding. Cover price $3.00.

Flashback 25: America's Greatest Comics 1 (1941/1970) 25 FN/VF 7.0

This is Issue #25 of the Flashback reprint series published by DynaPubs. This issue reprints America's Greatest Comics #1 published in 1941 by Fawcett Publications. Cover price $3.00.

Flashback 37: Captain Midnight 1 (1942/1976) 37 FN 6.0

The 37th issue of the Flashback reprint series presents CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #1 originally published in 1942 by Fawcett Publications. "The Murder Trap," art by Jack Binder; Captain Midnight vs. Herr Luger. Captain Marvel ad. "Secret Sub," art by Jack Binder; Captain Midnight battles German U-boats disguised as fishing vessels. Whiz Comics ad. "Captain Midnight Rescues a Romeo," art by Jack Binder; Spies kidnap Icky Mudd and offer to exchange him for plans for a new bomber. "Introducing Little Sneezer." "Invisible Menace," art by Jack Binder; Captain Midnight vs. Baron Von Togo; Ichabod Mudd, Chuck Ramsay, Joyce Ramsay and Secret Squadron appear. Master Comics ad. 68-pages, full color cardstock covers, 7-1/2-in. x 10-3/8-in. black-and-white interior on white paper stock, saddle-stitched binding. Cover price $3.00.

True Sport Picture Stories Vol. 1 (1942) 7 PR 0.5

Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Lateral spine tears. Centerfold detached. Cover oxidation with chipping. Water damage.

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Mel Ott & Joe McCarthy. June 1942. NOTE: Cover for #8 is misprinted with Volume 1 No 7. Cover price $0.10.