Auctions: Harvey comic books

Alarming Tales (1957 Harvey) 5 VG- 3.5

Tape on interior cover and under staples.

Cover by John Severin. Stories and art by Dick Wood, Matt Baker, Paul Reinman, Fred Kida, Doug Wildey and Al Williamson. Weird (but Comics Code-friendly) tales from publisher Harvey. A scientist is transformed by a Dr. Manhattan-like accident, in a story with art by comics legends Matt Baker and Al Williamson. An explorer discovers to his horror that what he thought was the Fountain of Youth is actually the Fountain of Age. The ranger in a South American watch station learns he is in the path of a march of driver ants, and foolishly decides to stand and fight. Half Man—Half What?; Defeat!; My Robot Plants; The Fountain of Age; The Flashlight; The Fibber; 12,000 to 1!. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Back to the Future (1991 Harvey) 3 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4702113011

Direct Edition. Cover art by Gil Kane. Roman Holiday, script by Dwayne McDuffie, art by Nelson Dewey; As in the popular time-travel films, Marty McFly travels through history; in this adventure, he finds himself in ancient Rome in a battle with Bifficus Antanneny ... and the loser gets fed to the lions! Adapted from the TV script by Mark & Michael Klastorin. Fievel Goes West film ad. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $1.25.

Black Cat Mystery (1951-1963 Harvey) 54 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story.

Stories and art by Bob Powell, Joe Certa, John Giunta, Vic Donahue and Rudy Palais. As the Comics Code goes into effect, former horror comic Black Cat Mystery briefly restores its superhero star and her Code-friendly adventures. (The official title is Black Cat Western Mystery, but superhero Black Cat is featured on the cover, as if to confirm this is anything but a horror comic.) Black Cat and Rick battle diamond smugglers while shooting a Western on location. A Groucho-like movie comedian makes trouble for Rick and Linda on set. Linda suspects her jealous co-star Calico is trying to get her killed in an on-set accident. The Golden Guns; Lost; Room of the Past!; Double Trouble; Mountain Terror. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain 3-D (1953 Harvey) 1 VF- 7.5

Includes original 3D glasses, attached.

May or may not contain 3-D glasses. For consignment items, please check individual item notes to see whether the copy offered still has the 3-D glasses intact. "The Man From the World of D," "The Menace of the Living Dolls," and "Iron Hat McGinty and his Destruction Gang." Pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko (tied for third published work with Strange Fantasy 9). Kirby cover pencils, Mort Meskin cover inks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Felix the Cat (1948 Dell/Toby/Harvey) 38 CGC 1.8

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4640637002

Cover by Otto Messmer. Stories and art by Otto Messmer, Joe Oriolo and A. W. Nugent. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character; this series often featured art by the two men most associated with Felix, Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. After Felix falls down a chimney while trying to get warm, the kids in the house want him to stay on as their pet, and ask Santa to make it so. A bear objects to Felix's cutting down Christmas trees to support an orphanage, until he gets a glimpse of the orphans. Felix goes to great lengths so his nephew Inky can have a white Christmas. One for All; Kokey Koala; A Christmas Story; The White Christmas; Frozen Folly. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

First Love Illustrated (1949-1963 Harvey) 81 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation. Water damage.

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Stories and art by Jack Sparling and others. Harvey's entry in the romance-comic genre includes advice to readers and tales of love and heartbreak. Arlene opportunistically takes whatever she wants, including kissing her friend Fran's fiance Brad on their wedding day. Jan sets her sights on handsome boss Dick, but first she must reckon with his fiancee Elaine and his strange mood swings. Shattered Romance; My Strange Rival; Quicksilver Girl; Can't We Be Friends. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Harvey Horrors Collected Works: Witches Tales HC (2011 PS Artbooks) 4-1ST VF+ 8.5

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "December 1953 to December 1954!" Collects Witches Tales (1951-1954 Harvey) #22-28. Foreword by James Lovegrove. Here, in one of the final volumes in Harvey's groundbreaking quartet of gore and mayhem, we find the writers and artists working at the zenith of their powers and talents. You cannot afford to miss this one! Hardcover, 288 pages, full color. Cover price $47.99.

Joe Palooka (1945 Harvey) 9 VG/FN 5.0

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Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Bob Powell, Jack Keeler, Salo, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. In the South Pacific, Joe and Jerry ride the derelict Japanese ship to Drooten Island, seemingly safe from the Axis on a Dutch plantation, but Polynesian refugee Melody suspects a trap. Chickie Ricks, The Flyin' Fool, wrestles with Umblau, the mad genius with the fate of the world in a vial in his hands, in a story with nice good-girl art and a terrific splash page by Bob Powell. Plus a prose adventure of the superhero Stuntman, with spot illustration by comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Also featuring a "letter to the reader" from publisher Alfred Harvey about Harvey's latest strip-to-comic-book acquisition, Terry and the Pirates. The Drooten Island Mystery; Drootens Hospitality; Jungle Rendezvous; Amazing Discovery; Stuntman: Ferryboat Menace; Junior Genius: The Great Train Mystery!; The Flyin Fool: Umblau the Genius; Cartoon Laughs. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Spyman (1966 Harvey) 1 CGC 5.0 JSA Steranko

Paper: Off white to white

Jim Steranko Authenticated Autograph.

Label #4697796003

Origin and first appearance of Spyman in "The Birth of a Hero," plus "Spyman at the Mercy of the Whisperer" and "How to Unmask a Villain." Art by George Tuska and Reed Crandall (inks). Jim Steranko splash page pencils (first pro work). 1 page Goodyear Aerospace ad drawn by Neal Adams. Rocky and Bullwinkle star in a one-page Cheerios ad. Tuska cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Warfront (1951-1967 Harvey) 10 CGC 6.0

Paper: White

Label #4697724002

Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Manny Stallman, Abe Simon, Al Gordon and Bob Powell. Tales of war from Harvey, published as the Cold War was heating up. During WWII, US soldier Zeke goes looking for chicken dinner and finds a Nazi patrol. A comics history of the U.S. Navy. A third-generation Marine finds the reality of war much more terrifying than he expected. The Failure!; Beachhead; Anchors Aweigh; Pretty Boy!; The Rebel Yell; Chicken on Sunday; Get Down Wilson. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.