Comic books 1939 or before, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $1,200.00 Paper: Off white Label #4465051002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($36.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Jack Cole, Charles Biro, Bob Wood, Fred Schwab, Fred Guardineer, Rafael Astarita, Frank Frollo, Maurice Gutwirth, Jack Romer, Richard Dean, George Nagle, Ken Fitch, Joe Penner, Hal Raynor, Will Harr, Claire Moe, Dick Ryan, and Bob McCay (credited as Winsor McCay, Jr.). An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, as a giveaway for Cocomalt, a powdered-drink company. Cocomalt sponsored a popular radio show featuring comedian Joe Penner, who appears here in short comic strips. Early stories and art by comics legends Jack Cole (creator of Plastic Man) and Will Eisner. featuring radio comedian Joe Penner. A rare Little Nemo in Slumberland strip drawn by Bob McCay, son of original Nemo artist Winsor McCay (credited here as Winsor McCay, Jr.), plus a one-page strip featuring Little Nemo's Impy. Also featuring early stories by Charles Biro and Bob Wood, later the minds behind the notorious Crime Does Not Pay comic. Cover is also by Biro. Little Nemo in Slumberland; Insurance Ike; Officer Skelly; Tommy the Bear Scout; Cowboy Joe Penner; Put On Your Own Radio Show; When the Berry Blossoms; Boodini the Great; The Wild Cat; Lucky Coyne; Impy; Myrth-Parade; Spots; Sky Menace; Senior Symphony; Brain Teasers; Bib and Tucker; Round Table Adventures; Dan Hastings; Adventures In Goobyland; King Kole's Kourt; Animal Crackers; Laughing At Life; Don't Look Now; Nothing But the Truth; Tell Me? Mr. Wise Guy. 48 pages, Full Color.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $300.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white From The Collection of Ruben Blades. Includes Ruben Blades Collection sticker on front of slab. Label #4478969017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Victor Pazmiño. Stories and art by Sheldon Mayer, Boody Rogers, Charles Payne, J.R. Williams, C. D. Small, Al Carreño, Victor Pazmiño, A. W. Nugent, Stookie Allen, Augustus Robinson, James McCague, Tack Knight, Paul Jepsen, Norman Fallon, Courtney Dunkel, Adolphe Barreaux, Tex O'Reilly, Jack A. Warren, Walter Galli, Robert Weinstein, Ed Cronin, Bob Moore, and Carl Pfeufer. Edited by comics pioneers M.C. Gaines and Sheldon Mayer, The Comics presented original stories, art reprinted from Dell's Big Little Books, and reprints of classic newspaper strips. Arizona Ranger Tex Ritter and his pals Doc and Pee Wee track rustlers to the Mexican border and get framed for their trouble, in an adaptation of the 1937 Western movie Riders of the Rockies. A Deadwood Gulch story by Sparky Watts creator Boody Rogers. Space Policeman Rod and Unicor Warrior Taro discover why their prison is called the Island of the Living Dead. S'Matter, Pop?; Salesman Sam; Ted Strong; Tex Ritter: Riders of the Rockies; Gags and Giggles; Out Our Way; Stop Look and Laff; Cowboy and Indian Lore; My Big Brudder; How to Make the "Balsa Bullet"; Little Artists; Decks Awash; Sailor's Knots and Seaman's Ways; Deadwood Gulch; Bill and Davey; Crossword Puzzle Page; Rod Rian of the Sky Police; Manhunt: A True F.B.I. Story; The Enchanted Stone of Time; Pecos Bill; It's the Truth!; Victorious Valor; Cap'n Cloud; Comic Puzzles; Clancy the Cop; Gordon Fife and the Boy King; Headliners; Thrill-Hunters; Bachelor Bowers; Be a Big Leaguer: Catcher. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $970.00 Paper: Off white Pedigree: Rockford Rockford. Label #4268976014

Stories and art by Roy Crane, J. R. Williams, Norman Marsh, Irwin Myers, Al McWilliams, Merrill Blosser, Ray Thompson, Charles Coll, Dan Balkin, Martha Orr, Sol Hess, Wallace Carlson, Gene Ahern, Al Lewin, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Abe Martin, Sylvia Sneidman and Ken Ernst. Crackajack Funnies presented original stories and reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Wash Tubbs & Captain Easy. Don Winslow and his Navy crew attempt to rescue American civilians from the Spanish Civil War. Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy hop a train and ride with the hoboes - at least until Easy loses the boot that's got their money in it. Nan Cameron turns Tom Mix over to Carter's outlaws, who plan to shoot him, but Hank arrives just in time. Dan Dunn; Captain Frank Hawks, Air Ace; Freckles and His Friends; Myra North, Special Nurse; Columbus Goes West; Wash Tubbs; Out Our Way; Apple Mary; The Nebbs; Our Boarding House; Clyde Beatty; Don Winslow of the Navy; Tom Mix; Boots and Her Buddies; Tom Traylor, G-Man X32; Flapper Fanny; Buck Jones: The Rock Creek Cattle War. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $750.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4480158010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.50) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Roy Crane, J. R. Williams, Norman Marsh, Irwin Myers, Al McWilliams, Merrill Blosser, Ray Thompson, Charles Coll, Dan Balkin, Martha Orr, Sol Hess, Wallace Carlson, Gene Ahern, Al Lewin, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Abe Martin, Sylvia Sneidman and Ken Ernst. Crackajack Funnies presented original stories and reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Wash Tubbs & Captain Easy. Don Winslow and his Navy crew attempt to rescue American civilians from the Spanish Civil War. Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy hop a train and ride with the hoboes - at least until Easy loses the boot that's got their money in it. Nan Cameron turns Tom Mix over to Carter's outlaws, who plan to shoot him, but Hank arrives just in time. Dan Dunn; Captain Frank Hawks, Air Ace; Freckles and His Friends; Myra North, Special Nurse; Columbus Goes West; Wash Tubbs; Out Our Way; Apple Mary; The Nebbs; Our Boarding House; Clyde Beatty; Don Winslow of the Navy; Tom Mix; Boots and Her Buddies; Tom Traylor, G-Man X32; Flapper Fanny; Buck Jones: The Rock Creek Cattle War. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $5,150.00 Paper: Dark Tan to Off-White Label #4114804003

Cover art by Creig Flessel. Speed Saunders story, script by Gardner Fox, art by Creig Flessel. Larry Steele story, script and art by Will Ely. Cosmo story, script and art by Sven Elven. Murder In the Clouds: Part 2 starring Bruce Nelson, script by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, art by Tom Hickey. Dental Detective text story by Gardner Fox (as Paul Dean). Spy story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. The Pine Road Mystery, script and art by Russell Cole (as Alger). Crooked Trail starring Buck Marshall, script and art by Homer Fleming. At Sea starring Slam Bradley, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $4,750.00 Paper: Cream to off white Very minor amount of glue on cover. Label #4188978001

Cover art by Creig Flessel. The Case of the Missing Corpse starring Speed Saunders, script by Gardner Fox, art by Creig Flessel. Larry Steele story, script and art by Will Ely. Cosmo story, art by Sven Elven. Too Many Crooks: Part 3 starring Bruce Nelson, art by Tom Hickey. The Tattoo Trap text story by Gardner Fox (as Paul Dean). Spy story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. "Fingerprint" Farson, the Plain Clothes Man, script and art by Russell Cole (as Alger). Trading Trouble starring Buck Marshall, script and art by Homer Fleming. The Broadway Bandit starring Slam Bradley, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $5,219.00 or Best Offer Restored: B3 Paper: Off white to white Restoration includes: color touch, tear seal, spine split sealed, reinforced. Label #3739689005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($156.57) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Creig Flessel. The Snake Death starring Speed Saunders, script by Gardner Fox, art by Fred Guardineer. Larry Steele story, script and art by Will Ely. Cosmo story, art by Sven Elven. Dr. Fu Manchu story, script by Sax Rohmer, art by Leo O'Mealia. The Hooded Hordes starring Spy, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. Disaster On the Diamond text story by Gardner Fox (Paul Dean). The Coolie Smugglers (Part 1) starring Bruce Nelson, art by Tom Hickey. The Right Trail starring Buck Marshall, script and art by Homer Fleming. Slam Bradley Gets the Air starring Slam Bradley, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. 68 pgs. $0.10. First Appearance of Fu Manchu in Detective Comics. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.1 $3,200.00 Paper: Cream to off white 9th Page Only. Label #2012209003

Cover art by Bob Kane. 1st appearance of Batman and Commissioner Gordon. The Case of the Chemical Syndicate starring The Bat-Man (as he's called in the story), script by Bill Finger, art by Bob Kane. The Killers of Kurdistan starring Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator, script by Gardner Fox, art by Fred Guardineer. Bullet Bluff starring Buck Marshall, Range Detective, art by Homer Fleming. Spy story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. The Crimson Avenger story, script and art by Jim Chambers. Death on the Airwaves text story by Gardner F. Fox (as Paul Dean), art by Fred Guardineer. Bruce Nelson story, script and art by Tom Hickey. The Mysterious Doctor Fu Manchu story, script and art by Leo O'Mealia. Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise story, script and art by Sven Elven. Plain Clothes Pete story, script and art by Russell Cole (as Alger). Slam Bradley story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. Ad for All-American #2 and Movie Comics #2. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.0 $4,750.00 or Best Offer Paper: Brittle Page 14 Only. (From the Collection of Jerry Robinson) Label #1269989007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($142.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Bob Kane. 1st appearance of Batman and Commissioner Gordon. The Case of the Chemical Syndicate starring The Bat-Man (as he's called in the story), script by Bill Finger, art by Bob Kane. The Killers of Kurdistan starring Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator, script by Gardner Fox, art by Fred Guardineer. Bullet Bluff starring Buck Marshall, Range Detective, art by Homer Fleming. Spy story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. The Crimson Avenger story, script and art by Jim Chambers. Death on the Airwaves text story by Gardner F. Fox (as Paul Dean), art by Fred Guardineer. Bruce Nelson story, script and art by Tom Hickey. The Mysterious Doctor Fu Manchu story, script and art by Leo O'Mealia. Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise story, script and art by Sven Elven. Plain Clothes Pete story, script and art by Russell Cole (as Alger). Slam Bradley story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. Ad for All-American #2 and Movie Comics #2. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $152,000 or Best Offer Restored: A4 Paper: Off white Restoration includes: pieces added, tear seals, spine split sealed, reinforced, cleaned. All 3 edges on interior trimmed. Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #4335035002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4,560.00) will be charged at checkout.

Dr. Death cover art by Bob Kane. 3rd appearance of Batman. The Batman Meets Doctor Death, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Bob Kane. The Stamp Detective text article. Larry Steele, Private Detective story, art by Will Ely. Spy story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Mart Bailey. The Crimson Avenger story, script and art by Jim Chambers. A Game for Two text story by Gardner F. Fox (as Paul Dean). The Perfect Crime starring Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator, art by Fred Guardineer. Bruce Nelson story, script and art by Tom Hickey. Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise story, art by Sven Elven. Slam Bradley story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. 68 pgs. $0.10. 1st Appearance of Dr. Death, Batman's 1st name Villain, 1st 2-part story. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.3 $12,499 or Best Offer Paper: Brittle Coverless. Tape on Interior. Reproduction Cover Included. Label #2044251002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($375.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Classic Batman over Castle cover art by Bob Kane. Batman and the Monk story, script by Gardner F. Fox, pencils by Bob Kane and Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Bob Kane. Killer's Bait starring Buck Marshall, Range Detective, art by Homer Fleming. Spy story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Mart Bailey. Larry Steele, Private Detective story, art by Ken Ernst. Newspaper Nightmare text story by Gardner F. Fox (as Paul Dean). The Mammoth Mystery starring Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator, art by Fred Guardineer. Bruce Nelson story, script and art by Tom Hickey. Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise story, art by Sven Elven. Slam Bradley story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. 68 pgs. $0.10. The Monk, Julie Madison, Batplane, and Batarang 1st appearances. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.5 $28,000 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4485910001

Origin of Batman, plus Spy (script by Jerry Siegel, art by Mart Bailey), Buck Marshall, Larry Steele Private Detective, Speed Saunders Ace Investigators (art by Fred Guardineer), Cosmo the Phantom of Disguise, Bruce Nelson, and Slam Bradley (by Siegel and Bailey). Full-page ad for Superman # 2/New York World's Fair Comics. Batman gun holster cover 68 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $900.00 Paper: White Label #4576946001

Aug 25, 1933. Cover by John A. Coughlin. Detective and mystery stories by George A. McDonald, Christopher B. Booth, Marion Scott, Oscar Schisgall, Leslie Gordon Barnard, Harry R. Keller, Jean Brown, John Jay Chichester, Bryan Irvine. 7" x 9 3/4"; black and white with a few illos; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Donald Duck (1938 Whitman) 0 CGC 3.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4427846001

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $350.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4608217001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.50) will be charged at checkout.

Vol. 1, No. 2 - April 1939. Cover by Norman Saunders. Stories by Eando Binder ("Prison of Time"), L. Sprague de Camp ("Ananias"), Manly Wade Wellman ("Insight"), and more. 7" x 10", 114 pages, black and white with color cover. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $685.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0168995002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($20.55) will be charged at checkout.

Victor E. Pazmiño cover. First comic book appearance of the Phantom Magician. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Screen Oddities" by Captain Roscoe Fawcett and Bruno Thompson; "Alec and Itchy" by Jimmy George and Merle Mulholland; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "The Adventures of Jabby" by Tom Carlisle; "War on Crime" by Rex Collier and Hammon; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Nipper" by Clare Victor Dwiggins; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Amaze A Minute" by Arnold; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Fisher's History of Boxing" and "Joe Palooka" by Al Capp (as Ham Fisher); "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Beau Geste" by P. C. Wren and Bill W. Depew; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "Good Deed Dotty" and "Dixie Dugan" by J. P. McEvoy and J. H. Striebel; "The Frog Pond Ferry" and "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; "Strange as it Seems" by John Hix; "Ned Brant of Carter" by Bob Zuppke and Bill W. Depew; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Jolly Geography" and "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "Bobby" by S. M. Iger; "Nippie" and "Mickey Finn" by Frank E. Leonard (as Lank Leonard); "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "Lena Pry" and "Jane Arden" by Monte Barrett and Jack W. McGuire; "Flight" by W. D. Tipton and J. H. Mason; "Toddy" by George Marcoux; "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher; and "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño. "The Terrible Voice" text story by Robert M. Hyatt. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $72.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4553995011

Issue 594 - October, 1938. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $21,500 Paper: Off white The DC Universe Collection Label #4278170001

Cover by Leo O'Mealia. This comic-sized ashcan issue was used to secure the trademark for the title, "Flash Comics" before the release of Flash Comics (1940 DC) #1. Reuses cover from Adventure Comics #41. Partial interior from All-American Comics (1939) #8. 7 1/2" X 10 1/2". Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $2,349.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4448025001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($70.47) will be charged at checkout.

Rare pulp issue. Cover and eight full-page color illustrations by Fred Meagher. "The Master of Mars" novel starring Flash Gordon, plus three other unrelated stories. Only issue of series. 7 1/2-in. x 10-in., 96 pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $145.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4212483001

March 6, 1903. The adventures of intrepid inventor, Frank Reade. In this issue: Six Weeks in the Clouds; or, Frank Reade, Jr.'s Air-Ship the "Thunderbolt" - by "Noname". 32 pages, B&W Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $1,599.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4012743004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($47.97) will be charged at checkout.

Stories by Various. Art by Various. Featuring: The Worry Wart by J.R. Williams; Dan Dunn, Secret Operative 48 by Norman Marsh; Mutt & Jeff by Bud Fisher; Cicero's Cat by Bud Fisher; Reg'lar Fellers by Gene Byrnes; Daisybelle by Gene Byrnes; This Curious World by William Ferguson; Home Magic activity page by A.W. Nugent; Boots by Edgar Everett Martin; Tailspin Tommy by Hal Forrest; Flapper Fanny by Gladys Parker; Salesman Sam by C.D. Small; The Nut Bros. by Gene Aherne; Mr. Blotto by Gene Aherne; Our Boarding House with Major Hoople by Gene Aherne; Bronc Peeler and Coyote Pete by Fred Harman; On the Range by Fred Harman; Myra North, Special Nurse by Ray Thompson and Charles Coll; Otto Honk by Bela Zaboly; Out Our Way by J.R. Williams; The Tiny Mites by Hal Cochran and George Scarbo; Stranger Than Fiction by Richard W. Thomas and Walter Galli; Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune by Roy Crane; Alley Oop by V.T. Hamlin; Freckles and His Friends by Merrill Blosser; Herky by Clyde Lewis; A Dog's Life by Beck; From the Notes of Maj. Cosmo Strange, D.S.O. text story "Concluding "Death Masquerade"" by George Baker; Ben Webster's Page written by Jay Jerome Williams [as Edwin Alger]; Tad of the Tanbark by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; Scissor Sketches activity by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; Happy Mulligan; The Adventures of 'Sparagus and Chubby; Everybody's Playmate activity page by A.W. Nugent; This Curious World filler by William Ferguson; Stories in Stamps text article written by I.S. Klein; Uncle Bill by Fred Harman. 68 pages, partial color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $300.00 or Best Offer CGC Qualified Paper: Cream to off white Pages 18, 19, and 24 missing, affects story. INCOMPLETE. Label #0004220013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Contains comic strip reprints, text articles, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Alley Oop" by V. T. Hamlin; "Herky" by Clyde Lewis; "Home Magic" by A. W. Nugent; "Dan Dunn" by Norman Marsh; "Our Boarding House" by Gene Ahern; "Ben Webster's Page" by Jay Jerome Williams (as Edwin Alger); "G Men on the Job" by Dick Blair and Milt Youngren; "Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune" by Roy Crane; "Stranger than Fiction" by Richard W. Thomas and Walter Galli; "Boots" and "Bootkins" by Edgar Martin; "Bronc Peeler" by Fred Harman; "The Tiny Mites" by Hal Cochran and George Scarbo; "Out Our Way" by J. R. Williams; "Tailspin Tommy" and "Four Aces" by Hal Forrest; "Stories in Stamps" by I. S. Klein; "Og, Son of Fire" by James Irving Crump; "The Worry Wart" by J. R. Williams; "Scribbly" by Sheldon Mayer; "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" and "Tad of the Tanbark" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Reg'lar Fellers" and "Daisybelle" by Gene Byrnes; "Mutt and Jeff" and "Cicero's Cat" by Bud Fisher; "Everybody's Playmate" by A. W. Nugent; "Freckles and his Friends" by Merrill Blosser; "Now You Tell One!" by Edward Courtney Dunkle; "Heroes' Hall of Fame" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); and "Be a Big Leaguer" by Ed Cronin. "Shark Hunters of Aran, Part One" text story by H. T. Sperry, illustrated by Walter Cole Brigham. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $1,975.00 Paper: Slightly britle Label #1482295024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($59.25) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Roy Crane, V. T. Hamlin, Fred Harman, J. R. Williams, Gene Byrnes, Al McWilliams, Jim Gary, Hal Forrest, Walt Spouse, C. D. Small, Fred Harman, and Win Smith. The Funnies presented reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Captain Easy, alongside original material. With the departure of former editor MC Gaines, this issue debuts several new features, including Edgar Rice Burroughs' authorized comic-strip adaptation of John Carter, Warlord of Mars. This is the first appearance of John Carter of Mars in a comic book. Another character making his comics debut is the early toon Bosko, in an adaptation of his 1931 Looney Tunes cartoon, Bosko Shipwrecked! Tex Ritter tracks down cattle rustler Dorgan, but Dorgan has dynamite, in an adaptation of the 1939 Western movie Sundown on the Prairie. Plus a comics adaptation of The Marvelous Land of Oz featuring art by Walt Spouse. Gene Autry: The Ghost of Winter Ranch; Salesman Sam; Alley Oop; Red Ryder; Bosko; Out Our Way; Four Aces; Everybody's Playmate; Tex Ritter: Sundown on the Prairie; John Carter, Warlord of Mars; Our Boarding House; The Crime Busters; Stranger Than Fiction; Oz; Captain Easy; Bronc Peeler. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $4,200.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4439422001

Cover pencils by George Brenner. "Alias The Clock," script and art by George Brenner; The Clock captures a night-watchman who was in on a jewel heist. "The Border War," script and art by Ed Moore; Tom Campbell, Yank soldier of fortune, takes a fling along the banana border. "Red Dolan," script and art by Joe Campbell; Young Dolan knows his pal is not guilty, but he has to take a big chance to prove it. "The Floating City," script and art by Arthur Pinajian; The whole world goes topsy-turvy; Dick Kent is trapped by weird men above the clouds. "Mountain Murder," script and art by Joe E. Buresch; Blood-red feud haunts the hills of Tennessee, and Jim Tyson trails his enemy to a showdown under the moon. "Shanghaied," script and art by John Patterson; a smuggler meets a weasel. "The Case of the Broken Skull," script and art by Bert Christman; The Spinner weaves an exciting mystery around romance in the hill cave regions. "The Sacred White Elephant" starring Brailey of the Tropics, script and art by Victor Dowling; Thieves angle to take a baby white elephant from Brailey. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $300.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4419776006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Volume 2, Issue 1 - January, 1939. Pulp magazine focusing on historical adventures. This issue features "Gates of Empire" by Robert E. Howard, and "Eric Aztalan" by Ralph Milne Farley. 6 /2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 130 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations) Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $495.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4419920019 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by William Ritt, Clarence Gray, Brandon Walsh, Nicholas Afonsky, Carl Anderson, Jack Burnley, R. J. Scott, Eddie Sullivan, Charlie Schmidt, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, E. C. Segar, George Clarke, Lou Hanlon, George McManus, Otto Soglow, Eddie Rickenbacker, Clayton Knight, Ed Anthony, Romer Grey, Charles Flanders, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Don Moore and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake the Magician and Lothar notice a suspicious couple on the circus train. Fun Christmas cover features multiple King Features characters interacting. Brick Bradford; Little Annie Rooney; Henry; Sport Features; Scott's Scrapbook; Radio Patrol; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Flash Gordon; The G-Man; Rosie's Beau; Bringing Up Father; The Little King; Ace Drummond; Ted Towers, Animal Master; King of the Royal Mounted. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $2,095.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white 15 Cent Price Variant. First price variant. Highest graded of only two slabbed copies. Very rare. Label #1027423001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($62.85) will be charged at checkout.

10-cent cover

Variant cover has 15c cover price. Story by Fran Striker. Art by Robert R. Weisman. Dell's Large Feature Comic presents one of the very first appearances of the Lone Ranger in comic books, preceded only by an ice-cream company giveaway. Closer to a Big Little Book in the interior format, it features a text story of the Lone Ranger and Tonto with regular full-page illustrations. The masked hero of the West battles outlaws with help from his sidekick Tonto and faithful horse Silver, never even waiting for anyone to thank him. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in, 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $1,699.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4617269001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($50.97) will be charged at checkout.

April 1937. Rare first issue of Lone Ranger's pulp magazine. Lone Ranger, Tonto, and Silver cover painted by Kidd. Features "The Phantom Rider," a complete Lone Ranger novel, plus non-Ranger back-up stories by Lawrence A. Keating, George C. Henderson, Wayne Brooks, and Charles A. Roberts. Also two comic strip sections, one illustrates the life of a real Texas Ranger and the other shows the humorous"Doodlebug Jones" by Schaff. Most of the interior illustrations are credited to H. Smilkstein. Approx. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $250.00 or Best Offer Restored: C1 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Chipped/broken bracket Restoration includes: glue on spine of cover. Label #4571491007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.50) will be charged at checkout.

April, 1933. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $5,200.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Very small amount of dried glue on spine of cover. Label #2052282001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($156.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Feg Murray, Clayton Knight, H. H. Knerr, Edwina Dumm, Sheldon Stark, Neil O'Keefe, Robert Storm, Austin Briggs, Thornton W. Burgess, Carl Anderson, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Joe Musial, Billy DeBeck, Jimmy Thompson, Fanny Y. Cory, McKay and E.C. Segar. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake investigates when strange beings emerge from a spherical object and claim to be from Mars. Mandrake the Magician; News in Sports; Jan and Aloysius; Seein' Stars; The Romance of Flying; Bunky; Tippie and Cap Stubbs; Inspector Wade; Secret Agent X-9; Little Nature Stories; Henry; Little Acorns; Popeye; Barney Baxter; Blondie; Indian Lore; Roger; Stamp Corner; Little Miss Muffet; Dinglehoofer. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $3,129.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4403012005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($93.87) will be charged at checkout.

Vol. 1, No. 1 - Aug 1938. Cover by Norman Saunders. Science Fiction stories by Arthur J. Burks, Henry Kuttner "Avengers of Space", Robert O. Kenyon, James Hall, Stanton A. Coblentz, and Leon Byrne. Illustrations by Paul. 7" x 10"; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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Notable for having the first Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs cover. 8.5" x 11.5", 36 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of Louis XIV (Philippe of Gascony, Louis Hayward) and Maria Theresa (Joan Bennett). "The Man in the Iron Mask"; Despotic King Louis XIV discovers he has a twin brother who has grown up under the tutelage of his foster father, the patriotic musketeer D'Artagnan; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. "The Girl and the Gambler"; Learning of a certain cantina dancer, the notorious outlaw El Rayo bets he can bring her voluntarily back that night; Arriving he learns she loves the craps table operator Johnny Powell; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. "The Family Next Door"; A plumber (a Rodney Dangerfield type) has misadventures with his family; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. "5 Came Back"; Twelve people are aboard Coast Air Line's flagship the Silver Queen en route to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. "The House of Fear!"; A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. "Wolf Call"; Playboy Michael "Mike" Vance, Jr.is night-clubbing in New York City with Natalie; They join a scavenger hunt and break-in a pet shop to get something they require for the treasure-hunt prize; While there, Mike frees Smokey, a police dog, and Smokey follows him home; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of Louis XIV (Philippe of Gascony, Louis Hayward) and Maria Theresa (Joan Bennett). "The Man in the Iron Mask"; Despotic King Louis XIV discovers he has a twin brother who has grown up under the tutelage of his foster father, the patriotic musketeer D'Artagnan; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. "The Girl and the Gambler"; Learning of a certain cantina dancer, the notorious outlaw El Rayo bets he can bring her voluntarily back that night; Arriving he learns she loves the craps table operator Johnny Powell; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. "The Family Next Door"; A plumber (a Rodney Dangerfield type) has misadventures with his family; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. "5 Came Back"; Twelve people are aboard Coast Air Line's flagship the Silver Queen en route to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. "The House of Fear!"; A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. "Wolf Call"; Playboy Michael "Mike" Vance, Jr.is night-clubbing in New York City with Natalie; They join a scavenger hunt and break-in a pet shop to get something they require for the treasure-hunt prize; While there, Mike frees Smokey, a police dog, and Smokey follows him home; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Lou Fine. "A Modern Robin Hood," art by Walter Frehm; The Green Mask (Michael Shelby) introduction; vs. Rocky Vilon and Cyrus Boomer. Untitled story, art by Dick Briefer; Origin of Rex Dexter of Mars; vs. Boris Thorax. "How To Become a Detective," script and art by Norman Lee. Untitled story starring Chen Chang, Wong, and Richard Kendall. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Wing Taylor vs. The Chief and Clutch. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Magician Zanzibar faces The Top. "The Case of Tintype's Will," art by Fred Schwab; Hemlock Shomes and Dr. Potsam travel to Old Man Tintype's mansion and try to figure out which one of the many men who claim to be his son actually killed him. "The Haunted House" text story by Will Eisner. Untitled story, art by Arthur Peddy; The Waco Kid vs. Brazos Teale. "Another Bombing Outrage," art by Art Franklin; Inspector Bancroft and Inspector Grainger face Stuart Bledsoe. Untitled story, art by Charles Nicholas; Introduction of The Blue Beetle (Dan Garret); vs. The White Face Gang. Untitled story, pencils by Bob Powell (as S.R. Powell); Secret Agent D-13 (Richard Anthony) faces Manata. Untitled story, art by John Lindermayer; Introduction of Capt. Danny Scott of the Bengal Lancers. Untitled Lt. Drake story, art by Klaus Nordling; There are Saboteurs on the S. S. REGINA. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Lou Fine. Untitled story, art by Walter Frehm; The Green Mask, alarmed at the Tong wars erupting in Chinatown, seemingly joins forces with the nefarious San Sin in order to find a way to rescue Fong Lee's daughter from his evil clutches. Untitled story, script and art by Dick Briefer; A mysterious plague threatens to destroy all life on Earth, and the only cure is radium: but the Earth doesn't have sufficient quantities in order to deal with the disease. Untitled story, art by Munson Paddock (as Cecilia Munson); River pirate Chang orders his thugs to capture Kendall and take him to the mysterious River Lily aboard the "Dragon Heart." "Famed Statue Missing," art by George Tuska; Zanzibar investigates the theft of the famed statue: the Venus de Milo. Untitled story, script and art by Fred Schwab; Hemlock and the good doctor visit Spookington Castle in order to try and collect a $10 reward for the return of the kidnapped Mrs. Spookington. "The Long Arm of Vengeance" text story by Will Eisner. Untitled story, art by Arthur Peddy; As the Waco Kid rides along, he spots a wanted poster: on himself, for bank robbery and murder! Untitled story, art by Charles Nicholas; A group of thugs rob an armored car of its $80,000 payload and capture the Beetle in the process; A group of thugs rob an armored car of its $80,000 payload and capture the Beetle in the process. Untitled D-13, Secret Agent story, script and art by Bob Powell. Untitled Captain Denny Scott of the Bengal Lancers story, art by John Lindermayer (as L. Mayer); Captain Scott and James enter the town of Gulam, unaware that a sinister figure named Kahn and his men are out to kidnap the boy. Untitled Lt. Drake of the Naval Intelligence story, script and art by Klaus Nordling (as F. Klaus). 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Lou Fine. Untitled story, art by Walter Frehm; The Green Mask, alarmed at the Tong wars erupting in Chinatown, seemingly joins forces with the nefarious San Sin in order to find a way to rescue Fong Lee's daughter from his evil clutches. Untitled story, script and art by Dick Briefer; A mysterious plague threatens to destroy all life on Earth, and the only cure is radium: but the Earth doesn't have sufficient quantities in order to deal with the disease. Untitled story, art by Munson Paddock (as Cecilia Munson); River pirate Chang orders his thugs to capture Kendall and take him to the mysterious River Lily aboard the "Dragon Heart." "Famed Statue Missing," art by George Tuska; Zanzibar investigates the theft of the famed statue: the Venus de Milo. Untitled story, script and art by Fred Schwab; Hemlock and the good doctor visit Spookington Castle in order to try and collect a $10 reward for the return of the kidnapped Mrs. Spookington. "The Long Arm of Vengeance" text story by Will Eisner. Untitled story, art by Arthur Peddy; As the Waco Kid rides along, he spots a wanted poster: on himself, for bank robbery and murder! Untitled story, art by Charles Nicholas; A group of thugs rob an armored car of its $80,000 payload and capture the Beetle in the process; A group of thugs rob an armored car of its $80,000 payload and capture the Beetle in the process. Untitled D-13, Secret Agent story, script and art by Bob Powell. Untitled Captain Denny Scott of the Bengal Lancers story, art by John Lindermayer (as L. Mayer); Captain Scott and James enter the town of Gulam, unaware that a sinister figure named Kahn and his men are out to kidnap the boy. Untitled Lt. Drake of the Naval Intelligence story, script and art by Klaus Nordling (as F. Klaus). 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lou Fine. Stories by Dick Briefer, Fred Schwab, and Will Eisner. Art by Walter Frame, Dick Briefer, Fred Schwab, Munson Paddock, George Tuska, Klaus Nordling, Arthur Peddy, Charles Nicholas, Art Franklin, Bob Powell, and John Lindermayer. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. A mysterious superhuman causes Rex Dexter to age rapidly and menaces him with bizarre monsters, in another one-of-a-kind story by Dick Briefer; Early adventures of The Blue Beetle and The Green Mask likely written by Will Eisner; Zanzibar, who looks like Mandrake the Magician in a blue fez, battles the Walrus Men at the South Pole. The Will of John D. Lovingston; The Robot Solar System; Come! Come!; River Lily and the Purr of Death; The World Race; Big-Shot Krard's Dope Ring; The Case of Oil; Mr. Death; Ki-Mung, Bloodthirsty Buccaneer; A Trap for the Blue Beetle; Inspector Bancroft of Scotland Yard Smashes a Spy Ring; Ki-Mung, Bloodthirsty Buccaneer; Tiger Hunt; Super Sleuths; Marooned at the South Pole. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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84 pages. Two pages for each feature: Captain Jim of the Texas Rangers (by Homer Fleming), Sir Loin of Beef, Castaway Island, Ol' Oz Bopp, Captain Quick, Maginnis of the Mounties, Sagebrush 'n' Cactus, Sandor and the Lost Civilization, Sam the Porter, King Arthur, Rattlesnake Pete, 17-20 on the Black, Pandora's Box/Myths of Gods and Men: Prometheus, Steve Conrad on Dolorosa Isle, Andy Handy--a Man of Action, Stratosphere Special, Needles, Brain Teasers, Rock-Age Roy, Bugville, Slim and Tex, Laughing at Life, Famous Poems Illustrated (art by Henry C. Kiefer; 3 pages), Ray & Gail, the Vikings, Googo the Great, a Tale of Two Cities, Capt. Spiniker, Dale Daring the Drew Mystery, Rusty, Federal Men (by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, who a few years later created Superman!), and several text features. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 7, Issue 1 - Feb., 1933. Cinema fan magazine with a focus on the classic, or golden-age of all things Hollywood. Includes articles on Colleen Moore, Bela Lugosi, Radio City Music Hall, and more. 8.5" x 11.5", 106 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Frank King, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Robert Ripley, Frank Willard, Percy Crosby, Hal Forrest, Fontaine Fox, Walter Berndt, Al Smith, Martin Branner, Sidney Smith, Fred Harman, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Carl Ed, Ferd Johnson, Al Posen, Edwin Alger, Gaar Williams, A. W. Nugent, A. W. Brewerton, Ed Leffingwell, and Tack Knight. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. This issue features the first comic-book appearance of comic-strip detective Dick Tracy. Tracy takes the blame after killer Boris Arson escapes from prison. In another beloved strip, Terry and the Pirates, Pat and Terry face the mysterious villain known only as The Skull. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Skippy, Gasoline Alley and Ripley's Believe It or Not. Moon Mullins; Kitty Higgins; Dick Tracy; Skippy; Always Belittlin'; Toonerville Folks; Little Stanley; Smitty; Herby; Gasoline Alley; Ripley's Believe It or Not; Cicero's Cat; Winnie Winkle; Looie; The Gumps; Don Winslow; Bos'n Hal Sea Scout; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Maw Green; Lovey Dovey; Texas Slim; Ella and Her Fella; Jinglet; Ben Webster; Bertie on a Bust; Mutt and Jeff; Tailspin Tommy; How to Fly; Bronc Peeler; On the Range; A Strain on the Family Tie; Zipper; Red Magic Tricks, Puzzles and Games; Terry and the Pirates; Pam; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Little Folks; Baby Sister. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.