Comic books 1951-1953, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $225.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4311753017

Stories and art by Mike Sekowsky and Donald Shaw. Pre-Code crime comics from Fawcett with an emphasis on suspense. Margaret is trapped by a killer, and imprisoned in a coffin that is about to be buried. A blind man, his granddaughter and his dog are held prisoner by killers after they witness a murder. Mike could escape the killers who've captured him, but he goes back to save a stranger's life. Plus a PSA for U.S. Savings Bonds, "America's Future Is Your Future!" Save Me... The Coffin Is Closing; The Blind Witness?; He Rode With Fear; Two Strangers! Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $1,350.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #3812663009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($40.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Feldstein. "Reflection of Death!", script and art by Al Feldstein; Carl and Al are driving down a dark, lonely road when suddenly headlights appear in front of them, and there is a crash; Al awakens with torn clothes and a smell, asking a driver on the road for a lift to town, but the man screams and drives off. "Last Respects!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; Tony loves and secretly marries Anna, a wealthy, but underage girl; When her Uncle discovers this, he threatens to annul the marriage, which drives Anna to her sickbed. "Precautions" text story. "Seance!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Alan Bitsby sets out to prove that a medium is faking by asking him to raise the spirit of his 'departed' wife. "Voodoo Death!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Johnny Craig; Jay and Bill witness a forbidden voodoo ceremony; Jay is captured and later meets up with Bill and they leave Haiti. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $750.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3945305009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Feldstein. "Reflection of Death!", script and art by Al Feldstein; Carl and Al are driving down a dark, lonely road when suddenly headlights appear in front of them, and there is a crash; Al awakens with torn clothes and a smell, asking a driver on the road for a lift to town, but the man screams and drives off. "Last Respects!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; Tony loves and secretly marries Anna, a wealthy, but underage girl; When her Uncle discovers this, he threatens to annul the marriage, which drives Anna to her sickbed. "Precautions" text story. "Seance!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Alan Bitsby sets out to prove that a medium is faking by asking him to raise the spirit of his 'departed' wife. "Voodoo Death!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Johnny Craig; Jay and Bill witness a forbidden voodoo ceremony; Jay is captured and later meets up with Bill and they leave Haiti. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $1,000.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #1038440007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Wally Wood. "Well-Cooked Hams!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Two American producers want to bring Parisian-style, Grand Guignol, gory plays to a Broadway theater, but the owner refuses to do business with them. "Madame Bluebeard," script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A woman raises her daughter to hate men and so for six years she murders a husband a year, making each appear an accidental death, as trophies for her departed mother. "Nature" text story. "Return!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A woman ends up getting pregnant by her husband's ghost! "Horror! Head... It Off!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A member of the French nobility during the Terror betrays his fellow's confidence in order to curry favor with the revolutionary government. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $749.95 or Best Offer Restored: B1 Paper: Cream to off white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. Label #0351391014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.50) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Jack Davis. "'Taint the Meat...It's the Humanity!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; A butcher during the war gets around rationing points by selling steak to the wealthy customers who will pay cash for it and horsemeat, then stale meat and finally tainted meat to everyone else. "Roped In!", script by Al Feldstein, art by George Evans; Three business partners in construction make a patsy out of a fourth to take the blame for shoddy construction of a hospital that collapses and kills twenty-one patients. "Curse!" text story. "Cutting Cards!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Fred Peters; Two professional gamblers hate each other so much that they challenge each other to a game of chop poker. "Squash...Anyone?", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); An elephant trainer whose performance entails having the animal raise its foot an inch above his beautiful wife-assistant's face is having an affair with a woman who convinces him to have the elephant crush the wife and have the elephant shot blaming the death on the elephant. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Tales from the Crypt (1950 E.C. Comics) 38 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4405338002

Cover by Jack Davis. "Tight Grip!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; This story is narrated by a trunk and concerns the murder of a woman the trunk is fond of; When the murderer attempts to hide in the trunk, he panics and shoots holes through it. "Only Skin Deep!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Reed Crandall; A man marries a woman at Mardi Gras who wears a hag mask. "Big Fish!" text story. "Last Laugh," script by Al Feldstein, art by Will Elder; An obese practical joker with a stomach problem visits a doctor and relates a practical joke involving getting old clothes and bloody butchered chunks of horse flesh to take down to the train yard near where some children regularly play. "Mournin' Mess," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); The Grateful Hoboes, Outcasts, and Unwanteds' Layaways Society is run by a man who read 'Midnight Mess' in Tales from the Crypt #35, and offers a pleasant burial for the penniless. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $495.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4264093015

Cover by Moe Marcus. Stories and art by Ben Brown, David Gantz, Moe Marcus, and Bernard Baily. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. Hideously ugly Hans Bruckner is rejected from town after town, not because of his appearance, but because of his Mr. Hyde-like violent temper. The world's champion chess player is challenged by the mysterious Invincible One, who plays with a chessboard whose pieces look like miniature human beings. Vampires stalk the help at a country farm, but the farmer himself seems strangely unconcerned. The Man Who Lost His Shadow!; Hand of Fate!; Sisters of the Witch; Game of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $545.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #0311463023 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($16.35) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Moe Marcus. Stories and art by Ben Brown, David Gantz, Moe Marcus, and Bernard Baily. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. Hideously ugly Hans Bruckner is rejected from town after town, not because of his appearance, but because of his Mr. Hyde-like violent temper. The world's champion chess player is challenged by the mysterious Invincible One, who plays with a chessboard whose pieces look like miniature human beings. Vampires stalk the help at a country farm, but the farmer himself seems strangely unconcerned. The Man Who Lost His Shadow!; Hand of Fate!; Sisters of the Witch; Game of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $229.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case Label #4000363022 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.87) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Gene Fawcette. Stories and art by Louis Ravielli and Gene Fawcette. Pre-Code horror comics set in exotic lands form this one-shot from Toby Press. A man visiting France sees the image of a long-dead woman in a mirror. Dan finds love and horror while visiting New Orleans during Mardi Gras. While visiting England, Marion gets lost in an old castle and finds herself 500 years in the past. The Mirror of Cagliostro; Murder At the Mardi Gras; Strange Romance: Love of Roger Hardin; Time Is Running Out; Death Ship. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $13,300 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) 9 pieces of tape covering spine of cover. Label #0952981007

Horror and Science Fiction books that appeared around 1952. Each E.C. Annual contains four complete books that did not sell on the stands which were rebound in the annual format, minus the covers, and sold from the E.C. Office and on the stands in key cities. The contents of each annual may vary in the same year. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $69.00 Paper: Off white Label #0774785008

Three stories are included in this issue: "Tarzan and the March of the Lion Men" (Tarzan fights off sabretooth lions and helps build the city of New Cathne); "Brothers of the Spear"; and "Buffalo Hunt" (a text piece). Art by Jesse Marsh. Lex Barker photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $99.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0774785012

Lex Barker photo cover. "Tarzan and the Men of Monga," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; While exploring Pal-ul-don, Tarzan rescues Ro-Mee-Lah, sister of his friend Jo-Rah, from the crooked-legged men of Monga; Jo-Rah gives Tarzan a dyal to carry him through the Valley of Monsters. "The Elephants of Athne," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan visits the city of New Athne and discovers that the Athneans have taken two archaeologists prisoner; The ransom price set by Prince Ergon is one rifle and a safari car. "New Warrior" text story. "Brothers of the Spear," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning: Dan-El and Natongo find that they have reached the kingdom of the Aba-Zulus. Kongoni, the king's speaker, recognizes Dan-El's key and birthmark and acknowledges him as king of the Aba-Zulus. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $89.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0774785013

Lex Barker photo cover. "Tarzan Faces Death on the Desert," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tom Culver, seeking the lost Maypools, meets Dr. MacWhirtle in Nairobi; MacWhirtle agrees to introduce Culver to Tarzan; When they find Tarzan he tells them that the Maypools are in New Athne. MacWhirtle flies Tom there and Tom is captured by the Athneans. "Tarzan on the Trail of the Leopard Men," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan helps his friend Buto rescue Buto's younger sister, Nee-Issa, from a leopard cult; With Tantor's help, the leopard cult village is destroyed. "The Day of Departure" text story starring Mabu. "Brothers of the Spear," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning; Kongoni arranges for the Aba-Zulu headmen to pledge their loyalty to Dan-El. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $1,199.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4369221023 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($35.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ric Estrada, and Bill Ely. Love and scandal from St. John, with plentiful art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Vicki dates larcenous bad boy Wally and winds up in the news after he gets caught, in a story with art by Baker. Jimmy tries to woo Marge with offers to pay for their class trip, but she knows the money is stolen. After Vera's fiancee Robin loses his family fortune, she decides to go into modeling, but that's not as easy as it sounds. Cover by Baker. Notorious Woman; Love on Thin Ice; Love Cant Be Dishonest; 4 Years to the Altar; His Heart on My Sleeve. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $1,200.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4349059016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($36.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Pre-Code jungle adventures from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Rulah, Jungle Goddess battles devil-women, featuring some delightful bad-girl art, possibly by Matt Baker. Rulah learns a frustrated hunter has trained jungle animals to kill for him. A witch doctor foe of Rulah's creates an army of amoeba-men, in a truly bizarre tale. Also featuring a vintage ad for boogie-woogie lessons ("If You Can Play Piano at All, You Can Play Boogie-Woogie!"). Another fun cover with bondage elements by L. B. Cole. Rulah: The Death Five; Rulah: The Stalking Death; Rulah: Plasma Peril. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Terrifying Tales (1953) 14 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4405338007

Cover by L. B. Cole. Pre-Code jungle adventures from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Jungle Goddess Rulah meets a face from her past, featuring Rulah's origin story, and art possibly by Matt Baker. The treasure of pirate Black Elsie is sought by her modern-day, redheaded descendant, featuring some delightful bad-girl art. Blonde femme fatale Nita plots to do away with her husband on safari, unless Rulah can intervene. Yet another great cover with bondage elements by L. B. Cole. Rulah: The Weird Idol; Rulah: The Terrible Treasure; Trail's End; Rulah: The Carnivorous Blonde. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $399.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4385185022 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and Matt Baker. Pre-Code jungle adventures from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Torga and Luana try to keep their old foe Laskar from sacrificing a visiting professor to the devil-beast called Zong. Jungle warrior Rulah follows a trail of dead bodies to a trap from her old foe Joppa, who wants to make her his bride. Rulah uses jungle strategy against what appears to be an invading Mongolian horde. Another bondage/good-girl/gorilla cover by L. B. Cole. Torga: Bride of the Devil-Beast; African Jungle Hunt; Rulah: Tyrant of the Jungle; Rulah: The Jungle Flames of Terror. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,900.00 Restored: C1 Paper: Off white to white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. Label #4373408007

Cover art by L. B. Cole. "Revenge of the Black Magic Idol"; Amazo destroys Gahna's village and enslaves his people. She pricks her finger on the idol of Janus, which she had hoped would help her defeat Rulah, and dies from its poison. "Silent Death"; Skeeter sends his wife, Liz, to Rulah's village to try out the Red Death bacteria he stole. "The Strangest Punishment" text story. "Mankillers"; Renture keeps his subjects by lying to them that they are cursed; In fact, it is their dimly-lit city that disfigures them. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $1,900.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Significant scuff(s) inner well Label #0759379011

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth and others. Pre-Code jungle adventures from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Jungle hero Jo-Jo faces the terror of the Tarantula Men. Jo-Jo battles a beast-man and a gigantic snake to free Tanee and other beautiful women from a witch doctor. Beautiful Torla drugs Jo-Jo and abducts his mate Tanee to the aptly named Rodent Island. Spooky cover by L. B. Cole. Jo-Jo, Congo King; World Facts; Jo-Jo, Congo King: Feathered Serpent; The Greedy Leopard; Wild Betty of the West; The Saga of British Caryl; Jo-Jo, Congo King: Rodent Island; Dream Mystery. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $1,099.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1401373010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($32.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth and others. Pre-Code jungle adventures from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Jungle hero Jo-Jo faces the terror of the Tarantula Men. Jo-Jo battles a beast-man and a gigantic snake to free Tanee and other beautiful women from a witch doctor. Beautiful Torla drugs Jo-Jo and abducts his mate Tanee to the aptly named Rodent Island. Spooky cover by L. B. Cole. Jo-Jo, Congo King; World Facts; Jo-Jo, Congo King: Feathered Serpent; The Greedy Leopard; Wild Betty of the West; The Saga of British Caryl; Jo-Jo, Congo King: Rodent Island; Dream Mystery. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $159.00 Paper: Cream to off white Double Cover: 1st cover 8.0, interior cover 8.5. Label #2054996017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.77) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Tony Tallarico and others. Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. Tex takes issue when a ferry owner tries to price-gouge wagon-train settlers who are racing a deadline to make their claims on the Western frontier. Framed for murder in Ten Mile City, Tex must elude a mob and prove his innocence. Outlaws want Tex's saddle, because a map to stolen loot was hidden inside it by the hanged owlhoot Calabash. Plus a vintage ad for Daisy Air Rifles featuring Red Ryder. Barrier to Boot Hill; Loonie Les: Gentamental Critter; Li'l Buck: Good Historian; Journey to Jail; Saddle Conquest; Buffalo Bull: The Doggonedest Deal; Pinto Pete: Echo Canyon; Sagebrush: Quiz Kiddo; The Frame-Up; Gopher-Face: Quarrelsome Type; The Round-Up. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Thing (1952 Charlton) 2 CGC 3.5 Restored

Restored: C1

Paper: Cream to off white

Restoration Includes: Tear Seals To Cover, Cover Re-attached With Glue.

Label #4405338003

Cover by Bob Forgione. "The Red Death," art by Bob Forgione; A terrible and deadly plague ravages a medieval king's land; While his peasants die, the king holds a masquerade ball. 'El Toro Diablo,' pencils by Albert Tyler, inks by Bob Forgione; A boy with the looks and the horns of a bull becomes famed matador Tomas Hernandez. "The Witch's House" text story. "The Creature," pencils by Albert Tyler, inks by Bob Forgione; The earth is befallen by mysterious cancerous growths. "The White Rat"; A doctor is bullied by his strong assistant; He invents a muscle growth serum and goes for payback. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $399.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3971543013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Fago. "The Hounds of Dartmoor," art by Dick Giordano; Account of phantom hounds of Dartmoor, allegedly the inspiration for the Sherlock Holmes novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles." "I Was A Zombie," art by Al Fago; Engineer Alden Blake is called to Haiti to build a dam; When he ecounters zombie slave laborers, Blake threatens to go public. "The Promise of Ying Ko," art by Al Tyler; Skipper Steve Payne makes a living cruising the waters off the Chinese coast; After saving the life of a man called Ying Ko, Payne himself gets rescued years later by the now turned "pirate king" Ying Ko. "The Unseen Thing" text story. "The Petrified Ghost"; A sculptor is crushed to death by one of his statues; But his blood (and ghost) are absorbed by the sandstone. "Partners In Death," art by John Belfi; Ray Bruce withholds heart pills from his business partner Howard Croft, thus killing him slowly. "Twins of Doom"; Identical twins Peter and Paul Leverett are going to meet again after a ten-year separation; A rival steps in and kills Paul, sending Peter into (by twin-magic) a coma and summoning the local sheriff. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $605.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more Label #4184354009

Severed head cover by Lou Morales. "Curse of Karnak," art by Bob Forgione; Professor Ambrose carelessly revives the mummy of King Mentu and sets free a plague of Egyptian gods running amok in the excavation camp. "Harmony of Horror," art by Bob Forgione; Jim Shervin kills Bruno Augustin, the rival for his love of the beautiful Cleo. "The Frustrated Ghost" text story. "Murderers' Row," art by Tex Blaisdell; Strange things happen in and around Professor Caglio's wax exhibition of murderers through history. "The Tavern of Terror," art by Collier; Young man spends the night in an inn haunted by an old female vampire. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $280.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4224156015

Cover by Bob Forgione. "The Tale of a Salem Witch," pencils by Art Capello, inks by Dick Giordano; A witch helps a man regain his stolen horses; She lets a ship sink so that the animals can swim ashore. "The Weird Tale of the Rock Bound Ghost," art by Bob Forgione; A gang of smugglers encouters ghosts from the past at a lighthouse; In helping the ghosts settle an old score, the men are promised a gold treasure. "Vengence Will Be Mine," art by Dick Giordano; Two businessmen commit theft and murder, but frame their partner for the crimes. "The Riddle of Benares" text story. "The Warlock of London," art by Collier; The witcher Rego takes human form by using magic brews and terrorizes London society in the disguise of Lord Harwood. "An Ancient Ghost Story," art by Dick Giordano. "Jibaro Madness," art by Bob Forgione; Explorers searching for the secret of head-shrinking are captured by madman Maximo; He shrinks them to doll size and prepares to cut their heads off. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $240.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4063199010

Cover by Bob Forgione. "Mardu's Masterpiece," script by Carl Memling, art by Bob Forgione; Etienne Mardu, Parisian art painter, gains success by painting with blood. "The Road to Madness," script by Carl Memling, pencils by Bob Forgione, inks by Vince Alascia; The sadistic and ruthless collector of gems, Francisco de Cobra, hears about the world's largest diamond; He travels to the Amazonian jungles to get his hands on the item. "The Skull Stretchers" text story. "Operation Massacre," script by Carl Memling, art by John Belfi; Madman Marko controls an army of robots by pure thought; On his way to world domination he makes one fatal mistake. "The Dead Man's Hand," script by Carl Memling, art by Bob Forgione; A cruel master pianist is killed by his wife and her lover; The maestro's hand, however, returns. This issue is mentioned in "Seduction of the Innocent" (by Fredric Werthem) pg. 388 & illo "Stomping on the face is a form of brutality which modern children learn early." 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $460.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1994356014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.80) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bob Forgione. "Flower of Evil," script by Carl Memling, art by Bob Forgione; Evil botanist Stanley Budd kills for a formula which makes his flowers grow into enormous proportions. "Into the Fire," script by Carl Memling, art by Stan Aschmeier; As assistant in a crematorium, Charley Burns plans to dispose of the body of his murdered boss, but gets himself trapped inside the flames and perishes. "Darkness" text story. "Death Has Three Fingers," script by Carl Memling, pencils by Bob Forgione, inks by Vince Alascia; Inspector Corgan is assigned to investigate the brutal slayings of a werewolf. "Mark of Violence"; When brave villagers capture a vampire, it is the mayor's task to perform certain rituals on the creature's body to make sure it will not rise again. "The Devil's Kiss," inks by Vince Alascia; This year's king of the Mardi Gras is the devil himself. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $1,995.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4367053004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($59.85) will be charged at checkout.

Edited by Will Lieberson, Roy Ald and Al Jetter. Cover by Shelly Moldoff. Stories by unknown. Art by George Evans, Bernard Baily and Shelly Moldoff. Horror tales that are so scary they could only lead you to believe that This Magazine is Haunted! In this issue: After two hundred years the Duke of Allister rises newly born from his casket at Carnoc Castle. Now immortal, he seeks to lead a second life. But the forces of witchcraft which granted him his gift return to haunt the Duke in "The Curse of Carnoc Castle" with art by George Evans. Plus: Karl Danner steals the coat of a dying man and uses the ticket he finds in its pockets to escape aboard a ferry. Unfortunately he has chosen the ferry of the dead and is doomed to ride along in "Stand-in for Death" with art by Bernard Baily. And: Beautiful Carlotta marries undertaker Hiram for his money. Things get dangerous when she finds out that her husband made a pact with the devil in person in "The Coffin-Maker!" with art by Shelly Moldoff. Also: 2-page text story "Doctor MacCready's Little Men" written by Al Schutzer, and an ad for Worlds Beyond. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $450.00 Paper: Off white Label #4275058001

Edited by Will Lieberson, B.J. Heyman and Al Jetter. Cover by Shelly Moldoff. Stories by unknown. Art by Leonard Frank, Shelly Moldoff and unknown. Turn down the lights, lock the door and read this issue...if you dare! Horror tales that are so scary they could only lead you to believe that This Magazine is Haunted! In this issue: Scientist Peter Tam works as a graveyard keeper to conduct experiments on the deceased. When he succeeds in waking a corpse he fatally chooses to revive a homicidal maniac in "The Secret of the Walking Dead"! Plus: Tod Tilstrom, window display designer at a big store, abuses his manikins. An especially hideous one comes alive, chases him and substitutes Tod for itself in the window display in "Showcase for Horror!" with art by Leonard Frank. And: Jonathan Lodge comes to Salem, New England, to disprove theories that one of his ancestors was a witch. When he finds a magic crystal with the soul of a man trapped inside, Lodge delves into witchcraft himself, with tragic consequences, in "The Curse of the Crystal!" with art by Shelly Moldoff. Also: 2-page text story "The Unhaunted House" written by Eando Binder, and ads for Worlds of Fear, Strange Suspense Stories, and Terror Tales. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $270.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4149393015

Edited by Will Lieberson, B.J. Heyman and Al Jetter. Cover by Shelly Moldoff. Stories by unknown. Art by Leonard Frank, Shelly Moldoff and unknown. Turn down the lights, lock the door and read this issue...if you dare! Horror tales that are so scary they could only lead you to believe that This Magazine is Haunted! In this issue: Scientist Peter Tam works as a graveyard keeper to conduct experiments on the deceased. When he succeeds in waking a corpse he fatally chooses to revive a homicidal maniac in "The Secret of the Walking Dead"! Plus: Tod Tilstrom, window display designer at a big store, abuses his manikins. An especially hideous one comes alive, chases him and substitutes Tod for itself in the window display in "Showcase for Horror!" with art by Leonard Frank. And: Jonathan Lodge comes to Salem, New England, to disprove theories that one of his ancestors was a witch. When he finds a magic crystal with the soul of a man trapped inside, Lodge delves into witchcraft himself, with tragic consequences, in "The Curse of the Crystal!" with art by Shelly Moldoff. Also: 2-page text story "The Unhaunted House" written by Eando Binder, and ads for Worlds of Fear, Strange Suspense Stories, and Terror Tales. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $275.00 Paper: White Label #4332430012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.25) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Edited by Will Lieberson, V.A. Provisiero and Al Jetter. Cover by Shelly Moldoff. Stories by unknown. Art by Bob McCarty, Shelly Moldoff and unknown. Warning! This magazine is only for those who can stand the strange terror of the supernatural! Horror tales that are so scary they could only lead you to believe that This Magazine is Haunted! In this issue: The satanic supernatural Mr. Avarice makes pacts with humans willing to let their life be fueled by greed in "The House in the Web" with art by Bob McCarty. Plus: Headmaster Lowry runs a cruel regime in his old people's home. Father Time in person puts him to the test by letting him age rapidly. Lowry has to experience the curse of old age first-hand in "The Aged Curse!" And: A beautiful dancer named Tanya is being kidnapped into another dimension by three carcass-like fiends. The power of dance, however, is too much for these ghouls, and Tanya dances right back into the arms of her earthly lover in "The Dance of the Dead!" with art by Shelly Moldoff. Also: 2-page text story "Lost Chords" written by John Martin, and ads for Strange Suspense Stories and Terror Tales. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Norman Maurer. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Norman Maurer and Sandy Woolf. St. John, a pioneer of celebrity comics, puts Moe, Larry and Shemp on the four-color page. The world's biggest swindler sells the Stooges a firecracker factory, and it's only a matter of time until everything blows sky-high. The Stooges go treasure hunting in the East River. Action girl Jeanie finds trouble on the set when a jealous actress tries to have her eliminated, in a story with early art by comics legend Joe Kubert. Bogus Takes a Beating; Bumps for the Umps; Big Brush Off; Jeanie Steele, Hollywood Stunt-Girl; Bell Bent for Treasure. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Peanuts debut in comic books for the very first time (ties with United Comics #21 for 1st appearance in comics) - source "All in Color for a Dime: Peanuts in Comic Books" By Derrick Bang. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Al Capp, Sam Leff, and Henning Mikkelsen. Tip-Topper Comics collected some of United Features Syndicates most popular comic strips of the 1940s in full color, including Lil Abner and Fritzi Ritz. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. Phil and Fritzi's boring dude-ranch vacation becomes a breathless chase after Phil accidentally lassos a moose. This issue is noteworthy as being the third comic book (after Tip Top Comics (1936) #173 and United Comics (1940/1950) #21, tied for first place) to reprint Charles Schulz's beloved Peanuts comic strip, then only in its third year. Curly Kayoe becomes involved with Grace's center for troubled boys, and mixes it up with gangster Mooch. Surprising Smith wants to marry Daisy Mae, in a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Li'l Abner; Curly Kayoe; Ferd'nand; Stamp Tips. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Warren Kremer. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Warren Kremer, Pete Morisi and Joe Certa. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. A ghost awakens to resume his old life with a murder, but doesn't reckon on the murder victim's ghost returning as well. Scientists discover something living deep beneath the Earth's crust - something evil. Puppeteers buy strangely lifelike puppets from an odd little man. The Dead Awaken; The Thing from the Center of the Earth; The Marriage of the Monsters; Strange Superstitions; The Little People; The Wax Museum; The Living Dead/Root Of Evil; Weird Facts. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Lee Elias, Joe Certa, Moe Marcus, Rudy Palais and Joe Certa. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. Invading aliens wipe out the entire human race, except for Joe. Evil Countess Aurora trades her soul to Satan in exchange for ruling her country. A pagan idol gives a losing gambler incredible luck, for exactly one year. Crypt of Tomorrow; The Captain of Death; Cavern of the Doomed; The Ape Man; Weird Worlds; The Cry of Satan; Death Pact; Birth of a Vampire. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Abe Simon, Moe Marcus, Rudy Palais and Joe Certa. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. Astronauts awaken in a future world inhabited by apelike creatures. An apprentice magician murders his boss, but didn't count on magical revenge from beyond the grave. A volcano god reanimates the dead to show his displeasure with the local village. The Survivors; Return from the Grave; Blood Ghost; Volcano of Doom; Doomed To Die; Found: The Lair of the Snow Monster. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman, John Giunta and Don Perlin. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. A killer has a near-death experience and realizes how close he is to losing his soul for good. An evil hypnotist seeks revenge on his ex-wife and her new boyfriend. An evil suit of armor is the undoing of two antique collectors. Hive!; Abominable Snowman; The Search; The Eyes of March; Final Blow; Vision in Bronze. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Al Eadeh, Manny Stallman, and John Giunta. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. Practical jokers have fun and games scaring each other, until one of them gets his brain knocked out. A history of all the horrible things that have happened on a Monday. A man named Noah builds a boat to escape his nagging wife, in the hilariously titled "Noahs Arg-h!" Big Joke; Murder for Sale; Why We Call It Blue Monday; Noahs Arg-h!; A Rose Is a Rose; The Big Idea; Man Made Monsters; The Trial. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Manny Stallman, John Giunta, Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, and Jack Sparling. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. A scientist's evolving machine turns him into an advanced being, until he takes it too far. The series continues its trend of offbeat horror stories with a Western version of the classic Don Quixote. A man murders his brother....too bad they were Siamese twins. Evolution; Terror; The Story of the Witch/The Hand Behind the Head; Don Coyote: A Boo of the Month; Tale of Cain; Blind Alley; Terror Tricks; Gambling Fever. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover. "Marriage for Spite"; Edna flirts with other men to make her boyfriend Johnny jealous, and he finally breaks up with her as a result; When she hears hes dating Laura, Edna goes out with Lewis in revenge, and agrees to marry him to one-up Johnny. "Bargaining for Happiness"; Kathy, who lives with her family in a shabby section of town inhabited mostly by poor railroad workers, becomes engaged to her boss Dick, the son of a wealthy businessman. "Heartbreak House"; Adria wins a house in a contest; Architect Keith asks to lease it from her, and Adria helps him find a lot and furnish and decorate the house; She falls in love with him, then learns hes engaged to Gloria and plans to marry her and live there. "Marriage Insurance" text story. "Corsage of Heartaches"; Lucy and her fiancé Ivan jointly inherit the plant nursery where they work; According to the will, the nursery is to be split between them, and at the end of 3 months, whoever has made the most money gets the whole business. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Warren Kremer, Vic Donahue, and Jack Sparling. Harvey presents war stories as Korea was becoming the latest American conflict. US soldiers face a vicious counterattack from enemy forces. A weary sergeant tries to keep two soldiers from fighting each other while patrolling the Korean front. US fighter pilots seek a hidden airbase somewhere in the Korean wild. The Spirit of '52; Counter-Attack!; Operation Diamond; Iron Joe; The Hero; The Mystery of Mig Alley. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman and Al Feldstein. Art by John Severin, Will Elder, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, and Harvey Kurtzman. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. A naive lieutenant leaves himself open to sniper attacks in Korea, in a story with inks by MAD legend Will Elder. The real-life story of the legendary ascent of the US Rangers up the cliffs of Pointe Du Hoe during the Normandy Invasion. A member of the 7th Cavalry witnesses Custer's Last Stand, with art by Wally Wood. Plus The EC "Artist of the Issue" featuring Wally Wood. Luck!; Custers Last Stand; Escape Plot; D-Day!; Jeep! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Special Civil War issue (Content Warning: Pro-Confederate narratives). Cover by Jack Davis. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Gaines, and Al Feldstein. Art by Harvey Kurtzman, John Severin, Wally Wood, Reed Crandall, and Jack Davis. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. General Robert E. Lee makes a desperate bid to stop the advancing Union army at Fredericksburg. At Memphis, the Confederate and Union Navies meet in battle on the Mississippi. Another Mississippi battle is for the city of New Orleans, with art by Wally Wood. Plus an illustrated map of the Civil War Battles of Fredericksburg, New Orleans, Memphis and Chancellorsville. Civil War Map; Robert E. Lee!; New Orleans!; Forrest!; Memphis!; Chancellorsville! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by Hank Chapman, Fred Kida, Paul Reinman, Manny Stallman, and Sam Kweskin. Tantalizing tales of suspense and horror, sometimes with science fiction elements. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by Hank Chapman, Fred Kida, Paul Reinman, Manny Stallman, and Sam Kweskin. Tantalizing tales of suspense and horror, sometimes with science fiction elements. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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A-1 Comics #62. Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Ogden Whitney. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #62. Female secret agent Starr Flagg debuted in Manhunt! (1947) before graduating to her own title. A reporter is murdered seconds before he could go on the air with a scoop about a hostile foreign country. Starr must find a ring that can trigger a nuclear holocaust. Madam Darkova's gorilla servant captures Starr and a scientist with a deadly steel-melting formula. The Mystery of the Stolen Secrets; The Riddle of the Radio-Death; The House That Hate Built; Jeopardy in Jade; Beauty and the Beast. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Russell Patterson, and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Fritzi wants Phil to lose some weight. This issue is noteworthy as being the first comic book (along with Tip Top Comics (1936) #173, published the same month) to reprint Charles Schulz's beloved Peanuts comic strip, then only in its third year. Bathless Groggins is mistaken for his wealthy cousin and loses a poker game with millionaires, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Mamie; Stamp Tips; Abbie an' Slats. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Published by Magazine Enterprises. Cover by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Stories and art by Bob Powell and Frank Bolle. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #68. Action-packed fact and fiction about the US Marine Corps, in a series revived for the Korean War. A hillbilly named McCoy brings his family feud to Korea; The story of the battle of Tarawa during WWII; A pilot struggles to regain his nerve after being shot down over enemy territory. A-Feudin' and a-Fightin'; The Bloodiest Battle in History!; Boogie Woogie Battle; Flight Into Fury; Initiation Into Fear! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.