Comic books 1955 or before, graded by CBCS

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $759.99 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #16-2897383-008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.80) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Joe Certa, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. An undertaker's son is sheltered from the outside world, knowing only death, until he finally snaps, in a story with strong Eisner influences by Howard Nostrand. A MAD-style spoof of the classic Mutiny on the Bounty. Private eye Rudy Crane is hired to find a beautiful woman's missing husband, in a spoof of hardboiled detective stories. Undertaker; Pictures; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Mutiny on the Boundary; Eye Eye, Sir; Surgery; Monumental Feat. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 0.5 $300.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Centerfold missing, affects story. INCOMPLETE. Label #22-0692A42-681 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Harry G. Peter. "In Pluto's Kingdom Part 1: The Secret of the Dark Planet," script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; After a Holliday girl is abducted by King Pluto, Wonder Woman and the Holliday girls travel to the furthest planet, where the king extracts their "color bodies" to light his gloomy planet and attempts to melt Wonder Woman like a color tablet. "In Pluto's Kingdom Part 2: The River of Liquid Fire," script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman and her girls pierce Pluto's underworld and fight off his forces to retrieve their "dark earth" bodies, while Pluto escapes to mount an assault on Earth. Wonder Women of History: four-page Madame Curie bio, script by Alice Marble, art by Alfonso Greene. Two-page text story, "Dangerous Adventure" by Jim Robinson. "In Pluto's Kingdom Part 3: King Pluto's Revenge," script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Pluto kidnaps Steve and extorts a dynamo from Wonder Woman, intending to light his gloomy kingdom forever and let his kidnapped girls burn out. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.5 $1,187.45 or Best Offer Paper: White Significant front/back scuff(s). Label #7011606-AB-031 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($35.62) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Harry G. Peter. "Invisible Terror" (Part 1), script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Many of the U.S. top military officers are killed by an invisible ray, and Wonder Woman discovers that Marya has been taken prisoner aboard a Nazi sub, so the Amazon Princess heads to Africa where Nazi agents plot their resurgence. Wonder Women of History: four-page Elizabeth Blackwell bio, script by Alice Marble, art by Alfonso Greene. "The Witchdoctor's Cauldron" (Part 2), script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; When Wonder Woman and Marya encounter a group of African natives allied with the Nazis, they manage to rescue their slaves, the Zoogoos, who are being used to power the death ray. "Foney Fairy Tales" back-up story, script and art by Ed Wheelan. Two-page text story, "Baseball Double" by Jim Robinson. "In the Lair of the Death-Ray Criminals" (Part 3), script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; To save her friends, Wonder Woman surrenders to Blitz, who uses her as a human battery to power the invisible death ray to defeat Steve before he can gather reinforcements. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $569.00 Paper: White Label #19-08C9454-012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.07) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Harry G. Peter. "Speed Maniacs from Mercury," script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), pencils by Harry G. Peter, inks by Harry G. Peter and Arlene (backgrounds); Accidentally arriving on the planet Mercury, Wonder Woman and the Holliday Girls are captured by giantesses who have enslaved their men and been driven mad by their resulting idleness. Wonder Women of History: four-page Carrie Chapman Catt bio, art by Paul Reinman. "The Mistress of the Beasts," script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), pencils by Harry G. Peter, inks by Harry G. Peter; Arlene (backgrounds); A famous animal trainer uses hypnotism and her tiger slaves to extort money from faint-hearted millionaires. Out of the Gag Bag humor page by Art Helfant. Two-page text story, "Under the Waves" by Charles King. "The Golden Women and the White Star," script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), pencils by Harry G. Peter, inks by Harry G. Peter and Arlene (backgrounds); A giant red planet is discovered by Army scientists emitting radiation deadly to the Earth, just as Wonder Woman receives a distress call from the King of the White Star. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 0.5 $1,000.00 or Best Offer Paper: Brittle INCOMPLETE. 29th page missing, affects story. All 3 edges trimmed. Removed from bound volume. Spine completely split. Cover and all pages detached. Label #18-0438BD0-014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Lou Fine. The Atomic Generator starring Flame, script by Will Eisner [Basil Berold], art by Lou Fine. The Golden Amulet starring Yarko the Great, art by Bob Powell. The Terror starring Shorty Shortcake, script and art by S. M. Iger. Action In Switzerland starring Patty O'Day, script by Claire Moe, art by Claire Moe [Vic Todd]. The Real Scorpio starring Dr. Fung, script and art by Bob Powell. Tommy Taylor, the Great Boy Adventurer text story, script by S. M. Iger, art by Powell. The Dust of the Dead Men On Hangtown starring Tex Maxon, script and art by Munson Paddock [Cecilia Munson]. Hitting the Road starring Don Quixote. The Return of Lin Sun--K-51 Spies At War, script by Will Eisner [as Willis B. Rensie], art by Bob Powell. The Train Robbers starring Mob Buster Robinson, art by George Tuska. Adventure In the Azores starring Spark Stevens, script and art by Klaus Nordling. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 2.0 $2,750.00 Paper: Cream to off white 2 pieces of tape on interior cover. Label #0008675-AA-006

Traitors Die Fast! starring U. S. Jones, script by Bob Farrow. Patty O'Day story, art by Claire Moe. Burn, Devil, Burn! starring Flame, art by Arthur Cazeneuve. Yarko story. The Strange Case of Fulga the Fire Demon starring Dr. Fung. Spark Stevens story. Lu-Nar story. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 1.5 $575.00 Paper: Cream to off white Cover detached and completely split. Label #20-150B731-030 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Carl Burgos. Written by Hank Chapman, Don Rico and unknown. Art by Russ Heath, Carl Burgos, John Romita, Sr., Mort Lawrence and Bill Everett. In this issue: The Human Torch (Jim Hammond) and Toro (Thomas Raymond) in "The Return of...the Human Torch" by Hank Chapman, Russ Heath and Carl Burgos (art for Torch figure on splash page); Captain America, Bucky and the Red Skull in "Back From the Dead!" by Don Rico, John Romita, Sr. and Mort Lawrence (art for first panel of splash page); the Sub-Mariner returns in a story with art by Bill Everett; and "A Traitor Among Us" text story. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.