Comic books 1941, graded by CBCS

Add to cart CBCS 1.8 $849.95 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #22-3108ACF-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($25.50) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Note: issue #3 is the first issue. Untitled story; Captain Courageous starts out stopping kids from bullying a girl and it snowballs into stopping a Nazi invasion of the United States. Untitled story, script by Otto Binder; Lone Warrior enlists in the U.S. Army, is stationed right by the boy's camp where his kid brother goes, and the two join forces to stop saboteurs at the Army base working for the Dictator's Shadow. Untitled story; Tyson Typhoon and the crew of the Sea Lion are transporting a scientist who enemy agents want to kill. Untitled story; Ned and Kay are asked by the American Consul in Mexico City to return diamonds to Brazil, but gangsters have other plans. Capsule biography of Captain Jack Knight, art by Warren Kremer. "Mastermind Payoff" text story by Ralph Powers. Untitled Paul Revere, Jr. story, art by George Wilson; Paul Sr. runs an anti-isolationist newspaper called "America Awake", which draws the ire of a Fifth Column group called The Thorns; Paul Jr. and his friends, Patrick and Betsy, are members of a club with the same name and fight the Thorns. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.0 $1,400.00 or Best Offer Slight amateur restoration Paper: Off white Amateur Restoration Includes: Small amount of color touch to cover, tears sealed to cover with glue. 2 pieces of tape on interior cover, 2 pieces on 15th page & 2 pieces on centerfold. Label #18-24030A2-002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($42.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bob Kane. "Wanted: Practical Jokers!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); The Joker organizes a new gang by advertising for practical jokers in the newspaper. "Lucky Bump" text story by Eric Carter. "The Trouble Trap!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Batman must battle a swami who has hypnotized individuals, made records of conversations that he had with them, then later demands blackmail money or the records will be made public. Two-page Chief Hot Foot story by Henry Boltinoff. "The North Woods Mystery," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Nora Powell heads with Bruce Wayne to the big woods to help run a logging operation after her Uncle is murdered, but is puzzled when her partner wants her to sell out to their competition. "The People vs. the Batman," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (signed), inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Weasel Venner wants to make sure that a fellow criminal doesn't make public the fact that he is the head racketeer in Gotham City, so he arranges for someone to be set up for the murder of Horatio Delmar: that someone being Bruce Wayne! 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 1.5 $12,900 Slight amateur restoration CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Cream to off white Verified Signatures: Stan Lee (on 18th page) and Joe Simon. From the Personal Collection of Duke Caldwell. Amateur Restoration includes: Extensive color touch on cover, large piece added to cover. Moderate tape on interior. Label #23-46F61B5-007

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. "The Return of the Red Skull," script and pencils by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, inks by Simon, Kirby, Al Avison, and Al Gabriele; The Red Skull returns from the dead to wreak horrible vengeance on unsuspecting victims, including a phony Cap and Bucky, the brainchildren of a group of thugs. Sentinels of Liberty ad. "The Hunchback of Hollywood and the Movie Murder," script by Simon and Kirby, pencils by Kirby, inks by Bernie Klein and George Roussos; Death and terror lurk behind the scenes of a Hollywood movie set as Cap and Bucky hunt a hunchback madman, whose bloody hand seeks to stop the grinding cameras from filming the truth for a liberty loving public."Captain America Foils the Traitor's Revenge" text story by Stan Lee, art by Kirby. "The Queer Case of the Murdering Butterfly and the Ancient Mummies," script by Simon and Kirby, pencils by Kirby, inks by Reed Crandall; Laughing at law and order, the Butterfly loots a museum of its priceless treasures until Captain America and Bucky steps in to clip his wings. Human Torch ad. Untitled Tuk the Cave-boy story, script by Simon and Kirby, art by Mac Raboy; Tuk and Tanir help Princess Eve regain her rightful throne in Atlantis. Untitled Hurricane story, script by Simon and Kirby; The use of "infernal death boxes" in causing subway wrecks draws the attention of Hurricane. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 0.3 $2,275.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Coverless. INCOMPLETE. Label #6500066-AA-016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($68.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by C.C. Beck. All stories written by Joe Simon, penciled by Jack Kirby, and inked by Dick Briefer. Captain Marvel stars in an untitled adventure in which the Big Red Cheese battles Dr. Sivana's super-robot "Z!" Also features "Capt. Marvel Out West," an untitled adventure in which Captain Marvel battles dragon-men from Saturn, and "Capt. Marvel Battles the Vampire," in which Billy Batson learns about vampires from a book by H.P. Lovecraft! Also features two one page fillers, "Capt. Marvel's Pencil-Puzzle-Page" and "Bill Batson's Page of Games." 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $4,500.00 or Best Offer Moderate professional restoration Paper: Off white to white Professional Restoration Includes: Small Amount of Color Touch on Cover, Tiny Pieces Added to Cover, Cover Reinforced, Small Tear Seals to Back Cover. Label #18-14796C0-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($135.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Charles Quinlan, Ray Willner, Al Ulmer, and Ed Lipowski. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 1 #6; this numbering continues from Crash Comics (1940) #5. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Raised in the Burmese jungles by tigers, David Merryweather uses his catlike powers to battle criminals as Cat-Man. After her husband is killed by criminals, Linda Masters becomes the first crimefighter called the Black Widow. Believed murdered by gangsters, Jay Garson returns to fight crime as the Ragman. Cat-Man; Blaze Baylor: The Arson Ring; Deacon; Dr. Diamond; Lucky Landers; Private Jones; Hurricane Harrigan; Rag Man; Black Widow; Muddled Mottos; Lance Rand. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 0.5 $899.95 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Centerfold missing, affects story. INCOMPLETE. 15th wrap detached. Cover reattached with moderate amount of tape. 2 long pieces of plastic attached to interior cover with moderate amount of tape. Label #21-21EDEFB-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($27.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Charles Quinlan, Ray Willner, Edward Lipowski, Saul Rosen and Al Ulmer. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 1 #9. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics Cat-Man's alter ego David Merryweather is marked for death after he threatens to reveal the names of the Nazi-affiliated Swastika Council. Dr. Diamond tracks a mysterious zeppelin that is destroying buildings with artificial lightning. Dean Denton is a reformed burglar who becomes the crime-fighting Deacon to make up for his past misdeeds. Working out of a church, he tries to prevent ex-con Johnny from resuming his life of crime and corrupting his young brother. Cat-Man; Blaze Baylor and the Arson Ring; The Deacon; Dr. Diamond; Lucky Landers; Freddie's Match; Hurricane Harrigan; Rag Man; Devil Dogs; Pied Piper; Lance Rand. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.5 $630.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #17-4049963-054 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($18.90) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Bill Everett cover. Contains three original features accompanied by comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Hydroman" by Bill Everett; "Flyin' Jenny" by Russell Keaton; "Screen Oddities" by Gordon Fawcett; "The Purple Zombie" by Tarpe Mills; "Sergeant Stoney Craig" by Frank Rentfrow and Don Dickson; "Reg'lar Fellers" by Gene Byrnes; "Dinky Dinkerton" by Art Huhta (as Jim Wallace); "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Mann of India" by Tarpe Mills; "Bill and Davey" by James P. McCague; "Dare-devils of Destiny" by Frank Rentfrow and Don Dickson; "Gordon Fife and the Boy King" by Bob Moore and Jim Hales; "Amaze A Minute" by Arnold; "Tad of the Tanbark" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; and "Kitty Moran and her Hound" and "Idioddities" by Jack Romer. "Trouble in Sudbury" text story by E. Albert Willard. Indicia states "Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics". 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.0 $4,249.95 or Best Offer Paper: Slightly britle Label #21-3941879-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($127.50) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

"The Wild Hare," script by Chase Craig; Elmer goes hunting and has to deal with a screwy rabbit. "Porky's Hired Hand"; Porky hires a night watchman to guard his chickens. Untitled story; Sniffles meets Mary Jane. "Tom Thumb in Trouble"; Tom is saved from drowning by a little bird. "Porky's Hollywood Sketchbook." Untitled story; Mike captures a roonga and PP&P. He delivers them to the king; The pot is put on to boil; Pete pitches a rock from the portal of the prison hut, beaning the king; Mike stages a coup d'etat, declaring himself king; The gang escapes in the chaos as Cap and the crew arrive; On the trail back, the rare roonga appears! "Elmer and His Magic Wand," art by Chase Craig; Bugs convinces Elmer that he has a magic wand. Untitled story, art by Win Smith (as Leon Schlesinger); Bugs steals a government airplane in order to win a model building contest. "Pokerhuntas and Captain Johnny Smith." "Bugs Bunny and His Secret Six." "Believe It or Else." Porky Pig art on back cover. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 1.0 $1,395.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #17-2C06FE4-012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($41.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Mac Raboy. The Coming of Captain Nazi, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Mac Raboy; Hitler introduces a new foe for the super heroes in America: Captain Nazi, who is sent to the United States specifically to destroy its weakling "heroes." The Black Dragon Society, art by Charles Sultan; Minute Man [Jack Weston] vs. the Black Dragon Society. The Curse of the Balandrachu starring El Carim, art by George Tuska. The Goat People and the Dragon, script by Otto Binder, art by Rafael Astarita; Captain Venture vs. King Leon. The Peacemakers starring the Companions Three. The Landers-Benson Range War, art by Ralph Carlson; Buck and Mike run smack into a range war, and have to make peace. Black Giant, the Man From the Grave starring Zoro, The Mystery Man. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 1.5 $905.00 Paper: Cream to off white Cover detached and completely split. Top 2 pegs loose inside slab. Label #22-215DE65-005

Cover art by Irv Novick. Untitled Shield story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Irv Novick. Untitled Danny In Wonderland story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Lin Streeter. Untitled Comet story, script by Joe Blair, art by Lin Streeter. Untitled Fireball story, art by Paul Reinman. Untitled Sergeant Boyle story, art by Charles Biro. Untitled Midshipman story, script by Joe Blair, art by Mort Meskin. Intro and origin Madam Satan story, script by Abner Sundell, art by Harry Lucey. Untitled Kayo Ward story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Bob Wood. The Case of the Pirate's Ghost starring Bentley of Scotland Yard, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.5 $16,999 Paper: Off white to white Label #20-264F7EF-021 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($509.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

First appearance of Plastic Man. Cover by Gill Fox. "Introducing the Firebrand," script by S. M. Iger, art by Reed Crandall; Firebrand's break-up of a window washer's racket leads him to bigger fish, who are attempting to steal a fortune in diamonds. "The Origin of #711," script and art by George E. Brenner; Dan agrees to take the rap for a soon-to-be-father, who agrees to give himself up to the law after seeing his newborn and wife; But when he is killed in an accident, prisoner #711 decides to remain behind bars and fight crime from there, in this case against Slick Panzer, who has swindled a widow out of $250,000. "The Attack of Ali Harid," script and art by Witmer Williams (as Clark Williams); Evans and Snap head to Cyranis to photograph enemy movements and activity, but when they return with photos for the general, they are arrested for violating a treaty with Ali Harid. "The Legend of the Black Baron," script and art by Vernon Henkel; When Curtis Randall decides to change his will and give away his entire art collection, he is seemingly murdered by a suit of armor belonging to one of his ancestors. Intro of Plastic Man in "The Origin of Plastic Man," script and art by Jack Cole; While escaping from a crime scene, Eel O'Brian has a vat of acid dumped on his head, giving him the ability to stretch his body; Eel decides he doesn't want to be a criminal anymore and uses his newly found powers to capture his former partners in crime. "The Redemption of Steele Kerrigan," art by Al Bryant. Intro and origin of the Phantom Lady in "The Coming of the Phantom Lady," art by Arthur Peddy; The Phantom Lady rescues a kidnapped scientist who has developed a uranium explosive. Intro of the Human Bomb in "The Origin of the Human Bomb," script and art by Paul Gustavson (as Paul Carroll). "Vengeance" text story featuring Dick Mace, script by Robert M. Hyatt. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 0.3 $595.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Cover is a color copy attached with 4 pieces of tape on interior. Label #20-09983F1-004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Elmer Wexler. Fighting Yank story, script by Richard Hughes, art by Jon Blummer. Captain Future story, art by Kin Platt. Ace Buckley story featuring President James Monroe and Simon Bolivar, art by Max Plaisted. Biff Powers Big Game Hunter story, art by August Froehlich. The Half Pint text story by Charles S. Strong. Detective Sgt. Burke story with Monty Soames. Lucy's Knitting text story by Kelvin McKay. G-Man Dalton story, art by Leo Morey. The Masked Rider story with Shep Hogan, art by John Daly. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $2,995.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #20-0297949-119 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($89.85) will be charged at checkout.

Jim Mooney cover. In order of appearance: "Magno the Magnetic Man, The Clown Comes Back" art by Jim Mooney; "The Black Spider"; "Vulcan"; "Peewee Wilson, U.S.A."; "Sky Smith" art by Maurice Gutwirth; "Buckskin, America's Defender of Liberty!" art by Harry Anderson; and "Captain Gallant and His Mini-Sub" art by Mark Arthur Schneider. "Circus Days" in-house comic advertisement for Lightning Comics Vol. 2 (1941), art by Jim Mooney. "Crossword Crime" text story by Cliff Howe. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 8.5 $7,200.00 Paper: Off white Label #00-7008344-AA-006

Cover art by Fred Ray. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel (signed), pencils by Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster], inks by the Shuster Shop [as Joe Shuster]; Superman battles against some members of the Committee Against Militarism, whose leader is actually employed by a warring totalitarian nation. Supermen of America ad. Sport Spotlight on Surprising Veterans featuring Fred Fitzsimmons, Gene Sarazen, Max Baer, Ted Lyons, and Lefty Grove. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel (signed), pencils by Paul Cassidy (?) [as Joe Shuster], inks by the Shuster Shop [as Joe Shuster]; Superman prevents Judge Crane from committing suicide, and, after talking with the judge, discovers that his daughter has been kidnapped. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel (signed), pencils by Paul Cassidy (?) [as Joe Shuster], inks by the Shuster Shop [as Joe Shuster]; Editor White sends Clark out to Lamson Laboratories to get to the bottom of an unknown person or persons causing problems at the lab in an attempt to force the W-142 formula out of Lamson. A Bombing Flight text story, script by Frank Cooper, art by Fred Ray. Superman Physical Development Club article. Ad for Batman #4 and the Superman Radio Show. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel (signed), pencils by Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster], inks by the Shuster Shop [as Joe Shuster]; The death of Morton Carling leads Lois, Sgt. Casey and Superman to uncovering the fact that the Jackson Jewelry Company was a front for a murder syndicate. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $650.00 Paper: Off white 1 piece of tape on cover. This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.50) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. "Confrontation with Spy Smasher," pencils by C.C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza; Sterling Morris calls Billy into his office and shows him newspaper headlines about Spy Smasher running wild and posing a real danger to U.S. defense sectors; Upon hearing that the former hero is at the federal penitentiary helping prisoners escape, Billy changes to Captain Marvel and travels to the prison to stop Spy Smasher. "Carol Braddock - Marked for Death" starring Golden Arrow, art by Pete Costanza. "The Land of the Leopard Men" starring Lance O'Casey, art by Bob Kingett. "The Trap for Eve Corby" starring Spy Smasher, art by Charles Sultan. "The Gas Gun Murders" starring Dan Dare, art by Greg Duncan; vs. John Elton. "Circus Hero" text story, art by Carl Formes. Untitled Dr. Voodoo story, art by Mac Raboy. "The Man Whose Words Came True" starring Ibis the Invincible; vs. Trug. 68 Pages, Full Color. 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.