Comic books 1946-1948, graded by CBCS

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $855.00 Paper: Off white to white $ Pieces of Archival Tape on Interior Cover. Label #7010420-AA-002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($25.65) will be charged at checkout.

Nuclear explosion cover by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye. Crime Paradise starring Superman, pencils by Win Mortimer, inks by George Roussos. Devilfish's Domain starring Congo Bill, script by Alvin Schwartz, art by Ed Smalle. The Perfect Hideaway starring Hayfoot Henry, script by Alvin Schwartz, art by Stan Kaye. When East Goes West starring Vigilante, script by Joe Samachson, inks by George Roussos. The Man Who Didn't Dare starring Zatara, art by W. F. White. 52 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $319.00 Paper: Off white to white 1-1/2" cumulative cracking along back of case. (see scan) Label #7004017-AA-003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.57) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Fagaly. Stories by Bob Montana and unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Pen Shumaker, Al McLean and Bob Montana. Archie's book of rope tricks proves disastrous when Mr. Andrews tries the 'Hindu rope maze' on his friend and can't get him out in "Knots To You"! Plus: After a visit from his mother-in-law prevents Mr. Jones from going hunting and fishing with Mr. Andrews, Archie takes his place and helps hunt and fish in "The Happy Hunting Grounds"; Betty and Veronica fight over the last dress in a store; after getting shown up by Reggie, Archie decides to learn how to ride a horse and drags Jughead into it with him in "Crazy Over Horses"; and Archie gets initiated into the Philomathian club but hurts Mr. Weatherbee in the process in the reprint story "Boat Ride Blues"! Also: Short articles about Hollywood stars June Haver, Dana Andrews, Vivian Blane, Dennis O'Keefe, Ingrid Bergman, Gary Cooper and Errol Flynn, as reported by 'Archie,' in "Hollywood Tattle Tale: Archie Andrews Reporting"! And: "Archie Puzzle Page" (two of them)! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.5 $120.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #19-01ED423-004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.60) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Al Fagaly. "The Lifeguard," art by Bill Vigoda; Archie fills in for Reggie as a lifeguard and gets into his typical antics. Archie's Hollywood Quiz Page by Herbert "Red" Holmdale. "The Glamour Boy," art by Bill Vigoda; When Archie takes a bunch of papers from Miss Grundy's desk (instead of just his essay) to escape the Riverdale Glamour Girl Society, Reggie discovers that test answers are among the papers and steals them from Archie. Hollywood Tattle Tales article. "A Cozy Date," art by Bill Vigoda; Archie tries to get some time alone with Veronica, but people keep ringing the doorbell. Katy Keene ad. Untitled Betty and Veronica story, art by Irving Novick; Betty and Veronica take the advice of a radio show host and decide to live among nature to lose weight. Super Duck ad. "Service With a Snicker," art by Bill Vigoda; When Archie and Veronica cause the cook and maid to quit, Veronica has Archie dress up as a French maid to serve dinner to the Lodges and their guests--who turn out to be Archie's parents. "Midsummer's Nightmare," art by Bill Vigoda; Archie gets a summer job at Hopntakadip Camp and causes the usual chaos. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.5 $200.00 Label #16-33432AF-010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.00) will be charged at checkout.

Spring 1948. Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by unknown. Art by Reed Crandall and Bill Ward. One for all and all for one! Featuring Blackhawk in: "The Realm of Yesterday" with art by Reed Crandall; "Paragon" with art by Bill Ward; "The Merchant of Death" with art by Ward; and 2-page text story "Sky Thief"! Plus: Chop Chop in an untitled back-up story with art by Ward. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.5 $135.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #21-1EAEE22-112 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.05) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover by James Wilcox. Stories and art by Joe Donohoe, Ray Gill, Jim Wilcox, Seth Harmon, K.W. Fitch, Don Rico, Art Helfant, Milt Hammer, Jack Warren, and Tom Gill. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #67. Adopting a postwar persona, Blue Bolt has adventures while flying for Glimpses, a photography magazine. Dick Cole's academy faces summer maneuvers against rival Holden Military Academy. Blue Bolt follows a lead to an aerial dogfight with the unassuming but deadly Mr. Wisp. After a game of quoits turns deadly, Edison Bell and Jerry find themselves quoiting for their lives. Dick Cole; Sergeant Spook; Krisko & Jasper; Blue Bolt; Fearless Fellers; The Vanishing Clue; Edison Bell; Boitram the Boiglar; Sniffy; Dink; Something For the World; Bluebolts & Nuts. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 9.2 $665.00 Paper: Off white to white Pedigree: Edgar Church (Mile High) Edgar Church (Mile High). This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.95) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Bob Wood, and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. Crimebuster investigates the death of a famed lady-killer, in a story featuring classic good-girl art by Flash Gordon's Dan Barry. Teens convince their school to buy a small plane and start a flying program, featuring aviation art by Flash Gordon's Dan Barry. Little Dynamite and his pals take on The Smelly Sneed Gang. Crimebuster; Famous Eccentrics; Daredevil: A Slight Interruption; Famous Eccentrics; Little Dynamite. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $270.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #24-0785CBD-051 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.10) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Louis Cazeneuve. The Top of the World, script and pencils by Jack Kirby; Jane Miller parachutes to the top of Mr. Everest and the Boy Commandos are sent in to rescue her. The Script That Was Never Written, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Louis Cazeneuve; Rip and the boys make a movie and catch some jewel-theives at the same time. Professor Pipp two-pager by Jack Farr. The Lady Known as Velvet, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Louis Cazeneuve; back in New York, Rip seems to be leaving the boys behind when he falls for a girl named Velvet. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.0 $395.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #23-0AF5128-016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.85) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Stories by Dan Gordon and Gil Turner. Art by Dan Gordon and Gil Turner. Cover by Dan Gordon. Teen hijinks featuring Cookie and his pals, created by legendary animator Dan Gordon. Cookie mixes up his gift for Angelpuss with the gift for his mom; Jitterbuck tries to get to school on time; Cookie dons disguises to help the F.B.I. catch a crook. Cookie; Jitterbuck; Trudy; Good Deed Jitterbuck; Cookie and the Contest; After the Bawl Was Over. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 9.0 $1,495.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #21-164373B-004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($44.85) will be charged at checkout.

Art by Edmond Good and Jack Kamen. Cover by Edmond Good. Dagar the Desert Hawk, aka Bart Benson, is a Lawrence of Arabesque hero who lives and fights in the Arabian desert. A villain with a shrinking serum kidnaps women to create a miniature slave army; An escaped convict masquerades as a monkey god in order to steal sacred jewels from a native village; An educational page on traditional Arab clothing. Also featuring a text story with the puzzling title Sarong of Death. The Wretched Antmen!; The Murderous Mutinous Insurgent!; Sarong of Death; Bombay Bombshell!; The Idol With Four Paws!; The Arabian. Issues 17 and 18 were not published. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $315.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #6500103-AA-004

Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY"S DONALD DUCK IN VOLCANO VALLEY, No. 147." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Volcano Valley, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald accidentally receives a full-size World War II bomber instead of the model plane he ordered, and sells it to the South American country of Volcanovia. Donald Duck and Radio Trouble, art by Tom McKimson; Donald sends the nephews to buy six eggs, but the advertisement for the eggs lands upside-down and the kids buy him six expensive radios from the Friendly Credit Store instead. Donald Duck's Big Blow-out, art by Jack Hannah; Donald and Neighbor Jones both build barbecues and get in a fight when Jones buys up all the marshmallows in town for a party. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $359.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #16-1697862-004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.77) will be charged at checkout.

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Bondage cover. Series changes theme from cartoon antics to jungle adventure. "Jo-Jo Congo King" features begin. In order of appearance: "Sports Stars on the Horizon"; "Jo-Jo Congo King" presents Jo-Jo's mate as "Gwenna", the first of four names assigned to the character before receiving her fifth and final name, "Tanee", in Jo-Jo Comics (1945) #8; "The Weird Adventure of The Bloodthirsty Devil Plant and a Blundering Madman!" presents Jo-Jo's mate as "Geesa", the second of four names assigned to the character before receiving her fifth and final name, "Tanee", in Jo-Jo Comics (1945) #8; "Bronze Man"; "The Purple Tigress"; "It's True"; and "Good Sports in Music". "Be Yourself, Daisybelle!" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $1,650.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #16-10DCC77-054 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($49.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Vince Alascia. The Ventriloquist's Vengeance starring Human Torch, art by Al Bellman. Murder with Music starring Sub-Mariner, pencils by Allen Simon, inks by Al Bellman. Message from the Dead starring Miss America, pencils by Charles Nicholas, inks by Ken Bald. Hunt for Courage text story. Jeff Goes High Hat starring Young Allies. The Killer-Ghost of Harmon Castle starring Angel. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $435.00 Paper: Off white Label #21-2F2E951-024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.05) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Stories and art by Bert Whitman and Howard Boughner. Raised in the jungle by her scientist father, Nyoka faces its dangers like no man ever could. In a two-part story, artist Pierre Pallette is assigned to paint "headhunters," but his examples look too fake. So he asks Nyoka to guide him to real headhunters, but that mission is fraught with danger. Nyoka is invited by an Indian maharajah to watch elephants battle in his personal arena, in a story featuring a splash page of two elephants in boxing gloves. The Congo Headhunt! Part I: Painter Pallette's Predicament; Kid Gloves; Trader Tom; Part II: The Chopping Block; Lion-Hearted Leo, the Animal Trainer: Vacation for a Day; Facing Green Death; Chippy Chipmunk: The Daredevil; The Elephant Battle!. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.0 $425.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #17-4049963-074 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.75) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover art by Jack Cole. The Sands of Crime, script by Gwen Hansen, art by Jack Cole; While Woozy goes on vacation, Plastic Man must prevent Ali Krim from stealing an experimental supersonic rocket. Gangster's Vacation, script and pencils by Jack Cole, inks by Alex Kotzky. The Ballet Caper, script by Gwen Hansen, art by Jack Cole; Woozy Winks goes solo and takes in the ballet, with disastrous results. A-Hunting Woozy Goes text story with Plastic Man by Jack Cole. A Shock to the System, script and pencils by Jack Cole, inks by John Spranger; Plas and Woozy must face a synthetic woman who can eat red hot coals and produce electricity from her fingertips. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $857.37 or Best Offer Paper: Slightly britle Label #20-3F84D0E-004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($25.72) will be charged at checkout.

Wonder Woman stars in "Tress's Terrible Mistake"; Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys star in "The Secret Crimes"; Sargon the Corcerer stars in "The Silent Crooks" (art by Paul Reinman); and a Willy Nilly story. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado" (art by C.C. Beck). 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.0 $1,100.00 or Best Offer Conserved Paper: Off white to white Amateur Conservation Includes: Cover reinforced with glue. Label #22-2A3689D-020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($33.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Fantasy of Hate starring Sub-Mariner, Betty Dean, and Mr. and Mrs. Franz Egarus, art by Allen Simon. Brontosaurus--They Lived Long Long Ago. The Ghost Ship starring Sub-Mariner and Allen Rosnim, art by Allen Simon. Ambush text story. The Water Front Phantom starring the Sub-Mariner, Betty Dean, Jack Prentice, and Martha Prentice, art by Allen Simon. Shadow of the Noose starring Angel and The Noose, art by Al Bellman. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 1.8 $249.00 Paper: White Extensive amount of tape on cover. Label #17-0F31A65-005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.47) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Fagaly. Untitled story, art by Al Fagaly; In order to earn money to buy an expensive bathing suit, Suzie takes a job at the Ladies Fashion Boutique, but proves to be of little help to the store. Suzie Puzzle Page. Untitled story, art by Al Fagaly; Suzie assists an eccentric inventor trying to market his impractical inventions. Untitled story, art by Samm Schwartz; Ferdie is hired to protect Mrs. Van Gelt's society party; Suzie tags along to make sure Ferdie doesn't make things worse, as Ferdie goes to the party disguised as a medieval knight. Untitled story, script and art by Bill Woggon; After winning a pinup contest at a local department store, Katy and Sis go to claim her prize. "The Carpenter"; Suzie and Ferdie are subcontracted to build a dog house for an ill-tempered bulldog. Untitled story; Ferdie gets into an altercation with a brute over a suit of clothes; When the brute, who is a local boxing champ, is accidentally knocked unconscious, everyone assumes Ferdie did it and fixes him up with a rematch against the champ in the boxing ring. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 9.0 $899.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #19-3841B1C-011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($26.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Bill Walsh, Bob Karp, Karl Karpé, Hubie Karp, Carl Buettner, George Waiss, Manuel Gonzales, Don Gunn, Bill Wright, Sylvia Holland, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 6 #12. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Pogo's Walt Kelly. In a classic story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey inherits a haunted house from his Uncle Max. In a story by Barks, Donald goes after his nephews after they skip school and catch a freight train for Pickleburg. Frontiersman Donald abducts a bear cub, but mama's not going to be happy about that. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; Circus Fun; High Tide; Dumbbell of the Yukon; Mickey Mouse: The House of Mystery. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $195.00 Paper: White Label #0004665-AA-020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Al Fagaly. "Of Boats & Birthdays"; Laurie needs Wilbur's help assembling a kayak. "Smile, Darn You! Smile!"; Wilbur's dad tries to go through the day smiling. 2 Wilbur Puzzle Pages. "It's a Date"; Wilbur tries to get two dates for two guys. Nevada Jones house ad. "The Lucky Silver Dollar"; Wilbur has a silver dollar to take Linda on a hay ride, and he drops it down a grate. "Open the Door Wilbur" text story; Wilbur's dad tries to fix the closet door knob. "Reverse Psychology"; Wilbur uses reverse psychology to get money from his dad, then his dad tries to use reverse psychology on Wilbur. Untitled Katy Keene story, art by Bill Woggon; An artist has Katy pose for wax models he is making. Katy Fashions page by Bill Woggon. 52 pgs., 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.