Comic books 1940-1949, graded by CBCS

Add to cart CBCS 8.5 $1,760.00 Paper: Off white Label #0011389-AA-003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($52.80) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover by Bill Vigoda. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Bill Woggon, Bob Montana, Al McLean and Terry Szenics. Archie goes to a masquerade as a knight and Jughead goes as his horse. Archie causes choas at the masquerade, and particularly upsets his English teacher Mr. Squeegee in "A Horse's Tale"! Plus: A hypochondriac tells Mr. Andrews that he appears to be very sick in "The Physical Wreck"; Betty and Veronica make life masks in "The Plastic Mask"; Archie is cooking pancakes when the air raid siren goes off -- he has to turn off all the lights in the house and keep his pancakes from burning at the same time in the Archie Short "Blitzed By the Blackout"; a tale starring Dotty and Ditto; and Archie caddies for Mr. Andrews and does more harm than good in "The Caddy"! Plus: When Archie breaks Mr. Weatherbee's typewriter, it's up to Archie and Jughead to fix it in the 2-page text story "You Can't Kill a Guy For Trying"! Also: "Match Wits With Archie" activity page! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $319.00 or Best Offer 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 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 1.5 $3,499.00 or Best Offer Trimmed Paper: Off white to white All 3 edges of interior trimmed. 1st wrap and 2 center wraps married. Staples removed. Extensive amount of tape on cover and interior. Label #20-46F130F-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($104.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Fred Ray, inks by Jerry Robinson. "The Joker's Advertising Campaign," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); The Joker escapes from prison and places ads each day in the newspaper to advertize to Batman and Robin his latest criminal pursuit. 1-page Clancy the Cop story by Henry Boltinoff. "Payment In Full," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Batman discovers that the D.A. faces one of the most difficult decisions of his life: to persecute and send to the chair a criminal who once saved his life. "Bandits In Toyland!", script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Bruce Wayne is called to immediate jury duty and discovers that the defendant has been framed. "All the Angles" text story by Edgar Wilton. "Four Birds of a Feather!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); The Penguin joins in a financial enterprise with some "old friends" of his to open a night club called The Bird House in Florida.... with gambling as the real racket. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 0.5 $1,199.00 Paper: Off white to white Front and Back Cover Completely Split and Reattached with Tape. Pieces Missing From Last 3 Pages. Affects Story. Incomplete. Moderate Amount of Tape on Cover and Interior. Side Edge Crack Less Than 1" Label #18-0396a51-017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($35.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

1st appearance of Alfred Pennyworth - Cover by Jerry Robinson. "The Joker Reforms!", script by Don Cameron, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos; After robbing a jewelry store, the Joker crash-lands his escape plane and loses his memory; He stumbles into a town where he becomes a hero... but not to the other members of his gang, who seek the jewels, and come looking for him, as do the Caped Crusaders. One-page Shorty story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Grade A Crimes!", script by Ruth "Bunny" Lyons Kaufman (as Bunny Lyons), pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by Jack Burnley and Ray Burnley (backgrounds); After a series of early-bird robberies, Batman notes the appearances of a milkman and his horse-drawn wagon at the scene of every crime, and makes the connection that it is involved in the heists. "The Adventure of the Branded Tree!", script by Don Cameron, pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by Jack Burnley and Ray Burnley (backgrounds); Batman and Robin track down the secret of a dagger-branded tree that led to the murder of two lumberjacks. "Motive" text story by Eric Carter. One-page Clancy the Cop story by Henry Boltinoff. "Here Comes Alfred!", script by Don Cameron, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Things get very complicated when an English butler, named Alfred, suddenly shows up on the doorstep of Wayne Manor and announces that he is there is attend to their needs in order to fulfill a promise that he made to the original butler for the Wayne family. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $680.00 Paper: White Label #0008015-AA-029

Cover by Dick Sprang. "Enemy No. 1," script by Bill Finger, art by Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane); Adam Frank has a fetish about being "the first" in everything he does, and when things don't work out to his advantage, he decides to turn to crime. "The Butler's Apprentice!", art by Jerry Robinson; A group of criminals have targeted a rich place to rob, but it is so well guarded that they find it difficult to get in the place; Then they get an idea: one of them will be trained as a butler, who'll work as an inside man... and Alfred is chosen as the one to train him! "Heroes By Proxy!", script by Don Cameron, art by Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane); Two private detectives are down in the dumps because they are flat broke, even though they have great detective abilities; When they hear that the Wayne Mansion has been robbed, they decide to change their tactics and investigate, disguised as Batman and Robin! "Freedom's Stamp" text story by Eddie Bell. 1-page Private Pete story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Mails Go Through!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane), inks by Charles Paris; When the local postman is wounded in a chase involving the Caped Crusaders, Batman takes over the job for a day and learns of the kidnapping of a man by the Scuttler, who has committed the crime in order to get a registered letter which will reveal information about an invention worth millions. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $140.00 Paper: White Label #21-2F3BC32-027 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.20) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by John Celardo. Guns in the Night!, pencils by John Celardo. Billy West's Burglar Alarm text story. Billy West Cowboy Club news & application form. Battle For Billy West!; Uncle Dan'l tells Julie & Snubby the story of how he & Billy West teamed up. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $800.00 Paper: Off white to white From the Personal Collection of Frank Brunner. Label #18-45214C7-012

Edited by Ned L. Pines. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by Richard Hughes, Capt. Kerry McRoberts, Bob Stanwood, Al Camy, and Drew Coleman. Action-packed tales featuring such characters as Jimmy Cole, Boy Sleuth and the Black Terror, a super strong super-hero. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.0 $575.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #0002071-AA-009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.25) will be charged at checkout.

Edited by Ned Pines. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by George Tuska, Jerry Robinson, Mort Meskin, Charles S. Strong, H. R. Karp, Irving Karp, and Art Helfant. Action-packed tales featuring such characters as Flush Bradley and the Black Terror, a super strong super-hero. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. 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 $130.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #21-1EAEE22-112 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.90) 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 3.0 $1,000.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Cover reattached with 2 staples added. 2 pieces of tape on cover and 16 pieces of tape on interior cover. Label #16-25F6772-013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Lin Streeter. Rescue On Devil's Island starring Captain Flag, script by Joe Blair, art by Lin Streeter (signed as Lin); Captain Flag & his pet eagle Tang head for Devil's Island to rescue a young newspaperman he had encouraged to go there to dig up a story on the Nazis responsible for torturing people there. The Sinister Senator Snazzle starring the dog Rang-A-Tang, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle. Department Store Death starring Fox, script by Joe Blair, art by Bob Montana. Courier Mission To Russia starring Corporal Collins, script by Harry Shorten, art by Carl Hubbell. The Cannibals' Dinner Dance starring Ty-Gor, script by Joe Blair, art by Bob Montana. The Future Bubble--Tales From the Witch's Cauldron, art by J. S. Phillips. Attack On Gibraltar starring Loop Logan, script by Joe Blair. The Coming of the Gargoyle starring Mr. Justice, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.5 $749.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #7008919-AA-006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.47) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dick Wood, Bob Wood, Alan Mandel, Frank Volp, Dick Briefer, Bart Tumey, Norman Maurer 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. The origin of Iron Jaw is revealed, as his son is sent to America on a mission from Hitler. Young Robin Hood encounters the mysterious criminal mastermind called The Veiled Lady. A spy tries to prevent Bombshell from revealing the Nazi plans for the invasion of America. Crimebuster: Origin of Iron Jaw; Young Robin Hood: Wanted Dead or Alive: Mickey Murder, Bullet Brain; Boy Comics Hero of the Month; Daredevil On the Isle of Terror; The Case of Bill MacDonald; Swoop Storm; Little Dynamite: Boys of the Street; Yankee Longago. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 9.2 $655.00 Paper: Off white to white Pedigree: Edgar Church (Mile High) Edgar Church (Mile High). This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.65) 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 $260.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #24-0785CBD-051 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.80) 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 8.5 $300.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #21-155D344-003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Brooklyn Gets A New Look, script by Ed France Herron; After a car accident, Brooklyn undergoes plastic surgery; plus, he loses his Brooklyn accent when given hypnotic voice coaching; it doesn't help much though when he's kidnapped by a gang of crooks out for revenge. Claw and Fang, script by Ed France Herron; Andre returns to France and Percy (from Boy Commandos 23) replaces him in the Commandos; then the gang goes to Africa to capture wild animals to replenish a zoo. Audrey Ashby fact page by Stookie Allen. The Champ With Four Legs, script by Ed France Herron; Tex inherits a boxing Kangaroo. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $3,000.00 Paper: White Cover reattached with 1 staple added. Original staple removed. Label #23-0993083-007

Includes: Alex Schomburg cover art; The Terror of the Green Mist, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; Murder! starring Human Torch, art by Al Bellman; Loose Lips text story; The Mystery of the Locked Door--Let's Play Detective by Bellman; The Canal of Lurking Death, Pencils by Sid Greene; and The Coughing Killer, Pencils by Al Gabriele, Inks by Vince Alascia. 60 pgs. 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 4.0 $812.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #19-2BC2507-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($24.36) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

1st appearance of the Monster Society of Evil. Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Al Liederman and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Al Liederman and unknown. Captain Marvel's smashing new mystery serial begins! When Captain Marvel tries to stop Captain Nazi from stealing a precious black pearl from an Indian princess, he learns that the Nazi has been sent by a mysterious criminal genius who has gathered several of Cap's deadliest enemies in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 1: The Pearl of Peril" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. (1st appearance of Mr. Mind as voice on radio.) Captain Marvel also stars in: "Shipyard Sabotage" (appearances by Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Josef Goebbels and Benito Mussolini); "The Voodoo Show Boat" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck; and "The Revolt of the Comics!" with story by Otto Binder. Plus: Captain Kid in "Ski Champion" by Al Liederman. And: 2-page text story "Fog and Fury" by Nathaniel Nitkin. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $599.99 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #0000610-AA-025 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($18.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Marc Swayze, Bert Whitman and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, C.C. Beck Shop, Bert Whitman and unknown. Now on Earth, Mr. Mind uses his cosmic brain ray to command worms to eat away at the foundations of skyscrapers, causing them to collapse. Captain Marvel eventually discovers the villain hiding under his nose and decides to stop Mr. Mind once and for all by crushing him underfoot in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 6: Mr. Mind on Earth" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and C.C. Beck Shop. Captain Marvel also stars in: "Captain Marvel Makes a Movie Hit" with story by Otto Binder (Los Angeles city story); "The Pledge of the Gremlins" by Marc Swayze, C.C. Beck and C.C. Beck Shop; and "The Arabian Nights of Today" with story by Otto Binder. Plus: Little Sneezer in "De Code in de Dose!" by Bert Whitman; Captain Kid in an untitled 2-pager; and 2-page text story "The Bases Were Loaded" by Gary Brown. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $299.95 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #26-0A0AE38-004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck and unknown. Mr. Mind realizes he has not fully recovered from his amnesia when he can't think of a new evil plot. He goes to attend his School for Evil and recovers his own evil nature. Billy is captured again by Archibald the Satyr, but he escapes and Captain Marvel tears apart the school, though he can't find Mr. Mind in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 23: Mr. Mind's School for Evil" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Captain Marvel also stars in: "The Genius of the Garret" with story by Otto Binder; "Captain Marvel and His Trip to Other Worlds" with story by Otto Binder; and "Washington's Haunted Embassy" with story by Otto Binder (Washington, D.C. city story). Plus: Captain Kid in an untitled 1-pager. And: 2-page text story "Night Comes to Esquag" by Arthur Lane. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 0.5 $699.95 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 ($21.00) 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 8.0 $450.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #21-31C4038-007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.50) will be charged at checkout.

White cover edition; "Clean Fun, Starring Shoogafoots Jones" is a 1944 comic book by the Southern Book Company of Columbus, Ohio. The book features short stories in comic book format rife withg Jim Crow-era stereotypes of African-Americans from the South. Although the stereotypes are from a time that is now, thankfully, long past, Shoogafoots does perform some non-stereotypical deeds: In one story, he appears as a World War II flying ace, shooting down enemy planes and bombing Axis submarines. 28 pages with a slightly thicker cardboard cover which is also slightly larger than the interior pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.0 $385.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #23-0AF5128-016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.55) 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 4.0 $165.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #24-1373B55-006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.95) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Rudy Palais, Dick Wood, Dick Briefer, Norman Maurer, Al Fagaly, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Killer Ray Sutherland flees Eugene, Oregon in 1930 and finds a hideout in the mountains. The leaders of Paris's Apaches street gang become involved in a love triangle with a prostitute, in a story with bad-girl art by Rudy Palais. "Overcoat Joe" swindles hotels by pretending his suit was stolen, but finally gets caught without pants. Also featuring a vintage PSA warning against wartime inflation. Don't Get Hooked Again!; King Killer of the Mountain; The Case of the Missing Pants; Blonde Queen of Crime; The Fateful Letter; The Case of the Tell-Tale Watch; The Crime of Terry Almodovar; Whodunnit: The Case of the Mad Midget. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 9.0 $1,419.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #21-164373B-004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($42.57) 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 0.5 $999.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, affects story. Cover detached and completely split. 15th wrap detached. Label #21-15A304A-002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($29.97) will be charged at checkout.

Joker cover art by Jerry Robinson. A Crime A Day starring Batman, Robin, and The Joker, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos. A Break for Santa starring The Boy Commandos, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. The Unlucky Reporter starring The Crimson Avenger, script and pencils by Jack Lehti, inks by Charles Paris. Death on the Diamond starring Spy, art by Chuck Winter. Murder on the Campus text story by Jack Watson. The Voice from Nowhere starring Air Wave, pencils by Harris Levy (as Lee Harris), inks by Charles Paris. Case of the Missing Grin starring Slam Bradley, art by Howard Sherman. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 2.0 $450.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #23-2B67447-011

Cover art by Gus Ricca. Untitled story, art by Al Plastino; A masked man orders a tribe of nomads to kidnap children for him. Untitled story starring Mr. E, art by Charles Sultan. Untitled Ima Slooth story, pencils by Joe Beck, inks by Otto Eppers. "The Mystery of the Inlaid Box" text story; Kent's friend George has an inlaid box his father sent him before he died. Untitled story, art by W. J. Madden; A special fluid saves Kent's life and gives him superpowers, which he uses to fight crime. Untitled Dan Hastings story, art by George Tuska. Untitled The Echo story, art by Rafael Astarita. Untitled Lucky Coyne story, art by J. Cavallo; Lucky takes the case of finding a kidnapped painter. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 2.0 $450.00 Paper: Brittle Label #22-1281DA1-002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Doolin and Lily Renee. Edited by M.E. Peacock and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Ann Brewster, Alex Blum, Arnold Hicks, Lily Renee and Matt Baker. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Tiger Girl sets out to free the kidnapped Eurlara; Hooks Devlin investigates The Case of the Dressmaker's Dummy; Glamour-girl turned super-spy Senorita Rio returns to Hollywood at last, but her Nazi-smashing days aren't over yet. Featuring art by famed good-girl artist Matt Baker and pioneering female artist Lily Renee. First cover appearance of female secret agent Senorita Rio. Rip Carson; Tiger Girl; Hooks Devlin; Kayo Kirby; Blaze of Glory; Shark Brodie; Senorita Rio. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $6,000.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #16-3D818BA-011

Flash stars in "The Rival Flash," written by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "The Case of the Painted Horse" with pencils by Infantino, inks by Bernard Sachs; Black Canary in "Crime on Her Hands" by Kanigher, pencils by Infantino, inks by Sachs; Atom in "The Vanishing Lighthouse" written by Arthur Adler, art by Paul Reinman; Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop humor by Martin Naydel; and Hawkman in "The Flaming Darkness" by Broome and Joe Kubert. Cover art by Joe Kubert. This was the last issue in the Golden Age Flash series, but it picked up with issue #105 to begin the Silver Age of comics, with Barry Allen in the starring role. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "ANDY PANDA, No. 54." Cover art by Dan Gormley. The Ghostrider, art by Dan Gormley; Charlie and Andy take a vacation out West and end up in the rundown town of Grimy Gulch; When the Ghost Rider appears after a ten-year absence and robs the bank, Andy and Charlie are made deputies and trail him; They get lost and end up in a ghost town, where Miranda Panda and Wally Walrus are held captive by a gang of "ghosts." The Magic Hat, script by John Stanley, art by Dan Gormley; Andy and Charlie go into a magician's hat and find themselves in Hocus-Pocus Land, the place things go when magicians make them disappear. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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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.

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Johnny Hazard in "Wolf at Bay," "Capture as a Hostage," "Murder in the Mountain," and "The Battle of Giants!" Art and cover by Frank Robbins. Cover price $0.10.

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"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.

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Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, Bill Woolfolk, Joe Certa, Pete Costanza, and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. The Marvel Family faces the fighting Yergos, a family of warriors from 20,000 years in the future. Seven-headed Dr. Hydra opens a fourth-dimensional door to Valhalla, unleashing Viking warriors upon the city, but Mary Marvel leads a charge of Valkyries (!) to oppose them. Beautiful enchantress Delilah hypnotizes the original Captain Marvel into believing he's blind. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. The Family of the Future; Judge Smudge; Lazy Lee; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Boxcar Benny; Captain Marvel Jr.: The Name of Death; Mary Marvel Visits Valhalla; On the Job; Unknown Hero; Captain Marvels Blindness. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by Lily Renee, August Froehlich, Murphy Anderson, John Cavallo, Ruben Moreira and Chester Martin. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. In the Lost World, the alien Volta manage to plant an agent inside the human rebellion on Earth; A great Murphy Anderson strip speculating what alien life on Mercury might look like; The debut of Futura, as the future hero is abducted by invisible forces to the space city of Cymradia. Life on Other Worlds: Mercury; 2400 A.D.; The Lost World; Futura; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Death-Ray from the Sun; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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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.

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Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Bill Holman, Frank King, Zack Mosley, Boody Rogers, Elliott Caplin, Jay McArdle, Gus Edson, Otto Messmer, George Swanson, Cliff Sterrett, Jimmy Murphy, and Gaylord Du Bois. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Smilin' Jack's plane crashes on Toemain's property. Making their escape, Terry and Pat stumble into an encampment of Chinese soldiers. Felix the Cat matches wits with two wise-guy mice on Christmas Eve. Also featuring popular strips Smokey Stover and Gasoline Alley. Smilin' Jack; Terry and the Pirates; Toots and Casper; Polly and Her Pals; The Gumps; The Flop Family; Felix the Cat; Dr. Bobbs; The Button; Smokey Stover; Gasoline Alley; Gang Busters. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Adolf Hitler: Emperor of Hate;" The Bloody Trail of the German Fuehrer leads along a route that can only end in his defeat and death. "Magellan: Master Mariner;" The explorers vision encompassed the globe, and his ships sailed to its furthest corners. "Remember the Alamo," script by Maurice Gutwirth; Davy Crockett, William B. Travis, James Bowie and their Texas pioneers write a glorious page in American history. "Garibaldi: Liberator of Italy;" The great Italian patriot believed in freedom and unselfishness, and was willing to lay down his life for them. "A Master of Smiles and Tears" text story; The amazing career of Charles Dickens, whose writings influenced social progress in England and America. "Andrew Jackson;" Old Hickory came out of the South to lead his country's soldiers and become one of America's great presidents. "The Seminole Indian War;" Osceola, chief of the Seminoles learns that the settlement of the Florida peninsula makes the natives a pawn in International intrigue. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lou Fine. Stories by Rodney Weems and Bert Whitman. Art by Emil Gershwin, Robert Webb, George Tuska, and Bert Whitman. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics featuring sci-fi heroes and some of the very first superheroes. Electric-powered hero Electro becomes Dynamo, and uses his powers to trap a gang of gold thieves in gold electroplate like living statues; Marga the Panther Woman is kidnapped by a mad African ruler who wants to make her his queen; Navy Jones helps the undersea kingdom rebel against its corrupt Prime Minister. Another terrific cover by Lou Fine. Science Fights Crime!; The Eagle: The Mail Pirates; Dynamo: The Fort Knox Gold Robbery; Cosmic Carson: Master of the Ice Ray; Perisphere Payne: Attack On the Moon; Build a Fighting Plane; Build a Super-Locomotive; Marga: Uchunko, Ruler of the Jungle; Gold...1000 Miles Down; Dr. Doom: Battle of the Insects; Navy Jones: The Prime Minister Strikes Back. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.