Comic books 1953, graded by CBCS

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $117.32 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #0007053-AB-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.52) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Howard Nostrand. Stories and art by Bob Powell and Howard Nostrand. A series of 3-D adventure stories, published to coincide with the 3-D craze in movies and comics of the era. The stories include a space-opera, a tale of explorers battling the dangers of the jungle, and a quest to discover the strange mountain creature known as the Snowman. Plus a story that takes advantage of the 3-D technology of the era by telling two separate tales on the same page. Breaking the Time Barrier!; Jungle Drum; Three-D Blinkey; The Hidden Depths; The Snowman; Sand. 36 pages, B&W with 3-D effects. NOTE: Originally distributed with 3-D glasses; may or may not still have them included. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $2,550.00 Paper: White Label #22-0BD84DD-003

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Mell Lazarus, Robert Bernstein and Ernest Schroeder. Medieval adventure featuring the wandering knight errant known as the Black Knight. The Black Knight battles an army to prevent a woman from being burned at the stake as a human sacrifice. The Black Knight searches for his missing friend, the Sheriff of Blisford, but he's vanished as if he never existed. Plus an early cartoon by Mell Lazarus, creator of the Momma and Miss Peach comic strips. Human Sacrifice; Old Liz; The Invitation. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.0 $999.00 Paper: Off white Label #16-33432AF-034 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($29.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Mell Lazarus, Robert Bernstein and Ernest Schroeder. Medieval adventure featuring the wandering knight errant known as the Black Knight. The Black Knight battles an army to prevent a woman from being burned at the stake as a human sacrifice. The Black Knight searches for his missing friend, the Sheriff of Blisford, but he's vanished as if he never existed. Plus an early cartoon by Mell Lazarus, creator of the Momma and Miss Peach comic strips. Human Sacrifice; Old Liz; The Invitation. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $895.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #17-4049963-020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($26.85) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Paul Gustavson and unknown. Art by Reed Crandall, Paul Gustavson and unknown. Featuring Blackhawk in: "Terror of the Crimson Hoods" by Bill Woolfolk and Reed Crandall; "Devil's Squadron!"; and "Vampire Men of Kunwalo!" with story by Bill Woolfolk. Plus: Chop Chop in an untitled back-up story by Paul Gustavson. And: 1-page text story "Man-Killer"! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) 118 CBCS 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #19-34DC4AC-004

Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Art by Bud Thompson, Art Helfant, Howard Boughner, and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. An ancestor of Freddy Freeman summons Captain Marvel Jr. to the past to rescue Robin Hood and his Merry Men from the Earl of Nottingham. Prof. Edgewise's latest invention is a gigantic vacuum cleaner which, like most Edgewise inventions, lacks a kill switch. Sucker Sam is the laziest crook ever. Getting His Goat; The Hammer of Hate; Judge Smudge; Rubbernose Randolph; Kanvasback: The Super Stupid Salesman; The Lazy Genie; In the Days of Robin Hood; The Lost Space Ship; The Great Vacuum. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 9.2 $495.00 Paper: Off white to white File Copy. Label #21-11DDCA3-021

The Lone Ranger stars in "The Silver Bullet," "The Mission of Mercy," and "The Great Range War." Tonto stars in "Indian Scout." Silver stars in "Ransom for Silver" and "The Eagle's Nest." Painted cover. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CBCS 3.5 $430.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #20-0B772B0-008

Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by David Vern and unknown. Art by Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Charles Paris, Leonard Starr, Ruben Moreira and unknown. Batman and Robin make headlines in "The Joker's Journal!" by David Vern, Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "The Double Life of Pow-Wow Smith" with art by Leonard Starr; Robotman in "The Super Magnet!"; and Impossible -- But True! tale "Roy Raymond's Rival!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Ruben Moreira. Also: Casey the Cop half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Varsity Vic half-pager by Boltinoff; and 2-page text piece "Caging the Counterfeiters" by Jack Miller. 44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.5 $64.00 Paper: White Label #22-0692A42-226 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.92) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Indicia title is "Rudyard Kipling's MOWGLI JUNGLE BOOK, No. 487." Painted cover art by Morris Gollub. Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli, script by Rudyard Kipling (original story) and Paul S. Newman (comic adaptation), art by Morris Gollub; The story of Mowgli, a boy raised by a wolf pack and instructed in the ways of the jungle by Baloo the Bear and Bagheera the Panther. Mowgli is threatened by the Bandar-Log (monkey people) and Shere Khan, a crippled tiger. Story is adapted in part from "Mowgli's Brothers" and "Kaa's Hunting" from the 1894 collection "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.5 $200.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #21-4123596-016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.00) will be charged at checkout.

36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $380.00 Paper: White Centerfold detached. Label #21-4123596-017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.40) will be charged at checkout.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 2.0 $69.00 Paper: Cream to off white 1 Piece of Tape on Cover. Label #18-2B01433-008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.07) will be charged at checkout.

Stories, Art and Cover by Bill Woggon. America's pin-up queen Katy Keene in four untitled stories: Katy tricks Sis into taking a dose of castor oil by taking her to the malt shop and having Chubby add it to her malted milk, only to find out Sis switched her drink with Katy's because it was bigger; Skipper Mason gifts Katy an ostrich that's drawn to things that tick, and he swallows Katy's alarm clock the night before a big movie role; Randy decides to have a simple date with Katy by wearing old clothes and driving his jalopy, only to be picked up by the police as a vagrant; and Sis ignores Katy and K.O. and waits to clean up their picnic site and put out their fire until after her nap...she changes her ways after dreaming that Smokey the Bear holds a picnic in her bedroom and leaves litter. Plus: "Randy's Car Show" 1-pager; Ginger 2-pager "Male Call!" (writer & inker unknown, pencils by Harry Lucey) - Ginger gets angry with Ickky over a game of post office; Katy Keene 1-pager; untitled Sis the Candy Kid story - Sis has a dream that she eats so much candy she inflates like a balloon and drifts into the sky; "Sis Fashions" 1-pager; and 2-page Hollywood Gossip article. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.0 $125.00 Paper: Off white Label #18-2B01433-009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.75) will be charged at checkout.

Stories, Art and Cover by Bill Woggon. America's pin-up queen Katy Keene in two untitled stories: When K.O. asks Gloria to select a perfume for Katy's birthday gift, she chooses the worst-smelling perfume in the store so that Katy will get angry with K.O....her plan backfires when Katy's head cold prevents her from smelling the perfume; and Katy gets a movie part but her participation is threatened by a late arrival after K.O. gives Randy four flat tires. Plus: "Gloria Fashions" 1-pager; untitled Sis the Candy Kid story - Sis quickly plants seeds by having Billy use his pogo stick to dig the holes; "Sis Fashions and Puzzles" activity page; "Katy Keene Jokes" 1-pager; two "Katy Fashions" 1-pagers; K.O. Kelly 1-pager "Short Short Story" - K.O. tries to dissuade Sis from running away after Katy spanks her for not eating cauliflower; "K.O. Kelly and Randy Fashions" 1-pager; untitled Katy Keene/Sis the Candy Kid 1-pager - Katy suggests that Sis draw a box of candy on her new easel, but Sis ends up eating the box while drawing it; untitled Debby/Taffy story - Debby's parents think she didn't do the dishes because she's hosting her music teacher; and 2-page Hollywood Gossip article. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 8.5 $799.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #16-3F584B6-010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($23.97) will be charged at checkout.

(A-1 # 63). Cover pencils by Dick Ayers. "The Girl and the Gorilla," art by pencils by Ogden Whitney; Agent Fallon follows killer Mike Makle into the swamps to capture him; Reprinted from issue 4. "The Meeting at the Pyramids," art by Ogden Whitney; Undercover Girl must escort Sir Sexton to a meeting with Arabs; Reprinted from issue 10. "The Mad Hermit of Hag's Hollow," art by Paul Parker; Inspector Kirk battles a madman who has been killing anybody who enters the swamp; Reprinted from Trail Colt #2. "The Black Flower of Fear," art by L. B. Cole; Red Fox bets caught between the Latour family and Jim Traner who has been stealing their furs; Reprinted from issue #7. "The Rodeo Robbers," art by Frank Frazetta (as Fritz); Tim Colt joins a rodeo to track down a band of thieves; Reprinted from Trail Colt #2. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $759.99 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #7004007-AA-010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.80) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Howard Rosenberger. Stories and art by Howard Rosenberger, Mel Keefer and Jack Sparling. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A creature from the depths is summoned by the sound of a foghorn, in an early comics version of the classic Ray Bradbury story "The Foghorn." An arrogant lawyer believes he is so smart that he can trick the Devil himself. Harriet marries a decrepit old man for his money, only to learn that he's immortal and has placed a horrible curse on any man who loves Harriet. The Man Who Tricked the Devil; Die for the Beggar; The Beast from the Deep; Dinky. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $415.00 Paper: Off white Label #23-3812DEF-015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.45) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Al Feldstein. "For Us the Living," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), pencils by John Severin, inks by Bill Elder; Dr. Cromwell tells the F.B.I. that he came from an alternate timeline. "I, Rocket," script by Ray Bradbury and Albert B. Feldstein (adaptation), pencils by Al Williamson and Frank Frazetta, inks by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, and Roy Krenkel; A very expensive new rocketship, once built for war and now rusting away, relates the story of her glory with Captain Lamb in charge, but also of treachery aboard ship, which the rocket secretly dealt with. "Discovery" text story. "Conquers All!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot and script), art by Jack Kamen; As a prelude to an invasion of the Earth, an infiltration rocket from a far distant world is sent to the Earth to examine, estimate, judge and report back to their leaders. "The Automaton," script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando. "The Automaton," script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando. 36 pgs., full color. 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.