Comic books 1954, graded by CBCS

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $380.00 Paper: White Label #17-4049963-026 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.40) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Tom Hickey, Al Avison, Manny Stallman, John Giunta and Vic Donahue. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. Antarctic explorers discover a long-frozen caveman. A man arranges a fiendish revenge on the thieves who murdered his wife, setting the eight-armed Ranu against them. Figures from nursery rhymes are brought to life as murderous minions. Bondage cover by Al Avison. The Eight Hands of Ranu; The Captain's Return; The Ice Horror; Demons of the Night. Final issue under this title; the series continues as Chamber of Clues (1955) #27. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $795.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #7010419-AA-032 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($23.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories and art by Dick Ayers, Sol Brodsky, Joe Maneely, Howie Post, and Mike Sekowsky. The very first incarnation of Marvel's humor publication, started in the first wave of 1950s Mad imitators. A parody of werewolf movies, with art by Dick Ayers. A Crazy look at censors, a hot topic in 1953. Sinbad the Tailor must leave town in a hurry to flee angry customers, and that's how his adventures begin. Racket Buster!; Rose-Colored Glasses; The Wolf Man; Spencer the Censor; Sinbad the Tailor!; Gentlemen Prefer Bonds. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $300.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #21-02CEBFB-007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Skeleton cover by Hy Fleishman. Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth, Hy Fleishman and Jon D'Agostino. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. This issue is hosted by "The Old Gravedigger," a take-off on EC's Crypt Keeper and other horror hosts. In a typically boundary-pushing story, a vampire includes an infant in its list of victims. A ape-human hybrid terrorizes a city. Lady with the Mask of Death; Horror of the Fifth Corpse; Terror of the Man-Ape; Verdict of Terror. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $1,550.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #7000159-AA-007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($46.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Hy Fleishman . Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth and Jon D'Agostino. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. Marie tries to use her feminine wiles to get a good grade from her creepy medieval studies professor, in a story with some good-girl art, possibly by Hy Fleishman. A murdered couple gives birth to a zombie baby in the grave, and raises him to avenge their deaths, in a truly one-of-a-kind pre-Code story. A tow-truck driver has a terrifying experience during a blizzard. Rack of Terror!; Born in the Grave; Haunted Houses; Snow Madness; Never to Die! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $95.00 Paper: Cream to off white This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.85) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Morris Gollub, Alberto Giolitti, Mike Sekowsky, and Oskar Lebeck. This Dell Giant special features Christmas-themed stories. Comics adaptations of The Night Before Christmas, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and the Nativity. On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus helps a little lost angel find his way back to Heaven. ("Santa and the Angel" was later adapted for one of the first animated TV Christmas specials.) The lyrics and sheet music to classic Christmas carols. The Christmas Story; Christmas Around the World; Santa and the Angel; The Night Before Christmas; The First Noel; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen; O Little Town of Bethlehem; We Three Kings of Orient Are; It Came Upon a Midnight Clear; I Saw Three Ships; Angels, from the Realms of Glory; I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day; Joy to the World; Once in Davids Royal City; Away in a Manger; How Brightly Beams the Morning Star; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; What Child Is This?; O Come, All Ye Faithful; O Thou Joyful Day; Silent Night; Good King Wenceslas; Deck the Halls; The Holly and the Ivy; The Little Fir Tree; Grandmothers Christmas Dinner; A Christmas Carol; Hansy and the Spirit of Christmas; Santas Christmas Mouse. 96 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $130.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #19-3414247-001

Cover by Bill Benulis and Jack Abel. Edited by J. F. Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by George Evans, Ruben Moreira and Charles Sultan. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. The final issue features Tiger Man - not a superhero, but a tiger-themed private eye who originally appeared in Rangers Comics (1941); The Sky Rangers search for a missing plantation manager in Hawaii; Tiger Man takes a job in Hollywood. Tiger Man; The Legion of the Lost; Sky Rangers. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.5 $575.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #0010634-AB-003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Harry Anderson. "Vampire Tale," art by Doug Wildey; A man wrapped in bandages is on trial for murder after slaying a vampire. "The Curse" text story. "Man Alone!," art by Al Eadeh; Communists get the idea to swap a spy for the village idiot in a centrally located village by taking a hermit and training him to pass for the idiot. "The Man Who Wasn't," art by Bill Walton; A man invents a youth serum and wishes to give it to the oldest member of an old folks home, but the man doesn't want it. "The Vultures," art by Mannie Banks; Unknown to his children, a man leaves his estate to the ones who attend his funeral. "The Question!," art by Vic Carrabotta; An inventor who loves his wife asks an electronic brain which he devised two questions, 'When will my wife die?' and 'When will I die?' 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.5 $76.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #18-2B01433-010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.28) will be charged at checkout.

Stories, Art and Cover by Bill Woggon. America's pin-up queen Katy Keene in four untitled stories: When Katy says that the man she marries must make her hear bells and chimes when they kiss, Randy rigs it so that his butler rings a bell at a specified time before kissing Katy; Randy has K.O. wear a knight's suit of armor under the guise of taking it to the cleaners so that he can lock K.O. in a closet and thereby miss his date with Katy; Randy teaches Katy how to ski by telling her it's as easy as spelling her own name; and K.O. battles with a mosquito in his bedroom. Plus: Katy Keene 1-pager; untitled Sis the Candy Kid story - Sis hides in Chubby's bass viol case when a bully chases her for her candy; "Sis and Billy Fashions" 1-pager; Katy Keene 1-page story "A Short Tickling Tale" - Danny's clients want a woman who will make them laugh...Katy obliges by wearing an outfit decorated with feathers to tickle them; Debby/Taffy story "Debby and Her Diary" - Debby asks for her father's help to put the neighbor's twin infants to sleep; "Katy Keene Jokes" 1-pager; Betty and Veronica 1-pager "Apparental Consent" (writer & inker unknown, pencils by Harry Lucey) - Betty overhears Archie and Veronica talking about a dog license and thinks they're referring to a marriage license; K.O. Kelly 1-pager "A Short Punchy Story" - K.O. teaches Sis how to box and accidentally gets hit on the head with a dumbbell; and 2-page Hollywood Gossip article. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $130.00 Paper: White Label #22-0692A42-339 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.90) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Stories by Gaylord Du Bois. Art by Stan Campbell. Painted cover by William George. The adventures of Canadian Mountie Dave King, a character created by Western novelist Zane Grey. This series featured gorgeous cover paintings of derring-do in the best Men's Adventure tradition. Enemy agents try to use a mentally disabled man to steal atomic secrets. The text pieces called True Stories of the R.C.M.P. begin this issue. Dynamic painted cover by William George. Arctic Patrol; Stolen Secrets. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $235.00 Paper: Off white Label #17-2A5C684-020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.05) will be charged at checkout.

Stories by Stan Lee. Art and Cover by Dan DeCarlo. In this issue: Millie the Model in five untitled stories. Plus: untitled Chili the Dilly story; 2-page text story "New Girl in Town" (creators unknown); and untitled Hanover and His Gals story. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $383.00 Paper: Off white Label #17-10246E6-010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.49) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by John Forte, inks by Matt Fox. The Boy Who Believed, art by John Forte. Wings in the Night!, art by Joe Maneely. The Rejected Robot!, art by Jack Abel. The Tiny Coffin!, inks by Matt Fox. Bottled Up!, art by Pete Tumlinson. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $175.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #17-4049963-092 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.25) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

"Nothing He Couldn't Do!", pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; Four shipwrecked men are stranded on a cannibal island and captured immediately. "Death of A Gambler!", script by Carl Memling, pencils by Bill Molno (as Joe Shuster), inks by Vince Alascia; Wealthy Jeff Traynor loses all at gambling and becomes a derelict. "Tara Tusta" text story. "Picture of the Future," script by Carl Memling, art by Seymour Moskowitz; Two gangsters rob an exhibition and come into possession of a magic scroll which forecasts their future. "Mental Wizard!", script by Carl Memling; Don Brunt killed his wife and got away with the crime. "The Crusher," script by Carl Memling; Sadistic plantation owner Barney Tragg flogs his wife's lover to death with a whip. Injury to eye panel. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 2.5 $1,999.00 Paper: Off white Label #22-04F50CD-010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($59.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Howard Nostrand. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Nat Barnett, Howard Nostrand, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A killer on the run murders two men to get a ticket on an ocean liner out of England - but it's the Titanic. A MAD-style spoof of the classic Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. A businessman seeks to corner the market on stakes and silver bullets during a vampire scare. The Ticket; What's in a Name?; Ali Barber and the Forty Thieves; Whats Happening at 8:30 P.M.?; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Love Problem; Monopoly. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 1.5 $1,599.95 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Cover detached & completely split. Label #18-3963E01-027 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($48.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Howard Nostrand. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Nat Barnett, Howard Nostrand, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A killer on the run murders two men to get a ticket on an ocean liner out of England - but it's the Titanic. A MAD-style spoof of the classic Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. A businessman seeks to corner the market on stakes and silver bullets during a vampire scare. The Ticket; What's in a Name?; Ali Barber and the Forty Thieves; Whats Happening at 8:30 P.M.?; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Love Problem; Monopoly. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.