Comic books 1955 or before, graded by CBCS

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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.

Add to cart CBCS 4.5 $2,050.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #16-1D59A12-002

Debut issue of the iconic publication Mad, which would change to magazine format with issue 24. Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. "Hoohah!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; Two youngsters run out of gas and enter a house they think is haunted. "Blobs!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; Alfred outlines a terrible thought he has about the end of humanity. "Enter Cosmo McMoon!" text story by Harvey Kurtzman. "Crow Vadis?" text story by Harvey Kurtzman. "Ganefs!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Bill Elder; A perfect crime is hatched but Bumble fumbles. "Varmint!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by John Severin; Textron is hunting the killer of Melvin and kills every suspect. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. 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 7.5 $8,150.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #16-23F4BA7-001

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. "The Result of the Most Famous Battle in Comic Magazines," script by Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, and John Compton, art by Everett and Burgos; Trapped in a translite tube, only the intervention of Betty Dean saves the Torch and ends the battle between him and Namor. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; Torch must battle a gas syndicate who tries to raise the price of gasoline, and bombs any gas station refusing to go along. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; Because of Namor's seemingly inability to handle the Torch, he is suspended from all active service; Meanwhile, a group of hardened ice field seamen, led by Luther Robinson, seek out the Sub-Mariner to destroy him. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel must cope with weird "devils of the mist," who have been released from the bowels of the earth by a volcano, and who are kidnapping young women top side to sacrifice to that volcano. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; Electro is called into service to battle an evil, now insane, ex-genius of brain surgery, stationed in an old castle somewhere off the coast of Cuba, who has successfully created artifical blood. Tiger Trail text story, script by Beach Allen, art by Ed Robins. The Masked Raider untitled story, art by Al Anders; A criminal who has fatally wounded a tax collector sees the Raider, and works out a scheme to convince the Sheriff that the Raider is the murderer...all as a blind to steal the tax money himself. "The Murder of a Man Without a Will," script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; While Terry Vance, the Boy of a Hundred Hobbies" works on an experiment, he hears a police call of someone murdered in a penthouse. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; A wanted criminal captures two Scotland Yard detectives and leaves them for dead, while he attempts to fly out of the jungle to freedom. 68 pages. 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 9.2 $925.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #23-4081923-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($27.75) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by thegeneral

Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Clayton Moore and unknown. Art by Syd Shores, Joe Sinnott, Don Perlin, Stan Goldberg, Tony DiPreta, Gene Colan, Abe Simon and unknown. The strangest stories ever told! In this issue: "When the Vampire Strikes" with pencils by Syd Shores; "The House of Skulls" with art by Joe Sinnott; "A Sight for Sore Eyes" with art by Don Perlin and Abe Simon; "The Cave of Death" by Clayton Moore and Stan Goldberg; "The Dragon" with art by Tony DiPreta; and 2-page text story "The Ghost" with illo by Gene Colan. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.0 $118.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #24-3A166A6-003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.54) will be charged at checkout.

Edited by Stan Lee. Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky. Stories by unknown. Art by John Tartaglione, Sid Greene, Robert Q. Sale, Ed Winiarski, Dick Ayers and unknown. All brand-new Marvel Tales! (Except for the reprint text story!) In this issue: "Poison Pen!" with art by John Tartaglione; "The Old Couple!" with art by Sid Greene; "Hail the Hero" with art by Robert Q. Sale; "The Man Who Lost Yesterday!" with art by Ed Winiarski; "The Man Who Wasn't" with pencils by Dick Ayers; and 2-page text story "The Visitor!", reprinted from Adventures Into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) #16 (original title: "Daughter of Death"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.0 $93.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #24-3A166A6-005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.79) will be charged at checkout.

Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Manny Stallman, Pete Tumlinson, Bill Benulis and unknown. Brand-new Marvel Tales! In this issue: "From Out of Nowhere!" with art by Dick Ayers; "Swap Shop" with art by Manny Stallman; "The Spelunker!"; "The Last Chance" with art by Pete Tumlinson; "The Iron Brain!" by Carl Wessler and Bill Benulis; and 2-page text story "Poor Oscar"! 32 pages, 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 4.0 $250.00 Paper: Off white Label #17-2A5C684-020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.50) 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 6.0 $2,707.49 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #20-01EC054-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($81.22) will be charged at checkout.

Pre-code horror. Cover pencils by Ross Andru. Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Imprisoned wife murderer Michael Carter tries to escape the electric chair by pretending to be insane. It Can Happen To You; Terminally ill Mr. Lane is drawn into a murder mystery and helps out a young woman. Burning Sands, pencils by Don Perlin, inks by Abe Simon; The survivors of a French foreign legion battallion attacked by Arabs struggle through the desert and kill each other for water. The Painting, inks by Mike Esposito; Mad art painter Charles Craven tells his story to a reporter: How he could only paint when using fresh blood for the brilliant reds in his pictures. The Faker!, pencils by Ross Andru; Lumber tycoon Horace Turner employs a circus swami to experiment with thought transmission; The swami almost gets killed in the process. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

More Fun Comics (1935) 53 CBCS 9.0 Restored

Moderate professional restoration

Paper: Off white to white

Moderate/Extensive Professional Restoration Includes: Color touch on cover, pieces added to cover, tear seals to cover and interior, cover and centerfold reinforced, cover and interior cleaned, staples cleaned. Gerber 8.

Cover by Bernard Baily. "The Spectre Strikes," script by Jerry Siegel, art by Bernard Baily; After murdering Corrigan, Benson and his thugs decide to kill the witness, Clarice, but before they can do this, a wraith-like Corrigan appears before them to exact justice. "Biff's Disguise," starring Biff Bronson, script by Albert Sulman, art by Joe Sulman. "The Mine Sweepers," starring Lt. Bob Neal, script by Robert Hirsch, art by Russ Lehman. "The Rocket Ship," starring King Carter, art by Paul Lauretta. "Submarine Pirates," starring Captain Desmo, art by Ed Winiarski. "Murder in the Ring," starring Detective Sergeant Carey, script and art by Joe Donohoe. "The Search for Half Breed Charlie," starring Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol, art by John Lehti. "The Fall of Billy Evans," starring Bulldog Martin, art by Bart Tumey. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Simon. "Bomb Kills Hundreds in Midtown," art by Charles Nicholas; The Blue Beetle vs. The Sylvanian Consul Secretary; Beetle defeats 20 mobsters in one fistfight. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Wing Turner battles Nazis. Untitled story, script and art by Dick Briefer; Rex Dexter vs. The Hunter. Untitled story, art by Walter Frehm; The Green Mask deals with a Federal Reserve robbery. "Demons of Doom" starring Chen Chang, art by Munson Paddock (as Cecilia Munson). "Twentieth Century Death Ray" text story by B. A. Martin. Untitled story, script and art by Klaus Nordling (as F. Klaus); Lt. Drake is assigned the task of capturing the men responsible for smuggling orientals into the United States. "The Strange Case of the Terror Castle Grave Robberies," art by Jim Mooney; The Doc sends some of his hoodlums into a cemetery looking for a disease-free body into which he plans to transplant a brain, thus allowing him to have the power of God to create life. Untitled Hemlock Shomes by Fred Schwab. Untitled D-13 story, script and art by Bob Powell; An attack in the South Atlantic; vs. Nazis. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Zanzibar vs. The Zombie Master. 68 pgs., 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 $720.00 Paper: Off white Label #16-1135562-053

The Man Who Vanished, art by Manny Stallman; An eight foot tall circus freak drinks a shrinking potion that continues to shrink him until he disappears. The Strange Tree!; A man buys a house with a tree out in the yard which possesses people. The New England Horror text story. Trapped in Time!; A man travels forward in time and finds that dinosaurs have again returned when man has destroyed himself through nuclear war. The Hollow Men; A reporter finds a scientist dead in a castle when the robot he created rebelled against him. Mike Sekowsky art. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $445.00 Paper: Off white Label #21-2F2E951-024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.35) 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.

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Cover art by Irv Novick. Surprise Landing, script by Bob Kanigher, art by Irv Novick. Last Ditch, script by John Reed, art by Jerry Grandenetti. Kindergarten Patrol, script by David Kahn, art by Jim McArdle. Borrowed Wings, script by Ed (France) Herron, art by Eugene Hughes. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.0 $119.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Includes Mighty Mouse #19 & #20 & Terry-Toons Comics #82. Label #23-3D47B15-005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.57) will be charged at checkout.

An album of previous issues rebound with a new cover. Includes Mighty Mouse #19, #20, and Terry Toons #82. Cover price $0.25.

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 5.5 $465.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #16-28611C6-024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.95) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

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.

Add to cart CBCS 7.5 $1,180.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #23-33A36FE-007

Maurice Whitman cover. Stories reprinted from Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) #22. In order of appearance: "Flint Baker" art by Art Saaf; "Star Pirate" art by George Appel; "Reef Ryan" art by Pagsilang Rey Isip; and "The Lost World" art by Nick Cardy. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.0 $435.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #17-4049963-074 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.05) 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 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 7.0 $200.00 Paper: White Label #16-3879A5E-009

Stories and art by Hal Forrest, Reynold Brown, Jim Gary, J. R. Williams, Bob Jenney, Clyde Lewis, George Scarbo, John Donaldson, Fred Harman, Al McWilliams, Erwin Hess, George Clark, Al Micale and Stan Randall. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Fritz gets a picture of outlaw Bat, but Bat doesn't want to appear in photographs that could identify him. Tailspin Tommy suspects one of the passengers on his Hollywood flight sabotaged the radio - but why? Enslaved Ben-Hur, put to work rowing a ship, is noticed by the ship's commander. Plus a Tarzan text story. Hold Everything; Tex Ritter: Rollin' Westward; Mr. Wong, Detective; Ben Hur; The Masked Pilot; Tex Thorne; The Comic Zoo; Gang Busters; Herky; Tarzan; George Clark's Carnival; Danny Magee; Little Chief; The Hurricane Kids; Popular Conundrums; Tailspin Tommy; G-Men on the Job; Out Our Way; Bronc Peeler; Ring Tales; Shark Egan; Toby. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 9.0 $160.00 Paper: Off white to white File Copy. Label #20-44C436C-009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.80) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Bill Holman, Frank King, Zack Mosley, Boody Rogers, Elliott Caplin, Jay McArdle, Gus Edson, Pat Sullivan, Robert Callender, George Swanson, Cliff Sterrett, Jimmy Murphy, and Gaylord Du Bois. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Toemain's thugs sabotage Smilin' Jack's plane. Dr. Ping, offering sanctuary to Terry while he heals, is accused of being the saboteur known as the Blue Tiger. Skeezix and Nina consider giving it another try. Also featuring popular strips Smokey Stover and Felix the Cat. Smilin' Jack; Terry and the Pirates; Toots and Casper; Polly and Her Pals; The Gumps; The Flop Family; Felix the Cat; Dr. Bobbs; A Point of View; Smokey Stover; Gasoline Alley; Gang Busters. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 9.0 $160.00 Paper: Off white to white File Copy. Label #20-44C436C-010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.80) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

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.

Add to cart CBCS 1.5 $2,600.00 Conserved Paper: Tan to off white Amateur Conservation includes: staples replaced. Cover reattached with moderate amount of tape on cover and interior cover. Centerfold detached. Label #23-209C542-007

"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.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $1,099.00 Paper: Off white to white Bottom edge Latch Cover broken though Latch is still intact. Label #16-16A7E20-002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($32.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Stories by Walter Gibson and Otis Adelbert Kline. Art by Charles Nicholas and Joe Orlando. Cover by Joe Orlando. A science-fiction tale based on the novel "Maza of the Moon" by Otis Adelbert Kline. An American inventor becomes the first human to land an object on the moon, by firing a giant space-gun at it. To his surprise, the people of the moon fire back. When he visits the satellite, he becomes caught up in the conflict between two warring peoples, one of which is ruled by a beautiful moon-princess. The story was written by Walter Gibson, best known as the author of The Shadows pulp adventures (under the name Maxwell Grant). Also featuring a Flash Harper backup story, and a classic space-opera cover by Joe Orlando. Rocket to the Moon; The Death Doll! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 1.5 $1,750.00 Paper: Off white Cover detached. Front cover reattached to back cover with 9 pieces of tape. Centerfold detached. Label #18-110B82D-003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($52.50) will be charged at checkout.

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.

Add to cart CBCS 3.0 $250.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #22-40C0498-051

Cover art by Harry G. Peter. Wonder Woman story, art by Harry G. Peter [as H. G. Peter]; Midget crooks commit crimes by pretending to be children. The Ham Leapers--Picture Stories from Mythology, art by Don Cameron. Ghost Trouble--Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys, art by Frank Harry. Losses Pay A Profit starring Mr. Terrific, art by Stan Aschmeier [as Stan Josephs]. Through Darkest Africa With Stretch Skinner starring Wildcat, art by Joe Gallagher. 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.

Special Comics (1942) 1 CBCS 3.0 Restored

Slight amateur restoration

Paper: Off white

Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more

Amateur Restoration includes: Small amount of color touch on cover, pieces added to 1st wrap. Moderate amount of tape on cover and interior.

Label #23-2A5A447-003

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $1,350.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #17-0564169-005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($40.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by Hank Chapman, Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Fred Kida, Ogden Whitney, Manny Stallman, Cal Massey and unknown. "The Flat Man" with story by Hank Chapman - A man develops a pill that makes his body two-dimensional, but after 6 hours the effects will prove fatal unless he takes the antidote pill. He uses his powers to steal money from a bank vault, but when he reaches the time-limit he realizes that the three-dimensional pill cannot fit down his two-dimensional throat. Also in this issue: "The Worm" (story has nothing to do with giant worm cover) by Stan Lee and Fred Kida; "The Thing Behind the Wall" with art by Ogden Whitney; "Crazy Glass" with art by Manny Stallman; "X" with art by Cal Massey; and 2-page text story "Black Horror," reprinted from Mystic (1951 Atlas) #1 (original title: "The New England Horror"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic (1940-1952) Nov 7 1943 CBCS 9.2

Paper: White

Sunday Sun Edition.

Label #16-3B1D4D0-003

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Wellman/Woolfolk scripts, Fine pencils, Quality Staff inks.

Spook (1954) 30 CBCS 6.5

Paper: Off white

Label #21-230DC57-015

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and George Peltz. Pre-Code horror comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A female reporter is the only witness as a long-dead mummy revives and goes in search of his ancient bride. A night watchman at a museum is dragged into a painting that is actually the door into an evil dimension. A writer's latest manuscript holds the potential to destroy all evil in the world. Another top-notch cover by L. B. Cole. Swamp Spirit; The Vengeful Phantom; The Mummy; The Ghost Who Cried; Picture a Nightmare; Maniac; The Insider. Final issue of the series. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, full color. 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 5.5 $810.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0008220-AA-014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($24.30) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Written by Edmond Hamilton. Art by Howard Sherman. Photo cover from Destination Moon. Chris and the crew of the Pioneer encounter radioactive, crystalline men in the Green Nebula and foil a plot to steal the Nebula's radium. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, "Job Counselor. Written by David V. Reed. Art by Paul Norris and Bernard Sachs. Darwin meets a young actress who has accidentally bathed in the Fountain of Youth. Written by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and Bernie Breslauer. Art by Dick Sprang. A description of devices, events, and innovations predicated by Wells in his fiction. Written by Gardner Fox and Edmond Hamilton. Art by Jim Mooney and Sy Barry. A scientist uses a hydrogen bomb to cause rain, resulting in a world-wide flood. He uses a second bomb to save mankind. Article written by Julius Schwartz. Art by Morris Waldinger and Tommy Nicolosi. Science facts about the experiments of Otto von Ghericke and Isaac Newton. Text story, art by Raymond Perry. Written byGardner Fox and Robert Heinlein. Art by Curt Swan and John Fischetti. A story about a seat-of-the pants, first landing on the moon, adapted from the 1950 George Pal movie, Destination Moon. Text story by Julius Schwartz. Art by Morris Waldinger and Tommy Nicolosi. Facts about the 1692 appearance of Halley's Comet and the 1919 solar eclipse. Ad for Strange Adventures #2. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $1,221.75 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #21-192385E-019 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($36.65) will be charged at checkout.

Offbeat pre-Code horror stories from Ajax-Farrell, with art by the Iger Shop staff. A couple encounters a giant man-eating octopus while seeking a sunken Aztec treasure. A man falls for a female ventriloquist, until he learns her terrible secret. Three people are trapped overnight in a mountain cabin in freezing temperatures. Death Holds an Auction; Fate Has a Thousand Faces!; Fabulous Funeral; Chant of the Dead; The Frozen Bride. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.0 $1,200.00 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 ($36.00) 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 3.5 $717.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #22-0F55B12-045 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($21.51) will be charged at checkout.

Last issue, Namora crossover. 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 2.5 $1,140.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more Chip to bottom left corner. Label #24-2294170-001

Cover art by Fred Ray. The Conquest of a City, script by Jerry Siegel, art by John Sikela [as Joe Shuster]; Clark Kent, concerned that the people of Metropolis seem oblivious to the Nazi threat in the world, approaches editor White about writing a series of stories that will wake the citizens up to the realization that they are in danger. The Heat Horror, script by Jerry Siegel (signed), art by Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster]; When an astronomer discovers the existence of a strange meteorite, Superman correctly guesses that it has something to do with the terrible heat wave engulfing Metropolis. The Man With the Cane, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster], inks by John Sikela [as Joe Shuster]. The Pen Is Mightier text story by Eric Carter. The Snake starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster]. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.5 $180.00 Paper: Off white Label #19-4941400-131 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.40) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Fagaly. "Suzie and Angela the Angel," art by Al Fagaly; Suzie's niece, Angela, comes for a visit and gets into all sorts of destructive mischief and mayhem. "Ginger Has Just Met Tommy Turner"; Ginger gets into an ice skating competition with Brenda in order to win the affections of Tommy. "Suzie the Chorus Girl!", art by Al Fagaly; Suzie gets a job as a chorus girl, but the usual destructive mayhem occurs. "Suzie's Movie Diary" text story. Suzie reviews the movie, "It Happened in Springfield"; There are several screen stills/photos from the movie with a short synopsis about key plot points in the movie. "Little Miss Suzie," art by Al Fagaly; Suzie does not have the full adult fare for a train ride back to Riverdale, so she disguises herself as a child to get cheaper fare; Various incidents of destructive mayhem ensue on the train. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $149.00 Paper: Off white Label #18-45BA084-006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.47) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Fagaly. "Suzie and Angela the Angel," art by Al Fagaly; Suzie's niece, Angela, comes for a visit and gets into all sorts of destructive mischief and mayhem. "Ginger Has Just Met Tommy Turner"; Ginger gets into an ice skating competition with Brenda in order to win the affections of Tommy. "Suzie the Chorus Girl!", art by Al Fagaly; Suzie gets a job as a chorus girl, but the usual destructive mayhem occurs. "Suzie's Movie Diary" text story. Suzie reviews the movie, "It Happened in Springfield"; There are several screen stills/photos from the movie with a short synopsis about key plot points in the movie. "Little Miss Suzie," art by Al Fagaly; Suzie does not have the full adult fare for a train ride back to Riverdale, so she disguises herself as a child to get cheaper fare; Various incidents of destructive mayhem ensue on the train. 52 pgs., full color. 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 $5,880.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0009826-AA-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($176.40) will be charged at checkout.

First issue of the series (continues from The Crypt of Terror). Cover by Johnny Craig. "The Thing From the Sea," script and art by Al Feldstein; During a sea voyage a passenger discovers that stateroom 13 has the reputation of being haunted. "A Fatal Caper," script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; Teenagers remove a body from a casket in order to dress as a mystically-summoned monster and place one of their own inside as a prank; the undertaker is unaware of this and buries the body. "Backfire" text story. "Rx...Death," script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A sister worries that her brother is under too much stress and so asks a doctor to write a prescription for some medicine. "Impending Doom," script by Al Feldstein, art by Johnny Craig; An artist draws a frightened face with a circle around it; Thinking it odd, he goes for a walk encountering a grave-stone cutter who looks like the picture he drew carving a tombstone with his name on it. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.