Comic books 1955 or before, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $95.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #3960885019 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.85) will be charged at checkout.

"Across the Han" (art by Paul Reinman), "Rescue" (art by Joe Sinnott), "Garibald" (art by Myron Fass), "In Flanders' Fields" (art by Tony DiPreta), and a two-page text story, "A Hero's Son." Joe Maneely cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $320.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4317088001

Cover by Russ Heath. "The Victim of General Fu!", script by Don Rico, art by Paul Reinman; Tracy must warn his company of the mine field they are about to enter. "The Secret of Sabotage" two-page text story. "T.O.T.--Time On Target," script by Paul S. Newman, art by Jack Keller; Lt. Rowlans needs to keep the Reds bottled up for five more minutes until the artillery can destroy them. "Massacre At Manghowon!", art by Ed Robbins; By using pumpkin gourds an American patrol is able to sneak up on a North Korean unit that has occupied a friendly village. "Race Against Death!", art by Jay Scott Pike; PFC Judson must race thru the Red lines to find help for his men. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $150.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #3982878004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.50) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by thegeneral

Cover by Carl Burgos. "The Night It Rained Men!", script by Carl Wessler, art by John Forte; Sgt. Dimock and his men must hold on "Hopeless Hill." "The Crusader," pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; Richard the Lion-Hearted battles Saladin during the Third Crusade. "The Cannon's Course" two-page text story. "Operation Mo," pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; The Battle of Midway. "No Man's Land!", art by Bob Brown; A movie star visits the troops on the front lines. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Maneely. Written by Hank Chapman and unknown. Art by Dave Berg, Joe Sinnott, Mike Sekowsky, Cal Massey and unknown. Combat Kelly stars in an untitled story (cover has the title as "Death Trap on the Imjin!") by Hank Chapman and Dave Berg. Plus: "The King!" with art by Joe Sinnott; "The Outsider!" with pencils by Mike Sekowsky; "3 Day Pass" with art by Cal Massey; and 2-page text story "The Marine Sinks a Sub"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $599.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4583828003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.97) will be charged at checkout.

Volume 1, Issue 5 - September, 1942. Cover by Earl Moran. Pin-up and glamour photographs. 8.25" x 11.5", 68 pages, sepia tinted B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 2, Issue 1 - January, 1943. Cover by Steffa. Pin-up and glamour photographs. 8.25" x 11.5", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $1,499.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4574568011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($44.97) will be charged at checkout.

Vol. 2, No. 2. March 1943. Steffa cover. Men's interest magazine of pinups and glamour shots. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $699.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4581696001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($20.97) will be charged at checkout.

Volume 2, Issue 3 - May, 1943. Lingerie story pictorials with humorous captions and pin-up photos. 8" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $1,099.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4574568012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($32.97) will be charged at checkout.

Volume 2, Issue 6 - November, 1943. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 2, Issue 6 - November, 1943. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 3, Issue 1 - January 1944. Cover by Merlin Enabit. Pin-up and glamour photos. 8.5" x 11.5", 64 pages, tinted B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 3, Issue 1 - January 1944. Cover by Merlin Enabit. Pin-up and glamour photos. 8.5" x 11.5", 64 pages, tinted B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $799.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4574568013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($23.97) will be charged at checkout.

Volume 4, Issue 2 - March, 1945. Billy DeVorss cover. Men's interest magazine of pinups and glamour shots. 8.5" x 11.5", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $690.00 or Best Offer CGC Qualified Paper: Off white to white Large grease pencil writing on multiple pages of interior. Label #4601074001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($20.70) will be charged at checkout.

Volume 5, Issue 1 - January, 1946. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Vintage men's interest magazine focused on pin-up pictorials with humorous text. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, tinted B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $1,199.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4601074002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($35.97) will be charged at checkout.

Volume 5, Issue 2 - March, 1946. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Lingerie story pictorials with humorous captions and pin-up photos. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 5, Issue 4 - August, 1946. Cover by Peter Driben. Lingerie story pictorials with humorous captions and pin-up photos. 8.5" x 11", 68 pages, tinted B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $399.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4651770001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.97) will be charged at checkout.

Volume 5, Issue 4 - August, 1946. Cover by Peter Driben. Lingerie story pictorials with humorous captions and pin-up photos. 8.5" x 11", 68 pages, tinted B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $349.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4601074003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.47) will be charged at checkout.

Volume 5, Issue 4 - August, 1946. Cover by Peter Driben. Lingerie story pictorials with humorous captions and pin-up photos. 8.5" x 11", 68 pages, tinted B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $199.00 or Best Offer Restored: C1 Paper: Off white to white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. Label #4601074005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.97) will be charged at checkout.

Vol. 5, No. 6. - December, 1946. Cover by Peter Driben. Men's interest magazine featuring showgirls, models, and pin-ups. 68 pages. 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $799.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4574568014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($23.97) will be charged at checkout.

Volume 8, Issue 2 - June, 1949. Lingerie story pictorials with humorous captions and pin-up photos. 8" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $649.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4601539003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.47) will be charged at checkout.

Volume 8, Issue 2 - June, 1949. Lingerie story pictorials with humorous captions and pin-up photos. 8" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $799.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4651770002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($23.97) will be charged at checkout.

Volume 10, Issue 5 - November, 1951. Cover by Peter Driben. Men's magazine featuring showgirls, models, and pinups. 8.5" x 11.5", 50 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $399.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4610338011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.97) will be charged at checkout.

Volume 11, Issue 3 - July, 1952. Magazine featuring pin-up pictorials with humorous captions. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $260.00 Restored: B1 Paper: Off white to white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. Label #3903414009

Volume 11, Issue 5 - November, 1952. Humor and scantily clad women. Peter Driben cover. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 12, Issue 5 - July, 1952. Magazine featuring pin-up pictorials with humorous captions. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $675.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4601074007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($20.25) will be charged at checkout.

Vol. 13, No. 1 - March, 1954. Cover by Peter Driben. Pin-ups galore in two-page humorous situations with accompanying text. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by John Giunta. Stories and art by Howie Post and others. Funny-animal comics from Spotlight Publishers. When the hive's honey is threatened by a farmer, Bee-29 transforms into a bee superhero to stop him. But when he learns the honey is needed for the "war effort" to stop Hitler, the bees change their buzz, in an unusual mix of kids' humor and WWII propaganda. In another story that showcases its historical era, Spot and Dot get jobs through the WPA to work on a farm. But the journey to the farm becomes a cross-country odyssey. Frank Furter the dog sneaks into the carnival, but freaks out when he thinks "hot dogs" are cooked canines, a natural enough reaction. Cool cover by John Giunta. To Be or Not to Be a Bee...; Sammy the Stork; Gee Gee the Talking Horse: The Mysterious Castle!; Spot and Dot; Life's But a Stage...; Eeny Meeny and Moe; Frank Furter. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $349.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4015172020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.47) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Siggy’s Comics

Cover by Joseph Szokoli. Stories and art by Joseph Szokoli, Vince Napoli, Bill Fraccio and Harry Harrison. Violent pre-Code horror comics from Youthful Magazines. This issue was mentioned in the text (p. 388) of the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent. Grave-robber Harry gets a comeuppance when the dead rise from their graves. An artist for "Beware" comics feels that he's run out of monster ideas, until he meets his son's strange new playmate, in a story that name-drops several other Youthful Mag horror artists. In postwar Germany, American agents investigate a killer stalking a small town, and learn the ancient castle nearby hides a very modern horror. The Body Snatcher; My Daddy Should Have Listened; The Death Waltz; The Pied Piper of Ziess-Baden; Don't Dance With Me When I'm Dead. Final issue under this publisher; Trojan Magazines continues the title and numbering with Beware (1953 Trojan/Merit) #1 (aka #13), while Youthful continues it as Chilling Tales (1952) #13. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $259.00 Restored: C1 Paper: Off white to white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. Label #4430594004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.77) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by John Belfi. Stories and art by Henry Kiefer, Al Tyler, John Belfi, and Gerald Altman. Pre-Code horror comics from Trojan Magazines. Kent ill-advisedly decides to investigate reports of a ghost rider haunting the forest. A French socialite creeps out his guests because of his fascination with snake-worshipping cults. A dead composer's last work drives its performer to commit murder. Plus an article about real-life examples of items rising into or falling from the sky. When Werewolves Die; Galloping Ghosts; Slithering Terror; Into Thin Air...; Music of the Demons. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $390.00 Paper: White Label #4569550010

Cover by John Belfi. Stories and art by Henry Kiefer, Al Tyler, John Belfi, and Gerald Altman. Pre-Code horror comics from Trojan Magazines. Kent ill-advisedly decides to investigate reports of a ghost rider haunting the forest. A French socialite creeps out his guests because of his fascination with snake-worshipping cults. A dead composer's last work drives its performer to commit murder. Plus an article about real-life examples of items rising into or falling from the sky. When Werewolves Die; Galloping Ghosts; Slithering Terror; Into Thin Air...; Music of the Demons. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Henry Kiefer, Al Tyler, John Belfi, and Myron Fass. Pre-Code horror comic from Trojan Magazines really gets into gear with this issue. In fact, this issue was used for an illustration in the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent (illo #12, with caption, "Children are first shocked and then desensitized by all this brutality."). A mad scientist builds a robot and programs it to think, then is surprised when it attacks him with a yen for taking over the world. In one of the more original "poetic justice" horror stories, a man murdered in a paper pulper returns from the grave to avenge his murder through paper products. Hugo seeks revenge on those who have slighted him. Plus a grisly article about real-life decapitations and what happens after. The Thing from Beyond; Almost Human; The Paper Ghost; Life After Death?; The Phantom of the Moor. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Henry Kiefer, Al Tyler, John Belfi, and Myron Fass. Pre-Code horror comic from Trojan Magazines really gets into gear with this issue. In fact, this issue was used for an illustration in the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent (illo #12, with caption, "Children are first shocked and then desensitized by all this brutality."). A mad scientist builds a robot and programs it to think, then is surprised when it attacks him with a yen for taking over the world. In one of the more original "poetic justice" horror stories, a man murdered in a paper pulper returns from the grave to avenge his murder through paper products. Hugo seeks revenge on those who have slighted him. Plus a grisly article about real-life decapitations and what happens after. The Thing from Beyond; Almost Human; The Paper Ghost; Life After Death?; The Phantom of the Moor. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $1,200.00 Paper: Off white to white Cover Detached. Label #2045774001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($36.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Frank Frazetta and Sid Check. Stories and art by Henry Kiefer, Art Gates, Sid Check, and Jay Disbrow. Pre-Code horror comic from Trojan Magazines. Treasure hunters seeking lost pirate gold find skeleton pirates still guarding it, even underwater. A hanged man seeks revenge on those who framed him, in a story that may feature inks by Wally Wood or Frank Frazetta. Scientists seeking the secrets of life and death encounter a zombie. Early cover by art legend Frank Frazetta. The Bell Tolls Death!; Man with the Broken Neck!; The Thing in the Fens; Out of the Grave…; The Spell of Doom! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Art Gates, Leo Morey, Edvard Moritz and Jay Disbrow. Pre-Code horror comic from Trojan Magazines. Archaeologists exploring the lost Mayan "Temple of Eternal Life" accidentally awaken the dead, who want to pick up where they left off with the human sacrifices. A scientist receives a TV message from outer space that turns out to be commands to begin an alien invasion. A writer reveals the supernatural truth behind his latest story. Plus an article about real-life burial practices and death rituals around the world. Ghostly Sacrifice; Cry: Danger; His Own Funeral; Dead and Gone; Dwellers in Darkness. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $429.00 Paper: Off white Tape on centerfold. Label #1999686018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.87) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bernard Bailey. Stories and art by Bob Powell and Bernard Bailey. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. In the English town of Trelawney, John gets caught in the ancient feud between two ghosts with ghostly attack dogs, in a story with art by comics legend Bob Powell. A safari captures the legendary white ape, but catching it and keeping it are two different things. Grave robber Charley is chosen by the dead themselves to be the new cemetery keeper. Ghost Hounds of Trelawney; The Nameless Horror; Horror on the Hill; Custodian of the Dead. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $684.00 Paper: Off white Label #4111172002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($20.52) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Bill Woolfolk, Maurice Gutwirth and Bob McCarthy. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. Chess master Roger engages Death in a chess game during a near-death experience, but after he's revived, Death wants to continue the game. A train engineer gets a job offer to conduct the train to Hell, a one-way trip for most. Scientist Hiram creates a machine that can transport the souls of the elderly into the bodies of the freshly dead, and it just gets worse from there. The Man Who Defeated Death!; Dripping Terror; Last Express!; Tempest in a Teapot; The Walking Cadaver. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $170.00 Paper: White Label #4569550007

Cover art by Ken Rice. Daughters of Doom, art by Louis Zansky; Student Dan Revere works as a graveyard keeper to earn his college money; He meets a female vampire who looks like his fiancée Anne. The Winged Spectres of Dismal Swamp, art by Lou Cameron; Gregg Damion crashes his car in the swamps and is rescued by a giant, heat-radiating moth; Finding overnight shelter, he meets swamp dweller Igor and his mysterious daughter Siri. Valley of the Macabre, art by Chic Stone. Ancient Curse of the Medusa, pencils by Jim McLaughlin. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $425.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #2031122006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.75) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Jim McLaughlin. The Terror of Dread Isle, art by Louis Zansky; Off the coast of Scotland lies Dread Isle; There live "fog creatures" with the ability of shapeshifting. I Walked at Midnight, art by Al Eadeh; Two vampires live in a cemetery; One day this hunting ground cannot provide nourishment for both of them. The Lyre of Doom. Treasure of the Dead, art by Gene Colan; On the deathbed of his father, Ralph Sandon promises to return a pirate treasure the father stole. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $289.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #0358251007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.67) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Jim McLaughlin. The Terror of Dread Isle, art by Louis Zansky; Off the coast of Scotland lies Dread Isle; There live "fog creatures" with the ability of shapeshifting. I Walked at Midnight, art by Al Eadeh; Two vampires live in a cemetery; One day this hunting ground cannot provide nourishment for both of them. The Lyre of Doom. Treasure of the Dead, art by Gene Colan; On the deathbed of his father, Ralph Sandon promises to return a pirate treasure the father stole. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,172.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4301298016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($35.16) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Doomsmoke, art by Ken Rice; Pipe collector Ira Krim is fascinated by a skull-shaped pipe in a curio shop; Despite all warnings, he is compelled to own the pipe, even if it means his doom. Legend of the Long 3rd Finger, art by Louis Zansky; With his terrible first marriage behind him, a man starts a life with a new family; He is called to the deathbed of his first wife, who lets the man know that his first-born was born with a long 3rd finger, a sure sign that he is cursed to be a werewolf. Candles for the Undead, art by Jim McLaughlin. The Face In the Fog, art by Martin Marty Rose. 36 pages Cover price $0.10.

Big 3 (1940 Fox) 2 CGC 5.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4311926006

Stories and art by Sam Cooper (credited as Charles Nicholas), Alex Blum and Fletcher Hanks. A collection of superhero comics from Fox Feature Syndicate, featuring the first version of the Blue Beetle. Crime boss Porky Hogg targets the Blue Beetle by dressing his gang in Blue Beetle costumes and framing him for murder; The Flame battles a gang's protection racket; Stardust must protect America when Master-Mind De Structo plans to steal all its oxygen, in a story by the legendary Fletcher Hanks. Blue Beetle: Death To the Blue Beetle; Samson: Nekroff the Dictator; Wing Turner; The Flame: The Crimson Circle; Interlude At Hoalogaland; The Flame: The Sabotage Protection Racket; Stardust: Master-Mind De Structo. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $1,500.00 Paper: White Label #4498503004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($45.00) will be charged at checkout.

"Danny the Demon Had Plans," script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman has to work fast to discover evidence that will exonerate Steve from the murder of General Courtney. Mutt & Jeff strips by Al Smith (as Bud Fisher). "The Ten Buck Nut," script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Ma and the kids head out to the racetrack and overhear a man who gets Ma to bet on "a sure thing" --with disastrous results. "Putting on the Dog," script by Joseph Greene, art by Joe Gallagher; Big Mouth Bo-Bo kidnaps a talented dog who has been trained to open doors and arranges for it to be declared homeless so that it will be adopted into a wealthy family. "Three Fugitives from Clarence" starring Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys, script by Lynn Evans, art by Frank Harry. "Little Peachy Pet Riding Hood," script by Julius Schwartz (as John B. Wentworth), art by Stan Aschmeier (as Stan Josephs); After a rather wild birthday party for Peachy Pet, Johnny Thunder offers to tell her a bedtime story: Little Red Riding Hood. "The Fatal Charm of Tank Tinker" starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. "Heroes Are Born...Not Made!" starring Green Lantern, script by Alfred Bester, art by Paul Reinman (as Nodell and Reinman); While visiting the city of Baxton, Alan and Doiby visit with the town's bell ringer, who tells them he will never ring the bell again until something heroic is done. "A Hot Time in the Old Town" starring Hawkman, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Joe Kubert. "The Million Dollar Apple" starring The Flash, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Everett E. Hibbard. 132 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $129.95 or Best Offer Paper: Slightly britle Slab: Paper flake(s) in case Label #2068098002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.90) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Ham Fisher, Ray McGill, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, and Alfred Andriola. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Doc Static's cure for Sparky's sudden microscopic shrinking has the side-effect of giving Slap Happy super-powered feet. Marvelo the Magician and his assistant Zee join Commodore Crank's yacht for a Caribbean cruise, but someone doesn't want them on board. Charlie Chan tries to prove Eric innocent of being the deadly Rockingham Bandit before the real Bandit gets to him. Skyman; Sparky Watts; Captain Devildog; Joe Palooka; Spy-Chief; Charlie Chan; Rocky Ryan; Dixie Dugan; Marvelo; The Face; Oliver Drab. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,799.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4449592001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($53.97) will be charged at checkout.

Formerly Scienti-Snaps. Edited by Jack champman Miske and Walter E. Marconette. Fiction: "The Thing in the Moonlight" by H.P. Lovecraft, and "The Dwellers in the Mirage" (End) by A. Merritt. Articles: "To Write - Be Wrong!" by John W. Campbell, Jr., "The Open Mind" by E.E. Smith, Ph. D., and "A Brief Autobiography" by Hannes Bok. Columns: "Stardust" by The Star-Treader, "Fantasy Footnotes" by Harry Warner, Jr., "Imagi-Movies" by Forrest J. Ackerman, and "Kaleidoscope" by Walter E. Marconette. Sonnet: On H.P. Lovecrafts "The Festival" by Earl Singleton. Cover art by Hannes Bok. Interior art by Hannes Bok and Walter E. Marconette. 6" x 9", 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $308.75 Paper: Light tan to off white Label #1162317027 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.26) will be charged at checkout.

Edited by Leon Harvey. Cover by Lee Elias. Stories by Bob Haney, Lee Elias, and Russell Stamm. The Black Cat in "The Dangerous Masterpiece!" Back-up stories "A Day with Linda Turner" and the Invisible Scarlet O'Neil. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie the Rain maker" by Bill Schreiber. Mystery, adventure, and humor tales starring such characters as Linda Turner, Invisible Scarlet O'Neill, and the Black Cat, an action hero and skilled martial artist who uses a lasso and rope. Alan Ladd bio. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Black Cat Comics (1946-1951 Harvey) 29 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

Tape on interior cover.

Label #3995828002

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Paul McCarthy and Art Helfant. Early female superhero Black Cat is a martial artist with a lasso and a double life as a Hollywood starlet. In the lead-up to its transition into a horror comic with the next issue, this issue features horror-themed stories, including Black Cat's battle with a witch, and a bondage cover by Lee Elias. Linda Turner plays the Hollywood Bowl, in a story featuring good-girl art and cameos by celebrities Jack Benny, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. Cunning master criminal The Sceptre mocks both police and Black Cat. The Salem Witch; A Day With Linda Turner; Diet for Death; Black Cat's Encyclopedia of Superstition; Time for Murder; Obviously, the Sceptre; Hunting for Murder; Holly of Hollywood; Hector the Director; Calling All Sleuths. Final issue as a superhero comic; switches to horror with the next issue as Black Cat Mystery (1951 Harvey) #30. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $1,990.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white File Copy. Label #0069371025 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($59.70) will be charged at checkout.

"Jack of Horror" (script and pencils by Bob Powell, inks by Howard Nostrand); "Shadows on the Tomb" (pencils by Joe Certa); "Hand of the Yogi" (pencils by Rudy Palais); "Halloween Nightmare" (pencils by Manny Stallman). Three pages worth of text stories and filler, "Satan's Seal," Monster Lore," "The Return of the Mummies," and "The Mark of the Vampire." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Joe Certa, Warren Kremer, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Vic Donahue and Rudy Palais. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A witch returns from the grave after 300 years, bent on revenge. A painting made with a murder victim's blood contains evil magic that backfires on the painter. A mad taxidermist creates the world's worst gorilla suit. This issue was mentioned in the text of the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent, pp. 386-388. The Ape Man; Voodoo; The Witch Killer; The Evil Eye; The Stranger; The Body Maker; Hoof Beats of Death; Portrait in Blood. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Joe Certa, and Jack Sparling. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A witch offers to provide a man's fondest wish: to understand the true nature of evil. An escaped convict meets mysterious hooded figures in a cemetery, but he should have kept running. A young couple is taken captive aboard the ship of the damned called the Satana. Excursion; Oil; Destiny; Search for Evil! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.