Crime Mysteries (1952-1954 Trojan Magazines) comic books 1955 or before, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $850.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #2042487008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($25.50) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Ken Battefield and Pierre Charpentier. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. "Crime psychologist" Jim Phillips investigates a crime wave that seems to be masterminded by a hypnotist who died in prison. Private eye Jerry Jasper is hired by gang boss Mike Bullen to find out who is trying to take over his racket. Showgirl Babe Dawson hires master of disguise Don Grady to protect her from her ex-con ex-husband, Spider Webb. Bondage cover may be the work of Adolphe Barreaux. Jim Phillips: Death Is the Victor; Jerry Jasper: Murder Backfires; Don Grady: The Hidden Clue; Hate Backfires; Queenie Starr: Death Directs. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $338.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4354763001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.14) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Alvin Hollingsworth. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and others. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. Dr. Lance Storm battles mad scientist Dr. Zarno, who has discovered how to turn people into radiation-powered zombies. Chinese scientist Dr. Foo helps Don Grady solve crimes, in his debut. Plus a classic anti-marijuana story. Lance Storm: The Nightmare Monster; Jerry Jasper; The Fantastic Dr. Foo; Queenie Starr. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.5 $195.00 Paper: Cream to off white Tape on interior cover. Label #1974355006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by William Zeller. Stories and art by Richard Kahn, Mo Marcus, Robert Leslie Bellem, Bill Fraccio, Art Gates, Jack Miller, Ray McClelland and Mike Esposito. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. Dr. Lance Storm's arch enemy Professor Zarno sets his sights on the British Crown Jewels during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (a hot topic at the time). To solve a murder at the United Nations, Chinese-American scientist Dr. Foo employs his natural deductive skills, and perhaps even his supernatural skills. Wax figures confuse the clues in a case for Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (the most famous sleuth in the pages of Crime Mysteries). Bondage-themed cover by William Zeller is an homage to (or swipe from) an early Jack Kirby cover, for Champion Comics (1939-1940 Worth Publishing) #10. Lance Storm: Death Stalks the Crown; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: Murder in Wax; Kitty Vale: Picture of Death; Murder is a Skin Game; The Fantastic Dr. Foo: Prayer of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $400.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4204455007

Stories and art by Art Gates, Alvin Hollingsworth and H. C. Kiefer. Crime and horror comics featuring detective heroes. The series begins edging toward pre-Code horror with this issue. Novelist Gene rents the deserted home of eccentric Simeon Graves to work on his next book, but it comes with a mysterious blonde, a dire warning, and a rumor of hidden treasure. A serial killer dares the police to stop him before he strikes again. An actor uses his skills to get away with the murder of his wife, but reliving the murder for a TV drama pushes him over the edge. Cash for a Corpse; The Strangler; Murder - and You Die!; Deadly Rendezvous; Bounty for Varmints; Dance of the Devil. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.