Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) comic books 1960-1962, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $300.00 Paper: White Label #4419701010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Ad back cover. Indicia title is "THE BOY AND THE PIRATES, No. 1117." Adapted from the 1960 movie "The Boy and the Pirates." The Boy and the Pirates, script by Bert I. Gordon (movie story), art by Tom Gill; A boy is magically transported back in time to the ship of Blackbeard the Pirate by a bottle imp; The boy must return the bottle to the exact spot in seven days or take the imp's place inside it. Pirates of New England fact page, art by Tom Gill; A review of the pirates that operated off the coast of New England in the 18th Century. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $300.00 Paper: White Label #4416075001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Ad on back cover. "Huckleberry Hound for President" - Written by unknown. Art by Harvey Eisenberg and Steve Steere. Cover by Harvey Eisenberg. Starring Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Augie Doggie, Doggie Daddy, Quick Draw McGraw, Pixie, Dixie, Mr. Jinks, Snooper, Blabber and Ranger Smith! Also has the 1-page stories "The Treat Beat," "Make Believe Trees" (Yogi and Boo Boo) and "Food for Thought"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $400.00 Paper: White Label #4412931022 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.00) will be charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "THE LOST WORLD, No. 1145." Adapted from the 1960 movie "The Lost World." Photo cover of Professor Challenger (as played by Claude Rains), Ed Malone (David Hedison), Lord John Roxton (Michael Rennie), Jennifer Holmes (Jill St. John), and Professor Summerlee (Richard Haydn). The Lost World, script by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (original novel), Irwin Allen and Charles Bennett (screenplay), and Paul S. Newman (comic adaptation), pencils by Gil Kane; Determined to prove his discovery of a lost world in the Amazon jungle, Professor Challenger leads an expedition by helicopter to a plateau filled with prehistoric beasts. Biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Paul S. Newman. Description of the wildlife of the Galapagos Islands by Paul S. Newman, pencils by Gil Kane. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $500.00 Paper: White Label #4403652008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($15.00) will be charged at checkout.

Variant with "The Sea Thieves" on back cover. "Swiss Family Robinson" - Written by unknown (movie adaptation). Art by John Ushler. Photo Cover. Shipwrecked and marooned on a tropical island, a family fights pirates and the elements for survival! Also has the 1-pager "Tiger Hunt" and "The Sea Thieves"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $474.00 Paper: White Label #4388388009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.22) will be charged at checkout.

"Yogi Bear Joins the Marines" - Written by unknown. Art and Cover by Harvey Eisenberg. Starring Yogi Bear! Also has the 1-pagers "Double Duty" and "Timely Tip"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $205.00 Paper: Off white File Copy. Label #3925074008

Variant with "The Curse of the Pharaohs" filler on back cover. Ellery Queen. Painted Cover. Stories by unknown. Pencils by Mike Sekowsky. EQ is a classic who-done-it. The answer is revealed on the last page after the reader is challenged to solve the mystery. Featuring the tales "The Mummy's Curse" and "The Underwater Clue," plus "Counterfeiting", historical facts about counterfeiting money and "The Curse of the Pharaohs", story of finding the first mummy and the archaeologists who died afterwards. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $127.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white File Copy. Label #3925074009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.81) will be charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "ELMER FUDD, No. 1171." Cover art by Fred Abranz. Crystal Clear, art by Phil de Lara; Daffy pretends to be a fortune teller in order to trick Elmer into buying him food at the circus. Robin Roundup, art by Fred Abranz; Daffy uses bird calls to try to get Elmer to leave his house to find the first robin of spring. Hiccup Hassle, art by Fred Abranz; Elmer is a glass blower with hiccups; Bugs tries to cure him. High Guy, art by Phil de Lara; A tramp steals Elmer's new "height shoes" but Sam's dog brings them back. The Steamer Schemer, script by Carl Fallberg, art by Fred Abranz; While flying north in the spring, Daffy decides to hitch a ride on a luxury liner. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $284.00 Paper: White Label #4388388008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.52) will be charged at checkout.

Yak Yak A Pathology of Humor. Stories, Art and Cover by Jack Davis. Featuring the tales "The Sociables Prefer Yak Yak" (fake ad for Yak Yak comic), "The Touchables," "How To Bat 400!", "A Yak Yak Prediction," "How To Win Friends," "Drama Vs. Realism," "Hysterical Historical Quizzical Quiz" and "Yak Yak Nursery Rhymes Illustrated," plus five "A Yak Yak" stories and the text story "Scrounging the World for Recipes"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $300.00 Paper: White Label #4419701018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Ad on back cover. Indicia title is "ATLANTIS, THE LOST CONTINENT, No. 1188." Adapted from the 1961 movie "Atlantis, the Lost Continent." Cover art by Demetrios (as played by Anthony Hall) and Andes the Giant (Robert "Big Buck" Maffei). Atlantis, the Lost Continent, script by Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer, art by Dan Spiegle; Demetrios, a Greek fisherman, rescues a beautiful princess and returns her to Atlantis, her faraway homeland; When he reaches the island, he is thrown into slavery and must fight a giant in order to regain his freedom; A volcanic eruption sends Atlantis under the sea as Demetrios and the princess escape. Myth and Mystery; theories about Atlantis. The Anatomy of a Volcano; facts about volcanos. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $115.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white File Copy. Label #3925074013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.45) will be charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "HENNESEY, No. 1200." Based on the 1959-1962 "Hennesey" TV series. The New Doctor, pencils by Gil Kane; Hennesey finds himself competing with a new doctor, who is a medical wizard; He also is attracting the attention of Hennesey's girlfriend, nurse Martha Hale. Navy Doctors, pencils by Gil Kane; The history of doctors serving on Navy ships in times of war. Under Observation, pencils by Gil Kane; Lt. Rocky Preston, a rock and roll star now in the Navy, causes chaos in the hospital until he is put under "quarantine." Disaster Relief, pencils by Gil Kane; The response of the Navy Medical Corps to an earthquake in Asadir, Morocco, in March 1960. Heroic Navy Doctors, pencils by Gil Kane. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $120.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #3925074015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.60) will be charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "LOLLY AND PEPPER, No. 1206." Based on the "Lolly" newspaper strip. Cover art by Pete Hansen. At Loss for a Boss; Pepper locks up Mr. Quimby and ties up Mr. Maypole so that Lolly can be in charge of the office. Boss Bodyguard; Mr. Quimby has Lolly learn judo so that she can be his bodyguard. Snapshot Shooter; Lolly tries to get a candid photograph of Pepper when he's smiling. The Twin Pines Plot; Thinking he's homesick, Lolly and Granny go to Pepper's summer camp, but find that Pepper's gone into the hills in search of a lost gold mine. Hero Happy; On a TV quiz show, Lolly wins a date with movie star Marlon Crush. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $240.70 Paper: Cream to off white Phantom Planet Label #0255867026 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.22) will be charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "THE PHANTOM PLANET, No. 1234." Adapted from the 1961 movie "The Phantom Planet." Painted cover art with a photo of a Solarite (as played by Richard Kiel). Preview with photos. The Phantom Planet, art by Jack Lehti; An earthman lands on an uncharted asteroid, Rheton, only to find it inhabited by miniature people; The atmosphere shrinks him to their size and he gets involved in a romantic triangle with two women and has to fight a duel; The asteroid is then menaced by alien Solarites, who aim to destroy it. August 1960: The Greatest Month in Space History fact page. Killer Rays in Space; Theories about harmful radiation during space travel. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $185.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white File Copy. Label #3925074017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.55) will be charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "HENNESEY, No. 1280." Based on the "Hennesey" TV series. Cover photo of Lt. Charles 'Chick' Hennesey (as played by Jackie Cooper) and Martha Hale (Abby Dalton). Operation Motion Sickness, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Frank Giacoia; Hennesey is assigned to test new motion sickness pills. Navy Doctors, art by Bob Fujitani; A history of the duties of early American Navy doctors. The Glamour Patient, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Frank Giacoia; Admiral Shafer assigns Hennesey to be doctor for a movie company that is shooting a film at the Naval station. Operating At Sea fact page, art by Bob Fujitani; Examples of doctors performing operations in improvised conditions while at sea. Heroic Navy Doctors, art by Bob Fujitani. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $1,000.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4398010010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "BONANZA, No. 1283." Photo cover of Ben Cartwright (as played by Lorne Greene), Little Joe Cartwright (Michael Landon), Hoss Cartwright (Dan Blocker), and Adam Cartwright (Pernell Roberts). Preview with photos. The Four-Flusher; Gambler "Lucky Lou" Montaine captures the Cartwrights and tries to makes Ben sign a deed turning the Ponderosa over to him. One Dark Night; The Cartwrights trail vanishing cattle to a canyon death trap. Swimming Cattle fact page; The dangers of cattle swimming across rivers in cattle drives. Scripts by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Tom Gill. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $300.00 Paper: White Label #4412931023 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "LARAMIE, No. 1284." Based on the "Laramie" TV series. Photo cover of Slim Sherman (as played by John Smith) and Jess Harper (Robert Fuller). Preview with photos. The Doomed Captive, art by Russ Heath; Stage driver Johnny Feather, an Indian, is captured by renegade Indians who plan to take him back to Indian territory to kill him for working for the white man. A Lame Excuse, art by Gil Kane; Jess opts out of helping unload a stage due to sprained wrists; but they don't hurt enough to keep him from helping a pretty young lady down from the stage. Snowbound, art by Russ Heath; In the midst of a severe winter snowstorm, outlaws take over the stage stop. Western Winters, art by Gil Kane; Anecdotes about harsh winters in the Old West. The White Man's Road, art by Gil Kane; Indians' attempts to adapt to the white man's ways. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $1,060.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4363590025 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($31.80) will be charged at checkout.

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Indicia title is "THE TWILIGHT ZONE, No. 1288." Based on "The Twilight Zone" TV series. Painted cover art by George Wilson. The Bridegroom; Milo Dean makes a career of fleecing gullible women; While hiding out from his latest caper, he and his accomplice come across a strange house where Milo finds a beautiful wealthy woman who he intends to marry. The Secret Weapon; After World War II, Hunt Mallard tracks former Nazi officers in Germany; includes Hitler cameo. The Joiner; Mild-mannered Alvah Petty escapes his unpleasant home life by joining the "Knights of the Galaxy." Scripts by Paul S. Newman, art by Reed Crandall; George Evans. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $132.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white File Copy. Label #3925074019 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.96) will be charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "ELLERY QUEEN, No. 1289." Painted cover art. The Voodoo Victim; Ellery and Inspector Queen get involved with voodoo when they go to Haiti to bring back a man suspected of smuggling rifles to rebels in several South American countries. The Curse of Kane; Ellery has to find out which of Ken Kane's three brothers and sisters is trying to kill him in order that the family estate can be sold. Omens; Facts about how the Romans read natural events as omens. Voodoo; facts about Voodoo. Pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Frank Giacoia. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $474.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case; Top edge label strip missing; Other - see grading notes 4 1/2" crack on back of case. Label #0032454001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.22) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Indicia title is "MISTER ED, THE TALKING HORSE, No. 1295." Based on the "Mister Ed" TV series. Photo cover of Wilbur Post (as played by Alan Young) and Mister Ed (horse). Preview with photos. A Cute Filly; Wilbur and Carol take Mister Ed to the State Fair to meet a filly that Ed saw on television. Amateur Architect, script by Paul S. Newman; Mister Ed helps Wilbur design a modern style house for a client. Free Delivery, script by Paul S. Newman; Carol and Kay decide to use Mister Ed and a wagon to haul their groceries from the supermarket, rather than pay delivery fees. All art by Joe Certa. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $67.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4248357014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.01) will be charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "THE LITTLE RASCALS, No. 1297." Cover art by David Gantz. Preview with photos. The Friendly Fox; Aunt Matilda recruits Spanky to be the bugler at a fox hunt, but the Rascals turn the odds in favor of the fox. Prize Crew; Waldo Worthington invites the Rascals aboard his yacht, but his mother has them tossed off. Fowl Play; The Rascals try to find out who is stealing chickens from Uncle Harvey's farm. Polishing Off the Pirates; The Rascals open a shoeshine stand near a construction zone in order to raise money to rebuilt their clubhouse. All art by David Gantz. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $132.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white File Copy. Label #3925074021 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.96) will be charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "JOHNNY JASON TEEN REPORTER, No. 1302." Painted cover art. Indicia title is "JOHNNY JASON TEEN REPORTER, No. 1302." How a Newspaper is Printed fact page. Johnny Goes Dancing; A daily newspaper hires high school student Johnny Jason to report on teen activities; A routine story about a student dance leads to problems with street gangs. What's in a Newspaper fact page. The Newspaper Reporter fact page. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $615.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4392292015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($18.45) will be charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "HUCK AND YOGI WINTER SPORTS, No. 1310." Cover art by Harvey Eisenberg. Hodgepodge Lodge, art by Kay Wright; Yogi and Huck build a ski lodge by themselves, but their guests find that there are many problems with the design and details. To the Rescue, art by Pete Alvarado; Huck is pressed into service as "rescue dog" (complete with keg of hot chocolate) for the ski slopes, but Mr. Jinks keeps pretending to need rescuing in order to get the hot chocolate. Safety Testers, pencils by Pete Alvarado, inks by Steve Steere; Doggie Daddy won't let Augie try any winter sports unless Yogi and Huck try them first to assure him it's safe. Trophy Race, pencils by Pete Alvarado, inks by Steve Steere; Yogi and Huck have to postpone an ice-skating race when someone steals the winner's trophy cup. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $115.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white File Copy. Label #3925074022 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.45) will be charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "NATIONAL VELVET, No. 1312." Photo cover of Velvet Brown (as played by Lori Martin) and King (horse). Preview with photos. The Tank Trap; When a water pond is dug on the Brown ranch, it turns out to be a quicksand trap for King. Blue Norther; Velvet's father and his farm hand receive leg injuries while retrieving a stray cow during a blizzard and Velvet and King have to rescue them. Attacked!; While out riding, King and Velvet are attacked by a stallion that jumps a fence. The Great Blizzard of 1886 fact page. Fighting Stallions fact page. All art by Jack Sparling. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $300.00 Paper: White Label #4421932014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's MOON PILOT, No. 1313." Adapted from the 1962 Walt Disney movie "Moon Pilot." Photo cover of Capt. Richmond Talbot (as played by Tom Tryon) and Charlie (chimpanzee). Preview with photos. Walt Disney's Moon Pilot, script by Robert Buckner (movie story) and Maurice Tombragel (screenplay), art by John Ushler; After successfully training the first chimp to orbit the moon, Capt. Richmond Talbot inadvertently is chosen to become the first man to duplicate the feat; While awaiting the flight, Talbot is stalked by a mysterious woman, who may be a spy or something altogether different. General overview of different types of explorers. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $1,180.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4379954013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($35.40) will be charged at checkout.

Short Ribs. Stories by unknown. Art and Cover by Frank O'Neal? Based on the Short Ribs comic strip distributed by NEA (Newspaper Enterprise Association). Featuring the tales "A Knight in the Woods," "Low Noon," "The Assistant," "Siesta," "Case of the Magic Mace" and "Breakfast in Bed," plus two untitled 1-page stories. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $340.00 Paper: Cream to off white File Copy. Label #4258820006

Indicia title is "ON STAGE, No. 1336." Based on the "On Stage" newspaper strip by Leonard Starr. Painted cover art by Robert William Meyers. Angels Without Wings, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Frank Giacoia; Facts about "angels," a show business term for those who invest in a stage show. The Shady Shakespearian Angel, script by Ken Fitch, pencils by Frank Bolle, inks by Frank Giacoia; Mary, Pete, and Maximus get involved with a Shakespearian play, which needs some financial backing; A shady character has the money, but wants some unethical changes made in the credits. Brief history of drama. Tricks of Make-up fact page. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $195.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white File Copy. Label #3925074023 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.85) will be charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "ON STAGE, No. 1336." Based on the "On Stage" newspaper strip by Leonard Starr. Painted cover art by Robert William Meyers. Angels Without Wings, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Frank Giacoia; Facts about "angels," a show business term for those who invest in a stage show. The Shady Shakespearian Angel, script by Ken Fitch, pencils by Frank Bolle, inks by Frank Giacoia; Mary, Pete, and Maximus get involved with a Shakespearian play, which needs some financial backing; A shady character has the money, but wants some unethical changes made in the credits. Brief history of drama. Tricks of Make-up fact page. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $190.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4385871003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.70) will be charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "Yak Yak, No. 1348." Painted cover art by Jack Davis. Parody of ad for Bufferin pain reliever. TV for All; Adventures of a "inging private eye spy cowboy world traveler and wrestler from Cartoonland; features caricatures of Alfred Hitchcock, Fidel Castro, and Nikita Khrushchev. Skin-Diving; Satire about skin-diving. A Yak Yak Prediction; Fake editorial cartoon concerning Russian Premier Nikita Krushchev. How to Identify Road-Nuts!; Different types of bad drivers. Scripts and art by Jack Davis. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.