Comic books December 1940, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $10,000 Paper: Off white to white Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #4368455004

Cover art by Sheldon Moldoff. The Long Lost Son starring Green Lantern, script by Bill Finger, art by Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon]. Crooked lawyer Elias Strake convinces Cub Brenner to pose as the long-lost son of the Blakes in order to steal their fortune; But when Alan Scott hears Strake was involved in the reunion, he investigates as Green Lantern. The Red Tornado to the Rescue, script and art by Sheldon Mayer; The Red Tornado wipes up the Torponi mob, but when the Police Chief takes credit for the the kids rescue, Ma Hunkel decides the Red Tornado should tell him off in no uncertain terms. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith (as Bud Fisher). Believe It or Not by Robert L. Ripley. The Shooting Match starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. The Monsters from the Mine starring The Atom, script by Bill O'Connor, pencils by Ben Flinton, inks by Leonard Sansone. Rescue on Mars: Part 2--Adventures in the Unknown, script by Carl H. Claudy, art by Stan Aschmeier. Little Tom's Trouble starring Ben Webster, script and art by Russell Cole [as Edwin Alger]. The Wire-Cutters starring Red, White and Blue, art by William Smith. 68 pgs. $0.10. 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 1.0 $3,950.00 CGC Signature Series Paper: Brittle Signed on 1st page by Jerry Robinson on 11/01/2009. From the Collection of Jerry Robinson. (Cover detached) Label #0168463005

Cover art by Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, and George Roussos. Batman and Hugo Strange story, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, and George Roussos. Spy story, art by Ed Moore. The Case of the Circus Killer starring Larry Steele, Private Detective, art by Irwin Hasen. The Crimson Avenger story, script and art by Jack Lehti. Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator story, art by Ed Winiarski (as Fran Miller). Bargain Deaths starring Steve Malone, District Attorney, art by Don Lynch. Cliff Crosby story, script and art by Chad Grothkopf. Slam Bradley story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Howard Sherman. 68 pgs. $0.10. Death of Hugo Strange, first time car called Batmobile. Gotham City 1st mentioned in Detective Comics. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.0 $2,200.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0297651002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($66.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, and George Roussos. Batman and Hugo Strange story, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, and George Roussos. Spy story, art by Ed Moore. The Case of the Circus Killer starring Larry Steele, Private Detective, art by Irwin Hasen. The Crimson Avenger story, script and art by Jack Lehti. Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator story, art by Ed Winiarski (as Fran Miller). Bargain Deaths starring Steve Malone, District Attorney, art by Don Lynch. Cliff Crosby story, script and art by Chad Grothkopf. Slam Bradley story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Howard Sherman. 68 pgs. $0.10. Death of Hugo Strange, first time car called Batmobile. Gotham City 1st mentioned in Detective Comics. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $700.00 Paper: Cream to off white Cover detached. Small piece of tape on cover. Label #0248055002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($21.00) will be charged at checkout.

Flash stars in "Trouble in Kurtavia," written by Gardner Fox, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: "Les Sparks, Radio Amateur" by Don Cameron; Johnny Thunder in "Johnny's Date" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; The Whip in "Trapped" by Wentworth and Homer Fleming; King in "The Witch and The Emeralds" by Fox and Harry Lampert; Cliff Cornwall in "Encounter with the Wolf" with art by John Ayman; Hawkman in "The Heart Patient" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff; and "Manhattan Madman" by Ed Wheelan. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,199.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4549769006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($35.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Edited by Malcolm Reiss, Jerry Iger and Will Eisner. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Jerry Iger, Charles Wotjkoski, Charles Sultan, Art Saaf, Bob Kane and Bob Powell. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Sheena battles the Super-Ape, a giant gorilla; Stuart Taylor ventures into the distant past to rescue Dr. Hayward and Laura from Queen Starina and her wizard; A reprint of the Bob Kane Peter Pupp story from issue #5. Another giant-gorilla cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Peter Pupp; The Hawk; Weird Stories of the Supernatural; Bobby; Uncle Otto; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; The 13th Notch; Pee Wee; Tom Dick and Harry; ZX-5 Spies In Action; Inspector Dayton; Lightning; Wilton of the West. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $300.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4553791008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Feg Murray, Clayton Knight, H. H. Knerr, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Robert Storm, Austin Briggs, Thornton W. Burgess, Carl Anderson, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Joe Musial, Billy DeBeck, Jimmy Thompson, Eugene L. Pollack, McKay, Tom Sims, and Bela Zaboly. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Investigating the mummy they saw in the museum, Mandrake and Sonny discover a secret passage to the museum vault; The celebrity strip Seein' Stars profiles Errol Flynn and Olivia De Havilland of The Adventures of Robin Hood. Mandrake the Magician; News in Sports; Jan and Aloysius; Seein' Stars; The Romance of Flying; Bunky; Dollar-A-Dither; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Little Nature Stories; Henry; Little Acorns; Popeye; Barney Baxter; Blondie; Indian Lore; Roger; Stamp Corner; The Cartoon Page; Dinglehoofer. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $5,500.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #2057670007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($165.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Ad for Human Torch #2, art by Schomburg. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; The Torch has a real dilemma: he has to track down members of the Fire Cult who have committed a murder, but the man murdered was intending to destroy the world. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; After Namor successfully routs invading Nazi paratroopers on an island Dorma and he arrived on for a rest, questioning of the Nazi Lieutenant reveals that the Axis Powers have built a secret submarine base on a little known island 20 miles from the coast of Florida; So Dorma and he head for that base to tackle the Nazi horde. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel investigates a mine operator that has a lot of equipment for handling radium on his hands, equipment that is being used to create synthetic diamonds. Redskins Bite Cinders text story, script by Andrew McWhiney, art by Harry Ramsey. The Vision untitled story, script by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, art by Kirby; The Vision must battle two werewolves, one in reality Gordon Sanders, a member of the ill-fated Medwick Expedition that discovered a lost Tibetan city called the City of Demons, where he was bitten by such a creature. Terry Vance untitled story, script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; Deadline takes Terry along when he is scheduled to interview actress Diana Dunn, but a staged "movie scene" turns out to be a real kidnapping of the actress. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; The destruction of the Fairbanks Iron Works leads Electro into the bowels of the earth to confront the Onees, who take control of the robot and force Professor Zog to come to his rescue. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; Ka-Zar succeeds in getting Zar out of the zoo he is imprisoned in, and hides out on a British boat heading toward Africa. Unfortunately, the boat is torpedoed by an enemy submarine. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $3,499.95 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4542458001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($105.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Ad for Human Torch #2, art by Schomburg. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; The Torch has a real dilemma: he has to track down members of the Fire Cult who have committed a murder, but the man murdered was intending to destroy the world. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; After Namor successfully routs invading Nazi paratroopers on an island Dorma and he arrived on for a rest, questioning of the Nazi Lieutenant reveals that the Axis Powers have built a secret submarine base on a little known island 20 miles from the coast of Florida; So Dorma and he head for that base to tackle the Nazi horde. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel investigates a mine operator that has a lot of equipment for handling radium on his hands, equipment that is being used to create synthetic diamonds. Redskins Bite Cinders text story, script by Andrew McWhiney, art by Harry Ramsey. The Vision untitled story, script by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, art by Kirby; The Vision must battle two werewolves, one in reality Gordon Sanders, a member of the ill-fated Medwick Expedition that discovered a lost Tibetan city called the City of Demons, where he was bitten by such a creature. Terry Vance untitled story, script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; Deadline takes Terry along when he is scheduled to interview actress Diana Dunn, but a staged "movie scene" turns out to be a real kidnapping of the actress. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; The destruction of the Fairbanks Iron Works leads Electro into the bowels of the earth to confront the Onees, who take control of the robot and force Professor Zog to come to his rescue. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; Ka-Zar succeeds in getting Zar out of the zoo he is imprisoned in, and hides out on a British boat heading toward Africa. Unfortunately, the boat is torpedoed by an enemy submarine. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $7,500.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4434493009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($225.00) will be charged at checkout.

Untitled stories starring Black Owl (script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon, Al Avison, and Al Gabriele), Dr. Frost (script by Richard Steele, art by Ben Thompson), Ted O'Neil, Green Lama (script by Ken Crossen, art by Mac Raboy), Captain Gallant (art by Grieg Chapian), Twist Turner (art by Irving Roir, Al Ross, Ben Roth, and Salo Roth), Great Voodini (art by Jon Smalle), and Power Nelson. New Adventures of Frankenstein, script and art by Dick Briefer (as Frank N. Stein). $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $899.00 Paper: Cream to off white Cover Detached. Label #3811827018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($26.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Hank Porter. Stories and art by Floyd Gottfredson, Ted Thwaites, Bob Karp, Ted Osborne, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 1, #3. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured early work by Carl Barks, the legendary Good Duck Artist. In a classic Floyd Gottfredson story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey, Donald and Goofy are ghostbusters investigating a haunted mansion. But when Mickey finds a secret passage, he suspects the ghosts are all too human. In another Gottfredson story, Mickey sees the advantage of unruly pet ostrich Oscar when he enters a race. Mickey plays Mr. Fixit for Minnie's house, and causes one accident after another. Peculiar Penguins; The Under Dog; A Phoney Situation; Konked on the Coin; Panned; The Reel Was Too Real; The Sun and the Stars; Monkey Business; The Fire Chief; It's Magic!; Well-Pipe That; Donald's Good Deed; The Hat Trick; He Don't Gate It; One Good Turn Deserves Another; Right on the "Nod"gin; Mud in His Eye; Perilous Pursuit; Thanks Reserved; Mickey Chains His Dogs; "--And It Comes Out There!"...; A Dog-Gong False Alarm; A Bird in a Guilty Cage; Don Donald Goes a-Donkey Serenading; Tricks of Your Own Trade; Donald Pulls a Boner; Cagey Plans; Fanned and Canned. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $1,450.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Slab: Chipped/broken bracket Tape on cover. Label #2126381003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($43.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Lew Glanzman. Untitled story, script and art by Louis Glanzman; Jack Knapp, who spends his time experimenting with chemicals, causes an explosion that surrounds him with blue flame; While the fire engulfs him, he can pass through any object; Memorizing the formula, he goes to investigate an ocean liner sabotaged by a strange man encased in ice. Untitled story, script and art by Frank Thomas; On Saturn, the dwarf scientist Quino sends Solarman to help the people of Earth; His first assignment is to capture a fugitive gangster attempting to leave the country on a forged passport and bring him to justice. Untitled story, script and art by John F. Kolb; The Sparkler must track down Queen Marie and her mob who are smuggling diamonds. "How the Buzzard Came to Be!", script and art by Martin Filchock; The Mayor gives an unidentified man a device that produces a gas that makes all see him as the "nemesis of the underworld", The Buzzard (an odd man in tails with glasses, a large beak-like nose and a receding hairline)!; When the Chief of Police hears that his forces have a gang cornered in a building, he rushes to the scene, expressing his annoyance over his son Flash's presence in the police department; To his dismay, the Buzzard routs the gang before the police can do anything; Flash and his girlfriend are amused by the Chief's frustration, as they know that Flash is in fact the Buzzard. Untitled story, art by Patrick Weld; Professor Larry Hunter is detoured on his way to a lecture and is imprisoned by Dr. Z, who has been studying the same topics of thought reception. Untitled story, art by Charles Pearson; Spark uses radio to help the police catch a gang that's been blowing up buildings. "Satan Takes a Holiday," art by Arthur Hoffman. Untitled story, script and art by Ed Robbins (as Robin); After reading about the events from last issue in the paper, some thugs kidnap Nikky to force Craig to give them his magic ring. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.