Comic books December 1941, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $2,499.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #0279590002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($74.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Jack Burnley. Adventure of the Singapore Stranglers, script by Gardner F. Fox, pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by Jack Burnley and Ray Burnley [backgrounds]; Starman takes on a gang of saboteurs who are using a giant acetylene torch to badly damage ships while in the Gotham docks. The Red Dragon starring The Shining Knight, art by Creig Flessel. Dr. Wizen's Gorohs starring The Hourman, art by Bernard Baily. The Prehistoric Island starring Steve Conrad, Adventurer, script and art by Jack Lehti. The Ambergris Killers starring Paul Kirk, Manhunter, script and art by Ed Moore. The Case of the Giant Bees starring The Sandman, script by Mort Weisinger, pencils by Paul Norris, inks by Chad Grothkopf. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $1,299.00 or Best Offer Trimmed Paper: White Right edge trimmed. Label #4636247001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($38.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Jack Burnley. Adventure of the Singapore Stranglers, script by Gardner F. Fox, pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by Jack Burnley and Ray Burnley [backgrounds]; Starman takes on a gang of saboteurs who are using a giant acetylene torch to badly damage ships while in the Gotham docks. The Red Dragon starring The Shining Knight, art by Creig Flessel. Dr. Wizen's Gorohs starring The Hourman, art by Bernard Baily. The Prehistoric Island starring Steve Conrad, Adventurer, script and art by Jack Lehti. The Ambergris Killers starring Paul Kirk, Manhunter, script and art by Ed Moore. The Case of the Giant Bees starring The Sandman, script by Mort Weisinger, pencils by Paul Norris, inks by Chad Grothkopf. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.1 $200.00 Paper: Off white 17th Page Only Label #0273342012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.00) will be charged at checkout.

1st appearance and origin of Wonder Woman (script by William Moulton Marston, art by Harry G. Peter). Starman and Dr. Midnite become members of the Justice Society of America in this book-length adventure. Plot by Gardner Fox and Sheldon Mayer, script by Fox. Art by Everett E. Hibbard plus individual chapters featuring Dr. Mid-nite (art by Stan Aschmeier), Doctor Fate (art by Aschmeier), the Atom (art by Ben Flinton), the Sandman (art by Cliff Young), Starman (art by Jack Burnley), Hawkman (art by Sheldon Moldoff), the Spectre (art by Barnard Baily), and Johnny Thunder (art by Aschmeier). Green Lantern voted an honorary member (no appearance, however). Doctor Fate gets a new helmet. Two-page Hop Harrigan text story, "Sky Cutups" (art by Mayer). Half-page ad for Green Lantern 1. Full-page ad for Sensation Comics 1 (Wonder Woman). Hibbard cover. 76 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.1 $300.00 Paper: Off white to white 7th Page Only. Label #0273342007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

1st appearance and origin of Wonder Woman (script by William Moulton Marston, art by Harry G. Peter). Starman and Dr. Midnite become members of the Justice Society of America in this book-length adventure. Plot by Gardner Fox and Sheldon Mayer, script by Fox. Art by Everett E. Hibbard plus individual chapters featuring Dr. Mid-nite (art by Stan Aschmeier), Doctor Fate (art by Aschmeier), the Atom (art by Ben Flinton), the Sandman (art by Cliff Young), Starman (art by Jack Burnley), Hawkman (art by Sheldon Moldoff), the Spectre (art by Barnard Baily), and Johnny Thunder (art by Aschmeier). Green Lantern voted an honorary member (no appearance, however). Doctor Fate gets a new helmet. Two-page Hop Harrigan text story, "Sky Cutups" (art by Mayer). Half-page ad for Green Lantern 1. Full-page ad for Sensation Comics 1 (Wonder Woman). Hibbard cover. 76 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $10,000 Paper: Off white to white Label #1076137001

Cover pencils by Fred Ray, inks by Jerry Robinson. "Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); From prison, Big Mike Russo is able to have his gang kidnap the warden, replace him and the guards with a look alike, then use the prison as a base of operations to commit crimes while providing alibis to those committing them; Batman figures that the only way to uncover this scenario is to get put in prison himself. "The Strange Case of Professor Radium!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); A scientist finds a way to use radium to bring the dead back to life, and he uses himself as a guinea pig; Although the experiments are successful, the Professor pays dearly for his discovery, for, in the end, as Batman says, it has created a Frankenstein monster. 2-page Chief Hot Foot story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Superstition Murders!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (signed), inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); The cast of a stage production decides to have a "superstition" party, intentionally carrying out every well-known superstition they can think of; But when one of them is killed, Batman and Robin enter the fray to single out the perpetrator of the deed. "The Cross-Country Crimes!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); The Caped Crusaders are invited to Washington D.C. to meet with the head of the FBI, but the Joker shows up and shoots the G-Man. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.5 $799.95 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Cover detached. Label #1106341006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($24.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Elmer Wexler. The Malay Menace starring Black Terror, art by Don Gabrielsen; vs. The Master [Philip Van Allen] and the Malay cult. Origin of the Liberator starring the Liberator; vs. Krause, Kurt, and Nazi spies. In China starring Ted Crane, art by George Mandel; vs. Dr. Cobra and John Lasher. The Panama Peril starring Larry North, art by Max Plaisted. The Calmite Explosive starring Sgt. Bill King, art by Maurice Gutwirth. The Gentleman Strikes starring the Mask, art by Kin Platt. The Chinese Smugglers starring Jim Hatfield. Untitled Gunboat Grey story, script and art by Ray Gill. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $480.00 Paper: Cream to off white Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #3969814013

"Fearless Flint" debuts as Famous Funnies' first original feature, accompanied by comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Fearless Flint" by H. G. Peter; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Connie" by Frank Godwin; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Somebody's Stenog" by A. E. Hayward; "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Big Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Hairbreadth Harry" by F. O. Alexander; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; and "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton. "The Broken Arrow" text story by F. S. Saunders. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $1,180.00 Paper: Off white Label #0041312013

Flash stars in "The Spider-Men of Mars," written by Gardner Fox, pencils by Everett E. Hubbard, inks by Harold Wilson Sharp. Also includes: Les Sparks, Radio Amateur in "Adventure of the Dyka Head Hunters" by Don Cameron; Johnny Thunder in "The Party for Poor Children" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; The Whip in "Construction Conspiracy" by Wentworth and Homer Fleming; King in "Hijackers" by Fox and Harry Lampert; "South Seas Surprise" by Ed Wheelan; and Hawkman in "The Hawkwoman" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff. Cover art by Everett E. Hibbard. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,200.00 Paper: Cream to off white Significant front/back scuff(s). Label #3713551012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($36.00) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by L. Bing and others. Western comics starring beloved singing cowboy Gene Autry. In an issue-length story, cowboys track a mysterious killer who leaves devil-like cloven footprints, and instead find Gene on the trail. Gene joins the hunt for the Cloven Hoof, which leads to an imprisoned miner, his hostage daughter, and a sinister figure named Rankin Dole. This issue may represent the earliest major work by a 1940s artist only identified as "L. Bing." A Personal Note from Gene Autry; The Mark of the Cloven Hoof; Gene Autry. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $10,600 Paper: Off white to white Label #2067078002

Cover art by Bill Everett. Captain America Comics ad. "The Parrot Strikes Back" starring The Human Torch, story and art by Carl Burgos; The Torch accompanies the Parrot on his prison train to California in order to help a chemist who wishes to examine an inactive volcano for sulfur deposits, which are used by the government to make gunpowder, which the U.S. is sorely lacking. "The Sub-Mariner Smashes a Nazi Uprising," script and art by Bill Everett; After his encounter with the Lavarites, Namor heads for home, but runs into Queen Jarna, who had promised to return to Venus with her people; Not wanting to be killed, she leads Namor to a Nazi undersea city from which the Nazis plan to invade America. Human Torch Comics. The Vision untitled story, script by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, pencils by Kirby and David Walters, inks by Walters; Professor Norsen examines a fallen meteor and finds alien seeds, which he plants; However, the seeds bring forth strange, ever-growing monstrous plants that devour human life and destroy towns; The Vision assists the professor when a way is found to combat these creatures. "The Truth" text story, script by Irving Werstein. Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, script and art by Ben Thompson; Ka-Zar is taken unconscious to the cave of a native in witch doctor attire and is given a potion by him, which immediately revives Ka-Zar, giving him temporary strength he never had before; He then leaves for home when he accidentally discovers the palatial mansion of a feared and hated ivory hunter, and it turns into a battle royale. "The Mystery of the Gold Mine Skeleton" starring Terry Vance, script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; Terry and Deadline head north to explore a haunted mine and get more than they bargained for. "The Patriot Smashes the Japanese Spy Ring"; The Patriot is on hand when a Filipino assassin attempts to kill Lt. Curtis to prevent him from testifying before the Naval Affairs Committee on what he has learned in the Orient. "The Case of the Armless Tiger Man" starring Angel, pencils by Paul Gustavson, inks by Al Bellman; A former German worker, who had lost his arms in a machine in a factory he once worked at, is sent to America by the Nazis to destroy machines in America for the greater glory of the Reich. Mystic Comics ad. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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First appearance of Archie, Betty and Jughead. Cover art by Irv Novick. Shield story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Irv Novick. Hangman story, script by Joe Blair, art by Paul Reinman. Danny In Wonderland story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Lin Streeter. Sergeant Boyle story, art by Carl Hubbel. Jolly Roger story, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle. Introduction and first appearance of Archie Andrews, script by Vic Bloom, art by Bob Montana. Kayo Ward story, script by Harry Shorten. Bentley of Scotland Yard story, script by Joe Blair. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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First appearance of Archie, Betty and Jughead. Cover art by Irv Novick. Shield story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Irv Novick. Hangman story, script by Joe Blair, art by Paul Reinman. Danny In Wonderland story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Lin Streeter. Sergeant Boyle story, art by Carl Hubbel. Jolly Roger story, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle. Introduction and first appearance of Archie Andrews, script by Vic Bloom, art by Bob Montana. Kayo Ward story, script by Harry Shorten. Bentley of Scotland Yard story, script by Joe Blair. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $630.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #1275794015

Cover art by Sid Greene. America! Ha! I'll smash it to bits! starring Target, art by Sid Greene. On the Daunton Military School campus..." starring Cadet, script by Art Gates, art by John Jordan. I told the Indians to camp down on the flat, Bill starring Bull's-Eye Bill. The Disks of Death starring Spacehawk, script and art by Basil Wolverton. Speck Turns Sleuth starring Speck, Spot, and Sis, script by Ray Gill, art by Vincent Alonzo. Speck owns a third interest in a printing house... starring Speck, Spot, and Sis, script and art by Jack A. Warren. Doom Over New York starring Lucky Byrd, script and art by Harry Campbell. Treasure Island [Part 9]--Fantastic Feature Films, art by Harold DeLay. Aieee! starring White Streak and Red Seal, script and art by Ray Gill. Wow! What's happening! starring Chameleon, art by Bob Davis. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Taliaferro. Stories and art by Ted Osborne, Ted Thwaites, Merrill De Maris, Bob Karp, Tom Wood, Hubie Karp, Manuel Gonzales, Bob Grant, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 2, #3. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured early work by Carl Barks, the legendary Good Duck Artist. The story of the Three Little Kittens. Working as a dogcatcher, Goofy plays detective. A visit to the Cookie Carnival. Plus a text version of the Disney film classic Dumbo. A Foxy Fox Was He; Pluto Is a S-s-s-sissy; Free Wheeling; Who's Chasin' Who?; The Cat's Out of the Bag; Wild West Thrills; Pardon Me - My Error; Dumbo; It's Safe Now; The Same Old Story; The Twins Come Through; The Three Little Kittens; It's Doggone Goofy; The Quiz Kids; On a Camping Trip; One on Mickey; Broken Toys; False Alarm; Cookieland; Hollywood Chatter; Three Little Wolves; The Height of Ingenuity; Snow Foolin; Pluto Dines Out; Pluto Pulls a Boner; It Bowled Him Over; Pluto's Fed Up With It. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by C. C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza. "The Origin of Captain Marvel, Jr.," script by France Herron, art by C. C. Beck; Mac Raboy; Captain Nazi cuts Station WHIZ off the air and Cap races for the radio sending station to deal with the issue and saves Whitey in the process; He then must stop a powerful turbine from spinning out of control and costing the lives of innocent people. "Strongest Man in the World" starring Golden Arrow. "The Origin of Shazam: 1: Solomon - Wisest of Men" text story, art by Juan Lopez. "America-Smasher's Ski Tank" starring Spy Smasher. "Red Bart's Evil Plot" starring Lance O'Casey. "The Death Guards Ride" starring Dr. Voodoo, art by Mark Schneider; Hal and Nero are rescued from the burning ship by Don Luis; Anita is taken from Svenson by the Death Guards. "The Evil That Men Do Lives After Them" starring Ibis the Invincible, art by the Binder studio. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $9,500.00 or Best Offer Conserved CGC Signature Series Paper: Off white Signed by Stan Lee on 04/08/2018. Conservation includes: tear seals to cover and interior, cover cleaned, cover and interior reinforced. Label #1586622002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($285.00) will be charged at checkout.

The Young Allies face "the world's most deadly killer--the terrible Black Talon" in a six-part story, "Fate Spins an Evil Web!" Brief Captain America appearance. Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Syd Shores. Stories by Stan Lee and Al Gabriele. Super-hero tales featuring the Young Allies team, consisting of Toro (Thomas Raymond), Bucky (James Barnes), Knuckles (Percival Aloysius O'Toole), Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt, Whitewash Jones, and Tubby (Henry Tinkle). All-Winners Comics ad. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.