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Comic books November 1948, graded by CGC

  • Item #61991178
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    Published Nov 1948 by Fox.
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    • Label #4465051003

    Stories and art by George Tukell, Jack Kamen and Matt Baker. Cover by Al Feldstein. A collection of adventure and superhero comics from Fox Feature Syndicate. Rulah encounters the terrifying Walking Death Boy, a pale figure who can cause death with a touch; A female mad scientist is transplanting gorilla brains into hapless humans, turning them into savage beast-people; Phantom Lady encounters a copycat Phantom Lady who's trying to frame her for her crimes. Featuring art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker and a panel (from the Rulah story) that was reprinted in Seduction of the Innocent. Rulah: The White Death!; Jo-Jo: The Doctor of Doom; Jungle Justice; Phantom Lady: The Copy-Cat Killers; Escape That Led to a Terrible Death; Blood Money; Mis-Fit; Neglect Is Crime; Jungle Oddities; Crime Notes. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61483858
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    Published Nov 1948 by Fox.
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    • Label #0164078001
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    Stories and art by George Tukell, Jack Kamen and Matt Baker. Cover by Al Feldstein. A collection of adventure and superhero comics from Fox Feature Syndicate. Rulah encounters the terrifying Walking Death Boy, a pale figure who can cause death with a touch; A female mad scientist is transplanting gorilla brains into hapless humans, turning them into savage beast-people; Phantom Lady encounters a copycat Phantom Lady who's trying to frame her for her crimes. Featuring art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker and a panel (from the Rulah story) that was reprinted in Seduction of the Innocent. Rulah: The White Death!; Jo-Jo: The Doctor of Doom; Jungle Justice; Phantom Lady: The Copy-Cat Killers; Escape That Led to a Terrible Death; Blood Money; Mis-Fit; Neglect Is Crime; Jungle Oddities; Crime Notes. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62617503
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    Cover by Matt Baker and Ray Osrin. Stories and art by Walter Johnson and Jack Cole. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. This issue was mentioned in the illustrations for the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent. The cops close in on Tony "The Human Cat" after his latest home invasion. The following line from the Human Cat's girlfriend was singled out by Fredric Wertham as "An invitation to learning" in Seduction of the Innocent: "Where ya goin' on a night like dis, Tony? Ya ain't gonna shoot anybody with dat rod, are ya?" Red Keenan's gang goes on a spree of murder and robbery, in a violent story with art by Plastic Man creator Jack Cole. The Mounties close in on the deadly Kurulak brothers in the Great White North. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Human Cat Trapped by Death Gun Slugs; The Diplomat Who Dabbled in Diamonds; Smashing the Red Keenan Gang; Crime Clean-up!; Phony Loot; Bullets Blaze the Mounties Trail; Fireman Save My Child; Murder Scare. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62612696
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    Tags: Batman, Joker
    Published Nov 1948 by DC.
    $1,750.00
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    • Coupon Cut of Pages 14 and 24, Does Not Affect Story. Incomplete
    • Label #3896005001
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    Cover pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Charles Paris. 1st appearance Mad Hatter and Vicki Vale in "The Scoop of the Century!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; The Mad Hatter tries numerous robberies while Vicki Vale attempts to prove Batman and Bruce Wayne are the same person. The Prison Doctor!, script by Bill Finger, art by Jim Mooney; A prison doctor must face a trial for his egregious actions. One-page Jerry the Jitterbug story by Henry Boltinoff. The Unknown Rays text story by Joe Samachson (as William Morrison, art by Raymond Perry. Batman's Arabian Nights!, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Charles Paris; Spotting what they think is the Joker's face on an ancient rug, Batman and Robin are sent into Arabia of the past where they meet the Crier, who uses tears, not laughter, to steal from the people of his day. One-page Ozzie story by Phil Berube. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear With Invisible Light" with art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #59622966
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    Tags: Batman, Joker
    Published Nov 1948 by DC.

    Cover pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Charles Paris. 1st appearance Mad Hatter and Vicki Vale in "The Scoop of the Century!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; The Mad Hatter tries numerous robberies while Vicki Vale attempts to prove Batman and Bruce Wayne are the same person. The Prison Doctor!, script by Bill Finger, art by Jim Mooney; A prison doctor must face a trial for his egregious actions. One-page Jerry the Jitterbug story by Henry Boltinoff. The Unknown Rays text story by Joe Samachson (as William Morrison, art by Raymond Perry. Batman's Arabian Nights!, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Charles Paris; Spotting what they think is the Joker's face on an ancient rug, Batman and Robin are sent into Arabia of the past where they meet the Crier, who uses tears, not laughter, to steal from the people of his day. One-page Ozzie story by Phil Berube. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear With Invisible Light" with art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60749790
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    Tags: Batman, Joker
    Published Nov 1948 by DC.
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    • Label #4385185005
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    Cover pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Charles Paris. 1st appearance Mad Hatter and Vicki Vale in "The Scoop of the Century!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; The Mad Hatter tries numerous robberies while Vicki Vale attempts to prove Batman and Bruce Wayne are the same person. The Prison Doctor!, script by Bill Finger, art by Jim Mooney; A prison doctor must face a trial for his egregious actions. One-page Jerry the Jitterbug story by Henry Boltinoff. The Unknown Rays text story by Joe Samachson (as William Morrison, art by Raymond Perry. Batman's Arabian Nights!, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Charles Paris; Spotting what they think is the Joker's face on an ancient rug, Batman and Robin are sent into Arabia of the past where they meet the Crier, who uses tears, not laughter, to steal from the people of his day. One-page Ozzie story by Phil Berube. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear With Invisible Light" with art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #63289063
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    Published Nov 1948 by United.
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    • Label #4587442008
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    "A Corral of Crooks," "Fight to the Finish," "Hostages for Hire," and "End of the Trail!" Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61306950
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    Includes: cover art by Charles Nicholas; Weird Tales of the Wee Males by Ken Bald; No Man Is An Island by Bald; A Burial For Benny--Let's Play Detective, art by Al Bellman; The Cleanup text story; and Bargain of Death starring Human Torch. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60343321
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    Published Nov 1948 by DC.
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    Flash stars in "Flash Speeds 1000 Years into the Future," written by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Bernard Sachs. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "The Case of the Jumbo Peanut" with art by Frank Harry; Black Canary in "The Day that Wouldn't End" written by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Infantino, inks by Sachs; Flash Facts by Martin Naydel; and Hawkman in "Revenge of the Falconer" by Broome and Joe Kubert. Cover pencils by Infantino, inks by Sachs. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #63383404
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    Published Nov 1948 by DC.
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    Cover art by Dan Barry. The Ordeal of Detective Shanahan, art by Dan Barry. Customs Cop, art by Nick Cardy. The Life and Death of a Gangster, art by Howard Sherman. The Dance of Death, art by Win Mortimer. The Bribe, art by Dan Barry. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #63374720
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    In order of appearance: "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Double Double-Cross!"; "The Cowboy and the Cayman! Cowboy Standing on His Pony!"; "The Cowboy and the Cayman! Cowboy Lassoes Cayman in a Shrunken Pool!" reprinted in Ramar of the Jungle (1954) #2; Jo-Jo Congo King, The Meteors From Satan!"; "Our Good Neighbor...The South American Cowbow! Branding Time!" and "Our Good Neighbor...The South American Cowbow! Gaucho of the Past!" reprinted in Ramar of the Jungle (1954) #2; "Jungle-Venture!" art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth; and "Movie Mysteries" by George Gukell. "The Sheriff's Signal!" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #52266395
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    Comic strip reprints by Frank Robbins: "The Girl on the Raft," "A Battle of Wits," "Knockout Gas," "Hijack Racket," and "A Fight is Won!" Robbins cover. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #63289025
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    Cover art by John Celardo. "Banshee Valley," art by John Celardo; White renegades impersonate the fire god of the B'tongis and demand the B'Tongis act as their raiding force. Kaänga exposes the impersonations and N'geeso's tribe help route the B'Tongis. Untitled story; Simba takes the prey of Lokko, learning later that Lokko's hunt was part of a leopard adulthood ritual and that Lokko is now banished from his tribe. Untitled story, art by Dan Zolnerowich; The Baxters, treasure hunters, persuade Kim Reagan that his father was driven to suicide by Terry; They then use the distraction created by Kim's accusations to attempt to smuggle diamonds inside palm nut shells. Jungle Journal; The story of the circle of life in the jungle. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; Wambi rescues a baby gorilla from a tangle of vines and from hyenas. "Ambush at Dawn" text story. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Kenyon, a jewel thief, kills a two of a trio of royal siblings and takes their sacred gems; As he is attempting to kill the third, he is confronted by Tabu and the ghosts of his earlier victims. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; Melton frames Camilla for his own looting of the Masais' Temple of Ka; She proves her innocence by capturing Melton with the rest of the treasure. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #63212271
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    Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by Graham Ingels, George Evans, Enrico Bagnoli, Frank Doyle, Maurice Whitman, and Matt Baker. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. In the Lost World, Hunt and Lyssa are contacted by an envoy from Jupiter in the ruins of future Detroit; Mysta of the Moon plays a mind-game on invading aliens, in a story by good-girl art legend Matt Baker; Futura is trapped in a space convoy of criminals who believe she's pirate queen Yrina, in a story with exquisite art by Enrico Bagnoli. Another nice action-girl cover by Joe Doolin. The Lost World; Futura; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; A Thing of Beauty; Life On Other Worlds: Mercury; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    All stories reprinted in Terrifying Tales (1953) #14. In order of appearance: "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Twisted Fates!"; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Terrible Treasure!"; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Carnivorous Blonde!"; and "Jungle Gold". "Trail's End" text story. Indicia states "RULAH". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60303701
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    Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by J.F. Byrne and William R. Shelton. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Ruben Moreira, Charles Sultan, George Evans, John Celardo and Maurice Whitman. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Reporter Jane Martin seeks the truth about missing relief shipments in famine-stricken Asia; A bank robber in a Phantom Falcon costume causes trouble for the real Falcon; King of the Congo flies into the African nation of L'Noko to rescue a captive trader. Captain Wings; Jane Martin; King of the Congo; Air Heroes of World War II; Phantom Falcon; Suicide Smith; Ghost Squadron. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.