Comic books December 1953, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $425.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4070750001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.75) will be charged at checkout.

"The Shrunken Head" (art by Bill Benulis), "Once a Horse Thief," "Before the Dawn of Time" (art by Russ Heath), "The Hanging Man," "The Bear Facts of Life!" (art by Mac Pakula), and a two-page text story, "Iron Maiden." Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. The One Who Was Dead, art by Paul Reinman; A man uses life restore serum to revive Cleopatra, but it also works on the Asp that she used to commit suicide, and it bites him. The Trap text story. He Kidnapped a Rocket; A criminal hijacks a rocket, but unknown to him, its destination is a space prison colony. The Hunter; A hunter winds up on a planet where animals are the masters and place humans in zoos. Halfway Home!, art by Chuck Winter; A scientist aboard a rocket without enough fuel to reach Earth wants to use a device to reduce the weight of the crew by half; when he tests it on a monkey, it shrinks the monkey to half-size. Look Out for the Martians, art by John Forte; A man realizes that he is actually a Martian that has been incubated into a human infant and only becomes aware of his identity once maturity has been reached. Human agents called 'scanners' attempt to neutralize him, but fail. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Whitney Ellsworth. Cover by Irv Novick and Joe Giella. Stories by David Kahn, Carmine Infantino, Henry Boltinoff, Harry Harrison, Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, Irwin Hasen, Nat Barnett, Gene Colan, Bernard Sachs, Jack Miller, Raymond Perry, Robert Kanigher, Irv Novick, and Joe Giella. Adventure tales of war and the military, including some humor—go into combat with All American Men of War! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $469.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #2045610004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.07) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman and Joe Certa. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A scientist tries to convince future Earth of the folly of shooting convicted criminals into space. A prisoner gets a chance to escape his cruel captors, or so he thinks. A dark spoof of the movie High Noon, an experiment in the Mad-style humor that resulted in Harvey's short-lived comic Flip. Supreme Penalty; Low Noon; Torture; Regent 3! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $2,999.00 Restored: C1 Paper: Off white to white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover, piece re-attached to cover with glue. (TOP EDGE OF COVER TRIMMED). COVER TRIMMED. Label #1252580003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($89.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Art by Johnny Craig, Marie Severin, Jack Davis, Jack Kamen, and Reed Crandall. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. A cheating wife and a murderous husband plot to out-murder each other with a fire and a wild horse. Brothers who owe a huge debt to mobsters prove to be even worse at murder than they were at gambling. When jealous stunt fliers fall for the same woman, the opportunities for them to murder each other are plentiful. Famous hanging-corpse cover by Johnny Craig was cited in illustration #10 of the famous anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent. Fire Trap!; The Welchers; Rope!; Double Jeopardy; Plane Murder. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Paul Murry. Stories and art by Jack Bradbury. The classic adventures of Disney's Donald Duck, featuring art by Carl Barks and other great Disney artists. Scrooge sends Donald and his nephews to the Moon in his experimental rocket, but it turns out the Moon's already inhabited. Donald's attempt to paint the house is complicated by Gladstone Gander. Donald learns that even fake cannons can be dangerous. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, part of the horror-comics craze of the 1950s. The heir to a haunted castle seeks the one weapon that can destroy its malevolent spirit. Jungle hero Jo-Jo and his mate Tanee encounter the slithery menace of Janeece, the Queen of the Cobras, and her venomous cohorts. A murderer's bride kills him in self-defense, but then faces justice from her own tribe. Terrible Encounter; Gems of Death; The Case of the Shrunken Heads; The Last Man Alive; Jo-Jo: The Cobra Kiss. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Harry Lucey. Stories by Bill Woggon and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey, Joe Edwards, Bill Woggon, Hazel Martin and unknown. America's typical teen-age girl! In this issue: "Hard to Fit!" with art by Harry Lucey - Ginger tries to come up with a clothing fad that will out do Bunny; 1-pager "Fin Fare!" with pencils by Harry Lucey - Ginger gets a gift of some tropical fish; 1-pager "Hands Off!" with art by Harry Lucey - Ickky gets pulled over by a traffic cop; "It's a Racket!" with art by Harry Lucey - Ickky tries to prevent Tommy from meeting Ginger; "Melody Malady!" with art by Harry Lucey - Tired of hearing the kids play the latest hits, Mr. Snapp gives them some sheet music from his youth to play; "Gift 'Till It Hurts!" with art by Harry Lucey - When Mr. Snapp's boss comes for a visit, Ginger breaks the vase Mr. Scrunch gifted to the family and rushes to purchase another one; 1-pager "B-Bopped" with art by Harry Lucey - Ickky's constant use of Bebop slang begins to irritate Ginger's father; 1-pager "Liquid Assets!" with pencils by Harry Lucey - Ginger tries to get an advance from her father; Movie News article; Wilbur in "The Beautiful Painting" with art by Joe Edwards - Wilbur comes up with a way to humiliate his rival for the girls' attention; "Cold Comfort!" with art by Harry Lucey - With Bunny unable to smell due to a cold, Ginger gives her a cold remedy that will make her reek, hoping that the smell will drive Tommy away from Bunny and to her; untitled Katy Keene story by Bill Woggon and Hazel Martin - A fortune teller's predictions for Katy and K.O. come true; untitled Sis, the Candy Kid 1-pager by Bill Woggon and Hazel Martin (with plot by Florence Saga Yaga) - Sis won't share her candy with the snob from up the street; and 1-pager "Fair Exchange!" with pencils by Harry Lucey - Ickky and Mr. Snapp can't negotiate a fair price for his services. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Stan Lee, Dan Keyes and unknown. Art by George Tuska, Basil Wolverton, Bill Everett, Louis Zansky, George Roussos and unknown. In this issue: "The Lighthouse Ghost" by Stan Lee and George Tuska; 2-page text story "The Ultimate Weapon" with illo by George Roussos; "One of Our Graveyards Is Missing!" by Dan Keyes and Basil Wolverton; "One Little Mistake"; "The Scarecrow" with art by Bill Everett - A destitute couple, out of money and nearly out of hope, wish for a miracle to happen to ease them out of their plight...when their fields are plowed and corn planted overnight, and a mysterious scarecrow appears on their property, their wish seems to have come true...in more ways than one; and "The Spy" with art by Louis Zansky. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Carl Burgos, inks by Sol Brodsky. The Vampire's Fangs, art by Paul Reinman; A stowaway on a freighter is bitten by a vampire bat and transforms into a bat; After draining one of the crew of his blood, he hides in a casket that is being shipped over the ocean. The First Time Machine text story. The Men from Earth, art by Mac Pakula. The World's End, art by Gene Colan; An astronomical disaster means the destruction of human civilization; Our story's protagonist is despondent over this state of affairs until he encounters a group of time travelers who are present to record the last days of humanity. Weather Balloons, art by Jack Abel. Crashing Through the Time Barrier, art by Russ Heath. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Kubert. Stories and art by Gene Colan, Alex Toth, Everett Raymond Kinstler, and Murphy Anderson. Numbering continues from Weird Horrors (1952) #9. Classic pre-Code horror stories, originally from Ziff-Davis's Weird Thrillers, including art from many comics legends. A man buys a horror mask to scare his wealthy uncle to death, but faces a grim comeuppance, in a story with early art by Marvel legend Gene Colan. A cosmic Fisherman From Space catches humans and leaves them on an island where they never grow old, in a story with art by comics legend Alex Toth. A crook steals a time machine and Grandfather Paradoxes himself, in a story with art by comics legend Murphy Anderson. Also featuring a story by Everett Raymond Kinstler, and a cover by comics legend Joe Kubert. The Fisherman of Space; The Last Man; Destiny Takes a Long Road; A Will from the Grave; The Cycle of Time; The Mystery of Easter Island; Murderers Mask; Headed for the Stars; The Drummer of Tedworth. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $325.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #1618403005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.75) will be charged at checkout.

1953 Yearly Adventures of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. Deadline, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; An alcoholic ex-reporter tries to get back on his feet after meeting a girl, and his old boss says he can have his job back if he brings in a story. The Monkey, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A drug addict murders his father in order to get his fix. Last Laugh! text story, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Marie Severin; Major Clagg was a parachute corps pilot that liked to take real risks when parachuting from a plane, and every feat he accomplished was accompanied by a practical joke of some kind. The Kidnapper, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Reed Crandall; A man's baby is kidnapped and when his wife's mental health grows so bad that he desperately attempts to steal another baby, he is beaten to death by a crowd of onlookers for attempting to kidnap...his own son. Fall Guy, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; A hotel clerk steals $100,000 from a diamond merchant and then rents a safety deposit box years in advance under the name 'Brad Gilbert'; He serves 15 years for the theft, then meets with the girl who promised to wait for him because she wants the money. 36 pgs. $0.10. NOTE: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover a 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints #3). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950's publication date. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. Deadline, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; An alcoholic ex-reporter tries to get back on his feet after meeting a girl, and his old boss says he can have his job back if he brings in a story. The Monkey, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A drug addict murders his father in order to get his fix. Last Laugh! text story, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Marie Severin; Major Clagg was a parachute corps pilot that liked to take real risks when parachuting from a plane, and every feat he accomplished was accompanied by a practical joke of some kind. The Kidnapper, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Reed Crandall; A man's baby is kidnapped and when his wife's mental health grows so bad that he desperately attempts to steal another baby, he is beaten to death by a crowd of onlookers for attempting to kidnap...his own son. Fall Guy, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; A hotel clerk steals $100,000 from a diamond merchant and then rents a safety deposit box years in advance under the name 'Brad Gilbert'; He serves 15 years for the theft, then meets with the girl who promised to wait for him because she wants the money. 36 pgs. $0.10. NOTE: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover a 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints #3). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950's publication date. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $129.00 Paper: Off white Label #3712150023 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.87) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. The Yellow Ribbon, script by Harry Harrison, art by Jerry Grandenetti. Old Soldier, script by Art Wallace, art by Jim McArdle. Unwanted Medal, script by Art Wallace, art by Ramona Fradon. Combat Cameraman, script by France Herron, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Joe Giella. Private Pete filler page by Henry Boltinoff. Rapid Fire humor story. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $2,200.00 Paper: Off white to white Black Cat Variant. Label #0974381005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($66.00) will be charged at checkout.

Despite the cover, this (and the other variants) is not Strange Fantasy #9, or any other comic by Ajax. The covers were used to repackage reprints of Harvey comics, in this case an issue of "Black Cat." Other variants than these may exist; the publishing dates are uncertain. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $575.00 Paper: Off white to white Black Cat Variant. Label #4554867017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.25) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Despite the cover, this (and the other variants) is not Strange Fantasy #9, or any other comic by Ajax. The covers were used to repackage reprints of Harvey comics, in this case an issue of "Black Cat." Other variants than these may exist; the publishing dates are uncertain. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. E.C. Fan-Addict Club promo. "Star Light, Star Bright!", script and art by Johnny Craig; As falls in sheets, Hartley stands over the open coffin as he nervously and sickeningly watches people run up to the corpse and do terrible things to it. "While the Cat's Away...", art by Jack Davis; John and Frank work their little travel agency scam for almost a year; they book trips for wealthy clients, then clean out their homes of valuables while they are away. "Sudden Death!" text story. "Smoke Wrings," art by Reed Crandall; Nervously, Hubert waited to see Miss Jackson about the Llama Cigarette account, and when he did get to see her, he proffered ideas to her concerning new revolutionary billboard ads using live steam; someone gets scalded to death. "Where There's a Will...", art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); The relatives of Harold Farber are gathered in his house, awaiting his certain death while Dr. Crotty and lawyer Walker go upstairs to see the old man, and tell him what vultures they really are. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A dying man makes an unholy pact involving his brain and a mad scientist. A look at the use of forensic science in 1950s police work. A man travels to his ancestral Scottish estate and encounters the deadly ghost named The Red Laird. Skulls of Doom; Fear Has a Name; Hangman's Noose; Blood and Barbed Wire; Castle of Fright. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Final issue of the series (becomes Weird Science-Fantasy with issue #23). Cover art by Joe Orlando. "The Silent Towns," script by Ray Bradbury and Al Feldstein (adaptation), art by Reed Crandall; Walter surveys a little white silent town on the edge of a dead Martian sea, wondering what happened to all of its inhabitants; He suddenly hears a phone ringing, but he is too late to answer it; After this happens twice, he succeeds in answering a phone and finds a Miss Selsor on the other end, and he meets her, only to find that she is fat and ugly; An adaptation of a Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles story. "The Freaks," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot and script), art by Jack Kamen; The freaks at a circus side show are sick and tired of the stares of the crowds, their snickers, their groans of disgust...and one decides to quit. But when the freak is found dead in his tent, the circus owners go in search for a replacement. "Public Service!" text story. "The Fossil," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Joe Orlando; Astronauts land on a deserted planet and begin hunting for archaeological evidence of the former inhabitants; They find a huge skeleton of a creature that apparently walked on all fours, but are baffled by its nature. "Derelict Ship," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Bernie Krigstein; Captain Vance Kaye is the commanding officer of an exploratory spaceship; He's obsessed with searching every derelict ship his crew discovers, but nobody knows why. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $295.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white 3-D glasses missing. Label #4439885006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.85) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Wrigley's Comics

Cover by L.B. Cole. Stories and art by Al Feldstein and others. Originally distributed with 3-D glasses (may nor may not be present). A special edition of Hillman's Western Fighters series, printed with the 3-D process of the era. The Tumbleweed Kid stumbles across a frontier family targeted for death by a mysterious assailant, in a story with early art by EC legend Al Feldstein. Billy Grounds and Zwing Hunt become two of the most unsuccessful outlaws of the West, leaving behind a trail of bodies but never gaining any loot. The history of the Kentucky Long Rifle and its use in the Wild West. The Hell-Cat!; The Rustling Deathmen!; The Fabulous Kentucky Long Rifle; The Weapon of Fear!! 32 pages, B&W with 3-D effects. NOTE: Came with glasses. Cover price $0.25.

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"Photo Finish," pencils by Joe Edwards; Slats uses trick photography to make it appear that Wilbur is kissing girls all over town, much to Laurie's dismay. "The Eyes Have It!", pencils by Joe Edwards; Wilbur decks the other boys when they laugh at a sweater Laurie made for him. "What A System!", pencils by Joe Edwards; Wilbur shows his dad how to use a typewriter. "The Will That Won't," pencils by Joe Edwards; The gang practice what they've learned about willpower from a book they've read. An article about the latest goings on in Hollywood; Actors mentioned include Kathyrn Grayson, John Wayne, Roger Livesey, Douglas Dick, and Errol Flynn; Movies mentioned include "Hondo", "So This Is Love", "Plunder In the Sun" and "The Master of Ballantrae." "Palmy Daze," pencils by Joe Edwards; Wilbur decides to have a palm read. Untitled Katy Keene story, pencils by Bill Woggon; The Skipper brings Sis a boomerang from Australia that spells trouble for Katy. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $444.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #2015446009

Cover by Warren Kremer and Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Pete Riss, and Jack Sparling. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A town is beset by suspicion when one resident may be a vampire. In a parody of Dick Tracy, detective Hector Protector discovers the man he's pursuing is actually a robot. A gun is followed on its path around the city, as it is used in one murder after another. Classic subway-of-the-dead cover by Warren Kremer and Lee Elias. Day of Panic; The Baby; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Chain Reaction; The Hunter; Debut!; Double Crossed. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $1,059.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4333784010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($31.77) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Carl Burgos. Written by Hank Chapman, Don Rico and unknown. Art by Russ Heath, Carl Burgos, John Romita, Sr., Mort Lawrence and Bill Everett. In this issue: The Human Torch (Jim Hammond) and Toro (Thomas Raymond) in "The Return of...the Human Torch" by Hank Chapman, Russ Heath and Carl Burgos (art for Torch figure on splash page); Captain America, Bucky and the Red Skull in "Back From the Dead!" by Don Rico, John Romita, Sr. and Mort Lawrence (art for first panel of splash page); the Sub-Mariner returns in a story with art by Bill Everett; and "A Traitor Among Us" text story. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.