Comic books July 1954, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $1,200.00 Paper: Off white to white Cover Detached. Label #2045774001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($36.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Frank Frazetta and Sid Check. Stories and art by Henry Kiefer, Art Gates, Sid Check, and Jay Disbrow. Pre-Code horror comic from Trojan Magazines. Treasure hunters seeking lost pirate gold find skeleton pirates still guarding it, even underwater. A hanged man seeks revenge on those who framed him, in a story that may feature inks by Wally Wood or Frank Frazetta. Scientists seeking the secrets of life and death encounter a zombie. Early cover by art legend Frank Frazetta. The Bell Tolls Death!; Man with the Broken Neck!; The Thing in the Fens; Out of the Grave…; The Spell of Doom! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $1,449.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4371012007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($43.47) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by John Romita. Stories by Don Rico and Joe Gill. Art by John Romita, Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. "You Die at Midnight!" by Don Rico and John Romita (with the first panel drawn by Carl Burgos) - Communist spies attempt to extort a man who works at the shipyard into turning over plans for atomic-powered vessels or else they will kill his blind son. A disguised Captain America takes his place, and Bucky substitutes for the boy. They reveal themselves and are mopping up the spies when the blind boy comes out of the apartment attempting to help. One of the spies grabs him and threatens to shoot him. Captain America deflects his aim, but the gun discharges near his head, restoring the boy's sight. Captain America and Bucky hand over the spies to the police. Also in this issue: Cap and Bucky in "The Man with No Face" and "Striking Back at the Soviet," both by Don Rico and John Romita; untitled Human Torch and Toro tale by Joe Gill, Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache; and 2-page text story "Bait for a Spy" (writer unknown). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $700.00 Paper: Off white Label #4270240002

Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories and art by Rick Yager and Coulton Waugh. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Dickie Dare and Dan find adventure in Thailand. An outer-space variation of issue #210's Buck Rogers underwater cover (with bondage elements) by legendary artist Frank Frazetta. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of heroism. Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; The Chance; He Refused to Retreat; Mission of Mercy! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $595.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #3719882001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.85) will be charged at checkout.

"Terror under Glass," art by Robert Webb (Iger Shop); David sees a psychiatrist about his recurring nightmare of being suffocated in an hourglass; Under hypnosis, he reveals that he was a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, and collaborated with his captors; As a result, many of his fellow Americans died, including some in a building constructed in hourglass-shape. "Fear in the Jungle"; Wealthy Matilda turns down Tom's proposal, saying she wants to marry jungle man Kaza; Matilda and her companion Dorothy travel to Africa and use her influence to force the commissioner to ask Kaza to guide her on safari; Tom follows and tries to ambush Kaza. "Be My Ghost"; When Pierre learns his wife Gigi is pregnant, he takes a job as the official executioner to earn money for his family; He doesn't tell Gigi what he's doing, and decides to quit because the strain is too much for him; However, Gigi had learned the truth and began an affair with another man, then murdered him. "Ghost Bullet" text story. "Green Horror," pencils by Ken Battefield (Iger Shop); Over her husband's objections, Martha plants a cactus in the yard of their home; George broods over the plant and one night decides to chop it down, but the cactus seizes the axe and kills George instead; The police think a prowler did it. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $12,500 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4407789004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($375.00) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and Hy Fleishman. Pre-Code tales of EC-style horror from Story Comics. Ralph becomes murderously obsessed with the idea that his wife is having an affair, but all is not as it seems. Hank and Gloria think they've figured out the perfect way to get rid of her husband, but fate provides poetic justice. Roger decides to loot the business that's just laid him off after thirty years, but when a security guard catches him, a simple burglary becomes murder. Smoked-Out; Double Trouble; Smart Cons Don't Talk; Two-of-a-Kind!; The Thief! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $330.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4482079015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.90) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Kenneth Landau, Sheldon Moldoff, Art Gates, and Lin Streeter. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A strange visitor brings death to the corrupt nobles who hunted common folk for sport; A hideous stone idol opens a gateway to the dimension of the dead; An obsessed artist sculpts a self-portrait thats a little too lifelike. Circle of the Doomed!; No Escape!; The Horrors of Mu!; Danny and the Demon!; Masquerade. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $450.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #2012442014

Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Marvin Stein. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. The Monster has a connection to a cursed tree that brings death to all who touch it; A test pilot's new plane goes so fast he enters a new dimension; Three brothers trap the Monster and try to destroy him, but he gets his revenge. The Tree of Death; Buried Gold; Into the Fourth Dimension; Premonition of Death; T. V. Ghost; Three-Fold Horror and Revenge! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $295.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4512575008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.85) will be charged at checkout.

"Suspicious Kiss"; Mazie, the waitress at a truck stop, falls for Alex, a new driver for a trucking company that keeps running into bad luck. "Just a Good-Time Gal"; Beth, a "good-time girl", treats her sister Julie like a maid while Julie has to hide her marriage to Mike, one of Beth's former beaus. Letters from readers on love advice with answers from Nancy Drake. "Learning to Love"; Peggy starts dating one of her teachers to get revenge on him, but ends up falling in love. "Love in the Hills"; Jessie, a backwoods country girl, falls for Joe, an artist from the city who rents her pa's cabin; They marry in secret because she knows that her pa, and Luke (the strongest man in the county), wouldn't approve. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $149.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3712150019 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.47) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Irv Novick. Surprise Landing, script by Bob Kanigher, art by Irv Novick. Last Ditch, script by John Reed, art by Jerry Grandenetti. Kindergarten Patrol, script by David Kahn, art by Jim McArdle. Borrowed Wings, script by Ed (France) Herron, art by Eugene Hughes. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $275.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4613687023 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.25) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Don Heck. Stories and art by Ken Fitch, Bill Discount, Pete Morisi, Rudy Palais and Don Heck. Pre-Code horror comics by the talents at the Iger Shop. A daughter's death by a mysterious ailment coincides with the arrival of a handsome stranger. Tough cop Corrigan is murdered by crooks, but even that won't stop him from protecting his partner. Glass figurines in a Munich shop resemble missing women a little too exactly. Also featuring a cover by future Marvel legend Don Heck. The Black Heart; Thieves; King Whitey; The Man Who Died Twice; Corrigan; China Doll. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.