Comic books July 1954, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $1,275.00 Paper: Off white to white Cover Detached. Label #2045774001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($38.25) 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 $735.00 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 5.0 $500.00 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 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.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 90 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4248575019

Cover art by Win Mortimer. Superman's Last Job starring Superman and Red Evans, script by Jerry Coleman, art by Al Plastino. Superman's Secret Past, script by Edmond Hamilton, art by Al Plastino; Superman returns to Smallville. The Man Who Caught a Sub text story by Jack Miller. The Titanic Thefts starring Superman and Lex Luthor, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, Don't Give Fire a Place to Start. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $825.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4341672008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($24.75) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Steve Ditko. "The Worm Turns," art by Steve Ditko; Biologist Norman Thoma breeds an invulnerable super-worm and turns it loose on mankind. "Day of Reckoning!", script by Carl Memling, art by Steve Ditko; Three sailors kill the shipbuilder Jezab Grimm and board him up on his ship, the Mermaid. "Comeback!", art by Steve Ditko; Drama at the carnival: Flexo the rubber man kills snake lady Satana for her money. "Tunnel To Terror" text story. "If Looks Could Kill!", art by Steve Ditko; Surgeon Gustave Savage is kidnapped by the hypnotist Merlin. "Family Mixup," art by Steve Ditko; The Becks, skinny husband and fat wife, hate each other and plot their spouse's demise. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $875.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #2104209001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($26.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Mike Roy. Stories and art by Mike Sekowsky and Mike Roy. Pre-Code horror comics from publisher Sterling. John visits his old friend Ralph at his creepy house in the woods, only to learn Ralph and his friends are actually giant caterpillars, ready to weave their webs around him. Haven't seen that one before. After a jewel heist, Bart and Laura hide out at a strange bird sanctuary deep in the woods that holds a terrible secret. A hunting party in yet another remote section of woods meets an old man with a strange taste in humanity. Caterpillar House; True Enigmas of the Tormented; The Girl Who Wasn't There; The Dream; The Bird Sanctuary; Dinner For One. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $750.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4249631024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for Panic. "Surprise Party!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Jerry Adams arrived in a small town on a rainy night; He hits a detour and turns off on a dirt road until he spots a house; He sees that a party is in progress. "Sharp" text story. "Take Care," pencils by Al Williamson, inks by Angelo Torres; The former butler to Avery Ballusk waited on the owner hand and foot, but seemed only interested in inheriting his money after Ballusk's death, which soon came, at the end of a rope. "Oh! Henry!", art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); Lionel Hart, plainclothes detective, thought back to when he had just started on the force. He made many arrests, not listening to phony stories from the guilty... but one day he caught an old lady for shoplifting, and she pleaded for him to understand that the food she took was for her sick, paralyzed husband, Henry. Letter to the editor from E. Nelson Bridwell. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $1,000.00 Paper: Off white Label #3727487001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

First time Superman and Batman appeared in the same story. Previously they had only been in separate stories. Cover art by Winslow Mortimer. Batman - Double for Superman!, script by Alvin Schwartz, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye; Lois accidentally learns Superman's identity while he is trying to rescue Batman and Robin, so Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne exchange roles to convince Lois that Clark is not Superman. The Invisible Death! starring Green Arrow, script by Ed Herron, art by George Papp. Jerry the Jitterbug humor page by Henry Boltinoff. 3-D Daredevils text article by Jack E. Miller. Feathered Fighters for Freedom! starring Tomahawk, script by Dave Wood, art by Nick Cardy. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.