Comic books August 1954, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $899.99 Paper: White Label #4630449020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($27.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Bob Jenney. An anthology from St. John, with a variety of genres, sources and artists. This issue features justice in the frigid north with the Canadian Mounties. A story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker showcases the various jobs of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the mid-20th century. A murderous thief seeks a patsy, and finds a woman who is collecting the stories of gold miners. The superhero called the Blue Monk investigates after Cleopatra's necklace is stolen from a museum. Cover by Baker. Mountie Guns Break the Snow Siren's Secret; The Blue Monk; Dangerous Duty; Mission of Mercy; The Desperado; McHugh Defies the Ruthless Renegade. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Maneely. Knockout, art by Paul Reinman; A crooked boxing promoter meets his end when the ghost of a fighter he set up ties him up in rope and stuffs him into the gym's punching bag. The Tomb!, art by Myron Fass; A woman excavating a tomb attempts to eliminate her rival by using dynamite but the explosion blinds her. The Slave-Driver, art by Al Carreno; A sea captain that is set adrift after his crew mutinies comes ashore on an island where a plantation owner makes a slave out of him. Transformation!, art by Ed Moline; A gangster doesn't get the results he wants when he threatens a plastic surgeon to repair his acid-scarred face and the doctor remakes his face to resemble a woman's. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Bob Oksner and Jack Sparling. St. John's influential romance title was noted for its memorable covers by Matt Baker. College student Connie tutors the campus football star Ken, but Ken's rich girlfriend gets jealous and interferes. In Paris, soldier Beth is torn between fellow GI Bob and wealthy Frenchman Henri. Joyce volunteers at a charity to meet wealthy bachelors, but Delia decides to cut to the chase by introducing her to her cousin Dick. The first of several iconic covers by Matt Baker for this title. My Textbook Sweetheart; The Wall of Wealth; Penny-Pinching Love; The Long Way Home!; You Can't Trap Love. Final issue of the original run; the title resumed a few months later with issue #25. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $389.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Top edge has gapping. Label #1993096024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.67) will be charged at checkout.

Stories by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Sheldon Moldoff. Cover by Ogden Whitney. The crew of an atomic-powered submarine roams the seas, battling threats to American naval supremacy. Commander Bill Battle, Doc Blake, Champ Ruggles, and Tony Gardello become The Atomic Commandos, sea-going adventurers assigned to battle a secret new threat to American security. Hostile flying saucers attacking the U.S. turn out to originate from neither outer space nor Soviet Russia, but from the undersea kingdom of Atlantis! Produced in 3-D Truevision, says the cover, with no glasses needed. This turns out to mean the panels are shaped like little TV screens against a black background, with no 3-D effects. Atomic Sub; What Do You Know About Torpedoes?; Nothing Ever Happens! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover photo of Mitzi Gaynor and Keefe Brasselle from the movie "Three Young Texans." Stories and art by Frank Frazetta and Mike Roy. Romance comics and movie stars of yesteryear from Famous Funnies. Actress Elaine is attracted to her co-star in a play, but he acts cold and distant during romantic scenes, in a story featuring early art by comics legend Frank Frazetta. Profiles of film legend Mitzi Gaynor and actor Keefe Brasselle. A Past to Forget; Empty Heart; Loves Revenge; Love's Dupe; Keefe Brasselle "Our Cover Man"; Mitzi Gaynor "Our Cover Girl". 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bernard Baily. Tales of love, heartbreak and reunion from publisher Stanley Morse. Bob marries Ellen, only to find that her mother is a control freak who's trying to get Ellen to be just like her. Bored housewife Linda takes up with bachelor Tom after her husband's job takes them to a desert town. Soldier Jon falls for Pacific islander Lanu despite her unconventional looks. I Knew What I Wanted; My Love Was Dying; Social Climber; Moon Dust; Beautiful One! Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Carl Memling, Vince Alascia, Joe Shuster, John Belfi, Seymour Moskowitz and Dick Giordano. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Mad scientist Dr. Cabot uses his new shrinking serum on his wife and his assistant after learning that they've been having an affair. An experimental vessel probes beneath the Earth's crust for the most dangerous element ever discovered, in a story with art by Superman co-creator Joe Shuster. Quentin's new invention is a chemical treatment that will grow hair anywhere, but that's not always a good thing. Another legendary (and hilarious) cover by Ditko. Too Much to Swallow; The Unknown Element; Devolution; Saucers from Saturn; The Morning After; The Alien Raider. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Davis. "Four-Way Split," script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Davis; An air freight business partner who used to man a bombsite during the war kills his partner by dropping him out of the plane directly where four states meet. "Cold War," script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Kamen; Norman King meets and begins wooing a beautiful married girl named Maria; But that doesn't faze Norman one bit, so he decides to kill her husband and marry her anyway. "Inside Story" text story. "Clots My Line," script by Al Feldstein, art by George Evans; A television show about guessing the guest's occupation brings on a manufacturer of red ink. "Accidents and Old Lace," script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; An art dealer murders a man in order to inspire three old sisters who create beautiful tapestries upon witnessing violent deaths of people. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Ellis Eringer, Sal Trapani, Medio Iorio and Myron Fass. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. Professor Lenox's charm school for girls turns out to be abducting women and replacing them with slaves of Satan. Tuscan peasant Alberto betrays the witch who aided him, but he forgot that witches often have covens. The corpse at a funeral thinks back on how each of his pallbearers led him to his untimely death. Welcome to My School; Fate of Alberto; Highway Rubout; The Pallbearers; Poison-Quill at Midnight. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $191.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4153934014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.73) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Ellis Eringer, Sal Trapani, Medio Iorio and Myron Fass. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. Professor Lenox's charm school for girls turns out to be abducting women and replacing them with slaves of Satan. Tuscan peasant Alberto betrays the witch who aided him, but he forgot that witches often have covens. The corpse at a funeral thinks back on how each of his pallbearers led him to his untimely death. Welcome to My School; Fate of Alberto; Highway Rubout; The Pallbearers; Poison-Quill at Midnight. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $144.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4439479009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.32) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Carl Barks. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Jack Bradbury, Paul Murry, Bob Karp, Vic Lockman, Al Hubbard, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 14 #11. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured art by Carl Barks, the legendary Good Duck Artist. Goofy tells Mickey's nephews what happened when he and Mickey joined the Foreign Legion. In a story by Barks, Donald competes against Gladstone in a fishing contest. When opera star Waldo Wormwood's wig goes missing, Pluto is on the case. Donald Duck; Li'l Bad Wolf; Pluto; Little Hiawatha; The Circus Rally; Grandma Duck; Mickey Mouse: The Lost Legion. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "Landing of the Flying Saucers," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman protects America's missile program from invaders in flying saucers. After the Wedding article, script by Julius Schwartz, pencils by Morris Waldinger, inks by Tom Nicolosi. "The Iceberg Bombshell," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Spies steal Wonder Woman's magic lassos and use it to make her obey their commands. A Bicycle Built for You text article. "T.N.T. Target," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; A movie director tries to kill Wonder Woman. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.