Comic books August 1959, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $150.00 Paper: Light tan to off white Label #4579636002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.50) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. 1st appearance of Bizarro Lois Lane (cover & story) in "The Bride of Bizarro!", script by Otto Binder, art by Al Plastino; Bizarro keeps the real Superman from revealing to Lois that she has been proposed to by Bizarro's duplicate, whom he calls New Bizarro, with a kryptonite meteorite, but Lois realizes New Bizarro is not the true Man of Steel; The New Bizarro doesn't give up easily, and the duplicates fight each other. "The Abominable Snowman!", script by Robert Bernstein, art by Howard Sherman; Congo Bill vs. The Abominable Snowman. Half-page Jerry the Jitterbug story by Henry Boltinoff. "Supergirl Visits the 21st Century!", script by Otto Binder, art by Jim Mooney; Supergirl takes her first flight across the time-barrier from 1959 into the future, about a hundred years; hence, she secretly observes a brilliant young orphan named Tommy on an asteroid orphanage. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Adventures of the Fly (1959 Archie) 1 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4629384002

This series is titled "Adventures of the Fly" from issue 1 to issue 30. Edited by John Goldwater. Cover by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Stories by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, George Tuska, and Bill Draut. Archie Comics amiable and agile super-hero The Fly battles an assortment of nefarious villains, including arch foe Spider Spry. Includes origin story. Includes an adventure starring The Shield as well. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Harry Lucey, inks by Terry Szenics. "School Daze," pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; With the end of term impending, Betty and Veronica go around the school browbeating the other students into not thinking it's a good thing as a favor to Miss Grundy. "Elvis Presley" Betty Presents the Star of the Month; Short biography of singer Elvis Presley. "A Pat Hand," pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Veronica thinks Reggie is double-jointed. "Subject to Failing," pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; The good news is that Veronica didn't fail Algebra. "Sheep Skinned," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Jughead and the other boys accuse the girls of being "sheep" because they always start wearing the latest fashions, whether or not the boys find those new fashions appealing. "Designing Woman," pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; When Betty shows off the dress she made herself, and it turns out to be a duplicate of the dress Veronica just bought from Paris, Veronica decides to make sure that Betty never wears that dress. "Third-Class Male"; Jughead gets a little revenge for having to stand in a postal line behind two gossiping women. "All Cracked Up," script and art by Joe Edwards (as Joe Harold); Jenkins has an appointment to keep. "One Big Pane," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Betty and Veronica attempt to convince Archie that an empty window frame actually contains a pane of glass. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

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Indicia title is "BAT MASTERSON, No. 1013." Based on the "Bat Masterson" TV series. Photo cover of Bat Masterson (as played by Gene Barry). Preview with photos. The Tough Crew; Bat stops a gang of bullies from harassing an orphan boy; Later the boy tells Bat that the gang is the same one that robbed a railroad payroll and killed his father. The Treasure Hole; June Borden comes west only to find her father murdered in a tussle over a gold nugget. Apache Pass fact page. Tombstone fact page. Scripts by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jerry Robinson. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Adam Strange covers and stories begin (see Showcase 17 for his very first appearance). "Menace of the Robot Raiders!" (pencils by Carmine Infantino). Back-up stories: "Prisoner of the Electric Eye!" (pencils by Gil Kane); and "Earth's Secret Space-War!" Kane cover pencils. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Vince Colletta, Bill Molno and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Science-fiction tales with twist endings from the dawn of the Space Age. The crew of a Space Patrol ship must man the "space lifeboats" after a collision with a meteor, in a story that may be the work of good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Aldar, a scientist from the Moon's subterranean civilization, can turn the Moon into an Earthlike world, but unfortunately it means destroying the Earth. Astronauts go to Venus to find out what happened to the previous mission crews, and find them walking around with suspiciously big smiles on their faces. Abandon Spaceship; The Sunmaker!; The Real "Thing;" Planet of No Return; Moon Trap. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Prototype issue (Giant Man). Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "A Giant Walks the Earth!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule; A short lab assistant works on a growth serum to gain a normal man's height; The serum works too well, and he continues to grow so tall his life is endangered when the air becomes too thin to breathe. "The Comic" text story. "Earth in Chains!", art by Paul Reinman; Aliens from the planet Regulus colonize Earth, treating humans as little more than animals; They must withdraw only because of their vulnerability to Earth's germs. "Ghost Ship!", art by Carl Burgos; The US Coast Guard finds an abandoned Soviet submarine; The log book shows that they mistook an alien craft for an experimental American ship and tried to ram it. "Escape to Tomorrow!", art by Paul Reinman; A criminal hears of the invention of a time machine; He robs a bank and then escapes 50 years into the future; Once there, he discovers that under the new world government, US money is useless. "When Wakes the Sphinx!", art by Steve Ditko; An Egyptian and a tourist see the Sphinx come to life and chase off Alien invaders. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule. "We Are the 3 Who Vanished!", art by Don Heck; Three scientists disappear without a trace, leaving a journal explaining that they were working on a time machine. "The Holiday" text story. "I Couldn't Stop the Runaway Comet!", art by Steve Ditko; In the year 2060 a vain elected official feels that the forces of science will be sufficient to deal with the menace of an impending comet but everything they try to either destroy or divert the comet fails. "I Am... Gorilla!", art by Paul Reinman; An atomic explosion makes a gorilla as intelligent as a human. "Don't Send Me... Out There!!!", art by Carl Burgos; A space pilot is terrified of taking another flight but his family is unsympathetic. "They Call Me... Space Pirate," art by Joe Sinnott; A successful space pirate tries to conquer a world without technology to use as a base. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Vince Colletta. Stories by unknown. Art by Vince Colletta, Charles Nicholas and Sal Trapani. In this issue: "Falsely Accused" with art by Vince Colletta; "30 Days of Happiness" with art by Colletta; "My Heart Whispered" with art by Charles Nicholas and Sal Trapani; "A Maturer Love" with art by Colletta; and 2-page text story "Age of Romance"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. The Secret of the Sorcerer's Treasure starring Superman and Batman, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Sheldon Moldoff; Atkins and Bork purchase a map that leads them to an ancient sorcerer's weapons. Tips on Summer Fun! public service announcement starring Peter Porkchops, script by Jack Schiff, art by Rube Grossman. Little Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Menace of the Metal Monitor starring Tommy Tomorrow, script by Jack Miller, art by Jim Mooney. Challenge Of The Phantom Bandit starring Green Arrow, script by Bob Haney, art by Lee Elias; After stealing some chemicals from a professor, Joey Sanders becomes the Phantom Bandit, who can't be touched by Green Arrow and Speedy. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.