Comic books published by Star , graded by CGC

Blue Bolt (1949) 106 CGC 4.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4462925001

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Mickey Spillane, Larry Antonette and Basil Wolverton. L. B. Cole's Star Publications takes over the Blue Bolt series, and as the superhero craze wanes, Blue Bolt becomes a backup feature to Dick Cole in his own title. A reprint of the second Blue Bolt adventure, featuring the very first teaming of Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby: Blue Bolt faces the Green Sorceress and her latest secret weapon, the Cyclotron. A Spacehawk adventure by Basil Wolverton, as Spacehawk faces Droon and The Queen of Neptune. The presence of a text story by future hardboiled detective author Mickey Spillane makes this a rare issue indeed, featuring early work by Spillane, Wolverton, AND Simon and Kirby. Blue Bolt; Sub-Zero Man; Terror in the Grass; Spacehawk. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $1,499.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4341799001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($44.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L.B. Cole. Stories and art by Bill O'Connor, Ben Flinton, Leonard Sansone, Larry Antonette and Basil Wolverton. L. B. Cole's Star Publications takes over the Blue Bolt series, and as the superhero craze wanes, Blue Bolt becomes a backup feature to Dick Cole in his own title. Blue Bolt faces the horror on the rock of the crawling death. The Phantom Sub works with Naval Intelligence to investigate the sinking of American ships by Axis raiders. A Spacehawk adventure by Basil Wolverton, as Spacehawk faces The Battling Bullet Ships. Blue Bolt; Sub-Zero; Phantom Sub; Boomerang; Spacehawk. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $5,600.00 Paper: Off white Label #2039115001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($168.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by L. B. Cole and others. As the horror-comics craze grows, Star shifts the former superhero title to horror and mystery stories. Official indicia title remains Blue Bolt, despite shifting cover titles. Blue Bolt investigates weirdly local earthquakes and suspects the work of his old foe, the subterranean Green Sorceress. Red Rocket discovers a plot to replace human babies with Martian mutants. Bruce Corbet becomes the superhero The Mask to track down the Devil Gang that killed his brother, and engages the gang's leader in a final aerial dogfight. Mask: The Face of Death; Cremation; Red Rocket: The Monstrous Madmen; Thorns of the Devil; The Space Scare; The Thing of Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $1,599.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more Label #4281998002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($47.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by L. B. Cole and others. As the horror-comics craze grows, Star shifts the former superhero title to horror and mystery stories. Official indicia title remains Blue Bolt, despite shifting cover titles. Blue Bolt investigates weirdly local earthquakes and suspects the work of his old foe, the subterranean Green Sorceress. Red Rocket discovers a plot to replace human babies with Martian mutants. Bruce Corbet becomes the superhero The Mask to track down the Devil Gang that killed his brother, and engages the gang's leader in a final aerial dogfight. Mask: The Face of Death; Cremation; Red Rocket: The Monstrous Madmen; Thorns of the Devil; The Space Scare; The Thing of Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $3,339.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4477541006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($100.17) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and others. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, unofficially called Blue Bolt Weird Tales of Terror. As the horror-comics craze grows, Star shifts the former superhero title to horror and mystery stories. Official indicia title remains Blue Bolt, despite shifting cover titles. The origin of Sergeant Spook, as a dead policeman learns he can still be seen and heard by teenage Jerry, and helps Jerry rid an orphanage of ghosts. A cursed parchment from Tibet kills anyone who reads it. An explorer and his dog seek a shape-shifting Alaskan monster, in a rare sequel to a previous story, "The Ghoul of the North" from issue #113. Cavern of Death; The Parchment of Death; Death from the Skies; Terror in the Fields; Secret of the Moaning Ghosts; The Return of the Ghoul. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $3,200.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4425417004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($96.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and others. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, unofficially called Blue Bolt Weird Tales of Terror. As the horror-comics craze grows, Star shifts the former superhero title to horror and mystery stories. Official indicia title remains Blue Bolt, despite shifting cover titles. The origin of Sergeant Spook, as a dead policeman learns he can still be seen and heard by teenage Jerry, and helps Jerry rid an orphanage of ghosts. A cursed parchment from Tibet kills anyone who reads it. An explorer and his dog seek a shape-shifting Alaskan monster, in a rare sequel to a previous story, "The Ghoul of the North" from issue #113. Cavern of Death; The Parchment of Death; Death from the Skies; Terror in the Fields; Secret of the Moaning Ghosts; The Return of the Ghoul. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $750.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4571674010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Al Fago, Milt Hammer, Bruce Baker, Mickey Marks and E J Reeves. Funny-animal hijinks from Star Publications. Neddy Bear and Golden Girl find treasure, but run into trouble from the magical dwarf who claims it. A cartoonist flips his lid and finds himself in the cartoon world that he draws. Canaries Bill and Koo get jobs as extras on a movie shoot, and soon Bill gets a chance at stardom after he insults a movie star. Neddy; The Mad Artist; Zany Giraffe; Barnaby Beaver; Chucky and Bub; Bill and Koo; Frisky Fun; Mistake O. Graphs. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $299.00 Paper: Off white Label #4613687010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

L.B. Cole Christmas cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $540.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4604752003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($16.20) will be charged at checkout.

L.B. Cole Christmas cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $199.95 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4216809004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

L.B. Cole Christmas cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $99.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4320677010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Mickey Klar Marks, Jim Adams and Al Fago. Funny-animal hijinks from Star Publications. Super Cat receives a message for help, but someone is interfering with his radio signal. Dopsy Durvy uses his gift to enter fairy tales and gets a little too close to the Big Bad Wolf. Canaries Bill and Koo are playing pirates when they encounter the real thing. Super Cat; Dopsy Durvy; The Mad Artist!; Diggy The Derrick; Bill and Koo; Sniffy. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $355.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4569550009

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by L. B. Cole and others. Part of Star Publications' purchase of Novelty Publications titles, former adventure comic 4Most becomes one of the most violent of the pre-Code crime titles, with lurid covers by L. B. Cole. The Gunmaster tracks a gang of killers to a skyscraper, but the gang's redheaded femme fatale gets the drop on him. Police use modern communications to trap fleeing criminals in their dragnet. Criminal trio Gus, Harvey and Peter use robbery and murder in 1900 Chicago. State Prison Slaughter; Clue To A Killer; The Deadly Game; Escape; Crime of Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $213.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4482079023 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.39) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by L. B. Cole and others. Part of Star Publications' purchase of Novelty Publications titles, former adventure comic 4Most becomes one of the most violent of the pre-Code crime titles, with lurid covers by L. B. Cole. The Gunmaster tracks a gang of killers to a skyscraper, but the gang's redheaded femme fatale gets the drop on him. Police use modern communications to trap fleeing criminals in their dragnet. Criminal trio Gus, Harvey and Peter use robbery and murder in 1900 Chicago. State Prison Slaughter; Clue To A Killer; The Deadly Game; Escape; Crime of Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $2,499.95 or Best Offer Paper: Light tan to off white Label #4006922008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($75.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by George Peltz and others. Part of Star Publications' purchase of Novelty Publications titles, former adventure comic 4Most becomes one of the most violent of the pre-Code crime titles, with lurid covers by L. B. Cole. Police close in on criminal genius Duke Morane and his underworld empire. In pre-WWII Germany, Hilda marries wealthy older men and then poisons them. The leader of one of the earliest New York street gangs, the Bowery Boys, Bill the Butcher later enters city politics. Underworld Mastermind; The Poisoner; Strong Arm Terror. Final issue under this title; series continues as Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #50. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.