The Funnies comic books issue 2 graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $185.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0220956006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.55) will be charged at checkout.

Controversial parody discontinued due to Disney lawsuit. The Air Pirates were a group of cartoonists who created two issues of an underground comic called Air Pirates Funnies in 1971, leading to a famous lawsuit by The Walt Disney Company. Founded by Dan O'Neill, the group also included Shary Flenniken, Bobby London, Gary Hallgren, and Ted Richards. The collective shared a common interest in the styles of past masters of the comic strip: Flenniken emulated George McManus's Bringing Up Father in her Trots and Bonnie comics, London's strip Dirty Duck paid homage to the styles of E.C. Segar's Thimble Theater and George Herriman's Krazy Kat, and Richards' Dopin' Dan was similar to Mort Walker's Beetle Bailey. The original Air Pirates were a gang of Mickey Mouse antagonists of the 1930s; O'Neill regarded Mickey Mouse as a symbol of conformist hypocrisy in American culture, and therefore a ripe target for satire. The first issue of Air Pirates Funnies was dated July 1971, and the second issue dated August. Both were published under the Hell Comics imprint, and were distributed through Ron Turner's Last Gasp publishing company. The lead stories in both issues, created by O'Neill and Hallgren, focused on Walt Disney characters, most notably from Floyd Gottfredson's Mickey Mouse newspaper strip, with the Disney characters engaging in adult behaviors such as sex and drug consumption. O'Neill insisted it would dilute the parody to change the names of the characters, so his adventurous mouse character was called "Mickey" Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $2,900.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #3725298012

Vol. 1 #2. Cover art by Bill Everett. Untitled Skyrocket Steele story, script and art by Bill Everett; Steele heads to the planet out-post Mannin at the request of King Kurt to investigate the mysterious bat raids that supposedly have been occurring. 2038 A. D. two-page story; 1st appearance of strip. The Red Raider, script and art by Ed Moore. Untitled The Brothers 3 story, script and art by Will Eisner. The Sacred White Elephant starring Brailey of the Tropics, script and art by Victor Dowling. Diamond of Doom starring Speed Rush, script and art by J. M. Wilcox. Treachery on the Trail, script and art by H. Mulheim. Rocks of Fate. 52 pgs.$0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $50.00 or Best Offer CGC Signature Series Paper: White Signed by Mike Kaye on 6/9/21. Label #3903671039 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.50) will be charged at checkout.

Written and illustrated by Mike Kaye. Reprints "Amphoman Presents" and "Generation Gap" published in 1995 in the BCC Observer. NOTE: Limited to 15 copies. NOTE: Many copies are signed by creator Mike Kaye. Cover price $3.50.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $4,590.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1444080001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($137.70) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Jack Cole. Stories and art by Jack Cole, Ray Burley, Terry Gilkison, George Filchock, Howard Hastings, Pat Allen, Martin Filchock, Fred Schwab, Victor J. Dowling, and Joe E. Buresch. Centaur publishes the final run of Star Ranger, one of the very first Western comics. Short Western strips, sometimes just one to three pages, with titles like Wild West Junior and Cowboy Jake. Historical and educational strips, including comics biographies of "Wild Bill" Hickock and the Texas Rangers, and fun facts about the Rio Grande and the Mavericks. The new sheriff in town tries to stop the train-robbing Casey Bunch. A wealthy rancher almost kills the wrong man for stealing his black stallion, but luckily Native American detective Bigmoose deciphers the clues. Moonshine saves a farm family from being swindled by city slickers, in an early humor strip by comics legend Jack Cole, creator of Plastic Man. Home in the Ozarks; The Ermine; Rangeography!; Fabricatin' Phil; The Wild Casey Bunch Tangles with a Kid Sheriff; One Buck and Two Bits; Footprints in the Dust; How to Draw Comic Cowboys featuring Horsefeathers; The Secret of the White Sands; Famous Frontiersmen; Windy Parks; Joe Ticket the Picket; Buck Bush. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $1,800.00 Paper: Light tan to off white Label #4569148001

Cover by Jack Cole. Stories and art by Jack Cole, Ray Burley, Terry Gilkison, George Filchock, Howard Hastings, Pat Allen, Martin Filchock, Fred Schwab, Victor J. Dowling, and Joe E. Buresch. Centaur publishes the final run of Star Ranger, one of the very first Western comics. Short Western strips, sometimes just one to three pages, with titles like Wild West Junior and Cowboy Jake. Historical and educational strips, including comics biographies of "Wild Bill" Hickock and the Texas Rangers, and fun facts about the Rio Grande and the Mavericks. The new sheriff in town tries to stop the train-robbing Casey Bunch. A wealthy rancher almost kills the wrong man for stealing his black stallion, but luckily Native American detective Bigmoose deciphers the clues. Moonshine saves a farm family from being swindled by city slickers, in an early humor strip by comics legend Jack Cole, creator of Plastic Man. Home in the Ozarks; The Ermine; Rangeography!; Fabricatin' Phil; The Wild Casey Bunch Tangles with a Kid Sheriff; One Buck and Two Bits; Footprints in the Dust; How to Draw Comic Cowboys featuring Horsefeathers; The Secret of the White Sands; Famous Frontiersmen; Windy Parks; Joe Ticket the Picket; Buck Bush. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.