Comic books May 1954

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"Satan's Saddle Mates" a novelette by Walt Coburn.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. Superboy and the Apes!, art by John Sikela; Superboy goes to the jungle. Aquaman, Microbe Hunter, art by Ramona Fradon. Shorty humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. The Human Bird starring Johnny Quick, art by Ralph Mayo. Varsity Vic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The World's Worst Archer starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Slave Ship, art by Bill Benulis; A captain of a salvage ship takes advantage of storm-wrecked vessels until the tables are turned upon him. Gaflin's Ghost text story. Dear Valentine!, art by Al Hartley. It Happened in the Morgue, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Ed Winiarski; A city coroner taking kick-backs from the mob in order to bury the bodies of murder victims quickly with false natural death certificates gets the same treatment from the new coroner. The Suitcase!, art by John Rosenberger; A thief steals a suitcase containing shrunken heads and a formula for shrinking a head while the body still lives. Crazy, Man!, art by Dick Ayers; A man who witnesses alien invaders possessing the bodies of important people to plan a takeover is placed in a mental institution and eventually released. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Maneely. The Two-Timer; A man kills his wife and poses her body to make it appear that she committed suicide by gas inhalation but the police arrest him for murder because the gas company had cut off service for non-payment of the bill. Green Death text story. Eternal Life!, art by Bill Savage; A Martian suckers Earth people into exchanging planets because Mars is doomed to be struck by an incoming asteroid. The Locked Door, art by Al Eadeh; A grave robber is accosted by the ghosts of his victims. Bone Dry, art by Myron Fass; When a would-be native tyrant holds the location of a spring as a means of power for seizing chief status of his drought-stricken village, the villagers neglect to tell him of an incoming tidal wave and thus he perishes. Indestructible!, art by Hy Rosen; A man travels into the past to escape bugs but present-day humans are unable to open the capsule; The future bugs have even gotten into the time machine, however, and they succeed in opening it and pouring into the present day. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by unknown. Art by unknown. Cover by Owen Fitzgerald? Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis star in a 3-part untitled tale! Plus: Teen Teasers activity half-pager by Martin Naydel; Honey in Hollywood untitled 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; "Block Buster" activity half-pager by Naydel; Twisting the Dial profile on Robert Q. Lewis; and Willy untitled back-up story. 40 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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The world's mightiest mouse combines funny-animal antics with superhero adventure as he fights for mice everywhere. When an otherworldly cold grips Mousetown, Mighty Mouse must find the cause before the population is turned into mice-cicles. MM pursues bank robbers. Mighty Mouse seeks the secret of the so-called Planet of Death. The Freezing Terror; Chesty; The Bank Robbers; Magic Fun; The Planet of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 28, No. 2 - May , 1954. 5.25" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Bernie Krigstein, Enrico Bagnoli, Lorence Bjorklund, Edd Ashe and Morris Waldinger. An anthology from St. John, with a variety of genres, sources and artists. This issue features tales of adventure. An orphan blacksmith aids Robin Hood against the Black Baron, earning the name Young Robin when he joins the Merry Men. Underwater "frogmen" from Earth battle invading aliens on Mars, in a story with art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. In another Krigstein story, police seek a terrorist in Tsarist Russia. Awesome Robin Hood cover by Matt Baker. The Son of Robin Hood; The Saga of Marco Polo!; The Mystery of Atlantis; Frog Men Against Belzar; The Terrorist; Step-Sons of France; Devil's Arena. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bernard Baily. Stories and art by Eugene E. Hughes and others. War comics from publisher Stanley Morse in the tradition of EC's war comics. This issue focuses on life and death in Korean POW camps, even featuring them prominently on the cover. A US pilot shot down over Korea is taken captive and forced to sign a "confession." As the Korean War comes to an end, recurring character Pvt. Ike becomes a bumbling comedic Gomer Pyle-type character, while his former sidekick Magoon becomes his long-suffering sergeant. The Confession!; Brain Wash; Handy Man!; Traitor!; Pvt. Ike: Going Home! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by A. C. Hollingsworth. Stories and art by Henry Kiefer, Art Gates, A. C. Hollingsworth, and Leo Morey. Pre-Code horror comic from Trojan Magazines. Framed for murder and executed, a man returns as a fiery spirit of vengeance. A thief breaks into the wrong house, encountering ghouls who want his help robbing the dead. A boxer paid to throw a fight gets a ghostly visitation that changes his tune. Vampire's Roost; The Ghost of Fire; No Pockets on the Dead; The Man Who Died Twice; The Sea Ghost Returns; The Corpse in the Ring. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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When Icy Fingers Clutch, pencils by Ken Rice; In northern Africa, the beggar Mejm shanghais men to do slave work for the building of a railroad; A mystic glove robbed from a sorcerer helps him to the dirty work. Death Writes the Horoscope, art by Louis Zansky; The gangster Vince Yorga learns to command the "demons of the zodiac" and abuses this ability to amass riches. The Secret Fear of Thurman Renauld, art by Lou Cameron. Me - Beast!, pencils by Jim McLaughlin. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 6 - May 1954. Fantasy anthology magazine featuring "Sine of the Magus" by James E. Gunn, "Bottled in Russia" by A.J. Greenwald. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 164 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations throughout) Cover price $0.35.

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Stories and art by Frank Frazetta, Jack Sparling, Art Helfant and Leon Winik. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy gets mixed up with a town's annual race and finds all is not on the up-and-up. Billy stops a mob from hanging an innocent man, and sets out to find the real bank robber. True facts about gunfighting and slang terms of the Old West, featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Four O'Clock Noose; The Thousand Mile Race; Owl Hoot Trail; Sunrise Orders the Blue Plate Special; Prospector Pete; Guns Facts about Firearms; Ten-Gallon Allen. 32 pages, Full Color.n/Frazetta Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera. Stories by Paul Gustavson and unknown. Art by Paul Gustavson, Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera. Featuring Blackhawk in: "Hell's Hero" with art by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera; "War Incorporated" with art by Dillin and Cuidera; and "The King of Blackhawk Island" with art by Dillin and Cuidera. Plus: Chop Chop in an untitled back-up story by Paul Gustavson, reprinted from issue #43 (with changes). And: 1-page text story "Revenge"! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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April-May. Cover by Ralph Heimdahl. Stories by Don R. Christensen and various. Art by Ken Champin and Tony Strobl. Featuring several untitled tales starring Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig, Petunia Pig and Sylvester Pussycat! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Don Rico and Joe Gill. Art by Bill Benulis, John Romita, Carl Burgos, Paul Reinman and Jack Abel. Cap and Bucky rejoin the Army, and when Betsy Ross' boss turns out to be a commie spy, Cap and Bucky help her out of a jam in "The Betrayers!" by Don Rico, Bill Benulis and Jack Abel. Also in this issue: Cap and Bucky in "Captain America Strikes!" by Don Rico and John Romita; Cap and Bucky in "Come to the Commies!" by Don Rico, Bill Benulis and Jack Abel; untitled Human Torch and Toro tale by Joe Gill and Carl Burgos; and 2-page text story "The Perfect Spy" (writer unknown) with illo by Paul Reinman. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $5.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Digest-sized, 5.25" x 8", 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

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1st appearance of Wendy the Witch. Casper the Friendly Ghost in "The Big Fright", "Who, the Witch" text story (1 pg), Herman and Katnip in "End of Tail" (1 pg), Casper in "The Poor Little Witch Girl", Spooky in "Grin and Bear It", Buzzy in "Seeing Stars" (1 pg), Baby Huey in "Home Maid". 36 pages, four color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $65,000 View scans Paper: Off white to white Pedigree: Northford Northford Pedigree. Label #2101687001

Wow! There's no cover more lurid than this, not in comics, not even in the pulps! A must have issue for serious pre-code horror collectors!

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Howard Nostrand, Bob Powell, John Giunta and Manny Stallman. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. A surgeon saves a woman's life with a heart transplant, but she becomes obsessed with the donor. An asylum inmate insists that aliens are planning to invade Earth. A reporter spends the night in a wax museum. Extra-creepy cover by Lee Elias. Heartline; The Storm; Invasion; The Museum; Chilly Chamber Music: Songs from the Spook Box; The Meaning of Dreams; Dust Unto Dust. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Soldiers of Fortune, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 120, with 5/54 date). Like fearless knights of old, modern soldiers of fortune go forth seeking glory and adventure. No cause is too small, no sacrifice too great for these men who live only to be heroes. This is their story as it unfolds in the center of a blazing South American revolution. Cover price $0.15.

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Painted cover art by Dik Browne (?). "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," script by Robert Southey (adapted from his original story); Goldilocks makes use of the food, chairs, and beds of three bears; When caught, she runs home to her mother and later promises the bears she will never to do it again. "Foreign Lands," script by Robert Louis Stevenson, art by Alex A. Blum; Poem from "A Child's Garden of Verses" that tells of a youngster climbing a tree and gazing upon the countryside. Article about the bison, illustrated by William A. Walsh. Goldilock and the Three Bears pinup on the back cover. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears. NOTE: We do not currently differentiate between HRN 576 copies and other HRN #'s of Classics Illustrated Junior reprints. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories and art by Mort Drucker, Carl Burgos, Sol Brodsky, Joe Maneely, and Howie Post. The very first incarnation of Marvel's humor publication, started in the first wave of 1950s Mad imitators. A Western parody with early art by future MAD legend Mort Drucker. Martians look like monkeys, causing confusion when one of them winds up on Earth. A parody of Mummy movies, and another of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Plus a text story illustrated by Marvel legend Carl Burgos, creator of the Original Human Torch. The Hunchback of Notre Doom; Those Crazy Dolls; The Mummy Walks; The Men from Mars; Tall in the Saddle; Moe Gumbo. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Alvin Hollingsworth. Stories and art by Art Gates, Myron Fass, Alvin Hollingsworth, Sid Check and Angelo Torres. Crime and horror comics featuring detective heroes. Paul becomes convinced that to save his dying wife, he must murder six women on the streets of Paris. A magician's wife and her lover plot the murder of her husband, but it's hard to trick a magician. Detective Rhodes investigates a series of cat-like murders, in a story that features the first published work of future Mad magazine artist Angelo Torres, inking the pencils of Syd Check. Also featuring a vintage ad for "Sportsman's Paradise," offering crossbows, throwing daggers and other weapons by mail. (!) Bad-girl cover by Alvin Hollingsworth. Six Lives For One!; Turnabout!; The Mystery of the Cross-Eyed Cat; The Corpse in the Car; Suicide Ship. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Hank Ketcham. Stories and art by Hank Ketcham, Fred Toole and Al Wiseman. Five-year-old Dennis is a concern to his parents, a crisis to his teachers, and a menace to grumpy neighbor Mr. Wilson. Dennis faces the latest in a long line of baby-sitters. Dennis must attend a dance school. Henry tries to help Dennis build a kite. Dead-End Dennis; Dennis vs. the Baby Sitter; Dennis the Jitterbug; Kite Krazy; Ruff; Big Deal; Dennis vs. the Barber; Dizzy Bizzness. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $115.00 View scans Water damage. Cover loose at one staple.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. Welcome, Amigo public service announcement starring Binky, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bob Oksner. Batman the Magician starring Batman and Robin, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris. Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Secret of the Flying Saucers! starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, art by Ruben Moreira. Beware the Sea Serpent! starring Captain Compass, script by Otto Binder, art by Joe Certa. Meet a Killer text article by Jack Miller (as Joseph Macready). Conquerors of Crime starring Mysto Magician Detective, art by Leonard Starr. 44 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $5.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 65, Issue 1 - May, 1954. 6.75" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Marriage counselor and love doctor King helps Hollywood housewife Carla deal with her surreal nightmares of a mysterious lover who has no face. Stories and art by Myron Fass and Ed Moore. Included in Paul Gravetts 2008 book The Worlds Weirdest Comic Books. Cover by Fass. 36 pages. Cover price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories and art by Rick Yager, Coulton Waugh, Fran Matera, Robert Peterson and John Belfi. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Dickie Dare and Dan outwit the pirates and dock their ship at Bangkok. An action-packed Frank Frazetta Buck Rogers cover (and an offer to join "Buck Rogers Rocket Rangers"). A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of heroism, puts less emphasis on the battlefield in the post-Korean War period. Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; You Live and Learn; Hill #355; Many Brave Hearts Crash; Baby in the Well. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart GD- 1.8 $199.99 View scans 3" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

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Stories and art by Robert Webb and others. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Ajax-Farrell. A prehistoric egg is accidentally incubated by a museum, hatching an ancient monstrosity. In an unusual tale, a coffin narrates its own life story. A demonic fiddler creates chaos and conflict with his music. Dragon Egg!; Inhuman Killer; I, the Coffin; Deadly Shadows; Demon Fiddler. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $10.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 1, No. 6 - May , 1954. 5.25" x 7.5", 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Indicia title is "DOUBLE TROUBLE with GOOBER, No. 556." Cover art by Bill MacLean. Guardsmen; Goober and the twins go into the private detective business. Goober Meets a Funny Man; Goober's mother sends him to grocery store to get a dozen eggs. Food for Thought; Jeannie and Johnnie try to avoid Mrs. McMeany, who always has them run errands in return for stale ginger cookies. Measles Makes a Friend for Life; Measles is tied up while the kids go fishing; He breaks free, but is chased by the dog-catcher. Scripts and art by Bill MacLean. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DUCK ALBUM, featuring 5 Complete Duck Stories, No. 560." Cover art by Paul Murry. Duck Album activity page, art by Tony Strobl. The Sloop Fake, art by Phil de Lara; Donald trades his car for a yacht; The yacht turns out to be phony, but he is able to sell it to a movie crew. Mixed Orders, art by Phil de Lara; Grandma Duck orders a tractor for the farm, but the company delivers an airplane by mistake. The Poor Hobo, art by Phil de Lara; In an effort to forget about money for a while, Scrooge trades his clothes with a hobo. The Flower Show, art by Phil de Lara. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $26.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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Volume 8, Issue 2 - May 1954. Cover by Emsh. Science Fiction and Adventure Pulp magazine. Stories include "Granny Won't Knit" by Theodore Sturgeon, "Mate in Two Moves" by Winston Marks, "Open Warfare" by James E. Gunn, "Bedside Manner" by William Morrison, and "Back to Julie" by Richard Wilson. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Photo cover of Gene Autry. Stories and art by Tony Sgroi and Nicholas Firfires. Singing cowboy Gene Autry was a multimedia star from the 1930s-1950s, in music, movies, radio, and television, as well as comic books. When Gene finds a hijacked truck and brings it to town, its owner Miss Morton first mistakes him for the hijacker. Once he convinces her otherwise, Gene sets out to find the real hijackers. He sets a trap and uses himself as the bait. Bandit Bait; The Haunted Spiderweb; The Stranger; An Almost Fatal Nap. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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May 1954. 8" x 10.25", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Don Heck. "Horn of Horror," art by Marty Elkin; Rudy Gletz comes into possession of a magic trumpet and becomes the world's most famed musician; There's a price to pay, though; He has to kill to keep the magic going, driven by the ghostly apparition of the trumpet's former owner. "The Green Ones" starring Walter Werewolf, art by Marty Elkin; The "green ones," lizard-like beings, haunt the southern swamp country; Two sisters and a man they both love get drawn into a deadly triangle of intrigue and two of them will be claimed to join the ranks of the "green ones." "The Deadly Doll," art by Steve Kirkel (as "Kirk"); Helen is presented a devilish gift—a life-sized doll of herself commanding her to kill her husband; When she complies a strange transformation comes over her. "The King's Warning!" text story. "The Tree of Life and Death," art by Rudy Palais; A scientist wants to inspire sentient life in a tree growing in front of his house; His rival poisons the formula, though, and the maddened tree runs amuck tearing down the house. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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An icon of 1950s Americana, Howdy Doody was a star of early television, and a mischievous Tom Sawyer-type adventurer in this comic. Howdy's friend, Princess Summerfall Winterspring, takes Howdy and Dilly on a magic canoe ride to visit the Great Spirit. Captain Windy tells Howdy and Dilly the legend of the Ghost Ship. Clarabell the Clown, who never talks, is constantly being told to be quiet. City Tenderfoot; Ghost Ship; Howdy Doody's Old-Time Silent Movie; Clarabell; Flub-a-Dub. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 16 #7 - May 1954. Magazine for children featuring activities, articles and text stories. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 68 pages, B&W with single and full color illustrations. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 8, No. 9 - May, 1954. 7" x 9.75", 16 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $10.50 View scans Stamp to front cover. Moderate spine stress. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 13, Issue 3 - May, 1954. Peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1934. The journal covers research on astronautics and space science and technology, including spacecraft design, nozzle theory, launch vehicle design, mission architecture, space stations, lunar exploration, spacecraft propulsion, robotic and manned exploration of the solar system, interstellar travel, interstellar communications, extraterrestrial intelligence, philosophy, and cosmology. Softcover, 6" x 9", 62 pages, B&W

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $249.95 or Best Offer View scans 1" Spine split from bottom. Water damage. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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Doorway to Death; Art collector Guy Stevens buys a large painting of a castle and discovers that he can open the door in the painting; He begins murdering people and hiding their bodies in the painting. Assignment Horror; Harold goes to an ad agency to promote a movie about giant frogs that conquer the world. Sacrifice to Kaste text story. This Body is Mine! The Flat Man; A man becomes the Flat Man by being run over by a bulldozer. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $295.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #4449274011 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

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Cover pencils by Bill Woggon, inks by Hazel Marten. "Katy's Hearts," script by Bill Woggon, pencils by Bill Woggon and Cassie Bill, inks by Cassie Bill and Floyd Norman (backgrounds); At an ice skating party, all of the males try to impress Katy including twelve-year-old Chubby. Katy models gown designs sent in by readers, art by Cassie Bill. "Sis Wants a Wedding," script by Bill Woggon, pencils by Bill Woggon and Cassie Bill, inks by Cassie Bill and Floyd Norman (backgrounds); When Sis overhears Randy proposing marriage to Katy, she can only imagine how she'll profit from the marriage. Page of various reader-designed fashions and a Katy Keene paper doll to display them on, art by Cassie Bill. "Dancing on the Clouds," script by Bill Woggon, pencils by Bill Woggon and Cassie Bill, inks by Cassie Bill and Floyd Norman (backgrounds); On a ski trip with Randy, Katy falls asleep and dreams that the couple is honeymooning on the Moon. "Whatsamatter, Chub?", script by Bill Woggon, pencils by Bill Woggon and Cassie Bill, inks by Cassie Bill and Floyd Norman (backgrounds); K.O. gives Chub pointers on how to get a date, but it backfires on him. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $7.00 View scan

Art by Dan Gordon and others. The Kilroys (Americas Funniest Family!) combined the family humor of the then-new sitcom format with Archie-style teen hijinks featuring Katie, Natch, and pal Solid Jackson. The gangs skiing trip for winter break gets sidetracked, literally, when the train car is diverted to Florida; Jacksons attempt to look stronger than he is with fake barbells fools Pops into believing hes a he-man; Jackson attempts to out-poetry the popular new kid, but his verse isnt up to it. The Midterm Break!; Knothead Nancy; The Right Kind of Girl; The Big Buildup!; Jitterbuck; Romantic Yarn; Solid Jackson, Poet! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Stan Campbell and others. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. In a double-length tale, Lash steps between courageous female stagecoach driver Suzy and outlaw Drifter, who has a yen for her. But Drifter has revenge in mind for both of them. Dee Dickens tries to figure out the difference between Pike's peke (a dog), and Pike's Peak, but it's a losing battle. Fatal Witness; The East Goes West; Dee Dickens: A Dogs Life; The Stolen Map. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Morris Gollub. Facts about the Gauchos of Argentina, the Pearl Divers of Venezuela, the Hat Weavers of Ecuador, and the Llanero of Colombia. Adrift on the Amazon, pencils by John Lehti; Rocky, Gerry, Lassie, and Timbu set out on a mission to take photographs of the Amazon during the rainy season; Losing their canoe, they pitch camp on a small island, which later sets adrift down the river. The Legend of the Golden Mountain, pencils: John Lehti; While Gerry and Rocky go to Goias for supplies, Timbu sets out on a search for a lost gold mine. The Wilderness Road, pencils by John Lehti; Rocky is appointed supervisor of the road-building engineers. Sayao and his men try to sabotage construction of the road. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $12.00 View scans centerfold splitting/loose address label heavy soiling back

10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 178 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $15.00 View scans address label heavy soiling back Spine split 5%.

10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 194 pages. Cover price $0.20.