Comic books 1938-1955, graded by CBCS

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $1,425.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #17-0564169-005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($42.75) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Russ Heath. The Thing Behind the Wall, art by Ogden Whitney. Black Horror text story. The Worm, script by Stan Lee, art by Fred Kida. The Flat Man, script by Hank Chapman. Crazy Glass, art by Manny Stallman. X, art by Cal Massey. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $1,090.00 Paper: Off white Label #21-230DC57-015

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and George Peltz. Pre-Code horror comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A female reporter is the only witness as a long-dead mummy revives and goes in search of his ancient bride. A night watchman at a museum is dragged into a painting that is actually the door into an evil dimension. A writer's latest manuscript holds the potential to destroy all evil in the world. Another top-notch cover by L. B. Cole. Swamp Spirit; The Vengeful Phantom; The Mummy; The Ghost Who Cried; Picture a Nightmare; Maniac; The Insider. Final issue of the series. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $520.00 Slight amateur restoration Paper: White Amateur Restoration Includes: small amount of color touch on cover and tear seal on back cover. Label #7007107-AB-006

Stories and art by Dave Berg, Alex Blum and Al Camy. One of Fawcett's most popular superheroes, Spy Smasher fights saboteurs, fifth columnists, Quislings and collaborators during WWII. In a sort of primitive version of The Da Vinci Code, Spy Smasher learns that Da Vinci desgined a destructive secret weapon and hid the plans in a code, and he must find it before the Nazis do. Spy Smasher faces gladiatorial combat in the Roman Arena. A draftee deserts rather than serve in WWII, and soon he's recruited by Axis agents, but Spy Smasher offers him a chance at redemption. Plus a story by future Mad "Lighter Side" artist Dave Berg. The Deserter; Krishnu, Prophet of Evil; Bright Flames of War; The Quest of the Secret Weapon; On Convoy Duty. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.5 $150.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Label #20-2EA2423-004

Tomahawk in "Sally Raines--Frontier Girl" (art by Fred Ray), Manhunters Around the World in "The Panama Patrol," Captain Compass in "The Sea-Going Schoolhouse," and Robin in "The Four O'Clock Crimes!" (with a Batman cameo). Full-page ad for Tomahawk # 1. Ray cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $910.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case Label #0008220-AA-014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($27.30) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Written by Edmond Hamilton. Art by Howard Sherman. Photo cover from Destination Moon. Chris and the crew of the Pioneer encounter radioactive, crystalline men in the Green Nebula and foil a plot to steal the Nebula's radium. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, "Job Counselor. Written by David V. Reed. Art by Paul Norris and Bernard Sachs. Darwin meets a young actress who has accidentally bathed in the Fountain of Youth. Written by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and Bernie Breslauer. Art by Dick Sprang. A description of devices, events, and innovations predicated by Wells in his fiction. Written by Gardner Fox and Edmond Hamilton. Art by Jim Mooney and Sy Barry. A scientist uses a hydrogen bomb to cause rain, resulting in a world-wide flood. He uses a second bomb to save mankind. Article written by Julius Schwartz. Art by Morris Waldinger and Tommy Nicolosi. Science facts about the experiments of Otto von Ghericke and Isaac Newton. Text story, art by Raymond Perry. Written byGardner Fox and Robert Heinlein. Art by Curt Swan and John Fischetti. A story about a seat-of-the pants, first landing on the moon, adapted from the 1950 George Pal movie, Destination Moon. Text story by Julius Schwartz. Art by Morris Waldinger and Tommy Nicolosi. Facts about the 1692 appearance of Halley's Comet and the 1919 solar eclipse. Ad for Strange Adventures #2. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $1,286.05 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #21-192385E-019 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($38.58) will be charged at checkout.

Offbeat pre-Code horror stories from Ajax-Farrell, with art by the Iger Shop staff. A couple encounters a giant man-eating octopus while seeking a sunken Aztec treasure. A man falls for a female ventriloquist, until he learns her terrible secret. Three people are trapped overnight in a mountain cabin in freezing temperatures. Death Holds an Auction; Fate Has a Thousand Faces!; Fabulous Funeral; Chant of the Dead; The Frozen Bride. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 13 CBCS 4.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #23-06D186D-016

Cover art by Bill Everett. The Witching Hours!, art by Ed Goldfarb; A man marries the beautiful daughter of a witch. The Power of Hatred text story. Death Makes a Deal!, art by Ed Robbins; A washed-up reporter needs to come up with a scoop or he will be fired; He meets Death, who reveals future tragedies to him so that he can write up the stories. The Hiding Place, script by Carl Wessler, art by John Tartaglione; Three crooks hide the money they've stolen and agree to retrieve it in a year. The Bugs, art by Larry Woromay. The Secret of Christopher Morse, art by Ed Winiarski. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.0 $1,499.00 or Best Offer Conserved Paper: Off white to white Amateur Conservation Includes: Cover reinforced with glue. Label #22-2A3689D-020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($44.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Fantasy of Hate starring Sub-Mariner, Betty Dean, and Mr. and Mrs. Franz Egarus, art by Allen Simon. Brontosaurus--They Lived Long Long Ago. The Ghost Ship starring Sub-Mariner and Allen Rosnim, art by Allen Simon. Ambush text story. The Water Front Phantom starring the Sub-Mariner, Betty Dean, Jack Prentice, and Martha Prentice, art by Allen Simon. Shadow of the Noose starring Angel and The Noose, art by Al Bellman. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.5 $717.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #22-0F55B12-045 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($21.51) will be charged at checkout.

Last issue, Namora crossover. Cover price $0.10.

Super Duck Comics (1945) 19 CBCS 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

HAS COA

Label #22-0CB58FD-025

Add to cart CBCS 8.5 $8,400.00 Paper: Off white Label #00-7008344-AA-006

Cover art by Fred Ray. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel (signed), pencils by Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster], inks by the Shuster Shop [as Joe Shuster]; Superman battles against some members of the Committee Against Militarism, whose leader is actually employed by a warring totalitarian nation. Supermen of America ad. Sport Spotlight on Surprising Veterans featuring Fred Fitzsimmons, Gene Sarazen, Max Baer, Ted Lyons, and Lefty Grove. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel (signed), pencils by Paul Cassidy (?) [as Joe Shuster], inks by the Shuster Shop [as Joe Shuster]; Superman prevents Judge Crane from committing suicide, and, after talking with the judge, discovers that his daughter has been kidnapped. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel (signed), pencils by Paul Cassidy (?) [as Joe Shuster], inks by the Shuster Shop [as Joe Shuster]; Editor White sends Clark out to Lamson Laboratories to get to the bottom of an unknown person or persons causing problems at the lab in an attempt to force the W-142 formula out of Lamson. A Bombing Flight text story, script by Frank Cooper, art by Fred Ray. Superman Physical Development Club article. Ad for Batman #4 and the Superman Radio Show. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel (signed), pencils by Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster], inks by the Shuster Shop [as Joe Shuster]; The death of Morton Carling leads Lois, Sgt. Casey and Superman to uncovering the fact that the Jackson Jewelry Company was a front for a murder syndicate. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 57 CBCS 4.0

Paper: White

Label #22-0F351BF-003

Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Menace of the Machine Men, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Aliens appear to land in the woods outside Northville and invade the city with giant robots. Every Man a Superman, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman is thrown into the future where everyone has super powers, and he meets a woman who looks just like Lois Lane. Bebe humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. Beethoven bio. Varsity Vic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Son of Superman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman adopts an orphan boy and builds up his strength and confidence. Full-page ad for Superboy #1. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $470.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back Label #7010402-AA-004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.10) will be charged at checkout.

Win Mortimer cover shows covers to issues 1, 25, 50, and 75. The Toy Superman Contest starring Superman and Red Anson, script by Bill Woolfolk, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Little Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Superman--Substitute Teacher, art by Al Plastino; Superman accidentally gets called upon to be a substitute teacher in order to protect his secret identity. Shorty humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Clue From Krypton starring Superman, Jor-El, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Floyd Fowler, and Lois Lane, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 1.8 $329.00 Paper: White Slab: Minor side edge crack; Scuffing on front of case Extensive amount of tape on cover. Label #17-0F31A65-005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.87) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Fagaly. Untitled story, art by Al Fagaly; In order to earn money to buy an expensive bathing suit, Suzie takes a job at the Ladies Fashion Boutique, but proves to be of little help to the store. Suzie Puzzle Page. Untitled story, art by Al Fagaly; Suzie assists an eccentric inventor trying to market his impractical inventions. Untitled story, art by Samm Schwartz; Ferdie is hired to protect Mrs. Van Gelt's society party; Suzie tags along to make sure Ferdie doesn't make things worse, as Ferdie goes to the party disguised as a medieval knight. Untitled story, script and art by Bill Woggon; After winning a pinup contest at a local department store, Katy and Sis go to claim her prize. "The Carpenter"; Suzie and Ferdie are subcontracted to build a dog house for an ill-tempered bulldog. Untitled story; Ferdie gets into an altercation with a brute over a suit of clothes; When the brute, who is a local boxing champ, is accidentally knocked unconscious, everyone assumes Ferdie did it and fixes him up with a rematch against the champ in the boxing ring. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $799.99 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #7004007-AA-010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($24.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Howard Rosenberger. Stories and art by Howard Rosenberger, Mel Keefer and Jack Sparling. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A creature from the depths is summoned by the sound of a foghorn, in an early comics version of the classic Ray Bradbury story "The Foghorn." An arrogant lawyer believes he is so smart that he can trick the Devil himself. Harriet marries a decrepit old man for his money, only to learn that he's immortal and has placed a horrible curse on any man who loves Harriet. The Man Who Tricked the Devil; Die for the Beggar; The Beast from the Deep; Dinky. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.5 $195.00 Paper: Off white Label #23-3812DEF-011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz. The Giant from the Tomb--A Purple Claw Mystery, pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz. Death Flower--A Purple Claw Mystery, pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz; a man-eating plant terrorizes the Florida Everglades. Sparks of Life cartoon by Chas. Kuhn. The Final Horror--A Purple Claw Mystery, art by Ben Brown. Just What the Doctor Ordered text story. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $515.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case Label #16-28611C6-068 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($15.45) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover art by Chu F. Hing. Santa Was No Thief starring Cadet, script by George Kapitan, art by John Jordan. Meets "Grem O' Lynn" starring Al T. Tude, script by Ray Gill, art by Fred Bell. Bull's-Eye Bill story. Ghost Train from the Volga--Stories of the United Nations, art by Harold De Lay. Dan'l Flannel story, art by Ed Ryan. Target and the Targeteers story. Speck, Spot, and Sis story, script and art by by Alonzo Vincent. Pete Stockbridge, the Chameleon story. Targetoons, script and art by Ray Gill. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.0 $555.00 Paper: White Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back Label #17-215D9AA-034

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Jim Mooney, Bernard Sachs, Bob Bean and Dana Dutch. Tales of teen angst and amour, often featuring art and covers by celebrated good-girl artist Matt Baker. Jenny tires of living in the boondocks and runs away to work in the new resort hotel, but her troubles follow her, in a story with art by Baker. Hildy's a waitress in a truck stop, but when she learns handsome trucker Al is rich, she thinks she's hit the jackpot. Carolyn meets Army lieutenant Jerry while both are working with occupation forces in Cold War Germany, but then handsome German Karl tells her Jerry is not who he says he is. That last story features early art by future Marvel legend Jim Mooney. Good-By Innocence!; Bull's Eye for Cupid; Deceived by Jealousy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $230.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #17-4049963-092 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.90) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

"Nothing He Couldn't Do!", pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; Four shipwrecked men are stranded on a cannibal island and captured immediately. "Death of A Gambler!", script by Carl Memling, pencils by Bill Molno (as Joe Shuster), inks by Vince Alascia; Wealthy Jeff Traynor loses all at gambling and becomes a derelict. "Tara Tusta" text story. "Picture of the Future," script by Carl Memling, art by Seymour Moskowitz; Two gangsters rob an exhibition and come into possession of a magic scroll which forecasts their future. "Mental Wizard!", script by Carl Memling; Don Brunt killed his wife and got away with the crime. "The Crusher," script by Carl Memling; Sadistic plantation owner Barney Tragg flogs his wife's lover to death with a whip. Injury to eye panel. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $1,170.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #7004225-AA-002

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, Bob Oksner, Kerry McRoberts, Maurice Gutwirth, Gerald Devers, Fred Joyce, and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $475.00 Paper: Off white Label #23-3812DEF-012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by William Allison and L. B. Cole. 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. Ballistic hero the Gunmaster tries to prove an ex-convict was framed for murder. Stickup men Bob and Frank kill two cops and get away, but Frank leaves his coat behind. Master of disguise the Chameleon fakes his own death by locomotive, to prove gangster Mugs Horton tried to have him killed. Gunmaster: Sugar Bowl Murder; Masked Death; Lives of Crime: Two Bright Boys; Killer On the Loose; Chameleon: The Crooked Bus Franchise. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $189.00 Paper: White Label #16-34DFB6D-010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.67) will be charged at checkout.

No ads in book. Entire issue from cover to cover is comic stories and one page strips. Uncle Scrooge in an untitled book-length story in which Scrooge, Donald, and the nephews try to transport Scrooge's fortune to a private island for safekeeping. The Beagle Boys strike, however help is available on the island from the "Menehunes," elf-like creatures who are visible when they don't know anyone is looking. Story by Carl Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $900.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #21-155D344-017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($27.00) will be charged at checkout.

Published by Magazine Enterprises. Cover by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Stories and art by Bob Powell and others. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #68. Action-packed fact and fiction about the US Marine Corps, in a series revived for the Korean War. A pilot flies night raids over Korea; The story of the battle of Tripoli, remembered in song in the Marines' Hymn; Profiles of the U.S.M.C. Hall of Fame. The Man in the Flying Nightmare; Marine Boot Camp; The Shores of Tripoli!; "Look After My Billy!"; Mister Marine Corps; The Spirit of Semper Fi! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Venus (1948 Marvel) 11 CBCS 4.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #22-478CA56-011

"The End of the World!" Venus manages to help a scientist with his love life and save the Earth from falling into the Sun. "Beyond the 3rd Dimension." A scientist dies, taking the secrets of dimensional travel with him. Also includes: "The Plot!" and "Perilous Patrol." With this issue, the title changes format, with "Stories of the Supernatural" appearing on the cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 2.0 $499.95 or Best Offer Paper: White Centerfold detached. Label #16-130768B-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($15.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 2.0 $399.95 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Slab: Minor side edge cracks Label #16-17F1099-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 0.5 $599.95 or Best Offer Conserved CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing on front of case Verified Sig: Carl Barks (on 3rd page). Amateur Conservation Includes: Cover reinforced with glue. Large piece missing from centerfold, affects story, INCOMPLETE. Label #18-11019C7-002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($18.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $140.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #22-0B4D2A4-009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.20) will be charged at checkout.

#177, 6/55, Vol 15/No 9, 10c. Donald Duck, the Li'l Bad Wolf, and Pluto in untitled stories and Mickey Mouse and Goofy in part two of "The Lost City." The Donald Duck story is by Carl Barks. Issue also has one-page and half-page gag strips, and a two-page text feature "Goofy's Spring Housecleaning." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 9.4 $550.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #17-0BED088-027

Art by Henry Kiefer and others. Cover by Henry Kiefer. Jungle hero Wambi is a boy who can talk to animals, including his friends Tawn the elephant and Ogg the ape. A big-game hunter's son resists pressure to follow in his father's footsteps; Wambi teaches a chieftain's son about fire safety in the forest; A band of baboons tries to take a precious watering hole from the other animals of the jungle. Swampland Safari; Spoor of the Moon Beasts; Slave Safari; Lair of the Banshee Apes. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $240.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #21-4283FBE-022

"I Died Laughing," "Realm of Lost Faces" (art by Lou Cameron), "She Shrieked With Horror," and "My Sinister Double." Cover by Ken Rice. Stories by Jim McLaughlin, Sy Grudko, Lou Cameron, Sy Grudko, Chic Stone, and Ken Rice. Suspense-filled horror tales that weave a Web of Mystery for the reader! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Weird Comics (1940) 13 CBCS 2.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #23-211F269-003

Edited by Victor Fox. Stories and art by Louis Cazeneuve, James J. Royal, Bert Whitman, Spencer Allen, and Robert Webb. An anthology of science fiction, horror and adventure comics from Fox. This is as pulpy as it gets. Miss Tilbury, the pretty co-worker who always belittles The Dart's civilian identity, is abducted by the criminals who have taken her cousin Roland; The Beast escapes prison and steals a powerful new gas weapon, and only the Eagle and Buddy can stop him; Marga and Ted seek vanished explorers and find a lost plateau in the jungle, where she kills an attacking panther using just her teeth. Dart; Sorceress of Zoom; Dr. Mortal; Eagle; Buffalo War; Marga the Panther Woman; Dynamo; Blast Bennett. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $495.00 Paper: White Label #20-48E05B5-013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.85) will be charged at checkout.

"The End" (art by Wally Wood), "The Trip" (art by Jack Kamen), "Home to Stay" (art by Wood; unauthorized swipe of two Ray Bradbury stories, "Kaleidoscope" and "Rocket Man"), and "Don't Count Your Chickens" (art by Joe Orlando). The letters page features a well-reasoned response from the editors to a letter from a parent critical of SF and horror comics such as those published by EC. Al Feldstein classic outer space cover. NOTE: See 1st Series for 1950 #13.

NOTE: Also, this issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover and 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints # 5). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original, which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950's publication date. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $420.00 Paper: Off white Label #23-3812DEF-015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.60) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Al Feldstein. "For Us the Living," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), pencils by John Severin, inks by Bill Elder; Dr. Cromwell tells the F.B.I. that he came from an alternate timeline. "I, Rocket," script by Ray Bradbury and Albert B. Feldstein (adaptation), pencils by Al Williamson and Frank Frazetta, inks by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, and Roy Krenkel; A very expensive new rocketship, once built for war and now rusting away, relates the story of her glory with Captain Lamb in charge, but also of treachery aboard ship, which the rocket secretly dealt with. "Discovery" text story. "Conquers All!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot and script), art by Jack Kamen; As a prelude to an invasion of the Earth, an infiltration rocket from a far distant world is sent to the Earth to examine, estimate, judge and report back to their leaders. "The Automaton," script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando. "The Automaton," script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.0 $695.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #7004212-AA-005

Cover by Bernard Baily. Stories and art by Petrizza, Sal Trapani and Gerald Altman. Pre-Code tales of horror from Stanley Morse Publications. A man is captured and tormented by a bizarre cult. Ghosts rise to reveal their living secrets in epitaphs, giving Edgar an unpleasant surprise about his late wife. A struggling author discovers that a mysterious doppelganger is writing the same book he's writing. Dream; The Garcon; The Plan!; Out of Focus; Epitaph; Destiny's Double Deal. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.0 $395.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #20-48E05B5-014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kamen, Wally Wood, and Al Feldstein. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. A man has an unhealthy reciprocal relationship with his Model T auto, in a story by Harvey Kurtzman. A communications glitch results in war between two planets, with tragic consequences for Earth, illustrated by Wally Wood. A scientist and his hillbilly brother capture a bloblike visitor from the fourth dimension. Classic Al Feldstein rocket/space cover. It Was the Monster From the Fourth Dimension; Something Missing!; Miracle!; …Gregory Had a Model-T!; The Aliens! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.5 $185.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #23-0AF5128-063 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.55) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover art by Howard Sherman. Deadlines and Danger starring the Wyoming Kid, art by Howard Sherman. The Terror at Tumble-Down Ranch starring Nighthawk, art by Charles Paris. The Indian Sign starring Rodeo Rick, art by Jimmy Thompson. Return from the Owlhoot Trail starring Cowboy Marshal, art by Ed Smalle Jr. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $370.00 Paper: White Label #17-045AA32-005

Everett Raymond Kinstler art in two stories, "Jungle Vengeance" and "Death Wears the Jungle Crown," plus inside front cover. Other stories include "The Witch Doctor Murder Cult" and "The Strange Mission to Ormuz." Origin of Malu, Slave Girl Princess is reprinted. Kinstler cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.5 $323.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case Centerfold detached. Label #20-48E05B5-015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.69) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by C. C. Beck. "The Vengeful Four," art by C. C. Beck; Three young men from different areas of the country (Texas, the Ozarks, and Brooklyn), all named Billy Batson, were reading Captain Marvels comic book adventures and happened to wonder if saying "Shazam" would work for them as well; As it happened, Tall Billy, Hill Billy, and Fat Billy were captured, along with the real Billy, by Sivana and his gang. "The Railroad Wreckers" starring Golden Arrow. "Crew of Criminals" starring Lance O'Casey. "Blitzing the Blitzys" starring Spy Smasher, art by Charles Sultan: vs. Otto Bund and Blitzys. "Death to the Traitor" text story, art by Carl Formes (as LaRac Semrof). "The Vital Defense Plans" starring Dan Dare. "Dr. Voodoo's Revenge," art by Mac Raboy; Hal and Nero escape from the giants and begin a long climb up a cliff face. "The Coming of Half-Man" starring Ibis the Invincible; vs. Half-Man. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $1,000.00 Paper: Off white Label #00-7009333-AD-002

Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. Written by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Harry Parkhurst, Dick Briefer, Emil Gershwin, Clem Weisbecker and unknown. Featuring "The Life Story of Captain Marvel" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Plus: Golden Arrow in "The Grizzly Bear Mystery" with art by Harry Parkhurst; "Jack the Second (Modern Giant Killer)" with art by Dick Briefer; "Spy Smasher Joins the Junior Spy Smashers" with art by Emil Gershwin; Hedda and Tails 1-pager by Victor Pazmino; Lance O'Casey in "Dukwadl, Maker of Zombies" with art by Clem Weisbecker; 2-page text story "The Fox Hole" by Nathaniel Nitkin; and Ibis the Invincible in "The City of Skeletons"! 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $799.99 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #16-2897383-008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($24.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Joe Certa, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. An undertaker's son is sheltered from the outside world, knowing only death, until he finally snaps, in a story with strong Eisner influences by Howard Nostrand. A MAD-style spoof of the classic Mutiny on the Bounty. Private eye Rudy Crane is hired to find a beautiful woman's missing husband, in a spoof of hardboiled detective stories. Undertaker; Pictures; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Mutiny on the Boundary; Eye Eye, Sir; Surgery; Monumental Feat. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $300.00 Slight amateur restoration Paper: White Amateur Restoration Includes: Small amount of color touch on cover. Label #23-4937718-009

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Joe Certa, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. An undertaker's son is sheltered from the outside world, knowing only death, until he finally snaps, in a story with strong Eisner influences by Howard Nostrand. A MAD-style spoof of the classic Mutiny on the Bounty. Private eye Rudy Crane is hired to find a beautiful woman's missing husband, in a spoof of hardboiled detective stories. Undertaker; Pictures; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Mutiny on the Boundary; Eye Eye, Sir; Surgery; Monumental Feat. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.0 $95.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #17-4049963-097 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.85) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by Paul McCarthy, Marvin Stein, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. As the Comics Code goes into effect and horror comics are taken out of the marketplace, this former horror mainstay switches to reprints of the classic Simon and Kirby comic Boy's Ranch. This kid-gang series set in the Old West is often hailed as a creative high-point in the partnership of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The boys strike out for the Oklahoma territory. Clay is enlisted as part of a team to protect a fortune arriving by train from Kansas City, but he doesn't trust the others. Lessons for readers on how to ride, rope and even talk like cowboys. First issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. Teeth for the Iron Horse!; How To Ride a Horse, Lesson 6; Remember the Alamo!; Happy Boy Carries the Ball!; Fun at the Zoo; Now You Can Make Your Pair of Western Moccasins; How Cowboys Say It; How To Spin a Rope, Lesson 6; Indian Attack; Six-Gun Justice. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $599.00 Paper: White Label #19-08C9454-012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Harry G. Peter. "Speed Maniacs from Mercury," script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), pencils by Harry G. Peter, inks by Harry G. Peter and Arlene (backgrounds); Accidentally arriving on the planet Mercury, Wonder Woman and the Holliday Girls are captured by giantesses who have enslaved their men and been driven mad by their resulting idleness. Wonder Women of History: four-page Carrie Chapman Catt bio, art by Paul Reinman. "The Mistress of the Beasts," script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), pencils by Harry G. Peter, inks by Harry G. Peter; Arlene (backgrounds); A famous animal trainer uses hypnotism and her tiger slaves to extort money from faint-hearted millionaires. Out of the Gag Bag humor page by Art Helfant. Two-page text story, "Under the Waves" by Charles King. "The Golden Women and the White Star," script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), pencils by Harry G. Peter, inks by Harry G. Peter and Arlene (backgrounds); A giant red planet is discovered by Army scientists emitting radiation deadly to the Earth, just as Wonder Woman receives a distress call from the King of the White Star. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 0.5 $1,000.00 or Best Offer Paper: Brittle INCOMPLETE. 29th page missing, affects story. All 3 edges trimmed. Removed from bound volume. Spine completely split. Cover and all pages detached. Label #18-0438BD0-014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Lou Fine. The Atomic Generator starring Flame, script by Will Eisner [Basil Berold], art by Lou Fine. The Golden Amulet starring Yarko the Great, art by Bob Powell. The Terror starring Shorty Shortcake, script and art by S. M. Iger. Action In Switzerland starring Patty O'Day, script by Claire Moe, art by Claire Moe [Vic Todd]. The Real Scorpio starring Dr. Fung, script and art by Bob Powell. Tommy Taylor, the Great Boy Adventurer text story, script by S. M. Iger, art by Powell. The Dust of the Dead Men On Hangtown starring Tex Maxon, script and art by Munson Paddock [Cecilia Munson]. Hitting the Road starring Don Quixote. The Return of Lin Sun--K-51 Spies At War, script by Will Eisner [as Willis B. Rensie], art by Bob Powell. The Train Robbers starring Mob Buster Robinson, art by George Tuska. Adventure In the Azores starring Spark Stevens, script and art by Klaus Nordling. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 1.5 $2,269.00 or Best Offer Conserved Paper: Off white Amateur Conservation includes: Centerfold reinforced with glue. Cover and 2 center wraps detached. Front and back cover completely split and reattached with moderate amount of tape on cover. Label #23-3E84026-005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($68.07) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Joe Simon, inks by Lou Fine. The Valley of Terror starring Flame, Dr. Belos, and Vulture Men. Rango the Witch Doctor starring Yarko. Shorty Shortcake story. Mutiny On Devil's Island starring Patty O'Day and The Nazis, art by Claire Moe. Clue of the Broken Buddha starring Dr. Fung. Guardian Angels Under Stormy Skies text story by Nathaniel Nitkin (N. N. Nathaniel). The Castle of Professor Z starring Tex Maxon the Phantom Rider. Masquerade of Swing starring Don Quixote. Spark Stevens story. K-51 Spies At War story. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Wonderworld Comics (1939) 20 CBCS 2.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Cover Reattached With Moderate Amount of Tape on Interior.

Label #18-2A9764E-073

The Kidnappers starring Flame. Zarhov's Monster starring Yarko. The Black Pearl starring Shorty Shortcake. The Bombing Gang starring Patty O'Day. One Minute To Death starring Dr. Fung. Smuggler's Syndicate text story, art by Nathaniel Nitkin (N. N. Nathaniel). Headed For a Noose starring Tex Maxon, art by Munson Paddock (Chuck Munson). Return To the Dark Ages starring Don Quixote and Adolphus Stalini. Shanghaied By Captain Swine starring Spark Stevens. The Jigsaw Puzzle Plot--K-51 Spies At War. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Wonderworld Comics (1939) 27 CBCS 2.0

Paper: White

Label #23-211F269-004

The Kidnapping of Dr. Dobbs starring Flame. Blitz and the Saboteur starring Black Lion, art by Chuck Winter. Zino's Bombing Plot starring Yarko the Great. The Framing of Bill Mattson starring Tex Maxon art by Munson Paddock (Chuck Munson). The Framing of Bill Mattson starring Tex Maxon, art by Munson Paddock (Chuck Munson). The Murder of "Lord Cowper" starring Patty O'Day, art by Claire Moe (Vic Todd). Jungle Manhunt text story by Nathaniel Nitkin (N. N. Nathaniel). The Pencil Racket starring Dr. Fung. The Sky Pirate starring Wing Turner. Niki Comso's Train Sabotage Plot--K-51 Spies At War. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 2.0 $4,200.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back 2 pieces of tape on interior cover. Label #0008675-AA-006

Traitors Die Fast! starring U. S. Jones, script by Bob Farrow. Patty O'Day story, art by Claire Moe. Burn, Devil, Burn! starring Flame, art by Arthur Cazeneuve. Yarko story. The Strange Case of Fulga the Fire Demon starring Dr. Fung. Spark Stevens story. Lu-Nar story. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.