Comic books 1938-1955, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $825.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case Tape on interior cover. Label #1482219017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($24.75) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Jack Binder. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Jack Binder, Max Plaisted, Lt. Kelvin McKay, Elmer Wexler, Sam Brant, and George Mandel. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $1,800.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1290953005

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, Bob Oksner, Max Plaisted, August Froehlich, Ed Moritz, and George Mandel. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $1,130.00 Paper: Off white Label #2132871010

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, Bob Oksner, Maurice Gutwirth, Charles S. Strong, August Froehlich, Buck Benson, and Leo Morey. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $599.00 Paper: Off white Label #4369199005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, Bob Oksner, Gerald Dievers, August Froehlich, Frank Coleton, Bob Stanwood, Maurice Gutwirth, and Larry Riley. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $390.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0354502001

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Everett Hibbard, John Easterly, Sam Cooper, Stanley Kaufmann, Al Camy, Donald Bayne Hobart, and Charles Stoddard. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $299.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4320677014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Ken Battefield, Richard Hughes, Alex Schomburg, Dean Garland, Everett Hibbard, Charles Stoddard, Al Camy, and Tex Mumford. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $220.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: See item notes Gapping in plastic to top edge of slab. Label #4330667001

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, Edmond Good, Chuck Stanley, Ralph Mayo, Frank Roslyn, Art Gates, Donald Bayne Hobart, and Ken Battefield. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $1,080.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #3887062015

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Gene Fawcette, Frank Frazetta, William McClellon, King Ward, Charles S. Strong, Hube Karp, and Ken Champin. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,155.00 Paper: Off white to white Pedigree: Promise Slab: Significant scuff(s) inner well The Promise Collection. Label #1974071008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($34.65) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Bill Walton, Chuck Stanley, Dan Loprino, Mike Peppe, Art Saaf, Howard Larsen, Carl Sturdy, and Dan Loprino. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $425.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1497218011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.75) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by John Celardo, Art Saaf, Carl Sturdy, Dan Loprino, and Charles S. Strong. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $250.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4297994002

Fawcett continues its early-'50s baseball one-shots with a look at the history of great baseball teams. A retrospective of the New York Yankees from the vantage point of 1952 places special emphasis on their third consecutive world championship season in 1951. The photo cover features some baseball greats, including Yogi Berra, Casey Stengel, Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle. The Thrilling True Story of the Baseball Yankees; Tony Lazzeri, Hard-Hitting Yankee Great; The New York Yankees. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $2,000.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #2030957003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($60.00) will be charged at checkout.

Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Frank Frazetta. Cover by Frank Frazetta. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #47. A jungle lord fights to survive in a valley that time forgot, with art by legendary artist Frank Frazetta during his early years. Military pilot Roger Drum crash-lands in a lost African valley of ape-men and prehistoric monsters. To survive, he becomes the warrior Thun'da, a Tarzan-like figure. Now he must survive wild animals and the empire of queen Pha. This issue has the distinction of being the only original comic Frazetta illustrated from cover to cover. King of the Lost Lands; The Monsters from the Mists; When the Earth Shook; Gods of the Jungle. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $1,399.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4341429025 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($41.97) will be charged at checkout.

Origin and first appearance of Ghost Rider. Stories by Raymond Krank and others. Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Cover by Dick Ayers. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Tim and Chito get caught up in a range war the second they enter Hangman's Gulch. The former Calico Kid adopts a range of special effects, a new outfit, and a spooky new identity, becoming the original Ghost Rider. Tim and Chito witness a murder as they ride into Bullock Gap, and set out to find the killers. Tim Holt's Western Album; The Land Grabbers!; Western Range Book; The Ghost Rider!; Battle At Bullock Gap; Stranger in Town; What do you Know about the West?; The Kiowa Death-Trap! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $850.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4044884002

Art by Frank Bolle, Frank Frazetta and Dick Ayers. Cover by Frank Frazetta. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Tim winds up on a ship that mutinies against its tyrannical captain. Toughs Spike and Mike, who kick dogs and steal crutches, are hired by a sheriff's killer to take out the Ghost Rider. Tim and Chito investigate after a rancher is killed for the secret he knew. Featuring an early spot illo and cover by legendary artist Frank Frazetta. Tim Holt's Western Album; The Cowboy and the Clipper!; The Painted Killer; The Ghost Rider: Scourge of Guilt!; The Hooks of Horror!; Prairie Panic. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $360.00 Paper: Off white Label #4264665003

Cover by Burton Geller. Stories and art by Ruth Geller and Burton Geller. Kids' funny-animal comics from EC, back when the company was still run by Max Gaines and called "Educational Comics." Peter and Pinky visit Dairy Land and learn about the many dairy products. Friends of Other Lands features Pierre and Marie in France. Plus a retelling of the classic fairy tale The Elves and the Shoemaker. Peter and Pinky in Dairy Land; Smoky the Snake; The Elves and the Shoemaker; Bettys Doll House; Pierre and Marie; Vegetable Village. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $3,850.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #0958273004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($115.50) will be charged at checkout.

The Peanuts debut in comic books for the very first time (ties with United Comics #21 for 1st appearance in comics) - source "All in Color for a Dime: Peanuts in Comic Books" By Derrick Bang. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $285.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Top staple removed. Label #1969457018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.55) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Al Capp, Sam Leff, and Henning Mikkelsen. Tip-Topper Comics collected some of United Features Syndicates most popular comic strips of the 1940s in full color, including Lil Abner and Fritzi Ritz. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. Phil and Fritzi's boring dude-ranch vacation becomes a breathless chase after Phil accidentally lassos a moose. This issue is noteworthy as being the third comic book (after Tip Top Comics (1936) #173 and United Comics (1940/1950) #21, tied for first place) to reprint Charles Schulz's beloved Peanuts comic strip, then only in its third year. Curly Kayoe becomes involved with Grace's center for troubled boys, and mixes it up with gangster Mooch. Surprising Smith wants to marry Daisy Mae, in a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Li'l Abner; Curly Kayoe; Ferd'nand; Stamp Tips. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $400.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0348694009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Warren Kremer. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Warren Kremer, Pete Morisi and Joe Certa. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. A ghost awakens to resume his old life with a murder, but doesn't reckon on the murder victim's ghost returning as well. Scientists discover something living deep beneath the Earth's crust - something evil. Puppeteers buy strangely lifelike puppets from an odd little man. The Dead Awaken; The Thing from the Center of the Earth; The Marriage of the Monsters; Strange Superstitions; The Little People; The Wax Museum; The Living Dead/Root Of Evil; Weird Facts. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $895.00 or Best Offer Paper: Light tan to off white Label #3905705014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($26.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Lee Elias, Joe Certa, Moe Marcus, Rudy Palais and Joe Certa. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. Invading aliens wipe out the entire human race, except for Joe. Evil Countess Aurora trades her soul to Satan in exchange for ruling her country. A pagan idol gives a losing gambler incredible luck, for exactly one year. Crypt of Tomorrow; The Captain of Death; Cavern of the Doomed; The Ape Man; Weird Worlds; The Cry of Satan; Death Pact; Birth of a Vampire. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $390.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #2708545016

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Abe Simon, Moe Marcus, Rudy Palais and Joe Certa. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. Astronauts awaken in a future world inhabited by apelike creatures. An apprentice magician murders his boss, but didn't count on magical revenge from beyond the grave. A volcano god reanimates the dead to show his displeasure with the local village. The Survivors; Return from the Grave; Blood Ghost; Volcano of Doom; Doomed To Die; Found: The Lair of the Snow Monster. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $665.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4087451007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.95) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman, John Giunta and Don Perlin. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. A killer has a near-death experience and realizes how close he is to losing his soul for good. An evil hypnotist seeks revenge on his ex-wife and her new boyfriend. An evil suit of armor is the undoing of two antique collectors. Hive!; Abominable Snowman; The Search; The Eyes of March; Final Blow; Vision in Bronze. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $449.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back Label #4276005002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.47) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Al Eadeh, Manny Stallman, and John Giunta. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. Practical jokers have fun and games scaring each other, until one of them gets his brain knocked out. A history of all the horrible things that have happened on a Monday. A man named Noah builds a boat to escape his nagging wife, in the hilariously titled "Noahs Arg-h!" Big Joke; Murder for Sale; Why We Call It Blue Monday; Noahs Arg-h!; A Rose Is a Rose; The Big Idea; Man Made Monsters; The Trial. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $750.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4121032019 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Manny Stallman, John Giunta, Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, and Jack Sparling. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. A scientist's evolving machine turns him into an advanced being, until he takes it too far. The series continues its trend of offbeat horror stories with a Western version of the classic Don Quixote. A man murders his brother....too bad they were Siamese twins. Evolution; Terror; The Story of the Witch/The Hand Behind the Head; Don Coyote: A Boo of the Month; Tale of Cain; Blind Alley; Terror Tricks; Gambling Fever. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.5 $3,999.95 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Spine of Cover Completely Split and Cover Detached. Label #4046414001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($120.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Joe Certa, Bob Powell, Nat Barnett, and Jack Sparling. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. A scientist's wife decides to get rid of her husband's robot duplicate, then realizes she's made a horrible mistake. An explorer climbs inside a gigantic statue before realizing it's actually a living giant. Exploding-face cover by Lee Elias is one of the most notorious covers of the pre-Code era. The Dead Planet; Terror Tricks; Escape!; Mirror Image; Break-Up; Experiment; Dream...or Nightmare?; The Man Germ. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $800.00 Paper: Cream to off white Cover detached. Label #1238997020

Edited by Abner Sundell. Cover art by Edd Ashe. Meet Rang-A-Tang The Wonder Dog house ad. "The Pearl Harbor Peril," art by Edd Ashe; The Wizard uses his super powers to stop a Jatsonian attack on Pearl Harbor. "In the Worlds of Time," script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder), art by Jack Binder; Scott, a traveler through time with Dr. Meade in the "time car" (which is more of a rocket ship), pick ups Thor the Viking and the lovely Elda in the past. One-page SporTopics story, art by Irwin Hasen. "Murder by Sock" Swift of the Secret Service story, art by Charles Biro; introduction of Rex Swift; vs. Jack Snite. "To-nite! Saved from the Flames!" Jungle Town Show Boat story, script and art by Dick Ryan; Only Billy Hippo appearance. "Vendetta with Von Schiller," script by Joe Blair, art by Irv Novick; Ben "Wings" Johnson introduction and origin vs. Capt. Von Schiller and Nazis. "Murder Rap" text story with Lucky Coyne by Ken Fitch. It's Really A Fact! non-fiction story, art by Bob Wood. "The Bat and the Bull," script by Ken Fitch; Lucky Coyne posing as Bat Yardley, jewel thief in prison. One-page Lonesome Luke story. The "Fortune Teller's Revenge," art by Chuck Winter; The Mystic (later Kardak) intro; vs. Chuck and his gang. "Kornell Goes to West Point;" Keith Kornell, a physical and mental marvel, is a Kentucky mountaineer who is a collateral descendant of President Andrew Jackson and the son of a World War hero, is orphaned at the age of 5, when both of his parents succumbed to the ravages of pneumonia epidemic; Reared by a poor relative, Keith's life is one of dire poverty until a newspaper runs a story on him and he meets an old Army buddy of his father's who is now a U.S. Senator. "The Ice Cream Cone," script and art by Bob McCay (as Winsor McCay II). "Case 1: Master Forgers," script and art by Jack Cole; true crime story. "Forgets To Remember" one-page Pokey story, script and art by Dick Ryan. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $950.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4300686007

Cover by Edd Ashe. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Cliff Campbell, Al Camy, Harry Shorten, Lin Streeter, Bob Wood, Joe Blair, Irv Novick, Edd Ashe, Ed Smalle, Bernard Klein, and Bob Wood. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $3,350.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0078147006

Cover by Al Camy. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Cliff Campbell, Al Camy, Harry Shorten, Harvey Biern, Irv Novick, Nick Zuraw, Bob Wood, Lin Streeter, Ed Smalle, Joe Blair, and Bernard Klein (as Bobby King). Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $160.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3931817007

Cover by Al Camy. Edited by Abner Sundell. Stories by Harry Shorten, Al Camy, Nick Zuraw, Warren King, Lin Streeter, Joe Blair, Ed Smalle, Roland "Ramona" Patenaude, and Paul Reinman. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $510.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4082823022

Cover by Al Camy. Edited by Abner Sundell. Stories by Harry Shorten, Al Camy, Harry Biern, Ed Bresnick, Warren King, George Storm, Joe Blair, Ed Smalle, Eddie Brecnick, and Paul Reinman. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $175.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white 2 center wraps missing & panel cut out of page 3, affects story. Cover detached. Tape on interior cover. Incomplete. Label #2034710008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.25) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Harry Sahle. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Ed Goggin, Virginia Drury (as Ginger), Don Dean, Bill Vigoda, Carl Hubbell, Red Holmdale, Clem Weisbecker, Pen Shumaker, Robert C. Blackman, Ed Goggin, and Bill Woggon. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! 60 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $235.00 Paper: Off white Label #4180905001

Three untitled Torchy stories by Gill Fox, plus untitled Tess and Ed back-up, also by Fox. Gill Fox cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $1,800.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4373408009

Cover art by Bill Ward. Untitled story, art by Bill Ward; Ed wins money on the horses and takes Torchy and Tess out to dinner where Torchy's unravelling sweater dress causes a panic. Untitled story; Ed takes on a ventriloquist with a horse for client and accidentally becomes a circus performer. Untitled story; Ed starts a parking lot and borrows a car to teach Torchy how to drive; Unfortunately an identical car is used at almost the same time to rob a bank. "The Blonde Up Front" text story. Untitled story; Ed gets a job working at the wax museum and breaks a wax dummy of Cleopatra; Torchy dresses up as Cleopatra while Ed gets the dummy fixed, but ends up being lent out to a businessman's luncheon. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $350.00 Paper: Light tan to off white Label #1478361021

Edited by Samuel Bierman. Cover by August Froehlich. Stories by August Froehlich, Walter Johnson, Charles Voight, Clem Colbert, Munson Paddock, Manny Stallman, and H. C. Kiefer. Adventure stories starring such characters as Dr. Styx, Paul Bunyan, Arabian Knight, and Marco Polo--these are comics to Treasure! 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $585.00 or Best Offer Paper: Light tan to off white Label #0189965002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.55) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Louis Wolfe, and George Baker. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Great Hoaxes of history. The first appearance of George Baker's Sad Sack in a comic book, as the eternal grunt gets no respect even after returning home from the war. Soldiers spend Christmas 1942 aboard the U.S.S. Samuel Chase at sea. Unity of Arms; Great Hoaxes; How Industry Serves the Nation; The Secret Warriors; Seagoing Santa; Career in Canvas; Rebels in the North; The Sad Sack; Cities of Destiny: Kansas City; Gallant Steeds; How It Got Its Name: Yosemite National Park; Winged Prophet; What Would You Do?; True's Movie Guide; Truly Comic! 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $495.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Address Label Attached to Cover. Label #1136772003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.85) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Louis Wolfe, and George Baker. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Great Hoaxes of history. The first appearance of George Baker's Sad Sack in a comic book, as the eternal grunt gets no respect even after returning home from the war. Soldiers spend Christmas 1942 aboard the U.S.S. Samuel Chase at sea. Unity of Arms; Great Hoaxes; How Industry Serves the Nation; The Secret Warriors; Seagoing Santa; Career in Canvas; Rebels in the North; The Sad Sack; Cities of Destiny: Kansas City; Gallant Steeds; How It Got Its Name: Yosemite National Park; Winged Prophet; What Would You Do?; True's Movie Guide; Truly Comic! 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $300.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #0047768003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Edd Ashe and others. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Genghis Khan uses brute force and strategy to conquer vast territory; The Marie Celeste is found adrift with all hands missing, a mystery that was never solved; Attorney Abe Lincoln defends a murder suspect. Star of Stanford: Hank Luisetti; The Mystery of the Marie Celeste; Genghis Khan: Empire Builder; Wolves Can Be Tough; Shotgun Bank Robbers; Abraham Lincoln: Murder by Moonlight; The Truth about Cattle Rustling. 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: #80-84 are all newsprint editions that were distributed by mail only to subscribers (no newstand distribution). Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $125.00 Paper: Off white Label #4264665004

Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, John Prentice, Harry Fisk, Margaret Averill and Lorence Bjorklund. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke was considered by some to be "The Greatest Athlete of the Middle Ages"; An American becomes a famous bullfighter; An unlikely horse becomes a race champion. Commander Ellsberg: Hero of the Sea; William Marshall: The Greatest Athlete of the Middle Ages; Sidney Franklin: Bullfighter from Brooklyn; A Stick of Gum, Please; Chehalis: The Magnificent Runt; The Lost Gold Mine; Truly Comic. 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: #80-84 are all newsprint editions that were distributed by mail only to subscribers (no newstand distribution). Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $310.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4028274007

Volume 2 #1 on cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $467.00 Paper: Light tan to off white Canadian Edition. Label #1216817017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.01) will be charged at checkout.

1947 Canadian Reprint. Art by Jack Cole. Parts of this issue are reprints from True Crime Comics (1947) 3. Cover redrawn to vastly reduce the violence. Full color. 36 pages. 7" x 10". Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $487.00 Paper: Cream to off white Canadian Edition. Label #1284742018 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.61) will be charged at checkout.

1947 Canadian Reprint. Jack Cole cover and art. Parts of this issue are reprints from True Crime Comics (1947) 4. Full color. 36 pages. 7" x 10". Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $645.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4278554017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.35) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Leon Winik and Ray Osrin. Early romance comics that include noirish tales of melodrama, scandal and deceit. Lola is contemptuous of her friends' make-do marriage plans, and sets out to find a wealthy husband. Nurse Ginny falls for Carl, the handsome doctor she works for, but hypochondriac Sandra wants Carl's attention for herself. Helen enjoys walking in the rain and brooding over her loneliness, but that's how she meets handsome Tod, who comes to her aid when she twists her ankle. Plus a romantic poem by Robert Louis Stevenson in comics form. Fast Track for Love; A Savage in Love; Romance; The Price I Paid; None But the Lonely. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $1,000.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1488651004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

Photo cover. "Marriage for Spite"; Edna flirts with other men to make her boyfriend Johnny jealous, and he finally breaks up with her as a result; When she hears hes dating Laura, Edna goes out with Lewis in revenge, and agrees to marry him to one-up Johnny. "Bargaining for Happiness"; Kathy, who lives with her family in a shabby section of town inhabited mostly by poor railroad workers, becomes engaged to her boss Dick, the son of a wealthy businessman. "Heartbreak House"; Adria wins a house in a contest; Architect Keith asks to lease it from her, and Adria helps him find a lot and furnish and decorate the house; She falls in love with him, then learns hes engaged to Gloria and plans to marry her and live there. "Marriage Insurance" text story. "Corsage of Heartaches"; Lucy and her fiancé Ivan jointly inherit the plant nursery where they work; According to the will, the nursery is to be split between them, and at the end of 3 months, whoever has made the most money gets the whole business. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $3,800.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4353286002

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Warren King, Chuck Miller and Dana Dutch. Torrid tales of romance from St. John, with great covers by Matt Baker. Nancy gets a chance at stardom, but she's not sure she wants to compromise, in a story with art by celebrated good-girl artist Matt Baker. College librarian Arlene is flattered that star athlete Tommy asks her out, so she postpones with steady Steve, but does Tommy have ulterior motives? Cynthia tries to shake a reputation for being "boy-crazy." Plus the "Correspondence Club" page tries to find love for men (and women) stationed overseas. Risque cover by Baker seems very modern. Men Offered Me Stardom If I Would Pay Their Price; I Was a Victim of Deceit; The Navy Was My Target; And Now I'm in Trouble Because I Couldn't Control My Desires; Correspondence Club; I Was Too Free with Boys. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $400.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4065566013

NOTE: #9 on cover, but this is actually #2 for the True to Life Romances series. -L. B. Cole cover. "No. 9" on cover. All stories reprinted in Confessions of Love (1953 Star Pulbications) #11. In order of appearance: "Stardust Can Blind You" script by Kenneth William Fitch, art by Manny Stallman; "Farewell to Love" art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth; "Deadline for My Heart" art by Norman Nodel; and "Love's Crash Landing". "Heartbreak in the Village" text story. Indicia states "True-To-Life Romances". 36 pages. Full color. Cover Price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $625.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4244956010

L.B. Cole cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "I Saved My Love for Him" art by Arthur Gates, retitled and reprinted with alterations as "When You Love Too Much..." in My Personal Problem (1955-56 Ajax) #4 and "At Long Last!" in Secret Love (1957 Four Star) #3; "I Wanted Two Men" retitled and reprinted from "I Wanted Both Men" in My Love Secret (1949) #26; and "My Bargain with Life" retitled and reprinted from "The Man I Wronged" in My Past (1949 Confessions) #8. "My Daring Date.." text story retitled and reprinted as "My Pickup Date" in Confessions of Love (1953 Star Pulbications) #12. Indicia states "True-To-Life Romances". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.