Comic books 1944, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $1,170.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: See item notes Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #0156064018

Cover pencils by Wayne Boring. Aesop's Modern Fables starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster). The Baseball Barrage starring Hayfoot Henry. Blunderbuss Booty starring Vigilante, art by Mort Meskin. Frame Up in Fur starring Congo Bill, art by Edwin Smalle. The Sting of Death starring Zatara. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,555.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: See item notes Label #0307550002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($46.65) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye. A Voyage to Destiny starring Superman, pencils by Ed Dobrotka. The Damaged Boulevard starring Hayfoot Henry. The Mountain Without a Top starring The Vigilante, pencils by Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.). The Trapped Trappers starring Congo Bill, art by Edwin Smalle. Walk of Death starring Zatara. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,000.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0700805003

Cover art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye. The Headline Hoax starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Ed Dobrotka (signed as Joe Shuster). The Punctured Picture starring Hayfoot Henry. The Rainbow Man sees Red starring The Vigilante, art by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton Jr.). The Leaping Leopard starring Congo Bill. The Pranks of Pan starring Zatara. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $350.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4366438017

Cover art by Jack Burnley and Stan Kaye. The Golden Fleece starring Superman, script by Don Cameron (signed as Jerry Siegel), art by Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster). The Taming of the Tiger starring Hayfoot Henry, art by Thurston Harper. Birds of Ill Omen starring The Vigilante, script by Joe Samachson, art by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton Jr.). High in the Andes starring Congo Bill, art by Edwin Smalle. When Magic Fails starring Zatara, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by William F. White. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,000.00 Paper: White Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more Label #3889318012

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby. Prisoner Of His Dreams, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; Archibald Shelby has the uncanny ability to plan perfect crimes while he sleeps, and a gang of criminals decide to use that ability to their advantage! The Case of the Curious Crossroad starring Genius Jones, script by Alfred Bester, art by Stan Kaye. The Golden Horseshoe starring Shining Knight, script by Joe Samachson, art by Louis Cazeneuve. The Plundering Planets! starring Starman, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Emil Gershwin. Fisherman's Fortune starring Manhunter, pencils by Pierce Rice. Trouble in Three-Quarter Time starring Mike Gibbs, Guerilla, script by Joe Samachson, art by Irving Tirman. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $499.95 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4370292002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($15.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Sleep For Sale starring The Sandman, script by Joe Samachson, art by Pen Shumaker; Mr. Kendall goes to the Sleepatorium, a special dormitory that puts people to sleep when nothing else works. What he doesn't know, and that the Sandman discovers, is that a fellow patient, a criminal known as Wide-Awake Willie, also uses the facility as a blind to get sleep. Roguery in Nine Reels starring The Shining Knight, script by Joe Samachson, art by Louis Cazeneuve. Gifts from the Stars starring Starman, script by Joe Samachson, art by Emil Gershwin. Genius Jones Broadcasting, script by Whitney Ellsworth, art by Stan Kaye. The Peerless Puppets starring Mike Gibbs, Guerilla, script by Joe Samachson, art by Edmond Good. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $1,170.00 Paper: Off white Label #0055950011

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby. Reincarnation of a Rogue, script by Joe Samachson, art by Pen Shumaker; Ape Larson, while hiding from the Police and the Sandman, picks up a book in the library on reincarnation, and, after reading it, figures that any mutt of the street could possibly be his brother. Ancestor Unknown starring The Shining Knight, script by Joe Samachson, art by Louis Cazeneuve. Stars Fell on Allie Bammer starring Starman, script by Joe Samachson, art by Emil Gershwin. The Puzzle of the Tired Pigeons starring Genius Jones, script by Whitney Ellsworth, art by Stan Kaye. The Battle of Ti Liang starring Mike Gibbs, Guerilla, script by Joe Samachson, art by Edmond Good. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $810.00 Paper: Off white to white Pedigree: Cosmic Aeroplane Cosmic Aeroplane. Label #1969442003

Edited by Ed Cronin. Cover by Fred Kida. Stories by Fred Kida, Dan Barry, Tony DiPreta, Gil Kane, Carl G. Hodges, Maurice Del Bourgo, John Cassone, and Bob Fujitani. Heroic action stories of war and airborne adventure—these are Air Fighters Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $680.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4366438014

Cover art by Paul Reinman. Mystery of the Melancholy Men starring Green Lantern, script by Alfred Bester, art by Paul Reinman; Alan Scott checks Doiby into an exclusive club to get more exercise, and runs into a secret Nazi base by accident. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]. Doiby Dickles Goes on a Case: For Paper Salvage! public service announcement with Green Lantern. 13 Centuries Earlier starring Scribbly and the Red Tornado, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. The Atom vs. Nick Crock, script by Joseph Greene, art by Joe Gallagher. The Man Who Bought Shadows starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by Joseph Greene, art by Stan Aschmeier. The Caissons Go Rolling Along starring Red, White and Blue, art by Joe Gallagher. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $1,139.95 or Best Offer Slight professional restoration Paper: Off white Restoration includes: cover cleaned and pressed. Label #0028249001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($34.20) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Summer 1944. The Justice Society of America star in "The Man Who Relived His Life!" Plot by Gardner Fox and Sheldon Mayer, script by Fox. Art by Joe Gallagher plus individual chapters featuring Hawkman (art by Shaldon Moldoff), the Sandman (art by Gallagher), Starman (art by Aschmeier), Dr. Mid-nite (art by Aschmeier), Doctor Fate (art by Joe Kubert), and Johnny Thunder (art by Aschmeier). Wonder Woman appearance. Two-page Hop Harrigan text story, "Express to Berlin." Tootsie Roll back cover ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Bumbershoot Jump" by Rod Reed and C.C. Beck. Gallagher cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,690.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #0055980016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($50.70) will be charged at checkout.

Winter 1945. The Justice Society stars in "The Plunder of the Psycho-Pirate." Plot by Gardner Fox and Shaldon Mayer, script by Fox. Art by Joe Gallagher plus individual chapters featuring Hawkman (art by Sheldon Moldoff), Starman (art by Stan Aschmeier), Dr. Mid-nite (art by Aschmeier), Johnny Thunder (art by Aschmeier), the Spectre (art by Gallagher), and the Atom (art by Gallagher). No Wonder Woman. Two-page text story, "Peruvian Problem." Gallagher cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $2,400.00 Paper: Cream to off white Cover detached. Label #1051835008

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Keeper of the Monsters, pencils by Vince Alascia, inks by Al Bellman; Prince Suli uses trained gorillas to help him steal jewels and kidnap a woman as a hostage until defeated by Captain America and Bucky. Vanishing Oil Tank Cars starring Human Torch, pencils by Bob Powell, inks by Al Bellman. Speed To Spare starring Whizzer, pencils by Jack Binder, inks by Al Gabriele. Satan Pulls the Strings starring Sub-Mariner, art by Allen Simon. The Missing Ace--Let's Play Detective, art by Al Bellman. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $2,890.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4387827001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($86.70) will be charged at checkout.

Jan 1944. Science fiction stories by William P. McGivern, Ross Rocklynne, P.F. Costello, Ed Earl Repp, Berkeley Livingston, and Gerald Vance. Illustrations by Ronald Clyne, Magarian, Robert Fuqua, and Julian S. Krupa. Cover by Fuqua. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 208 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $1,195.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white 2 center wraps re-attached with tape. Tape on cover. Label #1569573001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($35.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Harry Sahle. Stories by Ed Goggin, Harry Sahle and unknown. Art by Harry Sahle, Joe Edwards, Clem Weisbacker, Zoltan Szenics and Janice Valleau. Archie wreaks havoc on Bingle B. Bungling's circus in "Circus Serenade"! Plus, Mr. Andrews forecasts the weather and Jughead and Archie end up in swimming trunks during a snowstorm in "Spring Fever" (note: first appearance of Souphead, Jughead's younger cousin)! Also, Bumbie stars in "Swing It, Bee-thoven"! Meanwhile, Mr. Andrews wants Archie to sell Oscar because he eats too much in "Oscar the Watch-Dog"! And Jughead plays Cops and Robbers with Souphead and his friends in "Jughead and Souphead"! Plus, Cubby stars in "Cubby Hangs a Picture"! Also, Betty and Veronica take jobs at the same hospital when Archie is there in "Glamour In White"! And Mr. Andrews goes to the department store to find out why his folding chair won't open in "Birthday Blues"! Plus: 2-page text story "Archie the Fixer" by Bob Gorman. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $1,000.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Tape on interior cover. Label #0220468003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Harry Sahle. Stories by Ed Goggin, Harry Sahle and unknown. Art by Harry Sahle, Joe Edwards, Clem Weisbacker, Zoltan Szenics and Janice Valleau. Archie wreaks havoc on Bingle B. Bungling's circus in "Circus Serenade"! Plus, Mr. Andrews forecasts the weather and Jughead and Archie end up in swimming trunks during a snowstorm in "Spring Fever" (note: first appearance of Souphead, Jughead's younger cousin)! Also, Bumbie stars in "Swing It, Bee-thoven"! Meanwhile, Mr. Andrews wants Archie to sell Oscar because he eats too much in "Oscar the Watch-Dog"! And Jughead plays Cops and Robbers with Souphead and his friends in "Jughead and Souphead"! Plus, Cubby stars in "Cubby Hangs a Picture"! Also, Betty and Veronica take jobs at the same hospital when Archie is there in "Glamour In White"! And Mr. Andrews goes to the department store to find out why his folding chair won't open in "Birthday Blues"! Plus: 2-page text story "Archie the Fixer" by Bob Gorman. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $1,000.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Cover detached. Tape on cover. Label #1222347006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Harry Sahle. Stories by Ed Goggin, Harry Sahle and unknown. Art by Harry Sahle, Joe Edwards, Clem Weisbacker, Zoltan Szenics and Janice Valleau. Archie wreaks havoc on Bingle B. Bungling's circus in "Circus Serenade"! Plus, Mr. Andrews forecasts the weather and Jughead and Archie end up in swimming trunks during a snowstorm in "Spring Fever" (note: first appearance of Souphead, Jughead's younger cousin)! Also, Bumbie stars in "Swing It, Bee-thoven"! Meanwhile, Mr. Andrews wants Archie to sell Oscar because he eats too much in "Oscar the Watch-Dog"! And Jughead plays Cops and Robbers with Souphead and his friends in "Jughead and Souphead"! Plus, Cubby stars in "Cubby Hangs a Picture"! Also, Betty and Veronica take jobs at the same hospital when Archie is there in "Glamour In White"! And Mr. Andrews goes to the department store to find out why his folding chair won't open in "Birthday Blues"! Plus: 2-page text story "Archie the Fixer" by Bob Gorman. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $595.00 Paper: Cream to off white Cover detached. Label #3795082001

Cover by Harry Sahle. Stories by Ed Goggin, Harry Sahle and unknown. Art by Harry Sahle, Joe Edwards, Clem Weisbacker, Zoltan Szenics and Janice Valleau. Archie wreaks havoc on Bingle B. Bungling's circus in "Circus Serenade"! Plus, Mr. Andrews forecasts the weather and Jughead and Archie end up in swimming trunks during a snowstorm in "Spring Fever" (note: first appearance of Souphead, Jughead's younger cousin)! Also, Bumbie stars in "Swing It, Bee-thoven"! Meanwhile, Mr. Andrews wants Archie to sell Oscar because he eats too much in "Oscar the Watch-Dog"! And Jughead plays Cops and Robbers with Souphead and his friends in "Jughead and Souphead"! Plus, Cubby stars in "Cubby Hangs a Picture"! Also, Betty and Veronica take jobs at the same hospital when Archie is there in "Glamour In White"! And Mr. Andrews goes to the department store to find out why his folding chair won't open in "Birthday Blues"! Plus: 2-page text story "Archie the Fixer" by Bob Gorman. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $270.00 Paper: Cream to off white Cover detached. Label #0247407001

Cover by Harry Sahle. Stories by Harry Sahle, Ed Goggin and unknown. Art by Harry Sahle, Joe Edwards, Red Holmdale, Ed Goggin, Janice Valleau and unknown. A day in the life of teenage caveman Arch-ee and his friends in the first 'alternate Archie' story "Archie the Caveman"! Plus, Archie waterproofs the girls' dresses in "Archie's Water-Proofing Solution"! Also, a tale starring Cubby! Meanwhile, Archie has trouble mailing a letter to Veronica in the illustrated 1-page 'rebus' story "Archie Mails a Letter"! And thinking Archie is pulling an April Fool's joke, Mr. Andrews throws a box from the attic outside in "April Fool"! Plus, a tale starring Bumbie! Also, the sidewalk paver tries to keep Oscar from walking through the wet cement in "Fresh Cement, Keep Off"! And Betty and Veronica are taking first-aid classes and decide to try out some methods on Archie! Plus: "Archie's Hobby Page" and "Archie's Magic Page"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $470.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case Label #1991799004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.10) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Harry Sahle. Stories by Harry Sahle, Ed Goggin, Bill Vigoda and unknown. Art by Harry Sahle, Ed Goggin, Red Holmdale, Bill Vigoda, Joe Edwards and Janice Valleau. While hiding from the circus ringleader, Archie disguises himself as a trapeze artist in "The Daring Young Man"! Plus, Oscar tries to get rid of the new center of attention, Archie's bunny! Also: Archie runs back and forth between the butcher and his house in the illustrated 1-page 'rebus' story "Archie Brings Home the Bacon"! Meanwhile, Archie and Jughead use Archie's new pet beavers to chop down trees to build a log dam at the country club! Also: a tale starring Cubby! And Veronica and Betty cause a lot of trouble for Betty's new neighbor Frank Tinsley in the first Archie story by Bill Vigoda! Plus, a tale starring Bumbie! Also, Archie is interrupted by various people while trying to do his homework in an Archie Short! And Archie causes a lot of chaos when he takes Betty and Jughead on a picnic in "Picnic Pranks"! Plus: "Archie's Magic Page"! Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $659.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #0285703001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.77) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bill Vigoda. Stories by Harry Sahle, Ed Goggin and unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Harry Sahle, Joe Edwards, Ed Goggin, Red Holmdale and Janice Valleau. Archie gets a new fun kit and begins to pull pranks on everyone in "The Practical Joker"! Plus, Oscar realizes that whenever he retrieves a stick, he gets candy! Also: Cubby stars in "Water Hole"! Meanwhile, Archie tries to outsmart a set of twins on a snowy day in the illustrated 1-page 'rebus' story "Archie Fools the Twins"! Also, Archie ends up competing in the intra-school obstacle contest and giving a speech for Mr. Weatherbee on the same day in "What Makes Archie Run"! And Bumbie stars in "Shadows In the Dark"! Plus, Archie goes on a school trip to Indian Point in an Archie Short! Also, in order to join the Geta-Hunka-Man sorority, Veronica has to take the clothes of a boy and dress in them in "Sorority Shenanigans"! Plus: "Archie's Magic Page" and "Archie's Hobby Page"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $579.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #1258878008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.37) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bill Vigoda. Stories by Harry Sahle, Ed Goggin and unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Harry Sahle, Joe Edwards, Ed Goggin, Red Holmdale and Janice Valleau. Archie gets a new fun kit and begins to pull pranks on everyone in "The Practical Joker"! Plus, Oscar realizes that whenever he retrieves a stick, he gets candy! Also: Cubby stars in "Water Hole"! Meanwhile, Archie tries to outsmart a set of twins on a snowy day in the illustrated 1-page 'rebus' story "Archie Fools the Twins"! Also, Archie ends up competing in the intra-school obstacle contest and giving a speech for Mr. Weatherbee on the same day in "What Makes Archie Run"! And Bumbie stars in "Shadows In the Dark"! Plus, Archie goes on a school trip to Indian Point in an Archie Short! Also, in order to join the Geta-Hunka-Man sorority, Veronica has to take the clothes of a boy and dress in them in "Sorority Shenanigans"! Plus: "Archie's Magic Page" and "Archie's Hobby Page"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $8,550.00 CGC Signature Series Paper: Cream to off white Signed by Jerry Robinson on 07/24/2010. Label #0169290001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($256.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Dick Sprang. "Knights of Knavery," script by Don Cameron, pencils by Jack Burnley (as Bob Kane), inks by Jerry Robinson; Batman's attempt to set a trap to catch the Penguin and the Joker backfires and the two criminals form a partnership to commit crimes and outwit the Caped Crusaders. "The Sheik of Gotham City!", script by Alvin Schwartz, pencils by Jack Burnley (as Bob Kane), inks by Jerry Robinson; An evil, former Sheik in Bahgdad learns that the true Sheik, once thought dead, is alive and well, living in exile in Gotham City as a cab driver, so he travels to Gotham to find this man and kill him. 2-page "A Blow for Freedom" by Stan Carter. "The Mesmerized Manhunter!", script by Don Cameron, art by Jerry Robinson; Alfred decides to go to the theatre one night to use his detective skills to expose the tricks of a stage magician, and ends up capturing a thief who stole the box office receipts while being hypnotized! "The Kilowatt Cowboys!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Jack Burnley (as Bob Kane), inks by Jerry Robinson; The Caped Crusaders are sent to investigate the thefts of valuable copper wire from the Rocky Dam Light and Power Company, which is erecting a power cable into a new territory. 1-page Private Pete story by Henry Boltinoff. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $1,650.00 Paper: Off white Label #3759469001

"Danny the Demon Had Plans," script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman has to work fast to discover evidence that will exonerate Steve from the murder of General Courtney. Mutt & Jeff strips by Al Smith (as Bud Fisher). "The Ten Buck Nut," script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Ma and the kids head out to the racetrack and overhear a man who gets Ma to bet on "a sure thing" --with disastrous results. "Putting on the Dog," script by Joseph Greene, art by Joe Gallagher; Big Mouth Bo-Bo kidnaps a talented dog who has been trained to open doors and arranges for it to be declared homeless so that it will be adopted into a wealthy family. "Three Fugitives from Clarence" starring Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys, script by Lynn Evans, art by Frank Harry. "Little Peachy Pet Riding Hood," script by Julius Schwartz (as John B. Wentworth), art by Stan Aschmeier (as Stan Josephs); After a rather wild birthday party for Peachy Pet, Johnny Thunder offers to tell her a bedtime story: Little Red Riding Hood. "The Fatal Charm of Tank Tinker" starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. "Heroes Are Born...Not Made!" starring Green Lantern, script by Alfred Bester, art by Paul Reinman (as Nodell and Reinman); While visiting the city of Baxton, Alan and Doiby visit with the town's bell ringer, who tells them he will never ring the bell again until something heroic is done. "A Hot Time in the Old Town" starring Hawkman, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Joe Kubert. "The Million Dollar Apple" starring The Flash, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Everett E. Hibbard. 132 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $450.00 Paper: White Label #4372552019

"Crime Goes To College," art by Clem Weisbecker; Professor Markov opens a Crime School for thugs, and the Black Hood gets a quick education and is sent to the corner. Archie ad. "The Case of the Medical Murderer," art by Clem Weisbecker; A hospital becomes the hideout for crime boss Killer Kane, and Dr. Walter Anthony thinks there should be a "pay-off" for helping in his escape. "The Crime-Confessors," art by Bob Fujitani; After several days of a violent flood, Bob Dickering and his girlfriend, Thelma Gordon, find refuge in an old church where several others have gathered too. "Is Germany's Secret Weapon a Rocket Plane?" text story. "The Little Crime That Wasn't There," pencils by Clem Weisbecker, inks by Pen Shumaker; A nephew wants to inherit his aunt and uncles wealth, and is willing to kill for it. "The Crooner and the Crooks," art by Bill Vigoda; Hank Heersatyer, the crooner, is kidnapped, and Dusty and Roy come to his rescue. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $570.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #3731981004

"Monkeying With Murder," art by Irv Novick; A stool pigeon is found dead, and the Black Hood finds that some monkey business is behind it. "The Great Magoo," art by Don Rico; Black Hood vs. The Great Magoo. "The Cat and the Rose" text story. "Enter: The Flying Dragons," art by Bill Vigoda; The Flying Dragons (Hank and Mickey) vs. The Japanese. "Vengeance From the Grave" starring Black Hood, Mario, Moke, and Rocco. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $650.00 Label #1570677014

"Monkeying With Murder," art by Irv Novick; A stool pigeon is found dead, and the Black Hood finds that some monkey business is behind it. "The Great Magoo," art by Don Rico; Black Hood vs. The Great Magoo. "The Cat and the Rose" text story. "Enter: The Flying Dragons," art by Bill Vigoda; The Flying Dragons (Hank and Mickey) vs. The Japanese. "Vengeance From the Grave" starring Black Hood, Mario, Moke, and Rocco. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $525.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4369590002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($15.75) will be charged at checkout.

The Adventure of the Crumbling Skyscraper, art by E. C. Stoner; German saboteurs blow up a building and leave evidence that the Beetle is responsible. Peril In the Pacific; Dan Garrett is given the assignment of protecting Col. Denton who is delivering information of the utmost importance. They Came to Destroy America text story. The Whistling Death; Joan Mason solves the mystery of a Broadway booking agent's murder. The Very Salty Tale of the O'Brine Twins, script and art by Jack Farr; after being declared 4-F by the draft board, the O'Brine twins join the Merchant Marine. Coxwell and Glaisher fact page. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $7,600.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4240892001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($228.00) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Bill Allison, Leo Morey, Jack Warren, and Henry Kiefer. Masked heroes face Axis forces in this WWII-era adventure series. Redheaded journalist and action girl Gail Porter gets involved with Hans, a German POW who doesn't believe in Nazism, and figures it out when a fugitive war criminal switches places with him. Maureen Marine and Father Neptune discover a mysterious world within an ice cave while on their way to visit Davey Jones. Western hero The Toreador realizes that inept bandits are part of a plot to cause war between ranchers and farmers. Plus an anti-Hitler cover, possibly by Harold Delay. Blue Circle: The Soda Pop Murder!; Gail Porter, Girl Photographer; Toreador; Maureen Marine; Driftwood Davey; The Steel Fist; Smart Act; Slaphappy Grandpappy. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $1,595.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white INCOMPLETE. Page 15-17 missing and panel cut out of page 2-4, 24, 25, and 27, affects story. Large piece out of cover. Label #2102248008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($47.85) will be charged at checkout.

Includes: Alex Schomburg cover art; The Chambers of Dr. Agony, pencils by Vince Alascia; The Seven Sons of Satan by Syd Shores; The Blackout Murder Case—Let's Play Detective, art by Al Bellman; Tried At Sea text story; Frozen Death, Script by Otto Binder, Pencils by Al Gabriele, Inks by Vince Alascia; and Flaming Steel starring Human Torch, Pencils by Charles Nicholas, Inks by George Klein. 60 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $4,100.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3724687005

Includes: Alex Schomburg cover art; Terror of the Ghost Harpoon, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; The Murder of Cyrus Crane--Let's Play Detective, art by Al Bellman; Riders of Death, Script by Otto Binder, Pencils by Jimmy Thompson; On the Square text story; Rockets of Doom; The Case of the Talking Crystal Ball—Let's Play Detective, art by Bellman; and Tarbu's Mission of Death, Pencils by Jimmy Thompson, Inks by Allen Simon. 60 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $2,000.00 Paper: Off white Label #4330652008

Includes: Syd Shores cover art; The Shadows of Death, Pencils by Vince Alascia, Inks by Al Bellman; Mystery of the Wingless Bat starring Human Torch; The Death That Came Out of Nowhere, art by Alascia; The Black Fortune text story; and The Sea Dragon, pencils by Alascia. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $899.95 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Tape on Interior Cover, Interior. Label #2006614003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($27.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Don Rico. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Jack Cole, Kane Miller, Bob Wood, and Don Rico. Aviator hero Captain Battle Jr. carries on his father's battles against fascism in WWII Europe. The Green Claw returns with an army of robots to conquer the Earth, in a story by Plastic Man creator Jack Cole. Rhyming reporter Scoop Scuttle follows a lead, in a story by comics legend Basil Wolverton. Ranger Bill Wayne, better known as the Texas Terror, rides after cattle rustlers. The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts!; Behind the Enemy Lines!; Code in Blood!; Scoop Scuttle; Slow Drawin' Fool; The Green Claw; Bill Wayne. Final issue of the series. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $257.00 Paper: Slightly britle Label #0990638011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.71) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. On Planetoid Punkus, Billy observes Mr. Mind's latest invention, a mammoth cannon called Great Big Bertha which is aimed at Earth and can fire shells that are a mile long. Billy escapes so that Captain Marvel can try to stop the cannon from being fired, but he is too late in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 11: The Firing of Great Big Bertha" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Captain Marvel also stars in: "Deep in the Heart of Dallas" with art by C.C. Beck (appearances by Mayor Rodgers, Love Field, SMU, the Dallas Times Herald, the Dallas Morning News, and the Cotton Bowl); "The Military Misfit!" with art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza; and "The Glass-Blower of Greenpoint!" with art by C.C. Beck. Plus: 2-page text story "Name, Rank and Serial No." with script by Jess Benton. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $270.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #1201469002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.10) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by thegeneral

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Dick McCay and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Dick McCay and unknown. Mr. Mind learns that his new death ray only disintegrates metal, not living things. He captures Billy yet again, and orders the crocodile man Sylvester to shoot the boy in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 19: The Black Death Ray" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Captain Marvel also stars in: "Captain Marvel Gets the Heir" with story by Otto Binder; "The Chimes of Crime" with story by Otto Binder; and "Boston's Mayor for a Day" (Boston, Massachusetts city story). Plus: Richard Richard, Private Dick's first appearance in the 2-page tale "The Milk Bottle Case" by Dick McCay. And: 2-page text story "Ragged Spy." 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $11,200 Paper: White Pedigree: Pennsylvania Pennsylvania. Label #0968198002

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Don Rico, Charles Quinlan, Jack Alderman, George H. Appel, and Rudy Palais. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 3 #2; numbering on this series is strange and inconsistent. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. The Hood faces Voris the Fire Eater, who uses his fire-eating powers to fly and has been hired by a mobster to attack the US military. Robin Hood's young sidekick The Golden Archer faces the menace of Karzak the Devil Bird. Kitten and Mickey, the sidekicks of Cat-Man and the Deacon also known as the Little Leaders, investigate when some of their classmates become gangsters. Cat-Man & Kitten; The Deacon: The Terror That Walked by Night!; Leatherface: Count Vultiere; The Hood: Voris the Fire-Master; Dusty Dugan; Little Leaders; The Golden Archer: Karzak the Devil Bird! 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $831.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Slab: Scuffing on front of case Label #3710163007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($24.93) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Frank Harry. The Amazon Bride, script by William Moulton Marston [as Charles Moulton], art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman is drugged by gangsters, and that night she dreams that she has lost her Amazon powers, so agrees to marry Steve. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]. The Twain Shall Meet--History Feature, script by M. C. Gaines, art by Dennis Neville. Is the Kid a Killer? starring Green Lantern, script by Alfred Bester, art by Paul Reinman. Heroes in Dungarees--East-West Story, art by Dennis Neville. The Psalm of the K Ration starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. The Story of Prince Henry--Picture Stories from American History, script by M. C. Gaines, art by Don Cameron. The Man Who Tilted Windmills starring The Flash, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Jon Chester Kozlak. Green Lantern for Paper Salvage public service announcement, art by Paul Reinman. 84 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $690.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4120935025

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Rudy Palais, Dick Wood, Dick Briefer, Bob Wood, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. A woman is dubbed a "female Bluebeard" after doing away with her husbands, in a story with art by Dick Briefer. The story of Nolan the Notorious features early art by pioneering African-American artist Alvin Hollingsworth. The murderer of Mary Lawson is revealed by a burnt match, in a tale with art by Dick Briefer. Also featuring a vintage PSA for wartime paper drives, an early recycling program. Career of Carrington Hill; Four Crooks and a Coffin; Female Blue Beard; Murder Master; Angel Face of Crime; The Case of the Missing Monster; Nolan the Notorious; Whodunnit? Who Murdered Beautiful Mary Lawson?; A Crimebuster Special. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $895.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scratch on front of case Label #0709679004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($26.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Rudy Palais, Dick Wood, Dick Briefer, Robert Q. Sale, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. A criminal gang becomes known in the press as the Suede Glove Bandits. An Alcatraz inmate distinguishes himself as being tougher than the rest. A Hollywood murder mystery dares the reader to figure out who killed a movie star, in a whimsical whodunit with art by Dick Briefer. Also featuring an ad for the following issue's Jimmy Durante Murder Case. Career of Walter Cahill and the Suede Glove Bandits; 27 Years of Murder!; The Grave Gamble; Terror on the Tracks; The Man in Wolf's Clothing; Four Steps to Doom; Tough Guy of Alcatraz; Whodunnit? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $515.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s); Plastic debris between case and inner well Label #4266835001

The implied violence in this cover for "Beware of the Tramp!" is about as extreme as you will see on the cover of a Golden Age comic! And an issue that is very hard to come by, as well!

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Dick Wood, Bob Wood, Dick Hall, Basil Wolverton, Rudy Palais and Dick Briefer. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Rhyming reporter Scoop Scuttle is foiled and fooled by the false faces of Stan Dan the Makeup Man, in the final Scoop Scuttle story by comics legend Basil Wolverton. A new phase begins in the saga of The Claw, featuring art by Rudy Palais. The Pirate Prince takes on a corrupt judge who's jailed one of his sailors, in a story with art by Dick Briefer. Daredevil: Meet the Tramp; Sniffer and the Deadly Dozen; Dickie Dean; Scoop Scuttle; The Pirate Prince; Crimebuster: Squeeks Does It Again; The Claw. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $3,100.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #1205414001

Joker cover art by Dick Sprang. The Joker's Double starring Batman and Robin, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Ed Kressy and Dick Sprang, inks by Dick Sprang. Batman and Robin public service announcement about paper. Three-Ring Binks story, script and art by Jack Farr. The Lone Wolf's Number starring The Crimson Avenger, art by John Daly. The Perfumed Diamonds starring Slam Bradley, art by Martin Naydel. The Short Wave of Crime starring Air Wave, script by Joe Samachson, art by George Roussos. Superman March of Dimes public service announcement, art by Joe Shuster. The Saboteur text story by Eric Carter. Curtain Call for Action starring The Boy Commandos, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $2,250.00 Paper: White Label #2063585001

Cover by Dick Sprang. Stories by Bill Finger, Jack Farr and unknown. Art by Ed Kressy, Dick Sprang, Jack Farr, Howard Sherman, George Roussos and Louis Cazeneuve. The stories of four people are intertwined with a notorious criminal who, along with his gang, hijacks a bus he is riding on in the Batman and Robin tale "One Night of Crime!" by Bill Finger, Ed Kressy (layouts) and Dick Sprang. Plus: Three-Ring Binks in an untitled story by Jack Farr; Slam Bradley in "The Hand Is Quicker Than the Eye!" with art by Howard Sherman; Air Wave in "Air Wave Joins the Underworld!" with art by George Roussos; and The Boy Commandos in "Mission of Errors!" with art by Louis Cazeneuve (not by Simon and Kirby, despite the listed credits). Also: Handy Andy 1-pager by Farr, and 2-page text story "The Champ" by Eddie Bell. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $5,985.00 or Best Offer Restored: C1 Paper: Off white Restoration includes: small amount of glue on spine of cover. Label #4223892004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($179.55) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by thegeneral

Cover by Gus Ricca. Stories and art by Otto Eppers, Joe Beck and Fred Schwab. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring superhero and adventure stories. Transformed by science, Ricky McQuade, younger brother of Dynamic Man, becomes Dynamic Boy. Mr. E hears a dying man's words and learns that a series of tenement fires are actually arson. Dan Hastings battles the underground kingdom of Sub-Earth when their forces steal America's vital radium supplies. Dynamic Man; Jest for Fun; Lucky Coyne; Yankee Boy; The Dead Man Plays; Ima Sleuth; Dan Hastings; Li'l Arthur; The Echo; The Sting of Death; Mr. E. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $1,240.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Cover detached. Label #2104147003

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Written by John Swenson, Gerald Devers, Walt Wilson and unknown. Art by Ken Battefield, Maurice Gutwirth, Bob Oksner, Max Plaisted, Ed Moritz and unknown. Featuring The Black Terror, Nemesis of Crime, in an untitled story with art by Ken Battefield and Ed Moritz. Plus: The American Eagle in an untitled story with art by Maurice Gutwirth; Crash Carter, Air Cadet, in an untitled story with art by Bob Oksner; 1-page text story "Dust Storm" by John Swenson; The Liberator in an untitled story; 1-page text story "Haunted House" by Gerald Devers; Sergeant Bill King in an untitled story with art by Maurice Gutwirth; 1-page text story "Good Cowpony" by Walt Wilson; and Larry North, U.S. Navy, in and untitled story with art by Max Plaisted. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $1,650.00 Paper: Off white to white Cover Detached. Label #1244377008

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Written by John Swenson, Gerald Devers, Walt Wilson and unknown. Art by Ken Battefield, Maurice Gutwirth, Bob Oksner, Max Plaisted, Ed Moritz and unknown. Featuring The Black Terror, Nemesis of Crime, in an untitled story with art by Ken Battefield and Ed Moritz. Plus: The American Eagle in an untitled story with art by Maurice Gutwirth; Crash Carter, Air Cadet, in an untitled story with art by Bob Oksner; 1-page text story "Dust Storm" by John Swenson; The Liberator in an untitled story; 1-page text story "Haunted House" by Gerald Devers; Sergeant Bill King in an untitled story with art by Maurice Gutwirth; 1-page text story "Good Cowpony" by Walt Wilson; and Larry North, U.S. Navy, in and untitled story with art by Max Plaisted. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $4,900.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3962631006

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Terror of the Torch starring the Black Terror; vs. The Torch. The Punta Rebellion starring American Eagle, art by Maurice Gutwirth; vs. the Japanese. The Plasma Shipment Adventure starring Crash Carter, art by Bob Oksner; vs. Nazis. Ploopie Plays Cupid starring the Crime Crushers, art by Al Camy; intro of Virginia Giltrock; vs. Ricardo and his gang. Island Trap starring Sgt. Bill King, art by Maurice Gutwirth. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $1,850.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case Tape on cover. Label #2076930010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($55.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Claude Lapham and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Alex Blum, and Arnold Hicks. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Senorita Rio suspects a stage mentalist is involved in a plot against a government official; A criminal gang tries to get a signed confession away from Hooks Devlin before he turns it in to police; The final adventure of comedic teen military mascot Dusty Rhodes. Exceptionally gory pre-Code cover by Joe Doolin. Shark Brodie; Dusty Rhodes; Senorita Rio; Rip Carson; The Lieutenant Meets a Lady; Kayo Kirby; Hooks Devlin. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $495.00 Restored: C2 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Significant scuff(s) inner well Restoration includes: color touch on cover, pieces added to cover, tear seals, reinforced. Label #2126381007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by M.E. Peacock and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Alex Blum, and Arnold Hicks. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. The debut of Tiger Girl, an Indian princess who roams the jungles with her pet tigers, features a rare lion-tiger fight; Senorita Rio suspects a German missionary on a Brazilian island is actually a Nazi spy; While working in a lumber camp, Kayo Kirby gets in a fight with the foreman and wins a date with the beautiful owner. Rip Carson; Tiger Girl; Hooks Devlin; Kayo Kirby; ...Pass the Ammunition; Shark Brodie; Senorita Rio. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $750.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #2038667001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by M.E. Peacock and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Alex Blum, Ann Brewster and Arnold Hicks. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. The second appearance of Tiger Girl, a redheaded warrior who roams the jungles of India with her pet tigers and Sikh bodyguard; Shark Brodie tracks a gang of drug dealers to a remote island and exacts his revenge; Senorita Rio investigates a South American general suspected of plotting a revolution. Rip Carson; Tiger Girl; Hooks Devlin; Private First Class; Kayo Kirby; The Intruder; Shark Brodie; Senorita Rio. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $1,000.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1482220016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by M.E. Peacock and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Alex Blum, Ann Brewster and Arnold Hicks. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. The second appearance of Tiger Girl, a redheaded warrior who roams the jungles of India with her pet tigers and Sikh bodyguard; Shark Brodie tracks a gang of drug dealers to a remote island and exacts his revenge; Senorita Rio investigates a South American general suspected of plotting a revolution. Rip Carson; Tiger Girl; Hooks Devlin; Private First Class; Kayo Kirby; The Intruder; Shark Brodie; Senorita Rio. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.