Comic books 1950-1952, graded by CBCS

Add to cart CBCS 3.0 $220.00 or Best Offer Paper: Slightly britle Centerfold detached. Label #22-020BB33-003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.60) will be charged at checkout.

"The Vampire's Prey," "Demon of the Devil," "Satan's Scepter," "The Spectre's Revenge," "Double Vision," and "The Hideous Head." Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Ken Bald. Stories by Lin Streeter, Milt Knopf, Pete Riss, King Ward, Mac Elkan, R. S. Pious, and Al Camy. Spine-chilling tales of suspense, horror, and the supernatural—prepare yourself for Adventures into the Unknown! 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 46 CBCS 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #22-1716DF1-005

Cover by Bob Montana. Stories by unknown. Art by Sam Schwartz, George Frese and unknown. Featuring Archie in: "Life's No Picnic"; "Tight Sneeze"; "Let's Face It"; "Off the Record"; and "Judgement Day"! Plus: Jughead in "Anything Goes"! Also: 2-page text story "Death On Wheels"! Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 8.5 $549.00 Paper: Off white to white Highest graded copy. Label #17-2FA7A46-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($16.47) will be charged at checkout.

Capturing the paranoia of the Cold War, this series portrayed a future where "atomic" weapons replaced conventional ones. Flash Gordon-like Craig battles a mad scientist who has stolen the formula for an "electron" that can destroy cities. Captain Buck Vinson leads an assault on a Soviet-held uranium mine in the Congo. MacAvoy and his bomb-disposal team look for unexploded ordnance in the Korean combat zone. Intrigues of the Planet Smasher; Three Rocketeers; Assault on Target UR-238; Have You Heard This One?; Rescue Under Fire; Operation Bomb Disposal. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $395.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #18-1347365-009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by John Celardo and others. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. The FBI and Scotland Yard track a gang of murderous jewel thieves to the frozen wastes of Greenland, in a story that may be early work by Frank Thorne. Mounties King and Bernard track poacher Johnson, described in the captions as a "human wolverine," but he proves too tough for just two Mounties. Donovan investigates when Marian denies that the body recovered from a plane crash is that of her husband Bill. And a biography of Jesse James. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. The Ghost With Silver Spurs; The Case of the International Jewel Thieves; Jesse James; The Arctic Menace; Storm Patrol; Corpses in the Caribbean. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $435.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #23-3812DEF-003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.05) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bernard Bailey. Stories and art by Bob Powell and Bernard Bailey. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. In the English town of Trelawney, John gets caught in the ancient feud between two ghosts with ghostly attack dogs, in a story with art by comics legend Bob Powell. A safari captures the legendary white ape, but catching it and keeping it are two different things. Grave robber Charley is chosen by the dead themselves to be the new cemetery keeper. Ghost Hounds of Trelawney; The Nameless Horror; Horror on the Hill; Custodian of the Dead. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 9.6 $1,000.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white File Copy. Highest graded. Label #7003440-AA-008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

Captain Marvel and the Lts. of Safety (1950) #2 "Danger Takes To Climbing". 16 pages, full color.

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $850.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #23-11DB1D1-002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($25.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Walter Johnson. Stories and art by Walter Johnson and Gustav Schrotter. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. When the alien supercomputer warns of danger from the dark side of the moon, Captain Science and Rip use the flying saucer to investigate, leaving beautiful alien Luana to coordinate the action with the Cortexon. But their return is delayed when the Cat Men of Phoebus abduct Luana, hoping to lure Captain Science and the supercomputer into their grasp. Interplanetary private eye Brant Craig investigates after the Venusberg Freight line is targeted by the Space Pirates of Lanthus IV. The Dark o the Moon; The Space Pirates of Lanthus IV; Nightmare!; The Cat Men of Phoebus; Robots of Ra. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 1.5 $8,299.95 or Best Offer Paper: Slightly britle Cover Detached and Completely Split. Label #22-23C36B1-006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($249.00) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Origin of the Joker. Cover by Lew Sayre Schwartz and George Roussos. Stories by Bill Finger and unknown. Art by Lew Sayre Schwartz, Win Mortimer, George Roussos, Bruno Premiani, Frank Bolle and Dan Barry. Batman is invited to be a guest instructor for a class on criminology at State University, and, since the students are making such good progress, he decides to use them to try and solve a case he never could concerning a criminal known as the Red Hood. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Man Behind the Red Hood!" by Bill Finger, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Win Mortimer and George Roussos. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "Ten Little Indians!" with art by Bruno Premiani; Robotman in "The Return of the Iron Man!" with art by Frank Bolle; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Electric Thinking Cap!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Dan Barry. Also: Peg 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Quick Quiz activity page by H.T. Elmo; 2-page text piece "Your Thinking Cap" by William Morrison; and Jerry the Jitterbug half-pager by Boltinoff. And: Green Arrow, Tomahawk and the Shining Knight in the 1-page public service announcement "The World of Adventure in Books" by Jack Schiff and Win Mortimer. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 9.4 $855.00 Paper: Off white File Copy. Label #21-155D344-009

Stories and art by Frank Frazetta, Fran Matera, Allen Saunders, Elmer Woggon, Matt Christopher, Rodlow Willard, William McCleery, and Ralph Briggs Fuller. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. The debut of Tom Terriss, the Vagabond Adventurer, as he enters "The Land of Satan." Dickie Dare and Dan's vacation is interrupted by yet another adventure. A classic religious PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Tom Terriss the Vagabond Adventurer; Dickie Dare; Steve Roper; Underwater Battle; Scorchy Smith; Prayer Works Wonders; Oaky Doaks. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $185.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #21-40ADE66-002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.55) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Stories and art by Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character. Felix goes on another of his flying-carpet adventures. A scary radio show has Felix on edge, and his nephews are practicing their shadow animals at the same time. Felix investigates a sudden racket. Shadow Shudders; Felix Comes Through; Vegetaria; Felix Spruces Up; Monty Monk. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character; this series often featured art by the two men most associated with Felix, Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Felix foolishly tries to do his own electrical work. Felix goes shopping. Monty Monk has a good idea - or at least, he thinks so. Felix Gets Ohm Sick; Worse and Reverse; Shopping Daze; Monty Monk. Final issue published by Dell; Toby Press took over with issue #20. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.5 $135.00 Paper: Off white Label #19-252657F-008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.05) will be charged at checkout.

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Alex Kotzky and George Tuska. Aerial action with the aviator hero known as Flyboy. Larry gets constant ribbing and hazing from his peers and officers in the Air Force, but when his trainer blacks out in midair, Larry takes the controls and earns the name "Flyboy." A Korean War veteran, two lovely ladies, a case full of cash and trigger-happy gangsters add up to trouble for Flyboy and Happy. Anne's father, who looks like J. Jonah Jameson in colonel's stripes, becomes even worse after he learns he has reputation as a "monster." Plus a look at 1950s combat training for pilots, and a story with art by future Marvel legend George Tuska. Training for Combat; Stunting with Death; Angels Without Wings; The Dogface; The Gripes of Wrath!; Navy Wings; Fortress in the Sky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.5 $70.00 Paper: Light tan to off white Label #19-320DEF4-015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.10) will be charged at checkout.

Based on a popular kids' puppet show broadcast on CBS from 1948-51 about a sinister but bumbling magician and his loyal but good-hearted assistant, Pinhead. Pinhead and Foodini risk their lives to foil a nefarious plot. Foodini demonstrates how to do magic tricks. The adventures of Jingle Dingle the weather elf, another popular icon from the early days of television. The Great Foodini; Foodini's Deed For the Day; Pinhead Takes Over; Jingle Dingle; Foodini's Fortune; Foodini's Guest Appearance; Foodini's Last Mile; Foodini's Circus Mystery; Foodini's Ghost of a Chance. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Vic Martin and others. Based on a popular kids' puppet show broadcast on CBS from 1948-51 about a sinister but bumbling magician and his loyal but good-hearted assistant, Pinhead. Foodini and Pinhead go West to help Willy save her dude ranch from a conniving cowhand. Jingle Dingle the weather elf, another popular icon from the early days of television, has an Old West adventure when his "telebell" leads him to bank-robbing outlaws. Escaped convicts get ahold of the remote for Foodini's new robot. Magic tricks submitted by readers. Plus an illustrated feature on the creators of the puppets, Hope and Morey Bunin. Meet the Bunins, Hope and Morey; Foodini Finds an Island; Sand Drifters; Foodini's Great Magic; Reptile Rhapsody; Jingle Dingle: The Little Man Who Is Always There; Westward Ho With Pinhead; Robot Trouble; Foodini's Predicament; Jingle Dingle: Things You'll Never See; Foodini's Magic. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.5 $530.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #17-4049963-047 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($15.90) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Al Williamson, Pete Riss, Sam Cooper, Paul Gattuso and Paul Gustavson. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. An adventurous medical researcher gets more than he bargained for in the backcountry of Brazil; A writer sells his soul so that he can tell this very story; The strange tale of the African Were-Jackals. Any similarity to King Kong on the cover is purely commercial. The Domain of the Dead; The Haunted Gallery; The Sorcerers Play-Kit; The Flapping Head; The Haunting Refrain; The Devils Typewriter!; Stranglers Spirit; Bride of the Beast; The African Were-Jackals. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Ghost Rider (1950 Magazine Enterprises) 7 CBCS 4.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #23-06D186D-013

(A-1 Comics #51) Cover by Dick Ayers. Art by Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #51. Adventures of the original Ghost Rider, a Western marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. With this issue, the series takes on horror elements to fit with the horror trend in 1950s comics. A cursed Native tomb seems to be guarded by a winged serpent whose bite means death; The Ghost Rider seeks the truth about zombie gunfighters that are murdering ranchers in a small town, so he creates some zombies of his own; In Tales of the Ghost Rider, a rancher battles a white wolf that he soon learns is actually a werewolf. The Haunted Tomb!; The League of the Living Dead!; Tales of the Ghost Rider: The Bloody Fangs of Fear!; The Murder in Wax! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.5 $470.00 Paper: Off white Label #21-2F68DFB-006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.10) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Stories by unknown. Art by Ed Winiarski. In this issue: "Hired or Fired!" - Hedy, again late to the movie set, is at risk of being fired; untitled Hedy 1-pager - Hedy bemoans the fact that she is recognized everywhere she goes; Sandra the Star in "Sandra Meets the Press!" - Sandra mistakes an income tax collector for a reporter; "Platter Hunters" text story, reprinted from Patsy Walker (1945) #20 - Fay is jealous when she spots Danny with Isobel on a Friday night; Trumpetski the Terrific in "The Eyes Have It!" - Trumpetski is hypnotized into saying, "Trumpetski is a big fool!"; and "The Ripped Script!" - Hedy is given a new script and is expected to learn it in less than one day. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $190.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #22-0692A42-271 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.70) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Stories and art by Joe Certa, Frank Bolle and John Martin. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. An outlaw uses "loco weed" smoke to trick two innocent men into being his patsies. Mesquite buys a gold brick from a con man for five bucks - but bricks have a way of coming back down when you least expect it. Pistol Packing Pattie suggests that the back of Jackson's head would photograph better. The Smoke of Injustice; Hill Billy; Whitey Whiskers: A Feather in His Cap; Mesquite: The Butterfly Bonanza; Pistol Packin Pattie; Six-Gun Sight; The Covered Wagon Escapade. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 9.6 $650.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #21-31C4038-016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.50) will be charged at checkout.

Ike's Story (1952), with art by Golden Age great Norman Maurer, is a promotional comic book produced by the Republican National Committee for the successful Dwight D. Eisenhower presidential campaign. The comic's cover features the now famous slogan "I like Ike," which helped to propel Eisenhower to office for two terms that spanned the Korean War and the early years of the Cold War. Created and produced by Sponsored Comics. 8 pages, color.

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $680.00 Paper: White Label #17-0C709CB-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($20.40) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover art by George Frese. "A Fool for Food!", pencils by George Frese; When Mr. Weatherbee realizes that Betty is passing food to Archie and Jughead from Home Economics class, he sabotages the next batch to teach them a lesson. "Fight! Fight!"; Jughead claims a fight is about to break out in the Choc'lit Shoppe. "The Baby Quitter," art by Samm Schwartz; An innocent remark to the child Jughead is baby-sitting gets him suspected of child abuse. "Flash in the Pan," art by Samm Schwartz; Ferdie's attempts to take cheesecake photos of Suzie end up making her father miserable. "Movie Chatter" article. "Bewitched Battered and Bewildered," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by George Frese, inks by Terry Szenics; Mr. Weatherbee tries to stop Jughead and Reggie from constantly fighting in class. In Hot Water" public service announcement, script and art by Dave Berg; Red goes swimming alone against Wilbur's advice. "Shirt from Skirt," art by Samm Schwartz; Jughead mails pictures of himself in a loud shirt to a strange woman. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $200.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #0008872-AC-007

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Kurt Schaffenberger, Henry Kiefer, Howard Boughner, Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr. An escaped convict hides out in a secret compartment underneath a suburban house where even the owner can't find him, in a story (and cover) with art by longtime Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Action girl Nyoka learns a secret that will change the mind of tribal chieftain Noma...if she lives long enough to reveal it. Western hero Tom Mix encounters outlaws who arrange fatal accidents for popular townspeople, then make off with the money the town raises for the family's benefit. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Strange House!; Muscle Hedd; Nyoka: The Lost Brother; Pilot Pete Gives the Bird; Ozzie and Babs: Coiffure Craziness!; Dizzy Daisy; Ben the Business Man; Marlow the Marshal; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Flicker Fools; Vacuum Bloobstutter: No Holes Barred; Poetic Pete; Tom Mix: The Case of the Sheriff's Misfortune. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.0 $2,849.99 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing on back of case Label #20-01EC054-001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($85.50) will be charged at checkout.

Pre-code horror. Cover pencils by Ross Andru. Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Imprisoned wife murderer Michael Carter tries to escape the electric chair by pretending to be insane. It Can Happen To You; Terminally ill Mr. Lane is drawn into a murder mystery and helps out a young woman. Burning Sands, pencils by Don Perlin, inks by Abe Simon; The survivors of a French foreign legion battallion attacked by Arabs struggle through the desert and kill each other for water. The Painting, inks by Mike Esposito; Mad art painter Charles Craven tells his story to a reporter: How he could only paint when using fresh blood for the brilliant reds in his pictures. The Faker!, pencils by Ross Andru; Lumber tycoon Horace Turner employs a circus swami to experiment with thought transmission; The swami almost gets killed in the process. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 0.5 $130.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back INCOMPLETE. 7th page and centerfold missing, affects story. 5th page detached. Label #18-45C021F-003

Cover by Gladys Parker. Stories and art by Gladys Parker and Frank Bolle. One of the first female-centric comic strips, by pioneering female artist Gladys Parker, Mopsy combines an Ever Meulen art style with pantomime-style gags and good-girl art. Mopsy gets a job as a reporter and is sent to interview movie star Gilda Glamor, but she's more interested in Gilda's handsome press agent. Mopsy goes back to school to earn a raise, but that doesn't work out quite like she expected. Mopsy takes issue with a fellow cheerleader dating a football player before a big game. Plus "Mopsy Modes" paper dolls, showcasing the fashions of the era. Mopsy; Mopsy the Reporter; Mopsy Modes; Strictly for Laughs; It's Co-old Outside. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.0 $119.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Includes Mighty Mouse #19 & #20 & Terry-Toons Comics #82. Label #23-3D47B15-005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.57) will be charged at checkout.

An album of previous issues rebound with a new cover. Includes Mighty Mouse #19, #20, and Terry Toons #82. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CBCS 7.5 $1,700.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #23-33A36FE-007

Maurice Whitman cover. Stories reprinted from Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) #22. In order of appearance: "Flint Baker" art by Art Saaf; "Star Pirate" art by George Appel; "Reef Ryan" art by Pagsilang Rey Isip; and "The Lost World" art by Nick Cardy. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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 4.5 $140.00 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 $895.00 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 ($26.85) 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.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $799.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #23-06D186D-016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($23.97) will be charged at checkout.

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 5.0 $450.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #23-3812DEF-012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.50) 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 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 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 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 5.5 $335.00 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 5.0 $365.00 Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case Label #17-4085E2E-011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.95) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover by Sheldon Moldoff. Stories and art by Bob Powell and Sheldon Moldoff. Pre-Code tales of horror from Fawcett, a publisher not normally noted for grue. Ted dies in an accident, but is allowed to return to life until he finds his soul mate. A pro athlete finds an evil way to enhance his performance, by channeling the abilities of dead baseball stars. A gang boss's head is kept alive by a mad scientist to help his cronies plan their crimes. The Dead Lover Returns!; The Man Who Lost His Body; The Shrunken Head; The Resurrected Head. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.