Comic books 1954-1956, graded by CBCS

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $470.00 Paper: White Label #17-4049963-026 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.10) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Tom Hickey, Al Avison, Manny Stallman, John Giunta and Vic Donahue. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. Antarctic explorers discover a long-frozen caveman. A man arranges a fiendish revenge on the thieves who murdered his wife, setting the eight-armed Ranu against them. Figures from nursery rhymes are brought to life as murderous minions. Bondage cover by Al Avison. The Eight Hands of Ranu; The Captain's Return; The Ice Horror; Demons of the Night. Final issue under this title; the series continues as Chamber of Clues (1955) #27. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $1,000.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #7010419-AA-032 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

(C) Carl Burgos (A) Joe Maneely, Dick Ayers, Howard Post, Mike Sekowsky. Parody/satire of Sinbad the Sailor, The Wolf Man, Censorship, and others. FC, 32 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $399.99 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #22-00EDC29-007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Hartley. Stories by Stan Lee. Art by Al Hartley. 36 pages, FC. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 2.5 $1,650.00 or Best Offer Slight amateur restoration Paper: Off white to white Amateur Restoration includes: cover reinforced with glue. All 3 edges trimmed. Staples removed. Removed from a bound volume. Label #22-0B38017-005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($49.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Win Mortimer. If I Were Batman starring Batman and Robin, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris. Do You Know Your Neighbors? public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Money That Came to Life! starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, script by Jack Miller, art by Ruben Moreira. Four Tricks of the Detective's Trade text article by Jack Miller. The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel starring John Jones Manhunter From Mars, script by Joe Samachson, art by Joe Certa. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.5 $1,800.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #16-212B264-001

Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories and art by Rick Yager, Coulton Waugh and John Belfi. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Buck Rogers investigates the Mystery Planet, inspiring one of Frazetta's most dramatic and iconic Buck Rogers covers. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of wartime action. Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; The Escape; Captured; Forced Entry. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.5 $2,000.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #7007908-AA-008

Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories and art by Rick Yager, Matt Christopher and Coulton Waugh. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Dan and Dickie Dare visit Hawaii, where Dickie foolishly jumps into a volcano. One last action-packed Frank Frazetta Buck Rogers cover (and an offer to join "Buck Rogers Rocket Rangers"). A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of heroism. Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; The Best Automobile Sticker; Vacation Can Wait; Flight 5... Down. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $250.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #6500098-AA-007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. After Marvel's first revival of Captain America, Cap creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby responded with another star-spangled patriot, who soon became a spoof of the superhero genre. An American pilot stranded in Tokyo battles Japanese mobsters and communist secret agents until Fighting American can get there. Johnny Flagg dreams of the strange future worlds explored by Starman Zero. Communist spy Rhode Island Red and her gang use Doraymirio Wolfirosoff to swindle wealthy single women. Tokyo Run Around; Home-Coming Year 3000; Operation Wolf. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 8.5 $635.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #16-272F019-014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.05) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby. "Forbidden to Love Him!", art by Bill Draut; Susan falls in love with John, but is shocked when he admits hes an American Indian; She accepts his marriage proposal but her parents are violently prejudiced and beat Susan when she refuses to stop seeing him; However, when John speaks at a bond rally and reveals that he won the Medal of Honor, Susans parents and the rest of the townspeople change their minds about him. "Love for Sale!" text story." Don't Be Dominating!", art by Tom Hickey; Advice how to treat a boyfriend. "My Heart's Desire," art by Bob Powell; To save her brother Jimmy from jail, secretary Kit is forced to take a job as a scantily-clad "hostess" for Rudy, whose skating rink is a front for crooked activities; Kit falls in love with U.S. Navy sailor Steve but Rudy compels her to act like a slut in front of him. "Love Was Found Wanting," art by Tom Hickey; Pegs soldier boyfriend Hal is deployed overseas but doesnt write to her; A friend convinces her to go on a double-date, but when her escort makes a pass, Peg says "I never want any man but Hal to touch me!"; When shes rescued in the woods by hunter Larry, Peg gives in to her feelings and they kiss. "Broken Prom Date" text story. Advice to readers by Nancy Powers. "Your Kiss"; Marcia dates many men, dropping each one for a better "prospect"; even after accepting an engagement ring from Brad, she flaunts herself to others; Marcia dumps Brad when she meets Frank, whom she really loves; However, Brad uses her for sex and then says "its been lots of fun, kid" and tells her hes moving to another country. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $675.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #17-4049963-055 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($20.25) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover art by Dan DeCarlo. This looks like a good house for us to haunt!; Homer and his parents find a new house to haunt and Homer meets other ghosts (and a witch) in the new neighborhood. Melvin, would you go the store...; Melvin is kind of dumb. Look, Zelda's crying!; Gobby steals Zelda's broomstick and the boys go to get it back. Melvin, can ya lend me 10 cents?; Melvin accidentally attempts a bank robbery. How do you like my sailboat, Melvin?; Homer and Dugan race their snow boats. Scripts by Stan Lee, art by Dan DeCarlo. Tessie's Problem text story. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.5 $755.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #0010634-AB-003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.65) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Harry Anderson. "Vampire Tale," art by Doug Wildey; A man wrapped in bandages is on trial for murder after slaying a vampire. "The Curse" text story. "Man Alone!," art by Al Eadeh; Communists get the idea to swap a spy for the village idiot in a centrally located village by taking a hermit and training him to pass for the idiot. "The Man Who Wasn't," art by Bill Walton; A man invents a youth serum and wishes to give it to the oldest member of an old folks home, but the man doesn't want it. "The Vultures," art by Mannie Banks; Unknown to his children, a man leaves his estate to the ones who attend his funeral. "The Question!," art by Vic Carrabotta; An inventor who loves his wife asks an electronic brain which he devised two questions, 'When will my wife die?' and 'When will I die?' 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.0 $569.99 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing on front of case Label #0002998-AC-009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.10) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Carl Burgos. "They Wouldn't Believe Him!," art by Pete Tumlinson; A woman three thousand years hence flees into the past to avoid marrying a bore. "The Masterpiece" text story. "The Last Chance," art by Paul Reinman; In order to avoid a costly war, a marriage is suggested between two rival factions, but the man finds the girl homely and is not interested. "The Hole in the Ground!," art by Bob Brown; Aliens from another dimension kidnap people in an apartment building. "Jigsaw!," art by Doug Wildey; A man buys a jigsaw puzzle where the pieces fly out of his hand as he tries to place them. "The Survivor!," art by Dave Berg; A man washes up on a beach populated by tiny people. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $1,255.00 Paper: White Label #0002998-AC-020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($37.65) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bill Everett. "I Switched Bodies," art by Reed Crandall; An old scientist invents a machine that can transpose minds into other bodies but he makes the mistake of picking as his victim an ex-con on the way to meet with his parole officer. "He Came From Nowhere," art by Gray Morrow; Time-traveling government agents go back to the past in order to duel it out over a scientist's work. "TV Invasion" text story. "Prison Without Bars," script by Carl Wessler, art by Ed Winiarski; A criminal is set free from jail if he agrees to a form of behavioral control by hypnotism ala "A Clockwork Orange." "The Unseen," art by Mac L. Pakula; Invisible visitors to Earth arrive in a flying saucer. "The Perfect Hideout," art by Syd Shores; A fleeing dictator thinks he will hide out on an island and then fly back to the mainland when his pursuers have given up looking for him, but his associates have drained the plane of fuel. "The Swirling Mist!," script by Carl Wessler, art by Joe Sinnott; A man finds himself on a steamboat that transports him through time. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $170.00 Paper: White Label #22-0692A42-339 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.10) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Stories by Gaylord Du Bois. Art by Stan Campbell. Painted cover by William George. The adventures of Canadian Mountie Dave King, a character created by Western novelist Zane Grey. This series featured gorgeous cover paintings of derring-do in the best Men's Adventure tradition. Enemy agents try to use a mentally disabled man to steal atomic secrets. The text pieces called True Stories of the R.C.M.P. begin this issue. Dynamic painted cover by William George. Arctic Patrol; Stolen Secrets. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.5 $325.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #16-1135562-043 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.75) will be charged at checkout.

First appearance of Little Archie. Cover pencils by Bob Bolling, inks by Bob White. Hunting; After Archie's mom asks him to stop playing hunter inside the house, he and his friends go outside to hunt wild animals, and come upon a snapping turtle. Racing; Archie builds an "imported Italian sports racer" for the soapbox derby. Playing House; Archie and Ronnie play house and fight even more than real married couples; Betty tries to get in on the act by marrying her cat to Archie's dog. Troops; General Archie and Sergeant Moose try to prevent Ronnie from joining their army, but she gains the troops' loyalty with her "secret orders." Script and pencils for all stories by Bob Bolling, inks by Bob White. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $403.75 Paper: Off white Label #17-10246E6-010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.11) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by John Forte, inks by Matt Fox. The Boy Who Believed, art by John Forte. Wings in the Night!, art by Joe Maneely. The Rejected Robot!, art by Jack Abel. The Tiny Coffin!, inks by Matt Fox. Bottled Up!, art by Pete Tumlinson. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 9.6 $240.00 Paper: White File Copy. Label #20-44C436C-007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.20) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 9.0 $98.00 Paper: Off white to white File Copy. Label #20-44C436C-008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.94) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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

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

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

Last issue, Namora crossover. Cover price $0.10.

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

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

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

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

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $220.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #17-4049963-092 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.60) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

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

Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $237.50 Paper: White Label #0008485-AA-024 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.12) will be charged at checkout.

Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Dick Ayers, John Forte, John Severin, Ed Winiarski, Doug Wildey, and Ross Andru. Tantalizing tales of suspense and horror, sometimes with science fiction elements. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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

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

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

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

Add to cart CBCS 5.0 $230.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #21-4283FBE-022

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

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

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

Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $285.00 Slight amateur restoration Paper: White Amateur Restoration Includes: Small amount of color touch on cover. Label #23-4937718-009

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

Add to cart CBCS 6.0 $92.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #17-4049963-097 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.76) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

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