Comic books March 1948, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $775.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #3845203009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($23.25) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover by Dan Barry. Stories and art by Arthur Peddy, Bernard Sachs, Frank Giacoia and Fred Kida. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #49. No issue # on cover; Vol. 5, issue #2 in indicia. Airboy hears a raving man's tale of The Wild Horse of Calabra. A Central American prospector tries to kill his partner to claim their find for himself, but he hadn't reckoned on The Heap, or human greed. Flying Fool and his female rival Riot O'Hara race to claim a dangerous job in the wilds of northern China. Eye-catching cover by Flash Gordon's Dan Barry. Airboy: The Wild Horse of Calabra; The Heap; Model Builders with Airboy; Right On Time; Horsethief; Flying Fool; The Golden Altar of Panama. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,095.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #2065514001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($32.85) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Western Tales of action and adventure starring the famous female sharpshooter, Annie Oakley: "Just Love That Cowhand"; Annie is hired on the Barr-X Ranch after capturing a wild steer. "The Grecian Wiggle" text story. "She's My Gal, Pa"; A lawyer comes looking for a blonde girl who ran away from home and everybody thinks it's Annie. "Heart Havoc," pencils by Ed Winiarski; Gabby thinks he's finally going to get a date with Hedy but it doesn't quite turn out that way. "Wrong Steer," inks by Chris Rule; Sally arranges a rodeo so that Slim can defeat Annie in tests of skill. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $140.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4327056003

The Black Cat in "The Nobleman's Curse," "A Day With the Black Cat," and "Banker's Holiday" (art on all by Lee Elias). Back-up story, "Kerry Drake Meets No Face." Danny Dixon, Cadet in "The Canvas Spoke To the Ghost!" One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party" by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $2,750.00 Paper: White Pedigree: Ohio Ohio Label #0083201016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($82.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bob Kane and Charles Paris. Stories by Edmond Hamilton and unknown. Art by Bob Kane, Charles Paris, Howard Sherman, Lee Harris, Curt Swan and George Klein. A clairvoyant successfully predicts the death of two men, but when he predicts Batman will die aboard an ocean liner, the Caped Crusader is willing to gamble that the prediction is wrong. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Man Who Could See the Future!" by Edmond Hamilton, Bob Kane and Charles Paris. Plus: Slam Bradley in "Rockabye Rogues!" with art by Howard Sherman; Air Wave in "Radio 'Hams' to the Rescue!" with art by Lee Harris; and The Boy Commandos in "The Man Who Brought 'em Back Dead!" with art by Curt Swan and George Klein. Also: Shorty 2-pager by Henry Boltinoff, and 2-page text story "Payment in Kind" by Art Long. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $499.00 Paper: Off white Label #4369208001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Ken Battefield. Stories and art by Bill Fraccio, George Gregg, Marcia Snyder, Pete Tumlinson and Tex Blaisdell. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. The true stories of 1920s gangster Dutch Anderson and his protege Gerald Chapman, the first Public Enemy Number One. Holdup woman Irene Schroeder kills a cop, later earning the nicknames "the blonde bandit" and "Tiger Girl" while on trial for murder. A profile of real-life gunslinger John Wesley Hardin. Gerald Chapman: The Evil Genius of Crime; John Wesley Hardin: Killer of the Southwest; The Little Augie--Kid Dropper Feud; Irene Schroeder, The Original Bobbed-Hair Bandit: The Girl, The Gun, and the Grave!; Tip Off ; Wanted: Ned Kelly, Australia's Public Enemy #1, Dead or Alive; Larry Fay, Racketeer. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $900.00 CGC Qualified Paper: Off white to white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) INCOMPLETE. Second page missing, affects story. Label #1162311002

Cover art by Alex Toth. The Saga of Streak starring Green Lantern, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Alex Toth; This story gives the origin of Streak, how he came into the possession of Alan Scott and how he became the canine partner to Green Lantern. The Fatal Chance starring Green Lantern, script by Lee Goldsmith, art by Alex Toth; Alan Scott is mystified by a strange turn of events in which successful professionals commit suicide at the height of their success--that is, until he learns that the Gambler is involved! Joshua Bellbottom starring O'Malley of the Fourth Precinct, art by Irwin Hasen. The Last Criminal Gets an Education starring Green Lantern, script by John Broome, art by Irwin Hasen; Somehow, the evil Knodar sends Green Lantern into the far future and transports himself into the present in order to have a free reign on crime. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $950.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1488657010 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($28.50) will be charged at checkout.

Millie the Model cover and story "Beauty and the Boss", Basil Wolverton's Powerhouse Pepper in a "A Scare in the Air". 36pg. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $220.00 Paper: Off white Label #2101804011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.60) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Millie the Model cover and story "Beauty and the Boss", Basil Wolverton's Powerhouse Pepper in a "A Scare in the Air". 36pg. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $120.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #3999674004

Millie the Model cover and story "Beauty and the Boss", Basil Wolverton's Powerhouse Pepper in a "A Scare in the Air". 36pg. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,595.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4107255002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($47.85) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Art and cover by Al Feldstein. Teen comedy typical of the time, with art by EC legend Al Feldstein. Deena ill-advisedly enlists Junior to help redecorate her mother's kitchen; The gang tries to help Goofy replace a broken window before his parents find out; Deena and Gwenny get jobs as models, in a story featuring some tame Betty & Veronica-style cheesecake art by Feldstein. Blowing-skirt cover predates the famous Marilyn Monroe picture by several years. Inferior Decorating; Glass Pains; The Crime Shall Be Nameless; Chemical Action; A Model Story. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $600.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3707642015

Cover art by Ogden Whitney. "Maid in the Morgue" text story by Gardner Fox. "The School for Spies," art by Ogden Whitney; Fallon uncovers a hidden school for communist agents. "The Land of Lost Lumber," art by L B Cole; Red Fox helps a lumberjack stop a surveyor from stealing his claim. "The Men from Deep Space," art by Fred Guardineer; Space Ace and Jak Tal, with the help of a handshake-buzzer, defeat an alien invasion. "The Stone of the Dying Druid," art by Paul Parker; Eddie Bishop finds a cursed stone that compels him to commit robberies and murder. "The Mystery of the Stolen Secrets," art by Odgen Whitney; Starr Flagg must determine how Black Dan is unknowingly sending secrets to enemy spies. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $330.00 Paper: Cream to off white Pedigree: Crowley Crowley Copy. Label #0083588015

Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Capt. Marvel Jr. tries to keep the biggest dog in the world from destroying everything in its path. Nyoka seeks a way to prevent a strange disease from destroying a rubber plantation. Western hero Hopalong Cassidy faces off against a sinister hypnotist. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Cover may be the work of longtime Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The World's Largest Dog; Trader Tom; Lumber Jack; Nyoka: The Rubber Pox Plague; Bulletman: The Death Jump; Vacuum Bloobstutter's Bodacious Broadcast; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: The True Friend; Kanvasback: Molar Mauler; Hopalong Cassidy: The Hypnotist's Spell. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $1,100.00 Paper: Off white Label #3923648012

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by George Evans, Matt Baker, Joe Doolin, Frank Doyle, Walter Palais, and Maurice Whitman. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. In the Lost World, Hunt and Lyssa discover the hideous truth about the ominously-named Project Monster; Mysta goes on vacation in disguise, but finds trouble anyway, in a story by good-girl art legend Matt Baker; Futura prepares to return to Earth, unaware that Mentor and the Brainmen have survived and crave revenge. Bondage cover by Joe Doolin. The Lost World; Futura; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Holiday on Venus; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,950.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #0237110004

Cover pencils possibly by Mike Sekowsky. Firebrand, the Scourge of the Pacific starring Sub-Mariner, Namora, and Firebrand, art by Ken Bald. One Way Ticket text story. Murder Through the Mind starring Sub-Mariner, Namora, and Dr. Macabre. You Can't Get Away With Murder starring the Blonde Phantom and Miss Armanda. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $1,695.00 Paper: Off white Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back; Significant scuff(s) inner well; Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #0713456001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($50.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils possibly by Mike Sekowsky. Firebrand, the Scourge of the Pacific starring Sub-Mariner, Namora, and Firebrand, art by Ken Bald. One Way Ticket text story. Murder Through the Mind starring Sub-Mariner, Namora, and Dr. Macabre. You Can't Get Away With Murder starring the Blonde Phantom and Miss Armanda. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $1,450.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4102699001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($43.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils possibly by Mike Sekowsky. Firebrand, the Scourge of the Pacific starring Sub-Mariner, Namora, and Firebrand, art by Ken Bald. One Way Ticket text story. Murder Through the Mind starring Sub-Mariner, Namora, and Dr. Macabre. You Can't Get Away With Murder starring the Blonde Phantom and Miss Armanda. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $435.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Tape on interior cover. Label #1482221025 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.05) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Syd Shores. First appearance of Two Gun Kid in "Introducing the Two Gun Kid," art by Syd Shores; The Two-Gun Kid and his horse Cyclone ride into the town of Sundown, Arizona; There a stray bullet zips by knocking off the cowboy's had; Suspecting trouble, Two-Gun rushes to the saloon where the shot rang out from and finds a man shot in the arm for refusing to take a drink with another. First appearance of Blaze Carson (unnamed) in "The Sheriff"; The Sheriff is spending his quiet day playing checkers with one of the locals when he hears someone beating up on a horse. "Two Hungry Hikers" text story. "The Code of the West," art by Syd Shores; Dry Gultch, Nevada has been plagued with a series of bank robberies that has kept the town living in fear, and the sheriff unable to catch the gang responsible; 20 minutes after the most recent robbery, Sheriff Winn gathers a posse to go out looking for the thieves and bring them to justice. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $4,999.95 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1206430004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($150.00) will be charged at checkout.

Art by Matt Baker and others. Cover by Matt Baker. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. This, the March 1948 issue, is technically the fourteenth issue, but the May issue was also erroneously numbered #14. Treasure hunters seek sacred precious stones that Rulah has sworn to protect; Hagga tries to have Rulah made into a jungle outcast; Renegade Jacque Legreed tries to frame Rulah for a safari's fatal journey. The Pearls of Patmos; Condemned; The Trek of Danger. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.