Comic books March 1954, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $400.00 Paper: White Label #4388388007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.00) will be charged at checkout.

"Bigger and Bitter"; Betty is going to give Archie a professional photo of herself for his birthday; Veronica finds out and goes to the same photographer and has a much larger photo made of herself. "Snooty Cuties!"; Veronica invites Archie to a party she's hosting for some high-class girls. "Wiser Adviser"; Archie gets mad when Betty knows more than he does. "On the Other Foot"; Reggie reads that a shoe store has a case of shoes only for the right foot; Betty remembers that Jughead bought a grab bag box at an auction that only had left foot shoes. "Plots to You" text story. "The Hic Parade," art by Joe Edwards; Betty tries to cure Veronica of the hiccups. Archie Giant Series ad. "One of Those Daze"; No matter what Reggie says to Moose about Midge, he gets beaten up. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $99.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3802994021 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera. Stories by Dick Wood, Paul Gustavson and unknown. Art by Dick Dillin, Paul Gustavson and Chuck Cuidera. Featuring Blackhawk in: "Plan of Death" by Dick Wood, Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera; "The Blackhawks Wanted for Murder" with art by Dillin and Cuidera; and "The Sky Sleds" with art by Dillin and Cuidera. Plus: Chop Chop in an untitled back-up story by Paul Gustavson, reprinted from issue #37 (with a page cut and content changes). And: 1-page text story "The Obvious Clue," reprinted (and retitled) from Plastic Man (1943 Vital/Quality) #35. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $569.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #3991629008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($17.07) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Origin of the Batcave starring Batman and Robin, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane), inks by Charles Paris. Start the Day Off Right public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Puzzle of the Blind Artist! starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, script by Jack Miller, art by Ruben Moreira. Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Mission to Mystery! starring Captain Compass, script by Otto Binder, art by Joe Certa. Robot Detective article by Jack Miller (as Jack Mason). The Riddle of the Doomed Magicians! starring Mysto Magician Detective, script by George Kashdan, art by Leonard Starr. 44 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $320.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4144408007

Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and Hy Fleishman. Pre-Code tales of EC-style horror from Story Comics. A killer attempts a bank robbery, and manages to get into the vault...but can he get out? A nurse falls for her invalid patient's husband, and an evil idea begins to form. Temperance-minded Zacharias beats his new son-in-law for drinking, but his daughter gets an ironic revenge. Dream of Death!; The Dirty Trick; Death Signs His Name ; Shadows of Death; The Shakes. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $1,000.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4385984016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Bill Williams. Stories and art by Hal Seeger and Bill Williams. GI Jane is part of the WACs (Women's Army Corps), allowing her cartoonists, Hal Seeger and Bill Williams, to combine military humor with plentiful good-girl art. Jane gets jealous when Tom's "sick friend" appears to be a beautiful woman. Jane wants to date other men than Tom, but the other soldiers don't want to incur the wrath of superior officer Tom. PX (post exchange) Pete, a Sad Sack-like grunt, has insomnia on maneuvers, but when he gets a rest cure, he only dreams of Sarge and being on maneuvers. Miss-Understanding; Such Brass; Patti: The Dream Man in the Nightmare; That G.I. Desire; PX Pete: Night Maneuvers; Jill Jones, WAC: The Brush-Off; The Sarge. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $235.00 Paper: White Label #4369221003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.05) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Carl Burgos, inks by Sol Brodsky. The Castle of Shadows!, art by Doug Wildey; When a man returns to the family castle, he finds that stories among the locals of him inheriting the curse of lycanthropy are true. The Headhunters text story. When Death Comes A-Calling; When a truck strikes a small boy and kills him, Death grants him a reprieve. The World Within, art by Robert Q. Sale; A man whose face is scarred by Nazi torturers escapes to an underground world where he is accepted by the blind people who live there. One Extra Head, art by Dan Loprino; When a carnival owner finds a woman with two heads to join the man with two heads on stage, the two-headed man finds his response to her is disgust, just the same as everyone else. From Under the Earth!, art by Chuck Winter. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $225.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4392292009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.75) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. E.C. Fan-Addict Club ad. "Little Orphan Melvin!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; Daddy is continually too late to save Melvin from danger, and also cannot save himself from Mommy; Little Orphan Annie comic strip parody. "The Raven," script by Edgar Allan Poe, art by Bill Elder; An adaptation of Poe's poem "The Raven." Ad for Panic magazine. "Bop Jokes!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by John Severin; Five gags using Bop terms. "Operation Under-the-Ground" (Chapter 3) text story. "Hah! Noon!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; Marshall Kane dithers about leaving town, beats up another marshall, and kills some accomplices of Miller before subduing Miller without violence; Parody of the Gary Cooper film "High Noon." 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $125.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3712150016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.75) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Irv Novick. Abandon Ship, script by Bob Kanigher, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Bernard Sachs. The Flying Crackerbox, script by Joseph Daffron, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. The Blue and the Gray, script by Ed (France) Herron, art by Frank Giacoia. TNT Mail, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Joe Giella. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $89.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3712150025 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.67) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Irv Novick. The Big Lift, script by France Herron, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Sy Barry. The Last Weapon, script by France Herron, art by Jim McArdle. Gen. Hunger, art by Howard Sherman. War Under the Sphinx, script by France Herron, art by Jerry Grandenetti. Private War and General Little humor one-page stories by Irwin Hansen. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $449.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1482262014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.47) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Dick Giordano, inks by Vince Alascia. Edited by Al Fago. "Beautiful Night for Murder!", script by Carl Memling, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; Ferdy Costigan murders his domineering wife and puts the blame on a serial killer on the loose. "Moment of Decision," art by Dick Giordano; Tim Fenwick is a robber and murderer on the run; Loaded with two heavy bags of money, Fenwick has a choice: Pay off his cruel creditor Ozzy or turn himself in to the police? "Quick Exit," art by Art Cappello; Guy stealing the box office of a circus has to hide inside a lion's cage. "The Witch of Winchlozick" text story. "Surprise Ending," art by Dick Giordano; A murder plan goes wrong; The wrong person is killed, but the killer won't live long, either. "Dead Man's Revenge," art by Tony Tallarico; Two rivals for a woman's love kill each other at sea. "10 Cent's Worth of Doom!", script by Carl Memling, art by Stan Campbell; A holdup murderer feels haunted by a special dime his victim was carrying; He gets hectic, nervous and finally loses his head. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $449.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1618318015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.47) will be charged at checkout.

The Last Stop, art by Gene Colan; When a gangster carries out a mob hit, he unintentionally catches his wife and children in the crossfire. Guinea Pig, art by Jack Katz; When a scientist rockets his assistant into space, aliens capture the craft and inject the man with a serum that increases his strength and drives him mad. The Busybody text story. A Grave Mistake, art by Tony DiPreta. To the Stars, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Sy Barry; In 1980, men build a colony on the moon. It Could Be You, art by Vic Carrabotta. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $125.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4356436006

Cover art by Win Mortimer. Superboy's Advisor!, art by John Sikela; After a cyclotron explodes while Superboy is flying it into space, the poor lad can't remember a thing! The Demon Reporter! starring Alex Jones of the Smallville Herald, art by John Sikela. Start the Day Off Right! public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Varsity Vic humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. Paging Young Mr. America article. The Amazing Elephant Boy from Smallville!, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Sy Barry. Peg humor page by Henry Boltinoff. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $400.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4108037001

Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Toughest Job In the World starring Superman, art by Al Plastino. The Dog Who Loved Superman starring Superman and The Professor, script by Jerry Coleman, art by Al Plastino. St. Bernards of the Sea text story by William H. Prosser. The Terrible Trio starring Superman, The Terrible Trio, Lex Luthor, The Prankster, and The Toyman, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $2,975.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #2707582001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($89.25) will be charged at checkout.

Series continued from Three Dimensional E.C. Classics. Unless otherwise noted, this comic will not come with the original 3-D glasses. "The Trophy" (art by Jack Davis, story from Tales From the Crypt # 25), "The Strange Couple" (art by Bill Elder, story from Vault of Horror # 14), "Bats in My Belfry" (art by Johnny Craig, story from Tales From the Crypt # 24), and "The Thing From the Grave" (art by Joe Orlando, story from Tales From the Crypt # 22). Stories redrawn to 3-D format. Original stories not necessarily by the artists here. Al Feldstein cover. 36 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $250.00 Paper: Off white Label #4378734002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.50) will be charged at checkout.

Series continued from Three Dimensional E.C. Classics. Unless otherwise noted, this comic will not come with the original 3-D glasses. "The Trophy" (art by Jack Davis, story from Tales From the Crypt # 25), "The Strange Couple" (art by Bill Elder, story from Vault of Horror # 14), "Bats in My Belfry" (art by Johnny Craig, story from Tales From the Crypt # 24), and "The Thing From the Grave" (art by Joe Orlando, story from Tales From the Crypt # 22). Stories redrawn to 3-D format. Original stories not necessarily by the artists here. Al Feldstein cover. 36 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $499.00 Paper: Off white Label #1221129005 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.97) will be charged at checkout.

Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by Al Eadeh, John Forte, Bob Powell, Ed Winiarski, and Vince Colletta. Tantalizing tales of suspense and horror, sometimes with science fiction elements. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $600.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #1239662004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($18.00) will be charged at checkout.

First issue of the series (continues from Weird Fantasy and Weird Science). Cover art by Wallace Wood. "The Children," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wallace Wood; Colonists on a new world have their children taken from them by the government. "Fish Story," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Al Williamson (signed) and Roy Krenkel (underwater world panels); The fish life forms on a distant strange blue planet are faced with their fading sun soon going nova and exploding, only to leave their planet without life-sustaining oxygen; Then they see an alien vessel approaching and fill it with water and drown the crew inside. "Ninth Wonder" text story. "The Flying Machine," script by Ray Bradbury and Albert B. Feldstein (adaptation), art by Bernie Krigstein; When Emperor Yuan discovers that a villager has learned how to create a flying machine he has him killed so the secret won't fall into the wrong hands. "Fair Trade, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; After a nuclear holocaust, a tribe sells Manhattan Island to aliens. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $400.00 Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more Label #4022353011

First issue of the series (continues from Weird Fantasy and Weird Science). Cover art by Wallace Wood. "The Children," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wallace Wood; Colonists on a new world have their children taken from them by the government. "Fish Story," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Al Williamson (signed) and Roy Krenkel (underwater world panels); The fish life forms on a distant strange blue planet are faced with their fading sun soon going nova and exploding, only to leave their planet without life-sustaining oxygen; Then they see an alien vessel approaching and fill it with water and drown the crew inside. "Ninth Wonder" text story. "The Flying Machine," script by Ray Bradbury and Albert B. Feldstein (adaptation), art by Bernie Krigstein; When Emperor Yuan discovers that a villager has learned how to create a flying machine he has him killed so the secret won't fall into the wrong hands. "Fair Trade, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; After a nuclear holocaust, a tribe sells Manhattan Island to aliens. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $720.00 Paper: Off white Label #4108608005

Cover by Carl Burgos. Written by Joe Gill, Don Rico and unknown. Art by Carl Burgos, John Romita, Sr. and Bill Everett. In this issue: The Human Torch (Jim Hammond), Toro (Thomas Raymond) and the Vulture (Isidoro Scarlotti) in a story by Joe Gill and Carl Burgos; Captain America and Bucky in "Captain America Turns Traitor!" by Don Rico and John Romita, Sr.; the Sub-Mariner in a story with art by Bill Everett; and "Pursuit" text story. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.