Comic books September 1954

Art by Dudley Page. 24 pages.

Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Adventures of Mental Man starring Superman, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Jungle Circus starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. The World Series of Tomorrow starring Tommy Tomorrow, art by Jim Mooney. Vigilante -- Foreign Correspondent, art by Howard Sherman. 44 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Win Mortimer. Work Can Be Fun public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Super Brat of Smallville, script by Otto Binder, art by John Sikela; Bradley Ashton causes trouble for Superboy. The Lagoon of Doom starring Aquaman, art by Ramona Fradon. Jimmy Olsen #1 ad, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. Supergram the Superman Puzzle Game. Johnny Quick, King of Comedy, art by Ralph Mayo. Varsity Vic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Amazing Arrowthon starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. 44 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $29.00 View scan 1/4" spine split from top.	Add to cart GD 2.0 $24.00 View scan	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $19.00 View scan 3-1/2" cumulative spine split, cover detached.	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $19.00 View scan
Add to cart FR 1.0 $12.00 View scan	Add to cart FR 1.0 $12.00 View scan Cover detached. Near full length spine split (taped).

"Lost Patrol," "Sightless Sniper," "Phantom Army," and "The Three Tanks!" Edited by Whitney Ellsworth and Robert Kanigher. Cover by Jerry Grandenetti. Stories by David V. Reed, Sam Burlockoff, Joe Giella, Irwin Hasen, David V. Reed, Howard Purcell, Bob Stuart, Causin, George Papp, Ed Herron, and Mort Meskin. Adventure tales of war and the military, including some humor—go into combat with All American Men of War! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Sept 1954. Science fiction stories by Robert Moore Williams, Arnold Marmor, Milton Lesser, Winston Marks, Win Kinney, and P.F. Costello. Cover by Ralph Castenir. 5-1/2 in. x 7-1/2 in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $79.00 View scans Oxidation.

Add to cart PGX 9.4 $1,000.00 View scans This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.00) will be charged at checkout. Paper: Off white to white Sample copy. Highest graded. Includes original publishers note dated 09/23/1954.

Cover by Ed Moritz. Art by Frank Fogarty and Jack Berrill. Sports comics from Famous Funnies, focusing on the career of baseball legend Willie Mays. Mays finds fame through a combination of amazing sports skills and a memorable catchphrase, the "Say Hey Kid." Profiles of other baseball greats, including Mel Ott and Christy Mathewson. Willie Mays' baseball tips and classic plays. The Early Life of Willie Mays; Say Hey Kid in Action; Mel Ott; Willie's Favorite Story; Willie's Tips to You; Christy Mathewson; Balls and Strikes; Here's Miracle Willie and His Super-Plays; Splinters; Diamond Doings. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $172.00 View scans Cover loose at one staple. Pencil marks on interior pages.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $69.95 View scan This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.10) will be charged at checkout. It has been graded by MyComicShop's experienced graders. Interior is complete. Full length spine split, cover attached to book with piece of tape. Staples added. (not manufacturing)

Add to cart Coverless 0.3 $24.95 View scan This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($0.75) will be charged at checkout. It has been graded by MyComicShop's experienced graders.

Join Archie and his crew in "How To Make It! - How To Fix It!" Archie's Mechanics No.1 from Sept., 1954. This nifty comic book, with the help of Archie Andrews, Betty, Veronica, and even Jughead, shows you the "mechanics" of a wide range of "new era" things including a new atomic locomotive, the low-down on hi-fi, color TV, plus the "ABC's of power steering and power brakes!" Inside this 52-page issue, learn "What's Inside a Baseball," "The Pitch on Bike Care," "How to take Better Summer Photos," and much more! Cover price $0.15.

Sept 1954. Volume 54, Issue 1 - 1st printing. Science fiction stories by Fredric Brown, Maurice Ogden and Betty Fuller, Mark Clifton and Frank Riley, Roger Dee, and Oscar A. Boch. Illustrations by Freas, Shapiro, and van Dongen. Article on interstellar flight (part 3). Cover by Frank Kelly Freas. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; 168 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Sculptress of Doom, art by Ken Rice; The evil-minded Corella is a sculptress who can capture her model's souls in her statues; Her husband George finds out about it and has to decide between his wife and his life. Curse of the Condemned Gypsy, art by Jay Scott Pike; A violin is charged with a gypsy curse: the person who plays it, will commit a murder. Over My Dead Body, art by Lou Cameron; In a scheme to get his insurance money, struggling painter Ben Ober agrees to a fake burial of his comatose body. The Amulet of Terror, pencils by Mike Sekowsky. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Win Mortimer. Work Can Be Fun! public service announcement with Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. "The Voyage of the First Batmarine!", script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris; After volunteering to become divers to remove explosives underwater at great depths, the Dynamic Duo are unable to properly rise to the surface slowly enough to prevent the bends. Batman Whirly-word Game activity page by Martin Naydel. "The Joker's Winning Team!", script by Bill Woolfolk, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Stan Kaye; A baseball game inspires the Joker to become a manager of crime, as he decides to "trade" various crooks for others who have specialized talents that he can use to commit various crimes. Two-page Jerry the Jitterbug story by Henry Boltinoff. One-page Casey the Cop story by Henry Boltinoff. Hotel Cop article, art by Raymond Perry. "Batman--Indian Chief!", script by France Herron, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane), inks by Stan Kaye; The Dynamic Duo come upon a duo dressing very much the same as the famed Batman and Robin, these being an Indian version; They are asked by the wounded "Man-of-the-Bats" to substitute for he and his fighting aide in battling against Black Elk. 44 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $19.00 View scan

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $12.75 View scan

"Snow" (art by Jay Scott Pike), "Bataan" (art by George Tuska), "When Rome Fell" (art by John Severin), "Flying Circus" (art by Paul Reinman), and a two-page text story, "Promotion For a Private." Russ Heath cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $8.10

"To the Victors," "Buddies" (art by Tony Mortellaro), "The Glory Hound" (art by Mortellaro), "The Paratrooper Boots," and "The Treatment." Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $60.00 View scans This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.80) will be charged at checkout. It has been graded by MyComicShop's experienced graders.

"Across the Han" (art by Paul Reinman), "Rescue" (art by Joe Sinnott), "Garibald" (art by Myron Fass), "In Flanders' Fields" (art by Tony DiPreta), and a two-page text story, "A Hero's Son." Joe Maneely cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $22.00 View scan	Add to cart GD 2.0 $18.00 View scan 1 1/2" Cumulative spine split.	Add to cart GD 2.0 $18.00 View scan RESTORATION. Tear seals, cover glued along spine.	Add to cart GD 2.0 $18.00 View scan
Add to cart GD- 1.8 $15.75 View scan 4-1/2" cumulative spine split.	Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $13.75 View scan

"Another Hill" (art by Joe Maneely), "Barbed Wire," "The Spartans" (art by Sid Check, heavily influenced by Wally Wood and Frank Frazetta), "Imphal," and a two-page text story, "News From the Front." Russ Heath cover. Cover price $0.10.

"Ghostly Sacrifice" (art by Art Gates), "Cry Danger," "His Own Funeral," and "Dwellers in Darkness" (art by Jay Disbrow). Myron Fass cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $159.00 View scans This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.77) will be charged at checkout. It has been graded by MyComicShop's experienced graders.

Nightmare Carnival, art by Ken Rice; Somewhere in France, the brothers Lebrun wage a private war against Jules du Mort; The cemetery on his property shall yield for the expansion of the Lebrun's carnival ground. Invitation from a Ghost, art by Louis Zansky; The author Peter Verold fights beliefs of superstition, traveling the country and debunking supernatural hoaxes. Waves of the Creeping Death, art by Jim McLaughlin. The Persevering Mummy; In an American museum a mummy comes alive. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $12.75 View scan Staple rust with migration.

Volume 2, Issue 2 - September 1954. Fantasy anthology pulp magazine. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 160 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations throughout) Cover price $0.35.

Stories and art by Ed Newman and others. Adventures of funny animals with alliterative names, plus puzzle pages. Billy Bunny tries to keep Daffy Dragon from being executed by the king. Detectives Eddie Elephant and Charley Chimp are captured by gangsters hiding out on an Army shooting range, in a story with wacky art possibly by "Hi-Ho" artist Holly Chambers. Plus adventures of Zingo the Zooper Zebra and other funny animals. Billy Bunny; Zingo the Zooper Zebra; Billy Bunny Boo-Boos; Bow Wow Hero; A Haunting We Will Go; Pixie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Arrowhead Apperance Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $60.00 View scans

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $36.00 View scans 1/2" Spine split from bottom. Staple rust with migration.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $24.50 View scan

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $19.50 View scan

Blackhawk stars in "Fang, the Merciless," "The Iron Curtain Destroyer," and "The Death-Digger." Chop-Chop back-up story. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $21.00

Final issue of the series. "Law of the Lash" (art by Jay Disbrow), "Silver King," "Apache Warcry," and "The Ambush." Cover price $0.10.

Issue features Blondie and Dagwood in "The Prisoner," "The Problem," "The Budget," and "The Raise." Issue also has half-page gag strips with the Flop Family, Colonel Potterby and the Duchess, and a one-page text stories "Growing Pains and "The Little Skunk." Story and art credits: unknown. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 9 - September 1954. Men's interest magazine focusing on sports, celebrities, war, and glamour girls. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. She had lost him -- the only man she loved! Bob had given himself to her once, but she had turned him down! Don't miss..."Too Many Proposals"! Also featuring: "Marry Me Now"; "Free with His Kisses"; and "He Avoided Me"! Plus: 1-page text story "Love Among the Neighbors"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $3.60

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $2.70

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $2.70

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $1.80

Cover by Ralph Heimdahl. Stories by Don R. Christensen and various. Art by Phil de Lara and Fred Abranz. Featuring several untitled tales starring Bugs Bunny, Santa Claus, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig, Cicero Pig and Buckskin (Buck) Bunny (uncle of Bugs Bunny)! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Candy stars in: "Brain Over Brawn"; "Handy Candy"; "Mower Power to You"; and "Out-Door Girl"! Plus: Gabby in "The Worm Turns" and "The Fourth Estate"! Also: Candy in 1-page reprint text story co-starring Ted Dawson and Edgar Buckley. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 2, Issue 6 - September 1954. Men's interest magazine featuring War, Hunting, and Adventure stories, along with cartoons, and in later issues Pictorials. This issue features Locked in a Harem, Terror in the Alps, High Man on a Pigstick, and Hunt in Deadly Valley! 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 90 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $52.25 View scans This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.57) will be charged at checkout. It has been graded by MyComicShop's experienced graders. Cover detached.

(A-1 No. 116) Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Bob Powell. Cover by Bob Powell. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #116. Classic good-girl art by Bob Powell, as a girl raised by wolves becomes the jungle hero Cave Girl. Cave Girl saves a lost baby from vengeful natives; Jungle lord Thun'da investigates a murder in the French Foreign Legion; Cave Girl fights to save a village from an Amazon raid. Featuring early stories by future comics legend Gardner Fox. The Mau Mau Killers!; Thunda: The Price of Murder!; Altar of the Axe; The Jungle Badman! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, issue 6 - September 1954. Men's interest magazine focusing on celebrities, athletes, and pin-up models. 4-in. x 5 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $18.25 View scan	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $16.75 View scan	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $12.25 View scan	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $12.25 View scan
Add to cart VG- 3.5 $12.25	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $10.75	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $10.75	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $10.75 View scan
Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $9.20	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $9.20 View scan	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $9.20	Add to cart GD 2.0 $7.70
Add to cart GD 2.0 $7.70

The Mutineers, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 123, with 9/54 date). Cover price $0.15.

Painted cover art by Dik Browne. "Rumpelstiltskin," script by the Brothers Grimm (adapted from their original story), art by William A. Walsh; A mysterious little man helps a miller's daughter spin straw into gold then demands her first born child as payment; When she correctly guesses the little man's name, he disappears and she lives happily ever after. "The Miller, His Son, and Their Donkey," script by Aesop (adapted from his original story), art by William A. Walsh; A miller is criticized by the townspeople—and tries to accommodate them—but finally realizes he cannot please everyone. :"3 Wise Men of Gotham," art by Alex A. Blum; Nursery rhyme about three men going to sea in a bowl. Article about giraffes, art by William A. Walsh. Rumpelstiltskin pinup on back cover, art by William A. Walsh. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

Rumpelstiltskin. NOTE: We do not currently differentiate between HRN 576 copies and other HRN #'s of Classics Illustrated Junior reprints. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $16.75 View scan

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $12.50 View scan

Combat Kelly in "The Dreadnoughts of the Air," "Panther Lady," and "Patrol Action Only" (art on all by Dave Berg). Back-up story, "Buddies" and a two-page text story, "Booby Traps." Cover price $0.10.