Adventure comic books issue 23

Giveaway/promotional comic distributed at Shoney's and other restaurants across the US (regular listings are for Shoney's copies; other restaurants will have variant designations). Each issue includes a kids' menu, games, puzzles, and activities. Published by Paragon Products. Full color, 7-in x 10-in.

Add to cart Very Fine $3.20

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THING takes on a MOLOID infestation! FANTASTIC FOUR vs. SUPER SKRULL! Fantastic fun for the whole family! 32 PGS./All Ages. (W) Brian Reed, Mark Sable (A) Ray-Anthony Height, Walden Wong, Tim Levins, Jaime Mendoza (CA) Ale Garza Cover price $2.99.

Story and Art by Xiao Tong Kong, Jean Wei, Jack Sjogren and Mari Arakaki. Cover by Jonatan Cantero. Finn and Jake are entrusted with the keys to the Breakfast Kingdom, which they will absolutely not lose in any way. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Story and Art by Xiao Tong Kong, Jean Wei, Jack Sjogren and Mari Arakaki. Cover by Igor Wolski. Finn and Jake are entrusted with the keys to the Breakfast Kingdom, which they will absolutely not lose in any way. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Story and Art by Xiao Tong Kong, Jean Wei, Jack Sjogren and Mari Arakaki. Cover by Gustavo Duarte. Finn and Jake are entrusted with the keys to the Breakfast Kingdom, which they will absolutely not lose in any way. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

"I Am Death!" (art by Joe Maneely), "Call of the Wild Goose" (art by Al Eaden), "An Old man's Fancy!" (art by Dan Loprino), "Bok-Tol Makes a Boo-Boo," "The Kiss of Death," and a two-page text story, "The Eternal Murderer!" Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Joe Maneely, Al Eadeh, Dan Loprino, John Rosenberger, and Manny Stallman. These tales of horror, sci-fi, and suspense will take you on Adventures into Alien Worlds! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 23, Issue 1 - January 1956. Formerly New Detective Magazine. Adventure articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 23, Issue 2 - March 1956. Formerly New Detective Magazine. Adventure articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 23, Issue 3 - May 1956. Formerly New Detective Magazine. Adventure articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 84 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Canadian edition with $.75 cover price. It's the archaeological treasure of the century, and Indy knows where to find it! But he must infiltrate a well-guarded island controlled by a mad dictator, trek through dangerous enemy territory, and then dive to the bottom of a rocky waterfall! Piece of cake, right? Herb Trimpe wrote, penciled and inked "The Secret of the Deep." Cover by Mike Golden. Cover price $0.75.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Art Gates and others. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A rodeo queen is a master of horses, but awkward with men; Gwen finds worldwide success as a model, but loses the man who discovered her; Advice on how to know if he really loves you. Cover Girl; No Place for Elly; Campus Romance; Rodeo Romance; Moochers Never Marry; Sleepwalking Sweetheart; Love Cheat; Does He Really Love You?; Stand-In for Love; Beautiful But Rich!; To Thine Own Love Be True. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Dennis Mallonee, art by Jeff Tompkins, and Paul Abrams. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $4.99.

Written by unknown. Art by unknown. Cover by Owen Fitzgerald? Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis head to Venice in a 3-part untitled tale! Plus: Varsity Vic untitled 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff. And: Kitty Karr untitled back-up story. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 23 - 1st printing. "October 1961/April 1962!" Collects Adventures into the Unknown (1948-1967 ACG) #129-133. Cover by Ogden Whitney. Adventure back into the Unknown with this latest PS Artbooks softie title, Adventures into the Unknown Volume 23! With the artistic talents of legends such as Ogden Whitney, John Forte, Paul Reinman, John Rosenberger, Chic Stone, Dic Beck, Derek Rutherford, Pete Constanza, and the great Kurt Schaffenberger, they gave us heroes, dinosaurs, aliens, monsters, ghosts, wizards and witches enough to satisfy all growing ghouls and boys! Softcover, 180 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

Cover by Jack Sparling. Stories and art by Jack Sparling and Jack O'Brien. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy sets out to avenge his prospector friend Jeb, murdered by his partner after they struck gold. Billy rescues a boy from a stampede and gets caught up in a murderous plot on a ranch. When Billy swears to give up his guns, outlaws see their chance. Hatred Made the Desert Hotter; The Maverick; The Prince Albert Kid; The Silver Tongue of Death; The Loan Arranger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

#23. Volume 6, Issue 3. With a full color cover and perfect bound publication, this issue reprints the entire story of "The Headless Staffel," originally published in August 1935, in facsimile format. Softcover, 112 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $9.95.

Volume 23, 1st Printing - "Hard Money" by Luke Short. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $25.50 View scan 2 1/2" cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Water damage.

Art cover with small round John Wayne photo inset. Cover art by John Rosenberger. Death on Wheels, art by John Rosenberger; John Wayne assists the police in tracking down a killer. The Green Horror, art by John Rosenberger; John Wayne in the Caribbean amidst the man-eating grass called "the green horror." Murder in Hong Kong, art by John Rosenberger. Wedding Belle text story with Memphis Smith Private Eye by Donald George. Tookie Falls For Fashion, art by Vic Herman. Charles Atlas strip ad. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $80.00 View scans 2" cover-to-cover tear/puncture. Moisture damage.

Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Burt Frohman and unknown. Art by Howie Post, Mort Lawrence, Reed Crandall, Myron Fass, Larry Woromay and Matt Fox. The strangest men's adventures ever told! In this issue: "Nothing Is Left Alive!" with art by Howie Post; "The Bones..." with art by Mort Lawrence; "The Drowning Witch" with art by Reed Crandall; "The Wrong Body!" by Burt Frohman and Myron Fass; "The Thief!" with art by Larry Woromay and Matt Fox; and 2-page retitled text story "The Midas Curse!" (originally titled "The Curse of the Coin"), reprinted from Suspense (1950) #1. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by George Roussos, Ben Benulis, Jack Abel, Al Luster, Tony DiPreta, and Larry Woromay. Weird tales of horror and suspense—prepare yourself for Adventures into Terror! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Gary Carlson. Art by Ronald C. Williams. Ultragirl has been furious since she found out that her father wasnt really dead for all those years, but what – or who – has gotten into her to make her angry enough to go on a rampage in Empire City, destroying buildings and putting citizens in danger? Now its up to her best and oldest friend Thunder Girl to calm her down. Plus a Not So Secret Origin of the Golden Age Ultiman. And finally, can a hero be made of Glass? Full Color. 36 pages. Cover price $4.95.

Original cover price: $4.00. The Hero Games Quarterly. In this issue: The Secret History - Mysteries from Horror Hero: Endless Nightmares; The Cassandra Matrix - An Adventure for Cyber Hero; More Realistic Spell Casting - How to put the magic back in Fantasy Hero; Running a Super Hero Game in a Soap Opera Style - Enough said!; New Fantasy Character Archetypes - The Knight-Templar, Acrobat, and more; Base Time for Skills - An optional skill sub-system; The College of Alchemy - a new look at Alchemy. Cover price $4.00.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $5.20

Add to cart VG 4.0 $3.20

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Add to cart Good $2.65

#23 "Captain Sam Reid" 1980. Promotional comic featuring stories, nautical facts, games and puzzles. Standard size comic, full color, 16-pages, all newsprint, no cover price.

Canadian edition with $.75 cover price. Clark Kent exiles himself to the Old West in "Superboy Who Never Was." Continued from last issue. Characters: Toby Manning (Terra Man): origin retold; Ma Kent; Pa Kent. Written by Cary Bates, with art by Kurt Schaffenberger and Dave Hunt. Plus: 8-page Superboy's Secret Diary story "Day of the Secret Signal," featuring the origin of Superboy's signal lamp. Characters: President Kennedy. Written by E. Nelson Bridwell, with art by John Calnan and Joe Giella. Also: a letter from Todd McFarlane. Cover by Schaffenberger and Hunt. Cover price $0.75.

Volume 23 - 1st printing. "Professor Sato's Three Formulae: Part 2!" Written by Edgar P. Jacobs. Art by Edgar P. Jacobs and Bob De. Cover by Bob De. Time for Captain Blake to enter the scene and face... Robo-Mortimer! Professor Sató, who has made incredible advances in the field of cybernetics, has been kidnapped by Olrik. A cautious man, Sató had revealed to Professor Mortimer the hiding place of the three formulae that govern his discoveries, and asked him to protect them if need be. Unfortunately, Mortimer is eventually captured as well, and Olrik makes a robotic copy of him to retrieve the formulae. Now, though, Captain Blake is coming to Japan, hell-bent on finding his old friend... Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 56 pages, full color. Cover price $13.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $8.00

Promotional comic featuring stories, nautical facts, games and puzzles. Standard size comic, full color, 16-pages, all newsprint, no cover price.

Volume 23 - 1st printing. "Master of the Death-Madness!" Written by Norvell Page (as Grant Stockbridge). Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Mark Jewelers Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover price $0.20.

This is Magazine is a companion series to Doctor Who (1979-Present Marvel UK) Magazine. Each issue may feature posters, fact-files, previews, reviews, behind the scenes features, questions and answers, interviews, quizzes, puzzles, activities, fan letters, pictures and artwork.

Some issues also include comic strip adventures!

Slick full color cover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 34 pages, full color. All Ages

Add to cart Very Fine $7.99

Volume 23 - 1st printing. "FirRed & LeafGreen: Part 1!" Written by Hidenori Kusaka. Art and cover by Satoshi Yamamoto. As the battle between Legendary Pokemon Groudon and Kyogre rages on, so does the battle to control the orbs that control them. Then, when tragedy strikes, long hidden secrets are revealed, and Ruby comes to a profound realization. Now, what role will Ruby's secret sixth Pokemon play in turning things around...? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 240 pages, B&W. All Ages NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Add to cart NM 9.4 $10.00 View scans

Not numbered. Dated March 1973. Classic SF pulp reprint stories by Richard S. Shaver (as Alexander Blade), Stanton A. Coblentz, Chester S. Geier, William P. McGivern (as P. F. Costello), Leroy Yerxa, Frances M. Deegan, Chester S. Geier (as Guy Archette), and William Lawrence Hamling. Cover price $0.60.

Story, art and cover by Walt Kelly. Peter Wheat is the inch-high hero of the Wheat Field, where he lives with his insect friends. The giveaway comics were created for a national bread consortium by comics genius Walt Kelly, artist of Pogo. Peter and Turtle investigate after timber stops coming downstream from the logging camp. In the mole burrows, they walk into a trap set by the Grand Wizard, who has used a spell to turn himself into a fire-breathing dragon. Peter engages the dragon, but it keeps on getting bigger.... 16 pages, Full Color.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $5.00 View scan Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Missing front cover.

Cover inks by Louis Cazeneuve. Stories and art by Louis Cazeneuve and Pete Morisi. Tales of action and suspense from this early Charlton title, often employing stories acquired from defunct publishers like Fawcett. A magic lamp sends Lance O'Casey, his friends and the Professor back to the era of dinosaurs and "Pre-Men." Nyoka the Jungle Girl goes after poachers who are dealing in live gorillas, or gorilla smugglers. The backup story is not an adaptation of the poem Wreck of the Hesperus, but a Skipper Hoy sea adventure in which sailors face smugglers. First issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. Lance O'Casey: The Lamp of Three Wishes; Hunting Rhino in Uganda; Calling Mr. Fox; Skipper Hoy: That Wreck, the Hesperus!; Wild, Prince of Thieves; Nyoka, the Jungle Girl: The Gorilla Smugglers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Good $2.65

The Marvel variants of the Gladstone series ran issues #21-32 only. The Marvel variants are identical to the Gladstone editions except for the Disney/Marvel logo in upper left corner of cover, AND the publication months as shown on the covers are even-numbered months, whereas the Gladstone editions sport odd-numbered months. Cover by Don Rosa. Stories and art by Marco Rota, Gary Gabner, and Carsten Jacobsen. Adventures of Donald and the Ducks from European and American artists. Donald's ancient ancestor Andold battles the Vikings who have sized Mac Danold Castle. To free the imprisoned ducks, Andold must challenge the Viking leader to a duel. Andold Wild Duck. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.50.

UK reprint series. This issue reprints "Hounds and Hares" from John Wayne Adventure Comics (1949-1955 Toby Press) #26, and "Ghost Gang" from Straight Arrow (1950 Magazine Enterprises) #11. 36 pages, B&W, 6D cover price.

Volume 23 - 1st printing. "A Cure for the Daltons!"

Written by Rene Goscinny. Art by Morris.

ustrian Professor Otto von Himbeergeist arrives in the New World with some very strange ideas: Criminals are victims of their past and can be cured of their lawlessness. To prove his theories, the scientist intends to travel to the Wild West and attempt to reform the worst possible outlaws of the land. What better targets than the baddest, dumbest bandits ever, the Dalton brothers? And who will be tasked with keeping a close watch on the experiment, with some unexpected but always hilarious results? Why, Lucky Luke, of course!

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, full color.

Cover price $11.95.

Add to cart Fine $7.49

Add to cart Fine $7.49

Volume 23 -1st printing. Softcover, 124 pages, Text ( with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

NOTE: Series becomes High Adventure SC (1991-2009 Adventure House) with #24.

Cover price $6.00.

DC b&w reprints.