Adventure comic books issue 24

Written by Matthew K. Manning. Art by Marcelo Ferreira and Chad Thomas. Cover by Dario Brizuela. 'Favorite Haunt,' Part 2! The sewers seem to be haunted by all manners of ghoulish ghosts and creatures... some are real, and some are not! Will Mike be able to convince his brothers of the truth? 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Matthew K. Manning. Art by Marcelo Ferreira and Chad Thomas. Cover by Patrick Parnell. 'Favorite Haunt,' Part 2! The sewers seem to be haunted by all manners of ghoulish ghosts and creatures... some are real, and some are not! Will Mike be able to convince his brothers of the truth? 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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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Add to cart Fine $2.65

(W) Kieth Giffen J. M. Dematteis, Jen Van Meter (A) Wellington Alves, Pepe Larraz (CA) Carlo Pagulayan Mark Sumerak (W) Ig Guara (A) Final Issue! Giant Bugs Attack The Earth! But That's Just The Beginning Of Giant Girl's Problems When The Bug She Loves Most, Ant Man, Disappears! Can Spider-Man Help Her Find Him? 32 Pgs./Reprint Material/All Ages ...$2.99 Cover price $2.99.

Written by Tyler Jenkins. Art by Boya Sun. Cover by Mike Lowery. When bandits invade the Candy Kingdom and make off with a month's supply of ice cream, it's up to Finn and Jake to become the roughest, toughest cowboys in Ooo and rescue the stolen supplies. Written and illustrated by Grass Kings' Tyler Jenkins! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Tyler Jenkins. Art by Boya Sun. Cover by LesLey Vamos. When bandits invade the Candy Kingdom and make off with a month's supply of ice cream, it's up to Finn and Jake to become the roughest, toughest cowboys in Ooo and rescue the stolen supplies. Written and illustrated by Grass Kings' Tyler Jenkins! 28 pages, full color.

Written by Tyler Jenkins. Art by Boya Sun. Cover by Robert Hack. When bandits invade the Candy Kingdom and make off with a month's supply of ice cream, it's up to Finn and Jake to become the roughest, toughest cowboys in Ooo and rescue the stolen supplies. Written and illustrated by Grass Kings' Tyler Jenkins! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $69.00 View scans 1" Cumulative spine split. Large piece missing from back cover. Staple added (not manufacturing). Staple rust with migration. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover art by Bill Everett. The One Who Was Dead, art by Paul Reinman; A man uses life restore serum to revive Cleopatra, but it also works on the Asp that she used to commit suicide, and it bites him. The Trap text story. He Kidnapped a Rocket; A criminal hijacks a rocket, but unknown to him, its destination is a space prison colony. The Hunter; A hunter winds up on a planet where animals are the masters and place humans in zoos. Halfway Home!, art by Chuck Winter; A scientist aboard a rocket without enough fuel to reach Earth wants to use a device to reduce the weight of the crew by half; when he tests it on a monkey, it shrinks the monkey to half-size. Look Out for the Martians, art by John Forte; A man realizes that he is actually a Martian that has been incubated into a human infant and only becomes aware of his identity once maturity has been reached. Human agents called 'scanners' attempt to neutralize him, but fail. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 24, Issue 3 - January 1957. 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 24, Issue 4 - March 1957. Cover by Martin Kay. Formerly New Detective Magazine. Adventure articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 82 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $5.80

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $3.10

Canadian edition with $.75 cover price. The Incas possessed many secrets, one of which is hidden in a vault that can only be unlocked with a human sacrifice! And that's just what Indy's rival, the archaeologist Klexx, plans to do! "Revenge of the Ancients" is written and penciled by Herb Trimpe, with finished art by Danny Bulanadi. Cover by Mike Golden. Cover price $0.75.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Sam Cooper, Mario Rizzi, Charles Quinlan Sr., John Costanza, Robert Brice, and Paul Cooper. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Jean must choose between a modeling career in New York, or settling down with the boy next door. Linda drives her boyfriend away with constant demands for attention and controlling behavior. A WAC (female soldier) falls for a handsome pilot while on assignment in Hawaii, but her fiance is still fighting overseas. Particularly nice cover by an unknown artist. The Boy Next Door; Whom Do You Love?; Maid of Honor; Romance at Waikiki; Promised Heart; Withered on the Vine! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by unknown. Art and Cover by Bob Oksner. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis star in an orange of a 3-part untitled tale! Plus: Hollywood Ha-Lights untitled reprint 1-pager by Harry Lampert; Pam untitled reprint back-up story; and Danny Downbeat untitled reprint 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Near Mint $27.00

Add to cart Near Mint $27.00

Volume 24 - 1st printing. Collects Adventures into the Unknown (1948-1967 ACG) #134-138. Cover by Ogden Whitney. Adventure back into the unknown with this latest PS Artbooks softie title, Adventures into the Unknown. With the artistic talents of legends such as Pete Constanza and the great Ogden Whitney they gave us heroes, dinosaurs, aliens, monsters, ghosts, wizards and witches enough to satisfy all growing ghouls and boys! Featuring Stories by Pete Costanza, Ogden Whitney, Tom Hickey, Harry Lazarus, Rudy Palais, Edd Ashe, Chic Stone, Dick Beck, Ed Hamilton, and John Forte. Softcover, 180 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

Cover by Jack Sparling. Stories and art by Jack Sparling, John Forte and Mell Lazarus. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy saves a man chained to a boulder, and gets mixed up in the strange killings involving masked men and a Baskervillian "phantom wildcat." Billy wants to help a woman save her lumber camp, but he's got a price on his head and a hunter on his trail. Billy gets involved in preventing a war between Comanches and Arapahoes. Plus an early cartoon by Mell Lazarus, creator of the Momma and Miss Peach comic strips. The Phantom Attacker; Man-Hunt; The Kidnappers!; Friendship's a Wonderful Thing; The Saga of the Sun Dance; Facts About the Wild, Wooly, Crazy, Mixed-Up West. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

#24. Volume 6, Issue 4. "I'm going blind . . . I can't see!" From all along the Yank front those reports came in - pitiful reports from troops sent up to stage a victory drive -troops that now fought on, grimly and hopelessly. And G-8, watching from the air, vowed grimly to avenge their slaughter, to track this horror scourge to its source and bust it wide open with crimson lead! Softcover, 112 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $9.95.

Volume 24, 1st Printing - "Jungle Murder" by Alan Amos. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

Art cover with small round John Wayne photo inset. Lionel trains ad. The Desert; John Wayne must lead a group through the desert. Red Flows the Amazon, art by Jack Sparling; John Wayne battles a gator. Ad for watches featuring Li Abner and Gene Autry. The Cowboys Saddle fact page. Incident In the North text story starring Wayne by Benton Rice. Death Climbs the Pyramid starring Wayne. Space Commander walkie talkies ad. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $189.95 or Best Offer View scans Centerfold detached. Interior oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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Sol Brodsky cover. "The Screaming Beasts" (art by George Tuska); "The Torture Master;" (art by Russ Heath); "No Guts!" (art by Joe Maneely); and "Buried Alive!" (art by John Romita). Two page text story, "The Terror at the Wayside Inn!" (Thanks to Grand Comics Database for the above artist information!) Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky. The Wax Men, art by Joe Sinnott; A man has dinner every night with wax figures around the table and refers to them as his family. Enough Rope text story. The Body Snatchers, art by Al Luster; Corpses rise to take revenge upon a doctor who deals with ghouls in order to procure bodies for his medical school. Juggernaut, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Gene Colan; A priest convinces followers to sacrifice themselves under the wheels of a heavy cart so that he can steal their belongings. Tennis Anyone?; A tennis player with poor form beats an expert with a racket consisting of strings of human intestine. The Last Man, art by Russ Heath; A bank robber shoots a clerk, and when he is slugged in the head by a police officer, he finds himself lost in a guilt induced fantasy where aliens have kidnapped all of Earth's population except for him and the clerk and the clerk dies in his arms from the bullet wound. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Story by Ray Mackay, Gary Carlson, and Charlie Boatner. Art by Ron Williams and Paul Bonnano. Cover by Ron Williams. Chaos rocks a charity carnival and brings Megaton face to face with a deadly new supervillain! But who is this mysterious Agent Orange and what does he want? And will the combined might of Megaton and Shutterbug be enough to stand up to his dangerous powers? Find out this and more in Big Bang Comics exciting 24th issue featuring Megaton in Chemical Warfare!! Plus, Astra the Rocket Girl is attacked by an alien Cog-Roach who wants her spaceship to escape a black hole. Full Color. 36 pages. Cover price $4.95.

Add to cart Very Good $4.00

The Hero Games Quarterly. In this issue: SWARM! - Insect and other swarms for the HERO System; Battle at Castle Rockwell - An Adventure for Fantasy Hero; Building Your Own Corporation - Guidelines from the co-author of Corporations; Kumite! - Background and rules for the 2nd annual GenCon Kumite!; Bustin' Broncs - Breaking wild horses in Fantasy Hero; New Martial Arts - Three new martial styles. Cover price $4.00.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $5.60

Add to cart VG 4.0 $3.20

Add to cart VG 4.0 $3.20

#24 "William Barker Cushing" 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. Cover pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt. Blind Boy's Bluff, script by E Nelson Bridwell, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt; After the Curator strikes Superboy with a Red Kryptonite bomb, the Boy of Steel is blind without his Kryptonian glasses; Characters: Humpty Dumpty (now the Curator); Red Kryptonite; Krypto; Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Lana Lang; Pete Ross. Plus: 8-page Superbaby story Little Green Men Who Weren't There, script by Bob Rozakis, pencils by John Calnan, inks by Frank McLaughlin; Superbaby foils an alien expedition to Earth while being baby-sat. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.75.

Volume 24 - 1st printing. "The Testament of William S!" Written by Yves Sente and Andre Jullard. Art by Bob De Moor and Andre Jullard. Cover by Bob De Moor and Andre Juillart. A fascinating investigation on the most famous playwright in history! In Venice, a boating accident leads to the discovery of a 400 year old text bearing the signature "W.S." and promising the truth about the "Shakespeare mystery." That very night, someone tries unsuccessfully to steal the precious document. The discoverer, Marquis Stefano Da Spiri, decides to send a copy of the document to a specialist of the Bard in London for stylistic authentication. As for the original, he entrusts it to an old comrade in arms from WW2: Captain Francis Blake! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 72 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.

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

Volume 24 - 1st printing. "King of the Red Killers!" 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. Killraven stars in "For He's a Jolly Dead Rebel!" Script by Don McGregor, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Jack Abel. Reprint back-up story: "The Painting" with art by Steve Ditko (from Journey Into Mystery 71). Letter to the editor from comic writer Marv Wolfman. The letters page also contains Marvel Value Stamp series A # 58 (the Mandarin). Rich Buckler/Klaus Janson cover. Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. It is believed these variants were distributed only in regions near U.S. military bases. Cover price $0.25.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Michael Golden cover. Cover price $0.60.

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

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Volume 24 - 1st printing. "FirRed & LeafGreen: Part 2!" Written by Hidenori Kusaka. Art and cover by Satoshi Yamamoto. Red is downhearted after being defeated by the Mythical Pokemon Deoxys and fears that Professor Oak has given up on him. With the support of Blue and Green and an unexpected powerful Pokemon ally, he continues on his journey. But then he must face a formidable human opponent- Giovanni! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 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.

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Not numbered. Dated May 1973. Classic SF pulp reprint stories by S. M. Tenneshaw, Rog Phillips, Irving E. Cox Jr, Henry Bott (as Charles Recour), Charles De Vet, Rog Phillips (as Craig Browning), Rog Phillips (as Peter Worth), and John Russell Fearn. NOTE: Title changes to Science Fiction Adventure Classics #25-32. 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 gets a request for help from Sammy Sweet when cream puffs are being pilfered. The culprit, a faun, leads Peter and Sammy to Fairy Land. The Queen of Fairy Land seeks Peter's help in fighting an evil wizard, who turns out to be very familiar indeed. 16 pages, Full Color.

Cover inks by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Pete Riss. Tales of action and suspense from this early Charlton title, often employing stories acquired from defunct publishers like Fawcett. When Lightning, the prize stallion, is murdered at the racetrack, Mike Danger follows a trail of fixed races back to the killer. A near-miss with a police chase leaves Mike's car in the ditch. But that's just the first twist in a case involving arson and murder. Introducing Mike Danger and Johnny Adventure; Johnny Adventure: Behind the Granger Falls; Mike Danger: The Racing Stable Mystery!; A Bit of Green Paint; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Bad Medicine. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $2.65

Add to cart Very 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 William Van Horn. Stories and art by William Van Horn, Ingelise McCandless, Charlie Martin, Bob Foster, Juan Torres, Gary Gabner and Francisco Sabaté Montero. Adventures of Donald and the Ducks from European and American artists. Uncle Scrooge sends Donald and his nephews to space to claim a newly discovered planet that appears to be full of oil. Donald accidentally drops his wallet in the mailbox, then gets his hand stuck while trying to get it back. The Black Moon; The Talking Mailbox; No Room for Complaint. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.50.

Volume 24 - 1st printing. "The Judge!"

Written by Rene Goscinny. Art by Morris.

On a cattle drive to New Mexico, Lucky Luke travels through Langtry, home of self-appointed judge Roy Bean. A crook and a cheat who invents laws and concocts offences, Bean arrests Luke and confiscates his herd. But he doesn't count on the arrival of another crook and cheat intent on poaching the old man's game. It will be up to our favourite cowboy to sort it out and bring real law west of the Pecos River at last.

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

Cover price $11.95.

DC b&w reprints.