Code comic books issue 1

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "September 1951-May 1952!" Collects Mister Mystery (1951-1954) #1-5.

Cover by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito.

I don't think Stanley Morse was trying to imitate the masters of the shock and horror comics - EC. Oh no! He was trying to outdo them in gore, violence and shock value!. With even more murderous head-scratchin' and downright alien puzzlement from the likes of Mike Esposito, Ross Andru, Tony Tallarico, Jack Abel, Moe Marcus, Martin Rose, Paul Gattuso, Don Perlin and Walter Palais, combined to make this 1951/52 five-comic set, today's winner.

Softcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $33.99.

1st printing. Art and cover by Bob Powell. Get ready to hit the fast lane with Speed Comics from Harvey Comics! Join the dynamic duo of Biff Bannon and Shock Gibson, two larger-than-life characters who live for the thrill of adventure and the rush of speed. With their unwavering courage and lightning-fast reflexes, they zoom through action-packed stories that will leave you breathless. But that's not all - Blinky, the pint-sized genius, joins the mix, adding a dash of ingenuity to the team's high-octane escapades! Softcover, 198 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "September/October 1951 to October/November 1952!" Collects Weird Thrillers (1951) #1-5.

We have all FIVE issues as 'CHASER COVER' variants for you to collect of WEIRD THRILLERS from Ziff Davis featuring the sublime painted covers by Allen Anderson and Norman Saunders.

Available for the very first time in our handy SOFTEE format! But limited stock availability! Packed full with work from the likes of Dan Barry, Ross Andru, John Prentice, Bob Powell, Pete Morisi, Alex Toth, Henry Sharp, Murphy Anderson, Gene Colan, George Tuska, Carmine Infantino, George Roussos, Ray Willner, Sol Brodsky and Frank Giacoia.

Just take a look at those covers! You better get your money ready, they'll be going fast. . .wonder which one will you get?

Softcover, 216 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "September/October 1951 to October/November 1952!" Collects Weird Thrillers (1951) #1-5.

Cover by Allen Anderson.

We have all FIVE issues as 'CHASER COVER' variants for you to collect of WEIRD THRILLERS from Ziff Davis featuring the sublime painted covers by Allen Anderson and Norman Saunders.

Available for the very first time in our handy SOFTEE format! But limited stock availability! Packed full with work from the likes of Dan Barry, Ross Andru, John Prentice, Bob Powell, Pete Morisi, Alex Toth, Henry Sharp, Murphy Anderson, Gene Colan, George Tuska, Carmine Infantino, George Roussos, Ray Willner, Sol Brodsky and Frank Giacoia.

Just take a look at those covers! You better get your money ready, they'll be going fast. . .wonder which one will you get?

Softcover, 216 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "September/October 1951 to October/November 1952!" Collects Weird Thrillers (1951) #1-5.

Cover by Allen Anderson.

We have all FIVE issues as 'CHASER COVER' variants for you to collect of WEIRD THRILLERS from Ziff Davis featuring the sublime painted covers by Allen Anderson and Norman Saunders.

Available for the very first time in our handy SOFTEE format! But limited stock availability! Packed full with work from the likes of Dan Barry, Ross Andru, John Prentice, Bob Powell, Pete Morisi, Alex Toth, Henry Sharp, Murphy Anderson, Gene Colan, George Tuska, Carmine Infantino, George Roussos, Ray Willner, Sol Brodsky and Frank Giacoia.

Just take a look at those covers! You better get your money ready, they'll be going fast. . .wonder which one will you get?

Softcover, 216 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "September/October 1951 to October/November 1952!" Collects Weird Thrillers (1951) #1-5.

We have all FIVE issues as 'CHASER COVER' variants for you to collect of WEIRD THRILLERS from Ziff Davis featuring the sublime painted covers by Allen Anderson and Norman Saunders.

Available for the very first time in our handy SOFTEE format! But limited stock availability! Packed full with work from the likes of Dan Barry, Ross Andru, John Prentice, Bob Powell, Pete Morisi, Alex Toth, Henry Sharp, Murphy Anderson, Gene Colan, George Tuska, Carmine Infantino, George Roussos, Ray Willner, Sol Brodsky and Frank Giacoia.

Just take a look at those covers! You better get your money ready, they'll be going fast. . .wonder which one will you get?

Softcover, 216 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "September/October 1951 to October/November 1952!" Collects Weird Thrillers (1951) #1-5.

We have all FIVE issues as 'CHASER COVER' variants for you to collect of WEIRD THRILLERS from Ziff Davis featuring the sublime painted covers by Allen Anderson and Norman Saunders.

Available for the very first time in our handy SOFTEE format! But limited stock availability! Packed full with work from the likes of Dan Barry, Ross Andru, John Prentice, Bob Powell, Pete Morisi, Alex Toth, Henry Sharp, Murphy Anderson, Gene Colan, George Tuska, Carmine Infantino, George Roussos, Ray Willner, Sol Brodsky and Frank Giacoia.

Just take a look at those covers! You better get your money ready, they'll be going fast. . .wonder which one will you get?

Softcover, 216 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "August 1952 to April 1953!" Collects Adventures into Darkness (1952-1954) #5-9. The covers alone are worth the price of admission - Alex Toth, Jerry Grandenetti, plus, for fans of DC's My Greatest Adventure, Ruben Moreira - comics just don't come no better than this, folks. Standard Comics did not believe in #1 issues. They were convinced that comics sold better if they appeared to have been around for a while, and therefore they started all their horror titles with #5, each lasting about ten issues of fairly well-done E.C. imitations. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1950-Fall 1952!" Collects Amazing Adventures (1950-1952 Ziff Davis) #1-6. Oh, boy, we got an out'n'out doozy for you this time, with the six 1950's issues of Ziff Davis' Amazing Advenutures, brim full with work from the likes of Murphy Anderson, Jerry Siegel, Ogden Whitney, Wally Wood, Alex Schomburg, Frank Giacola, Bernard Krigstein, Norman Saunders, Ross Andru, and a host of other talented writers and artists. I could say more, like how #2 contains "The Steel Monster," a kickass riff on Ted Sturgeon's "Killdozer" yarn from 1944 (also homaged by Marvel some 20 years later). Hardcover (with Slipcase), 216 pages, full color. Cover price $69.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "October 1954-February 1955!" Collects Amazing Ghost Stories (1954 St. John) #14-16 and Monster (1953) #1-2.

Wonderful stuff this!

This material is heartily recommended for the more discerning horror comics reader. Surely boasting some of the most magnificent artists of sixty-plus years ago; Matt Baker, Ed Goldfarb, Edd Ashe, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Ray Willner, Sol Brodsky, Frank Giacoia, Bob Powell, Carmine Infantino, George Tuska, Dan Barry, George Roussos, Marvin Stein, Maurice Whitman, Anthony D'Adamo, Jerry Grandenetti, John Belcastro, Bill Benulis, Bill Discount and Art Peddy are captured within these pages . . . they'll have any self-respecting comicbook fan absolutely drooling!

Hardcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $46.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "October 1954-February 1955!" Collects Amazing Ghost Stories (1954 St. John) #14-16 and Monster (1953) #1-2.

Wonderful stuff this!

This material is heartily recommended for the more discerning horror comics reader. Surely boasting some of the most magnificent artists of sixty-plus years ago; Matt Baker, Ed Goldfarb, Edd Ashe, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Ray Willner, Sol Brodsky, Frank Giacoia, Bob Powell, Carmine Infantino, George Tuska, Dan Barry, George Roussos, Marvin Stein, Maurice Whitman, Anthony D'Adamo, Jerry Grandenetti, John Belcastro, Bill Benulis, Bill Discount and Art Peddy are captured within these pages . . . they'll have any self-respecting comic book fan absolutely drooling!

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $56.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "November 1952 to April 1953!" Collects Atomic War! (1952) #1-4.

Hey, gang! This one'll go with a BANG... what with the impending end of Planet Earth in the news. Yessir! But this four-issue volume of Ace's Atomic War! comic doesn't focus on the gentle global warming path to oblivion we're all of us currently taking, but rather the big "Hoo Boy, here comes the End of Everything!" approach we all of us figured would be the way humankind would hand in its chips, namely with mushroom clouds aplenty, bombs the size of city blocks, and floods to make Noah's problem look like he left a faucet running in the bathroom.

You betcha by golly, this here's a gem of a book, comprising all four issues of Atomic War! (November 1952 to April 1953), plus the one-shot Captain Courageous from 1942 - all of 'em featuring stories and words from the likes of Ken Rice, Lou Cameron, Bill Molno, Jim McLaughlin, Chic Stone, Sol Brodsky, Harry Sahle, George Wilson and Lou Paige. Way to go, you warriors!

Better stock up on those cans of soup!

Hardcover, 216 pages, full color.

Cover price $51.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "November 1952 to April 1953!" Collects Atomic War! (1952) #1-4.

Hey, gang! This one'll go with a BANG... what with the impending end of Planet Earth in the news. Yessir! But this four-issue volume of Ace's Atomic War! comic doesn't focus on the gentle global warming path to oblivion we're all of us currently taking, but rather the big "Hoo Boy, here comes the End of Everything!" approach we all of us figured would be the way humankind would hand in its chips, namely with mushroom clouds aplenty, bombs the size of city blocks, and floods to make Noah's problem look like he left a faucet running in the bathroom.

You betcha by golly, this here's a gem of a book, comprising all four issues of Atomic War! (November 1952 to April 1953), plus the one-shot Captain Courageous from 1942 - all of 'em featuring stories and words from the likes of Ken Rice, Lou Cameron, Bill Molno, Jim McLaughlin, Chic Stone, Sol Brodsky, Harry Sahle, George Wilson and Lou Paige. Way to go, you warriors!

Better stock up on those cans of soup!

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 216 pages, full color.

Cover price $56.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "November 1951 to July 1952!" Collects Baffling Mysteries (1952-1955) #5-9.

The only thing baffling thing about this is why we didn't bring it out sooner! Mike Sekowsky, Maurice Gutwirth, George Appel, Gene Colan, Jim McLaughlin, Ace Baker, Lou Cameron, Bill Molno, Chic Stone and all of 'em from the frightful freakin' fab'n' fantastic fifties! Hey, throw another log on the fire and let's get down to business!

Hardcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $44.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "November 1951 to July 1952!" Collects Baffling Mysteries (1952-1955) #5-9.

The only thing baffling thing about this is why we didn't bring it out sooner! Mike Sekowsky, Maurice Gutwirth, George Appel, Gene Colan, Jim McLaughlin, Ace Baker, Lou Cameron, Bill Molno, Chic Stone and all of 'em from the frightful freakin' fab'n' fantastic fifties! Hey, throw another log on the fire and let's get down to business!

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $54.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "January 1953 to January 1954!" Collects Beware (1953-1955 Trojan/Merit) #1-7.

And here, fresh from the fear-fraught fifties, comes the first seven issues of Trojan's Beware, dragging along a whole bunch of festering corpses by way of an atists repertoire that includes The Stainless Steel Rat himself, the great Harry Harrison, plus Gerald Altman, Vince Napoli, Henry Kiefer, Roy Krenkel, Al Gordon, Leo Hagler, John Forte, William Zeller, Albert Tyler, A.C. Hollingsworth, and Myron Fass. And you thought it couldn't get any better. Pah! Shame on you, Bertram!

Hardcover (with slipcase), 256 pages, full color. Cover price $69.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "June 1952 to October 1952!" Collects Beware (1952 Youthful) #10-12, Phantom Witch Doctor (1952), and Night of Mystery (1953).

Youthful operated from 1949 to 1954 and only publishing about ten distinct titles. Doug Wildey was the company's lead artist, with work published in virtually all their titles. He later went on to create the 1964 animated television series Jonny Quest for Hanna-Barbera.

To add the excitement you even get a little something extra with the inclusion of Avon Comic's Phantom Witch Doctor (1952); George Harcourt (British East Africa commissioner) murders M'Basi (witch doctor) and Naba (M'Basi's daughter) to acquire their ivory cache, and rwenty-five years later, they return as phantoms to crush his son under tons of ivory.

Plus, Night of Mystery (1953); John Mason leaves behind a diary detailing how he tried to help his friend Bob Trant who was a roaming monster, but there is no sign of Mason to be found?

Featuring the work of Bob Baer, Doug Wildey, Gerald Altman, Vince Napoli, Harry Harrison, Paul Cooper, Bill Fraccio, Everett Raymond Kinstler, and A.C. Hollingsworth.

Hardcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $46.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "June 1952 to October 1952!" Collects Beware (1952 Youthful) #10-12, Phantom Witch Doctor (1952), and Night of Mystery (1953).

Youthful operated from 1949 to 1954 and only publishing about ten distinct titles. Doug Wildey was the company's lead artist, with work published in virtually all their titles. He later went on to create the 1964 animated television series Jonny Quest for Hanna-Barbera.

To add the excitement you even get a little something extra with the inclusion of Avon Comic's Phantom Witch Doctor (1952); George Harcourt (British East Africa commissioner) murders M'Basi (witch doctor) and Naba (M'Basi's daughter) to acquire their ivory cache, and rwenty-five years later, they return as phantoms to crush his son under tons of ivory.

Plus, Night of Mystery (1953); John Mason leaves behind a diary detailing how he tried to help his friend Bob Trant who was a roaming monster, but there is no sign of Mason to be found?

Featuring the work of Bob Baer, Doug Wildey, Gerald Altman, Vince Napoli, Harry Harrison, Paul Cooper, Bill Fraccio, Everett Raymond Kinstler, and A.C. Hollingsworth.

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $56.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "May 1952 to November 1952!" Collects Beware! Terror Tales (1952) #1-4.

Fawcett's BEWARE! TERROR TALES May 1952 to November 1952 was one of the best and most unsettling comics from what is considered by many to be the true Golden Age (Pre-Code) of horror comics!

An anthology comic featuring horror stories, hosted by The Mummy. With contributors including Bernard Baily, Bob Powell, Mike Sekowsky, Ross Andru, Sheldon Moldoff, Bob McCarty, Maurice Gutwirth and George Evans and you even get a little (heck, a BIIIG!) something extra with the inclusion of Fawcett's Bonus Motion Picture Comic - WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE from May 1952.

Hardcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $45.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "May 1952 to November 1952!" Collects Beware! Terror Tales (1952) #1-4.

Fawcett's BEWARE! TERROR TALES May 1952 to November 1952 was one of the best and most unsettling comics from what is considered by many to be the true Golden Age (Pre-Code) of horror comics!

An anthology comic featuring horror stories, hosted by The Mummy. With contributors including Bernard Baily, Bob Powell, Mike Sekowsky, Ross Andru, Sheldon Moldoff, Bob McCarty, Maurice Gutwirth and George Evans and you even get a little (heck, a BIIIG!) something extra with the inclusion of Fawcett's Bonus Motion Picture Comic - WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE from May 1952.

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $55.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "September 1940-December 1941/July 1941!" Collects Silver Streak Comics (1939-1946) #6-17 and Daredevil Comics (1941-1949 Lev Gleason) [Daredevil Battles Hitler] #1. Cover by Jack Cole. Daredevil is a fictional superhero created by Jack Binder. As a child, Bart Hill was witness to his parents' brutal murder. The murderer also branded Bart with a hot iron, leaving a boomerang-shaped scar on the left side of his chest. This traumatic experience left the boy mute. He trained his entire life in the art of the boomerang, eventually becoming a master boomerang marksman. He then donned a costume and took to the streets as the vigilante crime-fighter known as Daredevil. However... for Bart Hill/Daredevil's second appearance showed him able to speak and it was later revealed that his parents were killed while in Australia, with Bart then raised by a tribe of aborigines who taught him the art of using boomerangs. As an adult, he returned to the U.S. and fought crime as Daredevil. Lev Gleason launched Daredevil's own comic with Daredevil Battles Hitler #1 (July 1941), in which Daredevil and other Silver Streak heroes fought the German chancellor. It was written and partially drawn by Charles Biro, who in his 16-year run would make the character one of the most acclaimed of the Golden Age. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $39.99

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "June/July 1951 to April/May 1951!" Collects Dark Mysteries (1951-1955) #1-6.

How can you go wrong when the first comic of a 24-book series kicks off with an eight-pager from Wallace Wood ("The Curse of the Sea Witch")? True, the work in these books won't win a Pulitzer but, that's more a reflection on the judges than the material. And that's only for starters. Elsewhere there are tales from Joe Orlando, Walter Johnson, Ed Goldfarb, A.C. Hollingsworth, Bill Fraccio, Lou Cameron, John D'Agostino, Tony Tallarico, Harry Harrison and Hy Fleishman and a whole host of other wacked-out-of-their-gourd luminaries.

Hardcover, 216 pages, full color. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "June/July 1951 to April/May 1951!" Collects Dark Mysteries (1951-1955) #1-6.

How can you go wrong when the first comic of a 24-book series kicks off with an eight-pager from Wallace Wood ("The Curse of the Sea Witch")? True, the work in these books won't win a Pulitzer but, that's more a reflection on the judges than the material. And that's only for starters. Elsewhere there are tales from Joe Orlando, Walter Johnson, Ed Goldfarb, A.C. Hollingsworth, Bill Fraccio, Lou Cameron, John D'Agostino, Tony Tallarico, Harry Harrison and Hy Fleishman and a whole host of other wacked-out-of-their-gourd luminaries.

Hardcover (with slipcase), 216 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "May/June 1951 to June/July 1952!" Collects Eerie (1951-1954 Avon Series) #1-7. Hey kids, come on! What are you waiting for? Moe Marcus, Fred Kida, Wally Wood, Louis Ravielli, Henry C. Kiefer, and Joe Kubert? Avon's rightly revered Eerie run kicking off in 1941, and you want me to say something that will make you want to buy this volume? Just get your money out and save us all some time! Hardcover, 252 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "May/June 1951 to June/July 1952!" Collects Eerie (1951-1954 Avon Series) #1-7. Hey kids, come on! What are you waiting for? Moe Marcus, Fred Kida, Wally Wood, Louis Ravielli, Henry C. Kiefer, and Joe Kubert? Avon's rightly revered Eerie run kicking off in 1941, and you want me to say something that will make you want to buy this volume? Just get your money out and save us all some time! Hardcover (with Slipcase), 252 pages, full color. Cover price $69.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "September 1952 to January 1953/October 1952 to December 1952!" Collects Fantastic Worlds (1952) #5-7 and Lost Worlds (1952 Standard) #5-6. Art by Alex Toth, Murphy Anderson and Jack Katz. Marauding winged men, dishy dolls with back-packs and ray guns, blazing interplanetary rocket ships, and grumpy flora and fauna - this one has it all! Outer space as it should be, courtesy of the greatest comic book writers and artists of the 1950's. Be there or be square space-folks! Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Add to cart Fine $35.99

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1951 to 1953!" Collects Ghost Comics (1951-1954 Fiction House) #1-7. This often unfairly forgotten 11-strong series (of which this volume captures the first seven issues) surely boasted some of the most magnificent covers of any of the EC wannabes of some sixty-plus years ago, despite the artists concerned being a considerable way from being "household names." One of these forgotten masters is Maurice Whitman; just check out the cover for #6! Plus you get EC's very own Jack Kamen regularly popping up inside. This was material that suggested unpleasantness rather than just stepped forward and pulled the old schlock-it-up lever. Hardcover, 256 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1951 to 1953!" Collects Ghost Comics (1951-1954 Fiction House) #1-7. This often unfairly forgotten 11-strong series (of which this volume captures the first seven issues) surely boasted some of the most magnificent covers of any of the EC wannabes of some sixty-plus years ago, despite the artists concerned being a considerable way from being "household names." One of these forgotten masters is Maurice Whitman; just check out the cover for #6! Plus you get EC's very own Jack Kamen regularly popping up inside. This was material that suggested unpleasantness rather than just stepped forward and pulled the old schlock-it-up lever. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 256 pages, full color. Cover price $69.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "August 1950-1951!" Collects Ghost Rider (1950-1954 Magazine Enterprises) #1-5. Cover by Dick Ayers. Created by Dick Ayers and Ray Krank, Rex Fury was originally known as the Calico Kid, who together with his white horse Spectre became the Ghost Rider! Wearing a white outfit covered with phosphorus and using a cape that had phosphorescent on one side and black on the other, he could cover parts of his body to give the illusion that he was merely a floating head or pair of hands. To further the illusion, he wielded a black lariat and black bullwhip-even Spectre glowed in the dark! The Ghost Rider battled many foes, who like him, were not truly supernatural at all, such as an imposter of Frankenstein's Monster and the Harpy, werewolves and vampires! Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "September 1953 to September 1954!" Collects Ghostly Weird Stories (1953) #120-124. The great Jay Disbrow (who died just a few weeks ago on 2 May) featured memorably in this often overlooked and certainly unsung gem, appearing alongside the likes of L.B. Cole and EC stalwart Jack Kamen. Folks, this is an embarrassment of riches, truly it is. There are no slouches at all in these five comics. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "December 1951 to August 1952!" Collects Hand of Fate (1951-1954 Ace) #8-12.

The creatives line-up from this veritable sleeper from the Ace magazine stable includes Ken Rice, Lou Cameron, Jim McLaughlin, Maurice Gutwirth, George Appel, Mike Sekowsky, Louis Zansky, Bill Molno, and Chic Stone. A five-comic quintet that'll fool you every which way you turn!

Hardcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $44.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "December 1951 to August 1952!" Collects Hand of Fate (1951-1954 Ace) #8-12.

The creatives line-up from this veritable sleeper from the Ace magazine stable includes Ken Rice, Lou Cameron, Jim McLaughlin, Maurice Gutwirth, George Appel, Mike Sekowsky, Louis Zansky, Bill Molno, and Chic Stone. A five-comic quintet that'll fool you every which way you turn!

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $54.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "March to November 1953!" Collects (1952-1954) #4-8.

Cover by Don Heck.

Comic Media were a respectable publisher that produced two horror titles, Weird Terror and Horrific, and we've selected a few of these fabulous weird tales of terror issues here in this collection! The odd thing about these titles is that the publisher was convinced that faces sold comics; he insisted that every issue have some sort of a face dominating the cover, and Don Heck, his cover artist, eagerly obliged. Werewolf faces, monster faces, terrified faces -- always faces.

Go get 'em, pronto, because by 1955 Don was recruited by Stan Lee and went on to be one of the architects of what became known as "The Marvel Age of Comics" so you won't be getting any more of those fabulous covers!

Featuring the Work of Don Heck, Don Perlin, A.C. Hollingsworth, Rudy Palais, Keneth Landau, Marty Elkin, and Pete Morisi.

Hardcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $46.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "March to November 1953!" Collects (1952-1954) #4-8.

Cover by Don Heck.

Comic Media were a respectable publisher that produced two horror titles, Weird Terror and Horrific, and we've selected a few of these fabulous weird tales of terror issues here in this collection! The odd thing about these titles is that the publisher was convinced that faces sold comics; he insisted that every issue have some sort of a face dominating the cover, and Don Heck, his cover artist, eagerly obliged. Werewolf faces, monster faces, terrified faces -- always faces.

Go get 'em, pronto, because by 1955 Don was recruited by Stan Lee and went on to be one of the architects of what became known as "The Marvel Age of Comics" so you won't be getting any more of those fabulous covers!

Featuring the Work of Don Heck, Don Perlin, A.C. Hollingsworth, Rudy Palais, Keneth Landau, Marty Elkin, and Pete Morisi.

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $56.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $26.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "January 1951-1952!" Collects Jet Powers (1950) #1-4 and Space Ace (1952 ME) #5. How can you pass these by? Dinosaurs, ringed planets, space firestorms, delectable damsels at the mercy of creatures of the cosmos, and a nifty range of t-shirts and military leggings, metal gloves, concertina'd airhoses and things with Very Big Teeth. Plus some of the field's greatest artists and writers! Hardcover, 180 pages, full color. Cover price $44.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "January 1951-1952!" Collects Jet Powers (1950) #1-4 and Space Ace (1952 ME) #5. How can you pass these by? Dinosaurs, ringed planets, space firestorms, delectable damsels at the mercy of creatures of the cosmos, and a nifty range of t-shirts and military leggings, metal gloves, concertina'd airhoses and things with Very Big Teeth. Plus some of the field's greatest artists and writers! Hardcover (with Slipcase), 180 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "May 1951 to May 1952!" Collects Journey into Fear (1951-1954) #1-7. You wanna snapshot of this baby? Check out these two tales. A woman convinces her lover to kill her rich husband. The lover does so by blowing the husband's head off with a gun. After the wife and her lover get married and cash in on the dead man's insurance, the headless corpse of the husband comes back from the dead looking for a new head. And, as if that were not quite enough: Lorna is trained to hate men. She finds a witchcraft book. She begins a crusade of turning men into worms and squishing them. She accidentally squishes the man she loves. She takes poison, as worms come out of the walls to revenge themselves. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 252 pages, full color. Cover price $69.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "September 1951 to May 1952!" Collects Mister Mystery (1951-1954) #1-5.

More murderous head-scratchin' and downright alien puzzlement from the likes of Mike Esposito, Ross Andru, Tony Tallarico, Jack Abel, Moe Marcus, Martin Rose, Paul Gattuso, Don Perlin and Walter Palais, all under the tutelage of Stanley Morse which combined to make this 1951/52 five-comic set today's winner, at least until we get into gear and start on volume 2!

Hardcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $44.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "September 1951 to May 1952!" Collects Mister Mystery (1951-1954) #1-5.

More murderous head-scratchin' and downright alien puzzlement from the likes of Mike Esposito, Ross Andru, Tony Tallarico, Jack Abel, Moe Marcus, Martin Rose, Paul Gattuso, Don Perlin and Walter Palais, all under the tutelage of Stanley Morse which combined to make this 1951/52 five-comic set today's winner, at least until we get into gear and start on volume 2!

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $54.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "May 1953 to January 1954!" Collects Mysteries (1953-1955) #1-5.

This one's a wacky entry and no denying, with Canadian publisher Superior Comics coming into the four-color horror ring all gloved up and swinging fit to punch the lights out of anybody who stands in their way. They kicked off with Journey Into Fear, Strange Mysteries (as opposed to pretty straightforward and perhaps even slightly boring mysteries), and the one-word extravaganza that was Mysteries, the latter calling itself variously Mysteries (its legal title) and, on the cover, Mysteries Weird and Strange.

The earlier tales were bizarre and quirky and it's pretty clear that inspiration was in short supply that day. Good stuff though, Clancy, with pens, pencils and plots coming from, among others, Jay Disbrow and the Igor Shop: clear a space on the shelf pronto.

Hardcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $45.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "May 1953 to January 1954!" Collects Mysteries (1953-1955) #1-5.

This one's a wacky entry and no denying, with Canadian publisher Superior Comics coming into the four-color horror ring all gloved up and swinging fit to punch the lights out of anybody who stands in their way. They kicked off with Journey Into Fear, Strange Mysteries (as opposed to pretty straightforward and perhaps even slightly boring mysteries), and the one-word extravaganza that was Mysteries, the latter calling itself variously Mysteries (its legal title) and, on the cover, Mysteries Weird and Strange.

The earlier tales were bizarre and quirky and it's pretty clear that inspiration was in short supply that day. Good stuff though, Clancy, with pens, pencils and plots coming from, among others, Jay Disbrow and the Igor Shop: clear a space on the shelf pronto.

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $55.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "March 1951 to February 1952!" Collects Mysterious Adventures (1951-1955) #1-6.

Special Notes: And further proof how much we loves ya, here's the first six-comic volume in the complete series of MYSTERIOUS ADVENTURES, a raft of freaky fables including this cautionary yarn when adventurer David Murstone crashes in the jungle and is severely injured. Jivaro goddess Konocry saves his life by letting him drink from the 'Pool of Eternity' and thus giving him immortality. The Jivaro tribe disagrees with her action and tortures the couple. Since they cannot die, they have to endure eternity as shrunken heads. Hey, bummer, kids! Not gonna look too good on your passport page!

Featuring the work of Walter Johnson, Ed Goldfarb, A.C. Hollingsworth, Bill Fraccio, Lou Cameron, John D'Agostino, Tony Tallarico, Harry Harrison and Hy Fleishman.

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 216 pages, full color.

Cover price $54.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $36.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "December 1953 to August 1954!" Collects Nightmare (1952 Ziff Davis) #3 and Nightmare (1953 St. John) #10-13. St. John was a mid-sized comics publisher with a varied list of titles, and in June 1952 they joined the horror binge with two titles, Strange Terrors and Weird Horrors. Strange Terrors ended after seven issues, to be replaced by Nightmare #3, picking up from the Ziff-Davis series. However, they then combined the title Nightmare with the numbering from Weird Horrors, so that Weird Horrors #9 and Nightmare #3 were followed by Nightmare #10. And after Nightmare #13 the title was changed to Amazing Ghost Stories for its final three issues. Hardcover, 180 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "December 1953 to August 1954!" Collects Nightmare (1952 Ziff Davis) #3 and Nightmare (1953 St. John) #10-13. St. John was a mid-sized comics publisher with a varied list of titles, and in June 1952 they joined the horror binge with two titles, Strange Terrors and Weird Horrors. Strange Terrors ended after seven issues, to be replaced by Nightmare #3, picking up from the Ziff-Davis series. However, they then combined the title Nightmare with the numbering from Weird Horrors, so that Weird Horrors #9 and Nightmare #3 were followed by Nightmare #10. And after Nightmare #13 the title was changed to Amazing Ghost Stories for its final three issues. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 180 pages, full color. Cover price $69.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Oct/Nov 1950 to Apr/May 1951!" Collects Operation Peril (1950-1953) #1-4.

I've had a thing for ACG comics for a long time but while I've had runs of the company's Adventures Into The Unknown and Forbidden Worlds on my shelves I've only ever had but one issue of Operation Peril so this latest title on the PS Artbooks roster is a total winner for me, with issues 1 through 4 boasting stories by Richard Hughes (of course) and artwork by, among others, the one and only Ogden Whitney (double of course!) and yarns of adventure and science fiction in which Tom and Peggy use their time machine to counter an alien invasion from Saturn; Typhoon Tyler tries to stop Captain Cobra from stealing native gold in the tropics and whole host of other stuff like to make your eyes water.

Featuring Stories by Ogden Whitney, Ken Bald, Leonard Starr, King Ward, Edvard Moritz, and Richard Case.

Hardcover, 216 pages, full color.

Cover price $51.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Oct/Nov 1950 to Apr/May 1951!" Collects Operation Peril (1950-1953) #1-4.

I've had a thing for ACG comics for a long time but while I've had runs of the company's Adventures Into The Unknown and Forbidden Worlds on my shelves I've only ever had but one issue of Operation Peril so this latest title on the PS Artbooks roster is a total winner for me, with issues 1 through 4 boasting stories by Richard Hughes (of course) and artwork by, among others, the one and only Ogden Whitney (double of course!) and yarns of adventure and science fiction in which Tom and Peggy use their time machine to counter an alien invasion from Saturn; Typhoon Tyler tries to stop Captain Cobra from stealing native gold in the tropics and whole host of other stuff like to make your eyes water.

Featuring Stories by Ogden Whitney, Ken Bald, Leonard Starr, King Ward, Edvard Moritz, and Richard Case.

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 216 pages, full color.

Cover price $56.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "July 1952 to July 1953!" Collects Out of the Shadows (1952-1954) #5-9. Standard Comics did not believe in #1 issues. They were convinced that comics sold better if they appeared to have been around for awhile, and therefore they started all their horror titles with #5. Those titles were The Unseen, Out of the Shadows, and Adventures into Darkness, each lasting about ten issues of fairly well-done E.C. imitations. They also produced a suspense one-shot, Who Is Next? #5, that deserves mention - it features a town terrorized by a serial killer. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 180 pages, full color. Cover price $69.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "June to October 1952 and March 1952 to May 1953!" Collects Space Action (1952) #1-3 and World War III (1953) #1-2.

Cover by Lou Cameron.

Ace Magazines' Space Action and World War III featuring interior work by Jim McLaughlin, Ken Rice, Lou Cameron, Bill Molno, Rocco Mastroserio. and the legendary Mike Sekowsky of later Star Hawkins fame.

Hardcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $44.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "June to October 1952 and March 1952 to May 1953!" Collects Space Action (1952) #1-3 and World War III (1953) #1-2.

Cover by Lou Cameron.

Ace Magazines' Space Action and World War III featuring interior work by Jim McLaughlin, Ken Rice, Lou Cameron, Bill Molno, Rocco Mastroserio. and the legendary Mike Sekowsky of later Star Hawkins fame.

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $54.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "July 1952 to March 1953!" Collects Space Adventures (1952-1967 1st series) #1-5.

This bumper-full line-up from Charlton Comics' fearsomely far out and appropriately titled other-worldly Space Adventures comic from the 1950s has everything you could imagine. For fans of Quatermass, I Married A Monster From Outer Space, and Dan Dare, this volume of goodies near on demands that you dig out that old goldfish bowl and your holstered interstellar raygun. Writers and artists include Al Fago, Lou Morales, Frank Frollo, Albert Tyler, Art Cappello, Dick Giordano, John Bell and Stan Campbell.

Hardcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $45.99.