Cri Cri comic books issue 3

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Mort Lawrence, Leo Morey, George Roussos, E. J. Smalle and Gene Colan. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. Brooklyn gangster Subways Galgane decides to get into the cigar business, in a story with early art by comics legend Gene Colan. Twin sisters Rose and Elizabeth Benson progress from shoplifting to murder, in a story with some stylish Victorian bad-girl art by Mort Lawrence. A murder mystery in 1895 Paris features Monsieur Lecoq, the pioneering detective character who was a forerunner of Sherlock Holmes. Bad Boy of Brooklyn; The Deadly Benson Sisters; Paris after Dark; The Smith Pier Gang; The Case of the Sensitive Feet; The Perfect Crime. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Bob Plate, Harvey K. Fuller, Milt Hammer, John Meditz, Al McWilliams and Art Helfant. Sometimes listed as Criminals on the Run Vol. 04 #3. Bespectacled, eccentric detective "King" Cole Jr. takes over his father's detective agency. A millionaire dog and his greedy heirs feature in The Case of the Pampered Pooch. Doctor Drew, who can talk to animals, investigates a Baskerville-style family curse, except the deadly creature is...a pink elephant. Hired to protect a visiting ambassador, bumbling detective Homer K. Beagle mistakes the ambassador for an assassin and abducts him. Whimsical Alpine horn cover by L. B. Cole. Young King Cole: The Case of the Pampered Pooch; Hammertoones; Dr. Drew the Zoo Man: The Pink Elephant Murders; Homer K. Beagle; The Hidden Witness; Trail of Salt; Jolly Jokes and Corn. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $9.60 View scan

Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. "Oblivion Upon Us!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez and Dick Giordano. The heroes of the DCU are only beginning to realize the scope of the danger they are in, and it may already be too late. The Flash inexplicably disappears. The Teen Titans try desperately to curb the death and destruction caused by this cataclysmic event. The Legion of Super-Heroes stand helpless as a wave of anti-matter threatens to sweep over them wiping them and their world from existence forever. Featuring the deaths of the Losers, Nighthawk, and Kid Psycho. Cover price $0.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Softcover, 7-in. x 10 1/2-in., 48 pages, full color Cover price $5.95.

Volume 3 - 1st Printing. Written by Shirow Masamune. Art and Cover by Rikudou Koushi. Translated by Casper Kazor. Adapted by Kat Adler. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! Nene and Clarion have settled in with Nenes aunt Takumi, a reclusive genius with an interest in Nenes education-and in what makes Clarion tick. As for Nene, she wants nothing more than to find ways to help people, but she wants to do it with her own skills, not with borrowed power from Clarion and the Pandora Device, But between power grid problems, opportunistic thieves, and the mysterious forces at work on the island of Cenancle, using the Pandora Device may be Nenes only option! Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 180 pages, B&W. Teen Cover price $12.99.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $100.00 or Best Offer View scan Moisture damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Stories and art by Maurice Gutwirth and Rod Reed. Classic pre-Code crime comics from Fawcett. Chemist Henry wants to see if he can commit the perfect crime using acid, in a story that calls its main character "Henry Holmes," a possible reference to the infamous serial killer. When gangsters get involved in the gambling over college sports, it's not long before the athletes themselves are targeted by the Mob. Shot by mobster Tiger Jack, gunsel Marty survives, and sets out to get revenge on Jack by assembling a gang of "kill-happy morons who'll laugh at bullets." Microscopic Murder; The Fixer; Mink Murder Case; Hijacker. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. A gallery of the beautiful, sultry, and dangerous things that go bump in the night. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $9.95.

Written by David Furr. Art by Joseph Olesco. In order to save his family, the Crimson Scorpion will have to make the ultimate sacrifice in his final battle with the Emperor Scorpion. Plus, the true origin behind the two scorpions is revealed! 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Written by Matt Miner. Art and Cover by Jonathan Brandon Sawyer. Jeanette and Sarah are locked in a thrillkill gang's dungeon and one of them is near death, but these fan-favorite heroines have not yet begun to fight! Everyone from Anonymous to USA Today is talking about this animal-rescuing duo, but, as they approach the climax of this horror tale, the girls will have to figure out how to rescue themselves! 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Very Good $2.65

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Demon House!" Collects CSI: Demon House (2004) #1-5. Written by Max Allan Collins. Art by Gabriel Rodriguez and Ashley Wood. Cover by Ashley Wood. When a real body turns up in a charity haunted house, the members of Las Vegas's CSI team - already busy on a series of armed robberies - find themselves pulling double duty. It's all tricks and no treats for Grissom and crew as IDW's CSI series - based on TV's most-watched drama - continues! CSI graphic novels continue to be promoted nationwide to CSI's millions of fans. Written by CSI novelist Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition), with art by Gabriel Rodriguez and Ashley Wood. Softcover, 112 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $19.99.

June, 1945. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Written by Eric Wallace. Art by Fabrizio Fiorentino. Cover by Brian Stelfreeze. Things are not looking up for Mark Richards, the Tattooed Man. His family is in trouble, his powers are out of control, and his city is looking to him for help before it goes up in flames. Too bad Mark is too busy getting his face kicked in by a couple of new villains to do anything about it. This is the part where being a hero gets tough, and Mark realizes he might not be up to the task. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.

Vol. 3, No. 6. October 1947. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66p, B&W Cover price $0.25.

August 1942. Painted cover by ??. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 50p, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Carl Pfeufer. Stories and art by Pete Riss and John Adler. Mike Barnett, who did not carry a gun, was one of the first private-eye heroes on the brand-new medium of television. When Lightning, the prize stallion, is murdered at the racetrack. Mike Barnett 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. Like many great private eyes, Mike narrates his stories in first-person. Death Goes to the Races; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Bad Medicine; A Bit of Green Paint; Pained Payne; Revenge Holds the Torch. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Issue 5 - January, 1949. True crime magazine with stories and article about women in the world of organized crime, murder, robbery, and debauchery. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 3, Issue 6 - March, 1949. True crime magazine with stories and article about women in the world of organized crime, murder, robbery, and debauchery. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Auction Item: CGC 6.0 View scans Auction opens October 3 Paper: Off white Label #4407789001	Add to cart CGC 6.5 $2,400.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #4278884002	Add to cart CGC 4.5 $1,180.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4039605004	Add to cart CGC 4.0 $999.95 or Best Offer View scans CGC Qualified Paper: Slightly britle 1/2 OF 21ST PAGE MISSING, AFFECTS STORY. INCOMPLETE. Label #0794350009 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow
Add to cart FR 1.0 $749.95 or Best Offer View scans Near full-length spine split/chew. Interior staining. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

"Meet the Split Benny Benny Dickson, Public Enemy # 1," "$100.00 Reward for Adolph Berg," "Joyce McAllister," "Boston's Black Spade," and "Vengeance of the Mounted." Classic Jack Cole cover and art. Featuring a drug story with hypodermic needles, an opium den, and an addict in the throes of withdrawal! Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories and art by Lee J. Ames, Stan Aschmeier, and Al Feldstein. E.C.'s early Pre-Trend crime title featured gangsters, gunplay and femmes fatale. Frisco Florrie, Queen of the Barbary Coast, specializes in shanghai - the crime of abducting sailors into slavery. A woman with malice on her mind uses a circus strongman to do her dirty work, in an Al Feldstein story. Tense car-chase cover by Johnny Craig. Frisco Florrie, Queen of the Barbary Coast!; The Case of the Savage Strongboy; The Deadly Habit; The Do-It Yourself Kid and the Dimpled Doll. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

In order of appearance: "The Incredible Life of Johnny Devine, The Shanghai Chicken" art by Jack Kamen; "The Hilton Boys, Bullets in the Back!" art by Al Davoren; "Chisolm Trail"; "The Farmer Takes a Life, The Grim Reaper!"; and "Western Facts". "The Ranger's Best Shot" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Ron Miller. My name is Velda Bellinghausen.

I'm a private investigator. I used to be a showgirl at Slotnik's Follies, until I followed up on an ad for the Hawkshaw Course on Detection. Soon I had my license and was in business for myself!

Velda is a passing homage to the noir films and hard-boiled detective writing of the 1950s in the form of crime comic.

Collecting the final installments of the Velda series.

Softcover, 126 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.99.

"Sex Morons!" Story and art by Sammy Harkham. Long anticipated new issue from Sammy Harkham, Eisner nominated creator of Kramers Ergot, arrives in a new magazine format. Amongst a handful of new short stories, it features Blood of the Virgin, which charts the trials and tribulations of a film editor turned movie director through the ballyhoo days of exploitation's golden years in the greater Los Angeles area of the 1970's. 48 pages, PC. Mature Readers Cover price $8.00.