Classic Comics comic books issue 8

Cover pencils by Gil Kane (adaptation), inks by Mike Esposito. Herman Melville pinup by Bob Larkin. "Moby Dick," script by Irwin Shapiro, pencils by Alex Nino, inks by Dan Adkins; The lone survivor of a lost whaling ship tells the tale of Captain Ahabs self-destructive obsession to hunt Moby Dick, the great white whale. Adapted from the Herman Melville novel "Moby-Dick" (1851). 52 pgs., full color. $0.50. Cover price $0.50.

News, articles and reprints celebrating the classic era of comic strips. Special salute to Harold Grays influential Little Orphan Annie: The history of the strip; a profile of Gray and his work; reprints of a Little Orphan Annie adventure; unpublished Gray artwork. Edited by Rick Marschall. Black and white; magazine format. Cover by Gray. Cover price $3.50. Cover price $3.50.

Add to cart Near Mint $30.00

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "1945, May-September 1955, and September 1957!" Collects Front Page Comic Book (1945), Prize Mystery (1955) #1-3, and Man in Black (1957 Harvey) #1. Featuring Stories by Ben Brown, David, Gantz, Ed Smalle, Iger Shop, and Steve Ditko. More horror and suspense for Classic Horror Comics Volume 8! Starting with this little gem-Front Page Comic Book is a Pre-Code anthology from Harvey that contains the origin and first appearance of the Man in Black. This was the only issue of the series. Prize Mystery added a cash incentive for the lucky 1950s reader if they could solve a two-page mystery involving murder. Ironically, solutions to the prize mysteries were to be announced in the issue #4... but, alas it never happened. Man in Black, the faceless occult avenger, tells strange stories, sometimes intervening in person, other times merely letting ironic fate unfold. Reproduced completely from cover to cover as they should be, just like the original comic! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $30.00

Add to cart Near Mint $30.00

Volume 8 - 1st printing. Lance Lewis, Space Detective is a scientific genius who uses his ray guns, jet pack and a whole host of other high-tech gadgets to fight interplanetary aliens and space menaces with the aid of his gorgeous girlfriend, Marna, solving alien mysteries such as the amoeba men or Martians. With some absolutely iconic covers painted by Alex Schomburg, you'll wanna catch up on Lance's adventures real soon ' cos he'll be outta this universe before you can holster your own ray gun! Collects Lance Lewis Space Detective-Mystery Comics #3-4 (Oct-Dec 1944) and Startling Comics #44-53 (March 1947-September 1948). Plus, Dr. X and Ace Buckley-Startling Comics #1-10 (June 1940-September 1941). Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $48.00

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "1945, May-September 1955, and September 1957!" Collects Front Page Comic Book (1945), Prize Mystery (1955) #1-3, and Man in Black (1957 Harvey) #1. Cover by Bob Fujitani (credited as B. Fuje). Featuring Stories by Bob Fujitani, Joe Kubert, George Roussos, Lou Ferstadt, Eugene E. Hughes, Sal Trapani, and Bob Powell. More horror and suspense for Classic Horror Comics Volume 8! Starting with this little gem-Front Page Comic Book is a Pre-Code anthology from Harvey that contains the origin and first appearance of the Man in Black. This was the only issue of the series. Prize Mystery added a cash incentive for the lucky 1950s reader if they could solve a two-page mystery involving murder. Ironically, solutions to the prize mysteries were to be announced in the issue #4... but, alas it never happened. Man in Black, the faceless occult avenger, tells strange stories, sometimes intervening in person, other times merely letting ironic fate unfold. Reproduced completely from cover to cover as they should be, just like the original comic! Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "January-September 1954/June 1955!" Collects Dynamite (1953 Comic Media) #6-10. Cover by Pete Morisi. Johnny Dynamite, created by Pete Morisi, was a hard-boiled private detective, known as "The Wild Man from Chicago." Good friends with the D.A. but readily accepted by the underworld, he smoked cigarettes constantly, cursed frequently and had a bad habit of getting shot and beaten by his enemies. But always gave as good as he got; he was an experienced and persistent detective taking his cases very personally and killed many of his early foes, claiming they were reaching for a weapon. Myra Benz, who had shot him in the eye, was brazenly killed without any true justification beyond his own sense of justice. Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $48.00

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "Space Detective!" Lance Lewis, Space Detective, is a scientific genius and using his ray guns, jet pack and a whole host of other high-tech gadgets fights interplanetary aliens and space menaces with the aid of his gorgeous girlfriend, Marna, solving alien mysteries, such as the amoeba men or Martians. With some absolutely iconic covers painted by Alex Schomburg, you'll wanna catch up on Lance's adventures! Plus, in an observatory high in the Andes, Dr. X, master of the mysteries of occult science undertakes the greatest experiment of his career! Ace Buckley and his friend Toni Stark travel through time on a series of high octane adventures and battles! Collects Lance Lewis: Mystery Comics #3-4 (October-December 1944) and Startling Comics #44-53 (March 1947-September 1948), Dr. X and Ace Buckley: Startling Comics #1-10 (June 1940-September 1941). Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "January-September 1954/June 1955!" Collects Dynamite (1953 Comic Media) #6-10. Cover by Pete Morisi. Johnny Dynamite, created by Pete Morisi, was a hard-boiled private detective, known as "The Wild Man from Chicago." Good friends with the D.A. but readily accepted by the underworld, he smoked cigarettes constantly, cursed frequently and had a bad habit of getting shot and beaten by his enemies. But always gave as good as he got; he was an experienced and persistent detective taking his cases very personally and killed many of his early foes, claiming they were reaching for a weapon. Myra Benz, who had shot him in the eye, was brazenly killed without any true justification beyond his own sense of justice. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $57.00

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "1945, May-September 1955, and September 1957!" Collects Front Page Comic Book (1945), Prize Mystery (1955) #1-3, and Man in Black (1957 Harvey) #1. Cover by Bob Fujitani (credited as B. Fuje). Featuring Stories by Bob Fujitani, Joe Kubert, George Roussos, Lou Ferstadt, Eugene E. Hughes, Sal Trapani, and Bob Powell. More horror and suspense for Classic Horror Comics Volume 8! Starting with this little gem-Front Page Comic Book is a Pre-Code anthology from Harvey that contains the origin and first appearance of the Man in Black. This was the only issue of the series. Prize Mystery added a cash incentive for the lucky 1950s reader if they could solve a two-page mystery involving murder. Ironically, solutions to the prize mysteries were to be announced in the issue #4... but, alas it never happened. Man in Black, the faceless occult avenger, tells strange stories, sometimes intervening in person, other times merely letting ironic fate unfold. Reproduced completely from cover to cover as they should be, just like the original comic! Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $27.00

Add to cart Near Mint $27.00

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "January-September 1954/June 1955!" Collects Dynamite (1953 Comic Media) #6-10. Cover by Pete Morisi. Johnny Dynamite, created by Pete Morisi, was a hard-boiled private detective, known as "The Wild Man from Chicago." Good friends with the D.A. but readily accepted by the underworld, he smoked cigarettes constantly, cursed frequently and had a bad habit of getting shot and beaten by his enemies. But always gave as good as he got; he was an experienced and persistent detective taking his cases very personally and killed many of his early foes, claiming they were reaching for a weapon. Myra Benz, who had shot him in the eye, was brazenly killed without any true justification beyond his own sense of justice. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

Italian reprint series. Reprints stories from Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) #24-27, featuring the 1st appearance of Mary Jane Watson and Crime Master. Softcover, 84 pages, full color, Italian language, L.3000 cover price.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "May 5, 1966 to February 3, 1968!"

Story and art by Leonard Starr.

Mary Perkins adventures trodding the stage continue in the eighth volume of Leonard Starr's Mary Perkins on Stage, reprinting daily and Sunday comic strips originally published between May 5,1966 to February 3, 1968, with an introduction by David Apatoff. Storylines include the return of Russian Major Volkov, the devious doings of Vanna Croy, Johnny Q, and the Fletchers as guests at the home of movie director Renzo di Saba.

Softcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 264 pages, B&W.

NOTE: See also Heart of Juliet Jones Dailies TPB (2008)

Cover price $24.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $57.00

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "Space Detective!" Lance Lewis, Space Detective, is a scientific genius and using his ray guns, jet pack and a whole host of other high-tech gadgets fights interplanetary aliens and space menaces with the aid of his gorgeous girlfriend, Marna, solving alien mysteries, such as the amoeba men or Martians. With some absolutely iconic covers painted by Alex Schomburg, you'll wanna catch up on Lance's adventures! Plus, in an observatory high in the Andes, Dr. X, master of the mysteries of occult science undertakes the greatest experiment of his career! Ace Buckley and his friend Toni Stark travel through time on a series of high octane adventures and battles! Collects Lance Lewis: Mystery Comics #3-4 (October-December 1944) and Startling Comics #44-53 (March 1947-September 1948), Dr. X and Ace Buckley: Startling Comics #1-10 (June 1940-September 1941). Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.

Issue 8 - Australian Edition. Circa early to mid 1950's. Reprints "The Deerslayer" in abridged form with new cover art. 6.5" x 8.5, color covers with b&w interior, 24 pages-all newsprint.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "Arabian Knights!"

Softcover (spiralbound), 6-in. x 9-in., 64 pages, full color.

Cover price $10.00.