2002 July Comic Auction - Session 4

Tales of Terror Annual lot (EC, 1952-53). These are the rare 1952 and 1953 annuals. 1952 is VG with one small piece of tape, 1953 is G/VG with several

Two-Fisted Tales #18 Gaines File pedigree 6/7 (EC, 1950) CGC NM 9.8 Off-white pages. This is the first issue of Two-Fisted Tales, the brainchild of Ha

Two-Fisted Tales #19 Gaines File pedigree 7/10 (EC, 1951) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. Yet another dazzling copy from the vault of Bill Gaines

Two-Fisted Tales #20 Gaines File pedigree 6/9 (EC, 1951) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages. This is one of the rarer Gaines File books with just nine copies

Two-Fisted Tales #21 Gaines File pedigree 7/10 (EC, 1951) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. The road's been mined! It's a guerilla ambus...

Two-Fisted Tales #22 Gaines File pedigree 7/10 (EC, 1951) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages. This copy is a drop dead knockout. The book is flat

Two-Fisted Tales #23 Gaines File pedigree 7/10 (EC, 1951) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. Bill Gaines deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for preservin

Two-Fisted Tales #24 Gaines File pedigree 7/10 (EC, 1951) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. The consistency of quality from issue to issue on thes

Two-Fisted Tales #25 Gaines File pedigree 7/10 (EC, 1952) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. An American soldier takes a bullet in the head on the cover of

Two-Fisted Tales #26 Gaines File pedigree 7/10 (EC, 1952) CGC NM+ 9.6 Cream to off-white pages. This issue documents the action at the Changjin Reser

Two-Fisted Tales #27 Gaines File pedigree 7/10 (EC, 1952) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white pages. How is this copy perfect? Let me count the ways -- perfect co

Two-Fisted Tales #28 Gaines File pedigree 7/10 (EC, 1952) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages. Reds and yellows are notorious for fading, but they did not fad

Two-Fisted Tales #29 Gaines File pedigree 8/11 (EC, 1952) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white pages. They've captured the ridge! Fire by sight! Only a rough c...

Two-Fisted Tales #30 Gaines File pedigree 8/11 (EC, 1952) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. Delivering tales of "War and Fighting Men,&quo...

Two-Fisted Tales #31 Gaines File pedigree 6/12 (EC, 1953) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. They're skipping the shots in at our water-line!...

Two-Fisted Tales #32 Gaines File pedigree 6/9 (EC, 1953) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. Yamato Class Destroyer coming with a bone in 'is ...

Two-Fisted Tales #33 Gaines File pedigree 9/12 (EC, 1953) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. This is a beautiful copy of an in-demand issue. Wally W

Two-Fisted Tales #34 Gaines File pedigree 8/11 (EC, 1953) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. This issue has a classic World War One fighter pilot dogfight cover

Two-Fisted Tales #35 Gaines File pedigree 6/11 (EC, 1953) CGC VF 8.0 White pages. Harvey Kurtzman takes on the Civil War as a topic again in this clas

Two-Fisted Tales #36 Gaines File pedigree 8/11 (EC, 1954) CGC NM 9.4 White pages. White cover issues like this one are difficult to find in grade, but

Two-Fisted Tales #37 Gaines File pedigree 9/12 (EC, 1954) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. The background on the cover of this issue is incredibly

Two-Fisted Tales #38 Gaines File pedigree 9/12 (EC, 1954) CGC NM- 9.2 White pages. Here is yet another attractive white cover issue, also by John Seve

Two-Fisted Tales #39 Gaines File pedigree 9/12 (EC, 1954) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. Slam-bang action abounds in this classic adventure book! Flat, shar

Two-Fisted Tales #40 Gaines File pedigree 9/12 (EC, 1955) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. Featuring a great aviation cover by George Evans, this

Two-Fisted Tales #41 Gaines File pedigree 9/12 (EC, 1955) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. From the moody and evocative Jack Davis cover to the ou

Two-Fisted Tales Annual lot (EC, 1952-1953). Produced for remaindered copies of actual issues, the Annuals have always been challenging to collect, du

Vault of Horror #12 (EC, 1950) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages. You want the best horror book out there? This is it. The bridge between pre-trend

Vault of Horror #12 (EC, 1950) CGC Apparent VF/NM 9.0 Moderate (P), Cream pages. The quintessential horror book, ranked number one by Overstreet, is c

Weird Fantasy #13 (#1) (EC, 1950) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. This is the first issue of EC's popular sci-fi title Weird Fantasy, and it sports ...

Weird Fantasy #12 (EC, 1952) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. EC's are incredibly difficult to find in really high-grade. This is a sweet c...

Weird Science-Fantasy Annual group (EC, 1952-1953) VG Off-white pages. Both the 1952 and 1953 Annuals in Very Good condition. These rare books were so

Master Comics #21 (Fawcett, 1941) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages. Holy Big Red Cheese! Copies of #21 rarely ever turn up in this condition! The few def

Master Comics #22 Rockford pedigree (Fawcett, 1942) CGC VF/NM 9.0. Captain Marvel, Jr. moves over from Whiz #25 and teams up with Bulletman. Featured

Meet Corliss Archer #1 (Fox, 1948) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. Al Feldstein would find greater fame in a couple of years with his work at

Mighty Midget Comics Lot (Fawcett, 1942-43). This lot consists of 12 Mighty Midget miniature comics from Fawcett. The books included are: Captain Marv

Military Comics #1 (Quality, 1941) CGC FN- 5.5 White pages. This important issue features the first appearance of Blackhawk, one of the few major hero

Military Comics #2 Rockford pedigree (Quality, 1941) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages. Will Eisner contributed the cover for this classic second issue. J

Military Comics #13 Rockford pedigree (Quality) CGC NM- 9.2 Cream to off-white pages. Blackhawk is rarely spoken in the same breath as Superman, Batma

Military Comics #15 Rockford pedigree (Quality, 1943) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white pages. Reed Crandall's cover art rarely looked as good as in this ac...

Military Comics #19 San Francisco pedigree (Quality, 1943) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. Reed Crandall's incredible Nazi war cover to this issue i...

Military Comics #20 San Francisco pedigree (Quality, 1943) CGC NM 9.4 White pages. Not only is this a classic Nazi war cover by Reed Crandall, but it

Military Comics #24 San Francisco pedigree (Quality, 1943) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. Blackhawk is shown parachuting into combat on this co

Military Comics #27 Mile High pedigree (Quality, 1944) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. Only an almost imperceptible 1.5" crease that do...

Military Comics #38 Mile High pedigree (Quality, 1945) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. This is a truly stunning example from the Mile High colle

Military Comics #40 Mile High pedigree (Quality, 1945) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. What can you say about the Mile High pedigree that hasn...

Minute Man #2 Mile High pedigree (Fawcett, 1941) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. A small scrape in the lower left corner of the front cover is t

Modern Comics #47 Big Apple pedigree (Quality, 1946) CGC NM 9.4 White pages. Al Bryant's simple, brooding cover is very effective on this fourth...

Modern Comics #49 Big Apple pedigree (Quality, 1946) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. Here's another sterling Big Apple copy. CGC's assigning of ...

Monster Crime #1 (Hillman Publications, 1952) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages. When's the last time you saw this book? Hillman went out on a...

Motion Picture Funnies Weekly set of #2-4 (First Funnies, Inc., 1939). Here is a set of cover proofs from this never-published series. Issue #1 is the