2002 October Comic Auction - Session 3

Crime Patrol #10 (EC, 1949) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages. Johnny Craig was the top crime artist for pre-Trend EC Comics, and you can certainly see wh

Crime Patrol #16 (EC, 1950) Condition: FN+. Johnny Craig was already turning in some beautiful covers by the time the Crypt Keeper was making his seco

Crime SuspenStories #6 Gaines File pedigree 3/12 (EC, 1953) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages. Of all the great artists at EC, Johnny Craig is the one that

Crime SuspenStories #23 Gaines File pedigree (EC, 1954) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. George Evans, one of EC's lesser-celebrated art ma...

Crime SuspenStories #24 Gaines File pedigree 3/12 (EC, 1954) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. This entrancingly disturbing cover comes courtesy o

Crime SuspenStories #26 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1955) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages. The esteemed "good girl"...

Crime SuspenStories #27 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1955) CGC NM- 9.2 White pages. Almost every comic issue from EC's heyday c...

Crime SuspenStories #27 Gaines File pedigree 3/12 (EC, 1955) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages. Jack Kamen proved he wasn't limited to his considerable pr...

Crypt of Terror #18 (EC, 1950) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages. EC books are famous for their well-illustrated artwork and mind-blowing horror st

EC Autographs (EC, 1950s). This appears to be the standard reply that was sent to letter writers of EC comics back in the 1950s. The front side pictur

Extra! #1 Gaines File pedigree 10/12 (EC, 1955) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. In an attempt to keep EC afloat after the ongoing attacks by D

Extra! #2 Gaines File pedigree 10/12 (EC, 1955) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. Somehow the Comics Code Authority stamp and the EC emblem didn&...

Extra! #3 Gaines File pedigree 10/12 (EC, 1955) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. This is a supremely attractive copy that seems to scoff at the id

Extra! #4 Gaines File pedigree 10/12 (EC, 1955) CGC NM+ 9.6 Cream to off-white pages. Another mind-blowing Gaines File copy, this issue has Johnny Cra

Extra! #5 Gaines File pedigree 10/12 (EC, 1955) CGC NM- 9.2 White pages. Johnny Craig did every cover for this title, and it still only ran for five i

Frontline Combat #2 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1951) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white pages. The year following the first wave of EC titles

Frontline Combat #3 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1951) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. Editor Harvey Kurtzman does the cover, t

Frontline Combat #4 Gaines File pedigree 3/10 (EC, 1952) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. The bright, cheery colors of this issue are in eerie co

Frontline Combat #5 Gaines File pedigree (EC, 1952) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages. If only other publishers had maintained such file copies!

Frontline Combat #6 Gaines File pedigree 6/9 (EC, 1952) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. This title remains one of the real bargains among the EC

Frontline Combat #7 Gaines File pedigree 3/10 (EC, 1952) CGC NM 9.4 White pages. This special Iwo Jima issue featured a particularly gruesome cover wh

Frontline Combat #8 Gaines File pedigree 6/9 (EC, 1952) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. Harvey Kurtzman's sensational Korean War airfight ...

Frontline Combat #9 Gaines File pedigree 3/10 (EC, 1952) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages. Kurtzman's final cover on the title draws on a Civil War t...

Frontline Combat #10 Gaines File pedigree 3/9 (EC, 1953) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages. This issue features one of the most famous covers in the run, an

Frontline Combat #10 (EC, 1953) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. John Severin's heart-tugging cover depicts a Korean War orphan in this issu...

Frontline Combat #11 Gaines File pedigree 3/11 (EC, 1953) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white pages. Jack Davis' first of two covers for the title is the more...

Frontline Combat #12 Gaines File pedigree 3/11 (EC, 1953) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white pages. This copy from Bill Gaines' files features an intricate c...

Frontline Combat #13 Gaines File pedigree 3/12 (EC, 1953) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages. With a Wally Wood cover and art, as well as interior art by Jac

Frontline Combat #14 Gaines File pedigree 3/11 (EC, 1953) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages. Wally Wood adds to his legacy with this distinctive

Frontline Combat #15 Gaines File pedigree 3/11 (EC, 1954) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages. This evocative cover by Wally Wood may very well be the best in

The Haunt of Fear #4 Gaines File pedigree 3/9 (EC, 1950) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white pages. This is the first copy of Haunt of Fear #4 that we have ever o

The Haunt of Fear #7 Gaines File pedigree 3/12 (EC, 1951) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages. This flawless copy may be the very best that you wil

The Haunt of Fear #8 Gaines File pedigree 6/12 (EC, 1951) CGC NM 9.4 White pages. This shrunken head cover by Al Feldstein is a real shocker, and one

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The Haunt of Fear #11 Gaines File pedigree 2/12 (EC, 1952) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. Overstreet gives the "Classic Ingels cover" thumbs up ...

The Haunt of Fear #12 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1952) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. Overstreet denotes this Graham Ingels

The Haunt of Fear #13 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1956) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. Johnny Craig, Jack Davis and Jack Kame

The Haunt of Fear #14 Gaines File pedigree 7/12 (EC, 1952) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. Graham Ingels owned this title, creating the 18 final

The Haunt of Fear #16 Gaines File pedigree 7/11 (EC, 1952) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. One really doesn't need to say more than "Ingels cover ...

The Haunt of Fear #17 Gaines File pedigree 7/12 (EC, 1953) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. Graham Ingels earns another "classic" rat...

The Haunt of Fear #18 Gaines File pedigree 8/12 (EC, 1953) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages. That Graham Ingels had no peer when it came to horr

The Haunt of Fear #19 Gaines File pedigree 7/12 (EC, 1953) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. Not one decapitation, but two are about to take place simultane

The Haunt of Fear #20 Gaines File pedigree 2/11 (EC, 1953) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. The detail on this Graham Ingels cover is absolutely

The Haunt of Fear #25 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1954) CGC NM- 9.2 White pages. The purple ink on the cover of this copy of Haunt o

The Haunt of Fear #28 Gaines File pedigree 1/12 (EC, 1954) CGC NM 9.4 White pages. Overstreet gives a "low distribution" warning on this f...

Incredible Science Fiction #32 (EC, 1955) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. Jack Davis created one of his most memorable covers for this code-approved, yet

Incredible Science Fiction #31 (EC, 1955) CGC VF 8.0 White pages. Here's a book that is usually extremely difficult to find in nice shape, mainl...

Mad #1 (EC, 1952) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages. This seminal satire issue started the ball rolling for scores of imitators, and could even b

Mad #2 (EC, 1952) CGC NM- 9.2 Cream to off-white pages. A typically over-the-top cover rendering by the great Jack Davis is the perfect introduction t

Mad #3 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1953) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. What a fun cover by the legendary Harvey Kurtzman! The

Mad #3 Mile High pedigree (EC, 1953) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white pages. Harvey Kurtzman's covers made up nearly half of the comic book covers for the ...

Moon Girl and the Prince #1 (EC, 1947) CGC VF+ 8.5 Cream to off-white pages. Johnny Craig combines elements of "good girl" and Pulp art on...

Panic #4 Gaines File pedigree 10/12 (EC, 1954) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. Hot babes Melvina and Irvina on the cover of this Mad spin-off look remarkably

Picture Stories from Science #1 Gaines File pedigree 4/11 (EC, 1947) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages. Generally as nice as most Gaines books, thi

Picture Stories from the Bible #3 (Old Testament) Gaines File pedigree 4/12 (EC, 1943) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages. A great copy of this book, the fro

Reddy Kilowatt #2 (EC, 1947) CGC NM+ 9.6 Cream to off-white pages. This giveaway, entitled "Wizard of Light," was the second in a series p...

Tales From the Crypt #24 Gaines File pedigree 7/12 (EC, 1951) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. EC is well known for their great horror covers, and this one

Tales From the Crypt #31 Gaines File pedigree 3/12 (EC, 1952) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white pages. This important issue has Al Williamson's first art ...

Tales From the Crypt #32 (EC, 1952) CGC NM 9.4 Cream to off-white pages. Jack Davis shows off his versatility with this amazing cover. Graham Ingels a

Tales From the Crypt #32 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1952) CGC NM- 9.2 Cream to off-white pages. Another truly mind-blowing EC cover

Tales From the Crypt #33 Double cover (EC, 1952) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages. This is an extremely rare book because of the fact that is has a

Tales From the Crypt #39 Gaines File pedigree 3/11 (EC, 1953) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. A Jack Davis cover, with inside art credits from Jo

Tales From the Crypt #40 Gaines File pedigree 7/12 (EC, 1954) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white pages. Jack Davis created what many consider to be one of the all

Tales From the Crypt #41 Gaines File pedigree 3/12 (EC, 1954) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. A wonderfully suspenseful scene on the cover sets t

Tales From the Crypt #42 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1954) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. A tense Jack Davis vampire cover fronts this

Tales From the Crypt #46 Gaines File pedigree 3/11 (EC, 1955) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. A kind of melancholy comic, this is a typically fan

Three Dimensional EC Classics #1 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1954) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages. This was one of only two 3-D issue

Three Dimensional EC Classics #1 (EC, 1954) CGC VF+ 8.5 Cream to off-white pages. A cool Kurtzman cover fronts this interesting book. It contains prev

Three Dimensional EC Classics #1 (EC, 1954) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages. If you can't afford the higher-grade copy of this uncommon iss...

Three Dimensional Tales from the Crypt of Terror #2 (EC, 1954) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. Seemed like such a great idea, taking the EC concept one m

Vault of Horror #12 (EC, 1950) CGC Apparent GD/VG 3.0 Slight (A) White pages. It's only appropriate that Johnny Craig is the cover artist for bo...

Vault of Horror #17 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1951) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. Johnny Craig on the cover, and Davis, Ing

Vault of Horror #18 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1951) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. He must have wished with a wooden nickel

Vault of Horror #28 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1953) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white pages. One of Johnny Craig's most famous horror ...

Vault of Horror #31 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1953) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. Johnny Craig conjures up a bloody mess fo

Vault of Horror #33 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1953) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages. Johnny Craig created every single cover for this ti

Weird Fantasy #21 Gaines File pedigree 3/12 (EC, 1953) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. Williamson and Frazetta team up on this fantastic cover.

Weird Science #12 (#1) Cosmic Aeroplane pedigree (EC, 1950) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. The 1950s gave us the genre of science-fiction, and this title

Weird Science #14 (#3) (EC, 1950) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. Feldstein provides a chilling end-of-the-world cover with his distinctive style of robot

Weird Science #15 (#4) Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1950) CGC NM- 9.2 Cream to off-white pages. Al Feldstein provides the ironic cove

Weird Science #5 Gaines File pedigree 4/10 (EC, 1951) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white pages. This fantastic Feldstein atomic explosion cover is a fan favorite

Weird Science #7 (EC, 1951) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white pages. Al Feldstein does one of his more famous covers for the series, and stellar art-mates Kurtzma

Weird Science #8 Gaines File pedigree 4/12 (EC, 1951) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white pages. It's hard to know where to start with this sweet, sweet bea...

Weird Science #10 Gaines File pedigree 4/11 (EC, 1951) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. An eye-popping Wally Wood cover introduces this incredibl

Weird Science #11 Gaines File pedigree 4/12 (EC, 1952) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white pages. This explosive Feldstein cover gave kids a taste of "star...

Weird Science #12 Gaines File pedigree 8/11 (EC, 1952) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. Wally Wood gives us a fun zero-G cover on this great book. Wood alw

Weird Science #15 (EC, 1952) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages. A dinosaur attacks on this great Wood cover. The cover looks better than the grade,

Weird Science #17 Gaines File pedigree 7/9 (EC, 1953) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. A pretty grim and scary corpse-filled cover is the sort of

Weird Science #19 Gaines File pedigree 7/10 (EC, 1953) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. Wood gives us another fantastic and shocking cover on thi

Weird Science-Fantasy #24 Gaines File pedigree 3/12 (EC, 1954) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. Feldstein provides his first cover for this secon

Weird Science-Fantasy #26 (EC, 1954) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. With a Flying Saucer Report feature and A-bomb panels, EC was pushing the s

Weird Science-Fantasy #29 (EC, 1955) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages. An awesome cover by Frank Frazetta fronts a peerless array of fantasy art b

10 Story Mystery Magazine v1 #4 Yakima pedigree (Popular, 1942) VG+. Here is another fantastic pulp from the famous Yakima pedigree. It is in VG+ cond

All Story Oct 1912, First Appearance of Tarzan (Munsey, 1912). Ninety years ago, a cheaply-printed publication appeared unheralded on the newsstand an

Amazing Stories Vol. 3, #5 (Ziff-Davis, 1928) VG+. The first appearance of Buck Rogers has to be considered one of the ultimate keys in all of pulps.

Amazing Stories lot Yakima pedigree (Ziff-Davis, 1948-1953) VF-. This beautiful set consists of the October 1948 and March 1953 issues. The March 1953

Amazing Stories lot Yakima pedigree (Ziff-Davis, 1948) FN/VF. Offered here are two high-grade issues of Amazing Stories, July 1948 and May 1951. The c

Amazing Stories Annual 1 (Ziff-Davis, 1927) Condition: VG-. John Carter is featured on this incredible cover by Frank R. Paul. This is a nice looking

Fantastic Adventures lot Yakima pedigree (Ziff-Davis, 1948) Condition: VF+. These two beautiful books are the May and December issues from 1948. They

Pulp Group Lot Yakima pedigree (Popular, 1945-1950) Condition: F/VF. This lot consists of two high-grade pulps including Famous Fantastic Mysteries Ma