2003 March Comics Signature Sale #806 (Session 1)

Marvel Mystery Comics #8 (Timely, 1940) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages. Alex Schomburg had pretty much taken over as the official cover artist

Marvel Mystery Comics #9 (Timely, 1940) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. Undeniably a holy grail issue for many Timely collectors, this book is downright i

Marvel Mystery Comics #10 (Timely, 1940) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages. Alex Schomburg resumes cover duties and has the Sub-Mariner fighting Nazis in a

Marvel Mystery Comics #11 (Timely, 1940) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages. A Schomburg cover has the Torch at a familiar activity, battling Nazis.

Marvel Mystery Comics #12 (Timely, 1940) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages. Jack Kirby's style is unmistakable, even as a young twenty-thre...

Marvel Mystery Comics #13 (Timely, 1940) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages. This issue is loaded with good stuff, from Alex Schomburg's cover to the f...

Marvel Mystery Comics #14 (Timely, 1940) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages. Alex Schomburg's cover gives a first impression of a higher gra...

Marvel Mystery Comics #15 (Timely, 1941) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. The Nazi hordes have the Sub-Mariner, but not the Torch. Wanna bet who

Marvel Mystery Comics #16 (Timely, 1941) CGC Apparent FN/VF 7.0 Slight (A) Cream to off-white pages. The "Apparent" grade here doesn't...

Marvel Mystery Comics #17 San Francisco pedigree (Timely, 1941) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages. The front cover, with it's sparkling ric...

Marvel Mystery Comics #18 (Timely, 1941) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages. Schomburg's cover promises "Only the Torch could save Toro...

Marvel Mystery Comics #19 (Timely, 1941) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages. Schomburg's cover included a promo for and mini-drawing of the fi...

Marvel Mystery Comics #20 (Timely, 1941) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages. Alex Schomburg and Timely were a match made in comic heaven. The publish

Marvel Mystery Comics #21 (Timely, 1941) CGC Apparent NM- 9.2 Slight (P) Cream to off-white pages. On looks alone, this bright beauty ranks number one

Marvel Mystery Comics #21 (Timely, 1941) CGC Apparent VF 8.0 Slight (A) Cream to off-white pages. The Patriot begins in this issue, carrying over from

Marvel Mystery Comics #22 Chicago pedigree (Timely, 1941) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white pages. This sizzling copy is the nicest representative of issue #22 th

Marvel Mystery Comics #23 (Timely, 1941) CGC NM 9.4 Cream to off-white pages. A brilliant book inside and out. Structurally, the outlandish 9.4 from C

Marvel Mystery Comics #24 (Timely, 1941) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages. Is your head spinning with all these "best copy of the issue&q...

Marvel Mystery Comics #25 Chicago pedigree (Timely, 1941) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. The Sub-Mariner looks a little too pleased for his pre

Marvel Mystery Comics #27 Rockford pedigree (Timely, 1942) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Light tan to off-white pages. CGC has certified just two unrestored copies of

Marvel Mystery Comics #28 (Timely, 1942) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages. Schomburg couldn't go many issues without revealing his twisted...

Marvel Mystery Comics #29 (Timely, 1942) CGC Apparent VF+ 8.5 Slight (A) Off-white pages. This copy offers a stunning visual impression with its fresh

Marvel Mystery Comics #30 (Timely, 1942) CGC FN+ 6.5 Light tan to off-white pages. This issue is significant for its Al Gabriele cover, the first Japa

Marvel Mystery Comics #31 (Timely, 1942) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. This issue features the second of three "Remember Pearl Harbor" cover...

Marvel Mystery Comics #32 (Timely, 1942) CGC Apparent VF/NM 9.0 Slight (P) Cream to off-white pages. Your budget constraints won't be the reason...

Marvel Mystery Comics #33 (Timely, 1942) CGC VF+ 8.5 Cream to off-white pages. The grade represented here would qualify as the highest CGC award to ma

Marvel Mystery Comics #34 (Timely, 1942) CGC Apparent FN+ 6.5 Slight (A) Off-white pages. "Restoration" doesn't automatically mean the...

Marvel Mystery Comics #35 (Timely, 1942) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white pages. Gerber estimated there are an "average" number of copies of this issu...

Marvel Mystery Comics #36 (Timely, 1942) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages. Schomburg projects a German invasion of New York City, including how the Torch

Marvel Mystery Comics #37 (Timely, 1942) CGC Apparent VF/NM 9.0 Slight (P) Off-white pages. Syd Shores makes the most of a rare cover assignment durin

Marvel Mystery Comics #38 Chicago pedigree (Timely, 1942) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. Syd Shores' inspired effort on this cover had to...

Marvel Mystery Comics #39 (Timely, 1943) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages. Schomburg gives us a real battlefest cover, brought to life by the secon

Marvel Mystery Comics #43 Chicago pedigree (Timely, 1943) CGC NM- 9.2 White pages. American forces enlist the aid of the Human Torch and Toro to annih

Marvel Mystery Comics #45 (Timely, 1943) CGC Apparent NM 9.4 Slight (P) Off-white pages. This is an exceptionally pretty copy, as the "Apparent...

Marvel Mystery Comics #46 "D" Copy pedigree (Timely, 1943) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. If you wondered what Schomburg really thought of N...

Marvel Mystery Comics #47 (Timely, 1943) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. Another "uncommon" issue, according to Gerber's The P...

Marvel Mystery Comics #48 (Timely, 1943) CGC VF+ 8.5 Cream to off-white pages. Dozens of American, British, and Nazi soldiers are meticulously drawn b

Marvel Mystery Comics #49 (Timely, 1949) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages. The Human Torch short-circuits a no-good Japanese plan to make a lovely

Marvel Mystery Comics #51 Chicago pedigree (Timely, 1944) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. The Human Torch isn't a moment too soon to res...

Marvel Mystery Comics #54 Chicago pedigree (Timely, 1944) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. Only one unrestored copy of this issue has emerged for

Marvel Mystery Comics #55 (Timely, 1944) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages. To illustrate the point from the previous description, here is a 7.5 wh

Marvel Mystery Comics #56 (Timely, 1944) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages. Toro and an unidentified fire-haired looker are all tied up on the Schomburg cov

Marvel Mystery Comics #57 (Timely, 1944) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. Issue after issue, the Torch is given precious little time to save enda

Marvel Mystery Comics #59 (Timely, 1944) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. A light crease at the back upper spine, and a tiny crease at the back bottom corn

Marvel Mystery Comics #62 (Timely, 1945) CGC Apparent FN- 5.5 Slight (A) Cream to off-white pages. This would be a solid mid-grade copy even without t

Marvel Mystery Comics #63 (Timely, 1945) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white pages. The penultimate German war cover for the title earns Alex Schomburg yet another

Marvel Mystery Comics #64 (Timely, 1945) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages. The final German war cover is Schomburg at his best mixing the fiery fury of t

Marvel Mystery Comics #65 (Timely, 1945) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white pages. This is really a striking copy, showing unusually bright cover colors, corners, s

Marvel Mystery Comics #67 (Timely, 1945) CGC Apparent VF+ 8.5 Slight (P) Off-white pages. From the protective CGC encasement, this copy displays impre

Marvel Mystery Comics #68 (Timely, 1946) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages. If you weren't familiar with the Human Torch, or Timely, or Alex ...

Marvel Mystery Comics #69 (Timely, 1946) CGC Apparent NM- 9.2 Moderate (P) Off-white pages. To illustrate how well this copy compares with other issue

Marvel Mystery Comics #70 (Timely, 1946) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages. You may be able to find a nicer copy, but why bother? This high-grade sp

Marvel Mystery Comics #71 (Timely, 1946) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages. Another example of the difficulty in finding this title in better condition than

Marvel Mystery Comics #72 (Timely, 1946) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. Our sources are split on the identity of the cover artist here; is it Sol Brodsky

Marvel Mystery Comics #73 (Timely, 1946) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages. Overstreet gives Mike Sekowsky credit for this eye-catching cover, and

Marvel Mystery Comics #74 Cosmic Aeroplane pedigree (Timely, 1946) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages. The Patriot makes his last appearance in this issue

Marvel Mystery Comics #75 (Timely, 1946) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. The Young Allies begin a nine-issue run alongside the Human Torch, Sub-Mariner,

Marvel Mystery Comics #76 (Timely, 1946) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. A ten-chapter Miss America serial begins here, but the most significant happening

Marvel Mystery Comics #77 (Timely, 1946) CGC Apparent VF+ 8.5 Slight (A) Off-white pages. Syd Shores follows the tough act of Alex Schomburg, in takin

Marvel Mystery Comics #78 (Timely, 1946) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white pages. The book looks deceptively high-grade from the front, and structurally it'...

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Marvel Mystery Comics #80 (Timely, 1947) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages. Timely seems to take a page from a certain Batman nemesis with a Syd Shores co

Marvel Mystery Comics #81 (Timely, 1947) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages. Captain America makes another appearance in this issue fronted by a Syd

Marvel Mystery Comics #82 (Timely, 1947) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages. The lovely Namora makes a grand entrance to the Timely/Marvel Universe on this S

Marvel Mystery Comics #83 "D" Copy pedigree (Timely, 1947) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages. The deep, rich colors of the cover give no...

Marvel Mystery Comics #84 (Timely, 1947) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages. If all CGC-graded 5.0 books looked this nice, our private collections

Marvel Mystery Comics #85 "D" Copy pedigree (Timely, 1948) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. The sensational pedigree copy is the nicest of issu...

Marvel Mystery Comics #87 (Timely, 1948) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages. Timely's first comic book series changed its format over the years, adapti...

Marvel Mystery Comics #88 (Timely, 1948) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages. Timely spotlights its "good girls", the Blonde Phantom, Sun ...

Marvel Mystery Comics #89 (Timely, 1948) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. Sol Brodsky's cover treatment of the Torch catches the eye, as does his Pas...

Marvel Mystery Comics #90 (Timely, 1949) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white pages. In this issue the Blonde Phantom is unmasked and becomes simply the Blonde. Anot

Marvel Mystery Comics #91 (Timely, 1949) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white pages. For you bargain hunters of mid-grade copies of Timely Gold, try this on for si

Marvel Mystery Comics #92 (Timely, 1949) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. This was the final issue of the illustrious title, but Timely/Atlas managed to k

Men's Adventures #27 (Atlas, 1954) CGC Apparent VF 8.0 Moderate (P) Off-white to white pages. Marvel/Atlas had a problem deciding on the title, ...

More Fun Comics #52 (DC, 1940) Apparent VF 8.0 Moderate (P) Cream to off-white pages. Currently holding down tenth place on Overstreet's "T...

More Fun Comics #53 (DC, 1940) CGC Apparent FN/VF 7.0 Slight (P) Cream to off-white pages. Bernard Baily's second cover of the Spectre is also a...

Mystic Comics #1 (Timely, 1940) CGC Apparent VF 8.0 Slight (P) Off-white pages. This copy sports a great bondage cover by Alex Schomburg, and has an o

Mystic Comics #2 (Timely, 1940) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages. All but two issues of this title's ten-issue run are "uncommon" or &quo...

Mystic Comics #3 San Francisco pedigree (Timely, 1940) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. Some of Alex Schomburg's earliest comic book covers were on t...

Mystic Comics #4 (Timely, 1940) CGC Apparent VG/FN 5.0 Slight (P) Cream to off-white pages. Hercules makes his final appearance in this issue, right a

Mystic Comics #5 (Timely, 1941) CGC Apparent FN/VF 7.0 Slight (P) Off-white pages. Timely was still feverishly auditioning superheroes in this issue w

Mystic Comics #6 (Timely, 1941) CGC FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages. Two of the most influential of all Golden Age comic book artists, Jack Kirby and

Mystic Comics #7 (Timely, 1941) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages. Simon and Kirby were at their classic cover best with this gruesome depiction of

Mystic Comics #8 (Timely, 1942) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. Al Gabriele took over cover artist duties on the last three issues of the run, b

Mystic Comics #9 (Timely, 1942) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. Al Gabriele bids for a classic cover of his own with this Hitler/bondage visual delight.

Mystic Comics #10 (Timely, 1942) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. This super-bright copy of the final issue in the run added weight to cover arti

Mystic Comics #1 "D" Copy pedigree (Timely, 1944) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. The Angel interrupts the Nazi interrogation of a bound, but ...

Mystic Comics #2 "D" Copy pedigree Double Cover (Timely, 1944) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. The Nazi Anti-Defamation League has a real prob...

Mystic Comics #3 "D" Copy pedigree (Timely, 1944) CGC NM 9.4 Cream to off-white pages. Collectors of primo Timely copies, are you lucky! H...

Mystic Comics #4 "D" Copy pedigree (Timely, 1945) CGC Apparent VF+ 8.5 Slight (P) Cream to off-white pages. Alex Schomburg mixes elements ...

New Adventure Comics #16 (DC, 1937) CGC Apparent VG+ 4.5 Moderate (P) Light tan to off-white pages. DC's second-oldest comic series had started ...

Red Raven #1 (Timely, 1940) CGC Apparent VF+ 8.5 Slight (P) Off-white pages. This scarce issue is hugely historical on two accounts. One, it precedes

Speed Comics #3 (Harvey, 1939) CGC GD/VG 3.0 Cream to off-white pages. Shock Gibson hoists a Howitzer at some utterly generic-looking military enemies

Sub-Mariner Comics #1 (Timely, 1941) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages. Currently the 25th most valuable Golden Age comic book, according to the 20

Sub-Mariner Comics #2 (Timely, 1941) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages. Timely at its finest, with one of comics' most distinctive characters ...

Sub-Mariner Comics #3 Chicago pedigree (Timely, 1941) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. Alex Schomburg gives us an amazing Winston Churchill ass

Sub-Mariner Comics #4 (Timely, 1941) VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages. No one is suggesting this issue is scarce, or even uncommon, but CGC lists on

Sub-Mariner Comics #5 (Timely, 1942) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. Al Gabrielle is the cover artist on this one, and the frenzied wartime scene ranks ri

Sub-Mariner Comics #6 Chicago pedigree (Timely, 1942) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. Alex Schomburg portrays the Japanese invading the Panama Canal, and

Sub-Mariner Comics #7 Pennsylvania pedigree (Timely, 1942) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages. The brilliant colors of this pedigree copy petition for a hi