2003 March Comics Signature Sale #806 (Session 4, 5 & 6)

Mad #1 (EC, 1952) CGC VG+ 4.5 Slightly brittle pages. First issue featuring "Humor in a Jugular Vein" and "Tales Calculated to Drive ...

Mad #2 (EC, 1952) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages. Jack Davis delivers an hilarious baseball cover in this second issue of the classic humor comic. As onl

Mad #2 (EC, 1952) CGC VF- 7.5 Light tan to off-white pages. The second issue of Bill Gaines' landmark series, Mad would go on to introduce a new...

Mad #3 Gaines File Copy Certificate Missing (EC, 1953) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. Harvey Kurtzman's cover draws a humorous cover of a ...

Mad #3 (EC, 1953) CGC VG+ 4.5 Light tan to off-white pages. One of the most trend-setting comics ever published, MAD has become a cultural icon. The q

Mad #4 (EC, 1953) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages. It's not that we don't like Mad Magazine; we do. It's just that Mad was so muc...

Mad #5 (EC, 1953) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages. This classic Bill Elder Mad cover features a buxom red-head distracting Private Eye Kane Keen

Mad #7 (EC, 1953) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages. Screwball antics from Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood, and the crew parodying movies, television pr

Mad #9 (EC, 1954) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages. Harvey Kurtzman was 29 years old when this issue was published but he was already a veteran of

Mad #14 (EC, 1954) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. Revealed at last, the reason for the Mona Lisa's smile; the latest Mad clutched tightly...

Mad #15 (EC, 1954) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. Even with all the high-grade Gaines File copies abounding, this surprising copy misses being

Mad #16 (EC, 1954) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. High-grade copies of all E.C. comic books have been in great demand recently so this beauty should att

Mad #19 (EC, 1955) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. Finding a non-Gaines File copy in this high-grade condition is a daunting task. In fact, ju

Mad #24 (EC, 1955) Condition: FN/VF. Here is a very solid copy of the first magazine sized issue of Mad. A scant five issues later Harvey Kurtzman and

Mad #25 (EC, 1955) Condition: VF-. Al Jaffee begins as a regular writer in this the second magazine sized issue of Mad. With a great Kurtzman cover an

Mad #26 (EC, 1955) Condition: VG/FN. A fun and funny magazine in its third issue. The only thing keeping this from grading higher is a crease running

Mad #27 (EC, 1956) Condition: VG. Al Jaffee joins the staff full time with this issue. Kurtzman does a new border and Jack Davis chimes in with an inc

Mad #28 (EC, 1956) Condition: VF/NM. This "Spring" loaded issue is Kurtzman's last as editor. In really nice shape, this looks as if i...

Panic #4 (EC, 1954) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages. Mad wasn't a big enough forum for Al Feldstein and his zoo crew of Basil Wolverton, ...

Picture Stories from the Bible #3 (New Testament) Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1946) CGC NM+ 9.6 Cream to off-white pages. A gorgeous

Picture Stories from the Bible Old Testament #4 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (DC, 1943) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. M.C. Gaines s

Piracy #1 Gaines File pedigree 12/12 (EC, 1954) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. Wally Wood draws an incredible cover scene of a horde of pirates doing what p

Piracy #2 Gaines File pedigree 9/12 (EC, 1955) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. Reed Crandall draws two pirates battling each other in a knife fight to the de

Piracy #3 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1955) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. Reed Crandall draws a terrific cover of two small boats attacki

Piracy #4 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1955) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. As EC was departing from their traditional line of horror and c

Piracy #7 Gaines File pedigree 1/12 (EC, 1955) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. "Sagas of the Sea, Ships, Plunder and... Piracy" comp...

Psychoanalysis #2 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1955) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. EC's "New Direction" las...

Shock SuspenStories #1 Gaines File pedigree 8/11 (EC, 1952) CGC NM/MT 9.8. Al Feldstein's classic electrocution cover launches the title with a ...

Shock SuspenStories #6 (EC, 1952) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages. One of the all-time classic hooded bondage covers by Wally Wood with Jack Ka

Shock SuspenStories #7 (EC, 1953) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. Very little keeps this striking copy from an even higher grade and the only ni

Shock SuspenStories #8 (EC, 1953) NM 9.4 Cream to off-white pages. When it comes to jolting tales of tension in the EC tradition this copy really brin

Shock SuspenStories #9 (EC, 1953) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. The horrific cover is by Al Feldstein, who gets help from Wood, Kamen, Orlando, and Cran

Shock SuspenStories #18 Gaines File pedigree 3/12 (EC, 1955) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. The last issue of a fantastic run. This sharp copy

Tales From the Crypt #20 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1950) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages. The Crypt Keeper brings us this f

Tales From the Crypt #21 Gaines File pedigree 3/10 (EC, 1951) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white pages. This incredible cover shows Al Feldstein's artistic...

Tales From the Crypt #22 Gaines File pedigree 3/10 (EC, 1951) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. This third issue of this title sports the ugly mug

Tales From the Crypt #22 (EC, 1951) CGC NM 9.4 Cream to off-white pages. There ought to be some sought of horror comic rule that you don't visit...

Tales From the Crypt #23 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1951) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages. One of Al Feldstein's most famous cove...

Tales From the Crypt #24 Gaines File pedigree 7/12 (EC, 1951) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. Al Feldstein's covers on the early issues of...

Tales From the Crypt #25 Gaines File pedigree 7/12 (EC, 1951) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages. Al Feldstein does one of his six covers for the title, whic

Tales From the Crypt #26 Gaines File pedigree (EC, 1951) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. Yep, it's another Gaines File Copy. And CGC has g...

Tales From the Crypt #28 Gaines File pedigree 3/12 (EC, 1952) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages. Now take a deep breath - and don't panic! This is ind...

Tales From the Crypt #31 Gaines File pedigree Certificate Missing (EC, 1952) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white pages. This unbeatable copy displays colors, corn

Tales From the Crypt #31 Gaines File pedigree 9/12 (EC, 1952) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white pages. Jack Davis' cover incorporated his mastery of blendin...

Tales From the Crypt #32 (EC, 1952) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. Looks like she's about to put its foot her in mouth again. Oh well, ev...

Tales From the Crypt #32 (EC, 1952) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages. Jack Davis delivers a pulse-pounding cover of an angry elephant about to squash a b

Tales From the Crypt #33 Gaines File pedigree 3/12 (EC, 1952) CGC NM+ 9.6 Cream to off-white pages. When Al Feldstein turned over primary cover artist

Tales From the Crypt #33 (EC, 1952) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages. A minor dent at the top right front corner and corresponding upper back left corner

Tales From the Crypt #34 (EC, 1953) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. Just a slightly mis-cut cover is the only defect visible upon casual inspect

Tales From the Crypt #35 Gaines File pedigree 6/11 (EC, 1953) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages. It's fitting that E.C.'s most versatile artist wa...