2007 January Signature Comic Auction #823

<B>Superman #45 (DC, 1947) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> Superman's gal pal believes herself to be the Woman o...

<B>Superman #65 Davis Crippen ("D" Copy) pedigree (DC, 1950) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages.</B></I> Featured in this iss...

The original Man of Steel encounters another similarly titled character, as Superman meets "Hank Garvin, Man of Steel". Hmm... sounds a li...

Curt Swan covers grace both issues included here. Issue #125 is CGC FN+ 6.5 with off-white pages; #135 is CGC VF- 7.5 with cream to off-white pages. O

Curt Swan art. Overstreet 2006 VF/NM 9.0 value = $345; NM- 9.2 value = $460. CGC census 11/06: 1 in 9.0, 3 higher.<BR><BR><b>Shipp...

That's no misprint on the slab: <I>Harvey Kurtzman</B></I> was the cover artist here! If the style seems quite different from ...

<B>Supersnipe Comics V1#6 Rockford pedigree (Street & Smith, 1942) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages.</B></I> This is the...

<B>Supersnipe Comics V2#1 Davis Crippen ("D" Copy) pedigree (Street & Smith, 1944) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages.</B></I&g...

Probably the most familiar title of EC's horror line, owing to the latter-day HBO TV series, this is the first issue after the title changed fro...

Editor/scripter/artist Al Feldstein set the tone for EC horror with his early covers like this one, the third issue of the famed title. Feldstein, Gra

Al Feldstein did the first five covers of the title before turning the reins over to Jack Davis. We like this one, and the interior art from Davis, Gr

<B>Tales From the Crypt #27 Gaines File pedigree 1/12 (EC, 1951) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages.</B></I> Before Jack Davis began his ...

The last of Al Feldstein's covers for the title may be his most famous. Inside, Jack Davis, Joe Orlando, Jack Kamen, and Graham Ingels practice ...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... er, <I>four</B></I> eyes of the <I>beholders</B></I>. Very confusing, bu...

Jack Davis provided the cover art for all but nine issues of the title, and every one after issue #28. Davis, Jack Kamen, George Evans, and Graham Ing

Compiled of four complete remaindered comic books from the previous year, the <B>Tales of Terror</B></I> Annuals didn't have t...

Al Feldstein had the Vault-Keeper, Crypt-Keeper, and Old Witch having fun with torture on this cover. The interior stories were not so light-hearted!

<B>Target Comics #5 Mile High pedigree (Novelty Press, 1940) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> Among this title's ...

Content, scarcity, and grade are the factors that drive the value of a comic book, and here's a gem that combines all three. The Spacehawk cover...

<B>Target Comics V2#11 Mile High pedigree (Novelty Press, 1942) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> Lucky for you, you...

It's a nice run of one of the Golden Age's longer-running series. Included are issues V4#9 (FN), V4#10 (FN/VF), V5#1 (VG+), V5#2 (VF), V5#3 ...

A full run of volume six of the series is offered here and includes issues #1 (VF+), #2 (VG/FN), #3 (VF-), #4 (VF), #5 (Tojo/war bond cover - VF), #6

Up for grabs is a group of <B>Target Comics</B></I> which includes V7#1 (FN), V7#2 (bondage cover - VF+), V7#3 (VF), V7#4 (VF/NM),...

CGC calls this one <B>Diary Secrets </B></I>while Overstreet has it under <B>Teen-Age Diary Secrets</B></I>... w...

This was a very early Mighty Mouse appearance -- his very first comic was #38! And if you're collecting these early issues you almost have to go...

Not only is this the only copy graded above 8.5 by CGC as of this writing, the issue is notable as an early Mighty Mouse appearance. This title had an

<B>Terry-Toons Comics #45 Davis Crippen ("D Copy") pedigree (Timely, 1946) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages.</B></I> Not only...

Comics published by Harvey make up the bulk of this lot, which includes strip reprints by Milton Caniff. Issues include: #3 (first Harvey issue, Joe S

<B>Tex Ritter Western #12 Crowley Copy pedigree (Fawcett, 1952) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white pages.</B></I> Photo cover. Overstreet 2006 ...

Frank Frazetta interior art, an Alex Schomburg cover, and NM condition are what this lot has to offer. Any takers? We thought so. Overstreet 2006 NM-

We continue through the war years with this title, reprinting strips from the United Feature Syndicate comics group. Issues include: #87 (FN), 88 (VF)

More fun with <I>The Captain and the Kids</B></I>, <I>Tarzan</B></I>, <I>Nancy</B></I>, <I&...

Issues #110 (VF), 111 (FN/VF), 112 (FN), 113 (FN+), 114 (VF+), 115 (VF), 116 (VF), 117 (VF-), 118 (VF+), 119 (VF), 120 (VG), 121 (FN), 122 (FN+), 123

This long-running title featured reprints of United Feature Syndicate strips like <I>Nancy</B></I>, <I>Li'l Abner</B&...

More reprints of United Feature Syndicate strips like <I>Nancy</B></I>, <I>Curley Kayoe</B></I>, <I>Li'...

A companion to <B>Tip Top</B></I>, this title featured more United Feature Syndicate strip reprints like<I> Li'l Abner&l...

<B>Tom Mix Western #1 Davis Crippen ("D" Copy) pedigree (Fawcett, 1948) CGC FN/VF 7.0 White pages.</B></I> There's n...

Apparently having one kid team (the Young Allies) was not enough for Timely, who brought out this scarce one-shot in 1942. This copy is complete, but

This is the first issue of a series that was Marvel's answer to Lev Gleason's <B>Crime Does Not Pay</B></I>... or rather, ...

Fredric Wertham had a field day with this one in the pages of <B>Seduction of the Innocent</B></I>, particularly as regards a Jack...

The issue number is #18, but this is the first issue of the critic-favorite title from the mind of Harvey Kurtzman, the primary scripter and artist.

Harvey Kurtzman's chilling cover art is backed by his own interior artwork, along with that of Wally Wood, Johnny Craig, and the combo of John S...

Another stellar Gaines File Copy, this one of the third issue of the series. Harvey Kurtzman did the first 12 covers, including this one. Kurtzman, Ja

Harvey Kurtzman's hard-hitting series is shown in stunning style by this peerless Gaines File Copy. Kurtzman did the cover and some interior art...

Harvey Kurtzman had another winner with this cover. He and EC mainstays Jack Davis, John Severin, Bill Elder, and Wally Wood contributed story art. Ov

The realism-based title ran for an impressive four years, and with the quality of writing and artwork EC made famous, these issues seem undervalued. G

This issue featured the last Harvey Kurtzman cover in the series, a Civil War scene. Jack Davis, Wally Wood, John Severin, and Bill Elder worked in th

An atom bomb story by Wally Wood is the highlight of this issue. Wood also did the cover, while Jack Davis and Joe Kubert contributed interior art. Ov

The cover art had a different look with this issue, as John Severin contributed his first cover for the title. Severin, Jack Davis, and Reed Crandall

George Evans contributed his only cover for the series, begging the question, "Why wasn't he given <I>more</B></I> assign...