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Some interesting and oddball comics and comic-related items up for auction on eBay, ending on Sunday night. No reserves. Thanks for checking them out!

Some highlights include:

Rare 1952 Yalta To Korea Anti-Communist giveaway political campaign comic book

1961 18 Volume Art Linkletter Picture Encyclopedia. Art directed by EC's Jack Kamen, with 2,100 pages of artwork by artists like Wally Wood, Reed Crandall, Bob Powell, Al Williamson, George Evans, and many more

1954 Approved Comics #12 - Northwest Mounties with Matt Baker cover and artwork

1966 Little Annie Fanny oversized hardcover - Amazing Harvey Kurtzman and Bill Elder artwork, with art assists by Frank Frazetta, Russ Heath, Jack Davis, and more

1970 All Basil Wolverton issue of Graphic Story Magazine #12

Unlisted 1940 Dell giant size Nursery Comics with beautiful color artwork

Some rare and uncommon giveaway and promotional comics, and many more fun items!

Click here for a complete list of items.

Just a note to CGC and HA:

This auction item:

Bobby's Adventures in Structoland nn 1956 CGC 9.6

is actually a coverless copy of Bobby's Adventures in Structoland #1.

This auction item:

Bobby's Adventures in Structoland nn 1956 CGC 9.2

is actually a coverless copy of Bobby's Adventures in Structoland #2.

Attached please find pictures of complete copies with covers. These are very tough to find even without covers, and rarely found with covers.

Giveaway comics did not usually put publication information on the front cover. Please reconsider these to avoid disappointment for customer, CGC, or HA.

Please feel free to contact me with questions about unusual promotional giveaway comic books. Thank you for your attention to this.

On 10/26/2017 at 8:37 PM, Sqeggs said:

Very cool.  Is it from the 1950s?

Sorry for the delay in responding!  Yes, it is from 1954.

Russ Heath could limn a fine love tale as well...

This is one of his best...

This one has at least two Everett stories...

Speaking of Everett, there was some comment on this or another thread about Everett's romance work.

On 12/14/2017 at 12:57 PM, Dr. Love said:

 

nice book Jack! 

hard to come by for sure and maybe Pike's best cover.  Used to be considered a quasi-grey tone.  Interestingly, GCD credits Everett with the inks, at least tones (?) - not even a question mark for them.  I don't see it - either does Atlas Tales.

Looks like all Everett to me...The figures in the background are classic Everett poses.

On 12/15/2017 at 2:09 AM, szavisca said:

Probably not that rare but can't pass up the invitation to post this one, one of my favorites that you couldn't get away with nowadays...brutal dialogue. 

 

Bob Powell romance greatness!

Hope you folks are all ready for a great Christmas!

1902 and 1904 versions

Some tough books...

Fawcett comes through again with this romance story of existential despair. A woman sees a test blast and thinks, "What's the point of love?"

Interior comic scans courtesy DCM

Like the CLD himself, this thread is back. Where else could this go...?

Life's a Beach...

On 7/25/2017 at 3:52 PM, Sqeggs said:

 

Very tough book to find. This is the nicest copy I've seen...

18 hours ago, MrBedrock said:

I don't think L.B.Cole ever actually sat by a campfire... "I Wanted Thrills...But I Only Got Second Degree Burns!"

Here's another Too-Close-For-Comfort Cole Campfire Cover...(not my scan)

On 7/7/2017 at 5:25 PM, MrBedrock said:

She could inaugurate the "Creepy Looking Dudette" thread...

14 hours ago, Sqeggs said:

The Hi-School Romance sure looks like it with the sleighs.  And it might have been on the stands before Christmas.

The Broadway Romances seems more iffy because of the cover date.  But the red color of her coat certainly does make it seem like Christmas.

This would have been on the stands in December, but it's more "wintry" than specifically "Christmas-y"...

13 minutes ago, Sqeggs said:

Trimmed his tree? 

18 hours ago, MrBedrock said:

I'm waiting for the bathing cap thread...

On 8/2/2017 at 11:25 AM, Robot Man said:

Very pretty cover. You don't see many female aviator covers. This is probably my favorite romance pulp.

Great cover! His hand holding the jack-o-lantern will be getting hot...but then again so will his other hand!

On 7/7/2017 at 5:29 PM, MrBedrock said:

What a cover! Never saw this before...

19 hours ago, MrBedrock said:

I am pretty sure those are Christmas lights in the background...

And just what did she do to get those?