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WEIRD TERROR #11 2.5 OW pages Stains, pulls in logo. The reverse lettering is from the inside cover. $75

The Spider April 1935 GD+ cr/ow pages chipping on overhang. faded spine $75

The Spider July 1937 G/VG cr/ow pages chipping on overhang two pieces of tape on spine - serves no purpose. $80

HEDY OF HOLLYWOOD #37 2.5 ow/w tear at top, spine roll, and just enough wear to keep it in the low grades. $80

MAN #24 6.5 ow pages $110

TOP LOVE STORIES #6 3.0 cr/ow pages Looks nicer, but 4" tear in back cover with other damage. Rust spots on staples. Wally Wood crime/love story reprinted and retitled from My Life #10 $100

TEEN AGE ROMANCES #24 1.5 pages slightly brittle at top left, with a 1" split on all pages, otherwise the pages are cr/ow 1&1/2" spine split at top, top staple cover detached, hole in cover where it was stapled. A number of small tears at spine thru book. Good color. $100

PICTORIAL LOVE STORIES #1 1.8 ow/w Matt Baker cover. Detached cover with very rusty staples. Rust bleed on cover and on pages, about dime sized at centerfold. Some of the blue transferred onto the first page as well. The whole book was probably damp at one time, though there is no rippling. $100

AUTHENTIC POLICE CASES #16 3.0 ow pages Small piece of tape on interior cover. $100

AUTHENTIC POLICE CASES #29 3.0 ow/w pages. Matt Baker cover. Bottom corner chewed., no art affected. Water stain, top left and bottom left cover. $100

GIRL CONFESSIONS #28 3.0 ow pages. Corner of page torn off, barely effects one panel, text on reverse - see image. A little rust on staples. Classic Hartley cover. $120

BEWARE TERROR TALES #4 4.0 ow pages Stain at top left back cover that diminishes as it goes thru book. $120

LOVE SECRETS #32 3.0 ow pages Commie cover and story. $120

WEIRD TALES 6/38 V. 31 No. 6 GD condition (read description) Tan but supple pages Brundage bondage cover. The girl is outlined in pencil. Front cover is has a 3" spine split from bottom. Back cover has a 5" spine split from bottom. Spine is somewhat faded but still readable, 3/8" missing at top. A presentable low grade copy. $125

MILLIE #20 3.5 ow/w pages Tear at bottom of back cover. Stain at top of back cover. $135

TEEN AGE TEMPTATIONS #3 2.5 ow pages Big spine roll, cover barely attached at top staple. $180

BATMAN #81 1.8 cream pages. tape at bottom of spine (longer than the small split), rusty staples. $175

in thread rules. Returnable in 14 days for any reason. $7 shipping in US, at cost elsewhere. No HOSers or probies. Paypal, zelle, check or M.O. Need a couple weeks to pay? - no problem, I'll hold the books for you. Unfortunately I must collect sales tax from buyers in California. I will invoice when I have zip code. No sales tax on sales outside California. This thread is stuff I've listed before on the boards and ebay. Reduced to my lowest price. I will not be discounting these further. WILLIE #15 Qualified 3.5 . ow pages coupon torn out of ad page, effects one panel of story on reverse (see pix). Some bug chews on right edge that are hard to see due to white strip. Tanning on inside covers. Classic cover! Great eye-appeal. $160

$35 was a lot of money, maybe $200 in today's money for 7 comics only about a decade old. Most ECs were about $5 -$20 apiece back then IIRC, with the sc-fi issues being the most expensive. Relatively speaking, they were expensive for 1950s books, sci-fi and horror from other publishers were generally less than $5, sometimes only a buck or two (who wanted them, not me apparently)

A convention in Cleveland, circa 71 . I got my dad to drive up there from Columbus, taking me and a couple of friends. I think I had about $10 to spend. As I recall, I mostly bought mid 60s Marvels at a 25 cents a pop, no keys. That would come maybe 6 months to a year later when flush with paper route money, I went to the WNCI Columbus comic convention at the Scot's Inn on Sinclair Road (Now a U-Haul facility), and I was able to buy Hulk 1-6 as well as JIM 83, all from the same seller for a total of $35 (probably none better than VG).

I didn't even bid because I knew it would not be so.

Price drop. Goes to ebay this evening.

Another crime clown cover. I'd probably break this out and read it if it wasn't the HGC, though it's not like it's a title that gets graded frequently. I'm guessing there are quite a few 8.0 or better raws floating around.

A nifty crime clown cover like that would almost be enough for me to break the no photo-cover rule for crime books in my collection.

One of the 3 best Zip covers IMHO, the others being 9 and 22, and there is plenty of competition in the run.