All-Pedigree Sale: 300+ Books from the River City Collection

[zzutak]

Mystery in Space #21. Grade = FN-. Sale price = $85

Carousel cover! Many thanks for the repeat biz, Bill!

[MrBedrock]

Strange Adventures 17

[zzutak]

Strange Adventures 17

Best of breed, without a doubt. Many thanks, Richard! (thumbs u

[MrBedrock]

Strange Adventures 17

Best of breed, without a doubt. Many thanks, Richard! (thumbs u

And a cool, cool cover. Thank you (thumbs u

[capt_comics]

Mystery in Space #21. Grade = FN-. Sale price = $85

Carousel cover! Many thanks for the repeat biz, Bill!

 

Great pickup

 

That is a tougher # to get

[Jeffro.]

 

Tomahawk #62. Grade = FN. Sale price = $25.

Missing a bit of paper at the right-most 1½” of bottom edge (may be a production defect). Humidity-induced rippling along right edge. Nice pages.

[zzutak]

 

Tomahawk #62. Grade = FN. Sale price = $25.

Missing a bit of paper at the right-most 1½” of bottom edge (may be a production defect). Humidity-induced rippling along right edge. Nice pages.

Many thanks, Jeffro! (thumbs u

[zzutak]

[font:Comic Sans MS]DELL (All from the River City Collection)[/font]

 

Ben Bowie #16. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $25.

No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

Ben Bowie #17. Grade = VF. Sale price = $30.

No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

Combat #35. Grade = VF. Sale price = $15. SOLD – Thank You!

No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

Dell Giant Comics: Western Roundup #9. Grade = FN/VF. Sale price = $60.

Minor rounding at top/bottom of spine. ½” color-breaking crease at top edge (not a tear). No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

Dell Junior Treasury #2: Aladdin. Grade = NM-. Sale price = $120.

¾” non color-breaking (ncb) bend at top right corner. No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

Flash Gordon #2. Grade = FN. Sale price = $50.

Moisture staining top left/right corners of back cover (thru entire book). Color scuff at middle of spine.

 

 

 

Flying A’s Range Rider #11. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $30.

Spine ticks. Humidity-induced rippling along top edge. ⅛” tear at middle of bottom edge.

Ghost Stories #5. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $20. SOLD – Thank You!

Light stress creasing along spine. No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

Indian Chief #4. Grade = FN+. Sale price = $15.

No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

Indian Chief #5. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $25.

No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

Indian Chief #9. Grade = VF. Sale price = $50.

Full-width horizontal bend with about ¾” of color break (at level of top indian’s chest). ½” crease at bottom right corner of back cover.

Indian Chief #12. Grade = FN/VF. Sale price = $25.

No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

 

 

Indian Chief #17. Grade = VF/NM. Sale price = $70.

No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

Indian Chief #28. Grade = FN/VF. Sale price = $20.

No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

Indian Chief #32. Grade = FN/VF. Sale price = $20.

No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

Lone Ranger #75. Grade = VF+. Sale price = $60.

A few spine ticks and tiny non color-breaking (ncb) corner/edge bends.

Lone Ranger’s Companion Tonto #3. Grade = VF/NM. Sale price = $75.

A light, full-length ncb stacking impression on back cover near spine. No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

Lone Ranger’s Companion Tonto #5. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $35.

¼” ding at top left corner. Slight stacking curl at spine.

 

 

 

Lone Ranger’s Companion Tonto #6. Grade = FN/VF. Sale price = $30.

¼” bundling tear at middle of top edge (goes thru entire book).

Lone Ranger’s Companion Tonto #7. Grade = FN+. Sale price = $25.

Spine ticks. 1” crease bottom right corner. No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

Lone Ranger’s Companion Tonto #7. Grade = FN. Sale price = $20.

Humidity-induced ink transfer and rippling, plus a few stacking impressions, and edge dings (all on back cover). No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

Lone Ranger’s Companion Tonto #9. Grade = VF/NM. Sale price = $75.

Sharp! Just a few light ncb stacking impressions. The highest CGC graded copy is currently a FN.

Lone Ranger’s Companion Tonto #15. Grade = GD/VG. Sale price = $7.

Tiny bug nibbles along lower half of spine (which is split up to the bottom staple). No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

Lone Ranger’s Companion Tonto #16. Grade = FN. Sale price = $15.

Tear at top right corner. Color flaking along the entire spine. No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

 

 

 

Lone Ranger’s Companion Tonto #19. Grade = VF. Sale price = $35.

A tiny bundling impression at top edge. A few very minor blemishes on back cover. No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

Lone Ranger’s Companion Tonto #20. Grade = FN+. Sale price = $20.

Light wear at top edge and corners. Slight stacking curl at right edge. No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

Lone Ranger’s Companion Tonto #23. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $25.

Light wear at top edge. Slight humidity-induced rippling along spine.

Lone Ranger’s Companion Tonto #24. Grade = VF. Sale price = $35.

Stub-type bends at top/bottom left corners. Slight stacking curl at right edge.

Lone Ranger’s Famous Horse Silver #4. Grade = VF. Sale price = $40.

Spine ticks and a few minor corner/edge/surface blemishes. No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

Lone Ranger’s Famous Horse Silver #18. Grade = FN-. Sale price = $10.

Rusty staples with light staining to the cover and first wrap. A full-length ncb stacking impression just right of the spine.

 

 

Red Ryder #134. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $45.

Full-length stacking wave at mid-width. Slight stacking curl at spine and a full-length ncb stacking impression near the right edge.

Rin Tin Tin #22. Grade = VF/NM. Sale price = $70. SOLD – Thank You!

⅛” scuff at top of spine.

Roy Rogers’ Trigger #7. Grade = VF. Sale price = $45.

Spine ticks. A couple of ncb stacking impressions and bends. Tan halo inside front/back covers. The highest CGC graded copy is currently a VF.

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon #7. Grade = VG/FN. Sale price = $15.

Light to moderate wear to corners/edges and front/back covers. Tan halo inside front/back covers. No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon #17. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $35.

A couple of tiny chips out at top edge. Slight humidity-induced rippling along spine. No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon #18. Grade = VF+. Sale price = $95.

Moisture staining to bottom left corner of back cover and last interior page, plus a few tiny spine ticks.

 

 

 

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon #19. Grade = FN-. Sale price = $20.

⅛~¼” strip of moisture staining to back cover (along spine). Rusty staples. The rust has migrated to the cover and interior pages.

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon #20. Grade = FN/VF. Sale price = $35.

Droplet-type stain at Preston’s right shoulder. ¼” impact-type ding to bottom left corner. A few light ncb bends and stacking impressions.

Star Trek #7. Grade = FN. Sale price = $35.

Spine ticks, plus a touch of corner/edge/surface wear.

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet #9. Grade = FN. Sale price = $35.

Moisture staining along left corners/edge of back cover. A couple of ncb stacking impressions.

Turok, Son of Stone #6. Grade = VF/NM. Sale price = $250. SOLD – Thank You!

Thin chip out at bottom left corner of back cover. Light ncb stacking impression near spine.

Turok, Son of Stone #7. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $150. SOLD – Thank You!

Thin chip out at top left corner of front cover. ¾” bend at bottom right corner. Thin shadow along top edge of back cover. A couple of ncb stacking impressions.

 

 

 

Turok, Son of Stone #33. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $45.

Spine ticks. Slight stacking curl at spine and a full-length ncb stacking impression near the right edge.

Turok, Son of Stone #42. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $40.

Spine ticks. A few light ncb stacking impressions and surface blemishes.

Turok, Son of Stone #43. Grade = FN+. Sale price = $20. SOLD – Thank You!

Spine ticks and light stress creasing. Overcover-type bend along lower half of right edge. Light soiling to white margins of back cover.

Uncle Scrooge #7. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $215.

A few minor ncb bends and a bit of color transfer to back cover. White inside covers and pages, with light tanning along the top edge.

Zane Grey’s Stories of the West #33. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $25.

Spine ticks and a touch of corner wear. A couple of ncb stacking impressions and bends. No copies are currently listed in the CGC census.

 

 

 

The back covers on this particular set are generally brilliant white. My scanner does not capture glossy whites well, but additional back cover scans can be added upon request. So, if anything here interests you, just ask!

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[cheetah]

Rin Tin Tin #22. Grade = VF/NM. Sale price = $70.

 

[zzutak]

Rin Tin Tin #22. Grade = VF/NM. Sale price = $70.

Woof! Next to Lassie Rin is my all-time favorite K9. Many thanks for the repeat biz, Jeff! (thumbs u (thumbs u

[godquest]

Ghost stories #5

Combat #35

[Jeffro.]

 

Star Spangled Comics #113. Grade = VF+. Sale price = $535. Temporarily on HOLD

Tiny tears at both staples, mid-spine, and the top edge of back cover. White inside covers and off-white to white pages.

 

[zzutak]

Ghost stories #5

Combat #35

Nice! How often can you pick up a no-census-copy pedigree for $20 or less? Many thanks, Phil! (thumbs u

[zzutak]

 

Star Spangled Comics #113. Grade = VF+. Sale price = $535. Temporarily on HOLD

Tiny tears at both staples, mid-spine, and the top edge of back cover. White inside covers and off-white to white pages.

A man after my own heart. I have five River City SSCs in my own permanent collection. What did Heston say about cold, dead hands? Many thanks, Jeffro!

[AtlasFan]

Hi Jay,

Any more DCs waiting in the queue?

thanks,

Bill

[zzutak]

Sorry, no more DC. However, there will be a few Quality titles among tomorrow's Golden Age offerings.

[joeypost]

 

Turok, Son of Stone #43. Grade = FN+. Sale price = $20.

Spine ticks and light stress creasing. Overcover-type bend along lower half of right edge. Light soiling to white margins of back cover.

 

[zzutak]

 

Turok, Son of Stone #43. Grade = FN+. Sale price = $20.

Spine ticks and light stress creasing. Overcover-type bend along lower half of right edge. Light soiling to white margins of back cover.

It's yours. Many thanks, Joe! (thumbs u

[zzutak]

The final set of books from the River City Collection will post to this thread in another half-hour. It'll include a large number of Golden Age books from various publishers and of various genres. I'll be contacting everyone who made purchases later this weekend with specific details for settling accounts. Many thanks to all!

 

[zzutak]

[font:Comic Sans MS]MISCELLANEOUS GOLDEN-AGE (All from the River City Collection)[/font]

 

Adventures in 3-D #1. Grade = VF. Sale price = $110.

Includes two pair of glasses but one is detached. ⅛” tear top edge. Light bend with color break across D of 3-D. White inside covers and pristine pages.

Adventures in 3-D #2. Grade = FN/VF. Sale price = $85.

Includes only one pair of glasses (still attached). Spine ticks. Creasing to top/bottom right corners. Moisture-induced rippling along right edge.

Amazing Adventures #6. Grade = FN+. Sale price = $240.

Triangular moisture stain top right corner (thru entire book). ⅛” band of rippling along right edge. White inside covers (with light transfer stain) and pages.

Approved Comics #2 (Invisible Boy). Grade = VG-. Sale price = $40.

Shallow bug chew with ¾” spine split bottom left corner. General surface creasing and edge wear. Off-white inside covers (with tan halo) and nice pages.

Approved Comics #6 (Daring Adventures). Grade = FN. Sale price = $50.

Wear along bottom edge of front cover (light) and back cover (moderate, with two ¼” tears). Off-white inside covers (with tan halo) and nice pages.

Black Cat Mystic #62. Grade = FN/FN+. Sale price = $85.

1” tear top left corner. Off-white inside covers (with tan halo) and white pages.

 

 

 

Blackhawk #59. Grade = FN (VF without flaw noted below) Sale price = $110.

Note bottom left corner of back cover: looks like an ink and paper transfer from the adjacent book. Off-white inside covers (with light tan halo) and nice pages.

Blackhawk #71. Grade = FN. Sale price = $95.

Light rust on top staple and light corner/edge wear. Tiny chip out at top left corner of back cover. Off-white inside covers (with tan halo) and nice pages.

Buck Rogers #101 (#8). Grade = FN-. Sale price = $65.

Rusty staples. Rust has migrated to cover and all pages (although just a spot at the centerfold). Off-white inside covers (with tan halo) and nice pages.

Buck Rogers #9. Grade = VF/NM to NM-. Sale price = $465.

Light wear at bottom right corner. Off-white inside covers (with light tan top/bottom edges) and nice pages. Manufactured with a single staple at mid-spine. The highest CGC graded copy is currently a VF/NM.

Captain Rocket #1. Grade = VF-/VF. Sale price = $195. SOLD – Thank You!

Rusty staples. Light and very limited rust staining to the cover and all pages. Off-white inside covers (with light tan top/bottom edges) and nice pages.

Clyde Beatty Comics #nn (Promtional). Grade = VF/NM to NM-. Sale price = $95.

Stacking impression near left edge (no color break but light oxidation left of the impression). Otherwise flawless. White inside covers and pages. No CGC census listing for this title.

 

 

 

Conquest #1. Grade = VG+++. Sale price = $25.

1¾” by ½” bug chew middle of right edge. 3” crease top/bottom left corners of back cover. Off-white inside covers (with tan top/bottom edges) and pages.

Dan’l Boone #1. Grade = FN. Sale price = $70.

Light edge wear. Stacking impression along spine and rippling along right edge. Off-white inside covers (with tan halo) and pages. No copies listed in the CGC census.

Dan’l Boone #4. Grade = FN/VF. Sale price = $45.

Humidity-induced rippling along right edge. Stains from staples of adjacent book on back cover. Off-white inside covers and white pages. No copies listed in the CGC census.

Dan’l Boone #5. Grade = FN. Sale price = $30.

Light edge wear. Full-length stacking impressions with light humidity-induced rippling. Off-white inside covers and white pages. No copies listed in the CGC census.

Doll Man #38. Grade = GD+. Sale price = $50.

Bug chews (thru book) at top/bottom of spine and middle of bottom edge. Light tan (but supple) inside covers and off-white pages.

Exploits of Daniel Boone #4. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $70.

Impact creasing to bottom left corner. ⅛” and ¼” tears to bottom edge. Off-white inside covers and pages. No copies listed in the CGC census.

 

 

 

Exploits of Daniel Boone #5. Grade = VF-/VF. Sale price = $95.

⅛” tear at top of spine. Tiny pre-chip at top edge (above N of BOONE). Light wear at bottom right corner. Off-white inside covers and pages. No copies listed in the CGC census.

Exploits of Daniel Boone #5. Grade = FN. Sale price = $45.

Bottom edge wear with bend thru entire book. Tiny hole thru front cover only (at first T of TREATY). Off-white inside covers and pages. No copies listed in the CGC census.

Ghost Rider #14. Grade = GD/VG to VG-. Sale price = $50.

Shallow bug chews along upper spine and bottom edge. Chipping to edges of back cover. Off-white inside covers and nice pages.

Great Movies Pictorial #2. Grade = FN+. Sale price = $90.

68 pages of movie stills with captions. Spine split to top staple. No CGC census listing for this title.

Harvey Comics Hits #53 (Mandrake). Grade = VF-. Sale price = $110.

Tanning to back cover and inside covers. Off-white pages.

He-Man #2. Grade = FN/VF. Sale price = $85.

Light general wear. Off-white inside covers (with light tan top/bottom edges) and nice pages.

 

 

 

Heroic Comics #93. Grade = GD/VG. Sale price = $10.

Shallow bug chews along upper spine and bottom edge. Big bug chew at bottom left corner. Cream inside covers and nice pages.

Ideal Comics #4. Grade = VG-. Sale price = $70.

Tanning and edge chipping to covers (which are still totally supple). Nice pages (with 2” tear on last page). No copies listed in the CGC census.

Kerry Drake #1. Grade = VF. Sale price = $85.

Back cover is only weakly attached at top staple. Off-white inside covers and white pages. No CGC census listing for this title.

King Classics #2 (Last of the Mohicans). Grade = VF-. Sale price = $10.

Off-white inside covers and white pages. No CGC census listing for this title.

King Classics #4 (Robin Hood). Grade = VF-. Sale price = $10.

Off-white inside covers and white pages. No CGC census listing for this title.

Lars of Mars #10. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $480.

Single termite hole thru entire book (near middle of right edge). Spine ticks and a couple of ncb stacking impressions. Off-white inside covers and pages.

 

 

 

Madhouse #4. Grade = FN. Sale price = $85. SOLD – Thank You!

½” tear on back cover (from coupon to spine). Off-white inside covers (with light tan top/bottom edges) and nice pages. No copies listed in the CGC census.

Mark Trail #1. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $50.

3½” crease top right corner and ½” crease bottom right corner. Off-white inside covers and nice pages.

Movie Love #18. Grade = VG. Sale price = $20.

Large tear through logo. Off-white inside covers and nice pages.

Mysteries of Scotland Yard #1. Grade = FN/VF. Sale price = $85.

Humidity-induced rippling along right edge. Dull cutter blade type feathering to left edge of back cover. Off-white inside covers and nice pages.

Navy History & Tradition (Promotional). Grade = VF. Sale price = $20.

Localized wear at bottom corners of back cover. Off-white inside covers (with light tan top/bottom edges) and white pages.

Pirates Comics #3. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $85.

Rusty staples (light, with just a touch of staining to cover only). ½” crease top right corner. Off-white inside covers and pages.

 

 

 

Ripley’s Believe it or Not #2. Grade = FN/VF. Sale price = $45.

Humidity-induced rippling along spine. Off-white inside covers and white pages. No copies listed in the CGC census.

Robin Hood #53 (#2). Grade = VG/FN. Sale price = $35.

Humidity-induced rippling along spine and right edge. Moisture staining on back cover. Off-white inside covers (with light tan top/bottom edges) and pages.

Shooting Adventures of “Doc” Peters (Promotional). Grade = NM. Sale price = $100.

Non color-breaking stacking impression. Off-white inside covers and white pages. No CGC census listing for this title.

Space Ace #5. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $300. SOLD – Thank You!

Rusty staples (with a touch of staining to cover and first wrap). Stacking impression with oxidation shadows on back cover. Off-white inside covers and nice pages.

Space Busters #1. Grade = VG+. Sale price = $180.

Bug chew bottom left corner. Rusty staples (with a touch of staining to cover). Off-white inside covers and nice pages

Space Detective #1. Grade = FN/VF. Sale price = $645.

4¾” crease top right corner. Small tears at staple. Stacking impression along right edge. Off-white inside covers (with light tan top/bottom edges) and nice pages.

 

 

 

Stamp Comics #1. Grade = FN/FN+. Sale price = $95.

Bug chew along bottom 1½” of spine. Off-white inside covers and pages.

Stamp Comics #7. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $125.

Touches of light wear along spine. Off-white inside covers and white pages. No copies listed in the CGC census.

Stories by Famous Authors #9. Grade = VF. Sale price = $110.

Humidity-induced rippling along spine and right edge. Off-white inside covers and pages.

Stories by Famous Authors #11. Grade = VF. Sale price = $330.

Sweet! Light, ncb stacking impression along spine. Off-white inside covers and pages.

Stories by Famous Authors #13. Grade = VF. Sale price = $125.

Touches of rust on top staple. A few ncb surface impressions. Off-white inside covers (with light tan top/bottom edges) and pages.

Terry and the Pirates #23. Grade = VF. Sale price = $55.

Off-white inside covers and pages.

 

 

 

T-Man #32. Grade = FN/VF. Sale price = $60.

Single termite hole thru book (about 1” below watchtower). Off-white inside covers and nice pages. No copies listed in the CGC census.

T-Man #38. Grade = VF+. Sale price = $115. SOLD – Thank You!

Sweet! Tiny chip out at top right corner. Off-white inside covers and white pages. No copies listed in the CGC census.

Top Secrets #10. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $135.

Stacking impressions along top/right/bottom edges. Light tan inside covers and nice pages. No copies listed in the CGC census.

Tor #1 (1,000,000 Years Ago). Grade = FN. Sale price = $60. SOLD – Thank You!

Touches of rust on both staples. Stacking impression near spine. Off-white inside covers and pages.

Tor #2 (3-D Comics, Nov 1953). Grade = FN/VF. Sale price = $65.

Glasses still attached. Light wear at bottom left corner and bottom edge. White inside covers and nice pages.

Tor #3. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $110.

Humidity-induced rippling and oxidation along left edge of back cover. Cream inside covers (with light tan halo) and off-white pages. No copies listed in the CGC census.

 

 

 

Uncle Charlie’s Fables #1. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $100. SOLD – Thank You!

Humidity-induced rippling along spine. Stacking impression (ncb) along bottom edge. Off-white inside covers (with light tan top/bottom edges) and pages. No copies listed in the CGC census.

Uncle Charlie’s Fables #4. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $45. SOLD – Thank You!

Full-length ncb stacking impression near right edge. Off-white inside covers (with light tan top/bottom edges) and pages.

Uncle Charlie’s Fables #5. Grade = VF-/VF. Sale price = $50. SOLD – Thank You!

Spine ticks. Off-white inside covers (with light tan top/bottom edges) and pages. No copies listed in the CGC census.

United States Fighting Air Force #11. Grade = VF. Sale price = $75. SOLD – Thank You!

Slight curl at spine and light stacking impression along right edge. Off-white inside covers and pages. No CGC census listing for this title.

United States Fighting Air Force #11. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $40. SOLD – Thank You!

Spine ticks. ¼” and ⅛” tears on back cover. Off-white inside covers and pages. No CGC census listing for this title.

Warfront #28. Grade = VF-. Sale price = $70. SOLD – Thank You!

Light stress at bottom right corner. Thin chips out at top/bottom edges of back cover. Off-white inside covers and nice pages.

 

 

 

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