Auctions: comic books 1945

Calling All Girls (1941-1949 Parents' Magazine) 1st Series 37 GD/VG 3.0

Cover coming loose at one staple. Staple rust.

Cover features teen movie stars Shirley Jones and Roddy McDowell. Stories and art by Frank Sinatra, Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Margueritte Bro, Corrine Dillon, Karin Asbrand, Helen Carter Maxon, Martha Ross, Adam Allen, Elizabeth Nichols, Elena Chance, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Margaret Sutton. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A wartime message of tolerance from Frank Sinatra, then a teen heartthrob; A comics biography of Chinese freedom fighter Liang King-Fu; Red Cross nurses travel the front lines in an armored bus. Judy Wing; Mystery in Ward 13; Guerrilla Chief; Solo for Two; Heroes Are Cowards; Movie Memos; Double Exposure Mystery; Bearcat in Germany; Lets Talk Things Over; Medal for Bravery; The Voice Speaks; When Sisters Get Under Your Skin; It's Fun to Sew; Jivin to Jabberwocky; Friends Across the Border; You Too Can Tame Time; This Party Is a Winner; Cookie Wows Em With Waffles; Simplicity Sue Makes a Suit Wardrobe; Dip Your Feet in Color Again; Black Is Young; Whose Girl Will You Be in the Easter Parade?; Nancy Pepper in Hollywood; Top Your Easter Suit with a Topper; This Too, Too Solid Flesh; The Victory Club; Girls in the News; Tricks for Teens. 76 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 48 CGC 5.5 Qualified

Paper: Off white

PIECE MISSING FROM PAGE 3.

Label #4326606002

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder. Art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Billy, Steamboat and others attend the gala birthday celebration of Mr. Morris, and they eat a lot of the rich birthday cake. As they depart for home, Billy tells Steamboat that he hopes that all that cake doesn't give him nightmares. Little does Billy know what lies ahead, especially when Dr. Sivana is involved in "The World's Mightiest Dream!" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. (Last appearance of Steamboat.) Captain Marvel also stars in "Sivana and Marvel, Inc." and "The Repentant Crook," both tales by Otto Binder and Pete Costanza. Plus: 2-page text story "Just Plain Dumb" by C.M. Steever. And: 1-page Tootsie Roll ad "Captain Tootsie Captures the Red Terror!" with art by Beck and Costanza. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Classics Illustrated 021 3 Famous Mysteries (1944) 7 VG+ 4.5

Writing on inside of back cover.

3 Famous Mysteries, 7th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 114). Cover price $0.15.

Classics Illustrated 023 Oliver Twist 2B VG- 3.5

Writing on inside of back cover.

Oliver Twist, 2nd Printing, Classics Comics, NO cover price in white circle to left of title. (HRN 30, original 7/45 date).

Dime Mystery Magazine (1932-1950 Dime Mystery Book Magazine - Popular) Pulp Vol. 32 #1 FN 6.0

Long running pulp magazine focusing on weird mystery stories. Cover by Gloria Stoll Karn. "Dead Men Rise Up Never" by Ray Bradbury, plus stories by William R. Cox, Francis K. Allan, Joel Reeve, Ken Lewis, Cyril Plunkett, Dorothy Dunn, Talmage Powell and D. R. Banat. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 98 pages, text, with B&W illustrations Cover price $0.15.

Thrilling Detective (1939 Atlas Publishing) British Reprint Edition Jul 1945 VG+ 4.5

Staple rust/migration.

British Edition. July 1945. Stories include: The Dead Don't Cry (A Michael Shayne Novel) by Brett Halliday, Publicity for the Corpse by C.S. Montanye. Pay Off-Death by Ted Coughlan, Off the Arm by John L. Benton, The Old Inn by Walter Wilson, Cop-Shy by O.Dennis, and Hobnails by Mary H. Shannon. 6 1/8" X 8 3/4". 68 pages. B&W.

Thrilling Detective (1939 Atlas Publishing) British Reprint Edition Nov 1945 VG+ 4.5

British Edition. November 1945. Stories include: "Murder in the Sky" by G. Wayman Jones, "The Dead Reach Far" by R. Sprague Hall, "The Flaw" by Edward Ronns, "On a Steep Side Street" by C.S. Montanye, "You Can Always Duck" by G. T. Flemming-Roberts, and "Diamonds Flushed" by Benton Braden. 6 1/8" X 8 7/8". 68 pages. B&W.

Zoo Funnies (1945 1st Series Charlton/Childrens) 2 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4181578003

Cover by Ellis Chambers. Stories and art by Ellis Chambers, Gus Jud, Herman C. Browner, Morris Weiss (credited as Pat Simon), Harry Lazarus, and A. W. Nugent. An early comics anthology featuring humor and funny-animal stories from Charlton, published under the imprint Children Comics Publishing. Rabbit-son Crusoe is stranded on a desert island with a turtle named Friday and it looks desperate, but then a chest washes up on shore. Bloodhound Sherlock Sniff, better known as Detecto, and his giraffe sidekick Billy Longneck investigate when priceless jewelry vanishes from locked rooms in wealthy Snob Hill. In an offbeat take on fairy tales, a servant sets out to find Old King Cole's Fiddlers Three, but winds up searching for the Cat and the Fiddle. Plus puzzle and activity pages, and fun facts about animals. Circus Elephant Forgot to Remember; Detecto the Bloodhound; Smarty; Little Leo; Animal Quiz: Indian Elephant; Bugsy Bear; The Low-Down on Mother Goose: The Riddle of the Fiddle; Rabbit-Son Crusoe; Join the Dots Little Tots; Cut-Out Stunts; Tommy and Dodo; Bojo the Monk; The Mischievous Ant. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.