Auctions: comic books February 1956
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Item #60800361
Shock Illustrated (1955) 2 CGC 6.5
Paper: Off white
Label #4378731001
Starts Jul 6 Painted cover by Rudy Nappi. Stories by Daniel Keyes, Jack Oleck, and Al Feldstein. Art by Reed Crandall, George Evans, Al Williamson, and Graham Ingels. Part of EC's Picto-Fiction line, published in response to the Comics Code, featuring crime tales in text stories copiously illustrated by EC's lineup of artists. Cops capture "The Lipstick Killer" after a murder spree, and psychoanalysis reveals his accidental first murder when he was a toddler. A macabre bet between two med-school students leads to a man being buried alive, but the truth is worse still. A sheriff seeks the truth about a woman's death. Featuring some stories by Daniel Keyes, later the author of the science fiction classic Flowers for Algernon. The Lipstick Killer; My Brothers Keeper; A Question of Time; Dead Right. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, B&W with single-color accents. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #60519523
Tags: Wonder WomanWonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 80 GD+ 2.5
Interior tearing. Water damage.
Ends May 6 10:46 PM CST Bid History 12 bids Current Bid $53 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "The Mask of Mystery!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; It's a race against time as Wonder Woman attempts to remove an impenetrable time-bomb mask affixed to her face while she was sleeping. "The Origin of the Amazon Plane!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman recounts the three trials she completed to win her Robot Plane. The World's Most Famous Valentines! article. "SOS-Saturn!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor help repel an attack on Saturn from Titan, one of its moons. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.