Auctions: comic books September 1956

Mad (1952 EC) Magazine 29 VG+ 4.5

Cover art by Harvey Kurtzman (frame), Bill Elder (frame), and Wally Wood (figures at bottom). "The New Expandable Severolet," script by Al Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; Phony ad for Severolet, a car that comes in sections and can expand to any desired length. "Free Fall Ferris," script by Jerry DeFuccio (idea) and Al Feldstein (script), art by Wally Wood; Story about a mouse who becomes a U.S. astronaut. "Gringo," script by Ernie Kovacs, art by Bill Elder; Rules for a fictitious board game. "New Designs In Television Sets," art by Jack Davis. "Dining Etiquette Quiz," script and art by Basil Wolverton; Quiz with bad examples of dining practices. "The Man In The Soot-Gray Flannel," script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Major scenes from the movie, with captions instead of dialog. "Rare Old Cartoons: Hans Huckerbein der Young Hard-Luck Raven," script and art by Wilhelm Busch; Fritz captures a raven, Hans, and brings it home where it destroys the place until it drinks some wine and dies tangled in some rope; The moral is loosely given as the bad you do will catch up with you. "Camp," script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Story of Melvin's summer at Camp Pot-Ra-Zee-Bee. "MAD Bubble Gum Cards," script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Bubble gum cards in the Famous Cowards series. "The Underworld Around Us," script and art by Bernie Wiseman; Essay on early human evolution up to the Stone Age. "Real Estate Ads," script by Al Feldstein, art by Wally Wood and Jack Kamen (home rendering). 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 150 FR/GD 1.5

1" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold coming loose at one staple. Severe water damage.

I Plunged Into Darkness!, art by Mort Drucker; A mountain climber meets a girl made of ice who saves his life and they fall in love; The ice people patriarch implants a mental block in the climber so that he will return to his own people. The House of Shadows!, art by Mac Pakula; Visitors from the future bring joy to a small town and then take the entire town with them back to the future. The Shrinking Man!, art by Bob Powell; A lab assistant knocks over a container filled with a new mold and thinks that the effect has shrunk him but it actually only works on inorganic matter and has enlarged the furniture and the house. The Man from Nowhere, art by Ed Winiarski. The Recipe text story. Ultimate Weapon, art by Vic Carrabotta; Foreign powers kidnap a scientist and he builds a teleportation machine to return back home. I'll Live Forever, art by Gray Morrow. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 108 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4331930008

Cover art by Al Plastino. The Brain From the Future starring Superman and Prof. Martin, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Perry White, Jr., Demon Reporter starring Superman, script by Alvin Schwartz, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Girl Cops of Metropolis starring Superman, art by Al Plastino; the girls suspect that Clark is Superman. Full-page full-color interior ad for Kellog's Corn Flakes Superman Space Satellite Launcher set, 25c plus one Kellogg's Corn Flakes box top. (Wonder what that cereal box goes for today on the collector's market!) 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.