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Flame (1955 Ajax) comic books

  • Issue #3
    Flame (1955 Ajax) 3
    Published May 1955 by Ajax.
    • 8" cumulative spine split with tape. Cover detached. Water damage. Cover oxidation.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Pedigree: Bethlehem
    • Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case
    • Bethlehem.
    • Label #1052981002
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4203914002
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Cover loose at staples.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Stories and art by Robert Webb, Ken Battefield, Manning Lee Stokes Alex Blum, and Fred Schwab (credited as Fist E. Cuffs). Chemist Kip Adams becomes The Flame, with superhuman strength and a reporter girlfriend. The Flame tries to find out who's behind a sabotage ring. Tugboat Tessie and Melody leap into action after an escaped circus elephant runs amuck on the Brooklyn Bridge. Boxer Plug McTee doesn't know what to do after his manager is bought out for ten grand. Devil's Business; The Man in the Seven-League Boots; Tugboat Tessie: Traffic and Tide!; Plug McTee; Everybody's Secret; The Flame's Field Day. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.