Auctions: comic books 1945

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.

Catman Comics (1941) 29 CGC 0.5

Paper: Slightly britle

Centerfold Missing

Label #4400403002

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Leo Morey, Bob Fujitani, Nina Albright, Ed Wheelan and Rudy Palais. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Cat-Man's arch-foe Dr. Macabre steals the Z-Ray, which gives him the ability to kill by touch. An art professor plays a key role in stealing a painting from a gallery, in The Hood's final Golden Age appearance. Reporters Molly O'Moore and Scoop Scanlon are invited to cover a man's murder while it happens. Another offbeat cover by L. B. Cole. Cat-Man: The Man Who Conquered Death!; The Deacon: The Zombie Master; Molly O'Moore and Scoop Scanlon; The Cat Came Back; Hypnosis In Reverse; Little Leaders: Carnival of Crime; The Hood: Portraits of Plunder; The Reckoner: Corpses Don't Stay Cold. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Classics Illustrated 026 Frankenstein 2A FR 1.0

5.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover and two center wraps detached. Water spotting.

Frankenstein, 2nd Printing, Classics Comics, price circle blank, no indicia. (HRN 30).

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.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 89 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, interrupts art or story.

Indicia title is "TILLIE THE TOILER, No. 89." Untitled Tillie the Toiler story, script and art by Russ Westover; Tillie falls for a handsome South American named Felipe; Later Felipe's sister Blanca comes north to bring him home so he won't marry Tillie; Mac falls for Blanca and the four plan a double wedding; Circumstances conspire to ruin their plans. Reprinted from Tillie the Toiler (King Features Syndicate) daily strips from 1941. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 32 PR 0.5

Interior is complete. Full length spine split with back cover missing. Tape and writing on interior pages. Staples added (not manufacturing).

Cover pencils by Wayne Boring. Superman's Search for Clark Kent!, script by Alvin Schwartz [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster], inks by George Roussos; Superman agrees to undergo the powerful rays of a machine designed to study brain tissue. Crime on Skis!, script by Bill Finger (?) [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster], inks by George Roussos; Superman, in the guise of Clark Kent, travels with Lois to Ski Valley, which is being threatened by a death bird: a half-man, half-bird creature of Indian lore. Grandpa Peters humor two-pager by Tom McNamara [as Lefty O'Grady]. Bomb Trap text story by Jack Miller [as Jesse Merlan]. Lois Lane story, script by Whitney Ellsworth [as Jerry], pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe], inks by George Roussos. Shorty humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Toys of Treachery! starring Superman, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster], inks by George Roussos. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Two Complete Detective Books (1939-1954 Fiction House) Pulp 30 VG 4.0

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 58 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4416308012

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 39 #2 VG/FN 5.0

Oxidation.

November, 1945. Cover by Lee Brown Coye. Horror and supernatural stories: "Lost Elysium" by Edmond Hamilton, "The Murderous Steam Shovel" by Allison V. Harding, "The Mad Dancers" by Roger S. Vreeland, "Mrs. Lannisfree" by August Derleth, "The Cranberry Goblet" by Harold Lawlor, "The Fangs of Tsan-Lo" by Jim Kjelgaard, "Soul Proprietor" by Robert Bloch, and "The Mirror" by Charles King. Verse: "Midnight Moon" by Stanton A. Coblentz, and "Superstitions and Taboos" by Irwin J. Weill. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 10-in, 96 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.