Auctions: comic books 1947-1949

Action Comics (1938 DC) 132 CBCS 1.8

Paper: Slightly britle

From The Mt. Rainer Collection. Cover Detached and Completely Split.

Label #17-11D20DA-027

Cover art by Al Plastino. The Secret of the Kents starring Superman, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Junior Planeteer starring Tommy Tomorrow, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. The Land Where East Is West starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. The Thug Theatre starring Zatara, script by Joe Samachson, art by W. F. White. The Incredible Talents of Bronco Lou Hastings starring Vigilante, script by John Broome, art by Dan Barry. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Action Comics (1938 DC) 138 FR/GD 1.5

4.5" cumulative spine split. Cover detached.

Cover art by Al Plastino. Superman Scoop Parade, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Captain Tootsie ad, art by C. C. Beck. The Crystal Doom starring Tommy Tomorrow, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. The Animal Actors starring Zatara, script by Joe Samachson, art by Joe Kubert. Congo Bill story, art by Ed Smalle. The Man Who Loved Horses starring Vigilante, script by Gardner Fox, art by Dan Barry. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Adventures Into the Unknown (1948 ACG) 4 CGC 2.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4369221005

Cover art by Edvard Moritz. Giants of the Unknown, art by Jon Blummer; Egyrtologist Tom Andrews leads an expedition to an ancient tomb where they find a giant mummy; The giant revives and tells them he is El-Rano, of an even more ancient race that was revered by the Egyptians as gods because of their advanced scientific knowledge. The Affair of Room 1313, art by Edvard Moritz. Back To Yesterday, art by Leonard Starr. Specialist In Spooks, art by Charlie Sultan. St. Mary's Spectre--True Ghosts of History, art by Max Elkan. Rescue Out of the Unknown text story. The Women Wore Black, art by Pete Riss. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

All-New Comics (1943) 14 CGC 9.6

Paper: Cream to off white

File Copy

Label #0059964013

Amazing Stories (1926-Present Experimenter) Pulp Vol. 23 #11 VG/FN 5.0

Volume 23, Issue 11 - November, 1949. Science fiction stories by Alexander Blade, Rog Phillips, Richard S. Shaver and Chester S. Greier, Berkeley Livingston, and Norma Laxell Easton. Illustrations by J. Allen St. John, Arnold Kohn, Leo Ramon Summers, Julian S. Krupa, and Bill Terry. Cover by Arnold Kohn. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 35 GD+ 2.5

Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation.

Cover art by Bill Vigoda. Introduction of Brately in "Sitting It Out," script by Ray Gill, art by Bill Vigoda; Meet Brately, an uncontrollable child who delights in tormenting his baby-sitter, Archie. Introduction of Mr. Bunsen in "Dear Diary," script by Ray Gill, art by Bill Vigoda; Archie accidentally picks up Mr. Weatherbee's diary from the principal's desk; Reggie snatches the diary and Archie has to pursue him all over the school to get it back. "The Old Home Town," script by Ray Gill, art by Bill Vigoda; Archie and his parents are in a bad mood because everyone is treating them badly; When Archie's father gets a telegram offering him a job in another city, he sends a telegram accepting it. Captain Tootsie and the Babe Ruth Story ad for Tootsie Rolls. Appearance by Betty's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Cooper, in "The Sport of Queens!", art by Samm Schwartz; When Betty's father refuses to pay $25 a month for Betty to join an exercise club, he suggests they build a workout center at home. Archie Club ad. Hollywood Tattle Tale article. "The Robutler," script by Ray Gill, art by Bill Vigoda; Archie converts a grandfather clock into a robot butler that controls other labor-saving household devices for his father. Archie Puzzle Page by Joe Edwards. Wilbur ad. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Authentic Police Cases (Canadian 1948 Publication Services) 2 CGC 5.0

Paper: White

Canadian Edition

Label #4186290001

Canadian edition reprinting the same contents as U.S. edition of Authentic Police Cases #4. "The Two-Gun Terror of Mohawk Valley", "Kid Dropper Manhattan's Mad Mobster", "Madman of Moon Street", "How the Masked Blackjack Proved His Innocence", and "Murder on Ice". Inside front cover is blank; Indica appears on bottom of back cover rather than on the first story page. Color interior story. 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Batman (Canadian 1948 National Comics Publications of Canada) 49 CGC 1.8 Restored

Restored: C1

Paper: Off white to white

Restoration Includes: Small Amount of Color Touch on Cover. Canadian Edition

Label #4400973016

Canadian Edition. Story by Bill Finger. Cover by Bob Kane. Art by Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Jim Mooney, and Charles Paris. Reusues cover from the American Batman (1940) #49. Contains "Batman's Arabian Night" and a Vigilante backup story. Cover price $0.10.

Boy Commandos (1942-1949 1st Series) 20 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #1098220005

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Steve Brodie. Danger Below, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Steve Brodie; the boys search for gold bullion lost in a sunken ship during the war. The Championship of Brooklyn, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Steve Brodie; First Stop--The Moon!, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti; Rip and the boys visit the moon, along with Dr. Exell, a fraud who tries to steal valuable technology there to conquer the Earth. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Bruce Gentry (1948) 2 VG- 3.5

1" spine split from top. Cover oxidation. Water damage.

Cover by Jack Kamen. Stories and art by Ray Bailey, Lane Beverly and Al Feldstein. Ray Bailey, former assistant to legendary cartoonist Milton Caniff, creates his own aviator strip, with freelance pilot Bruce meeting bad guys and beautiful women in equal measure to Caniff's Terry and the Pirates. Canada's Superior takes over the publishing with this issue. Bruce arranges a flying lesson for the beautiful Eden Cortez to learn all she knows about the Del Norte airline saboteurs. Bruce and Eden are stranded after their plane crashes, but lovely Holiday Hill arrives at their remote outpost. Bartender Frank Leslie terrorizes Tombstone, in a violent pre-Code Western with art by EC legend Al Feldstein. Featuring plentiful good girl art and cover. Alone Together; "Holiday" Delight; Black Magic--and White; Truckin' and Jive; True Western Justice: The Butchering Brute. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 79 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4262869002

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk and Al Liederman. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza and Al Liederman. In his first appearance, Tawky Tawny leaves his jungle home for the big city, where he meets Captain Marvel in "The Talking Tiger" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Plus: Captain Marvel travels to ancient Egypt to discover if Shazam was a thief in the past in "The Ancient Crime" by Otto Binder and Pete Costanza. Captain Marvel also stars in "The World's Worst Actor" and "Minerva's True Love," both tales by Bill Woolfolk and Pete Costanza. Plus: Captain Kid in "Candidate for Chaos" by Al Liederman. Also: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Rocket Race" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder); 1-page Tootsie Roll ad "Captain Tootsie's Counter-Spook" with art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza; and two "Comix Cards" featuring Ozzie and Babs. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Classics Illustrated 033 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1947) 1 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white

Cover Detached.

Label #3764845005

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1st Printing, Classics Comics. Kiefer cover, contains Hound of the Baskervilles & A Study in Scarlet, 68 pgs. (HRN 33, 1/47). Cover price $0.10.

Classics Illustrated 033 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1947) 1 GD+ 2.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Piece-fill and staple replaced. Tape on interior cover and under staple.

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1st Printing, Classics Comics. Kiefer cover, contains Hound of the Baskervilles & A Study in Scarlet, 68 pgs. (HRN 33, 1/47). Cover price $0.10.

Complete Romance (1949) 1 VG+ 4.5

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Story by Harry Sinclair Drago. Art by Myron Fass. An issue-length drama based on the novel Women to Love by Harry Sinclair Drago, here credited just as Sinclair Drago. Scarlett falls for street punk Rocco and stays with him as he works his way up in the Chicago underworld, but when he orders the St. Valentines Day Massacre, she feels he might have gone too far. Featuring a painted cover reprinted from one of Avons paperbacks. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Must Pay the Penalty (Canadian 1948 Ace International) 7 CBCS 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Slab: Other - see grading notes

Canadian Edition. Top right bracket chipped off.

Label #20-022A35A-005

Canadian Reprint. "The Cleveland Vulture" (art by Sid Greene), "Showdown in Abilene," "Big Gun of the Arsenal Gang," and "Jonathan Wild, Kingpin of Crime." Two page text story, "Ransom of the Dead," by John Mason. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Patrol (1948-1950 EC) 7 CGC 2.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4452705001

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Sheldon Moldoff and Johnny Craig. Numbering continues from International Crime Patrol (1948) #6. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title started as adventure, changed to grisly crime stories and eventually metamorphosed into straight-up horror. A criminal takes the name Trigger Hancock and starts a gang to rival Grimmler's band of international thieves who want to heist Fort Knox, but he's actually setting a trap. A stray kite is the clue that leads the Chessmen to the villainous Ventor, who launches death from above by rocket. Action girl Madelon is the only person who can stop mad Ventor from launching his destructive rocket from his ruined castle. Captain Crime!: The Field-Marshal of Murder!; Van Manhattan: Death By Rocket Bomb!; Chessmen: Slaughter From the Sky!; Madelon: The Rocket In the Ruins! 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 149 GD 2.0

2" cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached.

Cover by Dick Sprang. Stories by Bill Finger and unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Jimmy Thompson, Howard Sherman, Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. The sound effects from a radio drama spur the Joker to institute a new crime idea: that of using sound to create panic among the city's populace in order to make easy scores. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Sound-Effect Crimes!" by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang. Plus: Robotman in "The Lost Evidence!" with art by Jimmy Thompson; Slam Bradley in "Shorty Grows Up!" with art by Howard Sherman; and The Boy Commandos in "The Case of the Ex-Boy Commando!" with art by Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. Also: Shorty half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; 2-page text piece "Science Question Box"; Varsity Vic 2-pager by Boltinoff; and Casey the Cop half-pager by Boltinoff. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Donald Duck's Surprise Party (1948) 1948 GD/VG 3.0

1" spine split from top of comic. Cover oxidation.

Walt Kelly cover and art. Icy-Frost Twins Ice Cream Bars giveaway. 16 pages, no number, no cover price, 1948.

Exciting Comics (1940) 57 FR 1.0

INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, slightly affects art and story. Water damage.

52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Famous Detective (1949-1956 Columbia Publications) Pulp Vol. 10 #5 GD 2.0

Lateral spine tears. Cover and interior oxidation.

Volume 10, Issue 5 - November, 1949. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Fight Comics (1940) 52 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation.

Bondage cover.

Cover by Joe Doolin and others. Edited by Jack Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Jack Kamen, Nick Cardy, Robert Webb, John Forte and Matt Baker. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Good-girl art aplenty as Tiger Girl tries to aid a pygmy tribe; A masquerade party complicates a mystery on a yacht for Hooks Devlin and his gal Peaches; Senorita Rio must stop a plot to free the dictator El Fuente, in a story drawn by Rio creator Nick Cardy. Another upside-down bondage cover, a recurring theme on this title, with Tiger Girl likely drawn by various hands in the Iger Shop. Tiger Girl; Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; Delayed Payment; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Captain Fight. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 154 VG 4.0

Cover and interior oxidation.

Indicia title is "WALTER LANTZ ANDY PANDA, No. 154." The Ghost of Captain Kidd, art by Dick Hall; Andy and Charlie are passengers on an ocean cruise ship. Midway through the cruise the ship is attacked by a 17th Century sailing ship with a crew of pirates under the command of Captain Kidd, who died 250 years earlier. Andy and Charlie sneak aboard the pirate ship and are taken to their island headquarters, along with a girl from the cruise ship. Andy comes up with a plan to defeat the pirates (who really are ghosts!). 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 158 VG+ 4.5

Cover oxidation.

Indicia title is "MARGE'S LITTLE LULU, No. 158." Little Lulu for President; Lulu and Tubby both decide they could grow up to be President; Tubby decides to copy George Washington's mythical feat of chopping down the cherry tree. Takes the Cake; Lulu goes with Tubby to the bakery; He buys a cake, but drops it on the way home;They take the cake to Lulu's house to try to repair it. Just a Gigolo; Lulu and a new girl, Dolly, try to bribe Tubby with candy and soda so he'll notice them. Lulu's Lamp; Lulu tells Alvin a story about when she was a poor girl who worked for a shoemaker; An old man gives her a magic lamp after she gives him some shoes; The lamp has a genie that can grant her any wish--except for one thing. Scripts by John Stanley, pencils by John Stanley (layouts) and Irving Tripp, inks by Irving Tripp. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 162 VG+ 4.5

Cover oxidation.

Indicia title is "FELIX THE CAT, No. 162." Weather Profit; An inventor uses his weather control machine to extort money from businesses; Felix gains control of the weather machine and treats the inventor to a series of unpleasant weather conditions. Public Relations; Felix is having no luck find a place to live when he is caught up in a cyclone; When the cyclone departs it has left him a house and all the furnishings; Felix's relatives flock to the house and fill all the rooms. Felix the Cat Shows His Colors; Felix decides to become an artist to impress a girl. Scripts and art by Otto Messmer. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 178 CGC 2.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Restoration includes: spine split sealed to cover.

Label #4452705013

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK, No. 178. Cover art by Dan Gormley. Christmas on Bear Mountain, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald's stingy old Uncle Scrooge McDuck lets the ducks use his mountain cabin for the Christmas holidays, planning to test Donald's bravery by coming to the cabin disguised as a bear; However, two real bears--a mother and her cub--turn up at the cabin soon after the ducks' arrival. Santa Claus Land, art by Don Gunn; Mickey and Goofy are working at Santa's Workshop at the North Pole; Doc and Grumpy of the Seven Dwarfs and Dumbo are also working there; Goofy is made custodian of Santa's reindeer, where he discovers that Prancer has been stolen by Willie the Giant. Two one-page Barks strips. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Funnyman (1947) 4 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4452705006

Stories by Jerry Siegel. Art by Joe Shuster, John Sikela and Dick Ayers. Famous as the "other" superhero created by Siegel and Shuster, who started the whole phenomenon with Superman. TV comedian Larry Davis uses vaudeville-style shenanigans to fight bad guys. Funnyman is sent back in time to the Middle Ages and gets caught up in a wacky game of thrones; Jailbreak king Slim masquerades as a cop for his latest escape, but the joke's on him when the cop gets to play Slim in a movie; Funnyman is bulletproof in only one spot, as Lena's gang learns to their misfortune. The Medieval Mirthquake; The Return of Slippery Slim; The Amateur Gangster; Leapin' Lena. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Girls' Love Stories (1949) 2 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4339276003

Her own beautiful sister was engaged to the man she secretly loved! Featuring: 9 page story "Girl in the Shadows" written by Robert Kanigher and pencilled by Alex Toth; 1 page Lili filler (Lili, a dancer, tries to impress the new accompanist); 8 page story "Never Say Goodbye"; 1 page illustrated poem "The Golden Light"; 8 page story "Legacy of Love" drawn by Everett Raymond Kinstler; 1 page Daisy's Diary filler; 7 page story "Two Loves Have I"; 1 page Wendy filler; 2 page text story "Someday -- Darling"; 10 page story "Take a Letter, Sweetheart!"; 1 page Buzzy public service announcement "Stay in School, Give Yourself a Break!" written by Jack Schiff and drawn by Graham Place (published in cooperation with leading national social welfare and youth-serving organizations). Cover photograph by Theda and Emerson Hall of MGM Starlets Mary Jane Smith and Bridget Carr. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Green Hornet Comics (1940) 46 GD/VG 3.0

Moisture damage.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Allen Saunders, Alfred Andriola, Buford Tune, and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. The Green Hornet investigates the marijuana gang of Ziggie and Twinkletoes. Reprints of the classic comic strip Kerry Drake, as Kerry confronts the Gun Rental Racket run by Squirrel Cicero and Dr. Zero. The reader is invited to solve several two-page mysteries before the Green Hornet can. Plus a war bonds PSA featuring Joe Palooka, with art by Ham Fisher, "Little Max Lends a Helping Hand." Green Hornet: The Case of the Marijuana Racket; Another U-Solve-It Mystery: The Too Helpful Witness, Mysterious Disappearance; Kerry Drake; Desert Murder; Green Hornet: Call To Action; Another U-Solve-It Mystery; Dotty Dripple; Flossie; Snoopy; Ace Detective Proves Crime Can't Win. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Gunsmoke (1949 Western Comics) 2 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation.

Stories by unknown. Art by Graham Ingels and H.C. Kiefer. Blazing stories of the West! In this issue: Gunsmoke in "Range War" with art by Graham Ingels; The Commanche Kid in "The Mississippi Pirates" with art by H.C. Kiefer; A True Western story "Those Terrible Blevans" with art by Kiefer; and "The Masked Marvel Is Wanted for Murder" with art by Ingels. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Joe Palooka (1945 Harvey) 9 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white

Label #3871930004

Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Bob Powell, Jack Keeler, Salo, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. In the South Pacific, Joe and Jerry ride the derelict Japanese ship to Drooten Island, seemingly safe from the Axis on a Dutch plantation, but Polynesian refugee Melody suspects a trap. Chickie Ricks, The Flyin' Fool, wrestles with Umblau, the mad genius with the fate of the world in a vial in his hands, in a story with nice good-girl art and a terrific splash page by Bob Powell. Plus a prose adventure of the superhero Stuntman, with spot illustration by comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Also featuring a "letter to the reader" from publisher Alfred Harvey about Harvey's latest strip-to-comic-book acquisition, Terry and the Pirates. The Drooten Island Mystery; Drootens Hospitality; Jungle Rendezvous; Amazing Discovery; Stuntman: Ferryboat Menace; Junior Genius: The Great Train Mystery!; The Flyin Fool: Umblau the Genius; Cartoon Laughs. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Joe Palooka (1945 Harvey) 13 CGC 8.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #0701474002

Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Ham Fisher and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. While training for his fight with Phantom Dill, Joe is marked for death by a mysterious figure. Chickie and Gootch set out to rescue Maylene's uncle from the forbidden city of Bal. Plus two prose adventures of early female superhero Black Cat. Joe Palooka; Black Cat's Visit of Mercy; Flyin Fool; Boxing Course - Lesson Five; Black Cat: The Duel. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Joe Palooka (1945 Harvey) 32 CGC 8.0 Restored

Restored: C1

Paper: Off white to white

Restoration Includes: Small Amount of Color Touch On Cover.

Label #3815976016

Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Tom Doerer and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Escaping the thugs, Knobby and Jerry race to the scene of Joe's latest fight, hoping to give him the will to carry on. Plus true tales of athletic greats, including Babe Ruth and legendary race horse Man O' War. Joe Palooka; Story Session; The Fight That Joe Was Sure to Lose; Babe Ruth Was Smart; Fowl Play; Winnie the Waitress; The Prizefighter and the Lady; Joe Palooka's Album; Sportales; True-Thrilling Sport Short: The Mighty Man O' War; Sportopics: Jim Londos. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Jumbo Comics (1938) 108 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4394374002

In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle", reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990) #4, and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb; "ZX-5" art by Jack Kamen; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker, reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990) #7; and "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" and "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen. "Top of the World" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Junior Miss (1944 Timely/Marvel) 31 VG+ 4.5

Cover oxidation.

"Her Rough Rival!", art by Ken Bald; Cindy decides that it's boring having Chuck and Cas fight over her, until Lula-Belle appears in town and they stop fighting over her. "Little Lady" text story by Justin Dewey Triem. "In a Merry Memory Mood!", art by Ken Bald; Goldie gets Cindy to recount the times that Chuck had disappointed her and Cindy gets angrier and angrier. "Adventure Underground," script by Ruth Berman. "My Aching Palette," art by Ken Bald. "The Irresistible Force" text story by Tripp Hammond. "The Professor's Problem!", art by Ken Bald; Professor Noodlebean is writing a book about a typical teen-ager and Cindy wants to be featured until Chuck gives her some inside info about what it's really going to be about. "Romance for Debby" text story by Jane Philpy. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Kewpies (1949) 1 GD- 1.8

3" Cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation.

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Jules Feiffer art Cover price $0.10.

Little Orphan Annie (1948 Dell) 1 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4452705005

Reprints strips from 5/7/44 to 7/30/44. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Manhunt! (1947 Magazine Enterprises) 1 CGC 5.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4438530023

Cover art by Ogden Whitney. "The Avenging Axe" text story by Gardner Fox. "The Case of the Hobbyhorse Homicide," art by Paul Parker; Inspector Kirk must find out who killed Cecil Blake. "The Puzzle of the Picture," art by Ogden Whitney; Starr Flagg must stop enemy agents who plan to sell the Alaskan Defense Plans to another country. Untitled story, pencils by Fred Guardineer; The Prism Pirate has a prism that concentrates cosmic rays, which he uses to attack Space Patrol ships. "The Girl and the Gold," art by L. B. Cole; Tinpan and his partner Sourdough strike gold, but both are killed shortly afterward. Red Fox is assigned to find the killer. "The House on the Dotted Line," art by Fred Guardineer; James Fallon tracks down Lady Satan and her gang. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Manhunt! (1947 Magazine Enterprises) 5 CGC 2.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4212357002

Cover art by Ogden Whitney. "Knife of a Thousand Cuts" text story by Gardner Fox. "Jeopardy in the Jungle," script by Gardner Fox, art by Ogden Whitney; Undercover Girl travels to the jungle to steal a formula from a scientist and a Russian spy. "The Man Who Fished for Men!" Kirk of Scotland Yard story, art by Paul Parker; A mad scientist is kidnapping people to experiment on to create a race of water-breathing humans. "The Adventure of the Invisible Pirates," script by Gardner Fox, art by Fred Guardineer; Jet Black and Jak Tal fake a fight, causing the Invisible Pirate gang to take Jak Tal into their confidence. "The Enemy Within!", script by Gardner Fox, art by Ogden Whitney; Agent Fallon infiltrates a communist cell trying to take over the maritime unions. "The Voice of the Petrel!" featuring The Red Fox of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, script by Gardner Fox, art by L. B. Cole; Martin Gander uses ventriloquism to convince the Eskimo natives that he is the god Petral and has them rob for him. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

March of Comics (1946 K.K. Publishing/Western) 20 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #0900601001

Cover art by Walt Kelly. "Darkest Africa," script and art by Carl Barks; Donald, an aggressive butterfly collector, is hired by Sir Gnattbugg-Mothley to go to Africa and bring back an Almostus Extinctus, rarest of butterflies; In Africa, the ducks are sabotaged by Professor Angus McFiendly, who is also after the Almostus Extinctus, and Donald is forced to give him the butterfly when the nephews are captured by cannibals hired by McFiendly. 24 pgs., full color.

March of Comics (1946 K.K. Publishing/Western) 41 VG- 3.5

Oxidation.

Cover pencils by Walt Kelly. "Race to the South Seas!", script and art by Carl Barks; Uncle Scrooge, through his lawyer, give both Gladstone and Donald sailing ship, and just a few minutes later they learn that Scrooge has been lost in a storm in the South Seas. Both Donald and Gladstone set sail for the islands where Scrooge was last seen, and along the way, Gladstone has nothing but good luck and Donald has nothing but bad. 24 pgs., full color.

Mary Marvel Comics (1945) 15 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white

Label #1289907003

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories by Otto Binder and Howard Boughner. Art by Jack Binder and Howard Boughner. Superhero action with Mary Marvel, long-lost sister of the original Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. A mysterious jar of seeds in a rural feed store produces trees overnight, precious gems...and trouble for Elmer Perkins' family that only Mary Marvel can get them out of. Freshman Freddy gets a chance to be a movie star, but unfortunately, he must do his own stunts. Freckles Marvel starts her own delivery service but gets the packages mixed up, so Mary M. tries to lend a hand. Plus a plethora of comics-format ads, including private eye Sam Spade for Wildroot hair cream, and Captain Tootsie for Tootsie Rolls by CC Beck and Pete Costanza. Mary Marvel and the Magic Seeds; Dizzy Daisy; Vita Min; Freshman Freddy: Star Struck; The Choice; Mary Marvel and the Dangerous Deliveries. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 96 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Slab: See item notes

Significant front/back scuff(s).

Label #4420761002

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Kurt Schaffenberger, Bill Ward, Bill Brady, Carl Pfeufer, John Jordan, Bill Woolfolk and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Capt. Marvel Jr. tries to tame a wild-natured horse that descends from Alexander the Great's horse, in an story (and cover) with art by longtime Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Nyoka learns the horrifying secret of the All-Devouring Jungle God. Bulletman and Bulletgirl try to figure out why someone would steal mannequins, in a story with art by Torchy artist Bill Ward. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade, and a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Captain Marvel, Jr.: The World's Greatest Horse!; For the Master Mind; Trader Tom; Lumber Jack; Nyoka the Jungle Girl: The All-Devouring Jungle God; Heady Remark; Bill the Bank Clerk; Bulletman: The Case of the Missing Mannikins!; Vacuum Bloobstutter's Swimming Hole; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Globe Trotters; Kid Gloves: Show Time; Tom Mix: Death Hunts a Killer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

My Life (1948) 7 CGC 3.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #3701516003

Art by Vernon Henkel and Warren Broderick. Fox Feature Syndicate presents the third romance title to launch the romance comics craze, following Crestwood's "Young Romance" and Timely/Marvel's "My Romance". A reporter bends the facts to help his actress girlfriend's career, and loses his job over it; Linda wants to steal her sister Beth's man through trickery, and when that doesn't work, she tries to do Beth in; Nell tries to lure lawyer Sam away from her polio-stricken sister Wilma, then causes an auto wreck. Plus love advice to readers. I Broke Her Heart and Laughed About it; Kill for Love; Facts You Wouldn't Believe; May I Tell You About Anne?; I Was a Love Thief. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

My Love Life (1949) 9 PR 0.5

Interior complete. Full length spine split (taped). Water damage. Slight mold.

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In order of appearance: "My Shameless Lie"; "I Can't Go Home Again" retitled and reprinted as "The Mistake of My Life.." in Top Love Stories (1951) #15; and "My Fabulous Past". "Lover's Postoffice" and "From Jane Manners' Scrapbook...How to Be the Best Baby Sitter in Town" text articles. Indicia states "MY LOVE LIFE (formerly Zegra)" 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Nellie the Nurse (1945 Marvel/Atlas) 6 CGC 6.0 Qualified

Paper: Off white

Centerfold Missing.

Label #4438087021

Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by unknown. In this issue: Nellie, Snazzy, and Speed go bear hunting in "Spare That Bear!"; Snazzy and Speed endure a day at an amusement park with Nellie and her niece in "Who's Wild... Child?"; Nellie in a story by Stan Lee (his name appears on a sign in the opening panel); "Mate's Late... No Date!"; 2-page text story "A Little Matter of Form"; Georgie in "Hooked in a Brook!"; untitled L'il Looie story; and "Nellie Puzzle Page"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Nellie the Nurse (1945 Marvel/Atlas) 14 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4435695004

Stories by Harvey Kurtzman (Hey Look! 1-pager) and unknown. Art by Harvey Kurtzman (Hey Look! 1-pager) and unknown. Nellie the Nurse stars in: "Her Ring Fling"; "What Has Snazzy Got?"; "Ah, Love!"; and "Motor Madness"! Also in this issue: untitled Hey Look! 1-pager by Harvey Kurtzman; Patsy Walker in "Pop Rates His Skates"; 2-page text story "I'll Never Understand 'Em"; and Rusty in "Johnny's Model Trouble"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Outlaws (1948 D.S. Pub.) 2 CGC 6.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #1993696004

Stories and art by Matt Baker and others. Shoot-outs and showdowns between the outlaws and lawmen of the Old West, from DS Publishing. A gunslinging preacher may not believe in killing, but he's such a good shot he doesn't need to kill to outgun the bad guys. Doc Dawson takes desperate measures after an outlaw tries to force Doc to treat his wounded son. Schoolteacher Sloan Sayers takes up arms when a murderous gambler threatens the kids in his schoolhouse. Outlaw "Gentleman" Ben Thompson crashes a cattlemen's party in Dodge City, in a story with early art by art legend Matt Baker. Action-girl cover by an unknown artist. Battling Parson Brown; Mystery Marshall; The Dude Goes West; Doc Dawsons Dilemma; Tarnation Tough Teacher; Men of the Badlands: Gentleman Ben Thompson; Fight at Adobe Walls; Dallas Boone: Perilous Patrol; Doc Bates: The Last Battle. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Pep Comics (1940-1987 Archie) 63 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)

Label #4182777005

Cover art by Al Fagaly. Shield G-Man Clubn bulletin. "The Mix Up," art by Bill Vigoda; When Archie is sent to the drugstore, he gets his Dad's indigestion pills mixed up with his Mom's shampoo and hair tonic, and Jughead's glue. Untitled story, script and art by Bill Woggon; Eddie McCracken gets into trouble when a mannequin he is taking to Katy Keene gets confused for a real woman. Katy Keene ad. "Drugs For Death," art by Irv Novick; The Shield and Dusty the Boy Detective investigate a narcotics ring. Untitled story, script and art by Bill Woggon; Talbert Twiddle and his dog Fido go duck hunting. "Sink or Swim" starring Archie text story. Untitled story, art by Red Holmdale; Gloomy Gus takes the body of a swim instructor whose students have a habit of holding him underwater. Untitled story, script and art by Joe Edwards; L'il Jinx's parents try to get L'il Jinx to learn the violin. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Phantom Feature Book (1939) 53 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4467000010

The Diamond Hunters. Story by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Ray Moore. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay's Feature Book was the first US comic book to devote complete issues to a single character. These issues, reprinting classic Phantom comic strips from the 1930s, were the first official Phantom comic books. Reprints The Phantom daily pages from April 12th to September 18th, 1937. The Phantom brings Diana to his jungle home for the first time, only to discover that war has broken out between neighboring tribes. The culprits are unscrupulous diamond hunters who are trying to take advantage of the chaos to steal a fortune. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Picture Stories from American History (1945) 3 VG/FN 5.0

Oxidation

Economic Growth of Our Nation. Cover by Allen Simon. Stories and art by W. W. D. Sones and M. C. Gaines and Allen Simon. Early factual history comics from EC, back when the company was still run by Max Gaines and called "Educational Comics." The history of the USA, from the founding of the government to the eve of the Civil War. The Story of the Constitution; Beginning of a Democracy; Pathfinders in the Wilderness; Thomas Jefferson's Administration; The War of 1812; Maps of the U.S., Showing Territorial Growth; A Growing Nation; Old Hickory in the White House; A Vanishing Race; Borderlines and Bullets; Young Abe Lincoln; Important Dates to Remember. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.