Auctions: comic books 1951

All True Romance (1948) 2 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Centerfold and an additional piece missing. Interrupts art and story.

Beyond (1950 Ace) 7 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4497773003

The Doorway to Yesterday, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Vince Alascia; While staying in Rome, american newspaperman Wilson follows a beautiful stranger through the ruins and enters the "doorway to yesterday;" He finds himself in ancient Rome and (at the command of Nerissa) has to battle a gladiator. The Dead Guard the Gold, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; Treasure hunter Kramer gets pulled into an underwater world where ghost pirates dwell; The pirate's girl shows him a way out and Kramer can escape. Gallows in the Sky. Creatures of Fantasy, pencils by Richard Case. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Video (1951 Fawcett) 2 GD 2.0

Water damage. Staples added (not manufacturing). Chew.

Stories and art by George Evans and Clem Weisbecker. Early TV superhero Captain Video comes to comics, an electronics wizard from an era when technology was just starting to change the world. Cap and Ranger investigate after a mystery ailment leaves the people of the world unable to walk. Western-movie hero Rod Cameron faces a gunslinger who wants to make his reputation for beating Rod in a gunfight, while another merely wishes fame for shooting Rod in the back. Evil Dr. Hypnox returns, wrecking and scavenging ships at sea, until he strikes one containing Captain Video and Ranger. Art by future EC legend George Evans. Plus photos of TV's Captain Video and Ranger, Al Hodge and Don Hastings, including a color photo on the back cover. And moral lessons from Captain Video; ironically, this issue was mentioned in the text of the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent (p. 382) because of "morbid fantasies" (the first story) and the good ol' "injury-to-the-eye motif." Captain Video and the Time When Men Could Not Walk!; Rod Cameron: The Gun Duel!; Captain Video and the Hidden Island; Airfield Al…Relatively Speaking!; The Little Monsters; Captain Video and the Legion of Evil. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 13 #10 GD/VG 3.0

Volume 13, Issue 10 - October, 1951. Cover by Joe Tillotson. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Medusa Was a Lady" by William Tenn. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 132 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 13 #10 GD/VG 3.0

Volume 13, Issue 10 - October, 1951. Cover by Joe Tillotson. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Medusa Was a Lady" by William Tenn. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 132 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Jet Powers (1950) 3 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Pieces clipped through back cover and almost all pages. Interrupts art or story.

Art by Bob Powell and Al Williamson. Cover by Bob Powell. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #35. Science hero Jet Powers uses advanced tech to battle supervillains, in sci-fi stories that have gained a cult following for their Bob Powell art. A radioactive dust cloud from space threatens to wipe out life on Earth; Jet Powers travels to Mars to help the Martians fight off an alien invasion; Space Ace discovers a book that reveals the location of the ultimate weapon, in a story with art by EC legend Al Williamson. The Dust Doom; The Devil's Machine; Space Ace: The Nothing Weapon; The Interplanetary War. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 133 GD/VG 3.0

Bondage cover, possibly by Maurice Whitman. "Scourge of the Soudan," art by Maurice Whitman; Believing Kaänga to be their legendary hero, Queen Amra and her amazons kidnap Ann in order to force Kaänga to help them against the apemen that threaten their kingdom; Kaänga does as he is compelled and defeats the apemen; The queen frees Ann and she and Kaänga return to their jungle. Untitled story; Captain Terry Thunder and undercover intelligence agent Shaw break up a diamond smuggling ring. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Attempting to reach a river island, Wambi is swept away and taken for a river god by a distant, down-river tribe; Unable to escape, he sends two leopards to fetch Tawn and Ogg who rescue him. Untitled story, art by Enrico Bagnoli; An evil goddess sends Tabu a false vision but he trusts his instincts and rescues a couple from the Jhontas. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; When Chief Nabilo is wounded by a leopard, Camilla goes to the herbalist Harana for help; She learns that Harana no longer has powers since her temple was desecrated by K'tonga; Only with K'tonga's death will her powers be restored. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Steve Canyon in Strictly for the Smart Birds (1951 Harvey) Giveaway 0 VF 8.0

Cover by Milton Caniff. Stories and art by Milton Caniff. A giveaway issue produced by Harvey for the US Armed Forces, featuring Caniff's veteran adventurer from the famed comic strip. Steve Canyon discusses the benefits of re-enlisting with pilot Rocky, whose service time is up. 16 pages, full color

Weird Thrillers (1951) 1 GD 2.0

Some interior corner pieces torn out (slightly affects some panel edges, readability unaffected).

Photo cover features classic horror actor Rondo Hatton. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Murphy Anderson, Sy Barry, Ross Andru, George Olesen, John Prentice, Bob Powell, and Pete Morisi. Classic 1950s science-fiction and horror tales from Ziff-Davis. In the Venusian city of Spaceport, a hive of scum and villainy, Brad's girlfriend cajoles him into going after the priceless Sandflower. But beautiful Venusian Melinda accompanies him, warning that even if they escape the Swamp Spider, they must still elude the space pirates. In another story, with art by future Marvel legend Ross Andru, Bruce and Vina accidentally discover that the President of Earth has been replaced by a robot. Our Amazing Universe; Sandflower of Venus; The Menace of R Day; The Canals of Mars; Terror from the Depths; The Monster and the Model; Measuring a Comet's Tail; One-Sided Life. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.