Auctions: comic books November 1951

Black Magic (1950-1961 Prize/Crestwood) Vol. 2 #1 GD 2.0

Water damage.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Art by John Prentice, Bill Draut, Mort Meskin, Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby present their own contribution to the horror comics trend of the 1950s, featuring tales of ghosts and the paranormal. Sometimes listed as Black Magic #7. No issue number listed on cover; listed as Vol. 2, issue #1 in indicia. Shipwreck survivors encounter a ghost ship crewed by dead men. A man captures the female ghost who is haunting him by pouring paint over her. A man dreams of a terrible train wreck. The Thing in the Fog; No One Human!; The Man Who Captured a Ghost!; The Tailor's Dummy; Old Tom's Window!; Don't Ride the 5:20! 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 3 GD+ 2.5

Cover detached. Water spotting.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Charles Spain Verral and others. Art by Ogden Whitney, King Ward, Emil Gershwin, Edvard Moritz and Leo Morey, plus one story by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, and Joe Orlando. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A couple studying ancient castles in Europe comes upon one that is the lair of an ancient vampire, situated on an inaccessible peak. Another couple accidentally flung into space on an experimental balloon lands on a purgatory planet inhabited by atomic mutants, in a story full of ludicrous science and genuinely disturbing art by King Ward. But the real gem is about a boy who accidentally summons the spirit of a vengeful sorcerer while playing with the skull on his fathers desk. This oft-reprinted story, Skull of the Sorcerer, features pencils by EC legend Al Williamson, inks by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood, and one panel (page 6 panel 3?) inked by Frank Frazetta himself. Lair of the Vampire; The Return; The Vengeful Spirit; The Domain of the Doomed; Giants on the Earth; Skull of the Sorcerer; Pursuit Into the Past. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 44 #1 GD 2.0

6" Cumulative spine split (partially taped).

Nov 1951. Cover by Frank Kelly Freas. Horror and supernatural stories by Everill Worrel "Hideaway", Robert E. Howard "Pigeons From Hell", C. J. Barr, H. P. Lovecraft "Dagon", Margaret St. Clair, Michael West, Robert Bloch "The Night they Crashed the Party", Seabury Quinn, H. C. McNeile, and L. Sprague De Camp & Fletcher Pratt "When the Night Wind Howls". Illustrations by Joseph Eberle, E. E. Cleland, Jon Arfstrom, Virgil Finlay, Lee Brown Coye, and Fred Humiston. 6 3/4" x 10"; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.