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Auctions: comic books October 1952

  • Item #62119174
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    Holiday Comics (1951 Star) 8 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Apr 5

    L.B. Cole Christmas cover. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62277505
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    Published Oct 1952 by Quality.

    Police Comics (1941) 120 VG 4.0

    Starts Feb 17

    Reed Crandall/Nick Cuidera cover. Ken Shannon in "Death and the Derelict" (Crandall art), "Inspector Denver," T-Man in "The Red Racket," and "One Mad Night." One page filler, "Pict-O-Crime." Two page text story, "The Cat Burgler." in Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62182257
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    Sensation Mystery (1952) 111 CGC 4.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4348396008

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover pencils by Murphy Anderson, inks by Sy Barry. The Spectre in the Flame!, pencils by Murphy Anderson, inks by Sy Barry; The lawyer Preston Zandan dabbles with the occult at night and conjures a smoke-shaped spirit out of every fire thats lighted. Best Foot Forward half-page, script and art by Mort Drucker; Custom of getting off on the right foot. War of the Toy Soldiers!, pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs; Retired general Roger Fielding loves to play with his toy armies and dies of exhaustion. He walked in his sleep and played at night, too. The Doorway to Evil!, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Sy Barry; Steve Davis inherits the hotel "Fortuna" and discovers a secret 13th floor, filled with smybols of evil and bad luck. Unusual Ghost Haunts! fact page, script and art by Mort Drucker. Journeys into the Unknown, script by Jack Miller, art by Raymond Perry; article about time travel hoaxes of the past. The Screaming Death!, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Frank Giacoia, inks by Sy Barry; The mad sound engineer and murderer Bryan Anson escapes from prison and locks up Johnny Peril. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.