Auctions: comic books published by Avon Publications

Mask of Dr. Fu Manchu (1951) 1 FR/GD 1.5

1.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Piece missing from first page (slightly affects panel). Water damage. Staple rust, rust migration. Mold.

Art by Wally Wood and Alvin Hollingsworth. Cover by Wally Wood. Adventure tales featuring Sax Rohmers influential (and decidedly un-PC) supervillain with the great moustache, Dr. Fu Manchu. The evil genius plots to start an uprising by stealing the Mask of El Mokanna; Sir Denis Nayland Smith tries to save Shan Greville from the enticements of Fus daughter, Fah Lo See; Manchu becomes a modern-day pirate. Featuring a terrific contents page illustrated by Wally Wood on the inside front cover. Mask of Dr. Fu Manchu; Flash Harper: Operation Blackout. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Space Detective (1951) 1 FR 1.0

7" cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Water damage. Cover oxidation. Coloring on interior cover. Brittle.

Stories by Walter Gibson. Art by Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, and Warren Kremer. Cover by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. When danger threatens the Earth, wealthy Rod Hathaway and his secretary Dot change into the space-roving superheroes The Avenger and Teena. Maag the space pirate challenges The Avenger and Teena in a 3-part story written by Walter Gibson, best known as the author of The Shadows pulp adventures (under the name Maxwell Grant). Also featuring a typically great contents page illustrated by Wally Wood on the inside front cover. Plus a fun cover by legends Joe Orlando and Wally Wood, and a backup story featuring Lucky Dale, Girl Detective. Bandits of the Starways!; Opium Smugglers of Venus; Trail to the Asteroid Hideout; Something for the Kids; Lucky Dale: Terror in the Night; Officer Skelly: No Loitering. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.