Auctions: comic books published by Fox Feature Syndicate

Dagar Desert Hawk (1948) 22 CGC 5.0

Paper: White

Label #4460377002

Art by Edmond Good and A. C. Hollingsworth. Cover by Edmond Good. Dagar the Desert Hawk, aka Bart Benson, is a Lawrence of Arabesque hero who lives and fights in the Arabian desert. Educational comics focus on exotic animals including gorillas, giraffes, kangaroos, ostriches, camels, cobras, lions, crocodiles, leopards, and elephants; A government agent seeks Safari Cary's help to stop a diamond smuggling ring; Jungle warrior Tangi offers inspiration to a blocked writer. The Forgotten Allah!; The Perfidious Portrait!; Tropical Topics; Jungle Curiosities; Meet the Seminoles; A Dame, Diamonds and Dynamite!; Felony Files; A Purple Parakeet! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

March of Crime (1949 Fox Giant) 0B GD- 1.8

4.5" cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation. Includes one issue of Murder Inc, Rulah, Phantom Lady and Zegra Jungle Empress.

This comic is a Fox Giant Comics Edition (25c cover price) which contains four remaindered Fox comics without their original covers. The first page of the first story for each remaindered comic may be missing as in Fox comics, the first story page was often on the inside front cover. Such missing story pages are not considered a defect. Cover price $0.25.

Weird Comics (1940) 1 CGC 3.5

Paper: White

Label #4015108003

Cover by George Tuska. Edited by Victor Fox. Stories and art by Pierce Rice, Don Rico, Fred Schwab, Bert Whitman, Alan Spectre, A. B. Crews, Arnold Inagos, and Phillips Judge. An anthology of science fiction, horror and adventure comics from Fox. This is as pulpy as it gets. 20 years before Don Blake picked up the hammer at another company, Grant Farrel is imbued with the powers of the Viking god Thor (but not his gigantic mustache); Interplanetary courier Solar Plexis is given a bomb to deliver; Space pirates force Blast Bennett and teen sidekick Red to crash-land on a meteor. Classic cover by George Tuska. Thor; Sorceress of Zoom; Solar Plexis; Blast Bennett; Dr. Mortal; Voodoo Man; The Invisible Planet; Bird Man; Typhon. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wonderworld Comics (1939) 20 FR 1.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Spine rebuild. Cover and interior oxidation. Water damage.

The Kidnappers starring Flame. Zarhov's Monster starring Yarko. The Black Pearl starring Shorty Shortcake. The Bombing Gang starring Patty O'Day. One Minute To Death starring Dr. Fung. Smuggler's Syndicate text story, art by Nathaniel Nitkin (N. N. Nathaniel). Headed For a Noose starring Tex Maxon, art by Munson Paddock (Chuck Munson). Return To the Dark Ages starring Don Quixote and Adolphus Stalini. Shanghaied By Captain Swine starring Spark Stevens. The Jigsaw Puzzle Plot--K-51 Spies At War. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Zago Jungle Prince (1948) 1 CGC 6.0

Paper: White

Label #1161248011

In order of appearance: "Zago Jungle Prince"; "Tony Luck, Jet Junction!" art by Robert Webb, retitled and reprinted with alterations from "Lucky Wings, Japs and Jets", which is reprinted in Jerry Iger's Golden Features (1986) #3 and Wings Comics (1997) #1; "Blue Beetle, The Cobra's Kiss!"; and "Plaid Clad Terror!! Orgy Of Death!". "Poky Ridge Gold" text story reprinted in Hoot Gibson Western (1950) #6. Indicia states "ZAGO". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.