Auctions: comic books published by MLJ Magazines

Black Hood Comics (1943) 19 CGC 5.0 Restored

Restored: B1

Paper: Off white to white

Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover, cover reinforced, cover cleaned, staples replaced. Top edge trimmed.

Label #4440265009

Final issue of the series (becomes Laugh Comics with # 20). Cover by Irv Novick. "The Black Hood Vs. Needlenoodle"; Sergeant McGinty is kidnapped by Needlenoodle and his gang; Patrolman Kip Burland is on the case, but to save the sergeant he'll have to expose his secret of being the Black Hood. "Hey, take it easy, Gus! What's the rush?" starring Gloomy Gus, art by Red Holmdale. "The Green Beard" text story. "Needle Nose Strikes Back," art by Irv Novick; With the Black Hood in retirement, Kip Burland opens his detective agency and goes after Needlenoodle. Cover price $0.10.

Jackpot Comics (1941) 1 FR 1.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Complete spine split seal, color touch and TRIMMED. Tape in interior cover/pages. Staple added (not manufacturing).

68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Top-Notch Comics (1939) 22 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Centerfold and interior pieces missing, interrupts art and story. 5" cumulative spine split. Cover and centerfold detached.

Cover by Al Camy. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Harry Shorten, Al Camy, Harry Lucey, Harvey Biern, Warren King, Bob Montana, Ed Smalle, and Joe Blair. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Zip Comics (1940) 15 PR 0.5

Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Water damage. Cover oxidation.

Edited by Harry Shorten. Cover art by Charles Biro. "The Puppet Master's Murders," script by Joe Blair, art by Charles Biro; A crazy puppet master murders two men to use in his greatest puppet act ever seen by human eyes. "The Great Magic Contest," script and art by Louis Golden; Dick enters the great magic contest to win the golden crown. "The Oil Derrick Murder" Nevada Jones story, art by Frank Volp; The banker holds Miss Amy's mortgage, so if any oil production was stopped he could take over, and he is deliberately trying to scare her off her ranch. "The Case of the Kill-Crazy Gorilla" starring Red Reagan, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper; A killer gorilla is on the loose, so everybody is to believe, but it is really a man in disguise. "The Hidden Explosive Formula" War Eagles story, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle; The twins are sent on a mission to Norway to retrieve a hidden formula for a new condensed explosion; In Norway they meet agent Swen Olsen. "Mystery of the Secluded City," script by Joe Blair, art by Mort Meskin; Far in the interior of China, Captain Valor and his followers are taken to a Chinese lord that can't stand any noise. "The House of the Gilded Lily," script by Harry Shorten, art by Carl Hubbell; A cop is killed in China Town by a dope fiend, and the Scarlet Avenger will get the real killer. "Mayhem in the Marine Auditorium," script by Joe Blair, art by Lin Streeter; Zambini is visiting a famous Marine Auditorium where denizens of the sea are on display. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.