Auctions: comic books published by American Comics Group

Blazing West (1948) 5 VG/FN 5.0

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Bob Lubbers, Charles Sultan, Edmond Good and Leonard Starr. Tales of the Old West from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Blazing West was an anthology title that featured the adventures of Texas Tim, a Texas Ranger; Buffalo Belle, a redheaded sheriffs deputy with quick wits and a fast gun; Injun Jones, a white man who worked with the Apache tribe; Bantam Buckaroo, a young boy who could outshoot any man; and the Tenderfoot, a Clark Kent-looking tough guy who lulled foes with his mild-mannered appearance. Little Lobo battles bank robbers who flood a town to get their booty; Outlaw Moose Madden wears a dress to get the drop on Buffalo Belle; The mild-appearing Tenderfoot goes after the Larson Twins, then taunts them with his own image. Buffalo Belle; Injun Jones; Little Lobo; Texas Tim, Ranger; Phantom of the Range; The Posse That Didn't Ride; Tenderfoot. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Custer's Last Fight (1950) 1 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4251712004

Cover by Gene Fawcette. Edited by Sol Cohen. Stories by Joe Gill and others. Art by Howard Larsen and Jon Small (credited as Jack Ross). The story of legendary American soldier George A. Custer, from the Civil War to his defeat at the Battle of Little Bighorn. In the backup story, John learns to use a gun when facing the outlaw Piper Brothers. Custers Last Fight, Part 1; The Civil War; The Indian Wars!; The Battle of the Little Bighorn; Western Revenge; The Fighting Parson: Poisoned Pipers! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Eerie (1951 Avon Series) 17 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4393105020

Art by Mo Marcus, Rocke Mastroserio, Maurice Gutwirth, Ed Goldfarb, Bob Baer, Joe Kubert and Wally Wood. Tales of horror from the era just before the Comics Code was introduced. This issue is a reprint of issue #3 with a new cover. The hideous monster from an art-contest painting comes to life; A killer checks to make sure his victims corpse isnt coming back to life, and winds up trapped in the tomb with it; An ancient Egyptian mirror threatens to take over a modern-day woman and make her kill her fiance. The Case of the Painted Beast!; Was He Dead?; The Monster of the Storm; Kill a Witch; The Mirror of Isis! Final issue before the title changed to Strange Worlds with #18. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.