Auctions: comic books in 'War'

Star Spangled War Stories (1952 DC 2nd Series) 144 FN- 5.5

Cover art by Joe Kubert. Death Takes No Holiday! Starring Enemy Ace, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Joe Kubert; Enemy Ace faces pilots attired like skeletons. Ad for DC Special #3 and The Flash #187, pencils by Neal Adams and Ross Andru, inks by Nick Cardy and Mike Esposito. Air Force Heroes and The Mechanic humor half-page pages by John Costanza. Ad for The Brave and the Bold #83, art by Irv Novick. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of GI Joe (1988) 3 CGC 9.2

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4353549008

Featuring material original presented in GI Joe (1982 Marvel) #3 - "The Trojan Gambit!" Written by Larry Hama. Art by Herb Trimpe and Jack Abel. Cobra unleashes their ultimate weapon right in the midst of GI Joe's own headquarters! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $1.50.

United States Fighting Air Force (1952 Canada) 1 VG 4.0

Water damage. Only 1 staple (manufacturing).

Despite the US affiliation in the title, this was an original war comic from Canadian publisher Superior, with early issues focused on the then-current Korean War. Pilot Pete is in hot water after enemy soldiers disguise themselves as US forces to confuse air support. Bombers face heavy anti-aircraft fire from an unknown source. Tod is assigned to take out Yin Soy, the female fighter ace who's been decimating US planes. Cowards Courage; Radar Roulette; His Last Mission; Operation Panic; Mig Alley Dame. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

United States Marines (1943 Magazine Enterprises/Toby) 4 VG 4.0

Water damage.

Stories and art by Chas. M. Quinlan and Tony DiPreta. Action-packed fact and fiction about the US Marine Corps, printed at the height of WWII patriotic fervor. Includes the note "Contents reviewed and cleared by the US Marine Corps." The true story of Red Shelton, war hero at the battle of Tarawa; Photos of Marines on duty overseas; Marines-based humor with "Monte Zuma and Trip O'Lee," a reference to the Marines' Hymn. Also featuring an ad for a glow-in-the dark necktie: "By day a lovely swank tie...By night a call to love in glowing words." No Flash in the Pan; The Heat's On!; Palau; Star Performance; Wild West in the East!; Guam; Saipan!; The Fighting Redhead; Monte Zuma and Trip O'Lee; Semper Fidelis and Sometimes Funny; Hero of Koromakina Lagoon; The Tanks of Tarawa; Leatherneck Lens; Split-Second Escapes; Who Goes There...?; Vanguard of Doom; Seagoing Bathtub; South Pacific Serenade. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Universal Soldier (1992 Now) 1W CGC 9.8 Sasso Hologram Variant

Paper: White

Label #4535848005

Direct edition cover by Marc Sasso. The Quick and the Undead. Story by Clint McElroy. Art by Lenin Delsol and Tony DeZuniga. An adaptation of the first movie in the hit sci-fi action franchise. An unbalanced soldier and the officer who took him down are reanimated 30 years later as cyborg warriors. Direct edition features more mature subject matter than newsstand edition, as well as a hologram cover, holograms being a big deal in publishing at the time. 32 pages, Full Color. Mature readers. Cover price $1.95.

War Battles (1952 Harvey) 9 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. 3 1/2" cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Joe Certa and Moe Marcus. Tales of war from Harvey, published as the Cold War was heating up. A stranded sailor is stuck on a raft loaded with explosives, with enemy aircraft overhead. A soldier calls on home-grown baseball skills to throw a grenade like a curveball. An ordinary jeep becomes a vehicle of survival for a group of soldiers trying to escape enemy fire. Floating Foxhole; Curve Ball Command!; Dirigible; Death Ride!; The Payne Saga; Make 'Em Pay. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Weird War Tales (1971 DC) 95N CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Newsstand Edition.

Label #4641523021

Newsstand Edition. Cover art by Joe Kubert. Come Play War with Me!, script by George Kashdan, art by Fred Carrillo; set in 1853 in the Crimean Mountains during the Crimean War. The Way of the Horse, script by Dan Mishkin and Gary Cohn, art by Nestor Infante; set among native Americans in the American plains at an unknown time. The 600 Heads of Death!, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Steve Ditko; set hundreds of years ago on Easter Island. Between Flesh and Fantasy, script by J. M. DeMatteis, art by Noly Zamora; set during World War II. 36 pgs. $0.50. Cover price $0.50.

Weird War Tales (1971 DC) 101N CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition.

Label #4441306003

Newsstand Edition. Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Dick Giordano. My Buddy--The Robot!, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Pepe Morino Casaris; set during World War II. Dry Run, script by George Kashdan, art by Danny Taberna; set in the year 2000. Twice a Traitor, script by Dan Mishkin; Gary Cohn, art by Angel Trinidad Jr.; set in French Indochina in 1953. Push-Button Hero!, script by George Kashdan, art by Vicente Catan [as Vicatan Jr.]; set during World War II. 36 pgs. $0.50. Cover price $0.50.

Weird War Tales (1971 DC) 101N VG+ 4.5

Water spots.

Newsstand Edition. Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Dick Giordano. My Buddy--The Robot!, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Pepe Morino Casaris; set during World War II. Dry Run, script by George Kashdan, art by Danny Taberna; set in the year 2000. Twice a Traitor, script by Dan Mishkin; Gary Cohn, art by Angel Trinidad Jr.; set in French Indochina in 1953. Push-Button Hero!, script by George Kashdan, art by Vicente Catan [as Vicatan Jr.]; set during World War II. 36 pgs. $0.50. Cover price $0.50.

Wings Comics (1940) 9 FR/GD 1.5

RESTORATION. Color touch, piece fill. 6.5" Cumulative spine split (taped from interior with archival tape).

Cover by Gene Fawcette. Edited by Malcolm Reiss and Gene Fawcette. Stories and art by Arthur Peddy, Al Gabriele, Al Walker, John Celardo, Gene Fawcette, Leonard Frank, and Nick Cardy. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Clipper Kirk captures a mysterious map from a downed German pilot; Action nurse Jane Martin uses chloroform to escape a hospital that's a front for Nazi drug smugglers; Suicide Smith also faces drug-stealing Nazis, in the Mediterranean. Skull Squad; Parachute Patrol; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; F4 of the Air Intelligence; Suicide Smith; The Phantom Falcons; Wing Tips; Flying Colors; Vultures of Vengeance; Greasemonkey Griffin. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wings Comics (1940) 37 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4145184006

Cover by Art Saaf. Edited by Dana E. Dutch. Stories and art by George Appel, Joe Doolin, Lily Renee, Karen Karol, Rafael Astarita, Graham Ingels and Lee Elias. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Lily Renee good-girl art as Agent Jane Martin tries to preserve diplomatic relations between Russia and Japan; A fanciful story (and cover) about a Nazi bombing raid on Washington DC; Nazi spies try to sabotage Suicide Smith's latest test flight. Also featuring model airplane tips and aircraft drawings submitted by readers. Skull Squad; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Captain Wings; Suicide Smith; Wing Tips; Yank Aces of World War II; Bait For the Devil Hawks; Sneak Blitz; Greasemonkey Griffin. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.