Auctions: comic books 1955 or before

Classics Illustrated 028 Michael Strogoff (1946) 1 GD/VG 3.0

Michael Strogoff, 1st Printing, Classics Comics. (HRN 28, 6/46). Cover price $0.10.

Comics on Parade (1938) 31 FN 6.0

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Rudolph Dirks and others. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 3 #7. Comics on Parade focused on a different United Features comic strip in every issue. This issue features the iconic pranksters Hans and Fritz and their hapless victim, the Captain. The Captain thinks he's put one over on the Kids, but it's not the first time. Hawkshaw the Detective spots a telltale clue hiding in plain sight. The Captain and the Kids find themselves captives of the Brain. The Captain and the Kids; Hawkshaw the Detective; Captives of the Brain. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Confessions of Love (1953 Star Publications) 6 GD 2.0

Water damage. Oxidation. Chew.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Lee Loeb, Paul Parker and H. T. Elmo. Romance comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A middle-class girl falls for wealthy banking heir Johnny, but he only has eyes for her rich friend Emily. How some of the stranger modern marriage customs originated. Lynn is wooed by Bill after losing her first husband, but when her mother falls ill, Lynn learns Bill's true nature, in a story originally printed with the more lurid title "My Two Wedding Rings." My Jealous Heart; Origin of Marriage Customs; Was I Bad??; Romanswers; I Suffered For Love. Actually the final issue under this title; issues #11-14 were printed before issue #4. Series continues as Confessions of Romance (1953) #7. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cyclone Comics (1940 Bilbara Publishing) Ashcan 1 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white

Ashcan.

Label #0034154027

Ashcan. Used to trademark title of Cyclone Comics (1940). Featuring Tornado Tom, King Anthony, The Red Night, Volton, State Trooper, Mister "Q", Ken Cameron, Nick Nelson, and many others. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) 27 GD 2.0

Cover and centerfold detached at single center staple. Staple rust with rust migration.

Violent covers like this were a prime target during 1950s Wertham comic purges, hence its rarity!

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Dick Wood, Bob Q. Sale, and Dick Briefer. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Daredevil and The Little Wise Guys get involved in the search for missing jewels aboard an ocean liner. The Pirate Prince and Droopy pursue a pirate ship into the Arctic Ocean, in a story by Dick Briefer. Teen inventor Dickie Dean tries to rescue his pal from a runaway plane, in a story featuring art possibly by Archie creator Bob Montana. Another bizarre bondage cover by Charles Biro. Daredevil; Sniffer and the Deadly Dozen; Dickie Dean; Crimebuster: Death in Disguise; The Pirate Prince; The Claw. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) 86 PR 0.5

Interior complete.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, and William Overgard. This boys' adventure title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. The Little Wise Guys are mortified when their baseball team is beaten by a girls' team, but it turns out to be a prank. Dilly Duncan is targeted by hoods who mistake him for a wealthy architect while he's working for the school paper. The Little Wise Guys get involved in boys' roller derby (then a new sport) and try to find out why pal Silky threw a game. Little Wise Guys: Lumps, Bumps and Speed; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Scoop Duncan Returns; Little Wise Guys: The Athletic Slacker; Crimebuster: Perils of a Paper Route. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 19 0.3

INCOMPLETE. Missing piece from interior (affects Larry Steele story).

Cover art by Creig Flessel. The Grogan Case starring Speed Saunders, script by Gardner Fox, art by Fred Guardineer. Inspector Kent story, art by George Newman. Larry Steele story, script and art by Will Ely. Spy story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. Dr. Fu Manchu story, script by Sax Rohmer, art by Leo O'Mealia. A Dead Case text story by Gardner Fox (as Paul Dean). The Coolie Smugglers (Part 3) starring Bruce Nelson, art by Tom Hickey. Cosmo story, art by Sven Elven. Steve Malone story, script by Gardner Fox. In Africa starring Slam Bradley, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. 64 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 45 CGC 4.5 Qualified

Paper: Off white

MARRIED CENTERFOLD.

Label #1234369006

1st Joker appearance in Detective Comics in the Batman and Robin story, "The Case of the Laughing Death!" Also in this issue: Spy (by Jerry Siegel and Ed Moore); Larry Steele, Detective; The Crimson Avenger (by Jack Lehti); Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator; Steve Malone, District Attorney; Cliff Crosby in "Murder at the Polo Games"; and Slam Bradley (by Siegel and Howard Sherman). Full-page ad for Batman # 3. Half-page ad for All Star Comics # 2. Cover price $0.10.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 194 GD/VG 3.0

Water damage. Staples added (not manufacturing). Cover oxidation.

Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Carmine Infantino, Jack Miller and unknown. Art by Bob Kane, Charles Paris, Sid Check, Moe Worthman, Leonard Starr, Howard Sherman and unknown. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Stolen Bank" by Bill Woolfolk, Bob Kane and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "Return of the Killers!" with art by Leonard Starr; Robotman in "The Crime Collector" by Carmine Infantino, Jack Miller, Sid Check and Moe Worthman; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Man in Ice!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with inks by Howard Sherman. Also: Quick Quiz activity half-pager by H.T. Elmo; Casey the Cop 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Jerry the Jitterbug 2-pager by Boltinoff; and 2-page text piece "Extinguishing the Firebugs" by Jack Miller (as John Marlowe). And: Superman says "People Are People!" in a 1-page public service announcement by Jack Schiff and Win Mortimer. 44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Detective Novels Magazine (1938-1949 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 11 #2 FR 1.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Tear seal. Water saturation. Mold.

Detective Tales (1935-1953 Popular Publications) Pulp 2nd Series Vol. 28 #4 VG 4.0

Cover by Rafael Desoto? Pulp magazine focusing on Crime and Detective stories. "Half-Pint Homicide" by Ray Bradbury, plus other stories by G. T. Fleming Roberts, Cyril Plunkett, Day Keene, Donald G. Cormack, Francis K. Allan, Charles Larson, Jack Bradley, and Stuart Friedman. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in, 98 pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

Dickie Dare (1941) 1 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4346143002

Durango Kid (1949 Magazine Enterprises) 11 CGC 2.5 Mohawk Valley

Paper: Off white to white

Mohawk Valley.

Label #4348117014

Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Joe Certa, John Belfi and Frank Frazetta. Cover by John Belfi. Sometimes listed as Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid #11. Western adventure based on the popular masked hero played in the movies by Charles Starrett. Durango Kid helps the very first oil well in Oklahoma stave off attacks by the greedy; When Steve Brand can't help ranchers battle a dangerous land baron, the Durango Kid takes up the fight; Dan and Tipi bring supplies through British lines to Valley Forge, in a "White Indian" story by legendary artist Frazetta. Blood and Oil!; A Busy Day in Red Hook!; White Indian: The Blood of Valley Forge!; The Terrible Mr. Slade; The Big Frame-Up!; Charles Starrett, Star of Columbia's "Durango Kid" Western Movies. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Dynamic Comics (1941 Chesler) 11 CBCS 1.5

Paper: Slightly britle

Cover completely split and reattached with moderate amount of archival tape. Moderate amount of archival tape on 1st wrap.

Label #23-3E84026-001

Cover by Gus Ricca. Stories and art by Otto Eppers, Joe Beck and Fred Schwab. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring superhero and adventure stories. Transformed by science, Ricky McQuade, younger brother of Dynamic Man, becomes Dynamic Boy. Mr. E hears a dying man's words and learns that a series of tenement fires are actually arson. Dan Hastings battles the underground kingdom of Sub-Earth when their forces steal America's vital radium supplies. Dynamic Man; Jest for Fun; Lucky Coyne; Yankee Boy; The Dead Man Plays; Ima Sleuth; Dan Hastings; Li'l Arthur; The Echo; The Sting of Death; Mr. E. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Dynamic Science Stories (1939 Western Fiction Publishing) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - February 1939. Cover by Frank R. Paul. Stories by Stanton Coblentz ("Lord of Tranerica"), Lloyd Eshback ("Mutineers of Space"), and more. 7" x 10", black and white with color cover. Cover price $0.15.

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.

Eh! (1953) 6 GD- 1.8

1" Spine split from top. Moisture damage. Cover and interior oxidation.

Cover by Fred Ottenheimer. Stories and art by Dick Ayers and Fred Ottenheimer. Eh! was Charlton's attempt at a one-word-title humor and satire comic, inspired by the success of EC's Mad. A send-up of the 1950s comic book industry. Dick Tracy parody "Slick Spacey" follows crime into outer space. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including cigarettes, correspondence art schools, and cigars. Plus illustrated limericks. The H-Bum!; From Hair to... EH-Ternity!; Elmer's Tune; Slick Spacey in the 4th Dimension; Maverick Limericks; Underwater Agent. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Exciting Comics (1940) 57 CBCS 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #21-30CF1EC-001

52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Exciting Comics (1940) 63 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white

Label #0913024003

52 pages Cover price $0.10.

Fame and Fortune Weekly (1905-1928 Frank Tousey) 119 GD/VG 3.0

January 10, 1908. Friendless Frank. Friendless Frank; or, The Boy Who Became Famous. 8" x 11", 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

Fame and Fortune Weekly (1905-1928 Frank Tousey) 435 VG 4.0

January 30, 1914. Lineman Jack; or, The Boy Who Built a Business. 8" x 11", 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

Fame and Fortune Weekly (1905-1928 Frank Tousey) 444 VG- 3.5

Centerfold detached at one staple.

April 3, 1914. The Young Banker; or, The Mystery of a Money Box. 8" x 11", 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 7 #3 VG 4.0

April 1946. Cover by Lawrence Stevens. Fantasy stories "The Island of Captain Sparrow" by S. Fowler Wright, "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood, and "Roderick's Story" by E. F. Benson. Illustrations by Lawrence Stevens and Ronald Clyne. Softcover Pulp, 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 8 #2 GD/VG 3.0

December 1946. Cover by Virgil Finlay. "Unthinkable" by Francis Sibson, "At the Farmhouse" by E. F. Benson, "And Not in Peace" by George Whitley. Illustrations by Lawrence and Finlay. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

Famous Funnies (1934) 134 VF+ 8.5

Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; and "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller. "Not Guilty " text story by Justin Dewey Triem. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 9 #6 CGC 7.0 Qualified

Paper: Off white to white

Page 65-76 missing.

Label #4472521002

Volume 9, Issue 6 - October 1947. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Witch of the Andes" by Richard S. Shaver. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 180 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 13 #10 GD/VG 3.0

Volume 13, Issue 10 - October, 1951. Cover by Joe Tillotson. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Medusa Was a Lady" by William Tenn. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 132 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 13 #10 GD/VG 3.0

Volume 13, Issue 10 - October, 1951. Cover by Joe Tillotson. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Medusa Was a Lady" by William Tenn. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 132 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp Vol. 5 #2 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation.

Volume 5, Issue 2 - March, 1953. Alex Schomburg cover. Stories: "Shadow Over Mars" by Leigh Brackett, "The Best Laid Scheme" by L. Sprague de Camp, "Baby Face" by Henry Kuttner, "Hero" by Horace L. Gold, "The War of the Weeds" by Carl Jacobi, "Death Ship" by Richard Matheson, and "Too Bad You Died" by Joseph Slotkin. Softcover Pulp, 6.75" x 9", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Fat and Slat (1947) 1 GD+ 2.5

Water damage. Interior tearing.

Fight Comics (1940) 9 FR 1.0 (R)

Trimmed

TRIMMED. Full length spine split with heavy tape on cover and most interior wraps. Cover and interior oxidation.

Cover art by Nick Cardy. "Prey of the War-Eagle"; Chip Collins vs. a Chinese man. Untitled Rip Regan, the Power-Man story. Untitled Shark Brodie story, art by George Tuska (as George Aksut); Prof. Gustoff vs. Basil. "The True Life Story of Fitzsimmons"; non-fiction story about the famous boxer. Untitled story; Spencer Steel takes Nora to the 77 Club; Steel vs. the Jinxes, Joe Stag and his gang. "The Louis-Braddock Fight" one-page nonfiction story. Keeping Fit article. Untitled Kinks Mason story, pencils by Steve Broder. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Chas Netcher); Big Red travels to Frisco to search for his one-time fiancé Sally Breen; While there, he is substituted into a boxing match when he breaks the jaw of one of the boxers in a sparring session. Untitled Oran of the Jungle story. Untitled Strut Warren story, script by Klaus Nordling (as Ed North), art by Klaus Nordling. Untitled story starring Kayo Kirby (Red Kirby), John L. Sullivan, Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons, art by Ray Burley. Untitled story, art by Leonard Frank; The Spy Fighter vs. an inventor. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Fight Comics (1940) 31 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white

Small amount of dried glue on spine of cover.

Label #2006599012

Exceptionally violent cover for its time! Metaphorically speaking, as with this poor individual Jap soldier, Imperial Japan lost its head as well after taking on America and her allies exclamation

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Claude Lapham and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Alex Blum, and Arnold Hicks. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Senorita Rio suspects a stage mentalist is involved in a plot against a government official; A criminal gang tries to get a signed confession away from Hooks Devlin before he turns it in to police; The final adventure of comedic teen military mascot Dusty Rhodes. Exceptionally gory pre-Code cover by Joe Doolin. Shark Brodie; Dusty Rhodes; Senorita Rio; Rip Carson; The Lieutenant Meets a Lady; Kayo Kirby; Hooks Devlin. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fight Comics (1940) 58 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4413894002

Cover by Joe Doolin and others. Edited by Joseph V. Daffron and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Jack Kamen, Robert Webb, John Forte, and Edmund Good. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Tiger Girl, white traders and Zalaka tribesmen all become involved in a dangerous quest to find the lost treasure ship of mad Capt. Hawkins; Hooks Devlin investigates the mysterious murder of the Great Zalini, lion tamer; Senorita Rio seeks the source of a strange gas that turns ordinary men into killers. Tiger Girl; Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Captain Fight. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fight Comics (1940) 70 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4472483006

Edited by Joseph V. Daffron and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Bill La Cava, Gus Schrotter, and David Heames. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Evil white men try to turn the natives against Tiger Girl by creating phony versions of her pet tigers; Boxer Kayo Kirby faces crooks and a gigantic opponent in Central America; Senorita Rio investigates rumors of US forces aiding rebels in a South American republic. Another classic Tiger Girl cover. Tiger Girl; Kayo Kirby; The Camera Eye; Rip Carson of Risks, Unlimited; Senorita Rio. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fight Comics (1940) 70 VG 4.0

Centerfold loose at one staple.

Edited by Joseph V. Daffron and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Bill La Cava, Gus Schrotter, and David Heames. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Evil white men try to turn the natives against Tiger Girl by creating phony versions of her pet tigers; Boxer Kayo Kirby faces crooks and a gigantic opponent in Central America; Senorita Rio investigates rumors of US forces aiding rebels in a South American republic. Another classic Tiger Girl cover. Tiger Girl; Kayo Kirby; The Camera Eye; Rip Carson of Risks, Unlimited; Senorita Rio. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Flash Comics (1940 DC) 83 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white to white

Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)

Tape on Cover and Interior Cover.

Label #0361497009

Flash stars in "Twelve Jurors on Trial," written by Robert Kanigher, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "Three Brothers in Crime" by John B. Wentworth and Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "Can Opener" by John B. Wentworth, art by Irwin Hasen; Atom in "The Atom's Rest Cure" by Joseph Greene and Jon Chester Kolzak; A Fish Story text story by Cliff Rhodes; and Hawkman in "Destined for Disaster" by Kanigher and Kozlak. Cover art by Joe Kubert. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 129 CGC 6.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #1340835009

Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S UNCLE REMUS AND HIS TALES OF BRER RABBIT, No. 129." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Brer Rabbit an' De Tar-Baby, script by Chase Craig, pencils by Paul Murry, inks by Carl Buettner; Brer Fox makes a tar-baby to trap Brer Rabbit. Brer Terrapin's Tug-o'-War, script by Chase Craig, art by Tom McKimson; Brer Rabbit bets the forest dwellers that Brer Terrapin is stronger than Brer Bear in a tug-o'-war. Brer Fox an' de Stolen Goobers, script by Chase Craig, pencils by Paul Murry, inks by Carl Buettner; Brer Rabbit is caught in a trap while stealing peanuts from Brer Fox's patch; He tricks Brer Bear into taking his place in the trap. Brer Rabbit Visits De Witch, script by Chase Craig, art by Tom McKimson; Afraid he is losing his smartness; Brer Rabbit goes to a witch to get help. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 178 CBCS 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #17-2A6599E-002

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK, No. 178. Cover art by Dan Gormley. Christmas on Bear Mountain, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald's stingy old Uncle Scrooge McDuck lets the ducks use his mountain cabin for the Christmas holidays, planning to test Donald's bravery by coming to the cabin disguised as a bear; However, two real bears--a mother and her cub--turn up at the cabin soon after the ducks' arrival. Santa Claus Land, art by Don Gunn; Mickey and Goofy are working at Santa's Workshop at the North Pole; Doc and Grumpy of the Seven Dwarfs and Dumbo are also working there; Goofy is made custodian of Santa's reindeer, where he discovers that Prancer has been stolen by Willie the Giant. Two one-page Barks strips. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 189 VG 4.0

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK IN THE OLD CASTLE'S SECRET, No. 189." Cover art by Carl Barks. The Old Castle's Secret, script and art by Carl Barks; Uncle Scrooge and the ducks go to Scotland to find the treasure hidden in the walls of the old McDuck castle, and there they encounter a "ghost" that is invisible except for the shadow cast by its skeleton; The "ghost" soon steals the treasure and traps the ducks on a balcony a hundred feet above the ground, but the nephews get down safely and find a secret entrance to the castle through an old graveyard. Horseshoe Luck, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald refuses to believe that finding a horseshoe brings good luck. Bean Taken back cover strip by Carl Barks; Donald devises a system for guessing the number of beans in a jar. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 203 VG/FN 5.0

Indicia title is Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK in THE GOLDEN CHRISTMAS TREE, No. 203. The Golden Christmas Tree, art by Carl Barks; The nephews, disappointed in their wish for a golden Christmas tree, are lured into a trap by a witch who plans to use their tears in a magic potion that will destroy all the Christmas trees on earth. Special Delivery, script and art by Bill Wright; Santa sprains his ankle when he visits Mickey's house on Christmas Eve; Mickey and Goofy deliver the presents on the few remaining stops on Santa's list, but not without a number of accidents. The True Test one-page strip, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald tests toys to see how sturdy they are. Ornaments on the Way one-page strip, script and art by Carl Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 223 VG- 3.5

Centerfold detached at one staple.

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK in "LOST IN THE ANDES", No. 223." Cover art by Carl Barks. Lost in the Andes, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald, a museum janitor, discovers that some "blocks" from Inca ruins are actually square eggs; When the other members of a scientific expedition fall ill, Donald and the nephews press on alone deep into the Andes; There they find a strange race of people who speak with Southern accents and live on the square eggs. Too Fit to Fit one-page story; Donald exercises so that he can fit into his tuxedo again. Tunnel Vision one-page strip; Donald ends the nephews' fighting over the television. Sleepy Sitters; Donald helps the nephews to baby-sit by singing a lullaby. Art by Carl Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 386 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white

Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s)

Label #3730414004

Cover art by Carl Barks. Only a Poor Old Man; When the Beagle Boys erect a building next to Scrooge's money bin, with plans to puncture the bin and drain out the money, Scrooge secretly transfers his money to an old reservoir, where he hides it underwater; Learning of this stratagem, the Beagle Boys try to destroy a dam so that Scrooge's money will flow onto their land. Coffee for Two; Scrooge takes a bum to a diner for a "free" cup of coffee. Soupline Eight back cover strip; Scrooge decides to "take a chance" on the Soupline Eight car. Scripts and art by Carl Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 617 FN- 5.5

#617, 1955, 10c. The Quest of Zorro Book length adventure with Zorro, the hero of the popular 1950s Disney TV adventure series. In "The Quest of Zorro," our hero travels to Spain to prevent the governor of California from being replaced. Inside front cover has feature on "The Governor's Troops." Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 8 GD 2.0 (R)

Conserved

CONSERVATION. Archival tape along interior cover spine, staples replaced. Interior oxidation, centerfold coming loose at staples.

Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Alan Maver. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. Chaos ensues after a wheel of cheese and a clock are mistakenly switched; Jerry Seagull and Joe Shoestring (spoofs on Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster) introduce the Monster to their comics creation, Blooperman; Frankenstein recalls a case of mistaken identity on a tropical island. The Zombies; The Musical Horse; The Pie-Eyed Piper; Blooperman by Seagull & Shoestring; Hector; Hail the King. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Ghostly Weird Stories (1953) 122 0.3 (R)

Trimmed

TRIMMED. No staples (manufacturing). Heavy interior tearing. Oxidation. Writing on interior pages. Unattached photocopy of front cover included.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, unofficially called Blue Bolt Weird Tales of Terror. Over the protests of his wife, Commander Ben Woodruff returns to space one last time to investigate reports of a supernova. Bruce Corbet becomes the superhero The Mask to track down the Devil Gang that killed his brother, and engages the gang's leader in a final aerial dogfight. Jungle hero Rulah fights to save an oppressed people from an evil tyrant in a hidden jungle city, in a story with art possibly by good-girl legend Matt Baker. Death Ship; Death and the Devil; Mask: The Face of Death; Evidence of Murder; Rulah: Man-Killers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Golden Arrow (1942) 2 CGC 9.0 Rockford

Paper: Cream to off white

Rockford

Label #0911647019

Heroic archer Golden Arrow uses gold-tipped arrows and his horse White Wind to battle injustice. Golden Arrow battles lumber rustlers in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. Outlaws frame Golden Arrow for murder and give his horse "loco weed," (!) so it seems that even his horse is crazy. A mysterious figure in medieval armor called the Knight Hawk wants the map to long-lost Spanish treasure. A Saga of the North Woods; Death Rides the Badlands; The Sign of the Killer; Golden Arrow Fences the Knight Hawk; Cousin Egbert: A Good Guy in the Badlands; The Dread Secret of Misty Valley. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Great Comics (1941 Great) 1 GD- 1.8

Tape on interior cover, pages, and under staples. Water damage. Interior tearing.

Green Lama (1944-1946) 5 GD+ 2.5

Cover coming loose at both staples. Water damage. Oxidation.

Edited by Joseph Greene. Cover by Mac Raboy. Written by Ken Crossen (as Richard Foster). Art by Mac Raboy and Harry Anderson. The Four Freedoms!; A letter from a Private in the Army brings the Green Lama to an Army camp, wherein resides a resident bigot. Written by Joseph Greene (as Joseph Verdy). Art by Jerry Robinson. Tuffy Becomes a Papa!; "Ace" Ryan sends out one of his aides to case a store for a robbery, and then discovers that an Easter display for children may interfere with those plans. Written by Horace L. Gold. Art by Irving Tirman (as Ira Turner). Little Coughin' Fannie!; Still in comic land, Lt. Hercules helps put an end to a smuggling operation. Written by Bruce Elliott (as Walter Gardner). Art by Mort Lawrence. A Twist of Time!; Rick and Mike find themselves 100,000 years in the past after being hired to fly "blind" to San Francisco using only a televisor invention. Written by Bruce Elliott. Art by George Roussos (as Perry Williams). Sauce for the Sorcerer!; Angus decides that his peculiar talents are better suited in Great Britain than in the United States, so he boards a ship for Europe, not realizing he will battle head to head with another sorcerer. Ad encouraging readers to join the Green Lama Club, art by Mac Raboy. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Guns of Fact and Fiction (1948) 13 GD 2.0

Cover by Fred Guardineer. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Stories and art by Graham Ingels, Frank Bolle and Johnny Craig. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #13. Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. This issue featured tales of guns and gunplay. The story of Western legend Bat Masterson is told by his guns themselves; A cold-blooded hit man isn't afraid of anything, except cats; The story of notorious gunman Pretty Boy Floyd. Featuring early art by EC legends Graham Ingels and Johnny Craig. Flame of the Frontier; Gunman!; The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre; Guns West and Nuggets; Jail-Fear! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.