Auctions: comic books 1955 or before

Willie Comics (1946) 5 CBCS 0.5

Paper: Slightly britle

From the personal collection of Matt Bruback. Centerfold & piece missing from last 8 pages, affects story. Incomplete.

Label #22-452A1A1-005

"By the Bee-u-tee-ful Sea!"; Willie and Jean spend a day at the beach. "Willie's Baseball Blues!"; Willie tries out for the school baseball team. "A Prize for Joe" text story; Betty mistakenly believes that Joe won a car in a contest. "Double Trouble!"; Snazzy and Speed are forced to take the nieces of their boss to a dance that they planned on attending with Nellie the Nurse. "No More Women!"; Joe Davis and his movie star daughter, Lila Listless, visit the Lawson family. "Willie Goes to the Dogs!"; Willie takes his dog for a walk. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Wings Comics (1940) 45 CGC 4.0

Paper: Cream

Tape on Interior Cover & Interior. Extra Staple Added After Manufacturing.

Label #1281166009

Cover by Art Saaf. Edited by J.F. Byrne. Stories and art by Gus Schrotter, Alex Blum, Lily Renee, Ruth Atkinson, Lee Elias, Ruben Moreira, and Arnold Hicks. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Nice Lily Renee good-girl art as Agent Jane Martin goes undercover as a gypsy dancer; Greasemonkey Griffin accidentally takes Professor Poppen J. Ipswitch's dangerous invention for a ride; Clipper Kirk must protect a conference of world leaders (Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin, and Chiang Kai-Shek appear) from a top-secret Nazi supercarrier. Skull Squad; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Captain Wings; Suicide Smith; Wing Tips; The Hero of Djebel Bou Arada; Thunder In the Alps; Greasemonkey Griffin. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 36 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white

Label #1207804026

Wonder Woman stars in "The Girl Who Saved Paradise Island," "Wonder Woman's Double" and "The Return of the Flying Saucers!" Art and cover by Harry G. Peter. Two-page article, "The Kid and the Clock." One-page Tootsie-Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Mysterious Plan" (art by C.C. Beck). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 38 GD 2.0

Cover and centerfold detached.

Cover by Harry G. Peter. "The Girl from Yesterday," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman gets involved with a woman whose aunt has kept her living in the past. "Wonder Woman Captures the Moon," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter. Wonder Women of History: three-page Hannah Moore bio by Julius Schwartz, pencils by Arthur F. Peddy, inks by Bernard Sachs. Two-page article, "Music Makers." "The Five Tasks of Thomas Tighe," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman must help the Holliday Girls succeed at five tasks where men have failed in order to secure a million dollars for the Holliday College scholarship fund from a misogynist. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Saves the Day," art by C.C. Beck. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

World's Finest Comics (1941) 2 Coverless

INCOMPLETE. First two and last two pages missing, interrupts art and story. Edge strip torn from one page of Johnny Thunder and one page of Zatara (slightly affects readability). Last present page detached.

Cover art by Fred Ray. The Unknown X, script by Jerry Siegel (signed), pencils by Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster]; Superman must find out the identity of the mysterious gang leader known as the Unknown X who has organized one of the most thorough criminal organizations Metropolis has ever seen. Repelling the Invaders starring Red, White and Blue, art by Harry Lampert. Mystery of the Night Club Robberies starring The Crimson Avenger, script and art by Jack Lehti. Johnny in the Army, script by John B. Wentworth, art by Stan Aschmeier. Errand of Mercy starring Young Doc Davis, script and art by Henry Boltinoff. The Tornado Mystery starring Zatara, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Joseph Sulman. The Adventure of the French Quarter starring The King, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Harry Lampert. Poison Flowers starring Punch Parker. Mystery at the Circus starring Lando, Man of Magic, art by Howard Purcell. The Man Who Couldn't Remember! starring Batman and Robin, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Bob Kane and George Roussos (backgrounds). 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

World's Finest Comics (1941) 48 GD 2.0

2" Cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation.

Cover art by Winslow Mortimer. The Great Steel Mystery starring Superman, Lois Lane, and Perry White, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Ton O Fun humor page by Harry Lampert. The Fatal Arrow starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. Jerry the Jitterbug humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Secret of the Stolen Statues starring the Wyoming Kid, script by Ryerson Johnson, pencils by Howard Sherman. The Visiting Wizard starring Zatara, art by Ralph Mayol; Zatara meets a boastful magician who is a fraud. Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Nervous Norman humor page by Phil Berube. The Pirate's Sweetheart starring Full-Steam Foley, script by Don Cameron, art by Win Mortimer. Song of Crime starring Batman, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Sy Barry. School Children Round the World public service announcement starring Superman, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Full-page ad for Tomahawk # 1. Full-page Tootsie Roll ad, CaptainTootsie Traps Jewel Thieves by Bill Schreiber. 76 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Worlds Beyond (1951) 1 GD/VG 3.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch.

Cover art by Sheldon Moldoff. "Doorway to Horror," art by Sheldon Moldoff; Art collector Lyle Bagett enters a cursed house and is drawn into the reenactment of a fiendish crime: a painter murdered by his wife, whilst she painted his demise. "Twice Alive!", art by Bob Powell; Mitchell Ames dies on the operating table and journeys through his own body - meeting his ancestors there and being prosecuted by the angel of death; When the doctors manage to revive him, everybody is in for a big surprise. "A Favour Returned" text story by Arthur Sachary; A man enlists the services of a witch to put a voodoo hex on his partner. "Vengeance of the Living Dead," art by Bernard Baily; The pilot Gar Macon (who abandoned his doomed plane above the jungle) is forced to relive that plane crash. Down with Crime publisher ad. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wow Comics (1940-1948 Fawcett) 31 CGC 3.0 Restored

Restored: C3

Paper: Off white

Restoration includes: color touch, pieces added.

Label #4348396012

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Marc Swayze, and Harry Fiskshe. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel is taking a transcontinental flight when a fellow passenger's tall tales start coming true, and affecting the airplane's flight. Phantom Eagle follows the trail of the mystical Black Mace to the lost Arabian kingdom of Princess Mojud. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky face the sinister Dr. Promise, whose promise is that he will kill them within eleven hours. Plus a PSA for wartime paper drives featuring Mary Marvel. Mary Marvel; Commando Yank; Phantom Eagle: In the Hills of Araby; Penny Graves: The Mysterious Gunshot; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Young Romance (1947-1963 Prize) Vol. 8 #2 (74) GD+ 2.5

Water damage.

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#74 on cover; Vol. 8 No. 2 in indicia. Cover by John Prentice. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Draut, Art Gates, Bernard Baily?, George Roussos? and unknown. Look how she throws herself at that stagehand! She'd do a lot more for her career if she turned some of that charm on the star of the show! Featuring: "The Kissoff!"; "A Holiday for Love!"; "For Love Alone!"; and "Idol Worship!" Plus: 1-pager "I Thought It Was Love"! Also: 1-page Nancy Hale article "Be Consistent"! And: 1-page Charmaigne article "Don't Be Lonely"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Zoo Funnies (1945 1st Series Charlton/Childrens) 2 GD 2.0

1 1/2" spine split from bottom. Centerfold detached. Cover coming detached. Oxidation.

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Cover by Ellis Chambers. Stories and art by Ellis Chambers, Gus Jud, Herman C. Browner, Morris Weiss (credited as Pat Simon), Harry Lazarus, and A. W. Nugent. An early comics anthology featuring humor and funny-animal stories from Charlton, published under the imprint Children Comics Publishing. Rabbit-son Crusoe is stranded on a desert island with a turtle named Friday and it looks desperate, but then a chest washes up on shore. Bloodhound Sherlock Sniff, better known as Detecto, and his giraffe sidekick Billy Longneck investigate when priceless jewelry vanishes from locked rooms in wealthy Snob Hill. In an offbeat take on fairy tales, a servant sets out to find Old King Cole's Fiddlers Three, but winds up searching for the Cat and the Fiddle. Plus puzzle and activity pages, and fun facts about animals. Circus Elephant Forgot to Remember; Detecto the Bloodhound; Smarty; Little Leo; Animal Quiz: Indian Elephant; Bugsy Bear; The Low-Down on Mother Goose: The Riddle of the Fiddle; Rabbit-Son Crusoe; Join the Dots Little Tots; Cut-Out Stunts; Tommy and Dodo; Bojo the Monk; The Mischievous Ant. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.