Auctions: comic books published by Fawcett, graded by CGC

Dennis the Menace Goes to Camp (1961 Giants) 9A CGC 8.0 1st Printing

Paper: Off white to white

Puzzled filed in on 7th page in pen. Off-White to White Pages.

Label #0948174009

Cover by Owen Fitzgerald. Stories and art by Fred Toole, Owen Fitzgerald and Ed Dodd. First printing has Summer, 1961 in the indicia. A double-sized dose of Dennis the Menace, as he makes mischief in the neighborhood and all around the world. The Mitchells are pleased when Dennis gets accepted to camp, but they're not nearly as happy as Mr. Wilson. Dennis writes a letter home from camp. Plus a 20-page guide to camping from fellow comics icon Mark Trail, featuring art by Mark Trail's cartoonist Ed Dodd. First issue to feature the Comics Code seal on the cover. Camp Is Fun!; Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground; Rise and Shine; Dennis Can't Find His Way Back to Camp!; Mark Trails Camping Tips; Help-Help-Help-Help-Help Me Out!; Now Were Goin Campin Out; Horsing Around; Now is the Day That We Must Go Away; I Hope You Get to Go to Camp! 80 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Spy Smasher (1941 Fawcett) 5 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Case is slightly mis-aligned.

Label #1173850011

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Death Over Washington starring Spy Smasher, "Satan" (a German spy), and Death [Baroness Von Todt]. The Two-Faced Killer! starring Spy Smasher and Bruno, art by Emil Gershwin. The Woman Who Doomed a Million Men--Thrilling Spy Tales starring Mrs. Greenhow (Confederate spy), Abraham Lincoln, and General George McClellan. Spy Smasher Vs. America Smasher; America Smasher escapes from the FBI agent guarding him and steps up his attack on America's morale by projecting propaganda films on a giant screen in the sky, and when the screen is destroyed shines them on buildings. The Chinese Pheasant text story by Paul Sinderson. The Victory Battalion starring Spy Smasher. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

This Magazine Is Haunted (1951 Fawcett/Charlton) 6 CGC 2.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4149393015

Edited by Will Lieberson, B.J. Heyman and Al Jetter. Cover by Shelly Moldoff. Stories by unknown. Art by Leonard Frank, Shelly Moldoff and unknown. Turn down the lights, lock the door and read this issue...if you dare! Horror tales that are so scary they could only lead you to believe that This Magazine is Haunted! In this issue: Scientist Peter Tam works as a graveyard keeper to conduct experiments on the deceased. When he succeeds in waking a corpse he fatally chooses to revive a homicidal maniac in "The Secret of the Walking Dead"! Plus: Tod Tilstrom, window display designer at a big store, abuses his manikins. An especially hideous one comes alive, chases him and substitutes Tod for itself in the window display in "Showcase for Horror!" with art by Leonard Frank. And: Jonathan Lodge comes to Salem, New England, to disprove theories that one of his ancestors was a witch. When he finds a magic crystal with the soul of a man trapped inside, Lodge delves into witchcraft himself, with tragic consequences, in "The Curse of the Crystal!" with art by Shelly Moldoff. Also: 2-page text story "The Unhaunted House" written by Eando Binder, and ads for Worlds of Fear, Strange Suspense Stories, and Terror Tales. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Whiz Comics (1940 Fawcett) 49 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4192377019

Cover by C.C. Beck. Written by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Kurt Menzer, Emil Gershwin, Bob Hebberd and Clem Weisbecker. Captain Marvel in "Trouble in Tin Pan Alley" with art by C.C. Beck. Plus: Golden Arrow in "The Fiddler" with art by Kurt Menzer; Spy Smasher in "The Wires of Death" by Otto Binder and Emil Gershwin; Ibis the Invincible in "Ignus, the Fire Fiend" with art by Bob Hebberd; Lance O'Casey in "Plague of the Seas" with art by Clem Weisbecker; Horace Hotstuff 1-pager by Howard Boughner; Wicky and O'Shawnessy in 2-page text story "The Dog Plays Fullback" by Rod Reed; Pee Wee Pete 2-pager; and Ezry of the Ozarks 1-pager. 68 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.