Auctions: comic books 1948

Dagar Desert Hawk (1948) 20 FR/GD 1.5

4.5" Cumulative spine split. Staple rust.

Art by Edmond Good and others. Cover by Jack Kamen. Dagar the Desert Hawk, aka Bart Benson, is a Lawrence of Arabesque hero who lives and fights in the Arabian desert. A greedy wildcatter wants to drill for oil in a mysterious lost valley beyond the big dunes, but somehow doesn't foresee the presence of cave men and dinosaurs; The Nomad Queen targets a village under Safari Cary's protection; A corrupt chieftain poisons a watering hole and tries to blame jungle warrior Tangi. Valley Prehistoric!; The Million Dollar Face!; Stranger Than Fiction; Nomad Queen!; Strange Justice; The Scarlet Guilt! 32 pages, Full Color. 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.

Hedy De Vine Comics (1947 Marvel) 29 GD+ 2.5

Stories by Harvey Kurtzman (Hey Look! 1-pagers) and unknown. Art by Harvey Kurtzman (Hey Look! 1-pagers) and unknown. Hedy De Vine stars in: "I Hate People"; "American Beauty"; "Scene But Not Seen"; and "Publicity Poor"! Also in this issue: 2-page text story "Newspaper Man"; Millie the Model in "Smoke Rings the Bell"; Tessie the Typist in "Tessie's Test"; and two untitled Hey Look! 1-pagers by Harvey Kurtzman. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jumbo Comics (1938) 108 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4394374002

In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle", reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990) #4, and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb; "ZX-5" art by Jack Kamen; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker, reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990) #7; and "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" and "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen. "Top of the World" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Pep Comics (1940-1987 Archie) 68 VG- 3.5

Cover detached at one staple. Water spotting.

Cover art by Al Fagaly. "Swing It, Mr. A", art by Bill Vigoda; Archie has Betty teach him how to play golf so he can take Veronica golfing; When Betty finds out, she tees off and hits Archie in the head with the golf ball. Untitled story, script and art by Bill Woggon; Katy invites Sis, four guys and a newspaper photographer to a picnic and forgets the food. "The Way to a Man's Heart!"; Betty, Veronica, and Lana decide to break the Campus Queen tie by seeing who has the most boy appeal and taking Jughead on a date. Suzie ad. "School Daze!" starring Li'l Jinx, script and art by Joe Edwards. Untitled story, script and art by Bill Woggon; When Willie is attacked by a bear Nevada Jones kills it and adopts its orphaned cub; When Nevada's dog, Chip, is attacked by a mountain lion, Nevada kills the mountain lion. Hollywood Gossip article. "Bull's Eye," art by Samm Schwartz; Betty, Veronica and Archie get caught in a love triangle involving archery. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 53 CGC 7.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #1290328002

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by George Evans, Matt Baker, Joe Doolin, Frank Doyle, Walter Palais, and Maurice Whitman. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. In the Lost World, Hunt and Lyssa discover the hideous truth about the ominously-named Project Monster; Mysta goes on vacation in disguise, but finds trouble anyway, in a story by good-girl art legend Matt Baker; Futura prepares to return to Earth, unaware that Mentor and the Brainmen have survived and crave revenge. Bondage cover by Joe Doolin. The Lost World; Futura; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Holiday on Venus; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Planet Stories (1939-1955 Fiction House) Pulp Vol. 3 #11 VG 4.0

1" cumulative spine split.

Cover by Allen Anderson. "Pillar of Fire" by Ray Bradbury and other stories by Henry T. Simmons, J. W. Pelkie, Gardner F. Fox, Damon Knight, William Brittain, Bjarne Kirchhoff, John & Dorothy de Courey, and J. Haravey Haggard. Illustrations by Alden McWilliams, Donel, Meilink, Vincent Napoli, Martin, Hardison. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Sensation Comics (1942) 83 GD- 1.8

3" Cumulative spine split.

Cover art by Harry G. Peter. The Sinister Olympics starring Wonder Woman, script by Bob Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman is summoned into the future by Virtura, President of Noman; The city has been challenged by Prowd dictator of Elam, the City of Men to fight in an Olympics. The Man From Nowhere starring Sargon the Sorceror, art by Paul Reinman. Ellen H. Richards--Wonder Women of History, art by Paul Reinman. Mickey Mouse wristwatch ad. Willy Nilly story, art by Frank Harry. The Babe Ruth Story Tootsie Rolls ad, art by C. C. Beck. The Strange Gibson Case starring Wildcat, art by Bernie Krigstein. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 40 #4 VG 4.0

May 1948. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Allison V. Harding "City of Lost People", Harold Lawlor, C. Hall Thompson, August Derleth "Saunder's Little Friend", Ray Bradbury "Black Ferris", Roger S. Vreeland, Stanton A. Coblentz, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Peter Phillips, and Davis Grubbs -as (Dave Grubbs) "One Foot in the Grave". Illustrations by John Giunta, Lee Brown Coye, Boris Dolgov, and Fred Humiston. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 40 #4 GD 2.0

Water damage.

May 1948. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Allison V. Harding "City of Lost People", Harold Lawlor, C. Hall Thompson, August Derleth "Saunder's Little Friend", Ray Bradbury "Black Ferris", Roger S. Vreeland, Stanton A. Coblentz, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Peter Phillips, and Davis Grubbs -as (Dave Grubbs) "One Foot in the Grave". Illustrations by John Giunta, Lee Brown Coye, Boris Dolgov, and Fred Humiston. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 27 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #1207804020

Cover by Harry G. Peter. "The Secret of the Kidnapped Dummy," script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Paula builds a Diana Prince robot dummy to present an award to Wonder Woman, unaware that the ceremony will make both women targets for a gangster's revenge. Wonder Women of History: two-page Sacajawea bio, art by Robert Sale. "The Legend of Rainbow and Stardust," script by William Moulton Marston, art by Harry G. Peter; On a visit to Etta's Ranch in Texas, Wonder Woman and the Holliday Girls fend off rustlers with the help of Rainbow and Stardust, two legendary horses. Two-page text story, "The Great Problem" by Ted Udall. "The Mystical Power of Idea-Forms," script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Panicking when Wonder Woman is sucked from the robot plane on the way to Paradise Island, Etta is reassured by Hippolyte, who shows in the Magic Sphere Wonder Woman has been taken to the past as an "idea-form" to help a young girl save her kingdom from an evil usurper. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.