Auctions: comic books September 1942

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 67 CGC NG

Paper: Off white to white

Coverless.

Label #4491124009

First Penguin cover by Jerry Robinson. Crime's Early Bird starring Batman, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos. Escape to Disaster starring The Boy Commandos, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Crime on the Half-Moon starring The Crimson Avenger, script and pencils by Jack Lehti, inks by Charles Paris. The Secret Ten starring Spy, pencils by Pierce Rice, inks by Arturo Cazeneuve. A Matter of Law text story by Dalton Weeks. The Case of the Country Crooner starring Air Wave, pencils by Harris Levy (as Lee Harris), inks by Charles Paris. Case of the Whistling Tooth starring Slam Bradley, art by Howard Sherman. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Smash Comics (1939 Quality) 35 CGC 5.0 Restored

Restored: C1

Paper: Cream to off white

Restoration includes: tear seals to cover.

Label #4639938008

Cover art by Gill Fox. Midnight story, script and art by Jack Cole. An old "friend" of Doc Wackey is causing trouble, kidnapping millionaire ex-circus star Waldo Whiz to finance his experiments--a trip to a planet made of solid gold. Espionage Starring Black X story, art by Alex Kotzky. The Sextuplets starring Jester, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Wildfire story, script by Robert Turner, art by Jim Mooney. Bozo the Robot story, script and art by George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]. Ray story, art by Reed Crandall. Rookie Rankin story, art by Arthur Peddy. Purple Trio story, script by S. M. Iger, art by Alex Blum. Wings Wendall story, script and art by Vernon Henkel. Marksman story, art by Alex Koda. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 24 GD 2.0

Sticky tape on interior cover, pages, and under staples.

Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Walt Kelly, Floyd Gottfredson, Ted Osborne, Ted Thwaites, Merrill De Maris, Bob Karp, Hubie Karp, Earl Duvall, Manuel Gonzales, Bob Wright, Bob Grant, Karl Karpé, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 2, #12. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics. In a classic Floyd Gottfredson story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey adopts transplanted native Thursday. Future Pogo artist Walt Kelly adapts The Three Caballeros story The Flying Gauchito, in the first story published in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories that is not a reprint of a newspaper comic strip. In one of several stories reflecting America's entry into WWII, Donald Duck tries to keep his car from being confiscated for the war effort. Plus a vintage ad for Disney's classic Bambi. The first of many covers by former Disney animator Walt Kelly. The Great Detective; Prepared for the Worse!; Among the Souvenirs; The Flying Gauchito; Any Bombs Today?; The Object Lesson; Pluto Hunts Big Game; The Conqueror; Sabotage; It's in the Bag; Donald Grows Up!; An Education for Thursday; The Soldiers' Friend; Mickey Mouse Movies; Horning in; Hollywood Chatter; How to Play Baseball; War Emergency; Exit!; Dinner Was a Washout! 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.