Auctions: comic books December 1943

Sub-Mariner Comics (1941) 8 CGC Coverless/Incomplete

Paper: Cream to off white

Coverless. Centerfold Missing.

Label #4742164012

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. U.S. Savings Stamps ad. Untitled Sub-Mariner story, art by Carl Pfeufer; The murder of a lighthouse keeper leads the Sub-Mariner into joining the USMC at Parris Island to uncover the perpetrator. Ad for Human Torch Comics #10. The Setting of the Rising Sun starring The Sub-Mariner, art by Carl Pfeufer; The shooting down of a U.S. blimp, still loaded with its instruments, becomes the target of the Japanese, so Sub-Mariner decides to hide them. Tommy's Taken For a Ride text story. Genius For Murder starring The Angel, script by Kermit Jaediker, art by Gustav Schrotter. 68 pgs. $0.10. 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.