Auctions: comic books July 1945

Action Comics (1938 DC) 86 0.3

Comic is complete other than being coverless.

War Loan cover - Cover art by Jack Burnley and Stan Kaye. The Enchanted Mountain starring Superman, script by Don Cameron, art by Ira Yarbrough. Mysterious Marauder starring Congo Bill, script by Jack Miller, art by John Daly. Orient of the Occident starring The Vigilante, script by Joe Samachson, art by Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.). The Pyrotechnician starring Hayfoot Henry, art by Stan Kaye. Crime--Off the Record starring Zatara, art by William F. White. 52 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 47 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4644960002

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and George Marko. Art by C.C. Beck, George Marko and Pete Costanza. Superhero action with the original Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel and Dr. Moss shrink down in size and enter an anthill, where they encounter the super-powered "Marvel Ant" and a plot to overthrow the queen. The Jinx sells a bridge to Simp Simon and thinks he's made a tidy profit, until he sees how much the Simp makes panhandling at the bridge. Captain Marvel battles a great flood. Plus a PSA for WWII paper rationing, and a vintage ad for the Captain Marvel Club. The Marvel Ant; Dopey Danny Dee; Sergeant Sandy; Whipper-Snappers; The Voice; Simp Simon and the Jinx; The Second Deluge; The Mountain Marvel Feud. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 101 PR 0.5

MOLD and cover deterioration. Interior is complete with severe water damage, soiling, staining throughout, and staple rust/migration/disintegration.

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Cover by Dick Sprang. Stories by Don C. Cameron, Jack Farr and unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Jack Farr, Howard Sherman, George Roussos and Louis Cazeneuve. Bruce is saddled with the responsibility of taking care of a woman's twins for several days but when he accidentally discovers jewels inside one of the twin's rattles, the Batman takes over to prove the innocence of a store owner and ex-con charged with the theft of those jewels in the Batman and Robin tale "The Tyrannical Twins!" by Don C. Cameron and Dick Sprang. Plus: Three-Ring Binks in an untitled story by Jack Farr; Slam Bradley in "Shoplifter's Holiday!" with art by Howard Sherman; Air Wave in "A Talking Doll!" with art by George Roussos; and The Boy Commandos in "Gangway, Tokyo!" with art by Louis Cazeneuve (not by Simon and Kirby, despite the listed credits). Also: The Boners 1-pager by Lit-Win, and 2-page text story "Desk Job" by Tom Neill. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 38 #6 CGC 2.0 Restored

Restored: C3

Paper: Cream to off white

Restoration includes: pieces added, glue on spine of cover.

Label #4684489001

Volume 38, Issue 6 - July 1945. Edited by Dorothy McIlwraith. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.15.