Auctions: comic books November 1947

Action Comics (1938 DC) 114 GD- 1.8

2 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation. Water damage. Staple rust.

Cover art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye. The Man Who Was Honest starring Superman. Floating Gold starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. The Canines and the Crooks starring Zatara, script by Joe Samachson, art by W. F. White. The Goshawful Ghost starring Hayfoot Henry, script by Al Schwartz, art by Stan Kaye. Wheels of Danger starring Vigilante, art by George Roussos. 52 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

Comic Cavalcade (1942-1954) 23 FN- 5.5

Cover oxidation.

Cover art by Harry Lampert and Alexander Toth. Siege of the Iron Giants, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Chief Loko requests the aid of Army Intelligence agents to battle a group of iron giants that are kidnapping members of his tribe; Wonder Woman exposes the giants as men dressed in iron suits, led by Dr. Psycho's geologist brother. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher). A Very Honorable Guy starring Johnny Peril, script and art by Howard Purcell. If Guns Could Only Talk starring Green Lantern, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by John Belfi. The Most Popular Hat in the World starring The Atom, script by Joseph Greene, art by Jon Chester Kozlak. Raindrops Trip the Crime starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. The Sleeping City starring The Flash, art by Everett E. Hibbard. 76 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Jumbo Comics (1938) 105 FN- 5.5

Cover oxidation.

In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" 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) #10 and Sky Gal (1994) #2; and "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" and "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen. "The Fight That Failed" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Mary Marvel Comics (1945) 18 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4652009009

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories by Otto Binder and Howard Boughner. Art by Jack Binder and Howard Boughner. Superhero action with Mary Marvel, long-lost sister of the original Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. While taking an art class at the beach, Mary encounters a talking sea serpent and quickly gets wrapped up in its story. Freshman Freddy's professor is so absent-minded, he's the one who shows up for a test in his underwear. Mary tries to manage a pet shop full of mischievous animals. Plus a plethora of comics-format ads, including Bubbles and Yanks for Yanks Bubble Gum, and Captain Tootsie and the Secret-Play Touchdown, by CC Beck and Pete Costanza. And a vintage ad for Captain Marvel t-shirts. The Talking Sea Serpent!; Memory Test; Two of a Kind; The Absent-Minded Professor; Antics of a Pet Shop!; Vita Min; Dizzy Daisy; The Sinister Tropical Snow! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Treasure Chest Vol. 03 (1947) 7 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #1163300007

November 25, 1947