Auctions: comic books July 1948

Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 103 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4427463002

Cover art by John Celardo. "The Phantoms of Lost Lagoon," art by John Celardo; Treasure hunters seek the ship of the Emperor Khan; Kaänga locates the ship but the hunters believe that there is no treasure on board; One of the hunters is killed by a rhinoceros and Kaänga kills the other. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; A hunting cheetah escapes from his masters and is befriended by Simba; The two of them free the animals captured by the cheetah's masters. David Livingstone biography, art by George Evans. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; A young man infiltrates the lancers and frees his brother from the fort jail; The brother, Unganda Bill, and his accomplice, T'Gara, go on an ivory raid but are captured by Terry and the lancers with help from Bill's brother. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; The Scepter of Guru, a sacred object, is stolen from a village in Wambi's jungle and winds up with Ogg; The villagers seize Ogg and prepare to sacrifice him for profaning their sacred scepter. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Priestess Zotara rigs King N'Mongo's annual kingship ritual to cause N'Mongo's death and her own ascension to the throne. Tabu re-enacts the ritual in the Land of Mists--a nebulous after-life--and demonstrates Zotara's criminal acts. Jungle Facts; Brief natural histories of several jungle cats. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; When mine owner's daughter Jane Bronson learns that her father's overseers are using slave labor in her father's mines, she hurries to tell him; However, she accidentally stumbles into a trap set by Camilla for hyenas. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Tom Mix Western (1948 Fawcett) 7 VG- 3.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch. Water spotting. Staple rust.

Stories and art by Al Liederman, Chad Grothkopf, Carl Pfeufer and Bill Brady. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Tom rescues a baby from a burning farmhouse using only his lasso, then must protect the baby's family from a buffalo stampede. Outlaws try to get at Tom by poisoning his horse Tony. Outlaw "Red Bull" and his gang capture the Dobie town sheriff and plan to hang him, unless Tom can stop them. Plus Comix Cards (like the later Marvel Value Stamps) featuring the Marvel Family. Also, a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Trail Blazer; The Mistaken Identity; Cowboy Cal; Guns of Destiny; The Poison Peril; Tumbleweed Jr.: Go Fly a Kite; Round Up Time with Tom Mix; Badmen Roundup. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.