Auctions: comic books September 1948

All-American Comics (1939) 101 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white

Label #0313730004

Listed as scarce in Overstreet. Cover art by Alex Toth. Masquerade at Mesa City starring Johnny Thunder, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Alex Toth. Case of the Talking Shadows starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by John Broome, art by Rudolph Palais; Dr. Mid-Nite investigates mysterious shadow men who have robbed a jewelry festival, and is drawn to a silhouette show run by the Great Ludwig. Chewing Gum--Everything Happens to Harry, script and art by Ed Wheelan. The Ship That Sailed the Hills starring The Black Pirate, art by Howard Purcell. Crimes from a Cardboard Box starring Green Lantern, script by John Broome, art by Irwin Hasen. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 31 FR/GD 1.5

1" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. Centerfold detached. Interior tearing. Cover oxidation.

Cover by Harry G. Peter. "The Shrinking Formula," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Shrunken to miniscule size and hunted by thugs, Wonder Woman races to complete an enlarging formula to save herself and her friends. "The Planet of Plunder," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman faces a gauntlet of trials to rescue the Holliday Girls, caught in a coup in the republic of Neptunia. Wonder Women of History: four-page Jenny Lind bio, art by Paul Reinman. Two-page text story, "You Name It" by Lee Goldsmith. "The Racketeer of Magic," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; A charlatan posing as a magician from the future uses an Amazon invention to determine how best to outwit Wonder Woman. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.