Auctions: comic books October 1948

Brick Bradford (1948) Canadian 6 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

Canadian Edition.

Label #4332495001

Alex Schomburg cover. Brick Bradford comic strip reprints by William Ritt and Clarence Gray. 32 pages, FC.

Crime Reporter (1948) 3 CGC 2.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4728830008

Cover by Matt Baker and Ray Osrin. Stories and art by George Tuska and Paul Gattuso. Mystery and adventure comics from St. John featuring heroic reporters. Jinx Jordan investigates the murder of wealthy Diana Von Kyll, and the killers abduct his girlfriend Ginny. Rod Holmes uses his X-ray vision and powerful eyebeams to search for a missing heir. Ventrilo and his allies - his sister Cora and his scientist brother, "Dr. Doom" - battle a snake cult in a small town. Lawson Hunt must save a key witness before a trial, in a story with art by future Marvel legend George Tuska. Another stunning cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Jinx Jordan: Gang Victim Avenged by Crime Reporters; Blue Monk: Dynamite Switch Foils Payroll Loot Payoff; Lawson Hunt, Newsman Balks Scheme to Kill Key Witness; Pseudo-Murder; Ventrilo: Murder Unmasks Snake Cult Chiefs Swindle; Rod Holmes: Poison Death Linked to Fake Heir Fraud; Mock Murder. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 140 CGC Page 4 Only

Paper: Cream to off white

Page 4 Only.

Label #4649144007

1st appearance of the Riddler. Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by Bill Finger, Otto Binder and unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Charles Paris, Jimmy Thompson, Howard Sherman, Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. Having grown up an expert and a cheat when it came to solving puzzles, Edward Nigma decides to use this capacity to mystify the police and Batman...as the Riddler! Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Riddler" by Bill Finger, Dick Sprang and Charles Paris. Plus: Robotman in "Robotman's Double Trouble!" by Otto Binder and Jimmy Thompson; Slam Bradley in "Dog for a Day!" with art by Howard Sherman; and The Boy Commandos in "The Dictator from Alcatraz!" with art by Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. Also: 2-page text story "To the Moon and Back." 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jo-Jo Comics (1945 Fox Feature) 20 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4397104004

In order of appearance: "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Murderous Butchers of Mauri!"; "Chugwater Wyoming, How It Got It's Name"; "Jo-Jo Congo King, Death Goes to College!"; and "Jo-Jo Congo King, Nightmare of Destruction!" retitled and reprinted as "Nightmare of Destruction.." in Terrors of the Jungle (1952) #19. "An Eye for an Eye!" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 97 VG- 3.5

Cover oxidation.

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Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Bill Walsh, Dick Moores, Bob Karp, Hubie Karp, Ralph Heimdahl, Harvey Eisenberg, Gil Turner, Don Gunn, George Waiss, Bill Wright, Manuel Gonzales, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 9 #1. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Pogo's Walt Kelly. A young tugboat gets a chance to be a hero during a storm, in an adaptation of Little Toot from the Disney film Melody Time. In a story by Barks, Donald goes searching for pearls, but finds ball-bearings instead. Li'l Bad Wolf turns detective after chickens go missing. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; Plutos Surprise Package; Sea Salts; A Job for Grandma; Little Toot. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.