Auctions: comic books January 1949

Tex Granger (1948) 20 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation.

Stories and art by Lorence Bjorklund, Clair Bee, Edd Ashe, Ferris Weddle, and Vic Herman. Cover by Lorence Bjorklund. Western adventure with sheriff Tex Granger, formerly the star of Calling All Boys (the comic's old title). Tex confronts a lynch mob; A profile of legendary frontiersman Davy Crockett; Tex's deputy Flapjack Smith has a solo adventure. Tex Granger; Hector; Lynch Law!; Coachs Corner; Famous Fighters of the Frontier: Davy Crockett; A New Adventure of Flapjack Smith. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 100 VG- 3.5

1" spine split from the top.

Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Bill Walsh, Dick Moores, Bob Karp, Hubie Karp, Tony Strobl, Gil Turner, George Waiss, Bill Wright, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 9 #4. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Pogo's Walt Kelly. In a classic story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Pluto is befuddled by a talking dog (who's not Goofy). In a story by Barks, Huey, Dewey and Louie try to elude a truant officer who looks strangely familiar. This story is adapted from the Disney cartoon Truant Officer Donald, which Carl Barks also wrote. Plus a vintage ad for a Walt Kelly-drawn, circus-themed poster featuring all the Disney characters. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; Santa's Secret; Mickey Mouse: The Talking Dog. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.