Auctions: comic books June 1949
-
Item #63334738
Captain Marvel Story Book (1946 Fawcett) 4 GD+ 2.5
1" spine split from bottom. Soiling. Cover oxidation.
Ends Jan 12 7:45 PM CST Bid History 5 bids Current Bid $38 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover by C. C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Stories and art by C. C. Beck, Pete Costanza and Al Liederman. The Captain Marvel Story Book featured an innovative combination of text and comics art, featuring great full-page illustrations by Shazam co-creator C.C. Beck. Billy Batson goes on assignment to Egypt, where Captain Marvel tries to uncover the secret of the Gargoyle Men. The desert trail leads to the beautiful but deadly Queen Ashtira, in an issue-length story, The Gargoyle Men. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
-
Item #63825242
Terry and the Pirates (1947-1955 Harvey/Charlton) 16 CGC 8.5
Paper: Off white
Label #4543086020
Ends Jan 12 9:46 PM CST Bid History 4 bids Current Bid $46 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Story and art by Milton Caniff, Lee Elias, Vic Herman and Bob Powell. Harvey reprints Caniffs influential adventure strip about young Terrys adventures in the untamed Orient with two-fisted Pat. Terry gets a top-secret assignment, while Burma takes the opportunity to do a quick fade. Hotshot Charlie schemes to babysit a friend's kid and go on a date on the same night. Plus a fact-based strip about the tiny experimental jet fighter XP-85, which attached under a B-29 bomber. Dangerous Assignment; Debt Repaid; Clue to Murder; Hotshot Charlie: Baby Sitter; Plane Talk; Gals and Gags. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
Zoom Front Cover



