Auctions: comic books December 1949

Fast Fiction (1949) 3 GD- 1.8 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION: Staples replaced.

She by H. Ryder Haggard. NOTE: The first five issues of Fast Fiction were reprinted under the title Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated. Except for the title change on the cover, the editions are identical. Cover price $0.10.

Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 35 #2 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation.

Volume 35, Issue 2 - December, 1949. Cover by Earle Bergey. Stories by James Blish, Murray Leinster, Raymond F. Jones, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, William Morrison, Cleve Cartmill, and L. Sprague de Camp. Two Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 111 FR/GD 1.5

1" spine split from the top. Water damage.

Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Bill Walsh, Dick Moores, Bob Karp, Ted Osborne, Gil Turner, Tony Strobl, George Waiss, Bill Wright, Jim Pabian, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 10 #3. 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, Mickey, Goofy and Donald confront the seven ghosts who have been haunting Colonel Bassett's mansion. In a story by Barks, Donald's nephews accidentally give his love letters to Gladstone Gander. Mickey's new homing pigeons have been trained for stealing jewelry. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; The Halloween Party; Mickey Mouse in the House of Seven Haunts. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.