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Auctions: comic books June 1951

  • Item #60756576
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    Black Cat Comics (1946-1951 Harvey) 29 CGC 4.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Tape on interior cover.

    Label #3995828002

    Starts Jan 3

    Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Paul McCarthy and Art Helfant. Early female superhero Black Cat is a martial artist with a lasso and a double life as a Hollywood starlet. In the lead-up to its transition into a horror comic with the next issue, this issue features horror-themed stories, including Black Cat's battle with a witch, and a bondage cover by Lee Elias. Linda Turner plays the Hollywood Bowl, in a story featuring good-girl art and cameos by celebrities Jack Benny, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. Cunning master criminal The Sceptre mocks both police and Black Cat. The Salem Witch; A Day With Linda Turner; Diet for Death; Black Cat's Encyclopedia of Superstition; Time for Murder; Obviously, the Sceptre; Hunting for Murder; Holly of Hollywood; Hector the Director; Calling All Sleuths. Final issue as a superhero comic; switches to horror with the next issue as Black Cat Mystery (1951 Harvey) #30. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Sheena Queen of the Jungle (1942 Fiction House) 12 CGC 4.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #2055807015

    Starts Jan 3

    Art by Robert Webb. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Adventures of the fearless jungle warrior Sheena, one of the earliest female heroes with her own title. Sheena tries to prevent war between hunters and Wasuti warriors; Sheena encounters the Beast-Women of Zarga, who are almost as fierce and beautiful as she is; Sheena tries to rescue passengers from a doomed riverboat before it is destroyed. Terrific cover by Maurice Whitman is the very definition of good-girl art. Also featuring vintage ads for products that both increase the figure and reduce it. Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; The Gorilla; Devil-Drum of Naaga-Bor; Stamps: Georgia; The Beasts That Dawn Begot. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60949535
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    Teen-Age Romances (1949 St. John) 16 GD- 1.8

    3.5" Cumulative spine split. Back cover glued to first wrap along spine. Water damage.

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    Starts Jan 3

    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Dana Dutch. Tales of teen angst and amour, often featuring art and covers by celebrated good-girl artist Matt Baker. Bitter from her experiences with men, Karen nonetheless warms to injured veteran Ray while volunteering at the VA hospital, in a story with art by Baker. In another Baker story, April realizes that rather than dating Ronnie with Larry's help, she should just be dating Larry. Rita pretends to be someone she isn't to date Alan, then realizes he's doing the same thing. How I Found Romance; I Was Scarred by Love!; I Was a Cheat; What Is Love?; I Tried to Buy Love with Kisses; Forbidden Fruit. 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.