Auctions: comic books October 1951

Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) 7 FR/GD 1.5

3" Cumulative spine split (taped). Staple added (not manufacturing). Tape on interior cover.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Art by Johnny Craig, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels, and Jack Davis. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. Mrs. North's fear turns to murderous paranoia when she suspects her maid is the axe-murderer stalking the neighborhood. A Texas oil millionaire's wife falls for an oilfield worker, and they plot to murder her husband. Strange circus murders result after a human cannonball's wife has an affair with a trapeze artist. Hatchet-Killer!; Revenge!; Inches; Phonies; Horror Under the Big Top! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mystery in Space (1951 1st Series) 4 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #2708615004

Knights of the Galaxy in "Master of Doom" (script by Robert Kanigher as "Dion Anthony," pencils by Carmine Infantino?), "The End of the World" (script by Edmond Hamilton), "The Rocket Lanes of Tomorrow" (art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby; 2 pages), and "The Man Who Walked Through Walls!" (script by John Broome as "Robert Starr"). Murphy Anderson art. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Linda Wins for Captain Tootsie" by Bill Schreiber. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.