Auctions: comic books December 1951

Chamber of Chills (1951 Harvey) 4 (24) CGC 5.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4728555010

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Marvil Epp, Pierce Rice, and Vic Donohue. Sometimes listed as Chamber of Chills (1951 Harvey) #4. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. A man swears revenge on the woman who left him at the altar. A stranger enters a town of the dead. Brothers plot to murder their wealthy aunt, but she's got dark powers on her side. The Lost Souls!; The Pale Light Of Death!; Two Ways To Die!; Book Of Vengeance; Ancient Lands Of Mystery!; The Perfect Crime; Weird Facts; The Fighting Corpse; Master of Evil; Pact With the Devil! Series continues, renumbered as Chamber of Chills (1952 Harvey) #5. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Hand of Fate (1951 Ace) 8 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #2062410008

Cover pencils by Ken Rice. The Revolt of the Heads, pencils by Lou Cameron, inks by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; Anthropologist Lasker on Borneo learns mighty magic from witch doctor; When his brother takes over his post, he gets massacred by evil natives; Lasker returns and conjures deadly spell upon native chief. Canyon of the Living Dead, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; Airplane pilot looks for planes gone missing above the Andes and discovers ghostly Shangri-La. Death Howls by Moonrise, art by Maurice Gutwirth; George Appel; Couple visit friend at cabin in the woods; At the full moon a werewolf roams about. Monster of the Bayous, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Vince Alascia; Scientist creates live-giving wonder serum; his assistant spills it accidentally on the grave of a long-dead pirate; a huge zombie stalks the countryside. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Hollywood Funny Folks (1950) 41 GD- 1.8

2" cumulative spine split. Cover and first three wraps detached at one staple. Water damage.

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Jumbo Comics (1938) 154 VG+ 4.5

In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" art by Robert Webb; "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen; and "The Hawk" and "Long Bow" art by Robert Webb. "Totem Thunder" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 144 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4707747002

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. "Quest of the Dragon's Claw," art by Maurice Whitman; Kaänga, disguised, enters the kingship contest of the Bafwasendes in the place of the wounded Nyika; Despite the interference of the witch doctor, Nyika recovers in time to complete the contest on his own. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi frees a Cape buffalo from a tangled mass of vines; Later, Sirdah attempts to kill Wambi; He is stopped by the grateful Cape buffalo who learns of Wambi's plight from a macaw. Untitled story; Captain Terry Thunder and the lancer go upriver to deal with the murderous Barotes and their priestess. "The Big Top Battles a Storm" text story by Clyde Beatty. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; In an effort to loot a lost Egyptian temple, Reagan a safari guide, hypnotizes a scientist into believing that she is an ancient Egyptian queen; Camilla rescues the scientist and kills the guide. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Murderous Gangsters (1951) 2 CGC 2.0

Paper: Off white

Label #1291576001

Cover by Ann Cantor. Edited by Sol Cohen. Art by Wally Wood, Michael Becker, Vince Alascia and Mike Roy. Pre-Comics Code crime comics from classic 1950s independent publisher Avon, featuring fabulously lurid covers recycled from Avons paperback line. The true tale of real-life bank robber Baby-Face Nelson; Anthony and William Esposito are known as the Mad Dog killers because of their short but ferocious crime spree, and later attempts to plead insanity by barking like dogs. Cover by Ann Cantor, recycled from Avon Murder Mystery Monthly # 47: The Blonde, The Gangster and the Private Eye. Baby-Face Nelson; The Mad Dog Espositos; The Claws of the Mafia!; Two-Fisted Justice! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.