Auctions: comic books February 1952

Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders (1950 ME/AC) 13 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4244829001

Frank Frazetta cover. Stories include the Lemonade Kid in "The Clutching Claws of Terror"; the Ghost Rider in "The Stagecoach for Death"; Red Hawk in "The Land of the Flaming Ground!" (art by Bob Powell); and Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders in "The Mystery of the Maverick Trail" (art by Powell). Cover price $0.10.

Candy (1947 Quality) 26 GD 2.0

2" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Candy stars in five untitled stories. Plus: Will Bragg in an untitled story co-starring Effy Gissel, Mrs. Mahoulahan, Fire Chief Carl Swenson and Inspector Frank Flanagan. Also: Candy in 1-page text story "Cornelia's Cousin" co-starring Ted Dawson and Cornelia Clyde. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 375 CGC 6.0

Paper: White

Label #4745072011

Cover art by Jesse Marsh. The Prisoner of the Tharks, script by Edgar Rice Burroughs (original story) and Paul S. Newman (adaptation), art by Jesse Marsh; Jon Carter is tranported to Mars, where he escapes from the Tharks and rescues Dejah Thoris from both the Tharks and Sab Than. Creatures of Mars filler page, art by Jesse Marsh. John Carter of Mars and Dejah Thoris back cover pinup by Jesse Marsh. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Mystery in Space (1951 1st Series) 6 FR/GD 1.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch. 5" Cumulative spine split (taped). Staples added (not manufacturing).

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Knights of the Galaxy in "The Day the World Melted" (script by Robert Kanigher as "Dion Anthony," pencils by Carmine Infantino?), "The Boy Who Saved the Earth" (script by "John Osgood"), "The Man Who Hated Science" (script by Jack Miller), and "Cowboy on Mars" (script by "Manny Rubin"). One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Radar Rescue." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Strange Worlds (1950 Avon) 6 CGC 2.5

Paper: Off white to white

Small amount of dried glue on spine.

Label #3975592010

Featuring a memorable science fiction cover by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Plus Everett Raymond Kinstler art in the 6-page Kenton of the Star Patrol story, "The Monster-Men of Space!", and a 3-page Kinstler titled "Death Claims an Enemy." Kinstler also draws the inside front cover. All the art in this issue is impressive. Cover price $0.10.

Thing (1952 Charlton) 1 FR 1.0

Full length spine split (partially taped). Cover detached. Oxidation.

Shrunken head cover pencils by Albert Tyler, inks by Bob Forgione. "The Creature From Dimension 2-K-31," pencils by Albert Tyler, inks by Bob Forgione; Soldiers fight an otherworldly shape-shifting alien creature during the Korean War. "Grunwald," pencils by Albert Tyler, inks by Bob Forgione; Three men fight to maintain their sanity when they are trapped in a lighthouse and besieged by thousands of hungry, murderous rats. "Nightmare," pencils by Albert Tyler, inks by Bob Forgione; A serial killer randomly decapitates his victims. "The Thing!" text story. "Hellfire of Doom," pencils by Albert Tyler, inks by Bob Forgione; A killer blackmails a city by causing people to spontaneously combust. Buy the New Hot Rods and Racing Cars Comics ad. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.