Auctions: comic books March 1952

Fighting Indians of the Wild West! (1952) 1 CGC 5.5

Paper: White

Label #4738862006

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Gerald McCann and Howard Larsen. Cover by Leonard Starr. Western tales focusing on the great Native leaders of the past and their struggles against the invaders of their homelands. Crazy Horse takes on the Dakota Renegades; Geronimos forces wage guerrilla warfare against settlers; A stolen Native religious icon brings tragedy to all who possess it. Redskin Terror; The Navajo God of Blood; Chief Black Hawk and His Dogs of War; Chief Black Hawk; The Dakota Renegades! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Romantic Story (1949 Charlton) 15 GD/VG 3.0

Photo cover. "The Choice," art by George Evans; Eileen meets Dennis at the train station; Dennis comes back from war and Eileen must tell him that she met Homer while Dennis was away and will marry Homer. "Guilty Love"; Madge is coming home on a bus, sitting next to Sam Nevins when the bus goes off a ravine and 18 die but Madge saves 6 people and also pulls out Sam from the wreck; Sam does not survive and Madge commits a crime of opportunity when she takes the $9,000 from Sam Nevins's pouch. "Handicap for Love" text story by John Martin. "A Hollow Triumph"; Laura lives in a small resort town and hates summer residents, calling them "outsiders"; This includes the recently moved in Dr. Chelsen; Despite their dating, she refuses at first to let him treat Jimmy, the delivery boy, when he is run over by an outsider. Life Story comic ad. True Confessions comic ad. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Tell It to the Marines (1952 Toby Press) 1 CGC 7.0

Paper: White

Label #4742164006

"Operation Petticoat," art by Jack Sparling; Spike and Bat, two brawny, lusty, best-buddy Marines on the Korean front, are sent behind enemy lines to retrieve valuable information from an elderly, wounded Korean acting as an agent for the United States. Before dying, the agent tells the boys the information is sewn into the dress hem of his lovely granddaughter, Lotus Blossom. "Arabian Nightmare," script by Charles Spain Verral, art by Jack Sparling; A big mistake is made in Washington and the boys are sent to the Middle East to secure oil concessions for the western powers; Boris, a Russian emissary, is trying to do the same for his country; The Shah of Ariq, a boxing fan, decides the issue will be settled via a boxing match between Boris and Spike, a renowned Corps heavyweight champion celebrated for a punch of his own devising called the Double Reverse Pretzel Bolo. "Blue Plate Blossom"; Lover O'Leary is the "pre-eminent gal-hound" of the United States Marine Corps and agrees to take two nerdy, young "chowderheads" out on the town; The three pass their time ogling busty, leggy Good Girls in little clothing. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.