Auctions: comic books June 1952

Adventures of Bob Hope (1950) 15 GD/VG 3.0

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Cover by Owen Fitzgerald. Written by Cal Howard, Henry Boltinoff, Martin Naydel and unknown. Art by Owen Fitzgerald, Henry Boltinoff, Martin Naydel, Bob Oksner and unknown. Haunted castles and heavenly maidens play havoc with Bob Hope as he flees from dummies to dolls and danger in an untitled 3-part story by Cal Howard and Owen Fitzgerald. Plus: Peg half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Betty 1-pager; Teen Teasers activity page by Martin Naydel; Varsity Vic half-pager by Boltinoff; A Bit of Disc and Data article; Classical Corner article; Honey in Hollywood 1-pager by Boltinoff; and Miss Melody Lane of Broadway back-up story, with art by Bob Oksner. 40 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Mystery Tales (1952 Atlas) 3 FR/GD 1.5

Centerfold detached at one staple. Interior tearing.

"The Vampire Strikes" (script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath), "And Puppy dots' Tails" (art by Gene Colan), "When Murderers Meet," "Alone With Death" (art by Jim Mooney), and a two-page text story, "Death Ship!" Cover price $0.10.

Tomb of Terror (1952 Harvey) 1 CBCS 3.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #25-217CA47-009

Cover by Warren Kremer. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Warren Kremer, Pete Morisi and Joe Certa. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. A ghost awakens to resume his old life with a murder, but doesn't reckon on the murder victim's ghost returning as well. Scientists discover something living deep beneath the Earth's crust - something evil. Puppeteers buy strangely lifelike puppets from an odd little man. The Dead Awaken; The Thing from the Center of the Earth; The Marriage of the Monsters; Strange Superstitions; The Little People; The Wax Museum; The Living Dead/Root Of Evil; Weird Facts. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Weird Tales of the Future (1952) 2 CGC 1.5

Paper: Off white

Tape on Cover.

Label #2036524005

Cover by Basil Wolverton. Stories and art by Ed Smalle and Basil Wolverton. Pre-Code tales of science fiction and horror from Stanley Morse Publications. A killer volunteers to be placed in suspended animation for 20,000 years rather than be executed. A future criminal plots his escape from an intergalactic labor camp. Plus the first adventure of whimsical spacefaring hero Jumpin' Jupiter. Stories and a classic city-smashing monster cover by comics legend Basil Wolverton. The City of Primitive Man; Flight to the Future; Jumpin' Jupiter; Flying Saucers, Meteors, or What?; The Time Has Come; Escape to Death! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Weird Thrillers (1951) 4 CGC 5.0 Restored

Restored: C3

Paper: Cream to off white

Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover, tear seals to cover, cover reinforced, cover & interior cover re-glossed.

Label #4362443001

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino, George Tuska, Dan Barry, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Marvin Stein, George Roussos, Sy Barry and John Giunta. Classic 1950s science-fiction and horror tales from Ziff-Davis. Guilty of murder, an executioner is ordered to behead himself, in a story written by future DC legend Carmine Infantino, with art by comics legend Joe Kubert. Dr. Savant follows the rites of human sacrifice on Genero, until he encounters the monster called Octeel, in a story with art by future Marvel artist George Tuska. Robert MacCloran returns to his ancestral lands to claim his birthright, but not if his evil uncle has his way, in a story with early art by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Plus a one-pager by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Awesome octopus-fight cover by Norman Saunders. The Widow's Lover; The Tentacles of Death; Dr. Osborne's Secret Weapon; The Bloody Sword; The Portrait of Death; The Finger of Fate; Graveyard in the Antarctic. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.