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    Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 148 GD+ 2.5

    Water damage.

    Starts Dec 15

    Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and Al Liederman. Art by C.C. Beck and Al Liederman. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "Sivana Saves Captain Marvel" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck (appearances by Sivana, King Zurk and Mr. Grunbock); "Captain Marvel Battles the World" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck; and "Captain Marvel Meets the Impossible Ghost" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck (Dexter Knox appearance). Plus: Captain Kid in "The Message from Across the Seas!" by Al Liederman. And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Space Parade" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #64022571
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    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 26 FR 1.0

    Cover detached at one staple. Paper loss on back cover.

    Starts Dec 22

    Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Marvin Stein. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. The Monster gets caught up in a mad whaler's obsessive search for his prey. Mortimer Nash is compelled to kill whenever he sees the moon. A crook meets a strange little man who offers to grant wishes...for a price. The Battle of the Monsters; Haunted Car; Moon Madness; Polio Facts for 1953; Four Wishes. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #64045991
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    Published Sep 1953 by St. John.

    Three Stooges (1953 St. John) 1 CGC 7.0

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #3747544024

    Starts Jan 3

    Cover by Norman Maurer. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Norman Maurer and Sandy Woolf. St. John, a pioneer of celebrity comics, puts Moe, Larry and Shemp on the four-color page. The world's biggest swindler sells the Stooges a firecracker factory, and it's only a matter of time until everything blows sky-high. The Stooges go treasure hunting in the East River. Action girl Jeanie finds trouble on the set when a jealous actress tries to have her eliminated, in a story with early art by comics legend Joe Kubert. Bogus Takes a Beating; Bumps for the Umps; Big Brush Off; Jeanie Steele, Hollywood Stunt-Girl; Bell Bent for Treasure. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.