Auctions: comic books 1954 w/ month not specified

Dark Mysteries (1951) 21 VG- 3.5

Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth and Myron Fass. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. On a fog-shrouded night, an odd little man approaches a stranger and begins talking. His tale reveals the truth behind the strange deaths of rival magicians Mord and The Great Gobbo. Sinister Secret. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Great Lover Romances (1951) 19 GD- 1.8

Water damage. Staple rust with migration.

Stories and art by Art Peddy, Jack Abel, Sid Lazarus, Rudy Cristiano and Myron Fass. Romantic drama from Toby Press. Poor manicurist Julie dresses up fancy and sneaks into a ball, and falls in love with handsome hotel heir George. Lonely librarian Lorraine faces conflict with her uptight supervisor when she devotes a shelf in the stacks to love. A comics biography of Rudolph Valentino. Plus an illustrated version of a classic Romantic poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, " Love's Philosophy." Cinderella #9; Will You Please Not Marry Me?; The Love Shelf!; Too Smart for Love!; Slightly Perfect; Love's Philosophy; Great Lovers: Rudolph Valentino. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Love Confessions (1949 Quality) 36 FR/GD 1.5

Tears on front cover. Water damage.

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Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Beck & unknown, Ogden Whitney, Beck & Sam Citron and Charles Sultan & unknown. Featuring: "I Didn't Love My Fiance" starring Cliff Carter, Gene Burton, Henry, Lela Wilton, Mr. Carter and Mrs. Carter; "How Can I Marry" starring Raymond Withers, Stuart Hammonds, Susan Hammonds, Vernon Rogers and Wendy Rogers; "My Letter of Torment" starring Bea Peters, Mr. Wilson, Peggy, Ruth Miller and Steve Crandel; and "I Chased My Man" starring Mary Paxton, Mike Adams, Paul Paxton and Sue. Plus: 1-page reprint text story "Counterfeit Happiness" starring Martie Franks and Sandra Wallack. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Love Romances (1949) 39 GD- 1.8

3" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached at one staple.

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Cover by Vince Colletta (possibly his first cover art). Edited by Stan Lee. Stories by Paul S. Newman and unknown. Art by Jay Scott Pike, Vince Colletta, J. Makowski?, Paul Reinman, Christopher Rule? and unknown. Featuring: "A Wedding Ring for Wendy!"; "My Love, My Love"; "Small Talk!"; and "The Right Thing To Do"! Plus: 2-page text story "A Chance On Love"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

This Magazine Is Haunted (1951 Fawcett/Charlton) 16 CGC 2.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4728554023

Edited by Burton N. Levey. Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories by Bill Woolfolk and unknown. Art by Shelly Moldoff and unknown. Horror tales that are so scary they could only lead you to believe that This Magazine is Haunted! In this issue: Cruel Mark Coyne is led to his grandfather's ship, the Sea Witch. There he re-enacts the latter's last voyage with ghosts from the past in "The Last Voyage of the Sea Witch!" with art by Shelly Moldoff. Plus: Newspaperman Tom Farrell exposes the government of a Balkan country as run by aliens wanting to take over control. Nobody believes him, though, in "The Evil Ministers?" with story by Bill Woolfolk. And: Homer Rogers, author of a biography on Abraham Lincoln, is invited to a strange masquerade: Rogers is costumed as the assassinated president...and John Wilkes Booth is loose in the theatre in "Some Things Weren't Meant to be Written"! Also: 2-page text story "The 'Gnombi' Graveyard"; 1-page stories "The Haunt of Allanbank Castle" and "Pet Hate"; and a "Supernatural Quiz"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Undercover Girl, Starr Flagg (1952) 7 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4728830002

A-1 Comics #118. Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Ogden Whitney and Paul Parker. Cover by Bob Powell. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #118. Female secret agent Starr Flagg debuted in Manhunt! (1947) before graduating to her own title. Starr must rescue an atomic scientist; Fallon of the FBI uncovers a secret school for communist agents; Starr must stop enemy agents from selling the Alaskan Defense Plans to another country. The Man Who Was Yesterday; Fallon of the FBI: The School for Spies; The Puzzle of the Picture; Roger Wright: The Key of Death. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.