Auctions: comic books January 1954

Adventures in 3-D (1953-1954 Harvey) 2 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4543086010

Cover by Howard Nostrand. Stories and art by Bob Powell and Howard Nostrand. Originally distributed with 3-D glasses; see individual item notes to determine whether an offered copy still includes them. A series of 3-D adventure stories, published to coincide with the 3-D craze in movies and comics of the era. A champion racer competes in the famed Le Mans endurance race. Test pilots Fred and Joe try to sabotage each other's planes so they can be the first lunar astronaut. Plus a tale that takes advantage of the 3-D technology of the era by telling two separate tales on the same page. Il Maestro; First Man On the Moon; Trapped; Winged Prayer; Three-D Blinkey. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, B&W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.

Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 89 FR/GD 1.5

Portion of back cover missing. Centerfold detached. Water damage. Puncture damage.

Cover art by Kurt Schaffenberger. Death's Direction text story by John Martin. Fights the Dark Curse; the Marvel family faces Sterling Morris. If The Shoe Fits starring Headline Harry, scrip and art by Howard Boughner. Then There Were None Ch. 1: One By One, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; The tenants of Mrs. Wagner's rooming house are disappearing, until only Billy Batson and Freddy Freeman are left. Then There Were None Ch. 2: Then There Are None; Billy and Freddy discover that everybody else in the boarding house has been replaced with robots. Then There Were None Ch. 3: Robots Robots Robots; Billy and Freddy rescue the rest of the members of Mrs. Wagner's boarding house from Lem Blucher and his robot replacements. Last app. of Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel, Jr., Mary Marvel, Prof. Edgewise, Mrs. Wagner, Red O'Reilly, Leroy Marks, & Jim Bellows until Shazam! #1. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.