Auctions: comic books April 1954
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Item #65126443
Published Apr 1954 by Atlas/Marvel.Crazy (1953) 5 CGC 3.5
Paper: Off white
Label #4728554021
Starts Jul 4 Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories and art by Dick Ayers, Sol Brodsky, Joe Maneely, Howie Post, and Mike Sekowsky. The very first incarnation of Marvel's humor publication, started in the first wave of 1950s Mad imitators. A parody of werewolf movies, with art by Dick Ayers. A Crazy look at censors, a hot topic in 1953. Sinbad the Tailor must leave town in a hurry to flee angry customers, and that's how his adventures begin. Racket Buster!; Rose-Colored Glasses; The Wolf Man; Spencer the Censor; Sinbad the Tailor!; Gentlemen Prefer Bonds. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #65046399
GI Combat (1952) 14 CGC 5.5
Paper: White
Label #4728829022
Starts Jul 4 April 1954: Cover by Dick Dillin and Charles Cuidera; "Invasion, Top Secret," 9 pages, art by Dillin and Cuidera; "The Red Goons of Berlin," 6 pages; "Trapped in Hell," 7 pages; "Escape from Red Fury," 1 page text story (reprinted from G.I. Combat #4); "Spearhead Assault," 6 pages. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #64885160
Published Apr 1954 by Avon Publications.Sensational Police Cases (1954) 2 VG- 3.5
Cover coming detached at one staple. Water damage.
Starts Jul 4 Art by Louis Ravielli, Marion Sitton, Marvin Stein, Lou Morales and Mo Marcus. Reprints from Famous Gangsters (1951) #1. True tales of gangsters and G-men, featuring pre-Code levels of violence. The stories of notorious gangsters Al Capone, Dutch Schultz and Lucky Luciano; John Dillinger escapes both prison and an FBI manhunt, but his luck runs out thanks to a woman in red. Al Capone!; Dutch Schultz; Lucky Luciano; The Mole; John Dillinger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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