Auctions: comic books April 1954

Eerie (1951 Avon Series) 15 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation.

Edited by Sol Cohen. Art by Moe Marcus, Rocke Mastroserio, Marty Rose and Fred Kida. Tales of horror from the era just before the Comics Code was introduced. This issue is a reprint of issue #1 with a new cover. Robert Warsham learns about the werewolf that stalks his family through the generations; An American couple learns that a madman is recruiting an undead army in Budapest; A man disposes of his nagging wife with a subway train, but then is haunted by visions and hallucinations. The Werewolf of Warsham Manor; King of the Living Dead; The Subway Horror!; Double Trouble; The Monster from the Pit! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

GI War Brides (1954) 1 GD+ 2.5

Cover loose at both staples.

Combination military and romance comic from Canadian publisher Superior. Red Cross worker Betty falls for a withdrawn soldier with a past, but their love is forbidden by regulations. Bernice secretly marries her sweetheart George before he ships out with the Marines. Mike is dating nice girl Janet, but secretly yearns for her bad-girl sister Gwynn. G.I. Kisses, Marine in My Heart; A G.I.s Faith; A Soldier in Love; Navy Bride. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Horrors (1953) 15 GD- 1.8

2" Spine split from top. Water damage.

L.B. Cole cover. All stories reprinted from All Famous Crime (1951) #5. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "The Mad Bandit" originally retitled and reprinted from "Tiger of the South" in Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #9A; "Bodyguard"; "The Gangdom Brain" originally retitled and reprinted from "Frank Nash, Gangdom Brain!" in Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #11; "Why Did You Kill Me?"; and "Stop or We'll Shoot!" art by George Peltz. "Holdup!" text story originally retitled and reprinted from "Buddies in Life, Crime, and...Death!" in Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #9A and Famous Crimes (1948) #18. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Journey into Mystery (1952) 15 GD- 1.8

Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation. Water damage.

Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky. "Satan Can Wait," art by Paul Reinman; When a man enters a bar and, as a gag, offers a skeptic a contract for his soul for one million dollars, the skeptic signs it. "Killer in the House" text story. "Till Death Do Us Part," art by Vic Carrabotta; A man finally works up the nerve to strangle his cheating wife but an atomic war breaks out, and the two of them find their bodies fused together by atomic radiation. "The Face That Followed," script by Paul S. Newman, art by Al Luster; An escaped convict vows to haunt a hermit who has murdered him after ascertaining where his stolen loot was buried. "Bewitched," art by Mannie Banks; In 1686 a man asks a woman to marry him and is turned down so he plants evidence to get her condemned as a witch. "The Man Who Was Nobody," script by Paul S. Newman, art by Ed Winiarski; A Martian sleeper agent is eradicated when his usefulness is ended due to incarceration in an asylum. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.