Auctions: comic books July 1954
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Item #60343345
Tags: Pre-Code HorrorPublished Jul 1954 by Ace Comics.Beyond (1950 Ace) 27 CBCS 2.5
Paper: Off white to white
1 piece of tape on cover, 6 pieces on interior cover and 1 piece on 1st page.
Label #22-478CA56-003
Starts Jun 10 Haunt of the Howling Head, art by Ken Rice; Kip Hunter has been to Borneo and brought along a box full of preserved severed heads; Being responsible for the deaths of these people, the heads come to life and hunt Hunter down. Fangs of the Fiend, art by Lou Cameron; A dentist extracts all his rival's teeth and replaces them with dog's teeth--turning the man into a werewolf. Catastrophe, Inc., art by Jim McLaughlin. Strange Potion of Dr. Lorch, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Vince Alascia. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #60776129
Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 31 VG+ 4.5
Starts Jul 6 Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Kenneth Landau, Sheldon Moldoff, Art Gates, and Lin Streeter. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A strange visitor brings death to the corrupt nobles who hunted common folk for sport; A hideous stone idol opens a gateway to the dimension of the dead; An obsessed artist sculpts a self-portrait thats a little too lifelike. Circle of the Doomed!; No Escape!; The Horrors of Mu!; Danny and the Demon!; Masquerade. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #60836427
Frankenstein Comics (1945) 31 GD/VG 3.0
Cover oxidation.
Starts Jul 6 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 has a connection to a cursed tree that brings death to all who touch it; A test pilot's new plane goes so fast he enters a new dimension; Three brothers trap the Monster and try to destroy him, but he gets his revenge. The Tree of Death; Buried Gold; Into the Fourth Dimension; Premonition of Death; T. V. Ghost; Three-Fold Horror and Revenge! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.