Auctions: comic books November 1955

Adventures of Mighty Mouse (1955-1980 Pines/Dell/Gold Key) 128 VG- 3.5

Cover by Art Bartsch. Art by Jim Tyer and others. The hero of Mouseville stars alongside other characters from Paul Terry's Terrytoons. The Claw targets Mouseville with his latest invention, an "optical confusion machine." Dimwit and Chesty accept a ride from cabbies Heckle and Jeckle, but maybe they should have walked. Mighty Mouse discovers that cats have trained hawks to target rodents of their choosing, such as two unsuspecting squirrels. Gandy Goose: Gandy's Three Wishes; Two of a Kind; Little Roquefort; The Last Roundup; Gandy Goose; Terry Bears: A Mouse in the House; Heckle and Jeckle: Taxi Terrors. Final issue published by St. John; Pines took over with issue #129. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mystery Tales (1952 Atlas) 35 CGC 4.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #0245764008

"It Walks By Night," "A Stranger In Our Midst," "The Old Man" (art by Gene Colan), "The Wrong Face" (art by Bill Benulis), "Something in the Sky," and a two-page text story, "The Rug." Cover price $0.10.

Mystic (1951 Atlas) 41 VG- 3.5

The Test!, art by Dick Ayers; An experimental psychologist conducting tests on hamsters has a dream wherein they become so intelligent that they escape their cages and turn the tables on him subjecting him to electric shocks whenever he attempts to leave the house. The Genius text story. They Pass By Night!; This story attempts to build drama by leading the reader to believe that a bus and a car are going to collide during the night but the last panel reveals the bus was traveling on the planet Mercury and so there was no danger of collision between the two vehicles. I Can Hear You Think!, art by Vic Carrabotta; After the first atomic bomb explodes children are born with the ability to read minds, which the government put to use as a tactical defense against the Communists. The Man Who Took a Walk!, art by Robert Q. Sale; A man from Atlantis tours the scientific achievements of the surface world. One Who Dared, art by Mort Lawrence. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 78 GD- 1.8

1" Spine split from bottom. Water damage.

Cover by Irv Novick. "Andy Gorilla - Prize Pupil!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman has to teach a gorilla how to play baseball. "Zero Hour For an Amazon," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Once a year without any warning the special electronic device that gives Wonder Woman's special weapons their powers is turned off for an entire day. Women Warriors article. "The Million Dollar Mystery," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman receives a million dollars to shoot a movie from a script composed entirely of blank paper. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.