Auctions: comic books May 1958

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 255 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation.

Cover art by Sheldon Moldoff. "Death in Dinosaur Hall!" starring Batman and Robin, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris; Responding to an urgent call from Professor Hale at the Mechanical Museum of Natural History, Batman and Robin arrive only to find the professor has apparently died at the "hands" of one of the mechanical dinosaurs on exhibit; When they examine the body more closely, they discover the dead man has left them a clue to his killer! Warden Willis two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. "The Stranger From Saturn" starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, art by Ruben Moreira; Roy vs. Saturnian (Rocky Watson). "Shots Heard 'Round the Campus" text story. Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. That Deep Dark Secret! public service announcement starring Buzzy, art by Winslow Mortimer. "World-Wide Manhunt!" starring John Jones Manhunter from Mars, art by Joe Certa; Jones has to find a witness to save a friend from a murder charge; vs. Horace Stone. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

This Magazine Is Haunted (1957 Charlton) 16 GD/VG 3.0

Water damage.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Steve Ditko and others. More tales of ghosts and the supernatural from Charlton. Most of the stories in this issue feature art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. An astronaut returns to Earth after two years in space and finds a very different world. In another Ditko story, a deep-sea diver discovers a sense of tranquility when he's under the surface. Frank is starting to believe his new TV set is alive, and out to get him. The Man from Time; The Green Peace; The Night Was Strange; Try This Trip; The Star-Seekers; Impossible, But…. Final issue under this title; series continues as Outer Space Vol. 1 (1958 Charlton) #17. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.