Auctions: comic books June 1960

Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 273 VG- 3.5

Residue. Cover oxidation.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. The Boy Who Was Stronger Than Superboy, script by Jerry Siegel, art by George Papp; A Smallville boy gains super strength from a mysterious meteor. Shorty humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Around The World In 80 Hours!, art by Ramona Fradon; An author needs Aquaman to prove he can swim around the world in 80 hours. Congorilla's Twin, script by Robert Bernstein, art by Howard Sherman. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Dennis the Menace in Hawaii (1958 Giants) 6C FN 6.0 4th Printing

Cover by Al Wiseman. Stories and art by Fred Toole and Al Wiseman.- "4th Large Printing" on cover. A double-sized dose of Dennis the Menace, as he makes mischief in the neighborhood and all around the world. Dennis and his family tour Hawaii, including Honolulu, Oahu, a catamaran ride, the Kilauea Volcano, the Naha Stone, and Rainbow Falls. The Mitchells visit Pearl Harbor, where history feels very present. Plus an article about the research that cartoonists Fred Toole and Al Wiseman did for this comic. Aloha!; Were Going to Honey-Lulu!; Dennis on Wahoo - Oops! Sorry! Dennis Means Oahu (O-Ah-Hoo); Holy Cats!; Whats Your Name in Hawaiian?; Pearl Harbor; The Garden Island; Now You Do the Hula!; Big Island by Dennis; Finally, a Maikai Luau…Kau Kau Nui…and the Hauoli Trip is Pau! 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 280 GD 2.0

1.5" Spine split from top. Cover coming loose at one staple.

Cover art by Sheldon Moldoff. "The Menace of the Atomic Man" starring Batman, Robin, and Ace the Bat-Hound, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris; Batman and Robin face the Atomic-Man, a criminal scientist that uses a special gadget with the power to transmute matter, who is on a revenge crusade against the four men who sent him to jail; While on his personal vendetta, the criminal is often interrupted by the Dynamic Duo, until he decides to change the atomic structure of Batman's cowl in order to learn his secret identity. Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. "Prof. Wetzel's Mystery Ray!" starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, art by Ruben Moreira; Roy vs. the brilliant Professor Wetzel. Warden Willis humor page by Henry Boltinoff. "Bodyguard to a Bandit" starring John Jones Manhunter from Mars, art by Joe Certa; Jones is assigned to keep a criminal (Biff Benson) who wants to go to jail from getting there. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Strange Tales (1951 1st Series) 75 FR/GD 1.5

Water damage.

Prototype issue (Iron Man). Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "Taboo! The Thing From Murky Swamp!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A popular adventure writer finds a giant mud creature from another planet stranded in a Brazilian swamp; The alien tricks him into bringing all Earth's scientific records for nefarious purposes, but is destroyed by an H-bomb hidden with the records. "The Return of the Totem!", art by Steve Ditko; The totem frightens the two convicts into a state of shock, but then goes on a rampage through the reservation and a nearby town; The chieftain concocts a potion to destroy the totem. "The Strange Stone" text story. "Doomsday!", art by Paul Reinman; Two scientists accidentally release a gas that will kill all life on Earth; An unnatural wind disperses the gas, convincing one of the scientists of the others belief in a higher power. "I Made The Hulk Live" (not the superhero, but a robot), art by Don Heck; A short and bitter scientist is obsessed with building a powerful giant robot body; He traps himself inside without the means to activate the robot, living out his life on the food which he'd stored inside. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Strange Tales (1951 1st Series) 76 GD- 1.8

1.5" Spine split from top. Cover coming loose at both staples. Heavy water damage.

Prototype issue (Human Torch). Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "I Am Dragoom! The Flaming Invader!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A flaming alien monster terrorizes Earth; A movie director fools him by using special effects to fake the arrival of police from Vulcan in pursuit of the monster, frightening him away. "The Pact" text story. "Beware!! The Ghosts Surround Me!!", art by Don Heck; A fugitive hides in an abandoned house, but aliens from another dimension appear to him; They cannot hurt him, but instead they phase him into an immaterial state and leave him there forever. "The Dummy and Me!", art by Paul Reinman; Some gangsters come for a ventriloquist who has unpaid gambling debts; They corner him in the alley and shoot him. "I Found the Mad Universe!", art by Steve Ditko; A scientist uses a powerful new microscope to discover an entire world existing at the sub-atomic level; He is horrified to find that this world, Earth, is just as barbaric and violent as his own. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

World's Finest Comics (1941) 110 VG- 3.5

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. The Alien Who Doomed Robin starring Superman and Batman, script by Jerry Coleman, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Sheldon Moldoff; An alien arrives on Earth and starts shrinking buildings and stealing them; He plans to enlarge them on his homeworld and create a tourist attraction in space; Superman, Batman and Robin must stop him and return the shrunken buildings to their proper locations. Ollie humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Robot Raiders starring Tommy Tomorrow, art by Jim Mooney. The Sinister Spectrum Man starring Green Arrow, script by Ed Herron, art by Lee Elias; Green Arrow and Speedy must find a way to stop the Spectrum Man and his gang of thieves. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.