Auctions: comic books June 1960

Action Comics (1938 DC) 265 GD 2.0

Taped spine.

Cover pencils by Curt Swan. "The Superman from Outer Space!", script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Forte; Superman meets Hyper-Man from the parallel world of Oceania; When he discovers that Hyper-Man is dying, Superman arranges for his identity to be revealed so that he can spend his last year married to his girlfriend Lydia Long. -page Private Pete story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Day Supergirl Revealed Herself!", script by Jerry Siegel, art by Jim Mooney; A strange meteor gives Supergirl amnesia, so she uses her power openly in Smallville. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 76 CBCS 2.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #22-1A209AC-018

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.