Auctions: comic books August 1960

Cracked (1958 Major Magazine) 15 Coverless

Comic is complete other than being coverless.

Cover art by John Severin. Hollywood Life Stories ...From the Pages of History, script by Paul Laikin. How Family Life Would Be If the Sexes Changed Places, script by Paul Laikin, art by John Severin. If Literature Were Written in the Gossip Columns, script by Paul Laikin. Fake ad for Viceboy cigarettes, script by Paul Laikin, art by John Severin. Famous Proverb Shut-Ups, script by Paul Laikin, art by John Severin. Jack Davis art on several strips. 52 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Strange Tales (1951 1st Series) 77 CGC 4.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4579123021

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "The Return of Taboo!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; After his apparent destruction, Taboo reconstitutes himself and runs amok; He is eventually stopped by the arrival of others from his world. "Mystery Pupil" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "I Am the Beast-Man!", art by Don Heck; A criminal transforms himself into a dog in order to escape from burglaries unnoticed; He must return home quickly or be stuck as a dog, but is picked up by a dog catcher and trapped in the pound. "The Strange Magic of Master Khan!", art by Steve Ditko; A pirate steals the ship of an Asian sorcerer; The ship's owner curses the thieves, shrinking the ship and imprisoning them in a glass bottle. "Am I the...Unhuman?", art by Paul Reinman; A scientist in builds a robot identical to himself, and programs it with his own memories; When robots are banned, the robot believes that it is the real person, and its creator the duplicate. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.