Auctions: comic books October 1960

Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 277 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation. Water spotting.

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. The Duel for Earth, script by Jerry Siegel, art by George Papp; Superboy has to stop an alien invasion of Earth by agreeing to a duel. Tricksy humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Underwater Olympics!, script by Robert Bernstein, art by Ramona Fradon; Aquaman and Aqualad hold an underwater Olympics; Aquaman's team "loses" to prevent kryptonite discovery. The Man-Ape's Mercy Mission starring Congorilla, script by Robert Bernstein, art by Howard Sherman. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 284 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4198491002

Cover art by Sheldon Moldoff. "The Negative Batman" starring Batman and Robin, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris; Batman is struck by the rays of a criminal scientist's camera-weapon, which turns him into a "negative Batman," vulnerable to light and possibly doomed to die in a few days' time; As a last resort, Batman prepares a trap for the criminal, who uses his camera on Batman a second time, unknowingly; As soon as he is returned to normal, Batman uses his Robot, painted as a negative in order to trick the villains and destroy the atomic camera. How Are Your Shopping Manners? public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily. "Roy Raymond's Deadly Powers" starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, script by Jack Miller, art by Ruben Moreira; Roy vs. Lucky Morana. "The Courtship of J'onn J'onzz" starring John Jones Manhunter from Mars, art by Joe Certa; After consulting a fortune teller Diane does all kinds of crazy things to get Jones to notice her. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Showcase (1956-1978) 28 GD/VG 3.0

Cover art by Russ Heath. 2nd appearance of Sea Devils in The Prize Flippers!, art by Russ Heath; The Sea Devils compete with each other to win the flippers that belong to Dane's father; Everyone knows how badly Nicky wants them, so they each disparage their own efforts in the competition. The First Frogman, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Scyllis, a Greek diver in the fifth century B.C., performs great underwater feats. Undersea Prison!, art by Russ Heath; The Sea Devils agree to help Mona Moray locate her missing father. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Strange Tales (1951 1st Series) 78 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #0328676012

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein. "A Martian Walks Among Us!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A man spots upon a Martian in human form scouting for an invasion; The police wont believe him, so he finds and kills the spy himself, revealing that he is a Venusian in disguise working to protect Earth. "Trouble Bubble," art by Joe Maneely; A boy discovers a formula to blow unbreakable bubbles and accidentally entraps his father's boss. "The Fantastic Menace of Mento the Mighty," art by Don Heck; A scientist discovers his own innate psychic power and builds a machine to slowly enhance it; He is nearly omnipotent after more than a decade. "The Gargoyle!", art by Paul Reinman; An ugly man rejected by society applies for a job at a circus; It turns out to be a ruse by aliens who are uniformly gorgeous, and so want a man with an ugly face they find fascinating to marry their queen. "Dear Reader: What Would You Have Done if You Were the… Worm Man," art by Steve Ditko (Ant-Man prototype); A spy calling himself 'Worm Man' uses shrinking pills to easily discover military secrets; On a crucial mission, he is attacked by a rat and loses his growth pills, trapping him forever in his tiny form. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.