Auctions: comic books May 1961

Action Comics (1938 DC) 276 GD/VG 3.0

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. "The War Between Supergirl and the Supermen Emergency Squad!", script by Robert Bernstein, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; John Kiley tricks Superman into revealing he's Clark Kent; After trapping Clark Kent with Kryptonite, Supergirl and the Superman Emergency Squad spring into action. One-page Varsity Vic story by Henry Boltinoff. 1st appearance of Brainiac 5, Phantom Girl, Triplicate Girl, Bouncing Boy, Sun Boy, and Shrinking Violet in "Supergirl's Three Super Girl-Friends!", script by Jerry Siegel, art by Jim Mooney; Supergirl and Brainiac 5 join the Legion. 36 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

Star Spangled War Stories (1952 DC 2nd Series) 96 CGC 4.5

Paper: White

Label #4263740002

Cover art by Russ Heath. Mission X! featuring War That Time Forgot, script by Bob Haney, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Marty and The Professor land on a mysterious island populated by giant animals, as the island finally sinks beneath the waves they make their escape in an oversized turtle egg shell. Bodyguard For a Flattop, script by Bob Haney, art by Jack Abel. The Nothing Ace, script by Hank Chapman, art by Jerry Grandenetti. Army Crests filler page, script and pencils by Morris Waldinger, inks by Tom Nicolisi. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 17 GD+ 2.5

Centerfold detached. Water damage.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Beware of Googam, Son of Goom!!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Goom leaves an offspring in a cave to complete his conquest, and he comes across the family of the scientist who was responsible for his father's defeat; Googam is defeated when the scientist's son challenges him to a game of tag and runs off towards a pool of quicksand and then climbs a tree; When Googam sees the quicksand he mistakenly assumes that it is only mud since the boy must have run across it; Googam only sees the boy hiding in the tree as he sinks into the quicksand. "The Bridge" text story. "There Is Something Strange about Mister Jones!", art by Don Heck; A thug hears a man say that he has a fortune in his locker. He attacks him and tries to make him lead him there. His victim is Davy Jones, and he shows the thief his locker by drowning him. "What Lurks in the Mountain?", art by Steve Ditko; A communist general demands that the lama tell him of the alien space ship that has landed for repairs; At first the lama refuses to allow the aliens to be conquered by the communists, but he relents after the general threatens to execute all the peasants. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) 19 FR 1.0

INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, does not interrupt story. Water damage.

Cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. Rommbu! Part One, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; An escaped geologist convicted of armed robbery leads an alien invader to an active volcano in order to sacrifice himself to destroy the alien and protect the planet. Rommbu! Part Two, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. The Tree text story. The Thing with the Red Eyes, art by Don Heck; A gangster buys a pincushion doll that looks like his rival, and his reactions to pins stuck in it convince him that it works. The Terrible Trap!, art by Steve Ditko; A hunter with contempt for the animals he captures is captured by giant aliens and placed in a maze from which he can see a rocketship he could use to pilot his way home if only he could figure out how to escape the maze. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Unexpected (1956 DC) (Tales of ...) 61 VG 4.0

Water damage.

Cover art by Bob Brown. The Mystery of the Mythical Monsters, art by Howard Purcell. Moolah the Mystic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. How's Your Eye-Q? public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily. The Cosmic Counterfeiters, art by George Roussos. Mysteries in Space! fact page by Julius Schwartz, pencils by Morris Waldinger, inks by Tommy Nicolosi. Debt of Doom text story. Guardians of the Moon Emperor's Treasure, script by Arnold Drake, art by Bob Brown; Space Ranger races to save an archaeological treasure on Titan from a greedy treasure hunter. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.