Auctions: comic books September 1961

Challengers of the Unknown (1958 DC 1st Series) 21 FN 6.0

Cover oxidation.

"The Weird World that Didn't Exist." Bad guys hijack equipment that June Robbins and some moviemakers are using to surprise the Challengers. "The Challengers' Space-Pet Ally." Cosmo faces criminal mystic Zardoc, who gets mind-over-matter powers from a meteorite. Art and cover by Bob Brown. Cover price $0.10.

Dennis the Menace Goes to Camp (1961 Giants) 9A CGC 8.0 1st Printing

Paper: Off white to white

Puzzled filed in on 7th page in pen. Off-White to White Pages.

Label #0948174009

Cover by Owen Fitzgerald. Stories and art by Fred Toole, Owen Fitzgerald and Ed Dodd. First printing has Summer, 1961 in the indicia. A double-sized dose of Dennis the Menace, as he makes mischief in the neighborhood and all around the world. The Mitchells are pleased when Dennis gets accepted to camp, but they're not nearly as happy as Mr. Wilson. Dennis writes a letter home from camp. Plus a 20-page guide to camping from fellow comics icon Mark Trail, featuring art by Mark Trail's cartoonist Ed Dodd. First issue to feature the Comics Code seal on the cover. Camp Is Fun!; Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground; Rise and Shine; Dennis Can't Find His Way Back to Camp!; Mark Trails Camping Tips; Help-Help-Help-Help-Help Me Out!; Now Were Goin Campin Out; Horsing Around; Now is the Day That We Must Go Away; I Hope You Get to Go to Camp! 80 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Harvey Hits (1958) 48 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4190992005

Cover by Joe Simon. Stories and art by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy. A showcase anthology that launched many of Harvey's long-running titles. This issue features reprints of Lee Falk's Phantom comic strip. When a lawless town appears at the site of a lucrative uranium mine, the Phantom decides to enforce law and order - only to be trapped inside a mine for his troubles. Plus, a Foreign Legionnaire exposes a plot that could have started a war. The Ghost Who Walks in Uranium Valley; Back From the Dead; Ricardo and the Wolves; How to Ride a Horse, Lesson 4: Behavior of Horses; Tuaregs. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Justice League of America (1960 1st Series) 6 GD/VG 3.0

Cover pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Murphy Anderson. The Wheel of Misfortune!, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bernard Sachs; Professor Amos Fortune has found a way to control luck itself with his Stimoluck device, and the Justice League must find a way to overcome his unnaturally good luck while dealing with their own unnaturally bad luck. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Love Romances (1949) 95 VG 4.0

Water damage.

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Cover inks by Vince Colletta. Edited by Stan Lee. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Paul Reinman, Don Heck, Wally Wood?, Vince Colletta and unknown. Sally isn't interested in the boys she meets -- she's waiting for someone dashing and romantic in "It Doesn't Hurt to Dream!" Plus: Jean gives her niece Patty advice about knowing when she'll really be in love in "The Real Thing!" Also: On a cruise, Wendy is hunting for a wealthy and successful man, but only finds him accidentally when he's pretending not to be in "The Love Story of Wendy Blaine!" And: Donna loves Bruce, an unstable actor, and is unwilling to see that Ted is the man she should truly be with in "My Engagement Ring!" Plus: 2-page reprint text story "I'll Be Seeing You"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Strange Tales (1951 1st Series) 88 CGC 5.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #3698657009

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "Zzutak the Thing That Shouldn't Exist!!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko; An American comic book artist is forced by an Aztec priest to make a monster with magic paints; The artist creates another monster to fight the first, causing the temple to collapse on both monsters. "Snowstorm" text story. "The Lifeless Man!", art by Steve Ditko; A young boy prefers an old wooden toy soldier to more modern toys; His friends make fun of the toy, but when they are threatened by a bear the soldier seems to drive it off with its rifle. "Punishment!", art by Don Heck; An advanced civilization sends a mugger to a prison planet; Only a few moments on this world full of war, crime and disease make him go straight in order to avoid ever again coming back to Earth. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (1954) 55 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4745073012

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. The Monster that Loved Aqua-Jimmy!, art by Al Plastino; Jimmy Olsen is temporarily given Aquaman's powers to patrol while Aquaman is on another case. "Jimmy the Red, Thor's Best Pal!", script by Robert Bernstein, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye; Jimmy travels back in time and helps Thor battle Loki. Jimmy Olsen's Secret Power!, script by Robert Bernstein, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.