Auctions: comic books March 1973

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 24 VG 4.0

Water spotting.

Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. First full Red Sonja story, The Song of Red Sonja, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith; setting: Makkalet; Conan and Red Sonja start a bar-fight, bathe in a fountain, scale temple walls, break in and steal a snake-tiara, and fight a magical snake; at the end Sonja tricks Conan, and leaves for Pah-Disha; the Red Sonja story continues in Savage Sword of Conan 1. Final Windsor-Smith art on this title. The art in this issue (at least on page 8, and perhaps elsewhere) was altered without Windsor-Smith's approval. See Marvel Treasury Edition 15 or Savage Sword of Conan 82 for the original version. (The reprint in Conan Saga 8 contains the altered version). In the letter's column, Roy Thomas responds and announces Barry Smith's final departure as Conan the Barbarian artist; Incidentally, Roy's responses to R. Benitz and Keith Taylor are mistakenly transposed. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Demon (1972 1st Series) 7 VG/FN 5.0

Merlin has stationed his guardian Demon, Etrigan at the forefront to protect mankind from the denizens of the Nether World and the things that go bump in the night. Sometimes even he needs help. Enter: Klarion the Witchboy. "A Witchboy!" Story and art by Jack Kirby. Cover price $0.20.

Ghosts (1971-1982 DC) 12 CGC 9.4

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4630459009

Cover by Nick Cardy. Stories by unknown. Art by John Calnan, Jerry Grandenetti, Sam Glanzman and unknown. If you don't believe in ghosts...we challenge you to read true tales of the weird and supernatural! In this issue: "The Macabre Mummy of Takhem-Ahtem" with pencils by John Calnan; "Chimes for a Corpse" with art by Jerry Grandenetti; 1-page text story "The Girl Who Scorned the Grave"; and "Beyond the Portals of the Unknown" with art by Sam Glanzman. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.20.

Haunted (1971 Charlton) 11 VF 8.0

Cover art by Steve Ditko. "The Hunt for Clovis Dobbs" starring Impy, art by Pete Morisi (as PAM); Ten years later, men hunt for an escaped killer. Punsters illustration by Phil Mendez. "Bride in Darkness," art by Steve Ditko; Sir Ian marries Lady Catherine for her money. "Death at Dawnsa" text story; Animals take revenge on poachers. "A Handsome Devil," script by Nicola Cuti, art by Joe Staton; If Dr. Edwin Sturges refused Satan's offer, his life would become a living hell — so he operates on Lucifer. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (1954) 157 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4634579022

Cover art by Nick Cardy. The Strange, Second Life of Jimmy Olsen, script by Leo Dorfman, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Vince Colletta; While taking a picture of the Star of Cathay, Jimmy Olsen is transported to the past where he believes he is Marco Polo. The Secret of the Forbidden Face, script by Cary Bates, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Vince Colletta; Morgan Edge orders Jimmy to get the only clear photo of the face of the magician Mr. Vargas. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.