Auctions: comic books published by Fiction House

Apache (1951) 1 CGC 5.0

Paper: White

Label #4697726013

Art by Maurice Whitman and Pete Morisi. Western tales focusing on the Apache tribe. Geronimo's band captures a vengeful Navajo boy during a raid; Apaches hide out in a deserted mine while fleeing U.S. soldiers; Apaches fall into a Comanche trap, but the survivor is aided by an enslaved woman. Geronimo, Red Wolf of the Badlands; The Golden Skeletons; Scalp Hunt! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cowgirl Romances (1950 Fiction House) 12 FN- 5.5

Cover oxidation.

Art by Maurice Whitman and Pete Morisi. Tender tales of romance among the cowhands and roughnecks of the Old West. After a stagecoach mishap, a woman impersonates another to sneak onto a ranch. Stella Dawson realizes that her rodeo stablehands are horse thieves, and handsome Rick was the only one to warn her. A woman discovers one of her ranch hands is a deserter on the run from the Confederate army. The Ranch of Riddles; Love Rode In; Revenge on the Rebound; Send Back My Love; My Rebel Heart. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fight Comics (1940) 41 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4638102011

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jack Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Ann Brewster, Alex Blum, Lily Renee and Matt Baker. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Tiger Girl battles a mad Dr. Moreau-type who turns jungle animals into half-human creatures; Hooks Devlin investigates a strange murder in the trick-riding ring of a county fair. Glamour-girl turned super-spy Senorita Rio battles escaped Nazi war criminals who plan to replace her with a duplicate. Featuring art by famed good-girl artist Matt Baker and pioneering female artist Lily Renee. Another creative bondage cover, this one involving a paddle-wheel boat. Flying Jeep; Tiger Girl; Rip Carson; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Shark Brodie. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fight Comics (1940) 59 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation. Interior soiling.

Cover by Joe Doolin and others. Edited by Joseph V. Daffron and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Jack Kamen, Robert Webb, John Forte, and George Evans. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. A phony colonel promotes intertribal warfare to benefit his trading scheme, but first he must get rid of Tiger Girl; A phony treasure map brings Captain Fight into battle with Captain Bones; Senorita Rio joins forces with a masked man to retrieve a downed pilot with biological weapons data. Another vibrant Tiger Girl cover. Tiger Girl; Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; World Adventurers - Grizzly Adams; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Captain Fight. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Ghost Comics (1951 Fiction House) 6 CGC 6.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4491104004

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. The Sleepers in the Crypt; Gangster returns to the scene of his crime to recover hidden loot; His henchmen are frightened by ghosts and ironically turn on their boss, accidentally killing him. Zandini Did It!, art by A. Albert; Zandini comes back from the dead to wreak revenge on Dan Kramer, the man who caused his death years ago. Payoff Blues, art by Jack Kamen; Triggerman and train robber Chopper Mack is driven insane by a tune he keeps hearing over and over again. He also sees ghosts everywhere. Two Must Die, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; Two mine owners inquire about ghostly apparitions in their mine in Mexico. Not believing in ghosts, they enter an accident-prone shaft and perish. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Jumbo Comics (1938) 26 PR 0.5

Interior is complete. 3 1/2" cover-to-cover lateral spine tear. 8 1/2" Cumulative spine split.

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Cover by Nick Cardy. Edited by Malcolm Reiss and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Jerry Iger, Art Saaf, Sy Reit, Robert Webb, and Bob Powell. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Sheena battles Mahatma Khan, master of tigers; Inspector Dayton tries to catch Carlson Meene, a modern Bluebeard with a suspiciously high number of dead wives; Midnight the colt is adopted by Rick, but then Red Martin shows up. The Hawk; Weird Stories of the Supernatural; Bobby; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Garden of Death; Pee Wee; Midnight the Black Stallion; Tom Dick and Harry; ZX-5 Spies In Action; Inspector Dayton; Lightning. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Jumbo Comics (1938) 64 CGC 5.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4638102002

Cover by Art Saaf. Edited by Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Alex Blum, Arnold Hicks, and Robert Webb. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. A refugee in the jungle puts Sheena on the trail of slavers; Time-traveler Stuart Taylor witnesses the conquering hordes of Tamerlane firsthand; The Hawk matches wits with "a roving temptress of the bounding main". Another Sheena cover with elements of torture and bondage directed at hapless Bob. The Hawk; Weird Stories of the Supernatural; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Ghost Gallery; Midnight the Black Stallion; Design for Valor; ZX-5 Spies In Action; Inspector Dayton. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Jumbo Comics (1938) 105 FN- 5.5

Cover oxidation.

In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb; "ZX-5" art by Jack Kamen; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker, reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990) #10 and Sky Gal (1994) #2; and "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" and "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen. "The Fight That Failed" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jumbo Comics (1938) 121 CGC 6.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4638102001

In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" art by Robert Webb; "The Ghost Gallery", "ZX-5", and "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" art by Jack Kamen; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker; and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb. "King Courage, Part 1" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 66 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4638102008

Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Fire-Birds from the Sky!", art by Ruben Moreira (as Rubi Moore); Bronson, an unscrupulous con man convinces the Tulagis that he commands the sky gods, using hot air balloons in his deception; Kaänga exposes him and watches him fall to his death. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; A muezzin uses the call to prayer to hypnotize a group of apes; He plans to use them in his vengeance plot against the local sheikh by having them kill the sheikh's daughter before his very eyes; Wambi rescues the girl and frees the apes from the muezzin's control. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Suspecting that a troupe of dancing girls are being kept as slaves, Terry sends Keeto back to the outpost while follows the troupe. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; A band of thieving mandrills are plaguing the M'naghlis; Tabu agrees to end their pillaging if the M'naghlis will give up collecting tribute from their neighbors; Bgama, the princess, refuses, but her witch doctor secretly tells Tabu that he will make her give up tribute. "The Beast with a Thousand Teeth" text story. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Villagers and white hunters pursue a rogue elephant that leads them into Simba's territory; Simba attacks the elephant and wounds it. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; Camilla prevents the assassination of a chief by his witch doctor. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 118 CGC 7.0

Paper: White

Label #4697726010

"The Muffled Drums of Doom!", art by Maurice Whitman; Treasure hunters looting local temples are confronted by Kaänga and his new ward, Toru; The looters are killed by crocodiles. Untitled story, art by Bill Walsh; Mrs. Simba is caught in a hunter's snare; Kino goes to rouse Simba while Mrs. Simba, trapped, is attacked by mandrills; Simba drives away the mandrills and then gets two elephants to push down the tree that Mrs. Simba is hanging from. Untitled story, art by Kurt Caesar (as Jack Away); Bertha's mine overseer, in a plan to cover his diamond thefts, convinces Bertha's native laborers to go on strike; When King and Bertha arrive at the mine site, Bertha takes the airplanes control and buzzes the natives, humiliating Sahi, the chief; Sahi orders his men to attack King and Bertha. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Treasure hunters, searching an ancient Carthaginian treasure ship, uses dynamite to block the lancers' steamboat from leaving the fort; But, unknown to the treasure hunters, Terry has a helicopter that he uses to go after the hunters, whom he subdues and takes into custody. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi plays pranks on his jungle friends using stilts, and they shun him; Then, local hunters begin to take captive many of the jungle animals; Tawn refuses Wambi's offer of help and is himself captured, trying to free Ogg. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; Ivory looters take the ivory of Chief Nyoto's people; The looters tell the chief they are in league with Camilla; When Camilla arrives later that day, she is set upon by the tribe. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Kaanga (1949 Fiction House) 8 CGC 6.5

Paper: White

Label #4667334007

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Borungu witch doctor, B'fonga, schemes with treasure hunters to steal the Bufungus' sacred idol. Kaänga exposes Borungu and restores the idol to the tribe. "When the Earth was Young" non-fiction African Wild Life story, art by Fran Hopper. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; During their annual war games, the L'dongu sub-chief frames the Bathongas with the crime of attempting to kill during the games; Kaänga exposes D'burra's plot and restores peace between the tribes. "Jackal Justice" text story by Frank Riddell. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Crooked trader Sanchez ambushes the B'kutas' gift for the commissioner of trained elephants; Kaänga defeats Sanchez's force and captures Sanchez for punishment by the commissioner. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Kaanga (1949 Fiction House) 12 CGC 6.0

Paper: White

Label #4697725024

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Lansing, a trader scarred by a rifle accident for which he blames Kaänga, is collecting slaves from among the pygmies for his gold mining operation; Kaänga, N'geeso, and Ann ride to the rescue of the slaves and Lansing is killed. "Primitive African Cults" Jungle Facts. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Treasure hunter Luca works with witch doctor Lago to discover the location of a tribe's hidden jewels; Determining that the jewels are located in the river bed, they dam the river, causing drought in Kaänga's jungle. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Camilla hears that Senga (an evil Zombi queen that reportedly cannot die) has declared that K'Bali must die; She rescues K'Bali from a leopard and sends a message that K'Bali will tell Senga's secrets; Senga kidnaps him and gives K'Bali a knife and tell him to kill her so that she can prove that she can't be killed. "The Queen's Curse" text story by Frank Riddell. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Treasure hunters are seeking a little boy with a treasure map hidden in his clothes; Kaänga and Ann protect the child and find his parents. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 53 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4409593004

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by George Evans, Matt Baker, Joe Doolin, Frank Doyle, Walter Palais, and Maurice Whitman. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. In the Lost World, Hunt and Lyssa discover the hideous truth about the ominously-named Project Monster; Mysta goes on vacation in disguise, but finds trouble anyway, in a story by good-girl art legend Matt Baker; Futura prepares to return to Earth, unaware that Mentor and the Brainmen have survived and crave revenge. Bondage cover by Joe Doolin. The Lost World; Futura; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Holiday on Venus; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 67 FR 1.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Tear seals. Near complete spine split. Cover coming detached at both staples. Brittle.

Maurice Whitman cover. Stories reprinted from Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) #22. In order of appearance: "Flint Baker" art by Art Saaf; "Star Pirate" art by George Appel; "Reef Ryan" art by Pagsilang Rey Isip; and "The Lost World" art by Nick Cardy. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 70 FR 1.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Tear seals. Cover and centerfold detached at one staple. Water saturation. Staple rust with migration.

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Untitled story, art by Lily Renee; Hunt and Lyssa are trying to escape some Voltamen and discover Dr. Schultz, so they enlist his aid in destroying a Volta power station. Untitled story, art by Joe Doolin; The planet Itec has returned to its orbit after being lost for aeons, and is now capturing spaceships; Gale is mistaken for a legendary queen and manages to hypnotize Lor. Untitled story, art by Murphy Anderson; Star takes a spaceship of male colonists to a forgotten world populated only by women; People age very slowly there and the colonists decide to stay on with the women, while Star and Blackbeard continue to roam the universe. Untitled story; Huldan escapes prison posing as a robot in a load of others being delivered by Reef; Flint follows and together they thwart a plot of Huldane's to transform women into plant-being slaves. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 71 CGC 5.5

Paper: White

Label #4667337001

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Invasion? story, art by John Belcastro. The Sandhogs of Mars story, art by Maurice Whitman. The Changelings starring Space Rangers, inks by Bernard Sachs. Silence From Planetoid X, art by Bill Discount. Hijack On Alpha-7 story, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Planet Stories (1939-1955 Fiction House) Pulp Vol. 5 #7 GD/VG 3.0

Water damage. Writing on interior page.

Cover by Allen Anderson. "Beyond Lies the Wub" 1st published work by author Philip K. Dick. Other stories by Charles Dye & Katherine MacLean, Noel Loomis, Henry Hasse, Vaseleos Garson, Florence Verbell Brown, John Jakes, and Stanley Mullen. Illustrations by Emsh, Herman Vestal, Kelly Freas. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Rangers Comics (1941) 7 CGC 3.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #0182841014

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Edited by Larabie Cunningham and Gene Fawcette. Stories and art by Rudy Palais, Maxwell Elkan, Pagsilang Rey Isip, Joe Doolin, Al Walker, Sam Savitt, and Art Saaf. Sometimes listed as Rangers of Freedom Comics #7 (the title on the cover). Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Captain Morgan and the rangers battle enemy forces in the jungles of Malaysia; Tex Rainger and Jackie help a woman get her father's gold mine back; The Phantom Falcons - Tom, Akeley, Dale, Jerry, and Parker - fight the Luftwaffe from their underground base in Switzerland. Rangers of Freedom II; Private Elmer Pippin and the Colonel's Daughter; The Phantom Falcons; Ghost of Bataan; Glory Forbes Vigilante; Rocky Hall, Jungle Stalker; Tex Rainger; The Sea Devil. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wings Comics (1940) 37 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4145184006

Cover by Art Saaf. Edited by Dana E. Dutch. Stories and art by George Appel, Joe Doolin, Lily Renee, Karen Karol, Rafael Astarita, Graham Ingels and Lee Elias. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Lily Renee good-girl art as Agent Jane Martin tries to preserve diplomatic relations between Russia and Japan; A fanciful story (and cover) about a Nazi bombing raid on Washington DC; Nazi spies try to sabotage Suicide Smith's latest test flight. Also featuring model airplane tips and aircraft drawings submitted by readers. Skull Squad; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Captain Wings; Suicide Smith; Wing Tips; Yank Aces of World War II; Bait For the Devil Hawks; Sneak Blitz; Greasemonkey Griffin. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.