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Big 3 (1940 Fox) 2 CGC 5.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4311926006

Stories and art by Sam Cooper (credited as Charles Nicholas), Alex Blum and Fletcher Hanks. A collection of superhero comics from Fox Feature Syndicate, featuring the first version of the Blue Beetle. Crime boss Porky Hogg targets the Blue Beetle by dressing his gang in Blue Beetle costumes and framing him for murder; The Flame battles a gang's protection racket; Stardust must protect America when Master-Mind De Structo plans to steal all its oxygen, in a story by the legendary Fletcher Hanks. Blue Beetle: Death To the Blue Beetle; Samson: Nekroff the Dictator; Wing Turner; The Flame: The Crimson Circle; Interlude At Hoalogaland; The Flame: The Sabotage Protection Racket; Stardust: Master-Mind De Structo. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) 46 FR/GD 1.5

1" spine split through bottom of cover and all wraps. Water damage. Tape on interior cover.

Cover art by Jack Kamen. Pyros, the Evil Auctioneer, art by Lou Ferstadt; Pyros auctions off a silver wishbone said to have belonged to Cleopatra and a diamond necklace. The Toga Terror; Blue Beetle, Mike and Joan are transported back to the year 56 AD in ancient Rome. The Adventure of the False Rajah starring the Puppeteer; Pops is kidnapped, diamonds are involved. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Crimes by Women (1948) 2 CGC 3.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #0354502004

Art by A.C. Hollingsworth and others. Fox Feature Syndicate creates a pre-Code title guaranteed to provide lurid covers and art, as women both historical and fictional commit murder and other heinous acts. The terrifying Belle Gunness becomes one of the first American serial killers, and not even her children are safe; French midget Andre Chateau has a big yen for murder; Jean Torson and her husband kill and rob their way across the Midwest. Belle Gunness, the Monster of Laporte; Anna Slayne, Flower of Evil; The Midget Murderer; Murder Out of Season; Jean Torson, Satans Daughter. 32 pages, Full Color. In order of appearance: "Belle Guness, The Monster of Laporte" reprinted in Vixens, Vamps and Vipers SC (2014 EA Press) Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics #1-1ST; "Anna Slayne, Flower of Evil" reprinted in Public Enemies (1989 Malibu) #2; "The Midget Murderer" art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth; and "Jean Torson, Satan's Daughter" reprinted in Public Enemies (1989 Malibu) #2. "Murder out of Season" text story. Cover price $0.10.

Crimes by Women (1948) 3 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4425792001

Cover text quoted in Fredric Wertham's "Seduction of the Innocent". In order of appearance: "Yvonne Ravenal, The Parisian Panther"; "Gladys Behmer Plans Murder"; "Daughter of the Devil, Rosa Harte"; "Gang Leaders, Owney Madden"; "Gang Leaders, Big Bill Lingley and Freddie Muehfeldt" reprinted from Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #3; and "Don Wan". "White-Hot Murder" text story reprinted in Murder Incorporated (1950 2nd Series) #5. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Crimes by Women (1948) 4 CGC 4.0

Paper: White

Tape on cover.

Label #1615976011

Art by Warren Broderick, T. Ward and Jimmy Maxwell. Fox Feature Syndicate creates a pre-Code title guaranteed to provide lurid covers and art, as women both historical and fictional commit murder and other heinous acts. Kitty Sarlo and her crony Sam hatch a scheme to get hapless soldiers drunk and then rob them; Foul-mouthed but beautiful Nellie turns to murder when a safecracking job goes wrong; Actress Connie Hale gets involved in a diamond-smuggling racket. Kitty Sarlo: The Female Leech; Nitro Nellie: The Savage Safe-Smashers; The Diamond of Kor-el-Maninoor; Man Trap. 32 pages, Full Color. All stories reprinted in Crimes by Women (1948) #54. In order of appearance: "Kitty Sarlo, The Female Leech"; "Nitro Nellie, The Savage Safe-Smashers"; and "Man Trap". "The Diamond of Kor-El-Maninoor" text story also reprinted in Zoo Funnies (1953 2nd Series Capitol/Charlton) #13. Cover price $0.10.

Flame (1940 Fox Features Syndicate) 6 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white

Tape on cover and interior cover.

Label #2007962009

Art by Arthur Cazeneuve, Roland "Ramona" Patenaude, Charles A. Winter and George Tuska. Cover by Arthur Cazeneuve. Raised by Tibetan lamas, orphan Gary Preston gained the mystic ability to control fire and temperature, including the power to materialize wherever there is an open flame. The Flame meets his match in the Nazi spy Herr Arson; Bob and Lana suspect Voodoo Man is involved when archaeologists digging for the Spanish Main begin mysteriously dying off; Zanzibar, who is like Mandrake the Magician in a blue fez, investigates the abduction of a noted doctor, witnessed by his beautiful daughter. Herr Arson Strikes; Curse of the Green Vase; The Horrible Hooded Men; Runaway Murders; Zanzibar: The Abduction of Dr. Dean; Voodoo Man: Captive of the Zombies; Captain Savage: Kayamoto Attacks. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

My Love Affair (1949) 3 VG 4.0

1/2" Cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation. Moisture damage. Lateral spine break.

Art by Wally Wood and others. Lurid tales of romance and regret from Fox Feature Syndicate. A woman tries trickery to win a man, but that just turns him off; A heartbroken gal despairs of ever finding a man who treats her with respect; A past heartbreak haunts a woman who fears it is happening again, in an early story by EC legend Wally Wood. Plus love advice to readers. I'll Make Him Marry Me; My Kind Of Guy; Ask Debby Brown; Debby Brown Says; Deserted Twice. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mystery Men Comics (1939) 15 CGC 4.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #2027845002

Cover by Charles Nicholas. Stories by Dick Briefer, Fred Schwab, Paul Ludwig, and Bob Powell. Art by Charles Nicholas, Dick Briefer, Walter Frehm, Fred Schwab, Munson Paddock, and Bob Powell. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. A fragment of a destroyed planet crashes to Earth and forms its own mini-planet, complete with alien life, in a Rex Dexter story that features the very creation of the Earth rendered by Dick Briefer; The Blue Beetle tracks rooftop murderers Gimp and Moody, not realizing his girlfriend, reporter Joan Mason, is already on their trail; Wing Turner tracks jewel thieves in his final appearance before moving to The Flame comics. The Murders of Gimp and Moody; The Jewel Robbery; The Jewel Robbery; The Mummy's Curse; Billy Bounce; The Crojax Murders; The Murder of Sir James Boyce; The Strike of the Sinister Skull; The Siberian Sub Base; Ghost Murder At Stock Manor; The Murder of Jonathan Graham; The Bride of Baal. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mystery Men Comics (1939) 19 PR 0.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Staples replaced and TRIMMED. Full length spine split. Back cover missing and incorrect back cover married with archival tape.

Stories by Dick Briefer, Al Weine and Nathaniel Nitkin. Art by Charles Nicholas, Dick Briefer, Walter Frame, Klaus Nordling, Bob Powell, Al Weine, Munson Paddock, Norton Kingsley, and George Tuska. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. A talking crow who was once human tells Rex Dexter about the giant of Mercury, who turns humans to animals and hunts them for sport, in another inimitable story by Dick Briefer; The Blue Beetle and his girlfriend, reporter Joan Mason, investigate when the mysterious Sky-Ruler flings cars from atop skyscrapers; Green Mask sets out to free his reporter pal News Blake from a murder gang. The Skyscraper Murder Mystery; Slaves of Mercury; News Blake Gets a Clue; Tool Smugglers; The Bermuda Naval Base; Smugglers of El Chico; Burglar; The Golden Buddha; Baldy Burke; Vulloti. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wonderworld Comics (1939) 5 PR 0.5 (R)

Trimmed

Edges TRIMMED, spine severely damaged (book removed from a bound volume). Full length spine split (taped). Cover detached. Water damage.

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Cover art by Lou Fine. The Construction Crooks starring Flame, script by Will Eisner, art by Lou Fine. Vladim the Voodoo Master starring Yarko, script by Anthony Brooks. Shorty Shortcake story, script and art by S. M. Iger [as Jerry Williams]. Patty O'Day story, script and art by Adolphe Barreaux. Dr. Fung story, script and art by Bob Powell. An Adventure With Tommy Taylor text story by S. M. Iger. Tex Maxon story, art by Munson Paddock [as Cecilia Munson]. Don Quixote story. K-51 Spies At War story, script and art by Will Eisner. Mob-Buster Robinson story, art by George Tuska. Spark Stevens story, script and art by Klaus Nordling. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Zago Jungle Prince (1948) 2 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4619669023

In order of appearance: "Zago Jungle Prince, The Insane Maiden!"; "Gun Toters of the Wild West"; "Zago Jungle Prince, The Murderous Mermaids!"; "Crime's Own Punishment"; "Western Facts"; "Zago Jungle Prince, The Maiden and the Drifting Danger!"; and "Outlaws Foiled by a Horse". "Merlin's Magic!" text story. Indicia states "ZAGO". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Zoot (1946 Fox) 14B GD 2.0 May Variant

Cover and centerfold detached at one staple.

Art by Matt Baker and others. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. This, the May 1948 issue, is technically the sixteenth issue, but was erroneously numbered #14. Rulah encounters a bizarre plot involving a mysterious figure in a red suit of armor, a machine that creates sandstorms, and a blonde femme fatale; A jungle tyrant wants to add Rulah to his harem of wives; A cult leader predicts the future and commands his trained gorilla to capture Rulah. Dynamic art, pre-Code action and classic good-girl imagery combined. The Knave of Scarlet; The Thirsty Tyrant of Tii; Deaths Grim Reflection. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.