Auctions: comic books published by Prize

Black Magic (1950-1961 Prize/Crestwood) Vol. 1 #2 CGC 4.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #3755460008

Cover art by Jack Kirby. The Scorn of the Faceless People!, art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby; dream analysis story. The Cheerful Old Lady in Black!, art by Mort Meskin. The Cloak!, art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby; Paul Darvas orders a new cloak, only to receive a cursed cloak from Asmodeus himself. Out of Your Mind text story. I've Seen You Before, art by Bruno Premiani. Yesterday You Died!, art by Bill Draut; When Grace Hanley is looking to buy a house she sees a ghostly image of a murder that has yet to happen in that house. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Black Magic (1950-1961 Prize/Crestwood) Vol. 4 #3 VG 4.0

Cover by Jack Kirby. Art by Steve Ditko, Harry Lazarus, Bob McCarty, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby present their own contribution to the horror comics trend of the 1950s, featuring tales of ghosts and the paranormal. Issue # 27 on cover; listed as Vol. 4, issue #3 in indicia. A man encounters transforming Cat People, similar to but less subtle than the earlier film of that title. A visiting American hears ghostly bagpipes and sees spectral dancers in an old Scottish castle. A strange skull sends three people into the distant past, in one of the first published stories by comics legend Steve Ditko (and completed by fellow legend Jack Kirby). The Cat People; A Hole in His Head; The Nightmare; The Merry Ghosts of Campbell Castle; Ghost Pictures; Murder?; Don't Call on the Dead! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 21 GD+ 2.5

Cover detached at one staple. Water damage. Staple rust.

Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Mort Meskin. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. The Monster and his hunters encounter a lost prehistoric world of dinosaurs. Explorers bargain with the ghost of pirate captain Jean Lafitte to find his treasure. The sinister-looking actor playing Satan in a movie is a little too real. World of Monsters; Ghost of Jean Lafitte!; Satan and the Sailor. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Young Love (1949-1957) 72 GD 2.0

Cover loose at staples. 1" spine split from the top. Water damage.

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Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Art by Mort Meskin, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Part of Prize's influential romance comics line, produced by the studio of Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Issue #72 on cover; Vol. 7, issue #6 in indicia. Billie hates her ex Joey, but she still loves his jazz trumpet. A family feud is exacerbated by the romance between two young people. Mary's family disapproves of her romance with door-to-door encyclopedia salesman Norman. And My Heart Came Tumbling Down!; Fatten Up; Love and War!; Cinderella Story; Scoop for Love; I Dream of Jeannie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Young Romance (1947-1963 Prize) Vol. 8 #2 (74) GD+ 2.5

Water damage.

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#74 on cover; Vol. 8 No. 2 in indicia. Cover by John Prentice. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Draut, Art Gates, Bernard Baily?, George Roussos? and unknown. Look how she throws herself at that stagehand! She'd do a lot more for her career if she turned some of that charm on the star of the show! Featuring: "The Kissoff!"; "A Holiday for Love!"; "For Love Alone!"; and "Idol Worship!" Plus: 1-pager "I Thought It Was Love"! Also: 1-page Nancy Hale article "Be Consistent"! And: 1-page Charmaigne article "Don't Be Lonely"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.