Comic books March 1939, graded by CGC

Amazing Mystery Funnies (1938) 7 CGC 3.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4439932022

Vol 2 #3. Cover art by Bill Everett. Part 1: The Professors Enemy! Starring Air-Sub 'DX', art by Carl Burgos. Untitled Dirk the Demon story, art by Bill Everett; Dirk and the Princess arrive for her wedding to Prince Marcus, but they find the place overtaken by men in strange masks; They're captured, but Dirk escapes and frees the royal couple. Vanishing Men starring Phantom of the Hills. Dictator's Mistake text story, art by George A. Fish. The Madhouse Murder Mystery, art by E. F. Webster. Pay Off For Mr. Ghost starring Pat O'Day, art by Joseph E. Buresch. The Mysterious Poacher starring Captain Dale, art by Howard L. Hastings. Untitled Skyrocket Steele, art by Bill Everett. 52 pgs.$0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Feature Funnies (1937) 18 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4525122009

Cover by Ed Cronin. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Rube Goldberg, Art Pinajian, Frank Frollo, Ed Wheelan, Lank Leonard, Mo Leff (credited as Ham Fisher), John Hix, Russell E. Ross, J. H. Striebel, George Brenner, Bernard Baily, Bob Zuppke, R. W. Depew, Monte Barrett, J.P. McEvoy, Charles Driscoll, H.J. Tuthill, John J. Welch, George Marcoux, Ed Reed, Bill Sakren, and Vernon Henkel. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring reprints of newspaper comic strips. Will Eisner's spy hero Black X investigates after an American commercial plane is destroyed near a Chinese seaport. Slim and Tubby flee to the hills after escaping prison with Burns and Benton, but then they have a friendly visitor. In the early Eisner strip Archie O'Toole, King Archie encounters Doctor Finklestein, who wants to make a monster. Plus the early strip Lala Palooza by Rube Goldberg. Joe Palooka; They're Still Talking; Captain Cook of Scotland Yard; Jane Arden; Mickey Finn; Off the Record; Gallant Knight; Lala Palooza; Strange As It Seems; Espionage Starring Black X; The Clock Strikes; Slim and Tubby; Richard Manners; Reynolds of the Mounted; Mortimer Mum; Toddy; Pirates Ahoy; Ned Brant; Big Top; Dixie Dugan; Bungle Family; Lena Pry; Clip Chance at Cliffside; The Barbarian. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $1,700.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #2120936025

Cover by Martin Filchock. Stories and art by Carl Burgos, Ed Wood, J. A. Patterson, Matt Clayzon, Martin Filchock, Pikadilly Jim Jr., Chuck Thorndike, W. M. Allison, Paul Gustavson and Tarpe Mills. Sometimes listed as Star Comics #18. Centaur Publishing takes over publication of the early anthology of adventure and humor comics, part of the first generation of comic books. The Phantom Rider is framed by a bandit posing as the Phantom Rider. Rocco has adventures on the ship Emerald Queen, in a story by Human Torch creator Carl Burgos. Speed Silvers races to New York for a rare serum that will save the life of a boy bitten by a spider. Diana Deane does a screen test, in a story by early female comics artist Tarpe Mills, creator of Miss Fury. Phantom Rider; King Bunko; Davy Jones; Dickie Duck; Windy; Diana Deane in Hollywood; Dash of the 100th Century; Junior Detective; Speed Silvers; Tootsie the Telephone Girl; The Further Adventures of Jane & Johnny; How to Draw Funny Pictures; The Last Pirate; The Story Behind A Stamp. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.