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Comic books August 1947, graded by CGC

  • Item #63950364
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    Batman and Superman fight along the Justice Society of America (Wonder Woman, Hawkman, Green Lantern, Johnny Thunder, the Atom, the Flash, and Dr. Mid-Nite) in "5 Drowned Men!" Writer unknown. Art by Irwin Hasen plus individual stories featuring Batman (artist unknown), the Flash (art by Lee Elias), Hawkman (art by Joe Kubert), Dr. Mit-nite (art by Frank Harry), Superman (art by Hasen), and Green Lantern (art by Hasen). Part John Belfi inks. Two-page text story, "No Help Wanted" by Charles King. Rockhead McWizzard untitled back-up story. Win Mortimer cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #55304628
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    Featuring the origin of Tiger Girl; as well as art by Jack Kamen and Matt Baker. Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jack Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Jack Kamen, Lily Renee, Robert Webb, John Forte 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's origin is retold, as she's trapped by bounty hunters who know she's actually an Indian princess; An opera star plans to frame the woman who spurned him for his own suicide; Good-girl art aplenty as Senorita Rio must free a dictator's widow from a South American prison. "Reverse bondage" cover featuring Tiger Girl rescuing a bound male captive, her sidekick Abdola. Tiger Girl; Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; Jungle Terror; Hateful Herman; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Captain Fight. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #53156806
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    • Last page missing, does not affect the story. INCOMPLETE.
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    Alex Schomburg cover. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #62183341
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    Alex Schomburg cover. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60246249
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    Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK IN THE GHOST OF THE GROTTO, No. 159." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Donald Duck and the Ghost of the Grotto; While the ducks are running a kelp-gathering boat in the West Indies, they are told of the mystery of an armored man who appears every fifty years to kidnap a small boy; This time, the armored man kidnaps Dewey, and the ducks fight to free him from the armored man's stronghold in a grotto in a coral reef, beneath a rotten old galleon guarded by an enormous octopus. Adventure Down Under; Donald is hypnotized into believing he is a kangaroo and buys airplane tickets to Australia for himself and the nephews; In Australia the ducks try to trap Mournful Mary, the "queen of the kangaroos," and this leads to Donald's falling into the hands of savage aborigines. Scripts and art by Carl Barks. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #54118998
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    Cover by Jack Binder. Stories by Otto Binder and Howard Boughner. Art by Jack Binder and Howard Boughner. Superhero action with Mary Marvel, long-lost sister of the original Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. A mysterious jar of seeds in a rural feed store produces trees overnight, precious gems...and trouble for Elmer Perkins' family that only Mary Marvel can get them out of. Freshman Freddy gets a chance to be a movie star, but unfortunately, he must do his own stunts. Freckles Marvel starts her own delivery service but gets the packages mixed up, so Mary M. tries to lend a hand. Plus a plethora of comics-format ads, including private eye Sam Spade for Wildroot hair cream, and Captain Tootsie for Tootsie Rolls by CC Beck and Pete Costanza. Mary Marvel and the Magic Seeds; Dizzy Daisy; Vita Min; Freshman Freddy: Star Struck; The Choice; Mary Marvel and the Dangerous Deliveries. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jack Byrne. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, John Celardo, Charles Sultan, Lily Renee, Matt Baker, and Howard Larsen. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Paul encounters female pirate Hong Kong Hattie and her pet leopard on Crusoe Island; Professor Broussard travels back in time to the era of King Richard to prevent a murder; Art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker as Glory Forbes investigates bogus mink coats. Firehair; Glory Forbes; Sky Rangers; Crusoe Island; The Santa Fe Trail; The Werewolf Hunter; Tiger Man. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #63044351
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    Published Aug 1947 by DC.
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    Cover art by Harry G. Peter. Secret of the Menacing Octopus starring Wonder Woman and Slinky Slocum, script by William Moulton Marston (signed as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter. A Whole Town Broke the Law starring Little Boy Blue, art by Frank Harry. Willy Nilly story, art by Frank Harry. Ton O'Fun humor page by Harry Lampert. The Magic of the Blue Lama starring Sargon the Sorceror, art by Paul Reinman; The Blue Lama leads a collection of evil sorcerers banded together to defeat Sargon once and for all. Wildcat--Former Crime Fighter, art by Mort Meskin. Promotional ad for Hi-Jinx #1. Note : First appearance of original Huntress (Paula Brooks). 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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    A Night at the Fights! starring Tessie the Typist, script and art by Morris Weiss. Can Ya Tie That? starring Tessie the Typist, script and art by Morris Weiss. Shocking Shopping! starring Rusty. Quiet Saturday Afternoon text story. Where's Skidsy's Hair? starring Tessie the Typist, script and art by Morris Weiss. The Big Breeze! starring Powerhouse Pepper, script and art by Basil Wolverton. Psychology for Skidsy starring Tessie the Typist, script and art by Morris Weiss. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60822353
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    Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Merrill De Maris, Dick Moores, Bob Karp, Ralph Heimdahl, Paul Murry, Chase Craig, Gil Turner, Don Gunn, George Waiss, Bill Wright, Sylvia Holland, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 7 #11. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Pogo's Walt Kelly. In a classic story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey matches wits with a mesmerist who uses his act for jewel theft. In a story by Barks, Donald wants to relax on vacation, but door-to-door salesmen keep interrupting. In part two of a comics adaptation of Disney's Bongo, Bongo the circus bear runs away to the forest. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; Bongo; Wide Open Spaces; A 4th to Remember; Mickey Mouse: The Jewel Robbery. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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