Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) comic books 1941
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Issue #9
$885.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #4087916005
$625.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
- Label #4189418001
The Bank of Counterfeit Bills; Crofte Trust Bank is passing counterfeit $1 bills. The Crimes of the Falcon; a gang of zombies tries to rob a jewelry store. The Carnival Doll Killing; carnival pickpockets steal rich people's address cards for future use. The Deadly Sanitarium of Dr. Horthe; Dr. Horth uses dead bodies to dictate new wills leaving their estates to him. The Gorilla With a Human Brain starring The Gorilla; mad scientist Brock transfers Castle's brain into a gorilla's body. Castle murders Brock and then goes after his niece. Buttercup Alley starring Davy the Wish Master. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #10
- Restored (see item notes)
- Interior is complete. RESTORATION. Piece fill. TRIMMED. Full-length spine split through cover and first wrap (heavily taped). Cover detached and glued to first wrap. Tape on interior cover and pages. Cover and interior oxidation. Staples added (not manufacturing). Incorrect back cover MARRIED.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by humble cow
Cover art by Roland "Ramona" Patenaude [as Pat]. The Case of the Burning Death, art by Al Carreno; Drug manufacturer Leo Sugar murders his partner when he won't let him use his new drug for crime. The Corpse Who Walked, art by Al Carreno; Marcus Hook attempts to falsify his death and almost kills Dr. Franz in the process. Curtain Call For Death; Scribbler is busy forging checks. The Monster of the Swamp, art by Al Carreno; a fake monster hijacks trains by running them into an abandoned mine. The Gorilla and the Gangsters; a mysterious half-human half-gorilla kills Renard and takes over his gang. The Wonderful Wish starring Davy the Wish Master. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
