Auctions: comic books December 1943

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 82 GD/VG 3.0

Cover detached at single center staple and anchored with tape. Tape on interior cover and pages.

Batman and Robin in "Quarterback of Crime," Slam Bradley in "Wild and Wooly," the Crimson Avenger in "Not With Mirrors," Spy in "Peril on Pier 76," Air Wave in "Rogues Along the River" (art by George Roussos), and the Boy Commandos in "The Romance of Rip Carter" (by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby). A full-page ad features Boy Commandos # 5, Leading Comics # 4, All Star Comics # 18, Wonder Woman # 6, Green Lantern # 9, and All-Flash # 12. Cover price $0.10.

Giggle Comics (1943) 3 GD- 1.8

Heavy interior spine splitting. 4 wraps and 1 stub page detached at single center staple.

Stories by Ben Levin, Carl Wessler, Lloyd Irving, Robert Jamieson, Jimmy Talcott, Leonard Woodstock, Larry Riley, and Joe Cunningham. Art by Ben Levin, Carl Wessler, Jimmy Talcott, Fred Madison, Larry Riley, Jim Tyer and David Tendlar. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, later an imprint of legendary independent publisher ACG. Skippie, Scrappie and Skeeter Skunk use their natural fragrances against bank robbers trapped in a cave; Prospector Yukon Bear gets into a boxing match with a tiny but surprisingly resilient stranger; Buddy Bigshot becomes a goose superhero. Snowshoe Snooky; The Red-Headed Girelepus; Jerry the Chimp; Teddy Cubb and Foxxy Devil; Otto Otter Checks a Crime Wave; Buddy Bigshot; Skippie, Scrappie and Skeeter Skunk; The Shooting of Dan McGoo; King of the Hill; Tommy Turtle; Nutsy; Waldo Whales Big Sea Fight. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Super Comics (1938-1949 Western/Dell) 67 FN- 5.5

Cover oxidation.

Stories by Chester Gould, Herc Ficklen, Dale Messick, Bob Jenney, Martin Branner, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, George Clark, Carl Ed, Stanley Link, Jim Chambers, and Harold Gray. Strips include Dick Tracy, You're in the Army Now, Brenda Starr, 'Cloudy' Williams, Winnie Winkle, Moon Mullins, Smitty, Our Neighbors the Ripples, Harold Teen, Tiny Tim, Clyde Beatty, and Little Orphan Annie. 60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.