Auctions: comic books April 1951
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Item #60591658
Published Apr 1951 by Avon Publications.Famous Gangsters (1951) 1 FR 1.0
7.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached.
Ends Bid History 5 bids Current Bid $6 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Cover by George Roussos. Art by Louis Ravielli, Marion Sitton, Marvin Stein, Lou Morales and Mo Marcus. Tales of crime and punishment featuring pre-Code levels of violence. The stories of notorious gangsters Al Capone, Dutch Schultz and Lucky Luciano; John Dillinger escapes from prison and an FBI manhunt, but his luck runs out thanks to a woman in red; Chicago gang boss Bugs Moran narrowly escapes The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, as well as a speeding ticket. The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre; Al Capone!; Dutch Schultz; Lucky Luciano; The Mole; John Dillinger. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #60427125
Flash Gordon (1950 Harvey) 4 CGC 8.5
Paper: Off white to white
Double Cover. First cover 8.0, interior cover 8.5
Label #4362364006
Starts Apr 6 Stories and art by Alex Raymond and Bill Schreiber. Harvey reprints the original comic-strip adventures of legendary space-opera hero Flash Gordon and his struggle against interstellar tyrant Ming the Merciless. This issue reprints Sunday strips from Oct. 24, 1937 - March 27, 1938. Flash travels to Arboria to enlist Barin and his Robin Hood-style warriors in the battle with Ming. Steps of Doom; Stories Behind the Stars. Final issue of the series; a fifth issue may have been in the works but never published. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.