Auctions: comic books published by Fox

All Good Comics (1944 Fox Giant) 1944 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Back cover and last page missing. Interrupts art and story.

Stories by Bob Kanigher and Frank Godwin. Art by Louis Ferstadt, Frank Godwin, and Frank Little, plus many pseudonymous talents billed as Ron Rogan, Hap Harris, Larry Page, Betty Brown and the like. A re-bound collection of unsold comics from Fox Features, featuring superhero, adventure and comedy stories. Socialite Ann Morgan changes into superhero The Purple Tigress when jewel thieves target a party; Nightclub owner Pussy Katnip takes the Katnip Fizz to gain superpowers and battle gangster Bulldog, who is trying to put her out of business; The Green Mask faces the return of the Dick Tracy-like foe known as The Neck. The Borrowed Eye; S.O.S. From Mars; The Prison in the Sky; The Bleeding Statue; Imagine That; Red Robbins; The Medical Murderer; The Case of the Vanishing Gems; O'Brine Twins; Betty Boyd; Who Is the Purple Tigress?; Adventures of Connie; Wires Down; Percy The Cat's Meow; Snooky; Sis and Junior; Prof. Nudnik; Karrots; Mike the M.P.; Gussie the Gob; Red Kamphor; Crime in No. 9; The Landlady; Harvest of Horror. 132 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Murder Incorporated (1950 2nd Series) 5 GD 2.0

One of the more notorious pre-Code crime comics. Numbering continues from My Desire (1949-1950 Fox Feature Syndicate) #4. Beautiful Rickey Dexon will stop at nothing to gain wealth. So when her racer boyfriend loses his chance at the big time, she convinces him to turn to crime by luring a hapless but wealthy passenger to her doom. The Chauffer of Death!; Maureen Tandem, Wild Fury!; White-Hot Murder; The Doorway to Death. Followed by Murder Incorporated (1950 2nd Series) #2. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Rulah, Jungle Goddess (1948) 18 PR 0.5

Interior is complete. Mold. Full length spine split. Severe water damage with heavy staple rust/migration. Chipping and cover tape.

Jack Kamen cover. "The Pigeons..." features a classic fight splash page. In order of appearance: "Rulah Jungle Goddess, Land of Giants!"; "Sweet Sue"; "Jungle Fables"; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Vampire Garden"; and "The Pigeons of Flame!". "The Sacred Jewel" text story. Indicia states "RULAH". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Spectacular Feature Magazine Samson and Delilah (1950) 11 VG- 3.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch. 1.5" Spine split from top.

Cover by Lee Ames. Bible stories in comics form from Fox Feature. Numbering continues from My Confessions (1949) #10. Biblical hero Samson is a champion during a time of war, but he is betrayed by his love for Delilah, who knows his secret weakness: His hair cannot be cut. Likely inspired by the Hollywood film of the previous year; no connection to the superhero named Samson that appeared from the same publisher a decade previously. Also featuring a text story based on Daniel in the Lion's Den. Samson And Delilah; Daniel And The Lions. Followed by Spectacular Features Magazine (1950) #12. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Western Thrillers (1948 Fox) 1 GD/VG 3.0

Staple rust/migration.

Cover by Sal Brodsky. Art by Sam Glanzman and others. Gun-blazing Western adventure from Fox Feature Syndicate. This issue features dangerous women of the Old West: Notorious dancer Velvet Rose and her outlaw lover Chet Hatch bring trouble to the ominously named town of Bloody Greens; Highwayman Jim Sikes is a thief and a killer, but his beautiful daughter Two-Gun Sal is ten times worse; Farmer's daughters Rita and Vivian Striker trade in their plows and gingham for pistols and stage holdups. The Saga of Velvet Rose and Her Dance of Death; Two-Gun Sal - Poison in Pigtails; Shootin' Duel; The Striker Sisters. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Zago Jungle Prince (1948) 4 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4442093001

Final issue of the series (becomes My Story with issue # 5). Zago in "The Red Witch," "The Boy Who Didn't Believe," and "Kansas Killer!" Back-up story, "The Girl Who Bribed Death!" Matt Baker cover. Cover price $0.10.