Auctions: comic books published by Harvey

Black Cat Comics (1946-1951 Harvey) 7 FN- 5.5

Edited by Leon Harvey. Cover by Lee Elias. Black Cat in "Water-Skis Whipping" (art by Lee Elias), His Highness the Duke of Broadway in "Topsy Turvy Tavern" (art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby), the Vagabond prince in "Death-Trap De Luxe" (art by Simon/Kirby), the Demon in "Too Cold For Crime." 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Blondie (1947 McKay/Harvey/King/Charlton) 9 VG+ 4.5

Blondie in "Sh-h-h! Genius at Work!" Paul Bunyan back-up story, "The Great Eat'n' Match." One page "Henry." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

First Love Illustrated (1949-1963 Harvey) 73 CGC 9.2

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #3881071002

"Loveless," art by John Prentice; Orphan Lois is raised by her spinster Aunt Anna; Due to the "man-shortage," she cant find romance; She dates Bert but he vanishes when she presses for a marriage proposal, and the same thing happens when her friend Stella sets her up with George; Stella moves away and asks Lois to escort her fiancé Bob around town. "Security For My Heart" text story. "The Boy Loves You When...", art by Tom Hickey. "Forgive Me, Darling," art by Manny Stallman; Truck-stop waitress Kathy is rescued from lecherous patron Duke by Walt; They fall in love but she insists he choose between her and a two-month job hes signed up for elsewhere; He says "nobody bosses me" and they break up; Kathy dates Tommy, then discovers he and Duke are hijackers who plan to rob Walt. "Man-Hater," art by Bob Powell; Left at the altar by her fiancé Jim, Cora avenges herself by making men fall in love with her and then humiliating them; However, when she meets Glen, she actually falls in love; They plan to wed, but Glen fails to show up at city hall for the ceremony. "Dream Girl" text story. Advice to readers by Nancy Powers. "Fantasy," art by Ray Bailey; Pam leaves her boring fiancé Tom and goes to the beach for summer vacation; Artist Neil asks Pam to pose for him and they fall in love; On the train back home, Pam discovers Neil hates children; She decides he was only a summer infatuation and breaks their engagement. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Little Dot (1953 1st Series) 49 CBCS 6.5 Conserved

Conserved

Paper: Off white to white

Amateur Conservation Includes: Small piece of cover reattached with glue.

Label #23-40B95C4-003

Stories and art by Steve Muffatti and Warren Kremer. Cover by Warren Kremer. One of the mainstays of Harvey's long-running kids' comics, Little Dot also features Richie Rich and Little Lotta. Dot meets the one relative she'd rather not: Uncle Anti-Dot. Richie Rich tries to prevent his pushy cousin Reggie from being so obnoxious. Also featuring a vintage ad for a "giant flying plastic jet," a model Douglas DC-3 with the Pan Am logo. Little Dot; Another Dot; Dorothy Meets Uncle Anti-Dot; Little Lotta: The Hobby Hunt; Richie Rich: Rough and Reggie; First Day; The Dress; Richie Rich; Little Lotta. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Little Dot (1953 1st Series) 116 CBCS 9.2

Paper: Off white to white

File Copy.

Label #23-150e668-012

"The Inventor's Apprentice"; Two spies are determined to kidnap Uncle Branes so that he can create weapons for their evil leader. Untitled story; Dot gets a face full of water when she opens a ship's porthole. Untitled story; Dot presents an essay about dots to her class, but has forgotten to dot an "i" in the title of her paper. "Some Weapons!"; The evil Goldgut and his henchmen hold Uncle Branes and Dot at gunpoint, demanding that they invent weapons that Goldgut can use to rule the world. "The Drop-Out"; Lotta tries to convince her friend Dora not to drop out of school. "A Sweet Story" text story. "Richie Rich and the Time Block"; Reggie has a machine that stops time from moving forward, and he refuses to turn it off. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Richie Rich Bank Books (1972) 53 CBCS 9.6

Paper: White

Label #23-0E505C0-008

Story and art credit: Unknown. Richie's dog Dollar has an odd adventure in "What Is a Dog?" After noticing how lonely Irona is, Richie and Gloria decide to find another robot for her to socialize with, but things go awry when they stumble upon a defective one in "The Robot Who Ran Away." Richie Rich in "No Place for Money!" Mayda Munny in "Mayda Munny's Money Plot." 32 pgs. Full color. Cover price $0.50.

Richie Rich Millions (1961 Harvey) 105 CBCS 9.6

Paper: White

Label #23-150e668-014

36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.50.

Spooky Spooktown (1961 Harvey) 41 CGC 9.8

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4346188007

Harvey reprints classic stories of Spooky, Casper's cousin who loves to scare. Spooky faces a foe who causes confusion by stealing words. Casper finds that there's a limit to what niceness can achieve. Wendy tries to resolve the magical repercussions of a witches' brew gone bad. Boo Is Beautiful; Laundro-Haunts; The Word Snatcher; Bumblebrains Blunder; Ghostly Trio: Board Stiff; Casper: Boo Nice to Him!; Old Squinty; Imagination; Wendy: How Can a Brew Turn Bad! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Wendy the Good Little Witch (1960-1990 Harvey 1st Series) 88 CGC 9.6

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4346189010

"Project Save the Bluebirds"; Wendy's aunt Helpful Hannah tries to help Wendy and her fellow Camp Fire Blue Birds with their project to save the bluebirds. Untitled one-page story; Casper's description of what Wendy does at her Blue Bird meetings turns the Witch Sisters' brew sweet, to their disgust. "Helpful Hannah Helps Again"; Helpful Hannah leads the girls to Aunt Twitter's farm to look for bluebirds, but Aunt Twitter hasn't seen any this year. "Magic!"; Helpful Hannah tries to conjure up a bluebird but instead gets a blue dinosaur; The girls go back home and see bluebirds moving into the birdhouse they had built. "You Had to Be There!" text story with Wendy. "Which Witch Laughs Last?"; When the other Blue Birds surprise Wendy by showing up at her house, Wendy's aunts try to play a joke on them. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.