Auctions: comic books published by Fawcett, graded by CGC

Beware Terror Tales (1952 Fawcett) 3 CGC 4.5

Paper: White

Label #4735800004

Cover by Bernard Bailey. Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff and Bob McCarthy. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. Prospector Dusty murders a competitor for his gold, then is denied water in the desert by his victim's ghost. Killers Jocko and Squash mock Justice, until she appears to them in person. Dr. Carlton ill-advisedly experiments with "flatlining" himself. The Dry Doom; Voice in the Brain; The Haunting White Shadow; Deaths Round Trip. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 13 CGC 3.5

Paper: Slightly britle

Centerfold detached.

Label #3695872023

Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. Stories by Al Liederman and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, C.C. Beck Shop, Marc Swayze, Al Liederman and unknown. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "The King of Storms" with art by C.C. Beck and C.C. Beck Shop; "The Perfect Gentleman" (with guest stars Stinko and his gang); "The Diamond of Doom"; and "The Job He Couldn't Do!" with art by Marc Swayze. Plus: Captain Marvel centerfold portrait by C.C. Beck. Also in this issue: Captain Kid in an untitled tale by Al Liederman. And: 2-page text story "Tire Trap" by Douglas Mann. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 21 CGC 6.5 Restored

Restored: C1

Paper: Off white to white

Restoration includes: small amount of glue cover.

Label #4734894006

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Al Liederman and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Al Liederman and unknown. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) hits Adolf Hitler with..."The Honesty Ray" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Plus: When Billy loses his voice due to a cold and sore throat, Steamboat steps in to offer a unique way for Captain Marvel to still perform his job in "The Time He Didn't Show Up" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck shop. Captain Marvel also stars in "The Sinister Soothsayer" with story by Otto Binder and "The Imported Ghost"! Also in this issue: Captain Kid..."Gets the Bird" by Al Liederman. And: 2-page text story "Past Into Present" by Carl G. Hodges. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 80 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #3916797006

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk and Al Liederman. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza, Al Liederman and unknown. The story of how Billy Batson first became Captain Marvel in "A Twice-Told Tale" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza (appearances by Shazam and Sivana). Plus: Captain Marvel and a surrealist artist visit the land from which the artist's paintings are derived in "Captain Marvel in the Land of Surrealism!" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Also in this issue: "Captain Marvel's Inferiority Complex" and "Captain Marvel Meets the Weatherman," both written by Bill Woolfolk. Plus: Captain Kid..."On the Griddle" by Al Liederman. Also: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Duel in Space" by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). And: 1-page Tootsie Roll ad "Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party" with art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 81 CGC 6.5

Paper: White

Label #4735814025

Captain Marvel stars in "Captain Marvel Battles Mr. Atom and the Comet Men," "The Pact Plot," "The Boy Who Never Heard of Capt. Marvel," and "The Lottery of Death!" Captain Kid stars in "Two Ghosts Too Many", Two-page Jon Jarl text story, "The Space Trap" by Eando Binder." This issue has 2 Golden Arrow "Comix Cards," small pictures (slightly smaller than a trading card) that were printed at the end of a story; the reader was supposed to cut them and paste them on cardboard. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 85 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #0954742012

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza and unknown. Complete in this issue...Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in a four-part action thriller by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza: "The Freedom Train Part 1: The Freedom Train Rolls On"; "The Freedom Train Part 2: The Chase Through History"; "The Freedom Train Part 3: The Heritage of America"; and "The Freedom Train Part 4: The Freedom Plane" (Sivana appears throughout). Plus: Kid Gloves tale "A Sentimental Mood"! Also: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Freedom Rocket" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). And: 1-page Tootsie Roll ad "Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light" with art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Eddie Stanky (1951) 1 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4659527004

Stories and art by Eddie Stanky and Charles Dexter. Fawcett continues its early-'50s baseball one-shots with a look at the life of another pioneering baseball great, Eddie Stanky. He plays second baseman and shortstop for teams such as the Chicago Cubs and the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s and '50s. Despite breaking a leg in a game in 1948, he goes on to play in three World Series. Includes a short message written by Eddie Stanky himself. Eddie Stanky, Baseball Hero; To My Fans Everywhere. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fawcett's Funny Animals (1942-1956 Fawcett/Charlton) 3 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4742157017

Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). A witch offers to send Hoppy and Millie back in time to the era of King Arthur and the Round Table. Monkey detective Sherlock Monk seeks the "invisible man" behind a crime wave - could he be connected to hypnotist The Great Hypo? Billy the Kid seeks horse thieves after Sheriff Oscar is arrested for buying a stolen horse. Plus a puzzle page (and cover) promoting War Bonds and Stamps, fundraising efforts for WWII. Boys and Girls Victory Puzzle Page; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Knights of Splendor; Benny Beaver; Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Uncle Don: Loose Talkers; Oliver the Owl: Air Raid Wardens!; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Willie the Worm. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Soldier Comics (1952-1953 Fawcett) 6 CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Label #4703711014

36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

This Magazine Is Haunted (1951 Fawcett/Charlton) 10 CGC 1.0

Paper: Brittle

Label #4688939003

Edited by Will Lieberson, V.A. Provisiero and Al Jetter. Stories by Bill Woolfolk and unknown. Art by Shelly Moldoff, Bob McCarty, Leonard Frank and unknown. Horror tales that are so scary they could only lead you to believe that This Magazine is Haunted! In this issue: When Professor Niles unearths the remains of a Neanderthal man, the whole town suddenly regresses into inexplicable caveman behavior in "Let the Past Lie Buried!" with pencils by Shelly Moldoff. Plus: An adventurous photographer wants to take pictures of a mysterious, forbidden place called City of the Dead amidst a desert. He forces his entry by poisoning himself, but takes too high a dose and actually belongs in the realm of the dead in "The City of the Dead!" with art by Bob McCarty. Also: Engineer Roger Ellis is able to see striking doom in form of a black phantom. With a sorcerer's help he captures the phantom and imprisons it. But the horrible creature can free itself and strikes again in "Phantom of Disaster!" with story by Bill Woolfolk. And: Art painter Leo Main is threatened by his landlady Mrs. Tyran. He paints a murder scene involving her and an ominous fat man. The fat man becomes reality, though, and starts developing a will of his own in "The Fat Man!" with art by Leonard Frank. Plus: 2-page text story "The Mills Grind Fine" written by John Martin, and ads for Strange Stories from Another World and Worlds of Fear. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

This Magazine Is Haunted (1951 Fawcett/Charlton) 16 CGC 2.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4728554023

Edited by Burton N. Levey. Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories by Bill Woolfolk and unknown. Art by Shelly Moldoff and unknown. Horror tales that are so scary they could only lead you to believe that This Magazine is Haunted! In this issue: Cruel Mark Coyne is led to his grandfather's ship, the Sea Witch. There he re-enacts the latter's last voyage with ghosts from the past in "The Last Voyage of the Sea Witch!" with art by Shelly Moldoff. Plus: Newspaperman Tom Farrell exposes the government of a Balkan country as run by aliens wanting to take over control. Nobody believes him, though, in "The Evil Ministers?" with story by Bill Woolfolk. And: Homer Rogers, author of a biography on Abraham Lincoln, is invited to a strange masquerade: Rogers is costumed as the assassinated president...and John Wilkes Booth is loose in the theatre in "Some Things Weren't Meant to be Written"! Also: 2-page text story "The 'Gnombi' Graveyard"; 1-page stories "The Haunt of Allanbank Castle" and "Pet Hate"; and a "Supernatural Quiz"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Worlds of Fear (1952) 6 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4723167003

Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Bob McCarty and John Martin. Pre-Code tales of horror from Fawcett, a publisher not normally noted for grue. Entomologist Dr. Jarrat develops "Metamorphosis syndrome" and finds himself turning into a different insect every night. An actor rebuilds the stage of his greatest performance, but also revives the ghost of his greatest enemy. An antiques dealer finds himself going backwards in time. An artist learns too much about the technique of a tortured master painter. A Death for a Death; The Stage Is Set for Murder; The Man Who Was Monday; The Locked Door. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.