Auctions: comic books published by American Comics Group

Giggle Comics (1943 ACG) 77 0.3

Comic is complete other than being coverless.

Art by Ken Champin, Jack Bradbury and Ken Hultgren. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. The other ghosts are jealous when Spencer Spook is chosen to haunt a castle; Francois Feline competes with the other family pets after cutbacks mean that one of them will be let go; Finnegan's pal George enlists him in a Sunday task that grows into an epic quest worthy of a James Joyce novel. The Duke and the Dope; Big Cat; Doodles; Spencer Spook; Francois Feline; Room for Bertie; Gabby Gander; Pumphrey and the Pup; Finnegan; Superkatt. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Giggle Comics (1943 ACG) 78 0.3

Comic is complete other than being coverless.

Jesse James (1950 Avon) 8 GD/VG 3.0

Only one staple (manufacturing). Cover coming detached at only staple.

Painted cover. Kinstler inside front cover. Jesse James in "Jesse James Gang's Daring Train Robbery," "Trapped by the Pinkertons," and "The Holdup at Hangman's Knot!" (art on all three by Everett Raymond Kinstler). Back-up story, "El Gordito's Reign of Terror!" (art by Harry Lazarus). Cover price $0.10.

Lovelorn (1950) 40 VG- 3.5

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Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Art Gates and others. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, one of the earliest of the romantic comics genre of the postwar era. A torch singer enters a pie-baking contest and finds love, but then loses it when he learns what she does for a living; The proverbial farmers daughter meets the man of her dreams; Advice for when Mr. Right has one wrong habit. The Cheat!; Drop the Handkerchief!; Mutual Trust; I Was the Farmer's Daughter; On the Boss's Time!; The Man Problem; I Love Him...But!; You Can't Buy Love! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Out of the Night (1952) 3 CGC 2.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #2107367017

Cover art by Ken Bald. The Raven Sisters, art by Pete Riss. The Eyes of Terror, art by Paul Gattuso. Monsters From the Ages. Terror In the Swamp. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Romantic Adventures (1949) 9 VG 4.0

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Lesson in Love starring Ogden Whitney; a girl teachers another girl about love, but then becomes jealous of her. Two of a Kind text story. They Called Me "Tomboy." Listen, My Love! I'm from Missouri! text story. She'll Break Your Heart, art by Ogden Whitney. Green Eyes text story. Forgotten Love. 52 pgs. $.10. Cover price $0.10.

Romantic Adventures (1949) 11 VG 4.0

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by W. G. Hargis and others. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Norma falls for Jules while the two are translating a 13th-century love story; Two people who were jilted at the altar manage to find their way to each other; Advice on how to know if hes not the right guy. Knight of Love; The Kiss Test; Flight into Romance; Meant for Each Other; Men You Shouldn't Marry; Lesson in Heartbreak; The Romance of Little Miss Mouse; Love Charms; Women Who Never Wed; The Guilty Heart; Lost Love Letter; Look Before You Love!; How He Proposed. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Romantic Adventures (1949) 21 VG 4.0

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Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Lin Streeter, Bill Walsh, Ken Bald, Gus Ricca and Leonard Starr. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Jessie gets a job in a defense plant and meets fellow welder Harry, but hes all business; Dale gets a job after a newspaper editor mistakes her name for a mans, only to find herself in the middle of a dangerous crime expose; Redhead Ann learns a man has bought the cherished seaside house shes always wanted. Welded Hearts; Office Romance; Lover's Masquerade; Heart on Trial; Real Cute Sport; Wooed By a Westerner; Search for Celia. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Soldiers of Fortune (1951) 10 CGC 6.5

Paper: White

Label #4697725025

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Ogden Whitney and Charles Nicholas. Tales of adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Captain Crossbones matches blades with Spanish pirate Tigre Del Mar; A gung-ho colonel wages a battle of wills with his medic son during the (then-current) Korean War; Ace Carter is called back into active duty as Korea heats up. The Colonel and the Coward; Born Leader; Combat Ace; Captain Crossbones; Dare-Devil of the Air; Covering Force; Seeing-Eye Pilot. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.