Xmas Comics (1941-1952 Fawcett) comic books
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Issue #2
$400.00
View scans- 1" Spine split from bottom. Corner margin piece missing.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by Bud Plant
Stories and art by C. C. Beck, Otto Binder, Dave Berg, Joe Millard, Harry Parkhurst, Clem Weisbecker, and Ray Harford. Fawcett's annual comics omnibus, published to coincide with the Christmas holidays, includes over 300 pages of comics. Although often described as a collection of unsold, returned comics, the original issues were actually overprinted deliberately for inclusion in Xmas Comics. This issue includes Captain Marvel #14, Spy Smasher #7, Bulletman #8, Wow #8, and Whiz #33. Does not have a felt cover enhancement. Spy Smasher discovers the vampire weapon of the Third Reich known as The Terror in Exile. In a story by future Mad "Lighter Side" artist Dave Berg, Sir Butch takes on neighborhood tyrant Floda Reltih (spell it backwards). Spy Smasher aids The Komitaji, Yugoslav guerilla fighters of the Resistance. Includes stories by Fawcett legends C. C. Beck and Otto Binder. Captain Marvel: Henry's Grandmother; Captain Marvel: The Unwilling Toys; Captain Kid; Wolfhound of the Sea; Captain Marvel, Detective; The Terror in Exile; Death Visits the Dentist; The Adventure of the Golden Wasp; Bulletman: The Backstage Killer; Chubby; Bulletman: The Case of the Limping Mummy; Time Hangs Heavy; Bulletman: Man Without a Face; Mr. Scarlet: The Gangsters from the Grave; Commando Yank: Only Those Are Fit to Live Who Arent Afraid to Die; Spooks; Phantom Eagle Defeats the Flying Radios; Mr. Scarlet Hooks the Hook; To Crush Americas Phantom Foe; The Race of Death; The Golden Buddha; The Murderous Vampire; The Huns Ride Forth. Other variants exist. 324 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.50.
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Issue #7
- INCOMPLETE. Hole through book with missing pieces, interrupts art or story. 4" Cumulative spine split.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by humble cow
Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by George Evans, Basil Wolverton, Otto Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger and Howard Boughner, Charles Dexter, Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. Fawcett's annual comics omnibus, published to coincide with the Christmas holidays, includes almost 200 pages of comics. Although often described as a collection of unsold, returned comics, the original issues were actually overprinted deliberately for inclusion in Xmas Comics. This issue includes Captain Marvel #134, Master Comics #129, Rocky Lane #39, The Marvel Family #70, Lash Larue #29 and Jackie Robinson #6. Believed to be the first series to feature enhanced covers. This issue features a green felt enhancement to the Christmas stocking. The Marvel Family travels back in time to the era of King Arthur. Jungle queen Nyoka is captured by a pygmy tribe that hates outsiders. Wagonwheels wears two pairs of pants to a golf tournament, in case he gets a hole in one. Plus more stories by future EC legend George Evans, Fawcett legend Otto Binder, and longtime Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Captain Marvel Jr. and The Underwater Mountain Mystery; Willer the Driller: A Vacuum Bloobstutter Story; Ozzie: The Hot Rod Race of the Century; Nyoka, the Jungle Girl and the String of Pygmies; Muscle Hedd: A Big Creep!; Tom Mix: The Storm of Death; Crusade of Evil, Chapter One: The Black Wizard Strikes!; The Professor; Tough Assignment; Lazy Lee; Chapter Two: The Dragon Danger; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: Skinned Alive; Rawhide Hotchkiss Plans for a Raise; Chapter Three: King Arthur Returns; The Silver Mask and the Black Star; Dusty: The Unpaid Bill; Molasses Mouth; The Hidden Valley Mine; Wagonwheels; Ten Gallon Tex; Stampede; Marked for Murder!; Famous Plays of Jackie Robinson. Other variants may exist. Final issue of the series. 196 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.50.
