Auctions: comic books 1955 or before

World's Finest (1941) 45 FR/GD 1.5 (R)

Trimmed

TRIMMED. 5.5" Cumulative spine split (taped). Tape on inside front cover, corner (margin) pieces torn from a few pages.

Cover art by Winslow Mortimer. Lois Lane and Clark Kent, Detectives starring Superman, script by Alvin Schwartz, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Silver Dollar Clue starring Wyoming Kid, script by Ryerson Johnson, art by Howard Sherman. The Switchman of Crime starring Green Arrow and Switchman, script by Don Cameron, art by George Papp. Renegade Train Boss, art by George Roussos. Three Tasks for a Hero starring Zatara, script by George Kashdan, art by Ralph Mayo. Three Tasks for a Hero starring Zatara, script by George Kashdan, art by Ralph Mayo. Words About Music text article. The Historian of Crime starring Batman, script by Writer A, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Stan Kaye; Batman suspects Professor Ezra Dorn of stealing historical artifacts. Code For Buddies public service announcement starring Superman, script by Jack Schiff, pencils by Al Plastino. 76 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Wow Comics (1940-1948 Fawcett) 30 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4299880012

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Marc Swayze, and Edd Ashe. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Sinister Professor Van Ish uses his "Z-ray" to escape justice into Mirror Land, so Mary Marvel follows him through the looking-glass. Phantom Eagle learns of the legendary Black Mace, which can cause eternal war on Earth, and becomes determined to get it before the Nazis do. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky battle the Sun Man, whose special mirrors can cause sunstroke or cook you alive. Plus a PSA about the wartime uses of milkweed, featuring Mary Marvel. Mary Marvel in Mirror Land; Commando Yank; Phantom Eagle: The Black Mace; Penny Graves: The Mystery of the Persian Tomb; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Sun Man Terrorizes the City. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wow Comics (1940-1948 Fawcett) 39 GD+ 2.5

2.5" Spine split/tear from bottom.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. When boys won't let them join their club, Mary Marvel and her friends form their own club, in a story that includes membership information on the real-life Mary Marvel Club. Phantom Eagle learns the truth about the so-called Sky Whale. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky, having long since lost their law jobs because their superhero selves curtailed the crime wave, get jobs in a wax museum...but are some of those wax figures alive? Mary Marvel Launches Her Club; Commando Yank; Phantom Eagle; Penny Graves: No Place For Women; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: The Perilous Packages. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wow Comics (1940-1948 Fawcett) 41 VG/FN 5.0

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Bill Woolfolk, Harry Fisk and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. A "juvenile delinquent" who looks exactly like Mary Marvel causes trouble for the real thing. At last, Phantom Eagle finds the Golden Mace, which can end World War II and bring peace to the world...at least for a while. Commando Yank seeks the Axis spy who stole Allied invasion plans and worse, the Marine Corps payroll. In a classic story, Mr. Scarlet and Pinky infiltrate the 1940s "Dance Marathon" craze to catch a killer. Plus a special page explaining the Phantom Eagle, Commando Yank and Penny Graves stories as "hitherto confidential stories behind the war scenes" from the "Official War Archives," allowing Fawcett to keep running WWII stories well into 1946. Mary Marvel: Trouble on the Double; Commando Yank: Strange Assignment; The Phantom Eagle Finds the Golden Mace; Penny Graves: China Passage; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Dance Marathon of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wow Comics (1940-1948 Fawcett) 57 VG- 3.5

Cover-to-cover edge tears. Oxidation.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Dick MacKay, Charlie Tomsey, David Pascal, and Marc Swayze.. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. While searching for the female (and cross-dressing) criminal called Lady Killer, Mr. Scarlet and Pinky meet superfan Abigail, who dons a costume and becomes the unofficial third member of the crime-fighting duo. Commando Yank tries to prevent a dam in China from being sabotaged. Phantom Eagle seeks missing diamonds in India. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, featuring (among others) Snap Crackle & Pop, detective Sam Spade, and a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Mary Marvel: The Reign of the Bats; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky vs. Lady Killer!; Whipper-Snappers; Phantom Eagle: The Caliph's Diamonds; Dippy Detours; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: Crime Vacation; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Rifle Case; Commando Yank: Deluge at the Dam. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Young King Cole (1945 Novelty/Premium/Curtis) Vol. 1 #3 FN/VF 7.0

Cover by Jim Wilcox. Stories and art by Jim Wilcox, Kenneth W. Fitch, Robert Plate, and Harvey Fuller. Bespectacled, eccentric detective "King" Cole Jr. takes over his father's detective agency. Just after he assumes leadership of the detective agency, King Cole's muscle, ex-boxer Ursus, is abducted by the Spade Gang. Crime-solving model Toni Gayle investigates robberies and murders at a hotel, and winds up locked in a meat freezer by the killer. Bumbling detective Homer K. Beagle investigates a haunted house and finds ghosts that are all too human. Death Fangs; Young King Cole; Toni Gayle; Slice of the Take; Homer K. Beagle; Inspector Klooz; Dr. Doom. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Zago Jungle Prince (1948) 3 CGC 4.0

Paper: White

Label #4601231006

In order of appearance: "Zago Jungle Prince, Circle of Cruelty!"; "Insect Bombers" reprinted from Eagle (1945 Rural Home) #2; "Tales From the Old Scout"; "Zago Jungle Prince, The Silver Spear of Death!"; "The Eagle Scouts of Rosedale, U.S.A featuring Billy, Ernie, and Pee-Wee, Four of a Kind!" reprinted from Eagle (1945 Rural Home) #2; and "Out Where the West Begins!". "The Winds of Jungle Doom" text story. Indicia states "ZAGO". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Zoot (1946 Fox) 14B GD 2.0 May Variant

Cover and centerfold detached at one staple.

Art by Matt Baker and others. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. This, the May 1948 issue, is technically the sixteenth issue, but was erroneously numbered #14. Rulah encounters a bizarre plot involving a mysterious figure in a red suit of armor, a machine that creates sandstorms, and a blonde femme fatale; A jungle tyrant wants to add Rulah to his harem of wives; A cult leader predicts the future and commands his trained gorilla to capture Rulah. Dynamic art, pre-Code action and classic good-girl imagery combined. The Knave of Scarlet; The Thirsty Tyrant of Tii; Deaths Grim Reflection. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.