Auctions: comic books 1943, graded by CGC

Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 1 CGC 3.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #1294440001

Cover by Bob Montana. Stories by Joe Edwards and unknown. Art by Bob Montana and Joe Edwards. Archie fantasizes as he writes Veronica an invitation to the prom. After asking Betty to the prom, he learns that Jughead mailed the letter. Veronica accepts the invitation and Archie has to juggle two dates at the prom in "Prom Pranks"! Plus, Cubby the Bear goes to get a bucket of water for his mom but encounters many distractions along the way in "That Old Oaken Bucket"! Also, Archie takes a train trip and causes lots of trouble for salesman Elmer Q. Pluggett in "Train Trouble"! Meanwhile, in order to be a bee-tective, Bumbie needs to find his first case in "Crime Wave In Bugland"! Plus, Archie is cooking pancakes when the air raid siren goes off in "Pancakes In a Blackout"! Also, Squoimy the Woim has written a poem for Annabelle, but that bully Moe Squito keeps trying to get her attention in "Roses Are Red"! And Judy Price, a new girl in town, invites Archie to her Christmas party, but she doesn't tell him she has a twin sister in "The Case of the Missing Mistletoe!" Plus, Speedy wants to win the race for the reputation of all rabbits everywhere, but he keeps getting distracted in the Judge Owl's Fables tale "Slow and Steady Wins the Race"! And Archie wants Jughead to substitute for an injured player in their hockey game, but Jughead just knows that he'll end up getting hurt in "Jughead's Day"! Plus: 2-page text story "That $$#":@!!! Telegram" by Scott Feldman. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain America Comics (1941 Timely) 27 CGC 3.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4415249010

Includes: Alex Schomburg cover art; North of the Border, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; The Man-Hole of Death starring Human Torch; Swell Guy text story; Blitzkrieg To Berlin, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; Roddy Colt Steps Out starring Secret Stamp. 68 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) 13 CGC 3.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Cover, 1st & 2nd wrap detached. Tape on cover.

Label #3756092004

Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories by Otto Binder and Art Helfant. Art by Mac Raboy, Tom McNamara, Phil Bard, Marc Swayze and Al Carreno. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Freddy Freeman is adopted and sent to school by a well-meaning couple who don't know that he is secretly Captain Marvel Jr. Someone wants a mysterious briefcase so badly, they've sent Captain Nazi to go get it, but luckily he runs across Freddy Freeman along the way. Sivana's latest invention is a holographic projector that can create "mirages" of anything. Captain Marvel Jr. Goes to School; Rubbernose Randolph; The Case of the Missing Briefcase; Demlins; The Mirage Projector of Crime!; King of the Rhubarbs; Sam the Sheriff; The Case of the Poison Press! 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Classics Illustrated 008 Arabian Nights 1 CGC 6.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4349131003

Arabian Nights, 1st Printing, Classics Comics. (NO HRN, 2/43). Cover price $0.10.

Classics Illustrated 009 Les Miserables 2 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white

HRN 14

Label #4339857022

Les Miserables, 2nd Printing, Classics Comics. (HRN 14). Cover price $0.15.

King Comics (1936) 87 CGC 9.0 Rockford

Paper: Off white to white

Rockford.

Label #4440265008

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by William Ritt, Clarence Gray, Fran Striker, Brandon Walsh, Nicholas Afonsky, Carl Anderson, Jack Burnley, R. J. Scott, Eddie Sullivan, Charlie Schmidt, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Tom Sims, Bela Zaboly, George McManus, Otto Soglow, Eddie Rickenbacker, Clayton Knight, Charles Flanders, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Frank Miller, Don Moore and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Escaped convict Trader Joe disguises himself as The Phantom; The conclusion of the Mandrake the Magician Flame Pearls epic. Brick Bradford; The Lone Ranger; The Phantom; Little Annie Rooney; Henry; Sport Features; Scott's Scrapbook; Hall of Fame of the Air; Sentinel Louie; Radio Patrol; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Flash Gordon; Bringing Up Father; The Little King; Barney Baxter in the Air; Sappo; Stamps: Russia Honors Her War Heroes; A Pirate Party; Blondie. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 24 CGC 2.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #0018857011

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Cover art by Jack Burnley. Perils of Poor Lois!, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], art by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster]; After viewing a rather bad old-time melodrama, Clark gets a great idea (to him anyway): have Superman star in an old-fashioned melodrama with Lois as the heroine to be rescued. Private Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The King of Crackpot Lane!!, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Peter Riss [as Joe Shuster]; When Lois and Clark are given a tour of the War Department, they are told of a place called "Crackpot Lane", a place where the most far-fetched inventions and ideas to end the war end up. Words of Fire text story by Jeffry Allen. Life's Little Laffs humor page by Ray Houlihan. Surprise For Superman, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], art by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster]. Jerry the Jitterbug humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Suicide Voyage! starring Superman, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], art by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster]. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Supersnipe Comics Vol. 1 (1942) 8 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #1445494014

Edited by William DeGrouchy. Cover by George Marcoux. Stories by George Marcoux, Ed Gruskin, Michael Binder, and Jack Binder. Featuring the adventures of Supersnipe, Ulysses Q. Wacky, Rex King, Wing Woo Woo, and Muffo the Magician. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.