Auctions: comic books 1945, graded by CGC

Capt. Commando Comics (Canadian 1945 F.E. Howard) 1 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white

Canada.

Label #4258183001

Canadian. Features the 1st appearances of Zor the Mighty and Dr. Justice. Cover by Clem Weisbecker and Inks George Harrison (Reprinted from the splash page of Pep Comics (1940-1987 Archie) #45. Original scripts and art by E.G. Letkeman. Featuring Dusty Rhodes, Zor the Mighty, Dr. Justice, andThe Space Nomads. Also features reprinted material from Pep Comics #46 (Captain Commando in "The Ferryboat Admiral" and The Hangman in "Dead Men's Eyes Tell Tales", and Li'l Chief Bugaboo). 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 48 CGC 5.5 Qualified

Paper: Off white

PIECE MISSING FROM PAGE 3.

Label #4326606002

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder. Art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Billy, Steamboat and others attend the gala birthday celebration of Mr. Morris, and they eat a lot of the rich birthday cake. As they depart for home, Billy tells Steamboat that he hopes that all that cake doesn't give him nightmares. Little does Billy know what lies ahead, especially when Dr. Sivana is involved in "The World's Mightiest Dream!" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. (Last appearance of Steamboat.) Captain Marvel also stars in "Sivana and Marvel, Inc." and "The Repentant Crook," both tales by Otto Binder and Pete Costanza. Plus: 2-page text story "Just Plain Dumb" by C.M. Steever. And: 1-page Tootsie Roll ad "Captain Tootsie Captures the Red Terror!" with art by Beck and Costanza. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Catman Comics (1941) 29 CGC 0.5

Paper: Slightly britle

Centerfold Missing

Label #4400403002

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Leo Morey, Bob Fujitani, Nina Albright, Ed Wheelan and Rudy Palais. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Cat-Man's arch-foe Dr. Macabre steals the Z-Ray, which gives him the ability to kill by touch. An art professor plays a key role in stealing a painting from a gallery, in The Hood's final Golden Age appearance. Reporters Molly O'Moore and Scoop Scanlon are invited to cover a man's murder while it happens. Another offbeat cover by L. B. Cole. Cat-Man: The Man Who Conquered Death!; The Deacon: The Zombie Master; Molly O'Moore and Scoop Scanlon; The Cat Came Back; Hypnosis In Reverse; Little Leaders: Carnival of Crime; The Hood: Portraits of Plunder; The Reckoner: Corpses Don't Stay Cold. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Debbie Dean, Career Girl (1945) 1 CGC 7.0

Paper: White

Label #4419920017

Back-up story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" adaptation of the Edgar Allen Poe story (6 pages). Cover price $0.10.

Debbie Dean, Career Girl (1945) 2 CGC 8.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4419920016

Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 44 CGC 1.8

Paper: Off white

Label #4423957009

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by Lily Renee, Joe Doolin, Bob Lubbers, Murphy Anderson, Ruben Moreira and Chester Martin. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. In the Lost World's ruins of Miami, Hunt and Lyssa race to warn the humans about an approaching hurricane; An amusing Murphy Anderson strip speculating about what life on Jupiter's moon Callisto might look like; Mysta and her robot defeat an attack by four-armed space apes, but it turns out to be a ruse by The Face. Girl-in-a-bubble cover by Joe Doolin. Life on Other Worlds: Callisto; The Lost World; Futura; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Telecast From the Future?; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Shadow Comics (1940 Street & Smith) Vol. 5 #1 CGC 2.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4427483018

Sparkler Comics (1941 2nd Series) 47 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4427483019

Cover by Burne Hogarth. Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Paul Berdanier, Fred Methot, Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Sparling, Drew Pearson, Bob Allen, Rudolph Dirks, and Raeburn Van Buren. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, including Tarzan, Captain and the Kids and Nancy. Discharged from the Army after 37 issues, The Spark Man resumes his superhero costume and powers to track gamblers who prey on veterans. Hans und Fritz disguise themselves as a rhinoceros, but the fun begins when a real rhino gets involved. Dave's performance proves he's a genius, but not quite in the way he thought. Plus a Tarzan adventure by Burne Hogarth. Dynamic Tarzan cover by Hogarth. Hap Hopper; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Tarzan; Abbie an Slats; Spark Man: In Metropole; Sparkler Salutes. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 35 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4417376009

Cover pencils by Jack Burnley. Fame for Sale!, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster], inks by George Roussos; Wilbur Wolfingham acts as a publicity agent for several well-known people, then gets actors to impersonate them and make outlandish statements that mar their character. Lois Lane story, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry], pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe]. Death On a String text story by Whitney Ellsworth [as Fred Whitby]. Like Father, Like Son!, script by Bill Finger [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster], inks by George Roussos; Two men are running for the job of Public Works Commissioner, but one of them, Jed Scapely, uses an underhanded technique to undermine his opponent. The Genie of the Lamp! starring Superman, script by Alvin Schwartz [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster], inks by George Roussos. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Topsy-Turvy (1945) 1 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4427483024

Cover by Dan Gordon. Stories and art by Tommie Vincent, Roy Harmon, and Dan Gordon. Early teen comedy from publisher R.B. Leffingwell, featuring the debut of Dan Gordon's Cookie. The first appearance of Archie-like Cookie and his teen comedy cohorts, by cartoonist Dan Gordon. Cookie's drummer pal Jitterbuck drives his parents crazy practicing on his drums. Scissor-wielding madman Jack the Clipper stalks the city giving bad haircuts. To stop him, newsvendors and comic-book fans leap into action, in a story with many in-jokes for comics fans. Cookie; Jitterbuck; Jitterbuck Meets High Finance; Angelpuss; Cookie's Initiation; Ickey & Mickey: The Curious Case of Jack the Clipper. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 58 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4416308012

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.