Auctions: comic books published by Fawcett, graded by CGC

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 2 CGC 2.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Slab: Chipped/broken bracket

Label #4636894001

Cover art by C. C. Beck. World of the Microscope, art by George Tuska; Sivana uses his latest discovery to shrink Captain Marvel and Beautia. Invasion From Mars, art by George Tuska; The Spider Men from Mars invade the Earth. The Curse of the Scorpion text story. The Pirate's Treasure, script by Rod Reed, art by George Tuska; Captain Marvel fights sea pirates. The Arson Fiend, script by Rod Reed, art by George Tuska; Captain Marvel stops an arsonist. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 47 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4644960002

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and George Marko. Art by C.C. Beck, George Marko and Pete Costanza. Superhero action with the original Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel and Dr. Moss shrink down in size and enter an anthill, where they encounter the super-powered "Marvel Ant" and a plot to overthrow the queen. The Jinx sells a bridge to Simp Simon and thinks he's made a tidy profit, until he sees how much the Simp makes panhandling at the bridge. Captain Marvel battles a great flood. Plus a PSA for WWII paper rationing, and a vintage ad for the Captain Marvel Club. The Marvel Ant; Dopey Danny Dee; Sergeant Sandy; Whipper-Snappers; The Voice; Simp Simon and the Jinx; The Second Deluge; The Mountain Marvel Feud. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 53 CGC 1.0

Paper: Off white to white

Coupon cut out back cover. Tape on cover.

Label #3870190006

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Cover by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Stories by Otto Binder. Art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "Captain Marvel Meets Uncle Marvel's Rival" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck (Ebenezer Batson and Uncle Marvel appearances); "The Incredible Calculator" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza; and "Captain Marvel Gets Promoted" by Otto Binder and Pete Costanza (Billy as Colonel Marvel). Plus: 2-page text story "Bloody Hill" by Ray Tender. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 71 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white

Label #1126960019

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk and Al Liederman. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza and Al Liederman. Captain Marvel and his Three Lieutenant Marvels star in "The Adventure in Time!" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza (Sivana appearance; final appearance of the Three Lieutenant Marvels). Captain Marvel also stars in "Captain Marvel Traps a Sleepwalker" by Bill Woolfolk, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza, and "The End of the World" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Plus: Captain Kid in "The Inward Struggle" by Al Liederman. And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Satellite Prison" by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) 17 CGC 3.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4198563011

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Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories by Otto Binder and Art Helfant. Art by Mac Raboy, Al Carreno and Art Helfant. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. In a time-travel adventure, Captain Marvel, Jr. meets 115-year-old Freddy Freeman in 2044, and learns he retired from superhero work in 2019. Freddy Freeman tries to help another disabled boy win the rodeo by secretly being his "good luck charm." Axis spies use model planes, in a story curiously predicting drone warfare. Plus a PSA about wartime paper rationing. Another stunning cover by Mac Raboy. Captain Marvel, Jr. Meets Himself in the Future; Opportunity Knoxx; The Shangri-La Saboteurs; Rubbernose Randolph; There's No Such Thing as Waste Paper; Cowpoke Joe; The Model Plane Menace! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Midnight (1942-1948 Fawcett) 17 CGC 6.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #2120671002

The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Anti-war protesters are secretly Axis agents, in a story billed as "The Most Daring Capt. Midnight Story Ever!" Midnight's dopey sidekick Sergeant Twilight sees students rehearsing for a play, and thinks he's back in the time of Julius Caesar. Axis spies want to sabotage Captain Midnight's latest invention, a plane that's lighter than air. Terrific cover may be the work of Mac Raboy. The Americans Who Forgot; Red Skye: Thunder Sea; Sergeant Twilight Meets Great Caesar's Ghost!; Johnny Blair, in the Air; The Wolf of the Wasps; The Plane That Wouldn't Stay Down. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mary Marvel Comics (1945) 18 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4652009009

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories by Otto Binder and Howard Boughner. Art by Jack Binder and Howard Boughner. Superhero action with Mary Marvel, long-lost sister of the original Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. While taking an art class at the beach, Mary encounters a talking sea serpent and quickly gets wrapped up in its story. Freshman Freddy's professor is so absent-minded, he's the one who shows up for a test in his underwear. Mary tries to manage a pet shop full of mischievous animals. Plus a plethora of comics-format ads, including Bubbles and Yanks for Yanks Bubble Gum, and Captain Tootsie and the Secret-Play Touchdown, by CC Beck and Pete Costanza. And a vintage ad for Captain Marvel t-shirts. The Talking Sea Serpent!; Memory Test; Two of a Kind; The Absent-Minded Professor; Antics of a Pet Shop!; Vita Min; Dizzy Daisy; The Sinister Tropical Snow! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 29 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4521721004

\Cover art by Mac Raboy. The Iron Heel of the Huns!, art by Mac Raboy; Freddy Freeman is air-lifted into the heart of Nazi Germany, who, as Captain Marvel Jr., is to attempt to free the founder of an anti-Nazi movement who is being held in a secure, well-guarded prison. Untitled Bulletman story; The Flying Detectives come face to face with The Bee, who uses concentrated bee venom as a murder weapon. The Fumes of Fear starring Minute Man, art by Phil Bard. Hoodoo Hannigan: Chapter 1: Lightning Over Luaca text story by Joseph P. Millard. Untitled El Carim story. Untitled Buck Jones, Frontier Marshall story, art by Ralph Carlson; Oil found on the Indian land and the murder of a government agent brings Buck and Mike to investigate. Untitled Companions Three story. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Soldier Comics (1952-1953 Fawcett) 5 CGC 8.0

Paper: White

Label #4697726001

36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Spy Smasher (1941 Fawcett) 11 CGC 3.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4649717002

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and others. One of Fawcett's most popular superheroes, Spy Smasher fights saboteurs, fifth columnists, Quislings and collaborators during WWII. In South America, Spy Smasher realizes that Vasquez has been kidnapped and replaced by an Axis imposter. Spy Smasher investigates "haunted" defense plants, where he sees strange ghostly shapes and machines moving of their own accord. A mysterious soldier of fortune with no homeland begins to work for the Axis, in a story that features a Nazi-punching two-page opening spread. The Phantom Machines!; Menace over South America!; The Demlins; The Man Without a Flag!; Dead Mans Vengeance; The Battle-Scarred Cloak! Final issue of the series; Spy Smasher's adventures continued in Whiz Comics, where he became Crime Smasher after the war, and had a one-issue series under that title. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Whiz Comics (1940 Fawcett) 19 CGC 7.5 Promise

Paper: Cream to off white

The Promise Collection.

Label #1974334007

Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. "The Black Magician," art by C.C. Beck; A mysterious character, who hears Billy's broadcast in which he states that the stories of witchcraft and black magic have come out of the back country from time to time and are mostly pure imagination, decides to make a believer out of the young broadcaster! "The Evil Guides" starring Golden Arrow, art by Golden Arrow. "The Antarctic's Tropics" starring Lance O'Casey. "Spy Smasher's Shakedown Cruise," art by Charles Sultan. "Patriots for Gain" starring Dan Dare. "The Gunman and the Boy" text story, art by Carl Formes (La Rac Semrof). Untitled Dr. Voodoo story, art by Mac Raboy; After fighting off a pirate ship, Hal and Nero leave the Spanish ship to continue looking for the Golden Flask. "To Shrink a Giant" starring Ibis the Invincible. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Whiz Comics (1940 Fawcett) 42 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white

Label #3839078004

Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. Written by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Emil Gershwin, Clem Weisbecker, Louis Cazeneuve and unknown. Captain Marvel returns in the Time Chair in "One Thousand Years from Now: Part 2" with art by C.C. Beck (continued from the previous issue). Plus: 2-page text story "Bottoms Up" by Ray Tender; Ibis the Invincible in "The Black Sorceror"; Little Albert 1-pager; "Spy Smasher Battles the Brazen Colossus of Japan" by Otto Binder and Emil Gershwin; Lance O'Casey in "Ape Island" with art by Clem Weisbecker; and "Golden Arrow Defeats Death in Lost Canyon!" with art by Louis Cazeneuve. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Whiz Comics (1940 Fawcett) 44 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white

Tape on interior cover and interior.

Label #2058567003

Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. Written by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Harry Parkhurst, Dick Briefer, Emil Gershwin, Clem Weisbecker and unknown. Featuring "The Life Story of Captain Marvel" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Plus: Golden Arrow in "The Grizzly Bear Mystery" with art by Harry Parkhurst; "Jack the Second (Modern Giant Killer)" with art by Dick Briefer; "Spy Smasher Joins the Junior Spy Smashers" with art by Emil Gershwin; Hedda and Tails 1-pager by Victor Pazmino; Lance O'Casey in "Dukwadl, Maker of Zombies" with art by Clem Weisbecker; 2-page text story "The Fox Hole" by Nathaniel Nitkin; and Ibis the Invincible in "The City of Skeletons"! 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.