Auctions: comic books 1942

Blue Bolt (1940-1949) Vol. 3 #1 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Page missing, interrupts art and story.

Edited by Stanley Beaman. Cover by Henry Kiefer. Stories by Bob Davis, John Jordan, Bill O'Connor, Ben Flinton, Leonard Sansone, Henry Kiefer, Mickey Spillane (text story called A Case of Poison Ivy), Ray Gill, Harold DeLay, John Daly, Jack A. Warren, and Alan Mandel. The Great Minko starring Sergeant Spook. Vicious aerial torpedoes threaten The Phantom Sub. Liberty or Death!--Old Cap Hawkins' Tales. Edison Bell escapes from an island in a crude sailing boat. Sub-Zero leaves town for a while, leaving Freezum by himself. Krisko and Jasper are on an island somewhere in the center of the ocean. The White Rider and Cloud face a bank robber named Tito Romero. Blue Bolt battles the Green Sorceress. Mythical history of the city of Antwerp, with commemorative stamps. Short bios of John Daly and Jack Warren. 68 pages, $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 67 CGC Coverless

Paper: Off white

Coverless.

Label #4438530007

First Penguin cover by Jerry Robinson. Crime's Early Bird starring Batman, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos. Escape to Disaster starring The Boy Commandos, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Crime on the Half-Moon starring The Crimson Avenger, script and pencils by Jack Lehti, inks by Charles Paris. The Secret Ten starring Spy, pencils by Pierce Rice, inks by Arturo Cazeneuve. A Matter of Law text story by Dalton Weeks. The Case of the Country Crooner starring Air Wave, pencils by Harris Levy (as Lee Harris), inks by Charles Paris. Case of the Whistling Tooth starring Slam Bradley, art by Howard Sherman. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Life (1883-2000 Clair Maxwell/Life Publishing Company) Magazine Apr 13 1942 VG 4.0

Staple rust.

April 13, 1942. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 116 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Life (1883-2000 Clair Maxwell/Life Publishing Company) Magazine Dec 14 1942 VG 4.0

December 14, 1942. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 164 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Marvel Mystery Comics (1939) 34 CGC 3.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Very minor amount of glue on cover. Small amount of dried glue on cover. (1 extra staples added, not manufacturing.)

Label #0774516014

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Human Torch untitled story (with the Timely staff), script and art by Carl Burgos. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Carl Pfeufer. The Beast of Cactus Canyon starring Vision, pencils by Syd Shores, inks by Al Gabriele. The Curse of Tutkenamen by Mickey Spillane. Exposed! The Jap Invaders starring Patriot, art by Al Fagaly. Dr. Watson Makes Monkeys Out of the Japs starring Terry Vance, art by Bob Oksner. In His Tunnel to China starring Jimmy Jupiter, script and art by Ed Robbins. The Curse of Professor Torture starring Angel. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Return of the Phantom (1942 Whitman BLB) 1489 VG+ 4.5

Cover and interior oxidation.

Return of the Phantom (1942 Whitman BLB) #1489, flip pictures, by Falk & Moore

Return of the Phantom (1942 Whitman BLB) 1489 VG+ 4.5

Oxidation.

Return of the Phantom (1942 Whitman BLB) #1489, flip pictures, by Falk & Moore

Star Spangled Comics (1941) 4 CGC 3.5

Paper: Cream to off white

The DC Universe Collection.

Label #4441051011

January, 1942, D.C. Comics: Story #1, The Star Spangled Kid; story #2, The Star Spangled Kid; "The Liberty Bell," 2 pages, text story; Armstrong of the Army; Tarantula, Capt. X of the R.A.F.; a third Star Spangled Kid story. Cover price $0.10.

Star Spangled Comics (1941) 5 CGC 9.2

Paper: Off white to white

Top right corner peg is missing.

Label #0064425003

February 1942, D.C. Comics: Story one, Star Spangled Kid; story two, Star Spangled Kid; "The Washington Monument," 2 pages, text story; Armstrong of the Army; Tarantula; Capt. X of the R.A.F.; a third Star Spangled Kid story. Cover price $0.10.