Auctions: comic books 1945

Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) 38 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Page missing. Interrupts art and story. 1 1/2" cumulative spine split. Water damage.

Edited by Victor Fox. Cover by E. C. Stoner. Stories by Otis, E. C. Stoner, Walter Egan, Hal George, Milt Hammer, Art Allen, Larry Page, and Tom Canby. Tales of daring-do, with such colorful characters as Sonny Boy, Joan Mason, the OBrine Twins, and Blue Beetle, a super-hero who wears a special bulletproof costume and takes "Vitamin 2X" which gives him super-energy. The Adventure Beneath the Sea. The Mystery of the Tolling Bell. The Threat From Saturn (Ch. 4): Revolt of the Zombies. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Buster Brown Comic Book (1945-1956 Brown Shoe Co.) 2 FR 1.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION: Staples replaced. Extensive accumulation of defects. Brittle.

Stories by Hobart Donovan and Ed McConnell. Art by Edd Ashe, Joe King, Chu F. Hing and Jack Sparling. A classic giveaway comic from the Brown shoe company, named after one of the very earliest American comics characters, Buster Brown. A struggling circus is beset by accidents just before an investor makes an offer to buy it; Sioux hunters encounter the mysterious white buffalo; Modern-day pirates set out to find the secret of the Lagoon of Death. Jinx Circus; When Grandpa Sat On A Mousetrap; Phantom Buffalo; Oodles of Poodles; What's That Sound?; Lagoon Of Death. 32 pages, Full Color.

Daring Comics (1944 2nd series) 12 FR/GD 1.5

Staple rust. Interior soiling and mold.

Cover art by Allen Simon. Home Front Renegades, art by Allen Simon; A businessman looking to make a killing with black market booze and an organized criminal mob gang both get taken down by Sub-Mariner. Diamond of Death starring Sub-Mariner, inks by Al Gabriele. The Devil's Murder Web starring the Human Torch, art by Jimmy Thompson. The Vanishing Ghost Gun starring the Destroyer. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Fight Comics (1940) 38 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4549554006

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Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by M.E. Peacock and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Ann Brewster, Alex Blum, Arnold Hicks, H.C. Kiefer, Lily Renee and Matt Baker. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop.Tiger Girl investigates the legends of a lost Greek colony that survived in the Indian jungle; Hooks Devlin investigates murder at a carnival when he and Peaches find a corpse in the Tunnel of Love; Senorita Rio investigates the case of the Singing Skulls in the Amazon rainforest. Featuring art by famed good-girl artist Matt Baker and pioneering female artist Lily Renee. Rip Carson; Tiger Girl; Hooks Devlin; Kayo Kirby; The Corpse Had a Message; Shark Brodie; Senorita Rio. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Green Lantern (1941 1st Series DC) 18 PR 0.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

Interior complete. Full length spine split with splitting to interior wraps. RESTORATION. Color touch. Brittle. Mold.

Cover art by Paul Reinman. The Last of the Buccaneers starring Green Lantern, script by Henry Kuttner, art by Martin Nodell; lan Scott is ordered to construct a radio transmission station in Florida, but on his way down he is attacked by a group of pirates, led by the very man who ordered him to Florida in the first place! Cartoon ad for Wheaties cereal, art by Roland Coe. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]. The Connoisseur of Crime starring Green Lantern, script by Edmond Hamilton, art by Martin Nodell; Alan Scott's investigation of children wearing unauthorized Green Lantern uniforms plunges the Emerald Crusader into a mystery involving a crooked exporter using his business as a front for crime. Comic strip advertisement for Lionel Trains. The Man Who Doubled In Death, or, The Duplicity of Johnny Double starring Green Lantern, script by Henry Kuttner, art by Martin Nodell; Green Lantern faces the enigma of a man who has a double personality, with a twist in that each hate the other and attempt to destroy their other self! Comic strip ad for Wheaties cereal featuring Don Hutson. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Ice Capades (Ice-Capades, Inc.) Program 1945 GD/VG 3.0

Staple rust.

1945 Program. George Petty cover. 8-1/2" x 11", 20 pages, B&W w/ spot color. Cover price $0.25.

Zoo Funnies (1945 1st Series Charlton/Childrens) 2 GD 2.0

1 1/2" spine split from bottom. Centerfold detached. Cover coming detached. Oxidation.

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Cover by Ellis Chambers. Stories and art by Ellis Chambers, Gus Jud, Herman C. Browner, Morris Weiss (credited as Pat Simon), Harry Lazarus, and A. W. Nugent. An early comics anthology featuring humor and funny-animal stories from Charlton, published under the imprint Children Comics Publishing. Rabbit-son Crusoe is stranded on a desert island with a turtle named Friday and it looks desperate, but then a chest washes up on shore. Bloodhound Sherlock Sniff, better known as Detecto, and his giraffe sidekick Billy Longneck investigate when priceless jewelry vanishes from locked rooms in wealthy Snob Hill. In an offbeat take on fairy tales, a servant sets out to find Old King Cole's Fiddlers Three, but winds up searching for the Cat and the Fiddle. Plus puzzle and activity pages, and fun facts about animals. Circus Elephant Forgot to Remember; Detecto the Bloodhound; Smarty; Little Leo; Animal Quiz: Indian Elephant; Bugsy Bear; The Low-Down on Mother Goose: The Riddle of the Fiddle; Rabbit-Son Crusoe; Join the Dots Little Tots; Cut-Out Stunts; Tommy and Dodo; Bojo the Monk; The Mischievous Ant. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.