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Candy (1947 Quality) 1 GD+ 2.5

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Stories by unknown. Art by Harry Sahle, Gil Fox?, Paul Gustavson? and unknown. Candy stars in four untitled stories. Plus: Jitters in an untitled story co-starring Bugs, Dudley, Mrs. Jones and Jitters' sister. And: Flatfoot Burns in "Lamp Sale" co-starring Fatty De Light and Wimpy. Also: Juke Jenkins in 1-page untitled story; Candy in 2-page text story "Candy and the Camera"; and Jonesy in 1-page untitled story. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Candy (1947 Quality) 2 GD+ 2.5

Centerfold detached.

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Stories by unknown. Art by Paul Gustavson and unknown. Candy stars in four untitled stories. Plus: Jitters in an untitled story co-starring Bugs, Mr. Jones, Mrs. Jones and John (art by Paul Gustavson). And: Rims in an untitled story co-starring Horace, Rim's mother and Uncle Mike. Also: Juke Jenkins in 1-page untitled story. Plus: Candy in 2-page text story "Candid Candy"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Classics Illustrated 044 Mysteries of Paris (1947) 1A GD/VG 3.0

Cover loose at both staples. Tape on interior cover.

Mysteries of Paris, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover, printed on normal paper. Used in "Seduction of the Innocent." (HRN 44, 12/47). Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 159 GD+ 2.5

1" Spine split from top. Centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage. Staple rust. Cover oxidation.

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK IN THE GHOST OF THE GROTTO, No. 159." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Donald Duck and the Ghost of the Grotto; While the ducks are running a kelp-gathering boat in the West Indies, they are told of the mystery of an armored man who appears every fifty years to kidnap a small boy; This time, the armored man kidnaps Dewey, and the ducks fight to free him from the armored man's stronghold in a grotto in a coral reef, beneath a rotten old galleon guarded by an enormous octopus. Adventure Down Under; Donald is hypnotized into believing he is a kangaroo and buys airplane tickets to Australia for himself and the nephews; In Australia the ducks try to trap Mournful Mary, the "queen of the kangaroos," and this leads to Donald's falling into the hands of savage aborigines. Scripts and art by Carl Barks. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Teen Comics (1947 Marvel) 24 GD+ 2.5

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Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 83 GD+ 2.5

Cover oxidation. Residue.

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Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Merrill De Maris, Dick Moores, Bob Karp, Ralph Heimdahl, Paul Murry, Chase Craig, Gil Turner, Don Gunn, George Waiss, Bill Wright, Sylvia Holland, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 7 #11. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Pogo's Walt Kelly. In a classic story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey matches wits with a mesmerist who uses his act for jewel theft. In a story by Barks, Donald wants to relax on vacation, but door-to-door salesmen keep interrupting. In part two of a comics adaptation of Disney's Bongo, Bongo the circus bear runs away to the forest. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; Bongo; Wide Open Spaces; A 4th to Remember; Mickey Mouse: The Jewel Robbery. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.