Auctions: comic books 1948

Captain Easy (1947 Better Publications) 11 GD+ 2.5

Cover detached. Only one staple (manufacturing). Oxidation.

52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 80 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #3916797006

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk and Al Liederman. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza, Al Liederman and unknown. The story of how Billy Batson first became Captain Marvel in "A Twice-Told Tale" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza (appearances by Shazam and Sivana). Plus: Captain Marvel and a surrealist artist visit the land from which the artist's paintings are derived in "Captain Marvel in the Land of Surrealism!" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Also in this issue: "Captain Marvel's Inferiority Complex" and "Captain Marvel Meets the Weatherman," both written by Bill Woolfolk. Plus: Captain Kid..."On the Griddle" by Al Liederman. Also: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Duel in Space" by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). And: 1-page Tootsie Roll ad "Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party" with art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cindy Comics (1947) 32 CGC 2.5

Paper: Light tan to off white

Label #4579637005

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Crime Fighters (1948 Marvel) 1 PR 0.5

Interior is complete. Full length spine split through cover and many wraps due to oxidation.

36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Jumbo Comics (1938) 111 VG 4.0

In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb; "ZX-5" art by Jack Kamen; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker, reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990) #4 and Big Girl Adventures (2002) #1; and "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" and "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen. "Lord of the Sea: Horatio Nelson" text story. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Justice Traps the Guilty (1947 Prize) 3 CGC 4.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4688939002

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Buried Treasure Fraud, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; a confidence team tries to outsmart the law. So Many Ways to Die!, art by Bill Draut; none of the residents at a nursing home die from old age. The Capture of Night-Club Nick, art by Warren Broderick. Suicide or Murder? text story. My Strangest Crime Case starring Private Investigator Ruth Lang, art by Bill Draut. Ask Eddie Green, Consultant to Crime, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Ad for Young Romance comics. My Personal Comic Album comic holder ad. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Nyoka the Jungle Girl (1945 Fawcett) 18 VG 4.0 Double Cover

Double cover. Inner cover 4.0, outer cover 3.5. Staple rust. Cover oxidation.

Stories and art by Bert Whitman and Howard Boughner. Raised in the jungle by her scientist father, Nyoka faces its dangers like no man ever could. In a two-part story, deranged artist Van Morte convinces Nyoka to pose for him, but his models have a habit of meeting terrible fates. Nyoka has only one ploy: to steal Van Morte's painting. In another story, Nyoka falls prey to the self-proclaimed Emperor of the Jungles, who makes her battle big cats in his personal arena. The Art of Murder, Part I: A Brush with Death; Lumber Jack; Trader Tom; Whippersnappers; Part II: The Mad Masterpiece; Lion-Hearted Leo, the Animal Trainer: A Slippery Character; The Death Rites of Turugu; Wilbur the Waiter; Nyoka the Jungle Girl's History of Animals: Aardvark; The Emperor of the Jungles! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Terry-Toons Comics (1942 Timely/Marvel/St. John) 69 0.3

COVERLESS. INCOMPLETE. Missing story on interior cover, interrupts art and story.

Cover by Art Bartsch. Art by Art Bartsch, Reuben Timmins and Connie Rasinski. St. John presents the comics adventures of the characters of animator Paul Terry's studio. Mighty Mouse's foe The Claw seeks the lost tomb of King Tutmouse of the Mousetecs, to find a legendary potion of strength. Heckle and Jeckle hitch a ride with two desperate criminals on the run. Rudy and Hardtack see an afternoon of insect collecting as a chance to play practical jokes on Dinky. Gandy Goose: Gandy Loses His Appetite; Mighty Mouse: Secret of the Ages; Gandy Goose: Picnic Problems; Dinky: What's Buzzin' Cousin; Heckle and Jeckle: The Hitchhikers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 32 #1 VG 4.0

April 1948. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Arthur Leo Zagat, Carl Jacobi, Henry Kuttner, Arthur J. Burks, George O, Smith, Frank Belknap Long, Kenneth Putnam, and Matt Lee. Five Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 148 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 97 VG- 3.5

Cover oxidation.

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Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Bill Walsh, Dick Moores, Bob Karp, Hubie Karp, Ralph Heimdahl, Harvey Eisenberg, Gil Turner, Don Gunn, George Waiss, Bill Wright, Manuel Gonzales, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 9 #1. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Pogo's Walt Kelly. A young tugboat gets a chance to be a hero during a storm, in an adaptation of Little Toot from the Disney film Melody Time. In a story by Barks, Donald goes searching for pearls, but finds ball-bearings instead. Li'l Bad Wolf turns detective after chickens go missing. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; Plutos Surprise Package; Sea Salts; A Job for Grandma; Little Toot. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.