Auctions: comic books 1952

Action Comics (1938 DC) 168 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4719573005

Cover art by Win Mortimer. Happy Hobby Time! public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Menace of Planet Z starring Superman, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Meteor Mystery starring Tommy Tomorrow, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. Congo Bill's Last Fight, script by Jack Miller, art by Ed Smalle. Outlaws For Sale starring Vigilante, art by Bob Brown. 44 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cited in Parade of Pleasure. Cover price $0.10.

Adventures Into the Unknown (1948 ACG) 35 CGC 3.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4694136001

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Ken Bald. Stories by Pete Riss, Emil Gershwin, Al Camy, George Klein, Charles Nicholas, and Gus Ricca. Spine-chilling tales of suspense, horror, and the supernatural—prepare yourself for Adventures into the Unknown! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Adventures Into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) 4 FR 1.0

2" cover-to-cover edge tear. Water damage.

The Village Graveyard, art by Russ Heath; A man finds the secret of eternal life, but he doesn't anticipate it as being the recipient of the vampire's kiss. The Man Who Lost His Head, art by Ogden Whitney. Doom From The Undead text story. The Passenger, art by Martin Rosenthall. The Miser, art by Sol Brodsky. The Face of Death, art by Bill Everett. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Black Cat Mystery (1951-1963 Harvey) 36 CGC 3.5

Paper: Slightly britle

Label #4426064023

Cover by Warren Kremer. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Joe Certa, and Manny Stallman. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A Frankenstein-like monster protects young Donnie from zombies at the cost of its own life. Treasure hunters encounter zombies in the Louisiana swamps. The last man on Earth, a horrible radioactive mutant, travels back in time to settle a score with the people of 1952. This issue was mentioned in the text of the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent, pp. 270-271. Battle of the Monsters; Rotting Demons; Dimension Death; Deaths Garden; The Last Man Returns; Whip of Death!; Carnival of Death. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Steve Savage (1950-1953 1st Series) 4 CGC 7.0

Paper: White

Label #4735814002

Art by Louis Ravielli and others. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Tales of adventure and espionage from the Cold War featuring ace pilot Steve Savage. Savage and his squadron face off against the Red Raiders, an air squadron just as skilled and ruthless as they are; The true story of how SSgt. Walter Ehlers won the Medal of Honor for saving his platoon during the Normandy Invasion. Captain Steve Savage Fights the Red Raiders from Siang-Po!; Operation Hero. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Chilling Tales (1952) 13 0.3

INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing (affect "Hand of Glory", "Pursued" and text stories).

Cover art by Matt Fox. The Screaming Skull, art by Harry Harrison. The Hand of Glory, art by Matt Fox; A mystical item is made from the hand of a dead thief that grants the user the ability to steal from anyone. What Is a Ghoul? text story. Pursued, art by Vic Carrabotta. Spider Hider. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Crime Cases Comics (1950) 9 PR 0.5

Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Cover oxidation. Brittle.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 182 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, interrupts art and story. 6" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple and coming loose at the other.

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Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by unknown. Art by Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Charles Paris, Leonard Starr, Ruben Moreira and unknown. Batman and Robin as..."The Human Puppets" with art by Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "The Lawman Who Lost His Grip!" with art by Leonard Starr; Robotman in "Robotman's Double!"; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Man with the Arson Eyes!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Ruben Moreira. Also: Casey the Cop 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Little Pete half-pager by Boltinoff; Jerry the Jitterbug half-pager by Boltinoff; and 2-page text piece "Who Discovered Fingerprints" by David Kahn. 44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 183 0.3

Comic is complete other than being coverless.

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Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Charles Paris, Leonard Starr, Ruben Moreira and unknown. Batman and Robin challenge the phantom menace behind the..."Famous Name Crimes!" with art by Dick Sprang and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "Manhunt in Manhattan!" with art by Leonard Starr; Robotman in "The Wrecking of Robotman!"; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Man in the Iceberg!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Ruben Moreira. Also: Casey the Cop 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Varsity Vic half-pager by Boltinoff; and 2-page text piece "Phony Documents" by Dan Keene. And: Superboy in the 1-page public service announcement "Happy Hobby Time!" by Jack Schiff and Win Mortimer. 44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 386 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4570980006

Cover art by Carl Barks. Only a Poor Old Man; When the Beagle Boys erect a building next to Scrooge's money bin, with plans to puncture the bin and drain out the money, Scrooge secretly transfers his money to an old reservoir, where he hides it underwater; Learning of this stratagem, the Beagle Boys try to destroy a dam so that Scrooge's money will flow onto their land. Coffee for Two; Scrooge takes a bum to a diner for a "free" cup of coffee. Soupline Eight back cover strip; Scrooge decides to "take a chance" on the Soupline Eight car. Scripts and art by Carl Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 400 VG- 3.5

Indicia title is "TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET, No. 400." Painted cover art by Alden McWilliams. Space Academy: The University of the Planets pledge with photos of Tom Corbett (as played by Frankie Thomas), Astro the Venusian (Al Markim), and Roger Manning (Jan Merlin). Space Pirates of Mercury, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Alden McWilliams; The Space Cadets are on a training mission on the passenger spaceliner "Prince of Centurus" when it is attacked and boarded by space pirates; The pirates take the cargo and also take the passengers and crew to work in the mines of Mercury; Tom, Astro, and Roger secretly slip back into the crippled and abandoned space liner and send a distress call that is picked up by the Solar Guard patrol. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Frogman Comics (1952) 4 CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Label #4703711017

Cover by Mike Suchorsky. Stories and art by Bill Ely, Mort Lawrence, Lorence Bjorklund, and Mort Meskin. "Frogman" is not a frog-powered superhero, but a 1950s term for underwater special-ops soldiers. Frogmen in explosive vehicles target an underwater holding pen for enemy subs. Special forces are assigned to rescue a captured agent from enemy territory. In a fanciful story, pirates use barrels filled with air to become the first "frogmen" during a harbor raid. Saturday Afternoon Frogman; Underwater Lighthouse; Objective Sam; The Twenty-First Cave; Gulf Stream Riddle; The Pirate Frogman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Gangsters and Gun Molls (1951) 4 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Typo on Label - "Gangsters and Gunmolls".

Label #0104714014

Cover by Syd Shores. Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Syd Shores, Rafael Astarita, and Gerald McCann. Stories about mobsters and the women who love them, with a special focus on women who were notorious criminals in their own right. The life of Mara Hite, who could have shared career tips with Bonnie Parker; A reporter gets too close to the organized crime hes covering; Alice Cort causes a stir in Hollywood with her movie-star looks and ruthless crime spree. Nice cover by Syd Shores, as well as a typically exquisite contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. Mara Hite: Bank-Robbing Murderess; The Elking Boys: Vice-Lords of Crime; The Corpse in the Lake!; Death in the Air!; Alice Cort: Hollywood Hellcat; Payoff in Blood! Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Ginger (1951) 4 0.3

Comic is complete other than being coverless.

36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Life (1883-2000 Clair Maxwell/Life Publishing Company) Magazine Apr 7 1952 VG+ 4.5

Water damage.

April 7, 1952. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. Marilyn Monroe. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; Cover price $0.20.

Love Journal (1951) 14 0.3

Comic is complete other than being coverless. Centerfold detached.

Cover by Ed Robbins. Stories and art by John Buscema, Mort Leav, Ed Robbins and Bill Woolfolk. Offbeat romance comic, from pioneering female publisher Rae Herman of Orbit-Wanted, often featured early work by future comics legends. Sue asks Love Journal if her love of bandleader Larry can survive his sudden fame, in an early story by future Marvel and Conan legend John Buscema. "Usherette" Nora is torn between steady theater manager Howard, or rich Randy, who's just out for a good time. Ranch gal Peggy is used to life on the farm and not so interested in looking "feminine," until she falls for handsome Jon. Plus an article on "So You Want to be a Bathing Beauty." Careless with My Kisses; The Man I Wanted!; SOS for Love!; I Want to be Loved! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

New Adventures of Walt Disney's Robin Hood (1952) Flour Giveaway 2 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4645782007

"Ghosts of Waylea Castle"

Out of the Night (1952) 3 CGC 2.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #2107367017

Cover art by Ken Bald. The Raven Sisters, art by Pete Riss. The Eyes of Terror, art by Paul Gattuso. Monsters From the Ages. Terror In the Swamp. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Patsy and Hedy (1952) 4 CGC 5.5

Paper: White

Label #4723170022

Stories by unknown. Pencils and Cover by Al Jaffee. In this issue: untitled Patsy and Hedy tale; untitled Nancy 1-pager; untitled The Wolfes tale; untitled Buzz Baxter 1-pager; 2-page text story "Happy Birthday"; untitled Mickey 1-pager; untitled The Walkers tale; and untitled Patsy and Hedy tale. Characters in this issue: Patsy Walker; Hedy Wolfe; Buzz Baxter; Miss Whiplash; Principal Hardgrind; Nancy Brown; Ronnie Robbins; Mr. Wolfe; Mary Walker; Mickey Walker; Stanley Walker. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Patsy Walker (1945) 43 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Page missing, affects text story and paper dolls. Cover oxidation. Water damage.

Cover art by Al Jaffee. Untitled Patsy stories. Untitled Hedy Wolfe story. Untitled Buzz Baxter story. All art by Al Jaffee. Patsy's Club Page! The Long & Short of It text story. Paper doll. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Realistic Romances (1951) 8 CGC 5.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #2135239020

Art by John Rosenberger and Rafael Astarita. Tales of romance with lush, lurid covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. Separated by the Korean War, fiancees Amy and Tom are reunited when he becomes a soldier and she enlists as an Army nurse; A woman is torn between a cop and an escaped convict; Lynns soldier boyfriend is killed after she writes him a Dear John letter, in a story with an unsubtle message for female readers of Realistic Romances. Our Love Was Battle-Scarred; Faced With Shame; How I Learned What Love Really Is!; I Loved A Four-Time Loser; How My Husband Proposed; The Letter I Didn't Mail! Final issue before a two-year hiatus; issues #9 to #14 were never published. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Red Mountain (1952) 0 CGC 6.0

Paper: White

Label #4735814003

Art by John Rosenberger and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Western adventure inspired by the 1951 Alan Ladd film Red Mountain, involving the real-life Confederate bushwhackers called Quantrill's Raiders. In the last days of the Civil War, a Union soldier runs afoul of the infamous Quantrell and his quest for a gold mine. Red Mountain; Quantrell's Midnight Raid. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Romantic Adventures (1949) 21 VG 4.0

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Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Lin Streeter, Bill Walsh, Ken Bald, Gus Ricca and Leonard Starr. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Jessie gets a job in a defense plant and meets fellow welder Harry, but hes all business; Dale gets a job after a newspaper editor mistakes her name for a mans, only to find herself in the middle of a dangerous crime expose; Redhead Ann learns a man has bought the cherished seaside house shes always wanted. Welded Hearts; Office Romance; Lover's Masquerade; Heart on Trial; Real Cute Sport; Wooed By a Westerner; Search for Celia. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Sensational Police Cases (1954) 0 GD- 1.8 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch, spine rebuild, piece-fill, tear seals. TRIMMED. Staples added (not manufacturing).

Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Art by Michael J. Becker, Gerald McCann, Goldfarb Baer, Tex Blaisdell, Sid Check, Joe Kubert, Mort Lawrence, and Howard Larsen. Reprints of Murderous Gangsters #3, Prison Break #3 and Police Lineup #3. Lurid pre-Code tales about mobsters, bank robbers and other bad guys and gals from the golden age of crime. A murdered detective sets out to ID his killer before he dies; Leech McCoy has a yen for arson and a name like a Dick Tracy villain; Redheaded Lina Foyle and her boyfriend go on a crime spree. Killer Bait; Blind Mans Bluff; Brothers in Crime; Jed Hawkins—Cold Blooded Killer; The Imperfect Crime; Nick Marek—Shakedown Racketeer; Killers on the Loose; Sonny Terhune Machine-Gun Madman; Lina Foyle Gunmoll; Clevelands Butcher of Death; Two-Dollar Murder; Death Comes Laughing; Killer at Large; Louie Gruber Czar of the Underworld; The Unseen Murderer; Death Danced the Samba; Mystery of the Headless Corpse; Leech McCoy the Incendiary Killer! 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Soldier Comics (1952-1953 Fawcett) 6 CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Label #4703711014

36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stamp Comics (1952) 6 GD/VG 3.0

1 1/4" spine tear. Missing corner piece

"The Story of the Four Chaplains" (art by Stephen Kirkel), "The Fires of Kilauea," "Admiral Richard E. Byrd and the South Pole Expedition," "Spear Fishing," "Fulton's Folly!" (art by Doug Wildey), "Hercules and the Monsters" (the uncredited artist has swiped some Frank Frazetta art, notably from Thun'da, in several panels!), and "Remember the Alamo!" Cover price $0.10.

Strange Adventures (1950 1st Series) 20 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Page missing, interrupts art and story.

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36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tales from the Crypt (1950 E.C. Comics) 30 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white

Label #0272435003

Cover by Jack Davis. "Gas-tly Prospects!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; This story is narrated by a California gold miner who is shot by a claim jumper; He passes out from the pain and when he 'wakes up', he sees the jumper looming over him with a bloody knife and he realizes that he is dead. "A Hollywood Ending!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A movie producer, who flies out to an Eskimo settlement, is surprised to find a beautiful American girl living among them and quickly falls for her. "Acid Test!" text story. "Auntie, It's Coal Inside!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; Young Toby hears a voice inside his head, telling him to do things that his aunt punishes him for. "Mournin', Ambrose...", script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A man goes to visit his uncle who turns out to be a ghoul. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Tales from the Crypt (1950 E.C. Comics) 33 CGC 7.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #0258573001

Cover by Jack Davis. "Lower Berth!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; The Crypt Keeper relates his origin story of the meeting between his parents, a 4000 year old female Egyptian mummy and a two-headed corpse. "This Trick'll Kill You!", script by Al Feldstein, pencils by George Evans, inks by Jack Kamen; A magician and his wife are visiting India looking for new acts to perform when he spies a girl with a trick rope that rises into the air when she plays a pipe and can be climbed upon. "Castaway" text story. "The Funeral," script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; In this grim fairy tale, a young prince grows fond of his nanny until one day she appears dead. "None But the Lonely Heart!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); A man who marries homely wealthy women and murders them for their money receives a lonely-hearts letter from a woman who tells him that she lives in a large stone house and encloses a photograph of a lovely woman whom she admits the picture displays two years ago, not having a more recent snapshot. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Thing (1952 Charlton) 3 GD/VG 3.0

1/2" Spine split from bottom with splitting to interior wraps.

Cover by Albert Tyler. "The Clutch of Doom," art by Bob Forgione; Galvin manor has been cursed by the previous owner; Anyone digging for the treasure hidden in the cellar will be attacked by Henry Galvin's skeleton hand. "Ghost Town Ghost," pencils by John Belfi , inks by Dick Giordano; Western outlaw Dude Fenley and his gang murder the prospector Old Cady and take off with his gold by kidnapping a train. "The Marching Dead Men," art by Bob Forgione; Two US-American pilots are forced to land in Mongolia, behind enemy Korean lines; They join a march of living dead, led by a shaman, returning to their home soil. "What Was It! The Adventure of Two Ghostbreakers" text story. "Crypt of the Vampire," art by Martin; Rumanian castle Zangra is still inhabited by its vampire baron. "Mirror, Mirror, On My Wall," art by Albert Tyler; James Garth is not only an antiques dealer, but also the middleman of a dope-smuggling ring; He employs the services of a demon to get back at all those who betrayed him financially. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Wanted Comics (1947 Orbit / Toytown) 45 VG- 3.5

Water damage.

Cover by Syd Shores. Stories and art by John Buscema, Mort Meskin, and Bill Woolfolk. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. Chinese immigrant Chung Maio becomes involved with the Tong criminal gang, in an early story by future Marvel and Conan legend John Buscema. Straight-arrow cop Harold survives multiple injuries in the line of duty, and just keeps on busting crooks. The Great Unsolved Mysteries contest invites readers to ponder a widow's murder. Hatchet Man; The No. 1 Enemy; Wanted: Leo Bezemer; Great Unsolved Mysteries: Murder By Person Unknown; The Cop They Couldn't Kill! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

War Action (1952) 4 VG 4.0

"The Revenge" (art by Dave Berg), "Manhunt" (art by Jay Scott Pike), "The Schmo," "Breaking Point," and a two-page text story, "G.I. Snowmen." Cover price $0.10.

Weird Fantasy (1951 E.C. Comics 2nd Series) 12 FR/GD 1.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Tear seals. 3.25" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached.

Al Feldstein classic outer space cover. Joe Orlando The EC Artist of the Issue article by Al Feldstein. "Project...Survival!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot and script), art by Wally Wood; With a civil war raging on Earth, the President of the Amalgamated Rocket Corporation believes, that with the help of science, man can reach the Moon and use it as a base; What scares the scientists is that he also intends to use the highly powerful Electron Bomb on the rebels, a move that could end all life on Earth! "A Lesson In Anatomy!!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Jack Kamen; Chased away from his father's lab while he dissects a body, Stevey finds a stranger in the forest. Wanting to brag, Stevey tells the man all sorts of falsehoods, which he believes; But Stevey soon learns a secret about the stranger he doesn't expect to discover. Shock SuspenStories ad. "Explosive!" text story. "The Die Is Cast!", script by Al Feldstein (script and plot) and William Gaines (plot), art by Wally Wood; The I.S.E.A. of Earth has commissioned Commander Stone to write out a detailed report on the destruction of his spaceship; What he tells about is almost too hard to believe. "A Man's Job!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.