Auctions: comic books March 1945

Black Hood Comics (1943) 14 CGC 2.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4342471008

Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. "Death Counts Ten," art by Irv Novick; A boxer is dead after a fight, and Kip finds out he has been poisoned. "The Four-Alarm Ghosts," art by Red Holmdale; The ghost of Gloomy saves people from a house on fire. "Death--The Crow Strikes Again," art by Harry Sahle; An opera singer is fired for drinking, but puts on a crow costume to get revenge. "Murder By Proxy" text story by S. Gordon James. "The Hound of the Devonshires," script by Joe Blair, art by Paul Reinman; A curse of a phantom hound in Devonshire. "The Sinister Spiritualist," art by Clem Weisbecker; A spiritualist tricks people to tell where they keep their valuables, and then robs them. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 59 GD+ 2.5

3.5" cumulative spine split. Cover coming detached at both staples. Oxidation.

Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Sparling, and Al Carreno. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Captain Marvel, Jr. meets the Upside Downies, who walk on their hands and eat with their feet. "International policeman" Radar battles a rival "international police" organization in the African nation of Liberia. A luggage mix-up puts the Terrible Tiara in the bag of Nyoka, the Jungle Girl, but gangsters want it too. Radar: The World Gauleiters; Nyoka, the Jungle Girl: The Adventure of the Terrible Tiara; Bulletman: The Animal Secret; Sam the Sheriff; Hoodoo Hannigan, Ch. 31; Captain Marvel, Jr.: The Upside Downies. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 41 FR 1.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch, piece-fill and TRIMMED.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by Lily Renee, Joe Doolin, August Froehlich, Murphy Anderson, and Fran Hopper. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. The second Auro Lord of Jupiter debuts when the original Auro's body is possessed by a human scientist and transformed into a Flash Gordon-type hero; The Star Pirate takes a spaceship of male colonists to a forgotten world of space women; Gale Allen investigates after the lost planet Itec suddenly returns and begins capturing spaceships. Featuring art by pioneering female artists Fran Deitrick/Hopper and Lily Renee. Classic bondage cover by Joe Doolin. Creatures of the Mind World; The Lost World; Gale Allen; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Revolt of the Insect World; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 12 GD 2.0

2" cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached. Oxidation.

Cover by Harry G. Peter. Untitled story, script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman is given the gift of magnetic hearing by Desira, Queen of Venus, and learns that a 3rd World War is being planned. "The Ordeal of Fire," script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Etta and the Holliday girls are initiating new members of their sorority when one is transported to Venus and Wonder Woman must follow her. Wonder Women of History: four-page Helen Keller bio, script by Alice Marble, art by Alfonso Greene . Two-page text story, "S.O.S. - Miami" by Lynne Lovelace. "The Conquest of Venus," script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman tries to convert Velma to the ways of love and peace, but Velma succeeds in contacting a noted gangster and his men, getting them to invade and hopefully conquer Venus. Back cover ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Giant Cannon" by Rod Reed and C.C. Beck. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.