Auctions: comic books January 1947

Airboy Comics (1945-1953 Hillman) Vol. 3 #12 GD/VG 3.0

Cover by Fred Kida. Stories and art by Dick Wood, Fred Kida, Tony DiPreta, and Dick Hall. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #35. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #11 in indicia. When Airboy and Valkyrie are captured by mind-controlling atomic-powered medieval conqueror Black Tamerlane, only fellow Hillman air hero Sky Wolf can save them, in a rare crossover story. The Heap is pursued by a movie producer who sees it as the next great movie monster. Iron Ace investigates The Model Plane Murders. Airboy and Sky Wolf: The Wind of Battle; Skinny McGinty; The Heap: Nature's Prank!; No Trespassing!; Man By the Kitchen Door; Iron Ace. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Story Book (1946 Fawcett) 2 GD+ 2.5

Oxidation. Water damage.

Cover by C. C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Stories and art by C. C. Beck, Pete Costanza and Bill Woolfolk. The Captain Marvel Story Book featured an innovative combination of text and comics art, featuring great full-page illustrations by Shazam co-creator C.C. Beck. Captain Marvel helps Dorothy after her scientist father is kidnapped by the menacing Sun People. Their sun-shelter is growing too hot, so they need his invention to cool off the sun, even if that dooms Earth to another Ice Age. Captain Marvel and the Sun People. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.