Auctions: comic books October 1947

Black Mask (1939-1953 Atlas Publishing 2nd Series) British Reprint Edition Oct 1947 FN- 5.5

British Edition. October 1947, Vol 6 #2. A Magazine of Gripping, Smashing Detective Stories. Stories include: Infernal Revenue (A Rex Sackler novelette) by D.L. Champion, Murder in the Mails by Robert C. Dennis, Shake Well and Kill by Jack Karney, and The Brooklyn Eye (A Tim Skeat Novelette) by C.M. Kornbluth. 6 1/4" X 9". 68 pages. B&W.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 168 VG+ 4.5

Indicia title is "POPEYE, No. 168. Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Microbe Battle or A New Champ of the Slap Swappers; Mr. K. O. Biffer, the fight promoter, tricks Popeye into signing a contract for Swee'pea to fight Baby Boom for the "Microbeweight" title of the world. Water Hole or Kin Ya Spare a Couple of Thousand Fer a Cup of Water?; A water hole is found on Olive's desert property and Popeye and Olive go to Slither Creek; They sell the property to Mayor Gunrod, not realizing that the water hole is the only source of water for the area. Fish Bait; Popeye goes on a fishing trip with Prof. Herman H. Haddock and Dr. G. B. Bluzard, who are fighting over the honor being the first to catch a rare Roccus Scomberomorus Lineatus. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Land of the Lost Comics (1946) 7 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4427483023

Cover by Olive Bailey. Stories by Isabel Manning Hewson and Ed Wheelan. Art by Olive Bailey and Harley Griffiths. The comics adaptation of a popular children's radio show, from back when EC was still run by Max Gaines and called "Educational Comics." Isabel and Billy travel to a magical undersea kingdom after befriending Red Lantern, a talking fish. Isabel and Billy find the place where your keys go when you can't find them. Then they investigate when bank loot is lost. A history strip about the feudal system in medieval Europe. The Lock-Up Of Lost Keys!; The Story of Feudalism; Home Of The Metal Men; The Great Bank Robbery! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Thrilling Detective (1939 Atlas Publishing) British Reprint Edition Oct 1947 VG/FN 5.0

British Edition. October 1947. Stories include: Until You Hang by Edward Ronns, Death at Both Ends by J. Lane Linklater, Murder Breeds Murder by Carl G. Hodges, Atom Boy by Ray Cummings, and Written in Blood by F.R. Read. 6 1/8" X 8 7/8". 68 pages. B&W.