Auctions: comic books January 1948

Airboy Comics (1945-1953 Hillman) Vol. 4 #12 GD+ 2.5

Chew.

Cover by Arthur Peddy and Bernard Sachs. Stories and art by Dick Wood, Fred Kida, Arthur Peddy, Bernard Sachs, Frank Bolle and Leonard Starr. 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 #47. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #12 in indicia. Airboy seeks the lost fortune stashed by an exiled mobster. Eccentric botanist Dr. Drake and The Heap board a ship for South America, but unfortunately, so do drug smugglers. Flying Fool is invited to the funeral of Shanghai gangster Kilroy by Kilroy himself. Airboy: Racket King Deported Today; The Heap; Model Builders with Airboy; The Prize Was Darkness; Flying Fool: The Card Edged in Black; Big Man's Head: A True Story. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 19 VG- 3.5

Centerfold detached at one staple.

Cover by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk, and Jack Binder. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. The Marvel family faces a giant that has been slumbering under the Old Man of the Mountain rock formation for generations. Construction on a tunnel under the West River awakens a sleeping triton that attacks the workers, and Mary Marvel dives into action. The original Captain Marvel gets involved in the cutthroat world of midget auto racing when he offers to help a boy win the race for his elderly inventor father. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Classic cover by C. C. Beck and Pete Costanza. The Monster Menace; Judge Smudge; Lazy Lee; Peewee Pete; Captain Marvel, Jr.: The Correspondence School Genius; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Mary Marvel: The Triton and the Tunnel; Coffin of Concrete; Ice-Capades; Captain Marvel: The Midget Auto Race. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

World's Finest (1941) 32 CGC 6.0

Paper: White

Label #0339122006

Cover art by Winslow Mortimer. The Man Who Could Not Die! starring Batman and Robin, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Ray Burnley; When Lucky Starr visits a swami, he is told that he was born under a lucky star and he will get a sign from the future. The Case of the Camera Crimes starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. The Bandits and Books starring Zatara, script by Joe Samachson, art by William F. White. Bebe humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Killer with the Golden Voice starring The Boy Commandos. The Heel and Toe Juggler starring Three-Ring Binks, script and art by Jack Farr. The Seventh Wonder of the World starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel ?, pencils by Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster], inks by Stan Kaye ? [as Joe Shuster]; On a way back from a case, Superman stops over in Egypt to admire the pyramids and is swept back into time by way of a time bridge to aid the forces of King Cheops against an evil high priest AND to actually build one of the pyramids! 76 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.