Auctions: comic books February 1948

Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) 58 GD+ 2.5

Water damage. Staple rust with migration.

Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Otto Binder, Sid Lazarus, Art Helfant¸ and Bill Woolfolk. Art by Kurt Schaffenberger, Joe Certa¸ Sid Lazarus, and Art Helfant. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Disgraced ex-jockey Sneaker Bleeker finds a rogue Pegasus, and suddenly he has the means for revenge against the horse-racing industry. The smartest boy in the world visits town, and immediately gets into the sort of trouble that only Captain Marvel Jr. can get him out of. Marvel Jr. seeks jewel thieves who hide out in a hall of mirrors, in a story with art by Kurt Schaffenberger. The Flying Horse; Boxcar Benny; Rubbernose Randolph; Homer the Mental Miracle; It's All Done with Mirrors; Car Capers / Bus Buffoonery; Snortville Sneeze: The Big Report; The Other Passenger; Kanvasback Takes a Cuffing; The Metal Island. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 98 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4085558010

Cover art by John Celardo. "Ten Tusks of Zulu Ivory," art by John Celardo; Station manager Markham spreads word that the station personnel are suffering from fever and the natives give it a wide berth, enabling Markham to steal ten tusks of ivory; When Lindstrom, the station owner arrives, Markham convinces him to sign over the local mines to him; Kaänga rescues the party that Markham had taken hostage and Markham is killed by a captive gorilla. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba is wounded by a rhinoceros that proclaims himself king of the jungle; Simba's wounds are treated by a doctor on safari; When the rhinoceros attacks Simba's family, Simba stands his ground and defeats him. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Congo Lil and her men, disguised as ape cultists, raid the T'bongas and make them slaves in Lil's diamond mine; Terry leads the real ape cultists in attack on Lil and her men and Lil is killed in the battle. Jungle Quiz, art by Mike Peppe. Untitled story, Frank Doyle; After Wambi rescues an orphaned lion from a hunter's trap, the boy becomes jealous of the attention given to the cub by his jungle friends; He plays a series of practical jokes on them that almost results in his own death when he falls into the hunter's tiger trap and they don't believe his cries for help. "Lions at Large" text story. "Zazenda Ghost Goddess of Lost Souls!", art by Maurice Whitman; Tabu and the district commissioner travel by astral projection to the land of the witch Zazenda where Tabu bests her in a magic duel. Untitled story, art by Bob Lubbers; A trio of con men, hoping to extract tribute from a local tribe, use a double of Camilla to warn the tribe against dis-obeying the white men. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.