Auctions: comic books February 1948
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Item #64173701
Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) 58 VG- 3.5
Starts Jan 26 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.
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Item #61241726
Published Feb 1948 by Great Publications.Wonder Comics (1944 Great) 16 CGC 4.5 Conserved
Conserved
Paper: Off white
Conservation includes: centerfold reinforced, cover reinforced, staples replaced.
Label #0316930008
Starts Apr 4 Tara in "The Fabulous Jewel of Morn," Wonderman in "The Hordes of the Immortal Emperor," the Grim Reaper in "The Master of Treachery," Jill Trent Science Sleuth in "Portrait of a Crime," and Spectro Master of Magic in "Murder in Mind!" Alex Schomburg cover (as "Xela"). Cover price $0.10.
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