Auctions: comic books September 1948

Adventures Into the Unknown (1948 ACG) 1 VG- 3.5

Cover oxidation. Water damage.

Cover art by Edvard Moritz. The Werewolf Strikes, script by Frank Belknap Long, art by Edvard Moritz; They captured a timber wolf, but it was instead a Werewolf! The Living Ghost, script by Frank Belknap Long, art by Fred Guardineer; Malveo, Satan's first lieutenant, lives and is looking for a Queen. The Painted Grave text story. It Walked By Night, art by Max Elkan. The Castle of Otranto--Tell Me A Ghost Story, script by Frank Belknap Long, art by Al Ulmer; adapted from novel by Horace Walpole. The Vengeful Specter of Lord Tyrone--True Ghosts of History, art by Edvard Moritz. Haunted House, art by King Ward. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

All Top Comics (1945 Fox) 13 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4421226002

Stories and art by Alec Hope, Gregory Page, Jack Kamen and Matt Baker. Cover by Jack Kamen. A collection of adventure and superhero comics from Fox Feature Syndicate. Jungle warrior Rulah receives a blow to the head that gives her amnesia, and she unwittingly helps rustle cattle; Blue Beetle's reporter girlfriend Joan tracks a redheaded woman who's being controlled by a sinister hypnotist; Phantom Lady encounters a plot to burn down supposedly fireproof buildings. Featuring art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. Rulah: The Ravishing Rustler!; Jo-Jo: Adventure of Darkness; The Sinister Safari; Blue Beetle: The Nightmare of Blood; Tropical Topics; Phantom Lady: The Fire Fiend. 36 page Cover price $0.10.

Little Lulu (1948-1980 Dell/Gold Key) 5 GD- 1.8

3" Spine split from top. Water damage.

Cover art by John Stanley. The Rocking Horse; Lulu has a strange dream about a rocking horse while exploring Carson's haunted house. The Dancing Bear; Lulu tells Alvin about the time she once knew a bear who could dance. The Robbery; Tubby and Willy swipe Lulu's doll carriage wheels for their soapbox racer. The Gourmet; Tubby gets a couple in a restaurant to buy him a huge fancy meal. All scripts and art by John Stanley. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Lone Ranger (1948-1962 Dell) 5 VG- 3.5

1.5" Cumulative spine split.

The Lone Ranger and a Girl's Peril, script by Fran Striker, art by Charles Flanders; Crowley and his gang want to force Jim Jackson to give them a share of his gold mine. In a second plot line, Lacey and Black have turned a town's jail into a refuge for outlaws. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 31 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation.

Cover by Harry G. Peter. "The Shrinking Formula," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Shrunken to miniscule size and hunted by thugs, Wonder Woman races to complete an enlarging formula to save herself and her friends. "The Planet of Plunder," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman faces a gauntlet of trials to rescue the Holliday Girls, caught in a coup in the republic of Neptunia. Wonder Women of History: four-page Jenny Lind bio, art by Paul Reinman. Two-page text story, "You Name It" by Lee Goldsmith. "The Racketeer of Magic," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; A charlatan posing as a magician from the future uses an Amazon invention to determine how best to outwit Wonder Woman. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.