Auctions: comic books January 1949

Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) 52 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, and Sidney M. Elias. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. A mysterious old man gives unlucky Scarecrow all the luck he needs, and he puts it to work in the junior football league. The Little Wise Guys start their own detective agency and help the FBI chase down a counterfeiter. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys; Crackpot Constructors Inc.; Daredevil; Crimebuster: Death in the Barn; The Great Wall of China; This'll Kill Ya! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 33 CGC 2.0

Paper: White

Label #4329410001

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "The Four Dooms Part 1: Paradise Island Condemned," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; An evil inventor and her cohorts escape Transformation Island, then pose as accident victims to ambush the Amazons. "The Four Dooms Part 2: The Titanic Trials," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; The Amazons are brought to Inventa's island, Cadmea, where Wonder Woman must overcome the trial of the four dooms to prevent the execution of the her mother and sister Amazons. Wonder Women of History: three-page Annie Jump Cannon bio by Julius Schwartz, pencils by Paul Reinman, inks by Bernard Sachs. Two-page text article, "The Magestic Giant" by Charles King. "The Menace of Murkton," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman investigates the disappearance of busloads of strongmen, uncovering a plot to destroy the Earth so a nearby planetoid will get more sunlight. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.