Auctions: comic books November 1950

Adventures into Terror (1951 Atlas/Marvel) 43 VG 4.0

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First issue of the series (despite numbering). "The Monster Awakes" (art by Russ Heath), "The Unknown Partner," "The Ant World," and "The Man Who Looked at Death." Heath cover. Cover price $0.10.

Amazing Adventures (1950 Ziff Davis) 1 GD/VG 3.0

Piece of tape on interior front cover.

Painted cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Stories and art by Wally Wood, Murphy Anderson, Ogden Whitney, Alex Schomburg, Jerry Siegel and Harry Sahle. Sci-fi and fantasy from Ziff-Davis, edited by the legendary co-creator of Superman, Jerry Siegel. Fortune-hunters return to the lost city of the Winged People to steal the diamond eye of their idol, in a story with art by comics legend Wally Wood. Vince breaks up with his Martian girlfriend Kit-E and goes to find the legendary Asteroid Witch, in a story with art by comics legend Murphy Anderson. Professors Graves and Arnold's serum accidentally transports them into the 4th dimension, and they must enter the timestream to escape, in a story with art by Golden Age legend Alex Schomburg. Plus the one-pager "Amazing Prophecies" by Ogden Whitney. ("Which nation will own the moon?") Painted cover by famed science fiction illustrator Robert Gibson Jones (Fantastic Adventures, Amazing Stories). The Asteroid Witch; A-Day; Winged Death on Venus; Trespasser in Time; The Stone Men; Amazing Facts from Nature; Cosmic Comics; Amazing Prophecies. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Science (1950) 1 GD 2.0

1" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation. Water damage.

Cover by Walter Johnson. Stories and art by Wally Wood, Walter Johnson and Gustav Schrotter. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. While visiting New Mexico, scientist Gordon Dane is given an advanced supercomputer by the alien survivor of a flying-saucer crash, which he uses to become science-hero Captain Science. Using the computer, Captain Science learns that Hitler and other Axis leaders were actually aliens, and they have a new invasion planned for planet Earth. Archaeologist Tayne is transported by a strange crystal to another world, where he is welcomed as a legendary hero, in a story with early art by the legendary Wally Wood. Tracking the Flying Saucers; Traitors to the Earth; Destination Moon; The Monster God of Rogor; The Spawn of Saturn. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.