Auctions: comic books November 1951

Weird Thrillers (1951) 2 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation.

Painted cover by Allen Anderson. Stories and art by Gene Colan, Murphy Anderson, Alex Toth, Sy Barry, Henry Sharp, and Joe Genovese. Classic 1950s science-fiction and horror tales from Ziff-Davis. A cosmic Fisherman From Space catches humans and leaves them on an island where they never grow old, in a story with art by comics legend Alex Toth. A crook steals a time machine and Grandfather Paradoxes himself, in a story with art by comics legend Murphy Anderson. A man buys a horror mask to scare his wealthy uncle to death, but faces a grim comeuppance, in a story with early art by Marvel legend Gene Colan. Weird painted cover by Allen Anderson. Weird Worlds; The Fisherman of Space; The Last Man; Destiny Takes the Long Road; The Cycle of Time; Murderer's Mask; Headed for the Stars; Metals for the Future. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Worlds Beyond (1951) 1 GD/VG 3.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch.

Cover art by Sheldon Moldoff. "Doorway to Horror," art by Sheldon Moldoff; Art collector Lyle Bagett enters a cursed house and is drawn into the reenactment of a fiendish crime: a painter murdered by his wife, whilst she painted his demise. "Twice Alive!", art by Bob Powell; Mitchell Ames dies on the operating table and journeys through his own body - meeting his ancestors there and being prosecuted by the angel of death; When the doctors manage to revive him, everybody is in for a big surprise. "A Favour Returned" text story by Arthur Sachary; A man enlists the services of a witch to put a voodoo hex on his partner. "Vengeance of the Living Dead," art by Bernard Baily; The pilot Gar Macon (who abandoned his doomed plane above the jungle) is forced to relive that plane crash. Down with Crime publisher ad. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.