Auctions: comic books 1953 w/ month not specified

Haunted Thrills (1952) 5 CGC 1.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Cover Detached.

Label #2085658001

Stories and art by Joe Doolin and others. Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A Faulkneresque tale of murder on a faded Southern plantation includes a zombie and art possibly by Human Torch creator Carl Burgos. A woman hires a witch and then unwisely ignores her bill. A butcher in a famine-stricken city turns to an obvious source for fresh meat. Hands of Terror; Swamp Haunt; House of Chills; Fatal Scalpel. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Heart Throbs (1949 Quality/DC) 22 GD/VG 3.0

Water damage.

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Cover inks by Sam Burlockoff. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. He didn't care for her! He never had! How could he play the fool when her heart was breaking? Read..."I Married a Clown" starring Grace Dodds, Robbie Dodds, Eddie, Buzz, Jean and Tommy. Plus: More heart-throbbing tales! And: Advice on Love Problems letters page by Marilyn Minton. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Kid Colt Outlaw (1948) 29 GD/VG 3.0

Cover art by Sol Brodsky. "Ambush!", art by Jack Keller; Kid Colt spots a group of Paiute warriors in full war paint while travelling along the range; The Kid then rides off to see what they might be after and comes across an army wagon train full of gold and warns them of the nearby Paiute war party; Kid Colt assists the soldiers in fighting off the Paiutes and rides off convinced that the Native Americans must have been tipped off by someone. "10 Men And A Marshal!" text story, art by Syd Shores. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; An outlaw named Caleb Marko has come to the home of prospector Jim Ballard, demanding that Jim turn over the Black Nugget, a gold nugget that is pure black; Jim refuses to hand it over because he believes that it has a blood curse on it, but Marko does not want to listen; He shoots Jim and steals the Black Nugget, leaving Jim's wife to cry for help; These cries are heard by Kid Colt, who happened to be passing by. "The Hangin's At Dawn," art by Sam Kweskin. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; An outlaw named Devlin, whose plots Kid Colt has foiled in the past, finally has his chance for revenge when he gets the drop on the Kid; Trying the outlaw hero to a post piled high with kindle, Devlin lights it up and heads across the desert with both his and Kid Colt's water canteens, hoping to make it to Collados; Left to die, Kid Colt whistles for his horse Steel. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Mystic (1951 Atlas) 21 GD+ 2.5

2" Cumulative spine split. Only one staple (manufacturing). Tape on interior cover and pages. Water damage.

Zombie in the Streets, art by John Buscema. Dorothy's Doll, art by Gene Colan; A man buys a lifelike doll for his ill child unintentionally fooling Death into taking the doll and leaving the girl. The Honeymooners, art by Tony Mortellaro; A man strangles his new bride, and when confronted by a neighbor, is told to mind his own business because that is what she wanted; He is a ghost and now his wife is a ghost, too. Isle of no Escape text story. Homicide; Jim Lane kills a bothersome tramp, then tries to frame his neighbor, an inadvertent witness, for the murder. The Ghost Comes Back!, pencils by Dick Ayers; A woman fools a criminal into thinking that her returning husband is a member of the undead. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Space Mouse (1953 Avon) 4 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label Error: wrong publisher specified by CGC.

Label #4745072013

Art by Frank Carin and others. Funny-animal antics in space, featuring the first character to claim the name Space Mouse. The space mice and Professor Brawdome investigate an unscheduled eclipse and encounter the devious Major Moto; Molly can handle the scariest of space creatures, but Halloween is another story; Major Moto escapes from prison and swears revenge on Space Mouse and The Earth. Fright Sight!; Major Moto; Oh, You Kidd!; Plane Crazy!; The Space Siren; Major Moto Strikes Again!; Danny Duck: Dinah Has Her Way! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Startling Terror Tales (1953-54 2nd Series) 9 GD/VG 3.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch. Cover coming detached at one staple. Water spotting.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Rudy Palais and others. Pre-Code horror and crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Gangster Steve Bory gets in over his head in eastern Europe when he dares to open the Forbidden Tomb. Don and Bud Hoover try to get away with murder. The Forbidden Tomb; The Forgers; Two Faces of Crime; Hideous M-U-R-D-E-R. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tales of Terror Annual (1951) 1953 CGC 2.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Tape on interior cover.

Label #1296350011

Feldstei bondage/torture cover, issue #3. Ingels, Wood, and Kamen art. Horror, Crime, and shock books that appeared around 1952. Each E.C. Annual contains four complete books that did not sell on the stands which were rebound in the annual format, minus the covers, and sold from the E.C. Office and on the stands in key cities. The contents of each annual may vary in the same year. Cover price $0.25.

True Life Secrets (1951 Capitol Publications Inc.) 16 Coverless

Comic is complete other than being coverless.

Cover by Art Cappello. Stories and art by Art Cappello and others. Early romance comics that include noirish tales of melodrama, scandal and deceit. Lynn doesn't want fiance Chris to know she's an ex-convict, but then a man from her past turns up for blackmail. Cop Dave discovers that his new girlfriend Nancy is a cat burglar when he catches her in the act, in a story that invites the reader to supply the ending. Jim and Nora must decide if they want to continue their relationship after they learn that he has four months to live. The Shadow of My Past; She Led Two Lives; I Got What I Deserved; Love Always Wins; Four Months to Live; My Secret Decision. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.