Auctions: comic books October 1953

Daring Confessions (1952) 8 GD 2.0

Cover detached at one staple. Cover oxidation. 1 1/2" cumulative spine split.

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Stories and art by Doug Wildey and Vince Colletta. Tales of love and heartbreak, with a twist: in-story appearances by real-life musicians of the era. Scheming star Carla tries to break up the romance between her understudy Terry and TV director Ted, until real-life singer Julius LaRosa intervenes, in a story with early art by Doug Wildey. Denny wants to get her family out of the horse-racing business, but her dangerous actions get her jockey boyfriend Pete blackballed instead. Reformed juvenile delinquent Lucille is afraid her past will catch up with her and ruin her romance and job with department-store manager Will. Cover features a photo of Julius LaRosa. Julius LaRosa!; Bet Love To Win; My Sister and I; Finger of Shame. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

This Magazine Is Haunted (1951 Fawcett/Charlton) 13 FR 1.0

Centerfold detached. Lateral spine tears. Water damage.

Edited by Will Lieberson and V.A. Provisiero. Cover by Sheldon (Shelly) Moldoff. Stories by Bill Woolfolk and unknown. Art by Bob McCarty, Bud Thompson and unknown. Horror tales that are so scary they could only lead you to believe that This Magazine is Haunted! In this issue: A family curse haunts castle Tolchime. Oscar Tolchime, the last descendant, is trapped there and has to face the vengeful spirit of Lady Constance, who was put to death there 400 years before, in "The Tapestry of Tolchime" with art by Bob McCarty. Plus: Movie actor Jackson Blair makes his way to fame with the help of a witch's magic potion. When Blair breaks his promise to marry her in return, she makes his head disappear. In a final confrontation, Madame Dazong dies and Blair gets equipped with a new, horrible head in "The Man Who Lost His Head!" by Bill Woolfolk and Bud Thompson. Also: We accompany Warren Hopkins on his journey from his deathbed to the pearly gates. In between he takes over his body once more, giving his family a scare when he rises as a zombie from the grave in "Where Do We Go from Here?" And: Newspaper reporter Allen Drake is assigned to cover a scientific discovery: Professor van Bohm shows him proof of an alien invasion...and dies moments after. Drake has to run for his life, but everywhere he turns, the aliens are already in control in "The Formless Shadows" with inks by Thompson. Plus: 2-page text story "Dark Angel" written by John Martin, and 1-page stories "The Haunted Treasure" and "The Mystery of the Poltergeist"! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.