Auctions: comic books February 1954

Action Comics (1938 DC) 189 CGC 5.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4719573006

Cover art by Win Mortimer. Clark Kent's New Mother and Father starring Superman, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. The Mail-Order Hunter starring Congo Bill, script by Jack Miller, art by Ed Smalle. The Forbidden World starring Tommy Tomorrow, art by Jim Mooney. The One-Armed Bandit starring Vigilante, art by Howard Sherman. 44 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

All American Men of War (1952) 9 CGC 7.0 Qualified

Paper: White

Page 9-12 Missing.

Label #4690085005

"Death Mist" (pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Barnard Sachs), "The Last Patrol," "My Pal, M-1," and "No Fear!" Carmine Infantino cover. Edited by Whitney Ellsworth (credited) and Robert Kanigher (actual). Cover by Irv Novick. Stories by Robert Kanigher, Jerry Grandenetti, Bernard Sachs, David V. Reed, Irv Novick, Joe Giella, Irwin Hasen, Ed Herron, Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, Ed Herron, Gene Colan, and Joe Giella. Adventure tales of war and the military, including some humor—go into combat with All American Men of War! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Girls' Love Stories (1949) 27 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4714805010

Featuring: 1 page contents page; 9 page story "Doorway to Heartbreak"; 6 page story "Double Wedding"; 6 page story "What Love Forgives"; 2 page text story "The Lady and the Knight"; 8 page story "Castoff Love" written by Robert Kanigher and drawn by Irv Novick & Bernard Sachs. Cover by Irv Novick & Bernard Sachs. Cover price $0.10.

Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 120 FR/GD 1.5

1" Cumulative spine split. Chew. Heavy cover oxidation.

Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by unknown. Art by Gene Colan, Tony DiPreta, Jack Katz, Chuck Winter and unknown. The strangest stories ever told! In this issue: "The Commissar" with art by Gene Colan; "Too Smart for His Age" with art by Tony DiPreta; "What Would You Do?" with pencils by Jack Katz; "The Baby-Sitter!" with art by Chuck Winter; "Nothing Ever Changes" with art by Tony DiPreta; and 2-page text story "Sands of Doom," reprinted from Girl Comics (1949) #7 (original title: "The Endless Game"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Panic (1954 EC) 1 GD/VG 3.0

Cover by John Severin. Stories by Al Feldstein. Art by Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Jack Kamen, Marie Severin and Joe Orlando. The infamous Mad-like satire comic edited by future Mad editor Al Feldstein, and published by Mad's publisher, EC Comics. A spoof of Little Red Riding Hood with art by EC legend Jack Kamen. A parody of Mickey Spillane's hard-boiled "Mike Hammer" detective novels, with art by MAD legend Jack Davis, provoked controversy in the 1950s. The parody of Clement Moore's "The Night Before Christmas" with art by MAD legend Will Elder, is the legendary story that got Panic banned in Boston. The final page is a Christmas message from EC to its fans, featuring drawings of the entire EC staff and artists. My Gun Is the Jury; This Is Your Strife; Little Red Riding Hood; The Night Before Christmas. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Shock Suspenstories (1952 EC) 13 GD 2.0

2" Spine split through cover and 2 wraps.

Cover art by Jack Kamen. Only Skin-Deep, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A man comes out of an car accident with amnesia and plastic surgery to reconstruct extensive facial burns to be met by a woman who claims to be his lover and that the two of them plotted to murder her husband for his insurance money. Blood-Brothers, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; A bigot finds out that his life was saved as a child by a blood transfusion from a black man. Proposal text story, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Marie Severin. Upon Reflection, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Reed Crandall; A boxer feels guilty for killing a man in the ring when the man's widow screams at him that he's a 'beast'; He perceives that his hands and face are taking on the appearance of a gorilla but a psychologist tells him that it's all in his mind. Squeeze Play, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Frank Frazetta (art by Frank Frazetta--his only solo story for EC); A young man gets a girl pregnant and then murders her by throwing her out of a roller coaster car. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Super Cat (1954 Star) 57 PR 0.5

Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Missing back cover.