Auctions: comic books November 1954

Black Phantom (1954 ME) 1 PR 0.5

Interior complete. Full length spine split. Large tear on back cover.

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Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Cover by Frank Bolle. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #122. A solo effort starring bad girl Black Phantom, formerly an adversary of Western hero Redmask, who has turned to fighting outlaws on her own. Black Phantom takes on the trio of outlaws who ride into town with their eyes on the bank; BP must figure out why someone is stealing what appears to be useless junk; Sheriff Satan of the outlaw town of Helldorado puts lawmen in jail and outlaws in power, until the Black Phantom comes along. Featuring early stories by future comics legend Gardner Fox. The Unholy Three!; The Nothing Robber!; Sheriff Satan!; The Ghost Rider. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.10.

Famous Funnies (1934) 214 Coverless

Comic is complete other than being coverless.

Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories and art by Rick Yager, Matt Christopher and Coulton Waugh. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Dickie Dare falls asleep on the boat, which drifts out to sea. Another mind-blowingly good Frank Frazetta Buck Rogers cover. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of heroism. Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; Danger - Ice!; He Made It Possible. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Thing (1952 Charlton) 17 GD 2.0

Cover by Steve Ditko. "Through the Looking Glass," art by Steve Kirkel; Alice is a mean and sadistic girl who runs amok and kills Wonderland's hostile and wondrous inhabitants. "Bad Blood!", script by Carl Memling, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; Gabriel Robb murders his rich uncle in a rage. "Wishful Thinking!", art by Steve Kirkel; Emil Barto is a vampire aboard a ship and gets stranded on an island. "Horror on the Hill" text story. "Weird Legend of Trelawney," pencils by Bob Powell; John Marshand visits the English town of Trelawney; Two former land owners, the squires Tilton and Ghastney, haunt the region with their ghostly attack dogs. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Uncle Scrooge (1954-2008 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone/Gemstone) 7 GD/VG 3.0

Centerfold coming detached at one staple. Cover oxidation with chipping.

No ads in book. Entire issue from cover to cover is comic stories and one page strips. Uncle Scrooge in two untitled stories. In the first story, Scrooge, Donald, and the nephews go arrowhead hunting in the desert which leads to a search for the legendary Seven Cities of Cibola. In the second story, Scrooge searches for his missing homing pigeon. Stories by Carl Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Young Romance (1947-1963 Prize) Vol. 8 #2 (74) GD+ 2.5

Water damage.

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#74 on cover; Vol. 8 No. 2 in indicia. Cover by John Prentice. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Draut, Art Gates, Bernard Baily?, George Roussos? and unknown. Look how she throws herself at that stagehand! She'd do a lot more for her career if she turned some of that charm on the star of the show! Featuring: "The Kissoff!"; "A Holiday for Love!"; "For Love Alone!"; and "Idol Worship!" Plus: 1-pager "I Thought It Was Love"! Also: 1-page Nancy Hale article "Be Consistent"! And: 1-page Charmaigne article "Don't Be Lonely"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.