Auctions: comic books March 1955

Fighting American (1954 Headline/Prize) 6 GD 2.0

2.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover coming loose at one staple. Water damage.

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Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Art Gates, Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Sometimes listed as Fighting American Vol. 2 #1. After Marvel's first revival of Captain America, Cap creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby responded with another star-spangled patriot, who soon became a spoof of the superhero genre. Fighting American goes after beautiful jewel thief Marilyn Biltrite. The Communist answer to Fighting American, Super Khakalovitch, is overcome by America's plentiful goods at low, low prices. Deadly Doolittle; Rube; The Making of Fighting American; One Error; Super-Khakalovitch; Celebration. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Flame (1955 Ajax) 2 0.3

Comic is complete other than being coverless.

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Stories and art by Robert Webb, Manning Lee Stokes and Alex Blum. Chemist Kip Adams becomes The Flame, with superhuman strength and a reporter girlfriend. When mobsters kill an ice-cream man for selling the wrong popsicle, The Flame springs into action. Harbor tug captain Tugboat Tessie has adventures on the waters of the bay. Aviator hero Captain Speed discovers a mysterious hidden city in the Arctic. Deadly Vanilla and a Violin; Captain Speed: Danger Drift; Tugboat Tessie: Salt and Pepper; Trick Rescue; Where There's Smoke, There's Suspicion. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Journey into Mystery (1952) 23 FR 1.0

Near-complete spine split (partially taped). Cover oxidation. Tape under staple.

Cover by Carl Burgos. "Gone...But Not Forgotten?," art by John Forte; An alien child makes off with Earth city landmarks. "Trapped!" text story. "Yvette," art by Marvin Stein; Two ghosts search for each other on the streets of Paris. "Revenge!," art by Ed Winiarski; A man in a labor camp plots his revenge against a co-prisoner responsible for his being there, but has the ill luck of following him into the gas chamber on the day of his scheduled execution. "The Doll House!," script by Paul S. Newman, art by Gene Colan; Now that she's twelve, a girl's parents think she is too old for her dollhouse, so they put it in the attic. "Clinging Vine," script by Paul S. Newman, art by Manny Stallman; An explorer has a theory that ivy is plotting against mankind; They put him in a padded cell, where ivy sneaks in through the bars and strangles him before anyone notices. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.