Auctions: comic books February 1958

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 252 FR/GD 1.5

2" Cumulative spine split. Oxidation. Water damage. Interior tearing.

Cover art by Sheldon Moldoff. "The Creature from the Green Lagoon" starring Batman and Robin, script by Dave Wood, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane), inks by Charles Paris; A film producer friend of Batman's on Skull Island sends for the Dynamic Duo and shows them a set he has built for a movie in production...a wall to keep out a creature that is wrecking his production equipment and preventing the movie from being completed for some unknown reason. "The Menace of the Super Weapons" starring John Jones Manhunter from Mars, script by Jack Miller, art by Joe Certa; Manunter is helpless to stop Waldo Wilson's super weapons. "Danger Trail" text story. Warden Willis two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. "The Undersea City" starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, art by Ruben Moreira; Roy encounters Horace Wakely. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Our Army at War (1952) 67 GD/VG 3.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch, tear seals/edge rebuild, staples replaced, TRIMMED. Tape stains.

Cover by Joe Kubert. Stories by Ed Herron, Robert Kanigher, Henry Boltinoff and Irwin Hasen. Art by John Severin, Ross Andru, Mort Drucker, Joe Kubert, Henry Boltinoff, Irwin Hasen and Mike Esposito. Explosive battle-action stories! In this issue: "Push-Button War!" by Ed Herron and John Severin; "Out in Front!" by Robert Kanigher, Ross Andru and Mike Esposito; "Stay Down -- And Fight!" by Ed Herron and Mort Drucker; and "Boiling Point!" by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert. Plus: untitled Private Pete 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff, reprinted from All American Men of War (1952) #7; untitled General Little half-pager by Irwin Hasen, reprinted from All American Men of War (1952) #7; untitled Aviation Almanac! 1-pager (by unknown); and 1-pager "The Spearhead Division" (by unknown). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

World's Finest Comics (1941) 92 GD+ 2.5

3 1/2" Cumulative spine split due to oxidation.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. The Boy From Outer Space! starring Superman and Batman, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Stan Kaye; A mysterious boy with Super-powers crash lands on Earth; Superman takes him in, but Batman suspects he's a criminal. Lem n' Lime humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. The Indian Cannoneers starring Tomahawk, art by Fred Ray. Varsity Vic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. World At Your Fingertips text article about stamp collecting. Marauders from the Deep starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp; Green Arrow has to fight crime under water. Wanted: A Teen-Age Code public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Ruben Moriera. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.