Auctions: comic books March 1959

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 265 VG- 3.5

Centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. Batman's origin retold with new facts in "Batman's First Case" starring Batman and Robin, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris; The sudden appearance of a new criminal basing his crime on time jogs Batman's memory into remembering that this criminal was his very first case after his parents were killed, and if the Clock has his way, the current case against him will be the Caped Crusader's last! "The Menace of the Deadly Lights!" starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, art by Ruben Moreira; Roy vs. Thorgsen . Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. "Fingerprints of Guilt" text story. "The Fantastic Human Falcon" starring John Jones Manhunter from Mars, art by Joe Certa; Detective Jones must stop The Falcon and his bird-themed robberies. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Journey into Mystery (1952) 51 FR 1.0

Full length spine split with covers detached. Water damage.

Cover by Russ Heath. "The Ghost Ship of Space," art by Joe Sinnott; A reporter investigates a series of spaceship disappearances and is captured by primitive aliens. "Mystery Pupil" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "The Creatures in the Volcano," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Wally Wood; A chief of a Pacific island tribe finds aliens in a volcano preparing to conquer Earth. "The Prison Planet!," art by Carl Burgos; A prison colony grows into a thriving society and forgets its origins, while the mother planet becomes a peaceful utopia before being devastated by invaders. "Alien on Earth!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule; An alien lands on Earth, but cannot be understood; The humans attack it out of fear, and finally drop a nuclear bomb on it. "Robot on the Rampage!," art by Steve Ditko; A supercomputer and its army of robots enslave humanity, but it is stopped when a janitor unplugs it. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.