Auctions: comic books November 1959

Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (1951) 47 VG+ 4.5

Water spots.

Cover pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick. The Peacemaker, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Betty and Veronica are spotted having a heated argument; Archie assumes they're fighting over him and doesn't mind telling anyone who will listen. Biography of Roger Smith, one of the co-stars of the TV show "77 Sunset Strip." Headline Hunters, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Betty has a phony newspaper printed, with a phony story about a beach-side beauty contest, to con Archie and Reggie into taking her and Veronica to the beach. Fairway Or Fowl, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Betty overhears Archie and Reggie talking about their golf games and thinks they've taken up hunting again. Trail Blazers, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Betty and Archie plan to go to the dance in matching loud blazers. Immediately Veronica starts plotting on how to sabotage the plan. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.12.

Tales of Suspense (1959) 6 FR 1.0

5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Oxidation.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein. "I Hear It Howl in the Swamp!", art by Steve Ditko; A fishing guide encounters an alien monster in the swamp, and after initial disbelief, the military plans to kill it; When two larger aliens arrive to take the thing away, they realize that it was only a lost child. "Lady Luck" text story. "I Was Captured by the Cyclops!", art by Don Heck; A man mentally transports himself to the past and becomes Sinbad, experiencing his encounter with the cyclops; He thinks that it was only a fantasy, but finds that he is still holding one of the cyclops' jewels. "The Mutants and Me!", art by Joe Sinnott; A man ignores his friend's theories about super-powered mutant humans, but after teleporting himself out of a locked safe he reconsiders. "Who Hides Beneath My Mask?", art by Dick Ayers; A burglar wears a rubber mask to avoid identification, but after his victim sees him, he discovers that his face has changed to match his mask. "The Luna Lizards Had Me Trapped!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule; Human colonists on an alien world believe that they are being attacked by aliens, who, in fact, are trying to help them. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.