Auctions: comic books September 1960

Journey into Mystery (1952) 60B VG- 3.5 White Box Variant

Marvel White Box Variant. The white box is probably the result of a similar type error discovered in the production run and would have been "Fixed" by printing a white box to cover over the error. "Bombu, The Witch Man" with pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; "We Were Trapped with the Silent Monster" (art by Don Heck?); "I Found the Things from Nowhere" with pencils by Kirby; "I Turned into a Martian" with art by Steve Ditko; and a two-page text story, "The Swami." Kirby cover pencils. Cover price $0.10.

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 240 GD/VG 3.0

Cover by Carl Barks. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Al Hubbard, Jack Bradbury, Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro, Merrill De Maris, and Paul Murry. Sometimes listed as Vol. 20 #12. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured art by Carl Barks, the legendary Good Duck Artist. Mickey adopts transplanted native Thursday. In a story by Barks, Donald tries to teach a flightless falcon to parachute. Scamp gets loose at the circus, and becomes part of the act. Donald Duck: The Fraidy Falcon; Scamp: On with the Show; Chip 'n' Dale: Too Many Witches; Pinocchio's Picnic Puzzle; Mickey Mouse: An Education for Thursday. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.