Auctions: comic books October 1960

Our Fighting Forces (1954) 57 VG- 3.5

Staples added (not manufacturing). Water damage. Staple rust.

View items consigned by TheInnerGeek: all items, auctions only

"A Tank For Sarge," "The Frogman and the Porpoise," and "Soften 'Em Up!" 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 140 GD 2.0

Cover and centerfold detached. Water damage. Staple rust.

View items consigned by TheInnerGeek: all items, auctions only

1st appearance of Blue Kryptonite and Bizarro Supergirl. Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. The Son of Bizarro! [Part 1], script by Otto Binder, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Bizarro-Lois gives birth to Bizarro-Jr. No. 1. Dexter humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The "Orphan" Bizarro! [part 2]; Linda Lee is assigned to watch the newly named baby Buster. The Bizarro Supergirl! [part 3]; Bizarro-Jr. finds Lex's original Imperfect Duplicator while playing in the Fortress of Solitude and creates a Bizarro-Supergirl. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) Annual 1 CGC 4.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4719574001

84 pages. 1st Silver Age DC annual. Reprints 1st Supergirl story, "The Supergirl from Krypton" (Action # 252), "Superman's First Exploit," "The Witch of Metropolis," "A Visit from Superman's Pal," "The Girl in Superman's Past," "The Execution of Krypto," "The Fattest Girl in Metropolis," "The Super-Brain of Jimmy Olsen," and "The Super-Key to Fort Superman" (Batman appearance). This issue also includes a two-page map of Krypton. Curt Swan cover pencils. Cover price $0.25.

World Around Us (1958-1961 Gilberton) 26 VG/FN 5.0

Painted cover art by N. J. Nodel. The Civil War illustration by Gray Morrow. "Before the Storm," art by Gray Morrow; The young United States begins to tear itself apart in the quarrel over slavery. "The Storm Breaks" Abraham Lincoln article. "The General Who Fought," art by Angelo Torres; Grant leads his men to victory at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, and Shiloh. Confronted with demands for Grant's removal because of high casualties, Lincoln refuses, preferring a general who is willing to fight. "The Great Train Chase" article; James J. Andrews leads his men on an unsuccessful attempt to steal the Confederate locomotive "General." "Flames on the Sea," art by Sam Glanzman; Raphael Semmes commands the Confederate raider "Alabama" on a highly-successful commerce-raiding mission; "Alabama" is sunk off Cherbourg by USS "Kearsage," John Winslow commanding. Various bios on military leaders. "War Drums," art by Gray Morrow; Harry Kieffer and his friend join the 150th Pennsylvania Volunteers as drummer boys and stretcher bearers; They fight at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. "Trial of the Century" article; Account of Nazi atrocities, and of the Nuremberg Trials. "These Brave Fields" article; Haskell's account of his experiences in the Battle of Gettysburg. "The Gray Ghost," art by Sam Glanzman; Mosby's Partisan Rangers cavalry unit successfully harasses Union posts in Northern Virginia. "The Final Days," art by Jerry McCann; As Lincoln begins his second term, Grant crushes Confederate forces in Virginia, forcing Lee's surrender. "The Aftermath," art by Norman Nodel; Northern military occupation of the South, and Reconstruction governments, are finally unsuccessful in rebuilding the South or uniting the nation. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.