Auctions: comic books December 1960

Dennis the Menace in Mexico (1960 Giants) 8A CBCS 6.5 1st Printing

Paper: Off white to white

Label #17-42E993E-002

Cover by Al Wiseman. Stories and art by Fred Toole and Al Wiseman. "No. 8" on cover. A double-sized dose of Dennis the Menace, as he makes mischief in the neighborhood and all around the world. The Mitchells' Mexico vacation begins with Mexico City and the Aztec pyramids. Down Acapulco way, Dennis gives his parents a few bad moments, but in Guanajuato he disappears entirely. Later he learns the history of Mexico. Plus an article about the research that cartoonists Fred Toole and Al Wiseman did for this comic. Saludos, Amigos!; La Cucaracha; Around Town! (And Round and "Round and Round); Rocky Going; Toro (Spanish Word for Bull); Spanish for Fun; So-Chee-Milko!; The Legend of Guadalupe; The Story of Mexico; Dennis the Hacienda-Ender; Taxco: City of Silver!; Mucho Gusto in Acapulco; Guanajuato: King of the Castle; Rockin the Boat!; Guadalajara! Guadalajara!; Fiesta; It's Easy to Speak Spanish!; Dennis the Menace Visits Mexico. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Strange Tales (1951 1st Series) 79 VG+ 4.5

Water damage.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "I Was in the Clutches of the Living Shadow," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A writer witnesses the landing of two-dimensional alien warriors disguised as shadows; The writer escapes and warns the authorities in time for the shadow warriors to be uncovered and driven away. "Music Master" text story. "The Ghost of Grismore Castle!", art by Steve Ditko (Dr. Strange prototype); A practical jokester tricks his friend into fleeing a haunted house only to be attacked by real ghosts; He promises never to play a prank again while his friend, actually a ghost, watches approvingly. "I Found the Perfect Hiding Place!", art by Paul Reinman; A burglar plans to steal the crown jewels and then use a time machine to escape into the past; Instead, he is stranded in a hideous alternate world with no human civilization. "The Thing on the Moon," art by Don Heck; Earth sends an expedition to the moon looking for a place to settle; They find a fertile valley and a robot left by the ancient empire of Atlantis to mark their claim to the moon. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) 14 GD 2.0

Water damage.

Cover by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. I Created Krang! The Most Fantastic Monster The World Has Ever Known!, Chapter One, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; A scientist's formula makes an ant giant and super-intelligent. Chapter Two: Krang!, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. The Remedy Oil text article, art by Marie Severin. Behold! I Am the Master of Time!, art by Steve Ditko; In a black magic book, a thief finds instructions for creating a time machine which runs on electricity, but after robbing people in the 18th century and attempting to return to the 20th, he realizes he is stuck in the past because there is no electricity in the 18th century. The Thing in Human Form!, art by Don Heck; A Martian is sent to Earth to kidnap a human scientist who has invented a weapon that Mars wants to use against Jupiter. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.