Auctions: comic books December 1961

Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 291 CGC 9.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #3765459001

First 12-cent cover-priced issue. Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. Superboy's Romance with Cleopatra, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein; When Superboy reveals he's in love with Cleopatra to ward of the teen age girls of Smallville, Prof Potter helpfully invents a time machine to bring her to the present. Shorty humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Peg humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Bizarro Perfect Crimes--Tales of the Bizarro World, script by Jerry Siegel, art by John Forte; Superman helps find Bizarro-Lois No. 1. Little Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Strange Tales (1951 1st Series) 91 VG 4.0

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "The Sacrifice!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein; An astronaut sent to Mars encounters a telepathic plant that destroyed all life on Mars and forces him to take it to Earth; The man kills himself by blowing up the spaceship and stranding the plant in space. "Strange Mission" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "The Coming of the Giants," art by Paul Reinman; Alien giants menace New York, but retreat at token resistance; The people find a projector and decide that the aliens' giant size was an illusion. "The Mask of Morgumm!", art by Don Heck; A baby-faced criminal gets an ugly mask to disguise himself and intimidate people; When he removes the mask he finds that it has made his face just as ugly as the mask and so easily recognizable. "The Warning!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A man frantically tries to convince people in a park that he saw a statue move; When he is unsuccessful he is satisfied, since now he knows that his alien people's plan to infiltrate Earth with soldiers disguised as statues will work. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) 26 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4695723013

Cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. Look Out!! Here Come the...Four-Armed Men!, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; An explorer learns of an invasion of four-armed aliens. The Weatherman, art by Joe Maneely. He Walked Through Walls!, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; A stranger performs feats of magic, and offers anything that people might want if they sign a contract. Run, Rocky, Run!, art by Bob Forgione; A criminal on the run plans to stow-away on the experimental rocket he reads about, but finds out too late that is an advanced miniature rocket that cannot carry a pilot. Dream World, script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A man repeatedly dreams that his bed is levitating, and cant tell if hes dreaming or not. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.