Auctions: comic books published by American Comics Group

Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub (1954) 4 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4742157004

Stories by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Sheldon Moldoff and Ken Landau. Cover by Ogden Whitney. The crew of an atomic-powered submarine, The Atomic Commandos roam the seas battling threats to American naval supremacy. The Commandos are assigned to protect a scientist with a revolutionary new discovery, but they must contend with sleeping gas that works underwater, manned torpedoes, a gigantic super-sub, and other enemy weapons. Piercing the Iron Curtain!; Can't Stand Those Pigboats!; Sunken Treasure!; Brother, You've Done a Good Job!; A Day in the Life of an Atomic Commando: Doc Blake. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Lovelorn (1950) 41 VG 4.0

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Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Harry Lazarus and Edmond Good. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, one of the earliest of the romantic comics genre of the postwar era. A handsome man falls for a woman who works as a dime-a-dance girl and learns her secret; A stranded woman barges in on a handsome, reclusive writer and seeks to win him over; Advice on letting your fiancee see the real you, rather than pretending to be perfect. Deception!; Goody-Good!; Supposin'; Goodbye, Miss Pettigrew!; Follow Your Heart; Man from Nowhere!; The Professor's Daughter!; Love Under Shadows! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Romantic Adventures (1949) 3 VG 4.0

Centerfold detached at one staple.

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Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Al Hartley and others. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A woman lets her jealous nature get the better of her; Thelma is so set on getting back at the man who broke her heart, she doesnt notice the one who really loves her; Mary learns how the Valentine Ranch got its name; Rich girl Dona meets a man money cant buy. Also, readers send in their personal love stories. I Was My Mother's Rival!; The Shattered Heart; Jealous of a Shadow; Romance on Valentine Ranch; Money Can't Make Marriage; Breaking the Ice; Readers' Romances; Afraid of Love. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.