Auctions: comic books published by Ziff Davis

Amazing Stories Quarterly Reissue (1940-1951 Ziff-Davis) Collected Pulp 1948FALL GD/VG 3.0

2.5" Spine split from top.

All issues in this series consist of three remaindered/coverless copies of unsold Amazing Stories (not reprints) re-bound together by Ziff-Davis into a single thick volume with new outer cover art. Cover price $0.35.

Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 1 #1 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - May, 1939. Cover by Robert Fuqua. Science Fiction and Fantasy adventure stories. This issue features "The Invisible Robin Hood" by Eando Binder, "Revolt of the Robots" by Arthur Tofte, and stories by A. Hyatt Verrill, F.A. Kummer Jr. Ross Rocklynne, Murice Duclos, and Harl Vincent. 8.5" x 11.5", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 8 #1 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4411758002

Volume 8, Issue 1 - February 1946. Cover by Walter Parke. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features Vacation in Shasta" by Rog Phillips, and "Toka and the Man Bats" by J.W. Pelkie. 7-in x 10-in, 180 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 12 #2 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4685273002

"The Dreaming Jewels" a novel by Theodore Sturgeon, plus "Doom Ship "a novelette by Robert Moore William.

Feb 1950. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Stories include "The Dreaming Jewels" by Theodore Sturgeon, "Doom Ship" by Robert Moore Williams, "Null F" by Peter Worth, "Mystery on Pluto" by Ward Fleming, and "The Friendly Wolf" by Craig Browning. Illustrations by Bill Terry, H. W. McCauley, and Leo Ramon Summers. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 162 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Flyboy (1952 Ziff-Davis) 1 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation. Moisture damage.

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Alex Kotzky and George Tuska. Aerial action with the aviator hero known as Flyboy. Larry gets constant ribbing and hazing from his peers and officers in the Air Force, but when his trainer blacks out in midair, Larry takes the controls and earns the name "Flyboy." A Korean War veteran, two lovely ladies, a case full of cash and trigger-happy gangsters add up to trouble for Flyboy and Happy. Anne's father, who looks like J. Jonah Jameson in colonel's stripes, becomes even worse after he learns he has reputation as a "monster." Plus a look at 1950s combat training for pilots, and a story with art by future Marvel legend George Tuska. Training for Combat; Stunting with Death; Angels Without Wings; The Dogface; The Gripes of Wrath!; Navy Wings; Fortress in the Sky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

GI Joe (1951 Ziff Davis) 38 GD 2.0

Water damage.

Painted cover by Clarence Doore. Stories and art by Dan De Carlo, Rudy Lapick, Vic Martin, and Ernie Schroeder. Neither a tie-in with the later toy line/cartoon nor a grim war comic, this first-gen GI Joe focused on lighthearted tales of military life. The Yardbirds, featuring Pvts. Windy and Whitey, was straight-up comedy of the Beetle Bailey/Sad Sack variety. "Ready-Money Reilly" thinks his pal's new comic strip is the perfect thing to help sell his base newspaper, but no one expects the strip to become a national craze. Pvt. Windy tries to sneak away from a training exercise to go on a date, in a story by future Archie legend Dan De Carlo. Joe tells some Korean kids another fairy tale, a wacky military-themed version of Jack and the Beanstalk with art by Mike Suchorsky. Painted cover with bondage elements by Clarence Doore. Army Chuckles; Johnny-Come-Lately; The Yardbirds: The Great Escape; Private Jokes; Adventures in Wonderland; Dear Gertrude; Khaki Humor; Beautiful Benny of Company B. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Space Busters (1952) 2 FR/GD 1.5 (R)

Trimmed

RESTORATION. Trimmed. Laminated cover.

Painted cover art by Allen Anderson. Ad for Jim Prentice Electric Football. Victory on Valda, art by Murphy Anderson; Captain Crockett's troops have a hard time convincing the freedom fighters of the planetoid Valda that they're not just as bad as the Belzarians, until nurse Wing saves Menso's daughter Rada. Every Space Buster a One-Man Army; Everything you want to know about their metallo-plastic helmets, thermo rifle, proton pistol, micro-grenades, and Space Buster Academy outside Luna City on the Moon. Remember Makano, art by Murphy Anderson; After the traitor Senstral leads an attack of the Utani ape-men on the outpost on Makano, Captain Crockett leads a select platoon that decimates the Utani barracks and destroys the Belzarian death ray tank corps. The True Story of Flying Saucers text story by Harry Harrison. Life in the Solar System, art by Everett Raymond Kinstler; Mercury is too hot, Jupiter is too cold, but they hold out the possibility of life on Venus and Mars. Mission to Baldor!, art by Marvin Stein; Capt. Crockett befriends Sabra, the leader of the guerilla movement on the planetoid Baldor. The Batmen of Luna, art by John Prentice. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Weird Thrillers (1951) 3 GD 2.0

Water damage. Interior tearing.

Painted cover by Allen Anderson. Stories and art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Dan Barry, Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, George Tuska, Ed Silverman, Martin Epp, and John Giunta. Classic 1950s science-fiction and horror tales from Ziff-Davis. John falls in love with Tania, a mermaid, after she saves him from drowning, in a story with early art by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Ben's soul seeks a new body to inhabit, in one of two stories this issue with art by comics legend Bob Powell. Bull, meanwhile, finds his soul split into two bodies, in a story with early art by comics legend George Tuska. Plus a one-pager by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Classic painted cover of a mermaid vs. a sea monster by Allen Anderson. Letter in Black; Princess of the Sea; The Soul of Benjamin Sprague; The Mind Reader; Death x 2 = 0; The Shadow on the Screen; Space Age Glass. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.