Auctions: comic books published by Ajax
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Item #64070850
Haunted Thrills (1952) 12 VG- 3.5
Cover oxidation.
Starts Jan 3 Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A murdered ganglord returns for revenge. A political mission to Central America is sabotaged by voodoo chieftains. A practical joker encounters a humorless ghost in a Spanish castle. Terror Below; Badge of Glory; Goodbye Earth!; Death Laughs Last; Voodoo Vengeance. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #64070851
Haunted Thrills (1952) 13 VG- 3.5
Starts Jan 3 Stories and art by Carl Burgos and others. Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A self-centered actor begins glimpsing a beautiful woman after an accident. A mad scientist wants to know which is stronger - love or hunger, featuring art by Human Torch creator Carl Burgos. A baboon develops a fatal attraction to a visiting prospector. Famous, oft-reprinted cover by an unknown artist. Experiment in Terror; Rendezvous with Doom; Death Do Us Part. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #64005205
Madhouse (1957 Ajax 2nd series) 2 FR 1.0
Cover coming detached at both staples. Water damage.
Starts Dec 15 Stories and art by the Iger Shop. A reprint of Madhouse (1954 Ajax 1st Series) #4. An attempt to duplicate the humor of MAD from Ajax-Farrell and the anonymous talents in the Iger Shop. Ghosts try to get rid of the Beatniks that have moved into their haunted house, in a story with surreal imagery and hilarious pseudo-Beat dialogue. The new sheriff in town confronts outlaw Dan McGoon. In a spoof of detective movies, the trail of missing dancer Annie Body leads to danger. Crazy Mixed Up Arizona; Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore...She's Gone Man!; Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore...She's Gone Man! Flat Foot Floogie; Going-Going-Real Gone!; Pssst-Confidential (My Eye!) The Uncensored Lowdown of Joe Blow's Rise to Fame! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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