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Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 47 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4644960002

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and George Marko. Art by C.C. Beck, George Marko and Pete Costanza. Superhero action with the original Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel and Dr. Moss shrink down in size and enter an anthill, where they encounter the super-powered "Marvel Ant" and a plot to overthrow the queen. The Jinx sells a bridge to Simp Simon and thinks he's made a tidy profit, until he sees how much the Simp makes panhandling at the bridge. Captain Marvel battles a great flood. Plus a PSA for WWII paper rationing, and a vintage ad for the Captain Marvel Club. The Marvel Ant; Dopey Danny Dee; Sergeant Sandy; Whipper-Snappers; The Voice; Simp Simon and the Jinx; The Second Deluge; The Mountain Marvel Feud. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 71 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white

Label #1126960019

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk and Al Liederman. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza and Al Liederman. Captain Marvel and his Three Lieutenant Marvels star in "The Adventure in Time!" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza (Sivana appearance; final appearance of the Three Lieutenant Marvels). Captain Marvel also stars in "Captain Marvel Traps a Sleepwalker" by Bill Woolfolk, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza, and "The End of the World" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Plus: Captain Kid in "The Inward Struggle" by Al Liederman. And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Satellite Prison" by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) 59 PR 0.5

Interior is complete. Severe water damage. Brittle.

Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Otto Binder, Al Liederman, George Marko, Howard Boughner¸ and Art Helfant. Art by Kurt Schaffenberger, Joe Certa¸ Bud Thompson, Al Liederman, George Marko, Howard Boughner, and Art Helfant. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. When Freddy Freeman gets to trade jobs with his boss for a day, he finds the work of editing and publishing a newspaper more difficult than the dangers he faces as Captain Marvel Jr. When a violin prodigy tires of the performance hall, he tries a variety of other jobs, and ends up creating disasters that Captain Marvel Jr. has to rectify. Sivana Jr. frames Captain Marvel Jr. for murder, in a story with art by Kurt Schaffenberger. Headline Headaches; Boxcar Benny; Rubbernose Randolph; The Great Discord; Wanted for Murder; Captain Kid Has to Face the Music; Dopey Danny Dee; Silent Guns; Kanvasback: The Human Pretzel; Judge Smudge; Tightwad Tad; The Boy Hermit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Jackie Robinson (1950) 3 FR 1.0

5.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached and centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.

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"Jackie Robinson Breaks into the Majors." This story retells the origin of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, the first African American to break into the Major Leagues. Also includes: "Jackie Robinson Battles the Teen-Age Terror"; "Jackie Robinson Rides the Whirlwind"; "Wee Willie Keeler"; and "It Happened in Brooklyn." Written by sportswriter Charles Dexter. Photo cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mary Marvel Comics (1945) 18 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4652009009

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories by Otto Binder and Howard Boughner. Art by Jack Binder and Howard Boughner. Superhero action with Mary Marvel, long-lost sister of the original Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. While taking an art class at the beach, Mary encounters a talking sea serpent and quickly gets wrapped up in its story. Freshman Freddy's professor is so absent-minded, he's the one who shows up for a test in his underwear. Mary tries to manage a pet shop full of mischievous animals. Plus a plethora of comics-format ads, including Bubbles and Yanks for Yanks Bubble Gum, and Captain Tootsie and the Secret-Play Touchdown, by CC Beck and Pete Costanza. And a vintage ad for Captain Marvel t-shirts. The Talking Sea Serpent!; Memory Test; Two of a Kind; The Absent-Minded Professor; Antics of a Pet Shop!; Vita Min; Dizzy Daisy; The Sinister Tropical Snow! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mary Marvel Comics (1945) 19 GD+ 2.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Staples replaced. Centerfold detached.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories by Otto Binder and others. Art by Jack Binder and others. Superhero action with Mary Marvel, long-lost sister of the original Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Mary encounters a witch in the Enchanted Forest - and magic is one of her few vulnerabilities. A Freshman Freddy comedy intersects with a Mary Marvel adventure, thanks to a Fawcett printing error. Mary investigates the Mountain Mystery. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie's Counter-Spook, by Shazam co-creator CC Beck and Pete Costanza. The Mountain Mystery!; The Swimming Lesson; Freshman Freddy: Troubled Waters; The Good Will Court!; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Accidents Will Happen; The Enchanted Forest!; Vita Min. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Nickel Comics (1940 Fawcett) 3 0.3

Comic is complete other than being coverless. Interior tears.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Bill Parker, Ed Smalle and Sven Elven. Nickel Comics was an experiment by Fawcett - half as thick as their typical comics, costing half as much, and coming out twice as often. Bulletman has a showdown with Blackmask. On the run from the slaver Ali-Bekr, the Jungle Twins stumble into the Valley of the Giants. Aided by his raven Hugin and his Golden Hand of Abraxas, Warlock the Wizard tracks down the villain Firebug, who sets fire to old tenement homes. Bulletman; Jungle Twins; Over Salted; Warlock the Wizard. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.05.

Nyoka the Jungle Girl (1945 Fawcett) 20 FR 1.0

Water damage. Cover coming loose at one staple.

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Stories and art by Bert Whitman and Howard Boughner. Raised in the jungle by her scientist father, Nyoka faces its dangers like no man ever could. In a two-part story, fortune hunters use murder and the legend of a "river god" to scare off natives from a platinum deposit in the jungle. But when Nyoka guides Dr. Livingston to the platinum, the body count goes up. Nyoka tries to figure out the connection between missing trophy heads and a diamond sought by masked criminals. Revenge of the River God, Part I: The Hidden Platinum; Feast of Death; Trader Tom; Part II: The Erupting Volcano; Nyoka's Jungle Quiz; Resourceful Renee; Chippy Chipmunk: A Teller's Tales; Acid-Tongue Andy; The Missing Heads. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Rod Cameron Western (1950 Fawcett) 15 GD/VG 3.0

Water damage.

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Stories and art by Otto Binder and others. The comics incarnation of movie cowboy Cameron pursues desperadoes and owlhoots in the days of the Old West. When a prospector finds silver in the played-out ghost town of Silver Creek, it brings outlaws and trouble, but luckily, it also brings Rod Cameron. Owlhoots set a trap for Rod using banker Turnbull as bait, in a story that opens with the line, "Scuttle dust, War Paint! Some buzzards are holding up Pop Bricker's store!" Rod goes undercover as a convict to learn where a counterfeiter hid his phony plates. Plus a text story by Mary Marvel co-creator Otto Binder. Incident at Silver Creek; Harvey; The Trap; The Human Shield; Annoyed Andrews; The Sorry Job!; The Counterfeiter!; The Renegade's Wrath! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Soldier Comics (1952-1953 Fawcett) 5 VG- 3.5

Water damage.

36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Spy Smasher (1941 Fawcett) 11 CGC 3.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4649717002

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and others. One of Fawcett's most popular superheroes, Spy Smasher fights saboteurs, fifth columnists, Quislings and collaborators during WWII. In South America, Spy Smasher realizes that Vasquez has been kidnapped and replaced by an Axis imposter. Spy Smasher investigates "haunted" defense plants, where he sees strange ghostly shapes and machines moving of their own accord. A mysterious soldier of fortune with no homeland begins to work for the Axis, in a story that features a Nazi-punching two-page opening spread. The Phantom Machines!; Menace over South America!; The Demlins; The Man Without a Flag!; Dead Mans Vengeance; The Battle-Scarred Cloak! Final issue of the series; Spy Smasher's adventures continued in Whiz Comics, where he became Crime Smasher after the war, and had a one-issue series under that title. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

True Sweetheart Secrets (1950) 5 VG- 3.5

Miscut. First two pages not completely cut at manufacturing (affects readability). Water damage.

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Photo cover. "The Big Shot," art by Bob Powell; Gangster Danny's car breaks down and he decides to stay on a nearby farm owned by Laura's father; Danny and Laura fall in love; Danny is identified by Laura's brother; Danny promises Laura to go straight; He returns to the city to see his mother but she rejects him. "My Darkest Hour"; Jean's parents don't like the rough crowd she socializes with; in contrast, they are proud of her older sister Lil and her bank manager fiancé Dale; When Jean's date Kip is killed in a nightclub brawl, Jean asks Lil to say it was she who was there; Lil becomes the subject of gossip and Dale's parents say the scandal will harm his career. "The Late Miss Early" text story by John Martin. "Sheltered Love"; Talent agent Sheila receives a recording of Don's singing; She discovers he is a coal miner who sings on the weekends, and thinks her offer of a contract is a scam; Sheila and Don fall in love and she "admits" he's right about the contract; Sheila is prepared to give up her career and marry Don, but her partner Steve arrives. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

True Sweetheart Secrets (1950) 9 FR/GD 1.5

2 1/2" cumulative spine split with splitting to interior wraps. Oxidation with brittle paper.

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Stories and art by Floyd Torbert and Ruth Sterling. Drama melds with melodrama in an early romance comic from Fawcett. Lissa is obsessed with Les, even though he's already married to Janice, and tries to convince him that he made a mistake. Pro baseball player Jeff decides that the game is more important to him than Denny, the woman who loves him. Gossip columnist Joan tries to use her column to turn the man she loves against the woman he's dating, but that's a dangerous game. The Big Guy; The Long Wait for Happiness; The Beauty Contest; Gossip Columnist. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Whiz Comics (1940 Fawcett) 42 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white

Label #3839078004

Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. Written by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Emil Gershwin, Clem Weisbecker, Louis Cazeneuve and unknown. Captain Marvel returns in the Time Chair in "One Thousand Years from Now: Part 2" with art by C.C. Beck (continued from the previous issue). Plus: 2-page text story "Bottoms Up" by Ray Tender; Ibis the Invincible in "The Black Sorceror"; Little Albert 1-pager; "Spy Smasher Battles the Brazen Colossus of Japan" by Otto Binder and Emil Gershwin; Lance O'Casey in "Ape Island" with art by Clem Weisbecker; and "Golden Arrow Defeats Death in Lost Canyon!" with art by Louis Cazeneuve. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.