Auctions: Mystic comic books
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Item #64907447
Published Mar 1953 by Marvel/Atlas.Mystic (1951 Atlas) 18 0.3
Comic is complete other than being coverless.
Starts Jul 4 Mystic #18 features a memorable Bill Everett horror cover for "The Russian Devil!" The cover depicts skeletal communist party official literally dragging the corpse of an unfortunate citizen from his grave. "Get up, Ivan!" shouts the commie, "You can't escape us by dying! We're not through with you yet!" Fortunately, this story was written by a red-blooded American comic creator so the commie villain comes to a bad--and eternal--end. In Old Baghdad; A woman brought to the city as a slave schemes to become the wife of the Sultan but she is unaware of the the custom of that country to throw the Sultan's wife to the lions when he dies. The Drowning Man, art by Carrabotta; A thief cast overboard mistakes the back of a whale for a raft. The Perfect Mold text story. Tom-Tom!; Natives skin a cruel plantation owner and use him for their drums. Charley's Crime, art by Jack Abel; A thief comes back as a ghost to rob a bank but the ghost of the guard he killed stops him. The Russian Devil; The communist overseer of a labor camp is glad when he is told by his doctor that he has not long to live because he has spent his whole life killing and is weary; Death wants an assistant however and refuses to allow him to rest in peace. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #64972635
Published 1997 by Nincompoop Comics.Mystic Funnies (1997) #1, 1st Printing VF 8.0
Ends Jun 15 9:02 PM CST Bid History 2 bids Current Bid $3 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. 1st printing. $5.95 cover price. Stories, art and covers by Robert Crumb. Short, classic Crumb tales, as an exasperated Mr. Natural tries to get Flakey Foont to see life outside his limited, conventional worldview. Thinkin About Death n Stuff; Who Are You?; Look and See; A Highly Spiritual Discussion Between Flakey Foont and Shuman the Human; Ah Yes, So It Goes; Big Man; Omen in the Gloamin; The Saints; I Dont Get It. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $5.95.
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Item #64602673
Published 1999 by Nincompoop Comics.Mystic Funnies (1997) #2, 1st Printing FN+ 6.5
Staple rust.
Ends Jun 15 9:02 PM CST Bid History 3 bids Current Bid $6 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. 1st printing. Last Gasp logo on cover. Stories, art and cover by Robert Crumb. The hapless Moron (thats his name) cant help but to do the wrong thing, even with the aid of his Fairy Godmother. Plus Mr. Natural and Flakey Foont. Bad Karma; Mr. Natural Wants to Talk to You; The World and Its Ways. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $4.95.
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