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Comic books August 1948, graded by CGC

  • Item #63028136
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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4540574004
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  • Item #61681144
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    • Paper: Cream to off white
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    • Centerfold Missing, Affects Story. Incomplete
    • Label #0342574003
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    Master of Murder starring Human Torch, pencils by Mike Sekowsky. The Last Atoll starring Sub-Mariner, art by Ken Bald. Mad Music Moans a Devil's Dirge starring Blonde Phantom, pencils by Mike Sekowsky. Boy Who Couldn't Study starring Captain America, art by Syd Shores. 52 pages Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60111550
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    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Label #0083550003

    Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Bernie Krigstein, Otto Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger, Bill Ward, Frank Bolle, Max Elkan, Bill Woolfolk and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Sivana Jr.'s latest invention captures Capt. Marvel Jr. in an impenetrable bubble, in a story (and cover) with art by longtime Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Nyoka faces a new menace in the jungle, in an story with early art by future EC legend Bernie Krigstein. When a dog is committing robberies, Bulletdog tries to convince Bulletman and Bulletgirl that a blind beggar's seeing-eye dog is involved (!), in a story by Shazam co-creator Otto Binder and Torchy artist Bill Ward. Captain Marvel, Jr. Gets Bottled Up; For the Master Mind; Trader Tom; Lumber Jack; Nyoka: The Savage Custom; Bulletman: Blind Man's Bluff; Vacuum Bloobstutter's Hole Holiday; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Shopworn; Kanvasback: History Making Reply; Hopalong Cassidy: Beyond the Law. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #58906276
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4091493009
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    Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by Jack Byrne. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Ruben Moreira, Frank Doyle, Enrico Bagnoli, and George Evans. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Firehair takes action when The Grizzly Gang targets both the Dakota tribe and the nearby trading post; The debut of Jan of the Jungle, a Mowgli-like wild boy living in the Indian jungle; Tiger Man tries to free a family from an ancient wolf-curse and risks becoming part of the menu. Another action-packed Firehair cover by Bob Lubbers. Firehair; I Confess; Western Daredevil; Glory Forbes; Jan of the Jungle; Sky Rangers; Tiger Man. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62425700
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    Published Aug 1948 by DC.
    • Paper: Slightly britle
    • Label #4498341010
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    Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. List of Superman's accomplishments in the "real world." The Origin of Superman, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; After a prologue that demonstrates Superman's amazing abilities, his origin is recounted. Tootsie Rolls ad, art by C. C. Beck. The Oracle From, script by Alvin Schwartz, art by Al Plastino; Professor Grog accidentally sends Superman and mechanic Mike Mooney back to ancient Egypt. Shorty humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. The Tiniest Things In the World text article by Joe Samachson [as William Morrison]. A Job For Superhombre, script by Don Cameron, art by Al Plastino. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62183366
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    Published Aug 1948 by DC.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • COVERLESS.
    • Label #4524633003

    Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. List of Superman's accomplishments in the "real world." The Origin of Superman, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; After a prologue that demonstrates Superman's amazing abilities, his origin is recounted. Tootsie Rolls ad, art by C. C. Beck. The Oracle From, script by Alvin Schwartz, art by Al Plastino; Professor Grog accidentally sends Superman and mechanic Mike Mooney back to ancient Egypt. Shorty humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. The Tiniest Things In the World text article by Joe Samachson [as William Morrison]. A Job For Superhombre, script by Don Cameron, art by Al Plastino. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61484866
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    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4407789001
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    "Meet the Split Benny Benny Dickson, Public Enemy # 1," "$100.00 Reward for Adolph Berg," "Joyce McAllister," "Boston's Black Spade," and "Vengeance of the Mounted." Classic Jack Cole cover and art. Featuring a drug story with hypodermic needles, an opium den, and an addict in the throes of withdrawal! Cover price $0.10.