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Auctions: comic books June 1952

  • Item #60669903
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    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 13 #4 VG/FN 5.0

    Tape on interior of cover.

    Starts Jul 6

    "Gentlemen, Be Seated" a short story by Robert Heinline

    Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #60776240
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    Men's Adventures (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 14 VG 4.0

    Residue on interior cover.

    Starts Jul 6

    "name, Rank, Serial Number" (art by Robert Q. Sale), "Retreat" (art by Gene Colan), "Insane" (art by Norman Steinberg), "The Coffin" (art by Bill Everett), and a two-page text story, "Military Man With a Spear." Everett cover. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60668185
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    Nightmare (1952 Ziff Davis) 1 CGC 1.0

    Paper: Slightly britle

    Spine of cover completely split & cover re-attached with tape. Pages 1 and 16 detached.

    Label #2064763011

    Starts Apr 29

    Painted cover by Allen Anderson. Stories and art by George Tuska, Everett Raymond Kinstler and Syd Shores. Pre-Code horror and suspense from Ziff-Davis, featuring their typically beautiful painted covers. A bitter one-handed sailor burns down a ship, only to be haunted by its ghost, in a story with art by future Marvel legend George Tuska. In another Tuska story, a man is haunted by his dead brother after an accident during a snowstorm. A beautiful Sri Lankan dancer does not show up on film, in a story with art by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Typically eye-catching painted cover by Allen Anderson. The Blood Ship; The Corpse That Wouldnt Stay Dead; Jardinis Jaw; The Fatal Note!; The Tunnel of Horror; Vision of the Gods! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.