Auctions: comic books February 1956

Shock Illustrated (1955) 2 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4378731001

Painted cover by Rudy Nappi. Stories by Daniel Keyes, Jack Oleck, and Al Feldstein. Art by Reed Crandall, George Evans, Al Williamson, and Graham Ingels. Part of EC's Picto-Fiction line, published in response to the Comics Code, featuring crime tales in text stories copiously illustrated by EC's lineup of artists. Cops capture "The Lipstick Killer" after a murder spree, and psychoanalysis reveals his accidental first murder when he was a toddler. A macabre bet between two med-school students leads to a man being buried alive, but the truth is worse still. A sheriff seeks the truth about a woman's death. Featuring some stories by Daniel Keyes, later the author of the science fiction classic Flowers for Algernon. The Lipstick Killer; My Brothers Keeper; A Question of Time; Dead Right. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, B&W with single-color accents. Cover price $0.25.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 80 GD+ 2.5

Interior tearing. Water damage.

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "The Mask of Mystery!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; It's a race against time as Wonder Woman attempts to remove an impenetrable time-bomb mask affixed to her face while she was sleeping. "The Origin of the Amazon Plane!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman recounts the three trials she completed to win her Robot Plane. The World's Most Famous Valentines! article. "SOS-Saturn!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor help repel an attack on Saturn from Titan, one of its moons. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.