Comic Book Postal Auctions

Spring 2013 Results

US Golden Age Comics

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Note: Prices Realised include 10% Buyer's Premium.

167

Drums Of Doom 1 (1937) United Features
Starring Golden Thunder with ad for Tip Top Comics
Rare in this grade [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £110

168

International Comics (1935)
1, 3, 5, 8, 9
Large format 36 page early comic books of the 'Sunday Pages' starring Silly Symphonies, Betty Boop, Tailspin Tommy, Broncho Bill, Ella Cinders, Tarzan by Hal Foster, Mutt & Jeff, Dick Tracy, Dainty Dorothy Herbert, Buck Rogers, Terry And The Pirates, Buster Crabbe, Li'L Abner and Little Orphan Annie
No 1 [gd], balance [vg+/fn] (5)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £127

169

Strange As It Seems (1939) Blue Star Publishing
64 page black & white strange facts compilation. This particular printing is not listed in Overstreet and, lacking its 10c price, it may have been given away during New York's World Fair where author John Hix had a stand
Bright covers, light tan pages. Rare [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £60

170

Golden Lad 1 (1945) Spark/Fact & Fiction Publ
Origin and first appearance of Golden Lad
No major defects, cream pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £89

171

Ellery Queen 2 (1949) Superior Comics Ltd
Bright fresh cover, tiny lower corner piece missing, cream/light tan pages. Rare in this grade [vfn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £137

172

1,000,000 Years Ago 1 (1953) St John
Origin and first appearance of Tor. Joe Kubert cover and inside cover photo
Professionally restored staples area by spine. Light owner stamp to splash page margin. Apparent [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £26

173

Mysterious Traveler 1 (1948) Trans-World Publ
Powell cover and art
No major defects [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £49

174

Golden Age No 1s
America In Action 1 (1942) [vg-], Big Tex 1 (1953) 3 John Wayne stories as Tex White. Clear taped spine [gd], Calling All Boys 1 (1946) [vg], Conquest 1 (1955) F. Funnies [gd+], Girl 1 (1949) Cornell [gd+] and Captain Silver's Log Of The Sea Hound 1 (1945) Avon [vg] (6)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £82

175

Buster Crabbe 1 (1951) and Famous Funnies with Buster Crabbe 1 (1953) Lev Gleason. Both [vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £77

176

Dell Westerns + (1953-60)
Lone Ranger 1010-111 (painted covers), Max Brand's Silvertip 491, 572, 608, 637, 667, 731 (painted covers) and Zorro 1037, 9, 11, 14 (photo-covers)
5 Lone Rangers
[vfn], balance [vg/fn+] (21)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £51

177

Out Of This World 1 (1956)
No major defects, cream pages, cents copy [vg]
With Tales To Astonish 60 cents [vg-], Fantastic Four 22 [gd+] and Iron Man 55 [vg] (4)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £133

178

Amazing Adventures 6 Ziff-Davis (1952)
Painted cover with some foxing and creases, off-white/cream pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £28

179

Amazing Detective Cases 11, 12 Atlas (1952)
11: abrasions at mid spine; edge chip to top front cover; 11, 12, staple discolouration [vg/vg+] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £58

180

Black Cat Mystery 45 Harvey (1953)
Classic cover Colorama by Powell
Tiny edge chips to front cover; very small split to top spine; off-white/cream pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £91

181

Black Cat Mystery 50 (1954)
Classic White Heat radiation cover
2 cm spine split; edge chips, top front cover; cream pages [gd-vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £200

182

Black Cat Mystic 61 Harvey (1958)
Front cover edge chips [gd-vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £9

183

Haunted Thrills 1 Farrell (1952)
Off-white/cream pages [fn-vf]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £110

184

Haunted Thrills 2 (1952)
Front cover small edge tear, rusty staples, cream pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £34

185

Haunted Thrills 3 (1952)
Tan cover interiors; spine nick; cream/tan pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £44

186

Haunted Thrills 4 (1952)
Cover with previous owner name in pencil, edge tear, rusty staples, cream pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £48

187

Haunted Thrills 5 (1953)
3 cm tear to back cover; cream pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £93

188

Haunted Thrills 6, 7 (1953)
6: pen scribble to front cover & 4 interior pages [gd]; 7 [vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £41

189

Haunted Thrills 8 (1953)
Small spine hole; cream/light tan pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £58

190

Haunted Thrills 9 (1953)
Front cover pencil initials; cream pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £49

191

Haunted Thrills 10 (1953)
Back cover dust shadow, cream pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55

192

Haunted Thrills 11 (1953)
Nazi Death Camp storyline
Very light diagonal crease to front cover, off-white/cream pages [vfn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £85

193

Haunted Thrills 12 (1953)
Front cover with small pencil arrival date, cream pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £39

194

Haunted Thrills (1953-54) 11, 13-16, 18
Cream pages [vg/vg+/fn-] (6)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £117

195

Incredible Science Fiction 31 E.C. (1955)
1 cm split to top spine, blunted corner, off-white/cream pages, Wood, Williamson art [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £68

196

Incredible Science Fiction 32 (1955)
2 cm spine split to top spine; edge chip to front cover; cream pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £37

197

Incredible Science Fiction 33 (1955)
Wood, Orlando art. Last EC comic book. Cover 'popped' at top rusty staple. Small amount of rust migration, back cover, cream pages
[vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £38

198

Mad 19 E.C. (1955)
Tanning to edges of interior covers, cream pages [fn-vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £82

199

MAD (1955) 20, 22, 23
20: small rodent chew; 22: rust on staples; 23: cover 'popped' at top staple, 1 cm spine split, small tape repair on spine [vg+] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55

200

Mad 21 (1955)
Tanning to cover interiors, cream pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £49

201

Marvel Boy 1 (1950)
Cream/light tan pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £223

202

Marvel Boy 2 (1950)
Spine split above top staple, tanning to cover interiors, tan pages [vg-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £88

203

Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds 6-10 Charlton (1957-58) Mostly Ditko stories
7: heavy spine wear. 8: 5 cm split to top of spine; 10: 2 x 1 cm spine splits at top/bottom of spine
[vg/gd/vg/vg-/vg+] (5)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £85

204

Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (1960-61)
19, 21-24, 26. All with Ditko art
23, 24 pence copies; 23: moisture stain, front cover; 26, edge chip, top front cover
[gd-vg/vg-/vg+] (6)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £41

205

Phantom Lady 14 Fox (1947)
Includes stunning Matt Baker artwork
Tears to front cover at both staples, pencil name ‘Bud’ to front cover by right shoulder of Phantom Lady. Cream pages [gd+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £176

206

Phantom Lady 15 (1947)
Stunning Matt Baker cover/artwork
4 red colour touches to front cover near spine. Several indentations to back cover and a few later pages. Cream pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £242

207

Phantom Lady 16 (1948)
Matt Baker cover/art
1 cm tear at bottom of spine, dust shadow to right-hand front cover & back cover. Cream/light tan pages [gd-vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £170

208

Piracy 1 E.C. (1954)
Williamson, Wood, Crandall art
Cream pages [vg-fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £36

209

Piracy (1955) 2, 3, 6
Williamson, Wood Crandall art
Cream/tan pages [fn-/fn] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55

210

Piracy (1955) 4, 5, 7
4: tanning to cover interiors, tape repaired front cover tear; 5: small tear at top of spine, spine hole at mid spine, cream pages [vg-/vg+/vg] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £24

211

Space Adventures 1 Charlton (1952)
Small spine hole, back cover stain, cream pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £52

212

Space Adventures (1954-58) 11, 25 2 Ditko stories in each
11: small piece out right-hand edge front cover; 25: tanning to cover interiors [vg-/fn+] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £49

213

Strange Tales Of The Unusual 1 Atlas (1955)
Powell art
Cream pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121

214

Strange Terrors 7 St John (1953)
Kubert cover. 100 page Giant
Light stains to front cover, stain on back cover and final pages, cream/light tan pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £53

215

Strange Worlds 1 Atlas (1958)
Ditko & Kirby art
Tanning to cover interiors, cream pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £160

216

Suspense 11, 14, 20 (1951-52) Atlas
11: tan/brown cover interiors, dust shadow to back cover; 14: rusty staples, moisture stain; 20: 1 cm spine hole [vg/gd-vg/vg] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £36

217

Suspense 17 (1952)
Miscut cover, tiny rodent chew to back cover edge, cream pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £44

218

Suspense 18 (1952)
Off-white/cream pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £63

219

Suspense 19 (1952)
Tiny edge chips to front cover, crayon arrival date, off-white/cream pages [fn-vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £60

220

Suspense (1952-53)
21, 26, 27
Cream/tan pages [vg-fn/fn-] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £74

221

Suspense 24 (1952)
Heath/Maneely art
Cream pages [fn-vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £53

222

Tales From The Crypt 21 E.C. (1950)
Reprints Haunt Of Fear 15 (#1) Front cover light biro previous owner name, Cream/ light tan pages [vg-fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £122

223

Tales From The Crypt 22 (1951)
Back cover stain; cream/tan pages [vg-fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £74

224

Tales From The Crypt 23 (1951)
Sealed 2 cm tear, bottom front cover; cream pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55

225

Tales From The Crypt 23 (1951) Canadian Edition
Multiple edge chips, front cover; 2 cm spine split; cream/tan pages
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £12

226

Weird Fantasy 13 (#1) E.C.(1950)
Grubby spine, edge chips, tape repair to middle spine with 1 cm spine split, cream pages [gd+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £85

227

Weird Fantasy 14 (1950)
Staple discolouration; cream pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £89

228

Weird Fantasy 15 (1950)
Cream pages [vg-fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £88

229

Weird Fantasy 16 (1951)
Used in S.O.T.I. pg 144. Tiny corner chip out bottom front cover, light cover crease, cream/light tan pages
[vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55

230

Weird Fantasy 17 (1951)
Corner/edge chips out at bottom front cover; grubby back cover; light tan pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55

231

Weird Fantasy 6 (1951)
Edge chip loose, top front over; off-white/cream pages
Previously graded 7.0 by CGC [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £91

232

Weird Science 12 (#1) 1950
CGC 8.5 Off white to white pages
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: U/S

233

Weird Science 13 (1950)
Edge nicks, both covers; diagonal crease, front cover; cream/tan pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £72

234

Weird Science 14, 15 (1950)
14: [vg-]; 15: Front cover creases, corner chip [gd-vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £36

235

Weird Science-Fantasy Annual 1953
The second of two annuals with 128 pages of Kamen, Orlando, Romita, Wood and Williamson art. Some cover creases, complete square spine. Cream pages. Rare [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £147

236

Worlds Of Fear 2, 7 Fawcett (1952)
2: long splits in spine; edge chips to back cover; cream/light tan pages. Cover still firmly attached. 7: tears to 2 internal pages [gd/gd+] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £51

237

Worlds Of Fear (1952-53) 3-6, 8, 9
Some with miscut/miswrapped covers; cream/tan pages [vg-/vg/vg+/fn-] (6)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £82

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