Comic Book Postal Auctions

Spring 2014 Results

US Golden Age Comics

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

109

Century Of Comics (1933) Eastern Color
Milco-Malt promo giveaway generally believed to be the third comic published
Starring Mutt & Jeff, Joe Palooka, Reg'lar Fellas, Tailspin Tommy, Tooneville Folks and Holly of Hollywood. 100 pgs
Bright cover with 1 inch top spine split, cream pages. Scarce [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £1,179

110

Classic Comics/Classics Illustrated (1947/69) 1-169
The complete U.S. series in seventeen bound volumes
With Classics Illustrated Special Edition 12 issues in two bound volumes and The World Around Us 25 issues in four bound volumes.
There are 99 first editions in the collection including 35: The Last Days of Pompeii, 38: The Adventures of Cellini, 45: Tom Brown's Schooldays, 56: The Toilers Of The Sea, 59: Wuthering Heights, 64: Treasure Island, 66: The Cloister And The Hearth, 74: Mr Midshipman Easy, 84: The Gold Bug, in fact most issues from 52-169. Other high value issues include 33: Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (HRN 53) and 43: Great Expectations (HRN 62)
The collection is noted for the high colour gloss of its covers with cream, supple interior pages
Please give us a call to discuss any further details on this important comprehensive collection
33 issues with vertical mail fold/colour break to covers and general wear
[vg], balance [fn/vfn+] (206)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £1,127

111

Batman 56 (1949)
Bright cover, small tear to top and bottom margin near spine, off-white pages
With original CGC grade header '6.0' [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £112

112

Batman 104 (1956), 111 (1957) has 2 ins cover tear
Cents copies
[gd] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £24

113

Detective Comics 90 (1944)
Light dealer stamp to bright cover with light cover crease (not breaking colours), quarter inch top spine split [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £221

114

Detective Comics 107 (1946)
Light spine wear, cream pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £134

 

Our 1950s pre-code horror, science fiction and adventure collection concludes with the following 44 lots with key issues of Mystic, Phantom Lady, Strange Mysteries, MAD, Shock Suspenstories, The Thing, Vault Of Horror, Venus, Voodoo and Weird Science

115

Exposed, True Crime Cases 2 (1948)
D S Publishing
Excessive violence panels
[vg-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £31

116

Hand Of Fate 25 (Ace) with Voodoo 3, 7 (Farrell) 1952-54
[vg-/gd-/gd-vg] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £38

117

Mystic (1955) 37, 38 Atlas
Cream/tan pages [fn/fn] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £60

118

Mystic (1954-55) 34, 40, 42
Cream/tan pages [vg-/vg-/vg] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £60

119

Mystic (1956) 43-45
Off-white/cream pages [vg+/fn+/fn-] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £99

120

Mystic (1956-57) 53-55, 61
Cream pages [gd+/vg] (4)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £44

121

Mystic (1956-57) 51, 59
Cream pages [fn-/fn-vfn] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £77

122

Phantom Lady 17 (1948) Fox
Iconic headlights, bondage cover by Matt Baker
Good cover gloss with a few very light creases, light spine wear, pinkish/light tan pages, no major defects [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £1,863

123

Phantom Lady 20 (1948) Fox
Generally worn cover, 3.5 x 3.5 ins story panel cut-out lower page 10 [gd-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £16

124

Strange Mysteries 1 (1951) Superior
Cream pages [vg-fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £99

125

Strange Mysteries 19, Secret Mysteries 18 (Ribage); Midnight 2 (Ajax-Farrell); Ellery Queen 1 near split spine (1949-57)
Cream/tan pages [vg-/vg-/vg+/fr-gd] (4)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £36

126

Tales Of Terror 1 (1952) Toby
Corner piece out top right-hand front cover, cream pages [gd-vg]
And Tomb Of Terror 15 (1954) Harvey. Classic ‘face-expoding’cover Covers split and detached [fr] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £108

127

Tormented 1 (1954) Sterling
Cream pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55

128

Uncanny Tales (1955-56) 35, 47 Atlas
[vg-/vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £29

129

Voodoo 1 (1952) Farrell
Back cover stain, cream pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £148

130

Voodoo 2 (1952) Farrell
Rulah story
Colour scrape, back cover. Cream/tan pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £60

131

Voodoo 3 (1952) Farrell
Front cover stain, miscut covers, cream/tan pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55

132

Witches Tales 25 (1954) Harvey
Decapitation cover
Cream/tan pages [vfn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £339

133

The Thing 14 (1954) Charlton
Ditko art
Cream/off-white pages
CGC 6.0 [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £147

134

Venus 18 (1952) Atlas
Everett cover art
Off-white pages
CGC 8.0 [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £1,544

 

The E.C. lots are here:

135

MAD 8 (1953)
Top cover crease, cream pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £33

136

MAD 11 (1954)
Cream pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £126

137

MAD 12 (1954)
Cream pages, miscut cover [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £77

138

MAD 13 (1954)
Cream pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £49

139

MAD 14 (1954)
Cream/off-white pages [vfn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121

140

MAD 15 (1954)
Cream/tan pages [vg-fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £38

141

MAD 16 (1954)
Cream/tan pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £60

142

MAD 17 (1954)
Cream pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55

143

MAD 18 (1954)
Small corner pieces out of a few internal pages, panels not affected [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £44

144

Shock Suspenstories 1 (1952)
Several vertical fine breaks in front cover colours during printing process. Small front cover stain, cream/tan pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £134

145

Shock Suspenstories 8 (1953)
3-4 mm white spine [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £33

146

Vault Of Horror 22 (1952)
Cream/off-white pages
CGC graded 6.5 [fn+]
Unencapsulated
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £93

147

Vault Of Horror 28 (1953)
Cream pages [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £188

148

Vault Of Horror 34 (1953-4)
Cream/off-white pages, spine rub, edge chips back cover [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £77

149

Weird Science 12 (#1) (1951)
Vertical reading crease, staple discolouration, tear above top staple, cream/tan pages [gd+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £88

150

Weird Science 5 (1951)
Tear at top staple, cream/tan pages [vg-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £44

151

Weird Science 6 (1951)
Cream/tan pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £85

152

Weird Science 7 (1951)
Corner chips out both covers, cream/tan pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £44

153

Weird Science 8 (1951)
Back cover dust shadow, stains, cream pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £85

154

Weird Science 9 (1951)
1st Wood E.C. art
Slight staple discolouration, off-white/cream pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £85

155

Weird Science (1951-2) 10, 11
10: cover popped at lower staple, front cover stains, grubby spine. Cream/off-white pages [vg-]
11: extensive restoration including reinforced pages and glued spine. Apparent [fn-] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £38

156

Weird Science 12 (1952)
Cream pages [fn-vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £145

157

Weird Science 13 (1952)
Miscut covers, date arrival stamp, front cover, cream pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £57

158

Weird Science 14 (1952)
Back cover grubby at spine, cream pages
[fn-vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £146

159

E.C. 1950's Lot 1 (1951-54)
3D Tales From The Crypt Of Terror 2 with original E.C. 3D glasses Taped spine [fr-gd]; Haunt Of Fear 10, 11, 22 [gd+/gd/vg-] (4)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £60

160

E.C. 1950's Lot 2 (1952-55)
Crime Suspenstories 15, 27; Piracy 2, 5, 7; Shock Suspenstories 7
Low grade reading copies [fr/gd+] (6)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £24

161

E.C. 1950's Lot 3 (1951-55)
Incredible Science Fiction 30; Weird Fantasy 15, 16, 22; Weird Science 6, 14
Low grade reading copies [fr/gd] (6)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £40

162

Atlas 1950's Pre-Code (1953-54)
Adventures Into Weird Worlds 23; Astonishing 23; Strange Tales 32; Uncanny Tales 23
[vg/fn-] (4)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £103

163

Atlas 1950's Pre-Code 2 (1952-54)
Adventures Into Terror 31; Journey Into Unknown Worlds 29; Mystic 8, 31; Spellbound 9; Suspense 16, 21
Low grade reading copies [fr/gd+] (7)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £45

164

Atlas 1950's Post-Code (1955-57)
Adventure Into Mystery 2; Astonishing 40; Journey Into Unknown Worlds 40, 47; Mystery Tales 37, 49; Mystic 61; Strange Tales 35
[fr/vg] (8)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £79

165

1950's Mixed Publishers Pre-Code Horror
(1952-54)
Hand Of Fate 11; Ghost Ride (ME) 10; Horrific 2; Mysteries 1; Tales Of Horror 5; Tomb Of Terror 1; Web Of Evil 14
Ghost Rider 10 [vg-], balance [fr/gd-]
Low grade reading copies (7)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55

166

Mixed Publishers 1940's & 1950's (1943-55)
Blondie 36; Blondie Comics Monthly 32; Bill Boyd Western 6; Bob Steele Western 6, 8, 10; Daniel Boone 1; Justice Traps The Guilty vol 2 no.1; Little Orphan Annie 3; Ramar Of The Jungle 1; Strange Worlds 8; Warfront 9; Western Outlaws 1
Mixed grades [fr/vg+], average [gd] (13)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £36

167

1950's Mix (1951-59)
Adventures Into The Unknown 24-27; Forbidden Worlds 26, 84; Superboy 9, 76; Tales Of The Mysterious Traveller 12; Web Of Mystery 29
Superboy 9 1st page missing [pr]; Forbidden Worlds 84, Superboy 76 [vg+], balance [fr/gd+] (10)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £22

168

Wild Bill Hickock (1952-56) 11-28 Avon
With Kit Carson (1954-55) 5-8 Avon
Everett Kinstler cover art, Kit West stories by Howard Larsen
All cents copies. 12 [vg-], balance [vg/vg+] (22)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £85

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