| 161 |
Seduction of the Innocent (1954)
New York, by Fredric Wertham, M.D. 2nd printing with dust jacket [vg]; and The
Curse Of The Comic Books (1954) 20 page booklet by Wertham. With Children’s
Comics: A Guide For Parents And Teachers (1955) UK soft back by G H Pumphrey
and What Children Think Of Their Comics (1964) and Readers Digest (June
’54) with article by Wertham "Children’s Comic Books – Blueprints
For Delinquency". With two original typed letters on headed paper
from Wertham to Pumphrey 1955): "… my book Seduction Of The Innocent
is coming out in February … if the British Public lets up now all the bad
comic books will gradually come back again, like in Canada … The millionaire
comic book publishers here threaten me with violence … I know they have beaten
up dealers who refuse to handle the worst crime comics … The much publicised
"code" is a publicity stunt .." etc. signed in ink by Fredric
Wertham. Rare archival comic history (7)
Winning Bid: £484
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Look for affordable low grade reading
copies in the following six key Golden Age lots:
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| 162 |
Batman 47 (1948, Canadian),
55 (1949) with All-American 92 and All Flash 31. Complete
well worn reading copies [pr/fr] (4)
Winning Bid: £182
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| 163 |
Boy Commandos 18 (1946),
36 with Captain Marvel 97; Mary Marvel 10 (1947); Captain
Midnight 48, with UK reprint 44. Complete well-worn reading copies
[fr] (6)
Winning Bid: £61
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| 164 |
Detective Comics (1947-51).
123, 127, 133 Canadian, 176. Complete reading copies.
133 [pr], balance [fr] (4)
Winning Bid: £78
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| 165 |
Superman (1948-49) 51
Canadian, 54-58. Some brittleness, well worn reading copies
[pr/fr] (6)
Winning Bid: £166
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| 166 |
Wonder Woman (1946-49).
19, 23, 34, 36 with Sensation Comics (1947) 61, 62. Complete
reading copies with some brittleness. Sensation [pr], Wonder Woman
[fr] (6)
Winning Bid: £105
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| 167 |
Boy Comics 39, 42, both Canadian,
Crime And Punishment 19 (1949); Gang Busters 25; Leave It To
Binky 10, Canadian [fr] (5)
Winning Bid: £20
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| 168 |
Jumbo Comics 97 (1947).
Fiction House, with Jungle Comics (1947) 88, 97 [gd/vg] (3)
Winning Bid: £36
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| 169 |
Jungle Comics 97, Brittle
[fr], 110 [vg], 131 [fr] (3)
Winning Bid: £20
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| 170 |
Jungle Comics 95 (1947).
Bright cover colours, light tan pages [fn-]
Winning Bid: £24
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| 171 |
Jungle Comics 124 (1950).
Bright cover colours, light tan pages [fn+]
Winning Bid: £39
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| 172 |
Whiz Comics 69 (1945).
Moisture stain to interior lower pages [gd+], with Superman Unicef Landmines
issue (1996) written in Serbo-Croat [vfn] (2)
Winning Bid: £12
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| 173 |
Wonder Comics 13 (1947).
Schomburg bondage cover. Bright cover colours, tan pages [fn+]
Winning Bid: £121
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| 174 |
Captain America 59 (1946) Origin
Retold. Worn, torn reading copy with 1-2 inches missing from front cover at
base and right-hand edge. Brittle but otherwise complete! [pr], with Captain
America 68 (1948), no back cover [pr] (2)
Winning Bid: £62
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| 175
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Sherlock Holmes Classics: Classic
Comics 21 (HRN 30) 3 Famous Mysteries: Classics Illustrated 21 (HRN
114 : 1945); 33 Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes, (The Hound Of The Baskervilles
HRN 89: 1947); 110 A Study In Scarlet (HRN 165: 1953) x 2; with
102 The White Company (HRN 167 : 1964). All cents copies [gd/vg]
(6)
Winning Bid: £145
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| 176 |
Shock Illustrated 1, 2 (1955)
E.C.
Light tan pages [fn+/vg+] (2)
Winning Bid: £63
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| 177
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Batman 100 (1956) Centenary Issue.
Well worn spine, 2 inch cover tear, horizontal cover crease. Loose centre pages.
Cents copy [gd]
Winning Bid: £121
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| 178 |
Detective 167 (1951). Good
cover gloss, several small spine stress marks, light pencil name to back cover
[fn]
Winning Bid: £77
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| 179 |
Detective 173 (1951).
Batman’s Double! Good cover gloss, clean light tan pages [fn]
Winning Bid: £72
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| 180 |
Sub-Mariner 38 (1955).
3 mm cover split top and bottom [fn-]
Winning Bid: £107
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