2005 May Comic Auction #816

<B>Adventure Comics #33 (DC, 1938) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> This was only the second issue of this title's decades-long run (...

<B>Adventure Comics #34 (DC, 1939) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages.</B></I> Fred Guardineer's safari cover scene is a nice warm-up for the many adventur...

<B>Adventure Comics #37 (DC, 1939) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages.</B></I> Not only do we really enjoy Creig Flessel's covers for this serie...

<B>Adventure Comics #41 (DC, 1939) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white pages.</B></I> We wish Leo O'Mealia had done more comic book work -- we loved his covers fo...

<B>Adventure Comics #42 (DC, 1939) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages.</B></I> This issue's Sandman cover was only the second by Creig Flessel to feature...

<B>Adventure Comics #43 (DC, 1939) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.</B></I> Fred Guardineer's dramatic cover whetted kids' appetites for an iss...

<B>Adventure Comics #44 (DC, 1939) CGC VF- 7.5 White pages.</B></I> This was the third cover appearance of the Sandman -- the character was so new, ...

<B>Adventure Comics #45 Rockford pedigree (DC, 1939) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.</B></I> This issue's cover by Fred Guardineer gives us a ...

<B>Adventure Comics #47 (DC, 1940) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> This FN/VF specimen is the highest-graded copy of #47 that CGC ha...

<B>Adventure Comics #48 (DC, 1940) CGC FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages.</B></I> This is one of the key issues of <B>Adventure</B></I>'s run, in fact...

<B>Adventure Comics #49 (DC, 1940) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> Hourman's second appearance came in this issue, which also featured...

<B>Adventure Comics #50 (DC, 1940) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages.</B></I> The Hourman is in quite a jam on this Bernard Baily cover! Baily also drew t...

<B>Adventure Comics #51 (DC, 1940) CGC VF+ 8.5 Cream to off-white pages.</B></I> Creig Flessel's distinctive style graces the Sandman cover of this ...

<B>Adventure Comics #52 (DC, 1940) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages.</B></I> Feast your eyes on only the third cover appearance for Hourman. The ...

<B>Adventure Comics #53 (DC, 1940) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages.</B></I> Every Golden Age hero worth his salt had a kid sidekick, and Hourman finally...

<B>Adventure Comics #54 (DC, 1940) CGC FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages.</B></I> Hourman gets an assist from his young helpers, the Minute Men of Ame...

<B>Adventure Comics #55 (DC, 1940) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages.</B></I> We think that the Hourman is body-slamming this fellow for attempted sabotag...

<B>Adventure Comics #56 (DC, 1940) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages.</B></I> Co-stars Hourman and Sandman are the featured attractions once again in this...

<B>Adventure Comics #57 (DC, 1940) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> "Tick Tock" Tyler, aka Hourman, is drawn by Bernard Baily, both on ...

<B>Adventure Comics #58 (DC, 1941) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages.</B></I> Soapbox racing in the urban jungle? Good thing Hourman's there to save the...

<B>Adventure Comics #59 (DC, 1941) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> Hourman and Sandman were two busy gents from 1941 on -- not only ...

<B>Adventure Comics #60 (DC, 1941) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages.</B></I> Creig Flessel was one of the best, and his cover for this issue has an origi...

<B>Adventure Comics #62 Big Apple (DC, 1941) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> Starman, who had first appeared in the previous issue, ma...

<B>Adventure Comics #63 (DC, 1941) CGC FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages.</B></I> This was only the third outing for Starman, who is portrayed on the ...

<B>Adventure Comics #64 (DC, 1941) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> Starman knew how to put his gravity rod to good use, as Jack Burnle...

<B>Adventure Comics #66 (DC, 1941) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages.</B></I> True-blue DC fans remember the Shining Knight, a 6th-century hero...

<B>Adventure Comics #67 (DC, 1941) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> This issue has the origin and first appearance of the Mist, a villa...

<B>Adventure Comics #68 (DC, 1941) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> Starman soars to the rescue, thanks to his anti-gravity rod. That...

<B>Adventure Comics #69 (DC, 1941) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages.</B></I> Sandy the Golden Boy made his first appearance in this issue, which was also...

<B>Adventure Comics #70 (DC, 1942) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> The Federal Men were an <B>Adventure Comics</B></I> standby, in f...

<B>Adventure Comics #71 (DC, 1942) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.</B></I> A couple of key firsts for Hourman are found in this issue -- for o...

<B>Adventure Comics #72 (DC, 1942) CGC VG- 3.5 Cream to off-white pages.</B></I> When Simon and Kirby joined DC, it was quite a landmark event. This...

<B>Adventure Comics #74 Rockford pedigree (DC, 1942) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages.</B></I> Simon and Kirby not only drew this issue's Sand...

<B>Adventure Comics #76 (DC, 1942) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages.</B></I> The fertile imaginations of Simon and Kirby never cease to astound -...

<B>Adventure Comics #80 (DC, 1942) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white pages.</B></I> Two great runs of an artist and a character came to an end with this issue -...

<B>Adventure Comics #81 Crowley pedigree (DC, 1942) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> If you want to enjoy the fantastic Sandman and San...

<B>Adventure Comics #82 (DC, 1943) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> Simon and Kirby wrote and drew a Sandman Christmas story for this i...

<B>Adventure Comics #83 (DC, 1943) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages.</B></I> Hourman made his last Golden Age appearance in this issue. Having been repla...

<B>Adventure Comics #84 (DC, 1943) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> We're sure this issue's Simon and Kirby cover grabbed your attent...

<B>Adventure Comics #85 Rockford pedigree (DC, 1943) CGC VF+ 8.5 Cream to off-white pages.</B></I> Here's an exceptional, pedigree copy of an issue ...

<B>Adventure Comics #86 (DC, 1943) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> This Golden Age issue not only has a Sandman story by Simon and Kirb...

<B>Adventure Comics #87 (DC, 1943) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white page.</B></I> For some reason this issue is about as hard to find, especially in n...

<B>Adventure Comics #88 (DC, 1943) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> World domination? Master race? Dream on, Nazi -- freedom-loving g...

<B>Adventure Comics #89 (DC, 1944) CGC FN/VF 7.0 White pages.</B></I> Why count sheep when you can count crooks? And count on the Sandman and Sandy ...

<B>Adventure Comics #90 (DC, 1944) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> Like many issues of DC's second-oldest comic series (originally <B>N...

<B>Adventure Comics #92 (DC, 1944) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages.</B></I> DC's second incarnation of Manhunter had enjoyed a nice run in this title,...

<B>Adventure Comics #93 (DC, 1944) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages.</B></I> The distinctive style of Simon and Kirby graces this issue's Sandman cover...

<B>Adventure Comics #94 (DC, 1944) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.</B></I> This issue's Simon and Kirby cover can't help but grab your attentio...

<B>Adventure Comics #95 (DC, 1944) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages.</B></I> The Sandman, a powerless captive? Not so fast, Emperor-san! No doubt you rec...

<B>Adventure Comics #96 (DC, 1945) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages.</B></I> Simon & Kirby cover art, and interior art by a young Gil Kane mark this is...