2002 December Comic Auction - Dallas Texas. Sale #805 - Session 1

Marvel Mystery Comics #7 (Timely, 1940) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white pages. An amazing early Timely cover which displays Alex Schomburg at his best. The Huma

Marvel Mystery Comics #9 (Timely, 1940) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white pages. Overstreet rates it a "classic" cover, and Schomburg didn't do it...

Marvel Mystery Comics #10 (Timely, 1940) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages. Alex Schomburg's brilliant cover has the Sub-Mariner destroying...

Marvel Mystery Comics #12 (Timely, 1940) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages. Overstreet gives this a "Classic Kirby cover" designation. ...

Marvel Mystery Comics #17 (Timely, 1941) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages. The Torch and Subby fight side by side against the Nazis on this classi

Marvel Mystery Comics #18 (Timely, 1941) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages. Timelys are hotter than ever, especially early issues like this one with Alex

Marvel Mystery Comics #23 (Timely, 1941) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages. Alex Schomburg is a victim of his own excellence. If this were his only

Marvel Mystery Comics #27 (Timely, 1942) CGC NM 9.4 Cream to off-white pages. Just as Toro is about to be squashed beneath the treads of one mean-look

Marvel Mystery Comics #34 (Timely, 1942) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. Timely comics in general, and their superhero comics in particular, are among th

Marvel Mystery Comics #37 Pennsylvania pedigree (Timely, 1942) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. Timely comics continue to be popular because they are truly

Marvel Mystery Comics #62 (Timely, 1945) CGC NM- 9.2 White pages. Beautiful colors mark this copy featuring a patented Alex Schomburg cover. CGC liked

Marvel Mystery Comics #70 Big Apple pedigree (Timely, 1946) CGC NM 9.4 White pages. This Big Apple copy offers eye-blinking brightness and near-perfec

Marvel Mystery Comics #70 "D" Copy pedigree (Timely, 1946) CGC NM 9.4 Cream pages. The Human Torch and Toro get the cover feature this tim...

Marvel Mystery Comics #74 (Timely, 1946) CGC VF+ 8.5 Light tan to off-white pages. On this later Schomburg cover, Torch and Toro take down some thugs

Marvel Mystery Comics #76 (Timely, 1946) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages. Alex Schomburg moved easily from his signature wartime covers to more do

Marvel Mystery Comics #78 (Timely, 1946) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages. Syd Shores' searing cover starring the Human Torch is backed by S...

Marvel Mystery Comics #82 (Timely, 1947) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. Namora makes her splashy first appearance in this issue, much to the excitement o

Marvel Mystery Comics #85 (Timely, 1948) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages. Toro is called on to save the Human Torch, on this classic Sid Shores cover. The

Marvel Mystery Comics #92 (Timely, 1949) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages. The origin of the Human Torch is reprinted in this, the scarce last issu

Marvel Tales #100 (Atlas, 1951) CGC VF+ 8.5 Cream to off-white pages. Timely's classic superhero title had succumbed to the horror craze at this...