2002 December Comic Auction - Dallas Texas. Sale #805 - Session 2

Action Comics #4 (DC, 1938) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages. The fourth appearance of Superman, nearly a year before his own comic began, on an in

Action Comics #16 (DC, 1939) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. A Legionnaire battles it out with an Arab in the sands of the Middle East on this classic Fre

Action Comics #16 (DC, 1939) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white pages. Even though DC had not quite figured out Superman's popularity by this point, as least ...

Action Comics #18 (DC, 1939) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages. The power of this Fred Guardineer aerial battle cover will knock you right out of

Action Comics #25 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1940) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. Superman, American icon for more than 60 years, is the star of this early iss

Action Comics #28 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1940) CGC NM- 9.2 White pages. This is a stunning Mile High copy of an early Action comic. Nearly all of the

Action Comics #29 (DC, 1940) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages. Early issues of Action featuring Superman on the cover always get noticed by collec

Action Comics #30 (DC, 1940) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages. The colors on this copy are nothing short of sensational, giving a first impressi

Action Comics #35 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1941) CGC NM- 9.2 White pages. Another monumental item from the historical collection of Edgar Church, this

Action Comics #38 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1941) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. You can always count on Superman to save the day; just ask thi

Action Comics #48 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1942) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. What an awesome cover, with Superman socking the plane of this

Action Comics #63 "D" Copy pedigree (DC, 1943) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. Jack Burnley offers up a Japanese war cover that CGC describes...

Action Comics #82 (DC, 1945) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. The Man of Steel has to save Lois again on this cover by Jack Burnley, who provided

Action Comics #93 "D" Copy pedigree Double cover (DC, 1946) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. Our initial impression of this Christmas cover is ...

Action Comics #1 (Ashcan) (DC, 1938). This gruesome Craig Flessel cover graces the comic that was used to register the trademark and logo for Action C

Adventure Comics #51 (DC, 1940) CGC NM- 9.2 White pages. In the infant years of comics' Golden Age, Creig Flessel's cover art on this title ...

Adventure Comics #51 (DC, 1940) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages. Just a few copies of this Creig-Flessel-covered issue have been certified by CGC

Adventure Comics #60 (DC, 1941) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages. Creig Flessel only did nine covers for the title, but his work helped define the

Adventure Comics #65 (DC, 1941) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages. A great action cover fronts this early Golden Age issue of Adventure Comics, which boasts Bur

Adventure Comics #67 (DC, 1941) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages. Jack Burnley gets his just desserts with a "Classic cover" designati...

Adventure Comics #68 (DC, 1941) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages. Jack Burnley's Starman enjoyed a run of being spotlighted on 12 consecutive covers ...

Adventure Comics #69 (DC, 1941) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages. The artistic collaborators of Burnley, Siegel, and Shuster fill the pages of this Golden

Adventure Comics #70 (DC, 1942) CGC VF+ 8.5 Cream to off-white pages. A quintessential Golden Age DC cover by Jack Burnley headlines this issue from e

Adventure Comics #71 (DC, 1942) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages. To demonstrate how rare it is to find high-grade copies of the title from 1942,

Adventure Comics #81 (DC, 1942) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. A great hourglass cover and interior pages by Simon and Kirby. This high-grade

Adventure Comics #86 (DC, 1943) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages. Fronted by a great Simon and Kirby cover, this issue features Sandman and Sandy blastin

Adventure Comics #96 (DC, 1945) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages. Simon and Kirby were still creating Sandman covers, but had turned over the in

Adventure Comics #99 (DC, 1945) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. On this cover, Sandman and Sandy find time to make faces at funhouse mirrors whi

Adventure Comics #99 "D" Copy pedigree (DC, 1945) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages. Jack Kirby was in his element penciling distorted figures...

Adventure Comics #100 "D" Copy pedigree (DC, 1945) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. One of the last Simon and Kirby covers of the t...

Adventure Comics #101 (DC, 1946) CGC VF/NM 9.0 White pages. On this cover, Sandman and Sandy uncover a trove of tiny gremlins in their wall, leading t

Adventure Comics #105 "D" Copy pedigree (DC, 1946) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white pages. You might not ever see a better copy of this third Adventu...

Adventure Comics #105 (DC, 1946) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages. Superboy had moved over from More Fun Comics just two issues prior to this on

Adventure Comics #115 "D" Copy pedigree Double cover (DC, 1947) CGC NM 9.4 Cream to off-white pages. Not only is this copy by far the high...

Adventure Comics #116 Double cover (DC, 1947) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages. It's obvious, with even a quick look at this book, why Adventure Co...

Adventure Comics #118 "D" Copy pedigree Double cover (DC, 1947) CGC NM 9.4 Cream to off-white pages. A practically flawless pedigreed issu...

Adventure Comics #119 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1947) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. Superboy hand-squeezes coconuts on this super, high-grade Golden Age issu

Adventure Comics #154 Double cover (DC, 1950) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages. Superboy is at it again in this great Adventure Comics cover. Bu

Adventure Comics #210 (DC, 1955) CGC FN 6.0 Light tan to off-white pages. Krypto makes his first-ever appearance in this issue, and causes the book to

Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis #1 (DC, 1952) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages. The chicks are going crazy for our man Jerry Lewis inste

All-American Comics #16 (DC, 1940) CGC VG- 3.5 Cream to off-white pages. This first appearance of Green Lantern is one of the really big-time keys, an

All-American Comics #25 (DC, 1941) CGC Apparent VF 8.0 Moderate (P) Off-white pages. This is the first time that we at Heritage have had the opportuni

All-American Comics #45 (DC, 1942) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages. Despite Doiby's help in fighting crime, Green Lantern must bail him out on occasion,...

All-American Comics #53 Hawkeye pedigree (DC, 1943) CGC VF/NM 9.0 White pages. It is amazing that even the Hawkeye copy of this book is actually this

All-American Comics #55 Hawkeye pedigree (DC, 1944) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white pages. This Hawkeye copy lives up to the high standards that you expect from

All-American Comics #71 Big Apple pedigree (DC, 1946) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages. This is very flat, tight attractive copy whose only sin appears t

All-American Comics #89 Big Apple pedigree (DC, 1947) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. Beautiful colors and pages adorn this copy of the first ap

All-American Western #117 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1951) CGC NM 9.4 White pages. What a smoking copy! The fiery orange-red colors on this book are so h

All-Flash #1 (DC, 1941) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. Although The Fastest Man Alive had made his debut more than a year before in Flash Comics

All-Flash #1 (DC, 1941) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. If you covet the Near Mint copy of this milestone Golden Ager that we are offering in our Signatur

All-Flash #7 Double cover (DC, 1942) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages. The E. E. Hibbard cover is one of two on this double cover copy. CGC rates

All-Flash #15 San Francisco pedigree (DC, 1944) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. The Flash is vividly displayed on this fantastic Martin Nodell cover. The onl

All-Flash #16 (DC, 1944) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. Flash and his sidekicks are off to tackle another mystery on this yellow and black cove

All-Flash #18 Hawkeye pedigree (DC, 1945) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. The magnificent condition of this book is the real story here. It comes

All-Flash #29 (DC, 1947) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages. In a bizarre twist of history, we find the Keystone City Bank and Trust under siege by a gang

All-Star Comics #1 (DC, 1940) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages. DC's superhero comics were such a success that they assembled a group of superheroes i...

All-Star Comics #5 (DC, 1941) CGC VF/NM 9.0 White pages. The Flash, Green Lantern, and Spectre toy with a trio of hapless thugs in this Howard Purcell

All-Star Comics #5 (DC, 1941) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. Shiera Sanders makes her debut as Hawkgirl in this high-grade key. The black backg

All-Star Comics #6 (DC, 1941) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. Almost all of DC's first-tier characters of the Golden Age appear right on...

All-Star Comics #20 Rockford pedigree (DC, 1944) CGC NM 9.4 Cream to off-white pages. Packed with great artwork and DC's best characters, it'...

All-Star Comics #26 (DC, 1945) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. This cover has multiple characters illustrated in full figure, and fronts this Al

All-Star Comics #29 (DC, 1946) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. Similar to the Hitchcock movie, this All-Star issue features a story entitled "The ...

All-Star Comics #38 (DC, 1947) CGC VF/NM 9.0 White pages. The JSA battle "History's Crime Wave" on this great All-Star cover. The Blac...

All-Star Comics #56 (DC, 1950) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. Here is the second-to-last, extremely rare issue, in extremely rare condition. DCs

Batman #1 (DC, 1940) CGC VG- 3.5 Off-white pages. CGC notes that tape has been used to reinforce the exterior of most of the spine and two pieces on t

Batman #1 (DC, 1940) CGC FR/GD 1.5 Cream to off-white pages. One of the most important books of all time, in a condition the beginner can afford. This

Batman #1 (DC, 1940) CGC Apparent VF 8.0 Slight (P) White pages. Not only does this historic issue feature the origin of Batman, but it contains the f

Batman #3 (DC, 1940) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages. Batman and Robin run to the rescue on this classic early Bob Kane Batman cover. What is so e

Batman #3 (DC, 1940) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages. Bob Kane created this dynamic cover, an Overstreet-dubbed "classic." But ther...

Batman #3 "D" Copy pedigree (DC, 1940) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages. Year-in and year-out, DC's Caped Crusader title remains in...

Batman #5 (DC, 1941) CGC NM- 9.2 White pages. Batman tips the scales in his favor on the cover of this awesome Batman #5. The batmobile gets a new loo

Batman #5 (DC, 1941) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages. Creator Bob Kane's first covers on the title could all be considered classics. Take t...

Batman #8 (DC, 1942) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. This endearing image of Batman and Robin is one that has stood the test of time. This one i

Batman #10 (DC, 1942) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages. DC used their heavy-hitter artists on this title all through the 1940s. In this issue, Fre

Batman #11 (DC, 1942) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages. Golden Age issues of Batman are not turning up for sale very often anymore, and classic co

Batman #13 (DC, 1942) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. Jerry Robinson offers one of his typically understated masterpiece covers for this early i

Batman #19 Spokane pedigree (DC, 1943) CGC VF/NM 9.0 White pages. This is a great Batman issue with a Dick Sprang cover, and four, count 'em, fo...

Batman #20 (DC, 1943) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages. Duck out of the way, quick! The batmobile is coming through on this, its first, cover. This

Batman #22 Twilight pedigree (DC, 1944) CGC NM- 9.2 Cream to off-white pages. Alfred gets his day in the sun here, on the cover and inside with his fi

Batman #23 "D" Copy pedigree (DC, 1944) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. The dynamic artist duo of Dick Sprang and Jerry Robinson con...

Batman #24 (DC, 1944) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. Jerry Robinson's cover of the Dynamic Duo in Rome is almost never seen so vividly. O...

Batman #27 "D" Copy pedigree (DC, 1945) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. Even before we noted Overstreet's comment about the cove...

Batman #27 (DC, 1945) CGC VF/NM 9.0 White pages. This issue earns an Overstreet "Classic Burnley Christmas cover" notation, and also has a...

Batman #28 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1945) CGC NM- 9.2 White pages. Another incredibly bright, white, and tight piece of history from the collection of

Batman #29 (DC, 1945) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages. Robin risks his life on this cover, as he attempts to ride his bicycle with no hands. Batman looks on a

Batman #35 (DC, 1946) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages. Dick Sprang's cover is set off beautifully by the bright red background, still crisp on thi...

Batman #49 (DC, 1948) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages. This super Joker cover goes uncredited in Overstreet, but The Grand Comics Database Projec

Big All-American Comic Book #1 (DC, 1944) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages. A tremendous compilation of work went into this huge Golden Age DC Ann

Big Town #11 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1951) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. It is difficult to image a '50s comic looking any better than this one. From...

Blackhawk #17 Rockford pedigree (DC, 1947) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. Featuring Bill Ward art. A beautiful copy with a date stamp on the top of the f

Boy Commandos #1 Pennsylvania pedigree (DC, 1942) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white pages. Classic Simon and Kirby art assures this title gets off to a rousing st

Boy Commandos #9 (DC, 1944) CGC NM 9.4 Cream to off-white pages. Featuring a fantastic rising sun cover by Simon and Kirby, this issue is easily one o

Boy Commandos #16 (DC, 1946) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. After a successful beginning in Detective Comics, Simon and Kirby's team of youngsters ...

Boy Commandos #29 (DC, 1948) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. The Boy Commandos face certain death at the hands of the Storm Troops of Gangland on this dis

The Brave and the Bold #1 (DC, 1955) CGC FN 6.0 White pages. The inaugural issue previewed swords-and-sorcery themes with stories of the Viking Prince

Comic Cavalcade #1 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1942) CGC FN/VF 7.0 White pages. Even the fragile cardboard cover of this title's premier issue, so d...

Comic Cavalcade #16 (DC, 1946) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. E. E. Hibbard and H. G. Peter collaborate on this circus cover. The grade here

Comic Cavalcade #20 "D" Copy pedigree (DC, 1947) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages. Easily the nicest copy of this issue that CGC has certifie...

Detective Comics #27 (DC, 1939) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages. Batman swings into action in his first appearance in a comic book. Created by Bob Kane an

Detective Comics #29 (DC, 1939) CGC Apparent VF 8.0 Slight (P) Off-white pages. Two issues after Batman makes his historical debut, he also makes his