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There are several issues of the rare Pre-Code horror series Ghost Comics up for auction in the 2024 May 26-28 Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Comic Books Select Auction #122422 at Heritage Auctions. Ghost Comics #2 cover art by Maurice Whitman, Fiction House.The "Very Objectionable" category as designated by The Committee on Evaluation of Comic Books was very[...]

Man O' Mars #1 came during perilous times for Fiction House as a comic book publisher.  By the time it hit in 1953, the entire comic book industry was in turmoil due to the moral panic that would soon result in the Comics Code.  Fiction House had ended its Sheena title a short time prior,[...]

We recently noted that the series Ghost Comics is in demand by vintage collectors, largely due to the covers of an underrated artist of the late Golden Age, Maurice Whitman.  But Whitman's work graced a large number of comics of the mid-1940s through the early 1950s that are undeservedly overlooked After serving in WWII, Whitman[...]

We recently singled out the short-lived but the highly-collected Ghost Comics series from Fiction House, with its covers by an underappreciated artist of the Golden Age, Maurice Whitman.  But Whitman's work graced a large number of comics of the mid-1940s through the early 1950s that are undeservedly overlooked After serving in WWII, Whitman entered the[...]

Today's Heritage Auctions' Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction #122250 has twelve issues of Kaanga Comics, featuring spectacular art and covers from the likes of Maurice Whitman and Jack Kamen. Kaanga Comics (Fiction House). After nine years of headlining Jungle Stories, Kaanga received his own comic book series from Fiction House, which ran from 1949 to[...]

Kaanga Comics #8 appears to be one of the toughest Fiction House comics in high grade, and features a spectacular cover by Maurice Whitman This issue is a recent breakout among serious vintage comic book collectors, as high grade copies are unheard of on the public marketplace Five years ago, a slightly higher-graded copy sold[...]

Kaanga Comics #8 appears to be one of the toughest Fiction House comics in high grade, and features a spectacular cover by Maurice Whitman This issue has recently attracted some attention among serious vintage comic book collectors, as high grade copies have been virtually unheard of on the public marketplace in the CGC era.  Last[...]

We recently noted that the series Ghost Comics is in demand by vintage collectors, largely due to the covers of an underrated artist of the late Golden Age, Maurice Whitman.  But Whitman's work graced a large number of comics of the mid 1940s through the early 1950s that are undeservedly overlooked After serving in WWII,[...]