Approved Comics #3 Wild Boy of the Congo - Mile High pedigree (St. John, 1954) Condition: VF. Painted bondage cover. Overstr...

Auction amount: $83.65

Sold: Dec 3, 2006

Approved Comics #3 Values

Publisher: St. John, 1954

About Approved Comics #3

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Witch Doctor

Pencils: Norman Saunders (painting)

Inks: Norman Saunders (painting)

Colors: Norman Saunders (painting)

Notes: Art credit from David Saunders, Norman Saunders' son, via e-mail (January 6, 2008)

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: The Witch Doctor

Characters: Wild Boy; Zabba (witch dodtor); Aarg (gorilla leader); Chief Kambala; Lura (chief's daughter); Keeto (friend)

Synopsis: Wild Boy and his pal Keeto battle a maddened gorilla to defeat the evil plans of Zabba, the witch doctor.

Pages: 8.000

Pencils: Paul Hodge

Inks: Paul Hodge

Notes: Paul Hodge is credited to Wild Boy on pencils and ink by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and compared with signed work in various Marvel comics, this must be him, as the other possible, Frank Kramer credited by Vadebonceur to some other Wild Boy stories is quite different. The eyes here are placed far apart, and the ears are special and identical to signed Hodge art. Also the sideview of the face of the witch doctor compare favorable with Hodge work. His work has many similarities with Charles Raab, but Raab is not credited to Wild Boy.

Title: Great Volcanoes

Synopsis: Some of the over two thousand volcanic eruptions in recorded history.

Pages: 1.000

Pencils: Mike Becker ?

Inks: Mike Becker ?

Notes: Becker is credited to work in Wild Boy by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and it could be him when looking at faces and inking.

Title: Star of the Jungle

Characters: Wild Boy; Keeto (friend); Timba (panther); Kaw (falcon); Fred Cartier (filmmaker); Lola Martin (film star); the Kamokos (hostile pygmy tribe); Zarkow (renegade white trader)

Synopsis: Wild Boy and a filmcrew are captured by Zarkow and his hostile pygmies.

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Paul Hodge

Inks: Paul Hodge

Notes: Same art as the preceding story.

Title: Jungle Drum

Characters: Joe Barton; Mr. Parmalee; his daughter Nan; her fiance Cecil Hathaway

Synopsis: Joe Barton leads a safari in the jungles of Congo.

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Irv Novick

Inks: Bernard Sachs

Notes: Irv Novick and Bernard Sachs are both credited to "Joe Barton" by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the faces in close up looking backwards, and with arched eyebrows are like Novick's work. The inking by Sachs match his credited work in early "Mystery in Space" #3.

Title: The Return

Characters: Wild Boy; chief of the Kowi tribe; Jogo (his nephew) ; Koller (Jogo's white friend)

Synopsis: The chief's nephew, Jogo, returns to the jungle to drive a diamond mine that only brings misery to his people.

Pages: 8.000

Pencils: Paul Hodge

Inks: Paul Hodge

Notes: Same art as on the other Wild Boy stories in this issue.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6

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