Comic Cavalcade #25 The Promise Collection Pedigree (DC, 1948) CGC NM- 9.2 White pages....

Auction amount: $2,400.00

Sold: Apr 10, 2022

Comic Cavalcade #25 Values

Publisher: DC, 1948

About Comic Cavalcade #25

Black Canary appearance. Christmas cover by Bob Oksner. Howard Purcell story and art. Irwin Hasen, H. G. Peter, and Carmine Infantino art. Rated a "7" ("scarce") on The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books Scarcity Index.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Santa Claus

Pencils: Bob Oksner

Inks: Bob Oksner

Notes: Inker credit by Craig Delich.

STORY DETAILS

(13 Stories)

Title: The Hatred of Badra!

Characters: Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; General Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Queen Hippolyte; Mala; the Amazons (including Kanga Regiment No. 20); Queen Wickeda of Hator (Badra's mother, introduction, death); Wickeda's people (introduction for all, all die); Badra of Hator (villain, introduction); Badra's gang [Kasha; Violet; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis: Badra survives the destruction of her home planet Hator by a weapon of mass destruction, and comes to the Earth, forms a criminal gang, and challenges Wonder Woman.

Pages: 13.000

Script: William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (credited)

Pencils: Harry Peter [as H G Peter] (signed)

Inks: Harry Peter [as H G Peter] (signed)

Notes: Writer credit confirmed in "The Secret History of Wonder Woman" (Jill Lapore, 2014); we formerly credited Robert Kanigher.

Title: The Talking Dog

Characters: Johnny Peril; Donald Smith (introduction); Bernie (a talking dog, introduction); Santini (a ventriloquist, introduction); Trixie (Santini's dog, introduction); Sam Brandon (a producer, introduction); Larson (a Police officer, introduction); Aces Jordan (villain, racketeer, introduction); Jordan's gang [Mendozo; Spike; others unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis: Donald Smith owed a gambling debt to some thug and was going to commit suicide until a talking dog he meets talks him out of it!

Pages: 8.000

Script: Howard Purcell

Pencils: Howard Purcell

Inks: Howard Purcell

Title: The Roof of the World!

Characters: Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Paxton (a mountain climber, introduction); Ned Barnes (an explorer, introduction); Betty Barnes (Ned's daughter, introduction); Dr. Ticky (introduction); the Sky Pirate [Miles Lydecker] (villain, 2nd appearance); Sky Pirate's crew (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis: Green Lantern is convinced by the Sky Pirate that the villain is suffering from Altaphobia: the morbid fear of heights, in order to follow and capture an explorer who has discovered an anti-gravity metal atop Mt. Everest.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Robert Kanigher ?

Pencils: Irwin Hasen

Inks: Irwin Hasen

Notes: Writer credit by Craig Delich. Green Lantern doesn't charge his ring or repeat his oath in this story.

Title: The Perfessor Takes Tuba Lessons

Characters: Cotton-Top Katie; the Perfessor

Pages: 3.000

Script: Harry Lampert [as Harrielle] (signed)

Pencils: Harry Lampert [as Harrielle] (signed)

Inks: Harry Lampert [as Harrielle] (signed)

Letters: Harry Lampert

Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Title: The Mystery of Airport Inn

Characters: Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; Johnny Jingle (villain, a pianist, introduction); Jo Marconi (villain, phony FBI agent, introduction); Mike (villain, Marconi's assistant, introduction)

Synopsis: Hop and Tank go undercover to ferret out a gang of smugglers, who have hidden vital blueprints inside a piano.

Pages: 8.000

Pencils: Howard Purcell

Inks: Howard Purcell

Title: Tune of Terror!

Characters: The Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Phil Martin (Bob's twin brother, introduction); Bob Martin [also as Phil Martin] (villain, Phil's twin brother, introduction); Randall (villain, introduction); Randall's gang (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis: Phil Martin inherits a nightclub from his deceased uncle, but is kidnapped and replaced by his twin brother, Bob.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Robert Kanigher

Pencils: Carmine Infantino

Inks: Joe Giella

Title: The Return of Kiua!

Characters: The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Kiua the Destroyer (a stone statue, introduction, destroyed); Maya (villain, the High Priestess, introduction); Kiua's followers (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis: In the Mayan Jungles, the Flash must stop the sacrifice of Joan Williams to Kiua, a giant Mayan stone statue brought back to life after a 1000 years by the tribe's High Priestess.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Robert Kanigher ?

Pencils: Carmine Infantino

Inks: Carmine Infantino

Notes: Inker credit by Craig Delich.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	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	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	16
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
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
Restored	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Total	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	20

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