Movie Comics #1 Carson City pedigree (DC, 1939) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages....

Record Price at Heritage Auctions: $10,755.00

Sold: Nov 15, 2008

Best Place to Sell Movie Comics #1

Publisher: DC, 1939

About Movie Comics #1

Contains stories told with movie stills, including Son of Frankenstein, Gunga Din, The Great Man Votes, and others. Stars featured include Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Barrymore, and Jackie Cooper. Art by Harry Lampert. Both Overstreet and the Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books list this issue as "scarce".

Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?

COVER DETAILS

Title: Gunga Din

Characters: Sgt. Cutter (Cary Grant); Mac Chesny (Victor McLaughlin); (Ballantine) Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Pencils: Jack Adler (airbrushed corrections); Emery Gondor (airbrushed corrections)

Inks: Jack Adler; Emery Gondor

Colors: Jack Adler; Emery Gondor

Letters: typeset

Notes: Airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills.

STORY DETAILS

(12 Stories)

Title: Gunga Din

Characters: Sgt Cutter (Cary Grant); Mac Chesny (Victor McLaglen); Ballantine (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.); Gunga Din (Sam Jaffee); Emmy Stebbins (Joan Fontaine); Col. Weeks (Monatgue Love); Higginbotham (Robert Coote)

Pages: 11.000

Script: Rudyard Kipling (original poem)

Pencils: Jack Adler (corrections); Emery Gondor (corrections)

Inks: Jack Adler (corrections); Emery Gondor (corrections)

Notes: airbrushed and lettered over movie photo stills

Title: Fisherman's Wharf

Characters: Tony (Booby Breen); Carlo (Leo Carillo); Beppo (Henry Armetta); Stella (Lee Patrick); Angelina (Rosina Galu); Rudolph (Tommy Bupp)

Pages: 8.000

Pencils: Jack Adler (corrections); Emery Gondor (corrections)

Inks: Jack Adler (corrections); Emery Gondor (corrections)

Title: Scouts to the Rescue

Characters: Bruce Scott (Jackie Cooper); Rip Rawson (Dave Durand); Skeets Scanlon (Bill Cody Jr); Mary Scanlon (Vondell Darr)

Pages: 6.000

Script: Irving Crump; Wyndham Gittens; George Plympton; Basil Dickey; Joseph Poland

Pencils: Jack Adler (corrections); Emery Gondor (corrections)

Inks: Jack Adler (corrections); Emery Gondor (corrections)

Notes: continued next issue

Characters: John Barrymore; Jackie Cooper; Peter Holden; Henry Armetta; Virginia Weidler; Cary Grant; Victor McLaglen; Leo Carrillo; Bobby Breen; Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; Bela Lugosi; Lionel Atwill; Josephine Hutchinson; Boris Karloff; Basil Rathbone; Donnie Dunagan

Pages: 3.000

Script: Walter Galli (signed)

Pencils: Walter Galli

Inks: Walter Galli

Title: The Great Man Votes

Characters: Gregory Vance (John Barrymore); Donald Vance (Peter Holden); Joan Vance (Viginia Weilder)

Pages: 9.000

Script: Gordon Hillman (original story); John Twist (original screenplay)

Pencils: Jack Adler (corrections); Emery Gondor (corrections)

Inks: Jack Adler (corrections); Emery Gondor (corrections)

Title: Son of Frankenstein

Characters: The Monster (Boris Karloff); Ygor (Bela Lugosi); Wolf von Frankenstein (Basil Rathbone); Krogh (Lionel Atwill); Elsa (Josephine Hutchinson); Peter (Donnie Dunagan); Amelia (Emma Dunn); Benson (Edgar Norton)

Pages: 8.000

Script: Willie Cooper (screenplay)

Pencils: Jack Adler (corrections); Emery Gondor (corrections)

Inks: Jack Adler (corrections); Emery Gondor (corrections)

Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license

GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic

Exclusive to Heritage members: GoCollect price report for this certified comic.

CGC Census Report* (Sign-in or Join (free & quick) to See Values)

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	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Qualified	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Signature Series	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
CGCxJSA	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Restored	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Total	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X

*All information listed is intended to be as accurate as possible, but errors are possible. No item may be returned or refused based on this information which is provided as a service to our customers. You should contact each pricing source directly to determine the accuracy of this information.

Disclaimer About Comic Book Data

Heritage Auctions provides this information as a service to our customers, and is not responsible for inaccurate data. Please refer to past sale prices, industry price guides, and our experts' auction estimates before you bid or buy.

Heritage Auctions, the world's largest collectibles auctioneer, is the best place to sell comics. Our experts help fans and collectors understand what makes comics valuable and as the best place to sell comics we help consignors realize the highest possible prices for their prized collections.