America's Greatest Comics (1941 Fawcett) comic books
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Issue #5
- Interior tearing, pieces detached (partially taped).
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Dave Berg and Phil Bard. Fawcett's first squarebound comic is an anthology of its greatest superheroes, including Bulletman, Spy Smasher, and of course the original Captain Marvel (Shazam). Billy Batson is in trouble when Zeus tires of throwing the magic lightning bolts that turn him into Captain Marvel, in a story with early art by future Mad "Lighter Side" artist Dave Berg. Mr. Scarlet tracks down the killer known as the Phantom. In the Aleutians, dangerously close to US territory, Spy Smasher discovers that Axis forces are recruiting birds into the bomber squadrons. Captain Marvel: The Lost Lightning; Spy Smasher Battles the Bomber Birds; Bulletman: The Plotter; Sea Hunters; Minute Man: The Goddess of Fire!; Whipper-Snappers: Home Work; Mr. Scarlet: The Phantom of Marston Manor; Commando Yank Joins Forces With the Paris Apaches. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #6
- INCOMPLETE. 3 pages missing, interrupts art and story.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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Edited by Rod Reed. Cover by C. C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Captain Marvel in "The Mystery of Jingle Jangle Jungle," Spy Smasher in "Menace Over Niagara Falls," Mr. Scarlet and Pinky in "The Case of the Crime Derby," Commando Yank in "The Land Where Darkness Reigns," Minute Man in "The Hypnotized Town," Bulletman in "The Baby Monster Mystery!" Stories by Dave Berg, Otto Binder, Charles Sultan, Bob Hebboa, Nathaniel Nitkin, and Phil Bard. Super-hero tales of action and adventure starring such characters as Captain Marvel, Spy Smasher, Mr. Scarlet and Pinky, Commando Yank, Minute Man, and Bulletman. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #7
- 4" Cumulative spine split.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
- Spine panel missing, covers affixed with glue to first and last pages along spine.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by humble cow
Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by C. C. Beck, Lynn Perkins, Tom McNamara and Phil Bard. Fawcett's first squarebound comic is an anthology of its greatest superheroes, including Bulletman, Spy Smasher, and of course the original Captain Marvel (Shazam). Inventor Chauncey Kiddin shows Captain Marvel the wonders of the future, including 3-D TV, but his assistant Dr. Ratte wants to use his teleporter to aid a Nazi invasion. Minute Man becomes a momentary Monument Man while retrieving art treasures that were stolen by the Nazis. Commando Yank must escape from occupied Holland with Nazi defense plans hidden inside a pipe, and stop a dike demolition in the process. Plus a PSA for war bonds and stamps featuring the Marvel family, Bulletman, Spy Smasher and Captain Midnight. And a magic trick from Balbo the Boy Magician. Captain Marvel: The World of Your Tomorrow!; Commando Yank: Danger at the Dike; Off the Beam; Bum Ticker; Bulletman: The Killer-Diller Killers; The Camera Sees Death; Minute Man in Berlin; Balbo the Boy Magician: The Missing Rabbit; Balbo's Own Magic Pages; Herbert; Spy Smasher; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: The Riddle of the Runaway Room. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.
