Cannonball Comics (1945) comic books 1938-1955
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Issue #1
Published Feb 1945 by Rural Home Publishing Co..This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Stories and art by Bob Oksner, Dan Gordon, Don Grange, Elliott Sanders and Charles Quinlan. Adventure comics from the publisher variously known as Rural Home and Croydon. In a parody of Superman, including his famous "Up, up and away!" line, Mussel-Man has trouble fighting crime because of laundry issues with his costume. The Crime Crusader investigates a series of killings that leave the victims with a stuffed animal and a grotesque smile. Hero pirate Thunderbrand seeks the lost golden scepter that holds the secret of his identity, and meets the legendary Barbarossa. Hobo-Ken; Crash Kid: The Strange Case of the Black Dragon Gods!; Mussel-Man; Hardy of Hillsdale High; Hank the Hero; The Crash Kid Scores a Scoop; Crime Crusader: The Strange Deaths of the Painted Grin; Officer O'Heck; The D.A. Dares Danger; Thunderbrand; Gunsite Gus. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #2
Published Mar 1945 by Rural Home Publishing Co..- Interior is complete, but brittle. Full-length spine split through cover and all wraps.
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Stories and art by Bob Oksner, Dan Gordon, Jim Randall, Leon Hartman and Charles Quinlan. Adventure comics from the publisher variously known as Rural Home and Croydon. Newspaper copy boy Rusty Adams, The Crash Kid, pretends to be a reporter to help a pretty girl clear her brother's name in The Case of the Color-Blind Confessions. Superman parody Mussel-Man responds to a call for help, only to find it was just a radio program. Hero pirate Thunderbrand travels to Alexandria in his quest for the lost golden scepter that will reveal his identity. Hobo-Ken; Crash Kid: The Case of the Color-Blind Confessions; Mussel-Man; Hardy of Hillsdale High; Hank the Hero; The Crash Kid Crashes Through; Crime Crusader: Jonathan Gets His Man; Officer O'Heck; The Crime Crusader: The Mystery of the Modern Midas; Thunderbrand. Final issue of the series. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
