Auctions: comic books 1942

Action Comics (1938 DC) 45 Coverless

COVERLESS/INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing, interrupts art and story. Water spotting.

Cover art by Fred Ray. Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Leo Nowak (signed as Joe Shuster), inks by Ed Dobrotka. The Head starring The Vigilante with 1st app of Stuff (Vigilante's Asian sidekick), script by Mort Weisinger, pencils by Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.). Three Aces story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Chad Grothkopf. Mr. America story, script by Ken Fitch, art by Bernard Baily. Congo Bill story, art by Fred Ray. Zatara story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Joseph Sulman. 68 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 10 FR 1.0

8" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached.

Indicia title is "FLASH GORDON, No. 10." Cover pencils by Alex Raymond. A brief profile of Alex Raymond with photographs of him working with 17-year-old model Patricia Quinn; with his children, Alex and Lynne; with his wife; and with his fan mail. Untitled Flash Gordon story, script by Don Moore, pencils by Alex Raymond (signed) and Austin Briggs (p. 2), inks by Alex Raymond (signed) and Austin Briggs (p. 2); Adventures in the forest kingdom of King Barin and the ice kingdom of Queen Fria, starring Dale Arden, Dr. Zarkov, Ming the Merciless, Prince Ronal, Korro, Lupi, Queen Fria, and King Barin. Back cover art by Raymond. Reprinted from "The Ice Kingdom." 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 16 CGC 1.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4745072024

Indicia title is "PORKY PIG, No. 16." Cover art by Chase Craig. Porky and Petunia paint an introduction to the stories in the issue on a board fence, art by Carl Buettner. Porky Pig and -Sh-h-h!!- Th' Secret of the Haunted House!, script by Chase Craig, art by Carl Buettner; Porky and Petunia spend the night in a haunted house, not knowing that it's the hideout for a gang of counterfeiters. Porky Pig Meets Beaky Buzzard, script and art by Chase Craig; Porky and his friends write millionaire Wilfred Crump to ask for a small loan to buy a gold mine. Hollywood gossip style page of facts about Porky, art by Carl Buettner. Porky paints "That's All Folks!" on the same board fence as the inside front cover, art by Carl Buettner. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Hit Comics (1940 Quality) 25 Coverless

Comic is complete other than being coverless. Water spotting.

The Origin of Kid Eternity, art by Sheldon Moldoff; A boy and his grandfather are torpedoed in their boat by a Nazi sub and killed, but when the lad reaches the Pearly Gates, his name is not on the list to die. The Death-House Blues starring Betty Bates, art by Al Bryant. Dan Tootin humor page, script by Jack Cole, art by Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]. A Lesson For Bill Jones, script and art by George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]; The Ghost tracks down an American defector named Jones, a man who has tried to dodge the draft. Men With Two Faces starring Stormy Foster, art by Rudy Palais. The Incendiary Comic Book starring Bob and Swab, script and art by Klaus Nordling. Prisoner In a Chinese Laundry starring Don Glory, art by John Belfi. Magnificent Bill; When Bill says the magic phrase, "Jeepers Creepers!", he is mysteriously endowed with super-strength, invulnerability and speed. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

National Comics (1940) 22 Coverless

COVERLESS/INCOMPLETE.. Interior page missing (affects Merlin the Magician story). Full-length split in first wrap. Centerfold detached.

Cover art by Will Eisner. Untitled stories starring Uncle Sam (art by Will Eisner), Windy Breeze (art by Jack Cole as Henry Johns), Kid Dixon (art by Klaus Nordling as Bob Reynolds), Quicksilver (art by Paul Gustavson), Kid Patrol (art by Dan Wilson), Prop Powers (art by Lynn Byrd), Sally O'Neil Policewoman (art by Frank Kearns), Pen Miller (art by Klaus Nordling), Cyclone Cupid (art by Gill Fox), Wonder Boy (art by Jerry Iger as Jerry Maxwell), Jack and Jill (art by Lowell Riggs), Paul Bunyan (art by Storey Weaver), and Merlin the Magician (art by Fred Guardineer as Lance Blackwood). 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Police Comics (1941) 7 Coverless

COVERLESS/INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages and piece missing, interrupts art and story. Water spotting.

Cover by Gill Fox. "The Rescue of Sir Fallon Farnsworth," script by S. M. Iger, art by Reed Crandall; Joan and Slugger are kidnapped by a group of Nazi spies who are after Rod's British friend, Sir Falcon Farnsworth. "The Escape Racket of Drippy Drew," script and art by George E. Brenner; #711 manages to stop a large scale prison break from within, but his cover was nearly blown after meeting with the prison warden. "It Started In a Chinese Laundry" starring Eagle Evans, art by Clark Williams. "Death Walks In Littletown," script and art by Vernon Henkel; Dressed in a monk's robe and carrying a noose, the Hangman goes on a murderous rampage. "The United Crooks of America" starring Plastic Man, script and art by Jack Cole; Patrick "Eel" O'Brian infiltrates the United Crooks of America by stealing some furs; But one wiseguy opposed Eel's joining when he noticed that all of O'Brien's other gang buddies wound up in jail. "The Plot of Big Dorf Snyder" starring Steele Kerrigan, art by Al Bryant. "The Kid Brother" starring The Mouthpiece, script and art by Fred Guardineer. "Wings Over the Moon" text story starring Dick Mace, script by Robert Hyatt. "Murder At the Anglican Embassy," art by Arthur Peddy; The Phantom Lady, present when a member of the Anglican Purchasing Commission (dressed in a lion tamer's costume) is murdered, sees a fleeing felon carrying a briefcase. "The World's Strongest Man" one-page story starring Burp the Twerp, script and art by Jack Cole. "The Phony Human Bomb," script and art by Paul Gustavson (as Paul Carrol); Roy is forced to reveal his true identity as the Human Bomb to a young newspaper boy who then helps him track down the whereabouts of a phony Human Bomb. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Spy Smasher (1941 Fawcett) 5 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Case is slightly mis-aligned.

Label #1173850011

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Death Over Washington starring Spy Smasher, "Satan" (a German spy), and Death [Baroness Von Todt]. The Two-Faced Killer! starring Spy Smasher and Bruno, art by Emil Gershwin. The Woman Who Doomed a Million Men--Thrilling Spy Tales starring Mrs. Greenhow (Confederate spy), Abraham Lincoln, and General George McClellan. Spy Smasher Vs. America Smasher; America Smasher escapes from the FBI agent guarding him and steps up his attack on America's morale by projecting propaganda films on a giant screen in the sky, and when the screen is destroyed shines them on buildings. The Chinese Pheasant text story by Paul Sinderson. The Victory Battalion starring Spy Smasher. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Super Comics (1938-1949 Western/Dell) 49 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Centerfold and adjacent wrap missing, interrupts art and story.

Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Irving Tripp, Martin Branner, Ken Ernst, Dick Fletcher, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Jim Ellis and female spy Frisco are captured by Captain Schwartz, but Jim has a dangerous plan to knock out Schwartz and the pilot in midair. In the Virgin Valley, Magic Morro and Oom battle a strange race of fish-people. Professional animal trainer Clyde Beatty and his crew hunt tigers in South America, in the debut of the Clyde Beatty series in Super Comics. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Magic Morro; The Rambling Reporter; Winnie Winkle; The Gumps; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Jim Ellis; Sweeney & Son; Clyde Beatty; Little Joe; Lightning Jim. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

True Comics (1941 Parents' Magazine Press) 18 GD 2.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch. 1 1/2" cumulative spine split. Water damage.

Stories and art by David S. Muzzey and Natalie Purvin Prager. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. The first part of the history of America covers the years 1000-1700; Nurse Mary Borden is an action hero in two world wars; The story of the very first football game, Rutgers vs Princeton. The General from Annapolis; Battling Bill of the Merchant Marine; The Most Famous School in the World; Stories Behind Cards; Lord of Canada's West; Breaking the Caribbean Spy Ring: The Capture of the King of Belize; Discovery and Exploration, 1000-1700; King of the Big Top; Is It True?; True's Movie Guide; The First Football Game; Doughboy's Holiday; Poll of Junior Public Opinion; Wake Island: Desert Driver; Truly Comic!; How Good is Your Memory? 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.