Auctions: comic books 1942

Life (1883-2000 Clair Maxwell/Life Publishing Company) Magazine Jan 19 1942 GD/VG 3.0

Water damage. Staple rust.

Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 92 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic (1940-1952) Mar 1 1942 GD/VG 3.0

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Lady Luck by Klaus Nordling begins.

Star Spangled Comics (1941) 5 CGC 9.2

Paper: Off white to white

Top right corner peg is missing.

Label #0064425003

February 1942, D.C. Comics: Story one, Star Spangled Kid; story two, Star Spangled Kid; "The Washington Monument," 2 pages, text story; Armstrong of the Army; Tarantula; Capt. X of the R.A.F.; a third Star Spangled Kid story. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 14 CGC CVR

Paper:

Cover only.

Label #4438530014

Cover art by Fred Ray. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster]; When people who attend a concert at Monmouth Hall are robbed, seemingly without their knowledge, Clark and Lois attend the next evening's concert to see if lightning strikes twice. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster]; When young Chet Farnsworth's invention, a fire extinguishing powder, is successfully used to put out a tenement fire, the young man hastily signs a contract with an unscrupulous man. Rollin' Stone humor two-pager by Ray McGill. Jinx Job text story by Norman Goss. Marked Man text story by Edgar Weston. Clancy the Cop two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 16 0.3

Comic is complete other than being coverless. Full length spine split through several wraps. Brittle. Includes unattached reproduction cover.

Cover art by Fred Ray. The World's Meanest Man!, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Leo Nowak (pages 1-6) and John Sikela (pages 7-13) [as Joe Shuster], inks by Leo Nowak (pages 1-6) and Ed Dobrotka (pages 7-13) [as Joe Shuster]; When Lois and Clark take slum kids out into the country for a day, editor White decides to have the Planet sponsor a fund-raising campaign to build a resort for the underprivileged children out in the country. Case of the Runaway Skyscrapers!, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Wayne Boring (layouts) and John Sikela (finishes), inks by John Sikela [as Shuster]; Superman has to respond the to threats made by a Mr. Sinister, who uses a special ray-cannon to transport buildings, including the Daily Planet, into the Fourth Dimension. Grandpa Peters humor two-pager by Tom McNamara. Omission of Guilt text story by Edgar Weston. Racket On Delivery!, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by John Sikela [as Joe Shuster], inks by John Sikela [as Shuster]; Lois and Clark's lives are nearly forfeit when they bear down in their newspaper articles about local racketeers who are demanding fees from every truck that unloads in Metropolis. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 24 GD 2.0

Sticky tape on interior cover, pages, and under staples.

Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Walt Kelly, Floyd Gottfredson, Ted Osborne, Ted Thwaites, Merrill De Maris, Bob Karp, Hubie Karp, Earl Duvall, Manuel Gonzales, Bob Wright, Bob Grant, Karl Karpé, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 2, #12. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics. In a classic Floyd Gottfredson story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey adopts transplanted native Thursday. Future Pogo artist Walt Kelly adapts The Three Caballeros story The Flying Gauchito, in the first story published in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories that is not a reprint of a newspaper comic strip. In one of several stories reflecting America's entry into WWII, Donald Duck tries to keep his car from being confiscated for the war effort. Plus a vintage ad for Disney's classic Bambi. The first of many covers by former Disney animator Walt Kelly. The Great Detective; Prepared for the Worse!; Among the Souvenirs; The Flying Gauchito; Any Bombs Today?; The Object Lesson; Pluto Hunts Big Game; The Conqueror; Sabotage; It's in the Bag; Donald Grows Up!; An Education for Thursday; The Soldiers' Friend; Mickey Mouse Movies; Horning in; Hollywood Chatter; How to Play Baseball; War Emergency; Exit!; Dinner Was a Washout! 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

World's Finest (1941) 8 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. First page missing (affects Superman story). 7 1/2" cumulative spine split. Cover detached.

Cover art by Jack Burnley. Talent, Unlimited starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster], inks by John Sikela [as Joe Shuster]; Clark Kent is given the assignment by Editor White to find a missing heiress, but along the way manages to help five other people realize their dreams.....as the Man of Steel! Tanks for the Memory starring Drafty, art by Stan Kaye. The Magic Lantern starring Zatara, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Joseph Sulman. Stripesy, Solo Sleuth Inc. starring The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Hal Sherman. Private Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Luck of the Lepparts starring The Boy Commandos, script by Jack Kirby, pencils by Joe Simon, inks by Jack Kirby. The Unluckiest Man In The World starring The Green Arrow, script by Joseph Green, pencils by Cliff Young, inks by Steve Brodie. A Double For Trouble starring The King, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Joe Gallagher. Brothers In Law! starring Batman and Robin, script by Jack Schiff, pencils by Jack Burnley [as Bob Kane], inks by Jack Burnley [as Bob Kane] and Ray Burnley (backgrounds); The untimely death of their father leads the O'Brien brothers to attempt to get even with his killer, while working at odds against one another. The Boy Commandos ad, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.