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  • Item #62239229
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    Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) 20 GD+ 2.5

    Cover coming detached at single center staple. Cover oxidation.

    Starts Feb 17

    Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories by Sid Lazarus and Art Helfant. Art by Mac Raboy, Sid Lazarus, and Art Helfant. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Native Americans retake Manhattan after finding an ancient deed allowing them rights to the island, in a story featuring a cameo by then-NYC mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. Captain Marvel Jr. looks for a pilot whose plane vanished in the canyons of the Southwest US, and finds the Lost Chasm. Mad scientist I.C. Frostbite has a device that can freeze anything solid, even Jr. himself. Plus a PSA about wartime paper rationing. The Indian Braves on Wall Street!; The Snortville Sneeze: The Case of the Talking Spirits; The Adventure of the Lost Chasm!; Rubbernose Randolph Upsets the Apple Cart!; The Tale of Lashs Tail; The Freezing Asset!; Punkinhead. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62370804
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    Published Jun 1944 by DC.

    Superman (1939 1st Series) 28 GD- 1.8

    4" cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation. Residue on interior pages.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Lambs Versus Wolfingham!, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster], inks by George Roussos [as Shuster]; Wilbur Wolfingham shows up in the Eden farming community, which has been beset by drought, tornados, and insect infestation. The Golden Galleons!, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster]; Superman enters the fray when a criminal smashes the model ship that Jimmy Tuttle has made in conjunction with the Daily Planet's model-building contest. Be a Magician! Turn Waste Paper Into War Weapons! public service announcement. Hank the Yank humor page by Ray Houlihan. Lois Lane Girl Reporter back up series begins. Stand-In For Hercules! starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel (signed), pencils by Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster]. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61801841
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    Supersnipe Comics Vol. 2 (1945) 3 FN+ 6.5

    Starts Apr 5

    Edited by William DeGrouchy. Cover by George Marcoux. Stories by George Marcoux, Ed Gruskin, and Clare Dwiggins. Featuring the adventures of Supersnipe, Huckleberry Finn, Ulysses Q. Wacky, Wing Woo Woo, and Koppy McFad. Commodore Stephen Decatur biography, script and art by Charles Wessell. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62371279
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    Published Jun 1944 by Dell.

    War Heroes (1942-1945 Dell) 8 VG/FN 5.0

    Staple rust/migration.

    Starts Apr 5

    Edited by Albert Delacorte. Cover by Burris Jenkins. Stories by Burris Jenkins, Jim Chambers, and Tom Hickey. Adventure war tales featuring such historical figures as Private Saul, a convoy gunner, and Eddie Borycz—these are real-life War Heroes! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.