Comic books June 1943

Cover by Al Plastino. Stories and art by Ray Gill, Bobbie Ross, Al Fagaly, Bart Tumey (credited as Ed Ryan), Harold DeLay, and John Jordan. Sometimes listed as 4Most #7. Four different stories featuring clean-cut teen heroes of the 1940s from Novelty Press. A new program is introduced to the Farr Academy under the guise of military training, but to Dick Cole and his pals it sounds more like Nazi brainwashing. Li'l Abner-like Danl Flannel decides he wants to move to the city and become a gentleman. Edison Bell organizes a junior volunteer league to help around town with the war effort, but bullies want to interfere. Edison Bell shows young readers how to make helpful household gadgets for the war effort. Dick Cole; Danl Flannel: Gen'l'man Dan'l; Patriotism Begins at Home!; A Dog Enlists; Edison Bell; The Cadet. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, scripts by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Pete the Tramp strips by Clarence D. Russell. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Just Kids strips by A.D. Carter. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Historic Atomic Radiation cover by Jack Burnley. The Man They Wouldn't Believe starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Ed Dobrotka (signed as Joe Shuster). The Cat and the Fiddler starring The Vigilante, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by Charles Paris. One Arabian Night starring Three Aces, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Louis Cazeneuve. The Dikes of Death starring Americommando, script by Joseph Greene, art by Bernard Baily. A Blowout in Istanbul starring Congo Bill. The Man who Stole Magic starring Zatara, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Joseph Sulman. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The Boy Who Was Too Big For His Breeches, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. The Battle of the Mental Marvels starring Genius Jones, script by Alfred Bester, art by Stan Kaye. Twist in Time starring Shining Knight, script by Joe Samachson, art by Louis Cazeneuve. The Moonman's Muggs! starring Starman, script by Garner F. Fox, art by Emil Gershwin. Catalogue of Crime starring Manhunter, pencils by Pierce Rice. The Art of War starring Mike Gibbs, Guerilla, script by Joe Samachson, art by Irving Tirman. Half-page ad for All Star Comics # 17. A full-page ad features Wonder Woman # 5, Green Lantern # 7, Boy Commandos # 2, Superman # 22, All-Flash # 10, and Batman # 17. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Airboy, Iron Ace, Skinny McGinty, Sky Wolf (guest starring the Heap), the Bald Eagle, the Black Angel, and the Flying Dutchman. Edited by Ed Cronin. Stories by Dick Wood, Tony DiPreta, Bill Fraccio, Harry Stein, Dan Barry, Harry Sahle, and John Cassone. Heroic action stories of war and airborne adventure—these are Air Fighters Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 31, Issue 1 - April/June, 1943. 6.5" x 9", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Gorilla Men, art by Edd Asch starring the Human Torch; The Flaming Duo must battle the mad Bashon, a scientific genius who has invented all types of planes, tanks and machinery that he is using to level cities, all with the help of ape men that he has created from the bones of prehistoric people. The Case of the Sinister Hun starring Captain America, art by Ernie Hart [page 2] and Jimmy Thompson; Cap and Bucky struggle to stop a Nazi Baron from using aerial torpedoes on the Panama Canal. Namor Cracks the Whip starring Submariner, pencils by Carl Pfeufer. The Flight From Peril starring The Destroyer, art by Bob Oksner. The Bakery Spy Ring starring The Whizzer, art by Alan Mandel. 60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $500.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white The DC Universe Collection. Label #4441049006

Cover art by Irwin Hasen. Deep in the Heart of Crime starring Green Lantern, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Harry Tschida; The filming of a motion picture depicting the glory of the Old West is fraught with unusual accidents that arouse the curiosity of the Green Gladiator. The Atom Is Dead, script by Ted Udall, art by Joe Gallagher. Furlough starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. The Beggar King starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by Charles Reizenstein, art by Stan Aschmeier. Scribbly Gets Promoted starring Scribbly and the Red Tornado, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. Crime Keeps a Filing System starring Sargon the Sorcerer, script by John B. Wentworth, art by Howard Purcell. The Laziest Man in the World starring Red, White and Blue, script by Ted Udall, art by Joe Gallagher. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Gardner F. Fox. Art and cover by Everett E. Hibbard. An old alley cat, in possession of gambler Deuces Wilde, runs away and is found by Winky. The weird thing is that every time Winky makes a wish [while in the cat's presence] it comes true. The cat soon becomes the desire of many people's affections for the wrong reasons. The Flash soon discovers the secret this particular cat holds and warns the Three Dimwits not to let the cat out of their sight. Fat and Slat humor page by Ed Wheelan. Hop Harrigan text story by Evelyn Gaines. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

June, 1943. Cover by Hadden. Stories by Gilbert Rae Sonbergh, Robert Moore Williams, Festus Pragnell, P.F. Costello, Bob Courtney, Don Wilcox, Emil Petaja, and Edwin Benson. Illustrations by Hadden, Rod Ruth, Magarian, H.W. McCauley, Julian S. Krupa, Robert Fuqua, and Joe Sewell. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 208 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

All issues in this series consist of three remaindered/coverless copies of unsold Amazing Stories (not reprints) re-bound together by Ziff-Davis into a single thick volume with new outer cover art. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by C.C. Beck and Otto Binder. Fawcett's first squarebound comic is an anthology of its greatest superheroes, including Bulletman, Spy Smasher, and of course the original Captain Marvel (Shazam). Captain Marvel meets the multi-armed inhabitants of Mars, and teaches them to play baseball. When the aptly named Judge Lynch snaps and begins taking the law into his own hands, Bulletman and Bulletgirl must stop him. Captain Marvel Jr. battles Mr. Morpheus, who uses his power to control dreams to steal US defense secrets for the Nazis. Captain Marvel Plays Baseball on Mars; The Adventures of Silent Sims; Captain Midnight: The Race Around the World!; Bulletman: Meets Judge Lynch!; Flowers of Death; Spy Smasher: The Filming of Spy Smashers Fall!; Golden Arrow: The Feud That Fizzled!; Captain Marvel Jr.: Beware Mr. Morpheus. Final issue of the series. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $45.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

June, 1943. Cover by Malvin Singer. Stories by Tom W. Blackburn "City of Silver and Steel", E. Hoffmann Price "Opium Clipper", Leslie T. White "Undersea Assignment", Joel Reeve "Knockout Drops", William Chamberlain "The Strategy of Private Kew", Wyatt Blassingame "The Tampa Trail", Jack Bechdolt "Wings Over New York", Tom Roan "The Pirate from Virginia", George Surdez "Forever Glory" (Part 2 of 4), C. L. Moore and Hentry Kuttner "Earth's Last Citadel" (Part 3 of 4). 8" x 11 1/4"; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Good $2.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white 4" Spine split from base of book. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Add to cart Poor $3.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

June, 1943. Volume 31, Issue 4. Cover by William Timmins. "The World is Mine" by Henry Kuttner (as Lewis Padgett) and "Gather, Darkness!" part 2 of 3 by Fritz Lieber. Other science fiction stories by Anthony Boucher, E. Mayne Hull, Lester Del Rey, & George O. Smith. Interior illustrations by A. Williams, Kolliker, Paul Orban, Elton Fax, & Frank Kramer. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.25-in.; black and white; 162 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

1943 Edition - 1st Printing. Edited by Lawrence Lariar. 300 of the best Cartoons featured in Colliers, the Saturday Evening Post, and Argosy. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 128 pages, B&W

NO DUST JACKET - 1943 Edition - 1st Printing. Edited by Lawrence Lariar. 300 of the best Cartoons featured in Colliers, the Saturday Evening Post, and Argosy. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 128 pages, B&W

Stories by Allen Saunders. Art by Elmer Woggon. Reprints of the comic strip, featuring wacky humor typical of its time. A music recital erupts in chaos when a moose-call is involved; Wildcat Willie swipes taxidermy exhibits to inflate his hunting prowess; A PSA about wartime scrap-paper drives to conserve resources. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $54.95 or Best Offer View scan 1.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover and centerfold detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ham Fisher, Kermit Jadiker and Charles Zerner (credited as Paine), Elmer Wexler, Art Huhta, Frank Beck, Frank Tinsley, Mart Bailey, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, and Ogden Whitney. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Sparky Watts' pal Yoo Hoo invents a "dark" bulb that creates darkness when it's turned on. Joe Palooka struggles to survive in the Everglades after a plane crash. In the final chapter of the Hawk saga, Charlie Chan and Laddie are captured by the ruthless villain known as the Hawk, but Laddie has hidden his father's confession that identifies the Hawk. Vic Jordan; Skyman; Sparky Watts; Somewhere in Africa; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dinky Dinkerton; Dixie Dugan; The Face. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 2, Issue 6 - June, 1943. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Summer 1943. The Black Bat in "Without Blood They Die" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Benny Sees Red" by Allan K. Echols; "Rain Will Tell" by H. Wolf Salz; and "Death and Violence: by Thad Kowalski. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by Elmer Wexler, Richard Hughes, William McClellan, Al Camy, and Victor E. Pazmiño. Action-packed tales featuring such characters as the Crime Crushers, Dinny, Franky Fiction, and the Black Terror, a super strong super-hero. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Sid Lazarus. The Case of the Transformation, script by Sylvan Stein, art by Charles Quinlan; Dan quits the police force and joins up with the U.S. Intelligence Dept; Dan and his new friend Bill Dailey are assigned to sneak into Germany. Bagdad 900 Miles, script and art by Sid Lazarus; Having defeated the 40 theives and stolen the treasure, Ali discovers that life at home is not pleasant; he goes off to find more treasure to help pay the income tax; Ali is soon shipwrecked on an island inhabited by a very hungry giant. The Boy Patriots Chapter 2, art by Jack Alderman; Downed american pilot Bill Anderson needs Wing Lee's help to rescue his father from a Japanese POW camp. War stamps ad starring Dipsy Doodle. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Plastino. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Al Fagaly, Jack Warren, John Daly, Ray Gill, Harold DeLay, Henry Kiefer, George Kapitan, James Wilcox, John Jordan, and Eugene L. Pollock. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #37. Former superhero Blue Bolt soars as an aviator hero in WWII. Now "on loan" to the Russian air force, Blue Bolt fights on a new front in WWII, in a story with early art by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Sub-Zero's sidekick Freezum stumbles on a den of oil smugglers. Sergeant Spook brings back the ghosts of famous warriors from history to help Jerry comprehend World War II. Dick Cole: Death On the Pistol Range; The Phantom Sub; Blue Bolt; Old Cap Hawkins True Tales; Krisko & Jasper; Sub-Zero; Edison Bell; Trial Run; Fearless Fellers; Sergeant Spook; Bluebolts and Nuts. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $19.00 View scans Staple rust. 3" Spine split from base of book. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 77, Issue 2 - June, 1943. 8.5" x 11", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 6, Issue 4 - June, 1943. 7" x 10", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dick Briefer, Dick Wood, Bob Wood, Norman Maurer, Sam Burlockoff, Alan Mandel, Virginia Bloch, Frank Volp and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. Crimebuster's nemesis Iron Jaw turns out to be not so dead after all - in fact, he's darn near unkillable. Aviator hero Swoop Storm is working on an experimental troop transport when his pal Winkie is conned by Ginger Doll, a Nazi spy. Yankee Longago visits Olympus, which looks much like a 1950s comics publisher, featuring art by Dick Briefer. Crimebuster: Iron Jaw Returns; Squeeks: Why All the Monkeys?; Young Robin Hood; Boy Comics Hero of the Month; Daredevil: Mind Over Murder; The Case of Earl "Speedy" Feehan; Swoop Storm; Little Dynamite; Yankee Longago. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. A Film From the Front—Uncensored, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; the commandos are accompanied on a raid into Greece by a newsreel photographer. Untitled Jitters Jeep story, script and art by Jack Farr. War Album No. 1--The Siege of Troy, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; a story of the commandos set in the Trojan War. Cyril Thwaite Rides Again, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; Cyril impersonates a German general and captures a regiment. The Return of Agent Axis, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; a young woman asks the Commandos for protection from Agent Axiz. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.