Comic books January 1942

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Agriculture and farming magazine. Includes articles, fiction, and humor. 11" x 14", 94 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

### Mysto the Hindu starring The Black Condor, art by Lou Fine; Jaspar Crow hires a psychic fraud called Mysto to steal the Hope Diamond. Untitled Spitfire story, art by Al McWilliams. The Gelton Gang starring The Clock, script and art by George E. Brenner. The Bugs starring Tor the Magic Master, art by Fred Guardineer. Untitled Jane Arden story, script by Monte Barrett, art by Russell Ross. Untitled Don Q story, art by Vernon Henkel. Slap Happy Pappy humor page by Jack Cole (as Ralph Johns). Vs. The Black Shark starring Red Torpedo, art by Drew Allen. Rube Goldberg strips. The Candlewood Inheritance starring Alias The Spider, art by Paul Gustavson. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Frank Thomas. Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Bill Holman, Bob Jenney, Tom Hickey, Bill Ely, Frank Thomas, Gaylord Du Bois, John Hampton, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Al Micale, Jim Chambers, and Robert Brice. Crackajack Funnies presented reprints of classic comic strips alongside original features like The Owl. In a classic Terry and the Pirates strip by Milton Caniff, the Dragon Lady takes control of Krang's army, while Terry, Connie and Burma puzzle over a midnight train with no lights. Using the futuristic technology of television, Stratosphere Jim and the Flying Fortress seek out survivors of the mysterious Pacific sea raider. The Owl investigates a phony fortune teller and discovers a narcotics ring. Ellery Queen; Smokey Stover; Bob and Bill; Cyclone; It's Never Too Late!; The Owl; Clyde Beatty; The Crusoes; Stratosphere Jim; Don Winslow of the Navy. Final issue of the series. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue 1 - "Strangler's Holiday" by Kurt Steele. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $2.00.

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January 1942. Photo cover. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/8-in., 84 p, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby. V For Victory, pencils by Ben Thompson [as Tom Benson]; British soldier Lt. John Watkins is injured and left behind at the retreat to Dunkirk; when he recovers he is mysteriously stronger, and returns to the battlefield in France as Citizen V to rally the conquered peoples to strike back at the Nazis. Terror Reigns On the High Seas, script and art by Bill Everett; The Fin discovers a Nazi U-boat captained by the Barracuda finishing off the destruction of a freighte; he boards the sub, fights the Barracuda, and radios the allied military to pick up the defeated Nazis. Marvel Mystery Comics ad. Death Rides the Air Waves starring The Thunderer, script by Irving Werstein [as I. Werstien (sic)], art by Ed Robbins. The Groom Strikes starring Li'l Professor and Rudy the Robot, script and art by Frank Pretsch. Captain America Comics #9 ad, pencils by Jack Kirby. The Hypnotized Ghosts starring Blue Diamond, art by Ben Thompson. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson. The King of the Jungle starring Batman, Robin, and The Penguin (2nd appearance), script by Joe Greene, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos. Spy story, script and art by Ed Moore. The Case of the Gangster Gauchos starring Larry Steele, Private Detective, art by Cliff Young. Cliff Crosby story, script and art by Chad Grothkopf. The Career of the Spurious Scribe starring The Crimson Avenger, script and pencils by Jack Lehti (signed), inks by Charles Paris. Steve Malone, District Attorney story, art by Don Lynch. The Case of the Talking Dummy starring Slam Bradley, art by Howard Sherman. 68 pgs. $0.10. Last Steve Malone, Wing becomes Crimson Avenger's Aide. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 14, 1st Printing - "Murder in the Morning" by Anthony Wynnes. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 3, Issue 6A - January, 1942. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $105.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 26, Issue 4 - January, 1942. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

January 1942. Cover by Emery Clarke. Stories include "The Rustling Death," a book-length novel by "Kenneth Robeson," and "The Eye of the Cobra" by George L. Eaton. 6.75-in x 9.25-in; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Digest sized Spanish language Doc Savage reprints published by Editorial Molino. Slick covers with newsprint interior.

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Official organ of the International Society of Junior Magicians, containing news and tips. 16 pages on newsprint.

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January 1942. Photo cover. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 3/4-in. x11 1/4-in., 66 p, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Attack On an Airport starring the Black Terror, art by Don Gabrielsen; vs. Pete Hogue and Mike Scanlon. The Challenge of X-3 starring the Liberator; vs. X-3 and Nazis. Debut of an Air Cadet starring Crash Carter (intro and origin), art by Bob Oksner. Deathtrap For the Mask starring the Mask, art by Kin Platt; vs. Cliff Barnes. Attack On the Arsenal starring Sgt. Bill King, art by Maurice Gutwirth. The Singapore Plot starring Ted Crane, art by George Mandel. Trouble On Bitter Creek, art by Jim Hatfield. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

True Crime Cases. Photo cover. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Human interest family centric publication that features short fiction stories, recipes and celebrity gossip. 24 pages, 8.5" x 11.25", B&W Newsprint.

Human interest family centric publication that features short fiction stories, recipes and celebrity gossip. 24 pages, 8.5" x 11.25", B&W Newsprint.

Human interest family centric publication that features short fiction stories, recipes and celebrity gossip. 24 pages, 8.5" x 11.25", B&W Newsprint.

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Bondage cover. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, a text story, and an original Fearless Flint feature. In order of appearance: "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Fearless Flint" by H. G. Peter; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Connie" by Frank Godwin; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; and "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon. "Never Take Chances" text story by E. Albert Willard. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

"The House of Fire" a novelette by Robert Moore Williams.

Volume 4, Issue 1 - January 1942. Cover by Harold W. McCauley. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "The House of Fire" by Robert Moore Williams, and "The Daughter of Ghengis Khan" by John York Cabot. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 146 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Add to cart Good $45.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. 30% Cumulative spine split. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage. Cover detached at one staple.

Add to cart Fair $32.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. 7 1/4" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage. Chew.

Issue 633 - January, 1942. Enoch Bolles cover. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. This issue with a two-page pictorial of Yvonne De Carlo. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 58, Issue 1 - January, 1942. 6.5" x 9.5", 164 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Art by Arthur Cazeneuve and others. Cover by Arthur Cazeneuve. Raised by Tibetan lamas, orphan Gary Preston gained the mystic ability to control fire and temperature, including the power to materialize wherever there is an open flame. The Flame investigates when a villain with freezing powers threatens the construction of a refrigerating plant; Voodoo Man threatens Bob and Lana one last time; Quarreling super-soldiers the Yank and the Rebel must put aside the differences after the mysterious Dart Killer targets the Yank. Dynamic cover by Arthur Cazeneuve. The Finger of Frozen Death; The Devil of the Deep; Mysterious Secret of the Green Death; The Ambassador of Death; Pacific Peril; Voodoo Man: The Zombie Doll; Yank and the Rebel: Reveille of Death. Final issue of the series. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Flash stars in "Joan's Investigation," written by Gardner Fox, pencils by Everett E. Hubbard, inks by Harold Wilson Sharp. Also includes: Les Sparks, Radio Amateur in "The Adventure of the Poisoned Pill" by Don Cameron; Johnny Thunder in "Johnny's Messenger Service" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; The Whip in "Stock Swindle" by Wentworth and Homer Fleming; King in "The Haunted House at Seabrook" by Fox and Harry Lampert; "Sudden Shocks" by Ed Wheelan; and Hawkman in "The Youth Serum" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff. Cover art by Sheldon Moldoff. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 40, Issue 2 - January, 1942. Alex Schomberg cover. Fiction, model-making articles, schematics, cartoons and factual essays make up every issue of Flying Aces. 8.5" x 11.5", 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Jim Mooney. Untitled story; Magno and Davey must stop a relative of Attila the Hun and a master scientist working for the Nazis, who has invented a U-Ray Gun, capable of freezing and paralyzing Allied forces, and who has kidnapped a movie director to film his conquest of the Allies. "The Burma Road is Bombed," art by Maurice Gutwirth; Vulcan, at the request of government officials, travels by ship to the Burma Road to be of assistance in protecting munition shipments that are being sent along that route, and joins two American Police officers who are aboard the ship for the same reason. Untitled story; Lightning must halt the destructive activities of Professor Grosskop, who is trying to destroy Boulder Dam in Colorado as well as disrupting electricity in the area to hinder the war effort at production plants. Untitled story, art by George Wilson; The Raven must prevent the proceeds from the Policeman's Ball, some $15,000 to be donated to the poor, from falling into the hands of a gang of crooks. "Graveyard Shift" text story by Brant House. Untitled story; Mr. Whiskers (Jim Clay) vs. Hindu cult leader Mr. Grieveh. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.