Comic books August 1943

Cover art by Alex Kotzky. The Men Who Knew Too Much, script and art by Alfred Andriola; While on vacation at Winter Wonderland, Lance and Kim take pity on a circus clown, Biff, and used super-powers to spice up his act; Captain Triumph and his new assistant Biff rescue Peggy from Zero, a killer who's searching for His Majesty. Slap Happy Pappy humor page by Jack Cole. Untitled Clock story, script and art by George E. Brenner. Black Ink Shortage Threatens Artists!, script and art by Al Stahl. Untitled Hack O'Hara story, art by Witmer Williams. Rube Goldberg strip. Untitled Pen Miller story, script and art by Klaus Nordling. Insane Asylum starring Alias the Spider, art by John Cavallo. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 31, Issue 3 - August, 1943. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Dick Wood, Bob Wood, Carl Hubbell, Basil Wolverton, and Dick Briefer. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Daredevil reveals his true origin to the Little Wise Guys: he mastered the boomerang while being raised by a tribe of aborigines in Australia. Rhyming reporter Scoop Scuttle falls asleep and dreams of being a war correspondent in North Africa, in a story by comics legend Basil Wolverton. Teen inventor Dickie Dean tests out a hypnosis machine on Nazi soldiers, in a story with art by Dick Briefer. Daredevil; Sniffer; Dickie Dean; Scoop Scuttle; The Pirate Prince; Crimebuster: Too Tough to Fight; The Claw: The Ghost Meets the Claw's Uncle. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Batman and Robin in "The Bond Wagon," Slam Bradley in "The Meanest Muggs in the World," the Crimson Avenger in "Tjhe Prevue Murders" (by Jack Lehti), Air Wave in "Menace of the Mouse-Traps" (art by George Roussos), and Boy Commandos in "Freedom Station" (by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby). Half-page ad for Boy Commandos # 3/Batman # 18. A full-page ad features Leading Comics # 7, Green Lantern # 8, Wonder Woman # 5, All-Flash # 11, and All Star Comics # 17. Back cover Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!" Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $57.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 36, Issue 4 - August, 1943. 6.75" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and others. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don and Red deliver new American bombsights to Russian forces in the Arctic, and wind up smack in the middle of the Battle of the Black Sea. Don is assigned to fly a special plane through a section of South America where other planes have mysteriously disappeared. A strange radio transmission in the Arctic puts Don on the trail of a hidden Axis base. The Battle of the Black Sea!; Eaglebeak Spruder; Silent Ack-Ack; El Diablo's Victory; Tactical Problem #37; Jetsam Joe: The White Elephant of Boompa; Attack in the Arctic. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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

Add to cart Very Good $72.00 View scans Only one staple (manufacturing). Staple rust. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Water damage.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - August, 1943. Cover by Merlin. Men's interest magazine featuring pin-up style pictorials with humorous captioning. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, tinted B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, a text story, and an original Fearless Flint feature. In order of appearance: "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; "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; and "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon. "Midnight Mission" text story by Claude Dunnagan. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"You Can't Kid Lefty Feep" novelette by Robert Bloch.

Volume 5, Issue 8 - August 1943. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Chariots of Death" by Don Wilcox, and "The Star Shepherd" by William Brengle. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 212 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Captain Marvel Bunny arranges a warm welcome for a group of uninvited guests. Monkey detective Sherlock Monk seeks the heads that have disappeared from museum statues. Billy the Kid and Sheriff Oscar struggle to understand how the abandoned ghost town of Minerstown can return to life. Plus a PSA for War Bonds and Stamps featuring Captain Marvel (Shazam). Hoppy the Marvel Bunny; Benny Beaver; Gremmy the Gremlin; Pencil Pranks; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Uncle Don Broadcasting for Funny Animals "The Worry Bug!"; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Willie the Worm and Sammy. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Bryant. "The Case of the Pharoah's Curse"; Doll Man vs. The Pharaoh (Janus). Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. Untitled story, script and art by Frank Borth; The Spider Widow and Phantom Lady learn that the Raven has been taken from the hospital, where he was recovering from his wounds, to a place called the Lookout Hotel; When Dianne enters the hotel, she is confronted by the Raven, who claims he has joined the Bosses' mob. "Octa Puss Pickpocket Gang Pockets City," script and art by Al Stahl; Inferior Man battles a former wrestler who has taken to theft as the dreaded Octa Puss! "The Return of Yvonne" starring Swing Sisson, script by Tex Henson, art by Phil Martin. "The Jade Elephant" starring Spin Shaw, script and art by Bob Powell. "The Ghost That Haunted Macbeth," script by Toni Blum, art by Witmer Williams; Zero, Ghost Detective vs. Banquo's ghost. "King Neptune's Domain" starring Blimpy, script by Sy Reit, art by Al Stahl. "The Wrong Wong" starring Rusty Ryan, script and art by Paul Gustavson. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 48 Issue #4 - August, 1943. Cover by Arthur D. Fuller/ Articles and stories about fishing, hunting, arms and ammunition, conservation laws and much more. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in. 92 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Edited by Claude Lapham and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Rafael Astarita, Nick Cardy, Ruben Moreira, Lee Elias, Robert Webb and Art Peddy. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Senorita Rio takes on Axis agents and corrupt military officials in Chile; The true story of the American paratroopers in Nazi-held Africa dubbed the Suicide Squad (no relation to the later DC super-team); Detective-turned-Marine Hooks Devlin encounters a curvy double agent in Hawaii. Upside-down nurse propeller bondage elements on the cover, which is different, to say the least. Shark Brodie; Dusty Rhodes; Senorita Rio; Rip Carson; Suicide Squad; Escape From Tyranny; Kayo Kirby; Hooks Devlin. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Flash stars in "The Liar's Club," written by Gardner Fox, art by Lou Ferstadt. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "The Demented Dictator" by Ted Udall and Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "The Subway Chase" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; The Whip in "The Curse of the Alvarados" with art by Homer Fleming; "Puritan Perils" by Ed Wheelan; Fat and Slat humor page by Wheelan; and Hawkman in "The Haunted Man" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff. Cover art by Ferstadt. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Bedsheet format; Flag/buy war bonds cover** Cover price $0.15.

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Illustrated text pieces. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by George Gregg (?). Untitled story, art by L. B. Cole; Magno and Davey Landis vs. The Clown. Untitled Lash Lightning story. Untitled Unknown Soldier story, art by Harvey Kurtzman; Drako-Saki, a Japanese vampire considered the father of Japanese evil and a spirit of the netherworld, is raised from the dead to help defeat the Allied war effort. "Friendly .45's" western frontier text story. Untitled story, art by L. B. Cole; Captain Courageous vs. Captain Nippo and von Slagg. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Charlotte Becker, Joan Douglas, Marguerita Rudolph, Elizabeth Decker, Betty A. McSherry and Anna Sewell. Funny-animal comics and adaptations of classic literature from the publishers of Parents Magazine. A skunk tries to hide his white stripe during an air-raid drill; A comics version of the classic horse story Black Beauty; A little girl and her pet sheep try to help an insomniac king. Also featuring an ad for a kid's "Junior Air Raid Warden Kit," a real sign of its times. Patrick, the Upside-Down Pelican; Getting in the Scrap; The Little Wind; The Hungry Cat; The Patriotic Mouse; Peter Rides a Jeep; What's Cooking?; Rosebud, the Skunk Who Didn't Have Stripes; Biff and the Duchess Get in a New Kind of Scrap; Reward for Larry; The King Who Couldn't Sleep; Ever Ride an Elephant?; Trip to the Country; Black Beauty; Puzzle Page; Mr. Quince. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 2 #7 - Aug. 1943. Classic Men's humor magazine chock full of jokes, one liners, and single panel gag illustrations. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Edgar Elephant" by Tony Loeb; "Racky Raccoon" by Gene McGregor; "Nobby the Cat" by Irv Levine; "Gloomy Goose"; "The Skinny Indian" art by Carl Wessler; "Drip Van Winkle or The Legend of Sloppy Hollow" by Al Pross; "Trotter and Prancer the Merry-Go-Round Horses" by Gordon Sheehan; and "The Pug and the Pearls" by Naish. Illustrated text stories: "Lucky Horseshoes, A Story of Our Field Friends: Peter Pony Plays a Trick on the Big Bad Wolf!" by Henry Hale; "The Cat's Bell, A Merry Story: Marvin Mouse Should Have 'Tolled' His Plans in Advance!" by Charles Strong; and "Dumb Bunny's Stairway: It Was Just Too Bad for Bunny, Till the Wise Old Owl Came Along!" by Chuck Stanley. 60 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Published by Popular Magazines, Inc. between December 1931 and December 1943, Hooey was a satirical humour magazine that included fake articles, cartoons that depicted social issues of the time and spoof ads in a similar vein as it's successor, Mad Magazine. 8.5" x 11", 32 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $27.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by George Carlson. Stories and art by George Carlson and Stephen Douglas. Kids' comics featuring the whimsical fables of beloved artist George Carlson, praised by Harlan Ellison as a "comic of the absurd." The Pie-Faced Prince and Princess Panatella Murphy take a wild ride in his new Dingabus and get captured by savage Lollypops. Hortense goes on a cosmic journey during an eclipse. A Cross-Stitch provides his Butler with Three Jolly Wishes. The Pie-Faced Prince of Pretzleburg; Gup and His Gremlins; Scotty, Sleuth Hound; Butty and Fatty; Hortense the Lovable Brat; Jingle Jangle Tales: The Mahogany Butler and the Three Wishes; The Three Little Terrors; Bingo's Adventures in Fairytale Land. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Margret Sits It Out" by Georges Simeon. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Rafael Astarita. Edited by Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Alex Blum, Rafael Astarita, and Robert Webb. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Sheena battles crocodiles and the evil men who worship them; Time-traveler Stuart Taylor visits the era of Roman emperor Nero; Agent ZX-5 battles fascists in Mussolini's Italy. The Hawk; Weird Stories of the Supernatural; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Ghost Gallery; Midnight the Black Stallion; Shrouds of Ice; ZX-5 Spies In Action; Inspector Dayton. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Ruben Moreira. "Monster of the Boiling Pool"; After N'geeso suffers a crocodile bite, Kaänga and Ann go to the country of the Baboon Men for a medicinal moss; They learn that headhunters have targeted the Baboon Men; Kaänga tricks the headhunters into running into a hot spring where many of them drown. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Simba's role as king of the jungle is challenged by a white rhinoceros. Untitled story, art by Saul Rosen; Melini uses trickery to convince the Mengos that he has magic power; Tabu does a stage trick of his own and exposes Melini. "Elephant's Graveyard!", art by Henry Kiefer; Tawn, wounded by ivory hunters, makes his way to the elephants' graveyard, followed by Wambi and Dr. Burman; Dr. Burman removes the bullet from Tawn and he makes a quick recovery. Untitled story, art by George Appel; A convict's wife, devastated by his life sentence, leads a slave revolt against Fantomah. "Lion Bait" text story. Untitled story, art by Rafael Astarita; Terry and the gang free a Free French jungle outpost from the Nazis. Untitled story, pencils by George Tuska; A con man plans a trip to Africa; on his return he planned to present an actress as the long lost daughter of Steven and Camilla Jordan Dane so that she could "inherit" the Jordan fortune; But the plot runs afoul of Camilla, who remains ignorant of her origins. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by William Ritt, Clarence Gray, Fran Striker, Brandon Walsh, Nicholas Afonsky, Carl Anderson, Jack Burnley, R. J. Scott, Eddie Sullivan, Charlie Schmidt, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Tom Sims, Bela Zaboly, George McManus, Otto Soglow, Eddie Rickenbacker, Clayton Knight, Charles Flanders, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Frank Miller, Don Moore and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. The Phantom must deal with a diabolical duplicate; Wartime cover features Wimpy as an ultra-prepared air-raid warden. Brick Bradford; The Lone Ranger; The Phantom; Little Annie Rooney; Henry; Sport Features; Scott's Scrapbook; Hall of Fame of the Air; Sentinel Louie; Radio Patrol; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Flash Gordon; Bringing Up Father; The Little King; Barney Baxter in the Air; Sappo; Tuffy; Right Around Home; Blondie. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.