Comic books January 1942

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Vol. 19, No. 4. January 1942. Published for many years in Bandera, Texas. Monthly magazine dedicated to frontier history, with much related directly to Texas. Topics included histories of early settlements, the cattle industry, and border skirmishes, much from first-hand accounts of still living participants. 7.5" x 10.5". 48 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover by Dan Gormley. Stories and art by Victor Bloom, Dan Gormley, Maurice Kashuba, Gordon A. J. Peterson, Erwin Hess, E. C. Stoner, and George Kerr. The Funnies presented reprints of classic comic strips alongside original material. Ivan Shark thinks he has Captain Midnight and his friends captured at last. Phantasmo uses his astral powers against wartime saboteurs. While returning to American in his experimental super-sub, Rex and his crew stumble on the underwater base of Captain Mars. You're in the Army Now; Phantasmo, the Master of the World; Captain Midnight; Philo Vance; Rex, King of the Deep; Mr. District Attorney; The Rocket Boys in Space; Andy Panda; Navy Bob Steele; It's Nature!; The Black Knight; Speed Martin. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 6 - January 1942. 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. NOTE: This magazine was printed with a hole that goes through the entire issue. This is not a defect, it was this Magazine's signature feature. Cover price $0.10.

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Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.15.

Contains four original features accompanied by comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Hydroman" by Bill Everett; "Man O'Metal" by H. G. Peter; "Flyin' Jenny" by Russell Keaton; "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "The Purple Zombie" by Tarpe Mills; "Tad of the Tanbark" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Reg'lar Fellers" by Gene Byrnes; "Mann of India" by Tarpe Mills; "Bill and Davey" by James P. McCague; "Dare-devils of Destiny" by Frank Rentfrow and Don Dickson; "Gordon Fife and the Boy King" by Bob Moore and Jim Hales; and "Sergeant Stoney Craig" by Frank Rentfrow and Don Dickson. "Emergency Courage" text story by George E. Magee. Indicia states "Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics". 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Reed Crandall. Tokoyan Sabotage starring Stormy Foster, art by Maxwell Elkan. Dan Tootin humor page by Jack Cole. The Theft of the Scouting Plane, script and art by George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]; The Ghost must take on a Nazi menace named Hans Sheink. The Pipeline Saboteurs starring Hercules, art by Arthur Peddy. The Phony Private Detective starring Betty Bates, art by Al Bryant. Ratznestski the Car Crook starring Red Bee, art by Witmer Williams. San Pedro Shore Duty starring Bob and Swab, script and art by Klaus Nordling. The Burma Road Bombers starring The Strange Twins, script by S. M. Iger [as S.M. Regi], art by Alex Blum. Liberating the Lion Cubs starring Lion Boy, art by Henry Kiefer. Shipyard of Saboteurs starring Don Glory, art by Arthur Peddy. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Issue 2 - January, 1942. NOTE: Title continues as Crack Detective (1942-1949 Columbia) with Vol.3#3. 7" x 10", 100 pages, B&W. 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.

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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", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.10.

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1st appearance of Mrs. Grundy. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Edited by Malcolm Reiss and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Jerry Iger, Art Saaf, Sy Reit, Mort Leav, Alex Blum, and Robert Webb. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Sheena and Bob battle outlaws who have trained gorillas to work for them; Time-traveler Stuart Taylor explores the legend of Sleepy Hollow and the Headless Horseman; The Hawk investigates a ship found at sea, with all its crew dead. Cover lists the issue as Vol. 2, No. 11; issue number 35 does not appear anywhere in book. The Hawk; Weird Stories of the Supernatural; Bobby; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Pee Wee; Midnight the Black Stallion; Tom Dick and Harry; Vulture Island; ZX-5 Spies In Action; Inspector Dayton; Lightning. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Kahgis the Blood God," pencils by Dan Zolnerowich; An ancient idol and an ancient Egyptian princess come to life when their temple is opened; However, the priestess perishes for want of blood and the living idol carries her back into the tomb. Untitled story, art by George Carl Wilhelms; Tabu is captured and brought before the pharaoh; Using his magic, Tabu saves the pharaoh's life, engendering a great deal of jealousy from the rest of the court, who then plot against him. Untitled story; Fantomah recovers a native idol from white thieves. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and Ogg help raise a siege of a British jungle outpost under by German soldiers. "Boy King of the Tuskers" text story by Toni Blum (as Bob Anthony). Untitled story, art by Seymour Reit; Roy rescues an heiress from her murderous guardian. Untitled story; Terry and the gang assist an undercover spy posing as an archaeologist. Untitled story, art by Al Gabriele; The Panther leads a woman to her lost brother. Untitled story, art by Al Walker; Simba is captured by Arabs for arena fighting against tigers. He escapes with the help of the sheik's son. Untitled story; Driven mad by a scorpion's sting, Camilla's friend Orth makes war on her lost empire. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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 queen of the amazons falls in love with Mandrake the Magician; The Phantom falls into a deathtrap dubbed The Hole. 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; Stamps: The Man Who Defied Napoleon; Family Portraits: Our Own Dictators; Rights For Mice. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 2, No. 12. January 1942. Article on the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes. Show Girl of Month was Zorita, with photos by Murray Korman. 10.5" x 13.5". 32 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.

Published once a year, this oversized issue presents the years best pictorials, and gags from Laff magazine! 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in. 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Mort Meskin. Blueprint for Crime (Chapter 1), script by Mort Weisinger, art by Mort Meskin; The nefarious Hand, believing that he has only one month to live, organizes a group of master criminals, the "fingers" of his hand, to commit crimes, and challenges a newly organized band of heroes to the greatest criminal chase the world has ever seen. Death Valley (Chapter 2), script by Mort Weisinger, art by George Papp; Green Arrow and Speedy head to Death Valley, California to stop Professor Merlin from stealing gold stockpiled by an old prospector. Peril in Panama (Chapter 3), script by Jerry Siegel, art by Hal Sherman; The Kid and Stripesy head for the Panama Canal Zone to prevent the Needle from stealing a ray-gun weapon from its inventor. Blackout over Broadway, script and art by Jack Lehti; The Crimson and Wing must prevent Big Ceasar from carrying out mass robberies in Times Square under the cover of darkness. The Red Dragon (Chapter 5), art by Creig Flessel; The Shining Knight travels to the Valley of Wamona to prevent the Red Dragon from stealing a large supply of pitchblend (radium) from the local Indians living there. The Stone People (Chapter 6) starring the Seven Soldiers of Victory, script by Mort Weisinger, art by Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton Jr.]. Blueprint for Crime (Chapter 7) starring the Seven Soldiers of Victory, script and art by Mort Weisinger. King Kale and Clancy the Cop humor pages by Henry Boltinoff. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"Americans We Can Do Without" by Walter Winchell; Boris Karloff, Flying Tigers WWII

January 12, 1942. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Pacific Coast defense; Rockefeller Center; Betty Bruce; macaroni and spaghetti standards; the war in Singapore; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 96 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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

Untitled story, art by Walt Kelly; Introducing Kandi. Untitled story, art by Roger Armstrong; Porky thinks he can hypnotize, and Petunia saves the day with her home-baked cake. Untiled story, art by Chase Craig; Disguised as a swami, Bugs tricks Elmer into wasting all of his pay. Untitled Kandi the Cave Kid story; Kandi makes friends with the savage animals, and together they scare fierce tree men away from attacking Kandi's family. Untitled story, art by Roger Armstrong; Mary Jane and Sniffles seek information on Columbus, and end up beneath the sea with a school of fish. Untitled story, art by George Storm; Bugs singlehandedly captures the officers of an enemy vessel. Petunia Plays Detective text story. Untitled Inky with a black crow and a lion. Untitled Pat, Patsy and Pete story; The protagonists go searching for treasure at the bottom of the sea. Untiled story; Bugs leads Elmer to think that rabbits are the best mouse catchers in the world. Porky's Hollywood Sketch Book article. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Feg Murray, Clayton Knight, H. H. Knerr, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Floyd Torbert, Robert Storm, Mel Graff, Thornton W. Burgess, Carl Anderson, Edwina Dumm, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Joe Musial, Billy DeBeck, Jimmy Thompson, Eugene L. Pollack, Tom Sims, and Bela Zaboly. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake must protect Dr. Griff so he can complete his invention, which will make air combat obsolete; Secret Agent X-9 battles the foes of democracy. Mandrake the Magician; Jan and Aloysius; Seein' Stars; The Romance of Flying; Bunky; Dollar-A-Dither; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Little Nature Stories; Henry; Little Acorns; High Spots; Popeye; Barney Baxter; Blondie; Indian Lore; Tippie and Cap Stubbs; Dinglehoofer. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Man of War, the Liberty Guards, the Ferret, Red Riley, Dave Doolittle, Fire-Man, the Sentinel, Dopey Day, and Vapo-Man. Gustavson cover/art. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $4,500.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s); See item notes Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #4286703001

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Young Allies ad. "The Flaming Arrow Murders" starring The Human Torch, story and art by Carl Burgos; Torch and Toro must stop the criminal designs of The Saint, who, along with his gang, is out to steal the plans for a new super air tank that the Raleigh Corporation is building. Marvel Mystery Comics contest. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; Namor hears from a dock worker (aka "brush man"), who handles fur cargoes shipped in from Alaska, that no more shipments are being received and that the furs are somehow being smuggled in; Sub-Mariner investigates and discovers that The Fox is putting the stolen furs in torpedo-like metal tubes with motors and fires them into an underground river that leads to the United States. The Vision untitled story, script by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, pencils by Kirby and David Walters, inks by Walters; Satan demands that his sales manager quit falling down on the job and see to it that the only evil-free city in the United States, Arbor City, is turned into a hotbed of evil and misery. "Quick Thinking, or, How Good a Detective Are You?" text story. "Voodini's Last Laugh From the Grave" starring Terry Vance, script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; The relatives of the late Professor Voodini gather at his mansion to listen to the reading of the will, whose contents lead to several murders and the re-appearance of the evil professor. "Death to Spies" starring Patriot, art by Ray Houlihan; Suoka has appointed a Filipino bolo wielder to murder Lt. Curtis, but the Patriot interferes and prevents the crime, finally tracking down the Japanese secret agent behind the murder plot. "Death Rings the Bell"; The Angel investigates weird deaths associated with the ringing of the carillon belonging to the late millionaire, Jonathan Brown. Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, script and art by Ben Thompson; Arriving in French Equatorial Africa, Ka-Zar is captured by the Nazis and used as a decoy to sucker French ships into submarine range. Human Torch Comics ad. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.