Comic books December 1942

Add to cart Very Good $21.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $37.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $19.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $56.00 View scans Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

"The Golden City" a book-length novel by Ralph Milney Farley.

Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.25.

Christmas cover. 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; "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; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; and "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon. "Short-Wave Justice" text story by Claude Dunnagan. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Famous Gang Book of Comics (1942) was a promotional comic from the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. Cover features Bugs Bunny, Porky and Petunia Pig, Elmer Fudd, Mary Jane and Sniffles, and Cecil Turtle. Stories feature Porky Pig (with cameos by Groucho and Harpo Marx, James Cagney, Jimmy Stewart, and Leon Schlesinger himself), Bugs and Cecil in the classic "Tortoise Beats Hare," and Sniffles and Mary Jane in a take on Little Red Riding Hood. 32 pages, 7 1/2" x 9 3/4s". Paper cover, no original cover price.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $65.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 4, Issue 12 - December 1942. Cover by H. W. McCauley. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Lost City of Burma" by Edmond Hamilton, and "The Ghost That Haunted Hitler" by William P. McGivern. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 244 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!). When his weight-training fails to impress Millie, Hoppy the Bunny says his power-word, and is transformed into Hoppy the Marvel Bunny. He gains his powers for the first time, just in time to battle Nazi animals invading from the sea in a wheeled rowboat! Monkey detective Sherlock Monk tries to solve the mystery of the missing teeth without being upstaged by his assistant, Chuck the Duck.Oscar the Ostrich is the sheriff of a Western town, who learns that the feared goat outlaw Billy the Kid is in the area. Fun and Frolic; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny; Happy Water Fill Up!; Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Uncle Don: Junior Patriot; Funny-Bone Page; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Willie the Worm. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Gill Fox. "The Troopship Terror," art by Rudy Palais; In order to combat the enemy, Darrel teaches Martha how to fly an airplane. "Deep In the Heart of Texas—Danger," script and art by Phil Martin; Swing Sisson & Co. go to Corpus Christi, Texas. "The Girl On the Island" starring Spin Shaw, Agent 206, and Japanese villains, script and art by Bob Powell. Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. "The Mute Ghost" starring Zero, Ghost Detective, script by Toni Blum, art by Witmer Williams. "The Menace of Morgue Hanson" starring Samar, art by Charles Sultan. "The Ghost Town of the Mesa" starring Fargo Kid, art by Alex Koda. "The Secret Japanese Radio Station," script and art by Frank Borth; While vacationing at their mountain retreat, the Widow and Raven must stop some Japanese saboteurs. "Miranda's Café," script and art by Paul Gustavson; Rusty Ryan vs. Miranda, Anaso, and other spies. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Issue 3 - December 1942. Men's pulp magazine featuring western tales! 130 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations) Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. Untitled story, pencils by Art Peddy; Shark Brodie vs. Cokey, Mikayo and the Japanese. Untitled story, art by Nick Cardy (as Nick Viscardi); Senorita Rio (Consuela Maria Ascencion De Las Vegas) vs. The Butcher (Curt Kesselring) and Nazis. Untitled story, pencils by Lee Ames; Dusty Rhodes vs. Nazis and the Japanese ; Laura Spangle introduction. Untitled story, art by Alex Blum; Chip Collins vs. the Japanese. Untitled story, pencils by Rafael Astarita; Hooks Devlin vs. Herr Vorst and Nazi spies; ; Jan Krazyk introduction. "Brigadier-General Jimmy Doolittle," art by Pagsilang Rey Isip. Untitled story, pencils by Al Camy; Kirby and Manny enlist in the Army; vs. Wolfie Maxwell and Horizontal Nolan. "Sky-Devil's Mission," art by Bob Lubbers; Rip Carson vs. the Japanese. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Flash stars in "Tale of the Treasure Hunt," written by Gardner Fox, art by Lou Ferstadt. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "The Far East" by Emanuel Demby and Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "One of Our Life Boats is Missing" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; The Whip in "The Wheelchair Fund" by Ted Udall and Homer Fleming; King in "A Murder Album" by Fox and Harry Lampert; "Accent on Action" by Ed Wheelan; Fat and Slat humor by Wheelan; and Hawkman in "Lost and Found" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff. Cover art by Ferstadt. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $16.00 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $7.49 View scans Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

Volume 43 Issue #1 - Dec. 1942. Fiction, model-making articles, schematics, cartoons and factual essays make up every issue of Flying Aces. Cover by Alex Schomburg. "Pot Luck" by Joe Archibald is the sole fiction piece. Articles about WWII concerning blimps, new aircraft, women in the factories, transports, test pilots and more are featured. Bedsheet format 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 74 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.15.

The 4 Favorites Give Uncle Sam a Hand public service announcement to buy War Bonds and to salvage old paper, metal and rubber. "The Corpses That Wouldn't Stay Dead"; Lash Lightning vs. Dr. Diablo; Lightning Girl appears. "Master of the Roto-Dynamo"; Magno and Davey vs. The Clown. "Pay Dirt Gamble" text story starring Jess Cattlee by Ralph Powers. Untitled story starring Captain Courageous and the Unknown Soldier; vs. General Hakura. Untitled Captain Courageous story; Flood waters roar in the Mississippi. Untitled story featuring Captain Gallant and His Mini-Sub. Untitled Murphy's Mess Boy story, script by Lou Ferstadt (as Looey) and Harvey Kurtzman (as Kurtzman). 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf, Alice Dalgliesh, Mary Elting, Elizabeth Decker, Edd Ashe and Lewis Carroll. Funny-animal comics and adaptations of classic literature from the publishers of Parents Magazine. Alec the rabbit and his bunny pals live in a victory garden, a patriotic wartime tradition; Ruth Harkness brings baby giant panda Su Lin from China to the US and causes a media sensation; A comics version of the classic Alice in Wonderland, complete with Caterpillar, Cheshire Cat and Mad Hatter. Buggsy Bug; Soldier Dog; Looney Leo, the Cut-Out Lion; Alec the Funny Bunny; Under the Red Roof; Kicker, the Cut-Out Kangaroo; The Magic Soap Bubble; Something's Wrong Here!; Su Lin Comes to America; Penny Polo; Puffer the Great; Davey Gets a Haircut; Mary Jane Has a Birthday; Alice in Wonderland. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $10.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 90%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $17.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

December, 1942. Complete Novel: "A Leader for Korcin" by F. Orlin Tremaine. Noveletes: "The Key to the Dark Planet" by Martin Pearson, and "The Leapers" by Carol Grey. Short Stories: "Claggett's Folly" by Hugh Raymond, "The Creator" by Ross Rocklynne, "The Cannibals" by Oliver Saari, "Fanatics of Mercury" by Henry Andrew Ackermann, and "The Oomph Beasts" by Millard Verne Gordon. 114 pages, B&W, 6.75" x 9.5". Cover price $0.15.

Volume 26, Issue 1 - December, 1942. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Mickey Spillane, Harry Sahle, Barbara Hall, Bob Powell, Art Helfant, Alex Blum, Pierce Rice, and Jerry Iger, credited as S. M. Iger. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Baseball star Tommy Wallace is accused of shooting his girlfriend's father, but The Green Hornet learns the true villain is The Clown. The last survivor of the notorious King Mob is released from prison and abducted by the Rossi Gang, who hope he can lead them to missing loot, unless Robin Hood can intervene. Plus a story by future hardboiled mystery author Mickey Spillane, featuring Mike Lancer, a prototype for Spillane's "Mike Hammer" character. The Return of the Clown; Mike Lancer: The Syndicate of Death; The Career of Farmer Filcher; Spirit of '76; Blonde Bomber: Sabotage on Parade; Robin Hood and His Band; Mighty Midgets: The Funniest Jeeps in the Army; One Never Knows; Bloody Photo; Zebra: The Killer's Ruse. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Irwin Hasen. Empire of Exiles: Part 1: The Explorer's Secret starring Green Lantern, script by Joseph Greene, art by Martin Nodell; General Brooks assigns Sgt. Dickles and Pvt. Scott to search for a brilliant, but eccentric explorer named Dr. Wickwar, whose knowledge of a secret place in South America could provide much needed raw materials for the war effort. Empire of Exiles: Part 2: Perils of the Jungle. We Were All Kids Once humor page by Art Helfant. How to Spot Planes in the Skies fact page by Falcon Mattheiu. Empire of Exiles: Part 3: Strife In the Arena. Jailbreak in the Sky text story by Hop Harrigan. Empire of Exiles: Part 4: The Battle of Mastery. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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.

The Origin of Kid Eternity, art by Sheldon Moldoff; A boy and his grandfather are torpedoed in their boat by a Nazi sub and killed, but when the lad reaches the Pearly Gates, his name is not on the list to die. The Death-House Blues starring Betty Bates, art by Al Bryant. Dan Tootin humor page, script by Jack Cole, art by Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]. A Lesson For Bill Jones, script and art by George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]; The Ghost tracks down an American defector named Jones, a man who has tried to dodge the draft. Men With Two Faces starring Stormy Foster, art by Rudy Palais. The Incendiary Comic Book starring Bob and Swab, script and art by Klaus Nordling. Prisoner In a Chinese Laundry starring Don Glory, art by John Belfi. Magnificent Bill; When Bill says the magic phrase, "Jeepers Creepers!", he is mysteriously endowed with super-strength, invulnerability and speed. 68 pgs. $0.10. 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 Coverless $379.95 or Best Offer View scans Trimmed INCOMPLETE. Pages 10-13 missing from Legion of Despair story. Partially TRIMMED. Full length spine split to all wraps, some brittle edges. Tape and staples added along spine. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Ad for Sub-Mariner Comics #4. Secret Arsenal starring the Human Torch and Toro, script and art by Carl Burgos; Torch and Toro must deal with crooked business men, who create a "Secret Arsenal" to manufacture tools of death that are put into the hands of murder-hungry, money-mad terrorists! Promotional ad for readers to join Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty. The Legion of Despair starring the Human Torch; Torch investigates the mystery behind a strange newspaper ad that cautions people in despair not to commit suicide. Hot-Shot Harmony text story. Untitled Swoopy the Fearless story, script and art by Art Gates. Murder Afloat starring The Sub-Mariner, script and art by Bill Everett. Tubby an' Tack humor page by Ray Houlihan. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $19.00 View scans Spine split 10%.

Articles with photography about hunting and fishing. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $42.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. 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 Dan Zolnerowich. Edited by Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Jerry Iger, Mort Leav, Alex Blum, Bob Hebberd, Rafael Astarita, Al Camy, and Robert Webb. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Sheena seeks the mysterious swamp people and uncovers another Nazi plot; Drew Murdoch tracks a vampire-lord to his lair; Agents ZX-5 battles Nazis in the frozen wastes of northern Sweden. Another dynamic Sheena cover by Dan Zolnerowich. The Hawk; Weird Stories of the Supernatural; Bobby; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Ghost Gallery; Midnight the Black Stallion; Tom Dick and Harry; Dictator's Doom; ZX-5 Spies In Action; Inspector Dayton. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "The Flame-Death of Juju Mountain," art by Dan Zolnerowich; T'gara, the moon goddess on earth to a group of cannibals, captures Ann; Kaänga and N'geeso hurry to Ann's rescue while her newly-arrived sister searches the jungle for her. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Fantomah leads the Khefran army in an attack on the cattle-raiding Swasis. Untitled story, art by Saul Rosen; A rhinoceros, driven mad by an old wound, repeatedly attacks a village in Tabu's jungle. "Tawny Guardian of the Golden Pool" text story. Untitled story, art by Al Stahl; The leader of a group of thieves convinces Andy that he is under a voodoo curse. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and his jungle friends thwart a smuggling rajah's road-building plans. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; A white hunter uses hunting leopards to track Simba and Boko. Untitled story, art by Nick Cardy (as N. Viscardi); Camilla helps locate an explorer lost in a distant valley where cavemen and sabre-toothed tigers survive until today. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 2, Issue 4 - December, 1942. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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. Mandrake the Magician learns the secret past of the Colossi, giants who are eighty feet high; The Phantom faces a dangerous battle on a mysterious enemy submarine. 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 Battle of the Balkans; Right Around Home: Merry Christmas; The Adventures of Fuzzy Wells. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.