Comic books August 1943

Cover by Jack Cole. "The Menace of Serpina," script and art by Jack Cole; Plastic Man and Woozy take on Madame Serpina. "The Blue Room of Blandings Castle" starring the Manhunter, art by John Cassone. "Phantom Lady Vs. the Spider Widow," art by Frank Borth; Phantom Lady gets a letter from Spider Widow, informing her that she is challenging her to a duel to see who is the most capable crime fighter. "Oriental Agents," script and art by Will Eisner; The Spirit vs. Homer Creep. "Prof. Snap Gadget" starring Flatfoot Burns, script and art by Al Stahl. "Burp's Super Hearing" one-page story starring Burp the Twerp, script and art by Jack Cole. "The Apaches" starring Destiny. "Temple of Doom" text story by Dick Mace. "Introducing the Bombadiers" starring The Human Bomb, script and art by Paul Gustavson (as Paul Carrol); Roy Lincoln and two other fellows are turned down from joining the United States Army, so they all attempt to get to Tokyo to fight the Japanese. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Bill Holman, Frank King, Zack Mosley, Boody Rogers, Elliott Caplin, Jay McArdle, Cliff Sterrett, Jimmy Murphy, George Swanson, Paul Robinson and Gus Edson. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Smilin' Jack learns about Madam Mongoose's pilot-training program for criminals. The gung-ho tale of a Marine's life during WWII, from basic training to raiding a South Pacific island. After rescuing an ailing boy from a slum tenement, Dr. Bobbs learns that the wealthy owner of his hospital also owns the tenement. Also featuring popular strips Smokey Stover and Gasoline Alley. The Gumps; Smilin' Jack; Terry and the Pirates; Toots and Casper; Polly and Her Pals; Spooky; Dr. Bobbs; The Making of a Marine!; Elza Poppin; Etta Kett; Smokey Stover; Gasoline Alley; Gang Busters; Rendezvous with Freedom. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $9.00 View scans Paper: White Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

August 1943. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Includes: "Tricks of the Snipers" techniques used by military snipers. 6.75" x 9.5". 208 pages. PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 143, Issue 2 - August 1943. Featured article on "Super Airport for Tomorrow's Busy Skyways", and "How Our Plane Carriers Have Met the Test of Global War!" Also includes articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 224 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

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Untitled stories starring Black Owl (art by Jack Binder), Ted O'Neil, Frankenstein (Script and art by Dick Briefer), Green Lama (script by Ken Crossen), Dr. Frost (art by Maurice Gutwirth), Yank and Doodle (art by Maurice Gutwirth), General and the Corporal (script and art by Ken Browne), and Buck Sanders (art by Munson Paddock). $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 205, No. 5347. August 4, 1943. Punch is a British weekly magazine of humor and satire that ran from 1841-1992. Renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, and introduced the term ' Cartoon '. 8.75" x 11.25". 32 pages. Black and white.

Vol. 205, No. 5348. August 11, 1943. Punch is a British weekly magazine of humor and satire that ran from 1841-1992. Renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, and introduced the term ' Cartoon '. 8.75" x 11.25". 32 pages. Black and white.

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Vol. 205, No. 5349. August 18, 1943. Punch is a British weekly magazine of humor and satire that ran from 1841-1992. Renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, and introduced the term ' Cartoon '. 8.75" x 11.25". 32 pages. Black and white.

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Vol. 205, No. 5350. August 25, 1943. Punch is a British weekly magazine of humor and satire that ran from 1841-1992. Renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, and introduced the term ' Cartoon '. 8.75" x 11.25". 32 pages. Black and white.

Vol. 14, No. 11 - August 1943. Published by Hugo Gernsback, considered the father of science-fiction. Features Gernsback's editorial, "There is no tube shortage". 8.5" x 11.5". 67 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $7.00 View scans Paper: Off white Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Good $2.50 View scans Paper: Off white Staple rust. 1" Spine split from top of book. 1" Spine split from base of book. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 34, Issue 3 - August, 1943. 6.5" x 9.5", 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Art Saaf. Edited by Jean M. Press. Stories and art by Art Saaf, Jean Levander, Graham Ingels, Saul Rosen and Lee Elias. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Professor Broussard and crew seek The Dungeon Dweller of Horror House; Early good-girl art as Glory goes undercover in a shipyard to find a saboteur; The Commando Rangers are aided by a saint from antiquity while taking refuge in an old church. Cover by Art Saaf hints at the good-girl art to come in future issues. U.S. Rangers; Glory Forbes Vigilante; The Werewolf Hunter; Commando Rangers; The Sea Devil; Two-Faced Traitor; Private Elmer Pippin and the Colonel's Daughter; The Phantom Falcons. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 28 #171 - Aug. 1943. Movie magazine with a twist: current movies are retold in text and movie stills. In this issue: The Kansan, Dixie, Background to Danger, First Comes Courage, The Prodigal's Mother, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hitler's Madman, All By Myself, Wings Over the Pacific. Plus news, gossip and previews. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 94 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Harry G. Peter. The Girl with the Gun starring Wonder Woman, script by William Moulton Marston [as Charles Moulton], art by Harry G. Peter; Marva Psycho, now a WAAC, is accused of trying to murder General Standpat. Poseidon's Ring starring Black Pirate, art by Sheldon Moldoff. Gorinty's Gorillas starring Little Boy Blue, art by Frank Harry. The Secret of Castle Elsinore starring Gay Ghost, art by Howard Purcell. The Masqueraders starring Mr. Terrific, art by Hal Sharp. The Sting of the Yellow Wasp starring Wildcat, art by Paul Reinman. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 45, Issue 6 - August, 1943. Cover by Modest Stein. Stories include "Messenger of Death" by Maxwell Grant; "Murder at Flood Tide" by Clifford Goodrich; "Rhapsody in Crimson" by Charles Larson; and "Dead Enough" by Norman A. Daniels plus the column "Codes" by Henry Lysing. 7" x 10", black and white, 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Canadian Edition. August, 1943. Full Length Feature Novel: "Vengeance Bay" by Maxwell Grant. Short Story: "The Machine-Shop Kid" by Grant Lane. 116 pages, Text Only with chapter illustrations, 7" x 9.5". Cover price $0.15.

Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 1, No. 10. August 1943. Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 66 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Alex Kotzky. Midnight story, script and art by Paul Gustavson; Midnight solves a real murder at a murder mystery party. Wun Cloo, script and art by Jack Cole. Marksman story, script and art by Fred Guardineer. Traitor's Doom featuring Espionage Starring Black X, art by Bernard Sachs. Lady Luck story, script and art by Klaus Nordling. Daffy Meets Jack the Ripper starring Daffy, script and art by Gill Fox. Yankee Eagle story, script and art by Vernon Henkel. The Hit-and-Run Killers starring Rookie Rankin. Jester story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Reg Greenwood, Fred Methot, Bernard Dibble, Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Sparling, Drew Pearson, Bob Allen, Milburn Rosser, Rudolph Dirks, Charlie Plumb, Bill Conselman, Harry O'Neill, Raeburn Van Buren and Frank N. Ernest. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips plus an original hero, The Spark Man, who joined the military to fight in WWII. In North Africa, The Spark Man seeks the lab where the Nazis have developed a "flesh-eating gas." In an Abbie an Slats story that satirizes the comic-strips of the 1950s, Slats, Becky, and Bathless Groggins travel to New York with cartoonist "Cal App" for the launch of his comic strip about... Abbie an Slats. Wealthy P.T. Biltybux finds $5 million he had lying around, and leases a circus with it. Plus a Tarzan adventure by Burne Hogarth. Your War Library; Spark Man; Hap Hopper; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Ella Cinders; Tarzan; Abbie an Slats; Broncho Bill; Race Riley and the Commandos; Sparkler Salutes; El Bombo; Unbelievable - But True. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 2, Issue 2 - August, 1943. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 1, Issue 6 - August, 1943. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Aug 1943. Cover by Rafael DeSoto. Book length Spider Story by Grant Stockbridge (pseudonym for Norvell W. Page) "The Spider and the Criminal Horde". Second story by Emile C. Tepperman. 7" x 9 1/2", black and white; 98 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Eisner/Fine/Quality staff assist on Spirit.

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Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Eisner/Fine/Quality staff assist on Spirit.

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Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Eisner script/layout, pencils/inks by Quality staff, Jack Cole - A.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Wellman/Woolfolk scripts, Fine pencils, Quality Staff inks.