Comic books July 1944

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Issue 65 - July 21, 1944. Early magic enthusiast fanzine with reader submitted homemade tricks for other readers to try at home complete with step-by-step instructions and illustrations where needed. 8.5" x 11", 4 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Paul Payne. Stories and art by Graham Ingels, Lee Elias, Lily Renee, Fran Hopper, George Appel, and Joe Doolin. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. Good-girl art aplenty as Gale and her team are captured by the Tatlans, whose dress and architecture resembles ancient Incas; Norge and Jolie are trapped by tigers in the past, but mammoths help them escape; While crossing the Atlantic, Hunt and Lyssa are captured by refugee humans on a submarine. Featuring art by pioneering female artists Fran Deitrick/Hopper and Lily Renee. The Lost World; Gale Allen and the Girl Squadron; Mars, God of War; Space Rangers; First Earthman on Mars; Norge Benson; The Star Pirate. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $1,300.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to off white Label #4389356013

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Paul Payne. Stories and art by Lily Renee, Fran Hopper, John Celardo, Jack Keeler, and Murphy Anderson. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. The Space Rangers battle the subterranean Flame Men when they turn up the heat on Earth; Mysta of the Moon faces the evil Gor, who can grow an army by planting seeds in the ground; In the Lost World, Hunt and Lyssa are aided by Venusians in the ruins of Washington DC. Featuring art by pioneering female artists Fran Deitrick/Hopper and Lily Renee and legendary artist Murphy Anderson. The Lost World; Gale Allen; Mysta of the Moon; Red Comet; The Invaders; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $120.00 View scans 2 centerfold wraps detached and cover loose at single center staple. Cover oxidation. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Cover art by Jack Cole. Plastic Man story, script and art by Jack Cole. Flatfoot Burns story, script and art by Marvin Stein. Destiny story. Spirit story, script and art by Will Eisner. Often a Bomb, Never a Dud starring Human Bomb, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Burp the Twerp story, script and art by Jack Cole (as Ralph Johns). The Giggling Corpse starring Manhunter, art by Al Bryant. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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July 1944. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Includes: "Revolution on Rails" modern railroading. 6.75" x 9.5". 240 pages. PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 145, Issue 1 - July 1944. Articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 242 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $3,150.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4255251002

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $1,139.95 or Best Offer View scans 3" cumulative spine split (taped), pieces of tape on interior cover/spine, edge tears throughout interior. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Maurice del Bourgo. Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Don Rico, Maurice Gutwirth, Maurice Whitman, Ezra Jackson, and George Gregg. Mystery, horror and suspense from L.B. Cole's Narrative comics. Bonnie the bagpipe player gets a gig in a blues club, but when the place gets robbed, she springs into action as only a piper can. A patchwork quilt reveals a story of piracy and combat on the high seas. Artist Don Rico retells the legends of Pandora and Siegfried in beautiful one-pagers. Cover by Maurice del Bourgo features caricatures of the Axis leadership pummeled by a hero made of Allied flags, and doubles as a war-bonds PSA. Patches: Shanghaied, Warpath; Lightfingers Louie; Pandora; Peace Of Mind; Heroes Of Legend; Jerry Jr.; Red Wings; One Came Back; Bonnie Blows the Blues; Trial by Fire. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $41.00 View scans 4 1/2" Spine split from base of book. Foxing. Soiling. Moisture damage.

Volume 15, Issue 2 - July, 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Wanted--Dead Or Alive starring Yank & Doodle & Black Owl. Hollywood starring Worldbeater, art by August Froehlich. The Die Is Cast starring Flying Fist and Bingo, script and art by Fred Morgan. Canines of Crime starring Airmale, art by Fred Morgan. Untitled story starring Frankenstein (script and art by Dick Briefer). $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Gus Ricca. Stories and art by Bob McCay, Fred Schwab, and Al Plastino. An early superhero and adventure anthology published by Harry Chesler. The most unusual story in this issue is a rare Little Nemo in Slumberland strip drawn by Bob McCay (son of original Nemo artist Winsor McCay) in which Nemo is a Buck Rogers-like teen helping Slumberland battle Mercurian invaders! Revived in modern times, ancient mystic Hale the Magician uses his powers and his magical spearhead to battle evil. Rocketman invents the helicopter a few years early, but gangster Killer Craci wants the invention for himself. Classic cover by Gus Ricca has the cartoonist being killed by his own spy cartoons. Master Key; Down the Trail; Calling All Cars; Johnny Rebel; Hale the Magician; Young Americans; Tenderfoot Mary; Nemo, In Slumberland; Victory Boys; Rocketman. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 36, Issue 2 - July, 1944. 6.5" x 9", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 28, Issue 2 - July, 1944. 6.75" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

"Norway Fights Back!," art by Al Camy. "Walt Whitman Bard of Democracy;" A biographical story of the poet Walt Whitman. "Juan Ponce de Leon;" The story of Spanish fighter and explorer Ponce de Leon and his eventual quest for the Fountain of Youth, ending in his discovery of Florida and subsequent death. "Commander Howard W. Gilmore." "Catherine the Great;" A biographical story of the Russian queen Catherine the Great. "Tito the Magnificent" article by Kerry McRoberts . "Blitz-Buster;" The story of Russian tank driver Kalimulla Khabibulin holding off vastly superior numbers of invading Germans. "Jack London;" Biographical story of author Jack London. "Sir Humphrey Davey and the Safety Lamp;" How Sir Humphrey Davey created the safety lamp for miners. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

8.5" x 10.75". 80 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.15.

True stories of crime most foul fall victim to the pages of this short-lived vintage true crime magazine. Here, you will find tales of greed, jealousy, revenge, thievery, and murder....all true, all told in the words of the detectives who worked the cases. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $22.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

The classic magazine featuring current event articles, editorials, human interest pieces, humor, illustrations, a letter column, poetry, single-panel gag cartoons, and stories by the leading writers of the time. Cover by John Atherton. 10.75" x 13.75", 104 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Screen Stars Magazine was one among many of the supermarket celebrity tabloids that focused heavily on the day to day lives of the Hollywood elite, during the golden-age of cinema. This publication is filled cover to cover with typical fodder such as candid celebrity photos (some of which are in color), gossip columns, reader's letters to the editor, and the latest motion picture advertisements. 8.5" x 10.5", 74 pages, mostly B&W with a few color photos. 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. Grown-Down Land starring Wonder Woman, script by William Moulton Marston, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman helps bring a family together by showing the parents how to act like children. Gay Ghost story, art by Howard Purcell. Boys' Week In Big City starring Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys, script by Evelyn Gaines, art by Frank Harry. Land of the Little People starring Black Pirate, art by Sheldon Moldoff. The Blindfold Test starring Mr. Terrific, art by Stan Aschmeier. Case of the Corn Corners Cow Killers starring Wildcat, art by Paul Reinman. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 47, Issue 5 - July, 1944. 5.5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. 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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Cover by Burne Hogarth. Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Paul Berdanier, Fred Methot, Bernard Dibble, Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Sparling, Drew Pearson, Bob Allen, Milburn Rosser, Rudolph Dirks, Charlie Plumb, Bill Conselman, Harry O'Neill, and Raeburn Van Buren. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips plus an original hero, The Spark Man, who joined the military to fight in WWII. The Spark Man, concealed within Berlin itself, targets the fifth of his 6 Nazi murderers. The Kids stow away on a whaling ship, but the sailors are amused when Fritz is carried off by a stork. Bathless Groggins reveals that the "lost Margrave will" is in the one place that Melvin Margrave will never find it. Plus a Tarzan adventure by Burne Hogarth. Aerobic Tarzan cover by Hogarth. 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. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.