Comic books January 1942

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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. Lady Luck by Nick Viscardi.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Lady Luck by Nick Viscardi.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Lady Luck by Nick Viscardi.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $475.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white The DC Universe Collection. Label #4441051011

January, 1942, D.C. Comics: Story #1, The Star Spangled Kid; story #2, The Star Spangled Kid; "The Liberty Bell," 2 pages, text story; Armstrong of the Army; Tarantula, Capt. X of the R.A.F.; a third Star Spangled Kid story. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Elmer Wexler. Fighting Yank story, art by Al Wenzel. Captain Future story, art by Kin Platt. Biff Powers story, art by August Froehlich. V Is For Victory story behind the cover with Fighting Yank, Adolf Hitler, and Benito Mussolini. Don Davis story. Mystico the Wonder Man story. Trained Horse text story by Donald Baine Hobart. Masked Rider story. Detective-Sergeant Burke story, art by Kin Platt. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 7, Issue 1 - January, 1942. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Stories by Manly Wade Wellman, Isaac Asimov, Miles J. Breuer, and Raymond Z. Gallun. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Murders By Ghost Light, pencils by Al Fagaly; Sub-Mariner comes across an island hospital where a doctor is haunting the patients attempting to devalue the property so that he can buy it for a song and then announce that the ghost sitings were just pranks. The Horror That Walked starring Sub-Mariner, pencils by Bill Everett, inks by Al Gabriele; story influenced by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Fresh Meat For a Raider text story by Mickey Spillane. Death's Merry-Go-Round! starring Angel, pencils by Paul Gustavson, inks by Al Gabriele. One-page story starring Dr. Dimwit, script and art by Basil Wolverton. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

January 4, 1942. The first page of the comic section of the Sunday Times, "Chicago's Picture Newspaper," features a full-page Superman comic strip (credited to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster). Strip # 114. Superman pursues the bad guys! (Dickie Dare on the other side of the page.) 9.25 in. x 14.25 in.; color. Cover price $0.05.

January 11, 1942. The first page of the comic section of the Sunday Times, "Chicago's Picture Newspaper," features a full-page Superman comic strip (credited to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster). Strip # 115. The bad guys are transporting dynamite! (Dickie Dare on the other side of the page.) 9.25 in. x 14.25 in.; color. Cover price $0.05.

January 18 1942. The first page of the comic section of the Sunday Times, "Chicago's Picture Newspaper," features a full-page Superman comic strip (credited to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster). Strip # 116. Superman learns more about the trucking company! (Dickie Dare on the other side of the page.) 9.25 in. x 14.25 in.; color. Cover price $0.05.

January 25, 1942. The first page of the comic section of the Sunday Times, "Chicago's Picture Newspaper," features a full-page Superman comic strip (credited to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster). Strip # 117. Superman pursues the bad guys! (Dickie Dare on the other side of the page.) 9.25 in. x 14.25 in.; color. Cover price $0.05.

Cover by Chester Gould. Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Bob Jenney, Martin Branner, Ken Ernst, Dick Fletcher, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Lightning Jim and Whitey catch a ride in a new armored car, just before robbers strike from the air. Magic Morro and Oom meet Maunee, the queen of remote Emerald Isle; luckily, she speaks English. The Sky Ranger brings bombers to Britain, as the aviation strip debuts in Super Comics. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Magic Morro; A Worthy Champion; Winnie Winkle; The Gumps; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Jim Ellis; Sweeney & Son; Little Joe; The Sky Ranger; Lightning Jim. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Fred Ray. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster]; When people who attend a concert at Monmouth Hall are robbed, seemingly without their knowledge, Clark and Lois attend the next evening's concert to see if lightning strikes twice. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster]; When young Chet Farnsworth's invention, a fire extinguishing powder, is successfully used to put out a tenement fire, the young man hastily signs a contract with an unscrupulous man. Rollin' Stone humor two-pager by Ray McGill. Jinx Job text story by Norman Goss. Marked Man text story by Edgar Weston. Clancy the Cop two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Long-running men's interest magazine featuring articles, fiction stories, adult cartoons, pictorials. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by John Jordan. Christmas vacation, and it's a lonely cadet waiting at Daunton station... starring Cadet, art by John Jordan. To the gallant Target and the Targeteers, sabotage of the United States' national defense... starring Target, art by Sid Greene. Soon after the old timers' yarn spinning contest, Bull's-Eye Bill becomes curious... starring Bull's-Eye Bill. Oh-oh! We left Speck and Spot, last issue, as they bravely entered... starring Speck, Spot, and Sis, script and art by Alonzo Vincent. Speck Turns Sleuth part II starring Speck Spot and Sis, script by Ray Gill, art by Alonzo Vincent. Supreme Sacrifice! starring Lucky Byrd, script and art by Harry Campbell. Treasure Island [Part 10]--Fantastic Feature Films, art by Harold DeLay. The Bullet Ship That Brought Vengeance From the Void starring Spacehawk, script and art by Basil Wolverton. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. 8.5-in. x 11-in., printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Kin Platt. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Max Plaisted, Jack Binder, George Mandel, Elmer Wexler, Kin Platt, and Leonard Sansone. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 18, Issue 1 - January, 1942. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Capp. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Fred Methot, Reg Greenwood, Hal Forrest, Bernard Dibble, and R. M. Brinkerhoff. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 6 #9. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Looy has a crazy scheme to get work at the carnival, by pretending to be a ventriloquist and having a midget pal pretend to be his dummy. But it gets even crazier when "Frisco Jake" wants him to use his ventriloquism to sell regular parrots as talking parrots. The Triple Terror superhero team seeks the mysterious Mr. Q, who has kidnapped Professor Myte and stolen his experimental explosive. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; The Mirror Man; The Triple Terror; Jim Hardy; Stamp Tips; Looy Dot Dope; Tailspin Tommy; Iron Vic; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Little Mary Mixup. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by George J. Hecht, Jim Ray and Natalie Purvin Prager. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. A rare defeat for George Washington; Elsie MacGill, the first Canadian female engineer, takes charge of building Hawker Hurricane planes during WWII; River boatman Mike Fink becomes a folk hero in his own right. The Greatest of Games; He Fights On!; Ethan Allen; Dog Hero of Fontenoy; Queen of the Hurricanes: Elsie MacGill; How the Old Chief Said Thank You; Air Victories Made in the U.S.A.; Wings of the U.S. Army; Is It True?; Hunger Fighter; True's Movie Guide; Motorcycle Record; He Learned from History; Washington's Only Defeat; Builder of a Paradise; Mike Fink, King of the River; Dollar Pullers; How Good is Your Memory? 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian series. Contents are exactly the same as True Comics (1941 Parents' Magazine Press). Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Pierce Rice and Louis Cazeneuve. A patriotic hero in the Captain America tradition from Fox Feature, published during the lead-up to World War II. The Topper stops a woman from committing suicide, then learns a magician has turned her into an unwilling participant in his crimes; Peg Miller, Girl Detective tracks a strange swamp beast; U.S. Jones asks young readers to contribute to the war effort by conserving resources, keeping an eye on the neighbors, and sending off for the U.S. Jones Cadets Membership Kit. Deaths Master Mind; The Crimson Saint; Crimson Vengeance; The Choking Death; Dirk Delancey: An American Visitor Named Jones; Star Reporter; The Topper: Rendezvous with Death!; Peg Miller, Girl Detective: The Swamp Beast Stalks Its Prey. Final issue of the series. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

January, 1942. Cover price $0.15.