Comic books April 1942

Volume 9, Issue 3 - April, 1942. 6.75" x 9.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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

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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.

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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.

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

Cover by Irvin Steinberg. Stories and art by Otto Binder and Emil Gershwin. One of Fawcett's most popular superheroes, Spy Smasher fights saboteurs, fifth columnists, Quislings and collaborators during WWII. Soon after a European castle is rebuilt in America, the mysterious Man in the Iron Mask appears, and begins sabotaging American defense sites. Spy Smasher discovers Axis plans for a second attack on Pearl Harbor and Hawaii using a gigantic submarine. A tale of the American Revolution, with George Washington and Benedict Arnold playing spy games against each other. Plus a vintage ad (with a cameo by Captain Marvel/Shazam) for the Spy Smasher movie serial, asking kids to demand it in their local theaters. (Fawcett's characters pioneered the live-action superhero movie.) The Crime of Pearl Harbor; The Man in the Iron Mask; Murder Tests a Bomber; George Washington, Hope of the Patriots; Old Soldiers March Again; The Stolen Battleship; Strange But True. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $800.00 View scans Restored: C1 Paper: Cream to off white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. The DC Universe Collection. Label #4441051014

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. The Story Of The Newsboy Legion, script by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; Jim Harper becomes the Guardian for the first time, and also stops a local gang of kids from being sent to jail, hoping he can help them turn their lives around. The Crime Escradille starring The Tarantula, art by Harold Sharp. Captain X story, art by Arturo Cazeneuve. Robotman story, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Leo Nowak and Paul Cassidy, inks by Paul Cassidy; the intro of Robotman. TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite story, art by Paul Norris. The Picture That Killed starring The Star-Spangled Kid, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Hal Sherman. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Fighting Yank story featuring the return of Mavelli, art by Jack Binder. Captain Future story featuring the attack of the Lemurians, art by Kin Platt. Biff Powers story, art by August Froehlich. Don Davis story. His Name Was George text story, pencils by Henry Hale. Mystico the Wonder Man story. Herbie Helps the Law text story by Donald Bayne Hobart. G-Man Dalton story with Baldy Harris, Bank Robber, art by Leo Morey. Masked Rider story with Bollen's Brand-Blotters. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

April 5, 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 # 127. Showdown in the court room! (Dickie Dare on the other side of the page.) 9.25 in. x 14.25 in.; color. Cover price $0.05.

April 12, 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 # 128. Superman seeks information! (Dickie Dare on the other side of the page.) 9.25 in. x 14.25 in.; color. Cover price $0.05.

April 19, 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 # 129. Superman encounters men breaking INTO jail! (Dickie Dare on the other side of the page.) 9.25 in. x 14.25 in.; color. Cover price $0.05.

April 26, 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 # 130. Superman fights prisoners, while Lois begins her own investigation! (Dickie Dare on the other side of the page.) 9.25 in. x 14.25 in.; color. Cover price $0.05.

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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. As Jim Ellis is captured, redheaded female spy Frisco rendezvouses with an Axis sub. Krush uses the absence of Magic Morro to take control of Emerald Isle. The Sky Ranger tackles Axis submarines in the Pacific. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Magic Morro; Plumb Wrong; 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.

Joe Gallagher cover. In order of appearance: "Magno the Magnetic Man" art by Jim Mooney; "Vulcan" art by Maurice Gutwirth; "The Black Ace"; "Captain Gallant and His Mini-Sub" art by Mark Schneider; "Buckskin"; "Koo-Koo Capers" art by Kosti Ruohomaa; "Private Entrance" art by Samm Schwartz; and "Peewee Wilson, U.S.A.". "Kid Trouble-Buster" text story by Cliff Howe. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bob Davis. The Cadet story, art by John Jordan. Movieland Murder starring Target, art by Sid Greene. Speck, Spot, and Sis story, script and art by Alonzo Vincent. Who Is Kid Tyrant? starring Chameleon. The Ghost of Lucky Byrd starring Lucky Byrd, script and art by Harry Campbell. The Last of the Mohicans [Part 3]--Fantastic Feature Films, art by Harold DeLay. The Case of the Black Avenger starring Spacehawk, script and art by Basil Wolverton. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

British Edition. April 1942. Stories include: Make Mine Death by Fenton W. Earnshaw, King Cotton Killings by Thomas Lamar, The Name is Murder by Riley Brown,Double Steal by Benton Braden, The Talking Corpse by Claude Rister, Too Many Cadavers by John S. Endicott, and They Aren't Allowed to Win by Henry Hasse. 6 1/8" X 8 3/4". 68 pages. B&W.

Add to cart Fine $30.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $21.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $22.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart VG 4.0 $24.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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Volume 22, Issue 1 - April, 1942. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 134 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Fred Methot, Reg Greenwood, Hal Forrest, Bernard Dibble, Ed Dodd and John Hix. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 6 #12. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. The Mirror Man skis into a hidden chamber that Nazi POWs are using to escape capture in the Canadian mountains. Jim Hardy and Mollie spy on Alderman Catspurr's plan to sabotage the Midville trolley, but Mollie's perfume gives them away. Superhero team the Triple Terror battles Nazi fifth columnists who are signaling enemy bombers from the ground. 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; Back Home Again; Strange as It Seems. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Camy. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Harry Shorten, Al Camy, Bill Woolfolk, Paul Reinman, Bob Montana, Ed Smalle, Joe Blair, and Jim Phillips. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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June, 1942. "I saw the rape of Pearl Harbor!" eyewitness account from Mary Meadows. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 122 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by George J. Hecht and Natalie Purvin Prager. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Thomas Edison's drive to invent changes the entire world; The story of the invention of basketball in 1891 is celebrated on its 50th anniversary; Pioneering pilot Peggy Lennox goes on to teach a generation of pilots. Little Things Can Help Win the War; Key Man; Clash for Empire; Thomas A. Edison: He HAD To Invent; Basketball, the Made-to-Order Game; Riding a Volcano Blast; William Dawes' Ride; American Eagle; Is It True?; True's Movie Guide; Pirate Fighter Eaton; Hero Off the Gridiron; Pioneer Merchant; Flying Peggy; The Lion; Dollar Pullers; How Good is Your Memory? 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.