Comic books March 1943

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Terror of the Floating Fortresses, art by Carl Pfeufer; The Sub-Mariner investigates the sudden appearance of an iceberg in waters they normally do not exist in, and discovers it's man-made and a cover for Japanese destroyers to attack American shipping. The Green Island Menace, art by Carl Pfeufer; Sub-Mariner must stop the mysterious and destructive explosions occurring all over Ireland. The Baffling Business With the Bowlegged Bozo starring Dr. Dimwit, script and art by Basil Wolverton. The Day's Biggest Sale text story. The King of Castle Island starring The Angel, art by Gustav Schrotter. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Gaylord Du Bois, Jim Chambers, Bob Jenney, Martin Branner, Ken Ernst, Al Posen, George Clark and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Dick Tracy discovers that Nat the Fur King has his gang impersonating cops. An errant banana peel decides a boxing match. Magic Morro escapes from Axis forces. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Moon Mullins. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Magic Morro; Nailed; Stratosphere Jim and His Flying Fortress; Winnie Winkle; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Jim Ellis; Sweeney & Son; Clyde Beatty; The Ripples. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Burnley. The Four Gangleaders, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster]; After a run-in with four notorious underworld gang leaders (one of them being killed in the process), Lois decides to write a series of articles exposing them. The Robber Knight, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Joe Shuster, inks by George Roussos [Joe Shuster]; When Lois Lane is arrested for wearing a stolen mink coat from Lacey's Department Store, Clark Kent learns that a former employee from Lacey's sold it to her. Goofy Invention text story by Wally Walker. The Ghost of Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Peter Riss [as Joe Shuster]. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

#4 in a series of 90. Superman-Tim is a boys' clothing catalog, activity book, and comic book all rolled into one, featuring Superman illustrations throughout. All issues are 16 pages unless a Superman story is inserted (bringing page count to 24 or 36 pages). Every issue encourages boys not to be a "Whoo-Shoo" -- a boy who reads "Superman-Tim" but doesn't buy clothes from the Superman-Tim Store. Copyright 1943 by National Comics Pub., Inc., under license to Tim Promotions, Inc. B&W with a single color, 5 1/2 in. x 8 in.

Cover art by John Jordan. Cadet story, art by John Jordan; Kit meets redhead Glenda Blake at a social, but soon has to rescue her when she is abducted by would-be thieves. Al T. Tude story, art by Art Gates. Bull's-Eye Bill story, art by John Daly. Gulliver's Travels Part 4--Fantastic Feature Films, art by Harold DeLay. Dan'l Flannel story, art by Ed Ryan. Target and the Targeteers story, art by Edward Ryan. Speck, Spot, and Sis story, script and art by Alonzo Vincent. Pete Stockbridge, The Chameleon story, art by Al Fagaly. 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.

Poison In Jest by John Dickson Carr. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Jack Binder. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Jack Binder, Max Plaisted, Al Camy, Chuck Stanley, August Froehlich, Michael O'Brien, and Maurice Gutwirth. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

March, 1943. Green Ghost story 'The Case of the Clumsy Cat' by G.T. Fleming-Roberts. Also includes stories from Norman A. Daniels, Ted Couglan, Steart Toland, John L. Benton, Ted Stratton. 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, Gus Arriola and John Hix. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 7 #11. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Pepito introduces the latest strip to join Tip Top Comics, Gus Arriola's Gordo. Phil Fumble takes Fritzi Ritz to a nightclub with a floor show, in a strip that showcases Ernie Bushmiller's good-girl art. The Triple Terror team works as ground scouts in the Aleutians to guide approaching air and sea forces, but after Menta is injured, Lectra and Chemix must carry on alone. 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; Gordo; Looy Dot Dope; Tailspin Tommy; Iron Vic; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Funny Side Up!; Strange as It Seems; Back Home Again. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

(Says # 33 in indicia of inside front cover.) Cover by Red Holmdale. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Don Dean, Sam Cooper, Carl Hubbell, Red Holmdale, Gerald Kean, Ed Groggin, and Bill Woggon. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, David S. Muzzey, and Natalie Purvin Prager. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. The fifth part of the history of America reaches the Civil War. Native American athlete Jim Thorpe becomes an inspiration to America. The story of the first military submarine, the Turtle, a one-man sub that saw service during the American Revolution. Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery, Desert Warrior; Wolves Eat Railroad!; Submarine - in 1776!; A House Divided, 1850-1865; Jim Thorpe - Indian Athlete; Parachutes for Victory; Time Out for Victory; The Amazing Homer Lea; Is It True?; True's Movie Guide; The Story of Brazil; Wings Over Malta; Truly Comic!; How Good is Your Memory? 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

8.5" x 11.5", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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

Edited by John Beardsley. Cover by Ruben Moreira. Stories by Al Gabriele, Bernard Dibble, and Art Gates. Action packed, patriotic stories starring Uncle Sam, the great American hero in a top hat. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. "The Case of the Flying Submarine!", pencils by Syd Shores, Mike Sekowsky, and Ernie Hart, inks by George Klein; Cap and Bucky must go up against the Eraser, a dreaded rubberman circus freak turned spy, who has set his sights on stealing the prototype model of a new flying submarine. "Trouble Wholesale," art by Alex Schomburg; Captain Daring vs. Marshal von Hapz and the Nazis. "Origin of Marvel Boy," pencils by Bob Oksner; Martin is visiting a museum with members of his class, when he is involved in an accident, in which Martin suffers a deep cut which is mixed with an extract of the blood of Hercules, giving him super powers. "I Hate Women" text story. "Meet Disk-Eyes the Detective," script and art by Basil Wolverton; Disk-Eyes must halt the attempts by Spider McStrangle and his boys to commit more robberies to help finance bombs that will be used to blow up machinery. "The Case of the Up-To-the-Minute Men!", pencils by Bob Oksner; Roddy has to pull off a modern Paul Revere scenario in order to track down a hijacked armored car containing more than $1 million in war bond sales. Untitled story, art by Chic Stone; Jeep draws up plans for a new invention that he calls the "Super-Duper Tank", which the General says looks like a meat grinder on wheels. "The Laughing Death Patrol!", art by Dennis Neville; Lt. Johnson must track down the source of a mysterious green gas that drives American pilots crazy. U.S. Savings Bond War Stamps public service announcement featuring Captain America, script by Martin Goodman. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Floyd Gottfredson, Ted Thwaites, Merrill De Maris, Bob Karp, Bob Wright, Karl Karpé, Ken Hultgren and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 3 #6. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics. In a classic Floyd Gottfredson story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey gets a job as a bellhop at a haunted hotel. Huey, Dewey and Louie want to find out once and for all if the light turns off when you close the refrigerator. Donald buys a parrot that only speaks Chinese. Midnight Rendezvous; Roll Out the Barrel; He Knows All the Answers; Jam Session; Fooled You, Didn't We?; Calling Mr. Jones; Early Birds; The Key But No Success; Man's Best Friend; History Repeats Itself; Mickey Mouse, Bellhop Detective; Hollywood Chatter; The Umbrella Stayed Up; Hibernatin' Trouble; String Saver Mickey; The Mighty Knot; Timid Elmer's Picnic; A Star Is Born; Cut Rate; Check and Double Check; In the Red; Insurance Against Dogs!; Beggars Can't Be Choosers; An A-Track-Tive Offer; Home Defense; Trail's End; Tracking; Going Up; Just His Speed; Grade-A Service; Chicken in the Pot; The Old Army Game; L'Amour; Success; Nightmare; The Exciting Part; On the Warpath; Quenched But Drenched; Cold Facts; Smart at Figures. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Henry Kiefer and others. Cover by Henry Kiefer. Jungle hero Wambi is a boy who can talk to animals, including his friends Tawn the elephant and Ogg the ape. A greedy white trader tricks a native woman into retrieving a forbidden ruby from a jungle temple. A sinister woman captures Wambi and friends on her island of death, leading to a battle between Wambi's animal pals and her trained crocodiles. Wambi offers fun facts about African wildlife, such as the Nepenthes, or pitcher plant. The Ruby of Doom!; Isle of Voodoo Death; Corno the Rhinoceros; Wambi Battles the Devil Doctor!; Wambi Tells About Jungle Oddities; Vishtar's Blood-Priestess; Jungle Justice; Wambi Tells About Nepenthes the Murder Plant!; Judgment of the King-Beasts. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Worth Carnahan, featuring Brig. Gen. Eaker, Lt. John Powers, Maj. Gen. Roberts, Lt. Liudmila Pavlichenko, Major James Roosevelt, Wing Com. Finucane, Lt. Com. Warder, and Major Darby. Stories by Tom Hickey, John Forte, Lee Elias, Worth Carnahan, and E.C. Stoner. Adventure war tales featuring such historical figures as Major Gen. Carl Spaatz, Lt. Liudmila Pavlichenko, Lt. Col. Evans F. Carlson, Major James Roosevelt, Major Robert Rogers, General George Washington, and President Herbert Hoover—these are real-life War Heroes! 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 48, Issue 8 - March 1943. "A Magazine for Boys and Girls." Stories, poems, and activities designed for kids. 7-in. x 10-in., 36 pages, PC,PB&W Cover price $0.15.

Volume 36, Issue 10 - March 1943. Edited by Dorothy McIlwraith. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

Volume 53, Issue 3 - March, 1943. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 5, Issue 5 - March, 1943. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 206, No. 4 - March 20, 1943. 6.5" x 9", 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 160, No. 6 - March 13, 1943. 6.5" x 9.25", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Gene Fawcette. Edited by Dana E. Dutch and Gene Fawcette. Stories and art by George Appel, Bob Lubbers, Joe Doolin, Gene Fawcette, Lily Renee, Art Saaf and Al Walker. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Captain Wings smokes out a Nazi spy in the RAF; The Skull Squad discovers the identity of the mysterious Allied ace The Gray Ghost; Pioneering female cartoonist Lily Renee takes over the art for the Agent Jane Martin series. Also featuring model airplane tips and aircraft drawings submitted by readers. Skull Squad; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Captain Wings; Suicide Smith; Wing Tips; Zero Bait; Monsoon Mission; Yank Aces of World War II; Greasemonkey Griffin. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.