Comic books June 1943

"A Hero Must Not Die" a short story by Clifford D. Simak, best known for his science fiction writing

Cover art by Reed Crandall. The Murder Mask starring Midnight, script and art by Paul Gustavson; The Mask tries to kill off all those responsible for a radio show about him. Lady Luck story, script and art by Klaus Nordling. Marksman story, script and art by Fred Guardineer. What Shall it Benefit a Man If He Gain the Whole World and Lose His Soul? featuring Espionage Starring Black X, art by Bernard Sachs. Wun Cloo humor page, art by Jack Cole. The Man With the Horrible Hobby starring Daffy, script and art by Gill Fox. Rookie Rankin story. Yankee Eagle story, art by Joe Cavallo. Jester story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $125.00 View scan Cover and four center wraps detached at the staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

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. Investigating a soldier's murder in the desert, The Spark Man is forced into a deadly knife duel called the Wedding of Death. The Question Mark, aka Mike Romero, wins his boxing match with Red Smith - who is really Slats. During the round-the-world race, The Captain and the Kids find themselves in prison in a strange country. Plus a Tarzan adventure by Burne 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; Unbelievable - But True. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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

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

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Add to cart FR 1.0 $18.00 View scan Full length spine split. Tape along spine. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

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.

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.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $20.00 View scan 4" Cumulative spine split. Pin-sized holes along spine. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

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.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $15.00 View scan Interior is complete. Full length spine split.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $37.00 View scan Pencil marking. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

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.

Cover art by Fred Ray. The House Where Time Stood Still starring The Newsboy Legion, script by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, pencils by Kirby, inks by Arturo Cazeneuve (as Joe Simon); citizens are very concerned that the Presby brothers haven't been seen in over 25 years, so the boys and the Guardian investigate. Pop Goes the Weasel starring The Star Spangled Kid, art by Hal Sherman. The Vandal Invaders starring Liberty Belle, script by Don Cameron, art by Chuck Winter. TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite story, art by Louis Cazeneuve. The Vanishing Elevator starring Penniless Palmer, art by George Storm. The Four Strong Men starring Robotman, script by Jerry Siegel, art by John Daly. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $59.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $29.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $17.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $44.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Volume 9, Issue 3 - June, 1943. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Ray Cummings, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Frank Belknap Long, Raymond Z. Gallun, and Thorne Lee. Virgil Finlay illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $150.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case; Debris trapped between case and inner well Label #2059806007

Add to cart Very Good $37.00 View scans

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $23.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 5, Issue 5 - June, 1943. 8.5" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $2,300.00 View scans Restored: C2 Paper: Off white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover, pieces added to cover, cover reinforced. Label #4125739003

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $2,900.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Very minor amount of glue on cover. Label #4082500002

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Den of Serpents, art by Carl Pfeufer; Sub-Mariner must battle Dovin and his River God cult followers, who are trying to force the American government into signing a treaty of peace with Germany. His Best Friend text story. The Code of Death starring Sub-Mariner, art by Carl Pfeufer. Killer's Last Stand starring The Angel, art by Gustav Schrotter; The murder of an inmate with important information for the warden leads the Angel into a life and death situation within the prison walls. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Stanley Link. Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Jack Ficklen, 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 falls into a deathtrap designed by The Professor. Magic Morro is once again at the mercy of his old foe, female pirate captain Davy Jones Jr. After his Aztec treasure discovery, Clyde Beatty sees firsthand how gold can drive men mad. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Moon Mullins. You're in the Army Now; Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Magic Morro; Stratosphere Jim and His Flying Fortress; Winnie Winkle; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Sweeney & Son; Clyde Beatty; The Ripples. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. June, 1943. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Canadian Edition. August, 1943. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Canadian Edition. October, 1943. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Canadian Edition. December, 1943. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Canadian Edition. February, 1944. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $0.15.

#7 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.

Edited by William DeGrouchy. Cover by George Marcoux. Stories by George Marcoux and Ed Gruskin. Featuring the adventures of Ulysses Q. Wacky, Wing Woo Woo, Doc Savage, and Muffo the Magician. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vote For Kit Carter starring Cadet, script by Kermit Jaediker, art by John Jordan. Al T. Tude story, art by Fred Bell. Speck, Spot, and Sis story, script and art by Alonzo Vincent. Dan'l Flannel story, art by Ed Ryan. Target and the Targeteers story, script by George Kapitan, art by Ed Ryan. Russia--Stories of the United Nations, art by Harold De Lay. Peter Stockbridge, Alias the Chameleon, art by Al Fagaly. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Theatre Arts Monthly (June, 1943). 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. Includes: "Howard Bay: Portrait of a Designer", "Joseph Jefferson, America's Beloved Comedian", and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in., printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.35.

A complete Green Ghost novelette in this issue!

June, 1943. Green Ghost story 'The Case of the Bachelor's Bones' by G.T. Fleming-Roberts. Also includes stories from Frank Johnson, John L. Benton, W.H. Pears, C.K.M. Scanlon, and C. William Harrison. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $39.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $35.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $29.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $29.00 View scans Trimmed TRIMMED. Edges reinforced with tape. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

June 1943. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Joel Townsley Rogers, Frank Belknap Long, N.R. de Mexico, D.D. Sharp, Kelvin Kent, Thaedra Alden, Ray Cummings, and Wilm Carver. Virgil Finlay illustration. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. 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. 8 #1. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Phil Fumble's dinner is distracted by a floor show of brightly arrayed dancing girls, in a strip that that showcases Ernie Bushmiller's good-girl art. Home on leave, Iron Vic tells a gung ho tale of the WWII Marine Corps. Mammy Yokum faces the final showdown with her arch-nemesis, Mother Ratfield, in a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. . Plus Impossible Brown, a U.S. Treasury Department PSA for War Bonds 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; Gordo; Impossible Brown. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Sam Glankoff. Stories and art by Theodore P. Bank, 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 seventh part of the history of America sees the nation become a world power and enter World War I; Jeanne Mance establishes the first hospital in Montreal during the 1600s; Explorer Marco Polo. The Importance of Physical Fitness; Master of Escape: Henri Honore Giraud; Convoy Comes Through!; Canadas Pioneer Nurse: Jeanne Mance; The Poll of Junior Opinion; Admiral of Victory: William P. Leahy; Marco Polo: Worlds Most Famous Traveler; Is It True?; Pacific Adventure; America Becomes a World Power, 1898-1918; Explorer of Ocean Depths: Dr. William Beebe; Trues Movie Guide; Winner—And Still Champion: Barney Ross; Truly Comic!; How Good is Your Memory? 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.