Comic books January 1942

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Edited by Joe Simon. Cover by Joe Simon. Young Allies Comics ad. "The Magic Crystal of Death," art by Mike Suchorsky; Captain Terror becomes involved in a case involving a super-secret invention that can render planes invisible 200' above the ground...a secret desired by local fifth columnists. "The Headless Horseman," script by Phil Sturm, art by Syd Shores; The murder of his old college Dean inspires John Liberty to call upon the spirits of the glorious past to help him avenge this murder: death at the hands of "the Headless Horseman"! "Orrible Oress's Horrible Plan," script and pencils by Ed Winiarski, inks by George Klein; The Vagabond ventures to the city of Middletown, where an arch-criminal has plans to become that town's Czar! "The Monster Who Couldn't Be Stopped!!", art by George Klein; Don and Rusty visit the carnival and witness the brute strength of Mango, the Human Muscle. Unfortunately, moonlight changes this individual into a blood-thirsty monster who has no desire...except to kill! "Quicker Than the Eye" text story by Stan Lee. Magician Paul North, of the All-Star Traveling Carnival, is informed by the owner of a threat made against the carnival by the owner of a rival, the Brite-Lite Carnival, who feels the All-Star property is hogging all the most prosperous towns to set up business in. "The Deadly Pixies," script by Stan Lee, art by Charles Nicholas; Rockman is asked by a king to save his daughter, captured by the Pixies, taken to their stronghold, and forced to become queen of that realm and the soon-to-be bride of the Pixie King. "The Ambulance Racketeers," pencils by Frank Giacoia, inks by Carmine Infantino and George Klein; Jack Frost has to deal with a man who threatened a hospital superintendent, wanting him to buy ambulances and supplies from him...or else! "Muscles Moe's Million-Dollar Robbery," script and art by Ed Winiarski; Tom investigates the gas attack made on an armored car and the murder of the guards inside. Ad for Human Torch #5 and Sub-Mariner #3, art by Schomburg. Ad for Captain America Comics #10, with art by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, including a plea for reader's to join Cap's Sentinels of Liberty. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Jay Foster and others. Art by Roland "Ramona" Patenaude, Mark Howell, John Owen and Dennis O'Casey. Cover by Roland "Ramona" Patenaude. World War II-era patriotic heroics from Fox Feature, inspired by the V for Victory campaign of the time. Killed by Nazis, American soldier Jerry Steele is revived by folk magic and the mystical V Pledge to fight on as V-Man, aided by teen sidekicks the V-Boys on his ring radio; The Black Fury, who resembles The Black Terror, battles cocaine smugglers; A vengeful American joins the French Resistance during Nazi occupation. V-Boys Fight To Win; The Tube of the Creeping Death; Black Fury: The Cocaine Concentrate Case; Ten Thousand Volts; V-Agents: The True Story of Jean Hopper, V-Agent 13; Queen of Evil: The Salvation of Dr. Redder; Banshee: The Crimson Abbot. 64 pages, Full Color. NOTE: Cover commonly attributed to "Ramona" Patenaude, considered one of the few female Golden Age artists. However, she does not exist. The cover is by Roland Patenaude. It is unknown how and when this incorrect attribution began. Cover price $0.10.

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68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Combat Insignia Stamps of the United States Army and Navy Air Corps, Volume One, 1942. Distributed by the Hearst Corporation in 1942. During World War II animation studios volunteered their services to create mascots and insignias for all branches of the military that wanted one. This volume concentrates on Army and Navy aircraft squadrons including some from World War I. Characters such as Disney's Donald Duck, Lantz's Woody Woodpecker and more well-established characters are well represented along with original creations as requested. This booklet had 50 full color stamps (Number 1-50) that were pasted into the matching text and number block. A short profile of each squadron plus the thinking and design behind the insignia are next to each Stamp. Stamps are in both vertical and horizontal formats and measure a uniform 2-in. x 1 1/2-in. A unique collectible, beautifully produced. 7 1/2-in. x 10 1/4-in., 12 pages, sepia tone.

Volume 47, Issue 6 - January 1942. "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 $0.20.

Edited by Victor Fox. Stories and art by Louis Cazeneuve, Harry Lucey, and Gene Rider. An anthology of science fiction, horror and adventure comics from Fox. This is as pulpy as it gets. The Eagle must protect an exiled rebel leader from the Nazi spy Z-9; The Black Rider investigates reports of a hideously scarred monster in a remote house on Ghost Island; The final adventures of The Eagle, Dart, Marga, the Sorceress of Zoom and Swoop Curtiss. The Eagle and Buddy; Sorceress of Zoom; The Black Rider; The Dart and Ace; Marga the Panther Woman; Railroading G-Man; Rapier; Swoop Curtiss. Final issue of the series. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H.P. Lovecraft

Volume 36, Issue 3 - January, 1942. 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.