Comic books March 1943

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.

Add to cart Very Good $15.00 View scans Spine split 5%.

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.

Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $15.00 View scans

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.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $81.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Slight.

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.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $379.95 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, affects art and story. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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.

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.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $265.00 View scans Five center wraps detached at single center staple.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $195.00 View scans 1" Spine split from bottom. Cover and centerfold detached. Pencil writing on interior page.

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.

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. 64 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.

Add to cart Very Good $4.80

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.

Add to cart Very Good $16.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

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.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $3.50 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 80%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Poor $3.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white No Back Cover.

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

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $21.00 View scans Paper: Tan to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Staple rust: Slight.

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.

Cover art by Jack Burnley. One Second To Live! starring Superman, script by Bill Finger? [as Jerry Siegel], art by John Sikela [as Joe Shuster]; The murder of a famous explorer leaves the Man of Tomorrow only one second to gather the evidence necessary to free an accused man from dying in the electric chair. Khaki and Korn starring Drafty, art by Stan Kaye. The Man Who Could Make It Rain starring Zatara, art by Joseph Sulman. Turn Back The Clock starring The Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy, art by Hal Sherman. The Battle of the Big Top starring The Boy Commandos, script and pencils by Joe Simon, inks by Jack Kirby. Keep 'em Fighting starring Martin of the Marines, art by John Daly. Death Is The Prize starring The Green Arrow, pencils by Cliff Young, inks by Steve Brodie. Crime of the Month starring Batman and Robin, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane], inks by George Roussos [as Bob Kane]; The four top crime bosses of Gotham City are invited to Mystery Castle by the owner, Bramwell B. Bramwell, so that he can challenge them to a contest: to decide once and for all just WHO can commit the best crimes: he or them! Half-page ads for Boy Commandos # 2 for Comic Cavalcade # 1. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Marc Swayze. Stories and art by Bill Finger, Marc Swayze, Bert Whitman, Carl C. Hodges, and Jack Binder. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel helps a young Native American chief (a college student) when gangsters are stealing his tribe's oil, in a story written by Batman legend Bill Finger. Commando Yank suspects that Nazi spies are using ancient rune stones to send secret messages to Axis U-boat commanders. Phantom Eagle tries to help the natives of "Fizzam" resist an Axis invasion, in story that ends with a War Bonds PSA. Mary Marvel: A Telegram to Adventure; Commando Yank: The Secret of the Stone; Ski Freight to Alaska; Phantom Eagle: The Fuzzies of Fizzam; Padlock Jones: The Case of the Purple Pagan; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Adventure of the Red-Hot Dollar! 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bob Montana. "Lisbon," art by Irv Novick; A Secret Service agent in Portugal is arrested on evidence unearthed by German agents, and Looney is sent to obtain this "evidence" before the trial. With the help of Steel. "The Web and the Book," art by Irv Novick; A book collector is murdered for an old book, and the trail leads to an ex-convict, and then to the warden himself. "The Paralyzed Thumb" text story starring the Web by Flynn Livingston. "Dame of Fate," art by Sam Cooper; Black Jack is taken back in time to the French Revolution and the Guillotine. "Mother-in-Law" starring Wilbur Wilkin; Robert's mother-in-law is coming for a visit. "Introducing Ginger," art by Harry Sahle; First appearance of Ginger, who is practicing cheering for this afternoon's big game. "Semyon Timoshenko"; The story of a Russian Marshal fighting the German army. "The Tale of Hugh Sinclair," art by Sam Cooper; A tale of Hugh Sinclair, one of those despicable men America can do without, and to whom profit means more than help winning the war. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.