Comic books August 1943

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $23.00 View scan 1 1/4" Cumulative spine split. Missing minor bottom edge piece. 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. Wellman/Woolfolk scripts, Fine pencils, Quality Staff inks.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Arturo Cazeneuve. Art for Scrapper's Sake starring The Newsboy Legion, script by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, pencils by Kirby, inks by Arturo Cazeneuve (as Joe Simon); A washed up artist and a shrewd art dealer combine their evil talents, convincing Scrapper that he is the greatest surrealist painter of all time. Sweet Land of Liberty starring The Star Spangled Kid, art by Hal Sherman. Too Many Sleuths starring Penniless Palmer, art by Henry Boltinoff. An American Joan of Arc starring Liberty Belle, script by Don Cameron, art by Chuck Winter. The Clumsy Criminals starring TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite, art by Louis Cazeneuve. The Vanishing Vandals starring Robotman, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by John Daly, inks by Chuck Winter. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Jack Ficklen, Jim Chambers, Bob Jenney, Martin Branner, Al Posen, George Clark and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. The Professor's Stooge makes a desperate escape from Dick Tracy. Back in civilization, Clyde Beatty tracks Gaywood, who has changed his face with surgery. Stranded in enemy territory with a squad of Marines, Stratosphere Jim leads them in attacks on Axis outposts. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Moon Mullins. You're in the Army Now; Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; One of Thirty; Rimfire Ferguson; Stratosphere Jim and His Flying Fortress; Winnie Winkle; Harold Sweeney & Son; Clyde Beatty; The Ripples. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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#9 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 to not be a "Whoo-Shoo" -- a boy who reads "Superman-Tim" but doesn't buy clothes from the Superman-Tim Store. This issue contains the first two pages of "The Million-Dollar Marathon," a Superman story from Action Comics #65. Copyright 1943 by Superman, 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, Ed Gruskin, Robert McKay, Bruce Elliott, Jack Binder. Featuring the adventures of Supersnipe, Wing Woo Woo, Little Nemo, Rex King, and Ulysses Q. Wacky. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Al Plastino. The Training of War Dogs starring Cadet. Norway--Stories of the United Nations, art by Harold De Lay. 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. The Case of the Auctioned Clue starring Target and the Targeteers. Secret of the Aryan Arabs starring Bull's-Eye Bill. Pete Stockbridge, the Chameleon story, art by Al Fagaly. Targetoons story, script and art by Ray Gill. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Theatre Arts Monthly (August, 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: "A Picture Book with a Narrative" by Edith J.R. Isaacs and Rosamond Gilder, as well as biographies of thespians such as Augustin Daly, David Belasco and Winthrop Ames, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in., printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, Bob Oksner, William McClellan, Alex Schomburg, Donald Bayne Hobart, August Froehlich, Max Plaisted, Sam Brant, and Maurice Gutwirth. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $12.00 View scans Paper: Off white 6" crease on front cover. Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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Add to cart VG- 3.5 $9.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $7.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 24, Issue 3 - August, 1943. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Ross Rocklynne, Bolling Branham, Anthony Boucher, George Edwards, Ray Cummings, Owen Fox Jerome, and Cleve Cartmill. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 134 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, and Gus Arriola. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 8 #3. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Nancy helps Fritzi Ritz go hat shopping, in a strip that showcases Ernie Bushmiller's fashion designs. The Mirror Man stumbles on an Axis plot while on R&R in Algeria. Tailspin Tommy, Skeets and Betty Lou find trouble while investigating the Bolando Plantation. 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; Tailspin Tommy; Iron Vic; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 1 - August, 1943. Magazine focused on lingerie pin-up pictorials with humorous captions. 8.5 x 11.5", 68 pages, tinted B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Don Dean. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Al Camy, Don Dean, Carl Hubbell, Ed Groggin, Red Holmdale, and Bill Woggon. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! 60 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Robert Denby, David C. Cooke, Charles Kennett, Cy Caldwell, Ed Smalle, Gilbert Shurman, Jesse Davidson, Sam Glankoff and Jack Sparling. Tales of aerial adventure in the tradition of nonfiction comics vehicle True Comics. An article speculating on the invasion of Europe, then still a year in the future, correctly predicts the key role of the English Channel. Plans for building gliders. Marine Corps Major Joe Foss becomes the leading Marine air ace during World War II. Jungle Peril; Leap For Life; The Flying Musketeers Win A Close One; Joe Foss - Americas No.1 Ace; Planes in the News; The Coming Invasion of Europe; How Good Are U.S. Planes?; Our Hat Is Off; The Para Marines Have Landed!; The Glorious 29th; Silent Birdmen; Build the Two-in-One Special; Thunderbird; Old 315; Night Bombing; Hero on High, Technical Sergeant Aaron F. Moses. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories based on actual people and events: Hero of the Bismarck Sea bio on George C. Kenney. A Dog Named Bill; A dog at a R.A.F. base knows before anyone else when his master is returning. Queen of Sky Battle; Story of a military plane, the "Suzy-Q".The Mayo Family: Part 2 medical bio. Shanghai Heroine bio on Yang Hui Ming. Promotional movie ad for Roy Rogers in "King of the Cowboys." True Stories About Stamps article by Ted Murray. The Story of America: Chapter 9 featuring Teddy Rooselvelt and Winston Churchill. Human Sky Scraper bio on Cornelius Warmerdam. Journey From Fear bio on Cornelius Vandergrift. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $25.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in. 162 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bob Powell, Jack Farr, Jourdain, and Art Helfant. Numbering continues from War Victory Comics (1942) #1. An anthology of humor and adventure comics from Harvey, produced to gin up homefront support for World War II. Teen Horace Ricks lies about his age to get into the air corps, and aviator hero Chickie Ricks is born. A sign of the times is a humorous strip about Winnie the Welder, a Rosie the Riveter-type woman who works in an aircraft plant. Plus more Nazi-punching American heroes, super and otherwise. Presenting Chickie Ricks; Rufe McGoof; Rendezvous with Revenge; Blitzkrieg Boomerang; Uncle Cal; Masquerade for Prey; Attack of the Lone Avenger; Winnie the Welder; The Cadet. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.05.

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Volume 49, Issue 1 - August 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.

Canadian Edition. August, 1943. Stories include: "Fighting Sons of Texas" by Paul Evan Lehman, "A Man's Business" by Tom W. Blackburn, "Too Late to Run" by Johnston McCulley, and "Indian Sign" by Robert Bloch. 116 pages, Text with illustrations, 6.75" x 9.75". Cover price $0.15.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Written by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Harry Parkhurst, Emil Gershwin, Alex Blum, Clem Weisbecker and unknown. Captain Marvel cures his critics in "Captain Marvel and His Carping Critics" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Plus: Simp the Sailor 1-pager; Golden Arrow in "The Great Dam Disaster" with art by Harry Parkhurst; Spy Smasher in "Winds of Death" with art by Emil Gershwin; 2-page text story "Sergeants Can Holler" by Burton English; Ibis the Invincible in "The Viking Horde" with pencils by Alex Blum; Pee Wee Pete 2-pager; and Lance O'Casey in "Cannibal Isle" with art by Clem Weisbecker. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Art Saaf. Edited by Dana E. Dutch. Stories and art by George Appel, Joe Doolin, Lily Renee, Karen Karol, Rafael Astarita, Robert Webb and Lee Elias. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Lily Renee good-girl art as Agent Jane Martin guards a supply vessel in the South China Sea; Greasemonkey Griffin gets lost while chauffeuring an officer and inadvertently saves him from a German trap; Suicide Smith battles a Nazi dirigible, featuring a bravura 3-page re-creation of the Hindenberg disaster. Also featuring model airplane tips and aircraft drawings submitted by readers. Skull Squad; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Captain Wings; Suicide Smith; Wing Tips; Sky Trail to Kiska; The Fighting 5th; Greasemonkey Griffin. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Dick MacKay and Maurice Whitman. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. On her first trip to outer space, Mary Marvel must rescue a scientist whose space ark crashed on the Moon, and battle the Stone Men (no relation to the Stone Men of Saturn). Commando Yank discovers that supposed Chinese prince Li Fo is actually an Axis spy. Phantom Eagle is perplexed when "flying pillboxes" fire on Axis and Allied planes alike, but he doesn't know about the "World Haters." Plus a PSA on War Bonds featuring the original Captain Marvel. Mary Marvel: The Stone Men of the Moon; Commando Yank Defends the Great Wall of China; Phantom Eagle: Against the World Haters; Double Frame-Up; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Case of the Elephant Who Forgot; Mr. Scarlet: Crooks For a Day. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.