Comic books April 1943

Add to cart Fine $20.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Soiling. Water damage.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $13.00 View scans Paper: Cream Cover wrap is 25% detached from spine. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 24, Issue 1 - April, 1943. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Nelson S. Bond, Joseph J. Millard, Malcolm Jameson, Frank Belknap Long, and William Morrison. Dr. Seuss illustration (small "Buy War Savings Bonds & Stamps" ad). 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 134 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Red Holmdale. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Don Dean, Sam Cooper, Carl Hubbell, Gerald Kean, Red Holmdale, Ed Goggin, Vivian Berg (as V. Lipman), Scott Meredith, George Kean, Harry Sahle, 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.

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Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $14.75 Centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.

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Stories based on actual people and events: General Mark Wayne Clark bio. The Story of Steel. True's Movie Guide; Comprised of text and an animated cel of Goofy, plus photos of Buck Jones & Kenny Baker. The Story of Great Britain's Flag. "Uncle Dan" Callaghan bio. General Eisenhower and the Winter Underwear. The Nation Reunited, 1865-1898. U-Boat Ahead! The Bootblack's Poodle. The Picket Fence Code. The Secret Message of Alice DuBois. 68 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.

6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $300.00 View scans INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. 7 interior wraps detached. Interior tearing.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $549.95 or Best Offer View scans Interior is complete, but brittle. Full length spine split to several wraps, edge chipping. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 48, Issue 9 - April 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.

Cover by H. W. Scott. Feature novel "Law Comes to War Bonnet" by Walt Coburn. Serials "The Range FInders" 1/5 by Allan Vaughan Elston and "Man Tracks" conclusion by Bennett Foster. Short stories by Tom W. Blackburn, Frank Richardson Pierce, L. Ernenwein, Hopsburg Liebe, Jim Kjelgaard, and Edwin K. Sloat. 6 3/4-in. x 9 1/4-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $199.95 or Best Offer View scans 1" Cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. Written by Tom McNamara and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Louis Cazeneuve, Tom McNamara, Clem Weisbecker, Bob Hebberd and unknown. Captain Marvel stars in an amazing story of life in the ruins of civilization: "One Thousand Years from Now" with art by C.C. Beck (continues next issue). Plus: Golden Arrow in "Badman Carew" with art by Louis Cazeneuve; 2-page text story "The Last Shot" by Ray Tender; Spy Smasher in "The Bomber's Farm"; Cousin Egbert tale "A Good Guy in the Bad Lands" by Tom McNamara; Little Albert 1-pager; "Lance O'Casey Saves the Panama Canal" with art by Clem Weisbecker; and Ibis the Invincible in "The Jonah Curse" with art by Bob Hebberd. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $80.00 View scans Cover oxidation. Chew. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

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. Air mechanic Greasemonkey Griffin takes on the infamous gremlins that plague WWII aircraft; Clipper Kirk witnesses the first flight of the airborne Allied super-bomber pictured on the cover; Lovely Lily Renee good-girl art as Agent Jane Martin sets out to smuggle spy photos across the Middle East. Also featuring model airplane tips and aircraft drawings submitted by readers. Skull Squad; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Captain Wings; Suicide Smith; Wing Tips; Dorniers Beware!; The Talking Gun; Yank Aces of World War II; Greasemonkey Griffin. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harry G. Peter. Untitled story, script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Paula von Gunther undertakes a series of Amazon tests to prove herself worthy to serve Aphrodite, and her first test: aiding Wonder Woman foil a Japanese plot to drive American women insane. "The Adventure of the Mole Men," script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; In her second test, Paula must reform the Mole Men of the underworld, which she and Wonder Woman accomplish by opening the Mole Men's eyes surgically to the beauty of the girls they enslave. "The Mother of New York's East Side," script by Alice Marble, art by Sheldon Moldoff; Story of Lillian D. Wald. Untitled story, script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; To complete the third test of Aphrodite, Paula uses her subconscious X-ray machine to understand the motives of war-profiteering rubber magnates. "Human Guinea Pig" text story starring Hop Harrigan. Untitled story, script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Paula had passed her tests, but in failing to oversee the reformation of a slave girl and the rubber magnates, Wonder Woman has failed twice. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Joe Millard and Jack Binder. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. A charity auction run by Count De Ceet isn't on the level, and - well, the opening caption says it best: "...It takes that petite powerhouse, Mary Marvel, the Shazam girl, to mop up the mess and chasten a chain of charity chiselers!!" Commando Yank sets out to liberate French POWs in Africa; this issue also features detailed instructions on how to build Commando Yank's training course in your own backyard. When a strange, gigantic bird attacks Allied airfields with a death-ray, young Mickey Malone decides it's time for Phantom Eagle to take flight. Fun cover featuring "The Shazam Girl" Mary Marvel may be the work of Jack Binder. Mary Marvel: The Anxious Auctioneer; Commando Yank Opens the African Front; Toughen Up...Get Healthy With Commando Yank's Special Training Course; Phantom Eagle: The Sun Has Wings; Monkey Luck; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky Fight Nobody. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $2.50 View scans 1" Cumulative spine split.

April 1943. "I Write From 0800 to 1800" by Corp. Mort Wisinger, "Cause For Alarm" by Barrett Schmidt, "Handling Transitions" by Catherine Barrett, "Fawcett Needs" by Ralph Daigh, "Purity in Today's Confessions" by Esther Schwartz, and "radio Scripts" by Hobe Morrison. 68 Pages, B&W, 6.5" x 9.5". Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by Don Rico, Mike Sekowsky, Al Gabriele, Syd Shores, Otto Binder, Charles Nicholas, Dan Barry, George Klein, and Al Bellman. Super-hero tales featuring the Young Allies team, consisting of Toro (Thomas Raymond), Bucky (James Barnes), Knuckles (Percival Aloysius O'Toole), Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt, Whitewash Jones, and Tubby (Henry Tinkle). Ad Krazy Komics. Young Allies Quiz. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Red Holmdale. "The Lost Boy Scout," art by Irv Novick; A Chinese boy is picked up by Police Officer Clancey and he is carrying a vital link necessary for a secret invention worked on by his uncle; Japanese agents are out to get it. "Introducing Senor Banana," art by Harry Sahle; In a small village in a South American country, there lives a small man, who loves bananas. "Flight to the East" text story starring Steel Sterling by Grant Bosworth. "Cooking School," art by Harry Sahle; The class has cooking lessons. "Man-Eating Lion," script and art by Joe Edwards; A man-eating lion has escaped from the zoo. "Introducing the Applejack Family," art by Harry Sahle; Introducing the Applejacks; The boys are trying out their applejack on Corn-Licker, the mule. "Woody the Woodpecker"; Woody has a new invention, an airplane. "The School Play"; Wilbur is directing the school play rehearsal. "High Jumping Champ" World Wonders non-fiction page by Mary Goss. "The Web and the Dream," art by Sam Cooper; Pierrepont dreams he has killed a man, and next day he can read about it in the paper. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.