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Comic books January 1942, graded by CBCS

  • Item #62687556
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    $1,000.00
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Cover reattached with 2 staples added. 2 pieces of tape on cover and 16 pieces of tape on interior cover.
    • Label #16-25F6772-013
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    Cover art by Lin Streeter. Rescue On Devil's Island starring Captain Flag, script by Joe Blair, art by Lin Streeter (signed as Lin); Captain Flag & his pet eagle Tang head for Devil's Island to rescue a young newspaperman he had encouraged to go there to dig up a story on the Nazis responsible for torturing people there. The Sinister Senator Snazzle starring the dog Rang-A-Tang, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle. Department Store Death starring Fox, script by Joe Blair, art by Bob Montana. Courier Mission To Russia starring Corporal Collins, script by Harry Shorten, art by Carl Hubbell. The Cannibals' Dinner Dance starring Ty-Gor, script by Joe Blair, art by Bob Montana. The Future Bubble--Tales From the Witch's Cauldron, art by J. S. Phillips. Attack On Gibraltar starring Loop Logan, script by Joe Blair. The Coming of the Gargoyle starring Mr. Justice, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #63774962
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    Published Jan 1942 by Nedor.
    • Conserved
    • Paper: Tan to off white
    • Amateur Conservation includes: staples replaced. Cover reattached with moderate amount of tape on cover and interior cover. Centerfold detached.
    • Label #23-209C542-007

    "Adolf Hitler: Emperor of Hate;" The Bloody Trail of the German Fuehrer leads along a route that can only end in his defeat and death. "Magellan: Master Mariner;" The explorers vision encompassed the globe, and his ships sailed to its furthest corners. "Remember the Alamo," script by Maurice Gutwirth; Davy Crockett, William B. Travis, James Bowie and their Texas pioneers write a glorious page in American history. "Garibaldi: Liberator of Italy;" The great Italian patriot believed in freedom and unselfishness, and was willing to lay down his life for them. "A Master of Smiles and Tears" text story; The amazing career of Charles Dickens, whose writings influenced social progress in England and America. "Andrew Jackson;" Old Hickory came out of the South to lead his country's soldiers and become one of America's great presidents. "The Seminole Indian War;" Osceola, chief of the Seminoles learns that the settlement of the Florida peninsula makes the natives a pawn in International intrigue. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #64772796
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    Published Jan 1942 by Timely.

    USA Comics (1941) 3 CBCS 3.5

    Paper: Slightly britle

    5 pieces of tape on interior cover.

    Label #20-49990D9-005

    Starts Jul 4

    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.