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  • Item #60947271
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    Cover by Marc Swayze. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Marc Swayze and unknown. Art by Marc Swayze, Al Liederman and unknown. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "Bulbo the Whale" with story by Bill Woolfolk; "Klang the Killer" by Marc Swayze; "The Great Atlantic Dam" (Adolf Hitler appearance); and "Captain Marvel a Murderer?" Plus: Giant Paste the Axis Contest 2-pager with C.C. Beck strip, "Captain Marvel Is Robbed of His Magic Word." Also in this issue: Captain Kid in an untitled tale with art by Al Liederman. And: 2-page text story "Death Express" by Douglas Mann. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #61844940
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    • Pedigree: Central Valley
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    Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller and Paul F. Berdanier. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 4 #2. Comics on Parade focused on a different United Features comic strip in every issue. This issue features Fritzi, star of Ernie Bushmiller's good-girl strip Fritzi Ritz, and her more famous niece, Nancy. Fritzi gets Wally to help her pick out a new hat, in a strip that showcases Bushmiller's fashion drawings. Phil Fumble falls asleep in the park and dreams he's a dog. Infinity cover featuring Nancy and Fritzi. Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #61381921
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    First Penguin cover by Jerry Robinson. Crime's Early Bird starring Batman, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos. Escape to Disaster starring The Boy Commandos, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Crime on the Half-Moon starring The Crimson Avenger, script and pencils by Jack Lehti, inks by Charles Paris. The Secret Ten starring Spy, pencils by Pierce Rice, inks by Arturo Cazeneuve. A Matter of Law text story by Dalton Weeks. The Case of the Country Crooner starring Air Wave, pencils by Harris Levy (as Lee Harris), inks by Charles Paris. Case of the Whistling Tooth starring Slam Bradley, art by Howard Sherman. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #61679663
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    • Paper: Light tan to off white
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  • Item #60416701
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    • Paper: Brittle
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  • Item #59739490
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    Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Ad for All-Winners Comics #6. The Hooded Gang starring the Human Torch, pencils by Harry Sahle, inks by Jack Alderman; The Torch and Toro prevent a man from being lynched by a slumlord; The man's plans for urban renewal would have prevented the slumlord's building and land from being condemned and sold to the railroad. Ad for Sub-Mariner Comics #7. The Ghost of Reuben Hartnett starring the Sub-Mariner, pencils by Al Gabriele, inks by Carl Pfeufer; Namor and Betty arrive at the home of the late Reuben Hartnett in time for the reading of the will, a will which states that there is a locked box hidden away with the man's fortune and whoever finds it owns the treasure. The Invalid text story by Pvt. Irving Werstein. Ad for Marvel Mystery Comics. Queer Case of Johnny Clostro starring the Human Torch, pencils by Harry Sahle. Untitled Swoopy the Fearless, script and art by Art Gates. Ad for Young Allies Comics #5. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #59046283
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    • Paper: Cream to off white
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  • Item #60051711
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    • Paper: Slightly britle
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    Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Air Raid Terror starring The Human Torch, art by Harry Sahle. The Mystery of the Missing Cargo Ships starring Sub-Mariner, art by Carl Pfeufer. His Tunnel to China starring Jimmy Jupiter, script and art by Ed Robbins. Satan Himself! text story by Mickey Spillane. Untitled Patriot story, art by Al Fagaly. Garden of Death starring Vision, pencils by Syd Shores, inks by Al Gabriele. Monkey Business starring Terry Vance, art by Bob Oksner. The Banquet of Blood starring Angel. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60100960
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    $1,289.00
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    Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. Untitled Mars, God of War story, art by Joe Doolin; Dirk Warren discovers a new civilization, just as Mars arrives to destroy it. Untitled story, art by Pagsilang Rey Isip; Reef Ryan and Vara are captured by Krad and make a narrow escape. Untitled story, art by Saul Rosen; Gale rescues Rika from the Outer Venusians. Untitled story, art by Rafael Astarita; Auro puts an end to Moti's collection of tribute from the city of Paduna. "Mutineers from Death Row" text story. Untitled story, art by Rudy Palais; The Red Comet defeats the Slasher and his gang of hijackers. Untitled story, art by Al Walker; Norge helps fend off an attack on Pax by the Peltures. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Star Pirate and Trody free some shanghai-ed spacemen. Untitled story, art by Art Saaf; Flint stops Dr. Worr's plan to attack Earth. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #57102066
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    Published Sep 1942 by Quality.
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    • Paper: Off white
    • Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case
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    Cover by Gill Fox. "The Brain of Cyrus Smythe" starring Plastic Man, script and art by Jack Cole; Cyrus Smythe was a super-powered villain who was killed in 1642 by a monster of his own creation, and left in a vat of chemicals that allowed his body to die but the brain to remain alive. "The Runt's Revenge," script and art by George E. Brenner; #711 (Daniel Dyce) vs. The Runt. "The Flute of Destruction," script and art by Paul Gustavson (as Paul Carrol); The Human Bomb faces his first costumed super villain who is a master of physics and who plays a destructive flute. "The Tire Thieves" starring Steele Kerrigan, art by Al Bryant. "The Laughing Gas Crimes," art by Alex Kotzky; Professor Hooker invents a laughing gas that is stolen by his lab assistant; Soon, Manhunter is on the trail and he discovers the antidote to the gas: onions! "Killer Kane" one-page Burp the Twerp story, script and art by Jack Cole. "The Origin of the Spirit," script and art by Will Eisner; The Spirit vs. Dr. Cobra. "The Monster of the Swamps," script and art by Vernon Henkel; Chic Carter vs. The Swamp Monster. "The White Gardenias," script by S. M. Iger, art by Lee J. Ames; Firebrand must battle a local hate group that is attempting to halt the activities of a U.S. Senator that promises to expose the group. "The Murder of Malcom Munsey" starring The Mouthpiece, script and art by Fred Guardineer. "The Spy Ring Murder," art by Arthur Peddy: The Phantom Lady vs. Nazis. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #49242480
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    Published Sep 1942 by Quality.
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    Cover by Gill Fox. "The Brain of Cyrus Smythe" starring Plastic Man, script and art by Jack Cole; Cyrus Smythe was a super-powered villain who was killed in 1642 by a monster of his own creation, and left in a vat of chemicals that allowed his body to die but the brain to remain alive. "The Runt's Revenge," script and art by George E. Brenner; #711 (Daniel Dyce) vs. The Runt. "The Flute of Destruction," script and art by Paul Gustavson (as Paul Carrol); The Human Bomb faces his first costumed super villain who is a master of physics and who plays a destructive flute. "The Tire Thieves" starring Steele Kerrigan, art by Al Bryant. "The Laughing Gas Crimes," art by Alex Kotzky; Professor Hooker invents a laughing gas that is stolen by his lab assistant; Soon, Manhunter is on the trail and he discovers the antidote to the gas: onions! "Killer Kane" one-page Burp the Twerp story, script and art by Jack Cole. "The Origin of the Spirit," script and art by Will Eisner; The Spirit vs. Dr. Cobra. "The Monster of the Swamps," script and art by Vernon Henkel; Chic Carter vs. The Swamp Monster. "The White Gardenias," script by S. M. Iger, art by Lee J. Ames; Firebrand must battle a local hate group that is attempting to halt the activities of a U.S. Senator that promises to expose the group. "The Murder of Malcom Munsey" starring The Mouthpiece, script and art by Fred Guardineer. "The Spy Ring Murder," art by Arthur Peddy: The Phantom Lady vs. Nazis. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #57102049
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    Published Sep 1942 by Quality.
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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Slab: Scratch on front of case; Scratch on back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case
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    Cover by Gill Fox. "The Brain of Cyrus Smythe" starring Plastic Man, script and art by Jack Cole; Cyrus Smythe was a super-powered villain who was killed in 1642 by a monster of his own creation, and left in a vat of chemicals that allowed his body to die but the brain to remain alive. "The Runt's Revenge," script and art by George E. Brenner; #711 (Daniel Dyce) vs. The Runt. "The Flute of Destruction," script and art by Paul Gustavson (as Paul Carrol); The Human Bomb faces his first costumed super villain who is a master of physics and who plays a destructive flute. "The Tire Thieves" starring Steele Kerrigan, art by Al Bryant. "The Laughing Gas Crimes," art by Alex Kotzky; Professor Hooker invents a laughing gas that is stolen by his lab assistant; Soon, Manhunter is on the trail and he discovers the antidote to the gas: onions! "Killer Kane" one-page Burp the Twerp story, script and art by Jack Cole. "The Origin of the Spirit," script and art by Will Eisner; The Spirit vs. Dr. Cobra. "The Monster of the Swamps," script and art by Vernon Henkel; Chic Carter vs. The Swamp Monster. "The White Gardenias," script by S. M. Iger, art by Lee J. Ames; Firebrand must battle a local hate group that is attempting to halt the activities of a U.S. Senator that promises to expose the group. "The Murder of Malcom Munsey" starring The Mouthpiece, script and art by Fred Guardineer. "The Spy Ring Murder," art by Arthur Peddy: The Phantom Lady vs. Nazis. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #61204136
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    Published Sep 1942 by Nedor.
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    Published Sep 1942 by DC.
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    Cover art by Fred Ray. The Conquest of a City, script by Jerry Siegel, art by John Sikela [as Joe Shuster]; Clark Kent, concerned that the people of Metropolis seem oblivious to the Nazi threat in the world, approaches editor White about writing a series of stories that will wake the citizens up to the realization that they are in danger. The Heat Horror, script by Jerry Siegel (signed), art by Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster]; When an astronomer discovers the existence of a strange meteorite, Superman correctly guesses that it has something to do with the terrible heat wave engulfing Metropolis. The Man With the Cane, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster], inks by John Sikela [as Joe Shuster]. The Pen Is Mightier text story by Eric Carter. The Snake starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster]. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Cover by Gene Fawcette. Edited by Larabie Cunningham and Gene Fawcette. Stories and art by Nick Cardy, George Appel, Joe Doolin, Arthur Peddy, Gene Fawcette, Pagsilang Rey Isip, Art Saaf and Al Walker. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. A pilot makes a daring maneuver against Japanese aircraft over the Java Sea; Captain Wings is captured and brainwashed, and only a brave nurse can save him; Shot down over Corinth, action nurse Jane Martin joins Greek resistance fighters. Skull Squad; Calhoun of the Air Cadets; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Captain Wings; Suicide Smith; Wing Tips; Cowboy of the Clouds; Suicide Squeeze; Yank Aces of World War II; Greasemonkey Griffin. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #61854451
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    Published Sep 1942 by DC.
    • Restored: C1
    • Paper: Off white
    • Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. (2 punch holes through book).
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    Cover art by Jack Burnley. The Eight Doomed Men! starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster], inks by John Sikela [as Joe Shuster]; The members of the Elkhart University Pi Theta Dau fraternity vow upon graduation to meet 20 years later, and that they do.......where someone vows to kill each and every one of them! Case of the Walking Dynamo, art by Joseph Sulman. Wise Lady, script by Edgar Weston, art by Fred Ray. A Modern Arabian Nightmare starring The Sandman and Sandy, script by Joe Simon, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. The Case of the Jinxed Skyscraper starring The Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Hal Sherman. The Phantom Voice starring Red, White and Blue, art by Ken Battefield [as Kajeb]. Wings of Flame starring The Green Arrow, art by Bernard Klein. The Vanishing V-Men starring Lando, art by Harris Levy. The North Pole Crimes! starring Batman and Robin, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson; A ruthless gang of criminals heads to the far north to commit crimes and the Dynamic Duo must solve the riddle of their leaving a snowman at the scene of every crime they commit. Advertisement for Paramount Picture's Superman cartoon series. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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    Edited by Harry Shorten. Cover art by Bob Montana. "The Web and the Madman of the Crooked Cross"; The Army has arranged for Raymond to take a job teaching in Pastor Michel's School in occupied France; This is before the U.S.A. got into the war. "The Laughing Death," script by Joe Blair, art by Irv Novick; A U.S destroyer picks up a lone survivor with an important portfolio that must not fall in the hands of Der Hyena. "The House of Cards," art by Red Holmdale; A worker at a playing card company discovers that they make deadly incendiary to be shipped out of the country, enroute to burst into flame. Untitled Wilbur story, script by Joe Blair, art by Bob Montana; Mr. Wilkin is playing golf. "Tame the King Gorilla," art by Warren King; Otto will capture a gorilla and train it to make plenty of money. His friend tries to persuade him to abandon his project. "The Epic of the U.S. Cruiser Marblehead," art by Sam Cooper; An American cruiser in fight with Japanese war ships. Untitled story, script by Harry Shorten; A business man who can't afford to lose an important contract, refuses to help the Army with experimental tanks; The Army officers then get help from Zambini. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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