Comic books January 1942

Add to cart FR 1.0 $540.00 View scans Full length spine split. Heavy oxidation. Brittle.

Man of War, the Liberty Guards, the Ferret, Red Riley, Dave Doolittle, Fire-Man, the Sentinel, Dopey Day, and Vapo-Man. Gustavson cover/art. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $4,500.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s); See item notes Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #4286703001

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Young Allies ad. "The Flaming Arrow Murders" starring The Human Torch, story and art by Carl Burgos; Torch and Toro must stop the criminal designs of The Saint, who, along with his gang, is out to steal the plans for a new super air tank that the Raleigh Corporation is building. Marvel Mystery Comics contest. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; Namor hears from a dock worker (aka "brush man"), who handles fur cargoes shipped in from Alaska, that no more shipments are being received and that the furs are somehow being smuggled in; Sub-Mariner investigates and discovers that The Fox is putting the stolen furs in torpedo-like metal tubes with motors and fires them into an underground river that leads to the United States. The Vision untitled story, script by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, pencils by Kirby and David Walters, inks by Walters; Satan demands that his sales manager quit falling down on the job and see to it that the only evil-free city in the United States, Arbor City, is turned into a hotbed of evil and misery. "Quick Thinking, or, How Good a Detective Are You?" text story. "Voodini's Last Laugh From the Grave" starring Terry Vance, script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; The relatives of the late Professor Voodini gather at his mansion to listen to the reading of the will, whose contents lead to several murders and the re-appearance of the evil professor. "Death to Spies" starring Patriot, art by Ray Houlihan; Suoka has appointed a Filipino bolo wielder to murder Lt. Curtis, but the Patriot interferes and prevents the crime, finally tracking down the Japanese secret agent behind the murder plot. "Death Rings the Bell"; The Angel investigates weird deaths associated with the ringing of the carillon belonging to the late millionaire, Jonathan Brown. Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, script and art by Ben Thompson; Arriving in French Equatorial Africa, Ka-Zar is captured by the Nazis and used as a decoy to sucker French ships into submarine range. Human Torch Comics ad. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Mac Raboy. The Wax Death, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Mac Raboy; Bulletman vows to stop Dr. Eternity, who is determined to eliminate ten different people through his dreaded wax death and later teams with Captain Marvel Jr. to track down both Eternity and Captain Nazi. The Hawk, art by Phil Bard; Minute Man battles The Hawk. The Return of the Little Men starring El Carim, art by George Tuska. Salty Bill and the Gold Mine starring Buck Jones, Frontier Marshall, art by Ralph Carlson; Buck and Mike help a lady in distress to cross the desert using the wind to move her wagon. Sue Belle, Fight Fixer starring the Companions Three. The End of King Leon starring Captain Venture and the Planet Princess, script by Otto Binder, art by Howard Purcell. The Tomb of Tut Ankhara starring Zoro, The Mystery Man. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

January 1942. Volume 25 No. 5. Painted cover by Alexander Redmond. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 80 p, B&W. Printed on white paper stock. Cover price $0.15.

January 31, 1942 issue. Newsprint, 10.5" x 14", 12 pages, B&W with some color.

Cover art by Chuck Cuidera. The Vial of Death!, script by Dick French, art by Chuck Cuidera; Blackhawk succeeds in getting a diabolical formula back for a destructive killer germ from the Nazis, who plan to use it to wipe out Allied forces, then takes it on the run as the Nazis concentrate their forces to catch him and get it back. Untitled Blue Tracer story, script and art by Fred Guardineer; To Kill a Commander. Untitled Loops and Banks story, script and art by Bob Powell; The Invasion of Iceland. Untitled Miss America story, art by Tom Hickey; The Crime School. Untitled Shot and Shell story, script and art by Klaus Nordling; aviation story. Untitled Yankee Eagle story, art by John Stewart; The Trap For Jerry Noble. Untitled Death Patrol story, script by Dave Berg, art by Dave Berg; Boris becomes the newest member of the Patrol as it seems Gramps has been killed saving the other members; Boris and the others go up against a female Nazi Death Patrol, whose wiles won't work on the male Patrol, who are all woman haters at heart. In order to escape alive, the male Patrol dons the female uniforms, leaving the ladies to wear the male uniforms, and which results in all of them being shot to death, mistaken for the men! Untitled story, script by Ted Udall, art by Vernon Henkel; The Sniper faces a mad Nazi chemist who is able to turn men into monsters. The Avenger text story. Who Is Monsieur X?, script and art by Al McWilliams; X succeeds in liberating a German ship filled with prisoners at Calais, France, and, with the help of another British ship, takes out a German destroyer; Although a Parisian newspaper reports that X was lost at sea, he, in fact, dove back into the English Channel and swam back to France to further torment the Nazis. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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8.5" x 11", 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Howard Sherman. "The Battle Against Time," script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Howard Sherman; Inza asks Dr. Fate to help clear a convicted murderer before his scheduled execution time at midnight. "Crime College," script by Mort Weisinger, art by George Papp; Green Arrow and Speedy vs. Professor Merlin. "The Hijackers," starring the Radio Squad, art by Chad Grothkopf. "The Return of Black Jack," starring Aquaman, script by Mort Weisinger, art by Paul Norris; South sea natives rescue Black Jack who returns the favor by taking over their island. "The Man of a Million Murders," starring Johnny Quick, script by Mort Weisinger, pencils by Jerry Robinson, inks by Mort Meskin. "Adventure in Montevideo," starring Clip Carson, art by George Papp. "Jim Corrigan Lives Again," script by Jerry Siegel, art by Bernard Baily; After Popp gets in trouble trying to protect Corrigan from Gat Chenney, the Spectre leaves him on another planet so that he can get a good night's sleep; Meanwhile an artist imprisons Clarice's soul in a painting. The Spectre resurrects Corrigan's body to keep it from being discovered. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

January, 1942. Rita Hayworth cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 17, Issue 93 - January, 1942. Joan Bennett and George Brent from the film "Twin Beds" on cover. Stories in this issue include; "The Male Animal" featuring Henry Fonda and Olivia De Havilland, "Design for Scandal" featuring Rosalind Russell and Walter Pidgeon, "Babes on Broadway" featuring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, plus many more. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 90 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $6,000.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Small amount of dried glue on spine of cover. Label #4339886009

Cover by Roland "Ramona" Patenaude. Art by Charles Nicholas and Carl Hubbell. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. In a truly strange tale, The Blue Beetle explores sunken caves in search of missing people and seems to encounter Death itself; Private O'Hara seeks a Nazi agent as the British try to hold the pass of Gibraltar; The Green Mask and Domino battle the Searer, whose very touch can incinerate a person. Cover by Ramona Patenaude, one of the few female Golden Age artists. The Holiday of Death; Gibraltar; Torpedo Turnabout (text); The Caress of Death; The Walking Corpse; Killers Without Minds; The Ghost of Forest Manor. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Reed Crandall. The Black Fog Mystery starring Uncle Sam, art by Lou Fine. Untitled stories starring Sally O'Neil Policewoman (art by Frank Kearns), Kid Dixon (art by Bob Reynolds), Windy Breeze (script and art by Jack Cole), Wonder Boy (art by Nick Cardy), Quicksilver (art by Nick Cardy), Jack and Jill (art by John Cassone), Prop Powers (art by Lynn Bird), Pen Miller (script and art by Klaus Nordling), Paul Bunyan (art by Story Weaver), and Merlin the Magician (script and art by Fred Guardineer). Dog Ketchers starring Kid Patrol, art by Don Wilson. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 2, #5. January 1942. True Crime Magazine. 8.5" x 11.5". 66 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 1, Issue 4 - January, 1942. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Irv Novick. Shield story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Irv Novick. Hangman story. Danny In Wonderland story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Lin Streeter. Sergeant Boyle story, art by Carl Hubbell. Jolly Roger story, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle. Archie Andrews story, art by Bob Montana. Kayo Ward story, script by Harry Shorten. The Case of the Armless Corpses starring Bentley of Scotland Yard, script by Joe Blair. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

The Gold Seal Novel was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Inquirer issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. Between 1934 and 1949, they published almost 400 of these novels.

Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich (as Zolne Rowich). Invasion From the Void starring Mars, God of War, art by Joe Doolin. The Star Pirate story. Reef Ryan story, art by Al Gabriele. Auro Lord of Jupiter story, art by Seymour Reit. Flint Baker story, art by Frank Schwarz. Treasure of the War Queen text story starring Jeff Drake. The Red Comet story. Crash Parker story, art by George Carl Wilhelms. Gale Allen and the Girl Squadron story. Norge Benson story, art by Al Walker. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Charles Sultan, Al Weine, Bob Powell, Pierce Rice, Al Avison, Art Helfant, Al Gabriele, Louis Cazeneuve, Barbara Hall, Alfred Harvey and A. W. Nugent. Harvey's first series paved the way for future digest-sized comics, and featured early female superhero Black Cat among other adventurers. The Black Cat joins forces with fellow superhero Spirit of 76 take on a pair of Nazi spies. Spirit of '76 defends America against Nazi infiltrators in the early days of WWII. Ditto swipes a watermelon and meets his instant karma. Cover may be the work of comics legend Joe Simon. Black Cat; Spirit of 76; Private Pinky; Satan Meets His Equal; Spin Hawkins; Simpy; Captain Freedom and the Stratobomber Riddle; Red Blazer; British Agent 99; Can You Solve These Puzzlers?; Phantom Sphinx; Black Cat & Spirit of '76: U.S.A.; Zebra Battles the Human Frog. Final issue of the series. 5-in. x 8-in., 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Gill Fox. "Dr. Kruger's Hospital Horror" starring The Firebrand, script by S. M. Iger, art by Reed Crandall; While volunteering at the American Red Cross, Joan discovers that Dr. Kruger has poisoned the blood banks. "The Chikka Chipps Contract," script and art by George E. Brenner; #711 decides to protect the life of one of his inside informants who had testified against a local mob boss. "Captain Gruber's Sky Wolves" starring Eagle Evans, art by Clark Williams. "Veda the Cobra Woman" starring Chic Carter, script and art by Vernon Henkel; Peter Kane's new step mother is a Hindu snake dancer with poison lips. "Case of the Disembodied Hands," script and art by Jack Cole; Chubby Rankin was cursed by an Indian prince and his hands became capable of detaching themselves from their owner's body; He couldn't stop them from stealing, and eventually cut them off; Plastic Man throws them into a furnace to set the man free. "They Stole the Commissioner's Car!" starring Steele Kerrigan, art by Al Bryant. "Grud, Fifth Columnist," script and art by Fred Guardineer; The Mouthpiece (Bill Perkins) vs. Grud. "Blood Will Tell" text story starring Dick Mace, script by Robert Hyatt. "The Autogiro Spies" starring Phantom Lady, art by Arthur Peddy; Senator Knight and Sandra discover that Don is being held in his apartment by enemy spies for the State Department papers they believe he has or has access to. "Defeating the Drought" one-page story starring Burp the Twerp, script and art by Jack Cole. "The Black Vanguards" starring The Human Bomb, script and art by Paul Gustavson (as Paul Carrol). 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Frank King, Zack Mosley, Boody Rogers, Gus Edson, Maurice Kashuba, Bob Jenney, Jim Chambers, Jack Ficklen, Dan Gormley, Victor Boni, Tom Hickey, Albert Hartje and Bill Ely. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. The Masked Pilot tests out his experimental new "robot plane." Supermind sends his superpowered son Dan to retrieve sunken Allied vessels from the depths so they can be repaired and put back to sea, and in the process they rescue Axis captive Gale from a U-boat. Smilin' Jack tries to find out who sabotaged the plane that he was going to test, putting Happy Hill in the hospital. The Gumps; Smilin' Jack; Professor Supermind and Son; The Voice, the Invisible Detective; Martan the Marvel Man; Wally Williams, American Boy; You're in the Army Now; Gasoline Alley; True Spy Stories: The Baffling Escape of the Japanese School Teacher, Benedict Arnold and Major Andre; The Masked Pilot; Gang Busters; The Hurricane Kids. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $2.50 View scans Paper: White Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 77 #1 - Jan. 1942. Mechanical science and technology magazine. 6.75-in x 9.5-in., 196 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 140, Issue 1- January 1942. Features Articles on military aid from Canada against Germany, and kitchen renovations. Also includes articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 244 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.15.