Comic books February 1942

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The Justice Society of America in a book-length adventure that takes the heroes to Central and South America, "Hemisphere Defense." Plot by Gardner Fox and Sheldon Mayer, script by Fox. Art by Everett E. Hibbard plus individual chapters featuring Hawkman in Mexico (art by Sheldon Moldoff), the Spectre in Argentina (art by Bernard Baily), the Atom in Chile (art by Ben Flinton), the Sandman in Venezuela (art by Cliff Young), Johnny Thunder in (a pre-Castro) Cuba (art by Aschmeier), Doctor Fate in Brazil (art by Howard Sherman), Starman in Bolivia (art by Jack Burnley), and Dr. Mid-Nite in Columbia (art by Aschmeier). Girlfriends cameos; Shiera appearance; J. Edgar Hoover (FBI) made associate member. Two-page Hop Harrigan text story, "Midnight Meeting." Hibbard cover. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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February 1942. Cover by L. Raymond Jones. Giant Size Issue. Stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs ("Return to Pellucidar"), Isaac Asimov ("Robot AL 76 Goes Astray"), William P. McGivern, Robert Moore Williams, John York Cabot, Leo A. Schmidt, Ralph Milne Farley, P.F. Costello, Duncan Farnsworth, Don Wilcox, and Eric Frank Russell. Illustrations by J. Allen St. John, Ned Hadley, Robert Fuqua, Rod Ruth, Jay Jackson, and Joe Sewell. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 240 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Fred Schwab, Bart Tumey, Ham Fisher, Ray McGill, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, and Alfred Andriola. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Sparky Watts once again shrinks to microscopic size when the cosmic rays that give him his superpowers wear off. Captain Devildog faces Nazi U-boats on the Eastern US coast. The Cloak, aka Sky Chief, tries to protect the experimental B-19 mega-bomber from a mysterious saboteur. Skyman; Sparky Watts; Captain Devildog; Joe Palooka; Spy-Chief; Charlie Chan; Rocky Ryan; Dixie Dugan; Mortimer the Monk; Raja the Arabian Knight; The Face; Trixie. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Roland "Ramona" Patenaude [as Pat]. Claws of the Cat, art by Al Carreno; The Star Diamond is on exhibit at Bufany's, a temptation for many thieves, including the Cat, a man with a claw instead of a hand. The Octopus of the Underground, art by Al Carreno; An insane gangster called the Octopus has an undersea hideout where the Blue Beetle and Joan almost die, until Mike rescues them. The Dead Don't Kill, art by Louis Cazeneuve; a series of murders are planned to gain control of an inheritance. Cargo of Doom, art by Louis Cazeneuve; Judith Carthy's life is in danger because she has papers that proved Felland is head of an organization that stole army secrets. The Devil's Magic Wash Tub starring Davy the Wish Master. King of the Chess Killers starring the Gladiator, pencils by Pierce Rice, inks by Arturo Cazeneuve. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Al Avison, inks by Syd Shores. "The Case of the Squad of Mystery," script by Stan Lee, pencils by Avison, inks by Shores; Steve Rogers discovers the Nazis have kidnapped a crack rifle unit at Camp Lehigh, replaced them with enemy troops, who will then be used to murder the rest of the soldiers on base. Marvel Mystery Comics ad. "The Feud Murders," script by Lee, pencils by Avison, inks by Shores; Captain America heads for the backhills of Tennessee to deal with a clan feud that has led to a murder at Camp Lehigh and placed Bucky behind bars for the killing. "Broken Trust" text story by Lee. "A Life at Stake," script by Lee, art by Charles Nicholas; Hurricane and Speedy must halt the plans of a jealous uncle, who is trying to kill his niece, who is to inherit a large fortune.Sentinels of Liberty Secret Club News. "The Scourge of Crime," script by Stan Lee (as Neel Nats), art by Mike Sekowsky; An independent candidate for the office of District Attorney is falsely accused for an attack on a bystander during a campaign speech. "The Symphony of Terror," pencils by Shores, inks by Avison; Cap has to protect an innocent woman from a murderous, jealous suitor. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. Stories by Alfred Bester, Al Liederman and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Al Liederman and unknown. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "The Slayer on Skis" with story by Alfred Bester; "The Ghost of the White Room" with art by C.C. Beck; "The Science of Dr. Sarr"; and "The Pirates of Port Peril" with art by C.C. Beck. Also in this issue: Captain Kid in an untitled tale by Al Liederman. And: 2-page text story "G-Man Versus German" with script by Joseph J. Mallard. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Genghis Khan Strikes at Sea," art by Edwin Wald; The Human Meteor again battles the giant Genghis Khan who threatens our merchant fleet in Eastern seas; After defeating the giant, Duke O'Dowd sinks the entire eastern fleet. "The Bundsmen's Secret Arsenal," script by Barry McKay; The Liberty Lads infiltrate a Bund meeting and rescue FBI agent Lee Hunt. "The Mine-Layer," script by Bart Ellis; Millionaire Claude Bartell turns his yacht over to the government to use as a patrol boat; But when Steve and Kay go fishing they run into undersea mines and spies. "Episode Twelve," script by Toni Blum, art by Rudy Palais; Dr. Ying must sell the priceless Dragon's Teeth to finance a free Chinese army. Facts about movie stars Tony Martin, Norma Shearer, and W.C. Fields. "Murder by Twilight" text story by Ed Leopold. "The Airplane Dope Formula"; Charley Bruce invents a new formula for airplane dope, but spies try to steal it from him. "Action on the Iceland Coast"; Flyin' Flynn vs. Nazis. "Trapped by Poachers," art by Stan Zuckerberg; Jungleman vs. Harve and Paul. "Fury on the Freighter" starring Johnny Fox, art by Art Saaf. Champ Puzzler activity page. "The Black Pearl," script by Bently Wade; Neptina vs. Skapo and Dorsam. "The Gangster and the Surgeon," art by Alex Blum; Dr. Miracle vs. Gunner Kelly. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Agriculture and farming magazine. Includes articles, fiction, and humor. 11" x 14", 94 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Dick Wood, Bernard Klein, Bob Wood, Frank Borth, George Roussos, Edd Ashe, Jerry Robinson and Dick Briefer. Incorrectly listed as issue #6 on cover. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. 13 and Jinx face King Questionmark, a deformed madman who escapes an asylum and makes his fellow lunatics (who all believe they are famous people) into his criminal gang. Star-spangled shero Pat Patriot battles gangsters who have hidden jewels in a racing engine during the Indy 500. Apache superhero the Bronze Terror intervenes when Nazi spies target a defense plant near a reservation, in a story with art by Dick Briefer. Daredevil: The Case of the Mysterious Trunk; Claw Battles Ghost, Round 3; Pat Patriot: Indianapolis Speedway; Nightro; Real American #1; Thirteen and Jinx: When Mad Men Meet - Crippled Vengeance, Ch. 2; Meet 'Perfect Crime' Parodi; London; Whirlwind: Round 1. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Feb 1942. Western adventure stories by Walt Coburn "That Bloody Sangria Trail!", Dane Gregory "You'll Never Ride Again!", Dee Linford, Lloyd Eric Reeve, M. Howard Lane, Robert E. Mahaffy, Fred Gipson, and William Benton Johnston . 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white text with spot illos.; 98 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 18, Issue 6 - February, 1942. Cover by Emery Clarke. Stories include "Men of Fear," a book-length novel by "Kenneth Robeson," and "Secret Cargo" by Wallace Brooker. 6.75-in x 9.25-in; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Official organ of the International Society of Junior Magicians, containing news and tips. 16 pages on newsprint.

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Volume 3, Issue 6 - February, 1942. Published by Frank A. Munsey. 6.75" x 9.75", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 4, Issue 2 - February 1942. Cover by Robert Fuqua and Harold W. McCauley. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Doorway to Hell" by Frank Patton, and "The Living Manikins" by David Wright O'Brien. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 146 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Volume 2, Issue 2 - February 1942. Men's pulp magazine featuring western tales including "The Mark of the Monterey Kid" by John K. Butler, and "Hate Fans a Lawman's Guns!" by Rolland Lynch. 130 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations) Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 40 Issue #3 - Feb. 1942. Fiction, model-making articles, schematics, cartoons and factual essays make up every issue of Flying Aces. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Interior art by Al McWilliams. Highlights include "Convoy of Death" by Arch Whitehouse, "The Moor the Merrier" by Joe Archibald, Northrop Flying Wing, the DC-3/C-47 and new Spitfire armament examined, a review of the Russian Air Force and much more. Bedsheet format 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 80 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 19, No. 5. February 1942. Published for many years in Bandera, Texas. Monthly magazine dedicated to frontier history, with much related directly to Texas. Topics included histories of early settlements, the cattle industry, and border skirmishes, much from first-hand accounts of still living participants. 7.5" x 10.5". 44 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.20.

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February, 1942. Previously titled Future Fiction. Cover by John R. Forte, Jr. "Once in a Blue Moon" by Norman L. Knight. Other stories by Ray Cummings, Martin Pearson, Joseph Gilbert, Hugh Raymond, E. A Grosser, J. S. Kilmaris, Wilfred Owen Morley, James Blish, and Mallory Kent. 7-in. x 10-in., black and white; 114 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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Articles with photography about hunting and fishing. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

February 23, 1942. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 100 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 27, Issue 4 - February, 1942. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "The Key to the World's Richest Gold Mine" by Lester David and Irwin Lewis, "Let's Go Skiing" by Frank Elkins, "What Holds the World Together?" by Charles F. Berry, "Give 'em the Works" by Rudy Dusek, "Diamonds Do It!" by Arthur Roberts, "Don't You Wish You Could Read This?" by Charles A. Siegferth, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 146 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie magazine focusing on photographs. Cover by Peter Driben. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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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. The Wraith follows Irene to the West, where he must protect her from a mine swindle; The final appearance of original Green Mask and Domino, before the new Green Mask debuted in Green Mask Vol. 1 (1940) #10; Also the final appearances of Wraith, Mortimer, Private O'Hara, Lynx, and Zanzibar. Vengeance of the Joss-House Demons; The Ghost Submarine; Atlantic Drama; Mortimer; Coffins for Coppers; Murder Holds the Stakes; Blood Money; Justice by Magic. Final issue of the series. 64 pages, Full Color. NOTE: Cover commonly attributed to "Ramona" Patenaude, considered one of the few female Golden Age artists. However, she does not exist. The cover is by Roland Patenaude. It is unknown how and when this incorrect attribution began. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 77, Issue 2 - February 1942. Mechanical science and technology magazine. 6.75-in x 9.5-in, 292 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 140, Issue 2 - February 1942. Cover by John T. McCoy, Jr. Features Articles on new SKy Destroyer PLanes for the Army, and an interview with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover entitles "Policing a Nation at War". Also includes articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 252 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $2.65 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Reader's Digest Vol. 40 Issue # 238 (1942) is published by The Reader's Digest Association. Articles from Harper's, Time, Life, the New Yorker, Forbes, Vogue, Atlantic, the Christian Science Monitor, Cosmopolitan, the New Republic, and more. 176 pages, mostly text (with a few spot illustrations), 5.5-in x 7.5. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 21, Issue 1 - February, 1942. 8.5" x 11", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Canadian series. February, 1942. 8.5" x 10.75", 64 pages, B&W.

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Volume 40, Issue 5 - February 1, 1942. 6.5" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 40, Issue 6 - February 15, 1942. 6.5" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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February 25, 1942 - 6.75" x 9.75", 176 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Painted cover by Rafael DeSoto. Cover price $0.10.

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Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $1,720.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Top right corner peg is missing. Label #0064425003

February 1942, D.C. Comics: Story one, Star Spangled Kid; story two, Star Spangled Kid; "The Washington Monument," 2 pages, text story; Armstrong of the Army; Tarantula; Capt. X of the R.A.F.; a third Star Spangled Kid story. Cover price $0.10.

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Jim Mooney bondage cover. In order of appearance: "Magno the Magnetic Man" art by Jim Mooney; "Vulcan, 'The Man of a Thousand Faces'" art by Jack Alderman; "The Black Spider"; "Captain Gallant and His Mini-Sub, The Tomb at Tut-An-Haaman!" art by Matt Schneider; "Buckskin, America's Defender of Liberty" art by Harry Sahle; and "Peewee Wilson, U.S.A." art by Don Cameron. "Brother Rattler" text story by Dewey Colvin. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Robert C. Sherry. Science Fiction stories by Harry Walton and Leigh Brackett. Illustrations by Calle, Virgil Finlay, and Hannes Bok. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., text with illos. 128 newsprint pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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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. 8.5-in. x 11-in., printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.35.

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Issue 14 - "Bulldog Drummond Meets a Murderess" by H.C. McNeile. Softcover Digest, 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

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Feb 1942. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Stories by Eando Binder, Nelson S. Bond, Ray Cummings, Broox Sledge, D.D. Sharp, Alexander Samalman, and Oscar J. Friend. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.