Comic books September 1942

Cover art by Gill Fox. Midnight story, script and art by Jack Cole. An old "friend" of Doc Wackey is causing trouble, kidnapping millionaire ex-circus star Waldo Whiz to finance his experiments--a trip to a planet made of solid gold. Espionage Starring Black X story, art by Alex Kotzky. The Sextuplets starring Jester, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Wildfire story, script by Robert Turner, art by Jim Mooney. Bozo the Robot story, script and art by George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]. Ray story, art by Reed Crandall. Rookie Rankin story, art by Arthur Peddy. Purple Trio story, script by S. M. Iger, art by Alex Blum. Wings Wendall story, script and art by Vernon Henkel. Marksman story, art by Alex Koda. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Burne Hogarth. Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Reg Greenwood, Fred Methot, Bernard Dibble, Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Sparling, Drew Pearson, Bob Allen, Ben Batsford, Rudolph Dirks, Charlie Plumb, Bill Conselman, Harry O'Neill, Raeburn Van Buren and Frank N. Ernest. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips plus an original superhero, The Spark Man, who joined the military to fight in WWII. In the Pacific, the Axis general called The Fox puts a price on Spark Man's head, knowing that will lure the superhero into his trap. Bathless Groggins' "pot of gold" turns out to be a beautiful bride, Nikki-Nikki, from the island of Pongo Pongo. Reporter hero Hap Hopper investigates the strange connections between Colonel Bullion and Pierre la Vichy, the suspected spy. Plus a Tarzan adventure by Burne Hogarth. Action-packed cover by Hogarth. Spark Man; Hap Hopper; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Ella Cinders; Tarzan; Abbie an Slats; Broncho Bill; Frankie Doodle; Danny Dingle; El Bombo; Unbelievable - But True. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Shock Gibson story. Biff Bannon story, script and art by Art Helfant. Ted Parrish story, art by Arthur Cazeneuve. Crash, Cork, and the Baron story, art by Art Gates. Speed Taylor story. Captain Freedom story. Pat Parker story. Black Cat story. Roddy story. 68 pages, four color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 17, Issue 5 - September, 1942. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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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. Eisner/Fine/Quality staff assist on Spirit. Fine/Belfi art on Spirit; Scripts by Manly Wade Wellman.

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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. Eisner/Fine/Quality staff assist on Spirit. Fine/Belfi art on Spirit; Scripts by Manly Wade Wellman.

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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. Eisner/Fine/Quality staff assist on Spirit. Fine/Belfi art on Spirit; Scripts by Manly Wade Wellman.

Cover art by Jack Kirby. Prevue of Peril starring The Newsboy Legion, script by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, pencils by Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; Touched by the needs of poor, starving people in Suicide Slum, the Legion asks Jim Harper for help. Case of the Precious Peach starring The Star-Spangled Kid, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Hal Sherman. The Menace of Steeplejack Stoll's Gang starring Tarantula. Mystery of the Hiccupping Parrot starring Penniless Palmer, art by R. L. Ross. Remember Yesterday starring TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite, art by Louis Cazeneuve. Satan's Machine Shop starring Robotman, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Leo Nowak and the Shuster Shop. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Sept 1942. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Stories by William Morrison, Louis Tucker, Owen Fox Jerome, and Frank Johnson. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

September 1942. Men's interest magazine with pictorials, cartoons and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 56 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover pencils by Allen Simon, inks by Frank Giacoia. Illustrated promotional ads for Young Allies Comics #5 and All-Winners Comics #6, ad by Lee King. Piracy On the Ocean's Bottom, art by Carl Pfeufer; Sub-Marine looks into the mysterious sinking of U.S. naval vessels off the Eastern Coast, each of them carrying a fortune in gold shipments. Illustrated promotional ad for The Human Torch #9, art by Carl Burgos. The Firing Squad starring The Angel, art by Gustav Schrotter; A blind fit of rage by Danny Poll leads to his slugging a U.S. Army officer over Danny's fiance, a court martial and 15 years in solitary. Mercy Flight text story by Justin Dewey Triem. Death 'Round the Bend starring the Sub-Mariner, art by Carl Pfeufer. Ad for Captain America Comics plus an opportunity to join Cap's Sentinels of Liberty, art by Lee King. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Jim Chambers, Jack Ficklen, Martin Branner, Ken Ernst, Dick Fletcher, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Clyde Clyde Beatty risks his life to collect a pair of rare condor chicks for the zoo. The queen of Virgin Valley is in a train crash, but Magic Morro rescues her, in a story featuring some bad-girl art. Granny learns that the Professor has been hypnotizing Tiny Tim so he can play the violin. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Magic Morro; A Matter of Deduction; Winnie Winkle; The Gumps; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Jim Ellis; Sweeney & Son; Clyde Beatty; Little Joe; Lightning Jim; You're in the Army Now. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

The Black Spider starring Cadet, script by Mickey Spillane, art by John Jordan. The Sinister Land of the Mikado starring Target, art by Sid Greene. Speck, Spot, and Sis story, script and art by Alonzo Vincent. The Last of the Mohicans Part VIII--Fantastic Feature Films, art by Harold DeLay. Death in the Sea text story by Mickey Spillane. Al T. Tude story, script and art by Art Gates. Spies Snakes and Gators starring Chameleon. The Mystery of the Green Faces starring Spacehawk, script and art by Basil Wolverton. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

September, 1942. Green Ghost story 'The Case of the Murderous Mermaid' by G.T. Fleming-Roberts. Also includes stories from John H. Knox, Lansing Stebbins, C.G. Tahney, Henry Kuttner, and C.S. Montanye Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Fred Methot, Reg Greenwood, Hal Forrest, Bernard Dibble, and John Hix. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 7 #5. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. The Mirror Man and Slim arrive in neutral Sweden to meet the agent who has a list of the top Gestapo spies in America. With World War II in the headlines, almost every strip makes some reference to the conflict, even Ernie Bushmiller's Fritzi Ritz. Superhero team the Triple Terror must rescue one of their number, Chemix, while on a mission behind enemy lines in China. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; The Mirror Man; The Triple Terror; Jim Hardy; Stamp Tips; Looy Dot Dope; Tailspin Tommy; Iron Vic; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bob Montana. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Don Dean, Sam Cooper, Carl Hubbell, Red Holmdale, Paul Reinman, and George Kean. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! Ad for Hangman. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories based on actual people and events: He Bombed Toyko bio on General Jimmie Doolittle. The Lost Colony feature on Roanoke. Flying Viking bio on Major Ole Rieistad. Friend of Animals bio on Henry Bergen, founder of the S.P.C.A. [Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]. Young America Hits the Trail bio on Monroe Smith, director of American Youth Hostels. Cave Nurse bio on Joanna Stavridi. The Netherlands East Indies. He Fought for Freedom bio on William Wallace. The Modest Miracle bio on Robert R. Williams. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by David Berger. 8.5" x 11.5", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Canadian series. Contents are exactly the same as True Comics (1941 Parents' Magazine Press). Cover price $0.10.