Comic books January 1943

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Cover by John Jordan. Stories and art by Ray Gill, Justin Dewey Triem, Roy Garn, Al Fagaly, Bart Tumey (credited as Ed Ryan), Harold DeLay, and John Jordan. Sometimes listed as 4Most #5. Four different stories featuring clean-cut teen heroes of the 1940s from Novelty Press. During war games, Dick Cole and his fellow cadets find an ancient war club with a story relating to the American Revolution. Danl Flannel enters a catfishin' contest to win a coonskin cap and a kiss from Flordadora, but the competition doesn't fish fair. Edison Bell goes ice-boating. Edison Bell shows young readers how to make an ice-boat out of an ironing board. Also featuring a patriotic message from the Editors on the inside front cover, discussing war bonds, Junior Air Wardens, and other aspects of WWII life for American kids. Dick Cole: The Spirit of 76!; Danl Flannel: Catfish Catchin Contest; Keep Em Rolling; Edison Bell: No Noose is Good Noose!; Edison Bells Ironing Board Ice-Boat; The Cadet-Kit Carter: An Officer and a Gentleman. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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3rd appearance of Airboy. Japanese war cover. Also Iron Ace, Black Angel and Skywolf stories. Edited by Ed Cronin. Cover by Charles Biro. Stories by Charles Biro, Dick Wood, Al Camy, Mort Leav, Tony DiPreta, Fred Kida, Nathaniel Nitkin, Harry Sahle, and Bob Fujitani. Heroic action stories of war and airborne adventure—these are Air Fighters Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Death For Breakfast; Human Torch and Toro investigate a firm that packs food shipments to America soldiers overseas, food capsules that contain cyanide! The Return of Doctor, pencils by Al Avison; Captain America must battle the evil Dr. Crime, who has in his possession a formula which shrinks the human body down to pygmy size! Ad for Krazy, Comedy and Terry Toons Comics. Smashing the Jap Trap starring Sub-Mariner. Strike Hard! starring The Destroyer. Untitled The Whizzer story, pencils by Lou Ferstadt. Ad for Captain America Comics, as well as a plug for readers to join Cap's Sentinels of Liberty. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $3,895.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #1075875002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Pierce Rice. Stories by unknown. Art by Harry Sahle, Charles Sultan and unknown. In this issue: Steve Case (introduction, only appearance) in "Poison Pen Murder" with art by Harry Sahle; Master Key tale "Rescue from Horror" with art by Charles Sultan; Johnny Rebel in "Winner Take All"; 1-page text story "Roulette Lou"; Kayo Kane (introduction, origin, only appearance) in "Date with Dynamite"; The Echo tale "The Mystery of the Lighthouse Murder" with art by Charles Sultan; Night Hawk (introduction of Jack Filan, only appearance) in "Stolen...A Million Tanks"; Firebrand in "Playground of Death"; 1-page text story "5 Minutes, 5 Dollars"; and Tiger Shane (introduction, only appearance) in "Tricking the Tricker"! Plus: untitled Flossie 2-pager (by W. Jourdain). 64 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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January 1943. Giant Size Issue. Cover by J. Allen St. John. Science fiction stories by Robert Moore Williams, Clee Garson, P.F. Costello, John York Cabot, Gerald Vance, Howard Browne, Stanton A. Coblentz, Leroy Yerxa, and William P. McGivern. Illustrations by J. Allen St. John, Virgil Finlay, Rod Ruth, Brady, H.W. McCauley, Robert Fuqua, and Joe Sewell. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 240 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 2, Issue 1 - January, 1943. Cover by Steffa. Pin-up and glamour photographs. 8.25" x 11.5", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 1, Number 1. January 1, 1943. World War II era classified ten page instructional comic given to workers from Bell Aircraft Corporation. Featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", 12 pages, B&W w/ Green.

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Issue 31 - "The Death of Monsieur Gallet" by Georges Simenon. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories by Phil Bard (as Oliver Ashford) and Sol Brodsky. The Blue Beetle in "The Case of the Red Knight," "The Case of the Magic Lamp," and "The Sight-Seeing Bus Mystery." Also Papoose, V-Man in "A Mission of Death," Likkity Split, and Spark Stevens. Tales of daring-do, with such colorful characters as V-Man, Likkity Split, Spark Stevens, and Blue Beetle, a super-hero who wears a special bulletproof costume and takes "Vitamin 2X" which gives him super-energy. Count Beaufort kills the Red Knight to capture a special jewel, spurring Blue Beetle to action. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $22.00 INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. Cover detached at one staple. Three center wraps detached.

Cover by Jack Warren. Stories and art by Al Fagaly, Alan Mandel, Jack Warren, John Daly, Bill O'Connor, Ray Gill, Harold DeLay, George Kapitan, John Jordan, Ben Flinton, Leonard Sansone, and Eugene L. Pollock. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #32. Former superhero Blue Bolt soars as an aviator hero in WWII. Dick Cole seeks the secret of the strange madness that grips the staffs of wartime production factories. The White Rider and Superhorse investigate when outlaws steal a prospector's dynamite to engineer a jailbreak. Sergeant Spook tries to prove his sidekick Jerry was framed for stealing the Blue Star necklace - difficult, because no one else can see him. Dick Cole: The Madness Maker!; The Phantom Sub; Blue Bolt; Old Cap Hawkins True Tales: The US Tanks are Coming!; River Rat; Krisko & Jasper; Sub-Zero: Gasoline Is Dynamite; Edison Bell: Winter Time; Edison Bell's Racing Bobsled; The White Rider: Jail Break; Sergeant Spook: The Mysterious Case of the Blue Star Necklace. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $1,185.00 View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s) 2 Pieces of Tape on interior Cover. Label #0986884001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

(Classic WWII cover) Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. The Town That Couldn't Be Conquered!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; the Commandos liberate Jan's village in the Netherlands. Heroes Never Die, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; the Commandos hear a story of an earlier group of adventurers in China. Satan Wears a Swastika, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; the boys are mistakenly reported killed in battle. Untitled Liberty Belle story, script by Don Cameron, art by Chuck Winter. Untitled Ghost Raiders story. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $3,300.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4121070007

Cover by Syd Shores. "The Vault of the Doomed!"; A Nazi agent poses as a medium, Dr. Eternity, in order to assassinate marked men; He successfully tends to Congressman Barlow, but a woman, wanting to see her dead son, poses a problem as Captain American and Bucky investigate the claims of Dr. Eternity, who rescue her and round up Eternity and his boys. "The Sabotage of the Supply Trains," pencils by Harry Sahle; To mend damaged U.S.-Russian relations, the Torch and Toro investigate the disappearance of ammunition from crates shipped to Russia, either before being shipped or switched while in transit. Marvel Mystery Comics. "The Reaper (The Man the Law Couldn't Touch)!", pencils by Syd Shores (layouts) and Al Avison, inks by Al Gabriele; Hitler sends the Reaper to America to drench the nation in the big lies that the Germans are the superior race and that there is no wrong... and that Captain America is the true enemy. "The Missing Ear" text story. "Captain America Wears The Cobra Ring of Death!", pencils by Al Avison; Steve's unit is transferred to Washington D.C., and almost immediately there are two mysterious deaths that puts Steve on the spot as the killer of the General; But he sees a relationship between the two murders and sets out to find the culprits... as Captain America! Captain America Comics ad. "War Bond Vengeance," script by Stan Lee, art by Bob Oksner; As Carson Wells, actor, gives a speech promoting war bonds, he is attacked and kidnapped by some Nazis. Everyone believes, however, it was staged... everyone but Roddy Colt. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Water damage: Moderate.

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

Add to cart CBCS 0.5 $1,199.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, affects story. Cover detached and completely split. 15th wrap detached. Label #21-15A304A-002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Joker cover art by Jerry Robinson. A Crime A Day starring Batman, Robin, and The Joker, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos. A Break for Santa starring The Boy Commandos, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. The Unlucky Reporter starring The Crimson Avenger, script and pencils by Jack Lehti, inks by Charles Paris. Death on the Diamond starring Spy, art by Chuck Winter. Murder on the Campus text story by Jack Watson. The Voice from Nowhere starring Air Wave, pencils by Harris Levy (as Lee Harris), inks by Charles Paris. Case of the Missing Grin starring Slam Bradley, art by Howard Sherman. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 17, 1st Printing - "Murder on Stilts" by Gregory Dean. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $38.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 35, Issue 1 - January, 1943. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. 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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Official organ of the International Society of Junior Magicians, containing news and tips. 16 pages on newsprint.

Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Walt Kelly, Arthur Jameson and L. Bing. Dell puts fairy tales and fables into the hands of former Disney animator Walt Kelly, creator of beloved comic strip Pogo. Kelly adapts two classic fables: A knight searches for a kidnapped prince. And The Travelling Musicians of Bremen, by the Brothers Grimm. A beggar boy gets a chance to live like a prince after he finds a lamp with a genie in it. The Lost Prince; The White Cat; Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp; Grimms the Travelling Musicians; The Wee Men Othe Glen; The Giants Hand. 64 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 22, Issue 5 - January 29, 1943. Human interest family centric publication that features short fiction stories, recipes and celebrity gossip. 24 pages, 8.5" x 11.25", B&W Newsprint.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $53.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $24.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 5, Issue 1 - January 1943. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "The Man With Five Lives" by Clyde Woodruff, and "the Ice Queen" by Don Wilcox. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 244 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $99.95 or Best Offer View scan Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Edited by Larabie Cunningham and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Rafael Astarita, Robert Webb, Nick Cardy, Richard Case, Dan Zolnerowich, John Cassone and Art Peddy. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Rita Hayworth-lookalike Senorita Rio is captured by a modern-day Incan cult leader who wants to make her his priestess; A true tale of war and survival from the Battle of Midway; "Holiday gift suggestions" for soldiers stationed overseas, which turn out to be cheesecake drawings by cover artist Zolnerowich. First monthly issue. Shark Brodie; Dusty Rhodes; Senorita Rio; Rip Carson; Torpedo Squadron 8; Blackout; Kayo Kirby; Chip Collins; Hooks Devlin. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $8.00 View scans	Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $6.00 View scans Staple rust with migration.	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $9.00 View scans Back cover detached 10%. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $4.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white
Add to cart PR 0.5 $2.50 Interior is complete. Full length spine split.

Volume 43 Issue #2 - Jan. 1943. Fiction, model-making articles, schematics, cartoons and factual essays make up every issue of Flying Aces. Cover by Alex Schomburg. "Heir Minded" by Joe Archibald story, articles include "Soviet Night Bombing Flight", "Plenty Bombs Today", "The Marines Score in the Sky", "Are Sub Flat-tops Practical?" and more. Bedsheet format 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 74 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $30.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight. Foreign edition: UK.

British reprints of the American edition.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $38.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Scaly Sentinel of Taboo Swamp," art by George Tuska; A gang of criminals believe that a scientist can lead them to a giant, solid gold statue; Kaänga pursues them into the Voodoo Swamp where they all learn that the idol is a living dinosaur. Untitled story, art by George Appel; An Indian rajah comes to Khefra in order to steal the ancient Black Diamonds of Kaa. Untitled story, art by Saul Rosen; Ivory hunters penetrate deep into Tabu's jungle where they encounter a tribe of mute men who kidnap Steve, the safari leader; Tabu learns that Steve had visited the tribe many years before and, after killing their king, had ordered the men's tongues cut out. "Blood Moon over Bandiagara" text story. Untitled story; Counterfeiters swindle Andy but lose their counterfeiting plates in the process. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; An unscrupulous Arab convinces a native village that a new lava formation is a god and orders them to bring him treasure. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; A rogue bull elephant makes trouble for the elephant herd before he is driven away by Simba and a monkey. Untitled story, art by Nick Cardy (as N. Viscardi); In order to prevent a leopard cult from driving a tribe off their land, Camilla must select a jungle animal to battle a leopard; She chooses a water buffalo and the buffalo is triumphant. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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January 4, 1943. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: James F. Byrnes; Lena Horne; art of Paul Sample; rabbit meat; warfare in New Guinea; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 76 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Featuring "Our Boarding House With Major Hoople", "Introducing Biff Baker", "Army Antics", "Brenda Breeze", "Out Our Way", and "The Nut Bros. Ches And Wal". Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Smugglers of Death starring The Human Torch, art by Harry Sahle. The Case of the Blinding Lights starring Sub-Mariner, art by Carl Pfeufer. The Magic Glasses starring Jimmy Jupiter, script and art by Ed Robbins. Jane Had to Laugh text story by Faith Moorland. Patriot untitled story, pencils by Syd Shores, inks by Al Fagaly. Dialogue of Death starring Vision, pencils by Syd Shores. The Case of the Fat Man's Folly starring Terry Vance, art by Bob Oksner. The Missing Fisherman starring Angel, art by Gustav Schrotter. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Reed Crandall. Men Who Never Came Back, script by Otto Binder (as Bill Woolfolk), art by Reed Crandall; The Blackhawks head for India, being told that rioting has broken out, fueled by the Japanese, and when they arrive in Calcutta by air, they call on the American consul who asks desperately for their help; When he is killed, the Blackhawks continue the mission he told them about...namely, to find and rescue the Scottish Lost Battalion. Untitled story, script by Ted Udall, art by Vernon Henkel; Sniper vs. Gootenspiltch the Clown. Untitled The Blue Tracer story, script and art by Fred Guardineer; Dunn has his one and only brush with a super-human when he encounters Nazi soldiers endowed with rapid healing abilities, powers activated by radio waves, and counteracted by destroying the control tower. The Pirate Prince of Plunder, art by Fred Kida; Phantom Clipper vs. Henry Morgan. Untitled Private Dogtag story. script and art by Bart Tumey; The Nazi Farm Invasion; Adolf Hitler cameo. Untitled Shot and Shell story, script and art by Klaus Nordling. P. T. Boat Raids Mulami Secret War News non-fiction story, script and art by Al McWilliams. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $983.00 or Best Offer View scans Missing front cover. Reproduction front cover (attached to back cover with glue and staples). Tape on interior page under staple. Interior is complete. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

68 pages. Alex Schomburg cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $199.95 or Best Offer View scans Interior is complete, but brittle. Full length spine split to cover and all wraps, heavy tape, staples added, heavy chipping. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Mort Meskin. "Case of the Confident Crooks," pencils by Cliff Young, inks by Steve Brodie; Green Arrow and Speedy vs. Jagin. "The Mystery of Room 406," starring Doctor Fate, script by Joe Samachson, art by Howard Sherman; When every patient housed in Room 406 of the hospital dies, Dr. Kent Nelson decides the only way to find out what has happened is to be admitted as a patient in that room himself. "The Case of Little Sir Echo," starring the Radio Squad. "Ark of the Ancients," starring Aquaman, script by Joseph Greene, art by Louis Cazeneuve; In flashback, the scientist Milo saves the people of Atlantis by building a giant bell-jar in which they can live underwater; When the Atlanteans venture to the surface for a visit they are captured by three criminals. "The Luck of Jabez Riker," starring Johnny Quick, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton Jr.), inks by Cliff Young. "Crimes That Bloom in Spring, Tra La," starring the Spectre, art by Bernard Baily; Gangster Bullfrog Ames retires to the country to grow flowers... evil flowers. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Jan. 1943. Cover of Ann Sheridan and Jack Benny. Movie magazine featuring Rita Hayworth, Jimmy Cagney, Errol Flynn, Mickey Rooney, Katherine Hepburn, Ida Lupino, Gary Cooper, Veronica Lake and many more. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 106 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $854.95 or Best Offer View scans Restored: C5 Paper: Brittle Restoration includes: pieces added, glue to interior. Label #3949965012 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Irv Novick. The Trail of the Walking Corpse starring Shield, art by Irv Novick. The Raven starring Hangman, art by Bob Fujitani. Man Without a Country starring Captain Commando, art by Irv Novick. Danny In Wonderland story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Red Holmdale. Sergeant Boyle story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Carl Hubbell. Archie story, script and art by Bob Montana. The Case of Devil's Rock starring Bentley of Scotland Yard, art by Paul Reinman. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.