Comic books January 1943

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $649.95 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Label #4385575006 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby. Santa Fronts for the Mob, script and pencils by Jack Kirby; A gang of crooks talk a dim-witted professional wrestler into playing Santa Claus at a local department store as a front for the commission of crimes. Hitch a Wagon to The Stars?, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mort Meskin [as Morton Jr.], inks by George Roussos. The Sorcerer's Apprentice starring The Shining Knight, art by Louis Cazeneuve. Did I Ever See a Dream Walking? starring Genius Jones, script by Alfred Bester, art by Stan Kaye. The Animal Murders starring Manhunter, art by Pierce Rice. The High-Powered Hoods starring Hourman and Thorndyke, art by Bernard Baily. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $1,139.95 or Best Offer View scans Mold. INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, affects Sub-Mariner story. Wormholes in margin, cover detached, staple rust/migration, odor. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart PR 0.5 $1,499.95 or Best Offer View scans Trimmed INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing (affects Sub-Mariner story). TRIMMED. Cover and 2 wraps detached. Water damage. Oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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 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.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $73.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to off white

Add to cart Very Good $24.00 View scans Paper: Slightly britle Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $9.30 View scans Paper: Slightly britle Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

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.

Add to cart Fine $22.00 View scans Only one staple (manufacturing). Staple rust. Spine roll. Creasing. Denting. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling.

Add to cart Fine $22.00 View scans Only one staple (manufacturing). Spine stress. Corner Damage. Denting.

Add to cart Very Good $17.00 View scans

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $499.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4610338010 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

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.

Add to cart Good $32.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Light tan Water damage: Moderate.

The Black Bat in "The Seventh Column" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "The Chinese Box" by C.K.M. Scanlon; "The Color or Murder" by Samuel J. Bailey; and "Air Raid" by Ray Cummings. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $299.95 or Best Offer View scans CGC Qualified Paper: Off white to white Centerfold Missing, Affects Story. Incomplete Label #2040478009 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart PR 0.5 $149.95 or Best Offer View scan Trimmed INCOMPLETE. Full length spine split with back cover and first wrap missing. Reproduction back cover and first wrap taped in place. TRIMMED. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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 $16.00 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 $4,500.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Very Minor Amount Oof Glue on Cover. Very Minor Amount of Color Touch on Cover. Tape on Interior Label #1216695005 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

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 GD+ 2.5 $450.00 or Best Offer View scans Cover detached at single center staple. Tape. Includes Winters Collection certificate of authenticity. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories by Otto Binder and Joe Millard. Art by Al Carreno and Sheldon Moldoff. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel Jr.'s old foe Captain Nazi is stymied by the Boys of America. The Nazi Pied Piper from the previous issue returns. Captain Marvel Jr. meets the real Paul Bunyan, and learns the truth about the old legends. Plus a PSA for War Stamps and Bonds featuring six Fawcett superheroes, including Captain Marvel. The Return of the Pied Piper of Himmler; Case of the Terrible Teeth; The Trolls; The Mysterious Code; Captain Marvel Jr.; The Stars of the Comics Can Bang the Axis. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $11.00 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 $999.00 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.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $1,099.00 View scans Paper: Off white Piece Missing From Page 31 and 32. Label #4496350020 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

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.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $9.00 View scans

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 $17.00 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.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $2.50 View scans

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

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $2.50 View scans

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

Add to cart FR 1.0 $399.95 or Best Offer View scans 8" cumulative spine split. Cover and 2 center wraps detached. Water damage. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart Coverless $49.95 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing (missing 11 story pages), interrupts art and story. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories by unknown. Art by Kin Platt, Bob Oksner, Max Plaisted, Maurice Gutwirth and unknown. In this issue: untitled The Black Terror story; untitled American Eagle story with art by Kin Platt; untitled The Liberator story; Pepper Swift in "The Underground Sabotage" with art by Bob Oksner; untitled Larry North, U.S.N. story with art by Max Plaisted; and untitled Sergeant Bill King story with art by Maurice Gutwirth. Plus: 1-page text stories "A Bomb for Berlin" (by Charles S. Strong; credited as Kelvin McKay) and "Range Detective" (by Tex Mumford - a house name). Also: untitled Goofie's Gadgets 3-pager (by Art Gates). 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 Spine split 10%.	Add to cart Very Good $4.00 View scans	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $3.00 View scans
Add to cart VG- 3.5 $3.00 View scans

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 $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $23.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $12.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $12.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Back cover detached 5%.

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 $89.95 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 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 FN/VF 7.0 $19.00 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.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $149.95 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. Page missing (affects Fantomah story). Interior tearing. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $5.00 Water damage and centerfold detached.

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.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $27.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.

Vol. 38, No. 1 - January 1943. 6.75" x 9.75", 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Fine $36.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 5%.

Vol. 182, No. 4 - January 9, 1943. 6.5" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $50.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 40%.

Vol. 182, No. 6 - January, 1943. 6.5" x 9.25", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $2,400.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4358008001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart Coverless $199.95 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Missing first wrap and centerfold, affects Human Torch, Jimmy Jupiter, Patriot, and Angel stories. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $350.00 View scans Only one staple (manufacturing). Cover detached. Cover oxidation.

Cover art by Mac Raboy. The Case of the Jolly Roger, script by Otto Binder, art by Mac Raboy; Captain Marvel, Jr. vs. Jolly Roger. Professor D.; Bulletman vs. Professor D. Small Change Searches For a Blond, script and art by Al Capp; one-page war bond feature. Minute Man Goes To Ireland, art by Phil Bard; Minute Man battles Scarface Ludwig. Hoodoo Hannigan: Ch. 7: Blown To Glory text story by Joseph J. Millard. The Passenger Is Death, art by Bert Whitman. The Vanishing Train starring Hopalong Cassidy, art by Ralph Carlson; A train with gold and armed guards simply vanishes into thin air. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $1,050.00 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 $189.95 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.

Add to cart Very Fine $18.00 View scans

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 GD+ 2.5 $12.50 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 5, No. 2 - January 1943. 6.75" x 9.75", 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $31.00 View scans

Vol. 1 #3 - Jan. 1943. Single panel cartoons and pinups. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 30 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $12.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Monthly magazine that featured abridgements of best-selling books. 8.5" x 11", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.