Comic books February 1943

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Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $49.00 View scans Cover loose at single center staple. Water damage. Interior tearing. Tape on interior cover and pages. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Volume 5, Issue 3 - February, 1943. 8.5" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

February 28, 1943. This page of the comic section of the Sunday Times, "Chicago's Picture Newspaper," features a full-page Superman comic strip (credited to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster). Strip # 174. Clark Kent and Lois Lane kidnapped in Hollywood! (The Squirrel Cage on the other side of the page.) 9.25 in. x 13.5 in.; color. Cover price $0.05.

Cover by Chester Gould. Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Jim Chambers, Bob Jenney, Martin Branner, Ken Ernst, Al Posen, George Clark and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Stratosphere Jim and His Flying Fortress help a Chinese intelligence agent against the Axis. Captured by Axis soldiers, Magic Morro is challenged to a duel by an officer. Clyde Beatty is rehearsing the elephant act when he discovers someone is trying to provoke the elephant to attack. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Magic Morro; Nailed; Stratosphere Jim and His Flying Fortress; Winnie Winkle; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Jim Ellis; Sweeney & Son; Clyde Beatty; The Ripples. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $72.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart Good $48.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 4, Issue 3 - February, 1943. Cover by Virgil Finlay. "The Persecutors" by Cleve Cartmill, "Sunward Flight" by Arthur Leo Zagat, and "The Fear Planet" by Robert Bloch. Other stories by Ross Rocklynne, William Morrison, Frank Belknap Long, and Harry Walton. Illustrations by Dolgov, Knight, Lawrence, Morey, Paul. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., text with illos. 146 newsprint pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Canadian Edition. February, 1943. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

#3 in a series of 90. Superman-Tim is a boys' clothing catalog, activity book, and comic book all rolled into one, featuring Superman illustrations throughout. All issues are 16 pages unless a Superman story is inserted (bringing page count to 24 or 36 pages). Every issue encourages boys not to be a "Whoo-Shoo" -- a boy who reads "Superman-Tim" but doesn't buy clothes from the Superman-Tim Store. Copyright 1943 by National Comics Pub., Inc., under license to Tim Promotions, Inc. B&W with a single color, 5 1/2 in. x 8 in.

Cover art by Art Gates. The Hermit of Daunton Swamps starring Kit Carter, art by John Jordan. Gulliver's Travels [Part 3]--Fantastic Feature Films, art by Harold DeLay. Sizzling Lead starring Al T. Tude, script and art by Art Gates. Bull's-Eye Bill story. Don't Print That text story by Ray Gill; a fictional story about the comic book industry. Dan'l Flannel story, art by Edward Ryan. The Target and the Targeteers story, pencils by Sid Greene, inks by Edward Ryan. Speck, Spot, and Sis, script and art by Alonzo Vincent. Pete Stockbridge story. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Theatre Arts Monthly (February, 1943). 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. Includes: Ray Bolger, Radio at War, Lewis Milestone, Three Sisters and a War, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in., printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Jack Binder. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Max Plaisted, August Froehlich, Charles S. Strong, Maurice Gutwirth, Al Camy, Kelvin McKay, and Ed Moritz. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sam Cherry. Novelet "The Blood of Pioneers" by Allan K. Echols, novelet "Cross Brand in Hearts" by Lawrence Donovan, novelet "Burned Prairies" by Marian O'Hearn, short story "Tenderfoot Heaven" by Joe Archibald, short story "Two-Bit Rancher" by Charles N. Heckelmann, short story "Feudin's Finished" by Ben T. Young, short story "The Six-Gun Song" by Jean Francis Webb, short story "Spring Lasts Forever" by Mona Farnsworth; 130 pages, B&W, pulp stories with a few illustrations, 6-in. x 9 1/2-in Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $32.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $13.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart Good $13.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
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Feb 1943. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Manly Wade Wellman, Ray Cummings, Kelvon Kent, N.J. Westwood, Ray Bradbury, and Robert Arthur. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

February 1, 1943. Weekly news magazine. 8.5" x 11", 92 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Fred Methot, Reg Greenwood, Hal Forrest, Bernard Dibble, Ed Dodd and John Hix. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 7 #10. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. The Mirror Man helps a POW escape a Nazi prison camp, in a pre-Code story that contains scenes of torture. Fritzi Ritz and her model friends faint strategically at the sight of a mouse, in a strip that showcases Ernie Bushmiller's good-girl art. Looy and Dilbury discover the dark side of small-town politics after they are framed by Old Man Glutz. 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; Funny Side Up!; Strange as It Seems; Back Home Again. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Red Holmdale. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Don Dean, Sam Cooper, Don Dean, Carl Hubbell, Vivian Lipman, Red Holmdale, Ed Groggin, and Bill Woggon. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Tales of aerial adventure in the tradition of nonfiction comics vehicle True Comics. Despite the title, not actually digest-sized. Joe Crosson becomes one of the first bush pilots in Alaska; A comics biography of Alma Heflin, the first female test pilot; Canadian World War I air ace "Billy" Bishop. Build the Sky Fighter; Chennault and His Flying Tigers; Danger in the Arctic; Billy Bishop, Canadian Air Ace; Knight of the Air Mail; Army Air Chief; Wings Over the Andes; First Woman Test-Pilot, Alma Heflin; Unsung Heroes; Exploring From the Air; They'll Fly Again! Final issue under this title; the series continued as True Aviation Picture Stories (1943) #3. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by George J. Hecht, David S. Muzzey, and Natalie Purvin Prager. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. The fourth part of the history of America covers the first half of the 19th century; The use of gliders in warfare; Victoria Drummond, Britain's first woman marine engineer, saves a ship during WWII and becomes a war hero. It's Your World; Timoshenko Russian "Blitz-Buster"; Jalopy Jockeys; War Gliders!; The Tin Can That Made Headlines; Canadian U-Boat Hunter; The Doctor Who Came Back; The Ship With a Fighting Heart; Is It True?; True's Movie Guide; The Poll of Junior Opinion; Growing Pains, 1815-1850; The Lady is an Engineer; How the Army Mule Got the Navy's Goat; Truly Comic!; How Good is Your Memory? 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Lil Abner Cream of Wheat ad by Al Capp. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 122 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 39, Issue 5 - February, 1943. 8.5" x 11.5", 114 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.

Add to cart Good $16.00 View scans Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 30%.

6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Add to cart GD- 1.8 $54.00 View scans 4" Cumulative spine split. Cover and centerfold detached at one staple, loose at second. Internal activity completed in pencil. Oxidation.

68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 48, Issue 2 - February 1943. "A Magazine for Boys and Girls." Stories, poems, and activities designed for kids. 7-in. x 10-in., 36 pages, PC,PB&W Cover price $0.15.

Volume 18, Issue 3 - February, 1943. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Western novels "Hot-Lead Homestead" by Walker Tompkins and "Gun Wolves of the Gold Coast" by Ed Moore. Novelettes "Beef Bound for Boothill" by Norman A. Fox, "Three Days of Law" by Eli Colter, and "Montana Buckaroo" by Lee Bond. Plus shorts by Ed Earl Repp, Gunnison Steele, James P. Webb, and Hapsburg Liebe. Interior illustrations by Nicholas Eggenhofer. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in. 162 Pages B&W Color Cover Cover price $0.15.

Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. Written by Otto Binder, Henry Lynne Perkins and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Louis Cazeneuve, Clem Weisbecker, Bob Hebberd and unknown. Captain Marvel and the Three Lieutenant Marvels are featured in "The Earth's Four Corners" with art by C.C. Beck. Plus: Golden Arrow in "Marriage Lottery" with art by Louis Cazeneuve; Spy Smasher in "The Nazis' Secret Weapon" with story by Otto Binder; 2-page text story "Fightin' Wildcat" by Carl Formes; Lance O'Casey in "The Phantom Sub" with art by Clem Weisbecker; Skipper McGee in "The Fighting Fogs"; and Ibis the Invincible in "The Adventure of the Living Paintings" with plot by Henry Lynne Perkins and art by Bob Hebberd. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Gene Fawcette. Edited by Larabie Cunningham and Gene Fawcette. Stories and art by George Appel, Bob Lubbers, Joe Doolin, Gene Fawcette, Saul Rosen, Art Saaf and Al Walker. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Nazi spies steal a plane design, unaware it was dreamed up by Greasemonkey Griffin; The Skull Squad tests a flying fortress against an experimental Nazi super-bomber; Agent Jane Martin tries to convince a captured Nazi air ace that he's in a German hospital so he'll spill his secrets. Also featuring model airplane tips and aircraft drawings submitted by readers. Skull Squad; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Captain Wings; Suicide Smith; Wing Tips; Crash Dive for the Jackpot; Graveyard Flight; Yank Aces of World War II; Greasemonkey Griffin. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.