Comic books June 1943

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $450.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white The DC Universe Collection. Label #4441049006 Discounted from $500.00.

Cover art by Irwin Hasen. Deep in the Heart of Crime starring Green Lantern, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Harry Tschida; The filming of a motion picture depicting the glory of the Old West is fraught with unusual accidents that arouse the curiosity of the Green Gladiator. The Atom Is Dead, script by Ted Udall, art by Joe Gallagher. Furlough starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. The Beggar King starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by Charles Reizenstein, art by Stan Aschmeier. Scribbly Gets Promoted starring Scribbly and the Red Tornado, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. Crime Keeps a Filing System starring Sargon the Sorcerer, script by John B. Wentworth, art by Howard Purcell. The Laziest Man in the World starring Red, White and Blue, script by Ted Udall, art by Joe Gallagher. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $9.90 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Discounted from $11.00.

June, 1943. Cover by Hadden. Stories by Gilbert Rae Sonbergh, Robert Moore Williams, Festus Pragnell, P.F. Costello, Bob Courtney, Don Wilcox, Emil Petaja, and Edwin Benson. Illustrations by Hadden, Rod Ruth, Magarian, H.W. McCauley, Julian S. Krupa, Robert Fuqua, and Joe Sewell. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 208 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $36.90 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $41.00.

June, 1943. Cover by Malvin Singer. Stories by Tom W. Blackburn "City of Silver and Steel", E. Hoffmann Price "Opium Clipper", Leslie T. White "Undersea Assignment", Joel Reeve "Knockout Drops", William Chamberlain "The Strategy of Private Kew", Wyatt Blassingame "The Tampa Trail", Jack Bechdolt "Wings Over New York", Tom Roan "The Pirate from Virginia", George Surdez "Forever Glory" (Part 2 of 4), C. L. Moore and Hentry Kuttner "Earth's Last Citadel" (Part 3 of 4). 8" x 11 1/4"; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Good $2.25 View scans Paper: Cream to off white 4" Spine split from base of book. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage. Discounted from $2.50.

Add to cart Good $36.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate. Discounted from $40.00.

Add to cart Poor $8.10 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate. Discounted from $9.00.

June, 1943. Volume 31, Issue 4. Cover by William Timmins. "The World is Mine" by Henry Kuttner (as Lewis Padgett) and "Gather, Darkness!" part 2 of 3 by Fritz Lieber. Other science fiction stories by Anthony Boucher, E. Mayne Hull, Lester Del Rey, & George O. Smith. Interior illustrations by A. Williams, Kolliker, Paul Orban, Elton Fax, & Frank Kramer. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.25-in.; black and white; 162 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $54.95 or Best Offer View scan 1.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover and centerfold detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ham Fisher, Kermit Jadiker and Charles Zerner (credited as Paine), Elmer Wexler, Art Huhta, Frank Beck, Frank Tinsley, Mart Bailey, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, and Ogden Whitney. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Sparky Watts' pal Yoo Hoo invents a "dark" bulb that creates darkness when it's turned on. Joe Palooka struggles to survive in the Everglades after a plane crash. In the final chapter of the Hawk saga, Charlie Chan and Laddie are captured by the ruthless villain known as the Hawk, but Laddie has hidden his father's confession that identifies the Hawk. Vic Jordan; Skyman; Sparky Watts; Somewhere in Africa; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dinky Dinkerton; Dixie Dugan; The Face. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $15.30 View scans Staple rust. 3" Spine split from base of book. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage. Discounted from $17.00.

Volume 77, Issue 2 - June, 1943. 8.5" x 11", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Coverless $80.00 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. 2 centerfold wraps missing, interrupts art and story. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Al Gabrielle. Stories and art by Frank Borth, George Mandel, Jay Diger, Nathaniel Nitkin, Dennis Neville, Jack Warren and Don Rico. There was no issue #4; this issue features reprints of Captain Battle (1941) 1st Series #1. WWI veteran John Battle uses his advanced tech to battle fascism in WWII Europe. Undercover Man uses his talent for disguise to track and capture criminals. A lab accident transforms Yugoslavian scientist Basil Brusilof into the superhero Blackout. Captain Battle Conquers the Nazi Terror; Savior of Chungking; The League of Hooded Men; Drums Over Africa; Undercover Man; Gunner and Gupey; Avenger of the War Victims. Final issue of the series. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $150.00 View scan Restored (see item notes) INCOMPLETE. Missing half of back cover (Comix Cards), does not interrupt art or story. RESTORATION. Staple replaced. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Add to cart PR 0.5 $40.00 View scan INCOMPLETE. Centerfold and piece of back cover missing, interrupts art and story. 3.5" Spine split from bottom. Center wrap detached at original single staple. Staples added (not manufacturing). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Al Liederman and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Al Liederman and unknown. Captain Marvel travels to Hawaii, where Nippo has disguised himself as an American general so that he can clear the way for another Japanese attack. The general's daughter helps Captain Marvel rescue her father and Nippo is defeated. The magic of the black pearls shows Cap Mr. Mind's next plot, which will be engineered by Dr. Sivana. Don't miss..."The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 3: The Second Pearl Harbor" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Captain Marvel also stars in: "The Minneapolis Mystery!"; "The Curse of Zogi"; and "The American Lord Haw-Haw" with story by Otto Binder. Plus: Captain Marvel in the 1-page public service announcement "Wake Up! Billy Batson Says...It's Time to Get Fightin' Mad!" Also in this issue: Captain Kid..."Rolls Out in a Barrel" by Al Liederman. And: 2-page text story "They Can't Lick Us" with script by John Broome (Ron Broom). 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $7.83 Cover and outer three wraps detached. Discounted from $8.70.

Volume 15, Issue 1 - June 1943. Features creative stories, poems, rebuses, recipes, activities, crafts, science experiments, and health articles for children. 6-in. x 9-in. 52 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $145.00 or Best Offer View scans 1/2" spine split from bottom. Oxidation. Interior tearing with minor impact to Washington Irving text story. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Rip Van Winkle, 1st Printing, Classics Comics. (HRN 11, 6/43). Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $149.95 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. First wrap missing, interrupts art and story. Cover detached. Large cover tear. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Dan Barry. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Alan Mandel, Tony DiPreta, and John Cassone. Forgotten superheroes from the Golden Age of comics, featuring early work by Dan Barry and other comics legends. Zippo, Nightmare and Sleepy were all listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Hitler orders scientists to create a Nazi robot tyrannosaur to battle the Giant and the Boy King. Nightmare and Sleepy battle a villain whose skill is making ultra-realistic silhouettes in a short time. Micro-Face becomes caught up in the deadly hunt for the cursed gem called the Fire of Kenya. The Boy King and the Giant; Nightmare and Sleepy: The Silhouettes of Death!!; Stupid Manny; Micro-Face; The Blind Detective; Zippo; Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers; Twilight. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $399.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4391056018 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Frank Harry. The Invisible Invader starring Wonder Woman, script by William Moulton Marston [signed as Charles Moulton], art by Harry G. Peter. Mutt and Jeff strips, scripts and art by Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]. The Guy Who Liked Bananas starring The King, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Harry Lampert. Master Sgt. Meyer Levin, Bombardier and Hero starring Meyer Levin, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. A Little Savage Revenge starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. The Man Most Like to Succeed starring Sargon the Sorcerer, script by John B. Wentworth, art by Sheldon Moldoff. The Minute Man Answers the Call, script by M.C. Gaines, art by Sheldon Moldoff. The Bushmaster starring Green Lantern, script by Bill Finger, art by Stan Aschmeier [signed as Mart Nodell]. Balboa--Picture Stories from History, art by Sheldon Moldoff. The Laws of Pumpkin Center starring The Flash, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Lou Ferstadt [signed as E. E. Hibbard]. 92 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $10.80 View scans Paper: Cream Discounted from $12.00.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $42.30 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $47.00.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $6.30 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $7.00.

Volume 36, Issue 2 - June, 1943. 7" x 10", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $422.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4438054020 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Al Bryant. Luckiest Man In the World starring Doll Man. The Little Green Men; Doll Man faces a scientist who has created mute Little Green Men by shrinking people, for whom Doll Man shows no mercy. The Tiny Terrors starring Doll Man. The Playboy Inventor starring The Dragon, script and art by Fred Guardineer. Wobble-Foot starring Doll Man. The Monster Man ad starring Captain Tootsie. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $2.70 View scans Discounted from $3.00.

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

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $94.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $105.00.

Volume 5, Issue 6 - June, 1943. Cover by Harold W. McCauley. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Genie of Bagdad" by William P. McGivern, and "Lost Legions of Carthage" by Leroy Yerxa. Softcover Pulp, 6.75" x 9.75", 212 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $40.00 View scan Water damage and interior pencil markings. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and Bill Brady. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Hoppy battles a giant who has taken Millie prisoner. Monkey detective Sherlock Monk seeks a stolen camera prototype that can acquire anything it takes a picture of. Sheriff Oscar is hypnotized into releasing the Rattler from the Cactus County Jail, and Billy the Kid must recapture him. Plus a Reddy Dough story promoting War Bonds and Stamps, fundraising efforts for WWII. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Gremmy the Gremlin; Pencil Pranks; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Puzzle Prank-Sherlock's Mysterious Maze!; Uncle Don: "Anticipators" another Willipus-Wallipus, Jr. story!; Reddy Dough; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Willie the Worm and Sammy. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $225.00 or Best Offer View scan Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Centerfold detached. Brittle cover. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Mike'sRack

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Edited by Claude Lapham and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Rafael Astarita, Nick Cardy, Richard Case, Dan Zolnerowich, John Cassone and Art Peddy, plus a cartoon page featuring Gene Cherry, Alex Blum and George Tuska. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Senorita Rio tries to prevent a Nazi attack on Rio de Janeiro's Carnival celebration; The true story of boxer Barney Ross and his heroics during the Battle of Guadalcanal; Readers in the military submit their own cartoons and cheesecake drawings (including a dig at superhero comics fans). Shark Brodie; Dusty Rhodes; Senorita Rio; Rip Carson; Golden Rubber; Marine Champ Barney Ross Vs. the Tokyo Terror; Kayo Kirby; Chip Collins; Hooks Devlin. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $690.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #2040979004 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Three untitled Fighting Yank stories. Back-up stories: "Meet the Colonel" and Jimmy Cole. Alex Schomburg cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $6.30 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Discounted from $7.00.

Volume 63, Issue 1 - April-June, 1943. 6.5" x 9", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Add to cart Good $3.78 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Moderate. Discounted from $4.20.

Volume 44 Issue #3 - June 1943. Fiction, model-making articles, schematics, cartoons and factual essays make up every issue of Flying Aces. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Interior art by Warren Kremer. "Jappy Landing" by Joe Archibald is the sole fiction offering while articles and pictorials on the war effort are featured. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in, 74 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Good $16.20 View scans Spine split 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Discounted from $18.00.

Vol. 2 #5 - June 1943. Classic Men's humor magazine chock full of jokes, one liners, and single panel gag illustrations. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Good $6.30 Discounted from $7.00.

Volume 7 #10 - June 1943. The Conjuror's Magazine. Magic articles, demonstrations and news. 7 3/4-in. x 10 3/4-in., 32 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.30.

Add to cart Very Good $69.30 View scans Discounted from $77.00.

Add to cart Fair $23.40 View scans 8" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Centerfold detached. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling. Discounted from $26.00.

First Issue. Summer 1943. Cover by Peter Driben. Glamour and pinup magazine. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 66 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $33.30 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $37.00.

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 Fine $26.10 View scans Discounted from $29.00.

Number 2755 - June 1943. Humor and Satire cartoons. 8.5" x 11", 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $1,299.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover coming loose at single center staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

60 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $81.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $90.00.

June 14, 1943. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: high school graduation; literary England; Tunisian campaign; George McNair interview; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 108 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $72.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate. Discounted from $80.00.

June 21, 1943. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Sikorsky's hilicopter; Peter Hurd art; show business at war; wartime living; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 104 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $108.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $120.00.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $28.80 Discounted from $32.00.

June 28, 1943. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: wartime souvenirs; troop train; British raid Burma; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 108 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $7.20 View scans Spine split 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $8.00.

Volume 28, Issue 6 - June, 1943. 8.5" x 11", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Very Good $103.50 View scans Paper: Off white 2" Spine split from base of book. Soiling. Discounted from $115.00.

Add to cart Good $50.40 View scans Paper: Cream Discounted from $56.00.

Volume 41, Issue 3 - June, 1943. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $7.20 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Discounted from $8.00.

The Gold Seal Novel was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Inquirer issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. Between 1934 and 1949, they published almost 400 of these novels.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $11.70 View scan Discounted from $13.00.

Issue 37 - June 11, 1943. Early magic enthusiast fanzine with reader submitted homemade tricks for other readers to try at home complete with step-by-step instructions and illustrations where needed. 8.5" x 11", 4 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fine $10.80 View scan Discounted from $12.00.

Issue 38 - June 25, 1943. Early magic enthusiast fanzine with reader submitted homemade tricks for other readers to try at home complete with step-by-step instructions and illustrations where needed. 8.5" x 11", 4 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.