Comic books August 1943

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Japanese war cover by Jack Burnley. When Stars Collide starring Superman, script by Don Cameron (signed as Jerry Siegel), art by Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster). Dummy, Dummy & Dummy, Inc. starring The Vigilante, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton Jr.). Leatherneck Luck starring Three Aces (last appearance), script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Louis Cazeneuve. A Right in der Fuehrer's Face starring Americommando, script by Joseph Greene, art by Bernard Baily. The Curse of Catellaria starring Congo Bill, art by John Daly. The Pirate of Pleasure starring Zatara, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Joseph Sulman. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $30.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

August 1943. Cover by Robert Fuqua. Stories by Frank Patton, Francis Wilson Powell, Henry Norton, Craig Ellis, William DeLisle, Lee Francis, and Leroy Yerxa. Illustrations by A.K. Bilder, Julian, Malcolm Smith, Ned Hadley, Hadden, H.W. McCauley, and Joe Sewell. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 208 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 31, Issue 6 - August, 1943. Cover by William Timmins. "Judgment Night" part 1 of 2 by C. L. Moore. Other science fiction stories by Fritz Lieber, Anthony Boucher, Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore (as Lewis Padgett), A. E. van Vogt, & Malcolm Jameson. Interior illustrations by A. Williams, Frank Kramer, Kolliker, & Hall. Trimmed pulp, 6.5" x 9.5", 164 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ham Fisher, Kermit Jadiker and Charles Zerner (credited as Paine), Elmer Wexler, Art Huhta, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Sparky Watts meets Corporal Treetop, another wacky Boody Rogers character, who is so tall, his head never appears in panel. Treetop is strong enough to pick up Sparky, but Sparky is strong enough to pick up Treetop while he's still holding up Sparky. Unemployed detective Dinky Dinkerton seeks a crime to solve, in a strip with wacky art (by Art Huhta) along the lines of Toonerville Trolley and Basil Wolverton. Vic Jordan and Adrienne work with the French Resistance to help British airmen escape Nazi-held Europe. Vic Jordan; All in a Lifetime; Sparky Watts; Trouble for Tojo; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dinky Dinkerton; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman; V for Valor. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

Add to cart Very Good $45.00 View scans Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

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Volume 77, Issue 4 - August, 1943. 8" x 11", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dick Wood, Bob Wood, Sam Burlockoff, Dick Briefer, Norman Maurer and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. Iron Jaw cops an insanity plea, and falls in love with a woman who has sworn to kill him to avenge her brother. Swoop Storm's latest invention protects pilots from the g-forces of extreme flight. Yankee Longago visits Rembrandt in the past to stop a Nazi spy in the present, featuring art by Dick Briefer. Crimebuster: Iron Jaw Falls In Love; Young Robin Hood: The Killer's Brothers; Boy Comics Hero of the Month; Daredevil: On the Other Hand; Swoop Storm; Little Dynamite; Yankee Longago. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Part text articles, part comics. Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Al Liederman and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Al Liederman and unknown. After Billy escapes the ice trap, Captain Marvel tracks Mr. Mind to his secret moon base. The villain confronts Cap in several different forms (including his true appearance as a worm) but he escapes before Cap figures out which one was the true Mr. Mind in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 5: Marvel Meets Mr. Mind!" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Plus: Billy visits Seattle, where Captain Marvel foils a plot to sabotage a war bond rally by taking the place of all the incapacitated performers in "Sabotage in Seattle!" with story by Otto Binder. Also: When the Switch brothers invent a way to change one's size, D.C. becomes a giant and decides to use his new size for criminal purposes while A.C. helps Captain Marvel to defeat his brother in "The Plundering Giant!" And: Billy is surprised when he meets his cousin Willard, who tells him that some crooks tried to swindle him when he arrived in town. Captain Marvel helps Willard stop the crooks, but it turns out that Willard isn't related to Billy after all in "His Country Cousin"! Also in this issue: Captain Kid..."Lights Up the Black Market!" by Al Liederman. And: 2-page text story "Sharks Below" by Ray Tender. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Jack Keller. The Day of the Maya featuring Captain Midnight. Death Can Be Cheated text story with Red Skye. The Water Fuel; Captain Albright is sent to New Guinea on a trouble-shooting mission for the government, and discovers that there is a fuel shortage in the area to supply our troops. Meets the Worlds Worst Public Enemies!; When Captain Albright reads of the three Axis leaders having a meeting at Rhine Castle to discuss war strategy, he decides to "drop in" on the meeting as well as trying out his new aircraft carrier invention, the rotating extension deck. Untitled Johnny Blair, in the Air story. The Polar Peril starring Captain Midnight. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $57.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 36, Issue 4 - August, 1943. 6.75" x 9", 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.

Add to cart Very Good $72.00 View scans Only one staple (manufacturing). Staple rust. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Water damage.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - August, 1943. Cover by Merlin. Men's interest magazine featuring pin-up style pictorials with humorous captioning. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, tinted B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $41.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart Very Good $33.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart Very Good $39.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Good $22.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
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"You Can't Kid Lefty Feep" novelette by Robert Bloch.

Volume 5, Issue 8 - August 1943. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Chariots of Death" by Don Wilcox, and "The Star Shepherd" by William Brengle. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 212 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Edited by Claude Lapham and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Rafael Astarita, Nick Cardy, Ruben Moreira, Lee Elias, Robert Webb 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. Senorita Rio takes on Axis agents and corrupt military officials in Chile; The true story of the American paratroopers in Nazi-held Africa dubbed the Suicide Squad (no relation to the later DC super-team); Detective-turned-Marine Hooks Devlin encounters a curvy double agent in Hawaii. Upside-down nurse propeller bondage elements on the cover, which is different, to say the least. Shark Brodie; Dusty Rhodes; Senorita Rio; Rip Carson; Suicide Squad; Escape From Tyranny; Kayo Kirby; Hooks Devlin. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Flash stars in "The Liar's Club," written by Gardner Fox, art by Lou Ferstadt. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "The Demented Dictator" by Ted Udall and Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "The Subway Chase" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; The Whip in "The Curse of the Alvarados" with art by Homer Fleming; "Puritan Perils" by Ed Wheelan; Fat and Slat humor page by Wheelan; and Hawkman in "The Haunted Man" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff. Cover art by Ferstadt. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $37.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $35.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $32.00 View scans	Add to cart Very Good $32.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
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Bedsheet format; Flag/buy war bonds cover** Cover price $0.15.

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Illustrated text pieces. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $27.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. 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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August 9, 1943. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: women steel workers; kitchens of tomorrow; Lucille Ball; Army's Negro division; adventure in Sicily; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 100 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $90.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

August 16, 1943. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: How Strong is Japan?; Andrew Jackson Higgins; P-38; Paris and New York fashion; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 120 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $24.00 View scans Only one staple (manufacturing). Cover loose at one staple. 2" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $150.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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Add to cart Very Good $19.00 View scans Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Vol. 15, No. 112. August 1943. Cover of Ingrid Bergman and Gary Cooper from "For Whom the Bell Tolls". Movie magazine that showcases current films with story versions and photos from the productions. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Harry Sahle. Ad for Shield G-Man Club. "Monstro's Holiday" starring The Shield And Dusty The Boy Detective, art by Irv Novick; Monstro does not want to go back home. "Home Is Where the Hangman Isn't," art by The Hangman; The Professor is working on a book about criminals. "Long Distance Murder" text story. Untitled story starring Captain Commando And The Boy Soldiers, Nero, Adolf Hitler, and Colonel Bradley, art by Irv Novick. Untitled story, script by Ed Goggin (as Groggin), art by Harry Sahle; Archie causes chaos when he signs up for the basketball team. Untitled story, art by Dave Higgins; Li'l Chief Bugaboo tries to teach Fido to act like a dog. Untitled story starring Catfish Joe and Prof. Otto K. Balderdash, script and art by Larry Harris. Untitled story, art by Gil Kane (as Stak til); Bentley of Scotland Yard versus Fred King. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 41 - August 6, 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 Good $13.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Vintage photo magazine featuring Reader submitted photographs, and pictorials focusing on Sports, Celebrities, Controversies, and Fashions of the time. 10-in. x 13 1/2-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $47.00 View scans One wrap misaligned (printing). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Bill Holman, Frank King, Zack Mosley, Boody Rogers, Elliott Caplin, Jay McArdle, Cliff Sterrett, Jimmy Murphy, George Swanson, Paul Robinson and Gus Edson. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Smilin' Jack learns about Madam Mongoose's pilot-training program for criminals. The gung-ho tale of a Marine's life during WWII, from basic training to raiding a South Pacific island. After rescuing an ailing boy from a slum tenement, Dr. Bobbs learns that the wealthy owner of his hospital also owns the tenement. Also featuring popular strips Smokey Stover and Gasoline Alley. The Gumps; Smilin' Jack; Terry and the Pirates; Toots and Casper; Polly and Her Pals; Spooky; Dr. Bobbs; The Making of a Marine!; Elza Poppin; Etta Kett; Smokey Stover; Gasoline Alley; Gang Busters; Rendezvous with Freedom. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $11.00 View scans Paper: White Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

August 1943. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Includes: "Tricks of the Snipers" techniques used by military snipers. 6.75" x 9.5". 208 pages. PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Water damage: Slight.

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Volume 143, Issue 2 - August 1943. Featured article on "Super Airport for Tomorrow's Busy Skyways", and "How Our Plane Carriers Have Met the Test of Global War!" Also includes articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 224 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

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Untitled stories starring Black Owl (art by Jack Binder), Ted O'Neil, Frankenstein (Script and art by Dick Briefer), Green Lama (script by Ken Crossen), Dr. Frost (art by Maurice Gutwirth), Yank and Doodle (art by Maurice Gutwirth), General and the Corporal (script and art by Ken Browne), and Buck Sanders (art by Munson Paddock). $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 205, No. 5347. August 4, 1943. Punch is a British weekly magazine of humor and satire that ran from 1841-1992. Renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, and introduced the term ' Cartoon '. 8.75" x 11.25". 32 pages. Black and white.

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Vol. 205, No. 5349. August 18, 1943. Punch is a British weekly magazine of humor and satire that ran from 1841-1992. Renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, and introduced the term ' Cartoon '. 8.75" x 11.25". 32 pages. Black and white.

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Vol. 205, No. 5350. August 25, 1943. Punch is a British weekly magazine of humor and satire that ran from 1841-1992. Renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, and introduced the term ' Cartoon '. 8.75" x 11.25". 32 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00 View scans Paper: Off white Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Good $2.50 View scans Paper: Off white Staple rust. 1" Spine split from top of book. 1" Spine split from base of book. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 34, Issue 3 - August, 1943. 6.5" x 9.5", 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Add to cart PR 0.5 $300.00 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing. Interrupts art and story. Center wrap detached at only staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Art Saaf. Edited by Jean M. Press. Stories and art by Art Saaf, Jean Levander, Graham Ingels, Saul Rosen and Lee Elias. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Professor Broussard and crew seek The Dungeon Dweller of Horror House; Early good-girl art as Glory goes undercover in a shipyard to find a saboteur; The Commando Rangers are aided by a saint from antiquity while taking refuge in an old church. Cover by Art Saaf hints at the good-girl art to come in future issues. U.S. Rangers; Glory Forbes Vigilante; The Werewolf Hunter; Commando Rangers; The Sea Devil; Two-Faced Traitor; Private Elmer Pippin and the Colonel's Daughter; The Phantom Falcons. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.