Comic books February 1944

Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, scripts by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Pete the Tramp strips by Clarence D. Russell. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Family Portraits strips, art by Norman Lynd. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Just Kids strips, art by A.D. Carter. Private Breger Abroad strips by Dave Breger. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye. The Lost-and-Found Mystery starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel), art by Ed Dobrotka (signed as Joe Shuster). The Little Men Who Were There starring Vigilante, script by Joe Samachson, pencils by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton Jr.), inks by Joe Kubert. Kangaroo Capers starring Congo Bill, art by Edwin Smalle. Traitor's Bait starring Americommando, script by Joseph Greene, art by Bernard Baily. East Meets West starring Zatara. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $595.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Pedigree: Cosmic Aeroplane Cosmic Aeroplane. Label #1969442003

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $190.00 View scans Water damage, chew.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $129.95 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. Missing first page and two center wraps, affects art and story. 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 $159.95 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. Heavy interior tearing, interrupts art and story. Interior residue. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Edited by Ed Cronin. Cover by Fred Kida. Stories by Fred Kida, Dan Barry, Tony DiPreta, Gil Kane, Carl G. Hodges, Maurice Del Bourgo, John Cassone, 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.

Vol. 317, No. 3 - February 1944. 8.25" x 11.25", 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

February, 1944.

Add to cart Very Good $37.00 View scans Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 10%.

Add to cart Very Good $41.00 View scans

February, 1944. Volume 33, Issue 6. Cover by William Timmins. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

Cover by Tom DeAngelo. Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Gardner Fox, Ogden Whitney, Kermit Jadiker and Charles Zerner (credited as Paine), Elmer Wexler, 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. General Powers and Senator Smutherline use Sparky Watts as bait to find and capture a Nazi spy ring. Vic Jordan is correct that Lt. Hawks is actually Nazi spy Major Koenig, but the knowledge almost comes too late. The day before the big pet show, Bo the dog chases cats all night long, leaving him in less-than-stellar form for the show. Vic Jordan; Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; All in a Lifetime; The Coastal Plan. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Feb-Nov 1944. This Black Book Detective bound volume collects four complete issues (V18-1, V18-2, V18-3, & V19-1) of the long-running pulp magazine. Due to the binding process, the interior magazines were trimmed, and the top layer of the spines were removed. The grade provided is for the overall condition. For further information on condition, please see our grading notes. Hardbound, 6.75" x 9.75".

Canadian Reprint Cover price $0.15.

Edited by Ned L. Pines. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by Richard Hughes, Morley Burroughs, and Tex Mumford. Action-packed tales featuring such characters as Thunderhoof and the Black Terror, a super strong super-hero. 60 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $570.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #1488641013 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Edited by Ned L. Pines. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by Charles Roberts, Richard Hughes, Tex Mumford, and August Froehlich. Action-packed tales featuring such characters as Thunderhoof and the Black Terror, a super strong super-hero. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $4.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $7.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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

Spider Joe; while on leave from Military Intelligence, Dan helps the Chicago police with a Nazi-related case. Bean Shooter starring Petey and Pop, art by Morris Weiss. Magic Tricks for Young and Old, five pages of activity. The Case of the Escaped Suspect starring Durrand Draw, script by Montgomery Mulford, art by George Tukel. Untitled Ali Baba story, script by Charles Loeb, art by Sid Lazarus. Untitled Drop Towers story, script by Ed Forre, art by Robert Webster. Untitled Boxie Weaver story, script by Ink Higgins, art by Morris Weiss. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $33.00 View scans

Cover by James Wilcox. Stories and art by C. C. Beck, Rod Reed, Ray Gill, John Jordan, George Kapitan, Jim Wilcox, Henry C. Kiefer, Harold DeLay, Jack A. Warren, and Tom Gill. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #43. Former superhero Blue Bolt soars as an aviator hero in WWII. Shot down over Nazi-held Yugoslavia, Blue Bolt joins forces with partisan freedom fighters. Sergeant Spook and Jerry step out of the drawing board to help "Sergeant Spook" artist John Jordan catch the kids who stole his comic-book collection - yet another oddball Sgt. Spook plot. A vintage activity page on how to build a model railroad layout with control tower, and a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Secret Weapon," with art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck. Dick Cole; I Fly For Vengeance, Part Four; Fearless Fellers; Sergeant Spook; Old Cap Hawkins True Tales; Unhappy Landing; Edison Bell; Edison Bell's Central Control Tower Model Railroad Layout; Blue Bolt; Krisko & Jasper; Bluebolts and Nuts. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $780.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Pedigree: Crowley Crowley. Label #2030551001

Add to cart GD 2.0 $159.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover and centerfold detached at single center staple, 3" cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Alan Mandel, Dick Wood, Dick Briefer, Rudy Palais 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. Crimebuster seeks the kidnapped son of an important US military figure and finds his old foe Iron Jaw at the heart of it. Yankee Longago encounters Ponce De Leon and the Fountain of Youth, featuring art by Dick Briefer. Swoop Storm uses his new snow plane to take on Japanese forces invading the US territory of Alaska. Crimebuster; Young Robin Hood; Boy Comics Hero of the Month; Daredevil: The Killer Who Couldn't Retire; Swoop Storm; Little Dynamite; Yankee Longago. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $13.00 View scan 1" tear in top.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $13.00 View scan

Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Edd Ashe, Adam Allen, Helen Ciancimino, Stephanie O'Brien, Margueritte Harmon Bro, Crystal Waters, Margery Seder, Isabelle Corey, Elizabeth Nichols, Elena Chance, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Margaret Sutton. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A comics biography of Lt. Dorothea Daley, who found love while on duty during WWII; A profile of actress Elizabeth Taylor, then only 12 and coming off her first hit film, National Velvet; A guide to all the hip "jive" slang phrases the kids were using in 1944. Judy Wing; The Bride Wore Khaki; Mayor Martin's Daughter; Taylor-Maid Success; The Haunted Apartment; Take a Look at Your Parents; Start the New Year with the Right Movies; The Mystery of the Thieving Spooks; Lets Talk Things Over; Does Your Voice Charm?; Sisters Under the Skin; Exam Pains; It's Fun to Sew; Headlines on the Square; You Can't Beat the Bandeaux; For Sweater Collectors Only; Pick a Two-Piece Pattern for Graduation; Saving Face; Your Crowning Glory; Use Your Head When You Dance; Tray Time; Dorothea Moroney Mines Her Business; Jabberwocky and Jive; The Victory Club; Girls in the News; Gadgets for Girls. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Includes: Syd Shores cover art; The Gargoyle Strikes, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; Mystery of the Horrible Hermit starring Human Torch; The Steel Mask; Good Luck Story text story; The Case of the Horror Money, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; The Mystery of the Scarlet Skull-- Let's Play Detective, art by Al Bellman. 60 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. On Planetoid Punkus, Billy observes Mr. Mind's latest invention, a mammoth cannon called Great Big Bertha which is aimed at Earth and can fire shells that are a mile long. Billy escapes so that Captain Marvel can try to stop the cannon from being fired, but he is too late in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 11: The Firing of Great Big Bertha" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Captain Marvel also stars in: "Deep in the Heart of Dallas" with art by C.C. Beck (appearances by Mayor Rodgers, Love Field, SMU, the Dallas Times Herald, the Dallas Morning News, and the Cotton Bowl); "The Military Misfit!" with art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza; and "The Glass-Blower of Greenpoint!" with art by C.C. Beck. Plus: 2-page text story "Name, Rank and Serial No." with script by Jess Benton. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.