Comic books August 1944

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $118.75 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4434580002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Volume 25, Issue 1 - August, 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Add to cart Fair $8.00 View scans Spine split 90%. Cover Detached. Staple rust: Slight.

Aviation magazine featuring pictorials of featured designs; model and hobby information. 10.25" x 13", 104 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by E. C. Stoner. Voyage of Doom!, art by Gerald Altman; Garret and Spunky are sent by the F.B.I. to Morocco to investigate the death of an American agent. The Adventure of the Double Cell; When Prof. Hogart is murdered, the Beetle accidentally ingests himself with Hogart's secret formula which creates an eerie duplicate of himself. Sullivan's Folly text story, art by Herman Browner. Untitled Joan Mason, Reporter story, art by Gerald Altman; Joan Mason investigates unscrupulous behavior at the Children Protective Society. Untitled The O'Brine Twins, script and art by Jack Farr. Fight for Freedom, art by E. C. Stoner; Aquatis, an underwater city, attacks New York. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $4,000.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #4648274003

Includes: Alex Schomburg cover art; The Killer Beasts of Notre Dame, art by Vince Alascia; Berlin's Mistress of Death Human Torch, pencils by Al Bellman; Defense Witness text story; The Murder Brain, Pencils by Alascia; The Case of the Hit and Run Monster--Let's Play Detective, art by Bellman; and The School of Horror, Pencils by Vince Alascia, Inks and Al Gabriele. 60 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $499.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover detached, tears in centerfold, folds and staining on a few interior pages. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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Cover art by Dick Sprang. Crime Between the Acts starring Batman and Robin, script by Joseph Greene, art by Dick Sprang. Commando Performance starring The Boy Commandos, art by Louis Cazeneuve. Three-Ring Binks story, script and art by Jack Farr. The Warpath text story by Devon Taylor. Battle of the Fans starring Air Wave, art by George Roussos. The Double Steal starring Slam Bradley, art by Martin Naydel. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $18.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 14, Issue 1 - August, 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 118 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $29.00 View scans Back cover detached 10%.

"The Shape of Terror," a book-length novel by Kenneth Robeson.

August 1944. Cover by Modest Stein. Stories include "The Shape of Terror," a book-length novel by "Kenneth Robeson"; "Slaughter on Sunday" by Thomson Burtis; "Last Command" by Ray Vicker; "The Man Who Could Die" by Sam Carson; and "Kari" by Cornelius A. Tilgham. 5.5-in x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Kidnapped Cadet starring Black Terror; vs. Brian Duncan. The Aircraft Beam Disasters starring American Eagle, art by Maurice Gutwirth; vs. the Nazis. Mediterranean Incident starring Crash Carter, art by Bob Oksner; vs. the Japanese. The Purloined President starring the Liberator; vs. Herr Potsch and the Nazis. Adventure of the Pilotless Plane starring Sgt. Bill King, art by Maurice Gutwirth. The Jungle Boy starring Larry North, art by Max Plaisted; intro of Hal Thurston; vs. the Japanese. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by M.E. Peacock and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Alex Blum, Ann Brewster and Arnold Hicks. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. The second appearance of Tiger Girl, a redheaded warrior who roams the jungles of India with her pet tigers and Sikh bodyguard; Shark Brodie tracks a gang of drug dealers to a remote island and exacts his revenge; Senorita Rio investigates a South American general suspected of plotting a revolution. Rip Carson; Tiger Girl; Hooks Devlin; Private First Class; Kayo Kirby; The Intruder; Shark Brodie; Senorita Rio. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $195.00 or Best Offer View scan RESTORATION. Moderate color touch and amateur piece fill. INCOMPLETE. Missing last page (affects art and story). Cover detached. Centerfold detached at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

World War II cover by Louis Ferstadt and George Mabuchi (as 'George Gregg'). In order of appearance: "Magno and Davey"; "Unknown Soldier, The Airport in the Stratosphere"; "Captain Courageous" art by Bill Savage; and "Lash Lightning". "Sidewinder Spurs" text story by Cliff Howe. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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August 13, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. "Barbed Wire Empire" by Will Ermine begins. Other fiction stories by A. Gillette Pollard, Charles Carlin Parish, Kathleen Moore Knight, Allen F. Herdman, and Myles D. Blanchard. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 28 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $24.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

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Volume 4, Issue 4 - August, 1944. Cover by H.J. Ward, Lead Story "Murder's Mouthpiece" by Robert Leslie Bellem. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $35.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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August 7, 1944. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Geraldine Fitzgerald in "Wilson"; movie illusions; Senator Byrd (Virginia); and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 100 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $59.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

August 14, 1944. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Geraldine Fitzgerald in "Wilson"; movie illusions; Senator Byrd (Virginia); and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 100 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 66 - August 4, 1944. 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.

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Issue 67 - August 18, 1944. 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.

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August, 1944. Painted cover by George Janes. Pin-up magazine. Featuring non-nude photos of pin-up models. 8.25-in. x 11-in. 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $16.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

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Volume 145, Issue 2 - Aug. 1944. Articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 242 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

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Tale of the Treacherous Twin starring Boom Boom Brannigan. Trouble Starts Right Here starring Frankenstein, script and art by Dick Briefer. Ted O'Neil and Hinky Captured, art by Arnold Hicks. Pink Pig Restaurant starring Worldbeater and Unghh, script by Fred Morgan, art by August Froehlich. Deadly Doubles starring Yank & Doodle & Black Owl. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jean M. Press. Stories and art by Art Saaf, George Tuska, Lily Renee, Fran Hopper, and Lee Elias. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Private Elmer has a vegetative mishap when he mistakes pineapples for hand grenades, in his final appearance; Glory Forbes tracks enemy agents on a dude ranch; Nice creepy art by Lily Renee as The Werewolf Hunter meets The Devil's Bride. U.S. Rangers; Commando Ranger; The Werewolf Hunter; The Sea Devil; ABC of Army Chow; Glory Forbes, Vigilante; Private Elmer Pippin and the Colonel's Daughter; The Phantom Falcons. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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8-in. x 11-in., 36 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carmine Infantino and Milt Cohen (as Carmine Milt). Hell's Angels story, art by Carmine Infantino. Boxie Weaver story, art by Morris Weiss (as Ink Higgins). Magic Tricks for Young and Old activity pages by Harry Lazarus. The Night Club Mysteries, art by George Ukel. Petey and Pop story, script and art by Morris Weiss (as Swis). Case for the FBI story. Speed Spaulding story, art by George Ukel. Underground Camerman Extraordinary (two pages of text and 3 pages of b/w photographs of Polish victims of Nazi persecution). Riley and the Sergeant story, script and art by Morris Weiss (as Private West Sirrom). Ali Baba story, script and art by Harry Lazarus. 68 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 2, No. 6 - August 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover.Wellman/Woolfolk/Jack Cole scripts, Cole, Fine, Robin King - A.

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56 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Very Good $17.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Aug. 1944. True crime magazine illustrated with photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 10 3/4-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover pencils by Wayne Boring. The Wizard of Wishes! starring Superman, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], art by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster]; When the Prankster is accidently hit by an automobile, the owner, a multi-millionaire, offers his fortune to anyone who can make him happy. Grandpa Peters humor two-pager by Tom McNamara [as Lefty O'Grady]. The Tycoon of Crime!, art by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster]. Untitled Lois Lane, Girl Reporter story; When Lois is given the assignment to write a story on a bake shop, little does she know that that bakery is a front for a lottery racket. The Weakling text story by Ivan Arlen. The Pride of the Kents!, script by Joe Samachson [as Jerry Siegel], art by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster]; A formerly rich man, whose relatives still think he is loaded, decides to discover just how much his relatives think of him, and holds an unusual "Kent Family Reunion." Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $11.00 Incomplete. Missing pages (affects Supersnipe and Huckleberry Finn stories).

Cover by George Marcoux. Stories by George Marcoux, Ed Gruskin, and Clare Dwiggins. Featuring the adventures of Supersnipe, Huckleberry Finn, Ulysses Q. Wacky, and Wing Woo Woo. Sealtest Presents--Rudy Valee: Stories of Famous People, script and art by Michael J. Becker. 60 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by L. B. Cole. Killer Take All starring Mr. Nobody; Noel Gruen was committing murder--no sooner had he put his smoking gun down when he was aware of someone else in the room. Satan story, art by Geo. H. Appel. Three Shall Die, art by Jack Alderman. Moment of Reason starring Mr. Nobody. Shady Business starring Sherry Filpe. Buried Alive, art by Snibbe. Whispering Wax, art by Don Rico. Khaaron story, art by L. B. Cole. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Theatre Arts 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. 8.5" x 11", 76 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 42 - Issue 5, August 1944. 8.5" x 11", 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 50, Issue 1 - August 1944. "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.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $9.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Vol. 211, No. 4 - August 1944. 5.5" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $2.70 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%.

Vol. 24, No. 9 - August, 1944. 6.5" x 9.5", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.