Comic books August 1945

Add to cart PR 0.5 $249.95 or Best Offer View scans Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Cover detached. Cover oxidation. Water damage. Chew. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover pencils by Wayne Boring. Danger Highway starring Superman, pencils by Ira Yarbrough. A Winter Idyl starring Hayfoot Henry, art by Stan Kaye. The Dummy Art Expert starring The Vigilante, art by Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.). Dead Men's Falls starring Congo Bill, art by John Daly. The Show Goes On starring Zatara, art by William F. White. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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UK bi-weekly magazine focusing primarily on WWII era aircraft, but covering the whole history of flight. 8" x 11.5", 12 pages, B&W

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UK bi-weekly magazine focusing primarily on WWII era aircraft, but covering the whole history of flight. 8" x 11.5", 12 pages, B&W

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Add to cart Poor $2.50 View scans Centerfold missing. 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.

Auction Item: VG+ 4.5 View scans Auction opens January 4 Creasing across back cover, store stamp on front cover.	Add to cart CGC 7.0 $430.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #0906377005	Add to cart CBCS 8.5 $1,855.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #0011389-AA-003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics	Add to cart CGC 3.5 $272.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Minor side edge crack Label #0231518006 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Add to cart CGC 3.0 $235.00 View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Minor side edge crack Label #0207862001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $119.95 or Best Offer View scans Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow	Add to cart CGC 2.0 $142.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Tape on 1st and 2nd page. Label #1221140002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $86.00 View scans 2" Cumulative spline split with heavy cover tearing. Cover detached at one staple and centerfold detached. Water damage with staple rust/migration. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Bill Vigoda. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Bill Woggon, Bob Montana, Al McLean and Terry Szenics. Archie goes to a masquerade as a knight and Jughead goes as his horse. Archie causes choas at the masquerade, and particularly upsets his English teacher Mr. Squeegee in "A Horse's Tale"! Plus: A hypochondriac tells Mr. Andrews that he appears to be very sick in "The Physical Wreck"; Betty and Veronica make life masks in "The Plastic Mask"; Archie is cooking pancakes when the air raid siren goes off -- he has to turn off all the lights in the house and keep his pancakes from burning at the same time in the Archie Short "Blitzed By the Blackout"; a tale starring Dotty and Ditto; and Archie caddies for Mr. Andrews and does more harm than good in "The Caddy"! Plus: When Archie breaks Mr. Weatherbee's typewriter, it's up to Archie and Jughead to fix it in the 2-page text story "You Can't Kill a Guy For Trying"! Also: "Match Wits With Archie" activity page! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $15.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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Volume 35, Issue 6 - August, 1945. Cover by William Timmins. Science Fiction and adventure stories, this issue features "World of A: Part 1" by A.E. Van Vogt. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fine $95.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Foreign edition: Canada.

Canadian Reprint Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $9.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

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

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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 CGC 7.0 $500.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4288327005 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Tom Gill. Stories and art by Joe Donohoe, Ray Gill, Jim Wilcox, Robert Pious, Jack Hearne, Harold DeLay, Pam Robinson, Milt Hammer and Tom Gill. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #58. Former superhero Blue Bolt soars as an aviator hero in WWII. Cap Hawkins tells the true story of the B-29 Super Fortress bomber. Sergeant Spook helps Jerry when he gets mixed up with an eccentric portrait painter and a rich kid who looks just like him. Also featuring an ad for Tootsie Rolls, "Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!" Cover (a War Bonds promotion) features portraits of various American WWII generals and admirals, including future President Dwight Eisenhower. Inside front cover features a message from those same military figures, again promoting War Bonds, a WWII funding drive. Dick Cole; Old Cap Hawkins True Tales; Edison Bell: The Disappearing Act; Make Edison Bell's Professional Magician's Magic Box; Thorns of the Devil; Blue Bolt; Krisko and Jasper; Fearless Fellers; Sgt. Spook; Bluebolts and Nuts. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $99.00 View scans Centerfold detached. Cover oxidation. Staple rust. Water damage and staining. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Rudy Palais, Dick Briefer, Bob Montana, Alan Mandel, Dick Wood 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. Gangsters invade a country club, forcing Crimebuster to intervene, in a pre-Code story (and cover) of Murder on the Golf Course. Yankee Longago encounters Ponce De Leon and The Fountain of Youth, in a different story from the one in issue #14, featuring art by Dick Briefer. Swoop Storm's rocket plane ditches him in the wilds of Alaska, where he meets hillbillies and one last cadre of Japanese soldiers, featuring art by Archie creator Bob Montana. Crimebuster; Swoop Storm; Boy Comics Hero of the Month; Daredevil and the Crying Killer; Little Dynamite Plays Cupid; Young Robinhood; Yankee Longago. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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

Add to cart PR 0.5 $94.95 or Best Offer View scan Interior is complete, but brittle. Full length spine split through cover and all wraps, heavy chipping. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Carmine Infantino, Nina Albright, Rudy Palais, A. Culverwell, Maurice del Bourgo, Al Hollingsworth, and Paul Parker. A patriotic WWII aviator hero whose motto is "Keep 'Em Flyin'!" Miss Victory must stop Axis scientist Fujo and his last-ditch weapon against the Allies, the Globe of Death. Fact-based stories about the war blimps of the US Navy Coastal Patrol (with art by Al Hollingsworth) and wartime air-traffic control (with art by Carmine Infantino). Plus non-fiction stories about the Budd RB-1 Conestoga "flying boxcar," B-25 Bomber, Curtis Commando plane and Douglass SBD Dauntless. Cover by legendary artist L. B. Cole. Captain Aero - Traitor!; Miss Victory; Curtis Commando; Flying Arsenal; The Mighty Mite: Movie Menace Is Malarkey; Pacific Pandemonium; Blimp Blitz; Interceptor Command; Douglass SBD Dauntless; Captain Aeros Sky Scouts: The Old Man of the Air; The Red Cross. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $599.95 or Best Offer View scans Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Spine rebuild, piece fill, color touch. INCOMPLETE. First page missing (affects Cat-Man 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 $799.95 or Best Offer View scans Interior is complete. Extensive accumulation of defects. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Leo Morey, Bob Fujitani, Nina Albright, Ed Wheelan and Rudy Palais. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Cat-Man's arch-foe Dr. Macabre steals the Z-Ray, which gives him the ability to kill by touch. An art professor plays a key role in stealing a painting from a gallery, in The Hood's final Golden Age appearance. Reporters Molly O'Moore and Scoop Scanlon are invited to cover a man's murder while it happens. Another offbeat cover by L. B. Cole. Cat-Man: The Man Who Conquered Death!; The Deacon: The Zombie Master; Molly O'Moore and Scoop Scanlon; The Cat Came Back; Hypnosis In Reverse; Little Leaders: Carnival of Crime; The Hood: Portraits of Plunder; The Reckoner: Corpses Don't Stay Cold. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $2.50 View scans Spine split 5%. Cover Detached. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 17, Issue 3 - August 1945. 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 CGC 5.0 $1,800.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4390430013 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $699.95 or Best Offer View scans 1.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Dick Sprang. Stories by Alvin Schwartz, Jack Farr and unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Jack Farr, Howard Sherman, George Roussos and Louis Cazeneuve. The Joker turns the tables on logic, holding a home for ransom instead of people. And to top it off, it all is one giant trap in the Batman and Robin tale "The House That Was Held for Ransom!" by Alvin Schwartz and Dick Sprang. Plus: Three-Ring Binks in an untitled story by Jack Farr; Slam Bradley in "Smash Your Baggage!" with art by Howard Sherman; Air Wave in "Of Mice and Muggs!" with art by George Roussos; and The Boy Commandos in "The Floating Evil!" with art by Louis Cazeneuve (not by Simon and Kirby, despite the listed credits). Also: 2-page text story "Crime's Henchman" by Ted Udall (as Ted Loury). 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $17.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%.

Volume 44, 1st Printing - "The Evil Star" by John Spain. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

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Aug. 7, 1945. Weekly movie magazine published in Chile. Cover of Glenn Ford, back cover of June Allyson. 8-in. x 11-in., 30 pages, B&W. NOTE: Spanish language.

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Add to cart GD- 1.8 $9.60

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Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; and "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier. "Fangs of the Desert" text story by Howard Haynes. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Hoppy's Victory Page!"; Hoppy and his pals celebrate the patriotism of their loyal readers, while reminding them to continue saving paper, scrap metal, etc. to aid the war effort. "Hoppy the Marvel Bunny Scores a Touchdown!", art by Chad Grothkopf; Hoppy joins his friends from Funny Animal Town in a football game against a team from Woodland Village. "Knock, Knock on Wood," art by Bill Brady; Billy and Oscar thwart a gang of thieves who sneak into town hidden inside wooden Indian statues. "Shoos a Shoe!"; Willie the Worm gets a job in a shoe store. "The Missing Story!", art by Bill Brady; Sherlock the Monk visits a neighboring city to see what life is like in the big city. "A Set Type of Laziness," art by Bill Brady; Fuzzy Bear gets a job at the local newspaper office. "Paintiacs" text story; Willipus Wallipus gets into trouble while waiting on the front porch for his parents to come outside to go to a movie. "Behind the Ate Ball!", art by Chad Grothkopf; Willie goes into a restaurant to buy hamburgers for his friend. Untitled half-page story; Benny and Fuzzy have a great time fishing. Mary Marvel house ad. "Nursery Rhyme Land!", art by Chad Grothkopf; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny defends the inhabitants of Nursery Rhyme Land against a witch who wants to destroy them. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $500.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #2121661001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Rudy Palais cover. In order of appearance: "Magno and Davey, 'The Adventure of the Watchmaker of Doom...'" art by Rudy Palais; "The Unknown Soldier"; "Lash Lightning"; and "Captain Courageous" art by Rudy Palais. "Hangnoose Heritage" text story by Cliff Howe, reprinted in Four Favorites (1941) #28. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Joe Oriolo and others. Fawcett presents the puppet characters of Pal's early animation studio. Punchy competes with wealthy, spoiled Sylvester to build a boat. Jim Dandy gets a job as a music teacher at Puppetville school, and soon all the kids are talkin' jive and dancin' swing. Rusty imagines himself into a life as a pearl diver in a tropical island. Plus a PSA featuring Captain Marvel (Shazam), Mary Marvel and San Francisco DA Edmund G. ("Pat") Brown, on the importance of playing by the rules. Jasper and the Scarecrow: The Magic Stamp; Rusty Goes Deep Sea Diving; Jim Dandy and His Violin: Tears of Remorse!; Punchy and Judy: Ship Ahoy; Scarecrow and the Blackbird: Fed Up with the Whole Business; Jim Dandy and His Violin: A Solid Sender!; Sgt. Jan: A Suit of Trouble; The Story of the Conceited Marionette; Coloring Story Page; Rusty: Adventures in Cornland; Punchy and Judy: Roped In; Jasper and Sgt. Jan Go Gunning for Trouble. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $98.00 View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case Canadian Edition. Label #2073653002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Red Rover "Saves Bird Island," The Purple Rider, Commander Steel in "The Strong Box Mystery." 36 pages; full color. Canadian comic. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Joseph Greene. Cover by Mac Raboy. Written by Ken Crossen. Art by Mac Raboy. An American Story!; The Lama goes on the trail of a man who writes a Fascist-inspired letter to the publishers of the Green Lama magazine. Written by Joseph Greene (as Joseph Verdy). Art by Jerry Robinson. The Carnival Cure!; The boys are hired by a rather rich woman to take her spoiled brat of a son out with them and see to it that he engages in good, clean fun. Written by Bruce Elliott. Art by George Roussos (as Perry Williams). The Trouble With Magic...; Angus returns to Great Britain and meets up with a sleight-of-hand magician who wishes he could be a real magician. Written by Bruce Elliott (as Walter Gardner). Art by Mort Lawrence. This Hero Business!; Rick Masters decides to risk the daring rescue of a young lady marooned on a plateau, having to land his plane on a field ten yards square! Written by Horace L. Gold. Art by Irving Tirman. Untitled story featuring Lieut. Hercules; After having earned a great deal of money while in Comic Land, Wilbur learns that he can't take more than four cents of it out of Comic Land. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $90.00 View scans Tape on interior cover and under staples. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $99.95 or Best Offer View scans 1" Spine split from top. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by H. C. Kiefer. Stories and art by H. C. Kiefer, August Froehlich and Al Stahl. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. The Junior Rangers meet intelligent penguins while fighting Axis forces in the polar wastes. Worldbeater and Unggh are one of the odder superhero teams, consisting of a futuristic refugee and his caveman pal. Dr. MacAbre wants to steal the secret of immortality. The cover features combat penguins, a sleigh with a machinegun mount, and the Junior Rangers "in their weirdest adventure." Junior Rangers; Worldbeater and Unggh; Buck Saunders; George Washington: First in Peace; Nutzy; Freddie Freckles and Mr. Brainstorm; The Blue Streak. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $300.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Other - see grading notes Chipping to upper back side corner bracket. Label #1488665018 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. Atomic Man battles fascists in a South American town to save a doctor's life; Copy Boy gets tangled up with kidnappers in his final adventure; Carrot Topp faces The Affair of the Bogus Bills. Junior Rangers; Copy Boy; Picture Queries!; Buck Saunders; Carrot Topp; Beast of Prey; Atomic Man. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

First of a series of six consecutive 36 page issues. In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" and "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" art by Robert Webb; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker; "The Ghost Gallery" art by Alex Blum. "How Sheena Met Bob" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $329.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover detached at one staple and coming loose at the other, 4" cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Volume 5, Issue #6. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $4.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $3.00 1 1/2" Cumulative spine split.

Add to cart Good $3.00 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%.

Vol. 33 #2 - Aug. 1945. Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Vol. 8 #10 - Aug. 1945. Movie magazine with articles, gossip and news. Features on Clark Gable, Veronica Lake, Dorothy Lamour, Loretta Young, Lauren Bacall, Betty Hutton and more. Movie ads include Danny Kaye in Wonder Man, George Raft in Nob Hill, John Wayne in Back to Bataan, Barbara Stanwyck in Christmas in Connecticut, Irene Dunne in Over 21, Jack Haley in Scandals, Gary Cooper and Loretta Young in Along Came Jones, Veronica Lake in Out of the World, Esther Williams in Thrill of a Romance. Profusely illustrated with photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 86 pages, B&W plus eight pages of color photographs. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.50

Volume 19, Issue 136 - August, 1945. 8.5" x 10.5", 126 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 2 #5 - Aug. 1945. Single panel cartoons and pinups. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 30 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $8.00 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

Vintage photo magazine featuring reader submitted photographs and pictorials. 10-in. x 13 1/2-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $8.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white

Volume 84, Issue 2 - August, 1945. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Featured articles in this issue include Your Solar House, Baby Volcanoes, Cars of the Future, and lots more. 6 3/4-in. x 9 1/2-in. 284 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fair $2.50 View scans Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 25%. Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

Volume 147, Issue 2 - August, 1945. Articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 244 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.