Comic books in 'Imperial Japan'

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $2,800.00 View scans Paper: White Label #22-478CA56-001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

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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 GD+ 2.5 $899.95 or Best Offer View scans 2.25" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

War Loan cover - Cover art by Jack Burnley and Stan Kaye. The Enchanted Mountain starring Superman, script by Don Cameron, art by Ira Yarbrough. Mysterious Marauder starring Congo Bill, script by Jack Miller, art by John Daly. Orient of the Occident starring The Vigilante, script by Joe Samachson, art by Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.). The Pyrotechnician starring Hayfoot Henry, art by Stan Kaye. Crime--Off the Record starring Zatara, art by William F. White. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $1,900.00 View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back; Significant scuff(s) inner well; Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #0000834006

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. The Riddle of the Rembrandt, art by Gil Kane; Wes and Sandy, while visiting a museum, discover a fake Rembrandt hanging on the wall, so Wes offers to buy the piece from the curator. Victory Makes Hay starring The Shining Knight, script by Joe Samachson, art by Louis Cazeneuve. The Professor Plays Safe starring Starman, script by Joe Samachson, art by Emil Gershwin. The Honest Crook starring Genius Jones, art by Stan Kaye. Conquest Doesn't Pay starring Mike Gibbs, Guerilla, script by Joe Samachson, art by Maurice Del Bourgo. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Written by Charles Biro & Dick Wood, Harry Stein, Nathaniel Nitkin and unknown. Art by Al Camy, Mort Leav, Fred Kida, John Cassone, Al Jaffe, Harry Sahle and Bob Fujitani. Retouched art by Miyako Graham. Reprint of Air Fighters Comics Vol. 1 (1941-1943) #2, featuring: The origin of Airboy; the coming of Skywolf; the origin of the Iron Ace; 2-page text story "Fire Over Benghazi"; the Black Angel in "Baroness Blood"; 2-page Wun Wing Spin story; Bald Eagle in "The Lifeless Invaders"; and the coming of the Flying Dutchman! Softcover, 64 pages, full color. Cover price $3.95.

Add to cart VF 8.0 $8.00

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Written by Charles Biro & Dick Wood, Nathaniel Nitkin and unknown. Art by Al Camy, Mort Leav, Tony DiPreta, Fred Kida, John Cassone, Harry Sahle and Bob Fujitani. Retouched art by Miyako Graham. Reprint of Air Fighters Comics Vol. 1 (1941-1943) #4, featuring: The secrets of the Bird-Plane in the Airboy story; Skywolf in "The Return of Genghis Khan"; the origin of Skinny McGinty; a treason suspect in the Iron Ace story; 2-page text story "Air Convoy"; the menace of Madame Claw in the Black Angel story; miniature invaders in the Bald Eagle story; and the Flying Dutchman in "The Man with the Mechanical Face"! Softcover, 64 pages, full color. Cover price $3.95.

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Written by Charles Biro & Dick Wood, Harry Sussman, Nathaniel Nitkin and unknown. Art by Tony DiPreta, Bob Fujitani, John Cassone and unknown. Reprint of Air Fighters Comics Vol. 1 (1941-1943) #6, featuring: "Airboy inside Germany"; the rampage of the Rubberman in the Iron Ace story; coast patrol in the Skinny McGinty story; the man who walked on air in the Skywolf story; 2-page text story "Blind Bulls-Eye"; Bald Eagle in "The Playing Cards of Death"; the Bats of Berlin in the Black Angel story; and the Deathless Brain of Java in the Flying Dutchman story! Softcover, 64 pages, full color. Cover price $3.95.

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Written by Dick Wood, Harry Sussman, Nathaniel Nitkin and unknown. Art by Tony DiPreta, Fred Kida, Bob Fujitani, Mort Leav and John Cassone. Reprint of Air Fighters Comics Vol. 1 (1941-1943) #7, featuring: Airboy smashing Youth Kultur, a new Axis terror; the man with the crooked smile in the Iron Ace story; Major Goop's goof-up in the Skinny McGinty story; Franz Von Kamm's Radio Zombies in the Skywolf story; 2-page text story "Iceland Patrol"; Bald Eagle in "The Invasion of the Submaplanes"; the scrap-plane showdown in the Black Angel story; and the albatross mystery in the Flying Dutchman story! Softcover, 64 pages, full color. Cover price $3.95.

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"The Glorious Day of Doom," "Grasshopper Joe," "Tiger of the Yalu," and "Gift for Flying." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $42.00 View scans 1" Spine split from bottom.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $22.00 View scan Water damage.

"Pigeon Boss," "Booby Trap Island," "Battle Carnival" (art by Russ Heath), and "The Soldier and the Tiger!" Full-page ad for Our Fighting Forces 1. Edited by Whitney Ellsworth and Robert Kanigher. Cover by Irv Novick. Stories by Ed Herron, Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, Irwin Hasen, Ed Herron, George Papp, Causin, Russ Heath, and Sam Burlockoff. Adventure tales of war and the military, including some humor—go into combat with All American Men of War! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $41.00 1" Cumulative spine split. Water spotting.

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"Bomber's Moon!" (art by Russ Heath), "High Priority Target," "Elbow Room," and "Bull's-Eye For a Frogman!" Edited by Whitney Ellsworth and Robert Kanigher. Cover by Jerry Grandenetti. Stories by Bob Haney, Russ Heath, Bill Finger, Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, Julius Schwartz, Morris Waldinger, Tom Nicolosi, Henry Boltinoff, Ed Herron, Jack Abel, Bob Haney, Carmine Infantino, and Frank Giacoia. Adventure tales of war and the military, including some humor—go into combat with All American Men of War! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Robert Kanigher. Cover by Joe Kubert. Stories by Robert Kanigher, Irv Novick, Morris Waldinger, Tom Nicolisi, Bob Haney, Bill Everett, Hank Chapman, Mort Drucker. Adventure tales of war and the military, including some humor—go into combat with All American Men of War! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $1,199.95 or Best Offer View scans Mold. INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, affects Sub-Mariner story. Wormholes in margin, cover detached, staple rust/migration, odor. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Death For Breakfast; Human Torch and Toro investigate a firm that packs food shipments to America soldiers overseas, food capsules that contain cyanide! The Return of Doctor, pencils by Al Avison; Captain America must battle the evil Dr. Crime, who has in his possession a formula which shrinks the human body down to pygmy size! Ad for Krazy, Comedy and Terry Toons Comics. Smashing the Jap Trap starring Sub-Mariner. Strike Hard! starring The Destroyer. Untitled The Whizzer story, pencils by Lou Ferstadt. Ad for Captain America Comics, as well as a plug for readers to join Cap's Sentinels of Liberty. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $1,720.00 View scans Restored: B1 Paper: Off white to white Restoration includes: cover and interior reinforced. Label #4257418002

Add to cart PR 0.5 $599.95 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing (affects Captain America story). Full length spine split with splitting through interior wraps. Brittle. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Man Who Killed Himself starring Sub-Mariner, art by Carl Pfeufer; When an inventor friend of Namor's is found dead with a suicide note, Namor tracks down a businessman who forced him to write out the note and then murdered him so he could steal his new boat super-speed engine attachment design. The Masked Trio of Death!, pencils by Vince Alascia; A grim Captain America and Bucky attempt to track down the nefarious Lupo and his three killer apes who have murdered eleven people during various robberies, and who has challenged the duo to catch him. Ad for the May, 1945 issue of Miss America magazine. Lightning Strikes Twice! starring The Whizzer, art by Louis Ferstadt. Juke Box Murder Case--Let's Play Detective, art by Al Bellman. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $1,499.95 or Best Offer View scans Restored (see item notes) TRIMMED, CONSERVED. Interior cover/spine and several spots throughout interior reinforced with archival tape. Cover detached, centerfold affixed with tape. 2" cumulative spine split with some splitting through wraps. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Masters of Evil starring Captain America, pencils by Vince Alascia, inks by Al Bellman; As Cap and Bucky bust up Terrible Tom Garrett's gang, the boss steals a car and drives out to the woods where he runs out of gas; On foot he comes upon the dwelling of Terdu the sorcerer who claims to have observed his battle with Cap and Bucky in his cauldron and offers the gangster his help in evil doings. The Swanky Swindlers starring the Human Torch, art by Al Bellman. The Discs of Death starring Whizzer. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $649.95 or Best Offer View scans Residue on front cover, centerfold detached at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $90.00 View scans 1" Cumulative spine split.

Edited by Raymond Krank, Vincent Sullivan and Creig Flessel. Stories and art by Chas. M. Quinlan, Wood Cowan, Tony DiPreta and Ogden Whitney. Tales of military adventure and aviation, from the era before the Air Force existed as a separate branch of the US Armed Forces. Each issue also featured magazine-style illustrated factual articles as well as comics. Speculations about life in Europe after World War II, with the assumption that the Nazis would remain in power; The Flying Tigers stampede elephants to break Axis supply lines in Burma; Ample black-and-white photographs of aviators and planes in action during the war. Battle for Japan Begins on Saipan; Keep the Peace Through Air Power...; Black Cats of the Pacific; Carrier Combat; Cook's Tour; Is Your Name Here?; The A.A.F. Strangles the Wehrmacht; The Tigers and the Elephants; Fighting '23; Susie; The Bad Earth; Patch of Hell; He Trucked On Down...; Survival; Undertow; Air Lens; Water Wings; Review of Mediterranean Swamp; Bad News for Tokyo Rose! 52 pages, PB&W/PC. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $2.50

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Reprints #9. Cover by Tom Sutton. Stories by unknown. Art by Pat Boyette, Tom Sutton and unknown. Featuring: "Mediterranean Incident!"; "One Man Air Force!"; and "The Retread"! Plus: 1-page text story "Plan M"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.40.

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First 50c cover priced issue. Reprints from Fightin' Air Force (1956) #38 and #37. Cover by Bill Montes & Ernie Bache. Stories by Joe Gill? Art by Bill Montes & Ernie Bache, Bill Molno and Sam Glanzman. Featuring: "Work Horse"; "Morning Mission"; "An Ace Is Born"; and "Peeper Down"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.

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Reprints from Army War Heroes (1963) #37 and #38. Cover by Sam Glanzman. Stories by Willi Franz and unknown. Art by Sam Glanzman and unknown. Featuring: The Iron Corporal in "And One Bomb"; "One Night in Normandy," where PFC Harvey Leach's mission had to be worked on from the fringe area with all the reluctance and resistance he could muster; and "The Soft-Hearted Conqueror"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.60.

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39 cent edition. The life story of Mitsuo Fuchida, the Japanese airman who led the attack on Pearl Harbor, and his later conversion to evangelical Christianity. Story adaptation by Al Hartley and Elizabeth Sherrill, art and cover by Hartley, with an uncredited art assist by Dick Ayers. 32 pages. Cover price $0.39.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $2,695.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #1109013002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

68 pages Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Fine $2.50

April 6 ? 32 pg ? FC ? $2.95 written by B. CLAY MOORE art by JEREMY HAUN & DAVE BRYANT cover by BRIAN FREY. With the team in disarray, the Artificial Man has gone off to kill Hitler and end the war. At the prodding of the government, it's up to the Proud American to stop him by any means necessary. The remaining heroes converge in the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean, and the resulting chaos marks the end of the Golden Age. When all is said and done, we might not make it to the Silver Age. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $525.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4369590002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

The Adventure of the Crumbling Skyscraper, art by E. C. Stoner; German saboteurs blow up a building and leave evidence that the Beetle is responsible. Peril In the Pacific; Dan Garrett is given the assignment of protecting Col. Denton who is delivering information of the utmost importance. They Came to Destroy America text story. The Whistling Death; Joan Mason solves the mystery of a Broadway booking agent's murder. The Very Salty Tale of the O'Brine Twins, script and art by Jack Farr; after being declared 4-F by the draft board, the O'Brine twins join the Merchant Marine. Coxwell and Glaisher fact page. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $485.00 View scans Cover and first wrap detached at single center staple, 2.5" cumulative spine split.

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Herman C. Browner, Robert Turner, Jack Alderman, C. R. Schaare, and Charles Quinlan. Sometimes listed as Captain Aero Comics Vol. 3 #9. A patriotic WWII aviator hero whose motto is "Keep 'Em Flyin'!" The evil Mr. Axis tries to prevent the signing of a rubber agreement crucial to America's wartime supply. Flagman and Rusty battle a gorilla (with a swastika on its chest) especially trained by the Axis to kill them. Plus comics biographies of Allied military leaders General MacArthur and General Wainwright. Captain Aero: Token for Tokio; Alias X: Three Little Devils; Commandos of the Devil Dogs; The Red Cross; Hammerhead Hawley; Law of the Wild; Our Fighting Generals; Captain Aero's Sky Scouts: The Mystery of the Incendiary Bomb; Miss Victory; Flagman: Killer Gorilla. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Herman C. Browner, Sylvan H. Stein, Jack Alderman, C. R. Schaare, Jack Grogan, Mack Borgatta and Charles Quinlan. Sometimes listed as Captain Aero Comics Vol. 3 #10. A patriotic WWII aviator hero whose motto is "Keep 'Em Flyin'!" Captain Aero's Sky Scouts take action when enemy agents attack a helpless old man and his daughter. Alias X tracks kidnappers who are abducting children for Nazi slave labor. Flagman and Rusty protect a French underground newspaper from the Nazis. Captain Aero: The Jerks of Japan; Alias X; Commandos of the Devil Dogs: Shalna of the Islands; The Red Cross: Those Who Never Came Back; Counter Spy; Yellow-Belly; Bongo the Wizard; Captain Aero's Sky Scouts; Miss Victory; Flagman. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Coverless $135.00 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 CGC 3.5 $899.95 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Tape on Interior Cover, Interior. Label #2006614003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Don Rico. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Jack Cole, Kane Miller, Bob Wood, and Don Rico. Aviator hero Captain Battle Jr. carries on his father's battles against fascism in WWII Europe. The Green Claw returns with an army of robots to conquer the Earth, in a story by Plastic Man creator Jack Cole. Rhyming reporter Scoop Scuttle follows a lead, in a story by comics legend Basil Wolverton. Ranger Bill Wayne, better known as the Texas Terror, rides after cattle rustlers. The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts!; Behind the Enemy Lines!; Code in Blood!; Scoop Scuttle; Slow Drawin' Fool; The Green Claw; Bill Wayne. Final issue of the series. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $499.95 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Al Liederman and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza, Al Liederman and unknown. Shazam! Billy Batson speaks the word of power and it's Captain Marvel to the rescue! Captain Marvel stars in: "At the Circus" with story by Otto Binder and inks by C.C. Beck; "The Radio Racketeers"; "The Warrior of Wai"; and "The Strange Orders from Washington" with art by Pete Costanza. Also in this issue: Captain Kid in "The Swamp Smugglers" by Al Liederman; 2-page text story "Coffins Are for Corpses"; and Famous Blitzkriegs of the Past 1-pager "Xerxes"! 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $300.00 View scans Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Spine split seal and centerfold TRIMMED. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Cover by Dave Berg. Stories by Marc Swayze, Otto Binder, Al Liederman and unknown. Art by Marc Swayze, C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza and Al Liederman. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "Henry's Grandmother" by Marc Swayze; "The Unwilling Toys" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck; "Nippo Meets His Nemesis" with art by Pete Costanza; and "Captain Marvel, Detective" with art by Pete Costanza. Also in this issue: Captain Kid in an untitled tale by Al Liederman. And: 2-page text story "Wolfhound of the Sea" by Nathaniel Nitkin. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $340.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #3988720017

Stories and art by Leonard Frank and others. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Midnight investigates bombs that seem to aim themselves, and discovers Axis robot planes. Johnny Blair gets a lesson in parachuting, and so does the reader of this educational strip. A tiny man is an inventor ignored by the tall world, so he invents a tiny plane and becomes CM's latest foe, The Flea. The Bomb That Never Missed; Your Invention Page; Sergeant Twilight's Totem Pole; Red Skye: Booby Trap; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Captain Midnight Fights the Flea. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $8.90

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"Within the Temple Waits...Death!" The Raiders go to Indochina to disrupt a supply of rubber. Includes fan letter by Comics Journal president Gary Groth. Script by Arnold Drake, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Syd Shores. Cover by John Severin. Cover price $0.15.

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Oct (12-068-710). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.