Headline Comics (1943 Prize) comic books

Add to cart Coverless $89.95 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. Missing second wrap and centerfold, affects Junior Rangers, Boy's Life, Happy and Scrappy, and Little Johnny Doolittle stories. Several wraps detached from single center staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories and art by Jack Binder and Buster Green. Debuting in the heat of World War II, Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. The debut of teen hero squad the Junior Rangers; Perry Allen and Don Powers have adventures throughout the North and South American continents; A comics biography of General Douglas MacArthur. Junior Rangers; Animal Crackers; Cliff Gordon the Wonder Boy; Happy and Scrappy; Little Johnny Doolittle; Grandfather Clock; Perry Allen; Private Messkit; Buck Sanders; Boy's Life of General MacArthur. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $740.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Label #3732724002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Jack Binder, Ken Browne, Lou Ferstadt and Buster Green. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. Teen inventor Cliff Gordon, the Wonder Boy, faces the Adventure of the Blazing Underground. Pan-American adventurers Perry Allen and Don Powers encounter long-lost Inca tribes. A comics biography of Thomas Holcomb. Junior Rangers; Animal Crackers; Cliff Gordon the Wonder Boy; Happy and Scrappy; Little Johnny Doolittle; Under Ground; Perry Allen; Private Messkit; Tom Morgan; Boy's Life of General Thomas Holcomb. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $150.00 or Best Offer View scans 4 3/4" Cumulative spine split (chew). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Stories and art by Ken Browne, Buster Green, W. Jourdain, and Bernard Krigstein. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. The Junior Rangers invade Italy, in a story with art by comics legend Bernard Krigstein. Teen inventor Cliff Gordon takes his three-way plane into battle against the Axis on land, sea and air. The trail of stolen paste diamonds leads boy detective Johnny Doolittle to a hidden Nazi U-boat. Junior Rangers; Animal Crackers; Cliff Gordon the Wonder Boy; Happy and Scrappy; Little Johnny Doolittle; Bread and Bullets; Perry Allen; Private Messkit; Tom Morgan. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $199.00 or Best Offer View scan Interior is complete. Spine fully split (taped). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Buster Green and H. C. Kiefer. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. Buck Saunders takes on deep-sea jewel thieves; Teen inventor Cliff Gordon uses his three-way plane to find The Nazi Submarine Base Where None Can Exist; Time-traveling teen Tom Morgan witnesses the burning of Rome. Junior Rangers; Animal Crackers; Buck Saunders; Cliff Gordon the Wonder Boy; Kinker Kinkaid; The Rabbit's Hutch; Perry Allen; Tom Morgan. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $349.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Label #1488672022 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Gabriele. Stories and art by Henry Kiefer and Roland "Ramona" Patenaude. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. Kinker Kinkaid investigates Crime's 3-Ring Circus; Teen inventor Cliff Gordon plays pirate on the high seas; Time-traveling teen Tom Morgan visits the Old West. Junior Rangers; Buck Saunders; Cliff Gordon -- Pirate; Routine Report; Tom Morgan; Kinker Kinkaid. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by H. C. Kiefer. Stories and art by H. C. Kiefer, Jack Alderman and Jack Warren. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. The Junior Rangers encounter the great heroes and tyrants of history; Teen inventor Cliff Gordon pursues an invisible submarine; Time-traveling teen Tom Morgan encounters a wizard, in his final appearance. Junior Rangers; Buck Saunders; Cliff Gordon; Ethan Allen; Tom Morgan; Kinker Kinkaid. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $150.00 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by H. C. Kiefer. Stories and art by H. C. Kiefer, August Froehlich, Lee Schertz and Howard Post. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. Buck Saunders and Officer Flanagan seek kidnappers. The debut of young wizard Max the Magician, later a regular in Wonderland Comics (1945). Circus acrobat Jim Dare becomes the superhero Blue Streak to bring his brother's killers to justice. Junior Rangers; Worldbeater and Unggh; Buck Saunders; George Washington: First in War; Nutzy; Max the Magician; The Blue Streak. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $110.00 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

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 GD 2.0 $37.00 View scan Staple rust with migration. 7" Tear to page

Cover by H. C. Kiefer. Stories and art by H. C. Kiefer, August Froehlich and Jack Alderman. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. The Junior Rangers face The Return of Dr. Emit and the forces of Attila the Hun. Worldbeater and Unggh, a futuristic refugee and his caveman pal, encounter Jo-Blo and the Gopher people. The Blue Streak battles the King of the Air. Junior Rangers; Worldbeater and Unggh; Buck Saunders; First-Fact-Fun; The Golden Goblets; Petty Larceny Pete; The Blue Streak. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $165.00 View scans 3/4" Spine split from bottom.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $299.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover coming loose at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories and art by H. C. Kiefer and August Froehlich. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. Atomic Man uses a lead glove to protect others, but takes it off when it's time for action; Worldbeater and Unggh battle the Martian outlaws known as the Two-Faced Men; Buck Saunders faces the Plague of the Seven Year Locusts. Junior Rangers; Worldbeater and Unggh; Buck Saunders; Carrot Topp; Behind the Eight Ball; Atomic Man. 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.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $41.00 View scans 4" Cumulative spine split. Brittle pages.

Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. Atomic Man faces a kidnapping on the high seas in his final adventure; Buck Saunders becomes involved in the search for The Ajax Diamond; Carrot Topp faces The Haywire Hypnotist. Junior Rangers; Uncle Windy; Buck Saunders; Carrot Topp; It's the Little Things That Count; Atomic Man. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $89.00 View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Henry Kiefer. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. The Junior Rangers find missing jewels in a bike shop; Teen-Age Tommy runs for student body president; Carrot Topp becomes Mayor For a Day. Junior Rangers; Uncle Windy; Buck Saunders; Carrot Topp; Pilfered Pills; Dilly and Dally; Teen-Age Tommy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $90.00 View scans .5" Spine split from bottom. Centerfold detached at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The grim history of New England's Chain Murderer; Gangsters force local shops to carry their crooked pinball machines; A killer conceals a gun in his wooden leg. Trapping New Englands Chain Murderer; Murder on a Wave Length; Grim Pay-Off for the Pinball Mob; A Phantom Pulls the Trigger; The Thing Inside Bob Tate; You Cant Forget a Killer; The Case of the Floating Corpse. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $10.00 INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing, interrupts art and story. Staples added. 4" Spine split.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Bill Draut, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Monica Bell, the Sweet Switcher, works for a stolen jewelry racket; The Chicago "Devil Drivers" lead police on a dangerous chase; Notorious outlaw Machine-Gun Kelly stages a kidnapping. I Worked For The Fence; Trapping Chicago's Speed Demon Mob; Postage Stamp Swindle; The Lone Wolf; Machine-Gun Kelly - Kidnapper; Murder Makes Bad Medicine. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $27.00 View scans Centerfold detached at one staple. 1/2" Spine split from bottom.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $30.00 View scans

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $75.00 View scans .5" Spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth, Bill Draut, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Tillie is considered a witch in the Chicago slums where she correctly predicts deaths, but the truth may be more sinister. Bored, redheaded heiress Billie turns to a life of crime. Old West outlaw Jim Miller improvises one of the first bullet-proof vests. I Was An Unwitting Accomplice to a 'Numbers' Racket Combine!; The Witch Murders; Pistol-Packin' Playgirl; The Roasted Mail-Robber Ghost; Menace in the Making; Bullet-Proof Bad Man. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $50.00 View scans INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, slightly interrupts art or story. .5" Spine split from bottom.

Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by Will Elder, Manny Stallman, Vic Donahue, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A British swindler plots to steal an ocean liner in 1912; A story with early art by EC legend Will Elder; A crook plays a dangerous game by preying on other crooks. Premeditated Homicide!; The Man Who Stole An Ocean Liner!; The FBI and the Gun Happy Robber; How The FBI Trapped the Booby Trap Slayer; A Mother's Ominous Dream!; What Price Fate? ; The Shattered Alibi; Underworld Parasite! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $60.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by John Severin, Manny Stallman, Vic Donohue and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The Darrow Brothers plot an armored car heist; A story with early art by EC legend John Severin; 1900s detectives the Baldwin Brothers use their offbeat methods to investigate a murder. Dead Or Alive; The Deadly Gilas; The Great Mouthpiece; Georgie's Last Ride; Independence Day; The Golf Links Murder; The Fabulous Baldwins. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $32.00 View scans Centerfold detached at one staple.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $13.00 View scan Water damage.

Stories and art by Dick Rockwell and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Gambling czar Leo Fenner thinks he's getting away with murder; Reese Bailey's gang dons bizarre disguises during their robberies; Chinese-American gangs based in New York's Chinatown unleash the Tong wars during the early 1900s. Odds Against Murder!; The Masquerading Bandits; Shoe Box Annie; The Tell-Tale Letter; Dutch Ace Cretzer's Other Business; The Secret Rackets of the Hip Sing Tong. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $89.00 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Photo cover by Theda Hall and Emerson Hall. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A special issue commemorating the long career of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover; A guide to the FBI organization in 1950; The FBI infiltrates the gang of the mysterious mastermind known as The Count. Octopus of the Underworld; Reservation For Death; Know Your FBI; J. Edgar Takes a Hand; J. Edgar Hoover; G-Man Savvy; Guns For Sale. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $13.00 View scan 1/2" Cumulative spine split.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and others. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Cops use technology to track down dealers in black-market medicines; An ex-con goes to work for a crooked charity run by mobsters; G-men track murdering train robbers for five years. The Charity Chiselers!; Closeups; An Eye for an Eye!; Shoe Tipoff; The Has-Been!. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $18.50 View scan Water damage.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $15.75 View scan Staples added (not manufacturing). Centerfold detached.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and others. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Cops use forensics to reconstruct a killer from his footprints; An embezzler is forced to join a counterfeiting ring; A killer tries to strong-arm another man into taking the rap. Counterfeit; Closeups; The Deadly Alibi; Public Eye; See No Evil. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $33.00 View scans Cover oxidation.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $21.50 View scan Cover oxidation.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and others. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A gang arranges getaways for fugitives from the law. A thug tries to outsmart his partner when he thinks he's being double-crossed. A frustrated writer kills a rival, and thinks he's found the perfect place to hide the corpse. Getaway Mob!; The Lines on the Map!; Killers Are Never Alone!; Closeups; Deadly Angle; Find the Corpse. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $20.00 View scans

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A soldier returned from the war takes on the extortion gang terrorizing his neighborhood. Red roses and kerosene are the clues to catch a killer. An early medical examiner exonerates a man for the murder of his wife. First appearance of the "Crime Never Pays" cover banner, similar to Lev Gleason's "Crime Does Not Pay" title. The Black Hand; Red Roses and Kerosene; Savage Circle; Double Play; Closeups; Innocent Murderer; Long Green; The Big Pay-Off. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $40.00 View scans Oxidation. Cover loose at one staple.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A kidnapper begins abducting gangsters. An embezzler kills his brother, but picks the wrong place to hide the body. Two crooks join forces to catch a killer. Ransom; Murder Will Out; Closeups; Manhunt; Soft Touch; The Capsules; G-Men Are Poison. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $18.50 View scan Heavy pencil marking. Water damage.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $8.30

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A gangster runs a phony charity; Johnny learns too late not to put his trust in big brother Fred; The saga of Alvin "Creepy" Karpis, from "Public Enemy #1" to longtime Alcatraz inmate. The Charity Racketeers; Closeups; Road to Alcatraz; Grim Lesson; Inside Job; Speed Merchant. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $6.00

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mannie Banks. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A reporter goes undercover in a prison to expose a gang; A by-the-book cop tries to convince a young hood to go straight; A cop faces two killers in the same night. First issue to contain the Comics Code seal on the cover. Hot Ice Heisters; Closeups; Crusader; There's Always A Way; Double Play; Robbery. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $9.49 View scan

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Cops try to prevent a gang war from escalating; An arsonist is trapped by his own fire; Inside looks at police procedure and the job of a beat cop. Jigsaw; Ordeal By Fire; Puzzle; Police Procedure in Crime; My Beat. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $18.00 View scan

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Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Guards try to get a prison riot under control; A guy's jacket almost gets him arrested for murder; Boyhood pals grow up to take two paths - one to law, one to crime. Prison Riot; Brown Border; Circumstantial Evidence; Final Winner; Closeups; Big Man. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $5.10

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein, Bill Draut and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured crusading reporters pursuing criminals and spies. Reporter Duke Kennedy relates the tale of a boy, his dog, and the fire department. Correspondent Ace Latten finds cursed diamonds and a beautiful woman in South Africa. Photographer Flash Cameron investigates shenanigans in the world of boxing fandom. Also featuring an ad for the Davy Crockett Tent ("only $1 complete"). Curse of the River Diamonds; Innocent; Duke Kennedy; Hot Stuff; Closeups; The Fight Fan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $8.00

Add to cart FR 1.0 $5.99

Cover by Bill Draut. Stories and art by Marvin Stein, Ted Galindo, Bill Draut and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured crusading reporters pursuing criminals and spies. Duke Kennedy faces danger when he reports on municipal graft; Correspondent Ace Latten uncovers an Italian conspiracy in Venice; Photographer Flash Cameron investigates a mine explosion. Also featuring an ad for the Davy Crockett Tent ("only $1 complete"). Democratic Victory at Venice!; Old Timer; Duke Kennedy; Flash Cameron; Closeups; Channel for Trouble! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.