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Red Seal Comics (1945) comic books 1947

  • Issue #20
    Red Seal Comics (1945) 20
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3877912003
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Paul Gattuso. Stories and art by Ralph Mayo, Paul Gattuso, Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, Gus Schrotter, Joey Cavallo, Anthony Cataldo and George Tuska. Superior takes over publishing of the humor and adventure anthology from Chesler / Dynamic. This issue features unpublished stories left over from the Chesler era. Diminutive, Shadow-like superhero Black Dwarf investigates after two of his agents find a shooting victim on the street. This story features the slang wordplay the strip was noted for, with lines like "He's cold cuts already, and his leather is empty!" The Gay Desperado follows stories of the "flaming hoss" and finds sinister doings afoot. Lady Satan's magical powers appear to be no match for the walking dead. The Black Dwarf and Lady Satan were listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Black Dwarf; Gay Desperado; Prehistoric Pete: Pete's Toll Bridge; Calling All Cars; Lady Satan; Sky Chief; Escapade Behind an Eight Ball; Lucky Coyne. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #22
    Red Seal Comics (1945) 22
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION: Minor color touch, cover cleaned.

    Cover by Gus Ricca. Stories and art by Fred Kelly, Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, and E. G. Letkeman. Superior takes over publishing of the humor and adventure anthology from Chesler / Dynamic. This issue features new material from Canadian artists. Diminutive, Shadow-like superhero Black Dwarf and his squad usually kill criminals, but in this case they must avenge the strange murders of thieves and burglars. Crooks get Dr. Justice to patch up a gunshot wound and then plan to get rid of him, but they didn't realize he's a trained crime-fighter. Jungle hero Zor and his pet saber-toothed tiger Nu face the Monkeymen of Kul. Riggin' Bill and his shipmates sink a Nazi sub and rescue the survivors, in a story featuring cameos by Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Stalin. Black Dwarf: More Truth Than Fantasy!; Doctor Justice; The Beach-Comber; Rescue for Revenge; Gay Desperado; Zor the Mighty: The Monkeymen of Kul; Mock Murder; Rocketman: Sly as a Fox; Facts!; Rex Tyler: Lawman of the Rockies; Riggin Bill: The Last Shot Got Her. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.