Comic books December 1941

Volume 1, Issue 1 - December, 1941. 6.75" x 9.5, 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

52 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, script by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Just Kids strips by A.D. Carter. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Collecting Stamps article by Eugene Pollack. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Pete the Tramp strips by Clarence D. Russell. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. The Battle of the Atlantic text story, art by E. Franklin Wittmack. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Fred Ray. Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Leo Nowak (signed as Joe Shuster), inks by Ed Dobrotka. The Vigilante story, art by Mort Meskin. The Adventure of the Ancient Airplane starring Three Aces story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Chad Grothkopf. Mr. America story, script by Ken Fitch, art by Bernard Baily. Congo Bill story, art by Fred Ray. Zatara story, art by Joseph Sulman. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Burnley. Adventure of the Singapore Stranglers, script by Gardner F. Fox, pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by Jack Burnley and Ray Burnley [backgrounds]; Starman takes on a gang of saboteurs who are using a giant acetylene torch to badly damage ships while in the Gotham docks. The Red Dragon starring The Shining Knight, art by Creig Flessel. Dr. Wizen's Gorohs starring The Hourman, art by Bernard Baily. The Prehistoric Island starring Steve Conrad, Adventurer, script and art by Jack Lehti. The Ambergris Killers starring Paul Kirk, Manhunter, script and art by Ed Moore. The Case of the Giant Bees starring The Sandman, script by Mort Weisinger, pencils by Paul Norris, inks by Chad Grothkopf. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

For previous issues see Air Trails (1934-1942, 1950-1954 Street & Smith) Pulp 2nd Series Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Irwin Hasen. The Taxi War, script by Bill Finger, art by Martin Nodell; Green Lantern and Doiby must battle mobsters in their efforts to control a union of taxi cab drivers. The Red Tornado Frees an Innocent Man, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. The Gyroplane starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. Destroy the Patriotic Trio starring Red, White and Blue, art by Harry Lampert. Sargon Attacks Gambling starring Sargon the Sorcerer, script by John B. Wentworth, art by Howard Purcell. The Miracle Solvent starring The Atom, script by Bill O'Connor, pencils by Ben Flinton, inks by Leonard Sansone. The Camera Crimes starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by Charles Reizenstein, art by Stan Aschmeier. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith (as Bud Fisher). 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 2, Issue 1 - December, 1941. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

1st appearance and origin of Wonder Woman (script by William Moulton Marston, art by Harry G. Peter). Starman and Dr. Midnite become members of the Justice Society of America in this book-length adventure. Plot by Gardner Fox and Sheldon Mayer, script by Fox. Art by Everett E. Hibbard plus individual chapters featuring Dr. Mid-nite (art by Stan Aschmeier), Doctor Fate (art by Aschmeier), the Atom (art by Ben Flinton), the Sandman (art by Cliff Young), Starman (art by Jack Burnley), Hawkman (art by Sheldon Moldoff), the Spectre (art by Barnard Baily), and Johnny Thunder (art by Aschmeier). Green Lantern voted an honorary member (no appearance, however). Doctor Fate gets a new helmet. Two-page Hop Harrigan text story, "Sky Cutups" (art by Mayer). Half-page ad for Green Lantern 1. Full-page ad for Sensation Comics 1 (Wonder Woman). Hibbard cover. 76 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - December, 1941. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

The Case of the Black Dragon Society; After the mysterious suicide of a agent of the Black Dragon Society, who has just killed the owner of many oil wells, the Human Torch and Toro head east to see the owner of one of those wells, discovering the Japanese plan to blow up its pipeline. The Canvas of Doom!, script by Stan Lee (signed as S.T. Anley], art by Al Avison; Cap and Bucky come face to face with a lunatic artist, who paints portraits of his victims in the act or throes of death, then invites them to view the canvas, which hypnotizes them into doing away with themselves. Terror Prison starring the Whizzer, script by Stan Lee (signed as Neel Nats], pencils by Mike Sekowsky (signed as Michael Sekowsky), inks by George Klein. Jungle Drums text story. The Ship of Horrors starring The Sub-Mariner, script and art by Bill Everett. Ad for Young Allies Comics #2. The Secret Tunnel of Death! starring The Destroyer. Ad for USA Comics #3. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by Gardner F. Fox. Art and cover by Everett E. Hibbard. The Flash investigates the activities of a research scientist named Addams, who has a theory that the human face is shaped by glandular activities of the body. Addams plots to treat people with his special formula in order to make them look like prominent men who he plans to kidnap and replace with a phony. How to Develop Your Speed with the Flash. Butch McLobster story by Ed Wheelan. Hop Harrigan text story by Evelyn Gaines. The Flash Presents His Hall of Speed Records. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Myron Strauss. Stories by Lonergan, Louis Glanzman, Sam Glanzman (as Decker), John F. Kolb, Martin Filchock, Robert Turner, Sam Gilman, Basil Wolverton, Harry Francis Campbell, Frank Frollo, and Homer Fleming. Super-hero and adventure tales featuring such characters as Amazing-Man, Minimidget, Mighty Man and Super Ann, Hobo Harper, Meteor Martin, King of Darkness, The Blue Lady, and Nightshade. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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December, 1941. Cover by Rod Ruth. Stories by Ed Earl Repp, Ray Cummings, Duncan Farnsworth, John York Cabot, P.F. Costello, and Alexander Blade. Illustrations by Rod Ruth, Jay Jackson, John Charles Thoman, and Joe Sewell. Back cover by Frank R. Paul. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 148 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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All issues in this series consist of three remaindered/coverless copies of unsold Amazing Stories (not reprints) re-bound together by Ziff-Davis into a single thick volume with new outer cover art. Cover price $0.25.

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December 1941 issue. Full length war-air action novel."High Ramparts" by Lt. Scott Morgan, "Wings of Sand" by Robert Sidney Bowen, "Bird Feud!" by Joe Archibald and other exciting stories. 9 1/2" by 6 3/4". 114 pages. B&W text with illustrations. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $43.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight.

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Sabu, starring in Jungle Book photo on the front cover. Feature article titled Shoot First, Our Navy Ready! Even though this magazine is dated almost two weeks after Pearl Harbor it was published just before the attack. Also features fiction stories by Theodore Roscoe; Stookie Allen; George Harmon Case; Louis Goldsmith; Richard Sale; William Colt MacDonald and Bruce Hutchinson. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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December, 1941. Volume 28, Issue 4. Cover by Hubert Rogers. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Fred Ray, inks by Jerry Robinson. "Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); From prison, Big Mike Russo is able to have his gang kidnap the warden, replace him and the guards with a look alike, then use the prison as a base of operations to commit crimes while providing alibis to those committing them; Batman figures that the only way to uncover this scenario is to get put in prison himself. "The Strange Case of Professor Radium!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); A scientist finds a way to use radium to bring the dead back to life, and he uses himself as a guinea pig; Although the experiments are successful, the Professor pays dearly for his discovery, for, in the end, as Batman says, it has created a Frankenstein monster. 2-page Chief Hot Foot story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Superstition Murders!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (signed), inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); The cast of a stage production decides to have a "superstition" party, intentionally carrying out every well-known superstition they can think of; But when one of them is killed, Batman and Robin enter the fray to single out the perpetrator of the deed. "The Cross-Country Crimes!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); The Caped Crusaders are invited to Washington D.C. to meet with the head of the FBI, but the Joker shows up and shoots the G-Man. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

December 1941. Cover by Frederick Blakeslee. "Headin' for Hell" by Daniel Winters. Other stories by Orlando Rigoni, David Goodis, Logan Claybourne, Lance Kermit, and Robert J. Hogan. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 114 pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Gardner Fox, Ham Fisher, Mart Bailey, Ray McGill, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, and Alfred Andriola. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Joe Palooka starts his training to fight Phantom Dill for the title. Super-powered Sparky Watts wants Doc Static to treat his girlfriend Hedy with cosmic rays, so he can marry her without threatening her safety. Marvelo the Magician rescues a kidnapped child by turning the kidnappers into children and introducing them to Santa Claus. Skyman; Sparky Watts; Captain Devildog; Joe Palooka; Spy-Chief; Charlie Chan; Rocky Ryan; Dixie Dugan; Mike the Mascot; Mortimer the Monk; Marvelo; The Face; Oliver Drab. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - December, 1941. 7" x 10", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

December, 1941. 6.75" x 9", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $399.95 or Best Offer View scans Restored (see item notes) Interior is complete. RESTORATION. Piece fill. TRIMMED. Full-length spine split through cover and first wrap (heavily taped). Cover detached and glued to first wrap. Tape on interior cover and pages. Cover and interior oxidation. Staples added (not manufacturing). Incorrect back cover MARRIED. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Roland "Ramona" Patenaude [as Pat]. The Case of the Burning Death, art by Al Carreno; Drug manufacturer Leo Sugar murders his partner when he won't let him use his new drug for crime. The Corpse Who Walked, art by Al Carreno; Marcus Hook attempts to falsify his death and almost kills Dr. Franz in the process. Curtain Call For Death; Scribbler is busy forging checks. The Monster of the Swamp, art by Al Carreno; a fake monster hijacks trains by running them into an abandoned mine. The Gorilla and the Gangsters; a mysterious half-human half-gorilla kills Renard and takes over his gang. The Wonderful Wish starring Davy the Wish Master. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by David Adams. Cover by Bob Davis. Stories by Bob Davis, Alan Mandel, Dan Barry, Henry Kiefer, Ray Gill, Harold DeLay, Irving Werstein, Bill O'Connor, Ben Flinton, Leonard Sansone, Ray Gill, Bill Brady, Jack A. Warren, and John Daly. Because Simba has renounced his evil past and confessed his thefts to Major Farr, he is put on probation in the Major's care. Blue Bolt takes Lois, as his new helper, to see Dr. Bertoff to see if the scientist has been able to locate the A.C. Ring, the purveyors of fake citizenship papers. A medium named Gondo convinces wealthy Mrs. Howard that he can make contact with her late husband Horace. While taking the Sub out on its first test flight, Jack and Slim note a black cloud amongst all the white ones. Twister comes upon the scenes of an airplane attacking a car and watching a group of crooks take a black bag from that car. 68 pages, $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Lin Streeter. The Mad Botanist starring Captain Flag, script by Joe Blair, art by Lin Streeter; a plant with tentacle-like vines kills an inventor in his laboratory. House of Wax starring the dog Rang-A-Tang, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle. Murder On a Gambling Ship starring Fox, script by Joe Blair, art by Bob Montana. The Oil Tank Fires starring Corporal Collins, script by Harry Shorten, art by Carl Hubbell. Island Adventure starring Ty-Gor, script by Joe Blair, art by Bob Montana. Doom In the Deep starring Inferno, script by Joe Blair, art by Irv Novick. The Telltale Typewriter Ribbon starring Loop Logan, script by Joe Blair. The Evil Eye starring Mr. Justice, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.