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Comic books August 1942

  • Issue #76
    King Comics (1936) 76

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    Cover by Franklin Wittmack. Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by William Ritt, Clarence Gray, Fran Striker, Brandon Walsh, Nicholas Afonsky, Carl Anderson, Jack Burnley, R. J. Scott, Eddie Sullivan, Charlie Schmidt, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Tom Sims, Bela Zaboly, George McManus, Otto Soglow, Eddie Rickenbacker, Clayton Knight, Charles Flanders, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Frank Miller, Don Moore and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. The ultra-patriotic wartime cover features the 1942 text of the Pledge of Allegiance; The Phantom tracks the all-female band of air pirates to their island hideout. Brick Bradford; The Lone Ranger; The Phantom; Little Annie Rooney; Henry; Sport Features; Scott's Scrapbook; Hall of Fame of the Air; Sentinel Louie; Radio Patrol; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Flash Gordon; Bringing Up Father; The Little King; Barney Baxter in the Air; Sappo; Stamps: The Capture of London; Family Portraits: Nothing But Temper; Hurricane Yank. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 3 #7

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  • Vol. 19 #32
    Liberty (1924-1950 Coloroto/Macfadden) Magazine Vol. 19 #32
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  • Vol. 19 #33
    Liberty (1924-1950 Coloroto/Macfadden) Magazine Vol. 19 #33

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  • Vol. 19 #34
    Liberty (1924-1950 Coloroto/Macfadden) Magazine Vol. 19 #34

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  • Vol. 19 #35
    Liberty (1924-1950 Coloroto/Macfadden) Magazine Vol. 19 #35

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  • Aug 3 1942
    Life (1883-2000 Clair Maxwell/Life Publishing Company) Magazine Aug 3 1942

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    August 3, 1942. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: James Petrillo; Renoir model Gabrielle; color photo portfolio of "The Girls of Hollywood" (Veronica Lake, Ann Sheridan, Rita Hayworth, Gene Tierney, Lana Turner, Alexis Smith, Hedy Lamarr, Carole Landis, Rosalind Russell, and Brenda Marshall); transport planes; Gen. MacArthur's son; global maps; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 88 pages. Cover price $0.10.

  • Aug 17 1942
    Life (1883-2000 Clair Maxwell/Life Publishing Company) Magazine Aug 17 1942

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    August 17, 1942. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Ace Guerrilla; Fort Leavenworth; guerrilla fighting; Ghandi at home; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 96 pages. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #10
    Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (1941-1962 Dell) 10

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    68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 17 #3

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  • Vol. 36 #2

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  • Vol. 7 #4

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  • Vol. 178 #5
    Love Story Magazine (1921-1947 Street & Smith) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 178 #5

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  • Vol. 178 #6
    Love Story Magazine (1921-1947 Street & Smith) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 178 #6

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  • Vol. 179 #1
    Love Story Magazine (1921-1947 Street & Smith) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 179 #1


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  • Vol. 179 #2
    Love Story Magazine (1921-1947 Street & Smith) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 179 #2

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  • Vol. 179 #3
    Love Story Magazine (1921-1947 Street & Smith) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 179 #3


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  • Vol. 1 #1
    Love-Crime Detective (1942 Frank A. Munsey) Pulp Vol. 1 #1

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  • Issue #37
    Magic Comics (1939) 37

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    Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Feg Murray, Clayton Knight, H. H. Knerr, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Floyd Torbert, Robert Storm, Mel Graff, Carl Anderson, Edwina Dumm, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Joe Musial, Billy DeBeck, Jimmy Thompson, Eugene L. Pollack, Tom Sims, and Bela Zaboly. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake discovers that the scent of the rare striped orchid can drive men to kill; Dagwood can find no refuge from the demands of domesticity, not even in the bathtub. Mandrake the Magician; Stamp Corner; Jan and Aloysius; The Romance of Flying; Bunky; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Henry; Little Acorns; High Spots; Popeye; Barney Baxter; Blondie; Indian Lore; Tippie and Cap Stubbs; Dinglehoofer. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #34
    Marvel Mystery Comics (1939) 34

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    Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Human Torch untitled story (with the Timely staff), script and art by Carl Burgos. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Carl Pfeufer. The Beast of Cactus Canyon starring Vision, pencils by Syd Shores, inks by Al Gabriele. The Curse of Tutkenamen by Mickey Spillane. Exposed! The Jap Invaders starring Patriot, art by Al Fagaly. Dr. Watson Makes Monkeys Out of the Japs starring Terry Vance, art by Bob Oksner. In His Tunnel to China starring Jimmy Jupiter, script and art by Ed Robbins. The Curse of Professor Torture starring Angel. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #29
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 29

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    \Cover art by Mac Raboy. The Iron Heel of the Huns!, art by Mac Raboy; Freddy Freeman is air-lifted into the heart of Nazi Germany, who, as Captain Marvel Jr., is to attempt to free the founder of an anti-Nazi movement who is being held in a secure, well-guarded prison. Untitled Bulletman story; The Flying Detectives come face to face with The Bee, who uses concentrated bee venom as a murder weapon. The Fumes of Fear starring Minute Man, art by Phil Bard. Hoodoo Hannigan: Chapter 1: Lightning Over Luaca text story by Joseph P. Millard. Untitled El Carim story. Untitled Buck Jones, Frontier Marshall story, art by Ralph Carlson; Oil found on the Indian land and the murder of a government agent brings Buck and Mike to investigate. Untitled Companions Three story. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 26 #6
    Master Detective (1929 MacFadden) Magazine Vol. 26 #6

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    August 1942. Volume 26 No. 6. Painted cover by A. McCowan. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 104 p, B&W. Printed on white paper stock and newsprint. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 70 #11

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  • Vol. 27 #8

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  • Vol. 28 #4
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 28 #4


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #11
    Military Comics (1941) 11

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    Cover art by Will Eisner. Untitled story, script by Dick French, art by Chuck Cuidera; The Blackhawks must battle German, Japanese and Italian soldiers in their quest to bring relief to stranded Allied soldiers in the Philippines. The Last of Obergast featuring Sniper, script by Ted Udall. Untitled Loops and Banks story, script and art by Bob Powell (Bud Ernest); The bombing of Tokyo. Untitled Shot and Shell story, script and art by Klaus Nordling; Hitler gets shrunk; app. by Herman Goering and Josef Goebbels. Untitled Death Patrol story, script and art by Dave Berg; featuring Boris, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Frere Jacques, Goucho, Prince Totinhot, Henry (introduction, a talking blimp), and Adolf Hitler (who is back to full size). Untitled Phantom Clipper story, art by Fred Kida; Battle of Teagly Island. Untitled story, script and art by Al Jaffee; Now in possession of the Brooklyn Bridge, Courtney unsuccessfully tries to resell it, even offering it to Hitler!; Public outcry forced Inferior Man to have the witch restore the bridge to its rightful place; unfortunately, in doing so, she makes it invisible. Untitled X of the Underground story, art by Lee Ames; A serum for cholera. We'll Moider D'Bums! text story by Dick French. Untitled story, script and art by Fred Guardineer; Fresh from their victories in the South Pacific area, Dunn and Jones take the Blue Tracer to Nome, Alaska, to continue their fight against the Japanese. U. S. Seaman Traps U-Boat Secret War News non-fiction story, art by Al McWilliams. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 27 #2
    Model Airplane News (1929 Air Age Media) Magazine Vol. 27 #2

    Vol. 27 #2, Aug. 1942 - Includes an article entitled "Air Fighters of the Setting Sun". 8.5" x 11", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

  • Vol. 24 #3

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  • Vol. 25 #3

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    Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #82
    More Fun Comics (1935) 82
    Published Aug 1942 by DC.

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    Cover by George Papp. "Robin Hood's Revenge," art by George Papp; Thanks to Professor Wurm's time pills, Green Arrow and Speedy end up in Robin Hood's time. "Luck for Sale," starring Doctor Fate, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Howard Sherman; The Red Sage holds people in his power by threatening to manipulate the stock market in such a way as for them to lose their fortunes unless they do his bidding. "Puzzle of the Devil Deaths," art by Louis Cazeneuve; Radio Squad vs. Satan. "King of the Convict Island," starring Aquaman, art by Louis Cazeneuve; Prisoners on Convict Island use the war as an opportunity to take the place over. "Letters in the Sky," starring Johnny Quick, pencils by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton), inks by Cliff Young. "The Truth Hurts," starring the Spectre, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Bernard Baily; Henry Barton invents a pill that makes everybody tell the truth and it immediately falls into the hands of Tacks Taggert. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 64 #1

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  • Vol. 36 #11

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  • Vol. 2 #6
    Published Aug 1942 by UNKNOWN.

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  • Vol. 2 #9

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  • Issue #100
    Movie Story Magazine (1937-1951 Fawcett) 100


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    Issue 100 - August, 1942. Articles on current releases and Hollywood industry and personality coverage. "The Talk of the Town" cover. 8.5" x 11", 102 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #38
    Mystery Novel of the Month (1938-1942 Arcadia House) Digest 38


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    The Vice Czar Murders by Franklin Charles. 5.5" x 7.5", 128 pages, text. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #10
    Mystic Comics (1940-1942 1st Series) 10

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    Cover pencils by Al Gabriele, inks by Syd Shores. Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty ad. Battling the Underground Factory Fiend, art by John Forte; Flora observes the government's top production official leaving a conference with Hitler, and tells Keen about it. Inky Dinky humor page by Sol Brodsky. The World of Wonder, art by Louis Golden; Jackie and Jimmie are two boys who live in the magic city in the center of Wonder Woods. Captain America Comics #16 ad. The Legend of the Headless Executioner, art by Jack Alderman; Father Time unravels a complicated scheme involving a large and supposedly cursed emerald that is part of a headless idol from India. The Demon's Rampage, script by Mike Sekowsky (as Howard James); The Demon breaks out of the pit where the Prince of Good imprisoned him last issue and continues his rampage. Story Conference; Red's editor isn't impressed with his writing efforts; When Deena, who wants a job as Red's assistant, mentions a fashion show to Red he starts to write a murder mystery about a model. The Death List of Mister Z, art by Don Rico; The Terror thwarts a scheme to collect on insurance policies through murder. The Lizard; The Challenger suspects a paroled crook nicknamed "The Lizard" of hunting down and killing everyone who helped put him in jail. Remember Pearl Harbor! ad for United States Savings Bonds and Stamps. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #24
    National Comics (1940) 24

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    Untitled stories starring Uncle Sam, Quicksilver (art by Paul Gustavson), Windy Breeze (art by Jack Cole as Henry Johns), Kid Dixon (art by Klaus Nordling as Bob Reynolds), Prop Powers (art by Lynn Byrd), The Unknown (art by Bernie Klein and Ted Udall), Sally O'Neil Policewoman (art by Frank Kearns), Kid Patrol (art by Dan Wilson), Wonder Boy (art by Jerry Iger as Jerry Maxwell), and Destroyer 171 (art by Al McWilliams). Remember Pearl Harbor! starring Merlin the Magician, art by Fred Guardineer (as Lance Blackwood). 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 147 #8
    National Police Gazette (1935-1977 National Police Gazette Corp.) Monthly Magazine Vol. 147 #8


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  • Vol. 2 #1
    New Detective Magazine (1941-1952 Popular Publications) Canadian Edition Vol. 2 #1

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  • Issue #66
    New Funnies (1942-1946 Dell) 66

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    68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 4 #3

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  • Vol. 10 #6

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  • Vol. 90 #2
    Outdoor Life (1898 Godfrey Hammond) Magazine Vol. 90 #2

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  • Issue #30
    Pep Comics (1940-1987 Archie) 30

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    Cover art by Bob Montana. Untitled story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Irv Novic; An experiment to restore the Shield's super powers fails, and, it seems, he is faced with losing his super powers permanently; In the meantime, the Shield and Dusty become involved in helping to rescue the French Vichy Consul from the clutches of the Strangler and his Nazi gang. "Rhymed Invitations to Death" starring Hangman, Mother Goose, Simon Dickson, Robin Dickson, and Mr. Dickson. Untitled story, script S. M. Iger, art by Alex Blum; Captain Commando (John Grayson, introduction) battles The Nazis. Untitled Danny In Dreamland story starring Alice, Welsh Rabbit, Dill Pickle, and I. Scream Cohen, script by Harry Shorten, art by Bob Montana. Untitled Sergeant Boyle story starring Rajah of Bapal, his son, and Japanese villains, art by Carl Hubbell. Untitled story, script and art by Bob Montana; Archie sets up an escort agency to raise money and ends up dating his teacher, Miss Grundy. Untitled story, script by Joe Blair, art by Paul Reinman; Bentley of Scotland Yard versus Donald Grayson. "God's Wrist Watch" text story starring Sergeant Boyle. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Aug 9 1942
    Philadelphia Inquirer Gold Seal Novel/Sunday Novel (1934-1949 Philadelphia Inquirer) Magazine Aug 9 1942

    The Gold Seal Novel was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Inquirer issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. Between 1934 and 1949, they published almost 400 of these novels.

  • Aug 23 1942
    Philadelphia Inquirer Gold Seal Novel/Sunday Novel (1934-1949 Philadelphia Inquirer) Magazine Aug 23 1942

    The Gold Seal Novel was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Inquirer issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. Between 1934 and 1949, they published almost 400 of these novels.

  • Issue #16
    Phoenix (1942 Walter Gibson) Fanzine 16

    Issue 16 - August 21, 1942. Early magic enthusiast fanzine with reader submitted homemade tricks for other readers to try at home complete with step-by-step instructions and illustrations where needed. 8.5" x 11", 4 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 21 #3

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  • Vol. 21 #2

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