Comic books May 1943

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

Add to cart Very Good $15.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 6, Issue 4 - May, 1943. 7" x 10", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Burnley. Lois Lane--Super-Woman (1st appearance) starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, art by George Roussos (signed as Joe Shuster). Rainbow over Crimeville starring The Vigilante, pencils by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton Jr.), inks by Charles Paris. The Lieutenant from Corregidor starring Three Aces, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Louis Cazeneuve. Rations for Victory starring Americommando, script by Joseph Greene, art by Bernard Baily. Jungle Justice starring Congo Bill, art by John Daly. Styles in Crime starring Zatara, art by Joseph Sulman. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $81.00 View scans INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, affects Sky Wolf story. Cover-to-cover tear with some paper missing, slightly affects readability. Interior oxidation, pieces of tape throughout.

Airboy (art by Tony DiPreta), the Iron Ace, Skinny McGinty, Sky Wolf (art by Bob Fuje), the Bald Eagle, the Black Angel (art by J. Cassone), and the Flying Dutchman (art by Ulmer). Edited by Ed Cronin. Stories by Dick Wood, Tony DiPreta, Al Ulmer, Bob Fujitani, Harry Sahle, and John Cassone. Heroic action stories of war and airborne adventure—these are Air Fighters Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils possibly by C.C. Beck, inks possibly by Pete Costanza. The Helicopter Blitz starring Captain Marvel, Jr. The Pirate Who Hated Blood starring Lance O'Casey. Hitler's Headsman starring Spy Smasher. Frame Up! text story by Phil Sturm. Banshee O'Brien, Boy Enchanter, in the Mystery of the Modern Monster starring Ibis the Invincible. Old Time Movies starring Golden Arrow; western story. The World's Cruellest Ghost starring Captain Midnight. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

The Justice Society of America "Fights for a United America!" Plot by Gardner Fox and Sheldom Mayer, script by Fox. Art by Joe Gallagher plus individual chapters featuring Hawkman (art by Sheldon Moldoff), Dr. Mid-nite (art by Stan Aschmeier), the Atom (art by Gallagher), Doctor Fate (art by Howard Sherman), the Sandman (art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby), Starman (art by Ed Dobrotka), the Spectre (art by Bernard Baily), and Johnny Thunder (art by Aschmeier). Wonder Woman appearance. Two-page Hop Harrigan text story, "Secret Weapon." Frank Harry cover. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Nazi war cover. Cover price $0.10.

May 1943. Giant Size Issue. Cover by H.W. McCauley. Stories by Robert Moore Williams, Festus Pragnell, Richard O. Lewis, Nelson S. Bond, Ross Rocklynne, A.R. McKenzie, Leroy Yerxa, Edwin Benson, William McCown, and Alexander Blade. Illustrations by Robert Gibson Jones, H.W. McCauley, Malcolm Smith, Julian S. Krupa, Robert Fuqua, and Joe Sewell. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 240 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $159.00 View scans 3" Cumulative spine split (partially taped). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by C. C. Beck, Lynn Perkins, Tom McNamara and Phil Bard. Fawcett's first squarebound comic is an anthology of its greatest superheroes, including Bulletman, Spy Smasher, and of course the original Captain Marvel (Shazam). Inventor Chauncey Kiddin shows Captain Marvel the wonders of the future, including 3-D TV, but his assistant Dr. Ratte wants to use his teleporter to aid a Nazi invasion. Minute Man becomes a momentary Monument Man while retrieving art treasures that were stolen by the Nazis. Commando Yank must escape from occupied Holland with Nazi defense plans hidden inside a pipe, and stop a dike demolition in the process. Plus a PSA for war bonds and stamps featuring the Marvel family, Bulletman, Spy Smasher and Captain Midnight. And a magic trick from Balbo the Boy Magician. Captain Marvel: The World of Your Tomorrow!; Commando Yank: Danger at the Dike; Off the Beam; Bum Ticker; Bulletman: The Killer-Diller Killers; The Camera Sees Death; Minute Man in Berlin; Balbo the Boy Magician: The Missing Rabbit; Balbo's Own Magic Pages; Herbert; Spy Smasher; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: The Riddle of the Runaway Room. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $120.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $73.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $42.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Volume 315, Issue 4 - May, 1943. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 1, Issue 13 - May 1943, 5.25" x 7.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Good $39.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Poor $7.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front and Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 31, Issue 3 - May, 1943. Volume 31, Issue 3. Return to trimmed pulp format. Cover by William Timmins. "Gather, Darkness!" part 1 of 3 by Fritz Lieber. Other science fiction stories by Henry Kuttner, Raymond F. Jones, Lester Del Rey (as John Alvarez), & Cleve Cartmill. Interior illustrations by Frank Kramer & Paul Orban. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.25-in.; black and white; 164 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

1st appearance of Alfred Pennyworth - Cover by Jerry Robinson. "The Joker Reforms!", script by Don Cameron, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos; After robbing a jewelry store, the Joker crash-lands his escape plane and loses his memory; He stumbles into a town where he becomes a hero... but not to the other members of his gang, who seek the jewels, and come looking for him, as do the Caped Crusaders. One-page Shorty story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Grade A Crimes!", script by Ruth "Bunny" Lyons Kaufman (as Bunny Lyons), pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by Jack Burnley and Ray Burnley (backgrounds); After a series of early-bird robberies, Batman notes the appearances of a milkman and his horse-drawn wagon at the scene of every crime, and makes the connection that it is involved in the heists. "The Adventure of the Branded Tree!", script by Don Cameron, pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by Jack Burnley and Ray Burnley (backgrounds); Batman and Robin track down the secret of a dagger-branded tree that led to the murder of two lumberjacks. "Motive" text story by Eric Carter. One-page Clancy the Cop story by Henry Boltinoff. "Here Comes Alfred!", script by Don Cameron, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Things get very complicated when an English butler, named Alfred, suddenly shows up on the doorstep of Wayne Manor and announces that he is there is attend to their needs in order to fulfill a promise that he made to the original butler for the Wayne family. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $185.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $86.00 View scans

Volume 2, Issue 3 - May, 1943. Lingerie story pictorials with humorous captions and pin-up photos. 8" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

The Black Bat in "Captains of Death" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "The Man with Two Faces" by Sam Merwin Jr.; "Transfer to Death" by Ted Coughlan; and "Lost--One Diamond Necklace" by Robert Wallace. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $12.00 View scans Water damage: Slight.

The Case of the Cheating Bride by Milton Propper. Cover price $0.25.

May, 1943. Cover price $0.15.

The Black Genie, script by Dan Barry, art by Charles Quinlan; Willie the Weasel knocks over an antique store and accidentally drinks from a bottle that contains an ancient genie; the Genie now lives inside Willie, making him invulnerable and still being able to be called on to do genie stuff. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, pencils by Ray Wilner, inks by Al Ulmer; Ali Baba and his Mule leave his nagging wife to sleep in the forest where he meets Ali Satrap and his 40 thieves. Wanted for Murder...George Leslie starring Crime Reporter; Gangster George Leslie tries to knock off the Midtown Savings and Trust. The Flying Tigers Chapter 1 starring Wing Lee, art by Jack Alderman; Wing Lee's village is invaded by the Japanese and he is imprisoned. He organizes the prisoners into a guerilla unit and they escape to join up with Chiang Kai-Shek. 14 Days against Japs and Jungle, script and art by Charles Quinlan. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Warren. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Al Fagaly, Jack Warren, John Daly, Ray Gill, Henry Kiefer, George Kapitan, John Jordan, and Eugene L. Pollock. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #36. Former superhero Blue Bolt soars as an aviator hero in WWII. Captured by Japanese forces, Blue Bolt is freed by Russian spies, in a story with early art by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Hero cadet Dick Cole and his pal Simba track a trainload of stolen sugar to the place called The Hole." Sergeant Spook tries to get the sunken sailor ghosts of the War of 1812 to stop fighting, so their cannonballs can be used for WWII scrap-metal drives. Dick Cole; The Phantom Sub; Blue Bolt; Old Cap Hawkins True Tales; Krisko & Jasper; Sub-Zero; Edison Bell; Hard Luck Lady; Fearless Fellers; Sergeant Spook; Bluebolts and Nuts. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover photo by William Ward. Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Edd Ashe, John Scott Douglas, Adele De Leeuw, Dorothy V. Smith, Frances Cadzow, Elizabeth Nichols, Elena Chance, Nell Giles, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Margaret Sutton. Sometimes listed as Calling All Girls Vol. 3 #5. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A comics biography of Carroll Glenn, child violin prodigy; An illustrated profile of Queen Elizabeth II, then only 17 and known as Princess Elizabeth; A classic Coca-Cola ad featuring early mascot Sprite Boy and a thirsty paratrooper combines Coke and WWII memorabilia. Susan Says; A Girl and Her Bow; Out of the Dark; Judy Wing; This Sergeant Is a Lady; The Haunted Apartment; Freshman Bites Soph; Tenderfoot; Learning to be a Queen; Lets Talk Things Over; They're Going to be Nurses; Digging for Victory; Check and Double Check; Sandwich These In; That Personal Touch; Set for Spring into Summer; Out of the Dark; The Victory Club; Girls in the News; Gadgets for Girls. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Includes: Alex Schomburg cover art; The Princess of the Atom: Part II, Script by Ray Cummings, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; Deposits of Death starring Human Torch, Pencils by Harry Sahle, Inks by Al Bellman; Bonus To Boot text story; The Russian Hell-Hole, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; The Ration Book Counterfeits starring Secret Stamp, art by Jack Alderman. 68 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $700.00 View scans Restored: C1 Paper: Cream to off white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. Label #1101218002

Cover by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Stories by Otto Binder, Al Liederman and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Al McLean, Al Liederman and unknown. Ibac is the next one to steal the magic black pearls and Captain Marvel pursues him to North Africa, where the villain tries to infiltrate an American army base in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 2: The Jungle Trap" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Captain Marvel also stars in: "The Lie Detector" by Otto Binder and Al McLean; "The Mirror of Evil"; and "The Impossible Feats" with story by Otto Binder. Plus: Captain Kid in "Grippo the Grunter" by Al Liederman; 2-page text story "The Fiery Arrow" with script by Nathaniel Nitkin; and the winners of Paste-the-Axis Contest announced. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories by Otto Binder and others. Art by Al Carreno and others. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel Jr. faces the card-themed supervillain Black Ace. Marvel Jr. explores the undersea world and discovers a lost city on the ocean floor. CMJ meets "The Most Shocking Man in the World," Volt Meter. Plus a very grim anti-Nazi PSA, "If They Win...Only Our Dead Are Free." The Black Ace; The City Under the Sea; The Spy; Snortville Sneeze; The Most Shocking Man in the World; The Ghost Jam Session. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $113.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover and centerfold detached at original center staple, staple added (not manufacturing). Tape stains and splitting at centerfold. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Nazi scientists figure out how to send electric shocks through microphones to target anti-Axis broadcasters. Captain Midnight must rely on his mechanical skills when he's trapped aboard an airborne torpedo. Midnight's alter ego, Captain Albright, tests experimental VTOL bombers, but someone on the team is working for the Nazis. The Fiendish Sky-Death; Little Sneezer; Flying Torpedo; Red Skye; The Japanese Volcano; Flame-Tail Killers. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 14, Issue 12 - May 1943. Features creative stories, poems, rebuses, recipes, activities, crafts, science experiments, and health articles for children. 6-in. x 9-in. 52 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $240.00 View scans

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $125.00 View scans 1" spine split from top of comic. Heavy cover oxidation. Staples added (not manufacturing). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $99.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover and centerfold detached at single center staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart PR 0.5 $27.00 View scan INCOMPLETE. Missing last 2 pages, interrupts story. 2" cumulative spine split. Cover and 2 centerfold wraps detached at single center staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Don Quixote, 1st Printing, Classics Comics. Comic book adaptation of the classic Miguel De Cervantes story about a quiet scholarly gentleman who let his imagination take over his life and resolved to seek adventure as noble knight. Illustrated by Louis Zansky. (HRN 10, 5/43). Issue also has a text biography of Cervantes and other historical figures.