Comic books June 1943

Includes: Alex Schomburg cover art; North of the Border, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; The Man-Hole of Death starring Human Torch; Swell Guy text story; Blitzkrieg To Berlin, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; Roddy Colt Steps Out starring Secret Stamp. 68 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Coverless $135.00 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. 2 centerfold wraps missing, interrupts art and story. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Al Gabrielle. Stories and art by Frank Borth, George Mandel, Jay Diger, Nathaniel Nitkin, Dennis Neville, Jack Warren and Don Rico. There was no issue #4; this issue features reprints of Captain Battle (1941) 1st Series #1. WWI veteran John Battle uses his advanced tech to battle fascism in WWII Europe. Undercover Man uses his talent for disguise to track and capture criminals. A lab accident transforms Yugoslavian scientist Basil Brusilof into the superhero Blackout. Captain Battle Conquers the Nazi Terror; Savior of Chungking; The League of Hooded Men; Drums Over Africa; Undercover Man; Gunner and Gupey; Avenger of the War Victims. Final issue of the series. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $180.00 View scan Restored (see item notes) INCOMPLETE. Missing half of back cover (Comix Cards), does not interrupt art or story. RESTORATION. Staple replaced. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Al Liederman and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Al Liederman and unknown. Captain Marvel travels to Hawaii, where Nippo has disguised himself as an American general so that he can clear the way for another Japanese attack. The general's daughter helps Captain Marvel rescue her father and Nippo is defeated. The magic of the black pearls shows Cap Mr. Mind's next plot, which will be engineered by Dr. Sivana. Don't miss..."The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 3: The Second Pearl Harbor" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Captain Marvel also stars in: "The Minneapolis Mystery!"; "The Curse of Zogi"; and "The American Lord Haw-Haw" with story by Otto Binder. Plus: Captain Marvel in the 1-page public service announcement "Wake Up! Billy Batson Says...It's Time to Get Fightin' Mad!" Also in this issue: Captain Kid..."Rolls Out in a Barrel" by Al Liederman. And: 2-page text story "They Can't Lick Us" with script by John Broome (Ron Broom). 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. When Dr. Witz creates evil "Nazi Monkeys," Captain Marvel Jr. responds by creating duplicates of himself. Marvel Jr. is surprised when his old foe Captain Nazi repents, but he's not sure he believes it. Nazi scientist Dr. Brane uses "Television of Past Centuries" (TV being a new idea at the time) to resurrect Napoleon, Genghis Khan and an evil George Washington impersonator for his own designs. His Dangerous Doubles; The Predictions of Peril; Tunisian Adventures; The Snortville Sneeze; When Captain Nazi Repents; The Conquerors From The Grave. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The Mississippi Marauder featuring Captain Midnight. The Personality Kid humor story with Little Sneezer. The Silent Winds of Destruction; Captain Midnight investigates the mysterious attacks being made on U.S. defense plants, puzzled that enemy aircraft cannot even be heard! Bomber's Vengeance text story with Red Skye. The Black Tornadoes; Captain Albriht finds it odd that devastating tornadoes, that have been striking the Middle West, seem only to occur in towns that have U.S. defense plants. The Mechanical Man!; Captain Albright, who has ust invented a robot pilot named Samson, is preparing to fly the robot to Washington D.C., when several Nazi spies fly off with what they think is the robot. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $8.70 Cover and outer three wraps detached.

Volume 15, Issue 1 - June 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.

Robin Hood, 2nd Printing, Classics Comics. Adaptation of the classic stories of Robin Hood, a champion of the down-trodden in England during the Crusades. Illustrated by Louis Zansky. (HRN 12). Cover price $0.10.

Rip Van Winkle, 1st Printing, Classics Comics. (HRN 11, 6/43). Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Barry. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Alan Mandel, Tony DiPreta, and John Cassone. Forgotten superheroes from the Golden Age of comics, featuring early work by Dan Barry and other comics legends. Zippo, Nightmare and Sleepy were all listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Hitler orders scientists to create a Nazi robot tyrannosaur to battle the Giant and the Boy King. Nightmare and Sleepy battle a villain whose skill is making ultra-realistic silhouettes in a short time. Micro-Face becomes caught up in the deadly hunt for the cursed gem called the Fire of Kenya. The Boy King and the Giant; Nightmare and Sleepy: The Silhouettes of Death!!; Stupid Manny; Micro-Face; The Blind Detective; Zippo; Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers; Twilight. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Frank Harry. The Invisible Invader starring Wonder Woman, script by William Moulton Marston [signed as Charles Moulton], art by Harry G. Peter. Mutt and Jeff strips, scripts and art by Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]. The Guy Who Liked Bananas starring The King, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Harry Lampert. Master Sgt. Meyer Levin, Bombardier and Hero starring Meyer Levin, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. A Little Savage Revenge starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. The Man Most Like to Succeed starring Sargon the Sorcerer, script by John B. Wentworth, art by Sheldon Moldoff. The Minute Man Answers the Call, script by M.C. Gaines, art by Sheldon Moldoff. The Bushmaster starring Green Lantern, script by Bill Finger, art by Stan Aschmeier [signed as Mart Nodell]. Balboa--Picture Stories from History, art by Sheldon Moldoff. The Laws of Pumpkin Center starring The Flash, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Lou Ferstadt [signed as E. E. Hibbard]. 92 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller and Paul F. Berdanier . Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 4 #5. Comics on Parade focused on a different United Features comic strip in every issue. This issue features Fritzi, star of Ernie Bushmiller's good-girl strip Fritzi Ritz, and her more famous niece, Nancy. Nancy and Sluggo play house in the yard, despite Sluggo's better judgment. Sluggo tries to stop a runaway horse. Nancy wants to get out of writing an English composition. Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble; Nancy. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $77.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 114, Issue 6 - June, 1943. Cover by Bradshaw Crandell. Short stories, serials, and features. 8.5" x 11.25", 174 pages, B&W with spot color and full color ads. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Dick Wood, Bob Wood, Alan Mandel, Carl Hubbell, Basil Wolverton, and Dick Briefer. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Daredevil's sidekicks the Little Wise Guys set up their base on operations at the Herendeen mansion to help him solve crimes. Rhyming reporter Scoop Scuttle thinks a city councilman has murdered Mayor Mushmap, in a story by comics legend Basil Wolverton. Teen inventor Dickie Dean sets out to steal his lightning machine back from the Nazis, in a story with art by Dick Briefer. Daredevil: Doom; Thirteen and Jinx: Welders Disappear; Sniffer; Dickie Dean; Scoop Scuttle; The Pirate Prince; Crimebuster: Squeeks Goes Nuts; The Claw: The Claw Is Dead? 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $3,000.00 View scans Restored: B2 Paper: Off white THE DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION. Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover, pieces added to cover, spine split sealed to cover, staple reinforced. (typo on CGC label) Label #4317835012

Joker cover art by Jerry Robinson. Slay 'Em with Flowers starring Batman, Robin, and The Joker, script by Horace L. Gold, art by Jerry Robinson. The Invasion of America starring The Boy Commandos, script by Jack Kirby, art by Joe Simon. The Case of the Lollipop Crimes starring The Crimson Avenger, script and pencils by Jack Lehti, inks by Charles Paris. Decks of Doom starring Spy, art by Chuck Winter. The Man who Talked his Crimes starring Air Wave, script by Joe Samachson, art by George Roussos. Mountain Invasion text story by Dan Wallace. The Bashful Bandits starring Slam Bradley, art by Howard Sherman. 64 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 22, 1st Printing - "Murder for a Wanton" by Whitman Chambers. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

"This is the Way We Bake Our Dead" a ghoulishly delightful story by Hugh B. Cave.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $24.00 View scans Paper: Cream

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $79.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $16.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 36, Issue 2 - June, 1943. 7" x 10", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

June 1943. Cover by Emery Clarke. Stories include "The Running Skeletons," a book-length novel by "Kenneth Robeson"; "100 Miles From Berlin" by Stuart Friedman; "Battle Stations" by Wallace Brooker; "Flight Into Doom" by George L. Eaton; "Winter in Hell" by William G. Bogart; and "The Blue Devil" by George Allan Moffatt. 6.75-in x 9.25-in; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Al Bryant. Luckiest Man In the World starring Doll Man. The Little Green Men; Doll Man faces a scientist who has created mute Little Green Men by shrinking people, for whom Doll Man shows no mercy. The Tiny Terrors starring Doll Man. The Playboy Inventor starring The Dragon, script and art by Fred Guardineer. Wobble-Foot starring Doll Man. The Monster Man ad starring Captain Tootsie. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and Victor Pazmiño. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. When Nazi agents target the supposedly unsinkable new radio-controlled Allied transports, Don is called in to find the leak. Don and Red train young Navy sailors in the finer points of boxing. Don leads American minesweepers against the Nazi U-boat fleet. Plus a PSA for US war bonds featuring Shazam, aka Captain Marvel ("American boots for you Axis brutes!"). The Cut Feed Line; Warriors of the Sea: Havoc at Cavite; The Boxing Champ of the Atlantic Fleet; Eaglebeak Spruder; The Camouflage Secret!; Jetsam Joe; Don Winslow Undermines the Axis. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Official organ of the International Society of Junior Magicians, containing news and tips. 16 pages on newsprint.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Dreams of Batsby starring the Black Terror; vs. Klaupt and the Nazis. The Subway Tunnel Saboteurs starring American Eagle; vs. Schnark, Wilhelm, and other Nazi spies. The Kidnapped Commander starring the Liberator. Captive In the Jungle vs. Crash Carter, art by Bob Oksner; vs. Nazis. The Baseball Blitz starring Sgt. Bill King, art by Maurice Gutwirth; vs. Nazis. The Secret Jap Base starring Larry North, art by Max Plaisted. Untitled Looie Lazybones story, art by Art Gates. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, a text story, and an original Fearless Flint feature. In order of appearance: "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Fearless Flint" by H. G. Peter; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Connie" by Frank Godwin; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; and "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon. "There's a Difference" text story by Jack M. Greene. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $200.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 5, Issue 6 - June, 1943. Cover by Harold W. McCauley. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Genie of Bagdad" by William P. McGivern, and "Lost Legions of Carthage" by Leroy Yerxa. Softcover Pulp, 6.75" x 9.75", 212 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and Bill Brady. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Hoppy battles a giant who has taken Millie prisoner. Monkey detective Sherlock Monk seeks a stolen camera prototype that can acquire anything it takes a picture of. Sheriff Oscar is hypnotized into releasing the Rattler from the Cactus County Jail, and Billy the Kid must recapture him. Plus a Reddy Dough story promoting War Bonds and Stamps, fundraising efforts for WWII. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Gremmy the Gremlin; Pencil Pranks; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Puzzle Prank-Sherlock's Mysterious Maze!; Uncle Don: "Anticipators" another Willipus-Wallipus, Jr. story!; Reddy Dough; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Willie the Worm and Sammy. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Bryant. "The Bearded Lady," art by Max Elkan; Doll Man must overcome a little person named Dr. Highe, who envies the Doll Man's ability to change size. Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. "Case of Buggy No. 13" starring Zero, Ghost Detective, script by Toni Blum, art by Witmer Williams. Untitled story, script and art by Phil Martin; Swing Sisson vs. Maestro. "The Spider Widow meets the Tiglon Man," script and art by Frank Borth; When The Raven summoned Dianne to a cemetery, she happened upon the lair of the Tiglon Man, a creature having the head of a tiger, who commanded the very artifacts that The Raven had meant to show her. Untitled Spin Shaw story, script by Rex Smith, art by Bob Powell. "Featured Star Performer, 3 Ring Circus," script by Sy Reit, art by Al Stahl; Blimpy becomes a performer at the 3-Star Circus. Untitled Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Edited by Claude Lapham and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Rafael Astarita, Nick Cardy, Richard Case, Dan Zolnerowich, John Cassone and Art Peddy, plus a cartoon page featuring Gene Cherry, Alex Blum and George Tuska. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Senorita Rio tries to prevent a Nazi attack on Rio de Janeiro's Carnival celebration; The true story of boxer Barney Ross and his heroics during the Battle of Guadalcanal; Readers in the military submit their own cartoons and cheesecake drawings (including a dig at superhero comics fans). Shark Brodie; Dusty Rhodes; Senorita Rio; Rip Carson; Golden Rubber; Marine Champ Barney Ross Vs. the Tokyo Terror; Kayo Kirby; Chip Collins; Hooks Devlin. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Three untitled Fighting Yank stories. Back-up stories: "Meet the Colonel" and Jimmy Cole. Alex Schomburg cover. Cover price $0.10.