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Comic books August 1943, graded by CGC

  • Item #60694394
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4348179022

    Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. I Hated the Sandman, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; Silas Pettigrew hated sleep because he couldn't stay awake, and he hated the Sandman because he was a symbol of sleep; But when Silas is falsely accused of murdering a Policeman, the Sandman steps into the picture. The West Goes Ghost starring Genius Jones, art by Stan Kaye. The Troubles of a Taxidermist starring Shining Knight, art by Louis Cazeneuve. Crime Paints a Picture! starring Starman, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Emil Gershwin. The Man From Yesterday, script by Jack Kirby, pencils by Pierce Rice. You Never Can Beat the Dutch starring Mike Gibbs, Guerilla, script by Joe Samachson, art by Irving Tirman. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60535071
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    Published Aug 1943 by Lev Gleason.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #3834342001

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dick Wood, Bob Wood, Sam Burlockoff, Dick Briefer, Norman Maurer and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. Iron Jaw cops an insanity plea, and falls in love with a woman who has sworn to kill him to avenge her brother. Swoop Storm's latest invention protects pilots from the g-forces of extreme flight. Yankee Longago visits Rembrandt in the past to stop a Nazi spy in the present, featuring art by Dick Briefer. Crimebuster: Iron Jaw Falls In Love; Young Robin Hood: The Killer's Brothers; Boy Comics Hero of the Month; Daredevil: On the Other Hand; Swoop Storm; Little Dynamite; Yankee Longago. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60619051
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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Back Cover Missing. Front Cover Detached. Incomplete
    • Label #3719777001
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    Includes: Alex Schomburg cover art; The King of the Dinosaurs, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; Carnival of Doom starring Human Torch, art by Harry Sahle; Hoodlum text story; The Case of the Phantom Engineer, Pencils by Shores, Inks by Alascia; and The Case of the Headless Monster, Pencils by Shores, Inks by Alascia. 60 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60754775
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    • Restored: B1
    • Paper: Off white
    • Restoration Includes: Small Amount of Color Touch on Cover, Cover Reinforced.
    • Label #1971571003
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    Batman and Robin in "The Bond Wagon," Slam Bradley in "The Meanest Muggs in the World," the Crimson Avenger in "Tjhe Prevue Murders" (by Jack Lehti), Air Wave in "Menace of the Mouse-Traps" (art by George Roussos), and Boy Commandos in "Freedom Station" (by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby). Half-page ad for Boy Commandos # 3/Batman # 18. A full-page ad features Leading Comics # 7, Green Lantern # 8, Wonder Woman # 5, All-Flash # 11, and All Star Comics # 17. Back cover Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!" Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #58880117
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    • Paper: Light tan to off white
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Label #3808178003

    Cover art by Ruben Moreira. "Monster of the Boiling Pool"; After N'geeso suffers a crocodile bite, Kaänga and Ann go to the country of the Baboon Men for a medicinal moss; They learn that headhunters have targeted the Baboon Men; Kaänga tricks the headhunters into running into a hot spring where many of them drown. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Simba's role as king of the jungle is challenged by a white rhinoceros. Untitled story, art by Saul Rosen; Melini uses trickery to convince the Mengos that he has magic power; Tabu does a stage trick of his own and exposes Melini. "Elephant's Graveyard!", art by Henry Kiefer; Tawn, wounded by ivory hunters, makes his way to the elephants' graveyard, followed by Wambi and Dr. Burman; Dr. Burman removes the bullet from Tawn and he makes a quick recovery. Untitled story, art by George Appel; A convict's wife, devastated by his life sentence, leads a slave revolt against Fantomah. "Lion Bait" text story. Untitled story, art by Rafael Astarita; Terry and the gang free a Free French jungle outpost from the Nazis. Untitled story, pencils by George Tuska; A con man plans a trip to Africa; on his return he planned to present an actress as the long lost daughter of Steven and Camilla Jordan Dane so that she could "inherit" the Jordan fortune; But the plot runs afoul of Camilla, who remains ignorant of her origins. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60355005
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    Published Aug 1943 by DC.
    • Paper: Light tan to off white
    • Double Cover: 1st cover 9.2, interior cover 9.6. (Notes from CGC: The reason for the slab grade not matching the cover grade is that the page quality for this item caps at 8.5, which is light tan to off-white.)
    • Label #4317821001

    Cover art by Harry G. Peter. The Girl with the Gun starring Wonder Woman, script by William Moulton Marston [as Charles Moulton], art by Harry G. Peter; Marva Psycho, now a WAAC, is accused of trying to murder General Standpat. Poseidon's Ring starring Black Pirate, art by Sheldon Moldoff. Gorinty's Gorillas starring Little Boy Blue, art by Frank Harry. The Secret of Castle Elsinore starring Gay Ghost, art by Howard Purcell. The Masqueraders starring Mr. Terrific, art by Hal Sharp. The Sting of the Yellow Wasp starring Wildcat, art by Paul Reinman. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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