Comic books January 1944

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Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Corrine Dillon, Mary Brinker Post, Helen Ciancimino, Dorothy Gordon, Betty Abbot, Adele de Leeuw, Louise Carlisle, Isabelle Corey, Elizabeth Nichols, Elena Chance, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Margaret Sutton. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A comics biography of Anna Novik, a teen forced to flee the Nazis during WWII. A profile of Patrice Munsel, the youngest singer to be featured at the Metropolitan Opera. A guide to all the hip "jive" slang phrases the kids were using in 1944, focusing on the early craze for Frank Sinatra. Judy Wing; A Girl from Norway; Kathy Saves Christmas; Date with the Opera; The Haunted Apartment; Youth Airs Its Views; Holiday Headliners in the Movies; The Mystery of the Thieving Spooks; Lets Talk Things Over; New Twists on Gifts; Half Pint of Courage; Beauty; It's Fun to Sew; Crocheted Sparklers; Christmas Quickies; Who Wants to Look Like a Kid Sister?; Are You Dreaming of a White Christmas?; Saving Face; Merry Christmas, with Love; Fun Foods for Holiday Parties; Jabberwocky and Jive; Queen of the Little Racket; The Victory Club; Girls in the News; Gadgets for Girls. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Russ Heath, Nina Albright, Herman C. Browner, Sylvan H. Stein, Jack Alderman, C. R. Schaare, Jack Grogan, Mack Borgatta and Charles Quinlan. Sometimes listed as Captain Aero Comics Vol. 3 #11. A patriotic WWII aviator hero whose motto is "Keep 'Em Flyin'!" Joan must ditch her date and change to Miss Victory when a Central American head of state is targeted by Axis forces. A fascist opera conductor uses Norse legends to further the Nazi agenda. Flagman and Rusty search for Axis saboteurs who are targeting America's subways. Plus an early story by legendary artist Russ Heath. Captain Aero: King of the Sky Trails; Alias X: The Bizarre Case of the Missing Arms; Commandos of the Devil Dogs: Shalna of the Islands; The Red Cross: The Code of the Morros; Hammerhead Hawley: The Super-Submarine; For Valor; Episode in Pablo City; Captain Aero's Sky Scouts: Wings of Death; Miss Victory: Noric - the Maniac of the Opera; Flagman: Subway Saboteurs. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Includes: Syd Shores cover art; The Cult of the Assassins, Script by Zac Gabel, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; The Stage of Death, pencils by Vince Alascia; Greedy Grab text story; Invasion Mission, Pencils by Ken Bald; An Automatic Tommy Gun--Bucky Builds For Victory; The Mad Mole's Folly, Pencils by Jimmy Thompson, Inks by Al Gabriele; and Let's Play Detective story, pencils by Al Bellman. 60 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Don Rico. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Jack Cole, Kane Miller, Bob Wood, and Don Rico. Aviator hero Captain Battle Jr. carries on his father's battles against fascism in WWII Europe. The Green Claw returns with an army of robots to conquer the Earth, in a story by Plastic Man creator Jack Cole. Rhyming reporter Scoop Scuttle follows a lead, in a story by comics legend Basil Wolverton. Ranger Bill Wayne, better known as the Texas Terror, rides after cattle rustlers. The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts!; Behind the Enemy Lines!; Code in Blood!; Scoop Scuttle; Slow Drawin' Fool; The Green Claw; Bill Wayne. Final issue of the series. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Rod Reed and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck and unknown. Captain Marvel discovers Mr. Mind's South Pacific headquarters but the villain has left multiple booby traps behind, one of which changes him back to Billy Batson and delivers him to the crocodile men of Planetoid Punkus in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 10: The Booby Traps of Mr. Mind!" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Captain Marvel also stars in: "Captain Marvel in Buffalo!" with story by Rod Reed (Buffalo, N.Y. city story); "Captain Marvel Enforces the Law of Gravity!" with story by Otto Binder; and "Captain Marvel Fights His Own Conscience!" with story by Otto Binder. Plus: Captain Kid in an untitled 2-pager. And: 2-page text story "Canteen Spy" by Rod Reed. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories by Otto Binder, Tom McNamara and Art Helfant. Art by Mac Raboy, Tom McNamara, Phil Bard and Art Helfant. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. After a cash windfall, Freddy Freeman buys a ski resort to take the other newsboys on vacation, but first he must find out what the sinister Vemen and Vein have in mind for the property. When an accident occurs on the set of the Captain Marvel Jr. movie, Captain Marvel Jr. intervenes, but everyone just thinks he's a really good stunt man. After a holiday, Freddy returns to the city to find that all timepieces have disappeared, no one knows when to show up at work, and the football players have collapsed from exhaustion. Plus a PSA for War Bonds and Stamps featuring Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr. A very James Bond cover by Mac Raboy. 4 Gripping Stories; Captain Marvel Jr. Dispossesses a Nazi; Demlins; Captain Marvel Jr. Stars in His Own Movie!; Tail-End of a Tale; Rubbernose Randolph; The Time-Killers; Sam the Sheriff; The Human Detonator. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Sheldon Moldoff. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Captain Midnight flies a dangerous mission against Hitler's headquarters in Austria, in a story that has him facing off against real-life Nazi Hermann Goering. CM tracks down Von Togo and his Axis School for Sabotage. Captain Midnight must use a hopelessly outdated plane to take down a Nazi threat. And a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Captures Red the Terror!, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Captain Midnight Buries the Austrian Weather; Red Skye: Empty Guns; The School for Sabotage; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Sergeant Twilight Strikes Out (for Himself); The Flying Antique. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

First issue published by Joste Publishing Company. 96 pages, B&W, 3.25" x 6.75". Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 15, Issue 8 - January 1944. 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.

The Deerslayer, 1st Printing, Classics Comics. (HRN 16, 1/44). Cover price $0.10.

U.S. Navy Office of the Chief of Operations Aerology Series. Training booklet. 4 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in. Softcover 32 Pages B&W Text and Illustrations.

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Pillsbury Flour Mills 1944 Giveaway. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 22 Pages Brown and Blue Text with Illustrations

Agriculture and farming magazine. Includes articles, fiction, and humor. 11" x 14", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart Very Good $26.00 View scans Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 5, Issue 1 - January, 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Alvin Hollingsworth, Dick Wood, Bob Montana, Dick Briefer, Bob Wood, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Outlaws plan a high-dollar robbery in a Western tale with early art by pioneering African-American artist Alvin Hollingsworth. Small-time hoods encounter The Curse of the Hand, in a story with early art by Archie creator Bob Montana, or possibly Plastic Man creator Jack Cole. Don Costello collects heads from corpses, in a horrific tale with art by Dick Briefer. Crime Kings: The True Story of Jean Cavaillac; James O'Connor, Master of Jailbreak; Million Dollar Robbery; Two-Legged Rats -The Curse of the Hand; The Wrong Hero; The Horror Hobby; Smart Guy of Crime; Whodunnit? The Mystery of the Symphony of Death. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Dick Wood, Bob Wood, Dick Hall, Jack Cole, and Dick Briefer. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. A Nazi narrates the story of his own undoing by Daredevil and The Little Wise Guys. A reprint of the first appearance of villain The Claw, featuring art by Plastic Man creator Jack Cole, and a new introduction by Bob Wood. Teen inventor Dickie Dean's latest invention is a dinghy that can sink Nazi U-boats, in a story with art by Dick Briefer. Daredevil: The Confessions of a Nazi!; Sniffer: The King of Smell; Dickie Dean; Scoop Scuttle; The Pirate Prince; Do You Know...; The Claw. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Burnley. Accidentally on Purpose starring Batman and Robin, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Jack Burnley (signed as Bob Kane), inks by George Roussos. Vanishing Needles starring Slam Bradley, art by Jack Farr. Eighth Column starring The Crimson Avenger, art by John Daly. The Message of the Moccasins starring Spy, art by Chuck Winter. The Case of the Runaway Plane starring Air Wave, script by Joe Samachson, art by George Roussos. The Triumph of Cholly the Chimp starring The Boy Commandos, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. 56 pgs. $0.10. 1st skinny Alfred. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 25, 1st Printing - "The Bancock Murder Case". Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $30.00 View scans Paper: Cream Spine stress. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage.

Vol. 29, No. 4. January 1944. Includes: "The Secret of Madam Zenobia" by Stewart Sterling; "The Case of the Handless Corpse" by Bruno Fischer; "Satan's Insidious Chessmen" by Curtiss T. Gardner; "Hell Over Hollywood" by William R. Cox; and more. 7" x 9.25". 98 pages. Black and white. Text with occasional illustrations. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 38, Issue 1 - January, 1944. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

January 1944. 1st digest-sized issue. 1st "Doc" cover by Modest Stein. Stories include "According to Plan of a One-Eyed Mystic," a book-length novel by "Kenneth Robeson"; "Phantom Raider" by R.A. Emberg; "Change of Heart" by Ray Vicker; "Underground Agent" by Norman A. Daniels; and "Fighting Man" by E.E. Halleran. 5.5-in x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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. Don and Red investigate the bazaar market in Calcutta to find out who's hiding Axis spies. The duo must destroy a Nazi radio outpost on the remote island of St. Philippe to protect an Allied bombing mission. Don and Red help US Marines on a desperate mission in the Solomon Islands. Plus a PSA for US War Bonds featuring the Marvel Family, and a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Secret Weapon," with art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck. The Mystery of the Orient!; U.S.S. Mississippi; Eaglebeak Spruder; Warriors of the Sea: Torpedo Channel; The French Have a Word for It: Victoire!; Don Winslow Crossword Puzzle; Jetsam Joe; Marines Never Say Die! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Monthly magazine aimed at all musicians, from the novice through the serious student to the professional, The Etude printed articles on popular subjects and more scholarly musical subjects (including history, literature, gossip, and politics). 10.5" x 13.25", 76 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

Winter (January) 1944 issue. "Backfield Bomber" by C. Paul Jackson, "The Running Back" by Sam Merwin, Jr., "The Eleventh Sucker" by Jack O'Brien and other exciting sport stories. 9 3/4" by 6 3/4". 98 pgs. B&W text with illustrations. Cover price $0.10.

True Crime Cases. Photo cover. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Walt Kelly. Prince Robin and the Dwarfs, art by Walt Kelly. The Legend of Saturday Mountain, art by Arthur E. Jameson; A Polish fairy tale. The Snow Queen, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by L. Bing; adapted from the story by Hans Christian Andersen. 60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

New Years cover. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Connie" by Frank Godwin; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; and "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield. "Keg Trap" text story. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 60 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 1 - January, 1944. "Murder Takes a Honeymoon" by Edith Fleming. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only.

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Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf, Joe Oriolo 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!). The animals decide to clear out the "Bat Glen" to make a playground, but that incurs the wrath of the King Bat. Gremmy the Gremlin helps the birds get even with the bear that's been throwing rocks at them. The Rattler fakes "cow pox" with paint to get cheap prices, but Billy the Kid isn't fooled. Plus a PSA for War Bonds and Stamps featuring the Marvel Family. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Gremmy the Gremlin; Maze-Puzzle; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod; Willipus Wallipus: Goofy-Darer; Billy the Kid Song; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Willie the Worm; Pencil Pranks. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 5, Issue 2 - January 1944. Men's pulp magazine featuring western tales! 130 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations) Cover price $0.15.