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Comic books January 1944

  • Vol. 1 #9
    Flying Cadet (1943 Flying Cadet Publishing Company) Vol. 1 #9

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    Illustrated text pieces. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 2 #1
    Flying Cadet (1943 Flying Cadet Publishing Company) Vol. 2 #1

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    Illustrated text pieces. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 153 #4
    Flynn's Detective Fiction (1942-1944 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 153 #4

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  • Issue #34
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 34
    • Water spotting.

    Indicia title is "DICK TRACY, No. 34." Several untitled Dick Tracy strips, scripts and art by Chester Gould. John Lavir blackmails Tess into helping him with his stolen dog racket; She and Lavir get into a scuffle and the police find Lavir with his throat cut and charge Tess. Tracy and Pat try to prevent the hijacking of a truckload of furs, but get caught in a fiery crash; Tracy gets Fred Marken to help set up a trap for the fur thieves. Stooge Viller gets $55,000 from a safe-deposit box and goes into business with "The Professor" manufacturing small items that would be useful for criminals. Tracy finds The Professor's workshop, but is captured by Stooge Viller. After being accidentally shot by his daughter, Stooge Viller tries to escape by swimming across a river, but drowns. The baby's grandfather snatches the baby from the police station and takes it to his laboratory where he injects it with tropic sleep germs. Reprinted from Dick Tracy (Chicago Tribune) newspaper strips from 1938-1940. 60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #194401

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  • Vol. 21 #4

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  • Vol. 1 #2

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  • Vol. 26 #1
    G-Men Detective (1935-1953 Standard Magazines^) Pulp Vol. 26 #1


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    Volume 26, Issue 1 - Winter, 1944. 6.5" x 9.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 2 #11

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    Vol. 2 #11 - Dec. 1943/Jan. 1944. Classic Men's humor magazine chock full of jokes, one liners, and single panel gag illustrations. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #4
    Get Your Bearings Straight (1944) Tech Manual 4

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    Maintenance guide to handling bearings by the Navy Department Bureau of Ships. Text with cartoon illustrations. Softcover, 7 7/8-in. x 10 1/4-in., B&W, 16 pages.

  • Issue #4
    Giggle Comics (1943) 4

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    Stories by Lloyd Barton, Carl Wessler, Charles Chestertown, Gordon Sheehan, and Lynn Evans. Art by John C. Walworth Jr., Carl Wessler, John Gent, Woody Gelman, Gordon Sheehan, Jim Tyer and David Tendlar. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, later an imprint of legendary independent publisher ACG. Monty Monk collects scrap metal to contribute to the war effort; Horatio Hare joins the Army and captures two spies, in a story by Topps legend Woody Gelman; Avon Gorilla tries to teach his son Ivan how to become the terror of the jungle. Ivan the Terrible; Captain Kidlet's Crew; Chuckie Chipmunk's Big Roundup; Charlie the Chef; Geek the Goat; How Smokey Dodged His Jinx; Myrt the Turtle; Monty Monk Scrap Collector; Fearless Freddie Fawn; Horatio Hare; Pinky the Pink Elephant; Scarecrow Sam. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Jan 1944

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  • Vol. 4 #1
    Greatest Detective Cases (Canadian 1941 Superior) Magazine Vol. 4 #1

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    Volume 4 - Issue 1, January 1944. In this issue; "Chief Bruton: Regina" by Pete Dempson, "The Clue of the Pump Murder" by Hade Colter, "Double Murder at the Farmhouse" by W.H. Murphy, "Peeping Tom on the Fire Escape" by Insp. W. McMahon, "The Candy Kid Bandit" by Edwin V. Burkholder, "Hallowe'en Horror" by Harry Farren, "Boogie-Woogie Massacre" by Bruce Reynolds, and "The General Takes Over" by Tom Norton. 8" x10.5", 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #16
    Green Hornet Comics (1940) 16

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    Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Art Helfant, and Arturo Cazeneuve. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. The Green Hornet battles Hercules, The Strongest Man In the World, and Tremont Tremaine, in stories with art possibly by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. Perhaps the highlight of the issue is a rare adventure starring World War II feminist and cultural icon Rosie the Riveter, as she is entrusted with keeping a vital wartime device away from enemy agents. Stripe-wearing hero Zebra investigates a fortune-teller at the circus who might be sharing national secrets with the Nazis. Cover by comics legend Alex Schomburg references the Hornet's success in radio and movie serials. Green Hornet: The Strongest Man In the World; Spirit of '76; Twinkle Twins; Rosie the Riveter; Mighty Midgets; Prisoner of War; The Sensational Case of the Milk Hoax; Zebra: The Man Who Looked Into the Future! 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Jan 2 1944
    Grit Story Section (c. 1916) Jan 2 1944

    January 2, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by Westmoreland Gray, W.H.B. Kent, William J. Murdoch, the Ellerbes, Jane Abbott, and Allen F. Herdman. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 24 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

  • Jan 9 1944
    Grit Story Section (c. 1916) Jan 9 1944

    January 9, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. "Strange Victory" by Rose Franken (as Franken Melony) begins. "Webs for One" by Ryerson Johnson (best known for writing Doc Savage novels). Plus other fiction stories by Paul D. Peery, Frank Kouble, W.H.B. Kent, Nancy Moore, and Harry Harrison Kroll. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 32 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

  • Jan 16 1944
    Grit Story Section (c. 1916) Jan 16 1944

    January 16, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by Rose Franken (as Franken Meloney), Paul Kamey, Virgil Gregg, W.H.B. Kent, Vince Kelly, Marian Payne Cooper, and Henry B. Kranz. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 28 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

  • Jan 23 1944
    Grit Story Section (c. 1916) Jan 23 1944

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    January 23, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by William Byron Mowery, Rose Franken (as Franken Meloney), James Albert Nichols Jr, Edward Price. W.H.B. Kent, Joseph Faus, and Ruth Ayers. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 28 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

  • Jan 30 1944
    Grit Story Section (c. 1916) Jan 30 1944

    January 30, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by Gordon Malherbe Hillman, Rose Franken (as Franken Meloney), Alma & Paul Ellerbe, Katherine Greer, and W.H.B. Kent. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 24 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

  • Issue #4
    Ha Ha Comics (1943) 4
    Published Jan 1944 by ACG.

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    Stories by Martin W. Smith, Edward Grant and Arthur Brand. Art by Ken Hultgren, Gordon Sheehan, Harry Schwalb, Carl Wessler, Bill Hudson, Teddie Hudson, Rube Grossman and Jim Tyer. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG. Pete Parrot encounters terrifying movie actor Boris Bearloff; Suds the janitor tries too hard to be exactly like his idol, Bow-Wow Beagle, Dog Detective; Herbie Hare gets the hiccups. Lambie-Pie Lion; Pete Parrot, Rookie Policeman; Fenwell Fox; Bow-Wow Beagle, Dog Detective; Young Hippo; Whitey Weasel's Hat Trouble; Killer Gorilla; Billy Bull Comes Through; Hard Working Ken; The Hiccups of Herbie Hare; Storekeeper Stan. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 3 #2
    Halt (1941-1947 Crestwood Publishing) Digest Vol. 3 #2

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  • Vol. 9 #1

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  • Vol. 2 #1
    Heroes All - Catholic Action Illustrated (1943-1948 H.A. Company) Vol. 2 #1

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    Historical and religious illustrated stories. Newsprint, 8-in. x 11-in. 16 pages, full color

  • Issue #22
    Heroic Comics (1940 Famous Funnies) 22
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by H.C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Alexander Kostuk, K. Menzer, Jimmy Thompson, H.C. Kiefer, Harry G. Peter, Chas. G. Loeb, Russell Keaton and Stephen Douglas. Superhero comics from Famous Funnies, featuring some of the stranger heroes of the Golden Age. The supervillain the Major starts a fire to cover a bank robbery, but Man o' Metal isn't fooled; Flyin' Jenny sinks a boat to prevent spies from stealing an experimental plane; Music Master and Downbeat investigate a murder with many suspects. Music Master and Man o' Metal were listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. True Stories of War Heroes; Hydroman; The Music Master; One Door from Death; Man O' Metal; He Got a Mouthful; Flyin' Jenny. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #104
    Hingees 3-D Punch Outs (1944) 104

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    Dick Tracy by Chester Gould - Punch-Out 3-D Characters - 4 Pages Full Color Blue and Red Envelope Cover price $0.10.

    • Water damage: Slight.

    Volume 2, Issue 3 - January, 1944. Goldwyn Girls photo cover. Long running magazine that features song lyrics, celebrity gossip, articles, and fan letters. This issue features songs from motion pictures such as; "Old Acquaintance" starring Miriam Hopkins and Bette Davis, "Johnny Come Lately" starring Marjorie Lord, Grace George and James Cagney, "Man From Music Mountain" starring Pat Brady, Ruthe Terry and Roy Rogers, and many more. 8.5" x 11", 18 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 3 #3
    Hollywood Detective (1942-1950 Culture Publications) Pulp Vol. 3 #3

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  • Issue #14
    Human Torch Comics (1940) 14

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    Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Horror of the Mad Dogs starring the Human Torch, pencils by Al Gabriele, inks by George Klein; A Nazi villain named Ratter is done in when one of the dogs he keeps for experimentation lunges at him as he threatens Torch and Toro with a melting bullet and he drops it at his feet. Wings of Death starring the Human Torch starring The White Vampire, pencils by Harry Sahle. Smashing the Bloody Plasma Pool starring the Human Torch, pencils by Al Gabriele. Painted Roof text story. Message to Moscow starring the Sub-Mariner, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, and the Cobra, art by Carl Pfeufer. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 6 #4

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  • Vol. 19 #1
    Inside Detective (1935-1995 MacFadden/Dell/Exposed/RGH) Vol. 19 #1


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    • Water damage: Slight.

    Vol. 19, No. 1. January 1944. One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4

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    Men's interest humor digest with cartoons, jokes and tasteful pin-up photography. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #11
    Jonathan Press Mystery (1943-1956) Digest 11

    Jonathan Press Mystery #J11, 1944. Abridged edition of John Dickson Carr's novel, The Red Widow Murders (1935). 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 128 pages, B&W text. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #59
    Jumbo Comics (1938) 59

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    Cover by Art Saaf. Edited by Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Alex Blum, Nina Albright, Arnold Hicks, and Robert Webb. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. A tribal cult seeks Bob and Sheena for human sacrifice, interrupting Sheena's bath in a river; Buccaneer The Hawk meets a female aviator who takes him on an adventure in a primitive 17th century hot-air balloon; A beautiful Filipino spy aids Agent ZX-5 on a dangerous island mission. Action-packed Sheena cover by Art Saaf has her rescuing a bound Bob once again. The Hawk; Weird Stories of the Supernatural; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Ghost Gallery; Midnight the Black Stallion; Speaking of Africa...; ZX-5 Spies In Action; Inspector Dayton. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Issue #49
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 49
    • Cover coming loose at the staple.

    Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Lair of the King-Serpent"; A pair of wanted murderers come to KaƤnga's jungle, thinking themselves out of the reach of the law. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; The remaining two tiglons kill lone villagers when they can find them, until Simba puts an end to their predation. Untitled story, art by Saul Rosen; An entomologist and his daughter are captured by natives who believe that the whites are working great magic by putting bugs in bottles; Tabu rescues them. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; In the midst of a drought, a village refuses to give Wambi food for his jungle friends; Later, that same tribe asks Wambi for help when they are attacked by neighbors and Wambi complies. "The Blood Trail" text story. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Ghazia, lusting after Fantomah's throne disguises the spotted men as mummies and sets them on the city of Khefra. Fantomah calls on the ancient gods of Egypt to turn the Spotted Men into real mummies and they crumble into dust as Ghazia flees the city. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; While Terry attempts to work out a peace treaty with the Hookahs, Andy helps the sheik's daughter run away. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Camilla rescues a little girl, orphaned and taken by bizarre little men to be their goddess. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Key Comics (1944) 1

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  • Issue #93
    King Comics (1936) 93
    • 1.5" tear in front cover, water damage.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    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. Mandrake the Magician seeks escape from Pacifica Island; The Phantom tracks down Trader Joe, who has been impersonating him. 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; Tuffy; Right Around Home; Blondie. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 4 #10

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  • Vol. 13 #11
    Lariat Story Magazine (1925-1951 Fiction House) Pulp Vol. 13 #11


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    • Back cover detached 10%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
  • Issue #9
    Leading Comics (1941) 9
    Published Jan 1944 by DC.
    • Restored: C1
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Very small amount of glue on spine of cover.
    • Label #3798222007

    Cover art by Jon Small. The Chameleon of Crime (Chapter 1), script by Joe Samachson, art by Arthur Cazeneuve; A group of criminals meet at a luxurious hotel and discuss the fact that each had been once captured by a member of the Law's Legionaires, then a Mr. X steps forward and bets the crooks $10,000 each that he can overcome each of the "over-rated" heroes himself. Mr. X Marks the Spot (Chapter 2); Mr. X sends Crusher Kane to head up a local mob and commit a crime at a pawn shop, but he also lets the Crimson Avenger know where and when that crime is to be committed. The X-Ploits of Mr. X (Chapter 3). The House That Couldn't Be Robbed (Chapter 4). Interlude at Hoodlum's Hideout (Chapter 5). The Gorilla and the Gangster (Chapter 6). Inco the Unknown (Chapter 7). The Chameleon of Crime (Chapter 8). Sonny and Pappy humor two-pager. Tuffy humor two-pager. Hectic History humor two-pager. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 21 #1
    Liberty (1924-1950 Coloroto/Macfadden) Magazine Vol. 21 #1

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  • Vol. 21 #2
    Liberty (1924-1950 Coloroto/Macfadden) Magazine Vol. 21 #2

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  • Vol. 21 #3
    Liberty (1924-1950 Coloroto/Macfadden) Magazine Vol. 21 #3

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  • Vol. 21 #4
    Liberty (1924-1950 Coloroto/Macfadden) Magazine Vol. 21 #4

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  • Vol. 21 #5
    Liberty (1924-1950 Coloroto/Macfadden) Magazine Vol. 21 #5

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  • Jan 24 1944
    Life (1883-2000 Clair Maxwell/Life Publishing Company) Magazine Jan 24 1944


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    January 24, 1944. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Margaret Sullavan; the Church of England; Christmas in Iceland; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 104 pages. General Motors/Fisher ad with art by Dean Cornwell. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #27
    Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (1941-1962 Dell) 27

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    60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 21 #4
    Love Book Magazine (1936-1954 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 21 #4

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  • Vol. 41 #3
    Love Fiction Monthly (1934-1949 Periodical House) Pulp Vol. 41 #3

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  • Vol. 3 #3
    Love Novels Magazine (1943-1954 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 3 #3

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  • Vol. 12 #1
    Love Short Stories (1940-1955 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 12 #1

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