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Amazing Man Comics (1939) comic books

  • Issue #6
    Amazing Man Comics (1939) 6
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case
    • Two small pieces of tape on cover.
    • Label #4036813002
    • Paper: Off white
    • Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case
    • Five pieces of tape on cover, one piece on interior cover, and one piece on centerfold. One staple added.
    • Label #19-1A167D0-003

    Cover by Bill Everett.# ## Stories by Bill Everett, Lew Glanzman, Carl Burgos, Paul Gustavson, John F. Kolb, Frank Thomas, Tarpe Mills, and Martin Filchock. Super-hero and adventure tales featuring such characters as Amazing-Man, The Shark, Iron Skull, The Miniature Man, and Mighty Man. Ad for Keen Detective Funnies. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #11
    Amazing Man Comics (1939) 11
    • Moderate amateur restoration
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Amateur Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover, tear seal to cover with glue. Back cover married. Bottom edge of 2 center wraps trimmed. Moderate amount of tape tape and archival tape.
    • Label #21-0BE0C52-002

    Cover by Bill Everett. "Aman the Amazing Man" by Bill Everett; Chuck Hardy in "The Lant Beneath the Sea" by Frank Thomas; "The Iron Skull" by Carl Burgos; "Minimidget the Super-MIdget" by John T. Kolb; "Zardi the Eternal man"; "The Shark" by Lew Glanz; "Mighty Man and the Coal People" by Martin Filchock; "The Magician From Mars" by John Guinta and Michael Mirando; and a two-page text story, "Three-Ring Death" by Duke Carey. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #21
    Amazing Man Comics (1939) 21
    Auction opens April 6
    • Restored: C1
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Restoration Includes: Small Amount of Color Touch on Cover. (Tape on Interior Cover and Interior)
    • Label #3858115005

    Cover art by Sam Glanzman. Untitled story, script and art by Sam Glanzman; Aman and Zona head for the island of Martinez where an earthquake had occurred after strange ships were reported there; Unknown to them, the Great Question knows they are heading there and seeks to beat them to that location so that he can use a new type of weapon on Aman called the energy dome. Untitled story, script and art by John F. Kolb; Minimidget and Ritty agree to help Tom O'Brien, who has been charged with the murder of Biff Conners; Minimidget smells all the makings of a frame-up as it seems that Tom was given a package to deliver (which was empty) to the office, found Conners dead, and then was promptly arrested for murder. "The Case of Insane Mystic Knights of Bagdad," script and art by Frank Thomas; Dr. Hypno is kidnapped at gunpoint and taken to see the Great Sultan, who has sedated an actress whom he wishes to have for a wife: providing the good doctor will perform brain surgery on her to insure that she will marry the Sultan. Untitled story, art by Bob Lubbers; Reef Kinkaid and Ahkmed are out sailing when they are suddenly attacked by a submarine, all over sealed orders from a foreign government discovered by Reef and sent off to Washington D.C. "Uncle Trouble" text story by Duke Carey, art by Sam Glanzman; Captain Renken informs Aman that the Chief has ordered Police to guard Miss Henderson, whom they suspect is to be kidnapped in order to hinder Aman's war on crime. Untitled Dash Dartwell, The Human Meteor story, art by Henry Taylor; Young Dash Dartwell, a scrub track athlete for Dravrah University, agrees to take Metalo-Tablets, invented by Professor Moss, a bio-chemistry teacher at the college, to see what effects it would have on the human body. Untitled story, art by Martin Filchock; Mighty-Man had been engaging a criminal for some time called the Witch, whom he always let go so that he could round up the minions who did her bidding. Untitled story, script and art by Lew Glanzman; The Shark looks into a strange situation: since the death of Dr. Snipe, there have been a number of ships and boats sailing into port without their men or cargos; He encounters a strange masked man whose weapon emits a gas that eats away the flesh of a person. Untitled Album of Famous Animals story, art by Roy Humphries. "Origin of T.N.T.", art by Dan Gormley; Hearing that a boy has been kidnapped, T.N.T., armed with his Atom Gun, heads out to retrieve the boy and round up his kidnappers. "An Amazing Man... Michel Nostradams" one-page story, script and art by Joseph A. Kaliff; Illustrated biography of Nostradamus and some of his predictions. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #25
    Amazing Man Comics (1939) 25
    • Interior is complete. Full length spine split (partially taped), cover detached.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover by Myron Strauss. Stories by Lonergan, Louis Glanzman, Sam Glanzman (as Decker), John F. Kolb, Martin Filchock, Robert Turner, Sam Gilman, Basil Wolverton, Harry Francis Campbell, Frank Frollo, and Homer Fleming. Super-hero and adventure tales featuring such characters as Amazing-Man, Minimidget, Mighty Man and Super Ann, Hobo Harper, Meteor Martin, King of Darkness, The Blue Lady, and Nightshade. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.