Movie Comics (1939 National) comic books
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Issue #2
Published May 1939 by National Periodical Publ.$735.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #23-1CE9743-001
Photo cover colorized of Andy Devine, cover pencils by Jack Adler (airbrushed corrections), Emery Gondor (airbrushed corrections), and Sheldon Mayer (heads across bottom), inks by Jack Adler (airbrushed corrections) and Emery Gondor (airbrushed corrections). "Stagecoach," script by Dudley Nichols (screenplay), art by Jack Adler (corrections) and Emery Gondor (corrections); airbrushed and lettered over movie photo stills; A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process; Based on the 1939 movie. "The Saint Strikes Back," script by Derek Twist (screenplay) and John Twist (screenplay), art by Jack Adler (airbrushed corrections) and Emery Gondor (airbrushed corrections); airbrushed and lettered over movie photo stills; Simon Templar, the Saint, travels to San Francisco to solve crime mysteries within the police department; Based on the 1939 movie. "Terrors of the Tomb," script and art by Ed Wheelan. "Arizona Legion," script by Oliver Drake (screenplay), pencils by Jack Adler (airbrushed corrections), Emery Gondor (airbrushed corrections), and Sheldon Mayer (heads across bottom), inks by Jack Adler (airbrushed corrections) and Emery Gondor (airbrushed corrections); airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Boone is a hard drinking, shoot up the town cowboy who is trying to get in with the Dutton gang; Based on the 1939 movie. "King of the Turf"; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death of one of his jockeys; Based on the 1939 movie. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #5
Published Aug 1939 by National Periodical Publ.- Paper: Off white
- Label #1303993006
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
- Paper: White
- Scarce per Overstreet.
- Label #0167264015
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Photo cover of Louis XIV (Philippe of Gascony, Louis Hayward) and Maria Theresa (Joan Bennett). "The Man in the Iron Mask"; Despotic King Louis XIV discovers he has a twin brother who has grown up under the tutelage of his foster father, the patriotic musketeer D'Artagnan; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. "The Girl and the Gambler"; Learning of a certain cantina dancer, the notorious outlaw El Rayo bets he can bring her voluntarily back that night; Arriving he learns she loves the craps table operator Johnny Powell; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. "The Family Next Door"; A plumber (a Rodney Dangerfield type) has misadventures with his family; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. "5 Came Back"; Twelve people are aboard Coast Air Line's flagship the Silver Queen en route to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. "The House of Fear!"; A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. "Wolf Call"; Playboy Michael "Mike" Vance, Jr.is night-clubbing in New York City with Natalie; They join a scavenger hunt and break-in a pet shop to get something they require for the treasure-hunt prize; While there, Mike frees Smokey, a police dog, and Smokey follows him home; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.
