Tom Mix (1940 Ralston-Purina) 10

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $45.00 View scan 3.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Water damage.

Cover by Fred Meagher. Stories and art by Charles Biro, August Froehlich, Stan Schendel, and Fred Meagher. Sometimes listed as Tom Mix Commandos Comics #10. When movie cowboy Tom Mix's radio show hit it big, sponsor Ralston Purina offered Tom Mix Comics by mail for two boxtops of any Ralston cereal. The art, often uncredited, is exceptionally nice in this series. Tom Mix and his gang join the US armed forces when Axis forces begin shelling the West Coast. Taken captive aboard an Axis submarine, Tom devises a desperate and suicidal plan. Miserly Uncle Amos joins the air-raid patrol, but is outraged he must buy his own whistle, in a story with art by comics legend Charles Biro. Navy pilot Speed O'Dare goes undercover as a Nazi to rescue redheaded secret agent Karen Dale from behind enemy lines. The series takes a strong turn toward WWII home-front propaganda with material like What Every Young Patriot Should Know and craft column Jane's Page becoming Jane's Home Front Page. Plus activities pages and magic tricks. The Mystery of the West Coast Bombardments; Commandos and Their Weapons; Secrets of the Tom Mix Commandos and What Every Young Patriot Should Know; The Fumble Family with Amos Q. Snood; Jane's Home Front Page; Jane of Dream Castle; Makum War; Speed O'Dare. 32 pages, Full Color.