Comic books in 'Bayonet'

#9, 12/52, 10c. Comic book featuring stories of "war action from the thick of battle!" Stories in this issue are "Hell on Wheels," "Unguarded," "Stop Me if You've Seen This," "Rangers Strike Back," and a two-page text story "The Major Private." Story and art credits: unknown. Cover price $0.10.

Cold War-era military action tales from Ajax-Farrell and the anonymous talents in the Iger Shop. Diminutive soldier Shorty O'Brien gets a chance to be a hero. Southern soldier Johnny Reb sets aside his differences with Washington to battle Communists. The true story of the experimental collapsible helicopter known as the Jet Jeep. Shorty O'Brien: High as a Hero!; Crash-Proof Cargo; Korean War: Front Line Maneuver; Johnny Reb; The Jet Jeep. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Bill Black and unknown. Art by Bill Black, Mark Heike, Bob Fujitani and unknown. In the new story "Watch Out for the Ooze," a creature called the Ooze sucks the life force from two people, so Yankee Girl follows it into the sewers to try to find out where it comes from! Plus the reprints: Mr. Scarlet and Pinky in "Will Power"; The Black Terror in "Dice of Death!"; and Pyroman in an untitled story. Also: 10-page article "Beware the Hangman" by Mark Heike on the comics history of the Hangman. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

Cover art by Alex Kotzky. This Is My Own, My Native Land starring Blackhawk, pencils by John Cassone, inks by Alex Kotzky. Untitled stories starring Sniper (art by Vernon Henkel), Death Patrol (art by Jack Cole as Ralph Johns), Private Dog Tag (script and art by Bart Tumey), and P.T. Boat. U.S. Shock Troops Conquer Munda featuring Secret War News, script and art by Fred Guardineer. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Bryant. Let the Band Play Dixie starring Blackhawk. Untitled stories starring Death Patrol (script and art by Al Stahl), Sniper (script and art by Vernon Henkel), and P.T. Boat. If Wishes Were Horses starring Private Dogtag, script and art by Bart Tumey. Flying Commandoes Smash Jap Armies featuring Secret War News, art by Bill Quackenbush. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Alex Kotzky. The Cult of the Wailing Tiger starring Blackhawk. Untitled stories starring Private Dogtag (script and art by Marvin Stein), Death Patrol (script and art by Al Stahl), Choo Choo and Cherry, P.T. Boat, and Ezra (script and art by Harry Sahle). 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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This issue: Poland, Algeciras, Raphia (2), Kinsale, Russo-Japanese (2), Don Featherstone. Cover price $7.50.

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This issue: Conquest of the Canaries, Thai Millenium 2/4, Austerlitz, Rapid Fire, Salute 06. Cover price $8.00.

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Cover by Mel Keefer. Stories and art by Mel Keefer, Steve Bobb and Jack Sparling. US Marine Monty Hall (no relation to the game-show host) fights for America during the Korean War. A look at basic training for the US Marines during the post-WWII era, as Monty goes through the process.When a corrupt native leader uses a ceremonial mask to intimidate with threats of magic, Monty decides two can play that game. Marine "Pin-Up Pete" discusses women he has known, an excuse to present four full-page pin-ups featuring good-girl art by Jack Sparling. Plus a vintage ad for Orange Crush featuring Li'l Abner and the Shmoo. Boots; The Devil's Mask; Monty Hall Meets Murder; The City of Flame; Pin-Up Pete. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher), A. W. Nugent, Falcon Mathieu, Sol Hess, and W. A. Carlson. DC reprints the comic strip that defined the comic strip, featuring the original tall-and-short comedy duo. Also featuring the "topper" strip Cicero's Cat, and other strips from bygone days. After his gal promises him a kiss, Jeff hits the greatest home run in baseball history. Then he takes a polo horse and mallet to Mutt's next pitch. Plus a vintage WWII Wheaties ad referencing the German military being overcome by P-38 fighter planes. Also featuring an "editor" credit to M.C. Gaines, inventor of the comic book and founder of EC Comics. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Simp O'Dill; Victory Puzzles; How to Spot the Planes in the Skies; Hop Harrigan. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Richard Doxsee and Kurt Schaffenberger. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. Failed artist George stumbles on a Tahitian "voodoo paint" that causes the subject of a painting to die if the painting is destroyed. Department-store worker Laura learns all the mannequins are secretly alive, and falls in love with her handsome mannequin captor, in a story featuring art by Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Jack and Jill's always-filling pail is revealed as the source of Victoria Falls, in a revisionist version of the classic nursery rhyme. Paint the Town Red; Strange Adventure; Whos the Dummy?; A Date with Destiny; Bal Masque; Mother Shmoo's Nursery Tales: Jack and Jill. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Untitled stories starring Uncle Sam (art by Will Eisner), Sally O'Neil Policewoman (art by Frank Kearns), Windy Breeze (art by Jack Cole as Henry Johns), Kid Dixon (art by Klaus Nordling as Bob Reynolds), Prop Powers (art by Lynn Byrd), The Unknown (script by Ted Udall, art by Bernard Klein), Quicksilver (art by Paul Gustavson), Kid Patrol (art by Dan Wilson), Merlin the Magician (art by Fred Guardineer as Lance Blackwood), Cyclone Cupid (art by Gill Fox), Wonder Boy (art by Jerry Iger as Jerry Maxwell), and Destroyer 171 (art by Al McWilliams). 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Untitled stories starring Uncle Sam (art by Will Eisner), Windy Breeze (art by Jack Cole as Henry Johns), Kid Dixon (art by Klaus Nordling as Bob Reynolds), The Unknown (art by Moore Bonds), Quicksilver (art by Paul Gustavson), Kid Patrol (art by Dan Wilson), Sally O'Neil Policewoman (art by Frank Kearns), Prop Powers (art by Lynn Byrd), Cyclone Cupid (art by Gill Fox), Wonder Boy (art by Jerry Iger as Jerry Maxwell), and Destroyer 171 (art by Al McWilliams). The Spider of Doom starring Merlin the Magician, art by Fred Guardineer (as Lance Blackwood). 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $225.00 View scans Centerfold detached and stapled to interior. Staples added (not manufacturing). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Uncle Sam stars in an untitled story, Sally O'Neil Policewoman stars in "The Men Who Wanted to Die," the Unknown, Kid Dixon, Destroyer 171, the Kid Patrol stars in "Murder With Words," Quicksilver stars in "The Corpse Who Wouldn't Stay Buried," and G-2 stars in "The Mystery of the Baskerville Twins!" Reed Crandall cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $7.00

Add to cart Fine $7.00

September 1980. The Past and How It Got There. A Visigoth Explains Himself, illustrated by Berni Wrightson; The Quake of 33, a full-color story by Rick Geary; Shary Flenniken takes some stereopticon photos. Stories and art by John Hughes, P. J. O'Rourke, M.K. Brown, Gahan Wilson, Bobby London, Rick Geary, Frank Stack, Sam Gross, Ron Barrett, and B. K. Taylor. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and Foto Funnies. Mature readers. Cover by Mark Hess. Cover price $1.50.

Newswheel G. I. Cartoons #2 Envelope Only (comic sold separately). This was the envelope for this particular issue of Newswheel G.I. Cartoons, a booklet of cartoons, gags, and pin-ups that were made for our fighting men overseas during WWII. Art on the envelope is by Victor J. Green. 9 in. x 7.5 in. Published by Art Litho Co. Houston, TX, 1943, ink on white paper.

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Of Rats and Men. Stories by Ben Dunn and Bill Spangler. Art by Ben Dunn and Fred Perry. Cover by Ben Dunn. The adventures of the teens at Quagmire High School, a student body comprised of novice ninjas, mages-in-training and undercover aliens. Jeremy helps his father confront the rat forces of Dimension X. Also featuring a Tom Corbett Space Cadet backup story. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.95.

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Story by Kyle Garrett. Art and cover by Charles Yates. Calibers classics imprint Tome Press presents a tale of the trenches during World War I. Paul is a loyal soldier on the front lines, who faces a life-or-death decision when some of his fellow French soldiers refuse to continue the fight. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman. Art by Will Elder, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, John Severin, and Harvey Kurtzman. EC reprints stories from the classic early issues that unleashed MAD upon the world, featuring Harvey Kurtzman and some of the greatest artists in EC (and comics) history. These were inserts that came with Mad Specials in the 1970s; this one appeared in Mad Special #21. This issue includes Jack Davis's Scenes We'd ... Like to See; Wally Wood's take on the POW film Stalag 17; Will Elder's parody of Wonder Woman; and John Severin's take on Tarzan. Scenes We'd ... Like to See; Woman Wonder!; Stalag 18!; Melvin of the Apes! 32 pages, Full Color.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "French Imperial Guard Part 1: The Foot Soldiers 1804-1815!" By Andre Jouineau and Jean-Marie Mongin. This 3rd volume in the "Officers and Soldiers" series, shows in extraordinary detail the uniforms of the foot soldiers of Napoleon's Imperial Guard. This is a dream book for the modeler and historian alike and is packed full of full color images, using Histoire and Collection's extremely talented team of graphic artists. Softcover, 8-in. x 9-in., 84 pages, Full Color. Cover price $19.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "French Hussars Part 1 - From the "Ancien Regime" to the Empire!" By Andre Jouineau and Jean-Marie Mongin. The hussars uniforms have always been, par excellence, the most brilliant of all. In this new book, the French hussar regiments are reviewed in detail with all their colourful characteristics of the French Revolution and Consulate period. Softcover, 8-in. x 9-in., 84 pages, Full Color. Cover price $19.99.

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Mandrake in Love. Story by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips July - November 25th, 1938. The lovely Narda seeks Mandrake's help after her brother, Prince Segrid, gambles away the family fortune and tries to marry her off to a loathsome duke. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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1st printing. Story and art by Zelijko Pahek. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 46 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

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Finnegar and Dalxtrey fight their way across the Wild West of Randomearth YBY to return to the Ciguri and save the Airtight Garage. Story by Moebius. Script by R.J.M. Lofficier. Art by Jerry Bingham. Plus: From the Sketchbook of Moebius: "The Jouk" Part 2. Story & art by Moebius. Script by R.J.M. Lofficier. Cover by Bingham. Cover price $2.75.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by Leonard Starr, George Wilhelms, and Ogden Whitney. Tales of adventure and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Tom and Peggy travel into the past to investigate a giant planet that nearly collided with the Earth; A missing bank clerk leads Danny Danger to a sensational fight on a high-rise construction site; The true tale of the Allied ski commandos of World War II. Time Travelers: Over the Threshold of Time; Poison Peril; Danny Danger; Blizzard Battle; Typhoon Tyler; Men Against Odds. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by Leonard Starr, Charles Nicholas, George Wilhelms, and Ogden Whitney. Tales of adventure and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. After the start of the Korean War, Private Eye Danny Danger is recalled back into the Army reserves; Tom and Peggy face the 6th Roman Legion in England in the year AD 60; Typhoon Tyler faces America's enemies in the South Pacific. Final appearances of Danny Danger, Time Travelers, and Typhoon Tyler. Operation Fear; Baptism of Fire; Danny Danger: Espionage Ace; Jet Combat; Time Travelers; Typhoon Tyler; One Man Army...Dexter Clemens. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Edvard Moritz and Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by Charles M. Quinlan, Paul Gattuso, Lin Streeter, Al Camy, Tom Hickey and Dick Beck. Tales of war and combat from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. The climactic Battle of Soissons during World War I; An airman rescues a Korean child from the front; The true story of early American naval commander Captain Oliver Hazard Perry, the man who said "We have met the enemy and they are ours. Everybodys War; Famous Battles: Soissons; Change of Mind; The Bayonets; The One-Man Navy; Leadership; Great American Sea Heroes: Captain Oliver Hazard Perry. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by Paul Gattuso, Pete Riss, Morris Waldinger, Pete Costanza and Dick Beck. Tales of war and combat from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. The special dangers of a night patrol; The role of the so-called Texan training planes in air combat; An Army field cook goes berserk when enemy forces disrupt his camp kitchen. Night Patrol; The Terrible Texans; Observation Post; The Mauling Medic; Super Doughboys; Buddy; River Crossing; Invitations to Death; Unsung Heroes of Battle: Gus the Cook's Private War! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Wargaming Journal. Spring 1993. 8.5-in. x 11-in.; black and white; 32 pages on white paper. Cover price $3.50.

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Wargaming Journal. Spring 1995. 8.5-in. x 11-in.; black and white; 32 pages on slick paper. Cover price $5.00.

June-July 1936. Cover by John Newton Howitt. The storyline Purple Invasion begins here and runs sequentially through March 1938. This is the 1st appearance of the Purple Empire in The Operator #5 story "Death's Ragged Army" by Curtis Steele (All Operator #5 stories are written under the house-pseduonym Curtis Steele). Other stories include "Red Finger - Spy Poison!" by Arthur Leo Zagat and "Red Dust of Death" by Frank Gruber. Interior illustrations by J. Fleming Gould. 7-in x 10-in; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.