4Most Vol. 1 (1942) Four Most comic books
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Issue #1
Published Jan 1942 by Novelty Publications.$145.00
View scans- Restored (see item notes)
- RESTORATION. Color touch. Tape on interior cover.
$429.00
View scans- Paper: Light tan to off white
- 1 piece of tape on spine of cover. Pinnacle Hill Collection sticker adhered to front of case.
- Label #0700761005
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
- Trimmed
- TRIMMED. Interior is complete. Near full length spine split with spine damage (book removed from a bound volume). Staples added (not manufacturing).
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Cover by John Jordan. Stories and art by Bob Davis, Sid Greene, Ray Gill, Harold DeLay, Irving Werstein and John Jordan. Four different stories featuring clean-cut teen heroes of the 1940s from Novelty Press. Military academy cadet Dick Cole is accused of treason, but only fellow cadet Reggie knows the truth. Teen inventor Edison Bell and his friends become "junior air raid wardens" on the WWII home front, and foil saboteurs. The Target and the Targeteers are trapped in a medieval castle and forced to fight the evil Purple Knights. Killer Morrison's gang steals a tank and breaks him out of prison. Plus a history of the Virginia Military Institute. Dick Cole; Real Cadets in Action; The Target and the Targeteers; Edison Bell and His Junior Air Raid Wardens; The Cadet (Kit Carter): Death A.W.O.L.! 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #2
Published Mar 1942 by Novelty Publications.$500.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Label #4217367001
- 3/4" Spine split from bottom.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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Cover by Harold DeLay. Stories and art by Ray Gill, Al Fagaly, Harold DeLay, Albert Tyler, Sid Greene and Mickey Spillane. Four different stories featuring clean-cut teen heroes of the 1940s from Novelty Press. The origin story of Dick Cole's sidekick, fellow cadet Simba Karno, involves the villains Master Mongol and Dr. Karno. Teen inventor Edison Bell and his friends learn more about being "junior air raid wardens" for the benefit of young readers during WWII. The text story " Trouble...Come and Get It! " is an early story by hardboiled detective author Mickey Spillane, back when he was writing comics. Edison Bell shows young readers how to make junior air warden equipment. Dick Cole; Edison Bell and His Junior Air Raid Wardens; Trouble… Come and Get It! (text story); The Target and the Targeteers: Introducing the Tiny Targets; The Cadet (Kit Carter): The Web of Sabotage. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
