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  • Item #61508214
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    America's Best Comics (1942) 9 CGC 3.5

    Paper: Off white

    Label #4467067002

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Alex Schomburg. "Havoc In Holland"; Black Terror vs. Nazis. "The Digitron Beam"; Doc Strange vs. Galohz, Karl, and Nazis. "The Thunderer"; Fighting Yank vs. The Thunderer and Nazis. "The Curse of the Naghwar Diamond"; Ghost vs. Kim and two other Datavians. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62277639
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    America's Best Comics (1942) 9 GD 2.0

    Cover and first wrap detached at single center staple. Tape on interior cover and pages.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Alex Schomburg. "Havoc In Holland"; Black Terror vs. Nazis. "The Digitron Beam"; Doc Strange vs. Galohz, Karl, and Nazis. "The Thunderer"; Fighting Yank vs. The Thunderer and Nazis. "The Curse of the Naghwar Diamond"; Ghost vs. Kim and two other Datavians. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62165469
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    Black Mask (1920-1951 Pro-Distributors/Popular) Black Mask Detective Pulp Vol. 26 #8 CGC 2.0

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #4484742001

    Starts Feb 3

    September, 1944. Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #61263617
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    Boy Commandos (1942-1949 1st Series) 8 GD- 1.8

    Cover detached. Water damage with staple rust/migration. Includes certificate of authenticity for Jerome Wenker Collection.

    Ends Feb 3 7:05 PM CST
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    Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Brooklyn's Dream, art by Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]; Brooklyn gets hit on the head and dreams he wins WW II single-handedly. Love Comes to Private 'awkins, art by Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]; the Commandos play matchmaker. A Spy In the Ointment starring Drafty and Tim. Nuggets of the North, art by Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]. Kitchen Unit starring Jitters Jeep, script and art by Jack Farr. Tootsie Roll back cover ad, Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62162274
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    Captain America Comics (1941 Timely) 43 CGC 3.5 Restored

    Restored: C1

    Paper: Off white to white

    Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)

    Restoration Includes: Interior Reinforced. (Cover Detached.)

    Label #3739689006

    Starts Apr 5

    Includes: Syd Shores cover art; The Shadows of Death, Pencils by Vince Alascia, Inks by Al Bellman; Mystery of the Wingless Bat starring Human Torch; The Death That Came Out of Nowhere, art by Alascia; The Black Fortune text story; and The Sea Dragon, pencils by Alascia. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61272711
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    Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 37 VG- 3.5

    Tape on interior of cover.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza and unknown. After Captain Marvel finds a way to plug the lava flow, he pursues Mr. Mind and Jeepers underground, where he meets a race of small people called the Sub-Americans, who have planned to use dynamite to split the western hemisphere from the eastern hemisphere if the Allied forces are endangered by the Nazis. Mr. Mind finds out about the dynamite and plans to use it for his own purposes in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 16: Earth Must Die" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Captain Marvel also stars in: "His Battle of the Bubbles" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza (Cincinnati, Ohio city story); "The Visitors from Space" with story by Otto Binder (Mary Marvel appearance); and "Trouble with Mr. Double" with story by Otto Binder. Plus: Captain Marvel "Missing Face Contest No. 2" 1-pager. And: 2-page text story "Pattern for Victory" by Carl G. Hodges. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) 20 GD+ 2.5

    Cover coming detached at single center staple. Cover oxidation.

    Starts Feb 17

    Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories by Sid Lazarus and Art Helfant. Art by Mac Raboy, Sid Lazarus, and Art Helfant. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Native Americans retake Manhattan after finding an ancient deed allowing them rights to the island, in a story featuring a cameo by then-NYC mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. Captain Marvel Jr. looks for a pilot whose plane vanished in the canyons of the Southwest US, and finds the Lost Chasm. Mad scientist I.C. Frostbite has a device that can freeze anything solid, even Jr. himself. Plus a PSA about wartime paper rationing. The Indian Braves on Wall Street!; The Snortville Sneeze: The Case of the Talking Spirits; The Adventure of the Lost Chasm!; Rubbernose Randolph Upsets the Apple Cart!; The Tale of Lashs Tail; The Freezing Asset!; Punkinhead. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62184015
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    Published Feb 1944 by DC.

    More Fun Comics (1935) 95 GD- 1.8

    2 center wraps detached at single center staple. Cover oxidation. Cover-to-cover worm hole.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Cliff Young. "Heroes Incorporated" starring Green Arrow and Speedy, pencils by Cliff Young, inks by Steve Brodie; Oliver Queen goes on a camping trip with some businessmen seeking adventure. "Flame in the Night" starring Dr. Fate, script by Joe Samachson, art by Jon Chester Kozlak; Martin Main has a hobby: collecting matchboxes. However, when he picks one up at the scene of a murder, he doesn't realize the secret that it contains may cost him his life. "Guerillas of Fen-Shu" starring Aquaman, art by Louis Cazeneuve. "The Scoop That Was Thirty Years Too Late" starring Johnny Quick, art by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton). "Case of the Cantankerous Canine" starring Dover and Clover, script by Whitney Ellsworth, art by Henry Boltinoff. "The Book Bandits," script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Bernard Baily; The Spectre vs. Slicker. 60 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60970611
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    Sports Novels Magazine (1937-1952 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 10 #3 GD 2.0

    Ends Feb 3 9:23 PM CST
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    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 25 #2 FR 1.0

    Near complete spine split. Water damage. Oxidation and chipping.

    Ends Feb 3 9:56 PM CST
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    Winter 1944. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Stories by Ross Rocklynne, Robert Arthur, Henry Kuttner, Ford Smith, Scott Morgan, John Foster West, and Kelvin Kent. Two Virgil Finlay illustrations. Dr. Seuss illustration? (Small "Buy United States War Savings Bonds & Stamps" ad.) 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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    Wings Comics (1940) 52 CGC 7.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4088540011

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Art Saaf. Edited by J.F. Byrne and Ruth Atkinson. Stories and art by Art Saaf, Howard Larsen, Jack Keller, Alex Blum, Matt Baker, Lee Elias and Gene Colan. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Good-girl art aplenty as Jane Martin's cover as a Lisbon dancer is blown. Greasemonkey Griffin learns a lesson about "scrounging" aircraft parts, in a story that would fit right in with Will Eisner's "Joe Dope" series. The Skull Squad's mission is hijacked by a native woman who wants their help destroying a Japanese airbase. Featuring early art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker and future Marvel legend Gene Colan. Skull Squad; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Captain Wings; Suicide Smith; Wing Tips; Hell-from-Heaven Men; Greasemonkey Griffin. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.