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Comic books May 1943

  • Vol. 21 #2
    10 Story Western Magazine (1936-1954 Popular) Pulp Vol. 21 #2

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  • Vol. 8 #3
    10-Story Detective Magazine (1938-1949 Ace Magazines) Pulp Vol. 8 #3


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  • Vol. 7 #4

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  • Vol. 9 #3
    44 Western Magazine (1937-1954 Popular Publications^) Pulp Vol. 9 #3


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  • Issue #74
    Ace Comics (1937) 74

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    Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, scripts by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Pete the Tramp strips by Clarence D. Russell. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Just Kids strips by A.D. Carter. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 9 #6
    Ace G-Man Stories (1936-1943 Popular Publications) Canadian Edition Vol. 9 #6


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  • Vol. 6 #4
    Ace-High Western Stories (1940-1951 Fictioneers) Vol. 6 #4


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    Volume 6, Issue 4 - May, 1943. 7" x 10", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #60
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 60
    Published May 1943 by DC.

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    Cover art by Jack Burnley. Lois Lane--Super-Woman (1st appearance) starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, art by George Roussos (signed as Joe Shuster). Rainbow over Crimeville starring The Vigilante, pencils by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton Jr.), inks by Charles Paris. The Lieutenant from Corregidor starring Three Aces, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Louis Cazeneuve. Rations for Victory starring Americommando, script by Joseph Greene, art by Bernard Baily. Jungle Justice starring Congo Bill, art by John Daly. Styles in Crime starring Zatara, art by Joseph Sulman. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 109 #1
    Adventure (1910-1971 Ridgway/Butterick/Popular/New Publications) Pulp/Magazine Vol. 109 #1


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
  • Issue #8
    Air Fighters Comics Vol. 1 (1941-1943) 8
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #3985537006
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, affects Sky Wolf story. Cover-to-cover tear with some paper missing, slightly affects readability. Interior oxidation, pieces of tape throughout.
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    Airboy (art by Tony DiPreta), the Iron Ace, Skinny McGinty, Sky Wolf (art by Bob Fuje), the Bald Eagle, the Black Angel (art by J. Cassone), and the Flying Dutchman (art by Ulmer). Edited by Ed Cronin. Stories by Dick Wood, Tony DiPreta, Al Ulmer, Bob Fujitani, Harry Sahle, and John Cassone. Heroic action stories of war and airborne adventure—these are Air Fighters Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 20 #2
    Air Trails Pictorial (1942-1950 Street & Smith) Magazine Vol. 20 #2


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    • 1" Spine split from bottom.
  • Issue #1
    All Hero Comics (1943) 1
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4387224004
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    Cover pencils possibly by C.C. Beck, inks possibly by Pete Costanza. The Helicopter Blitz starring Captain Marvel, Jr. The Pirate Who Hated Blood starring Lance O'Casey. Hitler's Headsman starring Spy Smasher. Frame Up! text story by Phil Sturm. Banshee O'Brien, Boy Enchanter, in the Mystery of the Modern Monster starring Ibis the Invincible. Old Time Movies starring Golden Arrow; western story. The World's Cruellest Ghost starring Captain Midnight. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 3 #2

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  • Issue #16
    All Star Comics (1940-1978) 16
    • Restored: C3
    • Paper: Light tan to off white
    • Restoration includes: pieces added to cover, small amount of glue on cover, cover reinforced, piece added with tape on cover.
    • Label #4448210005
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    • 3" spine split from bottom. Large portion of back cover missing. Staples added (not manufacturing).
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    The Justice Society of America "Fights for a United America!" Plot by Gardner Fox and Sheldom Mayer, script by Fox. Art by Joe Gallagher plus individual chapters featuring Hawkman (art by Sheldon Moldoff), Dr. Mid-nite (art by Stan Aschmeier), the Atom (art by Gallagher), Doctor Fate (art by Howard Sherman), the Sandman (art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby), Starman (art by Ed Dobrotka), the Spectre (art by Bernard Baily), and Johnny Thunder (art by Aschmeier). Wonder Woman appearance. Two-page Hop Harrigan text story, "Secret Weapon." Frank Harry cover. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    All-New Comics (1943) 3

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    Stories by Ed Wheelan and unknown. Art by Ed Wheelan, Bob Powell, Arturo Cazeneuve, Jill Elgin, Sam Glanzman, Bernie Krigstein and unknown. In this issue: Martin Epp Feature "Destiny Flight of the Elsie-F" with art by Bob Powell; "Clash of the Yankee Patrol" with art by Arturo Cazeneuve; "House of the Walking Dead" with pencils by Jill Elgin; "Why, Woeful Wilbert...!" with pencils by Sam Glanzman; "Trail Blazing to Victory" with art by Bernie Krigstein; "Help, Help!" by Ed Wheelan; and "Suicide Mission" with art by Sam Glanzman. Plus: 2-page text story "The Trap" by Robert Peterson; "All-New Puzzles" activity 2-pager (by A.W. Nugent); and untitled Gabby and Flabby 1-pager (only appearance of this feature). 64 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 17 #5
    Amazing Stories (1926-Present Experimenter) Pulp Vol. 17 #5


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    May 1943. Giant Size Issue. Cover by H.W. McCauley. Stories by Robert Moore Williams, Festus Pragnell, Richard O. Lewis, Nelson S. Bond, Ross Rocklynne, A.R. McKenzie, Leroy Yerxa, Edwin Benson, William McCown, and Alexander Blade. Illustrations by Robert Gibson Jones, H.W. McCauley, Malcolm Smith, Julian S. Krupa, Robert Fuqua, and Joe Sewell. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 240 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #7
    America's Greatest Comics (1941 Fawcett) 7
    • 4" Cumulative spine split.
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    Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by C. C. Beck, Lynn Perkins, Tom McNamara and Phil Bard. Fawcett's first squarebound comic is an anthology of its greatest superheroes, including Bulletman, Spy Smasher, and of course the original Captain Marvel (Shazam). Inventor Chauncey Kiddin shows Captain Marvel the wonders of the future, including 3-D TV, but his assistant Dr. Ratte wants to use his teleporter to aid a Nazi invasion. Minute Man becomes a momentary Monument Man while retrieving art treasures that were stolen by the Nazis. Commando Yank must escape from occupied Holland with Nazi defense plans hidden inside a pipe, and stop a dike demolition in the process. Plus a PSA for war bonds and stamps featuring the Marvel family, Bulletman, Spy Smasher and Captain Midnight. And a magic trick from Balbo the Boy Magician. Captain Marvel: The World of Your Tomorrow!; Commando Yank: Danger at the Dike; Off the Beam; Bum Ticker; Bulletman: The Killer-Diller Killers; The Camera Sees Death; Minute Man in Berlin; Balbo the Boy Magician: The Missing Rabbit; Balbo's Own Magic Pages; Herbert; Spy Smasher; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: The Riddle of the Runaway Room. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

  • May 1943

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  • Issue #233

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  • Vol. 315 #4
    Argosy Part 4: Argosy Weekly (1929-1943 Munsey/William T. Dewart) Vol. 315 #4


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white

    Volume 315, Issue 4 - May, 1943. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 1 #13
    Army and Navy Fun Parade (1943 Alfred Harvey Publications) Magazine Vol. 1 #13

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    Volume 1, Issue 13 - May 1943, 5.25" x 7.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 3 #2
    Army Laughs (1941-1948 Crestwood) 1st Series Vol. 3 #2

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  • Vol. 31 #3
    Astounding Science Fiction (1938-1960 Street and Smith) Pulp / Digest Vol. 31 #3


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front and Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 31, Issue 3 - May, 1943. Volume 31, Issue 3. Return to trimmed pulp format. Cover by William Timmins. "Gather, Darkness!" part 1 of 3 by Fritz Lieber. Other science fiction stories by Henry Kuttner, Raymond F. Jones, Lester Del Rey (as John Alvarez), & Cleve Cartmill. Interior illustrations by Frank Kramer & Paul Orban. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.25-in.; black and white; 164 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

    • Water damage: Moderate.
  • Vol. 1 #2
    Baffling Detective Mysteries (1943 BM) Vol. 1 #2

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  • Issue #16
    Batman (1940) 16
    Tags: Batman
    Published May 1943 by DC.

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    1st appearance of Alfred Pennyworth - Cover by Jerry Robinson. "The Joker Reforms!", script by Don Cameron, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos; After robbing a jewelry store, the Joker crash-lands his escape plane and loses his memory; He stumbles into a town where he becomes a hero... but not to the other members of his gang, who seek the jewels, and come looking for him, as do the Caped Crusaders. One-page Shorty story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Grade A Crimes!", script by Ruth "Bunny" Lyons Kaufman (as Bunny Lyons), pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by Jack Burnley and Ray Burnley (backgrounds); After a series of early-bird robberies, Batman notes the appearances of a milkman and his horse-drawn wagon at the scene of every crime, and makes the connection that it is involved in the heists. "The Adventure of the Branded Tree!", script by Don Cameron, pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by Jack Burnley and Ray Burnley (backgrounds); Batman and Robin track down the secret of a dagger-branded tree that led to the murder of two lumberjacks. "Motive" text story by Eric Carter. One-page Clancy the Cop story by Henry Boltinoff. "Here Comes Alfred!", script by Don Cameron, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Things get very complicated when an English butler, named Alfred, suddenly shows up on the doorstep of Wayne Manor and announces that he is there is attend to their needs in order to fulfill a promise that he made to the original butler for the Wayne family. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 5 #4
    Battle Birds (1940-1944 Fictioneers, Inc.) Pulp 2nd Series Vol. 5 #4


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    Vol. 5, No. 4 - May 1943. 7" x 9.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #249

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  • Issue #250

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  • Issue #251

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  • Issue #252

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  • Issue #253

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  • Vol. 2 #3
    Beauty Parade (1941-1956 Harrison Publications^) Magazine Vol. 2 #3


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    • Spine split 20%. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 2, Issue 3 - May, 1943. Lingerie story pictorials with humorous captions and pin-up photos. 8" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 1 #6

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    Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

  • Vol. 2 #3

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    Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

  • Vol. 2 #7

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    Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

  • Vol. 2 #8

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    Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

  • Vol. 2 #9

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    Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

  • Vol. 2 #10

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    Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

  • Vol. 2 #11

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    Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

  • Vol. 2 #12

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    Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

  • Vol. 2 #13

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    Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

  • Vol. 2 #14

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    Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

  • Vol. 2 #15

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    Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

  • Vol. 2 #16

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    Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

  • Vol. 2 #17

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    Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

  • Vol. 2 #18

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    Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

  • Vol. 2 #19

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    Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

  • Vol. 2 #20

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    Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

  • Vol. 2 #21

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    Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.