Comic books September 1944

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $4,950.00 View scans Paper: White Pedigree: Edgar Church (Mile High) Edgar Church (Mile High) Label #0626213005 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Art by Jack Farr and others. Fox Feature Syndicate presents the first series featuring the original version of the Blue Beetle. The Blue Beetle seeks the deep-cover Nazi agent known only as K-4 after he abducts Joan; A meteor from Saturn brings space-criminals who see Earth as territory to conquer, in the first chapter of the multi-issue Threat From Saturn serial; Joan Mason connects a series of art thefts with messages from the French underground and a Nazi agent named Schuppe. The Menace of K-4; The Black Terror; The Threat From Saturn, Part 1: Spawn of Saturn; Joan Mason: The Missing Portrait; Visitors From Hades; O'Brine Twins. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $7,600.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4240892001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $569.95 or Best Offer View scans Lateral spine tear. Centerfold detached at single center staple. Water saturation, soiling, staple rust/migration. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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Stories and art by Bill Allison, Leo Morey, Jack Warren, and Henry Kiefer. Masked heroes face Axis forces in this WWII-era adventure series. Redheaded journalist and action girl Gail Porter gets involved with Hans, a German POW who doesn't believe in Nazism, and figures it out when a fugitive war criminal switches places with him. Maureen Marine and Father Neptune discover a mysterious world within an ice cave while on their way to visit Davey Jones. Western hero The Toreador realizes that inept bandits are part of a plot to cause war between ranchers and farmers. Plus an anti-Hitler cover, possibly by Harold Delay. Blue Circle: The Soda Pop Murder!; Gail Porter, Girl Photographer; Toreador; Maureen Marine; Driftwood Davey; The Steel Fist; Smart Act; Slaphappy Grandpappy. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bob Kanigher and Louis Ferstadt. Cover by Lou Ferstadt. One of the stranger superheroes, Greek deity Antaeus - who can bounce whenever hurled to the ground - appears when summoned by his modern-day descendant, a neurotic artist. The Bouncer has the distinction of being the first character created by comics legend Robert Kanigher - as well as appearing in both Scott Shaw!'s Oddball Comics and The League of Regrettable Superheroes. After a recap of the Bouncer's origin, Antaeus, Jr. and the Bouncer face the villainous Glow-Worm; One Round Hogan decides he's done with boxing and goes to work at a lumber camp; The Joy family, who greatly resemble Dagwood and Blondie, get swindled by a door-to-door salesman. The Bouncer; One Round Hogan; Rocket Kelly; Joy Family; Limpy. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $400.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Tape on cover Label #0210653005 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $61.00 View scans Cover detached. Water damage with staple rust/migration. Includes certificate of authenticity for Jerome Wenker Collection. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

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.

Classic magazine for boys featuring articles, fiction, activities, and a few pages of comics. 10.5" x 13.5", 52 pages, B&W Cover price $0.20.

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Cover photo of teen actress Ann Todd. Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Corrine Dillon, Margueritte Bro, Dorothy Maywood Bird, Sylvia Ann Davies, Mary Wieand, Martha Ross, Eva-Lis Wuorio, Isabelle Corey, Elizabeth Nichols, Elena Chance, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Margaret Sutton. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A profile of teen movie star Ann Blyth; A comics biography of Florence Conrad, American hero of WWII France, who saved priceless art treasures from the Nazis; A comics biography of Elizabeth Fowler, who survived ten days adrift after a Nazi attack on her ship. Also featuring a Tootsie Roll ad featuring "Captain Tootsie" and a "Secret Coder," with possible art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck. Judy Wing; Mystery in Ward 13; Czech Fights Back; Dawn; Collectors' Items for the High School Crowd; The Jade Goddess; Hints on Hobbies; Not Without Honor; She Shall Make Music; Visiting Daze; They Start Something; Hey, Girl!; Underwater Wave; The Victory Club; Girls in the News; Tricks for Teens. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Art Moore. Stories and art by Art Moore, Jabey, Dave Abel, Dick Wood, R. W. Hall, Jack Warren and Basil Wolverton. Kids' comics featuring early work by Basil Wolverton. Noble muskrats answer a call to arms and become the Three Muskrateers; Ferdinando Fox goes riding; Two Scoop Scuttle stories by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton. Circus Life is a continuing text feature about the workers in King Brothers Circus. Chile the Bullthrower; Little Bo Pig; Mopey Moose; Scoop Scuttle; Circus Life; Dumb Like a Fox; Helpful Hank; The Three Muskrateers. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Gus Schrotter, Fred Schwab, Dan Dawson, Ed Forre, Charles A. Winter and Henry C. Kiefer (credited as Trace R. Bullet). Aviator hero Captain Flight battles the Axis by air during World War II. Captain Flight discovers a mysterious hidden city in the Arctic. Ace Reynolds stumbles on the Baron's plan to take control of the Navy's new torpedoes; now all he has to do is get out alive. Top Bowers and the Death Squad set out to rescue Americans held captive in wartorn China. Patriotic cover features Captain Flight saluting the women of the US military, a rare gesture at the time. Danger Drift; Slug McLug; Kit Kelly; Frank and Meek; Flight Heroes; Top Bowers; Ace Reynolds; Bonzo the Great; Rock Raymond. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck and unknown. Mr. Mind has taken over the production of the movie and plans to turn it into a propaganda film for his own advancement, but Captain Marvel intervenes. Mr. Mind then turns his experimental death ray on Cap in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 18: Peril Behind the Camera" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Captain Marvel also stars in: "The Man Who Inherited Pittsburgh" (Pittsburgh, PA city story); "The Adventure of the Garbage Scow"; and "The Shipwrecked Slackers" with story by Otto Binder. Plus: 2-page text story "From One to Zero" by Gary Brown. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Otto Binder and others. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Ham-radio nerd Freddy learns of the existence of an invisible, flying factory that Hitler is sending to his Axis allies over American airspace. Captain Marvel Jr. attends the national boys' sports meet to teach some fair play to the cheaters. A zookeeper/mad scientist creates a formula that causes people to become the animal their personalities most resemble. The Flying Factory; The Spoil-Sports; The Missing Grenade; Simp Simon and the Jinx; The Men Beasts. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $255.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #4300938003

The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Captain Midnight loses his cool when Axis agents target Red Cross workers. Civil air patrol cadet Johnny Blair is gets a new instructor, "Hangar Harry," in a series that features real-life flight education. When Icky's alter ego Sgt. Twilight gets swindled by phony "Hollywood producers," Captain Midnight has to make sure Icky's dreams of stardom are realized. Plus a PSA on wartime paper rationing featuring Midnight's comic-relief sidekick, Sergeant Twilight. Sergeant Twilight Speaks His Piece!; The Double Crossed Red Cross!; Sergeant Twilight Goes Hollywood!; Red Skye: Mr. Ikito Is Ill; Dance of Death; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Peril at the Aerial Crossroads. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $2,000.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: See item notes Cover detached. Significant front/back scuff(s). Label #2050374014

Add to cart FR 1.0 $999.95 or Best Offer View scans 3" cumulative spine split. Cover and centerfold detached. Water damage. Cover and interior oxidation. Interior tearing. Staple rust, rust migration. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Lou Ferstadt. Stories and art by Don Rico, Charles Quinlan, Manny Stallman, Tom Van Buren, Rudy Palais and Bob Fujitani. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 3 #1; numbering on this series is strange and inconsistent. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Cat-Man and Kitten face Paperboy, an adult newspaper vendor who snaps and becomes a supervillain after being called "boy" too many times. Medieval kitchen servant Ned becomes the mysterious Golden Archer and joins the Merry Men as Robin Hood's sidekick. The Hood faces a villain whose every unlikely venture meets with success, because he has sold his soul to the Devil. Plus the debut of Leatherface, not a chainsaw-wielding maniac (the horror classic was still 30 years in the future), but a 16th century Frenchman who calls himself "champion of the damned." Cat-Man & Kitten; The Deacon: The Man Who Was Death; Leatherface: Count Vultiere; The Hood: The Man Who Sold His Soul to the Devil!; You're the Murderer!; Rufus; Little Leaders: The Tokyo Termites; The Golden Archer. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 16, Issue 4 - September 1944. Features creative stories, poems, rebuses, recipes, activities, crafts, science experiments, and health articles for children. 6-in. x 9-in. 52 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Rudy Palais. Stories and art by Art Seymour, Charles Tomsey, Tony DiPreta, David Huntley and Rudy Palais. Forgotten superheroes from the Golden Age of comics, featuring early work by Dan Barry and other comics legends. Zippo, Nightmare and Sleepy were all listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. The Boy King battles a circus of crime that wants a golden statue containing his country's treasure. Nightmare and Sleepy investigate a hearse that mysteriously appears right before someone dies. Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers go after a criminal who has stolen a helicopter, then a relatively new device. The Boy King and the Giant; Nightmare and Sleepy; Stupid Manny: One-Man Paper Drive; Micro-Face; The Perfect Crime; Zippo: The Goblin's Playground; Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers: The Underground Gold Factory; Two-Faced Town. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Super Rabbit, Silly Seal and Ziggy Pig, Widjit Witch, Sharpy Fox and Pookey, Percy Penguin, and the Creeper. One-page Sentinels of Liberty public service announcement about recycling for the war effort, starring Captain America and Bucky. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $831.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Scuffing on front of case Label #3710163007 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Frank Harry. The Amazon Bride, script by William Moulton Marston [as Charles Moulton], art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman is drugged by gangsters, and that night she dreams that she has lost her Amazon powers, so agrees to marry Steve. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]. The Twain Shall Meet--History Feature, script by M. C. Gaines, art by Dennis Neville. Is the Kid a Killer? starring Green Lantern, script by Alfred Bester, art by Paul Reinman. Heroes in Dungarees--East-West Story, art by Dennis Neville. The Psalm of the K Ration starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. The Story of Prince Henry--Picture Stories from American History, script by M. C. Gaines, art by Don Cameron. The Man Who Tilted Windmills starring The Flash, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Jon Chester Kozlak. Green Lantern for Paper Salvage public service announcement, art by Paul Reinman. 84 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Rudolph Dirks and Gus Mager. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 4 #10. Comics on Parade focused on a different United Features comic strip in every issue. This issue features the iconic pranksters Hans and Fritz and their hapless victim, the Captain. Tiny pirate Captain Bloodshot strands the Captain and the Kids on an island, but that just puts them on the trail of Bloodshot's treasure. Escaping the island, the family sets out to get the treasure before Bloodshot does. But first, they must face... Manny the Sea Monster. The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Hawkshaw the Detective. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Irving Dressler cover. Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Supermouse" story by Richard E. Hughes, art by Milton Stein; "Archie Pelican" art by Irving Dressler; "Baseball Benny" art by Tom Golden; "Squeaks McCarthy"; "Snubby Squirrel" art by S. Weissman; "The Daffy Brothers" art by Tony Loeb; and "Grandpa Scotty, The Mountain Climbers" art by Rube Grossman. Illustrated text stories: "Ferdinand's Brain-Teasers: The Jolly Woodlands Magician Presents Some Clever Puzzles!" by Alexander Samalman; and "Pete Plays Possum: A Sleepy Little Creature Fools a Forest Thief!" by Uncle Jerry. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

The Man Who Conquered Flame, art by Mort Leav; Lance and Biff go to Egypt to meet with a Dr. Marfree and his partner, Dr. Vossburg, who have created a way to separate water and turn it into flame. Showdown At Miller's Place starring Pen Miller, script and art by Klaus Nordling. A Bankrupt Corpse starring Hack O'Hara, art by Mort Leav. Footprints That Vanish In Thin Air, art by Fran Matera; Butch chases the gang's lookout while The Clock goes after the rest of the gang. Only trouble is the guy keeps vanishing into thin air. Slap Happy Pappy humor page by Jack Cole. The Son of Colonel Buxboy starring Beezy Bumble, script and art by Bernard Dibble. Rube Goldberg strip. The Jeweled Talisman starring Inkie, script and art by Milton Stein. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Rudy Palais, Dick Wood, Dick Briefer, Dick Hall, Robert Q. Sale, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. A convict helps build the gas chamber in San Quentin, little realizing that he'll see it again soon. A Hollywood murder mystery features comedy star Jimmy Durante, in a whimsical whodunit with art by Dick Briefer. Also featuring a vintage PSA for wartime paper salvaging, an early recycling program. Help Beat the Axis by Collecting Waste Paper; One Man Crime Wave; Pranzini of Paree; The Case of the Missing Toe; The Case of the Jersey Kid; The Man Who Built His Own Doom; Mystery Killing in the North Country; How Jimmy "Schnozzola" Durante Solved the Whodunnit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Dick Wood, Carl Hubbell, and Dick Briefer. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Daredevil and The Little Wise Guys get involved in backstage drama during a visit to a circus. The Pirate Prince and Droopy encounter Droopy's long-lost twin brother on a pirate vessel, in a story by Dick Briefer. Teen inventor Dickie Dean battles a saboteur in the Home of Tomorrow. Daredevil; Sniffer and the Deadly Dozen; Dickie Dean; Crimebuster and the Crackshot Killer; The Pirate Prince: These Are Twins; The Claw. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Nazis Take Little America, art by Allen Simon; Sub-Mariner returns to his people and finds that Nazi subs have located them and have been dropping depth charges on them; He tracks them to a base in the Antarctic and has his men bomb them. The Nazi Wolf starring the Human Torch, art by Jimmy Thompson. Messengers of Satan starring Sub-Mariner, art by Allen Simon. The Bloody Butcher of Istanbul starring the Human Torch, pencils by Al Gabriele. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Sprang. Stories by Edmond Hamilton, Jack Farr and unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Jack Farr, Howard Sherman, George Roussos and Louis Cazeneuve. While in prison, the Joker becomes the butt of practical jokes played against him, so he threatens to escape and steal an entire city in retaliation in the Batman and Robin tale "The Case of the Practical Joker" by Edmond Hamilton and Dick Sprang. Plus: Three-Ring Binks in an untitled story by Jack Farr; Slam Bradley in "The Chicken and the Yegg!" with art by Howard Sherman; Air Wave in "Loot for Laughter!" with art by George Roussos; and The Boy Commandos in "Retreat to Paradise!" with art by Louis Cazeneuve (not by Simon and Kirby, despite the listed credits). Also: Casey the Cop 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Jerry the Jitterbug 1-pager by Boltinoff; and 2-page text story "Money in the Bank" by Stan Carter. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 33 - "Murder by Latitude" by Rufus King. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

"wWird Valley" a Doc Savage novel by Kenneth Robeson.

September 1944. Cover by Modest Stein. "Weird Valley," by Kenneth Robeson; "An Elephant Never Forgets" by Thomas Burtis; "The Modern Way," by Lynn Montross; "Greater Love Hath No Man," by Robert Addison Nicolls; "Deadlier Than A Bullet," by James Goldthwaite; "Prairie Commando," by Ray Vicker; "Remote Control," by Lyndon Ripley; "An Arabian Night," by Cornelius A. Tilgham. Digest size, 5-5/8" x 7-3/4"; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Auction Item: CBCS 1.5 View scans Auction opens January 4 Paper: Slightly britle Cover completely split and reattached with moderate amount of archival tape. Moderate amount of archival tape on 1st wrap. Label #23-3E84026-001

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $4,275.00 or Best Offer View scans Restored: C1 Paper: Off white Restoration includes: small amount of glue on spine of cover. Label #4223892004 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by thegeneral

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $1,900.00 View scans Paper: Off white Slab: See item notes Cover detached, tape on interior cover. Significant front/back scuff(s). Label #2039712001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Gus Ricca. Stories and art by Otto Eppers, Joe Beck and Fred Schwab. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring superhero and adventure stories. Transformed by science, Ricky McQuade, younger brother of Dynamic Man, becomes Dynamic Boy. Mr. E hears a dying man's words and learns that a series of tenement fires are actually arson. Dan Hastings battles the underground kingdom of Sub-Earth when their forces steal America's vital radium supplies. Dynamic Man; Jest for Fun; Lucky Coyne; Yankee Boy; The Dead Man Plays; Ima Sleuth; Dan Hastings; Li'l Arthur; The Echo; The Sting of Death; Mr. E. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 5, Issue 18 - September 1944. Digest, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.