Comic books August 1942

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Agriculture and farming magazine. Includes articles, fiction, and humor. 11" x 14", 94 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

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Agriculture and farming magazine. Includes articles, fiction, and humor. 11" x 14", 94 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Dick Wood, Bob Wood, Alan Mandel, Carl Hubbell, Bob Montana, Basil Wolverton, Woody Hamilton and Dick Briefer. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Rhyming reporter Scoop Scuttle takes on Hitler himself, in a humorous story by comics legend Basil Wolverton. Thirteen and Jinx battle a Giant Amoeba that osmosises people to death. Two stories with early art by Archie creator Bob Montana, including a Houdonnit the Great magic misadventure. Also featuring a text biography of comics legend Charles Biro. Daredevil: Blood and Sawdust; Thirteen and Jinx: The Case of the Giant Amoeba; Sniffer; Dickie Dean; Houdonnit the Great; Scoop Scuttle; The Pirate Prince; Times Square; The Claw: Who He Really Is and How He Came To Be; Meet Charles Biro. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $12.00 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 16 Number 95 - August 1942. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/8-in., 124 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 1.0 $4,499.95 or Best Offer View scans Restored: C1 Paper: Cream to off white Restoration Includes: Moderate Amount of Color Touch. (Piece out 3rd and 17th Page, Affects Story.) Tape on Cover, Interior. Top and Bottom Edge of Cover Trimmed. Incomplete Cover Trimmed/ Incomplete Label #0287893002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

1st appearance of Two-Face. Cover art by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos. The Crimes of Two-Face starring Batman and Robin, script by Bill Finger (from an idea by Bob Kane), pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos. The Sphinx Speaks starring Boy Commandos, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Murder Will Out starring The Crimson Avenger, script and pencils by Jack Lehti, inks by Charles Paris. Little Discs of Death starring Spy, art by Louis Cazeneuve. Flaming Bullets text story by Eric Carter. The Adventure of the Shooting Spooks starring Air Wave, pencils by Harris Levy (as Lee Harris), inks by Charles Paris. Case of the Dripping Drum starring Slam Bradley, art by Howard Sherman. 64 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 8, 1st Printing - "Murder Will Out". Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 19, Issue 6 - August, 1942. Cover by Emery Clarke. Stories include "The Three Wild Men" by "Kenneth Robeson", plus "Murder at Night" by Mark Harper. 6.75" x 9.25"; black and white; 116 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Official organ of the International Society of Junior Magicians, containing news and tips. 16 pages on newsprint.

August 1942. Photo cover. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 3/4-in. x 11 1/4-in., 66 p, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $48.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white 5 1/2" crease on front cover. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $36.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

"Creep, Shadow!" a complete book-lenght by novel by A. Merritt.

Volume 4, Issue 4 - August, 1942. Cover by Virgil Finlay. Fantasy stories "Creep, Shadow!" by Abraham Merritt, "A Roman Resurrection" by Lee Meriwether, and "The Outcast" by E. F. Benson. Interior artwork by Virgil Finlay and Frank R. Paul. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 9 1/2, 146 Pages, B&W. Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.25.

Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, a text story, and an original Fearless Flint feature. In order of appearance: "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Fearless Flint" by H. G. Peter; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Connie" by Frank Godwin; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; and "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon. "Of Proven Mettle" text story by E. Albert Willard. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $6.50 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Edmund Hamilton, August Derleth, Robert Moore Williams, Robert Bloch, Eric Frank Russell.

Volume 4, Issue 8 - August 1942. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "The Son of Death" by Robert Moore Williams, and "The Daughter of Thor" by Edmond Hamilton. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 244 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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"The Human Manikins," script by William Erwin Maxwell, art by Reed Crandall; Martha is kidnapped by De Swank, who owns a department store in which he turns women into lifelike manikins with a serum he intends to sell to Fifth Columnists. Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. "The Caretaker's Ghost," script by Toni Blum, art by Al Bryant. "Jungle Storm" starring Samar, art by Rafael Astarita. "The Great Ghost Herd," art by Alex Koda; The Fargo Kid vs. The "Hooded Murderer" and his gang. "Jack Traxe's Leveraged Buyout" starring Swing Sisson, script and art by Phil Martin. "The Ghost Ship" starring Reynolds of the Mounted, art by Art Pinajian. "The Japanese Transformation Drug," script and art by Paul Gustavson; Rusty Ryan vs. the Man of a Thousand Faces and the Black Dragon Society. "Death Steals the Show of the Great Darbun Circus!", script and art by Frank Borth; Spider Widow investigates a series of mysterious but fatal accidents at the local circus, and discovers the owner, dressed as a clown, is responsible. "The General's Daughter" starring Spin Shaw, art by Witmer Williams (as Clark Williams). 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Issue 1 - August 1942. Men's pulp magazine featuring western tales featuring "The Last Chip" by Hal Jerome, and "Guns on the Hondo Trail" by Thomas McClary! 130 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations) Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $659.00 or Best Offer View scans Cover and centerfold detached at one staple. 1 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Edited by Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Al Bryant, Rafael Astarita, Lee Ames, Nick Cardy, Rudy Palais and Alex Blum. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. New strip Hooks Devlin combines mystery and war elements, as private eye Devlin enlists in the Navy and tracks Nazi agents; Chip Collins is an American aviator flying with Britain's RAF; Glamour-girl turned super-spy Senorita Rio fights Nazi agents in the South American Pampas. Shark Brodie; Dusty Rhodes; Senorita Rio; Rip Carson; Bataan's One-Man Army; End of the Feud; Kayo Kirby; Chip Collins; Hooks Devlin. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $53.00 View scans Spine split 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Issue #640 - August 1942. Enoch Bolles cover. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Flash stars in "Adventure of the Fictitious Villains," written by Gardner Fox, art by John Chester Kozlak. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "Adventure in Germany" by Emanuel Demby and Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "The Navy is Looking for You, Johnny" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; The Whip in "Adventure of the Nisei Japanese Patriot" by Wentworth and Homer Fleming; King in "The Beetle" by Fox and Joe Gallagher; "Cinderella" by Ed Wheelan; and Hawkman in "The Coin" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff. Cover art by Kozlak. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 42, Issue 1 - August, 1942. 8" x 11", 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $3,799.95 or Best Offer View scans Conserved CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Off white to white Verified Sig: Carl Barks. Amateur Conservation Includes: Tear seals to cover with glue. Label #17-2A6599E-003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Indicia title is "DONALD DUCK FINDS PIRATE GOLD, No. 9." Cover art by Hank Porter. Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold, script by Bob Karp (adaptation) and Homer Brightman (original storyboards), pencils by Carl Barks (story pages 1, 2, 5, 12-40) and Jack Hannah (story pages 3, 4, 6-11, 41-64), inks by Carl Barks (story pages 1, 2, 5, 12-40) and Jack Hannah (story pages 3, 4, 6-11, 41-64); Bearing a map found in Donald's seafood restaurant, the ducks and a parrot named Old Yellow Beak set sail for an island where the pirate Henry Morgan's treasure is buried; Unknown to them, the crew of the ship is made up of Black Pete, disguised as an old woman, and two of his rat-faced henchmen; Peter takes over the ship, but the ducks and the parrot reach the treasure island on a raft; They dig up the treasure while Pete lies in wait. Back cover treasure map. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $37.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $23.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $8.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

August 1942. Previously titled Future Fiction. Cover by John R. Forte, Jr. "Once in a Blue Moon" by Norman L. Knight. Other stories by Ray Cummings, Martin Pearson, Joseph Gilbert, Hugh Raymond, E. A Grosser, J. S. Kilmaris, Wilfred Owen Morley, James Blish, and Mallory Kent. 7-in. x 10-in., black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 25, Issue 3 - August, 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Full page comic strips from contributing artists such as: Joe E. Buresch, Wayne Campbell, Leonard Caron, L. E. Carroll, Al Cofrances, R. C. Dell, Mark Ellison, Tex Fairchild, Jerry Garrison, Martin Garrity, Alan Hindmarch, Jay Jackson, Will Johnson, Al Kaelin, Jeff Keate, Medill Loebner, Albert Magarian, Ralph Pekor, Ted Petok, Louie Shahan, Stanley Stamaty, Robert Tucker, Don Ulsh, and Charles Wible. Size 10.5" x 13.5" Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $300.00 View scans Trimmed TRIMMED. Interior is complete. Full length spine split with spine damage (book removed from a bound volume). Water damage and staples added (not manufacturing). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

The Case of the Parrot, pencils by Pierce Rice; A man with a cane commits murder to steal a parrot. The Case of Charlie the Midget, pencils by Pierce Rice; The Hornet tackles a gang of tire thieves. Untitled Spirit of '76 story, script and art by Bob Powell. The Case of the Flaming Flamingo featuring Blonde Bomber; Honey captures a Japanese submarine intent on sabotage in San Francisco. Untitled Robin Hood story, script by S. M. Iger. "Another V for Victory!, script and art by Art Helfant. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Hap Harris and Hal George. Cover by E. C. Stoner. Series changes format to 48 pages as Johnny Green inherits the mantle of the Green Mask from his father, the original Green Mask. The twist is that Johnny doesn't know he's Green Mask, but still instinctively says his power-word "Eeyow!" when danger threatens. Inept private detective Dick Transom encounters the villainous Foxface; In another sign of the times, a Junior Air Warden advises readers to save paper for the World War II war effort. Origin of the New Green Mask; One Round Hogan; Dick Transom, The Screwy Sleuth; Camp Capers; The Devil's Loop; Jr. Air Warden; Joy Family; Rocket Kelly; Death In a Padded Cell. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $70.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 3, No. 2. August 1942. Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 82 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Reed Crandall. Untitled Stormy Foster story, art by Reed Crandall; Doc Vaughn develops an anti-Lewisite spray, and a German spy steals it, leaving an insulting note in its place; Stormy Foster vitamins up, changes clothes, and pursues him. Untitled Betty Bates story, art by Al Bryant; A routine case involving a change of will throws Betty into a whirlwind of adventures, with murder and the unknown playing the leading roles. Untitled Comet Kelly story, art by Vernon Henkel; After shooting down four Japanese bombers, and running out of fuel, Comet Kelly lands on a bumpy road near General McArter's endangered position, bringing along some spare Tommy guns to help defend it; A light Japanese tank arrives. Untitled Bob and Swab story, script and art by Klaus Nordling. Untitled story, script by Toni Blum, art by Witmer Williams (as Clark Williams); The Red Bee (Rick Raleigh) vs. Joe Phillips. One-page Dan Tootin story, script and art by Jack Cole. Untitled story, script and art by George Brenner; The Ghost of Flanders flies his antique pursuit plane to the Pacific coast, where a Japanese spy named Toko is planning some mischief at a dance and reception sponsored by the "American Born Japanese Society." Untitled Captain Flagg story, script by Toni Blum, art by Alex Koda. Untitled The Strange Twins story, script by S. M. Iger, art by Alex Blum. Untitled Swordfish story, art by Fred Guardineer. Untitled Don Glory story, art by Arthur Peddy. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Published by Popular Magazines, Inc. between December 1931 and December 1943, Hooey was a satirical humour magazine that included fake articles, cartoons that depicted social issues of the time and spoof ads in a similar vein as it's successor, Mad Magazine. 8.5" x 11", 32 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.10.