Comic books November 1944

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"Kill Crazy Keast" (script by Dick Wood, art by Rudy Palais), "Landru the Terrible" (script by Wood, art by Bob Q. Siege), "Twin Idols of Evil," "Phantom in the Fire" (art by Gates), "Mr. Crime Finds Mike Casalino" (script by Wood, art by Siege), "The Case of the White Eyed Butcher" (script by Wood), and "Who Dunnit?" (art by Dick Briefer). Cover price $0.10.

Violent covers like this were a prime target during 1950s Wertham comic purges, hence its rarity!

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Dick Wood, Bob Q. Sale, 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 the search for missing jewels aboard an ocean liner. The Pirate Prince and Droopy pursue a pirate ship into the Arctic Ocean, in a story by Dick Briefer. Teen inventor Dickie Dean tries to rescue his pal from a runaway plane, in a story featuring art possibly by Archie creator Bob Montana. Another bizarre bondage cover by Charles Biro. Daredevil; Sniffer and the Deadly Dozen; Dickie Dean; Crimebuster: Death in Disguise; The Pirate Prince; The Claw. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Sprang. Stories by Bill Finger, Jack Farr and unknown. Art by Ed Kressy, Dick Sprang, Jack Farr, Howard Sherman, George Roussos and Louis Cazeneuve. The stories of four people are intertwined with a notorious criminal who, along with his gang, hijacks a bus he is riding on in the Batman and Robin tale "One Night of Crime!" by Bill Finger, Ed Kressy (layouts) and Dick Sprang. Plus: Three-Ring Binks in an untitled story by Jack Farr; Slam Bradley in "The Hand Is Quicker Than the Eye!" with art by Howard Sherman; Air Wave in "Air Wave Joins the Underworld!" with art by George Roussos; and The Boy Commandos in "Mission of Errors!" with art by Louis Cazeneuve (not by Simon and Kirby, despite the listed credits). Also: Handy Andy 1-pager by Farr, and 2-page text story "The Champ" by Eddie Bell. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Rafael Desoto? Pulp magazine focusing on Crime and Detective stories. "Half-Pint Homicide" by Ray Bradbury, plus other stories by G. T. Fleming Roberts, Cyril Plunkett, Day Keene, Donald G. Cormack, Francis K. Allan, Charles Larson, Jack Bradley, and Stuart Friedman. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in, 98 pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 40, Issue 3 - November, 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Nov 1944. Cover by Modest Stein. Novel "Satan Black" by Kenneth Robeson, short stories "Death - Princess Style" by Norman A. Daniels, "A Million Lights Went Out" by John J. Scanlon, "Midnight Shift" by Lyndon Ripley, "Whales Don't Scare" by Bertrand L. Shurtleff, and "Situation Well in Hand" by Frank H. Grows. Illustrations by Orban. Digest size, 5-5/8" x 7-3/4"; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Gus Ricca. Untitled Dynamic Man story; People go through a small town spreading the red plague. "Dorrence Hangs Tonight for Double Murder," art by Charles Sultan; Mr. E asks for King Kolah's help to find the real killer before Dorrence is killed for the crime. "Cold Cash for Casualties"; A news photographer is arranging accidents to photograph. "The Return of Dr. Strange" text story; Dr. Strange transforms into a monstrous creature to revenge on Dan Hastings. Untitled story, pencils by Joe Beck, inks by Otto Eppers; A ghost is haunting the Milkweed Mansion. Untitled Dan Hastings story; The warden of Earth prison is behind a radium-stealing plot. Untitled Insurance Ike story, art by Jack Cole; Ike is fretting that business is terrible. "The Park Prowler"; A man and his trained panther stalk the park for women to kill. "Midnight Present" text story; While in London a woman gives Major Victory a baby and tells him to deliver it to her sister. "The Mystery of the Evil Eye"; Helen has inherited a mansion haunted by a ghost. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 5, Issue 19 - November 1944. Digest, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; and "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher. "Jungle Mission" text story by Claude Dunnagan. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and Bill Brady. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Hoppy learns that Millie's new suitor Slimy Sam is actually after the money for the charity fund at the Costume Ball; luckily, Hoppy wore his Captain Marvel costume. Billy the Kid and Oscar face Bulldog Moran and his gang of cut-throats, but Billy knows their horses love sugar. Hoppy battles a witch who lures Millie into her clutches with Magic Jumping Shoes. Plus a PSA for wartime paper recycling. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny's Victory Page; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Uncle Don: Hubbublers; Willie the Worm and Sammy; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Bryant. "Mechanical Man"; The diminutive Professor Rudio tricks Doll Man into submitting to tests to unlock the secrets of his power, and the mighty mite finds himself trapped; He later learns that the professor was merely distracting Doll Man from his true invention: The Mechanical Man, a robot which is used to rob the Cosmopolitan Museum of rare art objects. Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. "Clover Club," script and art by Vernon Henkel; Swing and his friends are kidnapped by an ambulance. Untitled story; Spin Shaw is found guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. Untitled Blimpy story, art by Tony DiPreta. "Kitchen Boy Wanted," script and art by Sid Lazarus. Untitled story, art by Bill Quackenbush; Rusty and his friends fight dinosaurs on a Pacific island. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Flash stars in "Secret of the Great Stone Face," written by Gardner Fox, art by Jon Chester Kozlak. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "The Cosmic Curtain" with art by Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "Johnny Kids Peachy" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; "The Story of Leif Ericsson and the Norsemen by M.C. Gaines and Don Cameron; Fat and Slat humor; Circus Act text story; and Hawkman in "The Piper and the Pugs" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff. Cover art by Moldoff. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is Gene Autry, Raiders of the Range, No. 57. Raiders of the Range starring Gene Autry, art by Till Goodan. Cowboy Lingo article. The Mystery of the Diamond-A, art by Till Goodan; Gene Autry investigates the mysterious horse stealing at the Diamond-A Ranch. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "SMILIN' JACK, No. 58." Untitled Smilin' Jack stories. Jack takes a job with Beaverduck family and has to contend with Beaverduck's screwball daughter, Joy, who is a terrible pilot. Jack continues to have problems with his rich, spoiled, scatter-brained girl boss, who keeps getting him into tough spots while he's flying her and her friends around. Joy's father puts Jack in charge of her aviation activities; Joy tries a little romance on Jack, but he spurns her because he's still in love with Dixie. The small-time hoodlum that Joy hired to make Jack lose his license does his job and frames Jack for buzzing airliners and flying drunk. After Jack spurns her advances, Joy decides to set a new altitude record for gliding. Scripts and art by Zack Mosley. Reprinted from Smilin' Jack (News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1940. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "MOTHER GOOSE AND NURSERY RHYME COMICS, No. 59." Cover art by Walt Kelly. Illustrated text rhymes featuring illustrations by Walt Kelly. Old Mother Goose. There Was a Crooked Man. Tom Twist; Acrobatic Tom Twist goes to sea and has adventures on a tropical island and in China before returning home. Little Miss Muffet. Sugar and Spice. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe. The Farmer in the Dell. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "TINY FOLKS FUNNIES, No. 60."Cover art by George Kerr. Chicken Little; Chicken Little gets hit on the head by an acorn and thinks the sky is falling. She tells all the other fowl and they go to tell the King. Teeny-Tiny; A tiny woman finds a tiny bone and takes it home to her tiny house. The Gingerbread Man; A gingerbread man comes to life and leads people on a merry chase before he is caught by a boy in a coaster wagon. The Little Red Hen; A hen asks for help in planting and harvesting wheat and baking the bread from the flour, but the other animals won't do any work. The Little Red Hen and the Bad Little Fox; The Little Black Fox goes to the Little Red Hen's house to catch her for dinner. The Cat and the Mouse; A cat bites a mouse's tail off. Little Red Riding Hood; The standard fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood, her grandmother, and the wolf. Art by George Kerr. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 61." Cover art by Arthur E. Jameson. How Santa Got His Red Suit, script and art by Walt Kelly; Years ago, Santa did not always wear a red suit; One Christmas eve, Jack Frost steals his sleigh and toys and leaves Santa stranded; He finds refuge at a tiny house full of elves. The Night Before Christmas, script by Clement Clark Moore, art by Arthur E. Jameson; The poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas." Miracle in the Wildwood, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Arthur E. Jameson; Two quarrelsome knights divide the village of Benn in half; As time goes by the village falls away from the Christian religion and becomes a cruel, violent place. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Louis Ferstadt cover. In order of appearance: "Magno and Davey, 'A Confusion of Terror'"; "Unknown Soldier"; "Lash Lightning, 'You Can't Tell a Book by Its Cover'" art by Louis Ferstadt; and "Captain Courageous". "Boot Hill Recruits" text story by Cliff Howe, reprinted in Super Mystery Comics Vol. 4 (1944) #6. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian series. Story by Ted McCall. Art by Ed Furness. 8" x 10.5", 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 3 #11 - Nov. 1944. Single-panel gag cartoons. 10 1/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Canadian series. Reprints material from U.S. publications as well as WECA "Canadian Whites" with reworked art and scripts. 52 pages, B&W.

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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Bob Powell, Art Helfant, and Arturo Cazeneuve. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Haitian voodoo priestess Mamaloi disguises herself as an American secretary to turn a US defense scientist into a zombie, in a story with art by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. The Spirit of 76 learns that the suspiciously Sinatra-esque Hank Wonatra is sharing code messages with enemy agents when he sings. The Twinkle Twins infiltrate a gang of pool sharks by wearing fancy "zoot suits," then a trendy outfit. Green Hornet: The Corpse Who Walked Away; Spirit of 76; Mighty Midgets; Blonde Bomber; Corporal Fooie; The Story Behind the Cover; Twinkle Twins: The Zoot-Suit Sharks; Zebra: Gluttony Must Kill. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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November 5, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by Leslie T. White, Kirk Deming, Dorothy Marie Davis, Allan F. Herdman, and Emilie Loring. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 32 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

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November 12, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. "Bright Ramparts" by Thelma Thompson begins. Other fiction stories by Margaret Flor Thomas, Howard Rigsby, Kirk Deming, Richard Sale, and Karen James. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 32 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

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November 19, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by Thelma Thompson, Carlton James, Alvin H. Olson, Kirk Deming, Allen F. Herdman, and and Bruce West. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 32 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

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November 26, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by John Rhodes Sturdy, Thelma Thompson, Eleanor H. Hill, Margaret Whitlock Larson, Kirk Deming, Allan F. Herdman, and Paul Ellerbe. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 32 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

November, 1944. Volume 3, Issue 7. Humor Digest featuring jokes and cartoons. Christine Ayres photo cover. Ann Sheridan photo inside front cover. 4 page comic strip "First Aid Kit". Cartoons by Henry Boltinoff, Gene Rowls, Bo Brown, Vic Herman, and others. Softcover Digest, saddle-stitched, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 68 Pages, B&W. NOTE: Indicia on this book incorrectly identifies it as Volume 3, Issue 6. Verify by Month. Cover price $0.15.

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Stories and art by Alfonso Greene, Ed Murphy, Frank Wead, Russell Keaton and Stephen Douglas. Superhero comics from Famous Funnies, featuring some of the stranger heroes of the Golden Age. Man o' Metal investigates trouble in Oil Country; Hydroman advocates saving paper, in a PSA for wartime scrap drives; Flyin' Jenny competes with Spinner to win a Navy contract. Man o' Metal was listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. True Stories of War Heroes; Hydroman; Waste Paper Goes to War!; Man O' Metal; I'm Sorry I Invented the Pocket!; Flyin' Jenny. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 7, Issue 3 - November, 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $72.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

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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", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Alex Blum, Gus Schrotter and Robert Webb. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. A dying friend tries to get a treasure to Sheena before his killer claims it; Three people reveal how their old school teacher's ghost spoke to them at critical times in their lives. This issue features the first comics work of legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker, on the women in the Sheena story, along with Baker's first Sky Girl strip. The Hawk; Weird Stories of the Supernatural; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Ghost Gallery; China Star; ZX-5 Spies In Action; Sky Girl. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; Kaänga is tricked by the leader of a band of pearl thieves into freeing two of her accomplices from the lake dwellers. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi's friend, Lari, is expelled from his tribe because he will not participate in a ritual devised by the witch doctor Gwanda, in which an elephant is tortured to death; Wambi helps him return to his village and exposes the witch doctor as a coward. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; A witch resurrects the body of the recently dead chief Ma Wali and sends him on a murderous rampage through the village. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; During a drought, Simba drinks all the contents of a small pool of water in order to have the strength to defeat the rhinoceros that has claimed a larger pool. "The Tribes from Nowhere" text story. "The Antelope"; Brief natural histories of the waterbuck, the white tailed gnu, the klipspringer, the red fronted gazelle, the sable antelope, Grant's antelope, the beisa oryx, and the kudu. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Terry rescues the kidnapped daughter of a sultan. Untitled Camilla, Queen of the Jungle Empire story, art by Marcia Snyder; Trader Swartz's nephew, von Weil, plots to murder him in order to inherit his trading station. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Comic strip reprints: Blondie (by Chic Young), the Lone Ranger, Barney Baxter, Popeye (Thimble Theatre), Mandrake the Magician, Henry, Flash Gordon (by Alex Raymond), Sport Features (by Burnley), the Phantom, Bringing Up Father (by Geo. McManus), Little Annie Rooney, Sergeant Pat, and Brick Bradford. Cover price $0.10.