Comic books October 1942

Volume 25, Issue 4 - October, 1942. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

October, 1942. Canadian publication featuring articles and fiction stories. 10 7/8" x 8 1/2", 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Jack Kirby, A. W. Nugent, Ed Wheelan, Bob Powell, Art Helfant, Barry Hill, Pierce Rice, W. Jourdain and Jerry Iger (credited as S. M. Iger), plus PSAs by Martin Branner, Al Capp, Bill Holman and Rube Goldberg. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. The Green Hornet investigates when he hears reports of an unstoppable robot bank robber. A special promotional section for War Bonds (a WWII fundraising drive) features comic-strip characters Smokey Stover, Winnie Winkle, a Rube Goldberg character and the Li'l Abner cast, all illustrated by their regular artists. Stripe-wearing hero Zebra faces the strange, hypnotic eyes of Dr. Hypno. Also featuring a cover and spot illustrations by Jack Kirby. The Case of the Metallic Monster; The Dance of Death; Roddy; Spirit of '76; Blonde Bomber: The Case of the Hollywood Hellcat; Robin Hood; Mighty Midgets; The Story behind the Cover; Green Hornet Buzzers; Funny Phony Facts; First Aid Kit; Zebra. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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October, 1942. Photo cover by Pagano. True Crime stories include: "Corpse in a Baby Buggy" - Undertaking a la Brooklyn, "Enemy Spy in Hollywood" - Jealousy trips up a Nazi, "Voodoo!" - The grisly secret of the cross of reeds, "Who Murdered Mussolini's Sponge Divers?" - Three were dead inside the jail, "Shoot the Works!" - The one-man Navy runs amok, "2 Murders and 3 Hats" - Would the slim clues break the case?, "Indiana's Bizarre Poison Mystery and the Clue of the 13 Postcards" - What killed Thelma Pryor?, "Murder comes in a Fancy Package" - The Christmas gift was Death, "The Unconquered People" - The world's greatest detective story, and "Who Used the Policeman's Gun?" - A suicide note did not fool officers. Softcover, 8 1/2" x 11 1/4", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Reed Crandall. The General's Briefcase, art by Max Elkan; A briefcase with vital military documents has been stolen from a General when his car is over-turned; Jean, a member of the Motor Corps, and sweet on Foster, becomes quite concerned for his safety when he disappears (to become the Defender). The Power Plant Saboteurs, art by Al Bryant; The Peterson Electric Plant is in danger from saboteurs to cut off the power supply. It Started With a Lost Hat, script and art by Klaus Nordling; Bob tumbles unaware into a nest of Nazi spies. The Chinese Heroine starring Comet Kelly, script and art by Vernon Henkel. The Drug Hijackers starring Red Bee, art by Witmer Williams. Spaghetti 5 Cents A Yard one-page Dan Tootin story by Jack Cole. Giant Mushrooms starring Ghost of Flanders, script and art by George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]. Hospital of Spies starring The Strange Twins, script by S. M. Iger [as S.M. Regi], art by Alex Blum. Duel With a Two-Man Sub starring Swordfish, script and art by Fred Guardineer. The Bund's Champion starring Don Glory, art by Arthur Peddy. 68 pgs. $0.10. 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.

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Articles with photography about hunting and fishing. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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.

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Revised Edition - October 1942. Portfolio of ten prints relating to the United States Constitution. Each measures 10" x 13", all are B&W on various colored papers.

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Edited by Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Jerry Iger, Mort Leav, Alex Blum, Bob Hebberd, Rafael Astarita, Sy Reit, and Robert Webb. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Sheena faces the Blood Cult of the Congo; Drew Murdoch tracks an avenging banshee that haunts Kelly's Castle; Sheena artist Robert Webb takes over the Hawk pirate strip created by Will Eisner. Terrific giant-gorilla cover by Dan Zolnerowich. The Hawk; Weird Stories of the Supernatural; Bobby; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Pee Wee; Ghost Gallery; Midnight the Black Stallion; Tom Dick and Harry; Blood Money; Margie; ZX-5 Spies In Action; Inspector Dayton. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Bait for the Spotted Fury"; A white trader convinces a tribe to make sacrifice to the idol of Tozak. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Bedouin bandits threaten Fantomah's gold shipments to her allies. Untitled story, art by Saul Rosen; Tabu prevents Mukil from seizing the throne of the V'nogas and secures some ivory for the bankrupt Nortons. "Black Ghost of Sudan" text story. Untitled story, art by Al Stahl; The pasha attempts to reclaim the land on which the fort was built. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and his animal friends venture into a haunted valley to get medicinal herbs for the Kuminu tribe. Untitled story, art by Al Walker; Exploring a cave behind a waterfall, Boko is taken captive by hippopotamus-worshiping cannibals and is eventually rescued by Simba who kills the hippopotamus god. Untitled story, art by Nick Cardy; Jean Thomas comes to the jungle to find her fiance, Peter Cummings; Camilla helps her in her search; The two are captured by a tribe that attempts to sacrifice them to a lion god. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by William Ritt, Clarence Gray, Fran Striker, Brandon Walsh, Nicholas Afonsky, Carl Anderson, Jack Burnley, R. J. Scott, Eddie Sullivan, Charlie Schmidt, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Tom Sims, Bela Zaboly, George McManus, Otto Soglow, Eddie Rickenbacker, Clayton Knight, Charles Flanders, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Frank Miller, Don Moore and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake the Magician reaches the remote isle of the Colossi, giants who are eighty feet high; The Phantom stows away on a mysterious enemy submarine. Brick Bradford; The Lone Ranger; The Phantom; Little Annie Rooney; Henry; Sport Features; Scott's Scrapbook; Hall of Fame of the Air; Sentinel Louie; Radio Patrol; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Flash Gordon; Bringing Up Father; The Little King; Barney Baxter in the Air; Sappo; Stamps: Alexander Unties the Gordian Knot; Solve a Jiglette; Right Around Home. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Feg Murray, Clayton Knight, H. H. Knerr, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Floyd Torbert, Robert Storm, Mel Graff, Carl Anderson, Edwina Dumm, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Joe Musial, Billy DeBeck, Jimmy Thompson, Eugene L. Pollack, Tom Sims, and Bela Zaboly. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake learns who is behind the Striped Orchid attacks; The celebrity strip Seein' Stars profiles Carmen Miranda, Tyrone Power and Bob Hope. Mandrake the Magician; Seein' Stars; Jan and Aloysius; The Romance of Flying; Bunky; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Henry; Little Acorns; High Spots; Popeye; Barney Baxter; Blondie; Indian Lore; Tippie and Cap Stubbs; Dinglehoofer. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Human Torch untitled story, art by Harry Sahle. Tanks with Tusks starring Sub-Mariner, art by Carl Pfeufer. Boom Doggling starring Terry Vance, art by Bob Oksner. Woe is Me! text story by Mickey Spillane. The World Beneath a World starring Vision. The Case of the Missing Molar starring Jimmy Jupiter, script and art by Ed Robbins. The Hunters of Heads starring Patriot, art by Al Fagaly. Polly Wants a Murder starring Angel. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Mac Raboy. The Case of the Missing Ambassador, art by Mac Raboy; Captain Marvel Jr. saves the life of a missing ambassador's daughter, then hits the trail to find and rescue her father from the clutches of Mr. Macabre, the Nazis and the Japanese! The Swing King starring Bulletman; The Flying Detectives face the dilemma of a bitter and warped pop song writer. Minute Man Leads a Commando Night Raid starring Minute Man, art by Phil Bard. Hoodoo Hannigan: Chapter 3: V For Vengeance text story by Joseph J. Millard. The Double of El Carim starring El Carim. The Black Gauntlet Gang starring Buck Jones, Frontier Marshall, art by Ralph Carlson; Who is behind the vicious Black Gauntlet Gang?; And why do they want to control the election of a governor? The Nazi Invasion of Greenland starring the Companions Three. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Reed Crandall. Untitled story, script by Dick French; The Blackhawks are in pursuit of a leather briefcase that contains a priceless, pre-determined plan of human existence which will be disrupted upon its disclosure, and which affects the outcome of World War II. Untitled Sniper story, script by Ted Udall; The trial of Count Grubber. Untitled Shot and Shell story, script and art by Klaus Nordling; the duo go to France. Untitled Loops and Banks story, script and art by Bob Powell (Bud Ernest); Aviation drama in Tokyo. Untitled X of the Underground story, art by Bob Hebberd; The Gestapo's Costume Ball. Untitled Phantom Clipper story, art by Fred Kida; The Mikado's fishing trip; vs. Hirohito. Untitled story, script and art by Al Jaffee; Inferior Man joins the Navy. Untitled story, script and art by Dave Berg; When Del flies through a strange gas, he believes that he is hallucinating about his fallen comrades: King Hotintot, Gramps and Hank, and that their voices guided him home safely; When he regains his senses, he discovers that the three believed dead partners are still alive after having been nursed back to health. Death To the Killer! text story. The Thing, script and art by Fred Guardineer; The Tracer must fend off its Japanese military robot counterpart, The Thing, which is equally impervious to harm...that is, until Dunn discovers its Achilles Heel: the human operator! Saga of the U.S.S. Marblehead Secret War News non-fiction story, script and art by Al McWilliams. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by George Papp. "Hunting Headlines," art by George Papp; Millionaire Lamont Morgan offers $10,000 to prove Green Arrow is a fake: he has to make headlines without using his arrows; So he goes west to Boomtown where he gets involved trying to stop a stage coach robbery and a Japanese invasion of California. "Crime's Hobby House," starring Dr. Fate, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Howard Sherman; Mordaunt Grimm, while working on a movie production that features people and their hobbies, get the idea to use those people's hobbies to commit crimes. "Crimes in Camouflage," starring the Radio Squad, art by Cliff Young. "Raid on Atlantis," art by Louis Cazeneuve; Greedy fortune hunters want to capture Aquaman and exhibit him in a carnival. "Adventure of the One Man Movie," starring Johnny Quick, pencils by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton, Jr.), inks by Cliff Young. "The Cry-Baby Crimes," starring the Spectre, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Bernard Baily; The Cry-Baby makes everyone so sad they can't stop his crimes. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.