Comic books March 1942

Cover art by Fred Ray. Beware! The Black Star Shines (Chapter 1), script by Mort Weisinger, art by Mort Meskin; When Pat Dugan spies five well-known criminals dressed as policemen, it piques the interest of the Star-Spangled Kid, who calls the Seven Soldiers of Victory to investigate; They discover, from a piece of film, that the Black Star is using those felons to commit crimes on a national basis. Mystery of the Clowning Criminals, art by Creig Flessel; Led by Falseface, the Black Star's criminal element strikes at many areas of the city of New Orleans during Mardi Gras. Mystery of the Santa Claus Pirate (Chapter 3) starring the Seven Soldiers of Victory, art by Hal Sherman. Mystery of the One-Man Museum (Chapter 4) starring the Seven Soldiers of Victory, script by Mort Weisinger, art by George Papp. The Case of the Twisted Twins (Chapter 5) starring the Seven Soldiers of Victory, art by Jack Lehti. The Sixty Kiddie Club (Chapter 6), script by Bill Finger, art by Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton]. The Black Star Shines (Chapter 7), script by Bill Finger, art by Mort Meskin. King Kale humor pages by Henry Boltinoff. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Walt Disney Studio. Cover price $0.05.

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68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Musial. 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 races to find Dr. Griff before enemy agents smuggle him out of the country; Secret Agent X-9 battles fifth columnists, spies operating within the U.S. Mandrake the Magician; Jan and Aloysius; Seein' Stars; The Romance of Flying; Bunky; Dollar-A-Dither; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Little Nature Stories; Henry; Little Acorns; High Spots; Popeye; Barney Baxter; Blondie; Indian Lore; Tippie and Cap Stubbs; Dinglehoofer. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Classic bondage cover art by Alex Schomburg. "The Moonlight Murders" starring The Human Torch, story and art by Carl Burgos; The Javelin is a big game hunter who has contracted a rare disease which drives him to kill at certain times of the month; He uses carbon dioxide gas to put out Torch and Toro's flame and overpowers them; He makes it appear to police that they have killed a girl so the police chief attempts to arrest them but they resist arrest in order to track down the Javelin. "The Item of the Mad Artist" starring Sub-Mariner, script and art by Bill Everett; versus Stefan Natas (Anton Devere). "The Mine of Terror," art by Syd Shores; The Vision battles Legs Cachone. "The Ship in the Desert" text story, script by Mickey Spillane. "The Mystery of the Stinging Death," script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; Terry Vance versus Senor Revuelta. Jimmy Jupiter untitled story, script and art by Ed Robbins; versus The Witches of Encore. "The Wolf-Man Terror"; The Angel battles The Wolf-Man. "Death Stalks the Shipyard,: art by Al Fagaly; Patriot (Jeff Mace) versus Grosse. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Mac Raboy and Bob Rogers (backgrounds). Death By Radio starring Capt. Marvel, Jr., art by Mac Raboy; A former business associate of the firm Pitwell, Douglas, Umbersquire and Filpot, ousted from the company because he stole a few dollars from the company, swears revenge on his former business partners. Slick Jordan, Cutthroat Counterfeiter; Bulletman [Jim Barr] and Bulletgirl [Susan Kent] vs. Slick Jordan. The Ghost of Sir Francis Drake starring Minute Man, art by Phil Bard. A Wager With Fate starring El Carim, art by Mark Schneider. The Hooded Hoodlum starring Buck Jones, Frontier Marshall, art by Ralph Carlson; The Hooded Hoodlum stikes again, killing old gold prospectors for their gold, until Buck and Mike sets out to stalk down the masked murderer. The Lure of the Voodoo starring the Companions Three. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

March 14, 1942 issue. Newsprint, 10.5" x 14", 12 pages, B&W with some color.

March 28, 1942 issue. Newsprint, 10.5" x 14", 12 pages, B&W with some color.

Cover art by Chuck Cuidera. The Sunken Island of Death!, script by Dick French, art by Chuck Cuidera; When a mountain rises out of the mid-Atlantic, United States, British, and German ships converge on the location; When the Nazis arrive, Blackhawk and his men are already there to claim it. The Song of the Blackhawks by Dick French (as Richard French); Illustrated, as a piece of sheet music, is the official "Song of the Blackhawks," featuring the lyrics and music. The Drums of Doom starring The Blue Tracer, script and art by Fred Guardineer; In Russia, Dunn and Jones oppose a hook-handed, peg-legged, one-eyed Nazi named von Blutt, who has managed to capture the Tracer and Dunn; However, just as Dunn is about to be hung, Jones saves the day. Untitled Maria and the Spies featuring Loops and Banks, script and art by Bob Powell (Bud Ernest). Untitled X of the Underground story, script and art by Vernon Henkel; Female agent X (most likely French), most often posing as a man, infiltrates many Axis camps, her efforts being complicated by reporter Bob Gray, who has uncovered her secret. Untitled Shot and Shell story, script and art by Klaus Nordling; Our nutty heroes go to Norway. The Blonde Torch Singer starring Yankee Eagle, art by John Stewart. Untitled The Sniper story, script by Ted Udall, art by Bernard Klein. Untitled Inferior Man story, script and art by Al Jaffee; A tractor cannon gets stolen. Imposter!, script and art by Dave Berg; The Patrol breaks into the Wilhelmstrasse, where Del disguises himself as Hitler and gives orders designed to undo much of the Nazi tyranny, including the release of political prisoners from the concentration camps. Cleansed By Fire text story. Nazi Terror Secret War News non-fiction story, script and art by Al McWilliams. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dave Berg, Otto Binder, Phil Bard and Joseph Millard. Athletic Army private Jack Weston dons a patriotic costume and becomes the WWII superhero Minute Man. Minute Man faces the weird menace of Von Winkle, the Sleeping Saboteur, in a story that features the image of MM hanging the bad guys coatrack-style from the spires atop the Statue of Liberty. MM seeks the true identity of the killer called the Black Poet, who sends verses to his future victims in the defense industry. Brooklyn street punk Butch falls down a manhole and ends up a knight in a mystical kingdom, in an early story by future Mad "Lighter Side" artist Dave Berg. The Murder Music; The Black Poet; Drums of Doom; Sir Butch; The Ghost of Dry Gulch. Final issue of the series. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

8.5" x 11", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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.

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Cover by George Papp. "Doom Over Gayland," script by Mort Weisinger, art by George Papp; Green Arrow investigates murders of the owners of an amusement park. "Art for Crime's Sake," script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Howard Sherman; Uhlan tries to steal a mystic painting that is a portal to another dimension, and Doctor Fate enters its portals to rescue Inza, Betsy and Bill. "The Blackout Burglary," starring the Radio Squad, art by Cliff Young. "Freedom of the Seas," script by Manly Wade Wellman, art by Paul Norris; Aquaman discovers Black Jack running a gambling ship. "The Wizard of Weapons," starring Johnny Quick, art by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton); A young boy is being blackmailed for accidentally killing Dixie Gorgan in a fencing accident. Untitled Gee Man story, script and art by Ray McGill. "Death Rules the Elements," starring the Spectre, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Bernard Baily; A man who has mastered the elements blackmails the city of Cliffland. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 77, Issue 3 - March, 1942. Painted cover by Robert Robinson. Vintage auto magazine with articles about (now) classic cars, with lots of photographs and tons of vintage ads, this is a must have for any car enthusiast. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 122 pages, B&W with some color.

March, 1942. Carole Landis and Cesar Romero cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 17, Issue 95 - March, 1942. Hollywood coverage and dramatizations of films in prose, illustrated with stills. 8.5" x 11.25", 100 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue 3, 1930 - "Silinski Master Criminal" by Edgar Wallace. Squarebound, 5.5" x 7.5", 256 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Issue 33, 1942 - "The Albatross Murders" by Inigo Jones. Squarebound, 5.5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Al Gabriele. Captain America Comics #11 ad, pencils by Al Avison, inks by Syd Shores. The Largest Diamond in the World, pencils by George Klein, inks by Howard James; The Black Marvel solves a case where a giant diamond in a mine in South Africa kills all who try to remove it. No One Is Safe, art by Howard James; Davey finds that the Demon has wrecked another town, and tries again to stop him. Young Allies Comics #2 ad, art by Syd Shores. Hitler Meets the Destroyer, script by Stan Lee; The Destroyer takes a job as a waiter at a large hotel in Berlin in order to taunt the Nazis staying there. The Gems of Doom, script by Stan Lee (as S.T. Anley); The Witness sees a jewelry store robbery and traces it back to the Imp, a criminal masquerading as a law-abiding pawn shop owner. Death Drews; The Terror discovers that ships supposedly taking refugees from Europe to America are actually abducting them to Africa to build railroads for the Nazis as slave labor. The Thing, art by Syd Shores; A hideous man named Dr. Fear is literally scaring citizens to death with his appearance and then robbing them. League of Crime, script by Stan Lee (as Neel Nats); The police ask the Challenger to defeat four master criminals who have banded together as a League of Crime. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Will Eisner. The Man Behind the Man Behind the Gun starring Uncle Sam, art by Will Eisner. Untitled stories starring Windy Breeze (art by Jack Cole as Henry Johns), Wonder Boy (art by Jerry Iger as Jerry Maxwell), Sally O'Neil Policewoman (art by Frank Kearns), Prop Powers (art by Lynn Byrd), Kid Dixon (art by Klaus Nordling as Bob Reynolds), Quicksilver (art by Paul Gustavson), Pen Miller (art by Klaus Nordling), Kid Patrol (art by Dan Wilson), Paul Bunyan (art by Storey Weaver), Jack and Jill (art by Lowell Riggs), Cyclone Cupid (art by Gill Fox), and Merlin the Magician (art by Fred Guardineer as Lance Blackwood). 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Hunting and fishing magazine. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/4-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Irv Novick. Shield G-Man Club house ad. Untitled story, art by Irv Novick; Joe Higgins has a dream, which he treats as a premonition, in which a series of events lead up to the death of his partner, Dusty. "The Walrus's Prison Break," script by Harry Stein (as Steyne), art by Harry Lucey; The Walrus breaks out of prison. Shield-Wizard No. 6 house ad. "The Boogy-Woogy Balloon," script by Harry Shorten, art by Lin Streeter; The Boogies and the Woogies build a hot air balloon so that Danny and his friends can return to Wonderland. "Battle in Tobruk," art by Carl Hubbell; Low on supplies, Sgt. Boyle manages to fend off the Italian soldiers at Tobruk until supplies can arrive. "Radio-Free Germany," script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle; Jolly Roger is captured by the Gestapo as he delivers radios to the Free German Movement. "Archie's Taxi Service," script and art by Bob Montana; Archie's jalopy is costing too much, so Archie offers to make it a taxi service; He picks up a man at the train station and while trying to shortcut, ends up on a road to the country. "Action in San Paulo," script by Harry Shorten, art by Art Seymour; The President of San Paulo manipulates Louis Liverlip into fighting Kayo Ward. "The Case of the Poisoning Monkey," art by Paul Reinman; Bentley investigates the death of the Duke of Ashwold. Comicscope toy ad. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories, art and cover by Harrison Cady. The second series collecting Harrison Cadys early comic strip Peter Rabbit. Pop Rabbit thinks Peter cant win anything from the carnival game, but Peter proves him wrong; Peter plays a prank on Professor Possums bird watching group with his tin whistle; A boastful badger is taken down a notch, thanks to Peter, his pals and a pumpkin patch. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.