Comic books December 1942

Add to cart VF 8.0 $60.00 View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Eisner/Fine/Quality staff assist on Spirit.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $39.00 View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Eisner scripts/layouts, Fine pencils, Quality staff inks.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $53.00 View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $60.00 View scan Edge chipping. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $16.00 View scan Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Brittle. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Eisner/Fine/Quality staff assist on Spirit.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $699.95 or Best Offer View scans 4.25" Cumulative spine split (taped). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories and art by Otto Binder, Alex Blum and Al Camy. One of Fawcett's most popular superheroes, Spy Smasher fights saboteurs, fifth columnists, Quislings and collaborators during WWII. Enemy scientists create a new Ice Age in Florida, and Spy Smasher seeks a way to thaw out the Floridians. Spy Smasher must travel to Tokyo to free the girl in the glass coffin. The mysterious Mr. Gloom is giving away cash for free, but Spy Smasher realizes the money is poisoned with Black Plague. The Blizzard Blitzkrieg; The Amateur Dictator; Sir Butch; Spy Smasher in Tokyo; Deadly Decoys; Thirteen Steps to Doom. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Playmates of Peril! starring The Newsboy Legion, script by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, pencils by Kirby, inks by Arturo Cazeneuve (as Joe Simon); hearing that the Baxter gang is going to commit a big crime, the Guardian steps in to bust it up. The Log of the Lucky Lode starring TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite, art by Louis Cazeneuve. Tarantula Turns Thief starring Tarantula, art by Harold Sharp. The College of Crime starring The Star-Spangled Kid, art by Hal Sherman. Case of the Haunted Hams starring Penniless Palmer, art by Stan Kaye. The Trial of Robotman, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Sam Citron. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Fighting Yank story, art by Jack Binder. Pyroman origin story. Captain Future story. Four Comrades story, art by Maurice Gutwirth. Don Davis story, art by Leonard Sansone. Happy story, script and art by Kin Platt. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Leg art pin-ups. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Stanley Link. Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Jim Chambers, George Lichty, Jack Ficklen, Martin Branner, Ken Ernst, Dick Fletcher, Al Posen, George Clark and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Lightning Jim takes a shortcut through the Lost Valley, in his final appearance in Super Comics. The Queen of Virgin Valley sneaks aboard the US bomber before it takes off and engages enemy fighters. Escaping a forest fire, Clyde Beatty and his team are trapped in a cave. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy. Smokey Stover; Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Magic Morro; On the Scent of a Scent; Winnie Winkle; The Gumps; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Jim Ellis; Sweeney & Son; Clyde Beatty; Little Joe; The Ripples; Lightning Jim; You're in the Army Now. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. December, 1942. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Case of the Remote Control Crimes starring Cadet, pencils by George Kapitan, inks by John Jordan. Bull's-Eye Bill story, art by John Daly. Spacehawk story, script and art by Basil Wolverton. Spacehawk story, script and art by Basil Wolverton. Sky Busters text story by Mickey Spillane. Gulliver's Travels [Part 1]--Fantastic Feature Films, art by Harold DeLay. Al T. Tude story, script and art by Art Gates. Chameleon story. Target story. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $2.50 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $7.00 View scans

TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. 8.5-in. x 11-in., printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $33.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $15.00 View scans 1.5" Spine split from top. Oxidation and chipping.	Add to cart Good $15.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $8.00 View scans Paper: Off white Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.
Add to cart Fair $7.00 View scans Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Dec 1942. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Stories by Frank Belknap Long, Ross Rocklynne, Ray Cummings, Lloyd Norse, Barry Cord, Henry Kuttner, and Douglas Stapleton. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. This cover was reused on the Sept/Oct 1989 cover of American Heritage. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Fred Methot, Reg Greenwood, Hal Forrest, Bernard Dibble, and John Hix. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 7 #8. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Iron Vic, now a Marine drill sergeant at Parris Island, tries to show tough kid "Slug" the real meaning of the word "tough." Fritzi Ritz investigates after she sees a mysterious figure burying a box in her yard, but the result is not what she expects. Captured by Nazis, the Mirror Man and Slim try a desperate gamble to escape, by detonating a massive explosion. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; The Mirror Man; The Triple Terror; Jim Hardy; Stamp Tips; Looy Dot Dope; Tailspin Tommy; Iron Vic; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Montana. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Don Dean, Sam Cooper, Mike Roy, Carl Hubbell, Red Homdale, Gerald Kean, and Ed Groggin. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $17.00 View scans Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Men's true fiction stories with illustrations and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by George J. Hecht, David S. Muzzey and Natalie Purvin Prager. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. The second part of the history of America covers the years leading up to the Revolution; Comedy legends Abbott and Costello; Football coaches and players join the military after Pearl Harbor. Join the Junior Army!; The Yanks Are Coming - Again!; Capturing the Sacred Bird of the Mayas; Colonial Period, 1700-1783; From Brooklyn to Bataan; U.S. Fought Japan Before!; Teaching 'em to Carry the Ball for Uncle Sam; Secret Messages; Is It True?; True's Movie Guide; You Can Be A Real Hero, Too; Breaking the Nazi Ring of Death; Jerry Young Presents Abbott and Costello; Conqueror of the White Plague; Robillard - Canadian Ace; Truly Comic!; How Good is Your Memory? 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian series. Contents are exactly the same as True Comics (1941 Parents' Magazine Press). Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $23.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Issue 16 - Winter, 1942. 6.75" x 9.75", 178 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

December, 1942. Cover price $0.25.

Edited by John Beardsley. Cover by Al Gabriele. Stories by Al Gabriele, Reed Crandall, and Al McWilliams. Action packed, patriotic stories starring Uncle Sam, the great American hero in a top hat. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $50.00 View scans Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 20%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $37.00 View scans Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $64.25 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in. 132 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.