Comic books September 1944

Stories and art by Robert Denby, Edd Ashe, Cy Caldwell, Ed Smalle, Willy Ley, Jesse Davidson, Ezra Kotcher, Dwight Shepler, Logan Reavis, Art Meisner, Sam Glankoff and Jack Sparling. Tales of aerial adventure in the tradition of nonfiction comics vehicle True Comics. An article examining the potential of the then-new helicopter aircraft; 14-year-old Cliff Wherley lies about his age to get into the Army air corps; A detailed illustrated guide to Axis and Allied aircraft. Boy Wonder; Fortress Invincible; The Flying Musketeers Rescue the Wrecker; The Squirt; Planes in the News; Air Power in the Invasion; Modification Line; Our Hat Is Off; How Planes Downed the U-Boats; Helicopters...Today and Tomorrow; How to Build the Cloud-Hopper; Aviation Extras; Aviation in the Movies; True Aviation's Air Spotter's Guide; Air Shorts; Bombers Without Wings; Lucky Seven!; Aero Quiz; Off the Beam. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $53.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 42 - Issue 6, September 1944. Stories include; "Face at the Window", "The Pinkertons and the 20th Key", "Murder in the Vacant Room", "The Desert Mystery", "Too Hot for Crime", "Treason Trail", "500 Men on the Wrong Horse", "The Yellow Kid's Own Story" and "Sailor Beware". 8.5" x 11", 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Captain America and Bucky star in "The Riddle of the Stolen Buddha"; the Whizzer stars in "The Death Singer"; Jap Buster Johnson stars in "Invitation to Death"; the Destroyer stars in "The Jap Serpent Strikes"; Sergeant Dix stars in "The Ghost Zero." Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $350.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #17-4078FC0-015 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Albert Delacorte. Stories by Burris Jenkins and Tom Hickey. Adventure war tales featuring such historical figures as Pete Zurlinden, Father Meany, Marine Warrant Office Gordon Hodde, Archie Gibbs, Eddie Long, Cecil LeRoy "Jake" Jacobson, and Bernard "Lucky" Heidemann—these are real-life War Heroes! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 50, Issue 2 - September 1944. "A Magazine for Boys and Girls." Stories, poems, and activities designed for kids. 7-in. x 10-in., 36 pages, PC,PB&W Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Good $15.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

September 1944. Cover by A. R. Tilburne. "Bang! You're Dead!" by Ray Bradbury, "The Devil's Ticket" by Robert Bloch, and "Pacific 421" by August Derleth, plus other horror and supernatural tales by Edmond Hamilton, Frank Owen, Allison V. Harding, Manly Wade Wellman, Harold Lawlor, Gardner F. Fox, and Emil Petaja. Illustrations by Hannes Bok, Boris Dolgov, A. R. Tilburne, Matt Fox, Fred Humiston, Irwin J. Weill, John Giunta, Andrew Brosnatch. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 96 newsprint pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $325.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white The Bobby Blue Collection. Label #4340629008

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza and Harry Parkhurst. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. When Billy Batson hears reports that Captain Marvel is going on strange sprees of violence late at night, he decides maybe it's time for Captain Marvel to retire. A new expert archer appears on the scene, leading to an old-fashioned archery contest with Golden Arrow. A mischievous goblin makes trouble for Ibis and Taia. Captain Marvel Retires; Golden Arrow Meets His Rival; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Spy Smasher: The Mild Mr. Meek; Ibis the Invincible: The Little Man Who Isn't Here. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bill Vigoda. "Wilbur Helps Westfield Go To the Dogs," pencils by Bill Vigoda, inks by Terry Woik Szenics; Wilbur and the gang put on a production of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Activity page: A maze, word unscramble, an optical illusion and how to draw a dog. "The Camp Cutie," pencils by Bill Vigoda, inks by Terry Woik Szenics; Wilbur, Red and Linda get caught in an out-of-control boat. "How Far Is Up?" text story. Untitled Chimpy and His Mystical Pal the 'Genie' story, art by Red Holmdale; Chimpy receives a mysterious trunk. World Wonders illustration by Mary Goss. Untitled story, pencils by Bill Vigoda, inks by Terry Woik Szenics; Wilbur has hallucinations with Miss Gargle's face appearing on everyone. Untitled story, pencils by Carl Hubbell; Omar is made grand vizir but has trouble finding out what his duties are. "A Chip Off the Old Block," pencils by Bill Vigoda, inks by Terry Woik Szenics; Wilbur's dad plans to run a one mile race. "The Model," pencils by Bill Vigoda, inks by Terry Woik Szenics; Wilbur has an accident with a baseball in a store and runs from a worker. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J.F. Byrne and Ruth Atkinson. Stories and art by Art Saaf, Ruth Atkinson, Jack Keller, Lee Elias, and Robert Webb. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Agent Jane Martin has a midair fist-fight with the Nazi spy she accidentally rescued; Greasemonkey Griffin falls hard for a beautiful Russian test pilot; Suicide Smith starts to resemble Milton Caniff's art style as he seeks an Islamic artifact to restore a king (actual art by Lee Elias). Skull Squad; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Captain Wings; Suicide Smith; Wing Tips; Thunder Behind Tokio; Greasemonkey Griffin. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harry G. Peter. "Spies from Saturn," script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Two strange events: a girl trapped underwater in seaweed and a strange radio message that cuts across General Darnell's speech, leads Wonder Woman to discover an invasion from the planet Saturn is about to occur. Wonder Women of History: four-page Juliette Low bio, script by Alice Marble, art by Paul Reinman. "The Sky Road," script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; After the sentencing of Count Saturno to 99 years imprisonment, Diana Prince and the rest of the nation wake up one morning with feelings of weakness and lassitude. "150 Mile Race to Save a Nation," art by George Roussos. "Hop Harrigan's Birthday Present" text story. "Wonder Woman's Boots," script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Count Mephisto Saturno is sent back to Earth by the Emperor to capture Wonder Woman - or else! Back cover ad, "Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!" (art by C.C. Beck?). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Jack Burnley. The Rubber Band starring Superman; After Derby Bowser is released from prison, his car suffers two blown out tires, which gives him an idea for a new racket: steal new tires from government shipments and sell them on the black market! Shelter For Shenanigans starring The Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy, art by Jon Small. Too Hot To Handle starring Zatara, art by William F. White. Respectable Burglars starring The Green Arrow, art by Maurice del Burgo. Iss Ve Not Der Supermen? starring The Boy Commandos, art by Louis Cazeneuve. The Camera of Mei-Lan starring Johnny Everyman, script by Jack Schiff, art by John Daly. The Men Who Died Twice! starring Batman and Robin, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane], inks by Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed) and George Roussos (backgrounds); The death and sudden "re-appearance" of three executed killers in a series of crime sprees baffles the Caped Crimefighters until a tell-tale clue leads them to the criminal behind the scheme. 84 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Jack Binder, Marc Swayze, Charles Tomsey, and Edd Ashe. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel tries to stop kids from becoming "juvenile delinquents" (a hot topic in the '40s and '50s). Captured by Axis forces, Phantom Eagle and Jerry must figure out how to warn the Phoenix Squadron of an impending invasion of China. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky discover that rigged hair dryers are responsible for a spate of murders at the beauty parlor. Plus a PSA for wartime paper drives featuring Mary Marvel. Mary Marvel: The Teen-Age Crimes; Commando Yank; Phantom Eagle: The Trap of the Tomb; Penny Graves: The Burma Trail; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: The Spectre of Death in the House of Beauty. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ken Battefield, Bill Allison, Harold DeLay, Arnold Hicks, Gus Schrotter and Chu F. Hing. An early comics anthology focusing on Yellowjacket and other little-known superheroes of the Golden Age. Crime writer and apiarist Vince Harley learns he can control bees, and sets out to battle crime as the (first) superhero named Yellowjacket. Perhaps inspired by Wonder Woman, the Greek goddess Diana returns to Earth to punch out Nazis during World War II. Meanwhile in Manila, Juan Manito becomes the Filipino Kid to resist invading Japanese forces, in a story that may be the work of early Asian-American comics artist (and Green Turtle creator) Chu F. Hing. Plus, the early horror feature Tales of Terror adapts Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat. Yellowjacket; Diana the Huntress; Message for the Cops; Famous Tales of Terror: The Black Cat; Debunker; King of the Beasts; Harbor Lights: The Man Who Should Have Died; Bee Lines; Filipino Kid. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

U. S. Army Air Force and Navy Flight Training Manual, revised edition (see page A). Illustrations by Eric Sloane. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. Softcover 78 Pages B&W

Silly Seal and Ziggy Pig take on the Japanese; Capt. America & Bucky advert for paper salvage. Cover price $0.10.