Comic books May 1944

Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Good $62.10 View scans Paper: Cream to off white 2 1/2" Spine split from top of book. 2 1/2" Spine split from base of book. Foxing. Soiling. Discounted from $69.00.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $17.10 View scans Paper: Brittle Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $19.00.

FEATURE: "The Dawn Tide" a short story by Lou Merrill.

Volume 2, Issue 4 - May, 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Captain Freedom and the Purple Parrot starring Captain Freedom and Dr. Krab. The Fiendish Fourth Dimension starring Shock Gibson and Dr. Ugbono, art by Bob Powell. Biff Bannon story, script and art by Art Helfant. The Perfidious Partisan starring Black Cat and Hauptmann Stewig. The Story Behind the Cover text article. Padlock Homes story with The Green Ghost, script and art by Ed Wheelan. Treachery In Tibet starring the Girl Commandoes and The Dalai Lama , art by Jill Elgin. 52 pages, four color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $135.00 View scans Paper: Off white Discounted from $150.00.

Add to cart Very Good $99.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate. Discounted from $110.00.

Volume 3, Issue 1 - May, 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 102 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Wellman/Woolfolk/Jack Cole scripts, Cole, Fine, Robin King - A.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $27.00 Discounted from $30.00.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Wellman/Woolfolk/Jack Cole scripts, Cole, Fine, Robin King - A.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Wellman/Woolfolk/Jack Cole scripts, Cole, Fine, Robin King - A. Last Mr. Mystic.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $47.70 View scan Discounted from $53.00.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $27.00 Discounted from $30.00.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Wellman/Woolfolk/Jack Cole scripts, Cole, Fine, Robin King - A.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $16.20 Discounted from $18.00.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Wellman/Woolfolk/Jack Cole scripts, Cole, Fine, Robin King - A.

Cover inks by Arturo Cazeneuve. The Good Samaritans! starring The Newsboy Legion, inks by Harry Tschida; three criminals take up residence in a boarding house, holding a valise with $50,000 in it, none of it which can they touch because the serial numbers have been published. The Numismatist's Noose starring The Star Spangled Kid, art by Hal Sherman. The Parrot Who Wouldn't Talk starring Penniless Palmer, art by George Storm. The Battle of the Big Swamp starring Liberty Belle, script by Don Cameron, art by Chuck Winter. In a Fog* starring Super Sleuth McFooey, script and art by Jack Farr. Dr. Gaunt, Genius starring Robotman, art by Jimmy Thompson. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Fighting Yank Meets Nitro-Man. Captain Future story. Sabotage text story by John S. Endicott. Four Comrades story, art by Maurice Gutwirth. Oracle story. Lead Signal text story by Gerald De Vries. Don Davis story, art by Leonard Sansone. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Dale Messick, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Jim Chambers, Martin Branner, Al Posen, and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Harold Teen is heartbroken when Lillums becomes engaged to Truck McClusky. Brenda hopes for a raise after capturing the Baron, but her boss gives his niece Daphne Dimples a job instead. Marooned on a South Pacific island, Clyde and José battle Axis fighter pilots. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Brenda Starr; Old Gran'pa Bass; Winnie Winkle; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Sweeney & Son; Clyde Beatty; The Ripples. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $108.00 View scans Only one staple (manufacturing). 1" tear from bottom. Water damage. Discounted from $120.00.

#18 in a series of 90. Superman-Tim is a boys' clothing catalog, activity book, and comic book all rolled into one, featuring Superman illustrations throughout. All issues are 16 pages unless a Superman story is inserted (bringing page count to 24 or 36 pages). Every issue encourages boys not to be a "Whoo-Shoo" -- a boy who reads "Superman-Tim" but doesn't buy clothes from the Superman-Tim Store. Copyright 1944 by National Comics Pub., Inc., under license to Tim Promotions, Inc. B&W with a single color, 5 1/2 in. x 8 in.

Cover art by Milt Hammer. Cadet story. 18 Men and a Boat (Part 5) story, art by Tom Gill. Candid Charlie story, art by B. Gordon Guth. Target and the Targeteers story, art by Bill Allison. Dan'l Flannel humor story. Two Punctures For Hitler text story. Chameleon story, art by Bill Allison; Chameleon receives a message from Berlin. Speck, Spot, and Sis story, script and art by Milt Hammer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Ed Wheelan, Don Rico, George Appel, Nina Albright, Manny Stallman, and Gil Kane (credited as Eli Katz). An anthology of adventure and suspense comics. Down-and-out ex-boxer Kid Terrific agrees to one last bout to earn money to save Jimmy's eyesight. Boomerang sets out to foil the assassin known as the Japanese Sandman. Comics McCormick, "the world's #1 comics fan," daydreams that he is the only person who can stop the criminal mastermind known as the Octopus. Plus an early story by legendary artist Gil Kane. Kid Terrific: The Kid Comes Back; Giant of Justice; Comics McCormick: The Octopus; Boomerang; Molly O'Moore and Scoop Scanlon: The Fire King; Two Scoops for Murder; Target for Today; Tokio Express; Buck 'n' Broncho: The Insultin Sultan. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $17.10 View scans Spine split 5%. Discounted from $19.00.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $5.85 View scans Discounted from $6.50.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $7.83 View scans Spine split 15%. Discounted from $8.70.

Theatre Arts 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" x 11", 76 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.35.

British Edition. May 1944. Stories include: "Detour to Death" by James P. Webb, "Murder in Mink" by C. S. Montanye, "Code for Killing" by Hal K. Wells, "Death is Where You Find It" by William H. Bushman, "Rehearsal for the Chair" by J. Lane Lanklater, and "Cancel the Camouflage" by Bill Morgan. 6 1/8" X 8 7/8". 68 pages. B&W.

Add to cart Very Good $18.90 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $21.00.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $18.90 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $21.00.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $18.90 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate. Discounted from $21.00.

Add to cart Good $13.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate. Discounted from $15.00.

Spring, 1944. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Charles W. Harbaugh, Leigh Brackett, Ford Smith, Joseph Farrell, Ruth Washburn, Manly Wade Wellman, and Ray Cummings. Dr. Seuss illustration? (Small "Buy United States War Savings Bonds & Stamps" ad.) 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 116 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

True Crime magazine featuring photo-illustrated stories. 8.5" x 11.5", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fair $6.30 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate. Discounted from $7.00.

True-crime articles, heavily illustrated with period photos. 10.5" x 13.5", 36 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $10.58 Discounted from $11.75.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $9.00 Discounted from $10.00.

Stories based on actual people and events: Carlson's Marine Raiders bio on Evans Fordyce Carlson. The Man Who Made the World Laugh bio on Mark Twain. Canada's Terrific Twins bio on champion skiers Rhona and Rhoda Wurtele. School for Espionage--Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation featuring Steve Saunders. Tribute to the Merchant Marine. Black Gold; The fascinating story of oil. Fearless Funmaker bio on Irving Fenster. Colombia--Our South American Neighbors. Giant Killers; Story involves torpedo boats (PT boats). 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $27.90 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate. Discounted from $31.00.

Volume 42 - Issue 2, May 1944. 8.5" x 11", 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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

Add to cart GD 2.0 $109.95 or Best Offer View scans 1" Cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $79.95 or Best Offer View scans Restored (see item notes) Interior TRIMMED. Centerfold MARRIED. 2" spine split. Water damage. Staples added (not manufacturing). Staple rust. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart FR 1.0 $79.95 or Best Offer View scans 5" cumulative spine split to cover and first wrap, cover and first five wraps detached at single center staple. Heavy tears and some tape on a few of the detached wraps. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $4.32 Discounted from $4.80.

Volume 49, Issue 10 - May 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.

May 1944. Cover by Margaret Brundage. "Iron Mask" by Robert Bloch, "The Lake" by Ray Bradbury, plus other horror and supernatural tales by Allison V. Harding, Manly Wade Wellman, Alan Nelson, H. Bedford-Jones, Alice-Mary Schnirring, and Dorothy Quick. Also includes a few poems by H. P. Lovecraft. Illustrations by Margaret Brundage, Elton Fax, Boris Dolgov, A. R. Tilburne, Hannes Bok, Irwin J. Weill, Hugh Rankin, Andrew Brosnatch. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 96 newsprint pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.15.