Comic books May 1944

Volume 38, Issue 2 - May, 1944. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $210.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Slab: See item notes Significant front/back scuff(s). Top edge label strip problem (old style slabs only). Label #1102744015 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, Al Carreno and Pete Costanza. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Captain Marvel is finagled into filling in for the absent mayor of tiny Yoklburg, who also serves as the local cop, fireman, justice of the peace, and even hotel bellboy. Sharp-shooting action girl Conchita Marquita Pepita Etcetera thinks her new mail-order husband is Golden Arrow, and when she finds out it's actually Pancho, the lead starts flying. Spy Smasher seeks the saboteurs targeting Spy Harbor. Plus a PSA on wartime paper rationing, Captain Marvel Puts the Scraps in the Scrap. Captain Marvel: Jack-of-All-Trades; Golden Arrow: Two-Gun Totin' Mama; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Spy Smasher: The Wreckers of Spy Harbor; Ibis the Invincible: The Deadly Dead. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $399.00 View scans Paper: Cream Tape on interior cover & interior. Extra staple added after manufacturing. Label #1281166009 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $115.00 View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Plastic debris between case and inner well Label #2086116008 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Art Saaf. Edited by J.F. Byrne. Stories and art by Gus Schrotter, Alex Blum, Lily Renee, Ruth Atkinson, Lee Elias, Ruben Moreira, and Arnold Hicks. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Nice Lily Renee good-girl art as Agent Jane Martin goes undercover as a gypsy dancer; Greasemonkey Griffin accidentally takes Professor Poppen J. Ipswitch's dangerous invention for a ride; Clipper Kirk must protect a conference of world leaders (Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin, and Chiang Kai-Shek appear) from a top-secret Nazi supercarrier. Skull Squad; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Captain Wings; Suicide Smith; Wing Tips; The Hero of Djebel Bou Arada; Thunder In the Alps; Greasemonkey Griffin. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder and Edd Ashe. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel meets Davy Jones and other Atlanteans while battling a giant octopus and modern-day pirate Barnacle Bilge. A little girl's helpful mistake reveals the identity of a spy to Commando Yank. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky investigate a missing writer in an old mine and learn the secret of Dangerous Dan. This story features an appearance by real-life reader Suzy Dueck, who sent a dime to struggling Depression-era superheroes Mr. Scarlet and Pinky. Plus a PSA for wartime paper drives featuring Mary Marvel. Mary Marvel: Davy Jones' Locker; Commando Yank: Death in a Sleepy Town; Phantom Eagle: A Fighting Ancestor; Helpful Hugo; Pee Wee Pete; Penny Graves: The Signal; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky Battle the Maniac of the Mine! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Harry Sahle. "The Wand of Weirdness," script by Otto Binder, art by Irv Novick; Apollo and Muley break into a museum and are confronted by a guard, so Apollo grabbed a scepter out of a case to use as a club; It was the "Wand of Weirdness", supposedly belonging to Merlin the Magician which had a curse that said anyone using the wand for evil purposes would have it visit back upon them. "Stencho's Woman Problems" starring Senor Banana, script by Ed Goggin, art by Harry Sahle; Stencho's wife wants to find out if he still loves her. A red wig and a new dress will do the trick. "County Fair," pencils by Harry Sahle, inks by Terry Szenics; The Applejack boys are on a gas balloon trip and land near the house of a screwy professor, who turns them into monkeys. "Frank Swinatra," script by Ed Goggin, art by Virginia Drury (as Ginger); Ginger meets Frank Sinatra. "The Fourth Dimensional Dr. Karvalla" starring Red Rube, art by Bill Vigoda; The wicked scientist, Dr. Karvalla, invented a formula that enabled him to travel in the fourth dimension. "The Future and the Past" text story by Harry Rose; A corpse is found on a beach on Tahiti. "Introducing the Flying Dragons," script and art by Bill Vigoda; The American Volunteer Group in China is disbanded and some join the Army Air Corps. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.