Auction in progress, bid now! Weekly Auction ends Monday December 30!

Comic books April 1942, graded by CGC

  • Item #61598057
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Front Cover
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Back Cover
    • Paper: Off white
    • The DC Universe Collection.
    • Label #4441048018

    Cover art by Martin Nodell (Green Lantern figure) and Irwin Hasen. The Sinister Plot of Professor Caspar starring Green Lantern, script by Bill Finger, art by Martin Nodell; A vicious scientist kills to obtain a gun that shoots sound, and then kidnaps world famous scientists in order to gain their inventions. The Phony Doctor starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. The Car Racket, script by Bill O'Connor, pencils by Ben Flinton, inks by Leonard Sansone; Al takes a car out for a near-fatal test drive, forcing the Atom to round up the crooked car dealers and get them to confess to selling dangerous vehicles. Uncle Herman – Detective starring Scribbly and the Red Tornado, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. The Parrot Puzzle starring Red, White and Blue, art by Harry Lampert. The Bomber starring Sargon the Sorcerer, script by John B. Wentworth, art by Howard Purcell. The Truth of Dr. Mid-Nite's Identity starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by Charles Reizenstein, art by Stan Aschmeier. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith (as Bud Fisher). 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

    If you add this item to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.

    7 MyComicShop users have this issue on their want list.
    0 MyComicShop users have added this issue to their want list within the past six months.

  • Item #61268218
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Front Cover
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Back Cover
    Tags: Batman
    Published Apr 1942 by DC.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Pedigree: Harold Curtis
    • Harold Curtis.
    • Label #0754005011
    • This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($118.50) will be charged at checkout.

    Cover pencils by Fred Ray, inks by Jerry Robinson. "The Isle That Time Forgot!", script by Joseph Greene, pencils by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); For his birthday, Dick received his own version of the Batplane, and while aloft, he and Batman run into a storm, which forces them to make an emergency landing on an island inhabited by prehistoric men and creatures. 2-page Jerry the Jitterbug story by Henry Boltinoff. "Report Card Blues!", script by Joseph Greene, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Fearing that he will get a bad report at school, little Tommy runs away from home and smack dab into trouble, until the Batman rescues him and Tommy sees the light and decides to go home. "The Princess of Plunder!", script by Jack Schiff, pencils by Fred Ray (layouts), Jerry Robinson (finished pencils, as Bob Kane), inks by Jerry Robinson (as Bob Kane) and George Roussos (backgrounds); Guests to a high society function don't know that their host is actually the Cat-Woman, who sends her guests out on a scavenger hunt at the same time that she sends her gang members out on one; Batman intervenes to stop that hunt before it's too late. "The Way Home" text story by Norman Goss. "The Sheriff of Ghost Town!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (signed) and Jerry Robinson, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); The prospect of hidden gold brings a gang of criminals to the newly resurrected ghost town now called Sunshine City, but the pleas of a young boy brings Batman and Robin to town to clean house..... as the newly elected Sheriff! 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

    If you add this item to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.

    117 MyComicShop users have this issue on their want list.
    3 MyComicShop users have added this issue to their want list within the past six months.

  • Item #60051500
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Front Cover
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Back Cover
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • the Bobby Blue Collection
    • Label #4276706022

    Cover art by Al Avison. "The League of the Unicorn!", art by Avison; A railroad boss poses as King Zong, leader of the League of Unicorns, an oriental criminal gang that wear helmets with spikes on their foreheads to slay enemies. Zong hopes to profit from sowing discord between China and the Allies, but Cap and Bucky defeat him and hand him over to the police. Polly Tix humor page by Fred Schwab. "The Lighthouse of Horror," art by Avison; Cap and Bucky must stop the activities of 20th Century pirates who are able to block the beam of a lighthouse, causing ships to run aground so they can be looted by the criminals. "Wild West" text story. Untitled Imp story, script by Stan Lee, art by Chad Grothkopf; The Imp tangles with Dr. Sinn, who has discovered a book on black magic which reveals magic words that makes Sinn the most powerful man alive! "The One Man Invasion!", A pair of Nazi agents enter the U.S. to kidnap a British newspaper publisher and take him to Germany, all to prevent the publishers' anti-Nazi articles from seeing print. Sentinels of Liberty ad. Untitled The Secret Stamp, U.S. Defense Agent story, script by Stan Lee, art by Don Rico; A group of criminals, who have stolen many defense stamps from Roddy Colt, are threatening to kill a local banker until he pays them $10,000. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

    If you add this item to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.

    61 MyComicShop users have this issue on their want list.
    5 MyComicShop users have added this issue to their want list within the past six months.

  • Item #61004653
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Front Cover
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Back Cover
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3783228010

    Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Edited by Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Seymour Reit, Charles A. Winter, John Cassone and Alex Blum. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. The final adventure of the Super-American, a super-soldier sent back in time from future America; Shark Brodie tries to save the people of Paradise Isle from a killer typhoon; Captain Fight represents the US in a boxing championship, while trying to catch a strangler working for the Axis. Super-American; Strut Warren; Kayo Kirby; Shark Brodie; The True Life Story of Joe Choynski; Pirates' Gold; Chip Collins; Captain Fight. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

    If you add this item to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.

    8 MyComicShop users have this issue on their want list.
    1 MyComicShop users have added this issue to their want list within the past six months.

  • Item #61844923
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Front Cover
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Back Cover
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: See item notes
    • Significant front/back scuff(s).
    • Label #1256639009
    If you add this item to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.

    20 MyComicShop users have this issue on their want list.
    3 MyComicShop users have added this issue to their want list within the past six months.

  • Item #61924519
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Front Cover
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Back Cover
    $165.00
    or Best Offer

    Make an offer

    You can buy this item by clicking "Add to cart" above and then completing checkout. Or, you may make an offer for this item. Once you make an offer, your offer is valid for 48 hours. The seller may accept your offer, decline your offer, or present you with a counter-offer. If the seller accepts your offer, you are required to purchase the item at the agreed upon price.

    More information about making an offer

    Please create an account or log in to make an offer.



    Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Vengeance of the Flame God," art by Dan Zolnerowich; Kaänga restores a deposed chief to his chieftanship. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Fantomah is framed for killing a dog sacred to Anubis and sentenced to death; She calls on Anubis to recognize her innocence and the sacred dogs attack the false priest. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Pilot Pete is deranged by a blow to the head during an emergency landing of his plane; In his madness, he allies himself with the Lanchi cannibals and gives his traveling companions, Ann and Tom, to them. "The Brass Goddess" text story. Untitled story, art by George Carl Wilhelms; Ivory thieves convince the Bantus that their recently deceased chief is a vampire and that he can only be placated by the Bantus surrendering their ivory; Tabu exposes their plot and reveals that the chief was not even dead, only in a coma induced with a poison by the thieves. Untitled story; The gang follows Terry on a date and then discovers that his lady friend is a Nazi spy. Untitled story, art by Al Walker; Believing Boko kidnapped by baboons, Simba pursues the baboon troop, only to learn that they have selected Boko to be their leader. Untitled story; Camilla and Ben discover a lost diamond mine controlled by a lost hermit; The hermit is determined to kill Ben and marry Camilla, but he meets his own end at the hands of his pet gorilla. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

    If you add this item to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.

    7 MyComicShop users have this issue on their want list.
    1 MyComicShop users have added this issue to their want list within the past six months.

  • Item #61763209
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Front Cover
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Back Cover
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #2024276016
    • This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($28.50) will be charged at checkout.

    Cover art by Mac Raboy. The Case of the Face In the Dark!, art by Mac Raboy; When Captain Marvel Jr. closely examines a child's broken balloon, he discovers a secret message on it, all part of a Japanese plot to sabotage communications to Alaska. Tooth For a Clue starring Bulletman, script by Otto Binder. The Vaudevillains starring Minute Man, art by Phil Bard. The Kid Kids the Kidnappers starring El Carim, script by Otto Binder, art by Mark Schneider. Buck Jones Turns Bandit, art by Ken Battefield. andit Off Balance text story by Manly Wade Wellman [as Juan Lopez]. The Vaults of Villa Castillo starring the Companions Three. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

    If you add this item to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.

    20 MyComicShop users have this issue on their want list.
    2 MyComicShop users have added this issue to their want list within the past six months.

  • Item #61597709
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Front Cover
    Actual item pictured; not a generic image.
    Zoom Back Cover
    • Restored: C1
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. The DC Universe Collection.
    • Label #4441051014

    Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. The Story Of The Newsboy Legion, script by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; Jim Harper becomes the Guardian for the first time, and also stops a local gang of kids from being sent to jail, hoping he can help them turn their lives around. The Crime Escradille starring The Tarantula, art by Harold Sharp. Captain X story, art by Arturo Cazeneuve. Robotman story, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Leo Nowak and Paul Cassidy, inks by Paul Cassidy; the intro of Robotman. TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite story, art by Paul Norris. The Picture That Killed starring The Star-Spangled Kid, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Hal Sherman. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

    If you add this item to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.

    33 MyComicShop users have this issue on their want list.
    2 MyComicShop users have added this issue to their want list within the past six months.