Comic books September 1943

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Cover by Al Plastino. Stories and art by Ray Gill, Kermit Jaediker, Jim Wilcox, Harold DeLay, and John Jordan. Sometimes listed as 4Most #8. Four different stories featuring clean-cut teen heroes of the 1940s from Novelty Press. On a picnic, Dick Cole and his pal overhear cattle rustlers plotting against a nearby ranch. Li'l Abner-like Danl Flannel becomes a strongman in a traveling medicine show, unaware it's partnered with outlaws. Edison Bell overhears what he thinks is a plot for his own kidnapping. Also, "Edison Bell's Gift to Plane Spotters" tells young readers how to create silhouettes of enemy aircraft to identify them during potential air raids - a snapshot of its era. Similarly, the cover features caricatures of Hitler, Hirohito, and Mussolini being used as target practice, a representative patriotic cover for the era. Dick Cole; Danl Flannel; Rejected; Edison Bell: The Kidnapping of Edison Bell; Spotto; The Cadet. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, scripts by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Pete the Tramp strips by Clarence D. Russell. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Family Portraits strips, art by Norman Lynd. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. Just Kids strips, art by A.D. Carter. Private Breger Abroad strips by Dave Breger. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Ed Dobrotka. The Terrible Toyman (Toyman intro) starring Superman, script by Don Cameron (signed as Jerry Siegel), pencils by Ed Dobrotka (signed as Joe Shuster), inks by George Roussos. The Treasure of Dead Man's Key starring Vigilante, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Mort Meskin. Jitters Jeep story, script and art by Jack Farr. The Inquisitive Ostrich starring Congo Bill, script by Don Cameron. Peter the Small starring Americommando, script by Joseph Greene, art by Bernard Baily. Quiet ... Thugs at Work starring Zatara, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Joseph Sulman. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Ed Cronin. Cover by Fred Kida. Stories by Harry Stein, Fred Kida, Dan Barry, Tony DiPreta, Bill Fraccio, Carl C. Hodges, John Cassone, and Bob Fujitani. Heroic action stories of war and airborne adventure—these are Air Fighters Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Fall 1943. The Justice Society of America has its hand full when "Insects Turn to Crime!" Plot by Gardner Fox and Sheldon Mayer, script by Fox. Art by Joe Gallagher plus individual chapters featuring Hawkman (art by Sheldon Moldoff), the Sandman (art by Pierce Rice and Arthur Cazenueve), the Spectre (art by Bernard Baily), Doctor Fate (art by Howard Sherman), Dr. Mid-nite (art by Stan Aschmeier), Starman (art by Rice/Cazenueve), the Atom (art by Gallagher), and Johnny Thunder (art by Aschmeier). Wonder Woman cameo. Full-page ad for the Junior Justice Society of America fan club. Combined full-page ad for Wonder Woman 6, Comic Cavalcade 4, All-Flash 12, and Green Lantern 9. Frank Harry cover. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Bloody Talons of the Feathered Fiends; The Human Torch and Toro must stop the evil plans of the Vulture, who uses his trained birds to drop incendiary eggs on factories. Kioto, the Mad Jap, inks by Jack Alderman; A mad and crazed Japanese is killing American soldiers on a remote island, and dropping their bodies near an American camp; Cap and Bucky get a tip where they are being held and head out to rescue them, only to get captured themselves. Alibi For Grim Deceit starring Submariner, pencils by Carl Pfeufer. The Rescue of the Partisan's Sister starring The Destroyer, art by Bob Oksner. Captain America Badges Have Gone to War!--War Savings Stamps ad. The Terror of Triple Destruction starring The Whizzer, inks by Bob Oksner. 60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Paul Reinman, inks by Sam Burlockoff. The Spotlight on Crime starring Green Lantern, script by Bill Finger, art by Stan Aschmeier; A new criminal calling himself the Silhouette challenges the Green Lantern to a duel of wits by using the Emerald Crusader's own weapon against him: light! The Loneliest Man in the World starring The Atom, art by Joe Gallagher. The Aging starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by Charles Reizenstein, art by Stan Aschmeier. Nobody on the Paper starring Scribbly and the Red Tornado, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. Kicking the Swastika Round starring Red, White and Blue, script by Ted Udall, art by Joe Gallagher. Transoceanic Transport starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Gardner F. Fox. Art and cover by Everett E. Hibbard. Famous District Attorney Clifford Devoe loses a very important case involving mobster Hunk Norvock, and decides to throw in with him. A deal is struck between the two, but Devoe doesn't hear anything from Hunk for 10 years, and then when he does, it involves the Flash and a restaurant owned by the Three Dimwits. Hop Harrigan text story by Evelyn Gaines. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Case of the Mystery of the Human Bats, pencils by Don Rico, inks by Al Bellman; The Vulture and his Batmen capture various important figures of the war effort until Cap and Bucky are taken to their aerie and overpower the Vulture; With their leader defeated, and the serum that gives them flight collected by Cap, the Batmen and Vulture will die within a few hours; Cap and Bucky inject the hostages with the serum, along with themselves, and they fly down from the aerie. Corner the Clutching Claw starring the Human Torch. The Jumping Jeep starring Jeep Jones, art by Chic Stone. The Sub That Went To the Races, art by Larry Antonette. Blood Money starring Black Widow. Battles the Bloody Baron starring the Sub-Mariner, art by Dan Barry. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 17, Issue 9 - September, 1943. 6.75" x 9.5", 212 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

All issues in this series consist of three remaindered/coverless copies of unsold Amazing Stories (not reprints) re-bound together by Ziff-Davis into a single thick volume with new outer cover art. Cover price $0.35.

For earlier issues see Argosy Part 4: Argosy Weekly (1929-1943 William T. Dewart). From this issue on, Argosy switched from the standard pulp format to a bedsheet slick magazine format. Cover price $0.25.

September, 1943. Volume 32, Issue 1. Cover by William Timmins. "Attitude" by Hal Clement, "Judgment Night" part 2 of 2 by C. L. Moore, and short stories "Doodad" & "And Watch the Fountains" by Ray Bradbury. Other science fiction stories by Anthony Boucher (as H. H. Holmes), A. E. van Vogt, George O. Smith, Charles Ben Davis, David Charles, & Harold Wooster. Interior illustrations by Kolliker, Paul Orban, Frank Kramer, Elton Fax, and A. Williams. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 162 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Cover pencils by Ed Kressey, Dick Sprang, and Stan Kaye, inks by Dick Sprang and Stan Kaye. "The Secret of Hunter's Inn!", script by Joe Samachson, pencils by Jerry Robinson (as Bob Kane), inks by Jerry Robinson (as Bob Kane); Batman and Robin, in their everyday identities as Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson (accompanied by Alfred), are investigating Hunter's Inn, the scene of many robberies of wealthy patrons and run into the Tweed Brothers. One-page Private Pete story by Henry Boltinoff. "Robin Studies His Lessons!", script by Joe Samachson, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson; When Dick brings home a miserable report card, Bruce relegates the youngster to studying at home instead of gallivanting about as Robin, the Boy Wonder! One-page Chief Hot Foot story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Good Samaritan Cops," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Jack Burnley (as Bob Kane), inks by Jack Burnley (as Bob Kane) and Ray Burnley (backgrounds); In the first story of a series, Batman and Robin meet and work with different agencies within the realm of the Police Department: in this story, it's the Police Emergency Squad. "Boarders Away!" text story by Tod Lowry. "The Crime Surgeon!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson; The Crime Surgeon, after successfully operating on and saving the life of the Warden at the prison he is incarcerated in, makes good his escape and re-opens his Crime Clinic: an agency that helps crooks to better carry out their crimes! 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 2, Issue 5. September 1943. Cover by Winer. Men's magazine featuring showgirls, models, and pinups. 64 pages. 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $0.25.

Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ham Fisher, Ogden Whitney, Kermit Jadiker and Charles Zerner (credited as Paine), Elmer Wexler, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Sparky Watts and the gang find various uses for his new bodyguard, Corporal Treetop, who is so tall, his head never appears in panel; meanwhile, the mystery men employ an army to capture Sparky. Top Nazi spy Koenig goes undercover as a British aviator in an effort to infiltrate Vic Jordan's French Underground cell. Pa Dugan feels threatened when Ma's old boyfriend comes back into town, so he sets out to court Ma all over again. Vic Jordan; Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fall 1943. The Black Bat in "Guardian in Black" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Cast Iron Alibi" by C.S. Montanye; and "Hands of Doom" by Charles N. Heckelmann. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

September, 1943. Cover price $0.15.

Deception; Dan Garret sneaks into Japan by convincing the enemy he's a Gestapo agent and helps a captured American pilot escape. The Devil's Highway starring Francisco Salazar; story of how American settlers crossed the Superstition Mountains in Arizona to reach California in the face of hostile Indians. Victory Garden; Ali Baba plants a victory garden, but the Nose steals all his produce so Ali buys a mechanical bloodhound to track him down. Air Pirates; Brody and White rob banks and use an airplane for their getaways. The Left-Handed Killer; Military Intelligence loans Dan to his old town's police force for a few days to help solve a murder. Escape of a French Girl, art by George Tukel. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 77, Issue 5 - September, 1943. Wrap-around painted cover by Herbert Morton Stoops. 8.5" x 11.5", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.