Comic books October 1944

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,000.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #0700805003

Cover art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye. The Headline Hoax starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Ed Dobrotka (signed as Joe Shuster). The Punctured Picture starring Hayfoot Henry. The Rainbow Man sees Red starring The Vigilante, art by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton Jr.). The Leaping Leopard starring Congo Bill. The Pranks of Pan starring Zatara. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $18.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 111, Issue 6 - October, 1944. 6.75" x 9", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Fine $9.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $9.00 View scans Spine split 20%. Staple rust: Extensive.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $9.00 View scans Spine split 30%. Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Aviation magazine featuring pictorials of featured designs; model and hobby information. 10.25" x 13", 104 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $132.00 View scans 3" cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Edited by Raymond Krank, Vincent Sullivan and Creig Flessel. Stories and art by Creig Flessel, Chas. M. Quinlan, Al Plastino, Al Bare, Henry Kiefer and Wood Cowan. Tales of military adventure and aviation, from the era before the Air Force existed as a separate branch of the US Armed Forces. Each issue also featured magazine-style illustrated factual articles as well as comics. A portrayal of the D-Day invasion of Europe in 1944; The little-known role of gliders in the Normandy invasion; General Wingate's commando squad called The Chindits tackles Axis forces in Burma. Also featuring an ad for a glow-in-the dark necktie, "creates a sensation wherever you go." Invasion!; The Blue Ghost; Lensman's Luck; Fliers of the Future; Surprise Party!; Pacific Pick-Up; The Mists of Doom; Battleship; Airborne Assault; Air Lens; Right from the Start!; Dead Man's Ship; One Against the Luftwaffe!; Bridge-Busters; Fire-Ball; Service Station; Death Plays Tag; The Chindits; The Hinges of Hell; Susie; Pistol Packin' Mama. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $14.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Staple rust: Slight.

UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

Add to cart Good $9.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 79, Issue 6 - October, 1944. Wrap-around painted cover by Herbert Morton Stoops. 8.5" x 11.5", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $20.00 View scan

Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Adam Allen, John Scott Douglas, Frances Huff, Darrell Huff, Mary Wieand, Martha Ross, Eva-Lis Wuorio, Isabelle Corey, Elizabeth Nichols, Elena Chance, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Margaret Sutton. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A profile of teen dancers; A comics biography of Minnie Spotted-Wolf, Native American and female member of the US Marines; A comics biography of USO performer Peggy Alexander. Also featuring a Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Toy Cannon," with possible art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck. Judy Wing; Mystery in Ward 13; Double Exposure Mystery; Self-Portrait by Reynolds; Careers for Tomorrow; Movies of the Month; Light Competition; Lets Talk Things Over; They Say It With Dancing; School Belles; Growing Pains; It's Fun to Sew; The Jade Goddess; Recipe for Youth; Rainbow; Hotcha - Biscuits!; Added Attractions; Pick Your Coat Colors Out of a Jewel Box; Make a Pablum Dress; Go Places in Double Daters; You Talk With Your Hands; Star Without Spotlight; The Victory Club; Girls in the News; Tricks for Teens. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $53.00 View scans

The Pathfinder, 1st Printing, Classics Comics, Gilberton edition. Comic book adaptation of the classic James Fenimore Cooper story about a guide in the early 1700s when the French and Indian Wars were taking place. Illustrated by Louis Zansky. Issue also has a text biography of Cooper. (HRN 22, 10/44).

Add to cart VG 4.0 $80.00 View scans Cover loose at one staple. Cover and interior oxidation.

The Pathfinder, 1st Printing, Classics Comics, Island edition. Comic book adaptation of the classic James Fenimore Cooper story about a guide in the early 1700s when the French and Indian Wars were taking place. Illustrated by Louis Zansky. Issue also has a text biography of Cooper. (HRN 22, 10/44). Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $53.00 View scans Centerfold detached at one staple.

The Pathfinder, 1st Printing, 10/44, Classics Comics, Queens City Times edition. Comic book adaptation of the classic James Fenimore Cooper story about a guide in the early 1700s when the French and Indian Wars were taking place. Illustrated by Louis Zansky. Issue also has a text biography of Cooper. (HRN 22, 10/44). Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $21.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

October 1944. Peter Driben cover. Includes pictorial of Movita Castaneda, Marlon Brando's second wife. 8.5" x 11.25". 66 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $17.00 View scans

Volume 34, 1st Printing - "Exit Screaming" by Christopher Hale. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $8,200.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4334828001

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $1,650.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Cover Detached. Label #1244377008

Add to cart Coverless $159.95 or Best Offer View scan Brittle, spine splitting to several wraps. Cover and two center wraps detached at single center staple, staining throughout. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Written by John Swenson, Gerald Devers, Walt Wilson and unknown. Art by Ken Battefield, Maurice Gutwirth, Bob Oksner, Max Plaisted, Ed Moritz and unknown. Featuring The Black Terror, Nemesis of Crime, in an untitled story with art by Ken Battefield and Ed Moritz. Plus: The American Eagle in an untitled story with art by Maurice Gutwirth; Crash Carter, Air Cadet, in an untitled story with art by Bob Oksner; 1-page text story "Dust Storm" by John Swenson; The Liberator in an untitled story; 1-page text story "Haunted House" by Gerald Devers; Sergeant Bill King in an untitled story with art by Maurice Gutwirth; 1-page text story "Good Cowpony" by Walt Wilson; and Larry North, U.S. Navy, in and untitled story with art by Max Plaisted. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $14.00 Cover detached. Chew.

Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; and "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff. "Transport Adventure" text story by Carl C. Hodges. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $105.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $35.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

Volume 6, Issue 4 - October 1944. Cover by J. Allen St. John. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "The Tanner of Kiev" by Wallace West, and "Cats of Kadenza" by Don Wilcox. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 212 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $500.00 View scans Cover detached.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $1,275.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #1462522021 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by M.E. Peacock and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Alex Blum, Ann Brewster, H.C. Kiefer, Lily Renee and George Tuska. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Tiger Girl must prove a white man stole a precious idol before tribal warfare erupts, in a story with possible art by Matt Baker; More good-girl art as Hooks Devlin investigates the "lamp-post Mata Haris" who are causing US soldiers to desert; Senorita Rio investigates Nazi U-boat attacks on ships near the Panama Canal. Another offbeat bondage cover by Joe Doolin. Rip Carson; Tiger Girl; Hooks Devlin; Kayo Kirby; Silent Cannons; Shark Brodie; Senorita Rio. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $6.00

October 8, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. "Grass Means Fight" by Kirk Deming begins. Other fiction stories by Ruth Waara, Arch Whitehouse, Emilie Loring, and Norah Smaridge. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 32 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $8.49

October 22, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by Margaret Tool Meyer, Kirk Deming, Paul Ellerbe, Ada Marie Fairchild, Emilie Loring, and W.T. Bowcott. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 32 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $349.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Label #1488672022 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Gabriele. Stories and art by Henry Kiefer and Roland "Ramona" Patenaude. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. Kinker Kinkaid investigates Crime's 3-Ring Circus; Teen inventor Cliff Gordon plays pirate on the high seas; Time-traveling teen Tom Morgan visits the Old West. Junior Rangers; Buck Saunders; Cliff Gordon -- Pirate; Routine Report; Tom Morgan; Kinker Kinkaid. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $18.00

Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Feg Murray, Clayton Knight, H. H. Knerr, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Roy Crane, Floyd Torbert, Robert Storm, Mel Graff, Carl Anderson, Edwina Dumm, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Joe Musial, Billy DeBeck, Jimmy Thompson, Eugene L. Pollack, Tom Sims, and Bela Zaboly. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Roy Crane's Buz Sawyer joins the fight against the Axis, as well as the Magic Comics lineup; At Baron Kord's West Indies home, Mandrake and Narda meet Kord's sister Trina, and Kord executes his scheme to abduct Narda. Mandrake the Magician; Seein' Stars; Jan and Aloysius; The Romance of Flying; Bunky; Buz Sawyer; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Henry; Little Acorns; High Spots; Popeye; Barney Baxter; Blondie; Indian Lore; Tippie and Cap Stubbs; Dinglehoofer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $1,650.00 View scans Paper: Off white Slab: See item notes Significant front/back scuff(s). Label #0199354014 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Madman of Terror Mountain starring Human Torch, art by Jimmy Thompson. Case of the Electric Killers starring Sub-Mariner, art by Allen Simon. The Horror of the Secret Weapon starring Miss America, script by Otto Binder, art by Charles Nicholas. Escape to Freedom text story. The Case of the Vanishing Head starring Patriot, art by Al Bellman. The Talking Corpse starring Angel, art by Gustav Schrotter. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.70 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.70 View scans Spine split 20%.

8.5" x 11", 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $5.00 View scans

The Gold Seal Novel was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Inquirer issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. Between 1934 and 1949, they published almost 400 of these novels.

Add to cart Fine $37.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $24.00 View scans Spine stress. Corner Damage. Denting. Sticker.

Add to cart Very Good $27.00 View scans Denting. Soiling.

Add to cart Good $14.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Creasing. Denting. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume3, Issue 3 - October, 1944. Painted cover by George Janes. Pin-up magazine. Featuring non-nude photos of pin-up models. 8.25-in. x 11-in. 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $2.50 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $2.50 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 145, Issue 4 - October 1944. Articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 288 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Volume 36, Issue 5 - October, 1944. 6.5" x 9", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $230.00 View scans Restored: C1 Paper: Cream to off white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. Label #3791366008

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jean M. Press. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, George Tuska, Lily Renee, Lee Elias, H.L. Larsen, and Art Saaf. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. The U.S. Rangers face the Golden Dragon Squadron; Good-girl art galore as Glory Forbes deals with bickering sidekicks while pursuing even more incompetent gangsters; Truly haunting art by Lily Renee as The Werewolf Hunter pursues a wolf-woman and her children, who vanish into flame. U.S. Rangers; Commando Ranger; The Werewolf Hunter; The Sea Devil; Queen of the Blue Waters; Glory Forbes, Vigilante; The Phantom Falcons. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $21.00 View scans Water damage: Extensive.

Screen Stars Magazine was one among many of the supermarket celebrity tabloids that focused heavily on the day to day lives of the Hollywood elite, during the golden-age of cinema. This publication is filled cover to cover with typical fodder such as candid celebrity photos (some of which are in color), gossip columns, reader's letters to the editor, and the latest motion picture advertisements. 8.5" x 10.5", 74 pages, mostly B&W with a few color photos. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $37.00 View scans 1" Cumulative spine split. Staples added (not manufacturing).

Add to cart GD 2.0 $23.00 View scans 2.5" Spine split from bottom. Chew.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $35.00

Cover by Morris Weiss. Stories and art by Morris Weiss, Harry Lazarus, George Tukel, Edith Wieselthier and Jack Alderman. A Golden Age anthology featuring something for everyone: comedy, crime, jungle adventure, and even magic lessons. Former Flying Tigers Gil, Clem and Lank become the "Hell's Angels" and battle spymaster XZ, who threatens democracy from his castle in Death Valley. A non-fiction strip about the FBI includes actual archival photos from past FBI cases. Professor Presto shows his rabbit Stoogie (and the reader) how to perform magic tricks. Hell's Angels: The Stubborn Scotsman; Unsolved Mysteries; Case for the FBI; Private Plopp; Magic Tricks for Young and Old; Riley and the Sergeant; Peanut Movies: Stew Bad; Ali Baba; Studies of Grunting Fish Help Our Fighting Subs; Speed Spaulding; Narrow Escape; Cartoon News; Boxie Weaver. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $39.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Trimmed. Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $28.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Fall 1944. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Leigh Brackett, D.D. Sharp, Carl Jacobi, Verne Chute, and Charles Stoddard. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $1,400.00 View scans Paper: White Label #0284951002

Add to cart FR 1.0 $849.95 or Best Offer View scans 5" Cumulative spine split (taped). Staples added (not manufacturing). Cover detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Origin and first appearance of Mr. Mxyztplk (later Mxyzptlk). Superman flies for the first time. Cover art by Jack Burnley. Superman Alias Superman, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster]; Lois Lane thinks Clark Kent is trying to trick her into believing he's Superman! Untitled Lois Lane story, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster]; Lois is taken prisoner by the Dover gang. The King's Substitute!, script by Bill Finger [as Jerry Siegel], art by Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster]; Unhappy because his father-in-law to be considers him to be a nobody, Johnny Poly goes to Poltavia to bid on a picture of the nation's ancient monarch. Death of a Pirate text story by Eric Carter. The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk!, script by Jerry Siegel (signed), pencils by Joe Shuster (?) and Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster]. Handy Andy humor page by Jack Farr. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $399.95 or Best Offer View scans Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by L. B. Cole. Pretty Pearls, Pretty Pearls starring Mr. Nobody. Satan story. Doctor of Doom starring Dr. Burton Millburn. A Slight Case of Ghost-Breaking text story starring Nat Greene. Sherry the Girl Detective story. The Return of the Hunted starring The Grey Mask. Rain on the Brain. The Man Who Murdered Himself. A Crime That Nobody Saw. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $22.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $8.50 View scans Trimmed Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

October 1944. Contains full-length novels and short stories of great action western stories. 7" x 10", 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.