Headline Comics (1943 Prize) comic books 1947-1949

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $85.00 View scans .5" Spine split from bottom. Centerfold detached at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The grim history of New England's Chain Murderer; Gangsters force local shops to carry their crooked pinball machines; A killer conceals a gun in his wooden leg. Trapping New Englands Chain Murderer; Murder on a Wave Length; Grim Pay-Off for the Pinball Mob; A Phantom Pulls the Trigger; The Thing Inside Bob Tate; You Cant Forget a Killer; The Case of the Floating Corpse. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Ruth doesn't suspect that her suave boyfriend is wanted killer Eddie the Doll. A self-proclaimed prophet goes off the rails and shoots a sheriff. Extortionists target a theatre owner. The Masquerade of Eddie the Doll; Murder's Reward; Prophet of Death; Blind Man's Death; Justice?; Death Takes A Honeymoon; Pay Up Or Die; The Case of the Forgetful Killer. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The true story of the escape and recapture of convict Volney Davis; The Kansas City Massacre; Federal agents crack a fake income-tax racket. The Life And Death Of Public Enemy Number One; You Can't Fool A G-Man Twice; Test of Death; The Strange Aftermath Of The Kansas City Massacre; On the Spot; Beyond The Law; Bullets For The Bogus G-Man. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $290.00 View scans 1/2" Spine split from top. Centerfold detached at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Bill Draut, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The notorious Simon-Kirby crime classic, "Stella Mae Dickson...the Bobby Sox Bandit Queen"; The truth about legendary outlaw Jesse James; A gang starts a phony fortune-teller racket with Flo as the medium. Stella Mae Dickson...the Bobby Sox Bandit Queen; The Guns of Jesse James; The Death of the Gambler King; The Spark of Murder; Bring Me His Corpse; I Was the Front for the Merciless Spirit Swindlers. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $9.00 INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing, interrupts art and story. Staples added. 4" Spine split.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Bill Draut, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Monica Bell, the Sweet Switcher, works for a stolen jewelry racket; The Chicago "Devil Drivers" lead police on a dangerous chase; Notorious outlaw Machine-Gun Kelly stages a kidnapping. I Worked For The Fence; Trapping Chicago's Speed Demon Mob; Postage Stamp Swindle; The Lone Wolf; Machine-Gun Kelly - Kidnapper; Murder Makes Bad Medicine. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Mort Meskin, Bill Draut, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A freakish murder occurs on the night of a freak snowstorm. 1930s Hot Springs, Arkansas becomes a refuge for the lawless, thanks to a corrupt sheriff. Sisters Ethel and Kate Densmore rob the unwary in 1890s New York. Featuring art by Joker creator Jerry Robinson, and a noirish cover by Kirby. Insurance Reward Racket; Don't Let Wilber Squeal; The Night of the Freak Murder; An Expensive Auto Ride; Hideaway Town; Sisters of Satan. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $27.00 View scans Centerfold detached at one staple. 1/2" Spine split from bottom.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $41.00 View scans Centerfold detached at one staple. 2" Cumulative spine split. Water damage.

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Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth, Bill Draut, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Tillie is considered a witch in the Chicago slums where she correctly predicts deaths, but the truth may be more sinister. Bored, redheaded heiress Billie turns to a life of crime. Old West outlaw Jim Miller improvises one of the first bullet-proof vests. I Was An Unwitting Accomplice to a 'Numbers' Racket Combine!; The Witch Murders; Pistol-Packin' Playgirl; The Roasted Mail-Robber Ghost; Menace in the Making; Bullet-Proof Bad Man. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth, Warren Broderick, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A shoplifter becomes part of an organized pickpocket gang; The true tale of teen female outlaws Cattle Annie and Little Britches, who later inspired a movie; Gangsters strike back at the law by abducting the members of a parole board. I Was a Shoplifter in an Organized Pickpocket Gang; Perfect For Murder; A Gangster Dies!; The Trap; Cattle Annie and Little Breeches, the Female Furies of the Old West; They Kidnapped the Parole Board! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Vic Donahue, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Treasury agents crack a counterfeiting ring; A tale of murder in rural America that may be EC legend John Severin's first published work; The gangster known as "King of the Everglades" runs amuck in Florida between 1915 and 1924. How the T-Men Broke A Cunning Counterfeit Team; The Mystery of Room 712; The Clue of the Horoscope; A Grave Crime; G-Man Blitz; Trapping the Ashley-Mobley Gang (Terror of the Everglades). 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $45.00 View scans INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, slightly interrupts art or story. .5" Spine split from bottom.

Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by Will Elder, Manny Stallman, Vic Donahue, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A British swindler plots to steal an ocean liner in 1912; A story with early art by EC legend Will Elder; A crook plays a dangerous game by preying on other crooks. Premeditated Homicide!; The Man Who Stole An Ocean Liner!; The FBI and the Gun Happy Robber; How The FBI Trapped the Booby Trap Slayer; A Mother's Ominous Dream!; What Price Fate? ; The Shattered Alibi; Underworld Parasite! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by John Giunta, Manny Stallman, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. 1890s outlaw Ned North brings cattle rustling to Old Australia; A story with possible early art by EC legend John Severin; A window washer turns to high-rise crime to impress a showgirl. Blackhearted Tony; Outlaw Down-Under; Twenty Second Story Man; The Frozen Fingerprints; Double-Cross; The Medium-Done Murder Case. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by John Severin, Manny Stallman, Vic Donohue and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The Darrow Brothers plot an armored car heist; A story with early art by EC legend John Severin; 1900s detectives the Baldwin Brothers use their offbeat methods to investigate a murder. Dead Or Alive; The Deadly Gilas; The Great Mouthpiece; Georgie's Last Ride; Independence Day; The Golf Links Murder; The Fabulous Baldwins. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dick Rockwell and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Gambling czar Leo Fenner thinks he's getting away with murder; Reese Bailey's gang dons bizarre disguises during their robberies; Chinese-American gangs based in New York's Chinatown unleash the Tong wars during the early 1900s. Odds Against Murder!; The Masquerading Bandits; Shoe Box Annie; The Tell-Tale Letter; Dutch Ace Cretzer's Other Business; The Secret Rackets of the Hip Sing Tong. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover features Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by John Severin, John Belfi, Vic Donahue, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The Feds close in on a murderous outlaw who's too tough for local cops. Talented artist Greer falls in with art forgers in Europe. The photo cover features artists Jack Kirby as the burglar and Joe Simon as the cop, making this a rare and unusual item for the Kirby collector. Death of A Menace; Unlucky In Crime; Threat of the Clan; The Accusing Match!; One Man Posse; Artistic Swindlers. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover features Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by John Severin and others. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Petty thieves plot to abduct the pets of wealthy New Yorkers; A rookie detective fakes evidence to catch a killer; Another photo cover featuring the artists: Joe Simon in the role of the cop and Jack Kirby as the crook. Train Robbery of 1949; The Clue That Stuck; No Escape; Rat Trap; Double Revenge; The Dog-Nappers. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.