Headline Comics (1943 Prize) comic books 1955 or before

Add to cart Coverless $79.95 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. Missing second wrap and centerfold, affects Junior Rangers, Boy's Life, Happy and Scrappy, and Little Johnny Doolittle stories. Several wraps detached from single center staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories and art by Jack Binder and Buster Green. Debuting in the heat of World War II, Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. The debut of teen hero squad the Junior Rangers; Perry Allen and Don Powers have adventures throughout the North and South American continents; A comics biography of General Douglas MacArthur. Junior Rangers; Animal Crackers; Cliff Gordon the Wonder Boy; Happy and Scrappy; Little Johnny Doolittle; Grandfather Clock; Perry Allen; Private Messkit; Buck Sanders; Boy's Life of General MacArthur. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $597.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Label #3732724002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Jack Binder, Ken Browne, Lou Ferstadt and Buster Green. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. Teen inventor Cliff Gordon, the Wonder Boy, faces the Adventure of the Blazing Underground. Pan-American adventurers Perry Allen and Don Powers encounter long-lost Inca tribes. A comics biography of Thomas Holcomb. Junior Rangers; Animal Crackers; Cliff Gordon the Wonder Boy; Happy and Scrappy; Little Johnny Doolittle; Under Ground; Perry Allen; Private Messkit; Tom Morgan; Boy's Life of General Thomas Holcomb. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $150.00 or Best Offer View scans 4 3/4" Cumulative spine split (chew). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Stories and art by Ken Browne, Buster Green, W. Jourdain, and Bernard Krigstein. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. The Junior Rangers invade Italy, in a story with art by comics legend Bernard Krigstein. Teen inventor Cliff Gordon takes his three-way plane into battle against the Axis on land, sea and air. The trail of stolen paste diamonds leads boy detective Johnny Doolittle to a hidden Nazi U-boat. Junior Rangers; Animal Crackers; Cliff Gordon the Wonder Boy; Happy and Scrappy; Little Johnny Doolittle; Bread and Bullets; Perry Allen; Private Messkit; Tom Morgan. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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 $29.00 View scan 2.75" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Centerfold detached.

Cover by H. C. Kiefer. Stories and art by H. C. Kiefer, Jack Alderman and Jack Warren. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. The Junior Rangers encounter the great heroes and tyrants of history; Teen inventor Cliff Gordon pursues an invisible submarine; Time-traveling teen Tom Morgan encounters a wizard, in his final appearance. Junior Rangers; Buck Saunders; Cliff Gordon; Ethan Allen; Tom Morgan; Kinker Kinkaid. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $150.00 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by H. C. Kiefer. Stories and art by H. C. Kiefer, August Froehlich, Lee Schertz and Howard Post. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. Buck Saunders and Officer Flanagan seek kidnappers. The debut of young wizard Max the Magician, later a regular in Wonderland Comics (1945). Circus acrobat Jim Dare becomes the superhero Blue Streak to bring his brother's killers to justice. Junior Rangers; Worldbeater and Unggh; Buck Saunders; George Washington: First in War; Nutzy; Max the Magician; The Blue Streak. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $279.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover coming loose at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories and art by H. C. Kiefer and August Froehlich. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. Atomic Man uses a lead glove to protect others, but takes it off when it's time for action; Worldbeater and Unggh battle the Martian outlaws known as the Two-Faced Men; Buck Saunders faces the Plague of the Seven Year Locusts. Junior Rangers; Worldbeater and Unggh; Buck Saunders; Carrot Topp; Behind the Eight Ball; Atomic Man. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $240.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #2067541017 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $300.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Chipping to upper back side corner bracket. Label #1488665018 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. Atomic Man battles fascists in a South American town to save a doctor's life; Copy Boy gets tangled up with kidnappers in his final adventure; Carrot Topp faces The Affair of the Bogus Bills. Junior Rangers; Copy Boy; Picture Queries!; Buck Saunders; Carrot Topp; Beast of Prey; Atomic Man. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $89.00 View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Henry Kiefer. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. The Junior Rangers find missing jewels in a bike shop; Teen-Age Tommy runs for student body president; Carrot Topp becomes Mayor For a Day. Junior Rangers; Uncle Windy; Buck Saunders; Carrot Topp; Pilfered Pills; Dilly and Dally; Teen-Age Tommy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $220.00 View scans Extra staples (manufacturing) removed. Centerfold detached at one staple.

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.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $225.00 View scans 1/2" Spine split from top. Tape on interior cover under staples.

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. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $105.00 View scans

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 VG- 3.5 $50.00 View scans .5" Spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $80.00 View scans Cover coming loose at one staple. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TerrysComics

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.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $40.50 View scans Centerfold detached.

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 GD/VG 3.0 $47.50 View scans Cover coming loose at one staple.

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.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $13.50 INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, interrupts art and story. Cover detached at one staple and centerfold detached.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $38.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

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.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $7.00 INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing, interrupts art and story. Back piece missing.

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.

Add to cart Coverless $2.65 COVERLESS. INCOMPLETE. Missing first wrap, interrupts art and story.

Stories and art by Marvin Stein and others. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The Better Business Bureau sets out to stop the swindlers behind phony charities. A "fingerman" plots out robberies for others to commit, and gets a cut of the loot. A Mountie investigates missing gold prospectors in the Yukon. The Boiler Room Racket; The Cheapest Thief in the World; The Fingerman; New Year Murder; Author of Violence; Arctic Ambush. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $84.00 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Photo cover by Theda Hall and Emerson Hall. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A special issue commemorating the long career of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover; A guide to the FBI organization in 1950; The FBI infiltrates the gang of the mysterious mastermind known as The Count. Octopus of the Underworld; Reservation For Death; Know Your FBI; J. Edgar Takes a Hand; J. Edgar Hoover; G-Man Savvy; Guns For Sale. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $4.00 INCOMPLETE. Page missing, interrupts art and story.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and others. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Cops use forensics to reconstruct a killer from his footprints; An embezzler is forced to join a counterfeiting ring; A killer tries to strong-arm another man into taking the rap. Counterfeit; Closeups; The Deadly Alibi; Public Eye; See No Evil. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $11.25

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. An undercover cop infiltrates Mark Palmer's crime syndicate; Martha refuses to believe that her husband is mixed up in anything shady; A shady companion convinces a man to kill his own father. Syndicate Boss; Closeups; Appointment with Death; Home to Homicide; Love Letters; Gift for a Killer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $12.75

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A serial strangler seems to crave media attention; A cop's family heirloom gun winds up in the hands of a killer; Counterfeiters get the drop on a treasury agent. Homicide in the Headlines!; Closeups; Freezeout; The Old Gun!; $20 Holdup; The Honorable Way!. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $29.00 View scan

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mannie Banks. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A reporter goes undercover in a prison to expose a gang; A by-the-book cop tries to convince a young hood to go straight; A cop faces two killers in the same night. First issue to contain the Comics Code seal on the cover. Hot Ice Heisters; Closeups; Crusader; There's Always A Way; Double Play; Robbery. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.