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Green Hornet Comics (1940) comic books in grade NM- or lower

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    Green Hornet Comics (1940) #18 PR 0.5
    Tags: Pulp Adventure
    Published May 1944 by Helnit Publishing Co..

    Green Hornet Comics (1940) 18 PR 0.5

    INCOMPLETE. 2 wraps missing (affects "Invisible Paint" and "Dam of Death" stories). Staple missing (not manufacturing).

    Starts Feb 2

    Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Marv Lev, Bob Powell, Art Helfant, and Arturo Cazeneuve. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Nazi saboteurs enlist American hoboes to target a dam, in GH stories with art by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. The Twinkle Twins meet Mike the Muscle's nephew Mikey, a juvenile delinquent in the making, and try to set him straight. The clue to a million-dollar robbery is a crate of oranges, in a story that promotes War Bonds, a WWII fundraising drive. Bondage cover by comics legend Alex Schomburg references the Hornet's success in radio and movie serials. Green Hornet: The Society of the Swastika!; Spirit of 76; Mighty Midgets: Invisible Paint; Youngun and Tagalong; Green Hornet: Dam of Death!; The Story Behind the Cover; Twinkle Twins: The Lad Who was Bad!; Zebra: The Mystery of the Pink Drake Brand; Green Hornet Buzzers. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Green Hornet Comics (1940) #47 CGC 6.0
    Tags: Pulp Adventure
    Published Sep 1949 by Helnit Publishing Co..

    Green Hornet Comics (1940) 47 CGC 6.0

    Paper: Light tan to off white

    Label #4667957025

    Starts Jan 3

    Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Allen Saunders, Alfred Andriola, Buford Tune, and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. The Green Hornet sets out to prove that an escaped convict is innocent of murder. The reader is invited to solve several two-page mysteries before the Green Hornet can. Plus reprints of the classic comic strip Kerry Drake, as Dr. Zero immobilizes Kerry with spider venom and takes him captive. Green Hornet: The Double-Cross Murder; Green Hornet's U-Solve-It Mystery; Kerry Drake; The Story Behind the Cover; Green Hornet: Trapping a Murderer! Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.