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Action Comics (1938 DC) 65 CGC 5.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4766479003

Cover art by Jack Burnley. The Million-Dollar Marathon starring Superman, script by Don Cameron (signed as Jerry Siegel), pencils by Ed Dobrotka (signed as Joe Shuster), inks by George Roussos. The Bard of Banditry starring Vigilante, script by Don Cameron, art by Mort Meskin. Storm over the Bering starring Congo Bill, script by Joe Samachson, art by John Daly. Schickelgruber's Nightmare starring Americommando, script by Joseph Greene, art by Bernard Baily. The Riddle of the Tired Thespians starring Zatara, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Joseph Sulman. 60 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

All-American Comics (1939) 53 VG- 3.5

Moisture.

Cover art by Irwin Hasen. The Mail Goes Through, script by Alfred Bester, pencils by Paul Reinman, inks by Sam Burlockoff; Alan and Doiby, with their car stuck in the mud, enter a deserted house and discover a mail pouch containing undelivered letters dated 1857; As Green Lantern, Alan decides to deliver the mail. Colors and Crime starring The Atom, script by Ted Udall, art by Joe Gallagher. Caught by Coincidence starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by Charles Reizenstein, art by Stan Aschmeier. Red Tornado Now on Dispatch Staff, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. Trouble Is Its Own Reward starring Red, White and Blue, script by Ted Udall, art by Joe Gallagher. Crash starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

American History Coloring Book (1943 Platt & Munk Co). 63 FR 1.0

Multiple pages loose from spine, some interior pages colored in crayon.

No. 63. Art by Florence Orville. Stories of American History with Pictures to Color. Squarebound. 7 3/4" X 10 3/74". 60 pages. B&W

Boy Commandos (1942-1949 1st Series) 1 CGC 8.5 Restored

Restored: A2

Paper: Off white to white

Restoration Includes: Small Amount of Color Touch on Cover, Pieces Added to Cover, Tear Seals to Cover, Spine Sealed to Cover, Cover Cleaned, Cover & Centerfold Reinforced.

Label #2024464007

(Classic WWII cover) Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. The Town That Couldn't Be Conquered!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; the Commandos liberate Jan's village in the Netherlands. Heroes Never Die, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; the Commandos hear a story of an earlier group of adventurers in China. Satan Wears a Swastika, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; the boys are mistakenly reported killed in battle. Untitled Liberty Belle story, script by Don Cameron, art by Chuck Winter. Untitled Ghost Raiders story. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Catman Comics (1941) 19 CGC 0.5

Paper: Off white to white

Large piece out of page 1 and 2.

Label #4269154012

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Charles Quinlan, Herman C. Browner, Robert Turner, Al Mandel and C. R. Schaare. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 2 #6. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. The Hood faces the ruthless Axis interrogator Red Lash, who has red whips for hands. Gangsters capture the Deacon and put him into a pit full of man-eating rats, but luckily Mickey is not far away. Kitten and Mickey, the sidekicks of Cat-Man and the Deacon also known as the Little Leaders, search for the train robber who stole a fortune in diamonds intended for the defense industry. Cover by Charles Quinlan features caricatures of the Axis leadership and doubles as a war-bonds PSA. Cat-Man & Kitten: The Two-Faced Terror; The Deacon & Mickey: Vanishing Vagabonds!; The Ragman: Adventure of Formula G275; Little Leaders: Diamonds for Victory!; The Hood: The Red Lash!; Chinatown Trap; Blackout: Death for the Nazis!; The Well Cooked Cook; Hog-Bound. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Catman Comics (1941) 19 Coverless

INCOMPLETE. Only six wraps present. "Chinatown Trap" text and "Death for the Nazis" Blackout story complete, all others affected; Catman story is completely missing. No staple, heavy damage to margins and spine of a few wraps. Reproduction cover included (unattached).

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Charles Quinlan, Herman C. Browner, Robert Turner, Al Mandel and C. R. Schaare. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 2 #6. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. The Hood faces the ruthless Axis interrogator Red Lash, who has red whips for hands. Gangsters capture the Deacon and put him into a pit full of man-eating rats, but luckily Mickey is not far away. Kitten and Mickey, the sidekicks of Cat-Man and the Deacon also known as the Little Leaders, search for the train robber who stole a fortune in diamonds intended for the defense industry. Cover by Charles Quinlan features caricatures of the Axis leadership and doubles as a war-bonds PSA. Cat-Man & Kitten: The Two-Faced Terror; The Deacon & Mickey: Vanishing Vagabonds!; The Ragman: Adventure of Formula G275; Little Leaders: Diamonds for Victory!; The Hood: The Red Lash!; Chinatown Trap; Blackout: Death for the Nazis!; The Well Cooked Cook; Hog-Bound. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Ice Capades (Ice-Capades, Inc.) Program 1943 VG- 3.5

Staple rust. Centerfold detached at one staple.

1943 Program. George Petty cover. 8-1/2" x 11", 20 pages, B&W w/ spot color. Cover price $0.25.

National Comics (1940) 36 Coverless

Comic is complete other than being coverless. First wrap and two center wraps detached. Water spotting.

Cover art by Alex Kotzky. Untitled stories starring Uncle Sam (art by Art Seymour), Quicksilver (script and art by Fred Guardineer), Professor Noodle (script and art by Sid Lazarus), Destroyer 171, and Sally O'Neil Policewoman (art by Al Bryant). The Murderous Three starring The Unknown, art by Bob Fujitani. The Case of the Yoga Yeggs starring Chic Carter, script and art by Vernon Henkel. Case No. 10 starring G-2, art by Don Rico. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

New Funnies (1942-1946 Dell) 75 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing, interrupts art and story. Full length spine split. Brittle.

68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Sheena Queen of the Jungle (1942 Fiction House) 3 PR 0.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Piece fill. Interior is complete. Full length spine split reaching first six interior wraps. Staples added (not manufacturing). Heavy tape.

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Art by Art Saaf, Mort Leav, Alex Blum and Robert Webb. Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Adventures of the fearless jungle warrior Sheena, one of the earliest female heroes with her own title. German scientists seeking a sacred skull plan to create an army of giant apes; Sheena is captured by slavers and sold into a sheik's harem, but not for long; Sheena offers fun facts about the African elephant, leopard, the ostrich and the flamingo. Cool giant-gorilla cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Monster of the Secret Citadel; Harem Shackles; The African Elephant; Fangs of the Lion Man; The Leopard and Some Interesting Facts About It!; Killers Trail; Muanga Killer; Blood-Spoor for the Cheetah Pack; Sheena Introduces Us to the Peculiar Ostrich and the Colorful Flamingo; Chant of Devil Drums. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Smash Comics (1939 Quality) 47 Coverless

COVERLESS/INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing, interrupts art and story. Outer wrap detached. Water spotting.

Cover art by Alex Kotzky. Join the Midnight Murder Club starring Midnight, script and art by Paul Gustavson; The underworld puts out a million dollar bounty on Midnight. Daffy story, script and art by Bart Tumey. Tibet! featuring Espionage Starring Black X, art by Bernard Sachs. Lady Luck story, script and art by Klaus Nordling. Rookie Rankin Takes the Payoff starring Rookie Rankin. Wun Cloo humor page by Jack Cole. Marksman story, script and art by Fred Guardineer. Yankee Eagle story, script and art by Vernon Henkel. The Adventure of Stoneface starring Jester. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Sub-Mariner Comics (1941) 8 CGC Coverless/Incomplete

Paper: Cream to off white

Coverless. Centerfold Missing.

Label #4742164012

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. U.S. Savings Stamps ad. Untitled Sub-Mariner story, art by Carl Pfeufer; The murder of a lighthouse keeper leads the Sub-Mariner into joining the USMC at Parris Island to uncover the perpetrator. Ad for Human Torch Comics #10. The Setting of the Rising Sun starring The Sub-Mariner, art by Carl Pfeufer; The shooting down of a U.S. blimp, still loaded with its instruments, becomes the target of the Japanese, so Sub-Mariner decides to hide them. Tommy's Taken For a Ride text story. Genius For Murder starring The Angel, script by Kermit Jaediker, art by Gustav Schrotter. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 25 Coverless

COVERLESS/INCOMPLETE. Missing first 3 wraps and stub page (affects "The Man Superman Refused to Help!" and "Hi-Jack -- Jackal of Crime!" stories).

Cover art by Jack Burnley. The Man Superman Refused To Help!, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster]; Superman helps to clear a World War I veteran who is accused of being the secret head of a subversive Fifth Column organization. I Sustain the Wings!, script by Mort Weisinger, art by Fred Ray. Private Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. King of the Comic Books!, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Joe Shuster, inks by Ira Yarbrough [as Shuster]; Superman takes on the persona of a fictional super hero in order to save the life of the character's creator from the Nazis. Fair Exchange text story by Robert Lane. How They Knock Out a Jap Machine Gun Nest fact/propaganda page by Jack Lehti. Hi-Jack--Jackal of Crime!, pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster], inks by George Roussos [as Shuster]. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Whiz Comics (1940 Fawcett) 49 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4192377019

Cover by C.C. Beck. Written by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Kurt Menzer, Emil Gershwin, Bob Hebberd and Clem Weisbecker. Captain Marvel in "Trouble in Tin Pan Alley" with art by C.C. Beck. Plus: Golden Arrow in "The Fiddler" with art by Kurt Menzer; Spy Smasher in "The Wires of Death" by Otto Binder and Emil Gershwin; Ibis the Invincible in "Ignus, the Fire Fiend" with art by Bob Hebberd; Lance O'Casey in "Plague of the Seas" with art by Clem Weisbecker; Horace Hotstuff 1-pager by Howard Boughner; Wicky and O'Shawnessy in 2-page text story "The Dog Plays Fullback" by Rod Reed; Pee Wee Pete 2-pager; and Ezry of the Ozarks 1-pager. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.