Comic books April 1942

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Agriculture and farming magazine. Includes articles, fiction, and humor. 11" x 14", 94 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

April 1942. Volume 4, No. 5. Painted cover by Cherry Samuel. True crime articles, stories and photos.8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 114 p, B&W Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Dick Wood, Bernard Klein, Bob Wood, Frank Volp, Carl Hubbell, Bob Montana, and Dick Briefer. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. King Questionmark's use of deranged lunatics for his gang proves less than ideal, in an explosive finale. Neighborhood kids hear the story of Daredevil's origin and his battles with the super-speedster called The Bolt. Two stories with early art by Archie creator Bob Montana, including a superhero tale and a comedy short. Daredevil: The Champion of Crime; Thirteen and Jinx: Crippled Vengeance: Ch. 4; Sniffer: Brush-'Em-Off Syndicate; Crimebuster: On Mystery Mountain; Houdonnit the Great; Real American #1; London; Pat Patriot; Whirlwind; Claw Battles Ghost. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Batman and Robin face the Joker in "Laugh, Town, Laugh," Spy, Cliff Crosby in "The Adventure of the Champagne Corks," the Crimson Avenger (by Jack Lehti), Air Wave, Larry Steele in "The Case of the Murdered Commander" (by Cliff Young), and Slam Bradley. Half-page ads for Batman # 10 for World's Finest # 5. A full-page ad features Superman # 15, Green Lantern # 2, Leading Comics # 1, All Star Comics # 10, and All-Flash Quarterly # 4. Second Joker cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, 1st Printing - "The Case is Closed" by Patricia Wentworth. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

April 1942. Doc Clarke,the Crimson Mask, stars in "The Money Trail" by Norman A. Daniels -as (Frank Johnson). Other detective and mystery stories by Norman A. Daniels, Owen Fox Jerome, Donald S. Matthew, and Richard Huzarski. 7" x 9 3/4"; black and white; 114 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 12, Issue 2 - April, 1942. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

April 1942. Western adventure stories by Walt Coburn "The Sage of the Outlaw Kid", Robert E. Mahaffay "Wild One!", William R. Cox "Tomahawk from Boston", Philip Ketchum, Dane Gregory, Tom Roan, and Lloyd Eric Reeve. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white text with spot illos.; 98 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 19, Issue 2 - April, 1942. Stories include "The Magic Forest," "The Dragon Temple," plus features. 7" x 10". Black and white with color cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Official organ of the International Society of Junior Magicians, containing news and tips. 16 pages on newsprint.

The League of Lilith starring the Black Terror. Untitled The Liberator story. Untitled Sergeant Bill King story, art by Maurice Gutwirth. Untitled The Mask story, art by Kin Platt. Untitled Ted Crane story, art by George Mandel; vs. Dr. Cobra. Untitled Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger story. Untitled Crash Carter, Air Cadet story. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - April, 1942. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

True Crime Cases. Photo cover. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Human interest family centric publication that features short fiction stories, recipes and celebrity gossip. 24 pages, 8.5" x 11.25", B&W Newsprint.

Human interest family centric publication that features short fiction stories, recipes and celebrity gossip. 24 pages, 8.5" x 11.25", B&W Newsprint.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $105.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

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Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $17.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $37.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

"Radio Planet and the Ant Men" by Ralph Milne Farley.

April 1942. Stories: "The Radio Planet" by Ralph Milne Farley, and "An Unnatural Feud" by Norman Douglas. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 9 1/2, 128 Pages, B&W. Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.15.

Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, a text story, and an original Fearless Flint feature. In order of appearance: "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Fearless Flint" by H. G. Peter; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Connie" by Frank Godwin; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; and "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon. "Shark Hunt" text story by Winfield Kent. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart VG- 3.5 $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Robert Moore Williams, Manley Wade Wellman, and Robert Bloch.

Volume 4, Issue 4 - April 1942. Cover by Malcolm Smith. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Oscar and the Talking Totems" by James Norman, "Dwellers of the Deep" by Don Wilcox, and stories by Robert Bloch, William P. McGivern, and Robert Moore Williams. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 244 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Untitled story, script by William Erwin Maxwell, art by Reed Crandall; Darrel and Martha are walking along the street when air raid sirens go off, and they take shelter in a subway tunnel; Two painters are also in there and Darrel notices something strange about them, so he turns into Doll Man and tracks them; Doll Man is puzzled that the Nazis are so accurate in their bomb runs. Untitled Samar story, art by Mort Leav. Untitled Zero, Ghost Detective story, art by Witmer Williams; Zero is asked to search the remains of a wealthy farmer in order to obtain a locket that contains the location of the farmer's hidden fortune, but stepson John wants to beat Zero to the punch. Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. Untitled Fargo Kid story, art by Alex Koda. Untitled detective/mystery story with Swing Sisson, script and art by Phil Martin. Untitled Reynolds of the Mounted story, art by Art Pinajian. Untitled Rusty Ryan story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. "It Happened on Rails" starring Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy, script and art by Harry Campbell. Untitled Spin Shaw story, art by Clark Williams. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 2, Issue 3 - April 1942. Men's pulp magazine featuring western tales including "Hell on the Hoof" by Howard Lamb, and "The Last Ride of Tim Shane" by James Shaffer. 130 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations) Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Edited by Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Seymour Reit, Charles A. Winter, John Cassone and Alex Blum. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. The final adventure of the Super-American, a super-soldier sent back in time from future America; Shark Brodie tries to save the people of Paradise Isle from a killer typhoon; Captain Fight represents the US in a boxing championship, while trying to catch a strangler working for the Axis. Super-American; Strut Warren; Kayo Kirby; Shark Brodie; The True Life Story of Joe Choynski; Pirates' Gold; Chip Collins; Captain Fight. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 636 - April, 1942. Enoch Boles cover. This issue with a Veronica Lake photo and notes on "Sullivan's Travels". 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. -Recommended for ages 16+ Cover price $0.10.

Flash stars in "Flash Goes to Hollywood," written by Gardner Fox, pencils by Everett E. Hubbard, inks by Harold Wilson Sharp. Also includes: Les Sparks, Radio Amateur in "The Costume Brawl" by Don Cameron; Johnny Thunder in "Peachy Pet's Plane Ride" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; The Whip in "Uncle Sharp" by Wentworth and Homer Fleming; King in "The Witch" by Fox and Harry Lampert; "Masquerade Mystery" by Ed Wheelan; and Hawkman in "The Mechanical Master" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff. Cover art by Everett E. Hibbard. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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April 1942. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Fiction by Donald Keyhoe and Joe Archibald. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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April 1942. Volume 5 No. 12. Painted cover. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 66 p, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $20.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $19.00 View scans Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $4.00 View scans Full length spine split. Front cover missing, back cover attached. Piece missing from back cover.

April 1942. Cover by John R. Forte, Jr. "The Core" by S. D. Gottesman. Other science fiction stories by Albert A. Gilmour, Richard Wilson, Carol Grey, Martin Pearson, Basil Wells, Bowen Conway, R. R. Winterbotham, Chester B. Conant, and Hannes Bok. Illustrations by Lin Streeter, Forte, Damon Knight, David A. Kyle, Hannes Bok. 7" x 10", black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $32.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 6, Issue 4 - April, 1942. 8" x 11", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - April 1942. Men's interest magazine containing editorials, comics and classic pinup photographs. Softcover, 8" x 11", 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Published by Popular Magazines, Inc. between December 1931 and December 1943, Hooey was a satirical humour magazine that included fake articles, cartoons that depicted social issues of the time and spoof ads in a similar vein as it's successor, Mad Magazine. 8.5" x 11", 32 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Articles with photography about hunting and fishing. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.10.