Comic books October 1943

Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 66 pages. B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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.

Issue 5. October 1943. Digest size humor magazine with articles, stories, cartoons, and photos. 5.5" x 7.5". Black and white. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Paul Berdanier, Fred Methot, Bernard Dibble, Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Sparling, Drew Pearson, Bob Allen, Milburn Rosser, Rudolph Dirks, Charlie Plumb, Bill Conselman, Harry O'Neill, Raeburn Van Buren and Abner Dean. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips plus an original hero, The Spark Man, who joined the military to fight in WWII. In Stuttgart, The Spark Man is sent to a strategic dam in advance of a bombing run to eliminate anti-aircraft guns. Traveling to the next town with their new circus, Mr. Biltybux and Bombo encounter Binky Boopindoop's grandson, who won't smile. Plus a Tarzan adventure by Burne Hogarth. Spark Man; Hap Hopper; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Ella Cinders; Tarzan; Abbie an Slats; Broncho Bill; Race Riley and the Commandos; Sparkler Salutes; El Bombo; Funny Side Up. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $215.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 5%.

Vol. 2, No. 1 - October 1943. 6.75" x 9.75", 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Wellman/Woolfolk scripts, Fine pencils, Quality Staff inks.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Wellman/Woolfolk scripts, Fine pencils, Quality Staff inks. Mr. Mystic by Guardeneer.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $59.00 View scans Water spotting.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $35.00

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $23.00 View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Wellman/Woolfolk scripts, Fine pencils, Quality Staff inks. Mr. Mystic by Guardeneer.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $21.00

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Wellman/Woolfolk scripts, Fine pencils, Quality Staff inks. Mr. Mystic by Guardeneer.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Wellman/Woolfolk scripts, Fine pencils, Quality Staff inks.

The Newsboy Legion in "Victuals For Victory" (art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby), the Star-Spangled Kid in "Mr. Gadget goes to Town" (art by Hal Sherman), Penniless Palmer in "The Gold-Giving Gadget," Hap Hazy Hypnotist (art by Jack Farr?), Liberty Belle in "South of the Border," and Robotman in "The Radium Rogues!" One-page combined ad for Superman 24, Green Lantern 9, Batman 19, All-Flash 11, All Star Comics 18, Wonder Woman 6, Leading Comics 8, and Mutt & Jeff 10. Simon/Kirby cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $16.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Fair $15.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Back cover detached 5%.

Vol. 31, No. 1 - October 1943. 7" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Dale Messick, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, George Clark, Jim Chambers, Bob Jenney, Martin Branner, Al Posen, Joe Berger, Don Black, and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Dale Messick's beloved comic strip Brenda Starr makes its comic-book debut, featuring the adventures of a resourceful female reporter. Winnie Winkle gets a job at a hotel, but she has to tell the manager that she's single. Clyde discovers that someone is trying to sabotage the circus train. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; The O'Malley Kids; Brenda Starr; Penguin Pete and His Pal Pudgie; Norwegian Nut Cracker; Winnie Winkle; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Sweeney & Son; Clyde Beatty; The Ripples. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $1,300.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4339666005

Louis Ferstadt bondage cover. In order of appearance: "Magno and Davey"; "Doctor Nemesis"; "Hap Hazard" art by Louis Ferstadt; "The Sword" art by L. B. Cole; "Mr. Risk"; and "Paul Revere, Jr." art by Harvey Kurtzman. "Lawman's Creed" text story by Brant House. 60 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $53.00 View scans Heavy water damage.

#11 in a series of 90. Superman-Tim is a boys' clothing catalog, activity book, and comic book all rolled into one, featuring Superman illustrations throughout. All issues are 16 pages unless a Superman story is inserted (bringing page count to 24 or 36 pages). Every issue encourages boys not to be a "Whoo-Shoo" -- a boy who reads "Superman-Tim" but doesn't buy clothes from the Superman-Tim Store. Copyright 1943 by Superman, Inc., under license to Tim Promotions, Inc. B&W with a single color, 5 1/2 in. x 8 in.

Edited by William DeGrouchy. Cover by George Marcoux. Stories by George Marcoux, Ed Gruskin, and Robert McKay. Featuring the adventures of Supersnipe, Ali Baba, Little Nemo, Wing Woo Woo, and Ulysses Q. Wacky. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Visitors Day at Daunton starring Cadet, script by Ray Gill, art by John Jordan. Al T. Tude story, art by Fred Bell. Secret of the Sand Dunes starring Bull's-Eye Bill. China--Stories of the United Nations, art by Harold De Lay. General Store starring Dan'l Flannel, art by Ed Ryan. Case of the Erring Spy starring Target and the Targeteers. Speck, Spot, and Sis story, script and art by Alonzo Vincent. Pete Stockbridge, Alias the Chameleon story, art by Al Fagaly. Targetoons story, art by Basil Wolverton. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

October 1943. Jim Hatfield Novel "Riders of Embrujada Valley" by Jackson Cole. Short stories by Reeve Walker, Hascal Giles, Edwin K. Sloat, and John A. Thompson. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 120 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Theatre Arts Monthly (October, 1943). TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. Includes: Josephine Baker in North Africa, Alicia Markova with a portfolio of portraits by Carl Van Vechten, Dudley Nichols on Film Writing, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in., printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, Bob Oksner, Max Plaisted, August Froehlich, Ed Moritz, and George Mandel. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Capp. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Fred Methot, Paul Berdanier, Hal Forrest, Bernard Dibble, John Hix and Gus Arriola. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 8 #5. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Fritzi Ritz suspects that Phil is only staying in the hospital because of all the attractive nurses. The Mirror Man must rescue a South American diplomat abducted by the Axis. After leaping from an exploding aircraft, Tailspin Tommy attempts a daring midair rescue of an unconscious Skeets. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; The Mirror Man; The Triple Terror; Jim Hardy; Stamp Tips; Gordo; Tailspin Tommy; Iron Vic; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Don Dean. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Clem Weisbecker, Don Dean, Carl Hubbell, Claire Moe, Ed Groggin, Virginia Hubbell, Red Holmdale, Janice Valleau, and Bill Woggon. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! 60 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Robert Denby, Harry Fisk, Seton David Jr., Cy Caldwell, Ed Smalle, Willy Ley, Ed Cunningham, Art Meisner, Sam Glankoff and Jack Sparling. Tales of aerial adventure in the tradition of nonfiction comics vehicle True Comics. An article speculating on the uses of the then-new technology of radar; Plans for building model airplanes; John James Powers makes a suicide run to sink a Japanese aircraft carrier. Bombs Over Germany; Mystery Cargo; The Flying Musketeers Learn a Lesson About China; Mission Rescue; Planes in the News; What Has Happened to the Nazi Air Force?; He Gave It the Air; Our Hat Is Off; Flat Top; Flying Tank Killers; Radar... The Miracle Weapon; Aviation in the Movies; The Assam Dragons; How to Build the Vultee Vengeance; Air Shorts; Glory Dive; Jungle Miracle; Allied vs. Axis Fighter Planes; Aero Quiz; Tommy Harmon 'Galloping 98'. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories based on actual people and events: Lost in the Arctic; RCAF crew forced down in Greenland. Leap to Glory; Greek student inspires resistance to Nazis. General Jacob Devers: Yank Commander bio. Frank Rock: An Indian Remembers baseball bio. Enemy Agent: A Code Story. Balboa: Hero of Darien. The Original Uncle Sam; Origins of the symbol. Radar: Wonder Weapon. George Washington Carver: Wizard of Science bio. Jean Knox: The Lady is a General. The Flying Dutchmen; Netherlands AF training in Jackson, Miss. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian series. Contents are exactly the same as True Comics (1941 Parents' Magazine Press). Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $41.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 25%.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $32.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 25%.

Add to cart Good $18.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 5%.

Add to cart Fair $10.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Moderate.

Vol. 7, No. 3 - October 1943. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in. 162 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.