Comic books 1942 w/ month not specified

Indicia title is "SMILIN' JACK, No. 4." Untitled stories starring Smilin' Jack. Cotton Lee wrecks Jack's plane and Jack gets his pilot's license revoked. Jack refuses to smuggle munitions for Baron Bloodsoe; The Baron decides to have Jack pushed out of a plane without a parachute; The Baron and Teekeela use a deadly gas to kill everyone on a stratosphere airliner--except for Dixie, who he is smitten with. Jack searches for the Baron's hideout with the border patrol. Dixie comes home to find that Cotton, who had eloped with Jack's sister Jill, has left her. Cotton is deserted by the smugglers, but he manages to ride the plane down and survive. Jack returns with the smugglers, but is spurned by Dixie and Jill when they learn he was the one who killed Cotton. While recuperating from the surgery, Jack finds out that Dr. Medic is madly in love with Dixie. Jack takes a job as a test pilot to forget women, but is instantly the target of two women's affection. Scripts and art by Zack Mosley. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY, No. 5." Stories based on the popular childrens dolls. Raggedy Ann's Adventures; Introduction to the feature and preview of the stories. A Very Mysterious Mystery; When items begin disappearing from the toy room, Raggedy Andy stays awake and finds that a Loonie is taking them. The Lost Loonies; Realizing that the Old Horse did not come back with them from Loonie Land, Raggedy Ann and Andy return to Loonie Land the next night. The Jumping Sailboat; Raggedy Ann and Andy become entangled in Marcella's balloons and are carried into the sky. Article on how Johnny Gruelle created the Raggedy Ann books. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories, Art and Cover by Walter Berndt. Starring Smitty in reprints from Smitty dailies (Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate), circa 1936-1937. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "SMOKEY STOVER, No. 7." Cover art by Bill Holman. Untitled stories starring Smokey Stover. Smokey sees a man to whom he owes $50; To escape, he hides in a box full of dynamite. Smokey gets to be chief for one day. Smokey is supposed to be raking leaves, but decides to take a nap in the pile of leaves. Smokey gives an exploding cigar to a friend and it makes the round until it comes back to him. Fiddling Finnegan practices his awful fiddling at Smokey's firehouse. Smokey's son is supposed to practice the violin, but rigs it up with a clock's pendulum. Smokey decides to go to Texas for a vacation because it's all downhill on the map. Cookie bakes the Chief a birthday cake, but the only "candle" Smokey can find turns out to be a firecracker. Smokey and the Chief hide their clothes in a pile of sand while they go swimming, but the sand turns out to be cement. Scripts and art by Bill Holman. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and Art by Russ Westover. Featuring Tillie the Toiler (King Features Syndicate, Inc.) Sunday newspaper strips from 1937-1939. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "FLASH GORDON, No. 10." Cover pencils by Alex Raymond. A brief profile of Alex Raymond with photographs of him working with 17-year-old model Patricia Quinn; with his children, Alex and Lynne; with his wife; and with his fan mail. Untitled Flash Gordon story, script by Don Moore, pencils by Alex Raymond (signed) and Austin Briggs (p. 2), inks by Alex Raymond (signed) and Austin Briggs (p. 2); Adventures in the forest kingdom of King Barin and the ice kingdom of Queen Fria, starring Dale Arden, Dr. Zarkov, Ming the Merciless, Prince Ronal, Korro, Lupi, Queen Fria, and King Barin. Back cover art by Raymond. Reprinted from "The Ice Kingdom." 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "WASH TUBBS, No. 11."U ntitled stories starring Wash Tubbs. Easy gets in the middle of a love triangle with Helga Zmith and Beverly Hill; Zmith turns out to be the mastermind of a mid-ocean robbery that nets her gang $3,000,000. With Easy gone, Wash decides to go back to his home town; He connects with an old pal, Gozy Gallup, but Gozy's wife tosses both of them out of the house. Wash gets a check for $3,000 for helping recover the S.S. Platonic's gold. Wash opens the Topsy-Turvey Club and is an immediate success. The law is helpless when Slaughter repeatedly vandalizes Wash's night club. Easy sets a trap for Slaughter, but Slaughter is warned and instead goes to the club where he roughs up Wash and demands the lease for the night club. Slaughter machine-guns Wash's limousine and one of his men threatens to disfigure Carol with acid. Scripts and art by Roy Crane. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S BAMBI, No. 12." Cover art by Ken Hultgren. Illustration of Friend Owl, with head shots of the other characters in each corner by Hultgren. Bambi, script by Felix Salten (original story) and Chase Craig (adaptation), art by Ken Hultgren; The adventures of Bambi and his friends as he grows from a new-born fawn into his birthright as Prince of the Forest. Inside back cover Bambi in the forest art by Hultgren. Back cover Thumper art by Hultgren. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Mr. District Attorney (#1)-See Funnies, The (1936 Dell) #35 for 1st appearance. Stories by unknown. Art by Maurice Kashuba and Jim Chambers. Cover by Jim Chambers. Featuring reprint tales from The Funnies. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title: Smilin' Jack. No. 14. Untitled Smilin' Jack stories. Smilin' Jack infiltrates The Ring disguised as Powder. The Head finds out Jack is Powder; Jack escapes. Jack's plane crashes and he ends up on an island; It happens to be the island in which Powder is engaged to the Chief's daughter. Smilin' Jack is still being mistaken as someone named Powder, and he is forced to marry Boona Goo. Limehouse puts Jack and Fat Stuff in jail and to work in the sulphur mine. Smilin' Jack, Fat Stuff, The Head and The Claw escape from jail, but are eventually caught. Smilin' Jack escapes from prison again, and it looks like he may be rescued. Downwind rescues Jack from the island and brings him back to civilization. Scripts and art by Zack Mosley. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "FELIX THE CAT, No. 15." Introduction of Felix the Cat, Danny Dooit, Professor Bop, Tuffy Spinacker, and The Captain. Untitled Felix the Cat story, script and art by Otto Mesmer; Felix and Danny go on a sailing expedition that discovers an island inhabited by strange beasts. Reprinted from Felix the Cat (King Features Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1935. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "PORKY PIG, No. 16." Cover art by Chase Craig. Porky and Petunia paint an introduction to the stories in the issue on a board fence, art by Carl Buettner. Porky Pig and -Sh-h-h!!- Th' Secret of the Haunted House!, script by Chase Craig, art by Carl Buettner; Porky and Petunia spend the night in a haunted house, not knowing that it's the hideout for a gang of counterfeiters. Porky Pig Meets Beaky Buzzard, script and art by Chase Craig; Porky and his friends write millionaire Wilfred Crump to ask for a small loan to buy a gold mine. Hollywood gossip style page of facts about Porky, art by Carl Buettner. Porky paints "That's All Folks!" on the same board fence as the inside front cover, art by Carl Buettner. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Fun Parade is a humor and satire digest that features jokes, puzzles and cartoons by Bill Wenzel, Bo Brown and Joe Buresch. 5-in x 7-in. 192 pages, color cover with B&W illustrations. Pin-up photo inside back cover. Double issue with no date or number. Cover price $0.15.

Fun Parade is a humor and satire digest that features jokes, puzzles and cartoons by Bill Wenzel, Bo Brown and Joe Buresch. 5-in x 7-in. 192 pages, color cover with B&W illustrations. Pin-up photo inside back cover. Double issue with no date or number. Cover price $0.15.

Fun Parade is a humor and satire digest that features jokes, puzzles and cartoons by Bill Wenzel, Bo Brown and Joe Buresch. 5-in x 7-in. 192 pages, color cover with B&W illustrations. Pin-up photo inside back cover. Double issue with no date or number. Cover price $0.15.

Fun Parade is a humor and satire digest that features jokes, puzzles and cartoons by Bill Wenzel, Bo Brown and Joe Buresch. 5-in x 7-in. 192 pages, color cover with B&W illustrations. Pin-up photo inside back cover. Double issue with no date or number. Cover price $0.15.

Fun Parade is a humor and satire digest that features jokes, puzzles and cartoons by Bill Wenzel, Bo Brown and Joe Buresch. 5-in x 7-in. 192 pages, color cover with B&W illustrations. Pin-up photo inside back cover. Double issue with no date or number. Cover price $0.15.

Gang Busters Smash Through (1942 Whitman BLB) #1437

Gene Autry and the Hawk of the Hills (1942 Whitman BLB) #1493, flip pictures, Vallely

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Cover art by Till Goodan. Bio of Gene Autry and his horse on inside front and back covers. "Gene Autry Rides!", script by Gerald Geraghty, art by Till Goodan and Betty Goodan; Gene and Tumbleweed stop two groups of cattle rustlers, prevent swindlers from stealing Indian land and take part in a rodeo. Untitled story, script by Gerald Geraghty, art by Till Goodan and Betty Goodan; Gene and Frosty discover a cattle rustling gang operating out of a ghost town. Untitled story, script by Gerald Geraghty, art by Till Goodan and Betty Goodan; Gene and Frosty get caught up in a sheepmen and cattlemen feud. Untitled story, script by Gerald Geraghty, art by Till Goodan and Betty Goodan; Gene and Frosty help a woman who's land has oil on it. "Gene Autry's Western Scrapbook" article by Gerald Geraghty, art by Till Goodan; Information on saddles, chaps, roping, bronc riding, steer wrestling, and pack horses. Gene Autry and Champion illustration on back cover. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Promotional booklet for a loan company. Illustrated by cartoonist George Clark. 6-in. x 9-in. 16 Pages B&W.

Not rebound comics, but issues printed at same time as originals; contents vary copy-to-copy but generally feature Captain Marvel, Ibis the Invincible, Commando Yank, Phantom Eagle, Bulletman, Spy Smasher, Mr. Scarlet and the Golden Arrow. 324 Pages, Full Color, Squarebound. Cover price $0.50.

Not rebound comics, but issues printed at same time as originals; contents vary copy-to-copy but generally feature Captain Marvel, Ibis the Invincible, Commando Yank, Phantom Eagle, Bulletman, Spy Smasher, Mr. Scarlet and the Golden Arrow. 324 Pages, Full Color, Squarebound. Cover price $0.50.

1st printing. Complete with dust jacket. Whitman Authorized Edition # 2378. Photo cover. By Lela E. Rogers. Illustrated by Henry E. Vallely. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 254 pages, Text, with B&W illustrations.

1st printing. No dust jacket. Whitman Authorized Edition # 2378. By Lela E. Rogers. Illustrated by Henry E. Vallely. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 254 pages, Text, with B&W illustrations.

Cover art by Al Carreno. "Golden Arrow and the Mad Medicine Man," art by Ken Bald; The Chief fears an evil spirit lurks over his son; Accidents have twice almost taken him to the happy hunting grounds; The evil spirit is actually the power-greedy medicine man. Untitled story, art by Ken Bald; A ghost rider is scaring off the cowhands from rancher Riggs. Untitled Indian Brave Yellow Belly story. "Golden Arrow and the Mystery of the Lost City," art by Ken Bald; A lovesick cowboy wants his fellow cowboys to pretend to hold up the stage on which Clementine is riding, and then he will come along and bust it up. "Badman of Bixby" text story by Joseph J. Millard. Untitled Golden Arrow story, art by Ken Bald; Mr. Gordon wants the sheep men scared out of the valley and hires a gunman to do the job. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Variant with full color ad on back cover. Came glued to cover of Captain Marvel #21 (because it was glued to the cover of another comic, high grade copies do not exist in the fine to near mint range). Newsprint cover and interior, 5" X 4", 34 pages in black, white, and red. Listed as Mighty Midget Comics in Overstreet.

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Variant with plain back cover (no full color ad on back). Newsprint cover and interior, 5" X 4", 34 pages in black, white, and red. Listed as Mighty Midget Comics in Overstreet.

Set of six small children's books housed in a folding paper box. Titles include: Puss In Boots, Jack the Giant Killer, Hop o' My Thumb, Beauty and the Beast, The Three Bears, and Sleeping Beauty. Each measures 3" x 3.5", 32 pages, B&W.

Green Hornet Cracks Down (1942 Whitman BLB) #1480, flip pictures, Henry Vallely

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A WWII era Harley Davidson brochure featuring some of the utility items and motorcycle models available. 8" x 9.25", 6 pages, B&W

196 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by George J. Hecht and others. A patriotic message comic for kids during World War II. Produced by the publishers of Parents Magazine as a benefit for War Bonds and the US war effort. A real document of its time, including instructions on what to do during an air raid; warnings against spreading gossip, military information, or racial prejudice; and stories promoting healthy eating, exercise, good education and good hygiene. You Can Help Win the War...and the Peace!; Know What We're Fighting For; Join Up!; Know Your Stuff!; Keep Fit!; Foods for Strength and Victory; You Can't Keep Fit Unless You Eat the Right Foods Every Day; Call to the Colors; Garden for Victory; Learn First Aid; Ways to Earn Money; Buy War Bonds and Stamps!; Get in the Scrap; Collect Books; Help at Home!; Take Care of Your Things!; Save the Family Car; Don't Get Hurt!; Write 'em Often; Don't Help the Enemy; Don't Believe Nazi Lies; What to Do in an Air Raid; 4 Pals Go Through Their First Raid; This Is the Way to Fix Up a Refuge Room; Victory Quiz; Tell the World You're Doing Your Part. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Origin. Reprints cover to Ibis # 1. Predates Fawcett's Ibis the Invincible # 1.

1942 Program. George Petty cover. 8-1/2" x 11", 20 pages, B&W w/ spot color. Cover price $0.25.

If Bombs Fall! (1942) is a World War II era air raid manual with illustrations byTerry and the Pirates creator Milton Caniff. 96 pages, no cover price.

1942 Annual - All colleges and conferences are covered, along with schedules and features like "Football Stars of 1942" and "Official 1942 Schedules." Hundreds of photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Inspector Charlie Chan Villiany on the High Seas (1942 Whitman BLB) #1424, flip pictures

Stories and art by Russell Stamm. Part of Whitman's Better Little Book series. Reprints of the Invisible Scarlet O'Neil comic strip, featuring possibly the first female superhero in comics. Scarlet, who got the power of invisibility from a science experiment, goes on an epic adventure that takes her all the way to the White House. Also featuring miniature flip-book comics appearing on each page, also starring Scarlet O'Neil. Hardcover, 4-in. x 4 1/2-in., 432 pages, B&W.

Never content to merely report on criminal activity, Jane Arden uncovers and exposes it. Bad guys beware! She's the original "Spunky Girl Star Reporter". This jumbo-sized coloring book by Saalfield Pub. Co. follows the day-to-day-adventures of Jane Arden. Artist unknown. Cardboard cover, 10 3/4-in. x 15-in., 48 pages, black and white.

One-shot, 1942. Anti-Japanese propaganda magazine. Sample chapter titles include "Horror in Harbin" and "Dope and Degradation." Liberally illustrated with lurid, sensational photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by George Carlson. "The Youthful Yodler and the Zig-Zag Zither," script and art by George Carlson; A youthful yodler; a three-and-a-half peck bushelman [later to evolve into a full four peck bushelman]; a young idea; a four-foot-yardstick-maker. Untitled Bingo's Frolics in Fairytale Land story; Bingo and Glum have to find the ingredients for a witches' brew that can put Humpty Dumpty back together again. Untitled The Friendly Fox story; Freddy is friendly towards all the creatures of the wood, but his father advises him against it, telling him that a fox is a lone wolf; Freddy does meet a lone wolf who decides to have Freddy for his dinner. Untitled Bottleneck and Widget story; The two protagonists try to save Fluffy from the Mad Magician, who turns out to have several tricks and disguises. "Adventures in Chessville" starring Hortense the Lovable Brat; Hortense dreams of going to Chessland with the Black Knight, but returns with the White Knight. Untitled story; Tommy Squawk sails out from America in the year 1492 in order to prove that the world is triangular, and meets Christopher Columbus going in the opposite direction; featuring Hitlerat; Christopher Columbus cameo; Queen Elizabeth cameo. "Little Lambs Chop" text story by Phil Sturm. Untitled story; The two polar bears go south to visit Benny, and get into trouble with a wildcat, a woodpecker and a mountain lion. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ham Fisher. Stories and art by Ham Fisher. Columbia Comics presents the first comic-book reprints of the classic Joe Palooka comic strip, about the adventures of a good-hearted boxer. Framed by a femme fatale and stripped of his championship, Joe goes off to the desert and joins the French Foreign Legion. Lost in Arabia, Joe and Smokey are captured by a sheik, and Joe must box the champion of his hidden city. Also featuring a profile of Palooka creator Ham Fisher; a letter from Fisher about getting permission for the US president to appear in the strip; and interesting facts about Joe Palooka. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.