Comic books October 1942

Cover art by John Jordan. Cadet story, art by John Jordan. The Vibratory Weapon starring Spacehawk, script and art by Basil Wolverton. Victory Is Our Target starring Speck, Spot, and Sis, script and art by Alonzo Vincent. Al T. Tude story, script and art by Art Gates. Ill Wind text story by Mickey Spillane. The Last of the Mohicans [Part 9]--Fantastic Feature Films, art by Harold DeLay. Bull's-Eye Bill story, art by John Daly. Target story, art by Sid Greene. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $4.20 View scans Water damage: Moderate.

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. 8.5-in. x 11-in., printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $825.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case Tape on interior cover. Label #1482219017 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Jack Binder. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Jack Binder, Max Plaisted, Lt. Kelvin McKay, Elmer Wexler, Sam Brant, and George Mandel. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Oct 1942. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Nelson S. Bond, Edmond Hamilton, Wilm Carver, Oscar J. Friend, Joseph Gilbert, Isaac Asimov, and Eando Binder. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Al Capp. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Fred Methot, Reg Greenwood, Hal Forrest, Bernard Dibble, and John Hix. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 7 #6. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Allied bombers target a Nazi sub, unaware that The Mirror Man is trying to destroy it from within. Fritzi Ritz's date tries to impress her with his father's haunted-house attraction, in an Ernie Bushmiller strip featuring Basil Wolverton-esque monsters. Fugitive Mollie is aided by passing cowboy Windy and his horse Paddles, but when Paddles gets sick, they search for shelter. 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; Looy Dot Dope; Tailspin Tommy; Iron Vic; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $29.95 or Best Offer View scan Centerfold detached at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories and art by George J. Hecht and Natalie Purvin Prager. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. The history of Mexico; 67-year-old Chinese freedom fighter "Mama Mosquito" leads an army against Japanese invaders during WWII; A five-page history of bread. How To Build Your Own Monument; Fighting Uncle Joe Stilwell!; The Beloved Bums; The Ghost of Captain Bligh; Army Mule: Rosebud and Company E; People of Mystery; Blind Genius; The Rock that Became a Warship; Is It True?; True's Movie Guide; Land of Fighting Men; Chinese Guerrilla Heroine; The Story of Bread; Leaping Leathernecks: U.S. Marine Para-Troopers; The Priest Who Helped to Build a Railroad; How Good is Your Memory? 68 pages, Full Color. 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 Very Good $43.00 View scans

8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in. 132 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $165.00 View scans Cover oxidation.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $240.00 or Best Offer View scans Cover detached. Duplicate cover bound in at centerfold (does not present as a double cover; grade is based on outer cover). Pencil on one activity page. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Floyd Gottfredson, Ted Osborne, Ted Thwaites, Merrill De Maris, Bob Karp, Hubie Karp, Earl Duvall, Manuel Gonzales, Bob Wright, Bob Grant, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 3 #1. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics. In a classic Floyd Gottfredson story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey and Goofy investigate strange goings-on at The Bar None Ranch. In a text story adapting the Disney cartoon Private Pluto, Pluto is pestered by two rambunctious chipmunks, Chip 'n' Dale. The comic book preceded the cartoon, making this the first-ever appearance of Chip 'n' Dale. On the Rebound!; The Good Samaritan!; A Drink on the House; The Tide Turns!; Not a Thought for Goofy; Double Trouble; The Vanishing Recruit; One Man Patrol; Success!; Goofys Addled Auto; Mickey Mouse at the Bar None Ranch; Hollywood Chatter; A Tire-Some Situation; Something New Afoot; Arms for the Army; First Line of Defense; Law-Abiding Goofy; Private Pluto; Mickey Mouse Movies; A New Idea; Such Restraint. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 48, Issue 3 - October 1942. "A Magazine for Boys and Girls." Stories, poems, and activities designed for kids. 7-in. x 10-in., 36 pages, PC,PB&W Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $35.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Vol. 3, No. 1 - October 1942. 6.5" x 9", 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $7.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 203, No. 2 - October 3, 1942. 6.5" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $23.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Vol. 203, No. 3 - October 10, 1942. 6.5" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 203, No. 4 - October 17, 1942. 6.5" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $5.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Vol. 203, No. 5 - October 24, 1942. 6.5" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 203, No. 6 - October 31, 1942. Cover by H. W. Scott. Feature novel "Ladinos in the Roughs" by Bennett Foster. Serial "Rebel Ranger" 2/5 by William Colt MacDonald. Short stories by Philip Ketchum, H. A. DeRosso, Cliff Walters, and Hopsburg Liebe. 6 3/4-in. x 9 1/4-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck and Emil Gershwin. Written by Dave Berg and unknown. Art by Dave Berg, Harry Anderson, George Storm, Bob Hebberd and unknown. Captain Marvel and the Three Fates in "The Stitch in Time" by Dave Berg. Plus: Golden Arrow in "A School of Justice"; Spy Smasher versus "The Eight Nazi Saboteurs"; 2-page text story "Too Many Spies" by Joseph J. Mallard; "Lance O'Casey Meets the Amazons" with art by Harry Anderson; Colonel Porterhouse in parody tale "The Port of Missing Men" with art by George Storm; and Ibis the Invincible in "A Dead Man's Curse" with art by Bob Hebberd. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ray Harford. Written by unknown. Art by Ray Harford, Harry Anderson, Bob Hebberd, George Storm and unknown. Special spook edition, featuring Captain Marvel in "The Haunted Halloween Hotel" with art by Ray Harford. Plus: Golden Arrow in "The Killer of Ghost Town"; 3-page text story "Death Wears a False Face" by Robert Arthur; Spy Smasher in "The Misfortune Teller"; Lance O'Casey in "The Isle of Lonely Gods" with art by Harry Anderson; Ibis the Invincible in "The Black Witch!" with art by Bob Hebberd; and Colonel Porterhouse in parody tale "Porterhouse the Invincible and the Phantom of Porterhouse Manor" with art by George Storm. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $3.00 View scans Paper: Cream Foxing. Soiling. Moisture spotting.

Volume 158, Issue 3 (Whole Number 2089) - October 31, 1942. 6.5" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Gene Fawcette. Edited by Larabie Cunningham and Gene Fawcette. Stories and art by Nick Cardy, George Appel, Maxwell Elkan, Rudy Palais, Joe Doolin, Arthur Peddy, Gene Fawcette, Pagsilang Rey Isip, Art Saaf and Al Walker. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Calhoun goes into basic training for the Air Cadets; Greasemonkey Griffin accidentally launches a fighter and flushes out a Nazi spy-plane; Action nurse Jane Martin goes undercover in Algiers to subdue a Nazi flying ace. Skull Squad; Calhoun of the Air Cadets; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Captain Wings; Suicide Smith; Wing Tips; Scalps for a Tomahawk; Phantom Flight; Yank Aces of World War II; Greasemonkey Griffin. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $199.95 or Best Offer View scan Restored (see item notes) Interior is complete. Full length spine split through all wraps. RESTORATION. MARRIED cover and TRIMMED. Cover glued to interior. Staples removed (not manufacturing). Brittle. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories and art by Dave Berg, Otto Binder, Clem Weisbecker, and Phil Bard. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky seek the killer of a circus owner and meet The Mask, a strange killer who can apparently be in two places at once. Phantom Eagle tries to prevent Trantee from carrying out an air base attack in Asia. The Black Sphinx tries to frame DA Brian Butler for a jewel robbery, but he doesn't know that Butler is crimefighter Mr. Scarlet. Plus an early story by future Mad "Lighter Side" artist Dave Berg. Mr. Scarlet and the Mask of the Circus; Commando Yank Lashes the Nazis!; Barking Six-Guns; Phantom Eagle Burns up the Skies Over Asia!; Spooks; Mr. Scarlet Battles the Black Sphinx! 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $2,800.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4123016002

Edited by Harry Shorten. Cover art by Bob Montana. "Your Own Web of Doom"; Winkler's poison gas formula is stolen and sent to Germany, but it is the imperfect version. Untitled story, script by Joe Blair, art by Irv Novick; The Vagabond, a master of disguise and daring, is the leader of the Valiants, his fellow Czechoslovakian freedom-fighters battling against the Nazis, as well as a pen pal to Steel Sterling; When Steel hears reports that the Vagabond has turned traitor, he investigates and finds that the hero has been imprisoned and replaced by an imposter. "Who Killed Casino?", art by Warren King; Black Jack must discover the identity of the person who killed the club owner, Casino. Untitled story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Bob Montana and Harry Lucey; Wilbur tries out his new inventions at home. "Pilot Zoom O'Day," art by Red Holmdale; Zoom gets into a boxing fight with Liverlips, and later meets him as a stowaway in the PBM patrol bomber. "General Draja Mihailovich," art by Paul Reinman; Leader of the conquered Yugoslavs. "People America Can do Without No.1 The Case of Mr. Hooker," script by Harry Shorten, art by Paul Reinman; Mr. Hooker has a hobby railroad and the U.S. could use it as valuable scrap metal. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.