Comic books 1943 w/ month not specified

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160 pages. Park Sumner art. 4" x 4 1/2". Hardcover b&w illos and text story. Big Little Book. # on spine is 1058.

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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. Story by Captain Ted. W. Lawson. Art by Don Komisarow. Cover by Clayton Knight. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents illustrated versions of bestselling books, an early version of Classics Illustrated and the like. This issue is based on the best-seller about Jimmy Doolittle's then-recent bombing run over Tokyo, a reprisal for the Pearl Harbor attack that also inspired the film Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. An illustrated text version of the story, rather than straight comics. 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Guadalcanal Diary. Story by Richard Tregaskis. Art and painted cover by Franklin Wittmack. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents illustrated versions of bestselling books, an early version of Classics Illustrated and the like. This issue is based on the memoir Guadalcanal Diary by war correspondent Richard Tregaskis, inspired by his time with the U.S. Marine Corps during the months-long Guadalcanal Campaign in World War II. An illustrated text version of the story, rather than straight comics. 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Look to the Mountain. Story by Le Grand Cannon, Jr. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents illustrated versions of bestselling books, an early version of Classics Illustrated and the like. This issue is based on the historical novel by LeGrand Cannon, Jr., an epic of the pioneers who settled the New England wilderness, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. An illustrated text version of the story, rather than straight comics. 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Andy Panda (1943 Whitman BLB) #531 3-3/4"x 8 3/4", Tall Comic book, All Pictures Comics

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Stories by Howard R. Garris, Walt Kelly, Marjorie Barrows, A.W. Nugent and unknown. Art by H.R. McBride, Walt Kelly, Justin Gruelle, Dan Gormley, Frank Thomas (as Rakfay Homastay), A.W. Nugent and unknown. Featuring the tales "Albert the Alligator," "Scamp" and "Little Dinky and the One-hour Laundry Service," plus four untitled stories (including a Merry Meadows one)! Starring Uncle Wiggily Longears, Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, Sammy Littletail, Susie Littletail, Elfie, Gold Finny, Dr. Possum, Fido Flip-Flop, Marko, Bad Alligator (villain), Pipsisewah (villain), Skeeziks (villain), Albert, Pogo, Bumbazine, Mabeline, Robert Rabbit [as Rob Rabbit], Bertrand Bear, Danny Duck, Earl Elephant, Freddy Frog, Gerty Gartersnake, Harry Hippo, Harry Hornet, Maurice Mouse, Mama Bear, Mrs. Pig, James, Scamp (a dog), Mitzi (a cat), Polly Parrot, Patty, Muggins Mouse, a Brownie, Muggins Mouse's mother, Little Dinky, Joan Carole, Mrs. Carole, Don Bugaboo, Fatcho and Robber-Fly Smith (villain)! Also: "Animal Comics' Puzzle Zoo" and "Animal Comics Cut Out Page" activity pages! And: "Timothy Turtle" text story! Starring Timothy Turtle, Honey Bear, Honey Bear's two brothers, Billy Bumblebee and Grandpa Beaver! 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $3,350.00 View scans Paper: Slightly britle Label #1210061003

Cover by Bob Montana. Stories by unknown. Art by Bob Montana and Joe Edwards. Archie decides to join the rifle club but Betty thinks he's signing up for track in "Archie the Athlete"! Plus, Cubby the Bear stars in "The Mad Hypnotist"! Also, Archie goes to the history prom as a knight. He falls asleep and dreams of having to rescue Lady Veronica from the Mad Monk (Mr. Weatherbee) in "Sir Archibald of the Round Table"! Meanwhile, Bumbie the Bee-tective stars in "The Case of the Missing Page"! And Archie's homemade alarm wakes up everyone -- except him -- in "A Hunting We Will Go"! Plus, it's Squoimy the Woim's final appearance in "The Big Apple"! Also, Veronica causes chaos wherever she goes while she shops for new nail polish on the first Veronica solo story "Veronica Goes To Town"! And the final Judge Owl's Fables tale "The Fable of the Spider and the Fly"! Also, Archie, Mr. Andrews and Oscar go hunting for ducks in "Poor Fish"! Plus: Archie invents the electromagneticsupervelocitysodiumchlorideprojector and tests it on the Riverdale Chowder and Marching Society, thinking they are Nazis, in the 2-page text story "Archie's Secret Weapon" by Kobold Keep. 60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $2,230.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Tape on interior cover. Label #1361259001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $1,325.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Very minor amount of glue on spine of cover. Small amount of dried glue on 1st wrap. Tape on interior cover. Label #3900207001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Harry Sahle. Stories by Harry Sahle and unknown. Art by Harry Sahle, Joe Edwards and unknown. Archie and Oscar cause Zogi The Yogi a lot of trouble when Archie volunteers to be Zogi's assistant and Oscar is outside the theater in "Archie the Magician"! Plus, Archie has Jughead go to the dentist and pretend that he is Archie in "Jughead At the Dentist"! Also, Bumbie stars in "The Buggyman of Bugville"! Meanwhile, Mr. Spitball just might donate a nice sum of money to Riverdale High School. Unfortunately, Archie's playing on the baseball team when Mr. Spitball goes to a game in "Archie At the Bat"! And Mr. Andrews decides to put his car in dead storage in "Dead Storage Blues"! Plus, Cubby stars in "The Cow That Gave Chocolate Milk"! Also, Betty and Veronica hold a dance and invite soldiers. It turns out that the soldiers are women in the first Veronica and Betty story "Welcome Soldiers"! Plus: 2-page text story "The Perfect Incinerator"! 56 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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This comic measures approximately 5" X 4" and features 34 pages in black, white, and red. Also features full color cover. Listed as Mighty Midget Comics in Overstreet. 1st book devoted entirely to character.

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Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $42.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Moderate.

Bambi's Children (1943 Whitman BLB) #1497 Disney Studios art, 432pgs

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The Bedside Book of Rollicking Good Humor for Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines loaded with hilarious cartoons, side-splitting gags, and he-man short stories all geared toward the lives of our men in the service. 6" x 8.5", 64 pages, color.

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1st printing. Complete with dust jacket. By Kathryn Heisenfelt. Illustrated by Henry E. Vallely. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 254 pages, Text, with B&W illustrations.

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Run Corpse Run by Guy Pember-Hiller Cover price $0.25.

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1st printing. Story and art by Chic Young. Based on Chic Young's classic long running newspaper strip. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in., x 8-in., 254 pages, B&W

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7" x 8", 12 pages, partial color.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $29.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart Poor $3.60 View scans Front cover detached 60%. Back cover detached 90%.

Buck Jones and the Rough Riders in Forbidden Trails (1934 Whitman BLB) #1486 flip pictures, based on movie, Tim McCoy app. 3.5" x 4.5", 432 pages, B&W.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $300.00 or Best Offer View scans CGC Qualified Paper: Off white to white Centerfold Missing. From the Collection of Eric Groves. Label #4677035009 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Story by Rick Yager and Russell Keaton. Art by Rick Yager (credited as Dick Calkins) and Russell Keaton. Reprints of the early comic strip that defined "science fiction" for an entire generation. Collects the Buck Rogers Sunday strips (with a different storyline than the daily strip) from Feb. 12, 1939 to Sept. 17, 1939, following the adventures of Buddy Deering, younger brother of Buck's compadre Wilma Deering. Black Barney joins forces with Buddy and Alura to prevent the Martian invasion of Earth, but the man they thought was Buck Rogers is actually a Martian Tigerman in disguise. Also, airborne adventure with the aviation strip Skyroads, from 1937. Buck Rogers; Skyroads. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Buck Rogers and the Super-Dwarf of Space (1943 Whitman BLB) #1490. All Pictures Comics. 3.5-in. x 4.5-in. Hardcover, B&W.

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Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $48.00 View scans Corner creasing to multiple pages. Moderate edge abrading and chipping to multiple pages. Heavy rubbing to extremities of boards with corners showing. Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%.

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Bugs Bunny (1943 Whitman BLB) #530 All Pictures Comics, Tall Comic Book, 3 1/4" x 8 1.4", reprints/Looney Tunes 1 & 5

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No issue number, no date, circa 1943-1944 because jokes' context is during WWII. Sepia tone throughout. No nudity but mainly a glamour and pinup magazine. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Captain Easy Behind Enemy Lines (1943 Whitman BLB) #1474, Roy Crane. 3.5" x 4.5", 352 pages, B&W.

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Captain Midnight and the Moon Woman (1943 Whitman BLB) #1452

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Peoples Book Club Edition - no dust jacket. Cartoon Cavalcade (1943) is a collection of historical and political cartoons edited by Thomas Craven and assisted by Florence and Sydney Weiss. Contains comic strips, cartoons, Disney clips and much more. 444 pages, hardbound cover with black and white illustrations in the interior, 7 1/4-in x 10 1/4-in.

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Second Edition. "An American Annual of Christmas Literature and Art." Christmas stories, Scripture, hymns, art (modern and classical, including Franklin Booth), poems, and photography in a deluxe oversize format. Extraordinary production values. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; part color; 72 pages. No cover price. Augsburg Publishing House.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $58.00 View scans 1" cumulative spine split. Water spotting. Chipping.

Arabian Nights, 2nd Printing, Classics Comics. (HRN 17).

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Robinson Crusoe, 3rd Printing, Classics Comics. Cited in Seduction of the Innocent. (HRN 18).

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Robinson Crusoe, 4th Printing, Classics Comics. Cited in Seduction of the Innocent. (HRN 20).

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Gulliver's Travels, 2nd Printing, Classics Comics. (HRN 18 or 20).

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Gulliver's Travels, 3rd Printing, Classics Comics. (HRN 22).

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This comic measures approximately 5" X 4" and features 34 pages in black, white, and red. Also features full color cover. Listed as Mighty Midget Comics in Overstreet. Only comic devoted entirely to character.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $62.00 View scans 3.5" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached. Water damage.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $79.95 or Best Offer View scans Centerfold coming loose at single center staple. Miswrap/cut. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart PR 0.5 $49.95 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Missing first and center wrap (affects "The Count of Gramercy Park", "This'll Kill You" and text stories). 7" Cumulative spine split with splitting tp interior wraps. Cover detached at single center staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dick Wood, Norman Maurer, Dick Briefer, Alan Mandel, Bob Wood, Jack Alderman and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. The unkillable Michael Malloy survives multiple murder attempts. "Two Gun" Crowley's 1931 shootout with police becomes national news and helps create the image of the Prohibition-era gangster. Gunfighter Luke Short survives numerous gunfights and finances some of the best-known saloons in the Old West. Crime Kings: The Phantom of Fort Wayne; The Poison Dove; Two-Gun Crowley; The Count of Gramercy Park; The Killer Who Died Laughing; Thisll Kill You; Little Luke Short; The Corpse That Would Not Stay Dead!; Whodunnit? Be a Detective. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by Gail Jordan. 5 1/4-in. x 7-in., 126 pages, B&W text. Cover price $0.25.

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1st printing. Story and art by Chester Gould. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 248 pages, Text, with B&W illustrations.

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Dick Tracy Special F.B.I. Operative (1943 Whitman BLB) #1449, Chester Gould. 3.5" x 4.5", 432 pages, B&W.

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Add to cart Poor $8.00 View scans Front cover detached 90%. Back cover detached 90%. Front and Back Cover Detached.

352-page version of Donald Duck Off the Beam (1943 Whitman BLB) #1438, flip pictures, Taliaferro

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1943. Paintings by Alberto Vargas. Verses by Phil Stack. 12" x 8.5", 12 pages, full color.

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Flash Gordon and the Power Men of Mongo #1469, Alex Raymond. 3.5" x 4.5", 352pg, B&W.

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Stories and Art by Frank Miller. Reprints of Barney Baxter in the Air newspaper strips (King Features Syndicate, Inc.), 1938-1939. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Gene Autry and the Gun-Smoke Reckoning (1943 Whitman BLB) #1433, photocover, movie scenes

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $800.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Top edge label strip is missing. Label #0000216008

Cover by Till Goodan. Stories and art by Till Goodan and others. Western comics starring beloved singing cowboy Gene Autry. In a double-length story, before Gene can figure out who would attack a cargo coach, the owlhoots are shooting at Gene. Gene's fellow cowhand on a cattle drive sees evil omens, but although Gene doubts him, it turns out the unassuming Rosa really IS in league with rustlers. Gold Flash tries to protect Bart from the charge of an enraged steer. The Fightin' Buckaroo; Fool's Gold; Danger's Trail; Famous Bucking Horses: Conclusion, Duckin' Dolly; Gold Flash. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $230.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #1002166003

Cover by Till Goodan. Stories and art by Till Goodan and others. Western comics starring beloved singing cowboy Gene Autry. Dell begins publishing. Gene responds to a call for help from an old friend that takes him and Alkali to the creepy old semi-abandoned Emory Ranch to solve a murder. Gene and his horse Champ find trouble in a western logging camp. Murder Ranch; Roaring River Feud; Red for Luck; Famous Bucking Horses: Hell's Angel. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ghost Avenger (1943 Whitman BLB) #1462, flip pictures, Henry Vallely

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $18.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

8.5" x 11", 26 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Girls of the Army and Navy Coloring Book - Women enlisting in the military "are helping to win the war by releasing soldiers, sailors, men of the Coast Guard and Marines for active combat duty". 10.25" x 14", 64 pages, B&W.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $350.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Pedigree: Rockford Rockford. Label #0911647019 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Heroic archer Golden Arrow uses gold-tipped arrows and his horse White Wind to battle injustice. Golden Arrow battles lumber rustlers in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. Outlaws frame Golden Arrow for murder and give his horse "loco weed," (!) so it seems that even his horse is crazy. A mysterious figure in medieval armor called the Knight Hawk wants the map to long-lost Spanish treasure. A Saga of the North Woods; Death Rides the Badlands; The Sign of the Killer; Golden Arrow Fences the Knight Hawk; Cousin Egbert: A Good Guy in the Badlands; The Dread Secret of Misty Valley. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.