Comic books December 1943

True stories of crime most foul fall victim to the pages of this short-lived vintage true crime magazine. Here, you will find tales of greed, jealousy, revenge, thievery, and murder....all true, all told in the words of the detectives who worked the cases. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Arthur Jameson. Stories and art by Walt Kelly, Arthur Jameson, George Kerr, Bill Brady and A. W. Nugent. Christmas stories featuring art from former Disney animator Walt Kelly, creator of beloved comic strip Pogo. Kelly tells the fable of Santa's Christmas Gift. In another Christmas story, Santa Claus falls asleep and dreams he goes to Wonderland with Alice. Plus the lyrics to O Little Town of Bethlehem, O Come, All Ye Faithful, and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. Santa in Wonderland; O Little Town of Bethlehem; The Christmas Chimes; O Come All Ye Faithful; The Night Before Christmas; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Santas Christmas Gift; Two Christmas Limericks. 56 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Harry G. Peter. The Adventure of the Pilotless Plane starring Wonder Woman, script by William Moulton Marston, art by Harry G. Peter. The Cruise of the Flying Dutchman starring Black Pirate, art by Sheldon Moldoff. Too Hot to Handle starring Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys, art by Frank Harry. The Case of the Vanishing Houses! starring Gay Ghost, art by Howard Purcell. A Symphony of Sock starring Mr. Terrific, art by Stan Aschmeier. Heads or Tails, You Lose! starring Wildcat, art by Paul Reinman. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Title switches to digest format with this issue. Cover price $0.15.

Canadian Edition. December, 1943. Full Length Feature Novel: "The Northdale Mystery" by Maxwell Grant. Short Story: "Detective Care Learns Chinese" by Allan Moffatt. 116 pages, Text Only with chapter illustrations, 7" x 9.5". Cover price $0.15.

Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.15.

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 by Burne Hogarth. 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. The Von Stroll twins help The Spark Man escape Nazi Germany, but now they must go back for their captured compatriots. The Kids steal the ship to avoid going to school, leaving the Captain and Mama stranded and the Inspector sending out messages by carrier pelican. El Bombo has a dream in which he befriends many animals, but real life is another matter. Plus a Tarzan adventure by Burne Hogarth. Another dynamic Tarzan cover by Hogarth. Plus a vintage ad for a "Genuine G-Man Finger-Print Set." 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. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 30, Issue 2 - December, 1943. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Wellman/Woolfolk/Jack Cole scripts, Cole, Fine, Robin King - A.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Wellman/Woolfolk/Jack Cole scripts, Cole, Fine, Robin King - A.

56 pgs, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Arturo Cazeneuve. Turn on the Heat starring The Newsboy Legion, script by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, pencils by Kirby, inks by Arturo Cazeneuve (as Joe Simon); Because of a series of mysterious fires in Suicide Slum, the Fire Commissioner is forced to ask for civilian help. Patron of Plunder starring The Star Spangled Kid, art by Hal Sherman. Dastard Lee* starring Super Sleuth McFooey, script and art by Jack Farr. Case of the Moaning Mummy starring Penniless Palmer, art by George Storm. The Haunted Emblem starring Liberty Belle, script by Don Cameron, art by Chuck Winter. The Dude Cowboys starring Robotman, art by Jimmy Thompson. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 31, No. 3 - December 1943. 7" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. U.S. Savings Stamps ad. Untitled Sub-Mariner story, art by Carl Pfeufer; The murder of a lighthouse keeper leads the Sub-Mariner into joining the USMC at Parris Island to uncover the perpetrator. Ad for Human Torch Comics #10. The Setting of the Rising Sun starring The Sub-Mariner, art by Carl Pfeufer; The shooting down of a U.S. blimp, still loaded with its instruments, becomes the target of the Japanese, so Sub-Mariner decides to hide them. Tommy's Taken For a Ride text story. Genius For Murder starring The Angel, script by Kermit Jaediker, art by Gustav Schrotter. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Dale Messick, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, George Clark, Jim Chambers, Jack Ficklen, Bob Jenney, Martin Branner, Al Posen, and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Dick Tracy deals with the strangest jailbreak of all time, carried out by a little person riding a St. Bernard. Brenda Starr and Tom crash a masquerade party as they attempt to meet the elusive Baron de Mullet. Clyde discovers that his assistant is actually his arch-enemy Gaywood in disguise. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Moon Mullins. You're in the Army Now; Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; 'Cloudy' Williams Gets His Twenty-First Plane; Brenda Starr; The Pilot of the Purple Twilight; Winnie Winkle; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Sweeney & Son; Clyde Beatty; The Ripples. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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#13 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 National Comics Pub., 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 and Ed Gruskin. Featuring the adventures of Supersnipe, Ulysses Q. Wacky, Secret Patrol, and Apaula. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Charles M. Quinlan. Premonition starring The Grey Mask, script by Zac Gabel, pencils by Don Rico; Spirit-like detective with peg-legged black assistant, The Dove. Bone of Contention starring The Tracker (Martin Corliss), pencils by John Giunta. The Real Value, script by Thor Carlyle, pencils by Don Rico. Magnolias and Murder. Menace Me Never text story. The Cellini Dagger, script by Ed Norton, pencils by L. B. Cole. Trumped-Up Trumpet text story. Shiver My Timbers starring Sunset Kid, pencils by Charles M. Quinlan. The Case of the Black Angora. Prelude to Death, script by Herman C. Browner. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $455.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case Label #16-28611C6-068 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

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Cover art by Chu F. Hing. Santa Was No Thief starring Cadet, script by George Kapitan, art by John Jordan. Meets "Grem O' Lynn" starring Al T. Tude, script by Ray Gill, art by Fred Bell. Bull's-Eye Bill story. Ghost Train from the Volga--Stories of the United Nations, art by Harold De Lay. Dan'l Flannel story, art by Ed Ryan. Target and the Targeteers story. Speck, Spot, and Sis story, script and art by by Alonzo Vincent. Pete Stockbridge, the Chameleon story. Targetoons, script and art by Ray Gill. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Theatre Arts Monthly (December, 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: Winged Victory, the Air Force Show, Every Soldier a Movie Critic, Othello and Venus on Broadway, 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, Maurice Gutwirth, and August Froehlich. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.