Comic books April 1944

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Cover art by Jack Burnley and Stan Kaye. Valentine Villainy starring Superman, script by Don Cameron (signed as Jerry Siegel), pencils by Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster). Alias Mr. Sunshine starring Vigilante, script by Joe Samachson, pencils by Mort Meskin. The Weird and Eerie Mystery of Ghastly Gables starring Super Sleuth McFooey, script and art by Jack Farr. Desert Danger starring Congo Bill, art by Edwin Smalle. Mission for Freedom starring Americommando, script by Joseph Greene, art by Bernard Baily. The Idol on the Island starring Zatara. 60 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $12.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

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Add to cart GD- 1.8 $5.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 110, Issue 6 - April, 1944. 7" x 10", 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $890.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #1462827007 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by unknown. Art by Ken Battefield, Everett Kinstler and unknown. In this issue: The Black Terror vs. Nazis in an untitled story; Doc Strange vs. Galohz (introduction), Karl (introduction) and Nazis in an untitled story with art by Ken Battefield and Everett Kinstler; The Fighting Yank vs. The Thunderer (introduction) and Nazis in an untitled story; and The Ghost vs. Kim (introduction) and two other Qatavians (introductions) in an untitled story. Plus: 1-page text story "Fur Trapped" (by Buck Benson, with spot illo by Harry Lucey) - Thieves attempt to steal the furs collected by Tad and Jim, but Tad finds a way of foiling the thieves. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Classic magazine for boys featuring articles, fiction, activities, and a few pages of comics. 10.5" x 13.5", 52 pages, B&W Cover price $0.20.

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Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Russ Heath, Herman C. Browner, Jack Alderman, C. R. Schaare, Jack Grogan, Mack Borgatta and Charles Quinlan. Sometimes listed as Captain Aero Comics Vol. 3 #12. A patriotic WWII aviator hero whose motto is "Keep 'Em Flyin'!" Jerry Malone, the superspy known as Counterspy, learns of a plot to sabotage the US war effort. Flagman and Rusty search for Axis agents in the Yukon. Plus an early story by legendary artist Russ Heath. Captain Aero: King of the Sky Trails; Miss Victory: Death in Molten Steel; Counterspy; Before I Die; Hammerhead Hawley; Flagman: North of Nome; Commandos of the Devil Dogs: Shalna Returns; Incident in a Foxhole; Captain Aeros Sky Scouts: Hand of Destruction; The Red Cross: The River of Fire. 68 pages (GCD says 52 but physical copies have 68), Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $1,595.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white INCOMPLETE. Page 15-17 missing and panel cut out of page 2-4, 24, 25, and 27, affects story. Large piece out of cover. Label #2102248008 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Includes: Alex Schomburg cover art; The Chambers of Dr. Agony, pencils by Vince Alascia; The Seven Sons of Satan by Syd Shores; The Blackout Murder Case—Let's Play Detective, art by Al Bellman; Tried At Sea text story; Frozen Death, Script by Otto Binder, Pencils by Al Gabriele, Inks by Vince Alascia; and Flaming Steel starring Human Torch, Pencils by Charles Nicholas, Inks by George Klein. 60 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $61.00 View scans Cover coming loose at single center staple. Centerfold and stub page detached. Water damage.

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Huckleberry Finn, 1st Printing, Classics Comics, Gilberton edition. (HRN 18, 4/44). Cover price $0.10.

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Huckleberry Finn, 1st Printing, Classics Comics, Island edition. (HRN 18, 4/44). Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 28, 1st Printing - "Dead Men Leave No Fingerprints" by Whitman Chambers. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 38, Issue 4 - April, 1944. 6.5" x 9", 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $2,999.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Label #4490659001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Untitled Black Terror story; someone steals Black Terrors uniform. Untitled The American Eagle story, art by Maurice Gutwirth; vs. the Japanese. Untitled Crime Crushers story, art by Al Camy. Untitled Sgt. Bill King story, art by Maurice Gutwirth. Untitled Crash Carter story, art by Bob Oksner. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $37.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $36.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Back cover detached 10%. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $10.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 90%. Water damage: Slight.	Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $10.00 View scans Paper: Off white Back cover detached 90%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate.
Add to cart Fair $10.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 20%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 6, Issue 2 - April 1944. Cover by J. Allen St. John. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Time on Your Hands" by John York Cabot, and "The Return of Jongor" by Robert Moore Williams. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 212 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $3.00 View scans Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Bedsheet Format Cover price $0.15.

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Illustrated text pieces. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 3 #4 - April 1944. Mostly single-panel cartoons and some text jokes. 10 1/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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April 2, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by Howard Rigsby, Doris Hume, John G. Mills, Paul Ellerbe, W.H.B. Kent, and Jay Marsh. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 28 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

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April 9, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. "Destination Unknown" by Richard Sale begins. Other fiction stories by Sgt. Herbert E. Smith, Ruth Aston, Doris Hume, Allen F. Herdman, Alma & Paul Ellerbe, and Madeline Corse. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 28 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

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April 16, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. "Destination Unknown" by Richard Sale. Other fiction stories by Jane Bunker Lumley, Martha McMillen, Ruth Ayers, Doris Hume, and Jayne Bruce. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 32 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

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April 23, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by Clarence Budington Kelland (a Scattergood Baines story), Richard Sale, Vonceil McLendon, Allen F. Herdman, and Doris Hume. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 24 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

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April 30, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by Arch Whitehouse, Richard Sale, Charles Boeckman (aka Beckman) Jr, Maxine Curtis, and Doris Hume. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 24 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $29.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 3, Issue 5 - April, 1944. Halt is a sincere attempt to bring humor and cheer to our vast Armed Forces and those on the home front whose efforts are pledged to win the war, and to present the humorous sides of the serious phases of our national war effort. 5.5" x 7.5", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 2, Issue 6 - April, 1944. Goldwyn Girls photo cover. Long running magazine that features song lyrics, celebrity gossip, articles, and fan letters. This issue features songs from motion pictures such as; "Uncertain Glory" starring Jean Sullivan and Errol Flynn, "See Here, Private Hargrove" starring Robert Walker and Donna Reed, "Swing Fever" starring Kay Kyser, and many more. 8.5" x 11", 18 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $15.00 View scans Spine split 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

April 3, 1944. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: oil drilling; city dogs; Floyd Davis painting; 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 132 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $18.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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April 10, 1944. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: air marshal Arthur T. Harris; dyslexia; Farouk I, King of Egypt; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 124 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $3,000.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #1131796006

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Human Torch untitled story, script by Charles Nicholas, inks by Al Gabriele. Devil's Playground starring Sub-Mariner, art by Jimmy Thompson. Terry Vance untitled story, art by Bob Oskner. Patriot untitled story, art by Al Gabriele. Masked Murder starring Miss America, script by Otto Binder, art by Charles Nicholas. Angel untitled story, art by Gustav Schrotter. 60 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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6.5" x 9", 28 pages, B&W

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8.5" x 11", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $17.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Movie magazine featuring gossip, news and articles. Heavily illustrated with posed and candid photographs. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $349.95 or Best Offer View scans Interior corner pieces missing (slightly affects text story). Two center wraps detached. Heavy oxidation. Interior tearing. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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Cover art by Alex Kotzky. Untitled stories starring Uncle Sam (art by Art Seymour), Windy Breeze (script and art by Jack Cole), Destroyer 171, and The Unknown (art by Rudy Palais). Three Black Cats starring Quicksilver, script and art by Fred Guardineer. The Mysterious Raja Yashi starring Sally O'Neil Policewoman, art by Al Bryant. Vern Ross Still At Large!! starring Chic Carter, script and art by Vernon Henkel. Case No. 15: The Loyal Defense Worker starring G-2, art by Don Rico. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 6, No. 5. April 1944. Digest size magazine that offered abridgements of current bestselling books. This issue includes: "The Lost Weekend" by Charles Jackson; "The Curtain Rises" by Quentin Reynolds; "Der Fuehrer" by Konrad Heiden; and "Victoria Grandolet" by Henry Bellamann. 5.25" x 7.5". 160 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $124.95 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, affects art and story. Cover and center wrap detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Art Saaf. Edited by Jean M. Press. Stories and art by Art Saaf, George Tuska, Ruben Moreira, Graham Ingels, Lily Renee, Fran Hopper, and Lee Elias. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Female spies pretend to be prisoners to set a trap for the US Rangers; Glory Forbes dresses like Rosie the Riveter for an undercover mission on the docks; Extra-weird Lily Renee art as The Werewolf Hunter faces The Cats of Senor Shaitan and a curse involving three murderous, beautiful women. Lively good-girl cover with bonus cobra by Art Saaf. U.S. Rangers; Commando Ranger; The Werewolf Hunter; The Sea Devil; Frenchmans Folly; Glory Forbes; Private Elmer Pippin and the Colonel's Daughter; The Phantom Falcons. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 2, No. 4 - April 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Add to cart FR 1.0 $11.75 View scan 6 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Chipped corners and edges.

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.

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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.

Add to cart Good $29.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

Add to cart Fair $20.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 10, Issue 3 - Spring, 1944. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Norman A. Daniels, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Carl Jacobi, Frank Balknap Long, and Joseph Farrell. Six Virgil Finlay illustrations. Dr. Seuss illustration (small "Buy United States War Savings Bonds & Stamps" ad). 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $279.95 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Missing 3 pages (affects "When Giants Meet!", Private Pete and text stories). Near complete spine split with splitting to interior wraps. Cover detached. Tape on spine of first wrap. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover pencils by Wayne Boring. The Palace of Perilous Play!, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster], inks by George Roussos [as Shuster]; Superman struggles with the schemes of the terrible Toyman, who is out to design coin machines that will make him rich and devices that will give him revenge on the Man of Tomorrow. When Giants Meet!, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster], inks by George Roussos [as Shuster]; While up in the big north woods in search of background material for articles on the lumbering industry, Clark and Lois listen to an entertaining tale about the time Superman and Paul Bunyan actually met. Robbers' Roost! starring Superman, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster], inks by George Roussos [as Shuster]. Private Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Artistic Touch text story by Ed Selby. Dear Diary! starring Superman, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster], inks by George Roussos [as Shuster]. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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#17 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 1944 by National Comics Pub., Inc., under license to Tim Promotions, Inc. B&W with a single color, 5 1/2 in. x 8 in.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $18.25 View scan 3/4" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple.

Cadet story. 18 Men and a Boat (Part 4), art by Tom Gill. Speck, Spot, and Sis story, script and art by Alonzo Vincent. Candid Charlie story, art by B. Gordon Guth. Target and the Targeteers story. Dan'l Flannel story. Chameleon story, art by Bill Allison; the Chameleon achieves a new high in Anglo-American relations. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

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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 0.5 $175.00 or Best Offer View scan Paper: Off white to white 2 center wraps missing & panel cut out of page 3, affects story. Cover detached. Tape on interior cover. Incomplete. Label #2034710008 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Harry Sahle. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Ed Goggin, Virginia Drury (as Ginger), Don Dean, Bill Vigoda, Carl Hubbell, Red Holmdale, Clem Weisbecker, Pen Shumaker, Robert C. Blackman, Ed Goggin, 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.