Comic books May 1944

July, 1944. Volume 3, Issue 5. Humor Digest featuring jokes and cartoons. Softcover Digest, saddle-stitched, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 68 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by H.C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Seymour Pearlstein, Ben Thompson, Frank Wead, Russell Keaton and Stephen Douglas. Superhero comics from Famous Funnies, featuring some of the stranger heroes of the Golden Age. Man o' Metal is captured by an ancient Aztec death-cult; A PSA for wartime scrap-paper drives featuring The Music Master; Hydroman discovers a network of caves beneath New York that criminals are using to topple skyscrapers. Music Master and Man o' Metal were listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. True Stories of War Heroes; Hydroman; The Music Master; Smack Snares Sub; Man O' Metal; Sweet Revenge; Flyin' Jenny. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Water damage: Slight.

Volume 2, Issue 7 - May, 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; "Passage to Marseilles" starring Humphrey Bogart and Michele Morgan, "Minstrel Man" starring Benny Fields, "The Hour Before Dawn" starring Veronica lake and Franchot Tone, and many more. 8.5" x 11", 18 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $17.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Art Saaf. Edited by Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Alex Blum, Arnold Hicks, and Robert Webb. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. A pygmy tribe creates pygmy animals, and greedy white hunters want the secret; Time-traveler Stuart Taylor meets Boadicea, legendary Celt warrior queen who fought Roman tyranny (described as "England's first WAC", or female soldier); Using his mastery of disguise, Agent ZX-5 observes the Nazis testing a submersible aircraft carrier. Classic Sheena good-girl art cover by Art Saaf. The Hawk; Weird Stories of the Supernatural; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Ghost Gallery; Midnight the Black Stallion; The Merchantmen Meet a Lorelei; ZX-5 Spies In Action; Inspector Dayton. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Slaves for Horror's Harem," art by Ruben Moreira; The Ouangas are operating a supposedly closed gold mine and, fearing interference when Kaänga leads the new colonial commissioner into their jungle, attack Kaänga and company. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; For many years a pygmy tribe has worshiped Simba and left him offerings of food; Now they are being attacked by another tribe and he comes to their defense. Untitled story, art by Ruth Atkinson; A tribe prepares to sacrifice a maiden to a water demon, but Tabu offers to slay the demon. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; A group of European refugees, building a town in Wambi's jungle, are being plagued by disappearances that they blame on the natives; Wambi proves that the natives are not to blame and proves that a crocodile is responsible. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Terry battles a band of Arab bandits. "Blood--and Water" text story. "White Gorilla!", pencils by George Tuska; Escorting two hunters into gorilla country, Camilla encounters a jungle man living with the gorillas; The hunters agree to leave him in the jungle. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by William Ritt, Clarence Gray, Fran Striker, Chic Young, Carl Anderson, Jack Burnley, Eddie Sullivan, Charlie Schmidt, Lee Falk, Ray Moore, Wilson McCoy, Bela Zaboly, George McManus, Otto Soglow, Charles Flanders, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Frank Miller, and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake the Magician discovers the missing red-haired women are connected to a gold mine; The Phantom must travel to the Castle in the Clouds to find geologists Lana and Greta Marshall. Brick Bradford; The Lone Ranger; The Phantom; Henry; Sport Features; Radio Patrol; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Flash Gordon; Bringing Up Father; The Little King; Barney Baxter in the Air; Blondie. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 14, Issue 1 - May, 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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May 27, 1944. Vol 21, No 22. Clown photo cover. Articles by Alfred Toombs, Betty Milton Gaskill, Lieut. Max Miller, Stacey Hicks, and Mort Wesinger. Fiction by Ronald G. Sercombe, Charles Banner, Virginia Eiseman, Edwin Lanham, and Niven Busch ("Duel in the Sun" pt2). Illustrations by Carl Mueller, John Collins, and Tom Atwell . Boris Karloff shaving cream ad. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, black and white with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

May 15, 1944. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: General Montgomery; war prodution in the U.S.; high school fads; Thomas Eakins art; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 124 pages. Cover price $0.10.

May 22, 1944. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: model mothers; Houses of Parliament; Ogden Pleissner art; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 120 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fair $10.00 View scans Spine split 90%. Cover Detached. Staple rust: Slight.

May 29, 1944. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Gen. "Tooey" Spaatz; air intelligence photographic essay; Oscar Hammerstein II; and more. Half-page Cream of Wheat ad with a Li'l Abner comic strip by Al Capp. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 124 pages. Cover price $0.10.

3rd Printing. Life with the Navy by Navy Nora (1943) was a promotional booklet published by Dorothy Bond. Story and art are also by Dorothy Bond. Follow Navy Nora and her humorous adventures as the new girl in the offices of the United States Navy. This book was dedicated to those unsung heroes and heroines who work in shore establishments for the United States Navy. 60 pages, B&W, card-stock cover, 8.5-in. x 5.5-in. Cover price $0.50.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Feg Murray, Clayton Knight, H. H. Knerr, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Floyd Torbert, Robert Storm, Mel Graff, Carl Anderson, Edwina Dumm, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Joe Musial, Billy DeBeck, Jimmy Thompson, Eugene L. Pollack, Tom Sims, and Bela Zaboly. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. The military strip Private Breger coined the term "G.I. Joe;" Bunky the baby has a bigger vocabulary than the adults around him. Mandrake the Magician; Seein' Stars; Jan and Aloysius; The Romance of Flying; Bunky; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Henry; Little Acorns; High Spots; Popeye; Barney Baxter; Blondie; Indian Lore; Tippie and Cap Stubbs; Dinglehoofer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Issue 2 - May, 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 276 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Terrorists of Time starring Human Torch, pencils by Mike Sekowsky. The Flying Graveyard starring Sub-Mariner, art by Allen Simon. Terry Vance untitled story, art by Bob Oskner. Patriot untitled story, art by Jim Mooney. Chain Murders starring Miss America, script by Otto Binder, art by Charles Nicholas. Angel untitled story, art by Gustav Schrotter. 60 pages. Cover price $0.10.

The Battle of the Ghosts!, script by Otto Binder, art by Al Carreno; Captain Marvel Jr. dies for a time, enters Ghost Land, and returns to life. The Paper Brigade starring Captain Marvel Jr.; paper drive public service announcement. Bulletman Battles the Bulletcrook!; Bulletman loses his helmet in an explosion; a crook finds it. One Side! starring Captain Marvel; war bonds ad. House ad for Mechanix Illustrated magazine featuring Captain Marvel and Captain Midnight. Chapter XXII: Death on a Raft text story by Joseph J. Millard. Radar Goes To Berlin starring Radar, Captain Marvel, and Hermann Himmler. The Rug of Doom, art by Jack Sparling. House ad for Don Winslow of the Navy comic. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 31, Issue 7 - May, 1944. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "The Can-Do Boys" by E.H. Kelly, "Magnetic Current" Willy Ley, "An Adventure in Jungle Photography" by Attilio Gatti, "Hornets of Death" by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, "Hobby Healing" by Louis Hochman, "Content of Tomorrow" by Henry Albert Phillips, and others . 6.75-in. x 9.5-in. 162 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Alex Kotzky. The Deadly Secret of Xanukhara featuring Blackhawk, pencils by John Cassone, inks by Alex Kotzky. Untitled stories starring Death Patrol (script and art by Jack Cole), Sniper (art by Vernon Henkel), and Private Dogtag (script and art by Bart Tumey). King Hotlip featuring P.T. Boat. U.S. Destroyer Walke Sunk In Fierce Fight featuring Secret War, script and art by Fred Guardineer. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.