Don Winslow of the Navy (1943 Fawcett) comic books

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $110.00 View scans Only one staple (manufacturing). Centerfold detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and Victor Pazmiño. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. The Nazis send three agents in a miniature sub to steal an American battleship. The capture of an Axis spy leaves his replacement out there, about whom nothing is known. Don and Red have information that will benefit an Allied ship convoy, but they are trapped on a jungle island by Axis forces and hostile natives. The Stolen Battleship; Warriors of the Sea: Second Chance Victory!; The Unknown Spy; Eaglebeak Spruder; The Invisible Sub Strikes Again!!!; Jetsam Joe and the Pirate's Chest. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $32.00 View scans

Stories and art by John Jordan, Edd Ashe, Tom McNamara, and Victor Pazmiño. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don and Red seek help from Australia in taking a well-held Axis island. The pair joins a task force to take the Axis stronghold on Wemak Island. Don and Red must restore lights to an airfield before a dynamite-laden transport lands. Plus a Don Winslow PSA for wartime paper rationing, and an illustration of the ship U.S.S. K-7. Bonape Excursion!; Jetsam Joe; Eaglebeak Spruder; Wemak Attack; Warriors of the Sea: The Human Destroyer; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Don Winslow and the Dynamite Transport! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $24.00 View scan Water damage with rust migration.

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and Victor Pazmiño. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don is the commander of a prison ship full of Nazi POWs, and must decide what to do when a storm threatens to sink the ship. Don and a task force of five Marines try to retake an Axis-controlled island. Captain Wiggum entertains Coast Guard troops with the showboat on his paddlewheel steamer... too bad he's also the cover for Axis agents. Plus a Don Winslow PSA for wartime paper rationing. The Prison Ship; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Death Trap; The Dakar Incident; Jetsam Joe; Eaglebeak Spruder; The Showboat Mystery. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $14.00 View scan Centerfold detached.

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Stories and art by Tom McNamara and Victor Pazmino. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don goes diving in a sunken vessel, to recover a rare mineral that's crucial to wartime production before enemy agents find it. Don leads an assault on a supposedly impenetrable Axis fortress on Saukan Island. Don and Red help the Coast Guard hunt a mysterious enemy vessel that cannot be detected by normal means. Plus a Don Winslow PSA for wartime paper rationing. Don Winslow of the Navy Dives for Pentamine; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Jetsam Joe; Eaglebeak Spruder; Airborne Attack; Famous Navy Sayings; Warriors of the Sea: Admiral of the Jungle Sea; The Sub That Wasn't There. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $29.00 View scan

Stories and art by Victor Pazmino, Tom McNamara and John Jordan. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don's old enemy The Scorpion returns, with plans to take over a Pacific military base, and then the world. Don tracks the fugitive war profiteer known as the Renegade to the Alaska territory, but the Renegade is waiting for him. Don recalls his actions on D-Day for a Navy newspaper. Plus facts about the military and WWII, and an illustration of the Seahawk warplane. And a vintage ad for Mary Marvel fashions (dresses, not the costume). The Skywaymen; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Jetsam Joe; Eaglebeak Spruder; Thin Ice; Japanese Shipping Losses Inflicted by the United States Navy; His Toughest Opponent; Warriors of the Sea: Still Life; Do You Know Your Navy?; Naval and Hydrography; Don Tells a Tale!; Don Winslow's Service Ribbons. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Carl Pfeufer, John Jordan, Tom McNamara and Victor Pazmino. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don takes part in an expedition to climb Mount Everest. In a three-part story from WWII, Don's old enemy the American returns. As the cover advises, these issues feature "official war stories from Don Winslow's Log Book," as he, like other wartime heroes, had to explain the continued reliance on WWII stories after the war was over. When Don is placed in charge of the Navy's newest, biggest battleship, the American plots to capture both Don and the ship. Plus facts about the military and semaphore. Don Winslow Climbs Mount Everest; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; The American Returns, Part I: Toguchi's Revenge; Curious Facts About the Sea; Jetsam Joe; Eaglebeak Spruder; Part II: Jungle Trap; Military Shorthand; Warriors of the Sea: The President Strikes Back; Semaphore Alphabet, Part 2; Bell Bottom Bill; Part III: Bomby Day! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $11.00 View scans Water damage.

Stories and art by Victor Pazmino and others. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don and Red try to figure out which of a dozen shipboard passengers is smuggling diamonds into the United States. Surveying Tabu Island for use as a test range, Don and Red encounter its sole inhabitant, a hermit who is violently opposed to strangers. Don and Red go undercover as Naval recruits to figure out why recruits are disappearing, and find their old enemy The Scorpion is building a navy. Plus fun facts about the US Navy. The Doll Murder Case; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; The Hermit of Tabu Island; Dippy Detours; Whipper Snappers; Jetsam Joe; Eaglebeak Spruder; Mission Tokyo; Warriors of the Sea: Interrupted Journey; Beyond All Duty; Don Winslow's Military Shorthand; Bell Bottom Bill; The Scorpion's Navy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $37.00 View scan Centerfold detached at one staple.

Stories and art by Dick MacKay, Victor Pazmino and Tom McNamara. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don's old enemy The Renegade sets out to escape from Rock Island Prison, and Don needs a contingent of US Marines to stop the resulting jailbreak. Don and Red get drawn into a Tintin-like murder mystery over a ship in a bottle. Don races to reach a shipwreck containing an important map before his old foe the Scorpion gets there first. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie's Counter-Spook, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. The Renegade's Jailbreak; Don Winslow's Navy Quiz; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; The Ship Bottle Mystery; Red's Beauty Contest; Whipper Snappers; Jetsam Joe; Warriors of the Sea: Straits of Death Part Two; Bell Bottom Bill; The Scorpion's Quest. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. Stories and art by Dick Kraus and others. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don's latest foe is the long-limbed contortionist known as The Snake, who can fit into any space, no matter how narrow. Don and Red's investigation of a ship aground on a reef leads to a murdered lighthouse keeper and fugitive smugglers. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, The Radar Rescue, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. The Light That Failed; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Witless Witmore; Denizens of the Deep; Whipper Snappers; Jetsam Joe; Dippy Detours; Warriors of the Sea: Death at Trafalgar; Don Winslow's Navy Quiz; Bell Bottom Bill; The Venom of the Snake! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Tom McNamara and others. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don tries to protect the Commander's young son Georgie after he stows away on a ship during a dangerous training mission. Don joins forces with a local detective when he goes to a remote tropical island in search of missing ammunition. And a guide to international signal flags. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. On Target; International Signal Code Flags; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight!; Whipper Snappers; Jetsam Joe; Warriors of the Sea: Ring of Death; Don Winslow's Navy Quiz; Bell Bottom Bill; Denizens of the Deep; Doomed Atoll. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Sid Lazarus and others. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don and Red investigate after a ship is found adrift, with half its crew dead. A friend seeks Don's help after being swindled by a phony fortune teller. Mercedes finds danger while researching a news story, and only Don can get her out of it. Also, fun facts about the Navy. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Shanghaied; The Snortville Sneeze: Beauty on Parade; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Warriors of the Sea: Java Rescue; Bell Bottom Bill; The Return of the Dead; Navy Quiz; The Superstition of the Sea. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $13.00 View scans 1.5" Cumulative spine split.

During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don and Red are marooned at sea in a rowboat with two smugglers they were escorting to prison. During WWII, Don must retrieve sunken treasure before Axis forces get their hands on it. Don tracks his old foe the Scorpion, who has been destroying Coast Guard vessels. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad for a propeller beanie, a must-have fashion item for 1950s kids. Bondage cover by an unknown artist. Marooned; Shipwreck Jones and Seaweed Sam: Big Men at Sea; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Warriors of the Sea: Lucky Thirteenth; Bell Bottom Bill; Dangerous Treasure; Navy Quiz; Don Winslow and the Return of the Scorpion. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $9.80

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and Howard Boughner. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don and Red must escort a ship, the "Excelsior," bearing a cargo of nitroglycerine. Don and boxer Flatbush Foley get kids involved in boxing for a neighborhood athletic league, but naturally gangsters want in on the action. Don tries to awaken Flatbush for a bout after he spends a night at Joe's Jitterbug Jive Dive with his girlfriend. Plus a vintage ad for the Captain Marvel (Shazam) wristwatch, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Dangerous Cargo; Nautical Nancy; Trouble; Concrete Evidence; Eaglebeak Spruder; Bell Bottom Bill; Dizzy Daisy; Navy Quiz; The Big Snooze. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $10.50

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and Howard Boughner. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. In a three-part story, Don and Red investigate flying saucer sightings. He tracks the UFOs to the jungle, before learning it's the latest plan from his old enemy, The Scorpion. But when Red is injured, Don must bargain for his life with the top-secret project, the X-36. The Flying Saucer Attack; Warriors of the Sea: Against the Atlantic; Jungle Adventure; Shipwreck and Seaweed: Prize Uglies; The Scorpion's Sting; Tugboat Tucker; Bell Bottom Bill. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $9.80

During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. In a three-part sci-fi story, Don and Red are assigned to test-fly the X-36, a plane designed to catch flying saucers. But the aliens capture the X-36 with Don and Red aboard, transporting it to the planet Venus. They must bargain with the Venusian leader, the Wizard of Oz-like Zimm, for Earth's survival. Tugboat Tucker; The Great Solar Mystery; Heroes of the Lawrence; Peril on Venus; Shipwreck and Seaweed: Daze Without End; Dangerous Return; Muscle Hedd. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart GD- 1.8 $9.80

Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. In a three-part story, Don and Red seek a lost ship in the waters off Antarctica. But after hostile aircraft destroy their plane, they must cross the ice on foot. Finding a hidden base, they realize their old foe The Scorpion is behind it all. Bell Bottom Bill; Terror on the Tundras: Chapter 1: Disaster Strikes; Heroes of the Lawrence; Terror on the Tundras: Chapter 2: In the Lair of the Beast; Marianas Turkey Shoot; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: The Baloney Boys; Terror on the Tundras: Chapter 3: The Death Blow. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $27.00 Water damage.

Stories and art by Victor Pazmino, Tom McNamara and John Jordan. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show. First issue published by Charlton. Don and Red work with the Coast Guard to track a mysterious ship linked to a series of murders. Soon they learn the killings are the work of Don's old foe, The Scorpion. Before long they've stumbled on the Scorpion's plot to take over the United States itself. Return of the Scorpion; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Jetsam Joe; Eaglebeak Spruder; The Hidden River; Warriors of the Sea: The Breach; The Scorpion Shows His Hand. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $2.50 INCOMPLETE. Missing pages (affects art and story). Water damage.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Tom McNamara and Howard Boughner. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and popular radio show. On assignment with the Coast Guard to protect fishing scows, Don and Red encounter the dangerous place called Disaster Falls. Don tests an experimental one-man submarine under dangerous weather conditions. Don and Red are stationed on a Coast Guard cutter in the Pacific that soon faces unexpected danger. Plus a quiz about the Coast Guard. Death Rides the Rapids; Cape Fear Landing; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Bell Bottom Bill; Danger in the Depths; Don Winslow's Head-Knockers; Dizzy Daisy; Destination Danger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Clem Weisbecker and Howard Boughner. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show. Don's old foe Rubberface returns to make trouble, by disguising himself as Don Winslow. Don tries to help an old friend of the Admiral who's convinced that he's the modern Noah building an ark, in a story featuring a cameo by newsboy Freddy Freeman, aka Captain Marvel Jr. The Perfect Disguise; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Wilbur the Waiter; Lance O'Casey: The Plight of Homer Whittington, Jr.; Warriors of the Sea: Ironclad Showdown; Dizzy Daisy; Bell Bottom Bill; Captain Noah's Ark. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $5.90 5" cumulative spine split. Water damage.

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and others. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don tries to protect the Commander's young son Georgie after he stows away on a ship during a dangerous training mission. Don joins forces with a local detective when he goes to a remote tropical island in search of missing ammunition. On Target; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Warriors of the Sea: Action off Misima; Bell Bottom Bill; Doomed Atoll. Final issue under this title; series continues as Fightin' Navy (1956) #74. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.