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Great Comics (1945 Novack) comic books 1938 or later

  • Issue #1KNOCKOUT
    Great Comics (1945 Novack) 1KNOCKOUT
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Knockout Variant.
    • Label #4579508013

    "Knockout" version. Overprinted indicia states "Knockout..." followed by Novack replacement indicia. L. B. Cole cover. Stories reprinted in Danger (1964 Super Comics) #10. In order of appearance: "The Defenders" art by Lucy Feller; "Smilevents"; "Captain Power"; "Toto the Boy From Mars" by Fred Morgan; "Bombing Mission Exectuted" art by Gerald Altman; "Cookin' with Laughing Gas" by Inez Karma; and "Superstitious Al-O-Ysius" art by Al Fago. "Timothy and Kogo Find a Friend" text story by George Collis, reprinted in Pop-Pop Comics (1945) #1. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1NOVACK
    Great Comics (1945 Novack) 1NOVACK
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3734722012
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Lucy Feller, Arnold L. Hicks, Al Fago, and Gerald Altman. Great Comics #1 had multiple variants that included material from other comics with overprinted indicia, packaged under the same cover. This issue has "Novack Publishing Company" as the replacement indicia, and may contain material from an unpublished issue of Jeep Comics (1944). His knowledge of color-film stock allows Captain Power to solve the twisted mystery of the Mexican Doll. During a bombing mission in the Pacific, Captain Jed Allen is shot down by Axis forces and must survive on the open sea. The owner of a struggling magic-supply store gets unwanted assistance from well-intentioned pixie Superstitious Al-o-ysius. The Defenders: The Man in the Gray Coat; Captain Power: The Secret of the Mexican Doll; Bombing Mission Executed; Superstitious Al-o-ysius. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.