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Prize Comics comic books issue 1

  • Issue #1
    Headline Comics (1943 Prize) 1
    • INCOMPLETE. Missing second wrap and centerfold, affects Junior Rangers, Boy's Life, Happy and Scrappy, and Little Johnny Doolittle stories. Several wraps detached from single center staple.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Stories and art by Jack Binder and Buster Green. Debuting in the heat of World War II, Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. The debut of teen hero squad the Junior Rangers; Perry Allen and Don Powers have adventures throughout the North and South American continents; A comics biography of General Douglas MacArthur. Junior Rangers; Animal Crackers; Cliff Gordon the Wonder Boy; Happy and Scrappy; Little Johnny Doolittle; Grandfather Clock; Perry Allen; Private Messkit; Buck Sanders; Boy's Life of General MacArthur. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Treasure Comics (1945 Prize) 1

    Edited by Samuel Bierman. Cover by August Froehlich. Stories by August Froehlich, Lit-Win, Manny Stallman, Jerry Gale, H. C. Kiefer, John Giunta, and Frank Frazetta. Adventure stories starring such characters as Paul Bunyan, Gor The Gorilla King, Arabian Knight, Dr. Styx, and Marco Polo--these are comics to Treasure! 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Golden Age Classics Prize Comics Black Owl HC (2024 PS Artbooks) 1-1ST


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    Volume 1 - 1st printing. "March 1940-December 1941!" Collects Stories from Prize Comics (1940-1948) #1-17. Cover by Jack Binder. Doug Danville was a wealthy New York playboy who decided to fight crime. He put on a costume and began his career as K the Unknown. He later changed his costume and became the Black Owl! Belittled by private investigator Terry Dane, he continued fighting criminals as the Black Owl-until he enlisted in the Army and handed down his costume to Walt Walters, the father of Yank and Doodle. With a whole host of enemies including Chief Skullface, the Fox, Frankenstein, Funnibone, the Green Mummy, the Tiger Lady, the Laughing Head and the Terrible Midge, among others, the Black Owl had plenty to keep him busy! Hardcover, 208 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Golden Age Classics Prize Comics Black Owl HC (2024 PS Artbooks) Limited Slipcase Edition 1-1ST


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    Volume 1 - 1st printing. "March 1940-December 1941!" Collects Stories from Prize Comics (1940-1948) #1-17. Cover by Jack Binder. Doug Danville was a wealthy New York playboy who decided to fight crime. He put on a costume and began his career as K the Unknown. He later changed his costume and became the Black Owl! Belittled by private investigator Terry Dane, he continued fighting criminals as the Black Owl-until he enlisted in the Army and handed down his costume to Walt Walters, the father of Yank and Doodle. With a whole host of enemies including Chief Skullface, the Fox, Frankenstein, Funnibone, the Green Mummy, the Tiger Lady, the Laughing Head and the Terrible Midge, among others, the Black Owl had plenty to keep him busy! Hardcover (with Slipcase), 208 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.