Clue Comics (1943) comic books 1942-1944
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Issue #2
- 3 1/2" cumulative spine split (chew). Centerfold detached at one staple and loose at second. Cover oxidation.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Cover by Alan Mandel and Dan Barry. Stories and art by Alan Mandel, Tony DiPreta, Al Ulmer, and John Cassone. Forgotten superheroes from the Golden Age of comics, featuring early work by Dan Barry and other comics legends. Zippo, Nightmare and Sleepy were all listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Nightmare and his sidekick Sleepy investigate when Sunnytown's gravity suddenly gets turned off. Zippo uses his powered skates to investigate a doll factory that is smuggling steel to America's enemies during wartime. Twilight and Snoopy investigate suspicious doings at a museum, and encounter the villain known as The Porcupine. The Boy King: A Leader Against Crime!; Nightmare and Sleepy: The Upside-Down Town; Stupid Manny; Micro-Face; Detectives Have Brains; Zippo; Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers; Twilight: The Quilled Death!! 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #4
- INCOMPLETE. First wrap missing, interrupts art and story. Cover detached. Large cover tear.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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Cover by Dan Barry. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Alan Mandel, Tony DiPreta, and John Cassone. Forgotten superheroes from the Golden Age of comics, featuring early work by Dan Barry and other comics legends. Zippo, Nightmare and Sleepy were all listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Hitler orders scientists to create a Nazi robot tyrannosaur to battle the Giant and the Boy King. Nightmare and Sleepy battle a villain whose skill is making ultra-realistic silhouettes in a short time. Micro-Face becomes caught up in the deadly hunt for the cursed gem called the Fire of Kenya. The Boy King and the Giant; Nightmare and Sleepy: The Silhouettes of Death!!; Stupid Manny; Micro-Face; The Blind Detective; Zippo; Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers; Twilight. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #9
$100.00
View scan- 7" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. Interior tearing.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Stories and art by Art Seymour, Ed Cronin, Tony DiPreta, and Maurice del Bourgo. Forgotten superheroes from the Golden Age of comics, featuring early work by Dan Barry and other comics legends. Nightmare and Sleepy were listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Boy King and Giant face Paris, a chess-playing android altered by a criminal into using its high-tech powers for crime and murder. Nightmare and Sleepy battle a baron obsessed with recreating the lifestyle and crimes of his medieval ancestors. Twilght and Snoopy (his trained parrot) pursue counterfeiters who are burning their money for some sinister reason. The Boy King and the Giant: That Paris Should Know the Boy King!!; Nightmare and Sleepy; Stupid Manny; Their Strangest Case; Twilight: Money to Burn!; Skinny McGinty; Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
