Don Winslow of the Navy (1943 Fawcett) comic books 1948

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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.

Stories and art by Victor Pazmino and Joe Certa. 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 discovers that The Snake is using his snakelike abilities to smuggle opium to wealthy Huntington Hophead. Don's latest foe is the mysterious Longhair, who, like Samson, has superhuman strength as long as he has long hair. The Return of the Snake; High Talk!; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Seaside Sticklers; Whipper Snappers; Jetsam Joe; Boy Scout Bob; Warriors of the Sea: The Commandos; Port Puzzlers; Noodle Knockers; Bell Bottom Bill; Denizens of the Deep; The Close Shave. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Victor Pazmino 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'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. Plus a vintage hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. The Perfect Disguise; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Wilbur the Waiter; Whipper Snappers; Jetsam Joe; Clumsy Clara; Warriors of the Sea: Ironclad Showdown; Dizzy Daisy; Vita Min; Bell Bottom Bill; Captain Noah's Ark. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Victor Pazmino, 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. Don and Red find danger in the harem when they get mistaken for spies by a Nazi war criminal hiding out as a pasha in Turkey. In an even more outlandish contrivance, Don and Red are abducted by Arab raiders while dressed as harem girls for a masquerade party. Then, the duo gets pickpocketed while watching a magic act in an Indian bazaar. Uninvited Death; Jetsam Joe; Warriors of the Sea: Tripoli Raid; Bell Bottom Bill; The Fatal Disguise; Navy Quiz; The Murderous Saw. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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 join an expedition down the Nile River. But they aren't expecting an incursion by their old foe, the beautiful but deadly pirate queen Singapore Sal. Plus fun facts about the Navy and the creatures of the sea. The Scourge of the Seven Seas, Part I: The Mysterious Nile; War Record of Patrol Bombing Squadron 150; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Jetsam Joe; Don Winslow's Navy Head-Knockers; Warriors of the Sea: 13 Men; Bell Bottom Bill; The Scourge of the Seven Seas! Part II: Singapore Sal Sails Again!; Denizens of the Deep; Chippy Chipmunk; Navy Quiz; The Scourge of the Seven Seas! Part III: Net Trap. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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. 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 this issue's "Navy Quiz" focuses on the Coast Guard. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Death Rides the Rapids; Cape Fear Landing; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Jetsam Joe; Battling Bantam; Warriors of the Sea; Bell Bottom Bill; Danger in the Depths; Don Winslow's Head-Knockers; Dizzy Daisy; Navy Quiz; Destination Danger. 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.

Cover 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. Prof. Pogol develops U-425, which is "more powerful than the atomic bomb," in a three-part story. So naturally Don's old foe, beautiful but deadly pirate queen Singapore Sal, wants to get her hands on it, and she's willing to use a "hypnotic drug" to do it. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps the Circus Culprit, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Death for Sale Part I: Escape; Signs of Times; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Warriors of the Sea: Scourge of the Mediterranean; Bell Bottom Bill; Death for Sale Part II: The Hypnotic Drug; Puzzlers; Death for Sale Part III: The Hour of Doom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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. During WWII, Don matches wits with his old foe The American, an Axis agent educated in the US. Don gets some downtime during the war, in a story that includes an image of him water-skiing behind a battleship while avoiding enemy fire. Boxer Flatbush Foley returns, seeking to manage his own career, but he lacks the brain power. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. The Return of the American!; Shipwreck Jones and Seaweed Sam: Singing Seamen; Don Winslow Takes It Easy; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Warriors of the Sea: Sturdee's Revenge; Bell Bottom Bill; Foul Fisticuffs. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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. Viking pirates (!) lost in the Sargasso Sea in the 10th century are revived in the 20th century to resume their buccaneering. Don and Red are captured by fascists trying to take over the country of Rugomania, in a story that includes images of the "injury-to-the-eye-motif," a Fredric Wertham favorite. Boxer Flatbush Foley returns, "helping" Don solve a murder mystery. Also featuring a Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Babe Ruth Story," with art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck and a cameo by actor William Bendix, promoting the film The Babe Ruth Story. Legend of the Sargasso Sea; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Gentlemen Scholars; The Castle of Evil; Silly Sue; Warriors of the Sea: Prelude to Glory; Navy Head-Knockers; The Disappearing Body. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.