Comic books March 1942

Cover by Harold DeLay. Stories and art by Ray Gill, Al Fagaly, Harold DeLay, Albert Tyler, Sid Greene and Mickey Spillane. Four different stories featuring clean-cut teen heroes of the 1940s from Novelty Press. The origin story of Dick Cole's sidekick, fellow cadet Simba Karno, involves the villains Master Mongol and Dr. Karno. Teen inventor Edison Bell and his friends learn more about being "junior air raid wardens" for the benefit of young readers during WWII. The text story " Trouble...Come and Get It! " is an early story by hardboiled detective author Mickey Spillane, back when he was writing comics. Edison Bell shows young readers how to make junior air warden equipment. Dick Cole; Edison Bell and His Junior Air Raid Wardens; Trouble… Come and Get It! (text story); The Target and the Targeteers: Introducing the Tiny Targets; The Cadet (Kit Carter): The Web of Sabotage. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, script by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Just Kids strips by A.D. Carter. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Collectin' Stamps article by Eugene Pollack. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Pete the Tramp strips by Clarence D. Russell. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. The Battle of the Atlantic text story, art by E. Franklin Wittmack. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Fred Ray. The Devil's Playground starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Paul Cassidy. Crimes in Color starring Vigilante, script by Mort Weisinger, art by Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.). Three Aces story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Chad Grothkopf. Iron Giant starring Mr. America and Fatman, script by Ken Fitch, art by Bernard Baily. Congo Bill story, art by Fred Ray. Zatara story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Joseph Sulman. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Burnley. Case of the Magic Bloodstone, script by Gardner F. Fox, pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by Jack Burnley and Ray Burnley [backgrounds]; Starman becomes involved in a case involving the mysterious deaths of several members of an expedition in the Arabian Desert who had taken an accursed bloodstone from an ancient temple. The Adventure of the Stolen Armor starring The Shining Knight, art by Creig Flessel. The Bullet-Proof Tigers starring Steve Conrad, Adventurer, script and art by Jack Lehti. Dr. Glisten starring The Hourman, script by Ken Fitch, art by Bernard Baily. The Fish-Men starring Paul Kirk, Manhunter, script and art by Ed Moore. The Riddle of the Slave Market starring The Sandman, script by Jack Kirby, pencils by Jack Kirby. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Martin Nodell (Green Lantern figure) and Irwin Hasen. Murder on Wheels, script by Bill Finger, art by Irwin Hasen (signed as Mart Nodell); Green Lantern investigates murder at the racetrack as foreign powers attempt to prevent the U.S. Government from obtaining a new type of motor. The Search for Tank starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. The Flash Celebrates the President's Diamond Jubilee Birthday public service announcement, art by Everett E. Hibbard. The Calvin Baby Tending Service, script by Bill O'Connor, pencils by Ben Flinton, inks by Leonard Sansone; The Atom has to find a way to clear Al Pratt of kidnapping charges. Squirty McGillicuddy starring Scribbly and the Red Tornado, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. Money or Country? starring Red, White and Blue, art by Howard Purcell. The Land Swindlers starring Sargon the Sorcerer, script by John B. Wentworth, art by Howard Purcell. The Reckless Driver starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by Charles Reizenstein, art by Stan Aschmeier. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $35.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 2, Issue 2 - March, 1942. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Gardner F. Fox. Art and cover by Everett E. Hibbard. Professor McQuatness invents a formula pill that re-arranges the electrons of the human body, allowing a person to travel in time. When the Professor persuades a skeptical Flash to travel back to 50 B.C., Joan Williams and several crooks make the journey as well. The Flash loses his super speed and becomes a galley slave for Julius Caesar. Butch McLobster story by Ed Wheelan. Hop Harrigan text story by Evelyn Gaines. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $73.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $73.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $29.00 View scans 4 1/4 Cumulative spine split.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $28.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 50%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

March 1943. Giant Size Issue. Cover by Robert Fuqua. Stories by E. K. Jarvis ("The Metal Monster"), Stanley G. Weinbaum, Ed Earl Repp, David Wright O'Brien, David Wright O'Brien (as 'Clee Garson'), W. P. McGivern & David Wright O'Brien ("Victory from the Void"), Paul Miles, and Leroy Yerxa (as 'Lee Francis'). Illustrations by Frank R. Paul, Virgil Finlay, William Panak, Robert Fuqua, Jay Jackson, L. Raymond Jones, and Joe Sewell. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 240 newsprint pages Cover price $0.25.

All issues in this series consist of three remaindered/coverless copies of unsold Amazing Stories (not reprints) re-bound together by Ziff-Davis into a single thick volume with new outer cover art. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $10.00 View scan

Vol. 36 #3 - Mar. 1942. Technical articles for the photography enthusiast. 8.5" x 11", 64 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

March 1942. Cover by H. W. Wesso. "The Pied Piper" by Robert A. Heinlein (as Lyle Monroe). Other stories by Neil R. Jones, Robert Arthure, Ray Cummings, Joseph Gilbert, James McCreigh, Walter Kubilius, and Richard Wilson. Illustrations by Leo Morey, Hannes Bok. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 9 1/2-in, 114 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

March, 1942. Volume 29, Issue 1. Cover by Hubert Rogers. Bedsheet format, 8.5-in. x 11.5-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

The Black Bat in "The Blackout Murders" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Snatchers are Suckers" by Robert C. Donohue; and "A Grave for Grogan" by Norman A. Daniels. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by David Adams. Cover by Jack A. Warren. Stories by Bob Davis, Ray Gill, Harold DeLay, Alan Mandel, Jack A. Warren, Mickey Spillane (a text story called Jinx Heap), Henry Kiefer, Bill O'Connor, Ben Flinton, Leonard Sansone, and John Daly. Dick Cole encounters ice boats. Blue Bolt encounters the horror on The Rock of the Crawling Death. Cloud Carries On! featuring The White Rider and Super Horse. Sub-Zero investigates the circumstances surrounding a dead district attorney. 68 pages, $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Lin Streeter. The Black Hand's Pirate Ship starring Captain Flag, script by Joe Blair, art by Lin Streeter. The Sacrifice starring the dog Rang-A-Tang, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle. The Fingerless Corpse starring the Fox and the Mandarin Fox, script by Joe Blair, art by Warren King. The Last Mission starring Corporal Collins, script by Harry Shorten, art by Carl Hubbell. Beethoven starring Ludwig Von Beethoven, art by Bill Woolfolk. The Warren House Curse--Tales From the Witch's Cauldron, script by Joe Blair, art by Jim Phillips. Leonardo Da Vinci story. The Ghost of Rogers starring Mr. Justice, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $254.00 View scans Paper: Off white Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 53, Issue 6 - March, 1942. 6.75" x 9.75", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Mac Raboy. After the death of Jonas Kerm, owner of the Murdock Estate, the will is read by the family attorney, telling the six heirs that the estate will be divided equally among them. "Midas" Malone and his co-horts in crime, are sprung from prison, due to the efforts of crooks in Police clothing. After a ten year manhunt, the Police arrest Big Grando and pout him on a train to prison. Private Ward's idea to help he and his buddy Enterprise clean dishes, literally blows up in his face. A mysterious Medusa type villain loots the antiquities museum and the Bullet Duo head out after him, and hope to stop him before he succeeds in stealing more Egyptian treasures. Ad for Captain Marvel Advetures #4, art by C. C. Beck. Ad for Ibis the Invincible. Ad for Master Comics, art by Mac Raboy. Ad for Big Little Book featuring Captain Marvel. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Part text articles, part comics. Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

Includes a very early Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd appearances, plus twelve pages of beautiful Walt Kelly art. Also, art by Frank Thomas. Western, cartoon characters, and action/adventure comic strips. Also features photos of girls in skimpy out-fits. 1942 was definitely a different era as there is an advertisement for Chesterfield Cigarettes on the back cover of this comic book. 64 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Charles Quinlan, Ray Willner, Al Ulmer, Saul Rosen, E. Murphy and Art Angel. Sometimes listed as Captain Aero Comics #9. A patriotic WWII aviator hero whose motto was "Keep 'Em Flyin'!" Captain Aero follows a Nazi U-boat into the West Indies and finds himself in the inferno pit of Killer's Cay. Solar, Master of Magic battles a fortune-teller who has June abducted to find the Opal of Phunstan. Alias X is suspected of murder aboard an ocean liner, but the real killer seems to be a mummy. Captain Aero: The Fiend of Killer's Cay; Angel; Flagman: The Singing Monster; Captain Aero's Sky Scouts; Chief Pastypuss; All In Fun; Scotty; Alias X: The Walking Mummy; Pals of Freedom: The Case of the Baseball Blackout; Solar, Master of Magic. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Avison. "The Terrible Menace of the Pygmies of Terror!", script by Otto Binder, art by Al Avison; A scientist returns from the Amazon with a secret gas that turns people into the size of pygmies to rob and kill for him, and Cap & Bucky must figure out a way to stop him after being shrunken themselves.Sentinels of Liberty ad. "The Case of Rozzo the Rebel," art by Avison; Two old comrades, who once swore to share half of the other's wealth in life, suddenly find themselves opposed to one another, even unto the death! Untitled Imp story, script by Stan Lee, art by Chad Grothkopf; The Imp is called forth to fight a monstrous dragon, and not only causes the beast to drown, but he aids in the capture of the Spider and his men. "Timber!" text story. Untitled Father Time, Nemesis of Evildoers story, script by Stan Lee, art by Jack Alderman; Father Time must deal with a mobster who has set fire to his own building to collect the insurance; In doing so, he shoots and kills a man, and kidnaps his daughter, to hush up those who know the truth about the situation. "The Silent Death?", script by Stan Lee (as Neel Nats); Hunter must deal with an angry group of Londoners who have been led to believe that one of Headline's stories led to the sinking of two British ships by the Nazis. Sentinels of Liberty Secret Club News. Marvel Mystery Comics ad. Sub-Mariner. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.