Comic books December 1942

Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, script by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Pete the Tramp strips by Clarence D. Russell. Just Kids strips by A.D. Carter. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Collectin' Stamps article, art 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. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Teddy and Sitting Bull, art by Joe Musial. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Burnley. A Goof Named Tiny Rufe starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster), inks by Ed Dobrotka. Bullets for Breakfast starring Vigilante, pencils by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton Jr.), inks by George Roussos. Aces of Fire starring Three Aces, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Louis Cazeneuve. Escape from the Scaffold starring Americommandos, script by Joseph Greene, art by Bernard Baily. A Modern Robinson Crusoe starring Congo Bill. Crimes by Coincidence starring Zatara, art by Joseph Sulman. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. A Drama in Dreams, script and pencils by Jack Kirby; Threatening to kill Sandy, Wesley Dodds is kidnapped and forced to sign papers turning over the rights to his gold mine stock and fortune. Starman's Lucky Star, script by Gardner F. Fox, pencils by Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton Jr.], inks by George Roussos [as Inky Roussos]. The Enigma of the Nonagenarian Natator starring Genius Jones, script by Alfred Bester, art by Stan Kaye. The Adventure of the Queen's Jades starring The Shining Knight, art by Louis Cazeneuve. The Case of the Crying Cat starring Manhunter, art by Pierce Rice. Time Out For Hitler starring Hourman and Thorndyke, art by Bernard Baily. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Ed Cronin. Cover by Charles Biro. Stories by Charles Biro, Dick Wood, Al Camy, Harry Stein, Mort Leav, Fred Kida, Nathaniel Nitkin, John Cassone, Harry Sahle, Al Jaffe, and Bob Fujitani. Heroic action stories of war and airborne adventure—these are Air Fighters Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Irwin Hasen. The Headstrong Heiress!, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Harry Tschida; The daughter of Apex Broadcasting Company's executive manager, trying to play up top both Alan Scott and Green Lantern, has herself kidnapped as a joke. The Gallant Gambler! starring The Atom, art by Joe Gallagher. Capt. Edwin C. Musick--Hop Harrigan's History of American Aviation by Joe L. Blummer. Gunnery Practice starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. Mystery in the Mining Shaft starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by Charles Reizenstein, art by Stan Aschmeier [signed as Stan Josephs]. Sheldon Mayer Meets the Red Tornado, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. Black Magic against White Magic starring Sargon the Sorcerer, script by John B. Wentworth, art by Howard Purcell. The Nazi Protection Racket starring Red, White and Blue, script by Ted Udall, art by Joe Gallagher. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith (as Bud Fisher). 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $2,600.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: See item notes Small gap in one corner of inner well. Label #4286978001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

The Justice Society of America battle the Nazis in Europe in "Food for Starving Patriots!" Plot by Gardner Fox and Sheldom Mayer, script by Fox. Art by Joe Gallagher plus individual chapters featuring Hawkman in France (art by Sheldon Moldoff), Starman in Poland (art by Lou Ferstadt), the Atom in Holland (art by Gallagher), Doctor Fate in Germany (art by Howard Sherman), Dr. Mid-nite in Norway (art by Stan Aschmeier), the Spectre in Belgium (pencils by Pierce Rice, inks by Bernard Baily), Johnny Thunder in Czechoslovakia (arg by Aschmeier), and the Sandman in Greece (art by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, and Howard Ferguson). Brief Wonder Woman appearance. Two-page Hop Harrigan text story, "The Statue of Buddha." Junior JSA Club begins with membership offer. Gallagher cover. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Gardner F. Fox. Art and cover by Harry Tschida. The Flash comes face to face with a mystery writer who not only writes stories, but acts them out in order to make his stories more realistic. Inviting several of his actor friends to help out and scare Jay and Joan, the writer doesn't realize that real crooks have made their way onto the scene. Sweet Adeline humor story by Art Helfant. Grumman-F4F-3 aviation fact page by Falcon Mathieu. Hop Harrigan text story by Evelyn Gaines. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $45.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $42.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $39.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $16.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 60%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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December 1942. Giant Size Issue. Cover by J. Allen St. John. Stories by Howard Browne, Edmond Hamilton, Robert Moore Williams, Leroy Yerxa, Clark South, Chester S. Geier, Dwight V. Swain, and Gerald Vance. Illustrations by J. Allen St. John, Jay Jackson, Ned Hadley, Malcolm Smith, Robert Fuqua, Magarian, and Joe Sewell. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 240 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Winter, 1942. 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 $0.35.

Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Dave Berg and Phil Bard. Fawcett's first squarebound comic is an anthology of its greatest superheroes, including Bulletman, Spy Smasher, and of course the original Captain Marvel (Shazam). Billy Batson is in trouble when Zeus tires of throwing the magic lightning bolts that turn him into Captain Marvel, in a story with early art by future Mad "Lighter Side" artist Dave Berg. Mr. Scarlet tracks down the killer known as the Phantom. In the Aleutians, dangerously close to US territory, Spy Smasher discovers that Axis forces are recruiting birds into the bomber squadrons. Captain Marvel: The Lost Lightning; Spy Smasher Battles the Bomber Birds; Bulletman: The Plotter; Sea Hunters; Minute Man: The Goddess of Fire!; Whipper-Snappers: Home Work; Mr. Scarlet: The Phantom of Marston Manor; Commando Yank Joins Forces With the Paris Apaches. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 25, Issue 12 - December 1942. The American Girl magazine. For all girls--Published by the Girl Scouts, features articles, advice, and crafts. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Vol. 36 #12 - Dec. 1942. Technical articles for the photography enthusiast. 8.5" x 11", 64 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $145.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Good $95.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Heavy water damage.

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Volume 4, Issue 2 - December, 1942. 6.75" x 9.5", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

December, 1942. Volume 30, Issue 4. Cover by William Timmins. Bedsheet format, 8.5-in. x 11.5-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Jerry Robinson. "The Case Batman Failed to Solve!!!", script by Don Cameron, art by Jerry Robinson; Batman is among a handful of famed detectives that are invited to a conference, during which famed detective, Dana Drye, is shot and killed before their eyes. "Prescription for Happiness!", script by Don Cameron, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Old Doc Chalmers, after spending a lifetime helping other people, loses just about everything in his place of business when a group of crooks use his shop as a base, and it is destroyed in a melee. 2-page Wee Willie Winkie story by Bob Naylor. "Swastika Over the White House!", script by Don Cameron, pencils by Jack Burnley (as Bob Kane), inks by Jack Burnley (as Bob Kane) and Ray Burnley (backgrounds); The Nazis succeed in getting one of their undercover men hired into a position as a photographer in order to infiltrate defense plants and take secret photos that will be used to sabotage America's war efforts. "Foolish Business" text story by Ben Warren. "Bargains in Banditry!", script by Don Cameron, pencils by Jack Burnley (as Bob Kane), inks by Jack Burnley (as Bob Kane) and Ray Burnley (backgrounds); The Penguin decides to go into business for himself by offering to the underworld pre-planned crimes at cut rate prices. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Allen Saunders. Art by Elmer Woggon. Reprints of the comic strip, featuring wacky humor typical of its time. Mooseface has a toothache; The Great Gusto wants Wahoo to help him lose weight; A researcher wants to know about the Native art on blankets. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Gardner Fox, Ham Fisher, Frank Tinsley, Frank Beck, H. J. Tuthill, Ray McGill, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, and Ogden Whitney. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Sparky Watts, the world's strongest man, goes out for football. The Face fights to free the captive Flying Tigers fighter squad from a Japanese ship. The mysterious voice of The Prophet hijacks radio waves to predict disasters, undermine the US war effort, and frame Skyman for his crimes. Cover by Ogden Whitney features Joe Palooka, Santa Claus, and a flying jeep. Mortimer the Monk; Skyman; Sparky Watts; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Trixie; Bo; Rocky Ryan; Dixie Dugan; The Bungle Family; The Face. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $45.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Digest sized Spanish language translation of Bill Barnes Air Adventures published by Editorial Molino in Argentina.

December, 1942. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 1.0 $300.00 View scans Paper: Slightly britle Slab: Minor side edge crack Label #3912219002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Sol Brodsky. Stories by Alberta Tews, Bernie Krigstein, Oliver Ashford, Eddie Murphy, Charles Quinlan, and Sol Brodsky. The Blue Beetle in "The Case of the Twisted Minds" and "The Walking Tank." Tales of daring-do, with such colorful characters as Benny Bumps, V-Man, and Blue Beetle, a super-hero who wears a special bulletproof costume and takes "Vitamin 2X" which gives him super-energy. Blue Beetle battles Nazis. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Al Fagaly, Alan Mandel, Jack Warren, John Daly, Bill O'Connor, Ray Gill, Harold DeLay, George Kapitan, Ogden Whitney, John Jordan, Ben Flinton, Leonard Sansone, Eugene L. Pollock and Mickey Spillane. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #31. Former superhero Blue Bolt soars as an aviator hero in WWII. The crew of the Phantom Sub is marked for death by Japanese forces after capturing a key spy. A 2-page (prose) story by future hardboiled detective author Mickey Spillane. A comics biography of aviator hero Jimmy Doolittle is also written by Spillane, and illustrated by Ogden Whitney - a rare combination of talents indeed. Dick Cole; Edison Bell; Blue Bolt the American: The Adventure of the Missing Formula!; Krisko and Jasper; Make It Yourself This Xmas; The White Rider and Super Horse: The Texas Rangers!; Sub-Zero; Old Cap Hawkins' Tales: Brigadier-General Jimmy Doolittle; Fighting Mad; Phantom Sub; Sergeant Spook; Bluebolts and Nuts. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dick Wood, Dick Briefer, Bob Montana, Bob Wood, Norman Maurer, Bart Tumey and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. Yankee Longago, whose dreams take him on time-traveling adventures, visits the court of Napoleon. New York street kid Rollo P. Quinn becomes known as Little Dynamite, whose gang is a force to be reckoned with. A PSA for Defense Bonds - a wartime fundraising effort - featuring art by Archie creator Bob Montana and cameos by Jack Benny and Jimmy Durante. Crimebuster; Young Robin Hood; Boy Comics Hero of the Month; Daredevil Helps a Pal; Dickie Dean; The Case of Larry Riley; Swoop Storm; Little Dynamite; Bombshell: Sabotage!; Yankee Longago. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Otto Binder and Nathaniel Nitkin. High-tech, bullet-shaped helmets allow Jim and Susan to become the soaring superheroes Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Sad-eyed supervillain The Weeper returns to face Bulletman, Bulletgirl, and their new ally Bulletdog. Final appearance of the original Weeper (not counting the Old West version). The strange villain called The Waxer captures Bulletgirl, in a story with some bondage art. Eccentric inventor gone wrong The Crackpot looks like a Dick Tracy villain and has dangerous devices. The Weeper; The Waxer; The Return of Mr. Ego; Only the Bravest Live; Ambitious Armbruster; The Crackpot. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.