Comic books December 1942

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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 pgs. $0.10. 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. 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.

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. 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. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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.

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Edited by Rod Reed. Cover by C. C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Stories by Dave Berg, Mac Raboy, Nathaniel Nitkin, and Phil Bard. Super-hero tales of action and adventure starring such characters as Captain Marvel, Spy Smasher, Bulletman, Minute Man, Mr. Scarlet, and Commando Yank. 100 pages, full color. $0.15. 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.

December, 1942. Volume 30, Issue 4. Bedsheet format, 8.5-in. x 11.5-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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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 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 Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Edd Ashe, Don Lynch, Maxine Shore, M.M. Oblinger, Dixie Willson, Anna C. Winlow, Louise Seaman Bechtel, Tom Stewart, Joan Lane, Nell Giles, Emily Parcher, Eleanor Boykin, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Carolyn Keene. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A comics biography of Chinese film actress and a pioneering aviator Lee Ya-Ching. Coverage of the service women were doing on the home front and in the Red Cross during WWII. A comics biography of Marie Peary, daughter of Arctic explorer Robert Peary, who became known as "Snow Baby" after she was born near the North Pole. Susan Says; The Yorktown Younger Set; Good Fairy of China; Snowbaby; Judy Wing; What Girls are Doing to Speed Victory; Soldier's Daughter; For Kathryn, With Love; She Sticks to Her Guns; Lets Talk Things Over; Mystery at the Lookout; Riches; Volumes of Pleasure; Heroes on and off the Screen; Turkey Talk; Sybil and Mike; Help Yourself to a Good Time; Hold That Line!; Solve Your Weightiest Problems with Chubby Sizes; Christmas Is What You Make for It!; Winter Fun with Plants; Girls in the News; Gadgets for Girls. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Syd Shores. "The Creeper and the 3 Rubies of Doom!", pencils by Al Avison (as Syd Shores), inks by Syd Shores (as Vince Alascia); One of Hitler's agents, the Creeper, steals a tri-rubied treaty ring in hopes of disrupting the signing of a treaty that pledges the last neutral European country to fight alongside the Allies, because he thinks that, when the U.S. ambassador Lissom signs the treaty without wearing the ring he was gifted by the ruler, the country will perceive a slight and choose to throw in with the Axis instead. "The Cobra Strikes"; The Torch and Toro spot the kidnapping of the South American Ambassador, but they are gassed by the perpetrators. "Satan and the Sorcerer's Secret!"; Balthar comes to Bald Mountain in order to study Egyptian writings on how the souls of the dead can be brought back to life, when Satan appears and claims the sorcerer's soul until he can redeem it. "Catch That Firebug!" text story. "The Sinister Spies," script and art by Guy Blythe; Dippy is going to sign a treaty with the United States, but first decides to play a game of golf, not knowing two spies are out to kill him before the treaty can be signed. "The Case of the Silent Hermit," script by Stan Lee, art by Bob Oksner; Roddy attempts to sell some war stamps to an old hermit, but is led to believe that the old man has little money to keep body and soul together. Roddy attempts to sell some war stamps to an old hermit, but is led to believe that the old man has little money to keep body and soul together. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Captain Battle stars in "The Volcano of Death" and "The Spells of Black Magic." Also in this issue: Presto Martin, Silver Streak in "The Mystery of the Monstrous Fly," Cloud Curtis (art by Joe Simon), and Lance Hale. Captain Battle origin and first appearance reprinted from Silver Streak 3. Lance Hale origin reprint from Silver Streak. 52 pages; no date. Cover price $0.10.

Winter 1942. Stories by Edmond Hamilton ("The Face of the Deep"), Oscar J. Friend and William Morrison. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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1st appearance and origin of Mary Marvel and the Marvel Family. Mary Marvel by Marcus Swayze. Cover price $0.10.

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Captain Marvel Jr. in three untitled stories plus "The Black Market!" "Willie Wynn and the Aerojeep" back-up story. Mac Raboy cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Art and cover by Jack Binder. The Phantom Bomber; Captain Midnight goes up against The Phantom Bomber. The Case of the Tokyo Turkey starring Captain Midnight. Adventure of the Giant Glider; Captain Albright displays a model of a new glider he has constructed to a group of military officials, a glider that can transport 50 military troops a reasonable distance, all without a motor. Death Has Many Faces text story by Joseph J. Millard. The Case of the Talking Fish humor story with Little Sneezer. The Prison Plot; Captain Midnight battles Black Mikado. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

This is the comic book section of the Chicago Sun newspaper from Sunday, December 6, 1942. Features "The Spirit" by Will Eisner cover story. Follow up stories include "Lady Luck" by Klaus Nordling, "Mr. Mystic" by S.R. Powell. Full color, newsprint, 10"x7.5"

Volume 14, Issue 7 - December 1942. Features creative stories, poems, rebuses, recipes, activities, crafts, science experiments, and health articles for children. 6-in. x 9-in. 52 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Robin Hood, 1st Printing, Classics Comics. Adaptation of the classic stories of Robin Hood, a champion of the down-trodden in England during the Crusades. Illustrated by Louis Zansky. (NO HRN, 12/42). Cover price $0.01.