Comic books July 1943

Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, scripts by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Pete the Tramp strips by Clarence D. Russell. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. 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. Just Kids strips by A.D. Carter. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. Captain Tootsie advertisement, script by Rod Reed, art by C. C. Beck. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 7, Issue 1 - July, 1943. 7" x 10", 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Jack Burnley. There'll Always Be a Superman, script by Don Cameron (signed as Jerry Siegel), art by Ed Dobrotka (signed as Joe Shuster). The Crime Carnival starring The Vigilante, script by Don Cameron, art by Mort Meskin. The Loyal Traitor starring Three Aces, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Louis Cazeneuve. The Blitz Barge starring Americommando, script by Joseph Greene, art by Bernard Baily. Island of Peril starring Congo Bill, art by Edwin Smalle. The Money Buyer starring Zatara, script by8 Gardner F. Fox, art by Joseph Sulman. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Issues #1 to #28 of this series contain original Canadian created content. Issues #29 and #30 date from 1946 and contain U.S. reprints in colour, but with original covers. The series restarted in 1950, ignoring previous numbering (#96 is currently the earliest known) and consisted entirely of color reprints of U.S. comics. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Ed Cronin. Cover by Fred Kida. Stories by Fred Kida, Dan Barry Milton Cohen, Tony DiPreta, Bill Fraccio, Harry Sahle, and John Cassone. 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 and Jon L. Blummer [Hop Harrigan only]. Murder under the Stars starring Green Lantern, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Jon Chester Kozlak; A fake medium threatens the life of a man who exposed him and begins killing his nearest relatives in revenge. Hippitty on Base starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. Mur-der starring Scribbly and the Red Tornado, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. Guadzaloope Ball starring The Atom, script by Ted Udall, art by Joe Gallagher. Soda Pop and Subs starring Red, White and Blue, script by Ted Udall, art by Joe Gallagher. The City of Silent Night starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script and art by Charles Reizenstein. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

The Justice Society of America head into action in "The Brain Wave Goes Berserk." Plot by Gardner Fox and Sheldon Mayer, script by Fox. Art by Joe Gallagher plus individual chapters featuring Hawkman (art by Sheldon Moldoff), the Sandman (art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby), the Spectre (art by Bernard Baily), Doctor Fate (art by Howard Sherman), Dr. Nid-nite (art by Stan Aschmeier), Starman (art by Paul Reinman), the Atom (art by Gallagher), and Johnny Thunder (art by Aschmeier). Wonder Woman cameo. Two-page Hop Harrigan text story, "Water, Water Everywhere." Gallagher cover. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

July 1943. True crime magazine. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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July 1943. Cover by H.W. McCauley. Stories by Robert Moore Williams, Festus Pragnell, P.F. Costello, Don Wilcox, Helmar Lewis, A.R. McKenzie, and Frank Patton. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Julian, Malcolm Schmidt, Magarian, Ronald Clyne, Robert Fuqua, and Joe Sewell. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 208 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. "The Brain"; Pyroman vs. The Brain (Girdmann). "One-Man War On the Axis," art by Elmer Wexler; The Black Terror vs. Adolf Hitler, Nazis, and Fascists. "The Rubber Man"; Doc Strange (Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange), Dr. Praecox, Henlein, spies, and Nazis. "Via Air Express" text story by John M. Easterly. "Blitzkrieg On Bermuda," art by Alex Schomburg; American Eagle Dunkel and other spies. "Fast Ride" text story by Reeve Walker. "In Holland"; The American Crusader vs. Von Hauswitz and Nazis. 60 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $42.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Staple rust. Rust migration. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 315, Issue 6 - July, 1943. 6.75" x 9.75", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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July, 1943. Volume 31, Issue 5. Cover by William Timmins. "Hunch" by Clifford D. Simak and "Gather, Darkness!" part 3 of 3 by Fritz Lieber. Other science fiction stories by John R. Pierce, A. E. van Vogt, Lester del Rey (as Marion Henry), & P. Schuyler Miller. Interior illustrations by A. Williams, Paul Orban, Elton Fax, & Frank Kramer. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 162 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Jerry Robinson (as Bob Kane). "The Batman's Biographer!", script by Don Cameron, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Boswell Browne wants to document the exploits of Batman and Robin for future generations, but when members of the underworld hear him bragging to some children that he knows many secrets of the Dynamic Duo, a nefarious criminal decides to use Browne's knowledge against our heroes. 2-page Professor Pipp story by Jack Farr. "The Penguin Goes A-Hunting," script by Don Cameron, pencils by Jack Burnley (as Bob Kane), inks by Jack Burnley (as Bob Kane) and Ray Burnley (backgrounds); The Penguin attends a lecture by Gotham City's prison Warden Keyes, who talks about the city's most dangerous villains: the Scarecrow, the Joker and the Cat-Woman, but not Penguin. "Rogues' Pageant!", script by Don Cameron, pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by Jack Burnley and Ray Burnley (backgrounds); At Alfred's urging, Bruce and Dick decide to take a short vacation after particularly strenuous battling against Gotham's underworld, they stop off in San Pablos, a city celebrating the 300th Anniversary of the courageous deeds of their forefathers. "Scrap Haul" text story by Allan Gerz. "Adventure of the Vitamin Vandals!", script by Joseph Greene, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson; While vacationing at Malibu Beach, Bruce and Dick become aware of several fishing vessels being robbed of their catches by a group of mysterious individuals who seem to disappear into thin air. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 2, Issue 4 - July, 1943. Men's interest magazine of pin-ups and glamour shots. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, tinted B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Boody Rogers. Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Gardner Fox, Ham Fisher, Kermit Jadiker and Charles Zerner (credited as Paine), Elmer Wexler, Art Huhta, Frank Tinsley, Mart Bailey, 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 goes to Washington to offer the "dark" bulb to the Defense Department, but he's pursued by two mysterious men. Skyman seeks the secret weapon of Kiska Island that can create instant ice around any object. Vic Jordan and Marty rescue British agent Sue from the Nazis by disguising themselves as clowns. Vic Jordan; Skyman; Sparky Watts; Somewhere in Africa; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dinky Dinkerton; Dixie Dugan; The Face. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

July, 1943. Cover price $0.15.

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The General Alters His Plans, script by Sylvan Stein, art by Allen Ulmer [as Alden Remlu]; Dan, now an American Secret Service agent, arrives in Holland to search for a Nazi glider base. The Smashing Case of Voodoo in New York--Crime Reporter, pencils by Allen Ulmer. Dogs of War text story with photos. Major General James Hawlel Doolittle bio, script and art by Charles Quinlan. Aladdin's Lamp starring Ali Baba, pencils by Ray Willner [as Wilmer Muddleshtunk], inks by Al Ulmer [as Wilmer Muddleshtunk]. Coast Guard Duty featuring Drop Towers, script and art by Robert Webster. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Edd Ashe, Corrine Dillon, Adam Allen, Mary Brinker Post, Jean Grossman, Russell Trotman, Virginia Weidler, Elizabeth Nichols, Elena Chance, Nell Giles, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Margaret Sutton. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A comics biography of folk music pioneer Jean Thomas; An illustrated feature on women working in factories for WWII production; A wartime Coca-Cola ad featuring early mascot Sprite Boy and a USO performer entertaining troops. Susan Says; Judy Wing; The Traipsin Woman; She Found Independence; Curtain Going Up; The Haunted Apartment; Goober Goodies; At Ease!; Have a Pleasant Summer; Lets Talk Things Over; Girl Power on the Home Front; Long May It Wave; Go Gay the South American Way; Sew on the Border Line; On the Assembly Line; The Victory Club; Girls in the News; Gadgets for Girls. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Includes: Alex Schomburg cover art; The Challenge of the Mad Torso, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; Black Voodoo Murders starring Human Torch; The Imperfect Crime text story; The Vultures of Violent Death, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia. 60 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Summer 1943. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Brett Sterling ("The Star of Dread"), William Morrison, Jep Powell, and Oscar J. Friend. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Al Liederman and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Al Liederman and unknown. Dr. Sivana is carrying out Mr. Mind's latest plan, to use Alaskan glaciers to plunge the United States into freezing temperatures during the summer. Captain Marvel thwarts the villains' intentions, but then Sivana manages to encase Billy in a block of ice, where he can't say his magic word, in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 4: Glaciers Over America" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Captain Marvel also stars in: "Doom in Detroit" with story by Otto Binder (Capt. Marvel visits Detroit, Michigan); "The Mad Hermit"; and "Too Many Marvels" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Plus: Captain Kid..."Snaps a Shot" by Al Liederman. And: 2-page text story "Joy in July" by Jonathan Keith. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories by Otto Binder and Tom McNamara. Art by Tom McNamara and others. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel Jr. invades the City of Crime, where things like honesty are against the law. Captain Marvel Jr. investigates when a cursed jade idol is stolen, and the culprit seems to be a famous art collector who has no memory of the crime. The evil Mr. Silence is a descendant of explorer Francis Drake, murdering Drake's other descendants so he will inherit a lost treasure. Typically powerful, wordless patriotic cover by Mac Raboy. The City of Crime; The Idol of Theft; A Good Guy in the Bad Lands; Kwiz Kwickies; Ain't So Short; The Terrible Mr. Silence; Silent Sims; Little Sir Echo. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Joseph J. Millard. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Captain Midnight stumbles on a Nazi plan to built a secret tunnel under the English Channel. A previously unknown species of man-eating tree from the Amazon Jungle becomes part of an Axis plot. Midnight's alter ego, Captain Albright, invents a flying TV camera, but the Nazis want it for themselves. Captain Midnight Blasts a Tunnel of Terror; Captain Midnight Assaults the Heart of Japan; Johnny Blair, in the Air; The Case of the Flying Eye; Blood in the Kiska Skies; The Man-Killing Trees of Japan. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Charles Quinlan, Herman C. Browner, Robert Turner, Al Mandel and C. R. Schaare. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 3 #8. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Kitten and Mickey, the sidekicks of Cat-Man and the Deacon also known as the Little Leaders, discover Nazis hiding in the suburbs. The Hood faces the magical Death's Head, a decapitated Indian mystic with mind-control powers and a yen to rule the world. Blackout tries to prevent an experimental bomb-sight from falling into Nazi hands. Cat-Man and Kitten: The Golden Lure; The Deacon: The Case of the Right to Ride; Blackout; Rag-Man: The Symbols in Jade; Frank Fairplay's Dangerous Mission; Little Leaders: Cobweb of Blackmail; Pirate Peril; The Hood: The Death's Head!; Terror in the Tropics; A Bear Fact. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.