Comic books December 1943

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Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Henry Perkins and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, C.C. Beck staff and unknown. Billy is rescued by some Chinese boys and Captain Marvel flies off after Mr. Mind, who is attacking the Australian army with a spider-plane that shoots webs. The villain and his allies capture an Australian general, and force Captain Marvel to choose between saving the general or catching them in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 9: The Webs of Destruction!" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Captain Marvel also stars in: "The $40,000,000 Denver Plot!" (Denver, Colo. city story); "The Modern Robinson Crusoe!" by Henry Perkins (plot), Otto Binder (script) and C.C. Beck staff; and "The Baron of Barracuda Bay!" Plus: Captain Kid in an untitled 2-pager. And: 2-page text story "You'll Know Me by My Smile!" by William Cole. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories by Otto Binder and Sid Lazarus. Art by Mac Raboy and Sid Lazarus. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Sivana's latest invention gives him the strength of hundreds of men, which is even greater than Captain Marvel Jr. himself. Shipwrecked on an island, four people compete to find a lost treasure first, and Marvel Jr. has to keep them from killing each other in the meantime. A troll uses magic to turn an egg incubator into a vehicle and make mischief. Holiday-themed cover by Mac Raboy seems to feature Santa Marvel, not Captain Marvel in a Santa suit. The Sinister Stamps; Demlins; Sivana, the Muscle Midget; Invasion at Dawn; On Treasure Island; Snortville Sneeze; The Vest Pocket Levitator. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Leonard Frank 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 combats a Nazi incursion into South Africa, still part of the "Commonwealth" at that point. In a superhero story that's a mini-lesson in economics, Ichabod learns that Axis saboteurs are behind the wartime inflation rate. When his plane is hijacked by men wearing bandages over their faces, CM learns the truth about The Legion of the Lost. The Kimberly Killer; Red Skye: Rat Trap; The Imps of Inflation; Johnny Blair, in the Air; The Legion of the Lost. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $549.95 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, affects Blackout story. Cover and two center wraps detached at single center staple. Mold. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Charles Quinlan, Herman C. Browner, Jack Grogan, Jack Alderman, and C. R. Schaare. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 2 #9. 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, battle Japanese saboteurs. The Deacon and Mickey investigate a bank-robbing gang dressed as demons, and trace them back to the bank owners themselves. Blackout battles the Son of the Red Baron. Cat-Man & Kitten: Hands of Destiny; The Deacon: The Demons of Death; Ragman; Little Leaders; The Hood: The Cry of the Killer-Beasts; Blackout; Costly Curiosity; Venture into Rebellion. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 22 #12 - December 1943. Cover by Keith Ward. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 48 pages, black and white with occasional spot orange and green. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 15, Issue 7 - December 1943. 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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Gulliver's Travels, 1st Printing, Classics Comics. Script adaptation by Daniel Kushner, art by Lillian Chestney. (HRN 15, 12/43). Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Barry. Stories and art by Harry Kiefer, Maurice Del Bourgo, Dave Curtis, Alan Mandel, Tony DiPreta, Ray Willner and Al Ulmer. Forgotten superheroes from the Golden Age of comics, featuring early work by Dan Barry and other comics legends. Zippo, Nightmare and Sleepy were all listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. The Boy King meets Muggsy and the Little Angels, a gang of street kids in the tradition of the Dead End Kids, and learns that Muggsy is his long-lost identical twin brother. In a Wyoming ghost town, Nightmare and Sleepy stumble upon a forgotten gold mine, but a Nazi fifth columnist wants it too. Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers take on "Brains" Briefer, crime's cleverest crook. The Boy King and the Giant: Introducing... Muggsy and the Little Angels; Nightmare and Sleepy; Stupid Manny; Micro-Face; Waterproof Alibi; Zippo; Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers; Two-Faced Town. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Christmas cover art by Frank Harry. Mystery of the Crimson Flame starring Wonder Woman, script by William Moulton Marston (signed as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter. Mutt & Jeff Gags/Circero's Cat strips, script and art by Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher). Technical Sgt. George Phillip Corl--Real Life Story, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. Combined Operations starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. Hold on to Your Hat starring Green Lantern, script by Alfred Bester, pencils by Paul Reinman, inks by Sam Burlockoff; While out for lunch one day, Doiby loses his derby when a fight suddenly ensues in the eating establishment he is in; While the Emerald Crusader tracks down the thugs responsible, Doiby tracks down his famous hat. Curious Case of the Missing Magic starring Sargon the Sorcerer, script by John B. Wentworth, art by Howard Purcell. The Pickpockets' Dilemma starring O'Malley of the Fourth Precinct, script and art by Irwin Hasen. Reel Life to Real Life starring Red, White and Blue, script by Ted Udall, art by Joe Gallagher. The Plant That Challenged the World starring The Flash, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Martin Naydel. 92 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

A one-shot collection of reprints from True Comics (1941), featuring true adventure and biography comics. Aerialist Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope - and then does it again; Chinese anti-communist leader Chiang Kai-Chek; A biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, then President of the United States. Chinese Hero No 1: Chiang Kai-Chek; The Most Important Man on Earth; Canada's War Chief McNaughton; Defying Death Above Niagara; Chennault and His Flying Tigers. 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Rudolph Dirks and others. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 4 #7. Comics on Parade focused on a different United Features comic strip in every issue. This issue features the iconic pranksters Hans and Fritz and their hapless victim, the Captain. The kids get hold of pirate John Silver's treasure map, but Silver and his pirates want it back. Soon it's an all-out prank war, with the Captain and the island's hapless inhabitants caught in the middle. Tiny pirate Bloodshot wants to be president of the island. The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Ain't Nature Grand; Hawkshaw the Detective. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Batman and Robin in "Quarterback of Crime," Slam Bradley in "Wild and Wooly," the Crimson Avenger in "Not With Mirrors," Spy in "Peril on Pier 76," Air Wave in "Rogues Along the River" (art by George Roussos), and the Boy Commandos in "The Romance of Rip Carter" (by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby). A full-page ad features Boy Commandos # 5, Leading Comics # 4, All Star Comics # 18, Wonder Woman # 6, Green Lantern # 9, and All-Flash # 12. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $32.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

December 1943. Last trimmed-pulp format issue. Cover by Modest Stein. Stories include "The spook of Grandpa Eben," a book-length novel by "Kenneth Robeson"; "The House of Sudden Death" by George L. Eaton; "The Grim Pilot" by Wallace Brooker; "Creepin' and Peepin'" by Conrad Feige; and "The Big Ice" by Stuart Friedman. 7-in x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and Victor Pazmiño. 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. Red is accidentally taken up in a carnival hot-air balloon, only to discover a Nazi spy is using it for reconnaissance. Don and Red join forces with the "Sea Bees" in an attack on an Axis-held island. Someone is killing Marines in Australia, and attaching the corpses to kangaroos - a truly bizarre image. Don Winslow of the Navy with the Coast Guard; Eaglebeak Spruder; Warriors of the Sea: The Disobeyed Command; Don Winslow Crossword Puzzle; Jetsam Joe; Delayed Death; Marines to the Front! 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Firestone Presents Comics" by Walt Disney.

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Official organ of the International Society of Junior Magicians, containing news and tips. 16 pages on newsprint.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Influence Machine starring Black Terror; vs. Dr. Plantz and Hun. The Bombing of New York starring American Eagle, art by Maurice Gutwirth; vs. Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, and Sneidrich. Spies At the Carnival starring the Liberator. The Delaney Kidnapping starring the Crime Crushers; vs. Quentin Welles, Rick, and Blackie. The Strangled Sentry starring Sgt. Bill King, art by Maurice Gutwirth. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $86.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $32.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart Very Good $40.00 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+ 2.5 $35.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white
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Volume 5, Issue 5 - December, 1943. Cover by Lawrence Stevens. "King of the Gray Spaces" by Ray Bradbury, and other stories by J. Leslie Mitchell, William Hope Hodgson, and Robert W. Chambers. Illustrations by Hannes Bok. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 148 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

Christmas cover. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Connie" by Frank Godwin; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; and "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield. "The Serpent Sign" text story. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 60 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 5, Issue 10 - December 1943. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Witch of Blackfen Moor" by Lee Francis, and "Spawn of the Glacier" by Leroy Yerxa. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 212 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and Bill Brady. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Hoppy tracks the thief of the Magic Honey to a fantastic floating island in the sky. Sherlock Monk bets Chuck that he can hide so well, the firm's new bloodhound can't find him. Billy tries to help Sheriff Oscar when the townspeople give him just one day to catch the elusive cattle rustlers plaguing Cactus County. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Gremmy the Gremlin; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod; Uncle Don: R U a Jellibeaner?; Uncle Don's Willie the Worm Song; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Willie the Worm; Pencil Pranks; Oliver the Owl. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Claude Lapham and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by George Tuska, Rafael Astarita and John Cassone. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Good-girl art aplenty as Senorita Rio tries to discover what a box of crimson capsules has to do with missing men; The true story of the pilot who watched the Normandy invasion from an inflatable dinghy; A beautiful native woman rescued by Chip Collins sets out to return the favor. Cover by Joe Doolin defines the term "Gung ho." Shark Brodie; Dusty Rhodes; Senorita Rio; Rip Carson; Grandstand Seat; Bombs Away; Kayo Kirby; Hooks Devlin; Chip Collins. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Alex Schomburg cover. Cover price $0.10.

Flash stars in "The Man Who Nobody Saw," written by Gardner Fox, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "Mystery of the Von Tirpitz" by Ted Udall and Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "The Artist" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; The Whip in "Crime Rides a Hansom Cab" with art by Homer Fleming; "The Final Game" by Ed Wheelan; and Hawkman in "Grab Bag of Crime" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff. Cover art by Ferstadt. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "BUGS BUNNY, No. 33." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Bugs Bunny---Public Nuisance No. 1; Bugs and Hopalong Casserole, the grasshopper, have a contest to see who can be more annoying. Bugs Bunny Tries the Easy Life; Bugs decides that he should get adopted by a rich family; Unfortunately the wealthy man who picks him is more interested in adding him to his list of hunting trophies; He takes Bugs (and Elmer) to an island for a version of "The Most Dangerous Game." Bugs Bunny and the Fang-Toothed Bandit; Petunia's Uncle Ham has disappeared; Porky, disguised as Petunia, and Bugs go to Buzzard Hollow to take charge of Ham's ranch. Activity page—A cut-out with a strip that makes Bugs' eyes go back and forth. Art on all strips by Carl Buettner. 60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.