Comic books April 1944

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. Private Breger Abroad strips by Dave Breger. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. Just Kids strips by A.D. Carter. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Burnley and Stan Kaye. Valentine Villainy starring Superman, script by Don Cameron (signed as Jerry Siegel), pencils by Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster). Alias Mr. Sunshine starring Vigilante, script by Joe Samachson, pencils by Mort Meskin. The Weird and Eerie Mystery of Ghastly Gables starring Super Sleuth McFooey, script and art by Jack Farr. Desert Danger starring Congo Bill, art by Edwin Smalle. Mission for Freedom starring Americommando, script by Joseph Greene, art by Bernard Baily. The Idol on the Island starring Zatara. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 110, Issue 6 - April, 1944. 7" x 10", 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Edited by Ed Cronin. Cover by Fred Kida. Stories by Fred Kida, Dan Barry, Tony DiPreta, Bill Fraccio, Rudy Palais, and Bob Fujitani. Heroic action stories of war and airborne adventure—these are Air Fighters Comics! Paper drive feature with Skinny McGinty, art by Tony DiPreta. 60 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Paul Reinman. Mystery of the Melancholy Men starring Green Lantern, script by Alfred Bester, art by Paul Reinman; Alan Scott checks Doiby into an exclusive club to get more exercise, and runs into a secret Nazi base by accident. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]. Doiby Dickles Goes on a Case: For Paper Salvage! public service announcement with Green Lantern. 13 Centuries Earlier starring Scribbly and the Red Tornado, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. The Atom vs. Nick Crock, script by Joseph Greene, art by Joe Gallagher. The Man Who Bought Shadows starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by Joseph Greene, art by Stan Aschmeier. The Caissons Go Rolling Along starring Red, White and Blue, art by Joe Gallagher. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

April, 1944. Timely Detective Magazine published by Martin Goodman. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 66 p, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. "Havoc In Holland"; Black Terror vs. Nazis. "The Digitron Beam"; Doc Strange vs. Galohz, Karl, and Nazis. "The Thunderer"; Fighting Yank vs. The Thunderer and Nazis. "The Curse of the Naghwar Diamond"; Ghost vs. Kim and two other Datavians. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 33 Issue 2 - April, 1944. Cover by William Timmins. Science Fiction and adventure stories, this issue features "The Changeling" by A.E. Van Vogt. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $30.00 View scans Very Good 15% Cumulative spine split. Color touch.

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Issue 5 - "Murder With Long Hair" written by H. Donald Spatz. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 22, Issue 8 - April, 1944. Full page color ads for Duraglas Jars, Del Monte Foods, Bon Ami, Frigidaire, Swan Soaps, and more. Rear cover is full-color Coca-Cola ad with Norman Price painting. 8 1/2-in. x 12-in. 68 pages B&W Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $45.00 View scans Cover detached at single center staple.

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Cover by Tom DeAngelo. Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Ogden Whitney, Kermit Jadiker and Charles Zerner (credited as Paine), Elmer Wexler, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Dixie Dugan's teen friends prepare for the arrival of handsome lumberjack Bud with equal parts interest and trepidation. After being struck by lightning, super-powered Sparky Watts soon exerts a strong magnetic pull on any nearby metal objects. Charlie Chan joins the search for fifth columnists and Nazi spies that have abducted a woman during their escape. Vic Jordan; Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman; Trouble for Colonel Mitsuma. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Milt Hammer. Stories and art by Ray Gill, John Jordan, Jim Wilcox, Henry C. Kiefer, Harold DeLay, Jack A. Warren, Milt Hammer and Tom Gill. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #45. Former superhero Blue Bolt soars as an aviator hero in WWII. During a test for a dangerous assignment, Blue Bolt is attacked by German agents. Dick Cole matches wits with the sinister hypnotist known as The Great Jero. Cap Hawkins tells the true story of the cargo plane called the C-47, and its role in World War II. Dick Cole: The Great Jero; Fearless Fellers; Sergeant Spook; Old Cap Hawkins True Tales; The Great Jero; Edison Bell: Tons of Fun; Edison Bell's Grab Bag!; Blue Bolt: Adolph Hitler Wanted Alive; Krisko & Jasper; Sniffy; Bluebolts and Nuts. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $675.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Centerfold detached. Label #3763441002

Outstanding horror cover. Who is the "Rat Man!"

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Lev Gleason, Dick Briefer, Rudy Palais, Dick Wood, Alan Mandel, Frank Volp 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. Rat-powered Nazi agent The Rodent battles Crimebuster's foe Iron Jaw to the death. Young Robin Hood seeks saboteurs who are targeting gunpowder and explosive plants vital to the war effort. Swoop Storm uses his new Magnetic Glider to take on Axis forces during WWII. Also featuring a vintage PSA for wartime paper salvaging, an early recycling program. Crimebuster; Young Robin Hood; Boy Comics Hero of the Month; A Song For Victory; Swoop Storm; Little Dynamite; Yankee Longago; A Crimebuster Special. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 54, Issue 11 - April, 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover photo features a teenage Shirley Temple. Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Adam Allen, Blake Gilpin Bowman, Olivia Peterson, Eva-Lis Wuorio, John Scott Douglas, Isabelle Corey, Elizabeth Nichols, Elena Chance, 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 profile of teen rodeo trick rider Mitzi Ann Lucas. A profile of young resistance fighters in WWII Europe. Judy Wing is called away from a costume party, and must make an emergency flight while still dressed as a rabbit. Judy Wing; Mystery in Ward 13; Peewee Heroine; The Girl Behind the Boy; Ride 'Em, Cowgirl!; When You're the Nurse; Junior Underground; Spring Styles in Movies; Lets Talk Things Over; The Light That Didn't Fail; The Storm; Create a Sauce-ation; It's Fun to Sew; Smartest to Wear - Easiest to Make!; Make Yourself Hat-Tractive; Superlatively Yours; Tricks for Teens; Lady of Luck; Do You Make a Pretty Picture?; The Victory Club; Girls in the News; Gadgets for Girls. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Includes non-fiction educational comics with art by Joseph Hillenbrand and Sid Barron, plus a Captain Jack fiction comic by George M. Rae. 68 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Russ Heath, Herman C. Browner, Jack Alderman, C. R. Schaare, Jack Grogan, Mack Borgatta and Charles Quinlan. Sometimes listed as Captain Aero Comics Vol. 3 #12. A patriotic WWII aviator hero whose motto is "Keep 'Em Flyin'!" Jerry Malone, the superspy known as Counterspy, learns of a plot to sabotage the US war effort. Flagman and Rusty search for Axis agents in the Yukon. Plus an early story by legendary artist Russ Heath. Captain Aero: King of the Sky Trails; Miss Victory: Death in Molten Steel; Counterspy; Before I Die; Hammerhead Hawley; Flagman: North of Nome; Commandos of the Devil Dogs: Shalna Returns; Incident in a Foxhole; Captain Aeros Sky Scouts: Hand of Destruction; The Red Cross: The River of Fire. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $1,595.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white INCOMPLETE. Page 15-17 missing and panel cut out of page 2-4, 24, 25, and 27, affects story. Large piece out of cover. Label #2102248008 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Includes: Alex Schomburg cover art; The Chambers of Dr. Agony, pencils by Vince Alascia; The Seven Sons of Satan by Syd Shores; The Blackout Murder Case—Let's Play Detective, art by Al Bellman; Tried At Sea text story; Frozen Death, Script by Otto Binder, Pencils by Al Gabriele, Inks by Vince Alascia; and Flaming Steel starring Human Torch, Pencils by Charles Nicholas, Inks by George Klein. 60 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Bert Whitman, Al Liederman and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Bert Whitman, Al Liederman and unknown. Fortunately, Mr. Mind's giant missile is a dud, and does not explode in Russia. Captain Marvel flies off to face the villain's next plot, which is to attack the British Isles with a floating island filled with Nazis. Don't miss..."The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 13: The Floating Terror" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Plus: Uncle Leo enlists Captain Marvel to help him find an escaped gorilla in "Captain Marvel in Oklahoma City"! Captain Marvel also stars in "Captain Marvel, Sportsman" with story by Otto Binder, and "The Jealous Magician" with art by C.C. Beck. Plus: Little Sneezer in "Spooks" by Bert Whitman; Captain Kid in an untitled 2-pager by Al Liederman; and 2-page text story "Friday, the 13th" by Rod Reed. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Very early Vulture prototype, right down to the hooked nose! Was this cover Stan Lee's inspiration?

Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories by Otto Binder, Sid Lazarus and Art Helfant. Art by Mac Raboy, Sid Lazarus, and Art Helfant. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Professor Vultur, with a similar look and powers to Spidey's future super-foe, threatens US supply lines in the Atlantic during WWII. A scientist testing the limits of Captain Marvel Jr.'s powers almost exposes his secret identity to the underworld. Sivana's latest evil invention is the amnesia gun, but will it work on Captain Marvel Jr.? Plus a PSA about wartime paper rationing. The Birds of Doom; Rubbernose Randolph; The Grumbling Genie; The Snortville Sneeze; Sivana's Amazing Amnesia Gun; The Unknown City; The Powers of Capt. Marvel Jr. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sheldon Moldoff. 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 faces Axis forces in the remote South Pacific with help from his new submersible plane and the people of Pitcairn Island, descendants of the Bounty mutineers. When CM is captured and drugged by the mysterious Hermit, Icky and his friends must undertake a rescue mission. Captain Midnight investigates fires at Stonehenge and discovers an ancient druidic cult...or is it just a Nazi plot? Plus readers submit their own inventions for illustration, and a PSA on wartime paper rationing, Captain Midnight Fails and Succeeds. Wings Under the Waves; Red Skye: Blood on the Rising Sun; The Cult of Death; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Captain Midnight Fails and Succeeds!!!!; The Devil's Desk; Chief McArson; Your Invention Pages!; The Merchants of Evil. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $29.50 View scan Slight staple rust.

Volume 15, Issue 11 - April 1944. 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.

Huckleberry Finn, 1st Printing, Classics Comics, Gilberton edition. (HRN 18, 4/44). Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $55.00 View scans 4 1/4" Cumulative spine split.

Huckleberry Finn, 1st Printing, Classics Comics, Island edition. (HRN 18, 4/44). Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Dick Wood, Bob Wood, Dick Hall, Jack Warren and Dick Briefer. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Daredevil and The Little Wise Guys face the deadly millionaire called Pshyco on the ski slopes. Teen inventor Dickie Dean creates a Thought Transmitter, in a story with art possibly by Archie creator Bob Montana. The Pirate Prince's pal Droopy meets his dad, in a naval reunion in the tradition of Popeye and Poopdeck Pappy, with art by Dick Briefer. Also featuring a vintage ad for wartime "Victory Glasses": a set of tumblers featuring members of each branch of the US armed services smooching a cute civilian. Daredevil; Sniffer: The Strange Case of the Coded Pickles; Dickie Dean; Helpful Hank; The Pirate Prince; Crimebuster: Monkey Maneuvers; The Claw. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Batman and Robin star in "Danger Strikes Three," Air Wave stars in "Mr. Smith Gets the Bird" (art by George Roussos), the Crimson Avenger stars in "School For Scoops," Slam Bradley stars in "General Lee Comes to Town," the Boy Commandos in "Log of a Lifeboat" (not by Simon and Kirby, despite the credits on the splash page), and Three-Ring Binks in an untitled story. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 28, 1st Printing - "Dead Men Leave No Fingerprints" by Whitman Chambers. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.