Comic books July 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. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. 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. Courtship of Adelbert Dribble starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster). Wheels of Jeopardy starring Vigilante, pencils by Mort Meskin. Carnage at the Carnival starring Super Sleuth McFooey, script and art by Jack Farr. Poacher's Paradise starring Congo Bill, art by Edwin Smalle. Flight into Freedom starring Americommando, script by Joseph Greene, art by Bernard Baily. The Sting of Death starring Zatara. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. The Tough Guy starring Sandman, art by Pen Shumaker; A notorious crook, known as the Tough Guy, has a soft spot in his heart for his brother Jim, whom he does not want to see follow in his footsteps, so he enrolls Jim in a military school. The Saving Scot and the Gypsy Gyp starring Genius Jones, script by Alfred Bester, art by Stan Kaye. The Bookworm That Turned starring The Shining Knight, script by Joe Samachson, art by Louis Cazeneuve. The Three Comets starring Starman, script by Joe Samachson, art by Emil Gershwin. The Spirit of Korea starring Mike Gibbs, Guerilla, script by Joe Samachson, art by Edmond Good. The Hand of Doom starring Manhunter, art by Edmond Good. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Paul Reinman. The Man Who Couldn't Tell the Truth starring Green Lantern, script by Alfred Bester, art by Paul Reinman; A compulsive liar turns to the Emerald Crusader and Doiby for help after losing his job and girl, but he cannot bring himself to be truthful with them until death stares him in the face! Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]. Falsely Accused starring Scribbly and the Red Tornado, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. Maze of Murder starring The Atom, script by Joe Greene, art by Joe Gallagher. Banana Peels and Crook Heels starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by Joseph Greene, art by Stan Aschmeier. Get Hold of Their Plans starring Red, White and Blue, art by Joe Gallagher. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 33 Issue 5 - July, 1944. Cover by Fred Haucke. Science Fiction and adventure stories, this issue features "Renaissance" by Raymond F. Jones. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Issue 8 - "Hush, Gabriel". Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Dick Sprang. "The Upside Down Crimes!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane), inks by Gene McDonald; Batman and Robin must stop the Joker's mad schemes, as he commits several "upside down crimes" that leave the Caped Crusaders literally standing on their heads. 1-page Life's Little Laffs story by Ray Houlihan. "Damsel in Distress!", script by Don Cameron, art by Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane); Dick's crush on a girl leads him and the Batman into a case involving kidnapping and murder. 1-page Handy Andy story by Jack Farr. "Borrowed Butler!", art by Jerry Robinson (as Bob Kane); Bruce hires out Alfred to a neighbor who is having week-end guests, and whose butler is sick. "Accidents Will Happen" text story by Tod Lowry. "Pelt Plunderers!", script by Bill Finger, art by Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane); Batman and Robin head up into the frozen north to assist the Royal Canadian Mounted Police stop a gang of thieves who plunder beaver pelts trapped by locals and who then sell them for big profits, which they plan to spend back in the States. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Chu F. Hing, Ken Battefield, Bill Allison, Art Moore, Harold DeLay and Henry Kiefer. Costumed adventurers face Axis forces in this WWII-era series featuring the Green Turtle. Native American air ace Red Hawk investigates the mystery of the disappearing island. Nazi forces invade the jungle to find radium to power their atomic disrupter, but beautiful blonde jungle hero Jun-Gal has no patience for Nazis. Two boys playing a prank during Mr. Ree's magic show accidentally start a fire; luckily, Mr. Ree's mystic powers are no act. Green Turtle; Tommy Paige; Black Buccaneer; Ghost Town; Super Drooper & Drip; Red Hawk; Jun-Gal; Mr. Ree. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Blue Beetle stars in "Bridge to Heaven," "The Secret Weapon," and a third untitled story. Joan Mason, reporter stars in "Murder on the Diamond," The O'Brine Twins star in an untitled story. Hitler cover. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Allison, Harold Delay, Jack Warren, and Henry Kiefer. Masked heroes face Axis forces in this WWII-era adventure series. In his civilian identity as a wartime production steelworker, Steel Fist witnesses fellow workers being hypnotized into sabotage by the music over the PA system. Maureen Marine has Little Nemo-like adventures as the new Queen of the kingdom under the sea, in a story with some lovely fantasy art by Harold Delay. In another story that's a sign of its times, Slaphappy Grandpappy tries to hire a maid, but all the nearby women are working in wartime production factories. Blue Circle; Gail Porter, Girl Photographer: Werewolf of Woonsocket; The Toreador; Maureen Marine; Driftwood Davey; The Steel Fist: Music Madness; Dangerous Pay; Slaphappy Grandpappy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Includes: Syd Shores cover art; The Jester of Death, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; The Bloody Assassin starring Human Torch; Auction of Death; Periscope Ahead text story; The Mystery of the Floating City, script by Otto Binder; and The Murder of Brenda Kane--Let's Play Detective, art by Al Bellman. 60 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza and unknown. After Captain Marvel finds a way to plug the lava flow, he pursues Mr. Mind and Jeepers underground, where he meets a race of small people called the Sub-Americans, who have planned to use dynamite to split the western hemisphere from the eastern hemisphere if the Allied forces are endangered by the Nazis. Mr. Mind finds out about the dynamite and plans to use it for his own purposes in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 16: Earth Must Die" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Captain Marvel also stars in: "His Battle of the Bubbles" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza (Cincinnati, Ohio city story); "The Visitors from Space" with story by Otto Binder (Mary Marvel appearance); and "Trouble with Mr. Double" with story by Otto Binder. Plus: Captain Marvel "Missing Face Contest No. 2" 1-pager. And: 2-page text story "Pattern for Victory" by Carl G. Hodges. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Captain Midnight Fights the Four Horsemen of the Paper Eclipse," "The Skybound Spirits," and "Case of the Stupid Pigeon." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

No number on cover. Dated 7/44. Volume 2 # 12 on inside cover. The Cat-Man and the Kitten in "The Eyes of Justice," the Deacon and Mickey in "Rasputin, Jr.," the Reckoner in "The Stamps That Spilled Blood" (art by Don Rico), the Hood in "The Sons of the Rising Sun," Little Leaders in "The Death of a Swordsman," "Heroes All," and "The Death of You" (script by Jack Grogan and Orren Ward Jr., art by L.B. Cole; 4 pages). Rudy Palais cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 16, Issue 2 - July 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.

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3 Famous Mysteries, 1st Printing, Classics Comics, Gilberton edition. (HRN 21, 7/44). Cover price $0.10.

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3 Famous Mysteries, 1st Printing, Classics Comics, Island edition. (HRN 21, 7/44, no date in indicia).

3 Famous Mysteries, 1st Printing, Classics Comics, Courier edition. (HRN 21, 7/44).