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Comic books October 1944, graded by CGC

  • Item #60544327
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    Published Oct 1944 by DC.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #0700805003

    Cover art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye. The Headline Hoax starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Ed Dobrotka (signed as Joe Shuster). The Punctured Picture starring Hayfoot Henry. The Rainbow Man sees Red starring The Vigilante, art by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton Jr.). The Leaping Leopard starring Congo Bill. The Pranks of Pan starring Zatara. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60180104
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    $285.00
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    Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Dick McCay and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Dick McCay and unknown. Mr. Mind learns that his new death ray only disintegrates metal, not living things. He captures Billy yet again, and orders the crocodile man Sylvester to shoot the boy in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 19: The Black Death Ray" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Captain Marvel also stars in: "Captain Marvel Gets the Heir" with story by Otto Binder; "The Chimes of Crime" with story by Otto Binder; and "Boston's Mayor for a Day" (Boston, Massachusetts city story). Plus: Richard Richard, Private Dick's first appearance in the 2-page tale "The Milk Bottle Case" by Dick McCay. And: 2-page text story "Ragged Spy." 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #59845563
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
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    • Label #2104147003
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  • Item #60046615
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    • Label #1244377008
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  • Item #44217593
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    $1,275.00
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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #1462522021
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    Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by M.E. Peacock and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Alex Blum, Ann Brewster, H.C. Kiefer, Lily Renee and George Tuska. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Tiger Girl must prove a white man stole a precious idol before tribal warfare erupts, in a story with possible art by Matt Baker; More good-girl art as Hooks Devlin investigates the "lamp-post Mata Haris" who are causing US soldiers to desert; Senorita Rio investigates Nazi U-boat attacks on ships near the Panama Canal. Another offbeat bondage cover by Joe Doolin. Rip Carson; Tiger Girl; Hooks Devlin; Kayo Kirby; Silent Cannons; Shark Brodie; Senorita Rio. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #49915070
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    $349.00
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    • Label #1488672022
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    Cover by Al Gabriele. Stories and art by Henry Kiefer and Roland "Ramona" Patenaude. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. Kinker Kinkaid investigates Crime's 3-Ring Circus; Teen inventor Cliff Gordon plays pirate on the high seas; Time-traveling teen Tom Morgan visits the Old West. Junior Rangers; Buck Saunders; Cliff Gordon -- Pirate; Routine Report; Tom Morgan; Kinker Kinkaid. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60111552
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    • Paper: Off white
    • Pedigree: Pennsylvania
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    • Label #0023850004

    The Unrelated Triplets starring Radar, art by Al Carreno. The Tattooed Man starring Bulletman, the Flying Detective, script by Otto Binder, art by Harry Anderson; Jim Barr is ordered to protect Tattoo Tony from harm by other criminals, unaware that he is actually the situation to recover some stolen loot. The Python Peril starring Nyoka, art by Jack Sparling. Hoodoo Hannigan: Ch. 27: Rats Must Die text story by Joseph J. Millard. Sivana's India Rubber Man starring Captain Marvel, Jr., art by August Froehlich. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60543035
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    Published Oct 1944 by DC.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4342471007

    Cover by George Papp. "A Date With the Law," pencils by Cliff Young, inks by Steve Brodie; A criminal tricks Green Arrow into stealing for him. "The Magician and the Mobsters" starring the Spectre, art by Bernard Baily; A down on his luck amateur magician buys some tricks at an auction and incurs the wrath of Muscles and his gang as a result. "The Smoking Volcano" starring Aquaman, art by Louis Cazeneuve. "The Missing Hour!" starring Dover and Clover, art by Henry Boltinoff. "Models of Crime," script by Don Cameron, art by Mort Meskin; Johnny Quick vs. Leo the Loop. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60320149
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    • Restored: C1
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover.
    • Label #3791366008

    Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jean M. Press. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, George Tuska, Lily Renee, Lee Elias, H.L. Larsen, and Art Saaf. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. The U.S. Rangers face the Golden Dragon Squadron; Good-girl art galore as Glory Forbes deals with bickering sidekicks while pursuing even more incompetent gangsters; Truly haunting art by Lily Renee as The Werewolf Hunter pursues a wolf-woman and her children, who vanish into flame. U.S. Rangers; Commando Ranger; The Werewolf Hunter; The Sea Devil; Queen of the Blue Waters; Glory Forbes, Vigilante; The Phantom Falcons. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60535080
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    Published Oct 1944 by DC.
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    • Label #0192540005

    Cover art by Harry G. Peter. Edgar's New World starring Wonder Woman, script by William Moulton Marston (signed as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; A young boy does poorly in school because he can't afford glasses, and his Mom's in jail for supposedly murdering his Dad. Now It Can Be Told! starring Sargon the Sorceror, art by Sheldon Moldoff. Behind That Door starring Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys, script by Evelyn Gaines, art by Frank Harry. The Air Tight Alibi starring Mr. Terrific, art by Stan Aschmeier. The Saga of The Craven City starring Wildcat, art by Joe Gallagher. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60015727
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    Published Oct 1944 by DC.
    • Paper: White
    • Label #4092810006

    Origin and first appearance of Mr. Mxyztplk (later Mxyzptlk). Superman flies for the first time. Cover art by Jack Burnley. Superman Alias Superman, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster]; Lois Lane thinks Clark Kent is trying to trick her into believing he's Superman! Untitled Lois Lane story, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster]; Lois is taken prisoner by the Dover gang. The King's Substitute!, script by Bill Finger [as Jerry Siegel], art by Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster]; Unhappy because his father-in-law to be considers him to be a nobody, Johnny Poly goes to Poltavia to bid on a picture of the nation's ancient monarch. Death of a Pirate text story by Eric Carter. The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk!, script by Jerry Siegel (signed), pencils by Joe Shuster (?) and Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster]. Handy Andy humor page by Jack Farr. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60111527
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    Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Marc Swayze, and Edd Ashe. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Sinister Professor Van Ish uses his "Z-ray" to escape justice into Mirror Land, so Mary Marvel follows him through the looking-glass. Phantom Eagle learns of the legendary Black Mace, which can cause eternal war on Earth, and becomes determined to get it before the Nazis do. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky battle the Sun Man, whose special mirrors can cause sunstroke or cook you alive. Plus a PSA about the wartime uses of milkweed, featuring Mary Marvel. Mary Marvel in Mirror Land; Commando Yank; Phantom Eagle: The Black Mace; Penny Graves: The Mystery of the Persian Tomb; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Sun Man Terrorizes the City. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #59948983
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    Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Marc Swayze, and Edd Ashe. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Sinister Professor Van Ish uses his "Z-ray" to escape justice into Mirror Land, so Mary Marvel follows him through the looking-glass. Phantom Eagle learns of the legendary Black Mace, which can cause eternal war on Earth, and becomes determined to get it before the Nazis do. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky battle the Sun Man, whose special mirrors can cause sunstroke or cook you alive. Plus a PSA about the wartime uses of milkweed, featuring Mary Marvel. Mary Marvel in Mirror Land; Commando Yank; Phantom Eagle: The Black Mace; Penny Graves: The Mystery of the Persian Tomb; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Sun Man Terrorizes the City. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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