Comic books December 1944

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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.

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Cover art by Jack Burnley and Stan Kaye. The Golden Fleece starring Superman, script by Don Cameron (signed as Jerry Siegel), art by Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster). The Taming of the Tiger starring Hayfoot Henry, art by Thurston Harper. Birds of Ill Omen starring The Vigilante, script by Joe Samachson, art by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton Jr.). High in the Andes starring Congo Bill, art by Edwin Smalle. When Magic Fails starring Zatara, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by William F. White. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Ed Cronin. Cover by John Giunta. Stories by Dan Barry, John Giunta, Tony DiPreta, Charles Werner, Bill Fraccio, Tony DiPreta, 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. Doiby Dickles, Da District Attorney, script by Henry Kuttner, art by Paul Reinman; While on vacation, Alan and Doiby visit the town of Petunia, where Doiby is mistakenly identified as the new District Attorney; His first prosecution: Green Lantern! The Men Who Feared Guns starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by Joe Greene, art by Stan Aschmeier. The Stories of John Cabot and Vasco Da Gama--Picture Stories from American History, script by M. C. Gaines, art by Don Cameron. Problem: Find Red Dugan, Fighting Marine starring Red, White and Blue, art by Joe Gallagher. The Haunted Temple of Pompong Pagan starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Winter 1945. The Justice Society stars in "The Plunder of the Psycho-Pirate." Plot by Gardner Fox and Shaldon Mayer, script by Fox. Art by Joe Gallagher plus individual chapters featuring Hawkman (art by Sheldon Moldoff), Starman (art by Stan Aschmeier), Dr. Mid-nite (art by Aschmeier), Johnny Thunder (art by Aschmeier), the Spectre (art by Gallagher), and the Atom (art by Gallagher). No Wonder Woman. Two-page text story, "Peruvian Problem." Gallagher cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by Gardner F. Fox. Art and cover by Martin Naydel. An ugly little ivory idol falls into the hands of "Trigger" Charles Lucas, a gangster, whose wishes come true, but run him afoul of the Fastest Man Alive. An ugly little ivory idol falls into the hands of "Trigger" Charles Lucas, a gangster, whose wishes come true, but run him afoul of the Fastest Man Alive. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

December 1944. Cover by James B. Settles. Science Fiction stories by Ray bradbury ("Undersea Guardians"), Emil Petaja, C.A. Baldwin, Donald Bern, George Tashman, Lester Barclay, Don Wilcox, Stanton A. Coblentz, Helmar Lewis, and Berkeley Livingston. Illustrations by J. Allen St. John, Julian S. Krupa, Arnold Kohn, James B. Settles, and Robert Fuqua. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 208 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

December, 1944. Volume 34, Issue 4. Science Fiction and Adventure stories. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Winter 1945. The Black Bat in "The Skeleton's Secret" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Smoke Signal" by Marvin Ryerson; "False Note" by Owen Fox Jerome; and "One O'Clock in the Morning" by J. Lane Linklater. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 80 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Bryant. Bait For A Death Trap; Blackhawk crashlands in Burma; Olaf and Andre go in to rescue him; But Burma Jack gets there first and wants to sell Blackhawk to the Japanese. Where In The World...?????; The Blackhawks raid Reri Atoll and find burnt remnants of a secret Japanese plan to evacuate the Phillipines using a floating island! The Super-Spies of the Rising Sun, art by Al Bryant; The Japanese use science to turn change of their soldiers to look completely like Caucasian Americans and then send them to infiltrate the Blackhawks. Rasputin and the Empress, art by Ernie Hart. Ezra Joins the Whiz-Cats, script and art by Harry Sahle. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Dick Cole, Edison Bell, Krisko and Jasper, Blue Bolt, Fearless Fellers, Old Cap Hawkins' True Tales, and Sergeant Spook. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Rudy Palais, R.W. Hall, Dick Briefer, Alan Mandel, Dick Wood 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. Crimebuster tries to protect a disabled man from thugs who want to disrupt his plans for a homeless shelter. Yankee Longago meets Anthony Van Leuwenhoek, Father of the Microscope, featuring art by Dick Briefer. Young Robin Hood and his band battle the Phantom Archer, whose skill with a bow is even greater than Robin's. Crimebuster; Swoop Storm; Daredevil: The Case of the Lone Killer; Little Dynamite; Young Robinhood: Phantom Archer Strikes Again; Yankee Longago. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

World War II cover. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Assignment in Arrawa Atol, script by Joe Samachson, art by Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]. The Magic Kite starring Grandpa Peters, script and art by Tom McNamara. A Tale of Sherwood Forest, art by Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]; Brooklyn retells the story of Robin Hood his way. The Man Who Laughed At Horror, art by Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]. Han Von Mutter is an old crazy man living in Jitters Jeep two-pager by Jack Farr. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by George Storm. Untitled story, script by Alvin Schwartz, art by George Storm; Mr. Gruff's portrait has been painted by "the great artist" Henri Boltinoff, but while Buzzy and his pals are delivering it to City Hall to be unveiled, it gets defaced and they have to try to repair it. Untitled Prof. Pipp story, script and art by Jack Farr; humorous predictions of things that might happen when the war is over and the soldiers come home. Untitled Buzzy story, script by Alvin Schwartz, art by George Storm; Buzzy has to cancel a date with Susie to baby-sit his niece Julia. Shorty humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Untitled Alix in Folly-Land story, art by Tom McNamara. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover features teen movie star Joan Carroll. Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Ruth Berman, Sylvia Ann Davies, Margueritte Bro, Ruth Tooze, Mary Lull, Martha Ross, Adam Allen, Louise Carlisle, Mary Brinker Post, 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 teen correspondent for Calling All Girls interviews teen movie star Shirley Temple. A comics biography of female war correspondent Eleanor Packard. A comics biography of Resistance fighter Helen Gregory's work in Poland and America. Judy Wing; Mystery in Ward 13; Woman at the Wars; Mayor Martin's Daughter; Lunch with Shirley Temple; Movies of the Month; Double Exposure Mystery; It's a Beauty-ful Christmas; Lets Talk Things Over; Christmas Star; Pick Your Gifts from the Teen Trinket Tree; Sweet Stuff; It's Fun to Sew; Patriot, at Home and Abroad; A Silver World Tonight; Make Gifts with Glitter; Make a Wish Upon a Star for Christmas; The Victory Club; Girls in the News; Tricks for Teens. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Rojo. Stories and art by Art Moore, R. P. Floot, Dave Abel, Dick Wood, R. W. Hall, Jack Warren and Basil Wolverton. Kids' comics featuring early work by Basil Wolverton. Helpful Hank collects waste paper for the war effort; Monsooer Muskrateer visits a carnival; Scoop Scuttle goes to Inferior Court, in a story by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton. Circus Life is a continuing text feature about the workers in King Brothers Circus. Chile the Bullthrower; Little Bo Pig; Mopey Moose; Scoop Scuttle; Circus Life; Dumb Like a Fox; Buster, The Scrap-Happy Little Plane; Little Bo Pig; Helpful Hank; Monsooer Muskrateer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Note: strange numbering system, issues #18-#20 don't exist Cover price $0.10.

Includes: Syd Shores cover art; The Shadows of Death, Pencils by Vince Alascia, Inks by Al Bellman; Mystery of the Wingless Bat starring Human Torch; The Death That Came Out of Nowhere, art by Alascia; The Black Fortune text story; and The Sea Dragon, pencils by Alascia. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Untitled story, script and art by Frank Stevens; Captain Flight has an emergency landing on a hidden runway inside a mountain, hiding a secret plane factory. Untitled Secret Agent 2B-3 story, art by John Jordan; A man is offering Agent 2B-3 one million dollars for a new fighting aircraft. The Protection Slip Racket; Red Rocket finds a glove in the hand of a storekeeper murdered by racketeers. The Case of the Limping Nazi, script and art by Bill Boynansky; Bruce Corbett's brother is killed by a beast controlled by a Nazi gang. Untitled Rock Raymond story, art by Henry Kiefer. Untitled Deep-Sea Dawson story, script and art by Gordon Fisher. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

nn (No.1) UK Reprint - 68 pages

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $233.00 View scans This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.99) will be charged at checkout. Paper: Off white Slab: Scuffing on front of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Label #0135246002

John Giunta cover. First comic book appearance of the Cisco Kid. Also includes Funnyman, Super Baby, and Faust Cover price $0.10.

Hunchback of Notre Dame, 3rd Printing, Classics Comics. (HRN 22). Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Art Seymour, Ed Cronin, Tony DiPreta, and Maurice del Bourgo. Forgotten superheroes from the Golden Age of comics, featuring early work by Dan Barry and other comics legends. Nightmare and Sleepy were listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Boy King and Giant face Paris, a chess-playing android altered by a criminal into using its high-tech powers for crime and murder. Nightmare and Sleepy battle a baron obsessed with recreating the lifestyle and crimes of his medieval ancestors. Twilght and Snoopy (his trained parrot) pursue counterfeiters who are burning their money for some sinister reason. The Boy King and the Giant: That Paris Should Know the Boy King!!; Nightmare and Sleepy; Stupid Manny; Their Strangest Case; Twilight: Money to Burn!; Skinny McGinty; Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Winter 1944-45. Super Rabbit. Football cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Everett E. Hibbard. The Subsea Pirates starring Wonder Woman, script by William Moulton Marston [as Charles Moulton], art by Harry G. Peter; Steve Trevor investigates a report that a school of mermaids have sunk a ship, and he ends up being captured by them. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]. Join the Junior Justice Society of America ad. A Tale of a City starring Green Lantern, script by Henry Kuttner, art by Paul Reinman; During a pre-Christmas radio program, racial and religious persecution raises its ugly head, prompting Alan Scott to use a life-and-death situation involving Doiby as an example of what America really stands for. Filipinos Are People--East-West Story, art by Dennis Neville. A Ride in the Sky starring Hop Harrigan, art by Jon L. Blummer. The Tale of the Winged Horse starring The Flash, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Jon Chester Kozlak. 84 pgs. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Untitled Captain Triumph story, art by Ed Dobrotka; Kim is appointed a representative of the Good Neighbor Bureau and is sent to South America as a goodwill ambassador where Captain Triumph immediately gets involved in political intrigue and an attempted coop. Slap Happy Pappy humor page by Jack Cole. Untitled Pen Miller story, script and art by Klaus Nordling. Riddle of the Lucky License starring Hack O'Hara, art by Jack Alderman. Bravo! starring Inkie, art by Janice Valleau. Rube Goldberg strip. Untitled Beezy story, script and art by Bernard Dibble. Untitled Floogy the Fiji story. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

The Oblong Box, script by Edgar Allan Poe (Original Story); An artist brings along an oblong chest aboard the ship "Independence." Master Marvin, script by George Kapitan, art by Al Fagaly. Untitled Graves Ghost Hunter story, script by B. Chrysler, pencils by Alex Blum; A man is killed by a ghost outside Mr. Graves house. Untitled Secret Agent RS-II story. Hopalong Bunny, script and art by Ellis Chambers. Untitled Sledge Storm story. Untitled Terry Britt Gang Buster story. Untitled Captain Blaze Steel story. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dick Wood, Art Moore and Rojo. Funny-animal antics featuring a morose feline and his clever rabbit pal. Waldo Rabbit gets Cryin' Lion a job at a carnival, but CL's not sure he can be ferocious while he's cryin'; Grease Monkey is a monkey mechanic who works on Allied bombers; Prairie Dog risks his life in a rodeo to impress a girl. Cryin' Lion; Stony and Bronto; Grease Monkey; The Story Teller; Groucho Gremlin; Prairie Dog; Cock Robinhood. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Batman and Robin in "No One Must Know," Three-Ring Binks, Slam Bradley in "The Clue of the Cat's Pajamas," Air Wave in "The Ride of the Valkyries," and the Boy Commandos in "The Secret of Hill 118" (not by Simon and Kirby, despite the listed credits). Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sam Cherry. Pulp magazine focusing on Crime and Detective stories. "Four-Way Funeral" by Ray Bradbury, plus other stories by Francis K. Allen, Frederick C. Davis, Day Keene, Donald G. Cormack, Harriet Crittenden, Don James, Robert Turner, and Ted Stratton. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in, 98 pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

Featuring the adventures of Rex Baxter, Lank the Yank, Nitro, Scotty MacDonald, Super Sub, Drummy Young, and Johnny Canuck. 20 pgs. B&W.

December 1944. "The Lost Giant" by "Kenneth Robeson"; "Surinam Intrigue" by Stuart Friedman; "Cry of the Wolf Pack" by Charles D. Richardson Jr.; "Ugly Mug" by Q. Patrick; "Out of the Trough" by R.A. Emberg; and "Some Men are Brave" by Pfc. Tommy J. Dowling Jr. Digest size, 5-5/8" x 7-3/4"; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.