America's Greatest Comics comic books issue 5
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Issue #5
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Reprints. Stories by Bill Ward and unknown. Art by Bill Ward, Joe Kubert, Joe Orlando, Wally Wood, George Evans, Steve Ditko, John Buscema and Mort Meskin. Science Fiction issue. Torchy is kidnapped by aliens from Saturn who turn out to be actors looking for publicity in an untitled story. Plus: "Map of Doom"; "Captain Science and the Insidious Doctor Khartoum"; Jane Martin in an untitled story; Captain Crewes in "Adrift in Space"; Desert Eagle in "Wheel of Fortune"; and "The House That Tried to Kill Me!" 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.
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Issue #5
- Interior tearing, pieces detached (partially taped).
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Dave Berg and Phil Bard. Fawcett's first squarebound comic is an anthology of its greatest superheroes, including Bulletman, Spy Smasher, and of course the original Captain Marvel (Shazam). Billy Batson is in trouble when Zeus tires of throwing the magic lightning bolts that turn him into Captain Marvel, in a story with early art by future Mad "Lighter Side" artist Dave Berg. Mr. Scarlet tracks down the killer known as the Phantom. In the Aleutians, dangerously close to US territory, Spy Smasher discovers that Axis forces are recruiting birds into the bomber squadrons. Captain Marvel: The Lost Lightning; Spy Smasher Battles the Bomber Birds; Bulletman: The Plotter; Sea Hunters; Minute Man: The Goddess of Fire!; Whipper-Snappers: Home Work; Mr. Scarlet: The Phantom of Marston Manor; Commando Yank Joins Forces With the Paris Apaches. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.
