Auctions: comic books 1943

Ace Comics (1937) 80 CGC 8.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4368650007

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. Family Portraits strips, art by Norman Lynd. 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. Just Kids strips, art by A.D. Carter. Private Breger Abroad strips by Dave Breger. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Action Comics (1938 DC) 58 CGC 0.5 Restored

Restored: A1

Paper: Cream to off white

Restoration includes: pieces added to cover, spine sealed, cover reinforced. Centerfold missing.

Label #4417380001

Superman stars in "The Face of Adonis!" Also the Vigilante in "The Dummy and the Dumbbell" (pencils by Mort Meskin as "Mort Morton Jr," inks by Paris), 3 Aces in "Double-X for the Axis," Americommando in "The Brigade of the Biting Rabbit" (art by Bernard Baily), Congo Bill in "The Full-Dress Rebellion," and Zatara the Master Magician in "The Seven Year Itch!" Full-page ad for Supermen of America fan club. Half-page ads for Superman # 21 and World's Finest Comics # 9. Full-page combined ad for Batman # 15, Wonder Woman # 3, All-Star Comics # 15, All-Flash Comics # 9, Comic Cavalcade # 1, Leading Comics # 5, Green Lantern # 6, and Mutt & Jeff # 8. "Slap a Jap" cover. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Amazing Stories (1926-Present Experimenter) Pulp Vol. 17 #2 VG/FN 5.0

February 1943. Giant Size Issue. Cover by J. Allen St. John. Stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs ("Skeleton Men of Jupiter"), Stanley G. Weinbaum (Part one of "The New Adam"), P.F. Costello, Leroy Yerxa, Stanton A. Coblentz, Dwight V. Swain, Robert Bloch (as Tarleton Fiske), and Jarry Jenkins Jr. Illustrations by St. John, Virgil Finlay, Rod Ruth, Magarian, Hadden, Ned Hadley, Robert Fuqua, and Joe Sewell. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 240 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Amazing Stories (1926-Present Experimenter) Pulp Vol. 17 #7 VG/FN 5.0

July 1943. Cover by H.W. McCauley. Stories by Robert Moore Williams, Festus Pragnell, P.F. Costello, Don Wilcox, Helmar Lewis, A.R. McKenzie, and Frank Patton. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Julian, Malcolm Schmidt, Magarian, Ronald Clyne, Robert Fuqua, and Joe Sewell. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 208 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Batman (1940) 19 VG+ 4.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch. Staple rust.

Cover by Dick Sprang. "Batman Makes a Deadline!", art by Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane); After witnessing the fatal injuries to a top notch newspaper reporter who was kidnapped by a gang wanting to keep him silent regarding their activities, Batman and Robin decide to take over the story and bring the gang to justice. 'Atlantis Goes to War!', script by Don Cameron, art by Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane); Batman and Robin decide to get involved in a case where a Nazi submarine attacks Allied shipping and then disappears without a trace. One-page Private Pete story by Henry Boltinoff. 'The Case of the Timid Lion!', art by Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane); One Mr. Lyon decides to perpetrate 'jokes' and robberies, using the Joker's calling card to implicate the Jester of Crime... something the Joker doesn't find amusing - nor do Batman and Robin! Jerry the Jitterbug humor page by Henry Boltinoff. "Dramatic Fragment" text story by Ted Allenby. "Collector of Millionaires," script by Joe Samachson, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Norm Fallon; After handling a particular heart-rending situation between a friend of his and his wife, Bruce Wayne decides it's time for a vacation; But when "Bruce" returns from that vacation, he literally treats Dick Grayson like dirt. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Big Shot Comics (1940) 33 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. Brittle.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ham Fisher, Kermit Jadiker and Charles Zerner (credited as Paine), Elmer Wexler, Frank Beck, Frank Tinsley, Mart Bailey, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, and Ogden Whitney. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Vic Jordan and Sue are captured by the Gestapo who see through the fugitives' disguises. Sparky Watts feels he must break up with Hedy and marry Doc Static's daughter, so he can help her raise super-powered baby Halfpint. In the South Pacific, The Face's horrifying appearance makes him a target of US as well as Axis soldiers. Vic Jordan; Skyman; Sparky Watts; A PT Special; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dinky Dinkerton; Dixie Dugan; The Face. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 26 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Al Liederman and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Al Liederman and unknown. After Billy escapes the ice trap, Captain Marvel tracks Mr. Mind to his secret moon base. The villain confronts Cap in several different forms (including his true appearance as a worm) but he escapes before Cap figures out which one was the true Mr. Mind in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 5: Marvel Meets Mr. Mind!" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Plus: Billy visits Seattle, where Captain Marvel foils a plot to sabotage a war bond rally by taking the place of all the incapacitated performers in "Sabotage in Seattle!" with story by Otto Binder. Also: When the Switch brothers invent a way to change one's size, D.C. becomes a giant and decides to use his new size for criminal purposes while A.C. helps Captain Marvel to defeat his brother in "The Plundering Giant!" And: Billy is surprised when he meets his cousin Willard, who tells him that some crooks tried to swindle him when he arrived in town. Captain Marvel helps Willard stop the crooks, but it turns out that Willard isn't related to Billy after all in "His Country Cousin"! Also in this issue: Captain Kid..."Lights Up the Black Market!" by Al Liederman. And: 2-page text story "Sharks Below" by Ray Tender. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 27 CGC 4.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s)

Centerfold detached.

Label #3913490007

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Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Marc Swayze, Bert Whitman and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, C.C. Beck Shop, Bert Whitman and unknown. Now on Earth, Mr. Mind uses his cosmic brain ray to command worms to eat away at the foundations of skyscrapers, causing them to collapse. Captain Marvel eventually discovers the villain hiding under his nose and decides to stop Mr. Mind once and for all by crushing him underfoot in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 6: Mr. Mind on Earth" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and C.C. Beck Shop. Captain Marvel also stars in: "Captain Marvel Makes a Movie Hit" with story by Otto Binder (Los Angeles city story); "The Pledge of the Gremlins" by Marc Swayze, C.C. Beck and C.C. Beck Shop; and "The Arabian Nights of Today" with story by Otto Binder. Plus: Little Sneezer in "De Code in de Dose!" by Bert Whitman; Captain Kid in an untitled 2-pager; and 2-page text story "The Bases Were Loaded" by Gary Brown. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) 9 CGC 5.5

Paper: Slightly britle

Label #4376010004

Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories by Otto Binder and Tom McNamara. Art by Tom McNamara and others. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel Jr. invades the City of Crime, where things like honesty are against the law. Captain Marvel Jr. investigates when a cursed jade idol is stolen, and the culprit seems to be a famous art collector who has no memory of the crime. The evil Mr. Silence is a descendant of explorer Francis Drake, murdering Drake's other descendants so he will inherit a lost treasure. Typically powerful, wordless patriotic cover by Mac Raboy. The City of Crime; The Idol of Theft; A Good Guy in the Bad Lands; Kwiz Kwickies; Ain't So Short; The Terrible Mr. Silence; Silent Sims; Little Sir Echo. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Comedy Comics (1942 Timely) 24 VG/FN 5.0

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 73 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4443873001

Cover art by Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, and George Roussos. The Scarecrow Returns starring Batman, Robin, and The Scarecrow, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos. The Saga of the Little Tin Box starring The Boy Commandos, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Stamps: The Amazon text article. The Old-Fashioned Crimes starring The Crimson Avenger, script and pencils by Jack Lehti, inks by Charles Paris. Corpse Cove starring Spy, art by Chuck Winter. Sole Witness text story by Eric Carter. The Final Round starring Air Wave, pencils by Harris Levy (as Lee Harris), inks by Charles Paris. The Histrionic Hoodlums starring Slam Bradley, art by Howard Sherman. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 82 GD/VG 3.0

Cover detached at single center staple and anchored with tape. Tape on interior cover and pages.

Batman and Robin in "Quarterback of Crime," Slam Bradley in "Wild and Wooly," the Crimson Avenger in "Not With Mirrors," Spy in "Peril on Pier 76," Air Wave in "Rogues Along the River" (art by George Roussos), and the Boy Commandos in "The Romance of Rip Carter" (by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby). A full-page ad features Boy Commandos # 5, Leading Comics # 4, All Star Comics # 18, Wonder Woman # 6, Green Lantern # 9, and All-Flash # 12. Cover price $0.10.

King Comics (1936) 87 CGC 9.0 Rockford

Paper: Off white to white

Rockford.

Label #4440265008

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by William Ritt, Clarence Gray, Fran Striker, Brandon Walsh, Nicholas Afonsky, Carl Anderson, Jack Burnley, R. J. Scott, Eddie Sullivan, Charlie Schmidt, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Tom Sims, Bela Zaboly, George McManus, Otto Soglow, Eddie Rickenbacker, Clayton Knight, Charles Flanders, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Frank Miller, Don Moore and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Escaped convict Trader Joe disguises himself as The Phantom; The conclusion of the Mandrake the Magician Flame Pearls epic. Brick Bradford; The Lone Ranger; The Phantom; Little Annie Rooney; Henry; Sport Features; Scott's Scrapbook; Hall of Fame of the Air; Sentinel Louie; Radio Patrol; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Flash Gordon; Bringing Up Father; The Little King; Barney Baxter in the Air; Sappo; Stamps: Russia Honors Her War Heroes; A Pirate Party; Blondie. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

National Comics (1940) 31 CGC 5.0 Restored

Restored: C1

Paper: Off white to white

Restoration includes: tear seals to cover & interior.

Label #4426522022

Uncle Sam stars in an untitled story, Sally O'Neil Policewoman stars in "The Men Who Wanted to Die," the Unknown, Kid Dixon, Destroyer 171, the Kid Patrol stars in "Murder With Words," Quicksilver stars in "The Corpse Who Wouldn't Stay Buried," and G-2 stars in "The Mystery of the Baskerville Twins!" Reed Crandall cover. Cover price $0.10.

Real Life Comics (1941) 12 CGC 2.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Cover detached.

Label #3732724001

Red Dragon Comics Series 1 (1943) 7 GD 2.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Tear seal. Staple added (not manufacturing). Tape on interior cover and under staples. Water damage. Cover oxidation.

Rocket Comics (Canadian 1941-1946 Maple Leaf) Vol. 2 #3 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

Canadian Edition

Label #4197280005

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Canadian series. July-August 1943. Cover by Bert Bushell. 7.5" x 10.25", 48 pages, B&W.

Shadow Comics (1940 Street & Smith) Vol. 3 #1 GD+ 2.5

Centerfold detached at single center staple. Cover oxidation.

Shadow Comics (1940 Street & Smith) Vol. 3 #2 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4419918023

Shadow Comics (1940 Street & Smith) Vol. 3 #3 GD 2.0

Cover and centerfold detached at single center staple. Cover oxidation.

Shadow Comics (1940 Street & Smith) Vol. 3 #5 CGC 9.6 Edgar Church (Mile High)

Paper: White

Edgar Church (Mile High)

Label #4006147001

Super Comics (1938-1949 Western/Dell) 67 FN- 5.5

Cover oxidation.

Stories by Chester Gould, Herc Ficklen, Dale Messick, Bob Jenney, Martin Branner, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, George Clark, Carl Ed, Stanley Link, Jim Chambers, and Harold Gray. Strips include Dick Tracy, You're in the Army Now, Brenda Starr, 'Cloudy' Williams, Winnie Winkle, Moon Mullins, Smitty, Our Neighbors the Ripples, Harold Teen, Tiny Tim, Clyde Beatty, and Little Orphan Annie. 60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Thrilling Mystery (1935-1947 Standard) Pulp Vol. 21 #1 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation.

Wings Comics (1940) 35 GD+ 2.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION- tear seal. 3/4" spine split, 1" tear to right edge of front cover.

Cover by Art Saaf. Edited by Dana E. Dutch. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Joe Doolin, Lily Renee, Art Saaf, Mort Leav, Rafael Astarita, Robert Webb and Graham Ingels. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Nice Lily Renee art as Agent Jane Martin joins forces with Resistance fighters in the Balkans; Greasemonkey Griffin stumbles across a German squadron while failing his flight test; Suicide Smith and beautiful British agent Hinda are picked up by an enemy sub after crashing in the ocean. Also featuring model airplane tips and aircraft drawings submitted by readers. Skull Squad; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Captain Wings; Suicide Smith; Wing Tips; Sky Blood for the Bearcats; Suicide Mission; Greasemonkey Griffin. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 4 CGC 5.5 Qualified

Paper: Off white to white

Centerfold Missing.

Label #4443873004

Cover by Harry G. Peter. Untitled story, script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Paula von Gunther undertakes a series of Amazon tests to prove herself worthy to serve Aphrodite, and her first test: aiding Wonder Woman foil a Japanese plot to drive American women insane. "The Adventure of the Mole Men," script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; In her second test, Paula must reform the Mole Men of the underworld, which she and Wonder Woman accomplish by opening the Mole Men's eyes surgically to the beauty of the girls they enslave. "The Mother of New York's East Side," script by Alice Marble, art by Sheldon Moldoff; Story of Lillian D. Wald. Untitled story, script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; To complete the third test of Aphrodite, Paula uses her subconscious X-ray machine to understand the motives of war-profiteering rubber magnates. "Human Guinea Pig" text story starring Hop Harrigan. Untitled story, script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Paula had passed her tests, but in failing to oversee the reformation of a slave girl and the rubber magnates, Wonder Woman has failed twice. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Yankee Comics (1941 Armed Service Edition) 4 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #3705607019

Stories and art by Jack Cole, Charles Biro, Ferd Johnson, Dick Ryan, Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, Russell Keaton, Jim Tyer, and Bob McCay (credited as Winsor McCay, Jr.). Numbering continues from Scoop Comics (1941) #3. A digest-sized comics anthology packaged for the U.S. Armed Forces by Harry A. Chesler Features Syndicate (listed as Remington Morse). Early stories and art by comics legends Jack Cole, creator of Plastic Man, and Charles Biro, later one of the minds behind the notorious Crime Does Not Pay comic. A rare one-page strip featuring Little Nemo's Impy drawn by Bob McCay, son of original Nemo artist Winsor McCay (credited here as Winsor McCay, Jr.). Short comedy strips, sometimes just one panel, with titles like Foxy Grandpa and Stars and Stripes. Also, text articles about WWII war efforts, including an argument in favor of wartime humor (like Yankee Comics) and a morale-building message to military personnel. Yankee Comics; Belly-Laughs; King Kole; Little Samson; Stars and Stripes; Lonesome Luke; Ace & Deuce; Ima Slooth; Joe McGee; Sick Call; Nutty Fagin; Dot and Dash; Impy; Joe Ticket the Picket; Jack Potts; Tom, Dick and Mary; Private Bill; The Rumor Cycle; Foxy Grandpa; Wacky Rhymes; Riggin Bill; Tough Guy Joe; Wacky Rhymes; Tough Guy Joe; Bad Breaks; Spots; Your Uncle Sam Speaking. 5-in. x 7.5-in., 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Young Allies Comics (1941) 9 VG 4.0

Oxidation. Chew.

Edited by Vince Fago. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by Don Rico, Charles Nicholas, Al Gabriele, George Klein, Al Bellman, and Frank Giacoia. Super-hero tales featuring the Young Allies team, consisting of Toro (Thomas Raymond), Bucky (James Barnes), Knuckles (Percival Aloysius O'Toole), Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt, Whitewash Jones, and Tubby (Henry Tinkle). Appearances by Benito Mussolini, Attila the Hun, and Captain America. 60 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.