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February 22nd 1944 was a typical Tuesday. After work, a quick stop at the newsstand to scan the comic racks for something new. Today’s purchases, a whole $0.30 worth…
Whiz Comics #7 was published by Fawcett on August 1940. There is a nice little history of Fawcett Publishing…
I was excited to add Wow Comics #7* October 1942 and #8* December 1942 from publisher Fawcett into my collection. The feature early World War II superheros in issues not…
Wings was a very popular ongoing series which ran a total of 124 issues between 1940 and 1954. The series featured characters such as Jane Martin, Captain Wings and Suicide…
The Boy Commandos #7 motorcycle cover was done by famed Captain America creative team Jack Kirby and Joe Simon for publisher DC back in June of 1944. Psychologically it was likely appealing to…
Vic Jordan was a daily and Sunday newspaper comic strip that had story lines which paralleled to some degree the real events of World War II. Uniquely, it…
I’m not a lawyer, nor am I able to spend hours traveling between small libraries researching corporate comic book entities and structures from the early 1940’s. But even…
Soldiers of Fortune #5* was published December 1951 by American Comics Group. The series ran 12 issues from 1951 to 1953. The cover by Ogden Whitney (of Skyman…
Quality was the publisher of Modern comics, and its numbering continued on from Military Comics starting with #44 (November 1945). The title change from Military to Modern serves as…
Rangers #18 from August 1944 is one of my all-time favorite motorcycle covers. As with many of the Rangers Comics and Planet Comics covers on this site, art is by Joe…