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September 1943 - December 1943

This is an expanded and revised version of a post that first appeared at The Hooded Utilitarian on July 5, 2015.



Captain Marvel Adventures #28.

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Published on September 1, 1943. Edited by Rod Reed and Ralph Daigh. The comic includes the story “The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 7: The Lost Sunrise,” by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder. Cover illustration by C. C. Beck. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 68 pages. Louisville: Fawcett. Cover/indicia date: October 1943. Cover price: 10¢.



Police Comics #24.

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Published on September 15, 1943. Edited by George E. Brenner. The comic includes the Plastic Man story “The Hundred Plastic Men,” by Jack Cole. It also includes The Spirit story “The Kidnapping of Ebony,” by Will Eisner. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines [Quality]. Cover/indicia date: November 1943. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

"The Kidnapping of Ebony" was originally published in newspapers on November 24, 1940.



Animal Comics #5.

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Published on September 17, 1943. Edited by Oskar Lebeck. The comic includes an untitled Albert the Alligator [Pogo] story by Walt Kelly. The cover illustrator is unknown. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: October-November 1943. Cover price: 10¢.



Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, Vol. 4, No. 1 [#37]

Published on September 17, 1943. Edited by Alice Nielsen [Cobb]. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. New York: K. K. [Dell]. Cover/indicia date: October 1943. Cover price: 10¢.



Jingle Jangle Comics #5.

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The comic includes the Jingle Jangle Tales story “The Fashionable Fireman and the Soft-Boiled Collar Button,” and an untitled episode of “The Pie-Face Prince of Old Pretzleburg,” both by George Carlson. Cover illustration by George Carlson. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. New York: Famous Funnies [Eastern Color]. Cover/indicia date: October 1943. Cover price: 10¢.

Notes

The exact publication date is unknown. A copyright registration does not appear to have been filed for the issue.

There is no credited editor for the issue.



Captain Marvel Adventures #29.

To read the issue online, click here. Be aware the Beck & Binder story, like the cover, includes racist caricatures.

Published on October 1, 1943. Edited by Will Lieberson and Ralph Daigh. The comic includes the story “The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 8: Battle at the China Wall,” by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder. Cover illustration by C. C. Beck. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 68 pages. Louisville: Fawcett. Cover/indicia date: November 1943. Cover price: 10¢.



Sensation Comics #24.

Published on October 2, 1943. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes the Wonder Woman story “The Adventure of the Pilotless Plane,” by William Moulton Marston & Harry G. Peter. Cover illustration by Harry G. Peter. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. New York: J. R. [DC]. Cover/indicia date: December 1943. Cover price: 10¢.



Barnaby, Crockett Johnson.

Published on October 4, 1943. This is a compilation of material from Crockett Johnson's newspaper strip Barnaby. The included strips were first published between 1942 and 1943. Cover illustration by Crockett Johnson. Hardcover book. Black-and-white interiors. 380 pages. New York: Henry Holt. Cover/indicia date: 1943. Cover price: $2.00.



Police Comics #25.

To read the issue online, click here. Be aware the Will Eisner story includes racist caricatures.

Published on October 15, 1943. Edited by George E. Brenner. The comic includes the Plastic Man story “The Rare Edition Murders,” by Jack Cole. It also includes The Spirit story “Dr. Prince Von Kalm,” by Will Eisner. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Buffalo: Comic Magazines [Quality]. Cover/indicia date: December 1943. Cover price: 10¢. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

"Dr. Price Von Klam" was originally published in newspapers on November 17, 1940.



Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 4, No. 2 [#38].

Published on October 15, 1943. Edited by Alice Nielsen [Cobb]. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Good Neighbors,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Buettner. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. New York: K. K. [Dell]. Cover/indicia date: November 1943. Cover price: 10¢.



Captain Marvel Adventures #30.

To read the issue online, click here. Be aware the Beck & Binder story includes racist caricatures.

Published on October 29, 1943. Edited by Will H. Lieberson and Ralph Daigh. The comic includes the story “The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 9: The Webs of Destruction,” by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder. Cover illustration by C. C. Beck. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. Louisville: Fawcett. Cover/indicia date: December 1943. Cover price: 10¢.



Sensation Comics #25.

Published on November 2, 1943. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes the Wonder Woman story “Adventure of the Kidnapper of the Astral Spirits,” by William Moulton Marston & Harry G. Peter. Cover illustration by Harry G. Peter. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. New York: J. R. [DC]. Cover/indicia date: January 1944. Cover price: 10¢.



Police Comics #26.

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Published on November 12, 1943. Edited by George E. Brenner. The comic includes the Plastic Man story “Body, Mind, and Soul,” by Jack Cole. It also includes The Spirit story “The Death Dolls,” by Will Eisner. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines [Quality]. Cover/indicia date: January 1944. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

"The Death Dolls" was originally published in newspapers on August 4, 1940.



Wonder Woman #7.

Published on November 13, 1943. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes “The Adventure of the Life Vitamin,” by William Moulton Marston & Harry G. Peter. Cover illustration by Harry G. Peter. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. New York: Wonder Woman [DC]. Cover/indicia date: Fall 1943. Cover price: 10¢.



Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 4, No. 3 [#39].

Published on November 16, 1943. Edited by Alice Nielsen [Cobb]. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Salesman Donald,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Dan Noonan. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. New York: K. K. Dell. Cover/indicia date: December 1943. Cover price: 10¢.



Comic Cavalcade #5.

Published on November 27, 1943. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes the Wonder Woman story “Mystery of the Crimson Flame,” by William Moulton Marston & Harry G. Peter. Cover illustration by Frank Harry. Standard-dimension comic book. Cardstock cover. Perfect-bound. Newsprint. Color interiors. 88 pages. New York: Jolaine [DC]. Cover/indicia date: Winter 1943. Cover price: 15¢.



Jingle Jangle Comics #6.

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The comic includes the Jingle Jangle Tales story “The Extra Salty Sailor and the Flat-Footed Dragon,” and an untitled episode of “The Pie-Face Prince of Old Pretzleburg,” both by George Carlson. Cover illustration by George Carlson. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. New York: Famous Funnies [Eastern Color]. Cover/indicia date: December 1943. Cover price: 10¢.

Notes

The exact publication date is unknown. A copyright registration does not appear to have been filed.

There is no credited editor for the issue.



Captain Marvel Adventures #31.

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Published on December 1, 1943. Edited by Will Lieberson and Ralph Daigh. The comic includes the stories “Captain Marvel Enforces the Law of Gravity,” “Captain Marvel Fights His Own Conscience,” and “The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 10: The Booby Traps of Mr. Mind,” all by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder. Cover illustration by C. C. Beck. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. Louisville: Fawcett. Cover/indicia date: January 1944. Cover price: 10¢.



Sensation Comics #26.

Published on December 3, 1943. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes the Wonder Woman story “The Masquerader,” by William Moulton Marston & Harry G. Peter. Cover illustration by Harry G. Peter. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. New York: J. R. [DC]. Cover/indicia date: February 1944. Cover price: 10¢.



Police Comics #27.

To read the issue online, click here. Be aware the Will Eisner story includes racist caricatures.

Published on December 15, 1943. Edited by George E. Brenner. The comic includes the Plastic Man story “Woozy Winks, Juror,” by Jack Cole. It includes The Spirit story “The Substitute Spirits,” by Will Eisner. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines [Quality]. Cover/indicia date: February 1944. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

"The Substitute Spirits" was originally published in newspapers on February 9, 1941.



Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 4, No. 4 [#40].

Published on December 15, 1943. Edited by Alice Nielsen [Cobb]. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Snow Fun,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 64 pages. New York: K. K. [Dell]. Cover/indicia date: January 1944. Cover price: 10¢.



Plastic Man in The Game of Death!

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Published on December 29, 1943. The comic includes “The Game of Death,” “Now You See It, Now You Don’t,” “Willie McGoon, Dope,” and “Go West, Young Plastic Man, Go West,” all by Jack Cole. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. New York: Vital. Cover/indicia date: 1943. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

The issue is also known as Plastic Man #1.



Captain Marvel Adventures #32.

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Published on December 31, 1943. Edited by Will Lieberson and Ralph Daigh. The comic includes the story “The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 11: The Firing of Great Big Bertha,” by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder. Cover illustration by C. C. Beck. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. Louisville: Fawcett. Cover/indicia date: February 1944. Cover price: 10¢.


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