With its bountiful page count, anthology comics in the Golden Age were all the rage – and why not?
In addition to the unquestioned star of the magazine, the reader was served a host of creative and
exciting characters and features. While named for its primary character, GREEN HORNET COMICS
(Temerson 1940-41 & Harvey 1942-1949) was the home of dozens of long-running popular
characters (and few … well, not so much). No one would deny, though, that the reason kids plopped
down their dimes was the playboy Britt Reed and his secret identity as the crimefighting criminal,
GREEN HORNET.
We are starting this series with Volume 2, because we are searching for high-quality scans of issues
#1-5, which of course should comprise Volume 1. If you have any of these classic issues, contact us
for great rewards.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but
not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when
judging the overall contents.

Nick Terry, is a commonplace yet wealthy detective. When the chimes of midnight echo through the
sleeping city, he dons the black robes of THE OWL, and steps from his luxurious penthouse into the
murky darkness! Sworn foe of the underworld, the exploits of THE OWL created terror in criminals
and gangsters alike.
You can now thrill to the Owl's action packed, two-fisted exploits from CRACKAJACK FUNNIES issues
#25 through 43 and POPULAR COMICS issues #72 through 85.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are seventy
years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but not every
panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when judging the
overall contents.
THIS BOOK IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN HARDCOVER AND BLACK & WHITE VERSIONS

“The MIGHTY MAN – a twelve-foot giant – was found in a hidden valley in
Nevada! A young cowboy and a professor persuaded him to accompany them
into the outer world. He agreed when informed that the world is overrun with
bandits, scoundrels and killers.” Mighty Man secretly tries to wage war against
those who would commit evil, using his ability to grow and shrink at will. The
underworld doesn't see him coming, and when they do, it's too late! MIGHTY
MAN appeared in Amazing Man Comics #2-25 and Stars and Stripes Comics #2-
6 – and we have the complete collection!

With its bountiful page count, anthology comics in the Golden Age were all the
rage – and why not? In addition to the unquestioned star of the magazine, the
reader was served a host of creative and exciting characters and features.
While named for its primary character, GREEN HORNET COMICS (Temerson
1940-41 & Harvey 1942-1949) was the home of dozens of long-running
popular characters (and few … well, not so much). No one would deny, though,
that the reason kids plopped down their dimes was the playboy Britt Reed and
his secret identity as the crimefighting criminal, GREEN HORNET; PLUS THE
ZEBRA, SPIRIT OF '76 AND BLONDE BOMBER!
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these
comics are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as
enjoyable as possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age
of the books need to be considered when judging the overall contents.

WORLD WAR TWO FINALLY ENDED AND BY THE FALL OF 1946, SO HAD MUCH OF
THE REIGN SUPERHEROES POSSESSED OVER THE COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY.
PUBLSHERS WERE LOOKING FOR NEW GENRES TO FILL THE RACKS. THE SALES OF
MLJ’S RED HEADED TEENAGER WERE ECLIPSING THE SALES OF THEIR HERO
TITLES. MLJ OPTS TO CANCEL THE BLACK HOOD COMIC AFTER NINETEEN ISSUES
AND ISSUE #20 WAS RENAMED AND RETOOLED INTO A COMIC SERIES THAT
WOULD BE FULL OF LAUGHS FOR THE READERS.
THE TITLE WAS NOW A SHOWCASE FOR MLJ’S TEEN HUMOR LINEUP. HOW
COULD READERS NOT LAUGH FROM A SERIES THAT HAD STORIES OF SUZIE,
WILBUR, TAFFY AND KATY SANDWICHED BETWEEN SAGAS OF MLJ’S RED-HEADED
STAR AND HIS PALS.
THE PUBLISHER NEGLECTED TO INCLUDE THE COPYRIGHT NOTICE ON ISSUES #20-
33 OF THE SERIES. THIS ALLOWS THAT WE CAN LEGALLY AND ETHICALLY REPRINT
THESE LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY COMICS FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK EDITIONS
AS WELL AS IN FULL COLOR OR BLACK & WHITE

“Wealthy Don Wright, fearless publisher, interests himself in the welfare of his country, but as
Captain Freedom, he fights those who oppose liberty”. Captain Freedom was often joined by a
cadre of newspaper-selling kids called the Young Defenders. Captain Freedom battled a variety of
gangsters, Axis saboteurs, killer clowns, and a host of ne’er-do-wells.
CAPTAIN FREEDOM first appeared in SPEED COMICS #13, published in May of 1941 and would be a
regular feature through the title’s end with issue #44. The covers were crafted by powerhouse
talents Joe Simon, Al Avison and Alex Schomburg. The interior artwork was often composed by
Arturo Cazeneuve, Pierce Rice, Ernie Schroeder or Bob Powell,
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible
but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be
considered when judging the overall contents.

Alan Walbridge Ladd (1913-1964) is certainly best known for his western
portrayals, but his film resume included detective noir, straight adventure,
drama and even a little comedy. He was at one time a Top-20 American film star.
Though his early film career was hampered by his short stature, his acting chops
soon overcame that factor and Ladd starred alongside other greats of the day.
His portrayal of the tragic hero Shane is considered one of the most iconic
western roles of all time. His comic career was more modest, a nine-issue run
(1949-1951), but full of excitement in a wide variety of genres!
These comics sport a stellar array of artists including Carmine Infantino, Joe
Certa and Ruben Moreira.

LOVE CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE; PICNICS, SKI SLOPES, BROOM CLOSETS, HOSPITALS AND IN THE
BACK SEATS OF CARS. LUCKILY IN OCTOBER OF 1956 CHARLTON ADDED A NEW ROMANCE TITLE
TO THEIR INVENTORY; TEEN SECRET DIARY TO TELL THESE TALES. THERE IS ART BY DICK
GIORDANO, SAL TRAPANI, CHARLES NICHOLAS, JOE SINNOTT, BILL MOLNO AND VINCE COLLETTA.
THE SERIES LASTED A TOTAL OF ELEVEN ISSUES. WE HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE SCANS OF
THE FIRST TEN ISSUES. WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR SCANS OR LEADS TO ISSUE #11. PLEASE
DROP US A LINE IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THAT ISSUE.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but
not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered
when judging the overall contents.

WORLD WAR TWO FINALLY ENDED AND BY THE FALL OF 1946, SO HAD MUCH OF
THE REIGN SUPERHEROES POSSESSED OVER THE COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY.
PUBLSHERS WERE LOOKING FOR NEW GENRES TO FILL THE RACKS. THE SALES OF
MLJ’S RED HEADED TEENAGER WERE ECLIPSING THE SALES OF THEIR HERO
TITLES. MLJ OPTS TO CANCEL THE BLACK HOOD COMIC AFTER NINETEEN ISSUES
AND ISSUE #20 WAS RENAMED AND RETOOLED INTO A COMIC SERIES THAT
WOULD BE FULL OF LAUGHS FOR THE READERS.
THE TITLE WAS NOW A SHOWCASE FOR MLJ’S TEEN HUMOR LINEUP. HOW
COULD READERS NOT LAUGH FROM A SERIES THAT HAD STORIES OF SUZIE,
WILBUR, TAFFY AND KATY SANDWICHED BETWEEN SAGAS OF MLJ’S RED-HEADED
STAR AND HIS PALS.
THE PUBLISHER NEGLECTED TO INCLUDE THE COPYRIGHT NOTICE ON ISSUES #20-
33 OF THE SERIES. THIS ALLOWS THAT WE CAN LEGALLY AND ETHICALLY REPRINT
THESE LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY COMICS FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT

When his family was killed in an early bombing raid of Poland, Blackhawk dedicated his life to
destroying the Axis powers and everything they stood for. Aiding Blackhawk are Andre, Chuck,
Stanislaus, Hendrikson, Olaf and Chop Chop. Blackhawk and his crew fought in World War Two,
and after the war ended, they continued traveling the world going wherever their help was
needed. Many stories featured the artwork of masters of the day such as Reed Crandall and Chuck
Cuidera. The series is still an immensely popular comic today! RETRO COMIC REPRINT is proud to
bring you the complete Quality Comics run (#9-107; 1944-1956)!
THIS BOOK COLLECTS ISSUES #9-13. Note: This is the full-issue collection, including text stories and
ads.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but
not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when
judging the overall contents.

Charlton Comics was one of the first comic companies to recognize the power of cars, racing and
the general interest in readers’ “need for speed”. HOT RODS AND RACING CARS began being
published by Charlton Comics in November of 1951 and would go on to last a hundred and twenty
issues.
HOT RODS AND RACING CARS has stories from locations across the racing circuit globe including the
Indianapolis Speedway, Le Mans, Bonneville, Sebring International Grand Prix and Pebble Beach.
The series covered motor cross, drag racing, stock cars and even soap box derbies. If you aren't
careful you might learn something cool as HOT RODS AND RACING CARS had biographies on racing
car designs and articles about famous racers of the Indianapolis 500,

Alan Walbridge Ladd (1913-1964) is certainly best known for his western portrayals, but his film resume
included detective noir, straight adventure, drama and even a little comedy. He was at one time a Top-20
American film star. Though his early film career was hampered by his short stature, his acting chops soon
overcame that factor and Ladd starred alongside other greats of the day. His portrayal of the tragic hero
Shane is considered one of the most iconic western roles of all time. His comic career was more modest,
a nine-issue run (1949-1951), but full of excitement in a wide variety of genres!
These comics sport a stellar array of artists including Win Mortimer, Allen Ulmer and Ruben Moreira.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are seventy
years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but not every
panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when judging the
overall contents.

It began as a radio show in 1947 (the idea, some say, “borrowed” from a failed pitch the year
before), and spawned from there a TV show, books, films, and of course comics (Atlas #3-48;
1950-1955). The tales of a ditzy but well-meaning blonde and her assortment of slightly
offbeat friends, MY FRIEND IRMA was one of the most popular entertainment franchises of its
time. The concept itself has been “borrowed” many times since – in fact, shortly after ceasing
publication of MY FRIEND IRMA, Atlas magically came up with the idea for MY GIRL PEARL.
Amazing, isn’t' it? Mostly written by Stan Lee and drawn by Dan DeCarlo, this is a classic
series you don't want to miss – and since they surprisingly forgot tor renew the copyrights,
you don't need to!
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible
but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be
considered when judging the overall contents.

With its bountiful page count, anthology comics in the Golden Age were all the rage – and why not? In
addition to the unquestioned star of the magazine, the reader was served a host of creative and
exciting characters and features. While named for its primary character, GREEN HORNET COMICS
(Temerson 1940-41 & Harvey 1942-1949) was the home of dozens of long-running popular characters
(and few … well, not so much). No one would deny, though, that the reason kids plopped down their
dimes was the playboy Britt Reed and his secret identity as the crimefighting criminal, GREEN HORNET.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are seventy
years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but not every
panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when judging the
overall contents.

WORLD WAR TWO FINALLY ENDED AND BY THE FALL OF 1946, SO HAD MUCH
OF THE REIGN SUPERHEROES POSSESSED OVER THE COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY.
PUBLSHERS WERE LOOKING FOR NEW GENRES TO FILL THE RACKS. THE SALES
OF MLJ’S RED HEADED TEENAGER WERE ECLIPSING THE SALES OF THEIR HERO
TITLES. MLJ OPTS TO CANCEL THE BLACK HOOD COMIC AFTER NINETEEN
ISSUES AND ISSUE #20 WAS RENAMED AND RETOOLED INTO A COMIC SERIES
THAT WOULD BE FULL OF LAUGHS FOR THE READERS.
THE TITLE WAS NOW A SHOWCASE FOR MLJ’S TEEN HUMOR LINEUP. HOW
COULD READERS NOT LAUGH FROM A SERIES THAT HAD STORIES OF SUZIE,
WILBUR, TAFFY AND KATY SANDWICHED BETWEEN SAGAS OF MLJ’S REDHEADED STAR AND HIS PALS.
THE PUBLISHER NEGLECTED TO INCLUDE THE COPYRIGHT NOTICE ON ISSUES
#20-33 OF THE SERIES. THIS ALLOWS THAT WE CAN LEGALLY AND ETHICALLY
REPRINT THESE LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY COMICS FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT

Captain Valor was a U.S. Marine officer who resigned his commission to seek
adventure in the far east. He traveled the continent, protecting those in need
while enjoying his life of excitement; at length, he knew he had to return to
his country and armed service in the wake of the looming World War. Captain
Valor appeared in the first 26 issues of Zip Comics, and all of Captain Valor's
exciting adventures are collected here in this terrific book!
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated,
these comics are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make
the pages as enjoyable as possible but not every panel is perfect and some
allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when judging the
overall contents.

Some of the finest characters and heroes of the Golden Age were part of the M.L.J.
Publishing universe. JACKPOT COMICS was designed to showcase many of them.
Though the series only lasted nine issues, it became and permanent part of comic
history, with appearances by Steel Sterling, Black Hood, Mr. Justice, Sergeant Boyle.
Even a certain red-headed teenager and his friends have stories here within.
Some of the amazing roster of talent in the series included Irv Novick, Bob Montana,
Carl Hubbell and Ed Camy. This book is truly a JACKPOT of Golden Age comic riches
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these
comics are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as
enjoyable as possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age
of the books need to be considered when judging the overall contents.

When his family was killed in an early bombing raid of Poland, Blackhawk dedicated his
life to destroying the Axis powers and everything they stood for. Aiding Blackhawk are
Andre, Chuck, Stanislaus, Hendrikson, Olaf and Chop Chop. Blackhawk and his crew
fought in World War Two, and after the war ended, they continued traveling the world
going wherever their help was needed. Many stories featured the artwork of masters of
the day such as Reed Crandall and Chuck Cuidera. The series is still an immensely
popular comic today! RETRO COMIC REPRINT is proud to bring you the complete
Quality Comics run (#9-107; 1944-1956)!
THIS BOOK COLLECTS ISSUES #9-13. Note: This is the full-issue collection, including text
stories and ads.
ALSO AVAILABLE IN HARDCOVER AND FULL-COLOR VERSIONS. THIS BOOK COLLECTS ISSUES
#14-17
This is the full-issue collection. If you are looking for just the Blackhawk stories, look for
the Gwandanaland Comics BLACKHAWK series.
ALSO AVAILABLE IN HARDCOVER AND BLACK & WHITE EDITIONS

It began as a radio show in 1947 (the idea, some say, “borrowed” from a failed pitch the year
before), and spawned from there a TV show, books, films, and of course comics (Atlas #3-48; 1950-
1955). The tales of a ditzy but well-meaning blonde and her assortment of slightly offbeat friends,
MY FRIEND IRMA was one of the most popular entertainment franchises of its time. The concept
itself has been “borrowed” many times since – in fact, shortly after ceasing publication of MY
FRIEND IRMA, Atlas magically came up with the idea for MY GIRL PEARL. Amazing, isn’t' it? Mostly
written by Stan Lee and drawn by Dan DeCarlo, this is a classic series you don't want to miss – and
since they surprisingly forgot tor renew the copyrights, you don't need to!
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but
not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered
when judging the overall contents.

With its bountiful page count, anthology comics in the Golden Age were all
the rage – and why not? In addition to the unquestioned star of the
magazine, the reader was served a host of creative and exciting characters and
features. While named for its primary character, GREEN HORNET COMICS
(Temerson 1940-41 & Harvey 1942-1949) was the home of dozens of longrunning popular characters (and few … well, not so much). No one would
deny, though, that the reason kids plopped down their dimes was the playboy
Britt Reed and his secret identity as the crimefighting criminal, GREEN
HORNET.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated,
these comics are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make
the pages as enjoyable as possible but not every panel is perfect and some
allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when judging the
overall contents

When a vat of white hot metal spills on him, foundry worker Pat Dempsey’s life is changed forever.
Instead of being killed, he experiences an unexplainable chemical reaction. His skin becomes like
blue metal, and he bursts into flames whenever he is exposed to heat or electricity. He leaves the
foundry and begins work as a private investigator, solving crimes and fighting evil as MAN O’
METAL.
In his human form Pat Dempsey is as vulnerable as any other person, but when he uses his powers
as MAN o’ METAL he is on fire as well as being able to melt bullets and grenades. He can also
breathe underwater and is bulletproof.
MAN O’ METAL first appeared in REG’LAR FELLERS HEROIC COMICS #7 which appeared in July of
1941. REG’LAR FELLERS HEROIC COMICS lasted fifteen issues. Issue #16 saw the comic rebranded to
HEROIC COMICS, which gradually shuffled its super hero features to the back of the book, in favor
of war stories. MAN O’ METAL’s final golden age appearance was in HEROIC COMICS #28.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK EDITIONS AS WELL AS IN
EITHER FULL COLOR OR BLACK & WHITE.

They have been America's most popular teens in the comics for almost 80
years, and are known in books, cartoons, films, toys and more. Led by
America's Favorite Redhead, and all his buddies and gals, they have
entertained and taught us about friendship for generations. They don't
really need an introduction – we all know them like we know our friends
down the street, even if it is not Riverdale.
For a short time in the 1960s, the publisher forgot to include a copyright notice
in the issues of some series; their error is your treasure, because it means we
can legally and ethically offer you these hilarious collections. LAUGH fell into
PD status so issues #149-182 are coming to a comic shelf near you!

When his family was killed in an early bombing raid of Poland, Blackhawk dedicated his life to
destroying the Axis powers and everything they stood for. Aiding Blackhawk are Andre, Chuck,
Stanislaus, Hendrikson, Olaf and Chop Chop. Blackhawk and his crew fought in World War
Two, and after the war ended, they continued traveling the world going wherever their help
was needed. Many stories featured the artwork of masters of the day such as Reed Crandall
and Chuck Cuidera. The series is still an immensely popular comic today! RETRO COMIC
REPRINT is proud to bring you the complete Quality Comics run (#9-107; 1944-1956)!
THIS BOOK COLLECTS ISSUES #9-13. Note: This is the full-issue collection, including text stories
and ads.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but
not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when
judging the overall contents.

It began as a radio show in 1947 (the idea, some say, “borrowed” from a failed pitch the year
before), and spawned from there a TV show, books, films, and of course comics (Atlas #3-48; 1950-
1955). The tales of a ditzy but well-meaning blonde and her assortment of slightly offbeat friends,
MY FRIEND IRMA was one of the most popular entertainment franchises of its time. The concept
itself has been “borrowed” many times since – in fact, shortly after ceasing publication of MY
FRIEND IRMA, Atlas magically came up with the idea for MY GIRL PEARL. Amazing, isn’t' it?
Mostly written by Stan Lee and drawn by Dan DeCarlo, this is a classic series you don't want to
miss – and since they surprisingly forgot tor renew the copyrights, you don't need to!
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but
not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered
when judging the overall contents.

KEN MAYNARD ACTED, SANG AND RODE HIS WAY THROUGH NINETY MOVIES. HIS HORSE,
TARZAN, WAS IN 60 OF THOSE FILMS. PRIOR TO HIS FILM CAREER HE WAS A TRICK RIDER IN
THE BUFFALO BILL WILD WEST SHOW AND WITH THE RINGLING BROTHERS CIRCUS AS WELL
AS A CHAMPION RODEO RIDER.
FROM 1950 TO 1952 FAWCETT PUBLISHED EIGHT ISSUES OF THE KEN MAYNARD WESTERN
COMIC. ALL EIGHT OF THOSE ISSUES ARE PRESENTED IN THIS VOLUME.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics
are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as
possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to
be considered when judging the overall contents.

RACE FOR THE MOON was a three issue science fiction series that was
debuted by Harvey Comics in March 1958. RACE FOR THE MOON
presented thrilling tales of the challenges, perils and successes of lunar
travel. The title was a showcase of dynamic artwork by such industry
giants as Jack Kirby, Al Williamson, Bob Powell and Carl Burgos.

In February of 1942 Nedor Comics published the first issue of America’s Best
Comic. It was an anthology series starring the Black Terror, Doc Strange, Pyroman,
the Woman in Red, Captain Future, the American Eagle, the Liberator and others.
The series ran for 33 issues. It certainly had one of the best line ups of characters
in comics.
Volume one collects issues 1 through 4. Retro Comic Reprints uses the best source
materials we can find. Even after going through an exhaustive search process, the
only reproductions of Issue 3 we could find were from fiche rather than scans.

With its bountiful page count, anthology comics in the Golden Age were all the rage – and
why not? In addition to the unquestioned star of the magazine, the reader was served a host
of creative and exciting characters and features. While named for its primary character,
GREEN HORNET COMICS (Temerson 1940-41 & Harvey 1942-1949) was the home of dozens of
long-running popular characters (and few … well, not so much). No one would deny, though,
that the reason kids plopped down their dimes was the playboy Britt Reed and his secret
identity as the crimefighting criminal, GREEN HORNET.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics
are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as
possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to
be considered when judging the overall contents

MCHALE’S NAVY was a hysterically funny television show that ran for four hilarious seasons
(1962-1966). The show followed the misadventures of the crew of the ship, PT-73. The crew was
led by the Skipper Quinton McHale, played by the great Ernest Borgnine. Comedy legend Tim
Conway portrayed his hapless ensign Charles Parker and the actor Joe Flynn played the crew’s
nemesis Captain Binghamton.
Since MCHALE’S NAVY was a successful show, it was only a matter of time until it was adapted to
comics. In May of 1963 Dell comics published the first of what would be a three-issue comic book
series with artwork by Henry Scarpelli. Sixty years later McHale’s Navy and “The Zaniest Crew
That Ever Manned a PT Boat” is still a fun comic book series to read.

IN THE ANNUALS OF ACADEMIA THERE HAVE BEEN GREAT EDUCATORS AND THEN
THERE WAS THIS PRINCIPAL . EVERY DAY HE WENT TO SCHOOL ATTEMPTING TO KEEP
CONTROL OF HIS STUDENTS, HIS TEMPER AND SOME RED-HEADED KID. MOST YOUNG
ADULT STORIES ARE TOLD FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE TEENAGERS. THIS SERIES
FOCUSED ON HOW THE ADMINISTRATOR MANUEVERED THROUGH HIS DAY, TRYING
TO KEEP FROM LOSING HIS MIND.
THE PUBLISHER NEGLECTED TO INCLUDE THE COPYRIGHT NOTICE ON THE FIRST
EIGHT ISSUES OF THIS SERIES. HERE FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT ARE ISSUES #1
THROUGH 8 COLLECTED IN A SINGLE VOLUME, BROUGHT TO YOU BOTH LEGALLY
AND ETHICALLY. ENJOY !!!!
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH COLOR & BLACK & WHITE AS WELL AS IN
HARDCOVER EDITIONS

When his family was killed in an early bombing raid of Poland, Blackhawk dedicated his life
to destroying the Axis powers and everything they stood for. Aiding Blackhawk are Andre,
Chuck, Stanislaus, Hendrikson, Olaf and Chop Chop. Blackhawk and his crew fought in
World War Two, and after the war ended, they continued traveling the world going
wherever their help was needed. Many stories featured the artwork of masters of the day
such as Reed Crandall and Chuck Cuidera. The series is still an immensely popular comic
today! RETRO COMIC REPRINT is proud to bring you the complete Quality Comics run (#9-
107; 1944-1956)!
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics
are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as
possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to
be considered when judging the overall contents.

Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers is based on a series of radio and television shows from the
1950’s. He used the most modern forensic tools available in that era while still relying on his six gun
and fists.
Dell Comics published three issues of the title in their Four Color Comics series and then had two
different comic book series based on the premise; Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers (#2-9) and
Jace Pearson’s Tales of the Texas Rangers (#11-20). Only two of the three Four Color issues are in
the Public domain since #396 was renewed by T.V. Director Stacy Keach Sr.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but
not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered
when judging the overall contents.

It began as a radio show in 1947 (the idea, some say, “borrowed” from a failed pitch the
year before), and spawned from there a TV show, books, films, and of course comics
(Atlas #3-48; 1950-1955). The tales of a ditzy but well-meaning blonde and her
assortment of slightly offbeat friends, MY FRIEND IRMA was one of the most popular
entertainment franchises of its time. The concept itself has been “borrowed” many
times since – in fact, shortly after ceasing publication of MY FRIEND IRMA, Atlas
magically came up with the idea for MY GIRL PEARL. Amazing, isn’t' it? Mostly written
by Stan Lee and drawn by Dan DeCarlo, this is a classic series you don't want to miss –
and since they surprisingly forgot tor renew the copyrights, you don't need to!
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these
comics are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as
enjoyable as possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of
the books need to be considered when judging the overall contents.

In February of 1942 Nedor Comics published the first issue of America’s Best Comic.
It was an anthology series starring the Black Terror, Doc Strange, Pyroman, the
Woman in Red, Captain Future, the American Eagle, the Liberator and others. The
series ran for 33 issues. It certainly had one of the best line ups of characters in
comics. And was aptly named.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these
comics are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages
as enjoyable as possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the
age of the books need to be considered when judging the overall contents.
Volume Two collects issues 5 through 8. Retro Comic Reprints uses the best source
materials we can find. Even after going through an exhaustive search process, the
only reproductions of Issue 7 we could find were from fiche rather than scans.

With stories titles like “My Secret Sin”, Night of Retribution” and “My Brief Encounter”,
Charlton’s Sweethearts series was a thrilling and lurid entry in the romance comic genre. Tales of
love, longing, betrayal and desire abound and set the standard for romance comics.
Sweethearts was originally published by Fawcett Comics and started with issue #68, picking up
the numbering from where Captain Midnight ended. It has the notoriety of being the first
romance comic published monthly. In 1954 Fawcett stopped publishing comics and Charlton
picked up the title and some of the left over inventory stories. The first issue of the Charlton run
was #122, where the Fawcett numbering had ended, then switched to number 23 the following
issue.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are sixty
years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but not
every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when
judging the overall contents.

With its bountiful page count, anthology comics in the Golden Age were all the rage – and
why not? In addition to the unquestioned star of the magazine, the reader was served a
host of creative and exciting characters and features. While named for its primary
character, GREEN HORNET COMICS (Temerson 1940-41 & Harvey 1942-1949) was the home
of dozens of long-running popular characters (and few … well, not so much). No one would
deny, though, that the reason kids plopped down their dimes was the playboy Britt Reed
and his secret identity as the crimefighting criminal, GREEN HORNET.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics
are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as
possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need
to be considered when judging the overall contents.

Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers is based on a series of radio and television shows from the 1950’s.
He used the most modern forensic tools available in that era while still relying on his six gun and fists.
Dell Comics published three issues of the title in their Four Color Comics series and then had two
different comic book series based on the premise: Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers (#2-9) and Jace
Pearson’s Tales of the Texas Rangers (#11-20). Only two of the three Four Color issues are in the
Public Domain since #396 was renewed by T.V. Director Stacy Keach Sr.
There is some great artwork by Nicholas Firfires, John Usher and Mel Keefer.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics
are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as
possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to
be considered when judging the overall contents.

ALTHOUGH MOSTLY KNOWN FOR HUMOR AND THE ETERNAL LOVE TRIANGLE, THE GANG
OCCASTIONALLY HAD ADVENTURES OF A MORE SERIOUS SORT. HERE ARE FULL ISSUE TALES OF
INTRIGUE AND OCCASSIONALLY DANGER, POPULATED WITH ASTRONAUGHTS, SPIES AND SOME
FAMILIAR LOOKING HILLBILLIES. THESE ISSUES HAD BOTH FUN AND EXCITIEMENT.
THE PUBLISHER NEGLECTED TO INCLUDE THE COPYRIGHT NOTICE ON TWENTY- EIGHT ISSUES, WHICH
WE INTEND TO BRING TO YOU IN A SERIES OF FOUR BOOKS
HERE FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT ARE ISSUES #22 THROUGH 28, COLLECTED IN A SINGLE VOLUME,
BROUGHT TO YOU BOTH LEGALLY AND ETHICALLY. ENJOY !!!!
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are seventy
years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but not every
panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when judging the
overall contents

When his family was killed in an early bombing raid of Poland, Blackhawk dedicated his life to
destroying the Axis powers and everything they stood for. Aiding Blackhawk are Andre, Chuck,
Stanislaus, Hendrikson, Olaf and Chop Chop. Blackhawk and his crew fought in World War Two, and
after the war ended, they continued traveling the world going wherever their help was needed.
Many stories featured the artwork of masters of the day such as Reed Crandall and Chuck Cuidera.
The series is still an immensely popular comic today! RETRO COMIC REPRINT is proud to bring you
the complete Quality Comics run (#9-107; 1944-1956)!
Note: This is the full-issue collection, including text stories and ads.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but not
every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when
judging the overall contents.

In January of 1952 the Korean War was raging and American soldiers were in the thick of it.
Although World War Two featured prominently in many of their titles, Fawcett Comics only
published a few actual war comic titles and BATTLE STORIES covered the grueling combat of the
Korean War. Whether the battles were on the ground, the sea or the air BATTLE STORIES covered
them. BATTLE STORIES lasted eleven issues and was created by a host of talented creators
including George Evans, Bob Powell, Mike Sekowsky, Mike Peppe, Clem Weisbecker, Carl Pfeufer,
Joe Certa and Ken Battefield.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
over seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as
possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be
considered when judging the overall contents. The stories here were created in a less enlightened
time and there are some images that may offend modern readers.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK EDITIONS AS WELL AS IN
EITHER FULL COLOR OR BLACK & WHITE.

BETTER/NEDOR/STANDARD/PINES PUBLISHING (AT THIS POINT, STANDARD)
RELEASED THE FIRST ISSUE OF JOE YANK, STARTING WITH ISSUE #5, COVER
DATED MARCH OF 1952. IT WOULD RUN A TOTAL OF TWELVE ISSUES WITH
#16 BEING ITS FINAL BOOK.
THE STORIES TOOK PLACE DURING THE KOREAN WAR AND WERE A WEIRD
HODGEPODGE OF HUMOR AND GRISLEY WAR TALES. THE REAL STARS OF THE
SERIES WERE THE ARTISTS ENLISTED TO PRODUCE IT. ALEX TOTH, WILL ELDER,
ART SAAF, SY BARRY, JOHN SEVERIN, DAN DECARLO & RUSS ANDRU JUST TO
NAME A FEW, ALL PRODUCED ART FOR THIS SERIES.
THIS VOLUME COLLECTS ISSUES 5 THROUGH 10 OF THE SERIES.
ALSO AVAILABLE IN HARDCOVER AND BLACK & WHITE EDITIONS

It began as a radio show in 1947 (the idea, some say, “borrowed” from a failed pitch the year
before), and spawned from there a TV show, books, films, and of course comics (Atlas #3-48; 1950-
1955). The tales of a ditzy but well-meaning blonde and her assortment of slightly offbeat friends,
MY FRIEND IRMA was one of the most popular entertainment franchises of its time. The concept
itself has been “borrowed” many times since – in fact, shortly after ceasing publication of MY
FRIEND IRMA, Atlas magically came up with the idea for MY GIRL PEARL.
Amazing, isn’t' it? Mostly written by Stan Lee and drawn by Dan DeCarlo, this is a classic series
you don't want to miss – and since they surprisingly forgot tor renew the copyrights, you don't
need to!
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these
comics are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as
enjoyable as possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the
age of the books need to be considered when judging the overall contents.

HILLMAN’S AIRBOY COMICS BEGAN PUBLICATION IN DECEMBER OF 1945, WITH VOLUME TWO
ISSUES ELEVEN, CONTINUING THE NUMBERING FROM THEIR AIR FIGHTERS TITLE. THE SERIES WAS
INITIALLY HELD ALOFT WITH SUCH EXCITING CHARACTERS AS AIR BOY, VALKYRIE, THE HEAP and
LINK THORNE.
TO KEEP THE ADVENTUROUS AVIATORS OF AIRBOY COMICS IN THE CLOUDS HILLMAN HIRED
SOME OF THE BEST ARTISIC MECHANICS WORKING AT THE TIME INCLUDING FRED KIDA, Dan
Zolnerowich, ARTHUR PEDDY, BERNARD SACHS AND CARMINE INFANTINO.
HILLMAN HAD AN INTERSTING NUMBERING SYSTEM. AFTER THE TWELFTH ISSUE OF A TITLE WAS
PUBLISHED, THE FOLLOWING ISSUE WOULD BE GIVEN A NEW VOLUME NUMBER AND THE ISSUE’S
NUMBERING WOULD REVERT BACK TO NUMBER ONE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
AIRBOY COMICS STANDS THE TEST OF TIME BY HAVING THAT RARE COMBINATION OF BOTH
INTRIGUING HEROES AND HEROINES AS WELL AS AN AMAZING ROSTER OF CREATIVE TALENT.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible
but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be
considered when judging the overall contents.

In February of 1942 Nedor Comics published the first issue of America’s Best Comic. It was an
anthology series starring the Black Terror, Doc Strange, Pyroman, and the American Eagle. The series
ran for 33 issues. It certainly had one of the best line ups of characters in comics. And was aptly
named.
Volume three collects issues 9 through 13. Retro Comic Reprints uses the best source materials we
can find. RCR will be releasing the entire ABC series, collecting all 33 complete issues.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but
not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered
when judging the overall contents.

MYSTERY MEN COMICS, one of the earliest comic books in America, spawned some of the most popular
heroes of the Golden Age of Comics: Blue Beetle, The Green Mask, Zanzibar The Magician, Rex Dexter of
Mars and others got their starts in the earliest issues, and a little later we are introduced to The Lynx,
Captain Savage, the Moth, The Wraith and so much more! MYSTERY MEN had a modest run, 31 issues
(1939-1942) but brought some of the top talent of the day: Dick Briefer, Bob Powell, Lou Fine, Will Eisner,
Joe Simon and George Tuska, to name a few. In comics history only a few series can claim such an epic
lineup of characters and creators – MYSTERY MEN is a rare gem.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are over eighty
years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but not every panel
is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when judging the overall
contents. The stories here were created in a less enlightened time and there are some images that may
offend modern readers.
ALSO AVAILABLE IN HARDCOVER AND ECONOMICAL BLACK & WHITE VERSIONS

Charlton’s Sweethearts series was a thrilling and lurid entry in the romance comic genre.
Tales of love, longing, betrayal and desire abound and set the standard for romance comics. There is
terrific artwork by Dick Giordano, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Ken Battlefield and Jon D'Agostino.
Sweethearts was originally published by Fawcett Comics and started with issue #68, picking up
the numbering from where Captain Midnight ended. It has the notoriety of being the first
romance comic published monthly. In 1954 Fawcett stopped publishing comics and Charlton
picked up the title and some of the left over inventory stories. The first issue of the Charlton
run began with #122, where the Fawcett numbering had ended, then switched to number #23 with
the following issue.
This second volume of the series collects Sweethearts #29-35

With its bountiful page count, anthology comics in the Golden Age were all the rage – and why
not? In addition to the unquestioned star of the magazine, the reader was served a host of
creative and exciting characters including the Spirit Of '76 and the Blond Bomber, While
named for its primary character, GREEN HORNET COMICS No one would deny, though, that the
reason kids plopped down their dimes was the playboy Britt Reed and his secret identity as the
crimefighting criminal, GREEN HORNET.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible
but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be
considered when judging the overall contents.
THIS BOOK COLLECTS GREEN HORNET COMICS #33-37

WHODUNIT was a three issue crime comic published by D.S. Publishing, starting in 1948.
Each issue was 52 pages of taut suspense, gritty crime and often premeditated murder.
This riveting mystery series boldly asks on the front cover, “How Good a Detective Are
You”? Can you solve the Death on the Range or The Séance Secret before the last page?
Collected here, in one volume ,are all three issues of WHODUNIT.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these
comics are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as
enjoyable as possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of
the books need to be considered when judging the overall contents.

Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers is based on radio and television shows from the 1950’s. He used
the most modern forensic tools available, in that era while still relying on his six gun and fists
Dell Comics published three issues of the title in their Four Color series and then had two
different comic book series based on the premise; Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers (#2-9)
and Jace Pearson’s Tales of the Texas Rangers (#11-20). Only two of the three Four Color issues are
in the Public domain.
THIS THIRD AND FINAL VOLUME COLLECTS JACE PEARSON'S TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS
#15-20.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated,
these comics are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make
the pages as enjoyable as possible but not every panel is perfect and some
allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when judging the
overall contents.

ALTHOUGH MOSTLY KNOWN FOR HUMOR AND THE ETERNAL LOVE TRIANGLE, THE GANG
OCCASTIONALLY HAD ADVENTURES OF A MORE SERIOUS SORT. HERE ARE FULL ISSUE
TALES OF INTRIGUE AND OCCASSIONALLY DANGER, POPULATED WITH ASTRONAUGHTS,
SPIES AND BEATNIKS. THESE ISSUES HAD BOTH FUN AND EXCITIEMENT.
THE PUBLISHER NEGLECTED TO INCLUDE THE COPYRIGHT NOTICE ON TWENTY- EIGHT
ISSUES, WHICH WE INTEND TO BRING TO YOU IN A SERIES OF FOUR BOOKS
HERE FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT ARE ISSUES #29 THROUGH 35, COLLECTED IN A SINGLE
VOLUME, BROUGHT TO YOU BOTH LEGALLY AND ETHICALLY. ENJOY !!!!
ALSO AVAILABLE IN HARDCOVER AND FULL COLOR VERSIONS

BETTER/NEDOR/STANDARD/PINES PUBLISHING (AT THIS POINT, STANDARD)
RELEASED THE FIRST ISSUE OF JOE YANK, STARTING WITH ISSUE #5, COVER
DATED MARCH OF 1952. IT WOULD RUN A TOTAL OF TWELVE ISSUES WITH #16
BEING ITS FINAL BOOK.
THE STORIES TOOK PLACE DURING THE KOREAN WAR AND WERE A WEIRD
HODGEPODGE OF HUMOR AND GRISLEY WAR TALES. THE REAL STARS OF THE
SERIES WERE THE ARTISTS.
DAN DECARLO & RUSS ANDRU, MIKE EPOSITO AND MIKE SEKOWSKY JUST TO
NAME A FEW, ALL PRODUCED ART FOR THIS SERIES.
ALSO AVAILABLE IN HARDCOVER AND BLACK & WHITE EDITIONS

When his family was killed in an early bombing raid of Poland, Blackhawk dedicated his
life to destroying the Axis powers and everything they stood for. Aiding Blackhawk are
Andre, Chuck, Stanislaus, Hendrikson, Olaf and Chop Chop. Blackhawk and his crew
fought in World War Two, and after the war ended, they continued traveling the world
going wherever their help was needed. Many stories featured the artwork of masters of
the day such as Reed Crandall and Chuck Cuidera. The series is still an immensely
popular comic today! RETRO COMIC REPRINT is proud to bring you the complete
Quality Comics run (#9-107; 1944-1956)!
Note: This is the full-issue collection, including text stories and ads.

This Charlton series is full of exciting tales of racing, cars, motorcycles and
spectacular crashes. If it had a motor and could exceed the posted speed limit,
then it was in Speed Demons. The Series only lasted six pulse pounding issues,
numbering from 5 to 10. The first four numeric issues were Frank Merriwell at
Yale and with issue #11 the series was changed to Submarines Attack. In
between those two titles were six issues of thrilling car chases, bikers and hot
rods. The series has lots of great art by Dick Giordano, Bill Molno and Vince
Alascia with stories by Joe Gill.

Charlton’s Sweethearts series was a thrilling and lurid entry in the romance comic genre.
Tales of love, longing, betrayal and desire abound and set the standard for romance comics.
There is terrific artwork by Dick Giordano, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Ken Battlefield and
Jon D'Agostino.
Sweethearts was originally published by Fawcett Comics and started with issue #68, picking up
the numbering from where Captain Midnight ended. It has the notoriety of being the first
romance comic published monthly. In 1954 Fawcett stopped publishing comics and Charlton
picked up the title and some of the left over inventory stories. The first issue of the Charlton
run began with #122, where the Fawcett numbering had ended, then switched to number #23 with
the following issue.
This book is available in softcover and hardcover volumes as well as in both full color and
glorious black & white.

MOVIE LOVE VOLUME ONE is a celebration of cinema in 1950. Films such as IF THIS BE SIN,
DAVY CROCKETT; INDIAN SCOUT, FOUR DAYS LEAVE, THE TORCH, and BLACK JACK are adapted
into the comic book format but retain all the thrills, romance and excitement of going to the
movie theater. Volume One of MOVIE LOVE also features biographies of Mickey Rooney,
Lucille Ball, Glenn Ford, George Sanders, and Maureen O’Hara along with many others.
Relive the glories of 1950 movies with Volume One of MOVIE LOVE.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics
are over seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable
as possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need
to be considered when judging the overall contents.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARD COVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK FORMATS AS
WELL AS IN FULL COLOR OR BLACK & WHITE.

STEVE DONOVAN: WESTERN MARSHAL was charged with keeping the peace in the
lawless frontier of Wyoming in the old American West. With his trusty sidekick Rusty
riding with him, Donovan battled rustlers and worked hard, in his own words, “to
stay alive.” The three-issue comic series was based on the short-lived television
show (only 39 episodes). The TV show was syndicated in 1955-56.
The artwork in this collection is impressive. The first two issues were drawn by
Everett Raymond Kinstler and the third and final issue was drawn by future MAD
MAGAZINE great, Mort Drucker
This book is available in both black & white and hardcover editions.

In February of 1942 Nedor Comics published the first issue of America’s Best Comic. It
was an anthology series starring the Black Terror, Doc Strange, Pyroman, and the
American Eagle. The series ran for 33 issues. It certainly had one of the best line ups
of characters in comics. And was aptly named.
Retro Comic Reprints uses the best source materials we can find.
RCR will be releasing the entire ABC series, collecting all 33 complete issues.
ALSO AVAILABLE IN HARDCOVER AND FULL COLOR VERSIONS

Myron Fass of Eerie Publications fame published seven issues of Henry Brewster
during 1966 & 1967 under his M.F. Enterprises publishing line. Henry Brewster was
created, written and drawn by Bob Powell. Henry Brewster was yet another teenhumor comic designed to cash in on the teen-comic, beach blanket bingo craze of
the time. Henry is a typical red-headed teenager who, with his friends has all sorts
of wacky adventures. Not to name drop too much but Bob Powell’s scripts and art
are what really make this series shine.
This book collects all seven issues of the series and is a must for Bob Powell fans
This book is also available in hard cover and full color formats

It began as a radio show in 1947 (the idea, some say, “borrowed” from a failed
pitch the year before), and spawned from there a TV show, books, films, and of
course comics (Atlas #3-48; 1950-1955). The tales of a ditzy but well-meaning
blonde and her assortment of slightly offbeat friends, MY FRIEND IRMA was one
of the most popular entertainment franchises of its time. The concept itself has
been “borrowed” many times since – in fact, shortly after ceasing publication of
MY FRIEND IRMA, Atlas magically came up with the idea for MY GIRL PEARL.
Amazing, isn’t' it? Mostly written by Stan Lee and drawn by Dan DeCarlo, this is
a classic series you don't want to miss – and since they surprisingly forgot tor
renew the copyrights, you don't need to!
This volume collects issues #36-42.

Issue #38 of Green Hornet Comics had a dramatic shift with the contents of the backup features.
Gone were the Spirit of ’76 and the Blond Bomber. While issue #38 had a transitional set of
stories, with the likes of Shock Gibson and Kid Adonis, issue #39 featured Mary Worth, Stuntman
and Dotty Dripple. Issues #40-42 kept Mary Worth and Dotty Dripple.
Of course, all the issues centered around the exploits of the Green Hornet and Kato with most, if
not all of the art for those stories by Al Avison
This volume collects issues #38-42

You want exciting war stories, then Charlton’s Attack series is a great comic series for you.
Most of the tales are set in World War II, but there are some Civil War and World War I sagas.
Even Genghis Khan is in here as well. There is art by Sam Glanzman, Pat Masulli, Don Perlin
and Sal Trapani and some of the writing is by the prolific Joe Gill.
Of course, this wouldn’t be a Charlton title without some sort of weird numbering. Attack
starts in 1958 with issue #54 which is a massive 100 book. Issues #55-60 of Attack are all 36
pages each. Issue #60,
cover dared November 1959 is the final book of the run. The title, Attack is resurrected in 1962,
starting with issue #1 for three books and then canceled again. Attack claws back into
publication in October of 1966, with another Issue #3, only to be canceled after issue #4. The
series Attack is then relaunched in September of 1971with another first issue and lasts a full 48
issues.
This volume collects Attack #54-58. The second volume will collect Issues #59 & 60 of the first
series, #1-3 of the second series and #3-4 of the third series.

MAJOR VICTORY COMICS was published by Chesler Publications Inc sporadically between
1944-1945, and unfortunately only lasted three issues. The series had a dynamic array of
features. The title had lots of superhero adventures with Major Victory as well as stories
featuring Dynamic Boy and Spider Woman. There were gripping detective tales with the
Unholy Three who could adapt their appearances’ to solve crimes. Investigative reporter
Scoop Daly foiled the underworld and the crime busting police dog K-9was also featured.
The stories in MAJOR VICTORY COMICS were crafted by some of the best Golden Age’s artists
including Charles Sultan, George Tuska , Gus Ricca and Bill Madden.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics
are over eighty years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as
possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to
be considered when judging the overall contents. The stories here were created in a less
enlightened time and there are some images that may offend modern readers.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK EDITIONS AS WELL AS IN
EITHER FULL COLOR OR BLACK & WHITE.

Wally Brewster and his pal Hippo are teenagers who live in the town of scenic Beachdale.
Like most teenage boys of that time their interests are cars, girls-specifically brunette Jackie
and blond Pamela who compete for Wally’s attention and Hippo’s love for food. Their
nemesis is Beachdale’s high school principal Mr. Klearmont. Of course, Wally and Hippo
inevitably create hilarious mayhem that leads to humorous adventures in and out of high
school.
Wally was published by Gold Key from December of 1962 to September1963 and only lasted
four issues. The majority of scripts were written by Herb Rogoff and the artwork was done by
Paul Robinson.
THE COMPLETE WALLY is a fun teenage romp that succeeds in being funny, occasionally
heartwarming and wholesome.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK EDITIONS AS WELL AS
IN EITHER FULL COLOR OR BLACK & WHITE.

ALTHOUGH MOSTLY KNOWN FOR HUMOR AND THE ETERNAL LOVE TRIANGLE, THE GANG
OCCASIONALLY HAD ADVENTURES OF A MORE SERIOUS SORT. HERE ARE FULL ISSUE TALES
OF INTRIGUE AND OCCASIONALLY DANGER, POPULATED WITH SUPERHEROES, COWBOYS
AND RHINOS. THESE ISSUES HAD BOTH FUN AND EXCITEMENT.
THE PUBLISHER NEGLECTED TO INCLUDE THE COPYRIGHT NOTICE ON TWENTY- EIGHT
ISSUES, WHICH WE INTEND TO BRING TO YOU IN A SERIES OF FOUR BOOKS
HERE FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT ARE ISSUES #36 THROUGH 42, COLLECTED IN A SINGLE
VOLUME, BROUGHT TO YOU BOTH LEGALLY, ETHICALLY AND WITH A PURE HEART. ENJOY !!!!

They say that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. If that's true then PEP
COMICS is one of the greatest comics of all time, because issue after issue presents
some of the best characters of the Golden Age: The Shield, The Hangman, Bentley of
Scotland Yard, Sergeant Boyle, and a certain red-headed teenager and his friends. PEP
COMICS is One of the true anthology classics.
NOTE: PEP COMICS is a collection of all the Golden Age/Public Domain issues – the series
continued for decades, and we're offering the first 71 issues.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK EDITIONS AS
WELL AS IN COLOR OR BLACK & WHITE

When his family was killed in an early bombing raid of Poland, Blackhawk dedicated
his life to destroying the Axis powers and everything they stood for. Aiding
Blackhawk are Andre, Chuck, Stanislaus, Hendrikson, Olaf and Chop Chop.
Blackhawk and his crew fought in World War Two, and after the war ended, they
continued traveling the world going wherever their help was needed. Many stories
featured the artwork of masters of the day such as Reed Crandall and Chuck Cuidera.
The series is still an immensely popular comic today! RETRO COMIC REPRINT is
proud to bring you the complete Quality Comics run (#9-107; 1944-1956)!
Note: This is the full-issue collection, including text stories and ads.
THIS BOOK COLLECTS ISSUES #42-47 AND IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN HARDCOVER , BLACK &
WHITE AND FULL COLOR EDITIONS.

Charlton’s Sweethearts series was a thrilling and lurid entry in the romance comic genre.
Tales of love, longing, betrayal and desire abound and set the standard for romance
comics. There is terrific artwork by Dick Giordano, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Ken
Battlefield and Jon D'Agostino. Sweethearts was originally published by Fawcett Comics
and started with issue #68, picking up the numbering from where Captain Midnight
ended. It has the notoriety of being the first romance comic published monthly. In 1954
Fawcett stopped publishing comics and Charlton picked up the title and some of the left
over inventory stories. The first issue of the Charlton run began with #122, where the
Fawcett numbering had ended, then switched to number #23 with the following issue.
This book is available in softcover and hardcover volumes as well as in both full color and
glorious black & white. This volume collects Sweethearts #43-49

Monte Hale started his movie career at Republic Pictures in April 1946 with “Home
On the Range”. PICTURE NEWS #8, adapted the film into comic form, but no other
Hale stories were published until the popular Fawcett company began publishing
MONTE HALE WESTERN with issue #29. It was the first Monte Hale comic, but
Fawcett picked up the numbering sequence from the recently canceled MARY
MARVEL Comics.
The Fawcett issues had beautiful photo covers . Carl Pfeufer, best known for his
exciting work on Fawcett’s TOM MIX, drew Monte’s stories with an inking assist
from John Jordan. The series lasted until issue #82. Charlton then published six
issues, but they were reprints of the Fawcett issues.

You want exciting war stories, then Charlton’s Attack series is a great comic series for you. Most
of the tales are set in World War II, but there are some Civil War and World War I sagas. There is
art by Sam Glanzman, Pat Masulli, Don Perlin and Sal Trapani and some of the writing is by the
prolific Joe Gill.
Of course, this wouldn’t be a Charlton title without some sort of weird numbering. Attack starts in
1958 with issue #54 which was a massive 100 book. Issues #55-60 of Attack are all 36 pages each.
Issue #60, cover dared November 1959 is the final book of that run. The title, Attack was
resurrected in 1962, starting with issue #1 for three books and then canceled again. Attack clawed
back into publication in October of 1964, with another Issue #3, only to be canceled after issue #4.
The series Attack is then relaunched in September of 1971 with another first issue and lasted a full
48 issues.
This volume collects Issues #59 & 60 of the first series, #1-3 of the second series (1962) and #3-4 of
the third series (1964).

In February of 1942 Nedor Comics published the first issue of America’s Best
Comic. It was an anthology series starring the Black Terror, Doc Strange, Pyroman,
and Miss Masque. The series ran for 33 issues. It certainly had one of the best line
ups of characters in comics. And was aptly named.
Retro Comic Reprints uses the best source materials we can find.
RCR will be releasing the entire ABC series, collecting all 33 complete issues.

THE TOPS IN TEEN-AGE FUN. TEENAGE HIJINKS ABOUND IN THIS SERIES STARING JUNIE
PROM AND HER GAL-PALS. JUNIE PROM COMICS FIRST APPEARED IN DECEMBER OF
1947 AND WAS PUBLISHED BY DEERFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY. THE MAJORITY OF
THE JUNIE STORIES AND ARTWORK WERE BY FASHION DESIGNER, PAULA GIOKARIS.
JUNIE PROM LASTED A TOTAL OF SEVEN ISSUES, ALL OF WHICH ARE PRESENTED IN
THIS RETRO COMIC REPRINTS BOOK.

Sparkling Stars is a great example of an anthology series that had something for
everyone. There were plenty of sports stories with Boxie Weaver handling boxing and
Speed Spaulding playing everything from football to crew. There is military humor
with Private Plopp and thrilling World War Two tales with the Hell’s Angels, art by a
young Carmine Infantino. There are funny animal stories and humor fantasy stories
with Ali Baba. Add various exploits of private detective and the F.B.I. Plus science
fiction action with Stormy Daye and Sparkling Stars provides a potpourri of
entertainment.
Sparkling Stars was published by Holyoke Press starting in June of 1944
This volume contains Sparkling Stars issues #5-8

This is the final book in our Green Hornet collection. It contains issue #43 to 47 of the
Green Hornet by Harvey Comics. The series changed its name to Green Hornet, Racket
Buster for issues #44 to 47. Back up features for these issues included Dotty Dripple by
Buford Tune and Kerry Drake, written by Allen Saunders and drawn by Alfred Andriola. Of
course, all the issues centered around the exploits of the Green Hornet and Kato with
most, if not all of the art for those stories by Al Avison.
Also included in this volume are issues #13 and 14 of All-New Comics which had Green
Hornet stories in each comic along with Ham Fisher's Joe Palooka . Simon & Kirby's Stuntman
is the third feature in All-New #13 and, a Man in Black story by Bob Powell was in #14
This volume collects Green Hornet #43, Green Hornet Racket Buster #44-47 and All-New
Comics #13 & 14

BEWARE was a horror title that was initially published by Trojan Magazines in January of 1953.
Monsters, ghosts, demons, witches and vampires abound in the pages within, crafted by an
impressive array of artists Harry Harrison, Myron Fass, Henry Kiefer and Roy Krenkel. BEWARE!
Was not immune from controversy. Two issues of the series were used in the infamous book
“Seduction Of The Innocent,” which attempted (and succeeded) to convince the public that
comic books were dangerous. Terrifing tales of the macabre lie in wait within, so BEWARE!
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
over seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as
possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be
considered when judging the overall contents. The stories here were created in a less
enlightened time and there are some images that may offend modern readers.

“It is as if it were written in the wind, as a legend of the past, the time when the awesome black plague
ruled the Himalayan region! Men suffered unto death before its terrible spread, and hope of survival
rested with a small medical team that had arrived on a mission of mercy! Yes, there was sickness, and
there was death, but finally, the plague was conquered, claiming its final victims, Richard and Mary
Cannon!
“Out of friendship and gratitude, the high abbot of the Lamagery saw to the upbringing of the
orphaned child, and developed within him the highest degree of mental and physical perfection! Then,
when the youth came of age, he was entrusted with the knowledge of the ANCIENT SCROLLS, that bore
the secret writings of generations of wise men! From there he learned concentration, mind over
matter, the art of activating and harnessing that unused portion of his brain that made fantastic feats
possible!”
This was a hero who wouldn't die – not in the comics, and not in the real world. He has appeared in new
adventures many times in the decades since he first appeared; thankfully, those early issues are public
domain, and so we can bring them to you without fear, without concern, without lawsuits! To respect
trademark, obviously we have not presented the original title or character name – but I think you have it
figured out!

Charlton’s Sweethearts series was a thrilling and lurid entry in the romance comic genre.
Tales of love, longing, betrayal and desire abound and set the standard for romance
comics. There is terrific artwork by Dick Giordano, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Ken
Battlefield and Jon D'Agostino. Sweethearts was originally published by Fawcett Comics
and started with issue #68, picking up the numbering from where Captain Midnight
ended. It has the notoriety of being the first romance comic published monthly. In 1954
Fawcett stopped publishing comics and Charlton picked up the title and some of the left
over inventory stories. The first issue of the Charlton run began with #122, where the
Fawcett numbering had ended, then switched to number #23 with the following issue.

ALTHOUGH MOSTLY KNOWN FOR HUMOR AND THE ETERNAL LOVE TRIANGLE, THE GANG
OCCASIONALLY HAD ADVENTURES OF A MORE SERIOUS SORT. HERE ARE TALES OF
INTRIGUE AND OCCASIONALLY DANGER, POPULATED WITH SUPERHEROES, COWBOYS
AND SPIES. THESE ISSUES HAD BOTH FUN AND EXCITEMENT.
THE PUBLISHER NEGLECTED TO INCLUDE THE COPYRIGHT NOTICE ON TWENTY- EIGHT
ISSUES, WHICH WE INTEND TO BRING TO YOU IN A SERIES OF FOUR BOOKS
HERE FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT ARE ISSUES #43 THROUGH 49, COLLECTED IN A SINGLE
VOLUME, BROUGHT TO YOU BOTH LEGALLY, ETHICALLY AND WITH A PURE HEART.
ENJOY !!!!

Monte Hale started his movie career at Republic Pictures in April 1946 with “Home On the
Range”. PICTURE NEWS #8, adapted the film into comic form, but no other Hale stories were
published until the popular Fawcett company began publishing MONTE HALE WESTERN with
issue #29. It was the first Monte Hale comic, but Fawcett picked up the numbering sequence
from the recently canceled MARY MARVEL Comics.
The Fawcett issues had beautiful photo covers Initially. Carl Pfeufer, best known for his exciting
work on Fawcett’s TOM MIX, drew Monte’s stories with an inking assist from John Jordan. The
series lasted until issue #82. Charlton then published six issues, but they were reprints of the
Fawcett issues.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these
comics are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages
as enjoyable as possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the
age of the books need to be considered when judging the overall contents.

When his family was killed in an early bombing raid of Poland, Blackhawk dedicated his life to
destroying the Axis powers and everything they stood for. Aiding Blackhawk are Andre, Chuck,
Stanislaus, Hendrikson, Olaf and Chop Chop. Blackhawk and his crew fought in World War Two,
and after the war ended, they continued traveling the world going wherever their help was
needed. Many stories featured the artwork of masters of the day such as Reed Crandall and Chuck
Cuidera. The series is still an immensely popular comic today! RETRO COMIC REPRINT is proud to
bring you the complete Quality Comics run !
Note: This is the full-issue collection, including text stories and ads.
THIS BOOK IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN HARDCOVER , BLACK & WHITE AND FULL COLOR EDITIONS.

To most people, Dr. James Kildare was a TV character played by Richard Chamberlain (191
episodes, 1961-1966), but Dr. Kildare had a much richer history. The original character was
created and written by none other than the famous western writer Max Brand, and appeared in
short stories, novels, radio, films and comic strips from the 1930s-on. The 1960s TV series has
become the most famous, the tales of a young surgeon and his mentor, and is the version on
which the comic series is based.
Unfortunely issues #8 and 9 of the comic book series are not in the public domain so they
could not be included in this collection.

In the world of Tower Comics, while Dynamo might be powerful, Noman mysterious and
Lightning extremely fast, none were as popular as TIPPY TEEN. In fact, Tippy not only had a
longer run than any other of the Tower series, but TIPPY TEEN and its various spinoff titles
actually totaled more books than all of the other Tower comics combined. When Martin
Goodman at Atlas/Seaboard wanted to add a teen humor title to his lineup, instead of creating
a new series he simply changed the name from Tippy to Vicki and reprinted some of the Tower
stories.
What made Tippy special? She was, in many ways, a product of her times, when teenagers ruled the
comic stands and felt like they could change the World. Tippy and her sometimes boyfriend Tommy,
their friends Go-Go, Animal and others, would turn their town upside down with their hijinks and
humor. TIPPY TEEN’s contributors will sound familiar to you. Harry Lucey, Samm Schwartz, and Bill
Williams also worked on the Riverdale beat.
TIPPY TEEN, like all the other Tower comics were published without proper copyright notices and
therefore are in the public domain.

For over 85 years, stories of courage, justice and action of the MASKED MAN in the Wild West
have thrilled children and adults alike, and his legend has become part of American culture.
First on the radio back in 1933, then in the comics and on television, and later the movies, the
Ranger that everyone thought dead donned his mask and rode the frontier, seeking to ensure
justice in what was often a lawless land. It would be the rare person even today who hasn't
seen or heard some of his thrilling tales.
In a fortunate twist of fate, some of the early issues of his comic stories fell into the public
domain; at RETRO COMIC REPRINTS part of our mission is to ensure that public domain
treasures like these are collected for readers today and for future generations.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but
not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when
judging the overall contents.

Fight Comics was an action and adventure anthology series published by Fiction House, debuting
in January of 1940. Fight Comics starred tales of Sailor of fortune Shark Brodie, boxer Kayo Kirby,
underwater adventures with Kinks Mason, epics starring Big Red McLane-King of the Northwoods,
wild action with Oran of the Jungle, superhero sagas featuring Rip Regan-the Power Man and the
aerial accounts of Chip Collins. As an added bonus, this volume has short biographies of boxers
Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Tony Gallento and Tony Canzoneri.
The artists and writers in this series included such Golden Age greats as Will Eisner, Lou Fine,
Maurice Gutwirth, Klaus Nordling, Fletcher Hanks and George Tuska. Fight Comics would
ultimately last eighty-six issues. Retro Comic Reprints plans on collecting all of these issues so you
don’t need to worry about fighting to amassi all these amazing comics yourself.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
eighty years old. Issue #3 has chunks out of the corner of the pages. The best efforts have been
made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but not every panel is perfect and some
allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when judging the overall contents. The
stories here were created in a less enlightened time and there are some images that may offend
modern readers.

MLJ’s ZIP COMICS was an excellent example of Golden Age greatness. The series featured Steel
Sterling, Scarlet Avenger and Mr. Satan providing two-fisted superhero action. There were
adventures in the Old West with Nevada Jones. Also included in the lineup were jungle sagas
with Kalthar, tales of the South Seas with Captain Valor as well as magical mysteries with
Zambini. Zip comics was also known for its stellar cast of creators that included Charles Biro, Kin
Platt, Irv Novick, Mort Meskin, Frank Volpe, Lin Streeter, Edd Ashe and Irwin Hasen.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
over eighty years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible
but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered
when judging the overall contents. The stories here were created in a less enlightened time and
there are some images that may offend modern readers.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARD COVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK FORMATS AS
WELL AS IN FULL COLOR OR BLACK & WHITE.

In the world of Tower Comics, while Dynamo might be powerful, Noman mysterious and
Lightning extremely fast, none were as popular as TIPPY TEEN. In fact, Tippy not only had a
longer run than any other of the Tower series. TIPPY TEEN and her various spinoff titles
actually totaled more books than all of the other Tower comics combined. When Martin
Goodman at Atlas/Seaboard wanted to add a teen humor title to his lineup, instead of
creating a new series he simply changed the name from Tippy to Vicki and reprinted the
some of the Tower stories.
What made Tippy special? She was, in many ways, a product of her times, when teenagers ruled
the comic stands and felt like they could change the World. Tippy and her sometimes boyfriend
Tommy, their friends Go-Go, Animal and others, would turn their town upside down with their
hijinks and humor. TIPPY TEEN’s contributors will sound familiar to you. Harry Lucey, Samm
Schwartz, Dan DeCarlo, Rudy Lapick and Bob White all worked on the Riverdale beat.
TIPPY TEEN, like all the other Tower comics were published without proper copyright notices
and therefore are in the public domain.

MLJ’s ZIP COMICS was an excellent example of Golden Age greatness. The series featured Steel
Sterling, Scarlet Avenger and Mr. Satan providing two-fisted superhero action. There were
adventures in the Old West with Nevada Jones. Also included in the lineup were jungle sagas with
Kalthar, tales of the South Seas with Captain Valor as well as magical mysteries with Zambini. Zip
comics was also known for its stellar cast of creators that included Charles Biro, Kin Platt, Irv
Novick, Mort Meskin, Frank Volpe, Lin Streeter, Edd Ashe and Irwin Hasen.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
over eighty years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible
but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered
when judging the overall contents. The stories here were created in a less enlightened time and
there are some images that may offend modern readers.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARD COVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK FORMATS AS WELL
AS IN FULL COLOR OR BLACK & WHITE.

ALL YOUR COMICS had the distinction of being a ONE SHOT WONDER twice. Fox
published two issues of All Your Comics #1. The first issue of All Your Comics is a 128
page spectacular, which encompasses almost every genre of the comic world spectrum.
There are superheroes, mystery, crime, humor, boxing, history, funny animals, boy
scouts, space ships and puzzles. There are even some stories with art by Robert
Kanigher, Frank Little and Frank Godwin and the cover art by E.C. Stoner. It is cover
dated December of 1944. The second issue, also numbered as #1 was published in
spring of 1946. It was 36 pages long and was also a mix of adventure and funny animal
stories.

Nurse Linda Lark was an eight issue series published by Dell, starting in December of 1961. The
big draw of this book is that it was written by John Stanley, creator of Little Lulu. Where Little Lulu
was funny and thumbed its nose at social norms of the day, Nurse Linda Lark was more of a
melodramatic soap opera. Along with her friend, Charley, Linda mostly worked at the General
Hospital although there was some globetrotting on vacation cruises and medical missions.
The first issue of the series was Linda Lark, Student Nurse. The series’ name was changed to
simply Linda Lark for issues #2-4, and the last four issues were titled Nurse Linda Lark.
Most of the artwork for the series was done by John Tartaglione. Inkers for the series included Dick
Giordano, Sal Trapani and Vince Colletta.

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS was a long-running comic strip, primarily remembered for its continuing
storyline involving a group of teenagers. The stories were set in the peaceful small town of Shadyside
where Freckles McGoosey and his various friends lived. Freckles, may appear at first brush to be yet
another redheaded teenage humor protagonist. His comic strips actually predates other red headed
characters Hap Hazard, Henry Brewster and that Andrews kid. He had a goofy sidekick named Lard, and
the girls at his high school were, of course beautiful.
Although Freckles and His Friends lasted more than half a century and was syndicated in nearly 700
newspapers, the strip was never adapted to radio, movies or television. It also was not a well known comic
book series. For all the series longevity in newspapers as a strip, it only had two comic series. The first comic
book series, published by Standard (Nedor) late in 1947 only lasted eight issues. The second series was
published by Argo in 1955 and lasted all of four issues. The first series, by Standard started at #5 and ran until
issue 12. The second series began at issue #1 and went until issue #4, so the publishing sequence is #5-12 then
#1-4….weird.
Retro Comic Reprints has all twelve issues. Volume One contains issues #5-9 of the Standard series and Volume
Two collects issues #10-12 of the Standard series and issues #1 through 4 of the Argo series.
This book is available in hard cover and trade paperback formats as well as in both full color and black & white
editions.

They say that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. If that's true then
PEP COMICS is one of the greatest comics of all time, because issue after issue
presents some of the best characters of the Golden Age: The Shield, The Comet,
Rocket and the Queen of Diamonds, Fu Chang, Bentley of Scotland Yard,
Sergeant Boyle, and a little later The Black Hood and the first appearances of
that famous red-headed teen, Archie. PEP COMICS is One of the true anthology
classics.
NOTE: PEP COMICS is a collection of all the Golden Age/Public Domain issues –
the series continued for decades, and we're offering the first 71 issues.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated,
these comics are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the
pages as enjoyable as possible but not every panel is perfect and some
allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when judging the
overall contents.

“The peace of the jungle explodes suddenly into violent fury when the U'bongo god
decrees death for the white man! Pistol Roberts, the jungle ranger, and Judy, that
amazing maiden of the jungle, have the toughest task of their thrill-packed career
when they counter-attack --- VENGEANCE OF U'BONGO!”
From Exciting Comics #55-69, Judy Of The Jungle braved the beasts and the elements,
the dangers and the challenges of the deep, dark wilderness. Most of these classic
tales were drawn by Ralph Mayo – except the one drawn by none other than Frank
Frazetta!
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARD COVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK AS WELL AS
BLACK & WHITE EDITIONS

IF YOU LOVE SPORTS THEN BABE RUTH SPORTS COMIC IS FOR YOU. THE SULTAN OF
SWAT GUIDES YOU THROUGH THE HISTORY OF FAMOUS SPORT STARS, ACROSS A
WIDE SPECTRUM OF VARIOUS ATHLETIC ENDEVORS. THESE COMICS HAVE STORIES
ABOUT BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, ICE HOCKEY, THE OLYMPICS AND MORE.
PLUS, BABE RUTH’S OWN STORY IS TOLD IN SERIALIZED CHAPTERS IN EACH ISSUE.

NATIONAL COMICS WAS ANOTHER STELLAR ANTHOLOGY BOOK FROM QUALITY COMICS.
CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDED WILL EISNER, LOU FINE, JACK COLE, KLAUS NORDLING. THE ROSTER OF
CHARACTERS INCLUDES UNCLE SAM, WONDER BOY AND CYCLONE. THE SERIES BEGAN IN JULY OF
1940 AND RAN SEVENTY-FIVE ISSUES. RETRO COMIC REPRINTS PLANS ON BRINGING YOU THE ENTIRE
SERIES.
THIS IS THE VERY FIRST VOLUME IN THE SERIES. UNFORTUNETLY ISSUES #2 AND 4’S IMAGES ARE
REPRODUCED FROM FICHE. THESE WERE THE BEST COPIES AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION.
HOPEFULLY THE JOY OF BEING ABLE TO READ THE STORIES WILL NEGATE SOME OF THE
DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE REPRODUCTION QUALITY.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARD COVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK FORMATS AS WELL AS IN
FULL COLOR OR BLACK & WHITE.

Monte Hale started his movie career at Republic Pictures in April 1946 with “Home On the Range”.
PICTURE NEWS #8, adapted the film into comic form, but no other Hale stories were published until
the popular Fawcett company began publishing MONTE HALE WESTERN with issue #29. It was the
first Monte Hale comic, but Fawcett picked up the numbering sequence from the recently canceled
MARY MARVEL Comics.
The Fawcett issues had beautiful photo covers Initially. Carl Pfeufer, best known for his exciting
work on Fawcett’s TOM MIX, drew Monte’s stories with an inking assist from John Jordan. The
series lasted until issue #82. Charlton then published six issues, but they were reprints of the
Fawcett issues.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but
not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when
judging the overall contents.

Collected here are six issues full of light-hearted shenanigans with your favorite red-headed
teenager and his wacky pals. Two of the issues focus on the blond young lady and the other four
on the Red’s dark haired nemesis. Of course, hilarity ensues on almost every page.
For a short time in the 1960s, the publisher forgot to include a copyright notice in the issues of
some series; their error is your treasure, because it means we can legally and ethically offer you
these hilarious collections. These issues fell into Public Domain status so now they can be reprinted
and adorn your bookshelf or mantle.
This volume collect s BETTY & ME #1 and 2 plus REGGIE #15-18

Charlton’s Sweethearts comic series was a thrilling and lurid entry in the romance
comic genre. Tales of love, longing, betrayal and desire abound. It set the standard
for romance comics. Sweethearts was originally published by Fawcett Comics and
started with issue #68, picking up the numbering from where Captain Midnight
ended. It has the notoriety of being the first romance comic published monthly. In
1954 Fawcett stopped publishing comics and Charlton picked up the title and some
of the left over inventory stories. The first issue of the Charlton run was #122,
where the Fawcett numbering had ended, then switched to number 23 the
following issue. This volume collects Sweethearts #57-63

When his family was killed in an early bombing raid in Poland, Blackhawk dedicated his life to
destroying the Nazis and everything they stood for. Blackhawk and his crew fought in World
War Two, and when the war ended, they became soldiers of fortune and adventure, traveling
the world wherever the need and the lure took them. Many stories featured the artwork of
masters of the day such as Reed Crandall, Bill Ward, Bill Quackenbush and Chuck CUIDERA.
THIS BOOK COLLECTS ISSUES #55-61

Looking for a book that will frighten you, a tome that will fill you with horror and terror? Then
this is the collection for you. TALES FROM THE TOMB was an 84 page one-shot published by Dell
Comics in October of 1962. Presented here are nine stories of terror with artwork by Frank
Springer, Tony Tallarico, George Evans and others. Menaces can come from anywhere.
Supernatural perils lurk all around you. The most mundane items and places; demonic throw
rugs, evil paintings, sharks, dance clubs even your basement all have opportunities for evil to
lurch out and ensnare you.
GHOST STORIES began publication in the Fall of 1962 and lasted thirty-seven issues.
Unfortunately only the first five issues of GHOST STORIES are in the public domain, but those
first five comics are packed full of gruesomeness, panic and creeping evil. Artists included in
those issues included Gerald McCann and Eddie Robbins, illustrating stories by John Stanley and
Carl Memling.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARD COVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK FORMATS AS WELL AS
IN FULL COLOR OR BLACK & WHITE.

It's the rattle of gunfire, the explosion of grenades, the shouts of orders, and the screams of the
wounded – the drama of war in all its terrible excitement. G.I. COMBAT ran for over 35 years,
for 288 thrill-packed issues. The comic itself outlasted multiple wars, telling the tales of
bravery and danger month after month. The series was started at Quality Comics before
moving to another publisher.
Since G.I. COMBAT was originally a Quality publication, the series had a quality cache of artists
including: Reed Crandall, Chuck Cuidera, Dick Dillin and Charles Nicholas. G.I. COMBAT had
brutal, gritty war tales wrapped in stunning artwork.

CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT is Captain JIM Albright, genius inventor and patriot – and using his
Gliderchute, Swing-Spring, Blackout Bomb, and Doom-Beam Torch he is a mighty superhero. He
battles Nazis and Japanese agents during the war, and afterward everything from perceived
communist agents to alien invaders, and of course his share of super villains! He's a friend of
Captain Marvel, an ally of Spy Smasher, and had a long-running (67-issue) comic run (1942-1948),
as well as a popular radio series.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are over
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but
not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered
when judging the overall contents. The stories here were created in a less enlightened time and
there are some images that may offend modern readers.

Fox Feature Publications created a multitude of romance comics. These comics were
full of love, betrayal, seduction drama, heartbreak and spectacularly bad choices.
Many of the names of the various series titles were practically repetitive but the cadre
of talent isn’t. Some of the artists whose work appears in this volume are Wally
Wood, Chuck Miller, Eddie Schwartz and Al Davoren. Most of the series lasted only a
couple of issues before having their titles changed to something else, while continuing
to use the same numbering sequence.
This volume includes MY SECRET AFFAIR #2, MY SECRET LIFE #25, MY SECRET STORY
#28, MY STORY: TRUE ROMANCE IN PICTURES #5, MY TRUE LOVE THRILLING
CONFESSIONS #66, AND WOMEN IN LOVE #3
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these
comics are more than seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the
pages as enjoyable as possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for
the age of the books need to be considered when judging the overall contents.

The GUNMASTER, a man who's real identity is known by very few, was born in the Old West to
strife and necessity. He appeared suddenly on the raw western frontier from nowhere and would
return seemingly to nowhere when his mission was complete. The GUNMASTER added a new
chapter of courage and justice to the rugged pages of history.
GUNMASTER's sagas were illustrated by some of Charlton Comics' best artists including Dick
Giordano, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Sal Trapani and Pete Morisi.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
over sixty years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible
but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be
considered when judging the overall contents.

MILITARY COMICS was a treasure trove of Golden Age greatness. The lead feature for the entire
run of the series was Blackhawk, created by Will Eisner and Chuck Cuidera. The series also
included the Death Patrol, prisoners allowed to fight for the Allies, but every mission claims a life.
There are aerial antics with Loops & Banks. Desert scout Archie Atkins and his chaos goat, Billy
battle the Axis powers in North Africa. Plus there are the exploits of Miss America, the Yankee
Eagle and the Blue Tracer.
MILITARY COMICS also hosted some of the best creators of the Golden Age, including Chuck Cuidera,
Bob Powell, Fred Guardineer, Klaus Nordling, Al Jaffee, Dave Berg and Tex Blaisdell. The combination
of great characters and amazing creators made MILITARY COMICS one of the highlights of the
Golden Age of comics.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are over
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but
not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered
when judging the overall contents. Issues #3 and 4 are from microfiche and not as crisp as preferred.
The stories here were created in a less enlightened time and there are some images that may offend
modern readers.

He wealthy, he has a young ward, and he fights crime....that's right, he's Batma----- I mean THE
LYNX! Strong and agile, THE LYNX fights against racketeers and other criminals with the aid of
his sidekick Blackie through 19 issues of Mystery men Comics. His was one of the first comics
to use the “elaborate death trap” which became so common for other crimefighters, including
Batma----- I mean, other crimefighters. Comic readers are sure to enjoy this exciting and
colorful reprint from Retro Comic Reprints!
The hinted-at relationship between THE LYNX and Batma--- that other crimefighter, is not
merely coincidence. The story is that after Fox Feature was sued by DC because they claimed
that THE MOTH was a rip-off of Batman, Fox simply told illustrator Jim Mooney to go ahead and
make a Batman clone. They were sued again, and this time DC won a $2,000 judgment (per
Brian Cronin, CBR.com). So any relationship between the two characters is, apparently,
completely intended.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
over seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as
possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to
be considered when judging the overall contents. The stories here were created in a less
enlightened time and there are some images that may offend modern readers.

Beautiful blond teenager, Mazie and her friends Stevie, Mortie, Flat-Top, Jeanie and Laurie
laugh, play and joke their ways through high school. Mazie was a series originally printed by
Nation-Wide Publishing, starting in 1950 and lasted thirteen issues. Eventually her comic
would spawn series for her friends Stevie, Mortie and Flat-Top.
Starting with Issue #14 in 1955, Mazie began being published by Harvey Comics and
continued for another fifteen issues, ending at #28. Mazie and company are mostly forgotten
entries in the teen humor comic genre, which is too bad since the stories are a lot of fun.

They say that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. If that's true then PEP COMICS is one
of the greatest comics of all time, because issue after issue presents some of the best characters of
the Golden Age: The Shield, The Comet, Rocket and the Queen of Diamonds, Bentley of Scotland
Yard, Sergeant Boyle, and a little later The Black Hood and the first appearances of that famous
red-headed teen, Archie. PEP COMICS is One of the true anthology classics.
NOTE: PEP COMICS is a collection of all the Golden Age/Public Domain issues – the series
continued for decades, and we're offering the first 71 issues.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible
but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be
considered when judging the overall contents.

As members of the world-famous Secret Squadron, Joyce Ryan and her close friends, Captain
Midnight and Chuck Ramsay, are stationed at a secret airbase in the South Pacific. The evil
Barracuda and his international spy-ring again exchange blows with Captain Midnight in search
for the Flying Wing.
A COMPLETE CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT PROSE NOVEL ORGINALLY PRODUCED BY WHITMAN
PUBLISHING IN 1942, WRITTEN BY RUSSELL R. WINTER BOTHAM WITH EIGHTEEN FULL PAGE
ILLUSTRATIONS BY ERWIN L. DARWIN.

TEENAGE HOTRODDERS WAS A CHARLTON SERIES ORGINALLY PUBLISHED IN
APRIL OF 1963. THE SERIES HAD A LOT OF ART BY THE GREAT JACK KELLER AND
WOULD LAST A TOTAL OF TWENTY-FOUR ISSUES. THESE ARE FULL-THROTTLED
STORIES OF THE RACING TRACK AND THE SUPER-CHARGED MEN AND WOMEN
WHO SPEED AT BREAK NECK VELOCITIES ON THEM.

FRANKENSTEIN, BY DICK BRIEFER SUCCESSFULLY STRADDLED THE FENCE BETWEEN HORROR
AND HUMOR. ALTHOUGH THE STORIES OCCASIONALLY USED HORROR TROPES, LIKE
WEREWOLVES, VAMPIRES AND MUMMYS, THE TALES WERE OFTEN FUNNY. THE DEPICTIONS
WERE SIMULTANEOUSLY ABSURB AND GROTESQUE. WHILE REFLECTING POST WORLD WAR
TWO SENSIBILITIES.
DICK BRIEFER’S VERSION OF FRANKENSTEIN ORIGINALLY APPEARED AS PART OF THE LINE UP IN
THE ANTHOLOGY SERIES PRIZE COMICS. THE CHARACTER WAS SO POPULAR THAT IN 1945
FRANKENSTEIN WAS GIVEN HIS OWN SERIES.
HERE IS THE BRIEFER’S FRANKENSTEIN SERIES FROM THE CHARACTER’S SELF-TITLED COMIC.
FRANKENSTEIN’S ADVENTURES IN PRIZE COMICS ARE AVAILABLE FROM GWANDANALAND COMICS.

Sparkling Stars is a great example of an anthology series that had something for
everyone. There were plenty of sports stories with Boxie Weaver handling boxing and
Speed Spaulding playing everything from football to crew. There is military humor with
Private Plopp and thrilling World War Two tales with the Hell’s Angels, Along with
jungle action with Jungo the Man-Beast. There are funny animal stories and humor
fantasy stories with Ali Baba. Add various exploits of private detective and the F.B.I.
Sparkling Stars provides a potpourri of entertainment.
Sparkling Stars began publishing by Holyoke Press in June of 1944
All books in this series are available in both color and black & white as well as in
hardcover and soft cover editions. This volume contains Sparkling Stars issues #13-16

NATIONAL COMICS WAS ANOTHER STELLAR ANTHOLOGY BOOK FROM QUALITY
COMICS. CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDED WILL EISNER, LOU FINE, JACK COLE, KLAUS
NORDLING AND NICK CARDY. THE ROSTER OF CHARACTERS INCLUDES UNCLE SAM,
WONDER BOY AND QUICKSILVER. THE SERIES BEGAN IN JULY OF 1940 AND RAN
SEVENTY-FIVE ISSUES. RETRO COMIC REPRINTS PLANS ON BRINGING YOU THE
ENTIRE SERIES.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these
comics are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages
as enjoyable as possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the
age of the books need to be considered when judging the overall contents.

DALE EVANS (born Lucille Wood Smith; October 31, 1912 – February 7, 2001; and for a long time
Frances Octavia Smith) was one of the most successful cowgirl entertainers of the 20th Century, with
fame in radio, movies, and television, Though known best for her partnership with longtime husband
Roy Rogers, Dale was already famous and successful before they met. Before she became a country
star she was a well-known singer of jazz, swing and big band music. Her best legacy, however, is that
of a country cowgirl, and her comics series is all that. QUEEN OF THE WEST: DALE EVANS first
appeared in Dell Comics' Four Color Comics series #479 and 528. Her own comic book series QUEEN
OF THE WEST: DALE EVANS, began with issue #3 and ran for a total of 22 issues, from 1954-1959. The
series contains the artwork of comic masters such as Russ Manning and Jesse Marsh, among others.

SMOKEY STOVER, THE ORIGINAL FOO FIGHTER, FIRST APPEARED AS PART OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE IN 1935 BY CARTOONIST BILL HOLMAN. KNOWN FOR ITS PUNS, WEIRD
INVENTIONS AND SIGHT GAGS, SMOKEY STOVER WAS AN EXTREMELY POPULAR COMIC STRIP FOR
FORTY YEARS. SMOKEY STOVER HIMSELF BECAME THE MASCOT OF MANY BOMBER PLANES DURING
WORLD WAR TWO AND IS STILL THE POPULAR MASCOT OF MULTIPLE FIREHOUSES TODAY.
SMOKEY AND HIS CREW'S ODDBALL SHENANIGANS APPEARED IN VARIOUS COMICS PUBLISHED
BY DELL. THIS BOOK COLLECTS HIS SIX APPEARENCES IN THE FOUR COLOR COMICS SERIES.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but
not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered
when judging the overall contents.

Monte Hale started his movie career at Republic Pictures in April 1946 with “Home On
the Range”. PICTURE NEWS #8, adapted the film into comic form, but no other Hale
stories were published until the popular Fawcett company began publishing MONTE
HALE WESTERN with issue #29. It was the first Monte Hale comic, but Fawcett picked
up the numbering sequence from the recently canceled MARY MARVEL Comics.
The Fawcett issues had beautiful photo covers Initially. Carl Pfeufer, best known for his
exciting work on Fawcett’s TOM MIX, drew Monte’s stories with an inking assist from
John Jordan. The series lasted until issue #82. Charlton then published six issues, but
they were reprints of the Fawcett issues.
This book is available in both hardcover and trade paperback editions as well as in full
color or black & white

GOING STEADY WAS INITIALLY PROUDUCED BY SAINT JOHN PUBLISHING IN
DECEMBER OF 1958. ITS SAINT JOHN’S INCARNATION LASTED A TOTAL OF FIVE
ISSUES. THERE WAS A SECOND SERIES WITH THE SAME NAME BY PRIZE COMICS,
BUT THAT’S FOR ANOTHER VOLUME. GOING STEADY WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST YET
ANOTHER 1950’S ROMANCE BOOK IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE BEAUTIFUL
ARTWORK BY MATT BAKER. HE DID SOME OF THE INTERIOR ARTWORK AND ALL
THE COVERS THAT ARE TRULY GORGEOUS. ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK IS
AVON’S GOING STEADY WITH BETTY #1 FROM NOVEMBER 1949.

Beautiful blond teenager, Mazie and her friends Stevie, Mortie, Flat-Top, Jeanie, Mortimer and
Laurie laugh, play and joke their ways through high school. Mazie was a series originally printed
by Nation-Wide Publishing, starting in 1950 and it lasted thirteen issues. Eventually her comic
would spawn series for her friends Stevie, Mortie and Flat-Top.
Starting with Issue #14 in 1955, Mazie began being published by Harvey Comics and continued
for another fifteen issues, ending at #28. Mazie and company are mostly forgotten entries in the
teen humor comic genre, which is too bad since the stories are a lot of fun. In this volume are the
first five Nation-Wide Issues
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible
but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be
considered when judging the overall contents.

STARTLING COMICS STARTED PUBLISHING BY NEDOR IN JUNE OF 1940. THE SERIES RAN FOR FIFTYTHREE ISSUES AND HAS A FANTASTIC LINE-UP OF CHARACTERS. THERE IS SUPERHERO ACTION WITH
CAPTAIN FUTURE AND MYSTICO THE WONDER MAN, ESPIONAGE WITH DON DAVIS, ACE
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING WITH SCOOP LANGDONE, CRIME BUSTING WITH G-MAN DALTON,
EXCITEMENT IN THE OLD WEST WITH THE MASKED RIDERS, TIME TRAVEL WITH ACE BUCKLEY, SCIENCE
FICTION WITH THE MYSTERIOUS DR.X, AND EVEN SAFARIS WITH BIFF POWERS.
THE STARTLING COMICS SERIES IS SO EXCITING IT’S STARTLING!
THERE WERE SOME CHALLENGES IN THE REPRODUCING THESE AWESOME COMICS FOR THIS BOOK.
THERE IS A PANAL CUT OUT OF THE SCOOP LANGDON STORY IN ISSUE #3. ISSUE #4 IS MISSING TWO
PAGES FROM BOTH THE G-MAN DALTON AND ACE BUCKLEY STORIES. WHEN WE FIND COMPLETE
SCANS OF THESE COMICS, THE BOOK WILL BE UPDATED.

When his family was killed in an early bombing raid of Poland, Blackhawk
dedicated his life to destroying the Axis powers and everything they stood for.
Aiding Blackhawk are Andre, Chuck, Stanislaus, Hendrikson, Olaf and Chop Chop.
Blackhawk and his crew fought in World War Two, and after the war ended, they
continued traveling the world going wherever their help was needed. Many
stories featured the artwork of masters of the day such as Reed Crandall and
Chuck Cuidera. The series is still an immensely popular comic today! RETRO
COMIC REPRINTS is proud to bring you the complete Quality Comics run !
Note: This is the full-issue collection, including text stories and ads.

ROOKIE COP FOLLOWS THE EXPLOITS OF ROOKIE COP SAM BARTON AS HE LEARNS HOW
TO MANUVER AND BEST SERVE HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SERIES LASTED A TOTAL OF
SEVEN ISSUES AND IS A SHOWCASE FOR THE CHARLTON IN-HOUSE TALENT. MOST OF THE
SCRIPTS ARE CREDITED TO THE PROLIFIC JOE GILL WITH ART BY DICK GIORDANO, BILL
MOLNO, VINCE ALASCIA, SAL TRAPANIAND PETE MORISI.
ROOKIE COP IS BRIMMING WITH EXCITING POLICE ACTION

FRANKENSTEIN, BY DICK BRIEFER SUCCESSFULLY STRADDLED THE FENCE
BETWEEN HORROR AND HUMOR. ALTHOUGH THE STORIES OCCASIONALLY
USED HORROR TROPES, LIKE WEREWOLVES, VAMPIRES AND MUMMYS, THE
TALES WERE OFTEN FUNNY. THE DEPICTIONS WERE SIMULTANEOUSLY ABSURB
AND GROTESQUE. WHILE REFLECTING POST WORLD WAR TWO SENSIBILITIES.
DICK BRIEFER’S VERSION OF FRANKENSTEIN ORIGINALLY APPEARED AS PART OF
THE LINE UP IN THE ANTHOLOGY SERIES PRIZE COMICS. THE CHARACTER WAS SO
POPULAR THAT IN 1945 FRANKENSTEIN WAS GIVEN HIS OWN SERIES.

TEENAGE HOTRODDERS WAS A CHARLTON SERIES ORGINALLY PUBLISHED IN APRIL
OF 1963. THE SERIES HAD A LOT OF ART BY THE GREAT JACK KELLER AND WOULD
LAST A TOTAL OF TWENTY-FOUR ISSUES. THESE ARE FULL-THROTTLED STORIES OF
THE RACING TRACK AND THE SUPER-CHARGED MEN AND WOMEN WHO SPEED AT
BREAK NECK VELOCITIES ON THEM.

They say that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. If that's true then PEP
COMICS is one of the greatest comics of all time, because issue after issue presents
some of the best characters of the Golden Age: The Shield, The Comet, Rocket and
the Queen of Diamonds, Captain Commando and the Boy Soldiers, Bentley of
Scotland Yard, Sergeant Boyle, and a little later The Black Hood and the first
appearances of that famous red-headed teen, Archie. PEP COMICS is One of the
true anthology classics.
NOTE: PEP COMICS is a collection of all the Golden Age/Public Domain issues –
the series continued for decades, and we're offering the first 71 issues.

TALES FROM THE GREAT BOOK WAS A BEAUTIFULLY DRAWN SERIES RECOUNTING STORIES FROM THE
BIBLE. IT RECOUNTS THE SAGAS OF DAVID, MOSES, RUTH, ELIJAH, JOSHUA, THE TOWER OF BABEL
AND MANY OTHERS. IT IS BOTH A FUN AND INFORMATIVE INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE.
THE SERIES WAS PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY EASTERN COLOR AND FIRST APPEARED IN FEBRUARY OF
1955. MOST OF THE LAVISH ARTWORK WAS DRAWN BY ILLUSTRATOR JOHN LEHTI.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK AS WELL AS IN FULL COLOR
AND BLACK & WHITE.

Here is the final volume collecting Atlas's series My Friend Irma , compiling
issues #43 - 48. The tales of a ditzy but well-meaning blonde and her
assortment of slightly offbeat friends, MY FRIEND IRMA was one of the most
popular entertainment franchises of its time.
Mostly written by Stan Lee and drawn by Dan DeCarlo, who actually make
appearances in this volume, this is a classic series you don't want to miss.
Funny puns and beautiful art, what more could you ask for?

GOING STEADY WAS INITIALLY PROUDUCED BY SAINT JOHN PUBLISHING IN DECEMBER OF
1958. ITS SAINT JOHN’S INCARNATION LASTED A TOTAL OF FIVE ISSUES. THIS IS THE SECOND
SERIES WITH THE SAME NAME BY PRIZE COMICS WHICH LASTED FIVE ISSUES AS WELL. JOE
SIMON PRODUCED THE MAJORITY OF THE ARTWORK FOR PRIZE’S GOING STEADY SERIES.
COLLECTED HERE ARE GOING STEADY VOLUME THREE, ISSUES 3-6 AND VOLUME FOUR, #1. ALSO
INCLUDED IN WITH IN IS AVON’S BETTY’S STEADY #2 FROM 1950.

BEWARE was a horror title that was initially published by Trojan Magazines in January of
1953. Trojan published issues #1-14 and then Merit unleashed issue #15 in May of 1955.
Monsters, ghosts, demons, witches and vampires abound in the pages within, crafted by an
impressive array of artists Harry Harrison, Myron Fass, Henry Kiefer and Roy Krenkel.
BEWARE! Was not immune from controversy. Two issues of the series were used in the
infamous book “Seduction Of The Innocent,” which attempted (and succeeded) to convince
the public that comic books were dangerous. Terrifying tales of the macabre lie in wait
within, so BEWARE!
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics
are over seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable
as possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need
to be considered when judging the overall contents. The stories here were created in a less
enlightened time and there are some images that may offend modern readers.

NATIONAL COMICS WAS ANOTHER STELLAR ANTHOLOGY BOOK FROM QUALITY COMICS.
CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDED WILL EISNER, LOU FINE, JACK COLE, KLAUS NORDLING AND NICK
CARDY. THE ROSTER OF CHARACTERS INCLUDES UNCLE SAM, WONDER BOY AND QUICKSILVER.
THE SERIES BEGAN IN JULY OF 1940 AND RAN SEVENTY-FIVE ISSUES. RETRO COMIC REPRINTS
PLANS ON BRINGING YOU THE ENTIRE SERIES.
ISSUE #12 WAS UNFORTUNATELY ONLY AVAILABLE IN FICHE AND THE IMAGES ARE NOT VERY GOOD
QUALITY. IT IS INCLUDED HERE FOR COMPLETENESS. THE BOOK WILL BE UPDATED WHEN A BETTER
VERSION OF THIS ISSUE IS FOUND.

WORLD WAR TWO FINALLY ENDED AND BY THE FALL OF 1946, SO HAD MUCH OF
THE REIGN SUPERHEROES POSSESSED OVER THE COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY.
PUBLSHERS WERE LOOKING FOR NEW GENRES TO FILL THE RACKS. THE SALES OF
MLJ’S RED HEADED TEENAGER WERE ECLIPSING THE SALES OF THEIR HERO
TITLES. MLJ OPTS TO CANCEL THE BLACK HOOD COMIC AFTER NINETEEN ISSUES
AND ISSUE #20 WAS RENAMED AND RETOOLED INTO A COMIC SERIES THAT
WOULD BE FULL OF LAUGHS FOR THE READERS.
THE TITLE WAS NOW A SHOWCASE FOR MLJ’S TEEN HUMOR LINEUP. HOW
COULD READERS NOT LAUGH FROM A SERIES THAT HAD STORIES OF SUZIE,
WILBUR, TAFFY AND KATY SANDWICHED BETWEEN SAGAS OF MLJ’S RED-HEADED
STAR AND HIS PALS.
THE PUBLISHER NEGLECTED TO INCLUDE THE COPYRIGHT NOTICE ON ISSUES #20-
33 OF THE SERIES. THIS ALLOWS THAT WE CAN LEGALLY AND ETHICALLY REPRINT
THESE LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY COMICS FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK EDITIONS
AS WELL AS IN FULL COLOR OR BLACK & WHITE

BOY MEETS GIRL WAS PUBLISHED BY LEV GLEASON/COMIC HOUSE. THE FIRST ISSUE WAS
COVER DATED FEBRUARY 1950. THE SERIES LASTED JUST OVER TWO YEARS AND PUBLISHED A
TOTAL OF TWENTY-FOUR ISSUES. SOME OF THE COMIC INDUSTRIES BEST TALENT WORKED ON
BOY MEETS GIRL INCLUDNG BOB FUJITANI, FRED KIDA, GEORGE TUSKA, DICK BRIEFER, JERRY
GRANDENETTI AND GILL FOX.
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU ARE A FAN OF ROMANCE COMICS OR GREAT ILLUSTRATIONS,
BOY MEETS GIRL IS A MUST HAVE BOOK FOR COLLECTORS.

JIGGS AND MAGGIE ARE THE STARS OF GEORGE MCMANUS’S WILDLY SUCESSFUL COMIC STRIP
BRINGING UP FATHER. THE STRIP BEGAN BEING PUBLISHED IN NEWSPAPERS IN 1913 AND
LASTED EIGHTY YEARS. IT’S ONLY FITTING THAT THE STRIP WOULD THEN BE A PRECURSOR TO
WHAT WE WOULD EVENTUALLY KNOW AS COMIC BOOKS WITH A SERIES OF GRAPHIC NOVELS
PUBLISHED BY CUPPLES & LEON IN 1919. EVENTUALLY OTHER PUBLISHERS WOULD ALSO
CREATE COMICS BASED ON BRINGING UP FATHER.
DELL COMICS RELEASED THREE COMICS STARRING JIGGS & MAGGIE. THEY WERE FOUR COLOR
COMICS #18 & 37 AND LARGE FEATURE COMICS VOLUME TWO, #9. LARGE FEATURE WAS
PRINTED IN BLACK & WHITE. FOUR COLOR COMICS #37 WAS JUST A REPRINT OF #18 AND
OTHER THAN THE COVER, THERE WAS NO NEW MATERIAL. THE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
STANDARD COMICS BEGIN PRODUCING THEIR SERIES, JIGGS & MAGGIE STARTING WITH ISSUE
#11.THAT RUN LASTED UNTIL ISSUE #21. HARVEY COMICS THEN PICKED UP THE SERIES WITH
ISSUE #22 AND CONTINUED IT UNTIL #27, WHEN IT WAS CANCELED.
NOT ALL OF THESE BOOKS ARE READILY AVAILABLE HENCE A TREASURY OF STORIES RATHER
THAN A COMPLETE COLLECTION. COLLECTED HERE ARE DELL FOUR COLOR #18 AND LARGE
FEATURE COMICS VOL.2 #9, AS WELL AS STANDARD PUBLISHING’S JIGGS & MAGGIE #13-
15.THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK EDITIONS AS WELL
AS IN EITHER FULL COLOR OR GLORIOUS BLACK & WHITE.

TEENAGE HOTRODDERS WAS A CHARLTON SERIES ORGINALLY PUBLISHED IN
APRIL OF 1963. THE SERIES HAD A LOT OF ART BY THE GREAT JACK KELLER AND
WOULD LAST A TOTAL OF TWENTY-FOUR ISSUES. THESE ARE FULL-THROTTLED
STORIES OF THE RACING TRACK AND THE SUPER-CHARGED MEN AND WOMEN
WHO SPEED AT BREAK NECK VELOCITIES ON THEM.

Charlton Comics was one of the first comic companies to recognize the power of cars, racing and
the general interest in readers’ “need for speed”. HOT RODS AND RACING CARS began being
published by Charlton Comics in November of 1951 and would go on to last a hundred and twenty
issues.
HOT RODS AND RACING CARS has stories from locations across the racing circuit globe including the
Indianapolis Speedway, Le Mans, Bonneville, Sebring International Grand Prix and Pebble Beach.
The series covered motor cross, drag racing, stock cars and even soap box derbies. If you aren't
careful you might learn something cool as HOT RODS AND RACING CARS had biographies on racing
car designs and articles about famous racers of the Indianapolis 500,

STARTLING COMICS STARTED PUBLISHING BY NEDOR IN JUNE OF 1940. THE SERIES RAN FOR
FIFTY-THREE ISSUES AND HAS A FANTASTIC LINE-UP OF CHARACTERS. THERE IS SUPERHERO
ACTION WITH CAPTAIN FUTURE AND MYSTICO THE WONDER MAN, ESPIONAGE WITH DON
DAVIS, ACE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING WITH SCOOP LANGDONE, CRIME BUSTING WITH G-MAN
DALTON, EXCITEMENT IN THE OLD WEST WITH THE MASKED RIDERS, TIME TRAVEL WITH ACE
BUCKLEY, SCIENCE FICTION WITH THE MYSTERIOUS DR.X, AND EVEN SAFARIS WITH BIFF
POWERS.
THE STARTLING COMICS SERIES IS SO EXCITING IT’S STARTLING!
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible
but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be
considered when judging the overall contents.

Monte Hale started his movie career at Republic Pictures in April 1946 with “Home On the Range”.
PICTURE NEWS #8, adapted the film into comic form, but no other Hale stories were published
until the popular Fawcett company began publishing MONTE HALE WESTERN with issue #29. It was
the first Monte Hale comic, but Fawcett picked up the numbering sequence from the recently
canceled MARY MARVEL Comics.
The Fawcett issues had beautiful photo covers Initially. Carl Pfeufer, best known for his exciting
work on Fawcett’s TOM MIX, drew Monte’s stories with an inking assist from John Jordan. Jack
Binder and Edmond Good also contributed artwork to the series. Leonard Frank did most of the
artwork on the GABBY HAYES stories. The series lasted until issue #82. Charlton then published six
issues, but they were reprints of the Fawcett issues.
This book is available in both hardcover and trade paperback editions as well as in full color or
black & white

FRANKENSTEIN, BY DICK BRIEFER SUCCESSFULLY STRADDLED THE FENCE BETWEEN HORROR
AND HUMOR. ALTHOUGH THE STORIES OCCASIONALLY USED HORROR TROPES, LIKE
WEREWOLVES, VAMPIRES AND MUMMYS, THE TALES WERE OFTEN FUNNY. THE DEPICTIONS
WERE SIMULTANEOUSLY ABSURB AND GROTESQUE. WHILE REFLECTING POST WORLD WAR
TWO SENSIBILITIES.
DICK BRIEFER’S VERSION OF FRANKENSTEIN ORIGINALLY APPEARED AS PART OF THE LINE UP IN
THE ANTHOLOGY SERIES PRIZE COMICS. THE CHARACTER WAS SO POPULAR THAT IN 1945
FRANKENSTEIN WAS GIVEN HIS OWN COMIC BOOK SERIES.
HERE IS THE BRIEFER’S FRANKENSTEIN SERIES FROM THE CHARACTER’S SELF-TITLED COMIC. THE
FRANKENSTEIN’S STORIES THAT APPEARED IN THE SERIES, PRIZE COMICS ARE AVAILABLE FROM
GWANDANALAND COMICS.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK AS WELL AS IN FULL COLOR
AND BLACK & WHITE.

BOY MEETS GIRL WAS PUBLISHED BY LEV GLEASON/COMIC HOUSE. THE FIRST ISSUE
WAS COVER DATED FEBRUARY 1950. THE SERIES LASTED JUST OVER TWO YEARS
AND PUBLISHED A TOTAL OF TWENTY-FOUR ISSUES. SOME OF THE COMIC
INDUSTRIES BEST TALENT WORKED ON BOY MEETS GIRL INCLUDNG BOB FUJITANI,
FRED KIDA, GEORGE TUSKA, DICK BRIEFER, JERRY GRANDENETTI AND GILL FOX.
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU ARE A FAN OF ROMANCE COMICS OR GREAT
ILLUSTRATIONS, BOY MEETS GIRL IS A MUST HAVE BOOK FOR COLLECTORS.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK AS WELL AS IN
FULL COLOR OR GLORIOUS BLACK & WHITE.

JIGGS AND MAGGIE ARE THE STARS OF GEORGE MCMANUS’S WILDLY SUCESSFUL COMIC
STRIP BRINGING UP FATHER. THE STRIP BEGAN BEING PUBLISHED IN NEWSPAPERS IN 1913
AND LASTED EIGHTY YEARS. IT’S ONLY FITTING THAT THE STRIP WOULD THEN BE A
PRECURSOR TO WHAT WE WOULD EVENTUALLY KNOW AS COMIC BOOKS WITH A SERIES OF
GRAPHIC NOVELS PUBLISHED BY CUPPLES & LEON IN 1919. EVENTUALLY OTHER PUBLISHERS
WOULD ALSO CREATE COMICS BASED ON BRINGING UP FATHER.
DELL COMICS RELEASED THREE COMICS STARRING JIGGS & MAGGIE. THEY WERE FOUR
COLOR COMICS #18 & 37 AND LARGE FEATURE COMICS VOLUME TWO, #9. LARGE FEATURE
WAS PRINTED IN BLACK & WHITE. FOUR COLOR COMICS #37 WAS JUST A REPRINT OF #18
AND OTHER THAN THE COVER, THERE WAS NO NEW MATERIAL. THE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
STANDARD COMICS BEGIN PRODUCING THEIR SERIES, JIGGS & MAGGIE STARTING WITH
ISSUE #11.THAT RUN LASTED UNTIL ISSUE #21. HARVEY COMICS THEN PICKED UP THE SERIES
WITH ISSUE #22 AND CONTINUED IT UNTIL #27, WHEN IT WAS CANCELED.
NOT ALL OF THESE BOOKS ARE READILY AVAILABLE HENCE A TREASURY OF STORIES RATHER
THAN A COMPLETE COLLECTION. COLLECTED HERE ARE STANDARD PUBLISHING’S JIGGS &
MAGGIE #16-21 AND THE HARVEY COMICS SERIES ISSUES #24 AND 25.

Quality Comic’s anthology series SMASH COMICS debuted in August of 1939. The Great
Depression was still crushing average folk while the drums of war were beating in the air. Comic
books like SMASH COMICS were perfectly crafted for this time period. The anthology format
allowed the series to appeal to a larger swath of the population.
SMASH COMICS' line up for the series' first four issues included the cloak and dagger shrouded
adventures of Espionage, by Will Eisner. Eisner would also contribute to one of SMASH COMICS'
humor features, Archie O'Toole. Superheroes appeared in the series including Bozo the Robot
(don’t let the name fool you) by George Brenner, as well as Invisible Justice by Vern Henkel.
Those are just a few of the engrossing characters populating the tip of the behemoth iceberg of
comics known as SMASH COMICS .
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
over eighty years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as
possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be
considered when judging the overall contents. The stories here were created in a less enlightened
time and there are some images that may offend modern readers.

WORLD WAR TWO FINALLY ENDED AND BY THE FALL OF 1946, SO HAD MUCH OF
THE REIGN SUPERHEROES POSSESSED OVER THE COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY.
PUBLSHERS WERE LOOKING FOR NEW GENRES TO FILL THE RACKS. THE SALES OF
MLJ’S RED HEADED TEENAGER WERE ECLIPSING THE SALES OF THEIR HERO
TITLES. MLJ OPTS TO CANCEL THE BLACK HOOD COMIC AFTER NINETEEN ISSUES
AND ISSUE #20 WAS RENAMED AND RETOOLED INTO A COMIC SERIES THAT
WOULD BE FULL OF LAUGHS FOR THE READERS.
THE TITLE WAS NOW A SHOWCASE FOR MLJ’S TEEN HUMOR LINEUP. HOW
COULD READERS NOT LAUGH FROM A SERIES THAT HAD STORIES OF SUZIE,
WILBUR, TAFFY AND KATY SANDWICHED BETWEEN SAGAS OF MLJ’S RED-HEADED
STAR AND HIS PALS.
THE PUBLISHER NEGLECTED TO INCLUDE THE COPYRIGHT NOTICE ON ISSUES #20-
33 OF THE SERIES. THIS ALLOWS THAT WE CAN LEGALLY AND ETHICALLY REPRINT
THESE LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY COMICS FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT

When his family was killed in an early bombing raid in Poland, Blackhawk
dedicated his life to destroying the Nazis and everything they stood for.
Blackhawk and his crew fought in World War Two, and when the war ended, they
became soldiers of fortune and adventure, traveling the world wherever the
need and the lure took them. Many stories featured the artwork of masters of
the day such as Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera.
COLLECTING ISSUES #69-75

A DATE WITH JUDY STARTED AS A RADIO SHOW COMEDY IN 1941 WHICH CONTINUED TO
1950. IN 1948 THERE WAS A MOVIE STARING JANE POWELL, ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND
ROBERT STACK. FROM 1951 TO 1953 THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT TELEVISION SHOWS
BASED ON A DATE WITH JUDY. WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT MEDIA ILLITERATIONS OF THE
SHOW, THE ONLY SURPRISE IS THAT IT TOOK UNTIL 1947 FOR A COMIC BOOK SERIES
BASED ON A DATE WITH JUDY TO BE RELEASED.
D.C. COMIC’S FIRST ISSUE OF A DATE WITH JUDY WAS COVER DATED OCTOBER 1947 AND
RAN FOR SEVERNTY-NINE ISSUES. FOR REASONS UNKNOWN BUT FORTUITOUS FOR US,
THEY LEFT OFF THE COPYWRITE NOTICE STARTING WITH ISSUE #19. THIS MEANS YOU CAN
NOW LAUGH AT THE ANTICS OF JUDY, HER BOYFRIEND OOGIE, HER BROTHER RANDOLPH
AND THE REST OF THE CAST. HERE IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY A FORGOTTEN
COMEDY GEM, A DATE WITH JUDY.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK EDITIONS AS
WELL AS IN EITHER FULL COLOR OR BLACK & WHITE

They say that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. If that's true then PEP
COMICS is one of the greatest comics of all time, because issue after issue presents
some of the best characters of the Golden Age: The Shield, The Hangman and The
Black Hood. PLUS Captain Commando, Catfish Joe and of course that famous redheaded teen. PEP COMICS is so exciting it will put Pep in your step.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK EDITIONS
AS WELL AS IN COLOR OR BLACK & WHITE

During the 1950’s Charlton Comics was not above inheriting titles that had previously been
published by other companies. Both POLICE TRAP and DANGER were examples of this. The first
eleven issues of DANGER were produced by Comic Media. Joe Simon and Jack Kirby’s POLICE
TRAP’s initial four comics were released by their Mainline Comics line. Although both were good
titles, 1955 was a bad year for the comic industry and Charlton canceled both series very quickly.
Another Charlton series that debuted and was subsequently canceled that year was DANNY
BLAZE, FIREMAN. That title lasted all of two issues and became NATURE BOY with issue three.
Like an island of misfit toys, cobbled together here are the complete Charlton runs of DANGER
(issues #12 to 14), DANNY BLAZE, FIREMAN (#1 and 2) and POLICE TRAP (issues #5 and 6).
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK AS WELL AS IN FULL COLOR
OR GLORIOUS BLACK & WHITE.

TEENAGE HOTRODDERS WAS A CHARLTON SERIES ORGINALLY PUBLISHED IN
APRIL OF 1963. THE SERIES HAD A LOT OF ART BY THE GREAT JACK KELLER AND
WOULD LAST A TOTAL OF TWENTY-FOUR ISSUES. THESE ARE FULL-THROTTLED
STORIES OF THE RACING TRACK AND THE SUPER-CHARGED MEN AND WOMEN
WHO SPEED AT BREAK NECK VELOCITIES ON THEM. HERE IS THE FINAL VOLUME
OF THE TURBO-CHARGED SERIES
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN HARD COVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK FORMATS AS
WELL IN BOTH FULL COLOR AND BLACK & WHITE.

BOY MEETS GIRL WAS PUBLISHED BY LEV GLEASON/COMIC HOUSE. THE FIRST
ISSUE WAS COVER DATED FEBRUARY 1950. THE SERIES LASTED JUST OVER
TWO YEARS AND PUBLISHED A TOTAL OF TWENTY-FOUR ISSUES. SOME OF THE
COMIC INDUSTRIES BEST TALENT WORKED ON BOY MEETS GIRL INCLUDNG
BOB FUJITANI, FRED KIDA, GEORGE TUSKA, DICK BRIEFER, JERRY GRANDENETTI
AND GILL FOX.
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU ARE A FAN OF ROMANCE COMICS OR GREAT
ILLUSTRATIONS, BOY MEETS GIRL IS A MUST HAVE BOOK FOR COLLECTORS.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK AS WELL
AS IN FULL COLOR OR GLORIOUS BLACK & WHITE.

WORLD WAR TWO FINALLY ENDED AND BY THE FALL OF 1946, SO HAD MUCH
OF THE REIGN SUPERHEROES POSSESSED OVER THE COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY.
PUBLSHERS WERE LOOKING FOR NEW GENRES TO FILL THE RACKS. THE SALES
OF MLJ’S RED HEADED TEENAGER WERE ECLIPSING THE SALES OF THEIR HERO
TITLES. MLJ OPTS TO CANCEL THE BLACK HOOD COMIC AFTER NINETEEN
ISSUES AND ISSUE #20 WAS RENAMED AND RETOOLED INTO A COMIC SERIES
THAT WOULD BE FULL OF LAUGHS FOR THE READERS.
THE TITLE WAS NOW A SHOWCASE FOR MLJ’S TEEN HUMOR LINEUP. HOW
COULD READERS NOT LAUGH FROM A SERIES THAT HAD STORIES OF SUZIE,
WILBUR, TAFFY AND KATY SANDWICHED BETWEEN SAGAS OF MLJ’S REDHEADED STAR AND HIS PALS.
THE PUBLISHER NEGLECTED TO INCLUDE THE COPYRIGHT NOTICE ON ISSUES
#20-33 OF THE SERIES. THIS ALLOWS THAT WE CAN LEGALLY AND ETHICALLY
REPRINT THESE LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY COMICS FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT

Movie Comics was published by All-American Comics in 1939. The series presented the films of the
day and lasted a total of six issues. Movie Comics used colorized stills of the films for the individual
panels. Some of the movies that were adapted are Gunga Din, Son of Frankenstein, Stagecoach,
The Man in the Iron Mask, The Oregon Trail and The Phantom Creeps. In spite of the front cover
blurb proclaiming “64 PAGES IN NATURAL COLOR”, the images in Movie Comics were very early
attempts at colorizing black and white pictures for comic books, so “natural” is a relative term. The
source material available for this book came from fiche rather than scans and therefore the images
are not as crisp as one would hope. Movie Comics serves as a fascinating historical artifact for
comic book and film lovers alike.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK EDITIONS AS WELL AS IN
EITHER FULL COLOR OR BLACK & WHITE

For years POLICE COMICS had been dominated by Plastic Man, the Spirit and other superheroes,
with some humor thrown in for good measure. As the era of the superheroes waned and the law
and order genre began to grow, POLICE COMICS with #103 returned to its namesake: stories about
criminals and the police who hunted them. In that “first” new format issue INSPECTOR DENVER OF
HOMICIDE was introduced. Inspector Denver stayed with the title right up to the final issue #127.
His exciting tales sometimes drifted from the mainstream police procedures, but it was always
exciting! Also debuting in POLICE COMICS #103 was DAN LEARY STATE TROOPER, and while his
adventures only lasted five issues, he's deserving of his place in the history of comics. In this
collection you have both great Golden Age characters presented in their own series!
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are over
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but
not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered
when judging the overall contents.

MYSTERY MEN COMICS, one of the earliest comic books in America, spawned some of the most
popular heroes of the Golden Age of Comics: Blue Beetle, The Green Mask, Zanzibar The Magician,
Rex Dexter of Mars and others got their starts in the earliest issues, and a little later we are
introduced to The Lynx, Captain Savage, the Moth, The Wraith and so much more! MYSTERY MEN
had a modest run, 31 issues (1939-1942) but brought some of the top talent of the day: Dick Briefer,
Bob Powell, Lou Fine, Will Eisner, Joe Simon and George Tuska, to name a few. In comics history
only a few series can claim such an epic lineup of characters and creators – MYSTERY MEN is a rare
gem.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are over
eighty years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but
not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered
when judging the overall contents. The stories here were created in a less enlightened time and
there are some images that may offend modern readers.
ALSO AVAILABLE IN HARDCOVER AND ECONOMICAL BLACK & WHITE VERSIONS

France 1940. A British fighter plane is shot down by the Nazis. Crawling out of the wreckage is a
badly burned and wounded lone survivor who luckily is found by a French couple. Over the course
of weeks, they nurse him back to health at their small family farm. The man doesn’t speak but his
eyes shine with a terrifying light. After a Nazi soldier finds the farm and threatens to kill the farmer,
the now not so silent man strangles the soldier. Explaining that names are dangerous in these
perilous times the farmer christens him the Shadow.
After the Shadow departs from the farm to make his way to the coast, the Gestapo arrives and kills
the French couple. The Shadow sees all this from a nearby hillside and rather than trying to make his
way home, vows to exact vengeance on the Gestapo. What follows is a one man war behind enemy
lines as the Shadow mercilessly slaughters any Nazi that he finds.
This is not your father’s Shadow. This is something more relentless and brutal. Some of the pages are
faded but that shouldn’t take away from one’s enjoyment of this book.

The GUNMASTER, a man who's real identity is known by very few, was born in the Old West to
strife and necessity. He appeared suddenly on the raw western frontier from nowhere and
would return seemingly to nowhere when his mission was complete. The GUNMASTER added a
new chapter of courage and justice to the rugged pages of history.
GUNMASTER was not immune to Charlton”s occationsal numbering vaguries. After he graduated
from SIX-GUN HEROES, GUNMASTER was given his own series in 1964. This first series lasted for
four issues. In 1965 Charlton tried again, this time taking over the numbering sequence fro SIXGUN HEROES with #84. This run lasted six issues. GUNMASTER's sagas were illustrated by some of
Charlton Comics' best artists including Dick Giordano, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Sal Trapani
and Pete Morisi.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
over sixty years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible
but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be
considered when judging the overall contents.

Rip Kirby hit the newspapers’ comic pages as a completely new concept for the private
detective medium. He was thoughtful, wore glasses and smoked a pipe. He had his share
of fisticuffs and gun battles, but preferred to think his way through a mystery. Rip Kirby
was aided in his sleuthing by a reformed burglar named Desmond and Rip’s long time
girlfriend, the lovely Honey Dorian.
The Rip Kirby comic strip was the brainchild of Alex Raymond (creator of Flash Gordon and
Secret Agent X-9) and Editor Ward Greene. The strip debuted on March 4, 1946 and would
continue for over fifty years. Alex Raymond was given the prestigious Reuben award in
1949 for his work. The interior artwork in these stories are all Alex Raymond's brilliant
pencils and inks. The covers were crafted by James E. McConnell. Raymond wrote three of
the four scripts for this collection. The Rip Kirby comic strip was an amazing combination of
beautifully crafted artwork and taught writing and is still considered to be a classic to this
day.
There are a couple of pages in THE CROOKED MILE that are a little blurry but should not
detract from your overall enjoyment of this volume.

MLJ’s ZIP COMICS was an excellent example of Golden Age greatness. The series featured Steel
Sterling, Scarlet Avenger and Mr. Satan providing two-fisted superhero action. There were
adventures in the Old West with Nevada Jones. Also included in the lineup were jungle sagas with
Kalthar, tales of the South Seas with Captain Valor as well as magical mysteries with Zambini. Zip
comics was also known for its stellar cast of creators that included Charles Biro, Kin Platt, Irv
Novick, Mort Meskin, Frank Volpe, Lin Streeter, Edd Ashe and Irwin Hasen.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
over eighty years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as
possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be
considered when judging the overall contents. The stories here were created in a less enlightened
time and there are some images that may offend modern readers.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARD COVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK FORMATS AS
WELL AS IN FULL COLOR OR BLACK & WHITE.

HILLMAN’S AIRBOY COMICS BEGAN PUBLICATION IN DECEMBER OF 1945, WITH VOLUME TWO
ISSUES ELEVEN, CONTINUING THE NUMBERING FROM THEIR AIR FIGHTERS TITLE. THE SERIES WAS
INITIALLY HELD ALOFT WITH SUCH EXCITING CHARACTERS AS AIR BOY, VALKYRIE, THE HEAP and
LINK THORNE.
TO KEEP THE ADVENTUROUS AVIATORS OF AIRBOY COMICS IN THE CLOUDS HILLMAN HIRED
SOME OF THE BEST ARTISIC MECHANICS WORKING AT THE TIME INCLUDING FRED KIDA, DAN
ZOLNEROWICH ARTHUR PEDDY, BERNARD SACHS AND CARMINE INFANTINO.
HILLMAN HAD AN INTERSTING NUMBERING SYSTEM. AFTER THE TWELFTH ISSUE OF A TITLE WAS
PUBLISHED, THE FOLLOWING ISSUE WOULD BE GIVEN A NEW VOLUME NUMBER AND THE ISSUE’S
NUMBERING WOULD REVERT BACK TO NUMBER ONE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
AIRBOY COMICS STANDS THE TEST OF TIME BY HAVING THAT RARE COMBINATION OF BOTH
INTRIGUING HEROES AND HEROINES AS WELL AS AN AMAZING ROSTER OF CREATIVE TALENT.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but
not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered
when judging the overall contents.

Joe Palooka initially was a comic strip created by Ham Fisher. The strip first debuted on April 12, 1930.
Joe Palooka was a boxer, but more importantly he was a good person who always tried to do the right
thing and treat others with respect. Joe Palooka ultimately was syndicated in more than 900
newspapers and daily readership was estimated at 50 million.
It was only a matter of time until he was incorporated into comic books. Palooka was first published by
Columbia Publications in BIG SHOT COMICS and four issues of JOE PALOOKA COMICS. In 1945 Joe
Palooka moved from Columbia to Harvey Comics where his series ran for eighty-seven issues.
Joe Palooka had his own radio show, a television series that lasted twenty-six episodes and ten movies.
Now you can experience the excitement and entertainment of Joe Palooka for yourself.
I am looking for scans of Columbia's JOE PALOOKA #1. Fabulous prizes will be provided for the person
who will share the scans with me.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are over
seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but not
every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered when
judging the overall contents. The stories here were created in a less enlightened time and there are
some images that may offend modern readers.

Humor, action, super heroics, warfare and even more comedy were all facets of the Sparky Watts comics.
Sparky Watts was working his way through college when he met Doctor Static and agreed to be the guinea pig
for Dr. Static’s new invention, the cosmic ray machine. The experiment transformed Sparky into the world’s
strongest man, as well as giving him the ability to fly and making him practically invulnerable. Along with his
pals Slap-Happy, the man with the world’s largest feet, and a diminutive and mischievous Chinese lad named
Yoo-Hoo, Sparky would battle Nazis, monsters, gangsters and contend with various nutty predicaments
created by Dr. Static’s most recent invention.
Sparky Watts was created by Gordon G. “Boody” Rogers in 1940 and originally was published as a newspaper
strip. When Boody was drafted into the military during World War Two, Sparky Watts strips were reprinted in
comics by Columbia. After Boody completed his service he went on to script new stories for the comics. Sparky
Watts appeared in BIG SHOT COMICS, the first issue of the short lived series THE FACE and in ten issues of his
own series.
Although he never wore a costume Sparky Watts may have been the very first parody of the superhero genre.
The stories were incredibly well drawn, dynamic and very, very funny..
These stories are a product of their times and there are images and comments that some people may find
offensive. This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these stories are from
comic books that are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as
possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered
when judging the overall contents.

Humor, action, super heroics, warfare and even more comedy were all facets of the Sparky Watts comics.
Sparky Watts was working his way through college when he met Doctor Static and agreed to be the
guinea pig for Dr. Static’s new invention, the cosmic ray machine. The experiment transformed Sparky
into the world’s strongest man, as well as giving him the ability to fly and making him practically
invulnerable. Along with his pals Slap-Happy, the man with the world’s largest feet, and a diminutive and
mischievous Chinese lad named Yoo-Hoo, Sparky would battle Nazis, monsters, gangsters and contend
with various nutty predicaments created by Dr. Static’s most recent invention.
Sparky Watts was created by Gordon G. “Boody” Rogers in 1940 and originally was published as a
newspaper strip. When Boody was drafted into the military during World War Two, Sparky Watts strips
were reprinted in comics by Columbia. After Boody completed his service he went on to script new stories
for the comics. Sparky Watts appeared in BIG SHOT COMICS, the first issue of the short lived series THE
FACE and in ten issues of his own series.
Although he never wore a costume Sparky Watts may have been the very first parody of the superhero
genre. The stories were incredibly well drawn, dynamic and very, very funny..
These stories are a product of their times and there are images and comments that some people may find
offensive. This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these stories are
from comic books that are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as
enjoyable as possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to
be considered when judging the overall contents.

Humor, action, super heroics, warfare and even more comedy were all facets of the Sparky Watts comics.
Sparky Watts was working his way through college when he met Doctor Static and agreed to be the
guinea pig for Dr. Static’s new invention, the cosmic ray machine. The experiment transformed Sparky
into the world’s strongest man, as well as giving him the ability to fly and making him practically
invulnerable. Along with his pals Slap-Happy, the man with the world’s largest feet, and a diminutive and
mischievous Chinese lad named Yoo-Hoo, Sparky would battle Nazis, monsters, gangsters and contend
with various nutty predicaments created by Dr. Static’s most recent invention.
Sparky Watts was created by Gordon G. “Boody” Rogers in 1940 and originally was published as a
newspaper strip. When Boody was drafted into the military during World War Two, Sparky Watts strips
were reprinted in comics by Columbia. After Boody completed his service he went on to script new
stories for the comics. Although he never wore a costume Sparky Watts may have been the very first
parody of the superhero genre. The stories were incredibly well drawn, dynamic and very, very funny.
This volume collects the complete issues of SPARKY WATTS #1-4. This means you get all of the terrific
back-up features including SKYMAN, THE FACE, BO, TREE-TOP TIMMONS and HONEY DEAR .
These stories are a product of their times and there are images and comments that some people may
find offensive. This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these
stories are from comic books that are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the
pages as enjoyable as possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the
books need to be considered when judging the overall contents.

Humor, action, super heroics, warfare and even more comedy were all facets of the Sparky Watts comics.
Sparky Watts was working his way through college when he met Doctor Static and agreed to be the
guinea pig for Dr. Static’s new invention, the cosmic ray machine. The experiment transformed Sparky
into the world’s strongest man, as well as giving him the ability to fly and making him practically
invulnerable. Along with his pals Slap-Happy, the man with the world’s largest feet, and a diminutive and
mischievous Chinese lad named Yoo-Hoo, Sparky would battle Nazis, monsters, gangsters and contend
with various nutty predicaments created by Dr. Static’s most recent invention.
Sparky Watts was created by Gordon G. “Boody” Rogers in 1940 and originally was published as a
newspaper strip. When Boody was drafted into the military during World War Two, Sparky Watts strips
were reprinted in comics by Columbia. After Boody completed his service he went on to script new
stories for the comics. Although he never wore a costume Sparky Watts may have been the very first
parody of the superhero genre. The stories were incredibly well drawn, dynamic and very, very funny.
This volume collects the complete issues of SPARKY WATTS #5-10. This means you get all of the terrific
back-up features including SKYMAN, THE FACE, BO, TREE-TOP TIMMONS and HONEY DEAR .
These stories are a product of their times and there are images and comments that some people may
find offensive. This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these
stories are from comic books that are seventy years old. The best efforts have been made to make the
pages as enjoyable as possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the
books need to be considered when judging the overall contents.

Fight Comics was an action and adventure anthology series published by Fiction House, debuting
in January of 1940. Fight Comics starred tales of Sailor of fortune Shark Brodie, boxer Kayo Kirby,
underwater adventures with Kinks Mason, epics starring Big Red McLane-King of the Northwoods,
wild action with Oran of the Jungle, superhero sagas featuring Rip Regan-the Power Man and the
Super-American, plus the aerial accounts of Chip Collins. As an added bonus, this volume has short
biographies of various famous boxers.
The artists and writers in this series included such Golden Age greats as Will Eisner, Lou Fine,
Maurice Gutwirth, Klaus Nordling, Fletcher Hanks and George Tuska. Fight Comics would
ultimately last eighty-six issues. Retro Comic Reprints plans on collecting all of these issues so you
don’t need to worry about fighting to amass all these amazing comics yourself.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are
eighty years old. Issue #4's pages are from micro fiche. The best efforts have been made to make
the pages as enjoyable as possible but not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age
of the books need to be considered when judging the overall contents. The stories here were
created in a less enlightened time and there are some images that may offend modern readers.

CRIME SMASHERS began publication by the Trojan Magazine in October of 1950. Trojan is best
known for their line of Spicy pulps, starting with Spicy-Detective Stories. Its popularity spawned
four more “Spicy” titles, including Spicy-Adventure Stories. One of the publishers connected to
the Culture/Trojan group was none other than co-founder of D.C. Comics, Harry Donenfeld. When
the popularity of the pulps began to dwindle in the 1950’s, it didn’t take long before the folks at
Trojan realized there was money to be made in comic books.
The stories contained here in were published to shock and titillate the reader. The hard-bitten
tales regularly featured gangsters, dancing girls, gats, gun molls-with the occasional scene of
torture and bondage tossed in to keep things interesting.
CRIME SMASHERS utilized characters made popular in the pulp magazine SPICY DETECTIVE; Sally
the Sleuth, Dan Turner-Hollywood detective, Girl Friday and Ray Hale. Artists on this series
included Myron Fass, Adolphe Barreaux, Joe Kubert, and the great Wally Wood. CRIME
SMASHERS would ultimately last fifteen issues.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK EDITIONS AS WELL AS IN
FULL COLOR AND BLACK & WHITE.

CRIME SMASHERS began publication by the Trojan Magazine in October of 1950. Trojan is best
known for their line of Spicy pulps, starting with Spicy-Detective Stories. Its popularity spawned
four more “Spicy” titles, including Spicy-Adventure Stories. One of the publishers connected to
the Culture/Trojan group was none other than co-founder of D.C. Comics, Harry Donenfeld.
When the popularity of the pulps began to dwindle in the 1950’s, it didn’t take long before the
folks at Trojan realized there was money to be made in comic books.
The stories contained here in were published to shock and titillate the reader. The hard-bitten
tales regularly featured gangsters, dancing girls, gats, gun molls-with the occasional scene of
torture and bondage tossed in to keep things interesting.
CRIME SMASHERS utilized characters made popular in the pulp magazine SPICY DETECTIVE; Sally
the Sleuth, Dan Turner-Hollywood detective, Girl Friday and Ray Hale. Artists on this series
included Myron Fass and Adolphe Barreaux, CRIME SMASHERS would ultimately last fifteen
issues. This book was created with the best currently available scan. Some of the colors are a bit
off but that should not detract from the enjoyment reading this volume.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK EDITIONS AS WELL AS IN
FULL COLOR AND BLACK & WHITE.

CRIME SMASHERS began publication by the Trojan Magazine in October of 1950. Trojan is best
known for their line of Spicy pulps, starting with Spicy-Detective Stories. Its popularity spawned
four more “Spicy” titles, including Spicy-Adventure Stories. One of the publishers connected to
the Culture/Trojan group was none other than co-founder of D.C. Comics, Harry Donenfeld.
When the popularity of the pulps began to dwindle in the 1950’s, it didn’t take long before the
folks at Trojan realized there was money to be made in comic books.
The stories contained here in were published to shock and titillate the reader. The hard-bitten
tales regularly featured gangsters, dancing girls, gats, gun molls-with the occasional scene of
torture and bondage tossed in to keep things interesting.
CRIME SMASHERS utilized characters made popular in the pulp magazine SPICY DETECTIVE, Sally
the Sleuth, Dan Turner-Hollywood detective, Girl Friday and Ray Hale. Artists on this series
included Myron Fass, Adolphe Barreaux, Joe Kubert, and the great Wally Wood. CRIME
SMASHERS would ultimately last fifteen issues.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK EDITIONS AS WELL AS IN
FULL COLOR AND BLACK & WHITE.

In 1952, after twenty-four issues, Lev Gleason Publications decided to change the title of their
romance comic BOY MEETS GIRL to BOY LOVES GIRL. The name change also came with a slight change
of tone. The characters portrayed were more mature and there were sordid tales of relationships
gone bad rather than the challenges of new relationships.
The high quality of the art remained constant through the title change. There was still lots of great
art by Fred Kida, Bob Fujitani and Dick Rockwell. Even Agnes Holmes Advice column continued into
the new title.
BOY LOVES GIRL successfully continued and even improved upon the high bar of artistic standards set
by its preceding series.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK AS WELL AS IN FULL COLOR
OR GLORIOUS BLACK & WHITE.

In 1952, after twenty-four issues, Lev Gleason Publications decided to change the title of their
romance comic BOY MEETS GIRL to BOY LOVES GIRL. The name change also came with a slight
change of tone. The characters portrayed were more mature and there were sordid tales of
relationships gone bad rather than the challenges of new relationships.
The high quality of the art remained constant through the title change. There was still lots of great
art by Fred Kida, Bob Fujitani and Dick Rockwell. Even Agnes Holmes Advice column continued into
the new title.
BOY LOVES GIRL successfully continued and even improved upon the high bar of artistic standards
set by its preceding series.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK AS WELL AS IN FULL COLOR
OR GLORIOUS BLACK & WHITE.

In 1952, after twenty-four issues, Lev Gleason Publications decided to change the title of their
romance comic BOY MEETS GIRL to BOY LOVES GIRL. The name change also came with a slight
change of tone. The characters portrayed were more mature and there were sordid tales of
relationships gone bad rather than the challenges of new relationships.
The high quality of the art remained constant through the title change. There was still lots of great
art by Alex Toth, Russ Heath, George Tuska, Shelly Moldoff, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bob Fujitani.
BOY LOVES GIRL successfully continued and even improved upon the high bar of artistic standards
set by its preceding series.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK AS WELL AS IN FULL COLOR
OR GLORIOUS BLACK & WHITE.

In 1952, after twenty-four issues, Lev Gleason Publications decided to change the title of their
romance comic BOY MEETS GIRL to BOY LOVES GIRL. The name change also came with a slight
change of tone. The characters portrayed were more mature and there were sordid tales of
relationships gone bad rather than the challenges of new relationships.
The high quality of the art remained constant through the title change. There was still lots of
great art by Alex Toth, Fred Kida, George Tuska, Bob Brown, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bob
Fujitani.
BOY LOVES GIRL successfully continued and even improved upon the high bar of artistic
standards set by its preceding series.
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COLOR OR GLORIOUS BLACK & WHITE.

The criminals can never know where he is ….. because they can never be sure WHO he is! Peter
Stockbridge --- aka THE CHAMELEON --- doesn't have any super powers, but he has an
abundance of courage, wits, not a small amount of money, and the ability to take on virtually
any disguise. Whether he is fighting crime on the streets, working with the Secret Service
during World War Two, or battling against strange villains, THE CHAMELEON is always where
the action is! His long run in Target Comics (1940-1949) cements him as the first and the best
Golden Age daring doppleganger!
THIS VOLUME COLLECTS HIS ADVENTURES FROM NOVELTY PRESS TARGET COMICS VOLUME 1 #6
THROUGH VOLUME 3 #5.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are over
eighty years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but
not every panel is perfect and some allowances for the age of the books need to be considered
when judging the overall contents. The stories here were created in a less enlightened time and
there are some images that may offend modern readers.

Monte Hale started his movie career at Republic Pictures in April 1946 with “Home On the
Range”. PICTURE NEWS #8, adapted the film into comic form, but no other Hale stories were
published until the popular Fawcett company began publishing MONTE HALE WESTERN with
issue #29. It was the first Monte Hale comic, but Fawcett picked up the numbering sequence
from the recently canceled MARY MARVEL Comics.
The Fawcett issues had beautiful photo covers Initially. Carl Pfeufer, best known for his exciting
work on Fawcett’s TOM MIX, drew Monte’s stories with an inking assist from John Jordan. Jack
Binder and Edmond Good also contributed artwork to the series. Leonard Frank did most of the
artwork on the GABBY HAYES stories. The series lasted until issue #82. Charlton then published
six issues, but they were reprints of the Fawcett issues.
This book is available in both hardcover and trade paperback editions as well as in full color or
black & white.

NATIONAL COMICS WAS ANOTHER STELLAR ANTHOLOGY BOOK FROM QUALITY
COMICS. CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDED WILL EISNER, LOU FINE, JACK COLE, KLAUS
NORDLING AND NICK CARDY. THE ROSTER OF CHARACTERS INCLUDES UNCLE SAM,
WONDER BOY AND QUICKSILVER. THE SERIES BEGAN IN JULY OF 1940 AND RAN
SEVENTY-FIVE ISSUES. RETRO COMIC REPRINTS PLANS ON BRINGING YOU THE
ENTIRE SERIES.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARD COVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK FORMATS
AS WELL AS IN FULL COLOR OR BLACK & WHITE.

Super Detective Library was a black and white British graphic novel, picture library series
originally published by Amalgamated Press in 1953. The anthology series featured a rotating cast of
popular literary detective characters that were popular with British audiences including The
Saint, Bulldog Drummond and Sherlock Holmes.
Leslie Charteris’s character, Simon Templer, who famously went by the moniker, The Saint appeared
in eight issues of Super Detective Library including the very first issue of the series. This newly
updated edition includes all eight of the Saint's appearances in SUPER DETECTIVE LIBRARY.
#1-THE CONTRABAND PEOPLE
#5-The Great Flying Saucer Mystery
#11-The Case of the poison Pen
#15-The Saint and the Vanishing Policeman
#28-You Can’t Stop the Saint
#33-Danger: The Saint at Work
#38-The Saint Plays the Joker
#59-The Saint’s Sunken Gold
As an added entry the eight page adaptation of the 1939 film The Saint Strikes Back from AllAmerican Comics’ MOVIE COMICS #2 is also included in this collection.

A DATE WITH JUDY STARTED AS A RADIO SHOW COMEDY IN 1941 WHICH CONTINUED TO
1950. IN 1948 THERE WAS A MOVIE STARING JANE POWELL, ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND
ROBERT STACK. FROM 1951 TO 1953 THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT TELEVISION SHOWS
BASED ON A DATE WITH JUDY. WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT MEDIA ITERATIONS OF THE
SHOW, THE ONLY SURPRISE IS THAT IT TOOK UNTIL 1947 FOR A COMIC BOOK SERIES
BASED ON A DATE WITH JUDY TO BE RELEASED.
D.C. COMICS' FIRST ISSUE OF A DATE WITH JUDY WAS COVER DATED OCTOBER 1947 AND
RAN FOR SEVENTY-NINE ISSUES. FOR REASONS UNKNOWN BUT FORTUITOUS FOR US,
THEY LEFT OFF THE COPYRIGHT NOTICE STARTING WITH ISSUE #19. THIS MEANS YOU CAN
NOW LAUGH AT THE ANTICS OF JUDY, HER BOYFRIEND OOGIE, HER BROTHER RANDOLPH
AND THE REST OF THE CAST. HERE IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY A FORGOTTEN
COMEDY GEM, A DATE WITH JUDY.
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WELL AS IN EITHER FULL COLOR OR BLACK & WHITE

AN AMAZING COLLECTION OF MOVIE ADAPTATIONS IN COMICS. NINE
COMICS/MOVIES IN ONE MASSIVE TOME.
HATARI POE'S TALES OF TERROR
MERRILL'S MARAUDERS OPERATION BIKINI
THE HORIZONTAL LIEUTENANT THE RAVEN
LANCELOT & GUINEVERE THE MUSIC MAN
MOUSE ON THE MOON
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IN FULL COLOR OR GLORIOUS BLACK & WHITE.

When his family was killed in an early bombing raid of Poland, Blackhawk
dedicated his life to destroying the Axis powers and everything they stood for.
Aiding Blackhawk are Andre, Chuck, Stanislaus, Hendrikson, Olaf and Chop
Chop. Blackhawk and his crew fought in World War Two, and after the war
ended, they continued traveling the world going wherever their help was
needed. Many stories featured the artwork of masters of the day such as Reed
Crandall and Chuck Cuidera. The series is still an immensely popular comic
today! RETRO COMIC REPRINT is proud to bring you the complete Quality
Comics run !
Note: This is the full-issue collection, including text stories and ads.

A SAMPLING OF SOME OF RETRO COMIC REPRINTS FAVORITE BOOKS
BLACKHAWK COMICS #22 DECEMBER 1948. QUALITY COMICS..FEAR ON SHARKEN ISLAND. PENCILS BY REED
CRANDALL & INKS BY CHUCK CUIDERA...PAGE 4
GOING STEADY #10 APRIL 1953. ST. JOHN PUBLISHING...TROUBLE'S DAUGHTER ART BY MATT BAKER...PAGE 17
MONTE HALE WESTERN #38 NOVEMBER 1945. FAWCETT COMICS...PRAIRIE PLAGUE ART BY BOB LAUGHLIN
..PAGE 26.
JOE YANK #6 MAY 1952. STANDARD COMICS...G.I. RENEGADE ART BY JOHN SEVERIN & WILL ELDER...PAGE 34
MY FRIEND IRMA #28 FEBRUARY 1952...ATLAS COMICS. SCRIPT BY STAN LEE & ART BY DAN DECARLO... PAGE 43
BABE RUTH SPORTS #7 AUGUST 1950...HARVEY COMICS..COVER BY AL AVISON...YOGI BERRA ART BY TOM
GILL...ROLLER DERBY ART BY BOB POWELL ...PAGE 50.
THE GREEN HORNET #23 MARCH 1945...HARVEY COMICS...COVER BY ALEX SCHOMBURG..FUNERAL FOR YELLOW
DOGS, ART BY JERRY ROBINSON...PAGE 56
TEENAGE HOTRODDERS #10 DECEMBER 1964...CHARLTON COMICS . 3 HOURS OF SPEED AT RIVERSIDE, ART BY
JACK KELLER ...PAGE 67
DOWN WITH CRIME #4 MAY 1952, FAWCETT COMICS... FRONT COVER BY CARL PFEUFER, SIGNITURE OF DEATH
ART BY BERNARD BAILY ...PAGE 74
LIFE WITH ARCHIE #46 FEBRUARY 1966, ARCHIE COMICS.. THE ORIGIN OF PUREHEART THE POWERFUL SCRIPT
BY FRANK DOYLE, PENCILS BY BOB WHITE, INKS BY MART EPP, COLORS BY VICTOR GORELICK...PAGE 87
JIGSS & MAGGIE #13 FBRUARY 1950, STANDARD COMICS JIGGS STEPS OUT BY GEORGE MCMANUS PAGE 96
AMERICA'S BEST COMICS #6 COVER BY ALEX SCHOMBURG.
A special thank you to John Fallon for sponsoring this book

FRANKENSTEIN, BY DICK BRIEFER SUCCESSFULLY STRADDLED THE FENCE BETWEEN HORROR
AND HUMOR. ALTHOUGH THE STORIES OCCASIONALLY USED HORROR TROPES, LIKE
WEREWOLVES, VAMPIRES AND MUMMYS, THE TALES WERE OFTEN FUNNY. THE DEPICTIONS
WERE SIMULTANEOUSLY ABSURB AND GROTESQUE. WHILE REFLECTING POST WORLD WAR
TWO SENSIBILITIES.
DICK BRIEFER’S VERSION OF FRANKENSTEIN ORIGINALLY APPEARED AS PART OF THE LINE UP IN
THE ANTHOLOGY SERIES PRIZE COMICS. THE CHARACTER WAS SO POPULAR THAT IN 1945
FRANKENSTEIN WAS GIVEN HIS OWN COMIC BOOK SERIES.
HERE IS THE BRIEFER’S FRANKENSTEIN SERIES FROM THE CHARACTER’S SELF-TITLED COMIC. THE
FRANKENSTEIN’S STORIES THAT APPEARED IN THE SERIES, PRIZE COMICS ARE AVAILABLE FROM
GWANDANALAND COMICS.

STARTLING COMICS STARTED PUBLISHING BY NEDOR IN JUNE OF 1940. THE SERIES
RAN FOR FIFTY-THREE ISSUES AND HAS A FANTASTIC LINE-UP OF CHARACTERS.
THERE IS SUPERHERO ACTION WITH CAPTAIN FUTURE AND MYSTICO THE
WONDER MAN, ESPIONAGE WITH DON DAVIS, ACE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
WITH SCOOP LANGDONE, CRIME BUSTING WITH G-MAN DALTON, EXCITEMENT IN
THE OLD WEST WITH THE MASKED RIDERS, TIME TRAVEL WITH ACE BUCKLEY,
SCIENCE FICTION WITH THE MYSTERIOUS DR.X, AND EVEN SAFARIS WITH BIFF
POWERS.
THE STARTLING COMICS SERIES IS SO EXCITING IT’S STARTLING!
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WELL AS IN BOTH FULL COLOR AND BLACK & WHITE EDITIONS.

BOY MEETS GIRL WAS PUBLISHED BY LEV GLEASON/COMIC HOUSE. THE FIRST
ISSUE WAS COVER DATED FEBRUARY 1950. THE SERIES LASTED JUST OVER TWO
YEARS AND PUBLISHED A TOTAL OF TWENTY-FOUR ISSUES. SOME OF THE COMIC
INDUSTRIES BEST TALENT WORKED ON BOY MEETS GIRL INCLUDNG BOB
FUJITANI, FRED KIDA, GEORGE TUSKA, DICK BRIEFER, JERRY GRANDENETTI AND
GILL FOX.
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU ARE A FAN OF ROMANCE COMICS OR GREAT
ILLUSTRATIONS, BOY MEETS GIRL IS A MUST HAVE BOOK FOR COLLECTORS.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK AS WELL
AS IN FULL COLOR OR GLORIOUS BLACK & WHITE.

The Brain was a humor comic chronicling the adventures of young Benjamin Bang. He was the
standard wise-guy kid character that was popular in comics. He would find unique ways to
create mayhem and even more creative methods to get out of it. Between 1956 and 1958
Magazine Enterprises published seven issues of The Brain, primarily on a quarterly basis. What
makes The Brain memorable was Dan DeCarlo’s artwork. DeCarlo drew two to three stories an
issue. Although The Brain was a departure from the good girl art DeCarlo is most known for,
the series is full of laugh and a lot fun.
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FULL COLOR AND BLACK & WHITE.

CHARLTON COMICS LOVED THEIR CAR COMICS. DRAG-STRIP HOTRODDERS DEBUTED IN THE
SUMMER OF 1963. THE SECOND ISSUE CAME OUT A YEAR AND A HALF LATER. THE SERIES
LASTED A TOTAL OF SIXTEEN ISSUES AND HAD ART BY THE GREAT JACK KELLER, EDD ASHE
AND DICK GIORDANO. DRAG-STRIP HOTRODDERS IS ANOTHER FULL-THROTTLED COMIC
FEATURING STORIES OF THE RACING TRACK AND THE SUPER-CHARGED MEN AND WOMEN
WHO SPEED AT BREAK NECK VELOCITIES ON THEM.
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BOTH FULL COLOR AND BLACK & WHITE.