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Sep 26, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · by Mark Seifert

    Lightning's Cover-Only Debut in Jumbo Comics #14, at Auction (opens the original)

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    Posted in: Comics, Heritage Sponsored, Vintage Paper | Tagged: bob powell, fiction house Bob Powell's cover for Jumbo Comics #14 features the first appearance of the character Lightning, though he doesn't appear inside this issue. Jumbo Comics #14 introduces a superhero who doesn't have a story inside the comic. Lightning makes his first appearance on the cover by Bob Powell for this April 1940 cover-dated issue, but the character doesn't show up until the next issue. While cover/interior mismat

  2. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · by Mark Seifert

    Jack Binder Covers Bulletman, Nickel Comics #3 at Auction (opens the original)

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    Posted in: Comics, Heritage Sponsored, Vintage Paper | Tagged: Bill Parker, Fawcett Publications Edgar Church/Mile High copy: An experiment by Fawcett Publications to publish a five-cent, bi-weekly comic book, Nickel Comics was also the debut of Bulletman. Created by Fawcett Publications editor/writer Bill Parker and artist Ed Smalle, Bulletman debuted in the launch of the series Nickel Comics (cover-dated May 1940). The character Jim Barr was the son of a police officer killed on the job, who w

  3. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · by Mark Seifert

    Maurice Whitman's Haunting Ghost Comics #1 Cover, at Auction (opens the original)

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    Posted in: Comics, Heritage Sponsored, Vintage Paper | Tagged: fiction house, maurice whitman Maurice Whitman is an underappreciated star from the late Golden Age, and Fiction House's Ghost Comics #1 is one of his best known covers. Fiction House's ghosts had been haunting its adventure comics for years before they acquired a title of their own. Ghost Comics #1 put a new Maurice Whitman cover around supernatural stories that can be traced to Jumbo Comics and Wings Comics in 1944-46. Whitman gave

  4. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · by Mark Seifert

    New York City's Water Crisis and Whirlwind Comics #3, at Auction (opens the original)

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    Posted in: Comics, Heritage Sponsored, Vintage Paper | Tagged: Frank Z. Temerson Whirlwind Comics #3 included a villain's attack on Croton Dam, inspired by increasing concerns over NYC's reservoir reserves in 1939-1940. A plot to drain New York City's water reservoirs was a particularly relevant threat in 1940. The city had recently faced a water shortage serious enough to bring public warnings in newspapers, subway stations, schools, and radio broadcasts. In the September cover-dated Whirlwind

  5. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Mark Seifert

    Rio Fights Against a Rigged Election in Fight Comics #50, at Auction (opens the original)

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    Posted in: Comics | Tagged: Joe Doolin, Lily Renée, Matt Baker Lily Renée's Señorita Rio saga in Fight Comics #50 draws on post-WWII geopolitical history and the U.S. State Department's release of its Blue Book on Argentina. The election in the South American Republic of El Greco has all the outward appearances of democracy, but its voters have very little choice. Nazi conspirators have imprisoned the sitting president and are using intimidation ahead of the upcoming election to put their own ca

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