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Bang-Up Comics #1

Dec 1941 · Progressive Publishers · 0.10 USD
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Bang-Up Comics #1 is an anthology featuring multiple adventure stories. "Cosmo Mann's Sun-Ray Gun Defends America" follows the hero as he uses his sun-ray weapon to combat enemy forces threatening the nation. "Jeff Barter, Trader" presents a jungle adventure in which trader Jeff Barter and his assistant Ted Collins encounter a crocodile while traveling the Impure River to trade with the Makuba tribe. A third story involves a military officer receiving secret orders to command forces against a dictatorial invader, with a smaller character named Buzz Balmer featured as well, while another tale depicts military personnel tracking an unmarked steel-gray enemy plane and discovering it belongs to King Paul's forces, leading to a confrontation with a general who has conspired with an invader.

Contains 11 stories
Cosmo Mann Perfects the Sun Ray Gun
6 pp · Science Fiction, Superhero
Cosmo Mann (introduction)ArchyCommander Darke
Untitled Adventure story
10 pp · Adventure
Johnny PierceBud WhiteSenor Adventure
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Untitled Adventure story
6 pp · Adventure
Jeff BarterTed CollinsKaraffaChief Rengjogu M'PindoAbu Rhang (slave trader)
Untitled Science Fiction story
12 pp · Science Fiction, Superhero
"Buzz" BalmerProfessor BalmerMajor Stanley
Untitled Humor story
2 pp · Humor
Homer
Federal Investigator Cracks Down on Airplane Sabotage
8 pp · Detective-Mystery
Dick StarPinky DinkSpade Skabberd

When a military bomber crashes under suspicious circumstances, F.B.I. investigator Dick Star heads to a West Coast airplane factory to root out a sabotage ring operating inside—with the help of his unconventional partner, Pinky Dink. As Dick infiltrates the conspirators' secret meeting and uncovers their dangerous plans, he and Pinky set a clever trap to catch the culprits before they can strike at the experimental 3-19 pursuit plane.

Untitled Adventure story
6 pp · Adventure, War
Rick MastersSkinny DanePrincess IrisGeneral Drack
Untitled Humor story
2 pp · Humor
Untitled Biography story
1 pp · Biography, Sports
Sonja HenieLefty GroveMickey WalkerLou NovaVan Lingle Mungo
Untitled Superhero story
8 pp · Superhero
Lady Fairplay [Mary Lee]

In the 1941 pages of Bang-Up Comics #1, a quiet schoolteacher named Jo answers a call from the brilliant but enigmatic Professor Amazo, setting off a transformation that reshapes her into Lady Fairplay—radiant, powerful, and driven to battle the shadows beneath the city. With her newfound energy and purpose, she becomes a force of justice, stepping into a role that tests the limits of her humanity.

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $199
CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $8,441*
CGC 9.4 · 2 in census $5,401*
CGC 9.2 · 2 in census $5,145
CGC 9.0 · 2 in census $2,405*
CGC 8.5 none in existence
CGC 8.0 · 2 in census $1,317
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CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $1,057*
CGC 7.0 · 2 in census $878*
CGC 6.5 · 2 in census $405*
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $295*
CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 none in existence
CGC 4.0 none in existence
CGC 3.5 none in existence
CGC 3.0 · 2 in census $164*
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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Full credits

writer, artist, inker, letterer Jack Ryan
cover pencils, inks Sam Hill

Reprints

Reprinted in Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn] (2017), Golden-Age Greats Spotlight #19 (2019), Heroine Heaven #1 (2022)

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