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Four Favorites #9

Feb 1943 · Ace Magazines [1940s-1950s] · 0.10 USD
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In "The Case of the Woman Who Couldn't Die!" from Four Favorites #9 (1943), a mysterious woman with an impossible secret becomes the center of a high-stakes diamond heist during wartime, as The Clown schemes to seize the precious gems for himself. Walter Davoren’s art, inked by Marty Taras, brings the suspenseful mystery to life in this wartime adventure from Ace Magazines.

Contains 5 stories
The Case of the Woman Who Couldn't Die!
16 pp · Superhero
MagnoDaveyThe Clown (villain)Princess OhisisPrince Fadouah (cameo)

In "The Case of the Woman Who Couldn't Die!" from Four Favorites #9 (1943), a mysterious woman with an unbreakable resolve steps into a high-stakes diamond shortage that threatens wartime efforts, while The Clown schemes to seize the precious gems for his own gain. With patriotism on the line and danger lurking in the shadows, one hero must uncover the truth before the nation’s resources fall into the wrong hands.

Untitled Superhero story
13 pp · Superhero
Lash Lightning [Robert Morgan]Lightning Girl [Isobel Blake]Young Mike BordonBasilo Tosca [The Maestro] (villain, in bee costume)
Untitled Military story
13 pp · Military, Superhero
Unknown SoldierCaptain Arthur K. WermuthLieutenant J. T. BulkeleyGeneral MacArthurGeneral WainwrightTex ChalkerJohnny HoulihanYamashita
Untitled Military story
13 pp · Military, Superhero
Captain CourageousCaptain Nippo (masked villain)Nikki FujuYoshimaSakai

In a tense 1943 tale from *Four Favorites #9*, Captain Courageous races against time to uncover Japanese saboteurs on American soil, while young Niki Fuju, confined in a wartime interment settlement, longs for his lost dog. The story weaves two quiet, poignant threads across a divided landscape, where courage and memory hold their own kind of resistance.

Untitled Superhero story
6.75 pp · Superhero
Mr. RiskAbdul (Mr. Risk's assistant)Killer Gammon (repentant dying hoodlum)Tina Grand (his daughter)

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Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $83
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $2,764
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 · 3 in census $2,025
CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $1,174*
CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $1,004
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CGC 3.5 · 1 in census $908*
CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $805
CGC 2.5 none in existence
CGC 2.0 · 2 in census $555*
CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $359
CGC 1.0 none in existence
CGC 0.5 · 1 in census $280*
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Reprinted in The Comics Journal #274

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