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Cover: C. C. Beck & Pete Costanza

Whiz Comics #43

Jun 1943 · Fawcett · 0.10 USD
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In "Sabotage at the Printing Plant," Otto Binder and Alex Blum deliver a taut wartime thriller as Spy Smasher races to uncover a sabotage ring targeting a crucial printing facility—only to find the real threat lies not in the machinery, but in the island’s hidden past. A 10-cent comic from 1943, this issue blends espionage and wartime intrigue with a cover by C. C. Beck and Pete Costanza that captures the tension in bold, dynamic lines.

Contains 5 stories
Sabotage at the Printing Plant
15 pp · Superhero
Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]IbisGolden Arrow [Roger Parsons]Captain Marvel. Jr. [Freddy Freeman] (cameo)SteamboatRod Reed (? appears)Adolf Hitler (villain)the Nazis (villains)
Spy Smasher Discovers the Streamlined Treasure Island!
16 pp · Spy, Superhero
Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]Boy Kingthe Japanese (villains)the Nazis (villains)

In a pulse-pounding 1943 adventure, Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong] finds himself defending a remote Atlantic island from a dual threat—Japanese and Nazi forces—only to uncover a hidden, modern-day Treasure Island beneath its surface. With the Boy King by his side, he must outwit enemy agents and uncover the island’s secrets before they fall into the wrong hands.

Golden Arrow and the Petrified Forest
9 pp · Western-Frontier
Golden Arrow [Roger Parsons]
The Mystery of the Ghost Destroyer
8 pp · Adventure
The Man Who Sold His Soul to the Devil
10 pp · Superhero
The DevilNeroBrutusRobespierre

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $59
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $1,211
CGC 9.2 none in existence
CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $542*
CGC 8.5 · 5 in census $379
CGC 8.0 · 2 in census $312
CGC 7.5 · 2 in census $238*
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CGC 7.0 · 4 in census $178
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $166*
CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $144*
CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $121*
CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $98*
CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $85*
CGC 3.5 none in existence
CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $67*
* 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

artist, inker Alex Blum
cover pencils C. C. Beck
cover inks Pete Costanza

Reprints

Reprinted in Whiz Comics #10 (1943), Spy Smasher Comics #5 (1943), Whiz Comics #89 (1953), Men of Mystery Comics #69 (2007)

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