Clue Comics
Hillman // January 1943 - February 1947
Issue count: 12
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Clue Comics mostly featured old superhero stories developed in the Golden Age of comics. Eventually, they decided to write some new stories to go with them, resulting in a fun-packed book that was loved by the readers.
Some great artists, such as Tony DiPrieta, Dan Barry and Al Ulmer, were responsible for writing and penciling some of the original stories. Their work on this comic is what launched their careers, with some of them ending up at Marvel or DC Comics.
The book was alive for 12 issues, from 1943 to 1947.
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Issue #1
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What's Clue Comics #1 worth in 2024?
The top price of Clue Comics (1943): #1 is $3720, paid in March 2020 for a 9.4 graded copy. Other prices include $1320, paid in February 2022 for a 6.0 graded copy and $900, paid in February 2022 for a 5.0 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #1 of Clue Comics (1943) was published in January 1943. Writing and art by Bob Wood, Alan Mandel, Dan Barry, Charles Biro, Tony DiPreta, Al Ulmer, Pierce Rice, and John Cassone.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art features the Boy King.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of lesser known heroes of the Golden Age of Comics!
- 14 page Boy King story "Origin of the Boy King"
- 11 page Nightmare and Sleepy story "Checking the Checker"
- 4 page Stupid Manny story "The Origin of Stupid Manny"
- 10 page Micro-Face story "The Origin of Micro-Face"
- 2 page text story "Smoke Rings of Death"
- 9 page Zippo story "He's a Blitz On Wheels!"
- 6 page Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers story "Origin of the Boy Rangers"
- 8 page Twilight story "Murder Before the Footlights"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $0 | $300 | $1,325 | $600 | $3,725 | $5,500 |
Issue #2
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What's Clue Comics #2 worth in 2024?
The top price for Clue Comics (1943): #2 is $2868, paid in November 2011 for a 9.8 graded copy. Other prices include $200, paid in May 2022 for a 4.5 graded copy and $372, paid in February 2022 for a 4.0 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #2 of Clue Comics (1943) was published in February 1943. Writing and art by Al Ulmer, Dan Barry, Alan Mandel, Tony DiPreta, and John Cassone
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art features the Boy King with a sword.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of lesser known heroes of the Golden Age of Comics!
- 15 page Boy King and the Giant story "A Leader against Crime"
- 11 page Nightmare and Sleepy story "The Upside-Down Town"
- 4 page Stupid Manny story "Introducing Stupid Manny"
- 9 page Micro-Face story "Crime and Art Are Strange Companions"
- 2 page text story "Detectives Have Brains"
- 9 page Micro-Face story "Crime and Art Are Strange Companions"
- 2 page text story "Detectives Have Brains"
- 9 page Zippo story "A Racket in Dolls"
- 6 page Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers story "A Well-Laid Plot"
- 8 page Twilight story "The Quilled Death"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $0 | $370 | $230 | $310 | $0 | $19,200 |
Issue #3
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What's Clue Comics #3 worth in 2024?
The top price for Clue Comics (1943): #3 is $576, paid in February 2022 for a 5.0 graded copy. Other prices include $118, paid in June 2021 for a 7.0 graded copy and $81, paid in March 2019 for a 5.5 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #3 of Clue Comics (1943) was published in March 1943. Writing and art by John Cassone, Tony DiPreta, Dan Barry, Alan Mandel, Pierce Rice, and Arturo Cazeneuve.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art features the Boy King and his Giant fighting tanks.
Story Synopsis
This issues features stories of lesser known heroes from the Golden Age of Comics!
- 15 page Boy King and the Giant story "The Giant in Criminal Hands"
- 11 page Nightmare and Sleepy story "The Corpse That Steals Living Men's Faces"
- 4 page Stupid Manny story "Captured by Nazis"
- 9 page Micro-Face story "The Man Who Wasn't There"
- 2 page text story "The Forgotten Key"
- 9 page Zippo story "A Sabotage Blitzkrieg"
- 6 page Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers story "Loco"
- 8 page Twilight story "Robber Baron of the Skies"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $0 | $0 | $80 | $0 | $0 | $2,625 |
Issue #4
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What's Clue Comics #4 worth in 2024?
The top price for Clue Comics (1943): #4 is $1020, paid in February 2023 for a 9.2 graded copy. Other prices include $151, paid in July 2019 for a 6.0 graded copy and $420, paid in February 2022 for a 4.5 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #4 of Clue Comics (1943) was published in June 1943. Writing and art by Tony DiPreta, Dan Barry, Alan Mandel, and John Cassone.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art features the Boy King punching a Nazi.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of lesser known heroes from the Golden Age of Comics!
- 15 page Boy King and the Giant story "Tyrannosaurus Rex"
- 11 page Nightmare and Sleepy story "The Silhouette of Death"
- 4 page Stupid Manny story "Mr. Herr Phew!"
- 9 page Micro-Face story "The Fire of Kenya"
- 2 page text story "The Blind Detective"
- 9 page Zippo story "A Maniac Is Loose"
- 6 page Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers story "Recapture Man-Mountain"
- 8 page Twilight story "The Town That Danced the Crime Step"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $0 | $420 | $150 | $0 | $700 | $1,025 |
Issue #5
What's Clue Comics #5 worth in 2024?
The top price for Clue Comics (1943): #5 is $448, paid in November 2008 for a 9.4 graded copy. Other prices include $276, paid in July 2022 for a 5.5 graded copy and $264, paid in February 2022 for a 4.5 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #5 of Clue Comics (1943) was published in September 1943. Writing and art by Tony DiPreta, Alan Mandel, Dan Barry, and John Cassone.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art features the Boy King fighting a Nazi on top of his Giant.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of lesser known heroes from the Golden Age of Comics!
- 15 page Boy King and the Giant story "The Battle of the Ages"
- 11 page Nightmare and Sleepy story "The Crooked Nine and the Diamond Robbers"
- 4 page Stupid Manny story "Watermelons"
- 9 page Micro-Face story "The Corpse Walks Away"
- 2 page text story "The Tall Witness"
- 9 page Zippo story "The Motor-Man on Wheels"
- 6 page Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers story "Ships"
- 6 page Twilight story "Baby Face"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $0 | $260 | $280 | $110 | $450 | $875 |
Issue #6
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What's Clue Comics #6 worth in 2024?
The top price for Clue Comics (1943): #6 is $550, paid in March 2017 for a 9.4 graded copy. Other prices include $360, paid in December 2020 for a 9.0 graded copy and $124, paid in February 2021 for a 6.0 graded copy.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Issue #6 of Clue Comics (1943) was published in December 1943. Writing and art by Dave Curtis, Alan Mandel, Dan Barry, Harry Kiefer, Maurice Del Bourgo, Tony DiPreta, Ray Willner, and Al Ulmer.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art features the Boy King saving a criminal from an oncoming train.
Story Synopsis
This issue features stories of lesser known heroes from the Golden Age of comics!
- 15 page Boy King and the Giant story "The Wildest Gang Since the Roaring Twenties"
- 10 page Nightmare and Sleepy story "A Setting of Wild Fantasy"
- 4 page Stupid Manny story "Wild Bull Sebastian"
- 8 page Micro-Face story "Kill--Kill--Kill"
- 2 page text story "Waterproof Alibi"
- 8 page Zippo story "The Fly"
- 6 page Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers story "Brains Briefer"
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0 | $0 | $120 | $360 | $550 | $550 |
Issue #7
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What's Clue Comics #7 worth in 2024?
The highest rated Clue Comics (1944) #7 was sold for $3,002 in March 2014. This issue was a 9.4 NM graded pedigree from Edgar Church (Mile High). Today, you can get a mid rated copy of this issue somewhere around $500 to $800. Whereas, low grade readable copies usually go around $250 to $350 based on condition.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Clue Comics (1943) #7 was published by Hilman Publications in March 1944. The cover art of this issue is named as "Classic Concentration comp torture cover". Tony DiPreta was the main man behind the cover, story, and art. This issue was penciled and inked by Charles Tomsey, Tony DiPreta and Art Seymour.
Key Facts About the Comic
The cover art of this issue shows the barbaric side of the tyrant Dr. Plasma who used to engrave on the backs of living men to transmit secret information. Boy King goes out to break the shackles of those living men and setting them free.
Story Synopsis
The Boy King with the help of his friends Giant, and Muggsy go all out to fight the Nazi evil tattoo artist Dr. Plasma who used the backs of spies to transmit secret data.
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $300 | $430 | $800 | $400 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
Issue #8
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What's Clue Comics #8 worth in 2024?
This highest recorded sale of Clue Comics (1944) #8 was a 9.6 NM/M pedigree from Edgar Church (Mile High). This was sold for $1,634 in December 2011. A 9.0 rated pedigree from the Promise Collection recently went for $516 in February 2022. Interestingly, the value of low graded books below 9.0 grade is still unknown.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Clue Comics (1943) #8 was published in September 1944 in Hillman Publications. The cover of this issue was designed by Rudy Palais. The stories and the art of this issue was created by Art Seymour, Tony DiPreta, Rudy Palais, and Charles Tomsey.
Key Facts About the Comic
Rudy Palais created quite a bizzare cover in which the Boy King and his fellows have an encounter with the Golden king's statue.
Story Synopsis
The Boy King takes on the circus of crime that wants to acquire a Golden Statue which contains the country's treasure.
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $700 | $1,625 |
Issue #9
What's Clue Comics #9 worth in 2024?
Clue Comics (1943) #9 has seen very little sales over the years. The highest recorded sale of this issue was a 9.6 NM+ rated pedigree from Edgar Church (Mile High). It was sold for $1,016 in November 2011. The lowest sale of this issue was an untouched 6.0 which was sold for $225 in November 2021.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Clue Comics (1943) #9 is published in December 1944 by Hillman Publications. The artwork of this issue was designed by Art Seymour, Maurice Del Bourgo, and Tony DiPreta. The cover and story of this issue was created by Tony DiPreta.
Key Facts About the Comic
Tony DiPreta designed the cover titled as, ""Paris" The machine marvel"". Tony Dipreta potrays the creation of the million dollar machine named as Paris in the cover art of the issue.
Story Synopsis
The Boy Kind and his friend Giant have an encounter with "Paris", a million dollar chess playing robot whos designed by a criminal to use its advance technology from crime and murder.
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $0 | $0 | $230 | $900 | $1,025 | $1,025 |
Issue #10
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What's Clue Comics #10 worth in 2024?
Clue Comics (1943) #10 reached its peak sale when a 9.6 rated pedigree from Edgar Church (Mile High) was sold for $1,586 in December 2011. An untouched 4.5 rated issue was sold for $149 in March 2023 which is an increase from its 2020 value of $154. A low rated 1.8 was sold for $32 in December 2021.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Hillman Publication published Clue Comics (1943) #10 in October 1943. The cover of this issue was designed by Fred Kida. The artwork and the story were created by Tony DiPreta, and Fred Kida.
Key Facts About the Comic
Fred Kida shows a book named as The Amazing Gun Master in the cover of the Clue Comics (1943) #10.
Story Synopsis
Dumas Poe was the successor of the gun's investor is hired by a secret organization who's main motive is to put an end to the crimes of the Gun. Dumas later on evolves to becoming the sharpshooter named as Gun Master.
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $30 | $100 | $200 | $360 | $950 | $1,586 |
Issue #11
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What's Clue Comics #11 worth in 2024?
Clue Comics (1943) #11 has the record sale of $576 which was of an 8.5 rated pedigree from the Promise Collection in January 2022. The lowest record sale of this issue is $76 for an untouched 7.0 in October 2012 and anything below is stll unknown.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Hillman Publications published Clue Comics (1943) #11 in December 1946. The cover of this issue was created by Fred Kida. The story and the artwork of this issue were designed by Tony DiPreta, Art Helfant, and Fred Kida.
Key Facts About the Comic
Fred Kita shows a Western style duel in which Gun Mastern literally destroys his opponents guns by aiming right at their barrels.
Story Synopsis
Gun Master gets his hands on a new radio controlled high tech Bullet, but Velvet Silver tries to smuggle his plans away.
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
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| $0 | $0 | $0 | $575 | $650 | $575 |
Issue #12
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What's Clue Comics #12 worth in 2024?
Clue Comics (1943) #12 was sold for a $1,554 which was a 9.6 rated pedigree from Edgar Church (Mile High) in November 2011. A mid rated 5.5 was sold in February 2023 for $159. You can get a low rated 4.0 for $115 in January 2021.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Clue Comics (1943) #12 was published by Hillman Publications in February 1943. The stories and the artwork of this issue was done by Fred Guardineer, Benard Sachs, Alden McWilliams, and Art Helfant.
Key Facts About the Comic
Fred Guardineer potrays the scene of Gun Master infiltating the secret club of Gangsters and Killers.
Story Synopsis
Gun Master finds out about the communion of Gangsters and Killers.
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0 | $120 | $160 | $310 | $900 | $1,550 |