Comic books October 1946

Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Bill Woolfolk. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Professor Zannever builds a better atomic bomb and asks Captain Midnight to help him safely test it, but Agent X gets wind of the invention first. Midnight's latest invention makes him bulletproof, and mob boss Maron (who looks like a Dick Tracy villain) is determined to find out what it is. During WWII, Midnight tests an invention that causes someone's personality to become its exact opposite. Classic cover by an unknown artist. The Stratosphere Treasure Hunt; Pilot Pete; Case of the Rolling Stone; Sgt. Twilight: The Water Machine; Red Skye: Flying Salesman; The Jekyll Ray; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Your Invention Page; Dippy Detours. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 18, Issue 5 - October 1946. Features creative stories, poems, rebuses, recipes, activities, crafts, science experiments, and health articles for children. 6-in. x 9-in. 52 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $8.80

The Black Arrow, 1st Printing, Classics Comics. (HRN 30, 10/46). Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $2.65 Interior is complete. Full spine split. Cover detached.

The Black Arrow, 2nd Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 51).

Add to cart Very Good $6.40

Add to cart VG 4.0 $6.40

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.65

The Black Arrow, 4th Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 87, original 10/46 date). Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $5.60

Add to cart VG 4.0 $5.60

Add to cart VG 4.0 $5.60 Water damage.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.65

The Black Arrow, 5th Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 108, original 10/46 date). Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $2.80 Water damage.

The Black Arrow, 6th Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 125, original 10/46 date). Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Good $2.65

Add to cart GD 2.0 $2.65

The Black Arrow, 8th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 140). Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $3.20

Add to cart Very Good $3.20

Add to cart FR 1.0 $2.65 Severe water damage. Staple rust with migration.

The Black Arrow, 10th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 161). Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $3.20

Add to cart VG 4.0 $3.20

Add to cart Fair $2.65

The Black Arrow, 11th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 167). Cover price $0.15.

Canadian Edition - The Black Arrow, Classics Comics. (HRN 55, 10/46). Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Fred Kida. Stories and art by Fred Kida, John Belfi, Charles W. Winter, Tony DiPreta, and Carmine Infantino. Forgotten superheroes from the Golden Age of comics, featuring early work by Dan Barry and other comics legends. Nightmare and Sleepy were listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Dumas Poe, descendant of the inventor of the gun, is recruited by a secret order dedicated to ending crimes of the gun, becoming the sharpshooting Gun Master. Rival gangs threaten all-out gang warfare, and only Micro-Face and his high-tech mask can stop them. Wrestler heroes Nightmare and Sleepy trace missing athletes to a madman's modern-day gladiatorial games. Gun Master: The Birth of the Gun!; Micro-Face: The Man Who Lost His Face; Stupid Manny; The Trap; Nightmare and Sleepy: Wanted for Murder; Pass to the Present: Nero; The Story of Caleb Scott. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Victor Pazmino. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton and Victor Pazmino. Humor comics from Fawcett, featuring characters like Richard Richard, Private Dick (detective) and the cape-wearing rapscallion Captain Kid. After Captain Kid tells his class that he knows movie star Rita Straworth, he has to bring her to a party to prove it. Mystic Moot realizes that the tiger that just escaped from the zoo is his old friend Bamboo, in a story by comics legend Basil Wolverton, featuring one of the most adorable cartoon tigers of all time. Richard Richard goes looking for The Toothless Crook in a dentist's office. Captain Kid Sees Stars; Judge Smudge; Mystic Moot and His Magic Snoot: Who's Zoo; The Tragedy of Joe Miller; Jetsam Joe: An Arabian Night-Mare!; Dopey Danny Dee; Kanvasback Kenny Leads With His Chin; Whipper-Snappers; Trader Tom; The Snortville Sneeze: When Gloria Goes Hunting for a Story, It Turns Out to Be a Honey of a Tale; Vacuum Bloobstutter; Sam the Sheriff Is a Saw Head; Freddy Freshman Uses His Scull; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Destruction of Construction; Richard Richard, Private Dick and the Missing Tooth; Pee Wee Pete. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 17, Issue 2 - October, 1946. 6.75" x 9.75", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Fine $45.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $2.50 View scan 2 1/4" Cumulative spine split.

Add to cart Fair $2.50 View scans Spine split 90%. Cover Detached.

Volume 2, Issue 8 - October, 1946. Magic Periodical put out by Walter B. Gibson with help from Harry Houdini's brother, Hardeen that showcases the talent of magicians as well as teaching tricks to readers. 8.5" x 11", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Art by Ellis Chambers, Pat Parrish and E. O. Alexander. An atomic blast combined with Cosmic Catnip Capsules turns an ordinary feline into Cosmo Cat, first seen in All Top comics. He lives on the moon and uses a rocket to travel to Earth and fight evil. The cosmic cat faces time travel, witches and gangsters. Also, the nail-biting adventures of Hairbreadth Harry. Rip Van Tinkle; Witches Brew; Tin Can Gangsters; Red Kamphor; Hairbreadth Harry; Quiz Whiz; Time Traveler. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

October 1946. This issue includes two-page pictorial of Vera-Ellen, MGM star of "White Christmas", "On the Town", and others. 8.5" x 11.25". 66 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by Don C. Cameron, Jack Farr and unknown. Art by Win Mortimer, Jack Farr, John Daly, Lee Harris, Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. Wanting to visit Sherwood Forest in England in the 13th century, Bruce takes Dick over to Professor Carter's home, and the pair are whisked back into the pages of history where they meet and aid the famed Robin Hood against the evil Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Rescue of Robin Hood!" by Don C. Cameron and Win Mortimer. Plus: Three-Ring Binks in an untitled story by Jack Farr; Slam Bradley in "Tonic for Trouble!" with art by John Daly; Air Wave in "Short-Circuit Air Wave!" with art by Lee Harris; and The Boy Commandos in "Ten Days in the Big House!" with art by Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. Also: Battlin' Gus half-pager by Phil Berube, and 2-page text story "Nickel Tip" by Paul Denby. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 34, No. 3 - October 1946. 6.75" x 9.75", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 47, Issue 2 - October, 1946. 7" x 10", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

"Helicopter Plant Mystery," script and art by Manny Easson; Dizzy looks for a saboteur in the Eaglecraft Helicopter plant. Untitled Silly Soozie story, script and art by Manny Easson; Soozie tries to be a detective. "Highway Patrol (A True Story)" text story by Frank Keith; While trying to find some criminals Officers Hennessy and King encounter a mysterious floating light. "The Bandit of Elm City"; A mysterious masked villain is robbing banks in Elm City. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

October 1946. "Death in Little Houses" by Kenneth Robeson; "Every Day is Saturday" by Tom Marvin; and "Tough Old Terror" by Willis Lindquiet. Digest size, 5-5/8" x 7-3/4"; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer, John Jordan, and Drake Williams. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don and Red investigate after a new trans-Pacific communications cable is sabotaged. In a story from WWII, Don's assignment to pilot a ship full of dynamite through hostile waters is complicated by a US Pearl Harbor survivor who's out for revenge. As the cover advises, these issues feature "official war stories from Don Winslow's Log Book," as he, like other wartime heroes, had to explain the continued reliance on WWII stories after the war was over. Don's arch-enemy The Scorpion returns, and abducts Red and Mercedes to lead Don into a trap. Plus facts about the military and semaphore. The Undersea Cable; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Dynamite Ship!; Captain Kid; Navy Quiz; Military Shorthand; Jetsam Joe; Eaglebeak Spruder; Part II: Jungle Trap; Military Shorthand; Warriors of the Sea: The Pepper Pirates; Bell Bottom Bill; The Scorpion's Death Ledger. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Paul Gattuso. Stories and art by Tony Cataldo, Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, Ralph Mayo, Paul Gattuso, and Fred Schwab. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring superhero and adventure stories. The Echo and his associates investigate after a millionaire mysteriously drowns at the waterfront. A Mountie tracks a cold-hearted killer through the frozen wastes of British Columbia. Flash Gordon-like Dan Hastings must protect Earth from an interstellar armada. Dynamic Man: The Mad Master of the Doomsday Express; The Echo; Ima Sleuth; Manhunters--Crime on the Run; Jest a Moment; Monument to Death; Yankee Boy; Cover Up for Murder; Dan Hastings; Out Where the West Begins; Mr. E. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 3, No. 3. October 1946. Men's magazine with humor and pin up pictorials, including one depicting a cat fight. Peter Driben cover. 8.5" x 11.5". 64 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $30.00 View scans Paper: Off white water damage top corner/spine large crease front

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $249.00 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

"The Island of Dr. Moreau" a book-length novel by H.G. Wells.

October 1946. Cover and interior illustrations by Lawrence and Finlay. "The Island of Dr. Moreau" by H.G. Wells, "Third Person Singular" by Clemence Dane, "Daemon" by C. L. Moore, "The Burial of the Rats" by Bram Stoker. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Chief Wahoo and Steve Roper" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; and "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller. "Eight Minutes to Live" text story. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). When civil war breaks out between the "plain" and "fancy" paper dolls in their paper cities, Marvel Bunny tries to make peace. Willipus Wallipus learns a lesson about false alarms, courtesy of Uncle Don. Billy the Kid and Oscar the Sheriff meet "The Girl Desperado." Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Ripping Adventure; Willie the Worm Rings the Bell; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear Get Glass-y-eyed; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: Round One; Droopy the Ant Bear and Reddy Fox: Junk Relics; Willipus Wallipus: False-a-Fire; Battling Bantam: The Big City Blues; Billy the Kid and Oscar: The Girl Desperado. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Bryant. "Queen of Ants!", script by Joe Millard, art by Reed Crandall; Dr. Roberts and Martha see their friend Sam attacked as he is killing ants in front of his place of business, but so does Darrel Dane, and the Doll Man intervenes; He discovers that a villainess named the Queen of Ants is responsible, and she is planning crimes, using ants and termites to carry out her robberies. "Screwmania" starring Perky, script and art by Sid Lazarus. "Murder Marked the Bills" starring Swing Sisson. "The Card Game" starring Blimpy, script and art by Al Stahl. Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. "Don't Call Me Grandma!" starring Rusty Ryan, script and art by Paul Gustavson. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jack Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Alex Blum, Bob Lubbers and Matt Baker. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Tiger Girl is captured by The Tusk Men, who plan to sacrifice her to their gods, in a story with art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker; Glamour-girl turned super-spy Senorita Rio sets out to save Senor Barrera from the killer called El Chuhilo; Nazi-fighter Rip Carson regears himself (and his strip) for postwar life as a member of Risks, Unlimited. Tiger Girl; Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; Luck Is Where You Find It; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Captain Fight. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Flash stars in "The City That Couldn't Stop Laughing," written by Gardner Fox, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: a Ghost Patrol story by John B. Wentworth and Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "The Dog Bandits" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; a Rockhead McWizzard story by Jack Farr; Out of the Gag Bag by Ed Wheelan; Ton o' Fun by Harry Lampert; and Hawkman in "The Crazy Quilt Crimes" by Fox and Joe Kubert. Cover art by Hibbard. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "MARGE'S LITTLE LULU, No. 120." Tuba Trouble; Lulu trades a lawnmower for a tuba and disrupts the whole neighborhood trying to learn to play it. Indian Uprising; While playing Indian with Lulu and Tubby, Alvin takes the head off a store mannequin; In a twist of events, Lulu's father ends up with the head and is arrested for having stolen property. Newspaper Business; Tubby substitutes on a paper route for a day and Lulu helps him. Little Lulu and the Seven Dwarfs; Lulu tells Alvin the story about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "FAIRY TALE PARADE, No. 121." The Dragon Knight, art by Arthur E. Jameson; Dagbert, the son of a king who has fallen upon hard times, goes out to seek his fortune; He kills a dragon and bathes in its blood; He finds a hoard of gems in the dragon's cave and goes to a nearby castle to share the treasure with its king if he will send men to help transport the gems. The Magic Forrest, art by Morris Gollub; In the midst of a medieval war, a boy finds a refuge from the invading forces in a magic forest. Water Sprite Baby, art by Arthur E. Jameson; When Inga falls into a stream, she is captured by water sprites and made to swear an oath to give them her first-born baby. Tweedle-Dum-Dee, art by Arthur E. Jameson; Tweedle-Dum-Dee, one of a number of tiny dwarfs living in the forest of Dumbee, is taken by a woodchopper to show to the King. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.