Comic books 1948 w/ month not specified

1st Printing - Written by Fred G. Clark and Richard Stanton Rimanoczy, Illustrated by Rama Braggiotti. Hardcover, 8" x 10", 102 pages, B&W.

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I've Got Wings (circa 1948) was a promotional mini comic book published by the U.S. Army Air Force, Office of Flying Safety. This booklet beautifully illustrates the rules and regulations of flying an airplane. A youthful, wide-eyed pilot demonstrates the dos and don'ts of taking-off, correct altitude, aircraft right-of-way in the sky, control tower procedures, landing, emergency landing, bad weather flying, and much more. 96 pages, full color, 7-in. x 5-in.

1949 Program. George Petty cover. 8-1/2" x 11", 20 pages, B&W w/ spot color. Cover price $0.25.

Ice Follies Skating Program Book. Cover by R. G. Enders. Program numbers include Moonlight Symphony, Crosstown, Winter Scene (1865), Old King Cole, Persian Festival and Old San Francisco. Skating stars include Evelyn Chandler, Betty Shalow and Frick and Frack. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 10 pages, BW/PC. NOTE: There is also a sixteen page edition. Cover price $0.25.

No. 6. 5" x 7.5", 120 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Safety-themed promotional comic featuring popular comic strip and cartoon characters in new stories drawn by their creators. Standard comic-sized, 16-pages, full color, quality white stock paper (not the typical newsprint of most promotionals), no cover price. Comic strip and cartoon characters such as Henry, Bugs Bunny, The Berrys, Dixie Dugan, Elmer, Tim Tyler, Bruce Gentry, Abbie and Slats, Joe Jinks, The Toodles, and Cokey. 16 pages.

Reprint of the US edition. Has 1' on right side of comic. Printed by Gordon and Gotch LTD. in Sydney, Australia. Cover copy of issue 28, newspaper stock; black and white; 12 pages.

No month given. Jeanie in "The Fugitives," "Pop at the Pool," "Stopping the Shopping," and "The Furniture Fuss!" Margie back-up story, "The Nickel Nuisance!" Cover price $0.10.

Jo-Joy is a yearly Christmas giveaway comic book distributed by the W. T. Grant Co. department store chain. iPublished annually every Christmas from 1945-53. Each issue features a Jo-Joy story with Santa Claus, and illustrates many, many Jo-Joy toys that were manufactured and sold thru Grant's because the Jo-Joy jack-in-the-box character became wildly popular! Full color, 16 pages, 7-1/16-in. x 10-1/4-in., slick cover.

Johnny Starboard & His Underseas Pirates (Wisco Mini-Comic) is a promotional giveaway distributed by a variety of merchants including Wisco "99" Service Stations, Carnation Malted Milk, Klarer Health Wieners, Fleers Dubble Bubble Gum, Rodeo All-Meat Wieners, Perfect Potato Chips, & others. Back cover blank or printed with information about participating sponsor. 24 pages, full color, 7-in. x 3.5-in., all newsprint, no cover price.

Canadian Series. Reprints Joker Comics (1942 Timely/Marvel) #31. Millie the Model cover and story "Millie Climbs High", Basil Wolverton's Powerhouse Pepper in "Rage on the Stage". 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Mansmann's Department Story Giveaway. This promotional activity book was presumably a giveaway from their TOYLAND toy department. Filled with Christmas themed dot-to-dot, puzzles, mazes, stories (including the text of "The Night Before Christmas"), games, and more. 7.75-in. x 10.75-in.; color; 16 pages; color; no date (late 1940s?).

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1st Printing - Written by Rudyard Kipling, Illustrated by Aldren Watson, Introduction by Nelson Doubleday. Out of the welter of charming or amusing or exciting books for children a few remain enduring enough in their impression to become part of the reader's cultural equipment throughout life. Kipling's "The Jungle Books" is one of these. Here is Mowgli, the wolf boy; Shere Khan, the murderous lame tiger; Toomai, the elephant boy; and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, the agile mongoose. Without sentimentality and without scientific pedantry, Kipling has made animals the actors in his jungle dramas which are startling in their beauty and in their revelation of the hidden world of beasts. Hardcover, 5.5" x 8.5", 254 pages, B&W.

"Her Rough Rival!", art by Ken Bald; Cindy decides that it's boring having Chuck and Cas fight over her, until Lula-Belle appears in town and they stop fighting over her. "Little Lady" text story by Justin Dewey Triem. "In a Merry Memory Mood!", art by Ken Bald; Goldie gets Cindy to recount the times that Chuck had disappointed her and Cindy gets angrier and angrier. "Adventure Underground," script by Ruth Berman. "My Aching Palette," art by Ken Bald. "The Irresistible Force" text story by Tripp Hammond. "The Professor's Problem!", art by Ken Bald; Professor Noodlebean is writing a book about a typical teen-ager and Cindy wants to be featured until Chuck gives her some inside info about what it's really going to be about. "Romance for Debby" text story by Jane Philpy. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Post-distribution bound edition of Junior Miss (1944) issues 25-30.

Canadian reprint series. Reprints material from Junior Miss (1944 Timely/Marvel). Cover price $0.10.

Canadian reprint series. Reprints material from Junior Miss (1944 Timely/Marvel) #38. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by Don Rico and unknown. Law in action! In this issue: "The Wise-Guy"; 1-page Wanted By the F.B.I. public service announcement; "The Beast with Six Toes" with pencils by Don Rico; "The Man I Killed"; 2-page text story "Fatal Alibi"; "The Ugliest Face in the World"; "The Innocent Don't Die"; and "The Clown Prince of Crime"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian series. Reprints material from Justice Traps the Guilty (1947 Prize) #11. 36 pages, full color. NOTE: Canadian Edition. Says 36 pages on cover. Blank interior covers. Indicia on back cover. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Jack Kamen and Al Feldstein. A public-health giveaway from EC, back when the company was still run by Max Gaines and called "Educational Comics." The story issues a strong warning against infidelity and the risk of sexually transmitted diseases, then called "venereal disease." Handsome boxer Al Jackson is a champ in the ring, but his marriage with Jeanie suffers because of his travels and wild lifestyle. But when Jeanie gets pregnant and tests positive for syphilis, he gets serious fast. Produced by EC for the Columbia University Press, and probably distributed to schools, military bases and the like; only a handful are known to survive. 16 pages, Full Color.

This 15 page, all in color giveaway was for the kids whose parents shopped at S.S. Kresge Co. Join Katy and Ken as they visit Kresge's department store with the magical Mister Wish, an elf who shows the kids presents to get for their friends. Throughout the story Mister Wish also has fun games, puzzles, riddles, and magic tricks for the reader. Cameo appearance by Santa Claus.

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Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring kids comics, starring those eternal rapscallions, the Katzenjammer Kids. The original German Bart Simpson x2, the Kids are up to constant mischief, usually directed against the stern authority figures in their lives: their long-suffering Mama, Der Captain (a stranded sailor and their surrogate father), and the schools envoy, Der Inspector. These stories are original to the comic, not reprints from the comic strip. The Kids create a phony sea monster to torment Mama; Der Captain trains a monkey to do his chores for him, but the Kids decide to liberate the chimp. The Katzenjammer Kids; A Goodnight Story; Monkey See Monkey Do. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Kay-Mar Trader Vol. 2 No. 8 (1948) features Ray Ramsay. Celestial Music (Hector Berloiz); From Racks to Hitches, fiction by Rapp, plus science fiction and fantasy news, editorial content and ads. Published by K. Martin Carlson, 18 pages, 8.5-in. x 11-in.

Canadian Edition. Reprint of "Kerry Drake Detective Cases (1944) 10". Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Art by Frank Bolle, Vernon Henkel and Ogden Whitney. Gritty crime comics in the pre-Code tradition, narrated by the Killers Three. The true story of Hassan Ibn Sabah, whose hashish cult gave us the word "assassin"; Detective Tom Rice tracks heroin dealers; Scotland Yard tracks a brutal escaped killer through London. Scott Hunter of the C.I.D.; The Secret of the Assassins!; Dying! Dying! Dead!; Murder in the Mine; The Mask of Mabu Bhu! Final issue of the short-lived series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Al Hartley and others. Art by Al Hartley and others. The Kilroys (Americas Funniest Family!) combined the family humor of the then-new sitcom format with Archie-style teen hijinks featuring Katie, Natch, and pal Solid Jackson. The early covers made use of the Kilroy Was Here joke meme from World War II. Ike needs Bills help in writing a love letter to Bill's girlfriend; Ikes date gets the wrong idea when he asks to leave the dance with her; Ike doesnt want to seem pushy, so he just drops his date off at home. Information, Please!; Ickey Ike; Rooftop Romance; The Tenth Part of a Dollah!; Tale of a Trailer; Kollege Kapers; Solid Jackson: Hot Plate Special; Careful, It's Catching!; Clothes Make the Man; Bargain Basement Blues; Sweet Sue; Woofus. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Al Hartley and Milt Gross. Art by Al Hartley, Bob Wickersham and Milt Gross. The Kilroys (Americas Funniest Family!) combined the family humor of the then-new sitcom format with Archie-style teen hijinks featuring Katie, Natch, and pal Solid Jackson. The early covers made use of the Kilroy Was Here joke meme from World War II. Pops Kilroy is reluctantly caught up in it when the kids want to go ice skating; Wilbur uses a call-in radio show to create strife between Natch and Judy; A classic Count Screwloose caper by Milt Gross. Ice Skating Is Nice Skating; Ickey Ike; That Weigh About Women; Hot-Rod Jockeys; Day Off; Kollege Kapers; Count Screwloose; Romance Rides the Airwaves; Diane Herself; Happy New Year! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Al Hartley and Milt Gross. Art by Al Hartley and Milt Gross. The Kilroys (Americas Funniest Family!) combined the family humor of the then-new sitcom format with Archie-style teen hijinks featuring Katie, Natch, and pal Solid Jackson. The early covers made use of the Kilroy Was Here joke meme from World War II. Pops Kilroy becomes obsessed with the idea that UFOs are going to abduct the family; Natch tries to convince Solid Jackson to box a pro fighter for $100; Jackson tries to sabotage a music contest between Wilbur and Natch, and accidentally invents freeform jazz (featuring a cameo by jazz legend Tommy Dorsey). Those Flying Discs; Little Big-Mouth; Punchy for Judy; Just an Old Thing; Tricks of the Trade; Kollege Kapers; Trumpet with an Ace!; The Kiddy Katty Korner; Growing Pains; Fewer Words Were Never Spoken! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Al Hartley, Bob Wickersham and Milt Gross. Art by Al Hartley, Bob Wickersham and Milt Gross. The Kilroys (Americas Funniest Family!) combined the family humor of the then-new sitcom format with Archie-style teen hijinks featuring Katie, Natch, and pal Solid Jackson. The early covers made use of the Kilroy Was Here joke meme from World War II. Pops Kilroy cant find a quiet place to read; A hoax letter to President Truman makes Pops a national sensation; A classic Count Screwloose caper by Milt Gross. Peace and Quiet; The Cat's Out; The Great Impersonation; Ickey Ike; Pop's Tops!; A Couple Manhunters; Five-Letter Man; Count Screwloose of Tooloose; Lost: One Jalopy! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Al Hartley and Milt Gross. Art by Al Hartley and Milt Gross. The Kilroys (Americas Funniest Family!) combined the family humor of the then-new sitcom format with Archie-style teen hijinks featuring Katie, Natch, and pal Solid Jackson. The early covers made use of the Kilroy Was Here joke meme from World War II. Pops thinks the visiting school principal is there to woo away his wife; Natch thinks a surprise fish is a good idea for a gift; Moronica stumbles on the perfect recipe for her visiting boss. Principal...With Interest; Footprints On the Sands of Time; Tomboy; Pop, Interior Decorator; Kollege Kapers; Something Fishy; Moronica: The Nation's Nitwit; The Head of the Class; Barbershop Blues. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

General Motors distributed this promotional comic. Each of the first thirty-two presidents (through Harry S. Truman) is covered. 24 pages, full color, 5-in. x 7-in.

Kopeefun Magic Copy Paper Kit, 1948 edition. This transfer-art activity book was originally distributed with several sheets of "Magic Paper" and a "Magic Stick" (may or may not be currently present, see listing for details) that children and adults alike could use to put together their own rub-on transfer cartoon creations, with instructions on how to transfer newsprint or pencil designs onto paper, wood, or cloth. 28 pages, 10" x 8", B&W.

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1948. Written by Louis Shomer. Cover and art by Seaman. Jokes, cartoons and puns about farm living. 3.5-in. x 5-in. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Lyrics by Larry Morey, music by Eliot Daniel. Sheet music for single song, Lavender Blue, is from the Walt Disney cartoon "So Dear to My Heart". 9-in. x 12-in., 4 pages, B&W.

Canadian reprint series. Reprints material from Lawbreakers Always Lose! (1948 Marvel) #1. Includes all main features from the original. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Artistic Nudes in B&W.

St. John's original version of Audrey is a little different than Harvey's version - her friends are Patches and Sarge - but she still loves to create mischief. A bored Audrey uses her imagination to become a movie star, in perhaps the first story featuring Audrey's vivid dream- and imagination-life. A dentist matches wits with mischievous Little Audrey. Audrey has a gumdrop-related crisis. Imagine That; The Pained Dentist; Outdoor Art Exhibit; Gummed Up Gumdrops; Sarge; Career Girl. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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St. John's original version of Audrey is a little different than Harvey's version - her friends are Patches and Sarge - but she still loves to create mischief. Audrey pretends to be sick to get some attention, but she forgot about the castor oil. Little Audrey and Patches plan to open a dog-powered delivery business, but first they need a dog. Audrey must find a new home for her imaginary herd of giraffes, or stop her dad from renting out the guest room. After Oil; Dog-Gone; Some Party; Housing Shortage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

St. John's original version of Audrey is a little different than Harvey's version - her friends are Patches and Sarge - but she still loves to create mischief. Audrey has a brilliant idea for laundry day, but she probably should have talked things over with her mother first. Little Audrey makes mischief by phone. Orphans of the Storm; Wash Day Blues; Over the Hurdle; Sarge; Phoney Business. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

#42 - First printing. Story and art by Elizabeth Orton Jones. Hardcover, 28 Pages, Full Color, 6.5" x 8".

#42 - Second and later printings. Story and art by Elizabeth Orton Jones. Hardcover, 28 Pages, Full Color, 6.5" x 8".

1st Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Printing. Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Cover and frontispiece illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs. Hardcover, 5-1/4" x 7-3/4", 317 pages, B&W text only. NOTE: Originally released with Dust Jacket.

Lone Ranger Frontier Town Cereal Premium Northeast Section with original mailing envelope (1948 General Mills) includes a full color map and pop-out game pieces and buildings. This kit is 1 of 4 sections that when combined form the complete Lone Ranger Frontier Town. Included in this section are the Lone Ranger's Secret Hideout, Flying Arrow's Indian Village, The Powderhorn County Court House, Slim's Saddle Shop, Old Spanish Fort, and other accessories. It also features rules and instructions for 2 games "The Race for Life" and "The Sheriff and the Rustlers." It has been noted that teachers sometimes used these models to demonstrate and illustrate frontier life for their students. Also included is a special offer to send away for an official Lone Ranger Silver Bullet (expired).

Lone Ranger Frontier Town Model kit Southeast Section with original mailing envelope (1948 General Mills) includes a full color map and pop-out game pieces and buildings. This kit is 1 of 4 sections that when combined form the complete Lone Ranger Frontier Town. It has been noted that teachers sometimes used these models to demonstrate and illustrate frontier life for their students. Also included is a special offer to send away for an official Lone Ranger Silver Bullet (expired).