Comic books December 1947

Cover photo of young movie stars Peggy Ann Garner and Lon McAllister. Stories and art by Olive W. Burt, Lee Morse, Joe Blair, Kay Deane, Candy Jones, Ruth Dorval Jones, and Edd Ashe. Comics and stories for girls, featuring profiles of Hollywood stars and the adventures of stuntwoman Dorothy Dare. Vic Damone gains fame during the era of Big Band; Robert Cummings becomes one of America's first great sitcom stars; Susan Reed's music is an early forerunner of the folk music revolution. Blue Ribbon for Jane; A Date With Dirinda; Dorothy Dare; My First Date; Out of My Hatbox; Cue to Cummings; Very Apparent for the Hair; Sweet Sue; Which Juliet Is Romeo's?; That Brooklyn Boy; Cover Girl: Terry Randall; Mix-Up Manor; Dollar Pullers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by Mort Leav, Dick Burdick, Carl Wessler, Terry Szenics, B.Q. Siege, Bob Rogers and Maurice Del Bourgo, plus articles by Mickey Rooney and Candy Jones. This teen-oriented comic offered madcap comedy with Taffy and her friends, plus a focus on popular celebrities of the era. Text articles are credited to screen legend Mickey Rooney and model Candy Jones, plus a story in which Taffy meets Rooney. Taffy learns about the YWCA's "Y-Teens" in a PSA. Molly Muddle's dad is determined to become not just a painter, but a great painter. Taffy and Mickey Rooney; Mickey Rooney Says; Taffy and Putty: Everything Works Too Well!; Taffy and Putty: The Y-Teen; Molly Muddle: Michelangelo Muddle; Taffy 'n' Putty: My Kingdom for a Horse!; Taffy: Carnival in Bonnie Brooks. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by L. B. Cole. The Daunton Cheerleaders starring Cadet, art by Nina Albright. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. The End of Carlo starring Gary Stark, art by Don Rico. Triple Somersault text story by Dean Shaw. Heathcliff the Hobo humor page by Art Helfant. The Table Tennis Terror starring Candid Charlie, art by Robert Sale (Bob Q. Siege). Jivy Joe's Record Show starring Chameleon. Heathcliff the Hobo humor two-pager by Art Helfant. [The Case of Oscar Land starring Bull's-Eye Bill. Timid Tim humor page by Art Helfant. Two-Ton O'Toole humor page by Art Helfant. The House In the Woods starring Target, art by Ken Battefield. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $9.30 Pedigree: John G. Fantucchio Cover detached. Interior tear, affects story and art. From the John G. Fantucchio collection, but comic does not include a certificate of authenticity.

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Story and art by Milton Caniff, Bob Powell and R. C. Dell. Cover by Milton Caniff. Harvey reprints Caniffs influential adventure strip about young Terrys adventures in the untamed Orient with two-fisted Pat. Sandhurst survives the revolt at the trading post, then has Pat framed and thrown in jail. But Terry and Connie have a plan. Also featuring vintage ads with Bob Hope promoting the film "My Favorite Brunette" for "Quaker Puffed Rice Sparkies," and another for a Dick Tracy tommy gun. Connie Makes a Friend; Punishment to Fit the Crime; Black Cat: The Pay-Off; Cartoons and Gags; Tricky Twisters; Junior Genius and His Papa; Ricky Rooney; Tommy Tween; Flossie. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $13.50 View scan Centerfold detached. Cover plus two wraps detached at one staple. 3" Cumulative spine split.

Cover by Art Bartsch. Art by Art Bartsch and Connie Rasinski. St. John presents the comics adventures of the characters of animator Paul Terry's studio. A vacationing Mighty Mouse saves a family of castaway mice when they drift onto an island of cannibal cats. Heckle and Jeckle decide to raid the larder of Little Red Riding Hood's Grandma, but they find the wolf has gotten to Grandma's cottage first. When Mitzi's prospector uncle discovers uranium, The Claw takes Mitzi hostage, forcing quick action from Mighty Mouse. Sourpuss Buys a Gift; Mighty Mouse: The Swiss Cheese Family Robinson; Gandy Goose: The Wild Game Hunt; Heckle and Jeckle: A Visit to Grandma's; Mighty Mouse: Prospecting For Trouble. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tessie the Typist in "Taxi Trouble", "The Riotous Raffle", "Skidsy's Secretary" & "Skidsy's Problem Plant" (W/A) Mo Weiss. Millie the Model in "The Genial Genie" (A) Ken Bald, plus Rusty in "Rusty Revives Her Rhumba", and short text story "Herb's White Horse". 52 pg. Cover price $0.10.

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TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. 8.5-in. x 11-in., printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Art Saaf, Oliver Buchanan, George Tuska, Charles S. Strong, Raphael Astarita, Chuck Stanley, Richard Hughes, Alex Schomburg. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 61, Issue 1 - December, 1947. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $9.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $6.20 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

December, 1947. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Henry Kuttner, George O. Smith, Manly Wade Wellman, Samuel Mines, Sam Merwin Jr., Margaret St. Clair, and Ray Bradbury. Also includes an early reader's letter from Chad Oliver, three years before his first story was published. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 116 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Art by Phil De Lara and others. Funny-animal antics from Magazine Enterprises. Flying Freddy dreams that he has won a real plane in a contest; Muggsy convinces Goofus that cheese is bad for you, so Goofus throws all the cheese in the ocean; Little Top and Pee Wee the penguin use a boxing kangaroo to expose a fake gorilla. Detectives; Flying Freddy; Muggsy Mouse; Little Tops of the Big Top; Catchy and Scrapps; Goofus the Gopher; Koko and Kola: Chase in China; Read and Head; Pic-Puzzle Page; Tom-Tom the Jungle Boy; The Pixies. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Burton Geller. Stories and art by Ruth Geller and Burton Geller. Kids' funny-animal comics from EC, back when the company was still run by Max Gaines and called "Educational Comics." Dunny the Flying Donkey, Clippety Clop and the other characters celebrate Christmas Eve in a special Christmas issue. Baby Bruin tries to avoid bad luck on Friday the 13th. Plus a feature on how Christmas is celebrated around the world. Dunny, the Flying Donkey; Puzzle Page; Clifton Catt; Petey Pig; Baby Bruin; The Spirit of Christmas; Clippety Clop; How Christmas is Celebrated in Other Lands. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Bernard Dibble, Ernest Hix, Raeburn Van Buren and Gustavo Arriola. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 12 #5. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Fritzi doesn't think she's talking that loud in the movie theater. Aged Abbie discovers that her special "Old Maid's Salad" somehow makes her irresistible to men, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Rudy Ruffin takes on Curly Kayoe in the ring, thinking it will win him society heiress Oona Minoot, but she's just interested in revenge on Curly. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Good-girl art cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; El Bombo; Gordo; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $20.00 View scans Spine stress. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Residue. Soiling.

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Volume 4, Issue31 - December, 1947. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Men's magazine with humor and pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $5.00 View scan Activities done.

December 9, 1947

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Stories and art by Louis Wolfe and others. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Lt. Mary Sullivan joins the NYPD in 1911; The first American Christmas tree causes controversy; The party stealing picnic lunches turns out to be a mischievous horse. Mexico's Man of Action; America's First Christmas Tree; Lady Detective; Rockets and Jets; Whoa!; The Railroad Industry; Basketball Pointers; The Charging Zebra; What Would You Do?; True's News from Hollywood; Truly Comic! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Part comics, part text features. Most interior art and cover by Bob Powell. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $37.00 View scans Cover coming loose at one staple.

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Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $19.00 View scan 1 1/2" spine split from the bottom. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Merrill De Maris, Bill Walsh, Dick Moores, Bob Karp, Dick Shaw, Ralph Heimdahl, Gil Turner, Don Gunn, George Waiss, Bill Wright, Sylvia Holland, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 8 #3. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Pogo's Walt Kelly. In a classic story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Goofy acquires a pet lion named Agnes. In a story by Barks, Donald gets irate over the price of turkey and decides to hunt his own. Bucky Bug meets the grandfatherly Bootle Beetle. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; Thankful Thursday; Drip-Dippy Donald; Mickey Mouse: Goofy and Agnes. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by Mort Leav, John Giunta and Mort Lawrence. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. Chess master Charles decides to use his cunning mind to commit the perfect crime. A juvenile delinquent starts a junior-league protection racket, in a story featuring Jay Jostyn, star of the popular radio crime show "Mr. District Attorney." Irene and Glenn go on a cross-country spree of robbery and murder. The Case of the Mad Dog Killers; The Unforeseen!; The Case of the Laughing Killer!; Irene Schroeder, the Gun Girl!; Jay Jostyn, Radio's Mr. District Attorney: The Case of the Boy Who Ate a Dog; Rogues Gallery; Basil "The Owl" Banghart: The Man No Prison Could Hold. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 53, Issue 5 - December 1947. "A Magazine for Boys and Girls." Stories, poems, and activities designed for kids. 7-in. x 10-in., 36 pages, PC,PB&W Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Good $9.00 View scans Spine split 40%. Staple rust: Slight.

"White Tops" is the official magazine of the CFA and keeps the circus industry connected with news, articles and history and is sent to members four times per year. 8" x 10.5", 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Pete Costanza. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Bernie Krigstein, C.C. Beck, Irvin Steinberg, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Captain Marvel tries to help the failing community of Opportunity live up to its name. Golden Arrow must race against time to prevent an ill woman from being poisoned by her own medicine, in a story with early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Get a Stamp Damp." Captain Marvel: The Land of Opportunity; Doc Sorebones; The Culture Corner; Golden Arrow: The Prescription of Death; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Mickey the Monitor; Wilbur the Waiter; Ibis the Invincible: The Ibistick Fails. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $195.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #4467464014 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Al Fagaly. "The Cave Man," art by Bill Vigoda; Wilbur gets knocked out in the museum and dreams he's a caveman. 2 Wilbur Puzzle Pages. "You're Driving Me Crazy!", art by Bill Vigoda; Wilbur buys a motorcycle at an auction. Untitled Katy Keene story, script and art by Bill Woggon; Randy invites Katy to a party on his dad's new yacht. "Open the Door Wilbur" text story. "The Usher," art by Bill Vigoda; Wilbur gets a job as a movie theater usher. "Pop Takes a Bath," art by Bill Vigoda; Mr. Wilkin tries to take a bath. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $20.00 View scans Paper: Off white Spine stress. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling. 1/2" Spine split from base of book.

Volume 10, Issue 12 - Winter, 1947. 6.75" x 9.75", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $41.00 View scan 6.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Heavy water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek

Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by J.F. Byrne. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Charles Sultan, Al Walker, George Evans, John Celardo and Maurice Whitman. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Jane Martin is sent to buy surplus fighter planes from the war, but a crooked veteran wants the contraband that's stored in one of them. Greasemonkey Griffin gets hijacked while test-driving an experimental car that becomes a plane. Mr. Atlantis tries to kidnap a colonel with his submarine, but finds Captain Wings has pulled a switcheroo once again. Good-girl in jeopardy cover by Bob Lubbers. Captain Wings; Jane Martin; Greasemonkey Griffin; Air Heroes of World War II; Phantom Falcon; Suicide Smith; Ghost Squadron. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume3, Issue 3 - December 1947, 8.25" x 11.5", 68 pages, tinted B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $2,350.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Very Minor amount of glue on cover. Label #4427516011 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Airbrush cover by Alex Schomburg Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $45.00 View scans Centerfold detached at one staple.

Stories and art by Dan Barry, Bob Fujitani, Dick Pascal, and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mr. Scarlet's alter ego Brian Butler is one of four heirs who have been called to a wealthy uncle's decrepit mansion, where they are being murdered one by one. Commando Yank helps a tribal fishing village oppose a rogue trapper who was trying to steal all the ambergris, in a story with early art by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie's Counter-Spook, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Ozzie: Hi-Flutin' Guy; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Will Power; Phantom Eagle: The Planes That Wouldn't Land!; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: The Mill Road; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Stool Pigeon; Dippy Detours; Commando Yank: Riddle of the Arctic. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.