Comic books December 1946

Stories featuring The Purple Rider, The Crusaders, Sooper Dooper, Terry Kane, and more. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, Lin Streeter, Buck Chilton, Ed Good, Kerry McRoberts, Ralph Mayo, Art Gates, and Ken Battefield. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

British Edition. December 1946. Stories include: Don't Forget your Gun by William Chamberlain, The Corpse from Reno by John L. Benton. Blood on Her Hands by Talmage Powell, Murder Comes in Threes by H.C. Butler, and "Please, I Killed Him" by Wayland Rice. 6 1/8" X 8 7/8". 68 pages. B&W.

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FEATURED: Take a look! This issue is packed with great writers, including Buddy's favorite science fiction writer, Jack Vance.

Volume 29, Issue 2 - December, 1946. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. "I Am Eden" by Henry Kuttner and "The End" by Murray Leinster. Other stories by Jack Vance, Arthur Leo Zagat, L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt, and Alexander Samalman. Illustrations by Marchioni. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 114 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Phil De Lara and others. Funny-animal antics from Magazine Enterprises. Koko, Kola and Raymond help Santa free Donner the reindeer from Sir Frostbite; Chuck Chipmunk turns a bathtub into a boat; Judy must get a package to Betty before her train leaves (in a story featuring a connect-the-dots puzzle). Cross-Pic Puzzle; Koko and Kola; Catchy and Scrapps; Judy and the Magic Chalk; Chuck Chipmunk; Christmas Stockings; Tom-Tom the Jungle Boy; Goofus the Gopher; Trixie Pixies; Pic-Charades. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Mo Leff, Sam Leff, Ed Dodd, Bill Conselman, Charles Plumb, Bernard Dibble, Raeburn Van Buren and Dick Moores. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 11 #5. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Windy helps the sheriff track modern-day cattle rustlers. Helping his nephew Dink with his history homework, Bill Bumlin imagines he's Nero, the Caliph of Bagdad, and a caveman. 'Sadie Hawkins Day' comes to Dogpatch and the men all start running, in a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; Ella Cinders; Bill Bumlin; Back Home Again; Jim Hardy; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Dec 1946 issue - date on cover is correct. Interior date is incorrect and issue was incorrectly numbered by publisher as #4, but this is actually the third issue chronologically. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Bill Berry, Dixie Willson, George F. Foley, Jr., Charles Hulse, Harry Fisk, Violet Moore Higgins, and Jim Mooney. Presenting fiction and non-fiction stories, many of which are religious in nature—a Treasure Chest of fun and facts! 32 pages, full color.

Cover by Clara Elsene Peck. Stories by Margaret Foley, Clara Elsene Peck, George F. Foley, Jim Mooney, Ann Wing, Stamaty, Charles Dickens ("based on the tale by..."), and Matthew O'Brien. Presenting fiction and non-fiction stories, many of which are religious in nature—a Treasure Chest of fun and facts! 32 pages, full color.

Edited by Samuel Bierman. Cover by Seymour Barry. Stories by Mike Schneider, H. C. Kiefer, Seymour Barry, Howard Post, Crest Wood, Charles Voight , R. Teaney, and Bob Stuart. Adventure stories starring such characters as Paul Bunyan, Marco Polo, The Treasure Keeper, Wild Bill Hiccup, and Kid Brother--these are comics to Treasure! 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Louis Wolfe, and George Baker. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Great Hoaxes of history. The first appearance of George Baker's Sad Sack in a comic book, as the eternal grunt gets no respect even after returning home from the war. Soldiers spend Christmas 1942 aboard the U.S.S. Samuel Chase at sea. Unity of Arms; Great Hoaxes; How Industry Serves the Nation; The Secret Warriors; Seagoing Santa; Career in Canvas; Rebels in the North; The Sad Sack; Cities of Destiny: Kansas City; Gallant Steeds; How It Got Its Name: Yosemite National Park; Winged Prophet; What Would You Do?; True's Movie Guide; Truly Comic! 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Oct. 1946. True crime magazine with illustrations and photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 10 3/4-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

True crime stories. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, black and white text with photos. Cover price $0.15.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. In this issue: Wacky Duck in "That's Hats"; Wacky Duck in "The Krazy Kar"; "Wacky Duck Fun Page" activity page; Wacky Duck in "No Noise Is Good Noise"; Super Rabbit in 2-page text story "Sleepy Super Rabbit"; Casper Cat in "Picnic Panic"; Wacky Duck in "Breaking the Bank!"; and Wacky Duck in "No Vacancies"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Bill Walsh, Bob Karp, Karl Karpé, Roger Armstrong, George Waiss, Bill Wright, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 7 #3. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Pogo's Walt Kelly. Mickey goes Christmas shopping. In a story by Barks, Donald's nephews win a live turkey in a raffle and want to keep it as a pet, but Donald wants to eat it. Big Bad Wolf learns that Grandmaw Wolf will not tolerate fibs. Plus a vintage ad for the Disney film Song of the South. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; The Real Stuff; Br'er Rabbit; Pluto: Rescue Dog; Mickey Mouse: The House of Mystery. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 52, Issue 5 - December 1946. "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.

Vol. 1, No. 4 - December 1946. Cover by Peter Driben. Articles, fiction, pin-ups. 10.25" x 13.5", 32 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Otto Binder, Bernie Krigstein, Howard Boughner, Ken Bald, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Golden Arrow must figure out which of three prospectors is robbing the other two, in a story with early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. Whitey Whiskers tries to teach Daniel Boone Jr. how to ride a horse. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Mat Your Hair Down Flat." Captain Marvel, Bodyguard; Whitey Whiskers and Daniel Boone Jr.; Golden Arrow: The Inside Job; Whipper-Snappers; Whiz Quiz; Wilbur the Waiter; A Blank Sheet; The Culture Corner; Ibis the Invincible: The Terror Typewriter; Doc Sorebones; Ezra of the Ozarks; Figure Frets; Mickey the Monitor Packs a Wallop; Crime Smasher: The Substitute for Trouble. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Orchids To You," art by Bill Vigoda; Wilbur has to pick up a corsage for his mother, but misunderstandings result in three corsages being bought. Wilbur Puzzle Page. "Eeyow!", script and pencils by Bill Woggon; K. O. Kelly takes Katy to the gym so she can reduce. "Eggs Marks the Spot" text story. "Down In The Dumps," pencils by Bill Vigoda; Wilbur gets into a lot of trouble when he wins a contest at the theater. "Ice Follies," pencils by Bill Vigoda; After Linda and Wilbur break the ice at Duck Pond, they go to Linda's house to warm up; When Mr. Moore comes home, Wilbur hides from him upstairs; Being in his underwear, Wilbur puts on Mr. Moore's suit and leaves the house; Mr. Wilkin has Wilbur take the suit to the tailor and when Wilbur picks it up, he takes Marvo The Magician's trick suit instead. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by J.F. Byrne. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Fran Hopper, Al Walker, George Evans, Howard Larsen, John Celardo, and Rafael Astarita. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Captain Wings' foe the Sky Hag returns and tries to frame him; Greasemonkey Griffin is hired by a female baseball team; Jane Martin is assigned to teach a movie star how to fly, but her mysterious duplicate has other plans. 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.

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Wonderman begins, Jill Trent, the Grim Reaper, and Bart Bradley. Alex Schomburg cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ellis Chambers. Art by Ellis Chambers and others. Kids' humor comics and funny-animal hijinks from Fox Feature Syndicate. While hunting a mugger in the park, Cosmo Cat uses his cosmic powers to disguise himself as a normal talking cat; Fun facts about naval history, science, and animals; The sleazy owner of the El Swanko nightclub fears competition when Li'l Pan opens his own Jive Hall ("For hep cats only!!"). Cosmo Cat; Horse Opera; Boats Thru the Ages; Natural Science; Li'l Pan; Private Lives of American Animals; Percy; Senor Tamale; Pudgy Pig. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Bill Woolfolk, Carl Pfeufer, Art Helfant, Dick MacKay, David Pascal, and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel soars into action when swordfish start attacking ships, and finds evil men behind it all. A letter from a dead man alerts a district attorney to a sinister plot. Mr. Scarlet investigates the theft of a necklace form a supposedly impregnable safe. Mary Marvel Duels the Swordfish; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: The Case of the Impregnable Vault; Whipper-Snappers; Muscle Hedd; Phantom Eagle: The Sky Train Robberies; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Pillow Case; Rubbernose Randolph; Penny Graves: Cottage By the Sea; Commando Yank: The Curiosa Club. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Sherman. Stories by unknown. Art by Lee Sherman, Herman C. Browner, Harry Lazarus? [as H.L.] and unknown. Featuring: 1-page Zoo Zoo's tale "When the weather's warm, the grasshopper's gay"; untitled Rabbit-Son Crusoe tale; "A Visit to the Zoo with Patsy and Lou"; Billy and Buggy Bear in "Mad Scientist's Experiment"; Bojo the Monk and Tony in "Patsy says he has the carousel concession"; 2-page text story "The Tale of a Tail"; Detecto the Bloodhound in "The Case of the Disappearing Football"; A Fable of Aesop: "The Wolf and the Lamb"; koala facts in "Unusual Animals"; a Western tale; and Bojo the Monk in the 1-pager "Rodeo." 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Frank Sinatra appearance in an advertising comic page for the lead feature Li'l Pan. The ad promotes the forthcoming Li'l Pan #1, but no such issue was ever published. Li'l Pan runs issues #6-8 (#1-5 was Rocket Kelly). Cover price $0.10.