Comic books August 1947

Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Martin Branner, Robert Leffingwell, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Mister Smart takes Susie Q for a ride on a bicycle built for... one. Tiny Tim confronts the criminal who has stolen his magic amulet. Clyde Beatty and his team battle river pirates to recapture the Congo Belle. Then Clyde seeks Clarkson, the kidnapped missionary. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy, and a Dick Tracy text adventure. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Little Joe; Sweeney & Son; Winnie Winkle; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Clyde Beatty. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 9, No. 5 - August 1947. 6.75" x 9.75", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Toyman's Castle starring Superman and The Toyman, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Ira Yarbrough. Susie Reforms starring Superman, Susie Tompkins, Tambu, Kadir, and Crawley, Lois Lane, and Perry White, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Ira Yarbrough. Tide Squeeze text story by Don Carter. Superman's Unlucky Day starring Perry White and Lois Lane, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Ira Yarbrough, inks by George Roussos. Tootsie Roll back cover ad, "Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party" by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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#57 in a series of 90. Superman-Tim is a boys' clothing catalog, activity book, and comic book all rolled into one, featuring Superman illustrations throughout. All issues are 16 pages unless a Superman story is inserted (bringing page count to 24 or 36 pages). Every issue encourages boys not to be a "Whoo-Shoo" -- a boy who reads "Superman-Tim" but doesn't buy clothes from the Superman-Tim Store. This issue features Superman and Tim in a 16 page comic adventure entitled, "The Adventure of the Sea of the Serpent." Copyright 1947 by National Comics Pub., Inc., under license to Tim Promotions, Inc. B&W with a single color, 5 1/2 in. x 8 in.

Cover photo of young movie star Shirley Johns. Stories and art by Vic Herman, Ocella Ratliff, Ted Shearer, Edmund Jannace, Emma Mae Vickery, Candy Jones, Stan Fine, Stookie Allen, Jay Worthington and Corrine Dillon. Comics and stories for girls, featuring profiles of Hollywood stars and the adventures of stuntwoman Dorothy Dare. A profile of screen idol Guy Madison; Figure skater Barbara Ann Scott's Olympic success on the ice earns her the nickname "Canada's Sweetheart;" A Western stunt goes off the rails for Dorothy Dare, "Queen of the Hollywood Stunt Artists." A Scopp for Patsy; A Date With Dirinda; 'Tweeners; Dorothy Dare; A Sweet Sixteen Mysteryette; Roommates; Out of My Hatbox; Ice Queen; Guy Madison; Slick Chicks; The Poor Fish; Cover Girl Shirley Johns; Dollar Pullers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by Mort Leav, Dick Burdick, Carl Wessler, Terry Szenics, B.Q. Siege, and Maurice Del Bourgo, plus articles by Danny O'Neil, Candy Jones and Lon McCallister. 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 singing star Danny O'Neil, model Candy Jones and actor Lon McCallister (plus a cover photo of McCallister). Actress Joan Leslie discusses the merits of the Camp Fire Girls organization. Molly Muddle gets a job at an ice-cream parlor, and culinary chaos results. Plus advice on drawing cartoon characters. Taffy: Look Before You Leap; Molly Muddle: Pop Pays the Penalty; Especially for You! - Candy Jones; Respect Others - Lon McCallister; Camp Fire Girls Going Places!; Don't Let It Get You Down! - Danny O'Neil; How To Draw Animated Cartoons; Molly Muddle: With or Without; Taffy: It's a Whopper! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Don Rico. The Cadet featuring Kit Carter, art by Nina Albright; Kit Carter and Dan Merry go to the mountains for a brief fishing holiday. Gary Stark story, art by Don Rico. Money Isn't Everything starring Heathcliff the Hobo, script and art by Art Helfant. A Diamond In the Rough starring Dan'l Flannel, art by Gus Schrotter. No More Jinx text story by C. J. Reeves. Bull's-Eye Bill story, art by Bernie Krigstein. Most American Photograph Contest starring Candid Charlie, art by Robert Sale [Signed Bob. Q. Siege]. The Mummy Wakes starring The Target and the Targeteers, art by Ken Battefield. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Boitram the Boiglar humor page by Art Helfant. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Story and art by Milton Caniff, Bob Powell and Jack Keeler. Cover by Milton Caniff. Harvey reprints Caniffs influential adventure strip about young Terrys adventures in the untamed Orient with two-fisted Pat. Terry and the gang manage to get away from Papa Pyzon, but Pat has a gunshot wound. They find refuge at a riverside trading post where Pat is treated - but the post has its own problems. Junior Genius manages to convert his big-eared cousin Lester into an actual airplane, whether Lester likes it or not. Plus a text story featuring early female superhero Black Cat. Classic cover image by Caniff. Strange Meeting; Ricky Roony; Flossie; The Black Cat: The Ticket; Tommy Tween; Black Cat Traps a Killer; Junior Genius and His Papa. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Mighty Mouse. Cover price $0.10.

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A Night at the Fights! starring Tessie the Typist, script and art by Morris Weiss. Can Ya Tie That? starring Tessie the Typist, script and art by Morris Weiss. Shocking Shopping! starring Rusty. Quiet Saturday Afternoon text story. Where's Skidsy's Hair? starring Tessie the Typist, script and art by Morris Weiss. The Big Breeze! starring Powerhouse Pepper, script and art by Basil Wolverton. Psychology for Skidsy starring Tessie the Typist, script and art by Morris Weiss. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 27, Issue 3 - August, 1947. 6.75" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Theatre Arts 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" x 11", 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Oliver Buchanan, Edmond Good, Chuck Stanley, and Ralph Mayo. Ad for Standard Comics. Ad for Dick Tracy tommy gun. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 60, Issue 2 - August, 1947. 6.75" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 30, Issue 3 - August, 1947. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by William Fitzgerald, George O. Smith, Henry Kuttner, Hudson Hastings, R.W. Stockhecker, Margaret St. Clair, Samuel Mines, and Keith Hammond. Two Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Art by Phil De Lara and others. Funny-animal antics from Magazine Enterprises. Judy sets out to rescue an abused horse (in a story featuring a connect-the-dots puzzle); Goofus gets a stand-up bass that's twice his size; Itchi the monkey makes Tom-Tom think that he's a ghost. Boat Race; Koko and Kola; Pic-Puzzle Page; Judy and the Magic Chalk; Goofus the Gopher; Tom-Tom the Jungle Boy; Catchy and Scrapps; H2Oh-Oh; The Pixies. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 6 - August, 1947. Men's interest magazine with pictorials. No nudity. 8 1/2- in. x 11-in., 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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 travels to Wide-Awake Land with her friends Spunky Monkey and Bolo the Elephant. Friends of Other Lands features Carmen and Carlos of Brazil. Plus a retelling of the classic fairy tale The Brave Tin Soldier. Dunny the Flying Donkey; Smoky the Snake; Carmen and Carlos of Brazil; Jumpy Bean of Vegetable Village; Breakfast at the Farm; The Brave Tin Soldier. 32 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 #1. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Bathless Groggins' latest invention is the "super-televisor," a TV that shows images from the past, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with fun art by Raeburn van Buren. El Bombo goes to the beach and meets an amorous mermaid and a bullying sea monster. Li'l Abner is mesmerized when his "ideel" meets the villain Rat-Top, in a Fearless Fosdick storyline by Al Capp. 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.

Volume 4, Issue 1 - August, 1947. Painted cover by Peter Driben. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, tinted B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Bernard Dibble. Stories and art by Bernard Dibble. An anthology comic from St. John; this issue featured reprints of the classic comic strip Bill Bumlin. Everyman Bill has wacky misadventures, in a little-remembered strip from Bernard Dibble, assistant to Ernie Bushmiller and other comic-strip greats. Bill gets mixed up with an eccentric inventor who's been ridiculed by the establishment. But if his "Gravity Destroyer" actually works, it could be more dangerous than any weapon. Plus the Ripley-like Strange As It Seems by John Hix. Bill Bumlin; Strange As It Seems. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Phil Berube and others. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. The history of the outboard motor; A failed gold prospector in Alaska turns farmer; A bomber crew is stranded in the Arctic ice. Outboard Outcome; Hard Luck Hogan; Real Heroes Quiz; Undersea Bombers; Watchdog of Power; Lady Leatherneck; Oddities in Sports; Rocket Rescue in the Arctic Circle; True's News from Hollywood; Truly Comic! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Merrill De Maris, Dick Moores, Bob Karp, Ralph Heimdahl, Paul Murry, Chase Craig, Gil Turner, Don Gunn, George Waiss, Bill Wright, Sylvia Holland, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 7 #11. 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, Mickey matches wits with a mesmerist who uses his act for jewel theft. In a story by Barks, Donald wants to relax on vacation, but door-to-door salesmen keep interrupting. In part two of a comics adaptation of Disney's Bongo, Bongo the circus bear runs away to the forest. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; Bongo; Wide Open Spaces; A 4th to Remember; Mickey Mouse: The Jewel Robbery. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 53, Issue 1 - August 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.

Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Irvin Steinberg, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. A modern-day descendant of the Thief of Bagdad unleashes his ancestor's magic carpet, in a story with art by Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Golden Arrow is a guest at a wedding, and is called on to solve the mystery of the stolen wedding presents. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Snore Without Being a Bore." And a delightful vintage ad for Schwinn bicycles featuring movie cowboy Roy Rogers and his horse Trigger: "Next to riding you, Trigger, there's nothing like riding a Schwinn!" Captain Marvel: The Wonderful Magic Carpet; The Culture Corner; Golden Arrow: Wedding Day Mystery; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Ibis the Invincible: The Man with Nine Lives! 32 pages, Full Color. 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, John Celardo and Maurice Whitman. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Jane Martin tries to help a senator expose black-market thugs; Greasemonkey Griffin is shanghaied into test-piloting a new flying chair; A paralyzed pilot hallucinates a mission into Germany to save his rescuers - or is it an out-of-body experience? Good-girl cover art 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.

Volume 3, Issue 1 - August, 1947. Pin-up and glamour magazine. Cover by Peter Driben. 8.5" x 11.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Dick MacKay, Charlie Tomsey, David Pascal, and Marc Swayze.. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. While searching for the female (and cross-dressing) criminal called Lady Killer, Mr. Scarlet and Pinky meet superfan Abigail, who dons a costume and becomes the unofficial third member of the crime-fighting duo. Commando Yank tries to prevent a dam in China from being sabotaged. Phantom Eagle seeks missing diamonds in India. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, featuring (among others) Snap Crackle & Pop, detective Sam Spade, and a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Mary Marvel: The Reign of the Bats; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky vs. Lady Killer!; Whipper-Snappers; Phantom Eagle: The Caliph's Diamonds; Dippy Detours; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: Crime Vacation; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Rifle Case; Commando Yank: Deluge at the Dam. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Janice Valleau. Stories and art by Jim Wilcox, Milt Hammer, E. J. Reeves, Joe Certa, Janice Valleau, Robert Plate, Art Helfant and Harvey Fuller. Bespectacled, eccentric detective "King" Cole Jr. takes over his father's detective agency. A famous opera singer hires Young King Cole and his assistants to find out who is sending her threatening letters. Toni Gayle spreads the rumor that a murdered gangster gave her his story, so the killers will come after her next. Bumbling detective Homer K. Beagle is accused of murder at a circus, so disguises himself as a clown to find the real killer. Toni Gayle action-girl cover by early female comics artist Janice Valleau. Young King Cole; Toni Gayle; Hammertoones; Heathcliff the Hobo; Black Gold; Dr. Drew the Zoo Man: The Case of the Deadly Skunk; Boitram the Boiglar; Homer K. Beagle. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 6, No. 4. November 1946. Body building magazine. 8.25" x 11". 66 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.