Comic books January 1946

Stories by Samuel R. Flint, Hubie Karp, and Clark Foster. Art by Dan Gordon, Ken Champin, Ed Dunn, Lynn Karp and Ken Hultgren. Cover by Dan Gordon. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. The Duke and the Dope have trouble walking down the street; Spencer Spook seeks a better class of place to haunt; Pigsby Pig is glad to hear the Wolf is now a vegetarian, until he realizes theyre competing for the same corn. Superkatt; Monkey Sees; The Duke and the Dope; The Capture; Corky; Spencer Spook; Lionel; Pigsby Pig; Melvin. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Crusaders Find the Hawkmen", Red Rover in "Wings of Adventure", "Hair's Breadth Catch" text story, "The Purple Rider". 7 3/4-in. x 10 3/4-in., 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Art Helfant, and Bob Fujitani. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. The musical killer called The Note uses his robot hand to play a violin note that causes death and destruction, in an offbeat story with art by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. Spirit of '76 tries to help his buddy Tubby collect a samurai sword from WWII Japan without getting killed in the process. Twinkle Twins seek a bartender who serves minors, in a somewhat heavy-handed temperance story that targets the then-new concept of "juke joints." Green Hornet: Death's Screaming Symphony; The Spirit of '76: The Souvenir Sword; Green Hornet: Mole Meets Hornet; Twinkle Twins: Madness For Minors; Zebra: Satan's False Face; Blonde Bomber: Viva Victory; Green Hornet Buzzers. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Joseph Greene. Cover by Mac Raboy. Written by Ken Crossen. Art by Mac Raboy. The Turn of the Scrooge!; The Lama has to battle a group of thugs hired to dump the catches of the local fishermen because he holds the mortgages on the boats, and wants them to literally work for slave wages for him. Written by Horace L. Gold. Art by Irving Tirman. Merlin Miracles, Inc.; Wilbur discovers that he has stayed too long in Comic Land and can no longer revert back to his secret identity. Written by Joseph Greene. Art by Jerry Robinson. Tuffy Sees Red!; The boys, after being denied the chance to give blood because they are too young, decide to try and get a Red Cross nurse's fiance to donate himself. Written by Bruce Elliott. Art by George Roussos (as Perry Williams). Practical Paradoxes; Hitler orders his scientists to create a super weapon of total destruction immediately, and Angus throws a monkey wrench into that plan by allowing the scientist to create the universal solvent. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Alice M. Marin and Pamela Ravelli. Art by Ray Patin, Preston Blair, and Ken Hultgren. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG. Izzy and Dizzy use the Magic Lamp to take a sea voyage. The Captain Was a Sissy; Why Must It Always Be Chickens?; Throckmorton; Izzy and Dizzy; Korky; Waldo Wolf; How Gertrude Found Happiness; The Secret of Success; Homing Horatio. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Whitey"; "Dauber Dog"; "Potter Otter" art by Don Christensen; "Fowl and Fair" art by Thurston Harper; "Ozzie the Seminole" by Larry Riley; "Little Billy Bear" story by Tom Baron, art by Harris Steinbrook; "The 'Lonely Wolf'" art by Irv Spence; "Hotfoot Harry"; and "Dan". Comic advertisements: "History's Mysteries" from Smith Brothers Cough Drops; and "Volto From Mars" from Grape-Nuts Flakes. Illustrated text stories: "Wolf in the Woods: Billy Bear and Buddy Bunny Are Real Forest Heroes!" by Johnny Hill; "The Laughing Chipmunk: Cheerful Chubby Finds Out Some Things Aren't Funny!" by Donald Bayne Hobart; and "The City Dweller: Sammy Sparrow Visits Bird Town and Learns Plenty..." by Mickey Klar Marks. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

January 30, 1946. Volume 4, Issue 7. Humor Digest featuring jokes and cartoons. Veronica Lake photo cover. 2 cartoons by Kirk Stiles, 2 cartoons by Vic Herman. Softcover Digest, side-stitched, 5 1/4-in. x 7 1/4-in., 64 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Newsprint, 8-in. x 18-in., 16 pages, full color.

Newsprint, 8-in. x 18-in., 16 pages, full color.

Newsprint, 8-in. x 18-in., 16 pages, full color.

Newsprint, 8-in. x 18-in., 16 pages, full color.

Newsprint, 8-in. x 18-in., 16 pages, full color.

Painted cover by Harvey K. Fuller. Stories and art by Alphonso Greene, Harvey K. Fuller, C. W. Winter, and Henry C. Nicholas. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. Vitaman must find three gorillas to win a radio-show contest. The crew and passengers of the Mary Celeste vanish mysteriously mid-journey. A crooked promoter tries to get the Kid From Brooklyn beaten up, but it backfires when the Kid fights back. True Stories of War Heroes; The Mystery of the "Mary Celeste"; Kid From Brooklyn; Vitaman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 4, Issue 3 - January 1946, 8.5" x 11", 22 pages, B&W. Long running magazine that features song lyrics, celebrity gossip, articles, and fan letters. Cover price $0.10.

Hoppy Duels With Stinger Bee, pencils by Chad Grothkopf; Nasty Stinger Bee makes trouble for everyone until Marvel Bunny teaches him a lesson. Danger In Gameland; Hoppy and Millie visit Gameland, where Marvel Bunny must protect them from harm. The Giant Step!, pencils by Chad Grothkopf; Marvel Bunny solves a mystery with giant footprints. So High, pencils by Chad Grothkopf; Fuzzy tries (but fails) to fool his new boss. Soda Pop Flood; Trouble results when Millie gives Hoppy a magic ring from the Fairy Queen. Hoppy Foils the Feud of the Hillbillies!, pencils by Chad Grothkopf; When someone stirs up an old feud between the Lions and the Wildcats, Hoppy and mailman Pat Pigeon are caught in the middle. Advertisement for Mechanix Illustrated magazine with Captain Marvel, Marvel Bunny, Mary Marvel, and Captain Marvel Jr. Advertisement for Captain Marvel Club items (pins, iron-on emblems, statues, etc.). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Death Writes a Diary starring the Human Torch; A villain named Snowball gets the hotseat for murders committed because he likes cold and hates heat. The House That Changed Color starring the Human Torch. An Eye For an Eye text story. Murder In Blackout starring the Sub-Mariner. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and illustrations by Milt Gross. The final book of the legendary Milt Gross, a pioneering cartoonist known for his distinctive dialogue and offbeat humor. Mr. Figgits nearly starts World War III because he refuses to eat a chocolate eclair. 6-in. x 9 1/2-in., Hardcover without dust jacket, 182 Pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Ham Fisher (credited). Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Working with the French Resistance during World War II, Joe operates a pirate free-radio broadcast, so the Nazis enlist the beautiful spy Baroness Von Shumann to locate his hidden station. The Secret Voice; Uninvited Guests; Death to Traitors; Knobby Goes Softie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Men's interest humor digest with cartoons, jokes and tasteful pin-up photography. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Last 36 page issue until the format resumes in #150. In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb; "Ghost Gallery" art by Alex Blum; "ZX-5: Spies in Action" art by Robert Webb; and "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker, reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990) #8 and Sky Gal (1994) #3. "Sheena's Secret of the Incredulous Death Spell" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Spoor of the Moon Hill Treasure" text story. "The Killers of M'omba Raj," art by Ruben Moreira; Dr. Marr's scientific expedition captures a white ape; Nilo, riding from the land of the Lake of Mists attacks the safari in order to free the ape, which is sacred to her people; They also take Dr. Marr. Kaänga and Ann pursue them. Untitled story; Wambi discovers a witch doctor poisoning a village's water supply in order to drive the villagers out. Untitled Captain Terry Thunder story; Marmo, his daughter Naru, and his witch doctor Kunda, frame the local pygmies for Naru's and Terry's faked deaths in order to take the pygmies gold. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Tauna attempts to kill the guardian of the serpent shrine in order to assume his post; Tabu shows her an illusion of a jeweled belt. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Two ivory hunters make their way to the elephants' graveyard; Camilla uses Fang to create and elephant stampede, killing one of the hunters and leading the other to promise to change his ways. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

No Dust Jacket - Collection of single-panel comic strips by J. R. Williams depicting American rural and small town activities. 6 1/2-in. x 8-in. Hardcover 128 Pages B&W

Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by Chic Young, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Bob Naylor, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Bela Zaboly, Clyde Lewis, George McManus, Austin Briggs, Jack Burnley, Wilson McCoy, Otto Soglow, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Carl Anderson, and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake the Magician investigates a series of mysterious accidents at a circus; The adventures of The Phantom as a young man. Blondie; The Lone Ranger; Dun-Dums; Barney Baxter in the Air; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Private Buck; Bringing Up Father; Flash Gordon; Sport Features; The Phantom; The Little King; Henry. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Published once a year, this oversized issue presents the years best pictorials, and gags from Laff magazine! 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in. 66 pages, B&W.

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"while the Bannock Cools" a short story by Walter J. Coburn.

A Hot Platter of Voom Voom! starring Nero Fox; Nero's saxophone playing nearly causes a war between Rome and Egypt. Bursting Balloons!, art by Otto Feuer; Pelican Pete saves a school of balloon fish from a mean swordfish. Mystery Island! starring Salty the Sailor; Salty has to figure out why four previous ships sailed to Mystery Island and never returned. Backwoods Brawn! starring Hugo Hornspred, art by Ron Santi; Hugo gets a job helping out at a farm, but his great strength causes more harm than good. The Disappearing Domicile!, art by Otto Feuer; Spylot Bones must solve the mystery of a missing nobleman's house. The Three Tin Suits!, art by Rube Grossman; King Oscar and his knights face the wily King Kunning, who tries to trick them into wearing defective suits of armor so that they can be defeated by his Knights of the Pool Table. Captain Tootsie Tootsie Rolls ad, pencils by C. C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Jan 1, 1946. Vol 23, No 1. 1946 calendar cover. Articles by Morris Markey, Maurice Zolotow, Ted Shane, Robert McKeown, Ted Shane. Fiction by Mary Loos & Richard Sale (Rendezvous with Annie" pt1), Fred Gipson ("Over the Hill"), Sid Schumann, Neill C. Wilson, and John Sedges. Illustrations by E. P. Couse, Howell Dodd, Eddy Bowie, Martin Gulser, and Frank Godwin. "The Thropp Family" comic strip by Lawrence Lariar and Donlou. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, black and white with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

Jan 12, 1946. Vol 23, No 2. Cover by John Howitt. Articles by John S. Crosbie, Marguerite Marsh, Larry Nixon, Harold Dingman, and John Hohenberg. Fiction by James Aswell, Morton Lachman, Mary Loos & Richard Sale ("Rendezvous with Annie" pt2), and John Sedges. Illustrations by Larry Kritcher, W. Timmins, E. P. Couse, and Frank Godwin. "The Thropp Family" comic strip by Lawrence Lariar and Donlou. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, black and white with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

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Jan 19, 1946. Vol 23, No 3. Cover by ??. Articles by Kathryn Tucker, Kitty Callahan, Hugh Newton. Fiction by Booth Tarkington, Sgt. Harold Applebaum, Edwin Lanham, Stephen Longstreet, and Betty MacDonald. Illustrations by Ernest Chiriaka, Lawrence Butcher, Al Schmidt, Howell Dodd, and Frederick Chapman. "The Thropp Family" comic strip by Lawrence Lariar and Donlou. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, black and white with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

Jan 26, 1946. Vol 23, No 4. Cover by ??. Articles by Max Braithwaite, Albert Q. Maisel, James Burke, and Gerald H. Waring. Fiction by Rhoda Pritzker, Bill Gulick, Georges Carousso, Booth Tarkington, and Betty MacDonald. Illustrations by Larry Kritcher, Bill O'Brian, Tom Atwell, Griffith Foxley, Ernest Chiriaka, and Frederick Chapman. "The Thropp Family" comic strip by Lawrence Lariar and Donlou. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, black and white with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

January 21, 1946. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Cardinal-Designate Francis Joseph Spellman; "What the Animals Were Up To" by James Thurber; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 128 pages. Cover price $0.10.