Comic books August 1946

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $519.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #0148609003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $89.95 or Best Offer View scans 3/4" Spine split from bottom. Staple rust. Rust migration. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $60.00 View scans 3" cumulative spine split. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jack Byrne. Stories and art by August Froehlich, Bob Lubbers, Howard Larsen, Murphy Anderson, Lily Renee, Al Walker, and John Celardo. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. After WWII is over, the U.S. Rangers get civilian jobs and become the Sky Rangers; The Werewolf Hunter learns a man's fingers have turned into tiny ghosts of the people he murdered; Two Americans and a Chinese princess are shipwrecked on mysterious Crusoe Island. Firehair; Glory Forbes; Sky Rangers; Crusoe Island; The Ghost of Dutch Emil; The Werewolf Hunter; Tiger Man. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories featuring James Fenimore Cooper, Michael Faraday, Paul Revere, James Stewart, Admiral Horatio Nelson, Major General MacIver, Irving Berlin, Charles Goodnight, and William Caxton. Alex Schomburg cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Fred Harman. Ranch photos of Fred Harman. Red Ryder and Little Beaver, script and art by Fred Harman. Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted, art by Jim Gary. Little Beaver Steals a Ride text story. Silver has been discovered! starring Kiyotee Kids, art by John Hampton. Oh, Fudge! featuring Telecomics. The Pagosa Stage Robbery starring Little Beaver, script and art by Fred Harman. Goat Trouble starring Little Beaver. Cowboys text article starring Red Ryder, script and art by Fred Harman. Laughs starring Little Beaver, script and art by Fred Harman. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

This issue reprinted later by Green Publishing and by Norlen Magazine. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $17.00 View scans Spine split 50%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 219, No. 9 - August 31, 1946. 10.5" x 13", 124 pages, partial color. Cover price $0.10.

Screen Stars Magazine was one among many of the supermarket celebrity tabloids that focused heavily on the day to day lives of the Hollywood elite, during the golden-age of cinema. This publication is filled cover to cover with typical fodder such as candid celebrity photos (some of which are in color), gossip columns, reader's letters to the editor, and the latest motion picture advertisements. 8.5" x 10.5", 74 pages, mostly B&W with a few color photos. Cover price $0.15.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Harry G. Peter. Anti-Atomic Metal starring Wonder Woman and Dr. Novel, script by William Moulton Marston, art by Harry G. Peter. The House On the Hill starring Little Boy Blue, art by Frank Harry. The Runaway Rascal starring Sargon the Sorceror, art by Joe Kubert. The Boy Who Had No Friends starring Mr. Terrific, art by Stan Aschmeier [as Stan Josephs]. Music Hath Harms starring Wildcat, art by Jon Chester Kozlak. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Auction Item: Very Good View scans Auction opens August 18 Paper: Cream Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Fine $53.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $50.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Add to cart Good $20.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate.

Vol. 196, No. 3 - August 10, 1946. 6.75" x 9.75", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.15.

It Was Murder starring Midnight, art by Paul Gustavson; Midnight hides a witness at Dave Clark's house, but the boys think she's moving in permanently and try to drive her out. Spunky story, art by Sid Lazarus. Rookie Rankin story. Black X story. Lady Luck story, art by Klaus Nordling. Wun Cloo story, art by Jack Cole. Daffy story, art by Bart Tumey. Lord Mogsworth starring The Jester. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Sparling, Drew Pearson, Bob Allen, Rudolph Dirks, J. P. Williams, Arnie Mossler and Raeburn Van Buren. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, including Tarzan, Li'l Abner and Nancy. Tarzan has been forced into fighting alongside lawless rebels. The Kids manage to get the Captain on the wrong side of a charging goat. Bombo tries to help the eccentric Mr. Biltybux fight the urge to pull the beards of every man he meets. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; Hap Hopper; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Tarzan; Sparkler Salutes; Ella Cinders; The Young Idea; Abbie an Slats; Back Home Again; Out Our Way; El Bombo. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Regina Levander. The Scorpion Murder! starring Detective Click Hunt. Little Hank and Big Hank story, art by Gus Jud. Boxie Weaver story. Empress Josephine starring Debunker. The White Sultan of the Sudan, art by Alan Mandel [as Ayem]. Marcelle and Her Men story. The Vengeance of Montezuma text story. Ali Baba story. Crooks Caught Scientifically, script and art by Herman Browner. Speed Spaulding story. Hell's Angels story. 68 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts/layouts by Eisner, Eisner/Nordling, Eisner/Mercer, or Spranger/Eisner; inks by Eisner or Eisner/Spranger. Lady Luck by Fred Schwab.

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Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts/layouts by Eisner, Eisner/Nordling, Eisner/Mercer, or Spranger/Eisner; inks by Eisner or Eisner/Spranger. Lady Luck by Fred Schwab.

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Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts/layouts by Eisner, Eisner/Nordling, Eisner/Mercer, or Spranger/Eisner; inks by Eisner or Eisner/Spranger. Lady Luck by Fred Schwab.

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Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts/layouts by Eisner, Eisner/Nordling, Eisner/Mercer, or Spranger/Eisner; inks by Eisner or Eisner/Spranger. Lady Luck by Fred Schwab.

Answers Inc. starring the Newsboy Legion, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by John Daly. Robbie Takes A Bow starring Robotman, art by Jimmy Thompson. High Handed Horseplay starring Penniless Palmer, art by Thurston Harper. The Great Disappearing Act starring Star Spangled Kid, art by Jon Small. The Hercules Raiders starring Liberty Belle, script by Don Cameron, art by Chuck Winter. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 39, No. 3 - August 1946. 7" x 9", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $61.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Children's magazine featuring stories, illustrations, songs and more. 50 pages, PC/PB&W, 7" x 10". Cover price $0.25.

Strength & Health was one of the earliest magazines devoted to fitness and bodybuilding. Through the early 1960s, it was the most popular weightlifting magazine in the United States. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Martin Branner, George Clark, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Mr. Smart and the guys set out to save their favorite eatery, but they don't have the money or the smarts. Luckily, wealthy Angelina Snoot has the solution. Clyde's rival Hannigan sets fire to the circus tent. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; The Ripples; Little Joe; A Miracle in the Dark; Sweeney & Son; Winnie Winkle; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Clyde Beatty. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Bondage cover. In order of appearance: "UNO"; "The Adventures of Bert and Sue, 'A Portait of a Murderer'"; "Harry the Hack"; "Mr. Risk"; "Magno and Davey", reprinted in Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) #47; and "Harry the Hack". "Wild West Gun Savvy" text story by Brant House, reprinted in Four Favorites (1941) #27. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Wayne Boring. The Man Who Wouldn't Quit starring Superman, J. Wilbur Wolfingham, and Lois Lane, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Ira Yarbrough, inks by Stan Kaye. Lois Lane story with Steve Bard, Clark Kent, Perry White, Whitey, and Turk, script by Whitney Ellsworth, pencils by Sam Citron. A Legend Comes True starring Superman, Burton Crowther, and Lois Lane, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Ira Yarbrough. Tin Badge text story by Stan Carter. The Death of Clark Kent, script by Alvin Schwartz, pencils by Ira Yarbrough; When Clark Kent is "killed" in front of witnesses, Superman adopts a new identity. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $48.00 View scans Water damage. Oxidation.

#45 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. Copyright 1946 by National Comics Pub., Inc., under license to Tim Promotions, Inc. B&W with a single color, 5 1/2 in. x 8 in.

Edited by William DeGrouchy. Cover by George Marcoux. Stories by George Marcoux, Ed Gruskin, and Clare Dwiggins. Supersnipe stars in "The Robbery That Caught a Killer." Also Ulysses Q. Wacky, Huckleberry Finn Around Home, Dotty, and a three-page Supersnipe's Diary text story, "We Go on Vacation." 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Don Rico. Cadet story, art by Nina Albright; Kit Carter and Dan Merry visit New York City. Gary Stark story, script and art by Don Rico. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Target story, art by Ken Battefield. Law Of The Land text story by John Graham. Bull's-Eye Bill story. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Candid Charlie story, art by Harvey K. Fuller. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.