Comic books October 1946

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. 1st appearance of P'Gell.

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.

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.

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.

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. The Great Ballroom Race starring the Newsboy Legion, art by Curt Swan. Fuel's Paradise starring Robotman, art by Jimmy Thompson. Streamlined Shenanigans starring Penniless Palmer, art by Thurston Harper. The Men in the Iron Masks starring Star Spangled Kid, art by Jon Small. The Maestro of Discord starring Liberty Belle, script by Don Cameron, art by Chuck Winter. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $8.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Fall 1946. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Manly Wade Wellman, Henry Kuttner, Francis Flagg, and W.E. Thiessen. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fair $9.00 View scans Spine split 90%. Cover Detached. Staple rust: Slight.

Children's magazine featuring stories, illustrations, songs and more. 48 pages, PC/PB&W, 7" x 10". Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $4.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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 $0.20.

Cover by Chester Gould. Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Martin Branner, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Mr. Smart has misadventures selling hot dogs at the beach. Tiny Tim is abducted by mad Dr. Horror, who wants to steal his youth. Clyde gets involved with the circus-owning Barlow brothers, and soon regrets it. 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.

Classic torture cover. "The Adventures of Bert and Sue, 'The Adventure of the Murdered Medium'" contains depictions of bondage and torture. In order of appearance: "The Adventures of Bert and Sue, 'The Adventure of the Murdered Medium'"; "UNO, United Nations Trouble-Shooter"; "Harry the Hack"; "Mr. Risk, 'Case of the Crashing Cargo Planes'"; and "Magno and Davey". "Colt Conquest in Cuero" text story by Cliff Howe. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

#47 in a series of 90. This issue features a "The Whirlaway Watch", a 14 page story. 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. Untitled Supersnipe story featuring Indians attacking Koppy McFad's town, plus Ulysses Q. Wacky, Huyckleberry Finn, Wing Woo Woo, and a three-page Supersnipe's Diary text story. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Don Rico. Cadet story, art by Nina Albright. Dink humor page by Milt Hammer. Gary Stark story, art by Don Rico; Gary, Bob, and Nails are taking Panama to her father. Target and the Targeteers story, art by Ken Battefield. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Bright Boy text story by Kenneth W. Fitch. The Hermit's Treasure starring Chameleon, art by Bill Allison. Dan'l Flannel story, art by B. Gordon Guth. The Souvenir Gun text story by Harry Sussman. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $2.50 View scans Spine split 5%.

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", 76 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.50.

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

Add to cart GD 2.0 $249.95 or Best Offer View scans Centerfold loose at one staple. Moisture damage. Staple rust. Pencil on front cover. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, Lin Streeter, Edmond Good, Chuck Stanley, Jules Steiner, Art Saaf, Donald Bayne Hobart, William B. McLellan, and Ken Battefield. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $50.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

October 1946. "To Ride it Proud" by Clee Woods and "Barney Takes a Hand" by Louis L'Amour. Other western stories by Syl MacDowell, 7-in. x 9-in. 96 Pages B&W Text with Illustrations. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $30.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 29, Issue 1 - Fall, 1946. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Murray Leinster, Keith Hammond, John Russell Fearn, Ross Rocklynne, Brett Sterling, Henry Kuttner, and Ray Cummings. Two Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 116 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $5.50

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $10.50

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $8.30 View scan 2.5" Cumulative spine split.

Stories and art by Phil De Lara and others. Funny-animal antics from Magazine Enterprises. Raymond, Koko and Kola spend the day at the amusement park; Spanky steals candy from Wilbur that turns out to be medicine; Judy uses her Magic Chalk to help a circus in trouble. Going 'Round In Circles; Koko and Kola; Spanky; Goofus the Gopher; Catchy and Scrapps; Muggsy Mouse; Big Bertha; The Kandy Kid; Queen of the Festival; Pic-Charades; Trixie Pixies; Judy and the Magic Chalk. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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 #3. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. After Phil insults hypnotist Professor Svengoo, Svengoo makes Phil think he's a goldfish. Distracted because the girl he loves is cheering his opponent, Curly Kayoe is an easy target in the boxing ring. The Mohawks face a close game against their arch-rivals, the Leopards. Plus 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.

Oct. 1946. Women's interest magazine with fiction, articles, features and advice. 8 1/2-in. x 10 3/4-in., 170 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories by Arthur C. Bromirski, Laurence Wing, Jeanne M. Lawson, Strothmann, George F. Foley, Jr., and Harry Fisk. Presenting fiction and non-fiction stories, many of which are religious in nature—a Treasure Chest of fun and facts! 32 pages, full color.

Stories by Arthur C. Bromirski, Laurence Wing, George F. Foley, Jeanne M. Lawson, and Violet Moore Higgins. Presenting fiction and non-fiction stories, many of which are religious in nature—a Treasure Chest of fun and facts! 32 pages, full color.

Stories by Violet Moore Higgins, Harry Fisk, Jeanne M. Lawson, Arthur C. Bromirski, Laurence Wing, George F. Foley, Jr. Presenting fiction and non-fiction stories, many of which are religious in nature—a Treasure Chest of fun and facts! 32 pages, full color.

Stories and art by Robert E. Ellsworth, Hal Goodwin, Ed Smalle, Edd Ashe, Richard Staples Dodge, Robert L. Scott Jr., Bruce Lester, Ed Yulke, Doris Yulke, Les Marshall, Sumner Smith, and Jack Sparling. Tales of aerial adventure in the tradition of nonfiction comics vehicle True Comics. The instructional comic Flying Is Easy covers climbing and gliding; Engineer Stanley Hiller builds a better helicopter; Coverage of model airplanes is increased ahead of the next issue's title change. King of Crash; Test Flight of the Batwing; Hiller-Copter Wizard; They Called Him Mad; Flying Is Easy Lesson III; Cockpit Trouble; Build This Flight-Tested Model Taylorcraft BC12-D; Model Planes for a Model World; Record Wrecker; Toss-Around; Eighth Grade Production Line; Speaking of Models; Aero-Club Roundup; Planes in the News; Our Hat Is Off; How to Build the Ryan Fireball; Greatest Heroes of the Air; Model Contest Winners; True Aviation in Hollywood; Plane Profiles; True Aviation Answer Man; Inventor's Corner. Final issue under this title; the series continued as Aviation Adventures and Model Building (1946) #16. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $9.40

Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, John Daly, Louis Wolfe, Lawrence Dresser, Ernie Schroeder Jack Sparling and Lorence Bjorklund. Cover by Lorence Bjorklund and John Daly. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. An amateur vet who treats sick chickens earns the name "The Wizard of Chickenology;" The early life of champion tennis player Bobby Riggs, long before his famous Billie Jean King match; A pet shop accidentally releases one hundred monkeys into New York City in 1946. Lady of Democracy; Desert Victory; How Industry Serves the Nation; Baseline Bobby; What Would You Do?; Tom Paine and His Mighty Pen; Save Our Forests!; Tomorrow's Glass Auto; The Secret Warriors; Monkey Business on Wall Street; Chick Doctor; Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Sheriff's Secret; True's Movie Guide; Truly Comic! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

October 1946. Cover art by Richard Cardiff. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 120 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.