Comic books May 1948

Volume 2, Issue 111 May, 1948. Men's interest magazine with tame pictorials. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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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 #10. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Bathless Groggins is protected by a Shmoe - a "Li'l Abner" type with a sarong and a prehensile tail - in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Phil Fumble admires advertising billboards, in a strip that showcases Bushmiller's "good girl" art. Bushmiller's "good girl" art is on the cover as well. Mr. Biltybux finds a $100,000 bill and tries to get it changed, but no one wants to handle it. Plus a Li'l Abner 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.

Stories and art by Al Liederman and Bill Brady. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Tom's friends Dick and Moonbeam Runningeagle are threatened by the return of Skunkheart, who wants a human sacrifice. Tom's old foe The Whip (from issue #3) returns with vengeance on his mind. Jed inherits a huge diamond from his uncle, but his two no-good cousins Ned and Red are keen to have it for themselves. The God of Evil!; Billy the Kid and Oscar; The Whip Stings Again!; Bedside Battle; Death Prances in the Arena!; Cowboy Cal; Tumbleweed Jr. Paddles Away; Round Up Time with Tom Mix; Saddlehead; The Death Diamond! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Edd Ashe and Humphrey Bogart. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. The story of a polar bear in the Bronx Zoo; Baseball star Joe DiMaggio; Hollywood legend Humphrey Bogart recalls filming the Treasure of the Sierra Madre on location in Mexico with director John Huston. The Case of the Disguised Bandits; Vote for President Contest; The Motion Picture Industry; Joe DiMaggio the Yankee Clipper; You're the Detective; Bear Barrel Polka; My Most Interesting True Experience; Truly Comic! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sheldon Moldoff. Stories and art by Maurice Whitman and others. Violent pre-Code tales of crime and the law from DS Publishing. This issue was cited in the text (page 95) of the famous anti-comics classic, Seduction of the Innocent. Beautiful Connie uses her looks to trap victims, but cannot escape the law, in a story featuring an unusual image (for the time) of a female criminal "getting the chair." Ma Beamus and her children become notorious for their crime spree, in a story inspired by Ma Barker (that later caught the eye of Dr. Wertham). A maid borrows jewelry from a client, intending to give it back, but then her crooked boyfriend sees an opportunity for crime. Plus a vintage ad for a "Personal Comic Album," used to store hole-punched issues of classic comic books! ("Make Less Work for Mom!") Mother Knows Best!; The Notorious Angel Face; Case of the Crooked Clock; Envy; Blazing Guns; Crime at Midnight; The Human Gorilla. 48 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, Bill Walsh, Dick Moores, Bob Karp, Dick Shaw, Ralph Heimdahl, Don Gunn, George Waiss, Bill Wright, Sylvia Holland, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 8 #8. 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 gets a job as a salesman for an advertising agency. In a story by Barks, child psychologist Professor Clabberhead coaches Donald in a hands-off approach to disciplining Huey, Dewey and Louie. Bucky Bug battles pirate bugs! Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; Pluto's Blue Note; Inferior Decorator; Radio Racket; Mickey Mouse: Super Salesman. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 53, Issue 10 - May 1948. "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.

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May 1948. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Allison V. Harding "City of Lost People", Harold Lawlor, C. Hall Thompson, August Derleth "Saunder's Little Friend", Ray Bradbury "Black Ferris", Roger S. Vreeland, Stanton A. Coblentz, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Peter Phillips, and Davis Grubbs -as (Dave Grubbs) "One Foot in the Grave". Illustrations by John Giunta, Lee Brown Coye, Boris Dolgov, and Fred Humiston. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Volume 219, Issue 1 - May, 1948. 5.5" x 7.5", 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 2 #1 - May 1948. Pinup and glamour magazine. Cover by Peter Driben. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by Bernie Krigstein, Joe Certa, Otto Binder, Pete Costanza, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Captain Marvel investigates a traveler's report of a "Mirage City" in the middle of the Gobi Desert that captures and enslaves unwary wayfarers. Golden Arrow uses a single arrow to start an avalanche in an attempt to put out a forest fire, in a story with early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. Ibis and Taia face one of the most terrifying creatures in mythology, the Minotaur, in a story with art by Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Captain Marvel: Mirage City; Sherlock the Monk; Wilbur the Waiter; Golden Arrow: The Black Gold; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Pee Wee Pete; Ibis the Invincible: The Minotaur. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by J.F. Byrne and William R. Shelton. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Charles Sultan, Al Walker, George Evans, John Celardo and Maurice Whitman. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Jane Martin becomes a newspaper reporter, but she still finds trouble at every turn; Greasemonkey Griffin gets caught up in a woman's plot to sabotage her wealthy uncle's airplane; A WWII pilot becomes determined to clear his late father's name after meeting his ghost. Terrific action-girl cover by Bob Lubbers has the male character being rescued for a change. 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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Vol. 3 #6 - May 1948. Men's interest magazine with pin-up and glamour photography, plus Sweet Gwendoline by John Willie. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.25.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harry G. Peter. "Ice World's Conquest," script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Professor Chemico, having created a climate changing machine, travels with the Holliday Girls to the Arctic to melt the ice caps with his machine, unaware that a race of snow people live there, and that their Prime Minister intends to use the machine to control the world. "Tale of the Tigers," script by William Moulton Marston(as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman helps the Holliday Girls when they are caught between two Irish gypsies vying for the same girl and the title of Gypsy King. Wonder Women of History: three-page Lynde Dix bio, art by Paul Reinman. "The Treasure Hunt," script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; The Holliday Girls travel to Adventure Island on a treasure hunt, and are warned and threatened with death until Wonder Woman arrives to protect her friends from a vengeful ghost while on the treasure hunt. Two-page text story, "Tino Makes Good" by Charles King. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado" (art by C.C. Beck). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Cover by Harry G. Peter. "Ice World's Conquest," script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Professor Chemico, having created a climate changing machine, travels with the Holliday Girls to the Arctic to melt the ice caps with his machine, unaware that a race of snow people live there, and that their Prime Minister intends to use the machine to control the world. "Tale of the Tigers," script by William Moulton Marston(as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman helps the Holliday Girls when they are caught between two Irish gypsies vying for the same girl and the title of Gypsy King. Wonder Women of History: three-page Lynde Dix bio, art by Paul Reinman. "The Treasure Hunt," script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; The Holliday Girls travel to Adventure Island on a treasure hunt, and are warned and threatened with death until Wonder Woman arrives to protect her friends from a vengeful ghost while on the treasure hunt. Two-page text story, "Tino Makes Good" by Charles King. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado" (art by C.C. Beck). 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Un-Super Superman starring Lois Lane, art by Al Plastino. Grey Cloud's Last Raid starring Tomahawk, art by Fred Ray. Nine Lives for Brooklyn starring Boy Commandos, script by George Kashdan, art by Curt Swan; Brooklyn's dreams put him in eight previous historical periods. The Robot-Master Crimes starring Green Arrow, script by Otto Binder, art by George Papp. Retired Cop text story by Sam Thorne. A Dog Catcher's Life starring Zatara, art by William F. White. Killer for Hire starring Batman, script by Edmond Hamilton, art by Dick Sprang. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado by C.C. Beck. 76 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer, Bill Woolfolk and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Ozzie accidentally destroys Philomel Carter's toothpick model of the Eiffel Tower, and tries to build a toothpick Statue of Liberty to make up for it. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky realize that the figures in a wax museum are, shockingly, dead bodies covered in wax. When an experimental rocket launches with Foggy and Jerry on board, Phantom Eagle takes off in pursuit. Ozzie: Hobby Happy; Willie the Worm; Droopy the Ant Bear and Reddy Fox; Sloppy the Pig; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: The Vanishing Corpse; Muscle Hedd; Phantom Eagle and the Runaway Rocket; Sherlock the Monk; Penny Graves: Hot-Seat Evidence; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Case of Broken Eggs; Fuzzy Bear; Tom Mix: Tony's Feud. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Pete Riss, Milt Hammer, Will Hammell, Joe Certa and Art Helfant. Bespectacled, eccentric detective "King" Cole Jr. takes over his father's detective agency. While seeking a small-town bank robber, Young King Cole is committed to a mental hospital - or is it all part of his plan? Toni Gayle investigates after an actress is killed on camera in a TV studio. Detective Larry Broderick suspects an heiress's pearls have been dipped in poison and are slowly killing her. Young King Cole; Toni Gayle; Hammertoones; Larry Broderick Detective: The Case of the Poison Pearl; The Promise; Inspector Klooz: Crime in the Catskills; Dr. Drew the Zoo Man: The Case of the Slaughtered Ostriches; Boitram the Boiglar. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. "I Fell In Love With My Star Pupil!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; Mary graduates from college and takes a teaching job in the rural town of Pinesville; She tutors farmer Jim, which provokes a "whispering campaign" by jealous Peggy; Jim proposes to Mary but she turns him down. "Substitute Sweetheart," art by Bill Draut; Connie agrees to escort newcomer Bruce to a skating party so he can meet Phyllis, the most popular girl in their high school; Phyllis uses Bruce to promote her candidacy for school president, but discards him when his usefulness is over. "Shame," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; Secretary Joyce becomes engaged to her boss David; She claims her family is also high society, but in truth her mother is a scrub woman who scrimps to buy Joyce nice clothes; When Joyces mother is injured, David takes her to a hospital and Joyce thinks he wont care for her any more. "The Bachelor and the Baby-Sitter" text story. "Jealousy!", pencils by Jerry Robinson; Department store clerk Cathy doesnt want her fellow worker Jane to meet her boyfriend Bill, fearing Jane will steal him away; Jane and Bill become friends; after Cathy sees them together, she frames Jane for stealing at work; Then she learns Jane and Bill were just preparing a surprise birthday party for her. "Gold Digger," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; Rusty refuses to date anyone unless they spend money on her, so the local men convince newcomer Gil to pretend to be wealthy and go out with her and teach her a lesson; She accepts his invitation, only to discover hes taking her to a barn dance. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 2, Issue 3 - May, 1948. 5.5" x 7.5", 194 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Art by Matt Baker and others. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. This, the May 1948 issue, is technically the sixteenth issue, but was erroneously numbered #14. Rulah encounters a bizarre plot involving a mysterious figure in a red suit of armor, a machine that creates sandstorms, and a blonde femme fatale; A jungle tyrant wants to add Rulah to his harem of wives; A cult leader predicts the future and commands his trained gorilla to capture Rulah. Dynamic art, pre-Code action and classic good-girl imagery combined. The Knave of Scarlet; The Thirsty Tyrant of Tii; Deaths Grim Reflection. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.