Comic books April 1944

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Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, scripts by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Pete the Tramp strips by Clarence D. Russell. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Private Breger Abroad strips by Dave Breger. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. Just Kids strips by A.D. Carter. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Burnley and Stan Kaye. Valentine Villainy starring Superman, script by Don Cameron (signed as Jerry Siegel), pencils by Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster). Alias Mr. Sunshine starring Vigilante, script by Joe Samachson, pencils by Mort Meskin. The Weird and Eerie Mystery of Ghastly Gables starring Super Sleuth McFooey, script and art by Jack Farr. Desert Danger starring Congo Bill, art by Edwin Smalle. Mission for Freedom starring Americommando, script by Joseph Greene, art by Bernard Baily. The Idol on the Island starring Zatara. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Ed Cronin. Cover by Fred Kida. Stories by Fred Kida, Dan Barry, Tony DiPreta, Bill Fraccio, Rudy Palais, and Bob Fujitani. Heroic action stories of war and airborne adventure—these are Air Fighters Comics! Paper drive feature with Skinny McGinty, art by Tony DiPreta. 60 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Paul Reinman. Mystery of the Melancholy Men starring Green Lantern, script by Alfred Bester, art by Paul Reinman; Alan Scott checks Doiby into an exclusive club to get more exercise, and runs into a secret Nazi base by accident. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]. Doiby Dickles Goes on a Case: For Paper Salvage! public service announcement with Green Lantern. 13 Centuries Earlier starring Scribbly and the Red Tornado, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. The Atom vs. Nick Crock, script by Joseph Greene, art by Joe Gallagher. The Man Who Bought Shadows starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by Joseph Greene, art by Stan Aschmeier. The Caissons Go Rolling Along starring Red, White and Blue, art by Joe Gallagher. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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April, 1944. Timely Detective Magazine published by Martin Goodman. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 66 p, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. "Havoc In Holland"; Black Terror vs. Nazis. "The Digitron Beam"; Doc Strange vs. Galohz, Karl, and Nazis. "The Thunderer"; Fighting Yank vs. The Thunderer and Nazis. "The Curse of the Naghwar Diamond"; Ghost vs. Kim and two other Datavians. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 33 Issue 2 - April, 1944. Science Fiction and adventure stories, this issue features "The Changeling" by A.E. Van Vogt. 6.5-in. x 9.5-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Milt Hammer. Stories and art by Ray Gill, John Jordan, Jim Wilcox, Henry C. Kiefer, Harold DeLay, Jack A. Warren, Milt Hammer and Tom Gill. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #45. Former superhero Blue Bolt soars as an aviator hero in WWII. During a test for a dangerous assignment, Blue Bolt is attacked by German agents. Dick Cole matches wits with the sinister hypnotist known as The Great Jero. Cap Hawkins tells the true story of the cargo plane called the C-47, and its role in World War II. Dick Cole: The Great Jero; Fearless Fellers; Sergeant Spook; Old Cap Hawkins True Tales; The Great Jero; Edison Bell: Tons of Fun; Edison Bell's Grab Bag!; Blue Bolt: Adolph Hitler Wanted Alive; Krisko & Jasper; Sniffy; Bluebolts and Nuts. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Lev Gleason, Dick Briefer, Rudy Palais, Dick Wood, Alan Mandel, Frank Volp and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. Rat-powered Nazi agent The Rodent battles Crimebuster's foe Iron Jaw to the death. Young Robin Hood seeks saboteurs who are targeting gunpowder and explosive plants vital to the war effort. Swoop Storm uses his new Magnetic Glider to take on Axis forces during WWII. Also featuring a vintage PSA for wartime paper salvaging, an early recycling program. Crimebuster; Young Robin Hood; Boy Comics Hero of the Month; A Song For Victory; Swoop Storm; Little Dynamite; Yankee Longago; A Crimebuster Special. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Postcard style calendar page. Calender on front page. Cartoons on inside and Screw Machine Supply Co. ad on back. April 1944. J.R. Williams. Measures 6" x 9".

Cover photo features a teenage Shirley Temple. Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Adam Allen, Blake Gilpin Bowman, Olivia Peterson, Eva-Lis Wuorio, John Scott Douglas, Isabelle Corey, Elizabeth Nichols, Elena Chance, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Margaret Sutton. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A profile of teen rodeo trick rider Mitzi Ann Lucas. A profile of young resistance fighters in WWII Europe. Judy Wing is called away from a costume party, and must make an emergency flight while still dressed as a rabbit. Judy Wing; Mystery in Ward 13; Peewee Heroine; The Girl Behind the Boy; Ride 'Em, Cowgirl!; When You're the Nurse; Junior Underground; Spring Styles in Movies; Lets Talk Things Over; The Light That Didn't Fail; The Storm; Create a Sauce-ation; It's Fun to Sew; Smartest to Wear - Easiest to Make!; Make Yourself Hat-Tractive; Superlatively Yours; Tricks for Teens; Lady of Luck; Do You Make a Pretty Picture?; The Victory Club; Girls in the News; Gadgets for Girls. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Includes non-fiction educational comics with art by Joseph Hillenbrand and Sid Barron, plus a Captain Jack fiction comic by George M. Rae. 68 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Aero Comics Vol. 3 No. 12, numbered 14 on the cover. Cover price $0.10.

Includes: Alex Schomburg cover art; The Chambers of Dr. Agony, pencils by Vince Alascia; The Seven Sons of Satan by Syd Shores; The Blackout Murder Case—Let's Play Detective, art by Al Bellman; Tried At Sea text story; Frozen Death, Script by Otto Binder, Pencils by Al Gabriele, Inks by Vince Alascia; and Flaming Steel starring Human Torch, Pencils by Charles Nicholas, Inks by George Klein. 60 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

This is the comic book section of the Chicago Sun newspaper from Sunday, April 2, 1944. Features "The Spirit" by Will Eisner cover story. Follow up stories include "Lady Luck" by Klaus Nordling, "Mr. Mystic" by S.R. Powell. Full color, newsprint, 10"x7.5"

Volume 15, Issue 11 - April 1944. Features creative stories, poems, rebuses, recipes, activities, crafts, science experiments, and health articles for children. 6-in. x 9-in. 52 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Huckleberry Finn, 1st Printing, Classics Comics, Gilberton edition. (HRN 18, 4/44). Cover price $0.10.

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Huckleberry Finn, 1st Printing, Classics Comics, Island edition. (HRN 18, 4/44). Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Dick Wood, Bob Wood, Dick Hall, Jack Warren and Dick Briefer. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Daredevil and The Little Wise Guys face the deadly millionaire called Pshyco on the ski slopes. Teen inventor Dickie Dean creates a Thought Transmitter, in a story with art possibly by Archie creator Bob Montana. The Pirate Prince's pal Droopy meets his dad, in a naval reunion in the tradition of Popeye and Poopdeck Pappy, with art by Dick Briefer. Also featuring a vintage ad for wartime "Victory Glasses": a set of tumblers featuring members of each branch of the US armed services smooching a cute civilian. Daredevil; Sniffer: The Strange Case of the Coded Pickles; Dickie Dean; Helpful Hank; The Pirate Prince; Crimebuster: Monkey Maneuvers; The Claw. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Batman and Robin star in "Danger Strikes Three," Air Wave stars in "Mr. Smith Gets the Bird" (art by George Roussos), the Crimson Avenger stars in "School For Scoops," Slam Bradley stars in "General Lee Comes to Town," the Boy Commandos in "Log of a Lifeboat" (not by Simon and Kirby, despite the credits on the splash page), and Three-Ring Binks in an untitled story. Cover price $0.10.

April 1944. Cover by Modest Stein. Stories include "The Whisker of Hercules," a book-length novel by "Kenneth Robeson"; "Wapiti Terror" by Conrad G. Feige; "Marowijne Floodwater" by Stuart Friedman; "The Straw" by Ted Stratton; and "Storm Over Tiger Tail" by Peter Reed. 5.5-in x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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April 1944 - Long Running News and current magazine. 10-in. x 13-in., 184 pages, Text (with B&W and Full color images) Cover price $0.50.

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Untitled Black Terror story; someone steals Black Terrors uniform. Untitled The American Eagle story, art by Maurice Gutwirth; vs. the Japanese. Untitled Crime Crushers story, art by Al Camy. Untitled Sgt. Bill King story, art by Maurice Gutwirth. Untitled Crash Carter story, art by Bob Oksner. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; and "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier. "Three Problems Solved" text story by Emanuel Denby. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 6, Issue 2 - April 1944. Cover by J. Allen St. John. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Time on Your Hands" by John York Cabot, and "The Return of Jongor" by Robert Moore Williams. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 212 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Al Bryant. Untitled Doll Man story; Secretly, both Darrel and Martha wish to partner up in the tiny mite's adventures, and, somehow, the simultaneous wishing unlocks a shared super-power which shrinks both of them; Both of them read a news article about three members of the Bramber family dying mysteriously in the garden of their ancestral home, and decide to investigate. Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. Untitled Blimpy story, art by Jack Cole. Untitled detective-mystery Swing Sisson story, script and art by Vernon Henkel. Untitled Spin Shaw story. Untitled Perky story, script and art by Sid Lazarus. "Sunken Treasure!!", art by Mort Leav; Rusty gets half a map of a sunken treasure from a dying sea captain that shows the latitude and longitude of the Black Pirate Treasure, but not the location; Rusty has to beat a group of pirates to the Captain's daughter who may be able to tell where the location of the treasure is. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Flash stars in "The Machine That Thinks Like a Man," written by Gardner Fox, art by Martin Naydel. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "An Open Letter to Dictators" with art by Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "Peachy Pet in Berlin" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; The Whip in "Recipe for Righteousness" with art by Homer Fleming; "A Fiend for Fame" by Ed Wheelan; Flash scrap paper salvage drive public service announcement; and Hawkman in "The Feathers Fly" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff. 56 pgs. Cover art by Naydel. Cover price $0.10.

Illustrated text pieces. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "MOTHER GOOSE and NURSERY RHYME COMICS, No. 41." Cover art by Walt Kelly. Various nursery rhyme text/illustrations, including Rock-a-Bye Baby, There Was an Old Woman, Ding Dong Bell, Ride, Baby, Ride, Old King Cole, A Little Cockerel, Three Little Kittens, Little Boy Blue, The Cat and the Fiddle, The Little Sparrow, The North Wind, Sing a Song of Sixpence, A Dillar, A Dollar, Pussy Cat, Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill, Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush, and Hickory, Dickory, Dock. Art possibly by Arthur E. Jameson. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.