Comic books August 1945

Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, script by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Daffy Doodles strips, art by Doc Winner. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. They'll Do It Every Time strips, art by Jimmy Hatlo. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Wayne Boring. Danger Highway starring Superman, pencils by Ira Yarbrough. A Winter Idyl starring Hayfoot Henry, art by Stan Kaye. The Dummy Art Expert starring The Vigilante, art by Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.). Dead Men's Falls starring Congo Bill, art by John Daly. The Show Goes On starring Zatara, art by William F. White. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Paul Reinman. Death Unavoidably Detained starring Green Lantern, art by Paul Reinman; A death-row killer, King Shark, returns from the dead for 24 hours in an attempt to convince his former partners in crime to go straight. Excursion to Excitement starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by Joseph Greene, art by Stan Aschmeier. Blooey Is Discovered starring Red, White and Blue, script by John B. Wentworth, art by Dennis Neville. Battle for a Free Press--Picture Stories from American History, script by M. C. Gaines, art by Don Cameron. Hippity Talks starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Hirschfield. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Bill Vigoda. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Bill Woggon, Bob Montana, Al McLean and Terry Szenics. Archie goes to a masquerade as a knight and Jughead goes as his horse. Archie causes choas at the masquerade, and particularly upsets his English teacher Mr. Squeegee in "A Horse's Tale"! Plus: A hypochondriac tells Mr. Andrews that he appears to be very sick in "The Physical Wreck"; Betty and Veronica make life masks in "The Plastic Mask"; Archie is cooking pancakes when the air raid siren goes off -- he has to turn off all the lights in the house and keep his pancakes from burning at the same time in the Archie Short "Blitzed By the Blackout"; a tale starring Dotty and Ditto; and Archie caddies for Mr. Andrews and does more harm than good in "The Caddy"! Plus: When Archie breaks Mr. Weatherbee's typewriter, it's up to Archie and Jughead to fix it in the 2-page text story "You Can't Kill a Guy For Trying"! Also: "Match Wits With Archie" activity page! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 35, Issue 6 - August, 1945. Cover by William Timmins. Science Fiction and adventure stories, this issue features "World of A: Part 1" by A.E. Van Vogt. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Ray Krank, Ham Fisher, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. When Fawn is abducted by Nazi spies, Skyman gets out his new jet-powered plane, Feather, which can hover in midair. Sparky, Hedy and Slap Happy vacation at Mr. Hodgers' ranch in Texas, and try to help him raise the money for his mortgage before Mr. Gold seizes the property. Charlie Chan tells the story of when he went after The Gentleman Thief. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Skyman Rides the Whirlwind. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Tom Gill. Stories and art by Joe Donohoe, Ray Gill, Jim Wilcox, Robert Pious, Jack Hearne, Harold DeLay, Pam Robinson, Milt Hammer and Tom Gill. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #58. Former superhero Blue Bolt soars as an aviator hero in WWII. Cap Hawkins tells the true story of the B-29 Super Fortress bomber. Sergeant Spook helps Jerry when he gets mixed up with an eccentric portrait painter and a rich kid who looks just like him. Also featuring an ad for Tootsie Rolls, "Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!" Cover (a War Bonds promotion) features portraits of various American WWII generals and admirals, including future President Dwight Eisenhower. Inside front cover features a message from those same military figures, again promoting War Bonds, a WWII funding drive. Dick Cole; Old Cap Hawkins True Tales; Edison Bell: The Disappearing Act; Make Edison Bell's Professional Magician's Magic Box; Thorns of the Devil; Blue Bolt; Krisko and Jasper; Fearless Fellers; Sgt. Spook; Bluebolts and Nuts. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Rudy Palais, Dick Briefer, Bob Montana, Alan Mandel, Dick Wood 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. Gangsters invade a country club, forcing Crimebuster to intervene, in a pre-Code story (and cover) of Murder on the Golf Course. Yankee Longago encounters Ponce De Leon and The Fountain of Youth, in a different story from the one in issue #14, featuring art by Dick Briefer. Swoop Storm's rocket plane ditches him in the wilds of Alaska, where he meets hillbillies and one last cadre of Japanese soldiers, featuring art by Archie creator Bob Montana. Crimebuster; Swoop Storm; Boy Comics Hero of the Month; Daredevil and the Crying Killer; Little Dynamite Plays Cupid; Young Robinhood; Yankee Longago. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Part text articles, part comics. Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Carmine Infantino, Nina Albright, Rudy Palais, A. Culverwell, Maurice del Bourgo, Al Hollingsworth, and Paul Parker. A patriotic WWII aviator hero whose motto is "Keep 'Em Flyin'!" Miss Victory must stop Axis scientist Fujo and his last-ditch weapon against the Allies, the Globe of Death. Fact-based stories about the war blimps of the US Navy Coastal Patrol (with art by Al Hollingsworth) and wartime air-traffic control (with art by Carmine Infantino). Plus non-fiction stories about the Budd RB-1 Conestoga "flying boxcar," B-25 Bomber, Curtis Commando plane and Douglass SBD Dauntless. Cover by legendary artist L. B. Cole. Captain Aero - Traitor!; Miss Victory; Curtis Commando; Flying Arsenal; The Mighty Mite: Movie Menace Is Malarkey; Pacific Pandemonium; Blimp Blitz; Interceptor Command; Douglass SBD Dauntless; Captain Aeros Sky Scouts: The Old Man of the Air; The Red Cross. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Includes: Alex Schomburg cover art; The League of Hate, art by Vince Alascia; The Gem of Destruction starring Human Torch, Pencils by Carmine Infantino; Symphony of Death, art by Alascia; Shipwreck text story; Murder By Proxy, and art by Alascia. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Leo Morey, Bob Fujitani, Nina Albright, Ed Wheelan and Rudy Palais. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Cat-Man's arch-foe Dr. Macabre steals the Z-Ray, which gives him the ability to kill by touch. An art professor plays a key role in stealing a painting from a gallery, in The Hood's final Golden Age appearance. Reporters Molly O'Moore and Scoop Scanlon are invited to cover a man's murder while it happens. Another offbeat cover by L. B. Cole. Cat-Man: The Man Who Conquered Death!; The Deacon: The Zombie Master; Molly O'Moore and Scoop Scanlon; The Cat Came Back; Hypnosis In Reverse; Little Leaders: Carnival of Crime; The Hood: Portraits of Plunder; The Reckoner: Corpses Don't Stay Cold. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 17, Issue 3 - August 1945. 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.

Cover by Dick Sprang. Stories by Alvin Schwartz, Jack Farr and unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Jack Farr, Howard Sherman, George Roussos and Louis Cazeneuve. The Joker turns the tables on logic, holding a home for ransom instead of people. And to top it off, it all is one giant trap in the Batman and Robin tale "The House That Was Held for Ransom!" by Alvin Schwartz and Dick Sprang. Plus: Three-Ring Binks in an untitled story by Jack Farr; Slam Bradley in "Smash Your Baggage!" with art by Howard Sherman; Air Wave in "Of Mice and Muggs!" with art by George Roussos; and The Boy Commandos in "The Floating Evil!" with art by Louis Cazeneuve (not by Simon and Kirby, despite the listed credits). Also: 2-page text story "Crime's Henchman" by Ted Udall (as Ted Loury). 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 44, 1st Printing - "The Evil Star" by John Spain. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

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Aug. 7, 1945. Weekly movie magazine published in Chile. Cover of Glenn Ford, back cover of June Allyson. 8-in. x 11-in., 30 pages, B&W. NOTE: Spanish language.

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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. "Fangs of the Desert" text story by Howard Haynes. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Hoppy's Victory Page!"; Hoppy and his pals celebrate the patriotism of their loyal readers, while reminding them to continue saving paper, scrap metal, etc. to aid the war effort. "Hoppy the Marvel Bunny Scores a Touchdown!", art by Chad Grothkopf; Hoppy joins his friends from Funny Animal Town in a football game against a team from Woodland Village. "Knock, Knock on Wood," art by Bill Brady; Billy and Oscar thwart a gang of thieves who sneak into town hidden inside wooden Indian statues. "Shoos a Shoe!"; Willie the Worm gets a job in a shoe store. "The Missing Story!", art by Bill Brady; Sherlock the Monk visits a neighboring city to see what life is like in the big city. "A Set Type of Laziness," art by Bill Brady; Fuzzy Bear gets a job at the local newspaper office. "Paintiacs" text story; Willipus Wallipus gets into trouble while waiting on the front porch for his parents to come outside to go to a movie. "Behind the Ate Ball!", art by Chad Grothkopf; Willie goes into a restaurant to buy hamburgers for his friend. Untitled half-page story; Benny and Fuzzy have a great time fishing. Mary Marvel house ad. "Nursery Rhyme Land!", art by Chad Grothkopf; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny defends the inhabitants of Nursery Rhyme Land against a witch who wants to destroy them. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Bryant. "The Whispering Corpse," script by Joe Millard, pencils by Dan Zolnerowich; Doll Man turns grave-digger to defeat the Whispering Corpse. Untitled Blimpy story, script and art by Al Stahl. "Song of Sorcery," script and art by Vernon Henkel; A music manuscript is found on a dead man, and Swing Sisson and his band play it over and are nearly killed by a fanatic. "Perkypestius Goofykidia..." starring Perky, script and art by Sid Lazarus. Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. "Oooh, Captain Shaw!"; Spin Shaw's "Wildcat" fighter plane is shot down over the Pacific. Untitled story, art by Bill Quackenbush; Rusty Ryan Joins The South Sea Pirates. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Doolin and Lily Renee. Edited by M.E. Peacock and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Ann Brewster, Alex Blum, Arnold Hicks, Lily Renee and Matt Baker. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Tiger Girl battles a mysterious band of female warriors who ride zebras and leave a path of destruction behind them; Good-girl art aplenty as Hooks Devlin investigates the onstage murders of chorus girls at a famous revue; Antique clocks lead Senorita Rio to a Nazi plot to destroy the Panama Canal. Featuring art by famed good-girl artist Matt Baker and pioneering female artist Lily Renee. Rip Carson; Tiger Girl; Hooks Devlin; Kayo Kirby; Death Cut the Cards; Shark Brodie; Senorita Rio. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Flash stars in "The Flash and the Black Widow," written by Robert Bloch, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: Hop Harrigan in The Perils of Patsy by Jon L. Blummer; Johnny Thunder in "Cheerful Service Week" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; "The Story of Young George Washington" by M.C. Gaines and Don Cameron; an ad for Hop Harrigan's All American Flying Club; and Hawkman in "The Dweller in the Sea" by Fox and Joe Kubert. Cover art by Hibbard. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S MICKEY MOUSE, No. 79." The Riddle of the Red Hat, script by Eleanor Packer, art by Carl Barks; Mickey laughs at Minnie's new hat, then mistakes a girl in a similar hat for Minnie; The girl mistakes Mickey for someone else and gives him a "diamond ring" that actually contains a large ruby. Pluto the Hero, art by Vivie Risto. Goofy's Orphans, art possibly by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.