Comic books December 1945

Dec 8, 1945. Vol 22, No 49. November Almanac cover. Articles by Will Cloney, Myron Stearns, Robert McKeown, Helen Faith Keane, and Sara Hamilton. Fiction by William Tunberg, Charles Bonner, Stanley Disney, Anne Hall, and Ethel Hueston. Illustrations by Al Schmidt, Bill O'Brian, Ralph Crawley, Lawrence Butcher, Willard Downes, W. Emerton Heitland, and George Shepperd (centerspread Chevrolet ad). "The Thropp Family" comic strip by Lawrence Lariar and Donlou. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 56 pages, black and white with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

Dec 15, 1945. Vol 22, No 50. Cover by ??. Articles by Stanley Caldwell, Albert Edward Wiggam, William Stephenson, Bill Wolf. Fiction by Edwin Rutt, W. O. Mitchell, Michael Oblinger, and Ethel Hueston. Illustrations by Harold Eldridge, Bill O'Brian, O. F. Schmidt, Howell Dodd, and W. Emerton Heitland. "The Thropp Family" comic strip by Lawrence Lariar and Donlou. Bing Crosby razor blades ad. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, black and white with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

Dec 22, 1945. Vol 22, No 51. Cover by Dal Holcomb. Articles by Berton Braley, Trent Frayne, Jean Muir, Erika Mann. Fiction by H. Vernor Dixon, Neill C. Wilson, William Fay, Jim Kjelgoard, and Guy Howard. Illustrations by Pat Holbrooke, Bill O'Brian, O. F. Schmidt, Lawrence Butcher, Frank Godwin, and Martin Gulser. "The Thropp Family" comic strip by Lawrence Lariar and Donlou. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, black and white with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

Dec 29, 1945. Vol 22, No 52. Cover by Pearcy Leason. Articles by Inga Arvad, Lt. T. C. Gleysteen, George Henhoeffer, Pete Dempson. Fiction by Charles Francis Potter, C. V. Terry, Gordon Malherbe Hillman, R. Wilkes Hunter, and Guy Howard. Illustrations by Frederick Chapman, Frank Godwin, Bill O'Brian, Al Schmidt, and Jay Nourbel. "The Thropp Family" comic strip by Lawrence Lariar and Donlou. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, black and white with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

December 10, 1945. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: party dresses; Margaret O'Brien; syphony orchestra photographic essay; veterans; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 136 pages. Cover price $0.10.

December 17, 1945. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: crisis in China; college sororities; Albert Speer; Jane Russell; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 136 pages. Cover price $0.10.

December 31, 1945. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Kaiser-Frazer; mountain climbing photographic essay; wrestling villains; electronics; 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 88 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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L. B. Cole cover art. Joseph and His Brethren plus Jonah and the Whale. Cover price $0.10.

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Bugs Bunny, Sniffles and Mary Jane, Porky Pig, Henery Hawk, and Elmer Fudd. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Dave Breger, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Roy Crane, Robert Storm, Mel Graff, Carl Anderson, Edwina Dumm, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Joe Musial, Tom Sims, and Bela Zaboly. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Little Acorns is a comedic look at childhood; Popeye tries to figure out if his twin is an actual relation. Mandrake the Magician; Jan and Aloysius; Private Breger; High Spots; Buz Sawyer; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Henry; Little Acorns; Popeye; Barney Baxter; Blondie; Tippie and Cap Stubbs; Dollar-A-Dither. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by C. C. Beck. 1st appearance Black Adam in "The Mighty Marvels Join Forces!", script by Otto Binder, pencils by C. C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza; The old wizard Shazam relates the origin stories of each of the members of the Marvel Family; When Black Adam returns to Earth, the entire Marvel Family must team up to stop him. "The Show Case," a detective story starring Richard Richard Private, Ah Choo, and Flub Dub, script and art by Dick McCay. "Shamrocks for Perry" text story by Bert Mill. "The Marvel Family and Baby Marvel," script by Otto Binder, art by C. C. Beck (?); The Marvel Family vs. Blacky Bucher; Baby Marvel was a Marvel in name only and made only one appearance. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Jack Binder. "Mary Marvel The World's Mightiest Girl Meets Sivana," script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Binder shop; When Sivana learns that Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr., both who have foiled his plots to take over the world, are out of town, he decides to go out and commit a crime (to shoot a Policeman), confident that no one will be around to stop him. "Mary Marvel Meets Sivana's Daughter--Georgia!", script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Binder shop; Sivana, the World's Wickest Scientist, is visited on Venus by his daughter, Georgia, and she asks if there is anything she can do to help him achieve his dream of being "Rightful Ruler of the Universe"; He tells her that he needs someone to get rid of Mary Marvel, so she volunteers. "Trouble for Teacher," script by Otto Binder; When Mary learns that her help as a teacher is needed at Hog Hollow, she volunteers; However, it is Mary Marvel that ends up doing the teaching! Mary Marvel Club ad. "Wildcat Oil" text story by Orrin Singleterry. "The Growth Epidemic," script by Otto Binder; When she and many others in the city start growing very large, Mary Batson (as Mary Marvel) decides to investigate and discovers three unscrupulous businessmen who have tainted the drinking water to cause such an effect in order to gain riches. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Sparling, and Al Carreno. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. "International policeman" (spy) Radar tracks Nazi war criminals who have somehow escaped to America. Suspended by her hair (!) from a tree limb, a captured Nyoka is at the mercy of a vicious bird who wants her eyes. Mob boss Fegel shrouds the city with an experimental fog-weapon and declares a holiday for crime - just when Bulletman is on vacation. Plus a vintage comics-format ad for Grape Nuts featuring Volto, the magnetic man from Mars. Radar: The Sinister Smugglers; Nyoka, the Jungle Girl: The Sinister Secret; Bulletman: A Holiday For Crime; Tumbleweed Jr.; Sam the Sheriff; Boxcar Benny; Hoodoo Hannigan, Ch. 36: A Beginning--And An End; Captain Marvel, Jr.: The Crime Destroyer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 33 #6 - Dec. 1945. Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Stan Kaye. "Consultant in Crime," art by Maurice del Bourgo; Green Arrow and Speedy vs. The Specialist. "Crimes on Delivery!", script by Don Cameron (as Jerry Siegel), art by Marvin Stein (as Joe Shuster); Saddened by being turned down as a reporter on the school newspaper, The Student Star, Daffy overhears information regarding a milk racket, which is considered a threat to the peace and health of the community, and reports it as an expose in the next edition; At first, the story apparently backfires in Daffy's face, but Superboy soon discovers the truth in it. "Look Out Below" starring Dover and Clover, script by Whitney Ellsworth, art by Henry Boltinoff. "The Outlaw's Outing" starring Johnny Quick, art by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton Jr.). "The Liar Who Told the Truth," art by Louis Cazeneuve; Aquaman vs. Captain Ligh. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 86 pages, B&W plus eight pages of color photographs. Cover price $0.15.

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Features on "The Bandit of Sherwood Forest" (starring Cornel Wilde), "Too Young to Know," "Scarlet Street" (Edward G. Robinson), "The Harvey Girls" (Judy Garland), "She Went to the Races" (Ava Gardner), "Getting Gertie's Garter," "Don't Fence Me In" (Roy Rogers), "Snafu," and "Follow That Woman." 8.5-in. x 11-in.; black and white with a few pages of color; 136 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher), Sol Hess, W. A. Carlson, Bob Longhorn, Pete Costanza and C.C. Beck. DC reprints the comic strip that defined the comic strip, featuring the original tall-and-short comedy duo. Also featuring the "topper" strip Cicero's Cat, and other strips from bygone days. Jeff isn't sure he wants to be a sidewalk Santa for Christmas, so Mutt takes the job himself. Cicero's Cat gets mistaken for a deadbeat dad-kitty, even though she's a girl. Mutt creates a revolving doggy-door for Cicero's Cat. Plus a Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Return of Captain Narsty," with art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Simp O'Dill; The Return of Robin Hood. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Cole. Untitled stories starring Barker (script and art by Klaus Nordling), Windy Breeze (script and art by Jack Cole), Lassie (script and art by Bernard Dibble), Sally O'Neil Policewoman (art by Gene Fawcette), Intellectual Amos (script and art by Andre LeBlanc), Whistler (script and art by Vernon Henkel), and Destroyer 171. Smash It Anyway! starring Quicksilver, art by Bill Quackenbush. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Andy Panda, Li'l Eight Ball, Oswald, Homer Pigeon, Woody Woodpecker, and Raggedy Ann. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 2 #7 Dec. 1945. Single panel cartoons and pinups. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 30 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Bert Whitman, Harry Anderson, Chester Whitehorn and Howard Boughner. Raised in the jungle by her scientist father, Nyoka faces its dangers like no man ever could. In a multi-part, issue-length adventure, millionaire Barnstable Smoot hires Nyoka to guide his wacky son Zoot Smoot on a safari in Africa, hoping it will "make a man of him." But they don't know about the gangster who's got a $100,000 IOU from Zoot, or the natives who are eager to match wits with Nyoka again. Action-girl cover may be the work of Bert Whitman. The Voodoo Drums of Death; Trader Tom; Shark Island; Major Bunk: He Gets the Hoodoo Diamond - Almost; Voodoo Hoodoo; Song of the Leper Prince; Dinner Music for Cannibals. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Al Fagaly. Shield G-Man Club bulletin. "Junk for a Junket," art by Bill Vigoda; Archie accidentally sells his jalopy, so he takes Veronica on a date in a horse and carriage; Later, he causes chaos in the restaurant. "If You Could Peer Into the Future, Would You Dare?", art by Irv Novick; The Shield and Dusty fight a professor and his ape over a telescope that allows you to gaze into the future. A Pep Puzzle Page featuring riddles. Untitled story, art by Bill Woggon; Suzie gets a job at a factory and her low intelligence results in her making mistakes. "Burning Up" text story starring Archie and Jughead. Untitled story, art by Don Dean; Pokey Oakey protects the townspeople from the Poultryman's Protective Association. Untitled Willy the Wise Guy story, art by Red Holmdale; Willy and his friend try to earn money. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.