Comic books July 1947

Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, script by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Daffy Doodles strips, art by Doc Winner. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Pete the Tramp strips by Clarence D. Russell. 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 art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye. Mother Goose Crimes starring Superman, art by Ira Yarbrough. The King of the Gorillas starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. Danger is Where You Make It starring Zatara, script by Joe Samachson, art by W. F. White. Sleepyside's Meanest Thief starring Hayfoot Henry, script by Al Schwartz, art by Stan Kaye. The Girl Sheriff of Benton City starring Vigilante, art by George Roussos. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by George Roussos. The Quiz Biz Broadcast starring Superboy, script by Don Cameron, pencils by John Sikela, inks by George Roussos. The Weather Wizard starring Green Arrow and the Storm King, script by Ed Herron, art by George Papp. Modern Mission For a Knight starring Shining Knight, art by Chuck Winter. Johnny Quick -- Bus Boy, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Arthur Peddy and Bernard Sachs. Stories and art by Arthur Peddy, Bernard Sachs, Art Helfant, Dick Wood, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #41. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #6 in indicia. Airboy is tricked and abducted by a pair of debonair assassins, in Part 2 of "The American Miracle." A man who witnessed the creation of The Heap is driven into a murderous rage when forced to confront the memory. Flying Fool and his rival, the beautiful Riot O'Hara, fight with fists and dynamite , in a story with art by Captain America creators Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Dynamic cover by Arthur Peddy and Bernard Sachs. The American Miracle, Part 2; The Heap; Model Builders With Airboy; Baron Buckskin; Rackman; Flying Fool: Dynamite; Frozen To the Sky. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Paul Reinman. Strange Case of Professor Nobody, script by John Broome, art by Paul Reinman; Doiby bets Alan that a single day could go by without trouble requiring the services of Green Lantern; Then he meets Professor Nobody! How Dr. Mid-Nite Captured Big Shot Barnes, art by Frank Harry. Brother against Brother starring The Black Pirate, art by Paul Reinman. Pie Is a Man's Just Dessert 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.

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Stories and art by Pat Adams, J. L. Keene and Saul Kessler. A collection of funny-animal and humor comics from Fox Feature Syndicate. Cosmo Cat faces an enemy who is obsessed with stealing the Jokers from packs of cards; Percy helps to capture a runaway ape; Senor Tamale figures out how to win an archery contest. Roscoe; Cosmo Cat: The Joker; Flash Lyte; Cosmo Cat and the Desert Rats; Percy; Senor Tamale; Walter the Waiter; Hedy Hippo. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Robert Kanigher. Art and cover by Lee Elias and Moe Worthman. The Fastest Man Alive faces the dire threat of an ancient evil organization called the Black Templars, that suddenly appears in Keystone City, causing death and destruction. Written by Robert Kanigher, art by Martin Naydel. A new insurance company wants Jay to endorse their company by allowing them to use his good name...for $10,000 of course! But when he won't allow this, the owners decide to convince him to do so...by trying to accidentally injure him. Ton o' Fun humor story by Harry Lampert. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

July 1947. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Stories by Charles S. Geier, Guy Archette, Robert Moore Williams, and Alexander Blade. Illustrations by Malcolm Smith, Enoch Sharp, and Julian S. Krupa. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 176 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Walt Kelly and Dan Noonan. Stories by Walt Kelly, Dan Noonan, John Stanley, Gaylord Du Bois, Don Lang and Roger Garis. Art by Walt Kelly, Dan Noonan, John Stanley, Morris Gollub and H.R. McBride. Tales featuring Albert and Pogo, Rover, Jigger, Chuckwagon Charley's Tales and Uncle Wiggily! Also: Photo Zoo text article! And: "Nibs A Little Deer of the Adirondacks" text story! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 39, Issue 5 - July 1947. Science Fiction and adventure stories, this issue features "With Folded Hands..." by Jack Williamson. 6.5-in. x 9.5-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

July, 1947. "The Silver Key!" Written by H.P. Lovecraft. Featuring work by August Derleth, Ray Bradbury, and H.G. Wells. Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 132pages, Text with B&W illustations. Cover price $0.35.

Cover art by Jim Mooney. "The Bird Cage Bandits!", art by Jim Mooney; Penguin is released from prison and he pretends to go straight by opening a bird store and giving away special birds to important people; Batman is suspicious of Penguin's activities and he decides to check upon the gifted birds; Soon, Batman and Robin discover that Penguin is using the bird cages he provided to carry bombs and other devices. Wheaties ad featuring Jerry Witte. "The Bandits of Tiny Town!", art by Jim Mooney; Some thugs from Gotham City are raiding and stealing Midget Town, a city populated by small people; Batman and Robin learn of the unfortunate events and they travel to the neighboring town to help out. Casey the Cop half-page by Henry Boltinoff. "The Score" text story by Bob Baker. "Batman, Interplanetary Policeman!", art by Jim Mooney; A Martian citizen has come to Earth to ask the assistance of Batman and Robin in order to defeat a vile emperor called Sax Gola; Batman and Robin are glad to help and they travel to Mars on the Martian's spaceship. Little Arthur one-page story by Phil Berube. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Leon Harvey. Cover by Lee Elias. Stories by Lee Elias, Joe Simon, Bob Powell, W. Jourdain, Jack Kirby, Art Helfant, and Bill Draut. Mystery and adventure tales starring such characters as Danny Dixon, Scarlet Arrow, Duke of Broadway, Red Demon, and the Black Cat, an action hero and skilled martial artist who uses a lasso and rope. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

The Black Terror stars in "The Crooks Who Would Be Kings," "Steeplechase of Crime," and "Formula For a Getaway," plus a Crime Crushers back-up story. Alex Schomburg cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Kamen. Pyros, the Evil Auctioneer, art by Lou Ferstadt; Pyros auctions off a silver wishbone said to have belonged to Cleopatra and a diamond necklace. The Toga Terror; Blue Beetle, Mike and Joan are transported back to the year 56 AD in ancient Rome. The Adventure of the False Rajah starring the Puppeteer; Pops is kidnapped, diamonds are involved. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Wayne Boring (credited as Jack Harmon). Stories and art by Joe Gill, Jim Wilcox, Tex Blaisdell, Milt Hammer, Henry Kiefer, and Art Helfant. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #80. Blue Bolt has adventures while flying for Glimpses, a photography magazine. Dick Cole helps his lacrosse coach restore his native ancestral home, despite opposition from a local BLM agent. The text story "A Step in the Right Direction" is one of the first-ever stories by longtime Charlton Comics scripter Joe Gill; Joe's brother Ray was a frequent contributor to Blue Bolt comics. Edison Bell enters a model plane contest, and tells young readers how to create a rubber band-powered balsa plane. Cover by Superman artist Wayne Boring (credited as Jack Harmon). Dick Cole; A Step in the Right Direction; Bluebolts & Nuts; Rick Richards; This Tractor Model Really Flies; Heathcliff the Hobo; Boitram the Boiglar; Edison Bell; Blue Bolt. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

This issue contains only articles (no comics). Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Florence M. Chase and others. A kids' anthology in the tradition of Calling All Girls from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, games and quizzes as well as comics. Marco Polar Bear and Bobby explore the land of China; Herbert the rabbit discovers a lost globe and tells all his friends; The classic fable The Miller's Mule. Twinkle, The Star That Came Down From Heaven; Marco Polar Bear; Rolly the Speed Demon; The Missing Overalls; Let's Fish; Herbert Discovers the World; Toy Review; Pug and Curly; Marco's Riddles; The Miller's Mule; Marco's Puzzle Page. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Includes: cover pencils by Vince Alascia, Inks by Syd Shores; Tenpins of Terror, Script by Stan Lee, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; Diamond In the Rough text story; The Parrot Strikes, Script by Stan Lee, Pencils by Syd Shores; Threat of the Asbestos Lady starring Human Torch, Script by Stan Lee, Pencils by Al Avison. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Captain Marvel stars in "The Fate of the World," "The Crazy Cave Colors," "Captain Marvel Takes a Beating," and "The Thirteenth Guest." Capt. Kid stars in "The Formal Escapade." Two-page Jon Jarl text story, "Human Pets of Neptune" by Eando Binder. Cover price $0.10.

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Jane Eyre, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (NO HRN, 7/47). Cover price $0.10.

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Jane Eyre, 5th Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 92). Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Everett E. Hibbard. The Siege of the Flying Mermaids, script by William Moulton Marston (signed as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman must battle an evil group of mermaids that were created from tiny sharks by a formula invented by Gerta, willful daughter of Paula von Gunther. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher). Behind the 8-Ball--Just a Story, script and art by Howard Purcell. The Making of a Reporter starring The Flash, art by Martin Naydel. Mixy Pixy Brews a Bruise starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. O'Malley the Cop starring O'Malley of the Fourth Precinct, script and art by Irwin Hasen. The Man Who Couldn't Fail starring Green Lantern, script by John Broome, art by Paul Reinman; Alan Scott is summoned to his old Alma Mater in an attempt to locate the "brain child" of the university who mysteriously disappeared. 76 pgs. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Hap Hooper, July 1947 Cover price $0.10.

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Frank Frazetta illustrations begin; contains three. Frazetta illustrations appear in seventeen consecutive issues of Coo Coo Comics (1942) (#34-50). Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Supermouse"; "Tuffy" art by Jack Bradbury; "Dodger da Squoil From Brooklyn" story by Jack Cosgriff, art by Al Hubbard; "Samuel Spaniel" art by Lynn Karp; "Bruno Bear"; and "'Hucky Duck" art by Jack Bradbury. Illustrated text stories: "Busy Billy Beaver: The Forest Folk Play Cowboys and Indians!" by Donald Bayne Hobart, illustration by Frank Frazetta; "The Turtle and the Pelican: Tommy Just Couldn't Resist Laughing at Petie!" by Lily K. Scott, illustration by Frank Frazetta; and "Percy the Pufferfish: The Little Creature Longed to Join the Water Circus!" by Alison Leslie, illustration by Frank Frazetta. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Bob Wickersham (credited as Bob Wick) and Al Hartley. Art by Dan Gordon, Al Hartley and Bob Wickersham. Cover by Dan Gordon. Teen hijinks featuring Cookie and his pals, created by legendary animator Dan Gordon. Zoot threatens to tell Angelpuss about Cookies humiliating new job as a fishmonger; Pickles runs against Romeo for student body president, in a story with art by Archies Al Hartley; The Brain builds a boat called the "Neversink," but doesn't see the inevitable approaching. The Brain; Cookie; Cindy; Jitterbuck, From Good to Worse; Stitches; Cookie's Birthday Blues; Pickles; Our Kid Sister; Teen Tales. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Pat Adams, Ellis Chambers, J. L. Keen and Howie Post. Cosmic Catnip Capsules turn an ordinary feline into Cosmo Cat, who lives on the moon and uses a rocket to travel to Earth and fight evil. A solo adventure of Cosmo's sidekick, Dunky Duck. Lil Pan, son of the Greek god, meets a leprechaun in the first part of a multi-part story. Back on Earth, Cosmo Cat traces the would-be galactic conqueror Horroface to his hidden Citadel of Crime in Tibet, in the fourth part of Cosmo's multi-part adventure serial; the story continues in issue #8. Cosmo's Ordeal; Dunky Duck; Percy On The Ocean-Liner; At the Race Track; Lovey the Leprechaun - Part One; The Face - Chapter Four (Horroface); Roscoe Bear. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Reed Crandall. Liquid Gold Or a Grave?, art by Reed Crandall; Even though Lance was wealthy, Biff was always trying to get rich; Captain Triumph steps in to help him with an oil well that actually strikes oil! The Model Train Robbery starring Inkie, script and art by Al Stahl. The Cab That Looked Like O'Hara's starring Hack O'Hara. The Playground Peril starring Pen Miller, script and art by Klaus Nordling. Beezy Plays Courier, script and art by Bernard Dibble. Slap Happy Pappy humor page by Jack Cole. The Coconut Crisis starring Floogy the Fiji. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Dick French, Dan Barry and Carl Hubbell. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Daredevil's alter ego Bart Hill tries to help street kids from turning to crime, but when one of them finds a gun, tragedy looms. Bart tries to intervene in a kidnapping, inspiring him to resume his Daredevil identity, in a story with early art by Flash Gordon's Dan Barry. Sniffer travels to Mexico, where he is mistaken for an ancient Aztec statue because of his oddly shaped head. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys; Inside Dope; Crimebuster: Ten Little Fingers; Sniffer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Batman and Robin star in "The Citadel of Crime!" Air Wave stars in "Prosecutor by Proxy!" Slam Bradley stars in "Fireman, Save My Child!" And the Boy Commandos in "When Hitler Came Back!" (not by Simon and Kirby). Tootsie Roll back cover ad, "Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party" by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Cover price $0.10.