Comic books March 1948

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Art by Phil De Lara and others. Funny-animal antics from Magazine Enterprises. A rival circus owner steals Little Tops' animals and sells them to the zoo; A sleepwalking Tom-Tom falls into a plot to steal a sacred jewel; Catchy and Scrapps accidentally stow away on a freighter. The Pixie Flyer; Flying Freddy the Model Pilot; Little Tops of the Big Top; Koko and Kola; Tom-Tom the Jungle Boy; Catchy and Scrapps; Goofus the Gopher; The Pixies. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Tom Mix in "The Blaze of Death," "Doc Greene's Dilemma," "The Whip," and "Scales of Justice." Tumbleweed Jr. back-up story, "School Daze." Two "Comix Cards" feature Golden Arrow. Cover price $0.10.

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March 16, 1948

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March 30, 1948

Spring 1948. Cover by Dreany. Three detective novels: "Tickets for Death" by Brett Halliday, "The Night before Murder" by Steve Fisher, and "Find my Killer" by Manly Wade Wellman. 7" x 10"; black and white; 194 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories based on actual people and events: The Case of the Seven Hunted Men. He Laughed at Rain; introduction of umbrellas to England. The Radio Industry [VI]--American Adventures in Industry. My Most Interesting True Experience article by Gary Cooper. A Lost World starring the Minoans. Scholar with a Punch about a boxer. Abraham Lincoln's Fighting about balloonist. The Last Stand of a Sea Wolf; German battleship Scharnhorst. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Syd Shores. First appearance of Two Gun Kid in "Introducing the Two Gun Kid," art by Syd Shores; The Two-Gun Kid and his horse Cyclone ride into the town of Sundown, Arizona; There a stray bullet zips by knocking off the cowboy's had; Suspecting trouble, Two-Gun rushes to the saloon where the shot rang out from and finds a man shot in the arm for refusing to take a drink with another. First appearance of Blaze Carson (unnamed) in "The Sheriff"; The Sheriff is spending his quiet day playing checkers with one of the locals when he hears someone beating up on a horse. "Two Hungry Hikers" text story. "The Code of the West," art by Syd Shores; Dry Gultch, Nevada has been plagued with a series of bank robberies that has kept the town living in fear, and the sheriff unable to catch the gang responsible; 20 minutes after the most recent robbery, Sheriff Winn gathers a posse to go out looking for the thieves and bring them to justice. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 53, Issue 8 - March 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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March 1948. 25th Anniversary Issue. Cover by Lee Brown Coye. Horror and supernatural stories by Edmond Hamilton "The Might-Have-Been", Allison V. Harding, H. Russell Wakefield, Manly Wade Wellman, Carl Jacobi, August Derleth "The La Prello Paper", Ray Bradbury "The October Game", Robert Bloch "Catnip", Clark Ashton Smith, Theodore Sturgeon "The Professor's Tidy Bear", Seabury Quinn, Algernon Blackwood, and H. P. Lovecraft (verse). Illustrations by Lee Brown Coye, E. J. Beaumont, Boris Dolgov, and John Guinta. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Captain Marvel in "Grounded!" Golden Arrow in "The Dangerous Toys." Colonel Corn and KOrny Kobb in "Toreadors." Ibis the Invincible in "Holocaust, God of Destruction!" Half-page Culture Corner by Basil Wolverton. Cover price $0.10.

Two-Gun Kid, Arizona Annie, and Tex Taylor begin. Cover by Shores. 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's experimental flight to aid a wealthy deaf boy is attacked by would-be kidnappers; Greasemonkey Griffin is hired to rescue hurricane survivors, but picks up two crooks instead; The Phantom Falcon's secret identity Chet Horne is framed for murdering a singer on stage. Good-girl cover with bondage elements by Bob Lubbers. Captain Wings; Jane Martin; Greasemonkey Griffin; Air Heroes of World War II; Phantom Falcon; Suicide Smith; Ghost Squadron. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harry G. Peter. "Villainy Incorporated" (Part 1), script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; As Wonder Woman brings Saturian women to Transformation Island, one of them, Eviless, escapes and gets control of Wonder Woman's magic lasso. "Trap of Crimson Flame" (Part 2), script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Villainy, Inc. succeeds in capturing Queen Hippolyte and the rest of the Amazons, then summon Wonder Woman, planning to kill her and Queen Hippolyte. Wonder Women of History: two-page Elizabeth Barrett Browning bio, art by Robert Sale. Two-page text story, "Recoil" by Ted Udall. "In The Hands of the Merciless" (Part 3), script by Joye Hummel (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; The four remaining members of Villainy, Inc. have fled to the man's world with Hippolyte's jewels. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Win Mortimer. Superman Press, Inc. starring Superman, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Ira Yarbrough; The Daily Globe and the Daily Planet compete to see which would be the best paper if Superman helped them equally. The Archer From Sherwood Forest starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. Neat Tricks starring Zatara, script by Joe Samachson, art by William F. White. The Weapon of Doom starring Tomahawk, script by George Kashdan, art by Fred Ray. The Battle of Brooklyn starring Boy Commandos, script by George Kashdan, pencils by Curt Swan. The Five Jewels of Doom starring Batman, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Ray Burnley. 76 pgs. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Edited by Roy Ald. Cover by Chris Schaare. Stories by Chris Schaare, Carl Pfeufer, Bob Fujitani, Marc Swayze, and Richard Kraus. Heroic adventure tales featuring such characters as Ozzie, Mr. Scarlet and Pinky, Phantom Eagle, Penny Graves, Richard Richard Private Dick, and Commando Yank. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Wayne Boring (credited as Jack Harmon). Stories and art by Hy Gage, Milt Hammer, Joe Certa, and Harvey Fuller. Bespectacled, eccentric detective "King" Cole Jr. takes over his father's detective agency. A man hires Young King Cole to solve a case in the country after his brother dies from an apparent wasp sting. Toni Gayle investigates murder at a high school fashion show, in a story with art possibly by Superman artist Wayne Boring. Doctor Drew, who can talk to animals, is called in when people are killed by giant cats just after the circus comes to town. Toni Gayle cover by Superman artist Wayne Boring (credited as Jack Harmon). Young King Cole; Toni Gayle; Hammertoones; Jolly Jokes and Corn; Foxy; Dr. Drew the Zoo Man: Jungle Death; Criminal Lawyer's Medicine; Dr. Doom. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Matt Baker and others. Cover by Matt Baker. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. This, the March 1948 issue, is technically the fourteenth issue, but the May issue was also erroneously numbered #14. Treasure hunters seek sacred precious stones that Rulah has sworn to protect; Hagga tries to have Rulah made into a jungle outcast; Renegade Jacque Legreed tries to frame Rulah for a safari's fatal journey. The Pearls of Patmos; Condemned; The Trek of Danger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.