Comic books April 1948

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Roy Crane, Robert Storm, Mel Graff, Carl Anderson, Clayton Knight, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, 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. Joe Musial's Jan and Aloysius follows the adventures of a girl and her parrot; Heroes on Wings focuses on Pearl Harbor survivor and test pilot Capt. George S. Welch. Mandrake the Magician; Jan and Aloysius; Heroes on Wings; A Goodnight Story; Buz Sawyer; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Little Acorns; Popeye; Blondie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Paul Parker, Ogden Whitney, and L B Cole. "The Finger of Doom" text story by Gardner Fox. "Terror From the Tomb!", art by Ogden Whitney; Jim's friend Bill discovers a girl in the woods but is she really a vampire? "The Man with the Beast-like Face," art by Paul Parker; Inspector Kirk tracks down a werewolf in the streets of London. "Black Flower of Fear," art by L B Cole; Red Fox bets caught between the Latour family and Jim Traner who has been stealing their furs. "The Harp of Death!", art by Fred Guardineer; Space Ace and Jak Tal discover plants that are being used by the Bird-Men of Jupiter to kill their enemies. "The Riddle of the Radio Death," art by Ogden Whitney; A reporter is murdered seconds before he could go on the air with a scoop about a hostile foreign country. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover inks by Pete Costanza. The Triple Threat, script by Otto Binder, art by Pete Costanza; the Marvel family faces Mr. Who [Czar Gargan]. The Daring Little Man On the Flying Trapeze starring Peewee Pete. The Mystery of the Leprechauns, art by Jack Binder; Mary heads out for the city orphanage to help open the shoe drive that will secure many shoes for the needy children inside; Unfortunately, when the Mayor claims to have seen leprechauns, the citizens of the city scoff at him and want him to resign. The Return of the Suicide starring Captain Marvel, Jr., art by Kurt Schaffenberger. Fine State of Affairs half-page starring Judge Smudge, script and art by Howard Boughner. On a Merry-Go-Round starring Captain Kid, script and art by Al Liederman. The Red Fox Treasure text story by Rod Reed [as Clement Good]. The Radioactive Man, script by Otto Binder, art by Pete Costanza; Captain Marvel faces The Radioactive Man. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Double Moon!", script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Binder; While listening to the radio, Mary hears a strange announcement that a new moon has appeared in the sky; It appears to be true, until our heroine discovers that it is nothing more than a gigantic plastic balloon placed there by Georgia Sivana! Wheaties ad featuring basketball player "Ozzie" Cowles. "Jane and Loopie" text story by Larry Steinfeldt. "Puts Things on Ice" starring Freshman Freddy. "The Dancing Furniture," script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Binder; To help alleviate the housing shortage, Mrs. Bromfield rents out her unused rooms, one to a former mover named Doyle, who is haunted by furniture-gremlins! "In the Wax Museum" starring Peewee Pete. "The Mad Huntress" starring Mary Marvel. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue #23 - April(?) 1948. Cover reprinted from Mary Marvel Comics #23. Reprints partial contents of Mary Marvel Comics #23. Canadian edition published by Anglo-American Publishing Company. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories and art by Bill Ward, Frank Bolle, Max Elkan, Bill Woolfolk and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Capt. Marvel Jr. must stop a caveman that's going on a rampage in the city. Nyoka tracks a rogue leopard through the jungle. Outlaws hijack a stagecoach full of sheriffs on their way to the sheriff's convention in Twin Rivers. Plus Comix Cards (like the later Marvel Value Stamps) featuring the original Captain Marvel (Shazam), Captain Marvel, Jr., and Mary Marvel. Captain Marvel, Jr. Meets the Caveman!; Trader Tom; Lumber Jack; Nyoka: The Mad Leopard!; Bulletman: The Bear Scare!; Vacuum Bloobstutter's Initiation; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Golf Goofs; Freshman Freddy: X Marks the Spot; Hopalong Cassidy: The Sheriffs' Convention. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 37, Issue 148 - April, 1948. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 116 pages, B&W with color.

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Vol. 38 #4 - Apr. 1948. Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11.5", 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Reed Crandall. The Blackhawks Vs. Blackbeard starring Blackhawk, art by Crandall. Untitled stories starring Will Bragg (script and art by Paul Gustavson), Dogtag (script and art by Bart Tumey), Torchy (script and art by Bill Ward), Ezra (script and art by Harry Sahle), and Choo Choo (script and art by Gill Fox). The Flying Disks text story starring Blackhawk. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 75. No. 3. April 1948. Jeanne Crain cover. Articles on Humphrey Bogart, Dick Powell, and more. 8.5" x 11.25". 100 pages. Black and white with a few color pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher) and Ted Udall. 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 wears Mutt's pants to go ice skating, since they have twice as much material. Jeff has to get his tonsils removed. Jeff opens a gas station. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Everything Happens to Harry; Round Trip. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Bryant. Untitled stories starring Barker (script and art by Klaus Nordling), Burp the Twerp (script and art by Jack Cole), Anthrop (script and art by Michael Senich), Lassie (script and art by Bernard Dibble), Steve Wood (art by Al McWilliams), Quicksilver (art by Dan Zolnerowich), and Sally O'Neil Policewoman (art by Alice Kirkpatrick). Disks of Death starring Granny Gumshoe, script and art by Gill Fox. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Harvey Kurtzman (Giggles 'n Grins cartoons) and unknown. Art by Morris Weiss, Harvey Kurtzman (Giggles 'n Grins cartoons) and unknown. Nellie the Nurse stars in: "Inhibition Condition"; "Party-Smarties"; "Switchboard Sabotage"; and "Going Up"! Also in this issue: Giggles 'n Grins cartoons (approx. 1.5 pages) by Harvey Kurtzman; Tessie the Typist in "Currency Events" with art by Morris Weiss; 2-page text story "Personal Appearance"; and Rusty in "Neighbor-Labor"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Series. Reprints material from New Funnies (1942-1946 Dell). Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bert Whitman and Howard Boughner. Raised in the jungle by her scientist father, Nyoka faces its dangers like no man ever could. In a two-part story, deranged artist Van Morte convinces Nyoka to pose for him, but his models have a habit of meeting terrible fates. Nyoka has only one ploy: to steal Van Morte's painting. In another story, Nyoka falls prey to the self-proclaimed Emperor of the Jungles, who makes her battle big cats in his personal arena. The Art of Murder, Part I: A Brush with Death; Lumber Jack; Trader Tom; Whippersnappers; Part II: The Mad Masterpiece; Lion-Hearted Leo, the Animal Trainer: A Slippery Character; The Death Rites of Turugu; Wilbur the Waiter; Nyoka the Jungle Girl's History of Animals: Aardvark; The Emperor of the Jungles! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Newspaper strip reprints by Harrison Cady. Also includes "Skeets" by Dow Walling and "Tizzy" by Mal Eaton. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Matt Baker. "The Soda Mint Killer!", art by Matt Baker; When Sandra discovers that a protection racket is bullying a friend of hers, and eventually kills her because she won't pay, the Phantom Lady decides to take them head-on. "The Stinging Whip!", art by Matt Baker; Don calls up Sandra and invites her out to the Grand Fairgrounds Track to introduce her to a new racehorse he has purchased; His jockey is killed, however, when he refuses to throw the race, so Don gets Sandra to ride Sugar Girl instead! "Marks of a Killer!" text story. "Evelyn Ellis, Queen of Gangsters," pencils by Rudy Palais. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Cole. Plastic Man story, script and art by Jack Cole. Honeybun story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Specks story, script and art by Michael Senich. Spirit story, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Lou Fine. Candy story, script and art by Harry Sahle. Manhunter story. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Vic Herman, Marguerite Aspinwall, Phil Willcox, Marjorie Maxwell, Roberta Saffron, Lois Withers, Florence Tonjes, Nancy Williams, Elise Gibbs, and Marie Cummings. A magazine for girls from the producers of Parents' Magazine, with stories, fashion and advice as well as comics. A feature (and cover photo) on child Disney star Luana Patten that includes an image of Luana palling around with Donald Duck and Goofy; Tizzie and her friends decide to open their own circus; Oscar-winning child star Claude Jarman Jr. The Pigtail Club; Josie Goes Globe Trotting; Neighbors; The Homesick Nurse; Tizzie Runs a Circus; Peggy Loves Mike; Opening Night - Backstage; Cotton Carnival; Hobbies; Lucky Luana; Head First into Spring; Polly's Beau; Look No Hands!; Easter Basket Extras; The Secret of Hidden Hollow; Pigtailers Talk It Over; Polly Prefers; Needle Play; Club News; Polly in the Kitchen. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. "Shame on You!" or "Gentlemen Do Not Fight!" or "You're a Ruffian, Sir!"; Fight promoter Mr. Tillbox tries to trick Popeye into forfeiting the upcoming match against Kid Kabbage. "Map Back!" or "Back Map!"; Two crooks hide a treasure map by drawing it on Swee'pea's back with invisible ink. Spinach Revolt!; Pappy is so tired of eating spinach every day at Popeye's house that he plots to get his hands on some other kind of food. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.