Comic books July 1944

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3 Famous Mysteries, 1st Printing, Classics Comics, Courier edition. (HRN 21, 7/44).

Issue 1, although not numbered. Cover art by L. B. Cole. "13th Mission (The Luck of Sgt. Jones)", art by L. B. Cole; True story of J. Jones luck after being thrown out of a B-17. "Episode in the South Pacific," art by Gil Kane (as Katz) and Carmine Infantino; The Golden Eagle was one of the most brilliant pilots in World War I--his picture hangs in many an air force briefing room. "A Day With Lafayette Escadrille," art by Tom Van Buren; This is the story of the first allied pioneer airmen, to Norman Prince of Massachusetts goes the distinction of organizing the American Escadrille #124 later known as the Lafayette Escadrille. "Valda King of the Dead!", art by John Giunta; Colonel Moore is ordered to report to India to deal with a so-called prophet that has been gathering followers by the hundreds in order to force infidel white men from the country. "Warplanes of Our Fighting Allies"; Centerfold pages of drawings of various warplanes from WWII. "Postmen of the Sky," art by Louis Ferstadt; The story of the United States Air Mail. "Fathers of Eagles" text story. "Out of the skies above battle torn Burma," art by Charles Tomsey; Black Venus discovers that the Japanese have built a catapult drome, which allows them to quickly engage American fliers by surprise! "One-Man Air Force," art by Snibbe; Our story opens one day in 1941 when a young naval pilot on carrier duty reported to his commanding officer. "Thunderbolt Pilot" text story. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Thrill to the triumphant Indian war cry "Cherokee-e-e" as the redskin warriors of the air, led by Tommy Tomahawk and his young pal Red Wing strike terror into the hearts of the Japs. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Supermouse" story by Richard E. Hughes; "Wheezer's Trip to the Moon" art by Carl Wessler; "Chimp the Champ"; "Puddles" art by Gene McGregor; "The Missing Lynx" art by Myron Waldman; "Herman" art by Bill Martin; "Punch Pullet" art by W. D. Stiles; and "Iglik the Eskimo" art by Bill Martin. Illustrated text stories: "The Jolly Magician: Professor Ferdinand Fox Opens His Bag of Tricks!" by Alexander Samalman; and "The Talking Shadow: Boastful Little Martin Mouse Learns His Lesson!" by Donald Bayne Hobart. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Rudy Palais, Dick Wood, Dick Briefer, Robert Q. Sale, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. A criminal gang becomes known in the press as the Suede Glove Bandits. An Alcatraz inmate distinguishes himself as being tougher than the rest. A Hollywood murder mystery dares the reader to figure out who killed a movie star, in a whimsical whodunit with art by Dick Briefer. Also featuring an ad for the following issue's Jimmy Durante Murder Case. Career of Walter Cahill and the Suede Glove Bandits; 27 Years of Murder!; The Grave Gamble; Terror on the Tracks; The Man in Wolf's Clothing; Four Steps to Doom; Tough Guy of Alcatraz; Whodunnit? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

July, 1944. 8.5" x 11", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Dick Wood, Bob Montana, Carl Hubbell, and Dick Briefer. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Daredevil and The Little Wise Guys get involved in a highly competitive school baseball game. The Pirate Prince and Droopy find a ghost ship on a deserted island, in a story by Dick Briefer. Teen inventor Dickie Dean witnesses a kidnapping on his new super-telescope, in a story by Archie creator Bob Montana. Daredevil; Sniffer and the Deadly Dozen; Dickie Dean; Crimebuster Entertains Refugee Children; The Pirate Prince; The Claw. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

2nd Cavalier appearance in the Batman and Robin story, "Laboratory Loot," Three-Ring Binks, Air Wave in "Man or Mouser" (art by George Roussos), last Crimson Avenger in "The Disappearing Desperados," Slam Bradley in "Borrowed Brains," and the Boy Commandos in "Joyride a la Russe" (not by Simon and Kirby, despite the listed credits). Cover price $0.10.

Volume 31, 1st Printing - "Bodies Are Where You Find Them" by Brett Halliday. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

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Man oh man! There's a lot going on on this cover! plus "Puss and Coroner" a novelette by T.T. Flynn.

Vol. 45, No. 4. July 1944. 7" x 9.5". 82 pages. Text with occasional B&W illustrations. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 30, No. 3 - July 1944. Magazine featuring mystery stories. 7" x 9", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 39, Issue 3 - July, 1944. 6.75" x 9", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

July 1944. "The Man Who Was Scared" by Kenneth Robeson; "Sky Readers" by Stuart Friedman; and "Bred For Danger" by Thomas Burtis. Digest size, 5-5/8" x 7-3/4"; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Gus Ricca. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Charles Sultan, Gus Ricca, Joe Beck and George Tuska. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring superhero and adventure stories. Guided by ancient gods, Mr. E discovers spies trying to sabotage a steel foundry and derail the American response to WWII. Voice-throwing hero The Echo stumbles on a graveyard of doomed ships, and the mysterious Old John knows a little too much about them. In a pre-Code adventure, Flash Gordon-like Dan Hastings battles the sinister Dr. Strange (no relation to the Marvel hero), who sends giant insects to attack helpless children. Dynamic Man: The Sleep King; The Night Hawk; Lucky Coyne; Yankee Boy: Midnight Murder; Ima Sleuth; Dan Hastings; The Echo; Mr. E. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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; "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; and "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon. "Flame Racer" text story by Claude Dunnagan. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Chad Grothkopf, Joe Oriolo and Bill Brady. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Marvel Bunny must save a kindly doll carver's shop from Simon Spider, in a story written by Supergirl co-creator Otto Binder. Hoppy and the rest of the Funny Animals cast provide a PSA for wartime paper recycling that is written entirely in rhyming verse. Sherlock and Chuck discover who keeps destroying the flowers that Elmer is trying to have delivered to Violet. Hoppy and Millie go out West, and meet Billy the Kid in a crossover story. Plus a cover that promotes War Stamps. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny; Uncle Don: Don't Believers; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Color Me Up Puzzle Page; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Willie the Worm and Sammy; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Fuzzy Bear Goes Fishing!; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny; Oliver the Owl; Dizzy's Song Page!; Willie the Worm; Billy the Kid and Hoppy the Marvel Bunny. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Bryant. "The Little Luck God" starring Doll Man, pencils by Mort Leav; The superstitious Anson Mull has bought the Little Luck God to be able to conquer everything by good luck. Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. Untitled story, art by Tony DiPreta; Blimpy ventures out into outer space to other planets and is view as "rather strange looking." "War Ration Book Four," script and art by Vernon Henkel. Untitled story, art by Bill Quackenbush; Spin Shaw finds a tribe of New Guinea head-hunters. Untitled Perky story, script and art by Sid Lazarus. Untitled Rusty Ryan story, art by Mort Leav; Both American and Japanese survivors get ashore on the same Pacific island. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 6, Issue 1 - July 1944. Men's pulp magazine featuring western tales featuring "Last of the Wild Ones" by Fred Gibson, and "Dead Man's Ride" by T.C. McClary! 130 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations) Cover price $0.15.

Flash stars in "The Man with the Television Eyes," written by Gardner Fox, art by Jon Chester Kozlak. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "Prisoner's by Preference" with art by Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "Be a Big Movie Star" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; The Whip in "Justice for the Children of the Past" with art by Homer Fleming; "Detours of Destiny" by Ed Wheelan; an ad for the Junior Justice Society; and Hawkman in "Riddle of the Stolen Statuette" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff. Cover art by Moldoff. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Illustrated text pieces. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "GENE AUTRY, No. 47." Cover art by Till Goodan. The Ghost Mine; Bill Drake has restarted the Ghost Canyon gold mine; He claims he bought it from Hank Nolan before he died, but Nolan's daughter Milly says he left the mine to her. Cowboy Lingo fact pages; definitions of cowboy slang terms. Renegade Ranch; Royal Rollins employs ex-cons from nearby Graystone Prison on his ranch. The Bandit of Dust Devil Gap; Anton Burke, a railroad official, calls on Gene for help in solving a series of train robberies that occur at night at a dusty pass. 60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by Carl Barks and various. Featuring the tales "Porky of the Mounties" and "Porky and the Pirate," plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Porky Pig, Petunia Pig, Bugs Bunny, Uncle Ham, Dauntless, Pierre (villain), Captain Blackheart, Captain Wimple (villain), Ratsy (villain), Sniffles, Beaky Buzzard and Cicero Pig! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 3 #7 - July 1944. Mostly single-panel cartoons and some text jokes. 10 1/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Stories by Lester Torrington, Ralph J. Foster, and Dan Gordon. Art by Dan Gordon, Jim Tyer, Lynn Karp, Sam Weissman and Ken Hultgren. Cover by Ken Hultgren. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. In his second appearance, Superkatt (a cat who wears a bowtie, bonnet, and diaper as a superhero costume) loses the vitamin milk that gives him his superpowers; A muskrat musician debuts his Boiler Factory Symphony; Ferdie the Farmer and the Duke and the Dope find that money doesn't necessarily make life easier. Superkatt; The Duke and the Dope; Get-Rich-Quick Bullhead; Hokum and Blokum; Alec; The Great Symphony; Cops and Robbers; Ferdie the Farmer; The Mouse Who Would Be King; Bonzo the Strong Man. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by A. W. Nugent, Bob Powell, Art Helfant, and Arturo Cazeneuve. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. One-eyed Nazi agent Dr. Zorano tries to sabotage the US war effort, and when Green Hornet goes after him, he releases dangerous animals from a zoo. Returning to America from a special mission in Africa, Spirit of 76 must keep a boxing kangaroo named Herbert from falling into Axis hands. Green Hornet must stop escaped killer Trouble Thomas from taking revenge on a prosecutor, even if he has to abduct the lawman himself. Green Hornet: The Monster Roars in German; Spirit of 76; Mighty Midgets: In Australia; Green Hornet: The Brute's Revenge; The Story Behind the Cover; Twinkle Twins: Salvage by Slobber; Zebra: Death on Display; Green Hornet Buzzers. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

July 2, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by Ketti Frings, Kird Deming, Arthur Henry Ward (as Sax Rohmer), Peggy O'More Blocklinger (as Jeanne Bowman), Edith Bristol, Allen F. Herdman, and Alfred I. Tooke. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 24 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

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July 9, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. "Design in Diamonds" by Kathleen Moore Knight begins. Other fiction stories by Talmage Powell, Edwin Rutt, Kirk Deming, Mildred North Slater, William MacHarg, Cyril Plunkett, and Arthur J. Burks. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 32 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

July 16, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by Kathleen Moore Knight, Grace Kemmerling Wellington, Robert Plate, Kirk Deming, William MacHarg, Dorothy Marie Davis, and Wayne D. Overholser. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 28 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

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July 23, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by Clark Lewis, Kathleen Moore Knight, Ruth Jorgensen, Paul D. Peery, Kirk Deming, and Allen F. Herdman. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 28 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

July 30, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by Eustace Cockrell, Kathleen Moore Knight, Talmage Powell, Ruel McDaniel & John H. Latham, Kirk Deming, Hope Dahle Jordan, and Dorothy Banker. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 28 pages, black and white text with illustrations.