Comic books February 1946

Volume 1, Issue 3 - February, 1946. Humor digest loaded with short stories and slice-of-life cartoons reflecting society of the time. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 17, Issue 9 - February 1946. Features creative stories, poems, rebuses, recipes, activities, crafts, science experiments, and health articles for children. 6-in. x 9-in. 52 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by George Roussos. Stories by Don C. Cameron, Jack Farr and unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Jack Farr, John Daly, George Roussos and Louis Cazeneuve. 1st Bat-Signal cover. After a Gotham City policeman catches a criminal and sees him executed for his crimes, he is thunderstruck to learn that the man MAY have been innocent in the Batman and Robin tale "The Goat of Gotham City!" by Don C. Cameron and Dick Sprang. Plus: Three-Ring Binks in an untitled story by Jack Farr; Slam Bradley in "How High Is Up?" with art by John Daly; Air Wave in "Second Childhood?" with art by George Roussos; and The Boy Commandos in "The Miracle of Hoo-Dun-Dat!" with art by Louis Cazeneuve (not by Simon and Kirby, despite the listed credits). Also: Shorty half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; 2-page text story "Bell of Magic" by Whitney Ellsworth (as Fred Whitby); and Scuffy the Tramp half-pager by Lit-Win. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 33, No. 1 - February 1946. Long running pulp magazine focusing on weird mystery stories. Cover by ?. "It Burns Me Up!" by Ray Bradbury, plus stories by William R. Cox, Frederick C. Davis, Ken Lewis, Cyril Plunkett, Francis K. Allan, Wayne Rogers, and David X. Manners. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 98 pages, text, with B&W illustrations Cover price $0.15.

February 1946. "Se-Pah-Poo" by "Kenneth Robeson"; "More Deadly Than the Diamond" by C. William Harrison; "The Rank of Mr. Cameron" by Sam Carson; "Buttermilk and Harvest" by De Witt Newbury; and "The Short Cut" by Howard Haynes. Two illustrations by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Digest size, 5-5/8" x 7-3/4"; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by unknown. Art by Al Camy, Ken Battefield and unknown. In this issue: untitled The Black Terror story; Kara, the Jungle Princess in "Inescapable Disaster" (vs. Targala) with art by Al Camy; untitled American Eagle story (vs. The Cat); and untitled The Scarab story with pencils by Ken Battefield. Plus: 1-page text stories "The Silver Bracelet," "Rescue at Sea" (by Charles S. Strong; credited as Charles Stoddard) and "Sheriff's Prisoner" (by Sam Brant - a house name); untitled Boitram half-pager; and 1-pager "Dangerous Roomers"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

February 8, 1946. Volume 28, Issue 6. 24 pages, B&W, 8.5" x 11.25".

Volume 28, Issue 20 - May 17, 1946. 8.5" x 11.25", 22 pages, B&W.

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"Before the Dawn" a book-length novel by John Taine.

February 1946. Cover and illustrations by Lawrence. "Before the Dawn" by John Taine, "The House of the Secret" by Claude Farrere. Softcover Pulp, 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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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; "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; and "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller. "They Also Serve" text story by Carl G Hodges. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 8, Issue 1 - February 1946. Cover by Walter Parke. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features Vacation in Shasta" by Rog Phillips, and "Toka and the Man Bats" by J.W. Pelkie. 7-in x 10-in, 180 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf 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!). While collecting shoes for the orphanage, Hoppy and Millie find seven-league boots that lead Marvel Bunny to the land of the shoe leprechauns. Pine Needle the porcupine and his fellow outlaws hatch a fake-kidnapping plot to get rid of Billy the Kid. Fuzzy Bear checks into a fancy hotel and runs up a huge bill, despite Benny's warnings. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny Meets the Shoe Leprechauns; Benny Beaver Tries a Weighty Role; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Trouble on the Double; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Willie the Worm: Shadowed; Willipus Wallipus: High-Hattery; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Wanted - Dead Not Alive; Willie the Worm and Sammy; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: The Bell Tolls for Fuzzy; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Gay Deception. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Bryant. "The Peacock," pencils by Dan Zolnerowich; Martha has started a new mirror shop, and, as the Peacock hates mirrors, he and his gang wreck the shop, destroys her inventory, and kills her employee, Joe; After Doll Man rounds up the villain, Martha says that she wants to open up another shop: this time selling hats! "Welcome To Follywood" starring Perky, Mickey, Miss Glamoor, and Hotfoot Hennesey, script and art by Sid Lazarus. "Junior Touchdown Club" starring Blimpy, script and art by Al Stahl. Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. "Night Club That Wasn't There" starring Swing Sisson; The night club is just a front for daring robberies. "Don't You Know There's a War Going On?", pencils by Bill Quackenbush; Spin Shaw has orders to relax and enjoy himself. "The Fallen Idol" starring Rusty Ryan, pencils by Peter Riss; Spin and his crew are taken prisoner by a self-appointed emperor on a Pacific island. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jack Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Ann Brewster, Alex Blum, Lily Renee and Matt Baker. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Investigating mysterious stampedes of cattle and rhinos, Sheena discovers underwater pygmies with spears; Hooks Devlin tries to clear his own girlfriend Peaches after she confesses to the murder of a millionaire; Glamour-girl turned super-spy Senorita Rio tracks a supposedly dead Nazi architect to South America. Featuring art by famed good-girl artist Matt Baker and pioneering female artist Lily Renee. Now It Can Be Told; Tiger Girl; Rip Carson; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Shark Brodie. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Schomburg cover featuring Fighting Yank. Three Fighting Yank stories including one in which Fighting Yank's girlfriend, Joan, and Lady Doom get into a hair-pulling fight! Also in this issue: Don Davis, Espionage Ace by Ken Battefield and Edmond Hamilton. Cover price $0.10.

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Flash stars in "Adventure of the Violent Violin," written by Gardner Fox, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "The Arabian Djinn" by John B. Wentworth and Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "Peachy and Shocko" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; Ton o' Fun by Harry Lampert; and Hawkman in "The Flaming Curse" by Fox and Joe Kubert. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "ROY ROGERS COMICS, No. 95." Roy Rogers photo cover. Publicity photo of Roy sitting on fence on inside front cover. King of the Cowboys, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Albert Micale; Roy helps a young lad find his dad's murderer, and comes close to a necktie party himself. Blood in the Badlands, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Albert Micale. Publicity photo of Roy sitting on hay bale, playing guitar on inside back cover. Roy in barn, gun drawn, tinted posed photo on back cover. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "DICK TRACY, No. 96." Untitled Dick Tracy stories, scripts and art by Chester Gould. Tracy finds a chemist being held as a slave by Yogee Yamma in an abandoned section of the subway. In a drunken stupor after getting a $500,000 payoff and thinking he has gotten rid of Tracy and the chemist, Yogee Yamma passes out in a hotel room. Black Pearl takes Tracy and Patton to a secret proving grounds in the mountains to have them test her combination tank-plane-submarine. Tracy and Patton have to test the tank against flame-throwers. Junior sets up a bike-parking business with a man named Buck. Junior tracks the bicycle thieves to their mobile workshop, but the crooks back the truck suddenly, severely injuring him. Tracy and Patton capture Deafy's gang at his mother's hamburger stand, but Deafy escapes. Reprinted from Dick Tracy (Chicago Tribune) newspaper strips from 1940. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "MARGE'S LITTLE LULU, No. 97." Cover art by John Stanley. Little Lulu stories, scripts and art by John Stanley. Little Lulu Enters a Contest; Lulu makes a model airplane to fly in a contest. Tubby's Travels; Tubby decides he wants to be a hobo. Little Lulu Has Family Trouble; Lulu's cat Christopher has five kittens; Eventually Lulu has to give the kittens away, but the mother cat keeps retrieving them. Little Lulu Goes On a Picnic; Lulu and Tubby go on a picnic and meet up with a bear. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "The Lone Ranger, No. 98." Mystery of Pine River; Stagecoach drivers are mysteriously killed. The Evil Spirit; Indians are driven off their land when the water goes bad. Bad Men Amuck; The Lone Ranger keeps a sheriff from being lynched. Six-Gun Saga; The Snake's gang kidnaps a sheriff's daughter to use as a hostage to rob a train of gold. Killer Round-Up; The Lone Ranger and Tonto keep crooks from taking possession of an oil well. Scripts by Fran Striker, art by Ed Kressy and Charles Flanders. Reprinted from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1938 and 1939. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Sheldon Mayer. Three Musketeers story. Spring Cleaning Time starring J. Rufus Lion. The Case of Killer Coogan! starring Bulldog Drumhead, art by Ron Santi. Socks and Saddles starring Blackie Bear, art by Saul Kessler. Squeak Porkchops story, art by Ron Santi. Text story by Martin Naydel. McSnurtle the Turtle story, art by Naydel. Wheaties ad with Byron Nelson. R.C. Cola ad with art by Creig Flessel. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fawcett presents the puppet characters of Pal's early animation studio. Sylvester hires the Kayo Kid to sabotage Punchy's new pool so Judy will swim in Sylvester's pool instead. Jim Dandy gets to play his fiddle at a Captain Marvel costume contest. Rusty dreams he's a hero of the Old West after reading Fawcett's Golden Arrow comics. Plus a vintage ad for Fawcett Comics merch, including "Flying Captain Marvel Bunny" and "Captain Marvel Rocket Raider." Rusty: The Three Must Get Theirs; Punchy and Judy Pool Their Resources; Puppetoon Head-Knockers; Jim Dandy and His Violin: Capt. Marvel Puppet Contest; Wilbur Willow's Warp!; Sgt. Jan: Doughnut Trouble!; Rusty Plays the Part of Rusty Arrow; Punchy and Judy: Buried Treasure. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.