Comic books February 1947

Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Alan Maver. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. A sheet-maker tries to cut corners by using ghosts as raw material; The Monster is implicated in a prison break; The Monster's new hobby is making coffins. The Last Smile; The Ghostnapper; Hector Droopy; One Small Bier; Flatfoot Floogle; Of Sentimental Value; Joyride. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, Mickey Klar Marks, Jim Adams, Bruce Baker, Marty Taras, Milt Hammer, and C. W. Winter. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #14. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Dopsy Durvy uses his Magic Storybook to meet Robin Hood and his Merry Men. Zany Giraffe reveals the truth about a ghost. Chucky and Bub try to keep their garden safe from pests. Neddy Bear; Spunky; The Coatless Tree; Zany Giraffe; The Walking Pin Cushion; Sniffy; Icicle Ike; Lee O'Lion; Chucky and Bub; Diggy the Derrick. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Saul Kessler. Untitled Blackie Bear story, art by Saul Kessler; The cubs fool Blackie into thinking he's been asleep for 20,000 years. Flash Comics ad. Untitled J. Rufus Lion story, art by Harris Steinbrook; Rufus gains the power to read minds. Tootsie Roll ad, pencils by C.C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza. Untitled Henry the Laffing Hyena story, art by Harris Steinbrook; Henry tries to disguise himself as a dog, then gets a job as a shill for a radio comedian. Untitled The Walrus and the Rooster story, art by Stan Green. Untitled The Three Mouseketeers story, art by Harris Steinbrook; The King commands the boys take care of his toothache. Untitled story; Bulldog Drumhead gets a publicity agent. One-page Matthew Mouse story, script and art by Saul Kessler. Ol' Judge Owl text story by Martin Naydel (as Martin Nadle). Untitled The Dodo and the Frog story, script by Woody Gelman, pencils by Woody Gelman (layouts) and Otto Feuer, inks by Otto Feuer; The Frog tries to make money selling patent medicine. And the Dodo pays him extra for his last bottle. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of Gene Autry. Stories and art by Jesse Marsh and Till Goodan. Singing cowboy Gene Autry was a multimedia star from the 1930s-1950s, in music, movies, radio, and television, as well as comic books. Gene wants to know why an outlaw is stopping stages and examining the passengers for a telltale scar, in a story with art by Tarzan artist Jesse Marsh. Gene stumbles on the legendary Hidden Rancho. But outlaws have already found the Rancho, and taken it over from the elderly owner and her daughter. The Scar; The Plan that Failed; The Hidden Rancho; Wild Horses; The Fire. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Fawcett presents the puppet characters of Pal's early animation studio. Rusty imagines himself taking part in the Trojan War. Punchy builds an airplane and takes Judy for a flight, but Sylvester's not happy about it. Rusty dreams he's a flying ace battling the Axis during World War II. Rusty: The Trojan Horse; Punchy and Judy: Plane Fun; Jasper: Deep Water; Lost in the Swamp; Sgt. Jan: A Lucky Guy; Jim Dandy: Courts Action; Jasper and the Scarecrow: A Frozen Fool; Rusty: Ace of Aces; Sgt. Jan: Global Warfare; Punchy and Judy: Dance Time. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Art Helfant, A. W. Nugent and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Blonde Bomber catches a jewel thief by using x-rays. The Man in Black narrates the strange tale of a deep-sea diver who finds a sunken treasure with an experimental new diving suit. Tubby's cousin Hector learns Spirit of '76's secret identity and becomes his teen sidekick. Green Hornet: Death As a Service; Spirit Of 76; You Find 'Em!; Blonde Bomber: The X-Ray of a Jewel Thief; Mighty Midgets: The Sky's the Limit; All-Sports Puzzler; Dry Swamp; Ricky Roony; Detective You; Man In Black; Bimbo's Beanery. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Ken Hultgren, Bob Wickersham, Hubie Karp, and Gil Turner. Art by Bob Wickersham, Dan Gordon, Gil Turner, Lynn Karp, Hawley Pratt, and Ken Hultgren. Cover by Dan Gordon. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Izzy and Dizzy have an adventure involving the magic lamp and some library books; Another gang of cats steals the name of Tiger and Robespierre's club, leading to a kitty rumble; Punch hates vegetables, so he plants chicken feed in the garden in hopes of growing chickens instead. Turn-About; Daniel Spaniel; Robespierre; Izzy and Dizzy; Fuzz; Squirrely; S.O.S.; The Little Brown Pebble; Judge Pupple Presiding; Punch. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Sam Singer cover. Contains teen antics stories in the style of Archie Comics. In order of appearance: "Hap Hazard, The Great Lover"; "Uncle Ethelbert, Special Delivery"; "Hap Hazard, So Now They Tell Me!"; "Zip and Slug, Hearts and Flowers"; "Flop-Head"; "Hap Hazard, Out of the Frying Pan!"; "Hap Hazard, Tit for Tat"; "Zippermouth, Romeo"; "Zippermouth"; "This'll Get Your Goat, A Hap Hazard X-Tra"; and "Hap Hazard, Model Man". "Dirty Work on the Football Field" text story by Joe Blair. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.15.

Newsprint, 8-in. x 18-in., 16 pages, full color.

Newsprint, 8-in. x 18-in., 16 pages, full color.

Newsprint, 8-in. x 18-in., 16 pages, full color.

Newsprint, 8-in. x 18-in., 16 pages, full color.

Add to cart Good $2.65 View scans Spine split from top of comic. Spine split from base of comic. Corner Damage. Edge damage. Soiling. Water damage.

Add to cart Good $2.65 View scans Spine split 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 5, Issue 3 - February, 1947. Long running magazine that features song lyrics, celebrity gossip, articles, and fan letters. This issue features popular songs such as; "Gotta Get Me Somebody to Love", "Ole Buttermilk Sky", "I'll Be Home For Christmas", "Nosy-Body", "You Broke the Only Heart That Ever Loved You", and many more. 8.5" x 11", 34 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Carl Hodges and Frank Bolle. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Jason goads Tom into a gun duel by insulting his wife, hoping to kill him and seize his land, unless Hoppy can stop it. Hopalong's comical sidekick Mesquite buys Twin River's first 'horseless carriage,' but the town isn't ready, and neither is Mesquite. Pistol-Packin' Pattie is such a good shot, she can hit a vulture in its head and its foot with the same bullet. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie: The Log Jam Rescue, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Hopalong Cassidy's Gamble; Hill Billy; The One Man Horse; The Worthless Evidence; Letter of the Law; Whipper-Snappers; The Noble Experiment; Whitey Whiskers: Stormy Weather; Pistol-Packin' Pattie; The Strange Legacy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Warren. Stories and art by Joe Donohoe, Don Rico, Milt Hammer, Hy Gage and Jack Warren. Kids' comics from Novelty Press. Speck, Spot and Sis sneak into school at night to find a missing microscope, and stumble across robbers instead. The Hermit of the Woods shows Mickey Starlight an adventure of Thor from the Norse myths. Butch's Magic Wishing Cap introduces him to Sweettooth the Skinny Ogre. Plus puzzle and activity pages. Speck, Spot and Sis: The Missing Microscope!; Kids Is Kids; Mickey Starlight: How Thor Recovered His Hammer; Fearless Fellers; Jinky's Whistle; Foxy; Dink; The Jerkwater Line: The County Championship Race; Humdinger Humor; Humdinger Stingers; Butch: Sweettooth the Skinny Ogre. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Chas. M. Quinlan, King Ward, Nat Schachner and A. M. Froehlich. Biography, history and real war stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Jefferson Davis becomes president of the Confederate States of America; Features on the eagle and on naturalist and birder John James Audubon; Bess Myerson becomes the first Jewish Miss America. Headliners in This Issue; Hobby Corner; General George C. Marshall; Jefferson Davis; Inspiring Inventions: Helicopter - Tomorrow's Taxi; Like Father, Like Son; Toy-Town, U.S.A.; Sir Walter Raleigh - Gallant Explorer; Bess Myerson - The Amazing Miss America; They Won Their Spurs; True Animal Lore: Famous Eagle; John James Audubon; Edith Houghton - Big League Baseball Scout. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Larz Bourne. Stories and art by George Carlson, Larz Bourne, Allen Ulmer, David Tendlar, Ray Willner and Doug Anderson. Kids' comics featuring the whimsical fables of beloved artist George Carlson, praised by Harlan Ellison as a "comic of the absurd." A wicked wizard shrinks The Doodlebug and traps him on a soaring rocket, but luckily, the Horse-Fly has the Crinkly Cranberry Pop Bottle that can break the spell. Hortense gets to see from a ghost's point of view. Second-Story Sam sends The Pie-Faced Prince and Princess Panatella Murphy on a mad chase involving the Royal Payroll, a wayward sign, and a Taffy Pot full of hot taffy. Also featuring an ad for Pepsi-Cola starring "Pepsi the Pepsi-Cola Cop." Bingo and Glum in Fairytale Land; Chauncey Chirp and Johnny Jay; Jingle Jangle Tales: The Rocketeering Doodlebug and the Self-Winding Horse-Fly; The Circus Band; Hortense the Lovable Brat; Mac the Mouse; A Medal by Mistake; Aunty Spry; Hoppy Rabbit's Unexpected Reward; Dear Ol' Pop; The Pie-Face Prince of Old Pretzleburg; The Old Swap Shop; Cliff Colt. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Men's interest humor digest with cartoons, jokes and tasteful pin-up photography. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Issue 29 - February, 1947. "Dead Yellow Women" by Dashiell Hammett. Softcover Digest, 5.5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.35.

February, 1947 - whole number 2799. Satirical humor magazine with prose and cartoons. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $600.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #1106468005 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" art by Robert Webb, reprinted in Sheena Queen of the Jungle (1942 Fiction House) #16; "ZX-5" art by Jack Kamen; "Patsy Pinup"; "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker; and "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" and "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen. "Sheena and the Pool of Peril" text story. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Firegems of L'hama Lost," art by John Celardo; Jewel thieves steal the L'homas' sacred jewels and kill their sacred leopard; The L'homas blame Kaänga and Ann; After a brief fight, they leave Kaänga for dead and take Ann to their village for execution; the jewel thieves accompany them. Kaänga recovers and pursues the L'homas. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba is forced to lead a safari of gold hunters to a cave with gold dust. Untitled story; Using drug addled slaves, Anders is stealing sacred gems from the local idols; Captain Terry Thunder and Keeto put an end to his plundering. Jungle Lore; A brief description of the sources of women's clothing in the jungle. Untitled story, pencils by Alex Blum; A mad riverboat captain takes a pair of hunters and their animals captive; Wambi boards the boat and frees the hunters and the animals. "Blood-Priest of the River God" text story. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; A crocodile cult takes a pair of white hunters captive; Tabu rescues the pair and leaves the cultists to a pack of mandrills. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; While investigating a pair of slavers, Camilla is taken; She challenges one of the slavers to a duel on elephant-back and kills her. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Early science fiction zine of fans offering to trade books. 8.5-in. x 11-in.; black and white; 8 pages plus cover sheet; no cover price.

Edited by Raymond C. Krank and Gina Leahy. Stories and art by Jerry Walter, Linda Walter, Hilda Terry and Ogden Whitney. Kids' comics geared to the concerns of the 1940s teenage girl. A teen romance tale with illustrations by Ogden Whitney; Updates on then-current stars of film and music; Jazz musician Juke Janson learns his music promoter is using his broadcast to signal bank robbers. Cover photo of 1940s teen heartthrob Guy Madison. Who? When?; We Aim to Please; A Good Catch; Party Girls; T-E-E-N-S Spells a Lot of Things; Make a Plan; Popcorn for Two; Ribbon Roundup; How's Your Bike-Q?; Happy New Gear; Amusement Park; Susie Q. Smith; No Male for Peg; Pretty Pleasin'; Juke Janson; Like a Good Investment, Etiquette Pays; Honey; Men Are So Adolescent; Teena; Spring Preening; Wendy; Twenty Questions. 48 pages, Full Color.

Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by Chic Young, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Bob Naylor, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Bela Zaboly, George McManus, Austin Briggs, Jack Sords, Wilson McCoy, Otto Soglow, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Carl Anderson, and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Geologist sisters Lana and Greta Marshall return to make more trouble for The Phantom; Mandrake the Magician and Lothar discover a strange dome at the bottom of the sea. Blondie; The Lone Ranger; Dun-Dums; Barney Baxter in the Air; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Bringing Up Father; Flash Gordon; Sords Sports; The Phantom; The Little King; Henry. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

February 15, 1947. Fiction and non-fiction stories with illustrations. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in.; black and white; 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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, 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. Popeye is overcome with emotion on returning to America; Little Acorns focuses on shopping with children. Mandrake the Magician; Jan and Aloysius; High Spots; Buz Sawyer; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Henry; Little Acorns; Popeye; Blondie; Dollar-A-Dither. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 6, No. 2 - February 1947. 6.75" x 9.75", 180 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.