Comic books January 1944

January 24, 1944. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Margaret Sullavan; the Church of England; Christmas in Iceland; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 104 pages. General Motors/Fisher ad with art by Dean Cornwell. Cover price $0.10.

60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Feg Murray, Clayton Knight, H. H. Knerr, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Floyd Torbert, Robert Storm, Mel Graff, Carl Anderson, Edwina Dumm, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Joe Musial, Billy DeBeck, Jimmy Thompson, Eugene L. Pollack, 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. Mandrake discovers enemy agents are deliberately spreading rumors and damaging homefront morale during World War II; The Lone Ranger arrives with a cloud of dust and a mighty "Hi-yo Silver." Mandrake the Magician; Seein' Stars; Jan and Aloysius; The Romance of Flying; Bunky; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Henry; Little Acorns; High Spots; Popeye; Barney Baxter; Blondie; Indian Lore; Tippie and Cap Stubbs; Dinglehoofer. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Torch and Torro Unmask the Masquerading Mister Grim starring Human Torch, art by Harry Sahle. Horror on Ositu Island starring Sub-Mariner, art by Allen Simon. Terry Vance untitled story, art by Bob Oskner. Adventure of the Bridge of Death starring Miss America, script by Otto Binder, art by Charles Nicholas. Patriot untitled story. Angel untitled story, art by Gustav Schrotter. 60 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Bert Whitman, Phil Bard, and Harry Parkhurst. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. The WWII "Victory Garden" of Aloysius K. Dillwhink produces a giant beanstalk that leads Captain Marvel Jr. up to a cloud-world and the giant who lives there. Bulletman seeks the Poison Ivy-like supervillain Clinging Vine, who uses her special vines to bind and rob people. Balbo the Boy Magician is trapped by Cagliostro, encased in an airtight cocoon of a futuristic new substance called "plastic." Plus a vintage PSA for War Bonds and War Stamps, "At Home with the Marvel Family." Captain Marvel Jr.: The Angry Cloud Giant; Hoodoo Hannigan Chapter 18: Wings of Rescue; Minute Man: One Minute with Minute Man; Balbo the Boy Magician: The Day the War Ended; Balbo's Predicto; Chief McArson; Hopalong Cassidy: The Ruse That Flashed Back; Bulletman: The Clinging Vine. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Kotzky. Wang the Tiger starring Blackhawk, pencils by John Cassone, inks by Alex Kotzky. Untitled stories starring Death Patrol (script and art by Al Stahl), Sniper (script by Ted Udall, art by Vernon Henkel), and P.T. Boat. Girl Wanted starring Private Dogtag, script and art by Bart Tumey. Coast Guard Cutter Battles Six U-Boats starring Secret War News, script and art by Fred Guardineer. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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60 pages. Book-length untitled story by Tarpe Mills. Hitler cover. Cover price $0.10.

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8.5" x 11", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W.

Vol. 16, No. 117. January 1944. Cover of Deanna Durbin and Franchot Tone from "His Butler's Sister". Movie magazine that showcases current films with story versions and photos from the productions. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 86 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Alex Kotzky. Boat of the Dead starring Uncle Sam, art by Alex Kotzky. Untitled stories starring Windy Breeze (script and art by Jack Cole—as Ralph Johns), Destroyer 171 (art by Al McWilliams), The Unknown (art by Rudy Palais), and Quicksilver (art by Fred Guardineer). The Story of Private Graham starring G-2. The Case of the Identical Traveling Bags starring Sally O'Neil Policewoman. The Case of the Shamrock Emeralds starring Chic Carter, art by Vernon Henkel. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 7, Issue 2 - January, 1944. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W.

Murder On Parade starring Shield, art by Irv Novick. Catfish Joe story, art by Larry Harris. War Correspondent starring Captain Commando, pencils by Clem Weisbecker, inks by George Harrison. Marco Loco story. Archie the Painter starring Archie Andrews. Li'l Chief Bugaboo story, art by Dave Higgins. The Medusa's Curse starring Hangman, art by Bob Fujitani. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 24, Issue 1 - December, 1943. Hollywood magazine. Paulette Goddard. 8.5-in. x 11.25-in. 120 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 15, Issue 1 - January 1944. Vintage photo magazine featuring Reader submitted photographs, and pictorials focusing on Sports, Celebrities, Controversies, and Fashions of the time. Christmas cover. 10-in. x 13 1/2-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Malcolm Reiss. Stories and art by Graham Ingels, Joe Doolin, Fran Hopper, George Appel, Alex Blum, Arnold Hicks, Lily Renee, and Lee Elias. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. Good-girl art aplenty as Gale Allen and her team are captured by man-eating plants; Mars tries to inspire war on a pacifist planet; Hunt and Lyssa get caught in a war between cave-dwellers and surface people in The Lost World. Outer-space derring-do cover by Joe Doolin approaches the level the series was famous for. The Lost World; Gale Allen and the Girl Squadron; Mars, God of War; Space Rangers; Can the Creatures of Space Enslave Us?; Norge Benson; Auro Lord of Jupiter; The Star Pirate. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Paul Payne. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Murphy Anderson, Fran Hopper, Joe Doolin, Lily Renee. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. When Gale Allen is stranded on a planetoid with a convict and a scientist, she's not sure who to trust; A great Murphy Anderson strip speculating about what life on Venus might look like; In the Lost World, Hunt and Lyssa return to America and take refuge in an abandoned department store. Featuring art by pioneering female artists Fran Deitrick/Hopper and Lily Renee and legendary artist Murphy Anderson. Bondage cover by Joe Doolin. The Lost World; Gale Allen and the Girl Squadron; Mars, God of War; Space Rangers; Murder in the Stars; Life On Other Worlds: Venus; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Cole. "Body, Mind and Soul," script and art by Jack Cole; Chief Branner discovers that Plastic Man is actually a wanted felon, and Plastic Man is ready to submit and do his time; However, the Chief finds him too valuable of asset to the force and gives him an assignment to prove himself by bringing in three wanted crooks. "The Framed Gorilla" starring Flatfoot Burns, art by Harvey Kurtzman. "The Picture Murders" starring Destiny. "The Ghostmaster" starring the Manhunter, art by Al Bryant; A vaudeville performer billed as the Ghostmaster, a great make-up artist, a master of the quick change, and able to bring the dead to life, is bitter when vaudeville died. "Ten Who Never Came Back" text story by Dick Mace. "Patch-Eye the Perilous," art by Mort Leav; The Human Bomb encounters a super-villain named Patch-Eye, an evil genius roboticist. "Fighting the Front" one-page story starring Burp the Twerp, script and art by Jack Cole. "The Death Dolls," script and art by Will Eisner; The Spirit vs. Yagor. 60 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Bill Holman, Frank King, Zack Mosley, Boody Rogers, Elliott Caplin, Jay McArdle, Cliff Sterrett, Jimmy Murphy, George Swanson, Paul Robinson and Gus Edson. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Joy tries to separate Smilin' Jack from Dixie so she can have him for herself. April learns from Captain Blaze's daughter just why Blaze pretended that April and Pat Ryan were married. Paw decides to give the phone company a piece of his mind, in a classic Polly and Her Pals by Cliff Sterrett. Also featuring popular strips Smokey Stover and Gasoline Alley. Grin and Bear It; The Gumps; Smilin' Jack; Terry and the Pirates; Toots and Casper; Polly and Her Pals; Spooky; Dr. Bobbs; Blood on the Harbor; Elza Poppin; Etta Kett; Smokey Stover; Gasoline Alley; Gang Busters. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.