Comic books October 1947

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. Heroes on Wings focuses on aviation pioneer and legendary business executive Howard Hughes; Little Acorns looks at kids trying magic tricks. 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.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $17.10 View scans Paper: Off white Discounted from $19.00.

Add to cart Good $13.50 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $15.00.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $11.70 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $13.00.

Volume 3, Issue 5 - October, 1947. 6.75" x 9.75", 194 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $499.95 or Best Offer View scans 3" cumulative spine split. Cover detached at both staples, centerfold detached at one. Cover oxidation. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Ogden Whitney. "The Avenging Axe" text story by Gardner Fox. "The Case of the Hobbyhorse Homicide," art by Paul Parker; Inspector Kirk must find out who killed Cecil Blake. "The Puzzle of the Picture," art by Ogden Whitney; Starr Flagg must stop enemy agents who plan to sell the Alaskan Defense Plans to another country. Untitled story, pencils by Fred Guardineer; The Prism Pirate has a prism that concentrates cosmic rays, which he uses to attack Space Patrol ships. "The Girl and the Gold," art by L. B. Cole; Tinpan and his partner Sourdough strike gold, but both are killed shortly afterward. Red Fox is assigned to find the killer. "The House on the Dotted Line," art by Fred Guardineer; James Fallon tracks down Lady Satan and her gang. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by C. C. Beck, Howard Boughner, and Kurt Schaffenberger. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. When the Sivana family is slighted by a society function, Sivana plots revenge on the Marvels with a formula that makes them belligerent to each other. Mary Marvel encounters an enchanted gingerbread man who has been sent to Earth by a fairy's spell, and dreams of turning into a real man. Aliens abduct Captain Marvel and force him into gladiatorial combat with the mightiest beings from other planets. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade, and a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie and the Radar Rescue, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. The Marvel Family Has a Quarrel; Judge Smudge; Lazy Lee; Peewee Pete Goes Nuts; Whipper-Snappers; Captain Marvel Jr.: The Scroll of Death; Mary Marvel: The Gingerbread Man (A Modern Fable); Big Mike Donlan; Captain Marvel: Mightiest Mortal of the Universe. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $1,399.95 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Corner piece missing from first few pages, slightly affects art and story. 3" cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart PR 0.5 $1,199.95 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Chew through book causing a 2" piece missing for all pages, interrupts art or story. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Syd Shores. Terror from Bagdad starring Human Torch. Case of the Vanishing Venuses starring Sub-Mariner, art by Bill Everett. Terror in the Woods text story. The Menace of the Mad Magicians starring Blonde Phantom, art by Syd Shores. The Phantom of the Planetarium starring Captain America. Beginning of the End starring Miss America, art by Ken Bald. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories by Otto Binder and Howard Boughner. Art by Jack Binder and Howard Boughner. Superhero action with Mary Marvel, long-lost sister of the original Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Mary teams up with Uncle Marvel to find the dognapped canine named Brutus. Freshman Freddy meets a card sharp. Mary learns the truth about Aunt Agatha's secret. Plus a plethora of comics-format ads, including Snap! Crackle! and Pop!, private eye Sam Spade for Wildroot hair cream, and Captain Tootsie for Tootsie Rolls by CC Beck and Pete Costanza. Mary Marvel and the Dog-Nappers; Summer in Seachester; Freshman Freddy: The Diamond Ace; Dizzy Daisy; Vita Min; Aunt Agatha's Secret! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue #17 - Oct.(?) 1947. Assume reprints partial contents of Mary Marvel Comics #17. Canadian edition published by Anglo-American Publishing Company. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories and art by Bud Thompson and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Sivana Jr's latest invention is a "human magnet" that draws Capt. Marvel Jr. irresistibly into the mad scientist's grasp. Nyoka sets out to capture wild animals for a circus act, but someone doesn't want the circus to succeed, and sabotages her traps. Bulletman and Bulletgirl investigate after a Hollywood actress is murdered on stage during a film premiere. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade, and a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie's Radar Rescue, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Human Magnet; Trader Tom; Lumber Jack; Nyoka: Bring 'Em Back Alive; Bulletman: The Hollywood Murder; Vacuum Bloobstutter's Goofy Golf; Whipper-Snappers; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Poor Fish; Radar: The Food Train Menace. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $20.70 View scans Paper: Off white Discounted from $23.00.

Vol. 38 #6 - Oct. 1947. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Articles include skywriters are backwards specialists, glassblowing and more. 6.75-in. x 9.5-in. 196 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $6.30 View scans Discounted from $7.00.

Volume 36, Issue 142 - October, 1947. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 116 pages, B&W with color.

University of Missouri student magazine, published by the journalism fraternity. UM humor and student life. This issue has art by Mort Walker, who later created Beetle Baily. 8.5" x 10.75". B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $6.30 View scans Water damage: Slight. Discounted from $7.00.

Add to cart Very Good $3.60 View scans Water damage: Slight. Discounted from $4.00.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $2.25 View scan 3/4" Cumulative spine split. Discounted from $2.50.

Vol. 37 #4 - Oct. 1947. Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11.5", 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $33.30 View scans Cover coming loose at one staple and centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage. Discounted from $37.00.

Cover art by Reed Crandall. The Fortress of Fiendish starring Blackhawk, script by Crandall, inks by Chuck Cuidera. Untitled stories starring Dogtag (script and art by Bart Tumey), Torchy (script and art by Bill Ward), Will Bragg (script and art by Paul Gustavson), Ezra (script and art by Harry Sahle), and Choo Choo (script and art by Gill Fox). Railroad Mystery text story starring Blackhawk. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $17.10 View scans Discounted from $19.00.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $15.30 View scan Discounted from $17.00.

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

15c cover price Edition. Betty Grable photo cover. Gary Cooper and Betty Hutton color pin-ups. Cover price $0.15.

10c cover price Edition. Betty Grable photo cover. Gary Cooper and Betty Hutton color pin-ups. Cover price $0.10.

October 1947 (4710) - Mountain Boys mini calendar/pamphlet from the year 1947. These were distributed by many different companies across the country. Each mini includes an illustration and caption featuring Paul Webb's Mountain Boys comic strip characters and opens to reveal a newspaper style centerfold giving news on the Boy's home and the colorful characters who reside there. On the backside is an advertisement to rebore your engine so that the pistons can run smoothly.

Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher) and Charles King. 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. Mutt's wife spies on him talking to pretty girls with seaside sightseeing binoculars. Mutt and Jeff wind up on an island where the natives are a little too glad to see them. Cicero's Cat tries to milk a cow, but keeps getting a tail in the face. Plus a vintage ad for a Genuine Dick Tracy Wrist Radio, featuring Junior, Diet Smith, Influence and other Dick Tracy characters. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Everything Happens to Harry: Long Arms and the Law; Strange Revenge. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Bryant. The Crocodile Man starring Barker, script and art by Klaus Nordling. Screaming Percy starring Granny Gumshoe, script and art by Gill Fox. Untitled stories starring Anthrop (script and art by Michael Senich) and Lassie (script and art by Bernard Dibble). Sign Here, Lady starring Sally O'Neil Policewoman. The Arm-Chair Method of Solving a Crime starring Steve Wood, art by Al McWilliams. The Spider Spins a Web starring The Barker. Win or Die! starring Quicksilver, art by Dan Zolnerowich. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Basil Wolverton (1-page story) and unknown. Art by Morris Weiss, Basil Wolverton (1-page story) and unknown. Nellie the Nurse stars in: "Her Startling Sail!"; "Love Thy Neighbor!"; and "The Horrible Hitch-Hiker!" Also in this issue: Millie the Model in "Millie's Beauty Blues!" and "Millie's Merry Mix-Up!"; 2-page text story "Ghost of a Shoe"; Tessie the Typist in "Out On a Limb!" with art by Morris Weiss; and untitled Dr. Whackyhack the Wacky Quack 1-pager by Basil Wolverton. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $9.00 Discounted from $10.00.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $16.20 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $18.00.

Volume 24, Issue 40 - October 4, 1947. 8.5" x 11", 58 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $9.90 View scans Water damage: Extensive. Discounted from $11.00.

Volume 24, Issue 41 - October 11, 1947. 8.5" x 11", 58 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fair $4.50 View scans Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $5.00.

Volume 24, Issue 42 - October 18, 1947. 8.5" x 11", 58 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $28.80 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $32.00.

Volume 24, Issue 43 - October 25, 1947. 8.5" x 11", 58 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $7.20 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $8.00.

Add to cart Very Good $6.30 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Discounted from $7.00.

Volume 15, Issue 3 - October, 1947. Western Novels "Blast that Gun-Ghost Down!" by Walt Coburn and "The Circle Cross Killer" by Marvin De Vries. Novelette "Comeback of the Crossfire Kid" by William R. Cox. Plus shorts by Giff Cheshire, J. Walton Doyle, Barry Cord, and Sebastian Brand. 6.75" x 9.75"," 100 Pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage humor digest magazine that pokes fun at the relationships of men and women of the time. Digest, 5" x 7", 96 pages, B&W. -Recommended for ages 16+ Cover price $0.25.

Stories by Monte Barrett and others. Art by Russell Ross and Richard Speed. Female crime reporter Jane solves crimes the police can't crack, in reprints from the classic comic strip. Jane investigates a locked-room mystery disguised as a suicide, where the only clues are hearth ashes. Jane overhears jewel thieves planning their next swindle. A powerful banker is found dead as a possible suicide, but the facts don't add up. Tracy the Outlaw; Case of the Whispering Gun; Beware the Widow's Tears; Clue of the Swindler's Serum; The Chart Traps a Killer. Final issue of the series; Jane Arden continued in her own series, Jane Arden (1948). 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $3,000.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Label #4431210003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Matt Baker. "Scoundrels and Scandals," art by Matt Baker; Sandra's father sends her to a stamp auction to bid on the famed Piedmont Collection of rare Haitian stamps; Although she loses the bidding, the winner has his pocket picked of his cash and Sandra wins by default; When her purse is picked on the way home, Phantom Lady decides to investigate. "The Haunted Hepcats" text story by Roy Thomas. "Condemned Venus!", art by Matt Baker; Sandra picks up an old friend of hers along a street during a rainstorm, noticing that she is acting strangely; Just then, the police show up and arrest Kitty for murder; The Phantom Lady knows that Kitty is innocent and begins an investigation to discover just who is framing her for the crime. "A Shroud for the Bride!", art by Matt Baker; Popular Porky Mead, a real ladies' man, has several women in suspense as to who he will take to the masquerade party; In desperation, however, Porky decides to take a diner waitress named Rosie, who ends up murdered; Phantom Lady must find the killer of Porky Mead's date. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.