Comic books December 1944

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Volume 16, Issue 12 - December 1944. Vintage photo magazine featuring Reader submitted photographs, and pictorials focusing on Sports, Celebrities, Controversies, and Fashions of the time. Cartoons by Mary Stewart. 10-in. x 13 1/2-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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"Lazarus Come Forth" a short story by Ray Bradbury

Winter, 1944. Stories by Ray Bradbury, Albert DePina, Joseph Farrell, Wilbur S. peacock, Manfred A. Carter, Stuart Fleming, George Whittington, Basil Wells, and James MacCreigh. Illustrations by Graham Ingels and Murphy Anderson. Anderson bio. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.20.

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Vol. 3, No. 4. December, 1944. Pin-up magazine featuring non-nude photos of pin-up models. One pictorial features the model riding a rare Powell Aviate scooter in several photos, made popular during the war due the gas shortage. 8.25-in. x 11-in. 66 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Jack Cole. Love Comes To Woozy starring Plastic Man, script and art by Jack Cole. Manhunter story, art by Al Bryant. Burp the Twerp story, script and art by Jack Cole. Candy story, art by Harry Sahle. Human Bomb story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Flatfoot Burns story, art by Marvin Stein. Spirit story, script and art by Will Eisner. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Bill Holman, Frank King, Zack Mosley, Boody Rogers, Elliott Caplin, Jay McArdle, Cliff Sterrett, Jimmy Murphy, Gaylord Du Bois, Paul Robinson and Gus Edson. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. When Joy comes down with the measles, her mother tries to have her marriage to Smilin' Jack annulled. A cryptic message left by Hu Shee on a clock sends Pat and Terry on the trail of Raven Sherman. Skeezix and his buddy Brick travel the country by motorcycle, and get jobs picking apples. Also featuring popular strips Smokey Stover and Felix the Cat. The Gumps; Smilin' Jack; Terry and the Pirates; Toots and Casper; Polly and Her Pals; Felix the Cat; Dr. Bobbs; Something Like Murder!; Etta Kett; Smokey Stover; Gasoline Alley; Gang Busters. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Bargain With an enemy" a short story by Murry Leinster.

Volume 28, Issue 1 - December, 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 82 #6 - Dec. 1944. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Features include Tricks of the Dog Trainer, Hillbilly codenames for Japanese aircraft, Helicopters in the military, making steel for a battleship and much more. 6 3/4-in x 9 1/2-in., 208 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 145, Issue 6 - December 1944. Articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 280 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

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Untitled stories starring Frankenstein (script and art by Dick Briefer), Yank and Doodle and Black Owl, Worldbeater (script by Fred Morgan, art by August Froehlich), Boom Boom Brannigan (art by Charles Voight), and Prince Ra. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Published by Hugo Gernsback, considered the father of science-fiction. This issue is centered around the new medium of television with Gernsback's editorial, "The Television Age". 8.5" x 11.5". 128 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 23, No. 1. December 1944. Georgia Carroll cover by Tom Kelley. Radio and television gossip magazine that also included fiction and radio adaptations. 8.5" x 11.25". 98 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jean M. Press. Stories and art by Marcia Snyder, George Tuska, Lily Renee, and Art Saaf. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. The final appearance of Commando Ranger; Good-girl art galore as Glory Forbes and her friends have a run-in with bank robbers disguised as Clark Gable and other movie stars; More inventive art by Lily Renee as The Werewolf Hunter watches a woman transform into a cat-woman at the sound of a gypsy tune. Nurse-in-peril cover by Joe Doolin. U.S. Rangers; Commando Ranger; The Werewolf Hunter; The Sea Devil; The Coward's Crime; Glory Forbes, Vigilante; The Phantom Falcons. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Sam Singer cover. Contains funny children's stories. In order of appearance: "Spike McCoy, The Kid"; "Li'l Dan'l Boone" and "Andy" art by Sam Singer; "The Eyes Have It"; "Doc Watson"; "Pencil Croquet"; "Whiz Kids, Nip and Tuck"; "Scream's Song of the Season"; "Crossword and Maze"; and "Barnacle Bill". "Picnic Time in Scream-Town" text story by Joe Blair. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue 25 - Winter 1944. Deanna Durbin photo cover. This magazine is loaded with exclusive celebrity portraits from the golden-age of cinema including; Judy Garland, Betty Grable, Paulette Goddard, Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan, Greer Garson, George Montgomery, Ann Sheridan, and many more. All portraits have a faux autograph, as well as text explaining why they are important to cinema history. 8 1/-in. x 11 1/2-in., 50 pages, printed in a sepia-tone throughout. Cover price $0.15.

Screen Stars Magazine was one among many of the supermarket celebrity tabloids that focused heavily on the day to day lives of the Hollywood elite, during the golden-age of cinema. This publication is filled cover to cover with typical fodder such as candid celebrity photos (some of which are in color), gossip columns, reader's letters to the editor, and the latest motion picture advertisements. 8.5" x 10.5", 74 pages, mostly B&W with a few color photos. Cover price $0.15.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Harry G. Peter. Battle Against Revenge starring Wonder Woman, script by William Moulton Marston (signed as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; A frustrated actor uses six of Wonder Woman's greatest foes as pawns in his efforts in order to gain the attention he feels that is due him. The Story of Vasco Nunez de Balboa--Picture Stories from American History, script by M. C. Gaines, art by Don Cameron. Sargon the Sorceror story, art by Joe Kubert. The Builder Of Crime starring Mr. Terrific, art by Stan Aschmeier [signed as Stan Josephs]. She Was No Lady starring Wildcat, art by Joe Gallagher. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 48, Issue 4 - December, 1944. 5.5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.15.

The Laughing Killer starring Midnight, art by Paul Gustavson; Midnight tracks a killer who can't stop laughing. Black X Marks the Spot featuring Espionage Starring Black X, art by Bill Quackenbush. The Boogie Woogie Dirge starring Rookie Rankin. Lady Luck story, script and art by Klaus Nordling. The Marksman story. Daffy story, art by Milt Stein. The Jester story. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Burne Hogarth. Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Paul Berdanier, Fred Methot, Bernard Dibble, Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Sparling, Drew Pearson, Bob Allen, Milburn Rosser, Rudolph Dirks, Charlie Plumb, Bill Conselman, Harry O'Neill, and Raeburn Van Buren. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, plus patriotic WWII heroes The Spark Man and Race Riley. Just when Bathless Groggins' masquerade as Princess Groggynska reaches the height of absurdity, his estranged wife One-Eyed Maggie returns. Hap Hopper believes he's found the head of the Nazi spy ring. Plus a Tarzan adventure by Burne Hogarth. Dinosaur and Tarzan cover by Hogarth. Spark Man; Hap Hopper; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Ella Cinders; Tarzan; Abbie an Slats; Broncho Bill; Race Riley and the Commandos; Sparkler Salutes; El Bombo. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harry Lazarus. 10c; Stories and art by Morris Weiss, Harry Lazarus, Monty Mulford, George Tukel, Berton Braley, Walt Ditzen, Herman C. Browner and Jim Inee. A Golden Age anthology featuring something for everyone: comedy, crime, jungle adventure, and even magic lessons. Boxie Weaver matches wits and fists with Pug, who is teaching the neighborhood kids how to fight dirty. In an offbeat story, Adolf Hitler escapes to Brazil after WWII and tries to convince the locals he's Hitler's double. Professor Presto shows his rabbit Stoogie (and the reader) how to perform magic tricks. Plus Mother Goose rhymes about war bonds and ration books, another sign of the times. Hell's Angels; Unsolved Mysteries: Human Heads, The Man They Couldn't Hang; Chuck; Private Plopp; Magic Tricks for Young and Old; Pvt. Droop Has Missed the War!; Ali Baba; The Castaway; Petey and Pop; Detective Durrand Draw: The Case of the Mother-In Law Fake; Modern Mother Goose Rhymes; Little Augie: Eat At Tony's; Boxie Weaver. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Show Your Sheepskins" a novelette by E. Hoffman Price.

Vol. 3, No. 4 - December 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 8 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Wellman/Woolfolk scripts, Fine art with unknown staff assists.