Comic books January 1945

Volume 18, Issue 129 - January, 1945. Hollywood coverage and dramatizations of films in prose, illustrated with stills. 8.5" x 11.25", 102 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.15.

Andy Panda, L'il Eight Ball, Woody Woodpecker, Oswald, Homer Pigeon, Raggedy Ann, and Billy and Bonny Bee. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Publication date of 1945. Mary Anderson on the front cover. Comics publisher DS Publishing presented this 1940s celebrity magazine, often featuring profiles of future movie stars early in their careers. This issue includes Jennifer Jones, Esther Williams, Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck, Van Johnson, child stars Peggy Ann Garner and Margaret O'Brien, Angela Lansbury, Robert Alda, and Keenan Wynn. Also featuring a photo of Walt Disney and a feature on the Disney production The Three Caballeros. Jennifer's Journey to Stardom; New Stars on the Horizon; 12 Year Old Peggy Ann Garner; 8 Year Old Margaret O'Brien; New Disney Stars Compete with Old; A Merry Medley a la Movieland. Softcover Magazine, 8-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 8, Issue 4 - January, 1945. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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.

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Cover art by Bob Vigoda. The Beast That Was a Huntsman starring Shield, art by Irv Novick. Carnival Chuckles starring Archie. Captain Commando story, art by Clem Gretter. Marco Loco story, art by Harry Sahle. Suzie story. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Hollywood magazine. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.15.

Volume 17, Issue 1 - January 1945. Vintage photo magazine featuring Reader submitted photographs, and pictorials focusing on Sports, Celebrities, Controversies, and Fashions of the time. Cartoons by Mary Stewart. F.M. radio broadcasting. 10-in. x 13 1/2-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 17, Issue 2 - January 1945. Vintage photo magazine featuring Reader submitted photographs, and pictorials focusing on Sports, Celebrities, Controversies, and Fashions of the time. 4 page article and pictorial on Bob Hope, Cartoons by Mary Stewart. 10-in. x 13 1/2-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by Lily Renee, Fran Hopper, Murphy Anderson, and Joe Doolin. 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. The Space Rangers battle the mind-control perfume of the golden-skinned Queen Theca of Venus; Gale Allen investigates attacks by space dragons that can pass through steel walls; In the Lost World, the humans take refuge in the old New York Subway tunnels, but something horrible already lives there. Featuring art by pioneering female artists Fran Deitrick/Hopper and Lily Renee. Iconic cover features Mysta of the Moon. Death Masters of the Void; The Lost World; Gale Allen; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate; Mysta of the Moon. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Cole. Plastic Man story, script and art by Jack Cole. On the Air starring Flatfoot Burns, art by Janice Valleau (Ginger). Human Bomb story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Hank Pinupo starring Candy, art by Harry Sahle. Manhunter story, art by Al Bryant. Burp the Twerp story, script and art by Jack Cole (as Ralph Johns). 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. Smilin' Jack whisks Joy away from her controlling mother. Hu Shee's plan is to help a prisoner escape a Chinese prison, and Pat and Terry are not surprised to learn the prisoner's identity. Skeezix and his buddy Brick continue their adventures on the road. 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; Medicine for Maliti!; Etta Kett; Smokey Stover; Gasoline Alley; Gang Busters. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 146, Issue 1 - January, 1945. Articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 266 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

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Untitled stories starring Frankenstein (script and art by Dick Briefer), Boom Boom Brannigan (art by Charles Voight), Prince Ra, and Little Chief Big Shot. The Forgotten Memories starring Yank and Doodle and Black Owl. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

"The Camp-Meeting Murders" by Vance Randolph and Nancy Clemens. Digest-sized, 5.5" x 7.5", 120 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Gus Ricca. Stories and art by Joe Beck, Otto Eppers and Bernard Sachs. An early superhero and adventure anthology published by Harry Chesler. Master Key uses his X-ray vision to seek an emerald stolen from an antiques dealer and clear a reformed ex-convict. Captain Glory investigates after skeletal horsemen with the touch of death attack a mine. Rocketman bequeaths his flying suit to young Billy Wood after Billy's father disappears in the jungle, and Rocketboy is born. Wicked cover by Gus Ricca. Punch & Cutey; Master Key; Captain Glory; Sacrifice; Happy Landing; Hale the Magician; Handy Andy; Yankee Boy: Gambler's Payoff; Rocketboy. 52 pages, Full Color. 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.

Volume 37, Issue 2 - January, 1945. 6.5" x 9", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Lt. General Omar Bradley, Henry Morgan Corsair of the Caribbean, Morshal Voronov, Captain Myles Standish, Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, and Alexander Nevski. Alex Schomburg cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Fujitani. Stories and art by Gil Kane, Bob Gordon, Sam Cooper, Bruce Elliott, Jerry Schiano, August Froehlich, and Henry Kiefer. Despite the #2 and January 1946 date on the cover, the cover and contents are identical to Red Band Comics (1945) #1. Masked heroes, soldiers, and adventurers in this WWII-era anthology. Strange chance leads young Joe Djerk to become apprentice to the Sorcerer, in a story featuring nice magical art and tongue-in-cheek humor, such as a wizard mentioning Cthulu. Rangers Sarge and Angel face a desperate mission in the South Pacific, in an early story by future Marvel legend Gil Kane. In a story that deliberately breaks the fourth wall, Mortimer X. Mortimer gains the powers of other characters in his comic book (i.e. Bogey Man, The Sorcerer, etc.) to become spoof superhero Captain Milksop. Distinctive-looking Plutonian bad guy Satanas was listed in Jon Morris's 2017 book The League of Regrettable Supervillains. Bogey Man; First Aid; The Sorcerer and His Apprentice; Gag Parade; Sgt. Strong: Devil Dog Mission; Passing the Buck; Comedy Parade; Captain Milksop; Igloo Iggie; Satanas. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Harry Fisk and Chu F. Hing. Adventure comics from Rural Home Publishing. Teen Dinky Dibbs sets out to become a detective, with help from his mystery-solving parrot Cracker, and soon discovers Nazi saboteurs. When nightclub singer Swifty is being blackmailed, vaudeville comedian Mike dons a comedy mask and becomes The Prankster. Naval commander Lloyd "Fifty Fathoms" Foster battles Nazi destroyers in the Indian Ocean. Jack Bradley; Dinky Dibbs: The Disappearing Dynamite; Prankster; The Other Half; Fifty Fathoms Foster; The Judge and the Jury; Stenchy; Red Riot. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

True stories of crime most foul fall victim to the pages of this short-lived vintage true crime magazine. Here, you will find tales of greed, jealousy, revenge, thievery, and murder....all true, all told in the words of the detectives who worked the cases. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

1st printing. Compiled by Donald Grant and Thomas Hadley. Memoirs of H.P. Lovecraft by the Editors. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 28 Pages, B&W, Text (with photographs and art)

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