Comic books April 1946

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Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Walt Kelly, Carl Barks, Carl Buettner, Lloyd White, H. R. McBride and John Stanley. Based on the popular movie shorts also known as Little Rascals, Dell's Our Gang Comics featured early work by Pogo's Walt Kelly and other cartooning greats. In a story by Kelly, the gang's goat Julep gets loose downtown and causes chaos when he knocks down a cop. Further confusion erupts after Julep swallows a radio. Barney Bear's nephew from Alaska turns out to be a Kodiak bear with a huge appetite, in an early story by legendary Uncle Scrooge creator Carl Barks. Plus a Tom and Jerry story by John Stanley of Little Lulu fame. Fishy Business; Our Gang; Flip 'n' Dip; Tom and Jerry; Johnny Mole; Barney Bear and Benny Burro; Wuff the Prairie Dog. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 3 #5 - April 1946. Pack O' Fun is a racy men's satire and humor magazine that doesn't hold anything back. 5 1/4-in x 7 1/2-in., 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Issue 104 - April 19, 1946. Early magic enthusiast fanzine with reader submitted homemade tricks for other readers to try at home complete with step-by-step instructions and illustrations where needed. 8.5" x 11", 4 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Digest sized Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Jack Cole. Plastic Man story, script and art by Jack Cole. Sweet Sleep starring Flatfoot Burns, script and art by Al Stahl. Human Bomb story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Candy story, script and art by Harry Sahle. Manhunter story, art by Al Bryant. Spirit story, script by Bill Woolfolk, pencils by Lou Fine. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by May McNeer, Pat Adam, Helen Carter Maxon, Doris Falk, Nancy Williams, Miriam Young, Laura Leahart, Lynne Smith and Alice Barr Grayson. A magazine for girls from the producers of Parents' Magazine, with stories, fashion and advice as well as comics. The Pigtail Club finds danger while investigating their new clubhouse; After surviving a 1943 plane crash, Jane Froman performs on stage, radio and television despite the resulting disability; Polly Pilot gets stranded on the side of a cliff. The Pigtail Club; It Happened in Playhouse Cabin; It's Rainin', It's Pourin'; Rescue at Sea; Polly Pilot; Danger on Friday; Be Your Own Printer; The Doll That Works for USO; Magic in Your Birthday Party; Suit Yourself, Young Lady; Easter Honeys; Mystery of the Circus House; Sew Much Fun; Polly Prefers; Leader of Girls; Headline Girls; Have You Troubles?; Polly in the Kitchen. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Pat Sullivan. Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Bill Holman, Frank King, Zack Mosley, Boody Rogers, Elliott Caplin, Jay McArdle, Gus Edson, Otto Messmer, Cliff Sterrett, Jimmy Murphy, and George Swanson. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Irate after seeing Cherry kiss Smilin' Jack, Stretch gets lost while flying in a cold front. Kiel plans to use Terry as the bait on an experimental device to sink merchant ships. Ash corroborates Polly's story of getting home at ten o'clock. Also featuring popular strips Smokey Stover, Gasoline Alley and Felix the Cat. Smilin' Jack; Terry and the Pirates; Toots and Casper; Polly and Her Pals; The Gumps; The Flop Family; Felix the Cat; Dr. Bobbs; Etta Kett; A Bear at His Heels; Smokey Stover; Gasoline Alley; Gang Busters. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 30, Issue 3 - April, 1946. 6.5" x 9.5", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $2.65 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 148, Issue 4 - April, 1946. Articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 292 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Untitled story starring Sir Prize. Adventures In a Department Store starring Frankenstein, script and art by Dick Briefer. Master of Ballet starring Jason. Crime is Frozen starring Yank and Doodle and Black Owl. Poisoned Punch starring Boom Boom Brannigan, art by Charles Voight. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Beck and Otto Eppers. Stories and art by Tony Cataldo, Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, and Ruben Moreira. An early superhero and adventure anthology published by Harry Chesler. Rocketman and Rocketgirl learn that Ned Bailey's life is in danger after he finds an old pirate map. The Master Key uses his X-ray vision and powerful eyebeams to search for a missing heir. Reporter Scoop Daily discovers a plot to start a war between Mexico and the United States. Plus a comics biography of Edgar Allan Poe, author of "The Raven" and pioneer of mystery and horror. Also featuring a vintage ad for the Glow in the Dark Necktie ("Girls Can't Resist!"). Rocketman; Master Key; Pseudo-Murder; Happy Landing; Johnny on the Spot; Men of Letters: Edgar Allan Poe; Crime Does Not Pay; Scoop Daily; Punch & Cutey; Blood and Blarney. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 30, No. 4 - April 1946. 6.5" x 9.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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 39, Issue 5 - April, 1946. 6.5" x 9", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jean M. Press. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Archie E. Martin, Brodie Mack, Lily Renee, Joey Cavallo, and Rodlow Willard. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. The final episode featuring jungle queen Kazanda and the castaways of the Lost Continent; The debut of Tiger Man, aka Lt. Robert Benton - not a superhero, but a tiger-themed private eye; More spooky Lily Renee art as The Werewolf Hunter finds supernatural shenanigans while vacationing in Greece. Another nice action-girl cover by Joe Doolin. Firehair; Glory Forbes; U.S. Rangers; Kazanda; The Challenge of Everest; The Werewolf Hunter; Tiger Man. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canada Northern Good Neighbor, script and pencils by Chas. M. Quinlan P. C. Brig. Gen. "Jeb" Stuart, pencils by H. C. Keifer. Samuel P. Langley. Captain Robert Sheldon Scott the Munda Wonder. Daring Warrior the Story of Baron Robert Clive. Last Message from Corregidor text story. Louis Agassiz. Stephen Smith. Ezra Cornell. Volto From Mars Grape Nut Flakes ad. 48 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $21.00 View scan Centerfold and 3 adjacent wraps detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Untitled story, art by James F. Davis; Crow convinces Fox to buy a dog he found by making him think the dog can talk. Untitled story, art by James F. Davis; Crow tries to steal the cakes and pies Fox is selling. Untitled story; The Wolf wants to eat Tito's Burrito but the pair outwits him. Untitled story; Crow has a rigged scale he's using for carnival patrons to guess their weight. Untitled story; A penguin and a polar bear escape from a wolf with the help of a walrus. "Fox & Crow, Inc." text story. Untitled story ; Flop wants to eat Flippity but Sam saves the bird. Untitled story; Crow tricks Fox into building him a new house. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Fred Harman. Here's News From Red Ryder Ranch article. Red Ryder strip with Little Beaver, pencils by Fred Harman. Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted, art by Jim Gary. Little Beaver Changes His Skin text story, pencils by Fred Harman. Young Hawk. Telecomics. Little Beaver, pencils by Fred Harman. Cowboys article, pencils by Fred Harman. Laughs starring Little Beaver, pencils by Fred Harman. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Beck and Otto Eppers. Stories and art by Bob McCay, Paul Gattuso, Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, Joey Cavallo, Fred Guardineer, Gus Ricca, Dick Ryan and George Tuska. Humor and adventure comics from Chesler / Dynamic. Lyin' Lou tells the story of the biggest mosquito of all time, but then, his name is Lyin' Lou. The most unusual story in this issue is a rare Little Nemo in Slumberland strip by Bob McCay, son of original Nemo artist Winsor McCay, in which Nemo and Dr. Pill get into a prank war for April Fool's Day. Early female superhero The Veiled Avenger goes undercover in a hospital to discover why patients are dying of anemia. The Veiled Avenger story was featured in both the text and illustrations of Dr. Fredric Wertham's anti-comics classic, Seduction of the Innocent. Black Dwarf; Gay Desperado; Prehistoric Pete; Pistol Packin' Preacher; Nemo In Adventureland; Lyin Lou; Shot In The Dark; Veiled Avenger: The White Death; Barry Kuda: The Symbol of Sin; Lucky Coyne; Shinanigans. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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. The Brand of Madness starring Wonder Woman, script by William Moulton Marston; Joyce Murchison [as Charles Moulton], art by Harry G. Peter. The African Avengers starring Little Boy Blue, art by Frank Harry. The Missing Composers starring Mr. Terrific, art by Stan Aschmeier; Selby locks great composers in his basement, then signs their names to his own works. It is Pay Day starring Sargon the Sorceror, script by John Wentworth, art by Dennis Neville. Command Performance starring Wildcat, art by Joe Gallagher. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Matt Baker, Robert Webb, Frank Little, Manning Lee Stokes, and Bob Hebberd. Tales of adventure on the high seas, produced by comics legend Jerry Iger. Criminals think the Vanishing Isles will make the perfect hideout, but they don't know about the islands' protector, the South Sea Girl Alani, in a story with art by legendary "good girl" artist Matt Baker. A mannequin floating in the harbor turns out to be a ruse by a criminal gang to set the Harbor Patrol against a rival gang. Declared a pirate by the king himself, Captain Cutlass assembles a crew and sets sail for adventure. Captain Cutlass; Tall Stories; Tugboat Tessie; Harbor Patrol; The Silver Whistle; Crossbones Charlie; The Ol' Skipper; Salty Stuff; Sagas of the Sea: Authentic Adventures; South Sea Girl; Ye Map of Block Island. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

April 1946. Stories include "Crime Over Casso" by Maxwell Grant; "The Impossible Godiva" by Talmage Powell; "Death in the Background" by D.A. Hoover; and "Double-Take" by Roy B. Frentz. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.