Comic books October 1947

Cover art by Jack Cole. East Is East and West Is West starring Plastic Man, script and art by Jack Cole. Specks story, script and art by Michael Senich. Honeybun story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Candy story, script and art by Harry Sahle. Spirit story, art by Lou Fine. And the Result Is Murder starring Manhunter, art by Al Bryant. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Men's interest magazine focusing on true crime, and police cases. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, text, with B&W images Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest magazine focusing on true crime, and police cases. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, text, with B&W images Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Bill Holman, Frank King, and Zack Mosley. Boody Rogers, Otto Messmer, and Gus Edson. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Joy learns that "Jungle Jolly" is actually her baby. Captured by Axis troops, Sandhurst manages to conceal his role as a double agent from Normandie, but Pat Ryan suspects the truth. Smokey Stover is invited to Mrs. Swankeroo's fancy-dress supper. Also featuring popular strips Gasoline Alley and Felix the Cat. Smilin' Jack; Terry and the Pirates; Felix the Cat; Mountain Job; Smokey Stover; Gasoline Alley; Gang Busters. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

October 1947. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Featured articles in this issue include Policing the Bering Sea and lots more. 6 3/4-in. x 9 1/2-in. 348 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 151, Issue 4 - October, 1947. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 298 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Orestes Calpini, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Kids' comics from Hillman, featuring mischievous puppet Punch and his human friend Judy. Neighbor Mr. McSnargle goes ballistic - literally - when he learns Earl the Rich Rabbit is throwing a party, featuring artwork by Simon and Kirby. Fatsy McPig accidentally hijacks Mr. McSweeney's blimp and can't figure out how to get down. Lockjaw the Alligator enrolls in Boola Boola U. and joins a fraternity, featuring artwork by Simon and Kirby. Punch and Judy; Lockjaw the Alligator Goes To College!; Earl the Rich Rabbit; Fatsy McPig; Punch's Big Bet; Mad Murphy the Lion; Dippy; Starry Eyes. 48 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.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $295.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: See item notes File Copy. Piece(s) missing, may include corners/pegs. Label #1260465003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $16.00 View scan Water damage. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

Cover by George Kerr and Morris Gollub. Stories and art by Walt Kelly, George Kerr (credited as Johnny Gruelle), Lou Myers, W.J. Enright, Oskar Lebeck, Frank Jupo and Dan Noonan. Johnny Gruelle's famous doll characters have adventures and learn lessons, featuring early art from Walt Kelly. Legendary Pogo artist Walt Kelly adapts Mother Goose nursery rhymes, including Riddle Me, Ree and Goosey, Goosey Gander. Clementina seems to be an ordinary barnyard pig, until the day she sprouts wings and flies away. Billy and Bonny Bee help Mr. Carpenter Ant build a house for Mr. Spittlebug. Plus activity pages and "nonesuch" animals. Clementina, the Flying Pig; None-Such Animals: The Snups; Raggedy Ann; Egbert Elephant and His Friends; Out of the Rainy Day Box; The Magic Slippers; The Cobbler and the Brownies; Animal Mother Goose; The Raggedy Way; Billy and Bonny Bee; The Baby. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $2.50 View scans Paper: Off white Staple rust. Spine stress. Corner Damage. Denting. Scuffing. Soiling.

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Volume 44, Issue 1 - October, 1947. 6.5" x 9", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jack Byrne. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Lily Renee, Charles Sultan, Matt Baker, Walter Palais, and John Celardo. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Corrupt traders plan to steal the Dakota tribe's hides, but Firehair sees through their ruse; In Baghdad, Professor Broussard sees his own face woven into a carpet and experiences a wild hallucination of murder; Art by legendary Good-girl artist Matt Baker as Glory Forbes catches a ventriloquist and his dummy robbing a society function. Awesome action-girl cover by Joe Doolin. Firehair; Glory Forbes; Sky Rangers; Crusoe Island; Blood of the Tiger; The Werewolf Hunter; Tiger Man. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 51, No. 306. October 1947. 5.5" x 7.5". 168 pages. Black and white.

Cover by Dan Barry. Art by Bob Fujitani, Dan Barry, Art Helfant, Bernard Sachs and Carmine Infantino. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #20. No issue # on cover; Vol. 2, issue #8 in indicia. A jolly crimelord commits one kidnapping too many. Actor "Johnny" Booth plans the highest of crimes in 1865 Washington DC. Stories with early art by Carmine Infantino and future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Also featuring a vintage ad for reproduction WWII pistols - "German P-38 and Italian 7.65 Brevettata" - for only $1.25 each. Last Laugh For Willie; The Mark Of Akron; America's Most Heinous Crime; You Can't Split Murder; The Tell-Tale Ear; French Death In Grey Gloves; La Savate; Fetlock Groans the Detective; Baron Buckskin. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Fred Harman. News From Red Ryder Ranch article, script and pencils by Fred Harman. Red Ryder, pencils by Fred Harman. Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted featuring Telecomics. Helps a Friend text story starring Little Beaver, pencils by Fred Harman. The Kiyotee Kids. Panamint Patty. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $160.00 View scans Residue. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Stories and art by Fred Schwab, Paul Gattuso, Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, Chu Hing, Tony Cataldo, and George Tuska. Superior takes over publishing of the humor and adventure anthology from Chesler / Dynamic. This issue features new material from Canadian artists. Diminutive, Shadow-like superhero Black Dwarf discovers a refugee charity is just a front for a blackmail ring. The Gay Desperado is accused of the murder of Nevada Bill, but someone set him up. Magical superhero Lady Satan investigates after a girl is attacked by moving trees. (The Black Dwarf and Lady Satan were listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes.) Plus origins of the names of major-league baseball teams. Also featuring a vintage ad for an "Authentic Dick Tracy Tommy Gun." Black Dwarf; Sports; Gay Desperado; Foul Frame-Up; Tenderfoot Joe; Lady Satan; Laughing at Life!; Calling All Cars; Foxy Grandpa; Prehistoric Pete; Killer McGee; Cop Killer; Lucky Coyne; King Kole. 48 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.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Harry G. Peter. The Unconquerable Woman of Cocha Bamba starring Wonder Woman, script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Hundreds of years in the past, Hippolyte wishes Wonder Woman into existence so she can save some Incan women from annihilation at the hands of Spanish conquistadors. Little Boy Blue story, art by Frank Harry. Cotton-Top Katie story, art by Harry Lampert. The Woman Who Wanted the World starring Sargon the Sorceror, script by John Broome, art by Paul Reinman. Willy Nilly story, art by Frank Harry. The Ghost Galleon starring Wildcat, art by Gil Kane [as Gil Stack]. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

Cover art by Jack Cole. Midnight story, art by Jack Cole. Daffy story. Black X story, art by Dan Zolnerowich. Lady Luck story, art by Klaus Nordling. Spunky story, art by Sid Lazarus. Doc Throws The Bull text story starring Midnight. Batch Bachelor story, art by Michael Senich. The Jester story. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fair $2.50 View scans Spine split 60%.

Long running magazine featuring short news articles on musicians and bands, and lyrics to popular songs. 8-in. x 11-in., 36 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Sparling, Charlie Plumb, Bernard Dibble, Ed Dodd, Rudolph Dirks, J. P. Williams, Arnie Mossler and Raeburn Van Buren. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, including Tarzan, Li'l Abner and Nancy. Reformed pirate Captain John checks into the boardinghouse of the Captain and the Kids with his fortune in gold. Bathless learns that his long-lost daughter Sue has a mean right hook, and so does the guy who tries to get fresh with her. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp and the Ripley-like Strange as It Seems. Li'l Abner; Scoopy; Hap Hopper; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Tarzan; Sparkling Stars of the Air; Dink O'Day; Strange as It Seems; Abbie an Slats. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The Dancing Tramp starring Saxie and Peaches. Killer...Frank Nash--True Dramatic Crime. Fangs the Wolf Boy story, art by Sid Greene. Super-Eye Magnifies 100,000 Times true story. An Amazing Adventure text story. Ali Baba story, art by Sid Lazarus. Inspector Click Hunt story, art by Sid Greene. Heroine of Lighthouse. Battle of the Beasts story. Boys Grab Burglar featuring Junior Star of the Month. Hell's Angels story. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $7.00 View scans Paper: Off white Staple rust. 2" Spine split from top of book. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 7, Issue 5 - October, 1947. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted. Cinderella fairy tales.