Comic books June 1945

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Bill Holman, Frank King, Zack Mosley, Boody Rogers, Elliott Caplin, Jay McArdle, George Swanson, 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. Dr. Bobbs treats indigent patients in secret. The Dragon Lady's pirates plan a rescue operation. Skeezix loans his car to Tops for a date. 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; The Flop Family; Felix the Cat; Dr. Bobbs; Horse Thief; Etta Kett; Smokey Stover; Gasoline Alley; Gang Busters. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 146, Issue 6 - June, 1945. Articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 278 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Coverless $49.95 or Best Offer View scan Comic is complete other than being coverless. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

The Man Who Could Read Features starring Boom Boom Brannigan, art by Charles Voight. Untitled stories starring Frankenstein (script and art by Dick Briefer), Zar, King of Beast (art by Robert Baldwin), Peter Pelican and Grouper. Which Witch is Which? starring Sir Prize, art by Charles Voight. The Enemy Within starring Yank and Doodle and Black Owl. $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.

Add to cart Very Good $2.65 View scans Paper: Off white

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $2.50 View scan

Add to cart GD 2.0 $2.50 View scan 4" cumulative spine split.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.50 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 60%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 38, Issue 1 - June, 1945. 6.5" x 9". 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

June 1945. Cover by George Rozen? "Rustlers of the Rio" by Donald Bayne Hobart, and "Water for His Cattle" by Barry Scobee. 7-in. x 10-in., 82 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $199.95 or Best Offer View scans 2" spine split through bottom of all interior wraps due to oxidation. Interior chipping. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jean M. Press. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Bob Lubbers, Lily Renee, Archie E. Martin, Brodie Mack, Gene Colan, and George Tuska. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Firehair regains her memory and decides to head back to Boston for closure on her old life; Kazanda, Queen of the Lost Continent, is sent to kill invaders Paul and the Professor, but makes a different call; More inventive art by Lily Renee as Professor Broussard investigates strange doings in the Maison Moliere in Paris. Featuring art by pioneering female artists Fran Deitrick/Hopper and Lily Renee, and early art by Marvel legend Gene Colan. U.S. Rangers; Firehair; The Werewolf Hunter; Kazanda; Mopping Up; Glory Forbes; Suicide Bridge. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 25, No. 6. June 1945. Promotional Magazine produced by Coca-Cola. Though not a large magazine, production value was very high. This issue includes an article on Ringling Bros. Circus. 6.25" x 8". 32 pages. B&W.

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.

Sam Singer cover. Contains funny children's stories. In order of appearance: "Spike McCoy"; "Andy and His Airplane"; "All-Star Al"; "Whiz Kids"; and "Barnacle Bill". "A Memorable Day in Scream Town" text story by Joe Blair. 36 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. Peril On Paradise Island starring Wonder Woman, art by Harry G. Peter; While testifying at the trial of a spy who is accused of stealing U.S. secret weapon plans, Wonder Woman accidently loses her golden lasso, which is found and used against the Princess. Trouble In Double! starring Little Boy Blue, art by Frank Harry. The Devil's Apprentice starring The Black Pirate, art by Alfonso Greene. Crime Goes to School starring Mr. Terrific, art by Stan Aschmeier [as Stan Josephs]. The Hayville Hobby-Horse starring Wildcat, art by Joe Gallagher. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 49, Issue 4 - June, 1945. 5.5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Good $16.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

June 10, 1945. Whole No. 947. Action-Adventure-Mystery-Western stories. Cover by Pete Kuhlhoff. Novelettes "Bulletproof" (starring Hashknife Hartley) by W. C. Tuttle, "Merely Routine" by H. S. M. Kemp, and "Come Across with Murder" by Lawrence Treat. The serial "The Silver Tombstone" Part 3 by Frank Gruber. Other stories by Harold Rogers, Clay Perry, Keith Edgar, John Dudley Phelps, and Ray Millholland. Illustrations by Fred Humiston and others. 6 3/4" x 10"; black and white; 176 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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.

Midnight story, script and art by Paul Gustavson; Doc Wackey invents a drug that makes the subject sleep so deeply even his heart stops beating. Espionage Starring Black X story. Wun Cloo story, script and art by Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]. Rookie Rankin story. The Jester story. Daffy story. Lady Luck story, script and art by Klaus Nordling. Spunky story, art by Sy Lazarus. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Poor $2.65 View scans Spine split 90%. Cover Detached.

Volume 9, Issue 1 - June, 1945. Bing Crosby photo cover. Long running magazine featuring short news articles on musicians and bands, and lyrics to popular songs. This issue features music from motion pictures such as; "Bombalera" starring Olga San Juan, "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" starring Peggy Ann Garner, Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, and Ted Donaldson, "Diamond Horseshoe" starring Betty Grable and Dick Haymes, and many others. 8-in. x 11-in., 36 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rex Maxon. 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. The Spark Man, on duty in India, aids resistance fighters against the cruel rajah. Masquerading as Barry Kent's maids, Becky and her friends save him from screen temptress Lola Lotus, but a gossip columnist gets wind of what's really going on. Plus a Tarzan adventure by Burne Hogarth. Spark Man; Hap Hopper; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Back Home Again; 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.

Volume 4, Issue 1 - June, 1945. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Wellman/Woolfolk scripts, Fine art with unknown staff assists.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $22.00

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Wellman/Woolfolk scripts, Fine art with unknown staff assists.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Wellman/Woolfolk scripts, Fine art with unknown staff assists.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Wellman/Woolfolk scripts, Fine art with unknown staff assists.