Comic books December 1947

Auction Item: CGC 5.5 View scans Auction opens July 4 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4742157019

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $699.99 View scans Paper: Off white Label #4728554003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $179.95 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing (affects Glory Forbes and text stories). Glue on interior pages. Tape. 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 Jack Byrne. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, John Celardo, Charles Sultan, and Walter Palais. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. The Sky Rangers seek a missing plantation manager in Hawaii; In Vienna, Professor Broussard battles Madam Dante, who turns children evil so they will steal and kill for her; Jewel thieves on the run hijack a boat, unaware it belongs to action-girl Glory Forbes. Damsel-in-distress cover by Joe Doolin. Firehair; Tiger Man; Sky Rangers; Glory Forbes; Clive's Duel; Crusoe Island; The Werewolf Hunter. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 51, No. 308. December 1947. 5.5" x 7.5". 160 pages. Black and white.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Art by Dick Wood, Bernard Sachs and Dan Barry. 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 #22. No issue # on cover; Vol. 2, issue #10 in indicia. Stupid but tough Gyp takes on the cops with hand grenades. A parrot becomes a murder witness. Thomaso Malvini is the terror of Renaissance Rome. Also featuring an unusual vintage ad for gravestones (!) from the Rockdale Monument Company. Gyp The Blood; Full Payment At Death...; Corny the Salesman; A Racket Is Born; Case of the Killer Parrot; 40-Notch Hardin; Thomaso the Terrible. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Funny-animal comics featuring gunslinging Red Rabbit, bear cubs Willy and Nilly, Officer Mutt, and others in the classic mold. When Red Rabbit can't figure out Pecos Pete's latest rustling scheme that has cows vanishing into thin air, there's only one way to find out: a two-man cow costume. A gang of tough orphans (from "Hogan's Alley") sets clever traps in the alley for Officer Mutt, but he thinks they just need some direction and a better place to play. Petey Pinfeathers tries to beat Tuffy the bear cub in an ice-skating race on the frozen river. Looey the Lion: The Peeking Prime Minister; Red Rabbit; King Looey the Lion; Cubby Scouts; Stevie the Stork; Slappsy Squirrel; Petey Pinfeathers: Silver Skates Derby; Officer Mutt; Slappsy Squirrel: The Poor Fish.48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $14.99

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $11.50 View scan Chipping. Chew. Cover detached at one staple. Oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek

Red Ryder, Telecomics presents King of the Royal Mounted, the Kiyotee Kids, and Panamint Patty. Three-page text story, "Little Beaver's Bull Session." Photo back cover (Red Harmon, creator of Red Ryder). 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $150.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4550636004

Cover by Gus Ricca. Stories and art by Fred Kelly, Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, and E. G. Letkeman. 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 and his squad usually kill criminals, but in this case they must avenge the strange murders of thieves and burglars. Crooks get Dr. Justice to patch up a gunshot wound and then plan to get rid of him, but they didn't realize he's a trained crime-fighter. Jungle hero Zor and his pet saber-toothed tiger Nu face the Monkeymen of Kul. Riggin' Bill and his shipmates sink a Nazi sub and rescue the survivors, in a story featuring cameos by Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Stalin. Black Dwarf: More Truth Than Fantasy!; Doctor Justice; The Beach-Comber; Rescue for Revenge; Gay Desperado; Zor the Mighty: The Monkeymen of Kul; Mock Murder; Rocketman: Sly as a Fox; Facts!; Rex Tyler: Lawman of the Rockies; Riggin Bill: The Last Shot Got Her. 64 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.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $15.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $5.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $5.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart Good $4.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $2.65 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Bugles in the Morning" a novelette by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, the founder of DC Comics.

Contains teen antics stories in the style of Archie Comics. In order of appearance: "Andy"; "Orville" art by Gus Schrotter; "Lily Belle"; "Ernie" art by Gus Schrotter; and "Adelbert". "Screamers" joke pages. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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

Add to cart PR 0.5 $132.95 or Best Offer View scan Interior is complete. Full length spine split, front cover glued to first wrap along spine. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Harry G. Peter. The Menace of the Blue Seal Gang starring Wonder Woman and The Blue Seal Gang, script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter; Fearless Men Magazine fails to expose the Blue Seal Gang because the editor won't listen to women (and also because the publisher is the gang leader). Tootsie Roll ad, pencils by C. C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza. Little Miss Redhead starring Little Boy Blue, art by Frank Harry. An Adventure In Dreams starring Sargon the Sorceror, script by John Broome, art by Paul Reinman. Willy Nilly story, art by Frank Harry. The Story of Louisa May Alcott--Wonder Women of History. Wildcat story, art by Gil Kane [as Gil Stack]. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $19.00 View scans Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 60%.

Vol. 53, No. 5 - December , 1947. 5.75" x 7.75", 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fair $9.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front Cover Detached.

Vol. 202, No. 6 - December 25, 1947. 6.75" x 9.75", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 6 - December, 1947. Cover by George Gross. Men's interest magazine loaded with tasteful pin-up photography. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. 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.

Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 66 pages. B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Jack Cole. The Atomic Dice starring Midnight, art by Jack Cole. Archie O'Toole story, art by Dibble. The Detective Story starring Spunky, art by Sid Lazarus. Ida, the Goose starring Rookie Rankin. Wun Cloo story. The Jester story. The Incomparable Ballet Souffle starring Lady Luck, art by Klaus Nordling. Man Who Would Be King text story. Daffy story. Black X story. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Midnight story, art by Jack Cole; Doc and Sniffer buy a boxer's contract and then find out he can't box. Daffy story. Jester story. Lady Luck story, script and art by Klaus Nordling. Batch Bachelor story. Big Bee Business text story by Midnight. Spunky story, art by Sid Lazarus. The Lady of the Pearls starring Black X. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $4.49 INCOMPLETE. Pages missing (does not affect art and story). Cover detached. 3" spine split from bottom.

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. Hap gives the clock to Jaboo, still unaware that it contains stolen contraband. When Black Bill, Terror of the Seven Seas comes after Captain John's gold, there's real trouble for the Captain and the Kids. Movie star Dawn Renard stops at the hotel at Crabtree Corners before her next movie, and so does a mysterious, handsome man who demands to see her. Ella Cinders is alarmed when her brother Blackie goes to the hospital after a football mishap, but Blackie's more concerned about the ball. 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; Ella Cinders. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Charles Nicholas cover art. Ali Baba story, art by Sid Lazarus. Why "Bad" Boys and Criminals? article by J. M. Master. Fangs the Wolf Boy story, art by Sid Greene. Bouncy Bouncy Baby starring Saxie and Peaches, pencils by Sol Brodsky, inks by Charles Nicholas. Wild Tiger Break Terrifies Air Liner. Ski King Escapes From Prison. Rogus Rabbit story. The Dutchman's Reign of Terror--True Dramatic Crime. Battle of the Beasts story. Hell's Angels story. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by J. Edgar Hoover and others. Adventures of FBI agent Steve Saunders, originally a backup feature in True Comics (1941). How FBI agents are selected and trained; The Feds track a saboteur targeting railroad bridges; A profile of the FBI's then-new crime analysis laboratory. Includes a note that the series is "presented with the cooperation of the FBI," and based on authentic cases. A Message from FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover; Steve Saunders; The FBI's Anti-Crime Laboratory. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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. Intro and first appearance of Powder Pouf.

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.

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.

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.

December 7, 1947. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted. Intro and first appearance of Powder Pouf. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $160.00 View scans Includes exterior fun pages 1-4 and 13-16. Page tears to edges.

December 14, 1947. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

December 21, 1947. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

December 28, 1947. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

December, 1947. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $600.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4480158012 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Charles Paris. Dick Grayson for the Defense! starring Robin, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Charles Paris; Dick Grayson offers to be "defense attorney" for a young man charged with a crime. Boy Meets Robotdog starring Robotman, art by Jimmy Thompson. The Crooked Ghosts starring Star-Spangled Kid, art by Winslow Mortimer. The Affair of the Dancing trees starring Penniless Palmer, art by Thurston Harper. The Test for a Brave starring Tomahawk, art by Fred Ray. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Children's magazine featuring stories, illustrations, songs and more. 48 pages, PC/PB&W, 7" x 10". Cover price $0.25.

Vintage magazine featuring stories about, and tips for those interested in the nudist way of life. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 32 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.