Comic books January 1945

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 Invasion of Paradise Island starring Wonder Woman, script by William Moulton Marston [signed as Charles Moulton], art by Harry G. Peter; After cleaning out the bad leadership of an orphanage, several of the orphans stow away in Wonder Woman's plane, which arrives in Paradise Island......and just in time to stem a Nazi invasion! In The Bag starring Little Boy Blue, art by Frank Harry. The Stories of the Aztecs and the Incas--Picture Stories From American History, script by M. C. Gaines, art by Don Cameron. Lightning Struck Twice starring Mr. Terrific, art by Stan Aschmeier. Wildcat and the Would-Be Dicatator, art by Joe Gallagher. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 48, Issue 5 - January, 1945. 5.5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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.

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 investigates after an extra is murdered on the set of a Hollywood war movie. Mr. Biltybux's nephew doesn't believe in Santa Claus, until he gets a visit from the real thing. Hap Hopper and Rush join an FBI raid on a gambling house. Plus a Tarzan adventure by Burne Hogarth. Spark Man; Hap Hopper; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; 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.

Cover by Morris Weiss. Stories and art by Morris Weiss, Harry Lazarus, Gus Jud, Watt A. Golem, George Tukel and Herman C. Browner. A Golden Age anthology featuring something for everyone: comedy, crime, jungle adventure, and even magic lessons. Boxie Weaver agrees to box in a charity bout, but he's not sure his opponent Kayo Dugan is on the up and up. Space adventurer Pack Pearson finds strange creatures and a beautiful woman after crashing on an uncharted planet, then must fight for his life in a space arena. Professor Presto shows his rabbit Stoogie (and the reader) how to perform magic tricks. Plus non-fiction comics (and photos) about the military and law enforcement, including an early use of the phrase "draft-dodger." Hell's Angels; Unsolved Mysteries; Chuck; Private Plopp; Magic Tricks for Young and Old; Riley and the Sergeant; Ali Baba; Case for the FBI: The FBI Nabs Ten Thousand Draft-Dodgers; Flame Throwers!; Speed Spaulding; The Adventures of Capt. Smirnoff; Pack Pearson; Boxie Weaver. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Featured: "No Man's Island" a short story by Hugh B. Cave, plus "Get Your Man" a short story by Lew Merrill.

Volume 3, Issue 2 - January, 1945. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $17.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 3, Issue 5 - January, 1945. 6.75" x 9.75", 102 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.

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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. Scripts/layouts by Eisner, Eisner/Nordling, Eisner/Mercer, or Spranger/Eisner; inks by Eisner or Eisner/Spranger.

Cover by Paul Gattuso. Stories and art by Paul Gattuso, Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, Rafael Astarita, and Ken Battefield. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler. Steve "Globe" Trotter discovers that macabre shrunken heads conceal a diamond-smuggling operation, in a story featuring the notorious "injury-to-eye motif." When a mysterious killer targets the underworld, early female superhero the Veiled Avenger investigates what the police won't. Aquaman-like Barry Kuda defends his undersea kingdom from invasion by a rival realm, aided by his sidekick Algie. Black Dwarf: The Riddle of the Red Box; Globe Trotter; Devil Dog Dolan; Prehistoric Pete; Veiled Avenger; Barry Kuda; Carnival; Backfire Kick; Sgt. Steele. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Newsboy Legion in "Farewell to Crime" (not Simon and Kirby), Penniless Palmer in "The Treasure Tracer," Robotman in "The Spider's Web," the Star-Spangled Kid in "Walnuts With Crushed Crooks on the Side," and Liberty Belle in "Dragons on the River!" Joe Simon/Jack Kirby cover. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Fighting Yank story. Pyroman story. Four Comrades story, art by Maurice Gutwirth. Captain Future story. Oracle story. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $32.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $29.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $29.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 5%.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $12.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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Winter 1945. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Noel Loomis, C. Sterling Gleason, Frank Belknap Long, Leslie Northern, and Ford Smith. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Pirates of Doom starring Sub-Mariner, Betty Dean, and A gang of pirates, art by Allen Simon. The Ghost of Sea Island starring Sub-Mariner, Betty Dean, and The Ghost of Yesteryear, art by Allen Simon. Death Holds the Stakes starring Sub-Mariner, Betty Dean, Dr. Scarr, and Imur, art by Al Gabriele. The Parrot Murder Secret starring Angel, Judas Cain, Killer, and Buggsie, art by Jimmy Thompson. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Walter Berndt. Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Dale Messick, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Al Posen, and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Winnie Winkle gets an anonymous note that her vanished husband Bill is alive and safe. Brenda Starr realizes the man she thought was Detective Traverts was an impostor, in a story featuring some good-girl art. A passing US cruiser saves the shipwrecked Clyde Beatty, and his trained cats as well. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Brenda Starr; Flaming Wings; Winnie Winkle; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Sweeney & Son; Clyde Beatty; The Ripples. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Blackstone Defeats the Jungle Jugglers," "Red Dragon," "Blackstone Explains More Magic That You Can Do," "Lights Out," and "The Missing Ghost." Cover price $0.10.

In order of appearance: "Magno and Davey" art by Anthony DiPreta; "Mr. Risk"; "Chuck"; "The Sword, Undersea Domain of Doom!!"; and "Paul Revere, Jr". "Cold Country Justice" text story by Ralph Powers, reprinted from Super Mystery Comics Vol. 3 (1942) #3 and reprinted in Four Favorites (1941) #18. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 6, No. 5 - January 1945. 6.75" x 9.75", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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#26 in a series of 90. Superman-Tim is a boys' clothing catalog, activity book, and comic book all rolled into one, featuring Superman illustrations throughout. All issues are 16 pages unless a Superman story is inserted (bringing page count to 24 or 36 pages). Every issue encourages boys to not be a "Woo-Shoo" -- a boy who reads "Superman-Tim" but doesn't buy clothes from the Superman-Tim Store. Copyright 1943 by Superman, Inc., under license to Tim Promotions, Inc. B&W with a single color, 5 1/2 in. x 8 in.

Cover art by Jack Hearne. Cadet story, art by Walter Johnson. Speck, Spot, and Sis story, script and art by Milt Hammer; organ music in empty Doates house mystifies Smartburg. Target and the Targeteers, art by Ken Battefield. Candid Charlie story, art by B. Gordon Guth. Just A Moment, Please! text story by David T. Marke. Dan'l Flannel story. Bull's-Eye Bill story, art by Jack Hearne. Chinese Backscratcher? starring Chameleon, art by Bill Allison. Targettoons humor page by Milt Hammer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

January 1945. A fanzine based around magic tricks. 8.5" x 11", 4 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Theatre Arts is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures, Broadway and Hollywood. 8.5" x 11", 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Al Capp. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Fred Methot, Paul Berdanier, Hal Forrest, Bernard Dibble, John Hix and Gus Arriola. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 9 #7. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Phil is jealous when Fritzi runs a charity kissing booth, but he finds a way to get even. Bimbo the elephant is the Captain's prank buddy, until the Captain gives him peppers instead of peanuts. Bill Bumlin attends a meeting of neighborhood dads that quickly devolves into a "fight club" that everyone can talk about. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; The Triple Terror; Jim Hardy; Tailspin Tommy; Stamp Tips; Gordo; Bill Bumlin; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; How It Began; Strange as It Seems. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.