Comic books June 1947

1st appearance Superboy this title? Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Mr. Mxyztplk Goes To College starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, art by John Sikela. High Man On a Flagpole starring Superman, Tom Trent, Arnold Carlyle, Jean Dixon, Quent, Perry White, and Lois Lane, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by John Sikela. Blind Reckoning text story by Stan Carter. That Old Class of Superboy's starring Superman, Pudge Smythe, Stanley "Flip" King, Benjamin "Dizzy" Dowling, and Peggy Watson, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by John Sikela. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

#55 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 not to be a "Whoo-Shoo" -- a boy who reads "Superman-Tim" but doesn't buy clothes from the Superman-Tim Store. Copyright 1947 by National Comics Pub., Inc., under license to Tim Promotions, Inc. B&W with a single color, 5 1/2 in. x 8 in.

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Cover by Al Fagaly. Untitled story; When Suzie dislikes Ferdie's painting of her, she goes to art school to see if she can produce a better painting. Suzie Puzzle Page by Herbert "Red" Holmdale. Untitled story; Suzie, Ferdie, and Angela decide to go boating with disastrous results. Untitled story; Katy joins K.O. for his training routine, but the distraction may mean a loss in K.O.'s next match. Suzie's Movie Diary article. "A Huntin' We Will Go"; Ferdie leads Suzie and her boss on a hunting and fishing expedition. Untitled story; Suzie is tasked with buying a birthday present for her boss's wife. Untitled story; Suzie gets a job as a maid for Mr. and Mrs. Gaspayne. Untitled story; When Ginger sees Tommy with another girl, she decides to take another boy to the dance to make him jealous. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover photo of young movie star Terry Moore. Stories and art by Vic Herman, Lucia Carter, Eva Evans, Newt Alfred, Lenora Sill Ashton and Jack Sparling. Comics and stories for girls, featuring profiles of Hollywood stars and the adventures of stuntwoman Dorothy Dare. A profile of young movie star Terry Moore - then known as "Jan Ford" - the future Mrs. Howard Hughes and star of "Mighty Joe Young"; The Phantom Postman turns out to be a mysterious masked mailman; Dick Haymes fails as a songwriter but finds stardom as a singer. The Infernal Triangle; A Date With Dirinda; Big Girl; Dorothy Dare; A Sweet Sixteen Mysteryette; Girl Friday; Four O'Clock Club; Young Man with a Voice; Phantom Postman; When Mother Was 16; Cover Girl Jan Ford; Dollar Pullers. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by Mort Leav, Dick Burdick, Carl Wessler, Terry Szenics, John Giunta, and Maurice Del Bourgo, plus an article by Mary Marlow. This teen-oriented comic offered madcap comedy with Taffy and her friends, plus a focus on popular celebrities of the era. A profile of actor Glenn Ford, and a text article credited to singing star Mary Marlow. Taffy's father reluctantly agrees to let her take flying lessons. Molly Muddle and her friends offer to help a couple elope, but when a burglar shows up at the same time, comic chaos results. Taffy: Flyin' High; Taffy: Mummy's the Word!; Glenn Ford; Molly Muddle: Seeing Double; Betsy Boor: Word Gets Around; Molly Muddle Helps Out; Hitch Your Wagon to a Star - Mary Marlow; Taffy: Here Comes Cookie! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Don Rico. Cadet story, art by Nina Albright. Bull's-Eye Bill western story. The Missing Dummy starring The Target and the Targeteers, art by Ken Battefield. Ars Gratia Artis starring Dan'l Flannel, art by Gus Schrotter. His Mother's Deep Blue Eyes text story, art by E. J. Reeves. Target Toons humor page by Milt Hammer. Bed of Roses starring Candid Charlie, art by Robert Sale [as Bob Q. Siege]. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Heathcliff the Hobo story, script and art by Art Helfant. Gary Stark story, script and art by Don Rico. Bookworm starring Timid Tim, art by Art Helfant. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Second issue in the series (# 1 & 2 were Boy Explorers). Milton Caniff art, plus 6-page Boy Explorers back-up (continuation from issue 3), "The Isle Where Women Rule!" by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Also in this issue: Soapy Sam the Snooper Man in "The Guy in the Glass House" by Jack Keeler; and 2 one-page text stories, "Danger is Here" and "Horseshoe Death." 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Theatre Arts Monthly. TAM 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-in. x 11-in., printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Ralph Mayo, Edmond Good, Jules Steiner, Kerry McRoberts, Richard Hughes, Lin Streeter, Art Gates, Charles S. Strong, and Ken Battefield. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

British Edition. June 1947. Stories include: The Man from Alcatraz by John L. Benton, Murder - Off the Record by C.S. Montanye. Die for a Smoke by Allan K. Echols, Tatooed Blonde by Hal K. Wells, Secretarial Shakedown by Benton Braden, and Another Job for Homicide by C.K.M. Scanlon. 6 1/8" X 8 7/8". 68 pages. B&W.

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Volume 30, Issue 2 - June, 1947. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by William Fitzgerald, Murray Leinster, Judson Hastings, Theodore Sturgeon, James MacCreigh, Will F. Jenkins, and Jerry Shelton. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 116 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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Funny-animal antics from Magazine Enterprises. A hyena raids Tom-Tom's garden; Judy creates a pond to fish in, but the farmer who owns the land claims the fish (in a story featuring a connect-the-dots puzzle); Mighty Atom intervenes when a spider bully runs the pixies out of their new gym. Pixie Party; Koko and Kola: The Big Bull Fight; Catchy and Scrapps; Judy and the Magic Chalk; Tom-Tom the Jungle Boy; Trixie Pixies; Pic-Puzzle Page; Needin' Readin'. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Capp. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Bernard Dibble, Ernest Hix, Raeburn Van Buren and Gustavo Arriola. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 11 #11. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Bathless Groggins' latest invention makes him invulnerable to injury or pain, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with nice art by Raeburn van Buren. Curly Kahoe is declared champion after his double-knockout bout with Dynamite Dunn. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; El Bombo; Back Home Again; Gordo; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 3, No. 6. June 1947. Men's magazine with humor and pin-up pictorials. Peter Driben cover. 8.5" x 11.5". 64 pages. B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

Edited by Samuel Bierman. Cover by Bernie Krigstein. Stories by Mort Meskin, George Roussos, Dan Barry, R. Teaney, Lit-Win, Dorothy Davis, Red Holmdale, W. Truett, and H. C. Kiefer. Adventure stories starring such characters as The Treasure Keeper, Carrot Topp, Wild Bill Hiccup, and Teen-Age Tommy --these are comics to Treasure! 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - Summer, 1947. 6.75" x 9.75", 196 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Harry Fisk and Ernie Schroeder. A spin-off of the long-running True Comics (1941) series, featuring true stories of courageous animals and people. The famous terrier Greyfriars Bobby keeps vigil at his master's Scots grave; A heroic dog rescues soldiers with a lifesaving message; The little-known story of the U.S. Camel Corps. Greyfriars' Bobby; Chips Makes a Comeback; Man's Messenger; The Cat That Didn't Eat The Canary; Baldy's Great Race; Army Mule: Rosebud of Company E; K-9 Courier; Capturing the Sacred Bird of the Mayas; Buffalo Bulldogger; Friend of Animals; The U.S. Camel Corps. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Louis Wolfe and Phil Berube. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. General and statesman George Marshall, and the effect of the Marshall Plan; A flock of seagulls saves early Salt Lake City from starvation; The history of New York City. Fighter for Peace; Bob Feller; Snatched from the Alps; How a City was Saved; Oddities in Sports; Bold Buccaneer; Cities of Destiny: New York City; What Would You Do?; True's News from Hollywood; Truly Comic! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Final issue. Numbering continues with Justice Comics (1948) #7. Stories by unknown. Art by Irv Spector and unknown. In this issue: soda jerk in untitled Wacky Duck story; untitled Wacky Duck story; Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal in 2-page text story "Silly's Dilemma"; Waldo Wolf in "How to Hunt Lions"; fisherman in untitled Wacky Duck story; and bee battle in untitled Little Lionel story with art by Irv Spector. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Merrill De Maris, Bob Karp, Hubie Karp, Ralph Heimdahl, Paul Murry, George Waiss, Bill Wright, Sylvia Holland, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 7 #9. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Pogo's Walt Kelly. In a classic story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey matches wits with a mesmerist who uses his act for jewel theft. In a story by Barks, Donald mistakes his nephews' fake treasure map for the real thing. Li'l Bad Wolf explores a haunted mine and finds a bear. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; Crazy with the Heat; The May Baskets; Donald's Dilemma; Mickey Mouse: The Jewel Robbery. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 52, Issue 11 - June 1947. "A Magazine for Boys and Girls." Stories, poems, and activities designed for kids. 7-in. x 10-in., 36 pages, PC,PB&W Cover price $0.15.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Irvin Steinberg, Gus Ricca and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Captain Marvel tries to cope when Sivana and his kids Georgia and Sivana Jr. make simultaneous attacks on the city with their latest wicked inventions. Golden Arrow realizes the "Indians" in the hills outside town are actually horse rustlers trying to disguise their racket. The last of the undersea immortals known as the Tritons tries to capture Ibis and Taia to be his servants, but Ibis gives Taia the strength to fight back, in a fun action-girl sequence. Captain Marvel Fights the Sivana Family; Wilbur the Waiter; Golden Arrow: Unexplored Territory; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Giggle Gags; Ibis the Invincible: The Lonely Triton. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by J.F. Byrne. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Fran Hopper, Al Walker, George Evans, Howard Larsen, John Celardo and Maurice Whitman. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Jane Martin investigates fraud during flood recovery efforts; Greasemonkey Griffin travels around the world on a dangerous spy mission, or so he thinks; A reporter follows Captain Wings on a mission, but he's actually seeking a fortune in gold. Captain Wings; Jane Martin; Greasemonkey Griffin; Air Heroes of World War II; Phantom Falcon; Suicide Smith; Ghost Squadron. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.