Comic books July 1944

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Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Dick Moores, Merrill De Maris, Bob Karp, Carl Buettner, George Waiss, Veve Risto, Roger Armstrong, Manuel Gonzales, Sylvia Holland, Bill Wright, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 4 #10. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Pogo's Walt Kelly. In a classic Floyd Gottfredson story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey becomes the pilot of the experimental plane and finds himself over Nazi-held France. In a story by Barks, Donald competes with his nephews for news photos to sell to the local newspaper. In another story, Donald gets a mail-order penguin. Cover by Walt Kelly doubles as a PSA and features Donald Duck dressed as Uncle Sam, holding a WWII-era War Bond. Camera Crazy; Bucky Bug; Tiger Trouble; Mickey Mouse; Super Satisfaction; Here Comes the Iceman; Modern Design; A Car on the Time Plan; Shear the Wool!; Putt Out; Mickey Mouse: On a Secret Mission; Remote Control; Cold Treatment; Fowl Play; Labor Savers; Coals to Newcastle; Ducking Two Ducks Is No Duck Soup! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 49, Issue 12 - July 1944. "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.

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July 1944. Cover by A. R. Tilburne. "The Beasts of Barsac" by Robert Bloch, "There Was an Old Woman" by Ray Bradbury, and "Lady MacBeth of Pimley Square" by August Derleth, plus other horror and supernatural tales by Seabury Quinn, Manly Wade Wellman, P. Schuyler Miller, George N. Laws, Allison V. Harding, Crawford Sullivan, Stanton A. Coblentz. Illustrations by Hannes Bok, Virgil Finlay, Frank Utpatel, Elton Fax, A. R. Tilburne, Richard Bennett, Boris Dolgov, Andrew Brosnatch. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 96 newsprint pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, Harry Parkhurst and Tom McNamara. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Eccentric inventor Professor Whimm seeks Capt. Marvel's endorsement for his futuristic creations, like rocket bicycles, but the world isn't ready for them. Golden Arrow is elected to tell hermit Hezekiah that he's inherited a ranch, and to help the antisocial rascal return to civilization. A gangster gets hold of a scientist's invention that turns bad guys good, and uses it to turn Ibis into a criminal. Plus a PSA on wartime paper rationing featuring Captain Marvel, When Billy Batson Says Shazam; the cover is a War Stamps PSA. Captain Marvel Designs the Future; Golden Arrow: The Happy Hermit; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Spy Smasher: The Nazi Prisoners of War; Eaglebeak Spruder; Ibis the Invincible: Ibis Becomes a Gangster; Horace Hotstuff. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue 556 - July, 1944. The true adventure magazine for men. A collection of true stories from all over the world. 76 Pages, B&W Text Only. 6 1/2-in x 9 1/2-in.

Cover by Art Saaf. Edited by J.F. Byrne. Stories and art by Art Saaf, Alex Blum, Lily Renee, Ruth Atkinson, Fran Hopper, Lee Elias, and Bob Lubbers. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Agent Jane Martin enlists children to help Norwegian resistance fighters escape an occupied town; Greasemonkey Griffin accidentally flies to Russia and stumbles on a plot to bomb the Kremlin; Suicide Smith and his squad set out to free a comrade from a French concentration camp. Featuring art by pioneering female artists Lily Renee, Ruth Atkinson, and Fran Hopper. Skull Squad; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Captain Wings; Suicide Smith; Wing Tips; Warbird In the Hun's Nest; Yank Aces of World War II; Greasemonkey Griffin. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder and Edd Ashe. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Commando Yank is assigned to find a weak spot in the defense perimeter surrounding Japan. While searching for the legendary Golden Mace that can bring peace to the world, Phantom Eagle and Jerry are captured in a Nazi trap. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky accidentally crash a horror-movie cast party and stick around when a real murder occurs, in another horror-tinged hero story. Plus a PSA for wartime paper drives featuring Mary Marvel. Cover (likely by Jack Binder) is itself a PSA for War Stamps. This also begins the tradition of changing title logos roughly every ten issues of Wow. Mary Marvel; Commando Yank: The Maginot Line; Phantom Eagle: The Valley of Doubtful Peace; Penny Graves: Death From Underground; Ezry of the Ozarks; Helpful Hugo; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky Meet the Haunted Horror. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 24, No. 8 - July, 1944. 6.5" x 9.5", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.