Comic books February 1946

#39 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 1946 by National Comics Pub., Inc., under license to Tim Promotions, Inc. B&W with a single color, 5 1/2 in. x 8 in.

Edited by William DeGrouchy. Cover by George Marcoux. Stories by George Marcoux, Ed Gruskin, and Clare Dwiggins. Supersnipe in "Making the Most of Trouble." Also "Huckleberry Finn Meets an Octopus on the Floating Island," Ulysses Q. Wacky, and Roxy Adams, Girl Guerrilla, plus three-page Supersnipe's Diary text story. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Nina Albright. The Cadet story, art by Nina Albright; Kit Carter and Dan Merry dream of the Daunton Prom. Christmas Dance text story by Pam Robinson. The Target and the Targeteers story, art by Ken Battefield. Speck, Spot, and Sis story, script and art by Alonzo Vincent; Speck and Sis enter Spot in a dog show. Dan'l Flannel story, art by Gus Schrotter. Candid Charlie story, art by Gordon Guth. The Chameleon story, art by Bill Allison; Pete Stockbridge, the Chameleon, goes to Latin America. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Dink story, script and art by Milt Hammer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Theatre Arts Monthly (February, 1946). 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. Includes: "The Scene in Paris" by Ashley Dukes, "Growth as Dramatic Form" by Norman Twist, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in., printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.35.

Canadian series. Reprints material from U.S. publications as well as WECA "Canadian Whites" with reworked art and scripts. Stories featuring Terry Kane, Purple Rider, and Dr. Destine. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Ken Battefield, August Froehlich, Leo Morey, Al Camy, Buck Chilton, Richard Hughes, and Bob Oksner. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Winter 1946. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Frank Belknap Long, Edmond Hamilton, Murray Leinster, Arthur K. Barnes, Stanley Whiteside, and Larry Sternig. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Art by Phil De Lara and others. Funny-animal antics from Magazine Enterprises. Koko and Kola get stuck in the Christmas tree and Raymond must get them down; Goofus the Gopher destroys the things he tries to fix; Uncle Barney's latest scheme involves weight-loss equipment, but he can only drum up business by adding the word "atomic" to the name. Runnin' Wild with Koko & Kola; Koko and Kola; The Trouble Jackpot; Uncle Barney and the Duke of Iron; Tick and Tock; 1946 Picture Calendar; Hawk Sure The Detective and Whatsis; Spanky; Benny The Burglar; Goofus the Gopher. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Moores, Fred Methot, Paul Berdanier, Sam Leff, Ed Dodd, Charles Plumb, and John Hix. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 10 #7. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. The "origin story" of Curly Kahoe continues, as Joe Jinks tells him who his father was and asks him to step into the boxing ring. Klondyke tries to disrupt Windy and Bess's lives - and get Paddles out of the upcoming race - by claiming to be the father of their adopted baby. After receiving a nickel for returning a purse, Bill Bumlin dreams that his good and bad selves are fighting over his soul. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; The Triple Terror; Jim Hardy; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Back Home Again; Ella Cinders; Bill Bumlin; The Burtons; Strange as it Seems; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 2, Issue 5 (indicia incorrectly states Volume 3, Issue 1) - February 1946, 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Herman C. Browner. Stories and art by Nina Albright, Lucy Feller and Herman C. Browner. A one-shot comics anthology with an appearance by the first Yellowjacket and other little-known superheroes of the Golden Age. FBI agents set out to capture a bank-heist gang. Beau Brummel enters the worlds of horse racing and pari-mutuel gambling while investigating a mystery. Yellowjacket uses his bee-control powers to find a stolen tropical plant. Plus fun facts about Martin Luther, tigers, the Civil War, great horned owls, camels, and the Pennsylvania Dutch. The TNT Murders; Beau Brummel: Off to the Races; Yellowjacket: The Tropical Treasure; Schnook. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

True-crime articles, heavily illustrated with period photos. 10.5" x 13.5", 36 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Vol. 18, No. 105. February 1946. Subtitled: "The Fact Story Magazine for Men". Full-color Petty Girl centerfold "Miss Heartsnatcher". 8.5" x 11". 134 pages. B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.25.

8.5" x 11", 158 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Dick Shaw, Bob Karp, Hubie Karp, Carl Buettner, George Waiss, Don Gunn, Bill Wright, Sylvia Holland, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 6 #5. 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 goes West and gets mistaken for a gunslinger who looks just like him. In a story by Barks, Donald's nephews get a parrot from a stranger at the docks. The Big Bad Wolf shows Li'l Bad Wolf the family album. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; Pluto: In Dutch; The Iceboat Race; Safety First!; Mickey Mouse: Billy the Mouse. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 51, Issue 7 - February 1946. "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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Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, and August Froehlich. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Captain Marvel must stop Abra Cadabro, the evil stage magician, from murdering his own brother as part of his act. When Golden Arrow tries to solve the mystery of the missing loot, his arrow does double duty. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Cure Flat Feet." Captain Marvel: Stage Magician; Golden Arrow Plays Cupid; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Spy Smasher: The Successful Failure; Horace Hotstuff; The Culture Corner; Ibis the Invincible: Ibis Plays Ball. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Elias. Edited by J.F. Byrne. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ann Brewster, Jack Keller, Alex Blum, Lee Elias, Rodlow Willard, Mike Peppe and Tom Gill. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Wings Comics expands back to 48 pages as its various characters adjust to post-war adventures. In the debut of the "weird war" series Ghost Patrol, a WWII pilot is aided by the spirit of a WWI aviator and his ghostly biplane; Agent Jane Martin, undercover in China, discovers a plot to kidnap China's boy emperor; In India, Greasemonkey Griffin gets lost in a harem and steals a plane while dressed as a woman. First Step to the Moon; Suicide Smith; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Wing Tips; Greasemonkey Griffin; Captain Wings; Ghost Patrol. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Bill Woolfolk, Harry Fisk and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. A "juvenile delinquent" who looks exactly like Mary Marvel causes trouble for the real thing. At last, Phantom Eagle finds the Golden Mace, which can end World War II and bring peace to the world...at least for a while. Commando Yank seeks the Axis spy who stole Allied invasion plans and worse, the Marine Corps payroll. In a classic story, Mr. Scarlet and Pinky infiltrate the 1940s "Dance Marathon" craze to catch a killer. Plus a special page explaining the Phantom Eagle, Commando Yank and Penny Graves stories as "hitherto confidential stories behind the war scenes" from the "Official War Archives," allowing Fawcett to keep running WWII stories well into 1946. Mary Marvel: Trouble on the Double; Commando Yank: Strange Assignment; The Phantom Eagle Finds the Golden Mace; Penny Graves: China Passage; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Dance Marathon of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 26, No. 3 - February, 1946. 6.5" x 9.5", 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Ken Battefield. Stories and art by Ken Battefield, Burton Geller, Harold DeLay, Alan Mandel, and Gerald Altman. An early comics anthology focusing on Yellowjacket and other little-known superheroes of the Golden Age. The moon goddess Diana visits a Balkan village to end an outbreak of "moon fever." The circus fortune-teller sets King of the Beasts on his guard when he predicts a disaster under the big top. The Filipino Kid plans to hijack a birthday party to cause an Axis Japanese general to lose face. Yellowjacket: The Adventure of the Mad Architect!; Diana the Huntress: The Moonstruck Madmen; King of the Beasts: Crime in the Crystal Ball; Buzzin' Biz; Tales of Terror: The Third Wish; Bee Stings; Crown for a Hero; Harbor Pilot; The Filipino Kid. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harry Lazarus. Stories and art by Harry Lazarus, Morris Weiss (credited as Pat Simon), A. W. Nugent, Herman C. Browner, Charlie Sanders, Gud Jud, Herman C. Browner, and Ellis Chambers. An early comics anthology featuring humor and funny-animal stories from Charlton, published under the imprint Children Comics Publishing. Rabbit-son Crusoe and Friday the turtle, stranded on a desert island, discover that they're not alone. Capt. Parrot (who looks a lot like Gold Key's later Cracky the parrot) goes swordfishing, but the fish complains about his choice of bait. A storyteller explains why wolves and foxes are always the bad guys. Plus puzzle and activity pages, and fun facts about the Tuatara lizard. Freddy Frog; Smarty; Play-Time; Just Call Me Sam; Capt. Parrot; Unusual Animals; Rabbit-Son Crusoe; A Visit to the Zoo; Indian Tales; Tommy and Dodo; Bojo and Tony; Barry the Bear; Kenny Katt. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.