Comic books June 1944

June 1944, D.C. Comics: Newboy Legion; Star Spangled Kid; Penniless Palmer; Liberty Belle, Super-Sleuth McFooey; "Reward from Heaven" text story by Allan Gerz; Robotman. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Dale Messick, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Jim Chambers, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Al Posen, and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Tiny Tim goes on a cruise aboard Mr. Morton's yacht with Bob and Wilbert. Margie stows away, and is abducted by a chimpanzee when they are stranded on an island. Brenda Starr tries to live it down after her fashion-show altercation with her rival, Daphne Dimples. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Brenda Starr; The Charge of the Milk Brigade; Winnie Winkle; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Sweeney & Son; Clyde Beatty; The Ripples. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Al Bare bondage cover and art. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. June, 1944. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Lambs Versus Wolfingham!, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster], inks by George Roussos [as Shuster]; Wilbur Wolfingham shows up in the Eden farming community, which has been beset by drought, tornados, and insect infestation. The Golden Galleons!, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster]; Superman enters the fray when a criminal smashes the model ship that Jimmy Tuttle has made in conjunction with the Daily Planet's model-building contest. Be a Magician! Turn Waste Paper Into War Weapons! public service announcement. Hank the Yank humor page by Ray Houlihan. Lois Lane Girl Reporter back up series begins. Stand-In For Hercules! starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel (signed), pencils by Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster]. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

#19 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 1944 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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Edited by William DeGrouchy. Cover by George Marcoux. Stories by George Marcoux, Ed Gruskin, and Clare Dwiggins. Featuring the adventures of Supersnipe, Huckleberry Finn, Ulysses Q. Wacky, Wing Woo Woo, and Koppy McFad. Commodore Stephen Decatur biography, script and art by Charles Wessell. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by L. B. Cole. The Devil to Pay starring Grey Mask, art by Don Rico. Tombstone. Invitation to Horror, art by Jack Alderman. Morning on the Moor text story. Murder Will Out text story. Adventure Into Yesterday, art by L. B. Cole. Worthless Wiggins story, art by Wes Morris [as Wes Sirrom]. A Parisian Nightmare. The Roads We Take, art by G. H. Appel. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bill Allison. The Cadet story; The Daunton cadets have pledged to sell a million dollars worth of bonds. Speck, Spot, and Sis story, art by Alonzo Vincent. The Target and the Targeteers story, art by Bill Allison. Candid Charlie story, art by B. Gordon Guth. Dan'l Flannel humor story. Bull's-Eye Bill story. The Chameleon story, art by Bill Allison. Targetoons story, script and art by Milt Hammer. Full page sequential panel art ad on back cover for Tootsie Roll, script by Rod Reed, art by C. C. Beck. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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", 76 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 30, 1st Printing - "The Secret of the Spa" by Charles A. Leonard. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, Bob Oksner, Maurice Gutwirth, Charles S. Strong, August Froehlich, Buck Benson, and Leo Morey. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Fred Methot, Paul Berdanier, Hal Forrest, Bernard Dibble, and Gus Arriola. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 8 #12. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. The Mirror Man tries to prevent Axis saboteurs from blowing up a dam. Phil and Fritzi make a wager on the beach, in a strip showcasing Ernie Bushmiller's swimwear designs and good-girl art. Bill Bumlin tries to show off with the "anti-gravity liquid," an idea that backfires spectacularly. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; The Mirror Man; The Triple Terror; Jim Hardy; Tailspin Tommy; Stamp Tips; Gordo; Bill Bumlin; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 5 - Summer, 1944. Painted cover by Billy DeVorss. Vintage men's interest magazine focused entirely on amateur lingerie pin-up pictorials. 8.5 x 11.5", 64 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Robert Denby, Edd Ashe, Cy Caldwell, Ed Smalle, Willy Ley, Jesse Davidson, Lawrence Dresser, Art Meisner, Sam Glankoff and Jack Sparling. Tales of aerial adventure in the tradition of nonfiction comics vehicle True Comics. An article speculating on moonflight by rocket, then still 20 years in the future; Aircraft designations explained; Dutch test pilot Leegstra manages to put one over on the Nazis during the Occupation. Blitz Over Burma; Taming the Jungle Terror; The Flying Musketeers on a Suicide Mission; Looking at Tomorrow; Planes in the News; What's in a Designation?; Chindits in Action!; Our Hat Is Off; Ferrets of the Skies; Rocket to the Moon; How to Build the Grumman Hellcat; Aviation Extras; Aviation in the Movies; True Aviation's Air Spotter's Guide; Air Shorts; Allied vs. Axis Medium Bombers; Aero Quiz; Dutch Daredevil. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories based on actual people and events: General Ira Eaker: Flying General. Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Chips Makes a Comeback; Chips is a dog in the U.S. military. Strong Men; Tough guys and weightlifters. Rilie Morgan: Daredevil of Company K; WWII Guadalcanal. Garibaldi: Fighter for a Free Italy. Harriet Quimby: Lady in the Air bio on female pilot. Our Good Neighbor, Ecuador. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 42 - Issue 3, June 1944. 8.5" x 11", 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Canadian series. Contents are exactly the same as True Comics (1941 Parents' Magazine Press). Cover price $0.10.

Stan Musial cover and story, a photo story of the New York Yankees. Cover price $0.10.

Alex Schomburg cover. Captain America, Destroyer, Jap Buster, and Sgt. Dix stories. Cover price $0.10.

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Summer, 1944. Humor publication. Features a Superman spoof cartoon. Softcover digest, 5" x 7", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1 No. 1. Fanzine by the Los Angeles Science Fiction Fantasy Society (LASFS). Edited by Lora Crozetti and Glen Daniels, wtories by Leigh Brackett and Forrest Ackerman, art by Joe Gibson and Karl Welsh. 8 1/2-in x 11-in. 36 Pages B&W.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Albert Delacorte. Cover by Burris Jenkins. Stories by Burris Jenkins, Jim Chambers, and Tom Hickey. Adventure war tales featuring such historical figures as Private Saul, a convoy gunner, and Eddie Borycz—these are real-life War Heroes! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 49, Issue 11 - June 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.

Volume 9, Issue 1 - June, 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, and Al Carreno. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Capt. Marvel suspects Gideon Snoope's genealogy research is bogus, but then he learns about his many Marvel ancestors throughout history. Smoky Gulch gets its first telephone, and it helps Golden Arrow get the drop on a clueless outlaw who can't figure out where the sounds are coming from. Ibis uses the Ibistick against a deadly demon-monkey whose icy breath can kill, sent by his old foes Trug and Thorne. Plus a PSA on wartime paper rationing featuring Ibis, Anyone Can Be a Magician. Captain Marvel and His Family Tree; Golden Arrow: The Magic Bird of the Old West; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Spy Smasher Blacks Out the Blackout Brigands; Horace Hotstuff; Ibis the Invincible: The Murderous Ice Monkey. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Vigoda. "Welcome To Westfield," pencils by Bill Vigoda, inks by Terry Woik Szenics; Personality profiles of the cast. "Makes A Date," pencils by Bill Vigoda, inks by Terry Woik Szenics; Wilbur has to take Miss Gargle on a date because of Red. "The Bus Boy," pencils by Bill Vigoda, inks by Terry Woik Szenics; Wilbur becomes a bus boy at Club 15 because he needs a tuxedo for his date with Anita. "The Ghost Smashers" text story by Ed Goggin. "Gotta Be Genie," script and art by Red Holmdale; Chimpy and Genie rescue King Stokey's daughter from a giant who lives up a beanstalk. "A Short," pencils by Bill Vigoda, inks by Terry Woik Szenics; Wilbur tries to make mucilage at home and a neighbor calls the fire department. "Fish Story," pencils by Bill Vigoda, inks by Terry Woik Szenics; Wilbur gets a job delivering fish and it ends up costing him $10. "Arabia!", script and art by Carl Hubbell; Omar is made chief guard of the palace. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.