Comic books March 1945

Cover by Walter Johnson. Stories and art by Ray Gill, Jim Wilcox, Pam Robinson, Milt Hammer, Walter Johnson and B. Gordon Guth. Sometimes listed as 4Most #14. Four different stories featuring clean-cut teen heroes of the 1940s from Novelty Press. While on an excursion in the country, Dick Cole's car breaks down, and he is captured by a strange and disturbing family. Amateur photographer Candid Charlie is hired to photograph an experimental operation, but not everyone thinks that's a good idea. Edison Bell and his pals make a Victory Garden - a WWII morale-building activity - but bullies Butch and Stinkie want the prize for themselves. Edison Bell tells young readers how to build a combat tank out of wood and cardboard. Dick Cole; Edison Bell; How to Make Edison Bell's Pushmobile Tank; Candid Charlie; You and What Army!; The Cadet: Hurray for Kit Carter!; I Can't. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, scripts by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Pete the Tramp strips by Clarence D. Russell. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. Private Breger Abroad strips by Dave Breger. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. Just Kids strips by A.D. Carter. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Burnley and Stan Kaye. The Water Sprite starring Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster). Mind Over Matter starring Hayfoot Henry, art by Thurston Harper. Around Clock with Armor fact page, art by Raymond Perry. Room, Board, and Bullets starring Congo Bill, art by John Daly. Magnet for Mobsters starring The Vigilante, script by Joe Samachson, pencils by Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.). Facts and Fables starring Zatara, art by William F. White. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Two Dreams to Destiny starring The Sandman, script by Joe Samachson, art by Pen Shumaker; High-Hat Archie overhears Philo relating a dream of his to Wes and Sandy, a dream in which Archie and his gang steal the cash from Jone's estate, escape, and then are tracked down by the Sandman and Sandy. Of Rogues and Rabbits starring The Shining Knight, script by Joe Samachson, art by Louis Cazeneuve. Melody in Treble Trouble starring Genius Jones, script by Whitney Ellsworth, art by Stan Kaye. Prediction For Plunder starring Starman, script by Joe Samachson, art by Emil Gershwin. Idol Victory starring Mike Gibbs, Guerilla, script by Joe Samachson, art by Maurice Del Bourgo. The back cover contains a third-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Capt. Tootsie and the Toy Cannon. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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UK bi-weekly magazine focusing primarily on WWII era aircraft, but covering the whole history of flight. 8" x 11.5", 12 pages, B&W

UK bi-weekly magazine focusing primarily on WWII era aircraft, but covering the whole history of flight. 8" x 11.5", 12 pages, B&W

Part comics, part text features Cover price $0.10.

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Aviation magazine featuring pictorials of featured designs; model and hobby information. 10.25" x 13", 104 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Spring 1945. The Justice Society of America takes on Germany in "This Is Our Enemy!" The issue presents "the story of a nation--a degenerate nation whose people throughout the centuries have always been willing to follow their military leaders into endless, bloody, but futile warfare!" That's wartime comics for ya'. Script by Gardner Fox. Hawkman's chapter (with art by Joe Kubert--first art on the series) begins the story around 1250 A.D. Subsequent chapters feature Mr. Terrific in 1725 (art by Stan Aschmeier as "Stan Josephs"), Dr. Mit-nite in 1824 (art by Aschmeier), the Atom in 1872 (art by Joe Gallagher), Wildcat in 1896 (art by Gallagher), and Johnny Thunder in 1923 (art by Aschmeier). Flash, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman cameos (art by Martin Naydel and H.G. Peter). Hitler cover and interior cameo. Two-page text story, "Glider Plight" by Jay Marr. One-page public service announcement, "Wonder Woman Explains Waste Paper Salvage." Gallagher cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Man Who Killed Himself starring Sub-Mariner, art by Carl Pfeufer; When an inventor friend of Namor's is found dead with a suicide note, Namor tracks down a businessman who forced him to write out the note and then murdered him so he could steal his new boat super-speed engine attachment design. The Masked Trio of Death!, pencils by Vince Alascia; A grim Captain America and Bucky attempt to track down the nefarious Lupo and his three killer apes who have murdered eleven people during various robberies, and who has challenged the duo to catch him. Ad for the May, 1945 issue of Miss America magazine. Lightning Strikes Twice! starring The Whizzer, art by Louis Ferstadt. Juke Box Murder Case--Let's Play Detective, art by Al Bellman. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Paul Reinman. A Bag of Assorted Nuts, art by Paul Reinman; Doiby's visit to his psychiatrist leads Green lantern into a case involving assorted phobias. The Color of Crime starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by Joseph Greene, art by Stan Aschmeier [as Stan Josephs]; Dr. Mid-Nite investigates when a nephew tries to have his uncle committed. Things at Home starring Red, White and Blue, art by Joe Gallagher. The Story of New Netherland--Picture Stories from American History, script by M. C. Gaines, art by Don Cameron. Tank Tries the Teakettle starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. Wonder Woman for Infantile Paralysis public service announcement, art by Harry G. Peter. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Gardner F. Fox. Art and cover by Martin Naydel. The Flash is puzzled by the enigma of a hotel, whose guests disappear into thin air, where all traces of their occupancy fade away, and where even the registry they signed is blank! The Three Dimnwits are very unhappy when they learn that the local amusement park has Lady's Day and will not admit men. Yet, when the Flash discovers that men in women's clothing have invaded the festivities, he decides that he and the boys will do some investigating. Mutt and Jeff humor story by Al Smith (as Bud Fisher). Paper Salvage Drive! public service announcement with the Flash, script by Sheldon Mayer, art by Jon Chester Kozlak. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Yellow Claw and the Mole Men, pencils by Vince Alascia, inks by Al Bellman; Yellow Claw creates a chemical which dramatically increases the size of men's hands, making them into Mole Men which he uses to tunnel under munitions plants and wreck them; When he plans to use explosives in a lava pit to create a new volcano under a munitions plant, Captain America and Bucky see that they meet their doom inside the lava pit. The Merchant of Death starring the Human Torch, art by Al Bellman. Master of Murders starring the Destroyer, pencils by Chad Grothkopf, inks by Al Gabriele. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 19, Issue 1 - March, 1945. Science fiction stories by Richard Shaver (and Ray Palmer, uncredited) with the first of the "Shaver Mystery" stories, "I Remember Lemuria," plus Morris J. Steele, A.R. Steber, Alexander Blade, Lee Francis, Leroy Xerxa, Richard Casey, Omar Greer, and Leo A. Schmidt. Also a short essay by Shaver and Palmer, "Mantong, the Language of Lemuria." Illustrations by J. Allen St. John, Virgil Finlay, Julian S. Krupa, Malcolm Smith, Brady, Ned Hadley and L. Raymond Jones, and Robert Fuqua. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 208 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. In this issue: untitled The Black Terror story; The Fighting Yank in "The Blinding Light"; Pyroman in "The Radio Activator"; and Doc Strange in "The Miner"! Plus: 1-page A Manhunt Story text story "Danny's Phone Call" (by Gerald Devers - a house name); 1-page A Story of Alaska text story "Gold Claim" (by Jack Devon); and 1-page A Western Story text story "A Real Cowboy" (by Neal Douglas). 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories by Gaylord Du Bois (credited as Howard R. Garis), John Stanley and Walt Kelly. Art by Walt Kelly, Hubbell R. McBride, Rube Grossman, Otto Feuer, George Kerr, and Tom Golden. Dell's classic funny-animal series included early work by former Disney animator Walt Kelly, creator of beloved comic strip Pogo. In an early Pogoverse story by Kelly, a fish story keeps growing until Pogo and Albert are hunting for whale in the pond. In another Kelly story, a monkey turns the elephant's trunk into a scary puppet. Hector fakes his own death to get back at his wife, in a Hector the Henpecked Rooster story written by John Stanley of Little Lulu fame. Bucky Horse; Uncle Wiggily; Hector the Henpecked Rooster; Blackie; Albert the Whaler; Cilly Goose; Raggedy Animals; Elephunnies; Friend in Need. 48 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Browne and back cover by Bill Wenzel. 1940's era Army humor. 68 pages, 5.5" x 7.5", B&W Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 35, Issue 1 - March, 1945. Cover by William Timmins. Science Fiction and adventure stories, this issue features "Destiny Times Three" by Fritz Lieber Jr. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Issue 16 - "Shady Doings". Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Jack Burnley. "The Penguin's Apprentice!", script by Don Cameron, pencils by Jack Burnley (as Bob Kane), inks by Jerry Robinson; Batman and Robin are puzzled when the Penguin begins stealing objects from people off the street, such as a handkerchief and a feather, unaware that he is attempting to train a young man in the fine art of crime. "Son of His Father" text story by Eddie Bell. "Son of His Father" text story by Eddie Bell. "The Pearl of Peril!", art by Jerry Robinson; When Alfred goes into a restaurant for dinner, he runs into a tramp who claims to have a pearl the size of an oyster. "Voyage Into Villainy!", script by Joe Samachson, pencils by Jack Burnley (as Bob Kane), inks by Jerry Robinson; The death of a wealthy, noted member of the Explorer's Club spurs on fellow member, Mr. Challoner, to track down clues in the Club's building to the deceased man's fortune. "A Christmas Peril!", script by Don Cameron, art by Jerry Robinson (as Bob Kane); Batman attempts to convince a very young "Scrooge" of the true meaning of Christmas. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 2 - March, 1945. Billy DeVorss cover. Men's interest magazine of pinups and glamour shots. 8.5" x 11.5", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Ray Krank, Charles Stern, Ham Fisher, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Charlie Chan stows away on a Japanese ship to track the saboteurs, but he is detected and captured. Slap Happy, Sparky and Doc Static are shipwrecked on an island, but they are not alone. Dixie Dugan tries to determine if the runaway soda jerk is really the wealthy Ronnie Kinter. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; The Monkeys of Mr. Wun. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Spring 1945. The Black Bat in "The Marked Man" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Crime in Concrete" by Clark Frost; "Window Target" by Kerry McRoberts; "Miss Mouse, Meet Mr. Cat" by S.J. Bailey; and "A Little More Dope" by J. Lane Linklater. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 80 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. "Death Counts Ten," art by Irv Novick; A boxer is dead after a fight, and Kip finds out he has been poisoned. "The Four-Alarm Ghosts," art by Red Holmdale; The ghost of Gloomy saves people from a house on fire. "Death--The Crow Strikes Again," art by Harry Sahle; An opera singer is fired for drinking, but puts on a crow costume to get revenge. "Murder By Proxy" text story by S. Gordon James. "The Hound of the Devonshires," script by Joe Blair, art by Paul Reinman; A curse of a phantom hound in Devonshire. "The Sinister Spiritualist," art by Clem Weisbecker; A spiritualist tricks people to tell where they keep their valuables, and then robs them. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

March, 1945. Cover price $0.15.

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Canadian Reprint Cover price $0.15.

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Stories and art by Chu F. Hing, Harold Sherman, Gus Schrotter, Art Moore, Harold Sherman and Henry Kiefer. Sometimes listed as Blazing Comics Vol. 2 #2. Costumed adventurers face Axis forces in this WWII-era series featuring the Green Turtle. NOTE: In addition to the regular issue, some copies of no. 5 were manufactured with different interiors from other comics. Please see individual item notes to see if a particular copy of this issue has a variant interior. The following describes the original contents. The Green Turtle and Burma Boy aid Chinese guerrillas battling Japanese occupying forces. Native American air ace Red Hawk targets an impenetrable oil- and rubber-producing stronghold in the South Pacific. The Black Buccaneer's brother Ronnie rescues the beautiful daughter of Tortuga's governor, and quickly gets caught up in palace intrigue. Green Turtle; Tommy Paige: Death for Whom?; Black Buccaneer; Smoky Jr.; Super Drooper & Drip; Red Hawk: The Carnival of Courage!; Jun-Gal; Mr. Ree: Hypnotized Mummy!; Sound Off! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W