Comic books December 1945

Vol. 2 #7 Dec. 1945. Single panel cartoons and pinups. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 30 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Bert Whitman, Harry Anderson, Chester Whitehorn and Howard Boughner. Raised in the jungle by her scientist father, Nyoka faces its dangers like no man ever could. In a multi-part, issue-length adventure, millionaire Barnstable Smoot hires Nyoka to guide his wacky son Zoot Smoot on a safari in Africa, hoping it will "make a man of him." But they don't know about the gangster who's got a $100,000 IOU from Zoot, or the natives who are eager to match wits with Nyoka again. Action-girl cover may be the work of Bert Whitman. The Voodoo Drums of Death; Trader Tom; Shark Island; Major Bunk: He Gets the Hoodoo Diamond - Almost; Voodoo Hoodoo; Song of the Leper Prince; Dinner Music for Cannibals. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Walt Kelly, Carl Barks, Gaylord Du Bois, Dan Gormley, H. R. McBride and John Stanley. Based on the popular movie shorts also known as Little Rascals, Dell's Our Gang Comics featured early work by Pogo's Walt Kelly and other cartooning greats. In a story by Kelly, Baxter, a young genius inventor, meets Feeney and The Gashouse Gang, who try to trick him into believing that they're the original Our Gang. A book on medicine gives Barney Bear hypochondria, in an early story by legendary Uncle Scrooge creator Carl Barks. Jerry and Tuffy find a nickel, but before they can decide how to spend it, it accidentally rolls into a sleeping Tom's mouth. Wuff the Prairie Dog Finds a New Friend; Our Gang; Flip 'n' Dip; Tom and Jerry; Johnny Mole; Barney Bear and Benny Burro. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Al Fagaly. Shield G-Man Club bulletin. "Junk for a Junket," art by Bill Vigoda; Archie accidentally sells his jalopy, so he takes Veronica on a date in a horse and carriage; Later, he causes chaos in the restaurant. "If You Could Peer Into the Future, Would You Dare?", art by Irv Novick; The Shield and Dusty fight a professor and his ape over a telescope that allows you to gaze into the future. A Pep Puzzle Page featuring riddles. Untitled story, art by Bill Woggon; Suzie gets a job at a factory and her low intelligence results in her making mistakes. "Burning Up" text story starring Archie and Jughead. Untitled story, art by Don Dean; Pokey Oakey protects the townspeople from the Poultryman's Protective Association. Untitled Willy the Wise Guy story, art by Red Holmdale; Willy and his friend try to earn money. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Cole. Plastic Man story, script and art by Jack Cole. Flatfoot Burns story, script and art by Al Stahl. Human Bomb story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Candy story, script and art by Harry Sahle. Manhunter story. Burp the Twerp story, script and art by Jack Cole. Spirit story. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Bill Holman, Frank King, Zack Mosley, Boody Rogers, Elliott Caplin, Jay McArdle, Gus Edson, Otto Messmer, George Swanson, Cliff Sterrett, Jimmy Murphy, and Gaylord Du Bois. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Smilin' Jack and Cindy barely escape from Toemain with their lives, but Toemain's enforcer isn't so lucky. Hu Shee and Tang manage to turn the entire Chinese Army against themselves. Uncle Cole sends Smokey Stover a present that requires both a fishbowl and a birdcage. Also featuring popular strips Gasoline Alley and Felix the Cat. Smilin' Jack; Terry and the Pirates; Toots and Casper; Polly and Her Pals; The Gumps; The Flop Family; Felix the Cat; Dr. Bobbs; Smokey Stover; Gasoline Alley; Gang Busters. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 30, Issue 1 - December, 1945. 6.75" x 9.75", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Santa Claus skull cover by Rudolph Belarski. 6.75" x 9.75", 84 pages, B&W

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Back From His Vacation starring Frankenstein, script and art by Dick Briefer. Black Knight starring Sir Prize, art by Charles Voight. The Vanishing Loot starring Yank and Doodle and The Black Owl. Revenge With Music starring Jason. Crook's Triple-Cross starring Boom Boom Brannigan, art by Charles Voight. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Published by Hugo Gernsback, considered the father of science-fiction. This issue is centered around the new medium of television with Gernsback's editorial, "The Television Age". 8.5" x 11.5". 128 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 39, No. 1 - December , 1945. 6.5" x 9.25", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jean M. Press. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Howard Larsen, Archie E. Martin, Brodie Mack, Lily Renee, and Fran Hopper. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Firehair races to save her adopted brother Little Ax from being hanged by whites; Kazanda has a change of heart after a castaway scientist saves her from quicksand; More eerie art by Lily Renee as the Werewolf Hunter battles Zenobia, a jealous witch who brings misery to the man she's obsessed with. Fun good-girl cover by Joe Doolin. Right Hook To Tokyo; Firehair; Glory Forbes; U.S. Rangers; Kazanda; The Werewolf Hunter. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

True stories of crime most foul fall victim to the pages of this short-lived vintage true crime magazine. Here, you will find tales of greed, jealousy, revenge, thievery, and murder....all true, all told in the words of the detectives who worked the cases. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Art by Len Short, Alec Hope and Tom Frost. Hotshot WWII fighter pilot Patrick Kelly gets transported to the future, where he explores the galaxy and becomes a hotshot rocket pilot. Kelly's old foe Professor Venom threatens Earth with literal Trojan Horses from space; Professor Mogul threatens Earth with an army of robots, in a story featuring an image of Earth from space with latitude and longitude lines visible; Percy rents a house and tries to play cards with ghosts who are afraid of him. Horses of Doom; The Mars Mystery; The Fizz That Fizzled; Imagine That; The Snowball; The Eerie Plot; Hand of Fate; Percy. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Origin of the Red Rube retold; Steel Sterling in "The Gruesome Twosome" (art by Irv Novick); Senor Banana; the Slap Happy Applejacks; Chimpy, and Ginger. Cover price $0.10.

Movie magazine that specialized in short form adaptations of popular motion pictures during the golden-age of cinema. Plus news, gossip and previews. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Screen Stars Magazine was one among many of the supermarket celebrity tabloids that focused heavily on the day to day lives of the Hollywood elite, during the golden-age of cinema. This publication is filled cover to cover with typical fodder such as candid celebrity photos (some of which are in color), gossip columns, reader's letters to the editor, and the latest motion picture advertisements. 8.5" x 10.5", 74 pages, mostly B&W with a few color photos. Cover price $0.15.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Harry G. Peter. Wonder Woman story, art by Harry G. Peter [as H. G. Peter]; Midget crooks commit crimes by pretending to be children. The Ham Leapers--Picture Stories from Mythology, art by Don Cameron. Ghost Trouble--Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys, art by Frank Harry. Losses Pay A Profit starring Mr. Terrific, art by Stan Aschmeier [as Stan Josephs]. Through Darkest Africa With Stretch Skinner starring Wildcat, art by Joe Gallagher. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Jack Cole. Midnight story; Everybody's dying to marry Lorelei. Daffy story, art by Janice Valleau [as Ginger]; Daffy gets to sing opera when the prima donna has a hissy fit. The Doomsday Giraffe starring Rookie Rankin. Lady Luck story, script and art by Klaus Nordling. Spunky story, script and art by Sid Lazarus. Let Peace Return to Earth! starring Espionage Starring Black X. The Jester story. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.