Comic books April 1946

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Cover art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye. The Laughing Stock of Metropolis starring Superman and The Prankster, art by Jon Small. The Legal Eagle starring Hayfoot Henry, script by Alvin Schwartz, art by Stan Kaye. The Burgling Bookman starring Vigilante, pencils by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton Jr.). Upstream River Rats starring Congo Bill, script by Alvin Schwartz, art by Edwin Smalle. Spotlight for Cinderella starring Zatara, art by W. F. White. 52 Pages, Full Color. $.10 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

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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

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Stories and art by Maurice Del Bourgo, Tony DiPreta, John Giunta, Art Helfant, Ezra Jackson and Maurice Whitman. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #26. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #2 in indicia. Airboy investigates a lost Incan city and the mysterious Fog That Kills. Flying Dutchman battles the mysterious Black Reaper and his plane that can lay waste to miles of farmland. Sky Wolf takes on the aerial gangsters known as the Skykillers and their private air force of fighter planes. Unusual, action-packed cover, possibly by Fred Kida, features an Olmec Head. Airboy: The Jewels of the Americas; SkyWolf: Killers Take to the Air; Skinny McGinty; Iron Ace; Flying Dutchman; Baron Buckskin; The Killer Plane. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Eezy Magic Correspondence School Lesson No. 1, art by Ed Dunn; Presto Pete, tired of being pulled out of a hat, enrolls in a correspondence school so he can be a magician himself. Untitled Sheriff Corky story, art by Rube Grossman. The Dangerous Firebug starring Eager Beaver, art by Otto Feuer; Eager tries to help the police capture a Fire-Bug, but ends up helping the bug instead. Another Race starring Tortoise and the Hare, art by Rube Grossman. Dopey Dick starring Walrus Whopper. How to Propose starring Skooky, art by Otto Feuer. Untitled Goofy Goose, Inventor story, art by Rube Grossman. Good-bye On the Fly! starring Raccoon Kids, art by Otto Feuer. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fagaly. Stories by Bob Montana and unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Bill Woggon, Bob Montana, Pen Shumaker and unknown. Archie and Mr. Andrews try to make Mrs. Andrews a stone fireplace for her birthday, but they run into some trouble along the way in "Mom's Birthday"! Plus: Archie buys some muscle-growing pills from a quack doctor and tries to fight Reggie in "The Strong Man"; Betty and Veronica cause some trouble in the boys-only aviation training room; Reggie and Veronica try to sabotage Archie's hayride in "It Ain't Hay!"; a tale starring Dotty and Ditto; and Archie goes skiing with Veronica and ends up going down the slope backwards in the reprint "Christmas Story"! Also: Archie moves heaven and earth to scrape up $5 for Jughead in the 2-page text story "What Price Friendship!" Full color. (Note: first issue to be published under the Archie Comics brand.) Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 37, Issue 2 - April, 1946. Cover by William Timmins. Science Fiction and adventure stories, this issue features "Pattern For Conquest: Part 2" by George O. Smith. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in., 180 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Don Dean, Ham Fisher, 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. Dixie Dugan springs into action after a handsome stranger breaks his leg, but a lawnmower makes for an odd-looking splint. Sparky Watts dreams that he's married to the worst wife ever, and his superpowers are no help. Charlie Chan helps track down kidnappers who've taken a young boy hostage. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Cranberry Boggs; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Paddy Doyle. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by E. C. Stoner [as Otis]. The Adventure of the Panting Photographer, art by Otis; Snapem stages accidents so he can get pictures of the Blue Beetle in action. The Case of the Bouncing Book, art by Otis; an unscrupulous publisher uses Mike's manuscript as a blueprint to commit crimes. The Threat From Saturn (Chapter 6): The Earthquake Maker, art by Otis; Beetle thinks Gloat and Saturnia are dead, but Gloat plans to use his earthquake maker to destroy the city. The Latest Fashion--In Crime starring Joan Mason, art by Art Allen. Saludos Amigos starring the O'Brine Twins, script and art by Larry Page. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Classic magazine for boys featuring articles, fiction, activities, and a few pages of comics. 10.5" x 13.5", 52 pages, B&W Cover price $0.20.

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Volume 17, Issue 11 - April 1946. Features creative stories, poems, rebuses, recipes, activities, crafts, science experiments, and health articles for children. 6-in. x 9-in. 52 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.15.

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3 Famous Mysteries, 6th Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 85). Cover price $0.15.

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Marco Polo, 3rd Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 70, no date or original 4/46 date). Cover price $0.15.

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Marco Polo, 4th Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 87). Cover price $0.15.

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Marco Polo, 5th Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 117, original 4/46 date). Cover price $0.15.

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Marco Polo, 6th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 154, original 4/46 date). Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 2, No. 2 - April , 1946. Magazine for magicians. 8.5" x 11.75", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Art by Dan Gordon and Lynn Karp. Cover by Dan Gordon. Teen comedy featuring Cookie and his pals, created by legendary animator Dan Gordon. Pretty girl Angelpuss introduces the guys to her Cousin Aggie, who looks like Lil Ethel; Vain Zoot thinks the girls are talking about him again; Jitterbuck takes in a stray dog thats nothing but trouble. Cookie; Angelpuss; Binky; Candidate Cookie; Zoot: A Case of Mistaken Nonentity; Jitterbuck; Skin-ny. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by Don C. Cameron and unknown. Art by Win Mortimer, John Daly, George Roussos, Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. Batman and Robin travel to London to put on a demonstration of their crime fighting techniques for Scotland Yard and end up helping catch the namesake of Professor Moriarty in "Batman and Robin in Scotland Yard!" by Don C. Cameron and Win Mortimer. Plus: Slam Bradley in "The Crook Who Couldn't Be Jailed!" with art by John Daly; Air Wave in "Crime Gets the Gong!" with art by George Roussos; and The Boy Commandos in "A Flatbush Frolic!" with art by Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. Also: Scuffy the Tramp half-pager by Lit-Win; two Daffy & Doodle 1-pagers by Lit-Win; The Fellers half-pager by Phil Berube; and 2-page text story "Golden Murder" by Murray Boltinoff (as Blair Bolton). 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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April 1946. "Five Fathoms Dead" by "Kenneth Robeson"; "World Lanes to Montizo" by Stuart Friedman; "Who Rides a Tiger" by Thorne Lee; "All That Glitters" by Everett M. Webber; and "The Jonah and the Jap" by Frank Herbert (of "Dune" fame; precedes his first Science Fiction story by 6 years). Digest size, 5-5/8" x 7-3/4"; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

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Numbering continues with Wacky Duck (1946 Marvel 1st Series) #3. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. In this issue: untitled Dopey Duck story (11 pages); Super Rabbit and Widjit Witch in 1-page text story "Supper [sic] Rabbit's Whale"; Silly Seal and Ziggy Pig in 1-page text story "Silly's Borrowed Suit"; untitled Casper Cat story; and untitled Dopey Duck story (7 pages). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Gus Ricca. Stories and art by Rafael Astarita, Gus Ricca, Newt Alfred, Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, Paul Gattuso, and George Tuska. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring superhero and adventure stories. It appears that voice-throwing hero The Echo has turned to crime, but it's actually the work of the Mysterious Mimic. Flash Gordon-like Dan Hastings battles space invaders who want to abduct Earth's women to become wives in their fascist interstellar empire. Dynamic Man, a football coach in his civilian life, must choose between coaching his football team to victory or rescuing Dynamic Boy from criminals. Plus a comics biography of Benjamin Franklin. Dynamic Man; The Echo; Ima Sleuth; He Who Serves Progress Serves the World; Yankee Boy; Touchdown Test; Dan Hastings; Handy Andy; Storm Patrol; Mr. E. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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April 1946. Cover by Lawrence Stevens. Fantasy stories "The Island of Captain Sparrow" by S. Fowler Wright, "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood, and "Roderick's Story" by E. F. Benson. Illustrations by Lawrence Stevens and Ronald Clyne. Softcover Pulp, 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Al Bryant. "The Feathered Felons" starring Doll Man, script by Joe Millard, art by Dan Zolnerowich; The Peacock is in prison and succeeds in building a model plane, which he uses to escape, then he gains control of a flock of pigeons to help him in committing more crimes. "Insectville" starring Perky, script and art by Sid Lazarus. "Hair-Raising Spook Stories" starring Blimpy, script and art by Al Stahl. "The Band Breakup" starring Swing Sisson; A red-headed siren proves that even friends can fall out over a woman. Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. "Boilermaker's Picnic" one-page story starring Poison Ivy, script and art by Jack Cole. "Darla the Dancer," pencils by Bill Quackenbush; Spin exposes some swindlers who drug sailors and soldiers for their money. "The Isle of the Dead," pencils by Peter Riss; Canoes filled with burial gifts are sent to another island ruled by a parasite tribe. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Flash stars in "An Ocean of Gold," written by Gardner Fox, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "Old Mexico" by John B. Wentworth and Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "Ancient Egyptian History" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith; and Hawkman in "The Man with the Amazing Nosae" by Fox and Joe Kubert. Cover art by Kubert. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "FAIRY TALE PARADE, No. 104." Painted cover art by Arthur E. Jameson. Tiny Esmeralda, art by Arthur E. Jameson; Esmeralda, a tiny princess in the forest, sees a handsome man on horseback and wishes she was his size; The mouse prince goes to the witch's house to see if she can help. The Kingdoms of the Thousand Mountains, art by Arthur E. Jameson; In a mountainous kingdom, people do not venture out after dark for fear of a witch. The Wee Man, art by Walt Kelly; An evil sorcerer shrinks a man, Crumpet, to mouse-size; A prince rescues the little man from a hawk, but the sorcerer puts a curse on the prince's son, causing him to shrink to Crumpet's size. Melisandra, art by Arthur E. Jameson; A cruel queen takes her young stepdaughter to the enchanted forest and abandons her there. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories, Art and Cover by Walt Kelly. Featuring tales such as "The Internal Intern," "Albert and the Barbecue," "Such A Duel About Nothing or Feud For Thought Use Remarks" and "Fearless Friends of the Fish Fry"! Starring Pogo Possum and Albert the Alligator! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Jim Ray's Aviation Sketch Book, Picture Stories of Planes and Pilots (1946). Includes the story of the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II. Although the bomb was dropped as any other bomb is dropped, it is depicted as being dropped by parachute. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Monstrosso, King of the Apes," art by Howard Larsen; Dr. Lane experiments with controlling the minds of animals; When two white hunters learn this, they want to steal the mind-controlled gorilla for themselves, but first, they want to use it to kill Kaänga; Their plan backfires, Kaänga kills the gorilla, and the hunters perish in a fall from a cliff along with Dr. Lane. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba spoils Chief M'romba's antelope hunt and the chief orders his village to help him kill Simba; Simba evades the traps and the hunters and then, discovering M'romba's son in quicksand, leads the hunters to the boy so that he can be rescued. M'romba forgives Simba. Untitled story; Wambi, aided by his bird friends, disrupts the activities of a white bird hunter who is collecting exotic feathers. Untitled story, art by Joe Doolin; A woman posing as a geologist kidnaps the sultan and his daughter. Terry rescues them once he figures out the woman's ruse. "Stalkers of the Black Renegade" text story. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Sata steals the power of mind control from an old witch in order to rule the jungle; Tabu intervenes and restores the old woman's power and sees to it that Sata is banished. Jungle Facts filler, art by Mike Peppe. Untitled story, pencils by Fran Hopper; Camilla thwarts M'bizi's efforts to prevent the wedding of Barong and Feda. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by Chic Young, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Bob Naylor, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Bela Zaboly, George McManus, Austin Briggs, Jack Sords, Wilson McCoy, Otto Soglow, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Carl Anderson, and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. The life of groundbreaking baseball player Jackie Robinson; Mandrake the Magician faces Tiger Shark, aka the Santa Claus Pirate. Blondie; The Lone Ranger; Dun-Dums; Barney Baxter in the Air; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Bringing Up Father; Flash Gordon; Sords Sports; The Phantom; The Little King; Henry. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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April 15, 1946. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: spring fashions; the Earth and Father Lynch; cancer; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 136 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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The independent magazine for the amateur magician. 8" x 10.5", 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 35, Issue 6 - April, 1946. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "Atomic Medicine" by Willy Ley, "Robot Raiders" by James Nevins Miller, "The Pushmaster" by Ed Yulke, "She Sells Sea Shells" by E.J. Murray, and others. 6.75-in. x 9.5-in. 176 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 34 #4 - Apr. 1946. Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 104 - April 19, 1946. Early magic enthusiast fanzine with reader submitted homemade tricks for other readers to try at home complete with step-by-step instructions and illustrations where needed. 8.5" x 11", 4 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Stories and art by May McNeer, Pat Adam, Helen Carter Maxon, Doris Falk, Nancy Williams, Miriam Young, Laura Leahart, Lynne Smith and Alice Barr Grayson. A magazine for girls from the producers of Parents' Magazine, with stories, fashion and advice as well as comics. The Pigtail Club finds danger while investigating their new clubhouse; After surviving a 1943 plane crash, Jane Froman performs on stage, radio and television despite the resulting disability; Polly Pilot gets stranded on the side of a cliff. The Pigtail Club; It Happened in Playhouse Cabin; It's Rainin', It's Pourin'; Rescue at Sea; Polly Pilot; Danger on Friday; Be Your Own Printer; The Doll That Works for USO; Magic in Your Birthday Party; Suit Yourself, Young Lady; Easter Honeys; Mystery of the Circus House; Sew Much Fun; Polly Prefers; Leader of Girls; Headline Girls; Have You Troubles?; Polly in the Kitchen. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 30, No. 4 - April 1946. 6.5" x 9.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Matt Baker, Robert Webb, Frank Little, Manning Lee Stokes, and Bob Hebberd. Tales of adventure on the high seas, produced by comics legend Jerry Iger. Criminals think the Vanishing Isles will make the perfect hideout, but they don't know about the islands' protector, the South Sea Girl Alani, in a story with art by legendary "good girl" artist Matt Baker. A mannequin floating in the harbor turns out to be a ruse by a criminal gang to set the Harbor Patrol against a rival gang. Declared a pirate by the king himself, Captain Cutlass assembles a crew and sets sail for adventure. Captain Cutlass; Tall Stories; Tugboat Tessie; Harbor Patrol; The Silver Whistle; Crossbones Charlie; The Ol' Skipper; Salty Stuff; Sagas of the Sea: Authentic Adventures; South Sea Girl; Ye Map of Block Island. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.