Comic books June 1946

Stories and art by Milt Stein and others. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Three years after a "pilot" one-shot issue, Fawcett resumes the Hopalong Cassidy series, which would last until the eve of the Silver Age. Hopalong is forced to take action against a fellow sheriff to stop a lynch mob. Twin rodeo stars Seth and Brad inherit a ranch, but loan shark Phineas Swindle wants to start a feud between the brothers so he can claim their land. When Hoppy goes after a crooked gambler, the gambler threatens the town with...a robot? Plus an early Smokey the Bear PSA, featuring his original slogan, "Smokey Says – Care Will Prevent 9 out of 10 Forest Fires." Hopalong Cassidy Battles a Fellow Lawman!; Opportunity Knoxx; The Red-Hooded Rider!; The Demlins; Double Trouble!; Whipper-Snappers; Case of the Missing Saddles!; Time to Reflect; Hopalong Cassidy Versus the Tin Cowboy!; The End of a Quack!; The Snortville Sneeze; Up for Re-Election! 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Bert Green, Mickey Klar Marks, Don Rico, Milt Hammer, Jack A. Warren, A. W. Nugent and Hy Gage. Kids' comics from Novelty Press. The Kids Is Kids gang accidentally stows away on a B-29 bomber. The Hermit of the Woods gives Mickey Starlight new appreciation for ancient myths, by bringing them to life before his eyes. Butch's Magic Wishing Cap lets him visit the ocean floor, where he encounters mermaids and a giant electric eel. Plus puzzle and activity pages. Fun, action-packed soapbox-derby cover by Al Fago. Speck, Spot and Sis; Kids Is Kids; Mickey Starlight: The Story of Apollo & Clytie; The Magic Specs; Dink: Untitled; The Jerkwater Line: 3 a.m. Hit the Deck; Humdinger Fun Page; Butch: His Shocking Tussle with the Electric Dragon. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Humor Vol. 1 # 1 (1946) was a magazine published by Humag, Inc. Features humorous fiction, articles, cartoons, bookshorts, with illustrations by A. Birnbaum, Henry Boltinoff, Jefferson Machamer, Al Mack, and Cherry-Posner. 64 pages, B&W, slick cover, newsprint interior, 8-in. x 11-in. Cover price $0.25.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. 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 General "Hap" Arnold, wartime chief of the U.S. Army Air Forces. 7-1/8 in. x 10 in.; full color; 64 pages. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Ben Levin. Stories and art by George Carlson, Dave Tendlar, Allen Ulmer, Larz Bourne, and Doug Anderson. Kids' comics featuring the whimsical fables of beloved artist George Carlson, praised by Harlan Ellison as a "comic of the absurd." After he over-waters his Hat-Tree, a Banker must contend with a Magpie and a Pirate to get his fortune back. Ventriloquist The Great Gabboo provides a voice to Ventro the dummy without moving his lips. Rajah Razzo Razzh-Berri and the Green Witch fall into each other's traps while Princess Panatella Murphy saves the Royal Teapot. Also featuring an ad for Pepsi-Cola starring "Pepsi the Pepsi-Cola Cop." Bingo and Glum in Fairytale Land; Chauncey Chirp and Johnny Jay; Jingle Jangle Tales: The Double-Rich Banker and the Well-Watered Hat-Tree; Penny the Penguin; Hortense the Lovable Brat; Seminole Sam; Ventro, a Talkative Marionette; Aunty Spry; The House with the Violet Eyes; The Pie-Face Prince of Old Pretzleburg. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Frank Little and others. Before the debut of its Tarzan-like jungle hero, Jo-Jo Comics presents humor and funny-animal comics. Bobby Bee turns a mushroom into a home; Inept pilot Loop O'Day wants to join a stunt show, but his flying is dangerous enough already; US Treasury trucks are mysteriously disappearing in a flash of lightning. Bobby Bee; Popgun Pete; Laff Parade; No Time to Grow Up; Loop O'Day; Electro and the Paper Man; Roscoe Bear. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tessie the Typist cover and story. 1st "Hey Look" by Harvey Kurtzman, Basil Wolverton's "Powerhouse Pepper". 48pg. Cover price $0.10.

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In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" art by Robert Webb; "ZX-5: Spies in Action" and "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" art by Alex Blum; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker; "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb; and "The Ghost Gallery" art by Alex Blum. "Sheena and the Winged Vampires" text story. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Ju Ju Kraal of the Flaming Death!", pencils by Howard Larsen; G'hama, a powerful witch doctor, uses mind control drugs to capture slaves; He manages to get Kaänga under his control until Ann can break the spell; Kaänga then turns G'hama over to a council of witch doctors for trial. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba allows a leopard to recover from a snake bite before punishing him for attack Simba's family. Jungle Facts filler, art by Mike Peppe. Untitled story; The outcast Bhaadras raid a local village for women; Wambi the Jungle Boy pursues them and frees the women and extracts a promise of no more raids. "The Prophecy of the Snake Goddess" text story. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; A priestess directs her men to capture lancers for sacrifice; Terry and Keeto follow the raiding party back to their village and free the captives and kill the priestess. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; A witch doctor murders Chief Ka and then plans to murder his son; Tabu and Ka's daughter prevent the second murder and the witch doctor is killed by the leopard he planned to use as a weapon. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; A group of lost descendants of ancient Greeks raid the Rogas tribe for women; Camilla pursues them and frees the women; The Greeks are attacked by the condors that they use as instruments of torture. 52 pages, 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 future Phantom faces his moment of truth in the Skull Cave; Mandrake the Magician and Lothar rescue a drowning man who claims to have found the Fountain of Youth. 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.

Stories and art by Clem Weisbecker and Rod Reed. Seafaring hero Lance and his buddy Mike get their own series after a long run in Whiz Comics. Lance learns that beautiful Donna is actually a British spy, and Haroun Al Raschid is a Nazi agent in disguise. Trapped on a native island in the South Pacific by Axis forces, Mike and Lance must dress as women to avoid becoming a cannibal entree. Plus a vintage ad for Captain Marvel merch, including a Capt. Marvel statuette, Mary Marvel pin, and Jughead-style Captain Marvel hat. The Sacred Horn of Allah; Report of an Enemy Agent; Skipper McGee; The Vitamin Queen. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

June 1, 1946. Vol 23, No 22. Photo cover. Articles by Gerald M. Brown, Alfred Eris, Beth Paterson, Stanley Frank. Fiction by Gordon Malherbe Hillman, Mona Williams, T. F. Healy, Robert Burkhardt, and Georgette Heyer. Illustrations by Martin Gulser, O. F. Schmidt, Howell Dodd, Pat Holbrooke, and Thomas Atwell. "The Thropp Family" comic strip by Lawrence Lariar and Donlou. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, black and white with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

June 8, 1946. Vol 23, No 23. Photo cover. Articles by Harold L. Ickes, Alfred H. Sinks, Bee Bangs, Gerald Hawkins. Fiction by Bill Gulick, R. Wilkes Hunter ("Gypsy"), Ernest Lehman, and Ernst Lothar. Illustrations by Larry Kritcher, Carl Mueller, Glenn Thomas, and Thomas Atwell. "The Thropp Family" comic strip by Lawrence Lariar and Donlou. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, black and white with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

June 15, 1946. Vol 23, No 24. Cover by Dal Holcomb. Articles by Victor Boesen, Margery Miller, Max Braithwaite, Marris Markey. Fiction by Neill C. Wilson, Eugene Swan Jr, John McClain, and Ernst Lothar. Illustrations by Al Schmidt, Frank Godwin, Ralph Crawley, and Thomas Atwell. "The Thropp Family" comic strip by Lawrence Lariar and Donlou. Judy Garland beauty soap ad. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, black and white with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

June 22, 1946. Vol 23, No 25. Cover by Monte Crews. Articles by Victor Boesen ("One Morning in August..." Hiroshima recovery a year later), Violet Vincent, Alan Phillips, Alyce Canfield. Fiction by Allan Vaughan Elston, Martha Ostenso, Georges Carousso, and Tom Powers. Illustrations by Howell Dodd, Larry Kritcher, James Cole, and Frank Godwin. "The Thropp Family" comic strip by Lawrence Lariar and Donlou. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, black and white with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

June 29, 1946. Vol 23, No 26. Cover by John W. James. Articles by John Lardner, Arline Britton Boucher & John Leo Tehan, Trent Frayne, Max Braithwaite. Fiction by Allan R. Bosworth, Muriel Roy Bolton, Walter C. Brown, Pearl S. Buck, and Tom Powers. Illustrations by O. F. Schmidt, Ernest Chiriaka, Ralph Crawley, Martin Gulser, and Frank Godwin. "The Thropp Family" comic strip by Lawrence Lariar and Donlou. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, black and white with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

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Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Roy Crane, Robert Storm, Mel Graff, Carl Anderson, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Joe Musial, Tom Sims, and Bela Zaboly. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Popeye fights to the finish because he eats his spinach; Barney Baxter is a daredevil pilot with a yen for democracy. Mandrake the Magician; Jan and Aloysius; High Spots; Buz Sawyer; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Henry; Little Acorns; Popeye; Blondie; Dollar-A-Dither. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

June 1946. Cover paintings by Arnold Kohn and Joe W. Tillotson. Detective stories include the short novel "That's All for You!" by Ray N. Wall, the novelet "The Sound of Death" by David Wright O'Brien, and other short stories by H.B. Hickey, Larry Holden, Philip Sharp, Leonard B. Rosborough, Ted Stratton, and Richard Brister. Interior illustrations by H.W. McCauley, Brady, Arnold Kohn, William Marsh, Robert Fuqua, Malcolm Smith, and Rod Ruth. 7-in. x 10-in., black and white, 178 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by C. C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza. The Marvel Family and Aunty Anti-Marvel, script by Otto Binder, art by C. C. Beck; Dr. Sivana disguises himself as a new member of the Marvel Family: Aunty Marvel. Mary Marvel and The Black Magician, script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Binder. Mobali Man's Courage text story by Chester Whitehorn. Captain Marvel, Jr. Vs. The Wild Woods Boy, script by Otto Binder. Captain Marvel and The Miracle Worker, script by Otto Binder. Captain Marvel Club ad. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Vince Alascia. Killer Boss of Westport starring Human Torch, art by Jimmy Thompson. Politician's Plunder starring Sub-Mariner, art by Allen Simon. The Ghoul of the 13th Floor starring Miss America, art by Charles Nicholas. Desert Bandit text story. The Case of the Gagging Gangsters starring Patriot. The Missing Weapon starring Angle, pencils by Al Gabriele. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Attention Charlton collectors! Here we have an issue from an early short run Charlton title.

Stories and art by Herman C. Browner, Robert Sanders and Howard Larsen. Non-fiction comics about advances in science at mid-century. This was the first comic under the Charlton imprint. The history of radio to 1946. The history and future of the submarine. An article speculating that radar could be used for outer-space exploration, after the Army bounces a radar signal off the Moon. The Submarine; Enemy of Aviation; Mapping the Moon; Radio Progress; Wax Sculpture Master; A Trip to the Moon Soon?; Scientific Wonders; Precipitron: Fights Dust and Infections!; Potato Patch Plane; How to Make a Camera and Periscope; Home Experiments; Highways That Speak; Death... to the Insects!; Odd Inventions; Sun Completely Covered by the Moon During a Total Eclipse. Final issue of the series. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.