Comic books January 1947

Cover art by Ron Santi (?). Untitled Blackie Bear story; Blackie captures an escaped gorilla. Wheaties ad featuring Clark Shaughnessy. Untitled The Three Mouseketeers story, art by Ron Santi. "Circus in Town," art by Stan Green; Wally and the Rooster try to get jobs at the circus. Flash Comics ad. Untitled J. Rufus Lion story, art by Ron Santi; Rufus judges a bathing beauty contest. Untitled Henry the Laffing Hyena story, art by Harris Steinbrook; Henry tries to get cured from his constant laughing. One-page Willy Worm story, art by Saul Kessler. Ol' Judge Owl text story by Martin Naydel (as M. Nadle). Untitled McSnurtle the Turtle story, art by McSnurtle's conscience plays matchmaker. Daisy air rifle ad, art by Fred Harman. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 6 #1 - Jan./Feb. 1947. Single-panel gag cartoons. 10 1/2-in. x 13-in., 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Fawcett presents the puppet characters of Pal's early animation studio. Sgt. Jan is in trouble when a picture of a horse gets mixed up with a picture of the Colonel's girlfriend. Jim Dandy is no good at anything but playing the violin, but he manages to help out at a construction site anyway. Rusty imagines himself into the office of the President of the United States; in another story, the baby-faced puppet joins the Foreign Legion. Jasper and the Scarecrow: Building Capers; Rusty: At the White House; Punchy and Judy: Chicken-Hearted Villain; Sneakthieves; Sgt. Jan: A Photo Finish; Jim Dandy: On the Job; Jasper: No Place Like Home; Rusty Joins the Foreign Legion; Sgt. Jan: Global Warfare; Punchy and Judy: Devil's Holiday. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Irwin Hasen. Doiby Dickles, Da Stunt Man starring Green Lantern, script by Alfred Bester, art by Martin Nodell; Doiby secures a position as a movie stuntman when the regular stuntman quits a film; This glory soon turns to terror as Doiby discovers someone is trying to kill him! The Man Who Went Back starring Green Lantern, script by Alfred Bester, art by Martin Nodell; Green Lantern musty convince the major stockholder of radio station WXYZ that "the good old days" were anything BUT that before he pulls his financial backing from the station. Untitled Cotton-Top Katie story, script and art by Harry Lampert. Long Live Da King starring Green Lantern, script by Alfred Bester, art by Martin Nodell; Doiby poses as the youthful King of Royalia in order to prevent an insidious Duke from usurping the throne. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Ken Hultgren, Bob Wickersham, Hubie Karp, and Gil Turner. Art by Bob Wickersham, Dan Gordon, Gil Turner, Lynn Karp, Hawley Pratt, and Ken Hultgren. Cover by Ken Hultgren. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Izzy and Dizzy impersonate Aunt Martha so they can order Uncle Looie around, but then the real Aunt Martha shows up; Robespierre dresses in doll clothes and gets mistaken for the similarly-clad Superkatt by the tough cats of Hogan's Alley; Clancy the cop brings a hardened criminal to trial before Judge Pupple, but the trial and the crook both seem manufactured. Nino; Daniel Spaniel; Robespierre; Izzy and Dizzy; The Christmas Tree; Squirrely; Homer; The Giant Snowball; Judge Pupple Presiding; Cat Nap; Wondro; Punch. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Stanley and Homer" by Jack Bradbury; "Scamper" story by Hubie Karp, art by Al Hubbard; "Little Billy Bear" by Lynn Karp; "Potter Otter" by Don Christensen; "Cranky Coon" by Ed Dunn; and "Ted and Tom", "Ragsdale", and "Frizby Feline" by Lynn Karp. Illustrated text stories: "Buster Bunny Goes Traveling: A Roving Rabbit Rambles Far From Home!" by Donald Bayne Hobart; "The Dizzy Opossum: Poor Oliver Just Couldn't Hang by His Tail!" by Mickey Klar Marks; and "The Fox and the Cricket: When Charlie Cricket Stops Singing, Look Out!" by Lily K. Scott. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.15.

Newsprint, 8-in. x 18-in., 16 pages, full color.

Newsprint, 8-in. x 18-in., 16 pages, full color.

Newsprint, 8-in. x 18-in., 16 pages, full color.

Newsprint, 8-in. x 18-in., 16 pages, full color.

Painted cover by Al Ulmer. Stories and art by Sid Greene, Robert Webster, Stookie Allen and Graham Ingels. Superhero comics from Famous Funnies, featuring some of the stranger heroes of the Golden Age. A comics biography of boxing legend Jack Dempsey; A story featuring early art by EC artist Graham Ingels; A daring rescue off the coast of Coney Island, New York. The Man Pickpockets Feared; Telephone Co. Vail Medal Award; Greater Love Hath No Man; Preparedness Pays; Touch-Down Tom Dwyer; Copper!; Rescue Off Coney Island; Battle Against Death; Jack Dempsey Fights for Life; Blaze of Glory; Danger Mud; Florence Heggie: Dog Saver; Al Manfre; Trapped by Fire. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Kid Eternity, Her Highness, Sir Roger, Betty Bates, Charlie Horse, Bob and Swab (art by Klaus Nordling), and Big Brother. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Charles Nicholas. Trapping the Masked Monster starring the Human Torch, art by Jimmy Thompson; A bookie tries to eliminate snoops getting too close to his racket and throw suspicion onto a seer by putting records into her chair that play predictions of death. Torch and Toro send him to the chair. Death By Prophecy starring the Human Torch and Futura. Curse of the Black Devil text story. The Lost Son Fraud starring the Human Torch, art by Carmine Infantino. Ghost Hangman starring the Sub-Mariner, art by Allen Simon. $0.10. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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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Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Ham Fisher, M. Townsend, Salo and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. In the South Pacific, Joe prepares to face the formidable opponent Grumpopski in the ring. But Grumpopski holds a grudge and can't wait that long. Aviator hero Chickie Ricks finds danger and intrigue in central Asia. The Grumpopski-Palooka Fight; At The Ringside ... Blow By Blow; Surprise Comeback; Leemy's Boxing Exhibition; Time Will Tell; Flyin Fool; Account Closed…; Ricky Roony; Cartoon Laughs. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Men's interest humor digest with cartoons, jokes and tasteful pin-up photography. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Jack O'Brien and others. One-page cartoons of the tame but suggestive type that would appear in men's magazines a few years later. Risque for the era. Some are by Saturday Evening Post and Sad Sack cartoonist Jack O'Brien, sometimes signed as "Sgt. O'Brien." One cartoon is bondage-themed, and seems to comment on the horror-comics scandal to come. Plus one-page B&W pin-up photos, including screen stars Grace McDonald, Susan Hayward and Betty Hutton. Grace McDonald; Universal Star; Susan Hayward; Betty Hutton.  5-in. x 7-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Number 2798 - January 1947. Humor and Satire cartoons. 8.5" x 11", 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" art by Robert Webb, reprinted in Sheena Queen of the Jungle (1942 Fiction House) #16; "ZX-5" art by Jack Kamen; "Patsy Pinup"; "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker, reprinted in Sky Gal (1994) #3; "Hateful Herman"; and "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" and "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen. "Sheena and the Snake Princess" text story. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Mad scientist Roho takes N'Tito's brain and places it in ape. He then kidnaps Ann and plans to allow the ape inhabiting N'Titi's body to kill her; Kaänga and N'Tito arrive in time to save Ann but N'Tito and Roho are both killed. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba protects a lost white child from buffalo stampede and mandrill attack until the boy's parents find him. Untitled story, art by Bob Lubbers; Terry rides to rescue the sultan's daughter from her kidnapper, Ali Khan. Keeeto, disguised as the Desert Whip, a notorious criminal, manages to get the better of Ali Khan and the girl is rescued. Cecil Rhodes bio, art by George Evans. Untitled story, pencils by Alex Blum; Two hunters trick Wambi into letting them record his voice while he is giving animals commands; Using the recording, they manage to capture dozens of animals with no effort. Brief descriptions of several jungle traps. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; The witch doctor Sikulu convinces his people that white men have killed their chief; He takes the tribe to the camp of innocent scientists with the intent of murder; Tabu arrives, tells the men the truth—that Sikulu had attempted to kill the chief. Untitled story, pencils by Fran Hopper; A pair of jewel thieves kidnap Trader Tom and hope to torture him into revealing the location of his cache of pearls; Camilla rescues Tom, but not before one of the thieves has been killed by a viper. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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 conclusion of The Phantom adventure The Golden Princess; Mandrake the Magician and Lothar investigate after a fishing boat at sea vanishes before their eyes. 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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Funny-animal comics featuring a pair of cute critters who are pals. Human boy Raymond and his animal pals Koko and Kola seek a fairy prince; Koko, Kola, and Raymond meet Old King Cole from the nursery rhyme; The gang visits a museum. Muggsy Mouse; Fairy Prince; Famous Statues; Cross-Pic Puzzle; Tricycle Trouble. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 15, Issue 5 - January, 1947. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Captain Tootsie stars in a one-page Tootsie Roll ad, "The Wolf Hunt" (by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza). Cover price $0.10.

January 18, 1947. Fiction and non-fiction stories with illustrations. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in.; black and white; 52 pages. Cover price $0.05.

February 1, 1947. Fiction and non-fiction stories with illustrations. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in.; black and white; 52 pages. Cover price $0.05.

March 1, 1947. Fiction and non-fiction stories with illustrations. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in.; black and white; 52 pages. Cover price $0.05.

A Joyful Compendium on Arkansas by Avantus Green, Illustrated by Jon Kennedy. 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in. Softcover 78 Pages B&W. Early Alfred E. Neumann images on front cover. Cover price $0.70.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.