Comic books April 1947

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Cover by Orestes Calpini. Stories and art by Orestes Calpini, Art Helfant, Burt Frohman, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Kids' comics from Hillman, featuring mischievous puppet Punch and his human friend Judy. Punch the puppet swipes a fancy-dress suit and some cash from Uncle Tony, and crashes Mrs. Van Blimp's high-society party. Bucky the Mule gets three wishes from a genie, but as usual he pushes his luck a little too far. A rare funny animal strip - Simon and Kirby's first funny-animal work ever - Rover The Rascal, produced at roughly the same time as their crime comics. Punch and Judy; Fatsy McPig; Earl the Rich Rabbit; Punch in the Old House; Billy Boy and Fancy Horse; Alfie and Ralphie; Bucky the Mule; Dippy; Little Horse Feather; Rover The Rascal. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Walt Kelly, George Kerr (credited as Johnny Gruelle), W.J. Enright, and Dan Noonan. Johnny Gruelle's famous doll characters have adventures and learn lessons, featuring early art from Walt Kelly. Legendary Pogo artist Walt Kelly adapts Mother Goose nursery rhymes, including The Man in the Moon and Davy, Davy Dumpling. Raggedy Ann and Andy help the Calico Dragon when four loonies attack. Donot Inflate, the penguin, tells a tall tale about Antarctic explorers. Plus activity pages and "nonesuch" animals. The Nose Cold; Raggedy Ann: The Dragons Wings; None-Such Animals: The Orkle; The Story of Chicken Greedy; The Raggedy Way; Egbert Elephant; Animal Mother Goose; How the Sea Became Salt; Billy and Bonny Bee; The Door to the Childrens Zoo. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $399.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #1270784005 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jack Byrne. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, John Celardo, Charles Sultan, Lily Renee, Maurice Whitman, and Howard Larsen. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Outlaws dress as ancient conquistadors to trick a Pueblo tribe into attacking a wagon train; A man scientist plans to use his youth-stealing machine on The Werewolf Hunter's niece Phyllis; Good-girl art galore as Glory Forbes discovers criminals fixing a basketball game. Best action-girl cover yet by Joe Doolin. Firehair; Ben Blueridge; Glory Forbes; Sky Rangers; Crusoe Island; Poor Pierre; Why?; The Werewolf Hunter; Tiger Man. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Red Ryder, King of the Royal Mounted, Kiyote Kids, Telecomics in "The Miner Forty-Niner," and Little Beaver. Three-page text story, "Little Beaver's Goat-Mobile." Photo back cover (Allan Lane as Red Ryder). 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ellis Chambers and Frank Little. Humor comics from Fox Feature, featuring funny animals, teen hijinx and the like. The Little Man in Black has a disturbing secret; Red Kamphor, a skunk, tries to force Inky to do his bidding with hypno-drugs; Bertie Bird tests the saying about the early bird. The Little Man in Black; A Tall Story; Percy, The Mindreader; Red Kamphor; Gags; Bertie Bird. 32 pages, Full Color. This issue reprinted later by Green Publishing and by Norlen Magazine. Cover price $0.10.

Numbering is continued from Kid Movie Komics (1946). Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. In this issue: Rusty in "Getting Sick-nic on a Picnic!" - Johnny takes the family for a ride in the country and a picnic; Rusty in "The Well-Behaved Brat!" - beleaguered by the antics of the children, Johnny buys a book about bringing up children the modern way; Little Vinegar in "What Not to Do at the Zoo!" - when the Higgins (spelled that way this issue) family visits the zoo, chaos and mayhem befall at the hands of Little Vinegar; "City Kid" text story - Ted is not happy about having to host a visit from his cousin Buzz from Brooklyn; "These Days Who Knows If It Pays to Pose!" - Rusty is irritated by Johnny reading a story with photos of a pretty model, however later that day she is approached by the same photographer who offers her a modelling job; Mitzi in "Seeing Stars!" - Mitzi gets on the town welcoming committee for the visit of Hollywood star Van Swenson; and Rusty in "Tragic Magic!" - Johnny wants to become a magician, however he has a few problems trying to master the tricks. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Add to cart Coverless $56.00 View scan INCOMPLETE. First wrap missing, interrupts art and story. Tears in last page. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover art by Harry G. Peter. The Adventure of the Little Cloud People starring Wonder Woman, script by William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter. Cops and Robbers starring Little Boy Blue, art by Frank Harry. Willy Nilly story, art by Frank Harry. Sargon the Sorceror story, art by Irwin Hasen. Foney Fairy Tales story, script and art by Ed Wheelan. Trapped By Time starring Wildcat, art by Irwin Hasen. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 53, Issue 1 - April/May, 1947. 5.5" x 7.5", 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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 starring Doc Wackey, Gabby, Sniffer Snoop, Miss Laner, Mr.Corey, and Mr. Browser, art by Jack Cole. The Green Box starring Black X. Archie O'Toole story, art by Dibble. Daffy story. Lady Luck story, art by Klaus Nordling. The Sticks starring Rookie Rankin. The Helio Bandits text story. Spunky story, art by Sid Lazarus. The Jester story. Wun Cloo story, art by Jack Cole. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Article on Hopalong Cassidy, feature on Johnny Mack Brown and many others and song lyrics. 8-in. x 10 1/2-in., 34 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Sparling, Charlie Plumb, Bernard Dibble, Ed Dodd, Rudolph Dirks, J. P. Williams, Arnie Mossler and Raeburn Van Buren. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, including Tarzan, Li'l Abner and Nancy. Tarzan has a plan to free Don Macabre's captive workers from the tunnel. Burke finds the greatest baseball player ever in a remote Central American country, and sets out to bring him back to the US. Sparkling Stars of the Air (radio, that is) focuses on the King Cole Trio, the early group featuring Nat King Cole. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp and the Ripley-like Strange as It Seems. Li'l Abner; Hap Hopper; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Tarzan; Sparkler Salutes; Ella Cinders; Sparkling Stars of the Air; Bill Bumlin; Back Home Again; Strange as It Seems; Abbie an Slats; El Bombo. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Jack Alderman, Ruth Peecock, Saul Rosen, H. C. Browner, and Bob Sanders. A Golden Age anthology featuring something for everyone: comedy, crime, jungle adventure, and even magic lessons. Detective Click Hunt investigates a kidnapping. Fun facts about baseball stars, including all-time legends Ted Williams, Pee Wee Reese, Joe DiMaggio and Stan Musial. Plus the unusual sports career of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. A scientist rescues a boy raised by wolves in the jungles of Brazil and puts him to work for the US government, and the adventures of Fangs the Wolf Boy begin. Hell's Angels: The Invisible Neron; The Story of Michael Carr and Modeling; Unusual Sports Stars; Battle of the Beasts; Saxie and Peaches; Fangs the Wolf Boy; Detective Click Hunt; She Lived With Death; Ali Baba; Magic Tricks; Sons of Mars and Thunder; Speed Spaulding; The Coverdale Payroll Holdup. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $55.00 View scans Chipping and tears to edges. 1" Spine split from top. Oxidation.

April 6, 1947. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

April 13, 1947. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

April 20, 1947. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.