Comic books February 1945

Volume 41, Issue 2 - February, 1945. 6.75" x 9", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

February 1945. "Strange Fish" by "Kenneth Robeson"; "Moonlight Dip" by Sam Carson; "White Water Test" by Giff Cheshire; "Mine Captain" by Stanley Vickers; and "Training by Hickory" by Norman Daniels. Digest size, 5-5/8" x 7-3/4"; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; and "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield. "Pocketful of Trouble" text story by Winfield Kent. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Bryant. "The King of Beasts" starring Doll Man, art by Dan Zolnerowich; A giant gorilla in the zoo kills a guard. "Allura and the Rising Suns," art by Bill Quackenbush; Rusty Ryan vs. Allura and the Rising Suns. Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. "The Musician of Crime," script and art by Vernon Henkel; Swing Sisson vs. The Musician (Larry Lake). "Mission To Port Satsuma," art by Irving Tirman; Spin Shaw encounters the Sultan of Kowkow; vs. The Japanese. "Twerlin the Sorceror," art by Tony DiPreta; Blimpy goes up against an evil sorcerer and The Fraternity of Crime. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by M.E. Peacock and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Ann Brewster, Alex Blum, H.C. Kiefer, Lily Renee and Matt Baker. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Tiger Girl battles the war-mongering Masu after she arouses the chief's ire by freeing an unjustly imprisoned captive; The lovely Peaches helps Hooks Devlin get the goods on a phony mystic who speaks to the dead; Exquisite art as Senorita Rio investigates an assassination during Rio's Carnival celebration. Featuring art by famed good-girl artist Matt Baker and pioneering female artist Lily Renee. Cover by Joe Doolin lets a woman lead the heroic charge, for once. Rip Carson; Tiger Girl; Hooks Devlin; Kayo Kirby; Banquet of Doom; Shark Brodie; Senorita Rio. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Flash stars in "Hi Jinks on the Rinks," written by Gardner Fox, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "A Day in Doodleville" by John B. Wentworth and Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "Telegram from Daisy" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; "The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh" by M.C. Gaines and Don Cameron; Without Warning text story by Jay Marr; an ad for the Junior Justice Society; and Hawkman in "The Painter and the $100,000" by Fox and Joe Kubert. Cover art by Everett E. Hibbard. 1st All-American Comics issue. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "SMOKEY STOVER, No. 64." Cover art by Bill Holman. Untitled Smokey Stover stories. The chief keeps getting squirted in the eye while eating a grapefruit. The Mayor tells the fire department to let a fire burn, since it's a billboard for his opponent in the upcoming election. Smokey's son Earl makes a "Keep Off" sign for the wet cement sidewalks. Smokey sends Earl to the paint store to get some paint. Smokey thinks there's a strange man in his bathtub. Smokey bought a winter overcoat last spring at a cheap price, but the moths got to it. Smokey visits Fenwick Flooky's firehouse. An auto mechanic hides woodpeckers under the hood so drivers will think their engines are knocking. Smokey warns a neighbor to shovel his walk because a cop is writing tickets. Scripts and art by Bill Holman. Reprinted from Smokey Stover (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday strips from the early 1940s. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

In order of appearance: "Magno and Davey"; "Unknown Soldier" art by George Mabuchi (as George Gregg); "Lash Lightning, 'Thunder in the Mountains'"; and "Captain Courageous,'Unholy Death!'" art by Rudy Palais, reprinted in Golden Age Greats Spotlight (2003- AC Comics) 1st Edition #6. "Fireworks for a Saddle Bum" text story by Cliff Howe, reprinted from Hap Hazard Comics (1944) #2, and reprinted in Super Mystery Comics Vol. 6 (1946) #5 and in Four Favorites (1941) #29 . 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 4 #2 - Feb. 1945. Single-panel gag cartoons. 10 1/2-in. x 13-in., 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 3, Issue 2 - February, 1945. 6.75" x 9.75", 102 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Jim Tyer cover. Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Uncle Pigly" art by Ken Hultgren; "Chip Squirrel" art by Bill Hudson; "The King and the Mouse" art by Al Pross; "Willie the 'Westerner'"; "Tiny Chipmunk" art by Milt Stein; "Penny Pretend"; and "Harry Plays Hookey". "Volto From Mars" comic advertisement from Grape Nuts Flakes. "Danny Squirrel's Snowball" illustrated text story by Johnny Jill. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

2nd Edition - February, 1945. This digest was given out to soldiers in the U.S. Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Marines). It contains maps, history, warnings and survival tips pertaining to the Western Pacific Ocean during World War II. Softcover, 5" x 8", 144 pages, B&W.

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Stories and art by H. C. Kiefer and August Froehlich. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. Atomic Man uses a lead glove to protect others, but takes it off when it's time for action; Worldbeater and Unggh battle the Martian outlaws known as the Two-Faced Men; Buck Saunders faces the Plague of the Seven Year Locusts. Junior Rangers; Worldbeater and Unggh; Buck Saunders; Carrot Topp; Behind the Eight Ball; Atomic Man. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Historical and religious illustrated stories. Newsprint, 8-in. x 11-in. 16 pages, full color

Volume 21, Issue 2 - February, 1945. Cover Kodachrome by Pagano. 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.

Cover by Dave Tendlar. Stories and art by George Carlson, Dave Tendlar, Ben Levin, Woody Gelman, Charles W. Winter and Sophie Ferstadt. Kids' comics featuring the whimsical fables of beloved artist George Carlson, praised by Harlan Ellison as a "comic of the absurd." The Unicorn is detained for operating without a Shadow after Professor Whizzbang swipes it as a sign for Queen Lizzie's Tea Room. A rare PSA (in puzzle form) by Carlson about saving paper for the war effort. The Pie-Faced Prince is stuck on a runaway rowing machine by sneaky Professor Slumbo, who wants his Million-Dollar Bill. Camping; What's Wrong Here?; Bingo's Frolics in Fairytale Land; Jingle Jangle Tales: The Moon-Struck Unicorn and the Worn-Out Shadow; How Santa Was Saved; Aunty Spry; Chauncey Chirp and Johnny Jay; Mustapha; Waldo; Hortense the Lovable Brat; The Pie-Faced Prince of Pretzleburg. 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.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Alex Blum, and Robert Webb. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Sheena exposes a witch doctor's tricks to his victims; Agent ZX-5 seeks a hidden Japanese balloon base; The evil doll "Mr. Dingle" tempts a hapless man into a life of crime. The Hawk; Weird Stories of the Supernatural; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Ghost Gallery; The Unconquered; ZX-5 Spies In Action; Sky Girl. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Doolin. Cover pencils by George Tuska. After a domestic spat, Ann runs away and finds herself in a lost valley where prehistoric creatures survive to today; Kaänga and N'geeso follow and free her and a group of scientists from cavemen. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Wambi finds a new god for a tribe of pygmies that have elected to capture and worship Tawn. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Simba prevents a rogue gorilla from abusing the gorilla's newly-stolen mate. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; A trio of ivory hunters wound an elephant in order to follow it to the elephants' graveyard; Tabu catches up to them and summons the ghosts of the dead elephants, who frighten the hunters into giving up their scheme. "There's Always a Chance in the Jungle" text story. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Alana hires Keeto to kill Terry. Keeto enters the outpost on the pretext of becoming a lancer; After training with Terry, he finds he respects him too much to kill him. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; A falling out among diamond hunters leads to violence. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Spring 1945 Feb-Apr. Ki-Gor stars in "The Silver Witch" by John Peter Drummond, plus other jungle stories by Paul Selonke, Ray Vicker, and Stuart Friedman. Interior illustrations by Chester Martin and others. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white text with spot illos.; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Comic strip reprints: Blondie (by Chic Young), the Lone Ranger, Barney Baxter, Popeye (Thimble Theatre), Mandrake the Magician, Henry, Flash Gordon (by Alex Raymond), Sport Features (by Burnley), the Phantom, Bringing Up Father (by Geo. McManus), Little Annie Rooney, Sergeant Pat, and Brick Bradford. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by Hube Karp, Lee Dyne, Lynn Karp, Martin Steel, Merit Smythe, Dan Gordon, Thurston Harper, Carl Wessler, Al Hubbard, Victor Pazmino and Harris Steinbrook. Funny-animal comics from the publisher variously known as Rural Home and Croydon. A moose tries to rid itself of a moose-call, but the other animals keep finding it and sounding it. Bum Bill Bee (a hobo bee named Bill) finds a diamond necklace on the street, but has trouble when he tries to return it to its owner. Droopy (not the MGM character) steals a sheet from a ghost to stay warm on a winter day. Tin-Can Willie; Horace; Hornswoggled; Rusty Rabbit; The Cat-Trap; Sammy; Snazzy Rabbit; The Hold-Up; Bum Bill Bee and the Diamond Necklace!; Senorita Juanita McMouse; The Mouse and the Eagle; Uncle Walrus and Willie; Droopy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 22, Issue 5 - February 3, 1945. 8.5" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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February 5, 1945. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: cartoonist Bill Mauldin; Austria; Florida's prettiest girls; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 116 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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February 12, 1945. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Flight nurse; trench foot; spring flowers; Zhukov; and more. Cream of Wheat ad with Li'l Abner comic strip by Al Capp. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 120 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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February 19, 1945. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Tokyo; ski fashions; Dalai Lama; art by Hobson Pittman; psychosomatic medicine; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 1163 pages. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Dave Breger, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Roy Crane, Robert Storm, Mel Graff, Carl Anderson, Edwina Dumm, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, 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. Dagwood might actually make the bus if he didn't run into the mailman every morning; The Lone Ranger fights outlaws in the Old West. Mandrake the Magician; Jan and Aloysius; Private Breger; Heroes on Wings; Buz Sawyer; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Henry; Little Acorns; Popeye; Barney Baxter; Blondie; Tippie and Cap Stubbs; Dollar-A-Dither. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.