Comic books October 1945

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Whole number 97 - Indicia misprinted as Volume 16, Number 4. Cover price $0.15.

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52 pages Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 10, issue 2 - October, 1945. 6.75" x 9.75", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

True Crime Cases. Photo cover. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

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Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; and "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller. "Rescue Race" text story by Claude Dunnagan. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $58.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $50.00 View scans Paper: Cream	Add to cart Very Good $26.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Foxing. Soiling. Moisture spotting.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $24.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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Beautiful cover painting by J. Allen St. John for "King of the Dinosaurs" a complete 75,000 word novel by J. W. Pelkie.

Volume 7, Issue 4 - October 1945. Cover by J. Allen St. John. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Dummy of Death" by Leroy Yerxa, and "King of the Dinosaurs" by J.W. Pelkie. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 180 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and Bill Brady. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Hoppy is the only one left awake after three concert musicians put the audience to sleep with knockout gas to rob them. Sherlock the Monk and Chuck the Duck investigate the Case of the Missing Bathtubs. A smart donkey decides to run for sheriff against Oscar the Ostrich. Plus a PSA for wartime paper recycling. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny and the Terrible Trio; Billy the Kid and Oscar: The Kid that Broke the Camel's Back!; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: The Case of the Missing Bathtubs!; Willipus Wallipus: Dentaglector; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Oscar the Ostrich Does Some Campaigning; Willie the Worm Wrestles With an Idea; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: His Plot Buckles; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Adventure in Dreamland. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Al Bryant. "The Image," pencils by Dan Zolnerowich; In an accident involving a television experiment, the atomic energy of light changed the consistency of engineer Mac Widder's body so that he could not be seen, and he saw an opportunity to become rich and powerful. "So! You Want To Be a Fisherman," script and art by Al Stahl; Blimpy vs. King Neptune. "Swing Sisson Goes Hollywood," script and art by Vernon Henkel; Spin and his band are going to Hollywood to work for a crooked agent. "The Weather Man" starring Perky, script and art by Sid Lazarus. Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. "Spin Goes Native"; Spin Shaw saves a troop of trapped American infantry in the jungle. "Admiral Shozo's Mission" starring Rusty Ryan, art by Peter Riss; Admiral Shozo is assigned to find and smash the troublesome Boyville Brigadiers or lose his head. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lily Renee. Edited by Jack Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Ann Brewster, Alex Blum, 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 a witch doctor who enslaves natives with narcotic smoke, in a story with art by Matt Baker; Hooks Devlin tries to figure out what a bear wearing a tie and a suit of armor have to do with a robbery at the city museum; Glamour-girl turned super-spy Senorita Rio investigates a far-reaching conspiracy in Caracas. Featuring art by famed good-girl artist Matt Baker and pioneering female artist Lily Renee. Joker; Tiger Girl; Rip Carson; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Flash stars in "The Man who Saw Ahead," written by Gardner Fox, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: Hop Harrigan in "The Camera Grinds" by Jon L. Blummer; Johnny Thunder in "Johnny and the Beanstalk" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; "The Story of John Paul Jones" by M.C. Gaines and Don Cameron; Victory Puzzles activity page; and Hawkman in "Ring out the Old—Ring in the New" by Fox and Joe Kubert. Cover art by Kubert. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "ANDY PANDA, No. 85." Cover art by Dan Gormley. The Mad Dog Mystery, script by John Stanley, art by Dan Gormley; When their detective agency doesn't get any business, Andy and Charlie add walking dogs as a sideline; They get a once-a-week job walking a vicious dog named Goro on an assigned route to the pier, where an old lady always appears to pat the dog. The Patter of Tiny Roots(Table of Contents, art by Dan Gormley; When Andy and Charlie talk about getting a couple of little ones from the nursery, a couple of busybody neighbors think they mean children instead of shrubs and call the authorities. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "ROY ROGERS COMICS, No. 86." Roy Rogers and Trigger photo cover. Deadly Treasure, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Albert Micale; A hooded gang has kidnapped five people and murdered others and nobody knows why; When Lorna Mattison is kidnapped, Judge Conroy's son goes after the gang. Roy and horse inside back cover photo. Roy, with guitar, sings to daughter Cheryl back cover photo. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 4 #7 - Sept/Oct. 1945. Single-panel gag cartoons. 10 1/2-in. x 13-in., 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Written by Basil Wolverton and unknown. Art by Basil Wolverton and unknown. In this issue: Tessie the Typist stars in an untitled story. Plus: Star and Tar in an untitled story; Eustace Hayseed and Choo-Choo in an untitled story; 2-page text story "The Bolo"; 1/2 Chief Poke-in-Nose in an untitled story; and Powerhouse Pepper in an untitled story by Basil Wolverton. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Joe Oriolo and others. Fawcett presents the puppet characters of Pal's early animation studio. Sgt. Jan, a wooden soldier in a beefeater hat, gets involved in a Comedy of Errors with Punchy and Judy when they come visit for maneuvers at the same time as Jan's girlfriend Mary Lou. Jim Dandy has a plan to help a struggling circus against a handsome rival fortune teller, even if it means losing the love of the beautiful Tina. Rusty imagines himself into an adventure among the clouds. Rusty: Prince Dipper; Jasper and the Scarecrow: Magic Capers; Sgt. Jan: On the Beam; Scarecrow and the Blackbird: Plenty of Nothing; Punchy and Judy: Grandpappy Comes Forward; Jim Dandy Plays Cupid; The Bandits; Rusty: Prisoner of Fenda; Punchy and Judy: Roped In; Jasper and the Tail End of a Tale; Sgt. Jan: Comedy of Errors. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Al Hubbard, Lynn Karp, Anthony Hollis, Margery Paine, Ken Hultgren, Edward Jason, and Dan Gordon. Art by Dan Gordon, Gil Turner, Lynn Karp, Al Hubbard, and Ken Hultgren. Cover by Dan Gordon. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Paul Pig keeps a promise; Mark Monk learns that hero worship isnt all its cracked up to be. Amusing cover by Dan Gordon. The Hero Behind the Hero; Superkatt; The Duke and the Dope; Violet; Wisby Wolf; Corky; Keeping a Promise; Lionel; Chloe. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian comic. All art uncredited. Commander Steel in "The War-Goods Mystery!", Terry Kane in "The Curse of the Tomb!", "The Screwball" 2 page text story, Dr. Destine in "The Man Who Played the Oboe!". 7 3/4" x 11", FC, 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 5, Issue 10 - October 1945. Canadian true-crime magazine. 8" x10.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Stories by Ken Hultgren, Bob Wickersham, Franklin Carr, Burl Board, Georgia Cherr, Lynn Karp and Gil Turner. Art by Lynn Karp, Bob Wickersham, Ed Dunn, Victor Pazmino, Gil Turner and Ken Hultgren. Cover by Ken Hultgren. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG. Izzy and Dizzy use the Magic Lamp to bring the museum Neanderthal display to life; A scarecrow has a midlife crisis; Robespierres pals concoct a cruel way to see if cats really have nine lives. Robespierre; Happy Hippo; Throckmorton; Izzy and Dizzy; Pee-Wee, Little Indian Boy; Lucifer Learns a Lesson; Blimey Bear; Sam'l the Camel; Wilfred; Old Tabby; The Nasty Pelican; The Sad Scarecrow. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by H. C. Kiefer. Stories and art by H. C. Kiefer, August Froehlich and Jack Alderman. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. The Junior Rangers face The Return of Dr. Emit and the forces of Attila the Hun. Worldbeater and Unggh, a futuristic refugee and his caveman pal, encounter Jo-Blo and the Gopher people. The Blue Streak battles the King of the Air. Junior Rangers; Worldbeater and Unggh; Buck Saunders; First-Fact-Fun; The Golden Goblets; Petty Larceny Pete; The Blue Streak. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. Atomic Man faces a kidnapping on the high seas in his final adventure; Buck Saunders becomes involved in the search for The Ajax Diamond; Carrot Topp faces The Haywire Hypnotist. Junior Rangers; Uncle Windy; Buck Saunders; Carrot Topp; It's the Little Things That Count; Atomic Man. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Vee Quintal Pearson. Historical and religious illustrated stories. Newsprint, 8-in. x 18-in., 16 pages, full color.

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Volume 6, Issue 5 - October, 1945. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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 David Tendlar. Stories and art by George Carlson, Dave Tendlar, Ben Levin, Woody Gelman, Mickey Klar Marks, and Charles Bange. Kids' comics featuring the whimsical fables of beloved artist George Carlson, praised by Harlan Ellison as a "comic of the absurd." A Horseless Jockey and a Barber-Pole Baron race Queen Noodlewart to a Mahogany Horse. Fun facts from science explained. Aunty Spry tries to prove there's no such thing as ghosts. Also featuring a Captain Tootsie Tootsie roll ad, Captain Tootsie Captures Red the Terror! Bingo and Glum in Fairytale Land; Jingle Jangle Tales: The Very Horseless Jockey and the Steamed-Up Steam Engine; Crusty Lobster Makes a Pinch; Aunty Spry; Chauncey Chirp and Johnny Jay; Stevie Squirrel Is Outsmarted; Fun and Knowledge 'Comic College'; Rainbow-Colored Music with Magic Chart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle", "ZX-5: Spies in Action", and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker; and "The Ghost Gallery" art by Alex Blum, reprinted in Ghost Comics (1951 Fiction House) #2. "Sheena and the Bedeviled Pygmy" text story by Audrey Anthony "Toni" Blum (as Tom Alexander). 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Chant of the Voodoo Gods" text story. "Brides for the King Beasts," art by Ruben Moreira; The son of the T'lukas banished witch doctor, disguised as his father, demands tribute from the tribe and uses a series of tricks to fool them into thinking he has magic powers; He is exposed by Kaänga. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Camilla is asked by local natives to enter the Valley of the Blue Juju, in order to stop white men from plundering jewels from idols and to stop a murderous beast that roams that area. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Magna, a beautiful Arab girl, convinces Captain Terry Thunder that she was captured by Arab nomads; With her as a guide, he goes after them with half the outposts forces; Meanwhile, the Arabs, on Magna's signal, attack the outpost. Untitled story; Nyama, believing that his attempted murder of Wambi has been successful, wages war against the Bassingis; But Wambi arrives with an elephant herd and ends the war. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Pygmies engage in a "Trojan horse" deceit using a hollow elephant. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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

The Duke of Darkness and the Menace have stories in this issue. Despite the name, the Menace is a superhero. The character on the cover, who looks like he is based on the Roman god Mercury, does not have a story in the comic. The cover art appears to be by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; the style is very much theirs and the art is signed with the initials "JCA." Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $26.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Staple rust: Slight.

October 13, 1945. Fiction and non-fiction stories with illustrations. Cover by Del Holcomb. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in.; black and white; 108 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Oct 6, 1945. Vol 22, No 40. Photo cover. Articles by Max Braithwaife, Kitty Callahan, Lt. Sam Stowe, Hugh Newton. Fiction by Paul Gallico ("Put It Over"), Allan R. Bosworth, Samuel Hopkins Adams, William A. Krauss, and Cmdr. Norman M. Miller. Illustrations by Frank Godwin, Larry Kritcher, Pat Holbrooke, and Jay Nourbel. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, black and white with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

Oct 13, 1945. Vol 22, No 41. Cover by Dal Holcomb. Articles by Joachim Joesten, Oscar Schisgall, Trent Frayne, Eddy Dressen. Fiction by Gordon Malherbe Hillman, Lt. Richard Carlson, Georges Carousso, Wessel Smitter, and Rafael Sabatini ("The Birth of Mischief" pt1). Illustrations by O. F. Schmidt, Lawrence Butcher, Howell Dodd, Al Schmidt, and W. Emerton Heitland. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 56 pages, black and white with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

Oct 20, 1945. Vol 22, No 42. Photo cover. Articles by Dorothy Thompson, Elizabeth Wilson, Wilfred List, Juliet Bridgman. Fiction by David Dodge, Edwin Rutt, W. O. Mitchell, Walter C. Brown, and Rafael Sabatini ("The Birth of Mischief" pt2). Illustrations by Jay Nourbel, Willard Downes, Ralph Crawley, and W. Emerton Heitland. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, black and white with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

Oct 27, 1945. Vol 22, No 43. Cover by R. Y. Wilson. Articles by Erika Mann, Elizabeth Wilson, Trent Frayne. Fiction by Eugene Swan Jr, Morgan Tudury, David Dodge, and Samuel Hopkins Adams. Illustrations by Larry Kritcher, Frank Godwin, and others. "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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October 29, 1945. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: English country houses; weight lifting; light planes; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 148 pages. Cover price $0.10.