Comic books March 1947

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Volume 32, Issue 4 - March, 1947. 6.75" x 9.75", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

March 1947. Western stories by James Shaffer, William Heuman, Marvin J. Jones, Charles Irwin, Will C. Brown, D. B. Newton, and Wayne D. Overholser. Picture Feature by Cedric D. Windas. 7-in. x 9.25-in.; black and white text with nice (uncredited) spot illustrations; 98 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Nina Albright. Stories and art by Ray Gill, Harold DeLay, Jim Wilcox, Art Helfant, Nina Albright, and E. J. Reeves. Sometimes listed as 4Most #22. Adventures of clean-cut teen heroes of the 1940s. Dick Cole befriends blind Will Hansen and his seeing-eye dog, Wolf. Lem the Grem uses gremlin magic to motivate people, whether they want to or not, in a strip with art by early female comics artist Nina Albright. Edison Bell and Jerry get mixed up with bank robbers, train holdups and secret passageways. Dick Cole; Edison Bell: Tunnel of Terror; Butterfingers; Lem the Grem: Meet Lemuel Gremlin!; The Cadet; Change For a Five; Timid Tim: Cold Facts. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, script by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Daffy Doodles strips, art by Doc Winner. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Pete the Tramp strips by Clarence D. Russell. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. They'll Do It Every Time strips, art by Jimmy Hatlo. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye. His Lordship, Clark Kent! starring Superman, art by John Sikela. Pirate Seas! starring Congo Bill, script by George Kashdan, art by Fred Ray. Doctor of Danger! starring Zatara, script by Joe Samachson, art by W. F. White. Snowed Out! starring Hayfoot Henry, script by Al Schwartz, art by Stan Kaye. Penthouse Pirates! starring Vigilante, art by George Roussos. Tootsie Roll ad starring Captain Tootsie, art by C. C. Beck. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Very Good $9.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $80.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 116, Issue 5 - March, 1947. 6.75" x 9", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Stan Kaye. S-U-P-E-R-B-O-Y Spells Danger, script by Don Cameron, art by John Sikela. The Strange Saga of S. K. Lark starring Green Arrow and the Skylark, art by George Papp. Skyscraper Aquarium starring Aquaman and Black Jack, art by Louis Cazeneuve. The Brothers Quixote starring Shining Knight, script by George Kashdan, art by Chuck Winter. What's Past is – Present starring Johnny Quick, art by George Roussos. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie and the Log Jam Rescue by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover reads Vol. 5 No. 8. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Barry. Stories and art by Arthur Peddy, Bernard Sachs, Frank Giacoia, and Art Helfant. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #37. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #2 in indicia. Airboy is framed and his plane is stolen, but now the thief finds himself facing all of Airboy's old enemies. The Heap must intervene when Rickie and Winnie are threatened by a jewel thief and his trained octopus named Ethyl. Little person Craig Mansfield invents telescopic stilts to make himself tall, and uses them to fight crime as the superhero Rackman. Action-packed cover by Flash Gordon's Dan Barry. Airboy; Model Builders With Airboy; The Heap; The Case of the Lonesome Corpse; The Whisp and Airboy; Rackman: Safari Will Not Rest In Peace; Baron Buckskin. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Sheldon Mayer [as Fisher]. The Power of the Primitive starring Green Lantern, script by John Broome, art by Paul Reinman; A college football star suddenly finds himself transformed into a weird, stone-age type man, and the Emerald Crusader must solve the enigma before a murder occurs. Bad Blood between Brothers starring Dr. Mid-Nite, art by Stan Aschmeier. The Kroll People starring The Black Pirate, art by Paul Reinman. The Secret of the Unopened Letters starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Pat Adams and Ellis Chambers. A collection of funny-animal and humor comics from Fox Feature Syndicate. A marketing firm wants to hire Cosmo Cat to advertise its products; Flash Lyte gets caught up in the search for an escaped lion; Senor Tamale (a parrot in a sailor hat) gains magical powers and uses them frivolously. Cosmo Cat; Li'l Pan; Flash Lyte; Senor Tamale; Zoo Town. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Robert Kanigher. Art and cover by Martin Naydel. Fearing the Flash but respecting him at the same time, the Thinker devises the one escape-proof trap that he feels that will finally eliminate the Scarlet Speedster for all time. The Fastest Man Alive, however, uses the Thinker's own weapon against him! The Three Dimwits buy a ferry boat and begin service on Caliph Lake, even stocking the lake with fish in order to attract tourists. Unknown to them, years earlier, a criminal named "Eraser" Eddie had dropped a chamois bag of jewels into the lake. Ton o' Fun humor page by Harry Lampert. Squeeze Play text story by John Broome (as John Osgood). Gangplank Gus story by Jack Farr. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $23.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

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March, 1947. Science fiction stories by Richard S. Shaver, Leroy Yerxa, John and Dorothy de Courcy, and Heinrich Hauser. Illustrations by Arnold Kohn and Robert Fuqua. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 180 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

The Black Terror, Pyroman, the Fighting Yank, and Doc Strange (not the Marvel character). Infinity cover by Alex Schomburg. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - March 1947. Magazine produced by the American Cartoonists Association showcasing talents cartoonists and artist. 34 pages Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Walt Kelly, Dan Noonan, H.R. McBride, Morris Gollub and John Stanley. Stories by Walt Kelly, John Stanley, Roger Garis, Dan Noonan, Wilfrid Bronson and unknown. Art by Walt Kelly, John Stanley, H.R. McBride, Dan Noonan and Morris Gollub. Tales featuring Albert and Pogo, Jigger, Uncle Wiggily and Rover! Also: the stories "Water Bunnies" (1 page), "Animal Babies" (1 page) and "Where the Buffalo Roam"! And: Photo Zoo text article! Plus: "Prickly Pesky Porcupines" text story! 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 39, Issue 1 - March, 1947. Cover by Hubert Rogers. Science Fiction and adventure stories, this issue features "The Equalizer" by Jack Williamson. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

All art by Klaus Nordling. Edited by George E. Brenner. Stories by Klaus Nordling and Gwen Hansen. Whimsical circus tales with clowns and other trappings of the big top, including Carnie Calahan as The Barker! 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $599.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover coming loose at staples, centerfold detached at one staple, 1.5" cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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Cover pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by Charles Paris. "The Frightened People!", script by Don Cameron, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Ray Burnley; Batman and Robin employ cats to thwart a gang chief who is afraid of felines. "The Man In the Iron Mask!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Ray Burnley; A gang boss welds an iron mask onto Iron-Hat Ferriss head; Ferris tries to get the mask removed while Batman goes after him. "Death Serenade" text story by Desmond Walters. One-page Willie the Office Boy story by Phil Berube. "A Christmas Tale," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Ray Burnley; Synopsis: Batman chases Catwoman, who has stolen three cats to use in her crimes. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Tom DeAngelo, Jeff Machamer, Don Dean, Lank Leonard, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Tony Trent finds a doctor who can cure Babs of her tropical disease, but first he must elude the two sinister men following him. Cosmic rays cause Slap Happy to regress quickly to infancy, and Sparky Watts has to figure out how to change him back. Skyman tries to protect Fawn and Vega the moon-girl from the giant moon-rats, but after that he still has to deal with Hitler's bid to take over the moon-people. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Cranberry Boggs; Mickey Finn; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; All in a Lifetime; Hollywood Husband; Good Old Bumpy: Mmm-m-m-m! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Boody Rogers. Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, Renny McEvoy, Jim Fabian, Don Dean, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Junior has run away from home, and Bo the dog sets out to find him. Slap Happy is the best man at Hattie the Horrible's wedding to Bonny. On board the alien craft with Skyman in pursuit, Fawn and Gloria see the horrifying true faces of the Venusians. Sparky Watts; Cranberry Boggs; Mickey Finn; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Hollywood Johnnie; All in a Lifetime; Bumpy: It's the Root of All Evil. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Very Good $27.00 View scans Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Soiling. Dust shadow.

Volume 1, Issue 4 - January-February, 1948. Pin-up pictorials with text. 8.5" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $32.00 View scans Staple rust.

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Volume 1, Issue 5 - March-April 1947, 8.5" x 11", 62 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Edited by Leon Harvey. Cover by Lee Elias. Stories by Lee Elias, Ken Riley, George Roussos, Art Helfant, Jack Keller, and Bill Draut. Mystery and adventure tales starring such characters as Danny Dixon Cadet, Johnny Nebisco, Soapy Sam, Red Demon, and the Black Cat, an action hero and skilled martial artist who uses a lasso and rope. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

March, 1947. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $109.00 View scans Cover detached and centerfold detached at one staple. Tape on interior of cover. Cover tears taped at interior. Oxidation.

Cover by Al Bryant. Featuring: 12 page Blackhawk story "Karlovna Had a True Underworld" starring the Dragon Queen (Wilna), Grotesko and the Dragon Dwarfs, drawn by Bill Ward; 11 page Blackhawk story "By Royal Command" starring Fear and the Assassin Brotherhood, drawn by Bill Ward; 8 page Chop Chop story "The Laundry Inheritance" drawn by Bill Ward; 2 page text story "Was Simple Sam Crazy?"; 14 page Blackhawk story "The Eternal Enemy" starring the Eternal Enemy, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth (in flashback), drawn by Bill Ward. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $26.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

Add to cart Very Good $26.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W