Comic books June 1947

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French language weekly film magazine. 8 unstapled pages on newsprint.

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French language weekly film magazine. 8 unstapled pages on newsprint.

Flash stars in "The Changeling," written by Robert Kanigher, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "Who's Marrying Whom?" by John B. Wentworth and Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "Summer Snowstorm" by John B. Wentworth, art by Irwin Hasen; a Rockhead McWhizzard story by Jack Farr; Calling All Brothers text story by Ted Udall (as Charles King); and Hawkman in "Prowlers from Space" by Kanigher and Kozlak. Cover art by Martin Naydel. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "TILLIE THE TOILER, No. 150." Cover art by Jack Callahan. Adrift on a Permanent Wave; Fifi asks Tillie and Bubbles to run her beauty shop while she's gone on vacation. Mac Meets the SITuation; Tillie decides to take violin lessons from Bubbles' handsome cousin Straddy. Art and Horses; An artist asks Mac to pose for him; Mac goes to the art museum to get an idea for a pose. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "THE LONE RANGER, No. 151." Cover art by Morris Gollub. Old Man's Gold Claim; The Big Star Mine; The Green Ridge Stagecoach; The Lone Ranger and Tonto keep Sawtell, a crooked assay clerk, from stealing an old man's gold claim; Some months later the Lone Ranger and Tonto return to the area and find Sawtell is managing the Big Star Mine; Sawtell frames the Lone Ranger for an assault, then rigs a booby trap in the mine to kill the Ranger when he investigates; Later the Lone Ranger has to deliver cash and avoid robbers in order to save the Green Ridge stage line. The Lone Ranger and the Poisoned Water; The Lone Ranger and Tonto ride into a strangely deserted town; There are no people and all the animals are asleep; They find a girl tied to a chair in a house; After they untie her, the three are forced into a mine by a deranged man, who proceeds to blast the entrance closed. Scripts by Fran Striker, art by Charles Flanders. Reprinted from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1940 and 1941. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE, No. 152." Annie Finds a Body in an Ice House; Annie finds the body of "Hoppy" Hark in an abandoned ice house. Combination to District Attorney's Safe; Annie finds a combination to a safe in "Hoppy" Hark's room, then gets shot at while walking through the woods. Evidence Against Turk Torp; Racketeer Turk Torp frames town drunk Guy Gulp for the murder of "Hoppy" Hark. The Trial of Turk Torp; Shyster lawyer Sam Sleazy tampers with the jury and gets Turk Torp declared innocent of murder. Annie Leaves Gooneyville; Fearing for her life, Annie decides to leave Gooneyville. Mazie's Boarding House; After hopping a train to the big city, Annie befriends a beggar, who turns out to be well-off and sets Annie and Sandy up in a room in the boarding house where he lives. Scripts and art by Harold Gray. Reprinted from Little Orphan Annie (News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1944. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "ROY ROGERS COMICS, No. 153." Roy Rogers and original Trigger cover photo. Roy Cooking Outdoors inside front cover photo. Roy Rogers and The Mad Marksman, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Albert Micale; Roy, as a deputy U.S. Marshal, investigates the murder of a postmaster in the town of Gusher, Wyoming; He has to track down a sniper who uses a long-range rifle and high-velocity bullets to kill his victims. Roy With Rife, Looking Out Window inside back cover photo. Roy at Home, Eating Breakfast back cover photo. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Harvey Eisenberg. Art by Harvey Eisenberg. Funny-animal comics featuring Foxy the smart-aleck fox, his inventor pal Bobble, and assorted toons. Bobbles convinces Foxy to get into the baby-sitting biz, but Foxy's not really the nurturing type. Bugsey Bear tries to help his son build a soap-box racer, but he's not handy and his son knows it. Pete tries to put one over on Tweet with the help of a mail-order bird-call, but he should have checked which birds it calls. Some stories may be the work of Joe Barbera, half of the legendary Hanna-Barbera animation team. Mrs. Squawky Tawky; Foxy Fagan; Little Buck; Pete and Tweet; Bugsey Bear Family; Elmo the Elephant; Pancakes. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dick Briefer, Ed Goggin, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. The Monster seeks a new bride for the ghostly Flying Dutchman; A stage magician tries a new act with voodoo dolls; A crime story by comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (to promote sister title Headline Comics). Silas Grunch Gets His; The Strange Love of Shirley Schmool; The Big Kick; The Curse of the Flying Dutchman; The Lorelei; Justice Finds a Cop Killer; Pins & Needles. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Irving Tirman and unknown. Art by Irving Tirman, Morris Weiss and unknown. Frankie, America's scream boy, stars in four tales by Irving Tirman: "Gold Is Where You Find It!"; "Nature Nonsense!"; "The Rugged Radio Rumpus!"; and "Frankie's Frantic Foibles!" Plus: 2-page text story "An Ounce of Prevention"; Willie 1-pager; Margie in "Worse than Verse!" with art by Morris Weiss; and Mitzi in "Taken to the Cleaners!" 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, Harold Abbey, Dean Shaw, Marty Taras and Milt Hammer. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #18. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Neddy Bear and Squire Squirrel decide to get on their raft and follow the stream until they find out where it goes. Bobby has vanished so thoroughly that even Pidgy's Magic Paint can't find him, and that should be impossible. Sniffy the dog buys a surplus Army helmet for errant baseballs. Neddy Bear; Cut-Outs; Icicle Ike; Pidgy and the Magic Paint; Tick, Tack and Toe; Frosty and Gabbie; Jasper Gets Spring Fever; Johnny and Woof; Dopsy Durvy: Easy as Pie; Sniffy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Ronald Santi (?). Untitled Nutsy Squirrel story, art by Rube Grossman; Nutsy finds a mirror and thinks it's a picture. Untitled story, art by Ronald Santi; Sweeney and Willie attempt to fool the landlord by claiming they have the measles. Untitled story, art by Ed Dunn; Willy Wolf sells his house and tries to set up a pre-fab to replace it. Untitled Treetop Flats story, art by Rube Grossman; J. Foney Foxx tries to sell an invisible elevator. Untitled Robin Crusoe story, art by Rube Grossman; Robin and Friday vie over a visitor to the island. Untitled story, art by Otto Feuer; Joe Kangaroo searches vainly for some action pictures for his editor. Untitled Barney Ostrich text story. Untitled Nutsy Squirrel story, art by Rube Grossman; Nutsy finds a camera at the dump. The Dodo and the Frog ad. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Rube Grossman. Untitled The Dodo and the Frog story, art by Otto Feuer; Dunbar tells Fenimore he knows someone who can jump farther than he can. Wheaties ad featuring Del Ennis. Untitled Blackie Bear story, art by Rube Grossman; Herman and Blackie try to sneak off to go fishing. Untitled Henry the Laffing Hyena story, art by Harris Steinbrook; Elmo and Henry go into the exterminating business. Tootsie Roll ad, pencils by C.C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza. With a Clarinet. Untitled The 3 Mouseketeers story, art by Harris Steinbrook. Untitled story, art by Rube Grossman; J. Rufus Lion encounters Arsenic the Giraffe. Ol' Judge Owl text story. Untitled The Dodo and the Frog story, art by Otto Feuer. Flash Comics ad. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Comic book featuring the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry. Gene Autry photo cover. "The Mystery of the Rafter-M," art by Jesse Marsh; Gene hears gunshots coming from a ranch he is passing on horseback, and rides to investigate. "Gene Autry and the Night Rider," art by Jesse Marsh; On his ranch, Gene receives a telegram from the Sheriff, who needs his help and urge him to come pronto. "Jed Casey's Ghost" text story. "Lucky" starring Jerry Baker, Sheriff Baker, Gus Hogan, Prince (also as Lucky, a dog, Vince Dillon, and Pronto. Gene Autry photo on back cover. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Fawcett presents the puppet characters of Pal's early animation studio. Rusty imagines that a magic bottle of milk gives him superhuman strength. Scarecrow convinces Sgt. Jan that it's best to disobey orders from superiors, but that doesn't work out so well. Realizing that he looks just like child star Roddy McToddy, Rusty decides to disguise himself as the star, but that's not as fun as it sounds. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Rusty: The Milk of Strength; Punchy and Judy: Jealousy; Sgt. Jan and the Scarecrow: Disobeyed Orders; The Confession; Sgt. Jan: Not Caught Napping; Jim Dandy: Fast Thinker; Jasper and the Whale; Rusty: Movie Idol; Jim Dandy and His Violin: Music Moves Him; Sgt. Jan Makes a Wise Step; Punchy and Judy: Flower Time. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Art Helfant, and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Green Hornet investigates when men are killed after their obituaries appear in the newspaper. Blonde Bomber accidentally photographs a murderer while shooting society-page photos at an upscale party. Mad scientists use a female pilot and her fiance as fodder for their reanimation experiments, until the Man in Black steps in. Green Hornet: The Obituary Murders; Spirit Of 76; Slaughter Island; The 216; Roddie; Blonde Bomber: Portrait of a Murderer; Mighty Midgets Out West; Man In Black. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The grim history of New England's Chain Murderer; Gangsters force local shops to carry their crooked pinball machines; A killer conceals a gun in his wooden leg. Trapping New Englands Chain Murderer; Murder on a Wave Length; Grim Pay-Off for the Pinball Mob; A Phantom Pulls the Trigger; The Thing Inside Bob Tate; You Cant Forget a Killer; The Case of the Floating Corpse. 48 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.

Stories and art by Dick Kraus and Frank Bolle. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. The richest rancher in Twin Rivers thinks he can buy Hopalong off, and if that doesn't work, there's always gunplay. Hoppy's sidekick Mesquite thinks he can catch highwaymen by hiding inside a safe and waiting for them to steal it. Pistol-Packin' Pattie proves that her wit is as sharp as her shootin'. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, featuring Snap! Crackle! and Pop!, R.C. and Quickie, and "Wings Winchester Saves the Movie Theater." The Lost Stockade; A Perfect Answer; Rustler Roundup; Tampered Justice; Safety First; Whipper-Snappers; Whitey Whiskers: A Tooth for a Tooth; Pistol-Packin' Pattie; Double Assignment. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Hoppy and the Bicycle for Two, art by Chad Grothkopf; When Millie and Hoppy seem to have caused dangerous bicycle accidents, Marvel Bunny must foil the schemers behind the fraud. Accidents Will Happen; Reddy tries to outsmart Droopy, but the tables get turned. Hypnotizing Hi-Jinks; Professor Possum hypnotizes everyone in Funny Animalville into believing they are other people. Captain Tootsie's Counter-Spook Tootsie Rolls ad, pencils by C. C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza. Hoppy and the Skeptical Bunnies From Missouri; Grandpa Hare's grandsons (from Missouri, the Show-Me State) don't believe in Marvel Bunny. The Big Steel; Kid Gloves escapes from prison and attempts to con the governor, but Inspector CheeChee Chili stops him again. The Decorator's Dilemma!, art by Chad Grothkopf; Hoppy tries to help Sammy Squirrel, who is arguing with his wife Sally over the best way to decorate their house. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Syd Shores. Meet the Asbestos Lady starring the Human Torch, pencils by Mike Sekowsky; Torch and Toro attempt to take a vacation that is interrupted by Asbestos Lady. Mystery of the Old Curiosity Shop starring the Human Torch and Madame De Farge. A Boy and a Horse text story. Murder Deadline starring the Sub-Mariner, art by Al Gabriele. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Harmon. Stories and art by Harry Z. Hoffman, Bert Green, Joe Donohoe, Don Rico, Milt Hammer, Hy Gage and Jack Warren. Kids' comics from Novelty Press. Mr. Quiett's helicopter has magic time-dials that allow Vic and Ventura to travel into America's pioneer era. The Hermit of the Woods shows Mickey Starlight the legend of the Labyrinth and the Minotaur. Aboard the Jerkwater Line, the kids manage to capture a real robber while playing cops and robbers. Action-packed cover by Jack Harmon has a little bit of everything. Vic and Ventura in Vacationland; Speck, Spot and Sis; Fearless Fellers; Mickey Starlight: The Legend of the Minotaur; Extra Service; Foxy; Dink; The Jerkwater Line: Boo-oomville!; Kids is Kids; Humdinger Stingers; Butch. 48 pages, Full Color. 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.

Cover pencils by Howard Purcell (as Bachelor). "Bad Boy Who Makes Good," pencils by Howard Purcell (as Bachelor); Scar Molene uses innocent Tad Sands unwittingly to draw the attention of people by ringing a bell late at night in order for Scar to successfully commit his crimes. "Introducing the Chessmen," pencils by Lee Ames, inks by Burt Frohman; Rook summons King to the Thames River where the body of Sir Neville Mycroft has been recovered, and notes Bishop removing a clue from the victim's hand that will help solve the murder. "The Ruby of Life," art by Kurt Schaffenberger; Do and Don't volunteer to help solve the theft and current whereabouts of a valuable ruby. "The Goodwill Potion" (Part 1) text story. Untitled That's Madelon story, art by Sheldon Moldoff; In the Spanish Pyrenees, three self-exiled Nazi General-Scientists attempt to discover a way to overcome the Reich's enemies, and come up with a deadly death ray! 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by King Ward, Nat Schachner and Ken Battefield. Biography, history and real war stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Stories of the courageous women who dared the American frontier; Photography pioneer George Eastman, founder of the Kodak company; Alexandre Dumas, the author of Three Musketeers and other adventure classics. Hobby Corner; "Fighting Bill" William O'Dwyer; Pioneer Mothers; Inspiring Inventions: Carl Norden and the Norden Bombsight; "Bring 'em Back Alive" Frank Buck; Old Ironsides - The U.S.S. Constitution; Operation Salvage; George Eastman - Inventor of the Kodak; Alexandre Dumas, the Father Alexandre Dumas, the Son; News Snapshots - Past and Present; Hangman's Gold The Story of Cap'n William Kidd. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by George Carlson, David Tendlar and Larz Bourne. Cover by Larz Bourne. Kids' comics featuring the whimsical fables of beloved artist George Carlson, praised by Harlan Ellison as a "comic of the absurd." A Second-Rate Sultan searches for a wish-granting Lamp-Post, with help from Jingo Jake and a Cream-Puffing Locomotive. Gerald the Giraffe is miserable after pawning his neck to Snark the Loan Shark. The Green Witch hides a stolen fortune in the mechanical Magic Horse that Rajah Razzo Razzh-Berri has booby-trapped for the Prince. Bingo and Glum in Fairytale Land; Chauncey Chirp and Johnny Jay; Jingle Jangle Tales: Aladdin-Ike and His Brass-Buttoned Lamp-Post; Jim Pansy; Hortense the Lovable Brat; Seminole Sam Jr.; Clarabelle; Aunty Spry; The Pie-Face Prince of Old Pretzleburg; The Old Swap Shop. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Menrola, Salo, Bo Brown and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. In the South Pacific, Joe and Jerry are captured and tortured by Nazis on the Dutch plantation, but Polynesian refugee Melody enlists the Malaysian tribespeople to mobilize a revolt. Flyin Fools Chickie and Gootch are enlisted by the beautiful Maylene the Tigress to free her father and join rebels fighting for the freedom of her tiny Himalayan nation. Plus a prose adventure of early female superhero Black Cat. Joe Palooka: Fight for Life; Jungle Jamboree; Homeward Bound; Black Cat: Death on the Set; Flyin Fool: A Trip to Trouble; Ricky Roony; Cartoon Laughs. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle", reprinted in Golden Age Sheena Queen of the Jungle TPB (1999 Paragon) #1-1ST and Golden Age Sheena Best of Queen of the Jungle TPB (2008) #1-1ST , and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb; "Hateful Herman"; "ZX-5" art by Jack Kamen; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker, reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990) #3 and Sky Gal (1994) #1; "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" art by Jack Kamen; "Patsy Pinup"; and "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen. "How Sheena and Bob Came to the Jungle" text story, reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990) #3. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Doolin. "Skulls for the Altar of Doom!", art by John Celardo; Treasure hunters Riggan and Slade want to capture Ann to offer her to a tribe of white women for sacrifice to their god; To this end, Slade disguises himself as a witch doctor and lures Ann away from the N'logas' village; Kaänga and N'geeso follow and rescue Ann. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Mrs. Simba, responding to the cries of a water buffalo being killed by Cape dogs, is believed by the buffalo herd to be the killer herself; Simba searches for clues to her innocence and is given a bit of dog fur from the scene of the crime by a mole. Jungle Lore, art by George Evans; Trivia regarding the uses of various spiders, insects, and lizards of the jungles. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Captain Terry Thunder and Keeto escort a young woman into the interior to find her father and his partner and to see their land claim; The partner, Wrenne, having killed the girl's father, is collecting tribute from villagers with threats of death at the hands of a gorilla idol. "Thirst" text story. Untitled story; A royal brother and sister come to Wambi's jungle seeking a lost gem; Wambi finds it but greed turns the brother and sister against each other and they are then killed by their trained leopard. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Cut throat geologist Neale is working with a lion cult to locate a rare rock specimen; Tabu puts a stop to the cults murdering ways and sees Neale killed by a lion. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Ruthless hunter Curtis captures a sacred white leopard and, through trickery, makes it appear that the leopard will not attack him, thus making him holy to the natives. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $135.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $86.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $90.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Good $29.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Staple rust. Rust migration. 4" Cumulative spine split. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 3, Issue 11 - Summer, 1947. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring kids comics, starring those eternal rapscallions, the Katzenjammer Kids. The original German Bart Simpson x2, the Kids are up to constant mischief, usually directed against the stern authority figures in their lives: their long-suffering Mama, Der Captain (a stranded sailor and their surrogate father), and the schools envoy, Der Inspector. These stories are original to the comic, not reprints from the comic strip. Hanz and Fritz wage a prank-war against Der Captain and Der Inspector during a boat trip. 36 pages, 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 Phantom's girlfriend Diana and the scheming Marshall sisters all fall into Prince Simitar's trap; Mandrake the Magician and Lothar arrive on Karana, an island kingdom ruled by twin tyrants. 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.