Comic books April 1948

52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Marion McGuire and others. A kids' anthology in the tradition of Calling All Girls from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, games and quizzes as well as comics. Marco and Bobby buy a house trailer and Twinkle the star helps them move in; Twinkle takes a pixie's picture; Flip-Flap the seal wants to enlist in the US Navy and become a Navy seal. Guess My Name; Twinkle, The Star That Came Down From Heaven; Marco Polar Bear; Play the D Game; An Adventure for the Princess; Riddles; Paddy Penguin; Flip-Flap Joins the Navy; Pop and Junior; Pug and Curly; Marco's Puzzle Page. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Includes: cover art by Syd Shores; Golden Girl, Pencils by Syd Shores; Vacation For Murder text story; Tusks of Terror starring Human Torch; The Case of the Hermit's Fortune--Let's Play Detective, art by Al Bellman; and Swords of the Cavaliers. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza, Al Liederman and unknown. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "The World of Tomorrow" with story by Bill Woolfolk; "Captain Marvel and Billy Batson Split" with story by Otto Binder and pencils by C.C. Beck; "Captain Marvel Cuts a Rug" by Bill Woolfolk, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza; and "Indian Chief" with story by Otto Binder. Plus: Captain Kid..."Rakes It In" with art by Al Liederman. And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "The Atom Dictator" by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Otto Binder and others. Art by Joe Certa and others. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Invaders from space threaten to end the human race, but not if Captain Marvel Jr. has anything to say about it. CMJ discovers a Brigadoon-like town that only appears once every 100 years. Plus "Comix Cards" (like the later "Marvel Value Stamps") featuring the original Captain Marvel. The Menace From Space!!; Rubbernose Randolph: Plucky Fellow; Boxcar Benny: Stirs Us; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Know Their Oats; Deaths Want Ad; Boxcar Benny: Filthy Shame; The Outlaw From The Outlands!; Silent Guns; Kanvasback Punches the Bag; Rubbernose Randolph: Hard To Imagine; Logical Lew: Hard Worker; The Legend Beyond The Mist! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Australian Edition. "Captain Marvel Jr. and the Flying Horse". 12-in x 8.5-in, 46 Pages, B&W/C.

Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Dick Kraus. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. In the British mining town of "Oldcastle," CM must save fifty miners from a cave-in. Midnight encounters modern-day pirates off the coast of Tripoli. Farmers on the Moon use Captain Midnight's new invention, but invaders from Earth attack. Coals to Oldcastle; Pilot Pete; Your Invention Page!; Judge Smudge; Red Skye: The Vulture's Threat; Farmers on the Moon!; Johnny Blair in the Air; Boxcar Benny; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Window Case; The Modern Barbary Pirates. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Funny animal stories Cover price $0.10.

Issue 10 - Australian Edition. Circa early to mid 1950's. Reprints "Mysterious Island" in abridged form with new cover art. 6.5" x 8.5, color covers with b&w interior, 24 pages-all newsprint.

April 30, 1948. Canadian Edition. HRN 47. Cover price $0.15.

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Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic story of a young man kidnapped to work on a ship's crew and his fight to regain his rightful place in the world. (HRN 47, 4/48). Cover price $0.10.

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David Copperfield, 3rd Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 87, original April 1948 date). Cover price $0.15.

Third Printing. Text by Sister Mary Clare. Cover by M. Zimmer. A study of the effects of Comic Books on children less than eleven years old. Used as evidence in "Seduction of the Innocent". Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 2 - April, 1948. Magic Periodical put out by Walter B. Gibson with help from Harry Houdini's brother, Hardeen that showcases the talent of magicians as well as teaching tricks to readers. 8.5" x 11", 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Claude Moore, Dick Wood and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Each story starts with a little gravestone, showing the date and method of the criminal's death. Narrated by a ghost cop, Officer Common Sense. Bespectacled killer Danny Iamascia is even more dangerous with his glasses off - to his fellow hoods and himself. The story of notorious German serial killer Peter Kurten, known as The Vampire of Dusseldorf. Bootlegger Charles "Vannie" Higgins, called "Brooklyn's Last Irish Boss" is notorious for his escapes from the law. The Crimson Story of Vannie Higgins; Danny Iamascia, Dutch Schultz's Triggerman; Gyp Artist; Small Fry Killer; Butcher of Dusseldorf; Fingerprints Can't Be Changed!; The Feud of Happy McNulty and Fancy Campbell. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bob Fujitani. Stories and art by George Gregg and Rudy Palais. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. The story of Frank Nash, called "the most successful bank robber in U.S. history," until the Kansas City Massacre. Holdup woman Irene Schroeder kills a cop, later earning the nicknames "the blonde bandit" and "Tiger Girl" while on trial for murder. A text story features, by coincidence, the name "Spider Man," 14 years before the Marvel character. The Mad Frank Nash; How Much For the Fix Papa Yale?; Irene Shrader... Princess of Crime; Crime Crazy; Spider Man of Denver; The Invisible Six; Professor of Crime. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by George Tuska (credited as Charles Biro). Stories and art by George Tuska, Fred Guardineer, Bob Fujitani, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. British highwayman John Nevison earns the nickname Swift Nick after supposedly making a 200-mile trek to establish an alibi. Wild West gunfighter and outlaw Billy the Kid dies at age 21, but not before becoming a legend. A story that dares the reader to figure out who killed a millionaire. Frank Scarcini: The Betrayer of Pals -- Master of the Double-Cross!; William Nevinson, The Terror of the Roads!; William Bonney, Alias Billy the Kid; Murder Pays the Hangman; Leo Hall: The Man Without Conscience; Mercy; Honor; Human Decency; Whodunnit: Who Killed Millionaire Ellis Blackton? 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Edmond Good and Jack Kamen. Cover by Edmond Good. Dagar the Desert Hawk, aka Bart Benson, is a Lawrence of Arabesque hero who lives and fights in the Arabian desert. In a scenario reminiscent of the 1932 movie The Mummy, a native chieftain impersonates an ancient pharaoh and hypnotizes Ayesha into believing that she is his queen; Dagar investigates after a mysterious vortex forces a plane to land in the desert; Jungle warrior Tangi encounters The Giants from the Inner Earth. Featuring another bondage cover by Edmond Good, this one including a mummy. Curse of the Lost Pharaoh; Vortex of Death!; Jungle Justice; Tangi: Merchants of Murder!; Safari Cary: Mountain of Doom! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jim Mooney. Stories by Bill Finger, Jack Farr and unknown. Art by Jim Mooney, Charles Paris, Jack Farr, Howard Sherman, Lee Harris, Jack Kirby and George Klein. A freak lightning bolt destroys most of the Penguin's trick umbrellas that he was going to use to commit crimes, so he warns Batman he'll commit the crimes anyway but by using umbrellas that are not umbrellas. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Umbrellas of Crime!" by Bill Finger, Jim Mooney and Charles Paris. Plus: Three-Ring Binks in an untitled story by Jack Farr; Slam Bradley in "Abercrombie and the Urchins!" with art by Howard Sherman; Air Wave in "Calamity Incorporated!" with art by Lee Harris; and The Boy Commandos in "The Beast of London!" with art by Jack Kirby and George Klein. Also: Homer half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; 2-page text story "Look Before You Leap" by Cliff Rhodes; and Little Pete half-pager by Boltinoff. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 6, Issue 3 - April, 1948. Vintage True crime detective case magazine with a focus on outlandish criminal activity based on true stories. In this issue; The horse paid 25 to 1 and thereby hangs a tale....of murder in "Champagne Turns to Blood for the Broadway Beauty" by James W. Booth, "I Sold My Body and Soul to a Dope Ring" an exciting expose of the actions of a vicious racket by Marie Walters, there were sounds of a rifle blast - and two corpses lay on the city streets in "A Marksman Bags a Pair of Love Birds" by Eric Strake, and many more. 8.5" x 11", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Chester Gould and Bill Ely. Dell reprints the original comic-strip adventures of legendary tough cop Dick Tracy and his rogues gallery of freakish enemies. This issue reprints strips from Feb. 19 - March 26, 1934. After reporter Jean Penfield disappears, the mysterious Phantom begins reporting on underworld activities, leading to a gang war against the journalistic establishment that only Dick Tracy can stop. The backup feature by Bill Ely stars tough cop Jim O'Brien, a plainclothes detective nicknamed The Iron Man. Dick Tracy; Dick Tracy Says; The Iron Man. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 56, Issue 4 - April, 1948. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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"The Town That Bullets Built" a short story by DC comics writer Gardner F. Fox-. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Victor Pazmino, Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Don and Red find danger in the harem when they get mistaken for spies by a Nazi war criminal hiding out as a pasha in Turkey. In an even more outlandish contrivance, Don and Red are abducted by Arab raiders while dressed as harem girls for a masquerade party. Then, the duo gets pickpocketed while watching a magic act in an Indian bazaar. Uninvited Death; Jetsam Joe; Warriors of the Sea: Tripoli Raid; Bell Bottom Bill; The Fatal Disguise; Navy Quiz; The Murderous Saw. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Henry Kiefer and others. Violent, offbeat pre-Code crime comics from D.S. Publishing Company. These early issues featured stories inspired by true crimes, such as the story of legendary Old West bank robber "Western George" Leslie. In the 1820s, two men make a business of selling corpses to medical schools, even if they have to kill them themselves. This story was based on the Burke and Hare murders, and possibly on an earlier story in issue #43 of Crime Does Not Pay (1942). James Hall confesses that he uses hitchhiking as a tool for murder, earning the name The Hitch-hike Killer. "Make It A Million" Leslie; Corpses - Cash and Carry; The Ledgend (sic) of the Lone Wolf; Death Thumbs a Ride; Inside Witness; Entry in a Diary; Il Diavolo. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 5 - April, 1948. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Vintage men's interest magazine full of adult humor comics and tasteful pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 64 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

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April 1948. Cover by Lawrence. "City of the Dead" by Augusta Groner, "The Messenger" by Robert W. Chambers. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

Contains comic strip reprints and a text story. In order of appearance: "Steve Roper and Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Dickie Dare" by Mabel Burwick (as Odin); "Bobby Sox" by Martha B. Links; and "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller. "Burned Out" text story by Justin D. Triem. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 10, Issue 4 - April, 1948. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Lair of the Grimalkin" by G.H. Irwin. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 180 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Sheriff Oscar insists on going after the Smith Brothers outlaw gang without help from Billy the Kid, but that's not such a hot idea. Willie the Worm's practical jokes soon get on everyone's nerves, except Willie's. Sherlock Monk and Chuck the Duck check into a hotel for an overnight stay and notice some strange activity - well, Chuck does, anyway. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Billy the Kid and Oscar: Desperate Desperadoes; Droopy the Ant Bear and Reddy Fox: The Heavy Load; Willipus Wallipus: Tooth-a-Nailer; Willie the Worm: No Joke; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: Spring Action; Fuzzy Bear: Nuts about Doughnuts; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny and the F.B.I. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Dan Zolnerowich. "The Hag" starring Doll Man, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Dan Zolnerowich; Gunner Goran and Killer Yates are having a gang war, and the Hag, who is terrorizing her own munitions plant, is selling them the guns they need to continue. "Forest Fire Brigade Training" starring Blimpy, art by Al Stahl. "Death By Treachery"; Swing Sisson vs. Andy Brent and Gus Geezik. "The Floating Diamond of Demeres: Part 2," script and art by Paul Gustavson; Rusty Ryan vs. Kransky. "Trigger-Mad Mike and the Wildcat Well" starring Roscoe. "Puzzle Land" starring Perky and Mr. Jigsaw, script and art by Gill Fox. "Inspector Insomnia" starring Officer Shenanigan, art by Michael Senich. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Doolin and others. Edited by Jack Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Jack Kamen, Robert Webb, John Forte, Maxwell Elkan 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. A white trader hires a massive native force to get revenge on the tribe that snubbed him; Good-girl art aplenty as Hooks Devlin uncovers a plan to smuggle valuable American automobiles overseas and sell them at a profit; Senorita Rio sets out to find a newly elected South American presidente whose plane vanished in the jungle. Tiger Girl; Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; Mad Anthony; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Captain Fight. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The Fighting Yank stars in "The Panic of the Proton Bomb," "The Last Laugh," and "The Case of the Murderous Magnet!" Miss Masque stars in "Death on Skis!" Alex Schomburg cover (signed "Xela"). Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - April, 1948. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Flash stars in "The Images of Doom," written by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "The Haunted Man" written John B. Wentworth, art by Robert Oksner; Black Canary in "Corsage of Death" by Kanigher, pencils by Infantino, inks by Joe Giella; Atom in "Driveway for Crime" with pencils by Paul Reinman, inks by Robert Oksner; ad for Leave it to Binky by Oksner; Wild Goose Chase text story by Cliff Rhodes; and Hawkman in "The Rug People Rise Again" by Kanigher and Joe Kubert. Cover art by Joe Kubert. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.