Comic books May 1948

Apr/May 1948 issue, Vol. 2 # 8. In this issue: Forrest J Ackerman "Future Fiction OK Now , (Robert) Heinlein No Model," DR Smith "The Admirable Weinbaum." an interview with Dr. E.E. Smith, Robert Bloch "Weird Vs. Science Fantasy" plus in-depth book reviews including: AE van Vogt's "The World of A," and "The Book of Ptah," and Fritz Leiber Jr.'s "Night's Black Agents," plus further book reviews, magazine and pulp reviews, and much more editorial content . 20 pages. 6 pence original UK price.

Cover art by Reed Crandall (?). "Suicide Club," script by Bill Woolfolk, pencils by Dan Barry; Doll Man comes up against a weird and macabre group called the Suicide Club, consisting of a group of men who are tired of life, but don't have the courage to end it all; So members of the group "assist" others in the group to accomplish their difficult passage out of this world! "Muhlarky the Blind Rookie" starring Officer Shenanigan, script and art by Michael Senich. "Hot Sea Dogs" starring Perky, script and art by Gill Fox. "Clothesline Messenger Service," script and art by Al Stahl; Blimpy vs. Slugger and The Boss. "The Floating Diamond of Demeres: Part 3," script and art by Paul Gustavson; Rusty Ryan vs. Zwelk and Volkner. "Unlucky Music"; Swing Sisson vs. Gar Grinling. "Yussel's Builds Muscles"; Roscoe vs. Killer Diller. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character. Felix decides to beat the housing shortage in an unconventional way. Felix finds himself wealthy after he accidentally foils a bank robbery. The Lost Trick; Felix the Cat Cashes In; Crowing Pains; Monty Monk. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Flash stars in "The Golden Flash," written by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Robert Oksner. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "The Dark Adventure" with pencils by Infantino, inks by Oksner; Black Canary in "An Orchid for the Deceased" by Kanigher, pencils by Infantino, inks by Joe Giella; Atom in "Mystery of the Smiling Billboard" with art by Paul Reinman; and Hawkman in "Terror Under Glass" by Broome and Joe Kubert. Cover art by Infantino. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 3 - May, 1948. Painted cover by Earl Steffa Moran. Vintage men's interest magazine full of pin-ups and glamour photos paired with humorous text stories and adult comic strips. 8" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

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Indicia title is "Walter Lantz WOODY WOODPECKER, No. 188." Cover art by Dick Hall. Star of the Circus, art by Dick Hall; Tackhammer gets a job as a musician in the circus. Woody gets a tuba and ends up as part of the circus band, too; Woody ends up disrupting the performance, but the audience thinks it's all part of the act. Jumping Through back cover strip, art by Dick Hall; Woody imitates a dog jumping through a paper-covered hoop, but ends up in a pool of water. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago and Milt Hammer. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #29. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Neddy Bear thinks his toy wand makes real magic, but it's actually Magic Elf. Goats Buttie and Boobie go hitchhiking for a ride to Goatland. After eating cookies, Dopsy Durvy uses his Magic Storybook to pay a visit to the Gingerbread Man. Neddy Bear; Tick, Tack and Toe; Buttie and Boobie; The Unhappy Bookworm; Dopsy Durvy; Sniffy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 33, Issue 2 - May, 1948. 6.75" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Vol. 7 #3 - May/June 1948. Single-panel gag cartoons. 10 1/2-in. x 13-in., 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Howard Sherman. Fall Guy, art by Dan Barry. The Crime of the Century, art by George Roussos. Secrets of the G-Men, art by George Papp. X Marks the Spot, art by Charles Paris. Millionaire Mobster, pencils by Jim Daly. The Criminal without a Country, art by Howard Sherman. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Fraccio, George Gregg, Marcia Snyder, Pete Tumlinson and Tex Blaisdell. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. High-class Eddie Bentz is secretly a criminal mastermind. Early New York ganglord Biff Ellison, of the Five Points Gang and Gopher Gang, gains a reputation for his dapper clothing and propensity for sudden violence. Harry Tracy is the last surviving member of the Hole in the Wall Gang. Eddie Bentz alias the Ghost; Basil Banghart; From the Farm to Alcatraz; Black Jack Rule: The Story of "Biff" Ellison: Do the Dead Return?; Murder Pay$ Off; Oregon's Trigger-Happy Killer: Harry Tracy. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Gene Autry stars in The Ghosts of Rocky Bridge." Panhandle Pete back-up, "The Gold Pebbles." Two-page text story, "The Last Laugh." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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#14. Canadian Edition. Gene Autry stars in "When Gun Hands Meet." The Gent back-up story. Two-page text story, "The Forgotten Angle." Indicia on back cover incorrectly states this as Gene Autry #15. Cover price $0.10.

#15. Canadian Edition. Gene Autry stars in The Ghosts of Rocky Bridge." Panhandle Pete back-up, "The Gold Pebbles." Two-page text story, "The Last Laugh." Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Hubie Karp and others. Art by Dan Gordon, Bob Wickersham 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. Superkatt sets out to prove that black cats arent bad luck, but he starts with a skunk; A modern-day take on Little Red Riding Hood, with Red on a scooter and the Wolf running a toll booth; A prince agrees to go out with Witch Hazel, but he has a monstrous secret. Superkatt; The Duke and the Dope; Spencer Spook; Little Red Riding Hood; Hooray for Horace!; Binky; Foxy -- But Foolish!; Live and Learn; Wacky Wolf; Witch Hazel. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Allen Saunders, Ken Ernst, Buford Tune and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. The Hornet must clear his name after imitation "Green Hornets" frame him for crimes. The Simon-Kirby superhero Stuntman stumbles across a resort town for crime, where mobsters have team-building workshops. Plus reprints of the classic comic strip Mary Worth, as Mary probes the secrets of Gypsy Monez. Cover by Al Avison owes a debt to Eisner's The Spirit. Green Hornet: The Men Behind the Masks; Mary Worth; Stuntman: Rest Camp for Criminals; Green Hornet: Unknown Terror; Veil of Deception; Dotty Dripple. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Irwin Hasen. The Terror of the Talismans starring Green Lantern, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by John Belfi; A mysterious crime boss devises an ingenious scheme to get Green Lantern and the Harlequin to give up their weapons [his power ring and her spectacles]--then, his gang uses them to commit crimes! The Magic Crime text story by John Broome [signed as John Osgood]. Ton O' Fun humor page by Harry Lampert. Beauty and the Fool starring Green Lantern, script by John Broome, art by Alex Toth; Green Lantern smells serious trouble when silly crimes begin to hit Gotham City--a sign that the Fool has returned to town! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Jim Davis, Gil Turner, Al Hubbard, and Ken Hultgren. Cover by Gil Turner. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Izzy and Dizzy use the magic lamp to visit Witch Hazel; Squirrely keeps his guardian angel busy; Fenwell Fox accidentally picks up the package of lightning bolts meant for one of the Greek gods. The Impulsive Imps; Added Attraction!; Squirrely; Robespierre; Izzy and Dizzy; Blue Birthday; Fenwell Fox; Shilly and Shally; Bigger Than a House; Tee-Pee Tim. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Contains two Frank Frazetta illustrations. Frazetta illustrations appear in eighteen consecutive issues of Happy Comics (1943) (#20-#37) and in sixteen consecutive issues of Goofy Comics (1943 Nedor/Standard) (#20-#35). Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Happy"; "Francois Feline" art by Owen Fitzgerald; "Happy"; "Whitey" story by Hubie Karp, art by Lynn Karp; "Little Billy Bear"; "Little Smacko" by Jack Bradbury; "Samuel Spaniel" art by Lynn Karp; "Bruno Bear" by Jack Bradbury; and "Oscar". Illustrated text stories: "The Friendly Lion: Loco Didn't Want to Be King of the Jungle!" by Betty Cummings, illustration by Frazetta; and "Dan Uses His Head: This Little Goat Got Everybody's Nanny!" by Donald Bayne Hobart, illustration by Frazetta. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Mort Meskin, Bill Draut, 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. A freakish murder occurs on the night of a freak snowstorm. 1930s Hot Springs, Arkansas becomes a refuge for the lawless, thanks to a corrupt sheriff. Sisters Ethel and Kate Densmore rob the unwary in 1890s New York. Featuring art by Joker creator Jerry Robinson, and a noirish cover by Kirby. Insurance Reward Racket; Don't Let Wilber Squeal; The Night of the Freak Murder; An Expensive Auto Ride; Hideaway Town; Sisters of Satan. 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.

Painted cover by H.C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Mike Roy, Allen Ulmer, Sid Greene, Sam Burlockoff, and H.C. Kiefer. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. An Army pilot ditches his disabled plane at sea rather than risk crashing in a populated area. An elderly man pulls two boys from a frozen pond. An injured forest ranger goes for help after his firefighting plane crashes. Lieut. Gainer Faces Death; The FitzG's; Citation for Courage; Probationary Patrolman; A Hero At 65; The Real Test; Danger Under the Bridge; Fearless Forest Ranger; Ordeal in a Well: Quick Action; Pawnbroker's Hobby; Freedom Train; Crackup; Jungle Hunter. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Pete Riss. The Man Who Lived a Million Years, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Pete Riss; A million year old man isn't checked into Eternity properly and runs amok on Earth, leading conquerors to victory; Kid Eternity solves the problem by bringing in another caveman to send The Leader to his rightful death. The Woman's Page Editor starring Her Highness. The Son Also Rises starring Rasputin and Merwin, art by Ernie Hart. Burly Bauskett's Double staring Betty Bates, art by Alice Kirkpatrick. The Phony Antique starring Bob and Swab. The Money Makers starring Big Brother. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Skip and Jumpy figure out a convoluted plan to steal the silver mine payroll, even though Hopalong is guarding it, by using Dopey as a fall guy. To prove Curly's dog is no sheep-killer, Hoppy stalks a wolf, but it catches him without his six-shooter. Blacksmith's daughter Esmerelda, who tosses anvils around like horseshoes, vows she will only marry a man as strong as herself - but when she sees Hopalong Cassidy, it's love at first sight, for her. Silver Coins Among the Dead; Willie the Worm; Hopalong Cassidy and the Accused; Be a Sharpshooter; Sherlock and Chuck; Whitey Whiskers and Daniel Boone Jr.: Pitching Horseshoes; Hopalong Cassidy and the Blacksmith's Daughter; Cheesebox Jail; Tuck Sedo: The Unwelcomed Guest; Pistol-Packin' Pattie; Ridin' Herd with William Boyd; South of the Border Menace; Scape-Goat. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Chic Stone, H. R. Cohen, and Al Pross. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. Big Shot is a street peddler with a W.C. Fields accent and the same problems with kids and cops. Rhyming reporter Scoop Scully is a lot like Basil Wolverton's Scoop Scuttle - at least as much as anyone can imitate the inimitable Basil - with early art by comics legend Chic Stone. A canary escapes from his cage and encounters a cat, but neither one knows they're supposed to be enemies. Fresh Off the Cob; Scoop Scully; Jest Nuts; The Cat and the Crazy Canary; Stop Me if You've Heard This Before; Who Laid That Egg?; Hicky Stix; Slightly Cracked Nuts; Big Shot; Bats in the Belfry; Mr. Hyde and Mr. Seek Master Detectives; Silly Dillies; Sawdust Follies; Stop! You're Killing Me!; Whacky Wacks; This'll Kill You; Heppy; Positively Nutty. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Syd Shores. Gay Nineties Gamble starring the Human Torch, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Mike Sekowsky; After a robbery puts the owner of the Gay Musique club in bad straits, Torch and Toro discover that it was a competitor attempting to make the new club a failure and apprehend him. The Beast of the Bowery Barge starring the Sub-Mariner, Namora, and Bowery Bennie, script and art by Bill Everett. Call the Doctor text story. The Hyena Strikes! starring the Human Torch, script by Bill Woolfolk; A criminal called The Hyena is causing truck crashes, the latest of which resulted in the driver being killed. 36 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 $0.15.

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Cover featured in Fredric Wertham's "The Comics...Very Funny!" in "The Saturday Review of Literature", May 29, 1948. In order of appearance: "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Flaming Fiend!"; "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Death Traps of Earth!"; and "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Huntress of Dead Moon Valley!". "Stigma in Death" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Ham Fisher and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Framed by a femme fatale and stripped of his championship, Joe goes off to the desert and joins the French Foreign Legion. Shot down over the Himalayas, Flyin' Fools Chickie and Gootch are taken in by a mountain tribe after they save the chieftain's son from a wolf pack. Plus two prose adventures of early female superhero Black Cat. Adventures In the Land of Forgotten Men; Joe Palooka Speaks His Mind; Duel in the Moonlight; Knobby Nabs his Man; Ricky Roony; Chickie Ricks The Flyin' Fool; Black Cat: Robbery in the Night; Black Cat: Battle of Wits. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Millie the Model cover and story "Millie Climbs High", Basil Wolverton's Powerhouse Pepper in "Rage on the Stage". 32pg. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Allen Ulmer. "First Lady of Song Dinah Shore," art by Allen Ulmer; The story of Dinah Shore's career. "Phil Regan the Pluck of the Irish," art by Gil Kane (as Katz); Phil Regan goes from cop to singing star. "Xavier Cugat the Rhumba King," art by Phil Berube; Xavier Cugat goes from caricaturist to band leader. "Guy Lombardo Speedboat Maestro," art by Ed Moore; A story about Guy Lombardo's speedboat hobby. "Isn't He...Scurrummschuss?", pencils by Mike Roy, inks by Sam Burlockoff; Jivey and the gang go swimming. "Elliot Lawrence the Human Dynamo," art by Gil Kane; A brief story about Elliot Lawrence, child prodigy. "Stan Kenton," pencils by Allen Ulmer; Stan Kenton and his band foil the plans of a crooked promoter. "Kate Smith," art by Fred Guardineer; Kate Smith makes "God Bless America" a popular song. "King Cole Trio Monarchs of the Small Combination," art by Sid Greene; Story about the ups and downs of the King Cole Trio. "Mel Torme - There Ain't No Justice," art by Jerry Fasano; Mel's love for racing earns him a speeding ticket. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb; "ZX-5" art by Jack Kamen; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker, reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990) #4 and Big Girl Adventures (2002) #1; and "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" and "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen. "Lord of the Sea: Horatio Nelson" text story. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by John Celardo. "The Blade of Buddha," art by John Celardo; A white doctor whom Kaänga believes can cure Ann of her drug-induced madness is captured by a raiding party of Chinese who take him to their village; There Kaänga frees the rightful leader of the village and restores him to his chieftanship. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba is addled by a rifle shot; Mrs. Simba falls into a tiger trap and is caged by hunters; Simba, battling Lukor the leopard who wants to claim his throne, blunders into the hunters' camp and accidentally frees Mrs. Simba. Jungle Lore; A brief description of several African rivers. "Matabele Massacre" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; No-mouth, a horribly scarred artifact hunter, steals the sarcophagus of Antophes, a priceless relic, from museum archaeologist Carol Devens; Captain Terry Thunder helps recover the artifact, and No-mouth is killed by crocodiles. Jungle Facts; A brief natural history of the crocodile. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; Curka and Sirdah scheme against Wambi, hoping to kill him; Wambi leads Sirdah on a great chase and eventually tumbles the tiger down a bluff into the river. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; B'tonga schemes with two white treasure hunters to loot the tombs of his tribesman; The three, along with Tabu, are trapped in a fire and ghosts rescue Tabu, leaving the others to perish. African Wild Life, art by Mike Peppe; Brief natural histories of a few African animals. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; The Arab girl, Tanga, works with a group of white slavers; Camilla pretends to be Tanga and manages to turn the entire gang over to the territorial police. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Art and cover by Al Feldstein. Teen comedy typical of the time, with art by EC legend Al Feldstein. Junior convinces his dad to hire him to keep kids from tagging the fresh cement sidewalk; Gwenny and Deena want Junior's uncle to take their picture for a contest, but they don't know he's a novelty photographer for the carnival; Junior convinces Goofy to join him in his new window-washing business. Cementing Relations; A Photo Finish!; A Case of Mistaken Identity; All Washed Up!; Star Dust; Goofy's Kid Brother. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Alfred Andriola. Stories and art by Allen Saunders, Alfred Andriola, Salo, Otto Soglow and Bob Powell. Reprints of Alfred Andriola's detective comic strip Kerry Drake and other adventure tales. A clever code on a deck of playing cards holds the clue to the whereabouts of fugitive gangster Shuteye. Plus a Lady Crime story, and a PSA for U.S. Savings Bonds by Little King cartoonist Otto Soglow. Kerry Drake; Lady Crime: Murder For Pennies; Tommy Tween Hits the Jackpot; Snoopy; Cops and Robbers; The Case of the Bearded Man. 48 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, Ray Moore, 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 friend Princess Valerie is abducted on instructions of the Scarlet Sorceress; Mandrake the Magician and Lothar are taken to Roc Island by gigantic birds. 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.