Pageant of Comics (1947) comic books
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Issue #1
Published Sep 1947 by Archer St. John.$80.00
View scan- Cover detached at one staple. 3-1/4" Cumulative spine split. Staple rust.
$27.00
View scans- INCOMPLETE. Two pages missing from latter half of book. Interrupts both Mopsy and Virgil art and story.
- Cover coming loose at staples, 4" cumulative spine split, major cover tears.
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Cover by Gladys Parker. Stories and art by Gladys Parker and Ed Kleis. Mopsy, one of the first female-centric comic strips, by pioneering female artist Gladys Parker, combines an Ever Meulen art style with pantomime-style gags and good-girl art. Mopsy's dad suggests she get a job to earn some money, but with clothing, supplies and business-school tuition, he's paying far more than she's earning. This four-page story by Parker is original to this comic, not a reprint from the strip. Mopsy adds new meaning to the phrase, "paint yourself into a corner." Mopsy tries to photograph a high-diver, but she needs to hold still. Mopsy returned to comic-book pages a year later in Mopsy (1948) #1. Mopsy; Virgil Stagg. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #2
Published Oct 1947 by Archer St. John.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Stories by Monte Barrett and others. Art by Russell Ross and Richard Speed. Female crime reporter Jane solves crimes the police can't crack, in reprints from the classic comic strip. Jane investigates a locked-room mystery disguised as a suicide, where the only clues are hearth ashes. Jane overhears jewel thieves planning their next swindle. A powerful banker is found dead as a possible suicide, but the facts don't add up. Tracy the Outlaw; Case of the Whispering Gun; Beware the Widow's Tears; Clue of the Swindler's Serum; The Chart Traps a Killer. Final issue of the series; Jane Arden continued in her own series, Jane Arden (1948). 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
