Calling All Girls (1941-1949 Parents' Magazine) 1st Series comic books 1941-1943

Stories and art by Charles G. Muller, G. Gross, Joan Douglas, Loomis Dean, George Thomas, George J. Hecht, Eleanor Boykin, John Daly, John R. Tunis, Nell Giles, Meg Wohlberg, Russell Gordon Carter, Catherine C. Edwards, Betty Green, and Cecily Brownstone. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A comics biography of Elizabeth II, a decade before her official coronation. An article about how girls can aid the war effort during WWII is an artifact of history. A comics biography of Osa Johnson, the female adventurer who inspired the Disney film "Up" decades later. Susan Says; The Queen God Bless Her!; Mayor Martin's Daughter; Elephants in the Backyard; Gloria Jean, Movie Fan; 13 Ways Girls Can Help in the National Defense; Gracious You!; Jungle Adventuress Osa Johnson; Girls in Sports; Make the Most of Your Looks; Air Hostess No. 1; Blame the Wind!; Movies You Shouldn't Miss!; Are You a Keen Fashion Detective?; Gadgets for Girls; Adventure with Supper!; The Yorktown Younger Set. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Part text articles, part comics. Eleanor Roosevelt story. Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

Part text articles, part comics. Helen Hayes and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek stories. Benny Goodman article. Shirley Temple photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

Part text articles, part comics. Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

Part text articles, part comics. Cover price $0.10.

Part text articles, part comics. Kate Smith story. Art cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover photo of actress Jackie Horner. Stories and art by Ed Smalle, Don Lynch, Stuyvesant Van Veen, Mary Elting, Mary Mattison Eubanks, Clifford Parcher, Helen Ciancimino, Alice Barr Grayson, Adam Allen, Beryl Williams, Jane Richards, and Nancy Pepper. "The Modern Magazine for Girls and Sub-Debs." A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A comics biography of twin sisters and artists Helen and Ruth Hoffman; A comics guide to etiquette and good manners; A comics biography of Revolutionary War hero Prudence Cummings Wright. Susan Says; Mayor Martin's Daughter; The Yorktown Younger Set; Double Trouble; Car Crazy; First Date; Summer Pictures; Make Your Letters Sparkle; As the Boys See You; Let's Talk Things Over; Everyday People Crash the Movies; Sound Fun; Navy Girl; Food Masquerade; Show Your Hand; Beauty Boner; Just Cut Out for Summer; Bathing Beauties on Parade; Make 'Em and Wear 'Em; Everyday Company Manners; Guardian of the Bridge; Girls in the News; Gadgets for Girls; Air Hostess No. 1. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Part text articles, part comics. Art cover. Cover price $0.10.

Part text articles, part comics. Marie Curie story. Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ann Spence Warner, Adele De Leeuw, Eleanor Boykin, Dixie Willson, Alice Barr Grayson, and Carolyn Keene. "The Modern Magazine for Girls and Sub-Debs." A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A comics biography of Marie Curie's daughter Eve, a freedom fighter during World War II; A mystery story by Carolyn Keene, creator of Nancy Drew; A comics biography of Titanic survivor Molly Brown. Susan Says; Mayor Martin's Daughter; The Yorktown Younger Set; Daughter of Free France; On the Hoof; Judy Wing; Sugar and Spice; Easy Does It!; What do You Say?; Through Studio Gates; Lets Talk Things Over; Mystery at the Lookout; We Can Walk to the Movies; Whats in Your Name?; Miss Quiz Kid; Junior Housekeeping Department; Girls Who Wear Glasses; Keep Yourself in Stitches; Start School in Soap n Water Cottons; Make Yourself a Jumper; The Unsinkable Molly Brown; Girls in the News; Gadgets for Girls. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Part text articles, part comics. Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Mary Elting, Lloyd Shaw, Pamela St. John, Elizabeth Nichols, Elizabeth Decker, Eleanor Boykin, Jane Richards, Pamela Eades, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Carolyn Keene. "The Modern Magazine for Girls and Sub-Debs." A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A comics biography of Oveta Hobby, director of the Women's Army Corps and one of the first female US military commanders. A 13-year-old survivor of the London bombing raids discusses keeping up spirits during WWII. A profile of the Professional Children's School, where young working actors can catch up on their studies. Susan Says; Mayor Martin's Daughter; The Yorktown Younger Set; Lady in Khaki; Irons in the Fire; Judy Wing; Harvest Moon Over Her Shoulder; Tactics for Lissa; October Days; Dive for the Oyster; Lets Talk Things Over; Mystery at the Lookout; New Star; Variety Adds Spice to October Movies; How Do You Do?; Between the Acts; Easy as Pie; Be Your Own Sergeant; We Are Not Afraid; Teddy Bear Stuff; Hug-Me-Tight Jackets; Hats and Flowers; New Hats for Old; Guiding Star; Girls in the News; Gadgets for Girls. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Edd Ashe, Don Lynch, Maxine Shore, M.M. Oblinger, Dixie Willson, Anna C. Winlow, Louise Seaman Bechtel, Tom Stewart, Joan Lane, Nell Giles, Emily Parcher, Eleanor Boykin, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Carolyn Keene. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A comics biography of Chinese film actress and a pioneering aviator Lee Ya-Ching. Coverage of the service women were doing on the home front and in the Red Cross during WWII. A comics biography of Marie Peary, daughter of Arctic explorer Robert Peary, who became known as "Snow Baby" after she was born near the North Pole. Susan Says; The Yorktown Younger Set; Good Fairy of China; Snowbaby; Judy Wing; What Girls are Doing to Speed Victory; Soldier's Daughter; For Kathryn, With Love; She Sticks to Her Guns; Lets Talk Things Over; Mystery at the Lookout; Riches; Volumes of Pleasure; Heroes on and off the Screen; Turkey Talk; Sybil and Mike; Help Yourself to a Good Time; Hold That Line!; Solve Your Weightiest Problems with Chubby Sizes; Christmas Is What You Make for It!; Winter Fun with Plants; Girls in the News; Gadgets for Girls. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Edd Ashe, Thelma Knoles, Jean Brownlee, Marcia Lee, Nell Giles, Margaret Sutton, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Carolyn Keene. Sometimes listed as Calling All Girls Vol. 3 #1. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A comics biography of legendary ice skater Sonja Henie; Coverage of the Horizon Club and its work with disabled people in the 1940s; A comics biography of "Gretchen," a Resistance fighter in Nazi-occupied Holland. Susan Says; The Yorktown Younger Set; Magic Blades; Girl Saboteur; Judy Wing; Island Adventure; The Haunted Apartment; Shine, Christmas Star; Jivin' Jacks and Jills; Lets Talk Things Over; Mystery at the Lookout; America's Children; The Younger Stars Carry On; Windy Night Song; Sweet as Sugar; Give and Take; Poll of Junior Opinion; Nice Headwork; Beauty Boner; Make Yourself an Accessory Dress; Blossom Out into Winter Pastels; Killer Dillers for Christmas Dollars; Be Crafty This Christmas; Girls in the News; Gadgets for Girls. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by John Daly, Jack Sparling, Dorothy Bird, Devah Woillard, Mary Eubanks, Marguerite Bro, Russell Trotman, Sheila John Daly, Gayle Sims, Meg Wohlberg, Nell Giles, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Margaret Sutton. Sometimes listed as Calling All Girls Vol. 3 #2. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A comics biography of Frances Long, who survived in an internment camp in the Philippines. Coverage of young women in the war effort, salvage drives and other WWII home-front activities. An illustrated guide to American women's wartime fashions, 1776-1943. Susan Says; The Yorktown Younger Set; Freedom's Princess; Blizzard Bound; Judy Wing; Winter Road; The Haunted Apartment; Salute Your Colors; Half the Steel in a Tank; Lets Talk Things Over; New Year's Take-Off; Powder-Puff Pilots; The Smallest Stars Twinkle Too!; Write to Fame; A Date to Remember; WARdrobes; Extras in the Meat Pot; The Goat; Sew to Suit Yourself; Glamour on Combs; She Knows What You Want; Don't You Love Jumpers?; Heady Stuff; Girls in the War; Gadgets for Girls. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Part text articles, part comics. Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Dorothy Bird, Ruth Kent, Helen Ciancimino, Lynne Pennington, Elizabeth Nichols, Elena Chance, Elizabeth Decker, Meg Wohlberg, Nell Giles, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Margaret Sutton. Sometimes listed as Calling All Girls Vol. 3 #4. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A comics biography of Marion Blissett, who survived a U-boat attack to study epidemics during wartime. A comics biography of pioneering female stage magician Dell O'Dell. A comics biography of Alice McGuire, crack shot with the US military during WWII. Susan Says; The Yorktown Younger Set; Badge of Courage; She Guns for the Army; Judy Wing; Mistress of Mystery; The Haunted Apartment; Skiing in a Nutshell; The Victory Club; Lets Talk Things Over; Double or Nothing; So You Want to Start a Club; Cereal Steps Out; In the Public Eye; Lesson in Camouflage; Make a Short Story Long; Fiesta; Girls in the News; Gadgets for Girls. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover photo by William Ward. Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Edd Ashe, John Scott Douglas, Adele De Leeuw, Dorothy V. Smith, Frances Cadzow, Elizabeth Nichols, Elena Chance, Nell Giles, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Margaret Sutton. Sometimes listed as Calling All Girls Vol. 3 #5. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A comics biography of Carroll Glenn, child violin prodigy; An illustrated profile of Queen Elizabeth II, then only 17 and known as Princess Elizabeth; A classic Coca-Cola ad featuring early mascot Sprite Boy and a thirsty paratrooper combines Coke and WWII memorabilia. Susan Says; A Girl and Her Bow; Out of the Dark; Judy Wing; This Sergeant Is a Lady; The Haunted Apartment; Freshman Bites Soph; Tenderfoot; Learning to be a Queen; Lets Talk Things Over; They're Going to be Nurses; Digging for Victory; Check and Double Check; Sandwich These In; That Personal Touch; Set for Spring into Summer; Out of the Dark; The Victory Club; Girls in the News; Gadgets for Girls. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Edd Ashe, Corrine Dillon, Adam Allen, Mary Brinker Post, Jean Grossman, Russell Trotman, Virginia Weidler, Elizabeth Nichols, Elena Chance, Nell Giles, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Margaret Sutton. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A comics biography of folk music pioneer Jean Thomas; An illustrated feature on women working in factories for WWII production; A wartime Coca-Cola ad featuring early mascot Sprite Boy and a USO performer entertaining troops. Susan Says; Judy Wing; The Traipsin Woman; She Found Independence; Curtain Going Up; The Haunted Apartment; Goober Goodies; At Ease!; Have a Pleasant Summer; Lets Talk Things Over; Girl Power on the Home Front; Long May It Wave; Go Gay the South American Way; Sew on the Border Line; On the Assembly Line; The Victory Club; Girls in the News; Gadgets for Girls. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Part text articles, part comics. Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Corrine Dillon, Meg Wohlberg, Raoul Whitfield, Maxine Shore, M.M. Oblinger, Blake Bowman, Stephanie O'Brien, Isabelle Corey, Elizabeth Hawes, Maxine Livingston, Dixie Willson, Elizabeth Nichols, Elena Chance, Nell Giles, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Margaret Sutton. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A comics biography of military aviator and nurse Elsie Ott, the first woman to receive the United States Air Medal. An illustrated feature on teen Resistance fighters in WWII China. A wartime Coca-Cola ad featuring early mascot Sprite Boy and Women's Army Corps troops. Susan Says; Judy Wing; Flying Nurse; Sherry Strikes a New Note; The Bookworm's Turn; The Haunted Apartment; China's Youngest Army; Two Stars in One Spotlight; The Mystery of the Thieving Spooks; Lets Talk Things Over; What Are Big Boys Made Of?; Right This Way; Picnic Special; You Can Sail Through Life; Have Fun with Scribble Togs; Paint Pot; Personality; Drama Unlimited; Australian Songbird; The Victory Club; Girls in the News; Gadgets for Girls. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Corrine Dillon, Patricia Paull, Emmett Maum, Maxine Shore, M.M. Oblinger, Lettie Gay, Mary Tinley Daly, Isabelle Corey, Elizabeth Hawes, Meg Wohlberg, Beryl Williams, Elizabeth Nichols, Elena Chance, Nell Giles, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Margaret Sutton. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A comics biography of test pilot, air racer and military aviator Nancy Harkness Love, commander of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron. An illustrated feature on the Jangos junior nurses' aides volunteer corps. A variety of fun vintage ads, including one for a collar that can be monogrammed with hip "jive" slang phrases like all the kids were using in 1943. Susan Says; Judy Wing; Flying High; A Blazing Success; Trouble at the Trading Post; The Haunted Apartment; Chick Learns the Hard Way; Speaking of Spokes; The Mystery of the Thieving Spooks; Lets Talk Things Over; Make It Jell!; You're Not in a Class by Yourself; Looking Slightly Frowzy?; It's Fun to Sew; Dress Up Your Old Sweaters to Your New Skirts; Jangos!; Women in War as Seen in the Movies; Strictly in the Groove; Lined for Warmth, Underlined for Style; She Traveled the Underground; The Victory Club; Girls in the News; Gadgets for Girls. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Corrine Dillon, Zillah MacDonald, Ruth Kent, Maxine Livingston, Louise Carlisle, Marianne Benjamin, Isabelle Corey, Lettie Gay, Elizabeth Nichols, Elena Chance, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Margaret Sutton. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A comics biography of the Hollywood actresses who performed with the USO, entertaining troops stationed overseas. An article by a 15-year-old refugee girl who fled Nazi Germany. An illustrated profile of American high school students aiding the home-front war effort. Also featuring a full-page ad for "Lassie Come Home," the genesis of the long-running dog series, starring child actor Roddy McDowall. Susan Says; Judy Wing; Trouping with the Troops; Trial by Fire; Girls Don't Like Jeeps; The Haunted Apartment; Make That Welcome Sing!; Jabberwocky and Jive; The Mystery of the Thieving Spooks; Lets Talk Things Over; How Deep Is Skin Deep?; Coast-to-Coast Hook-Up; I Am a Refugee; It's Fun to Sew; Dress Up Your Room, Too!; Fall Movies Take a Bow ; Schooled for Victory; Dinner Is Served!; Wish He Were Taking Me!; Maid of Athens; The Victory Club; Girls in the News; Gadgets for Girls. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Corrine Dillon, Frank Godwin, Helen Ciancimino, Maxine Livingston, Eva-Lis Wuorio, Ruth Gagliardo, Stephanie O'Brien, Mary Wieand, Isabelle Corey, Lettie Gay, Elizabeth Nichols, Elena Chance, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Margaret Sutton. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A comics biography of Betty Wason, war correspondent during WWII; A profile of child performer Twinkle Watts; A variety of fun vintage ads, including one for a collar that can be monogrammed with hip "jive" slang phrases like all the kids were using in 1943. Susan Says; Judy Wing; Reporter at War; Melting Pot Blues; All for One; The Haunted Apartment; New Books for You; Patterns for Parties; The Mystery of the Thieving Spooks; Lets Talk Things Over; Gifts from the Kitchen; When You're a Guest; Twinkle Twinkle Little Star; It's Fun to Sew; Gifts With and for Glamour; Thanks to the Movies; Date Dreaming with Donald O'Connor; Your Christmas Wish-Come-True; Wish He Were Taking Me!; Sergeant Little Bawk; The Victory Club; Girls in the News; Gadgets for Girls. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.