Great Comics (1945 Novack) comic books 1944-1946

Cover by L. B. Cole. Great Comics #1 had multiple variants that included material from other comics with overprinted indicia, packaged under the same cover. This issue has "Barrel O' Fun" overprinted in indicia, and includes material from Cowboys 'n' Injuns (1946) #2: Western-themed kids' comics, featuring funny-animals in cowboy hats and adorable would-be outlaw Jesse Jimmy. An outlaw gets the drop on Cuckoo Sheriff and traps him in jail, but other outlaws free him during a jailbreak. Li'l Cactus; Cuckoo Sheriff. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Sam Cooper, August Froehlich, and Henry Kiefer. Great Comics #1 had multiple variants that included material from other comics with overprinted indicia, packaged under the same cover. This issue has "Jubilee Comics" overprinted in indicia, and includes material from Red Band Comics (1945) #1: Masked heroes, soldiers, and adventurers in a WWII-era anthology. Mystery novelist Kendall Richards becomes the crime-fighting Bogey Man (who looks just like The Spirit with a mustache) after gangsters target him for death. Strange chance leads young Joe Djerk to become apprentice to the Sorcerer, in a story featuring nice magical art and tongue-in-cheek humor, such as a wizard mentioning Cthulu. Distinctive-looking Plutonian bad guy Satanas was listed in Jon Morris's 2017 book The League of Regrettable Supervillains. Bogey Man; Satanas; The Sorcerer and His Apprentice. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Knockout" version. Overprinted indicia states "Knockout..." followed by Novack replacement indicia. L. B. Cole cover. Stories reprinted in Danger (1964 Super Comics) #10. In order of appearance: "The Defenders" art by Lucy Feller; "Smilevents"; "Captain Power"; "Toto the Boy From Mars" by Fred Morgan; "Bombing Mission Exectuted" art by Gerald Altman; "Cookin' with Laughing Gas" by Inez Karma; and "Superstitious Al-O-Ysius" art by Al Fago. "Timothy and Kogo Find a Friend" text story by George Collis, reprinted in Pop-Pop Comics (1945) #1. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Lucy Feller, Arnold L. Hicks, Al Fago, and Gerald Altman. Great Comics #1 had multiple variants that included material from other comics with overprinted indicia, packaged under the same cover. This issue has "Novack Publishing Company" as the replacement indicia, and may contain material from an unpublished issue of Jeep Comics (1944). His knowledge of color-film stock allows Captain Power to solve the twisted mystery of the Mexican Doll. During a bombing mission in the Pacific, Captain Jed Allen is shot down by Axis forces and must survive on the open sea. The owner of a struggling magic-supply store gets unwanted assistance from well-intentioned pixie Superstitious Al-o-ysius. The Defenders: The Man in the Gray Coat; Captain Power: The Secret of the Mexican Doll; Bombing Mission Executed; Superstitious Al-o-ysius. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.