Comic books May 1945

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Vol. 12, No. 3. May 1945. 7" x 9.5". 98 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, scripts by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Pete the Tramp strips by Clarence D. Russell. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. Private Breger Abroad strips by Dave Breger. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. Just Kids strips by A.D. Carter. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye. Tommy Gets a Zero starring Superman, script by Joseph Greene (signed as Jerry Siegel), pencils by John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster). The Sign that Wasn't There starring Hayfoot Henry. Jackals of the Jungle starring Congo Bill, art by John Daly. Tree's a Crowd starring The Vigilante, script by Joe Samachson, pencils by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton Jr.). Day of Wishes starring Zatara, script by Joe Samachson, art by William F. White. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. No Curtains For Cupid, script by Joe Samachson, art by Pen Shumaker; The Eraser Kid is not one to allow a former crook like Harry Long go straight, so he devises a plot to force Harry back into the rackets; What Eraser doesn't count on are Harry's allies: the Sandman and Sandy! Barbs of Chivalry starring the Shining Knight, art by Louis Cazeneuve. The Clue That Wasn't There starring Genius Jones, art by Stan Kaye. Stolen Glory starring Starman, script by Joe Samachson, art by Emil Gershwin. The Life of Riley starring Mike Gibbs, Guerilla, script by Joe Samachson, art by Maurice Del Bourgo. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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UK bi-weekly magazine focusing primarily on WWII era aircraft, but covering the whole history of flight. 8" x 11.5", 12 pages, B&W

UK bi-weekly magazine focusing primarily on WWII era aircraft, but covering the whole history of flight. 8" x 11.5", 12 pages, B&W

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UK bi-weekly magazine focusing primarily on WWII era aircraft, but covering the whole history of flight. 8" x 11.5", 12 pages, B&W

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Aviation magazine featuring pictorials of featured designs; model and hobby information. 10.25" x 13", 104 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories by Walt Kelly, Roger Garis and unknown. Art by Walt Kelly, H.R. McBride, Rube Grossman, George Kerr and unknown. Tales featuring Albert the Alligator ("Albert and the Noah Count Ark"), Uncle Wiggily, Blackie, Hector the Henpecked Rooster, Cilly Goose and Johnny Gruelle's Raggedy Animals! Also: "The Prison of Ice" text story! 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

May, 1945 - Volume 4, Issue #10.

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Volume 35, Issue 3 - May, 1945. Cover by William Timmins. Science Fiction and adventure stories, this issue features "First Contact by Murray Leinster. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Issue 18 - "The Singing Widow". Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by Charles Paris. "Shadow City!", script by Don Cameron, art by Jerry Robinson (as Bob Kane); When several wealthy playboys are taken in by a quick-rich scheme hatched by the Joker, Batman decides to visit the Crime Clown's layout that he called Shadow City. "The Great Handcuff King!", art by Jerry Robinson; Alfred decides to get a pair of handcuffs in order to practice putting them on felons, but when he decides to practice on a fellow gentlemen's gentlemen, Alfred is shocked at the result. "Shirley Holmes, Policewoman!", script by Bill Finger, art by Jerry Robinson (as Bob Kane); Batman and Robin have to battle a large-scale outbreak of short-confidence rackets. 1-page Handy Andy story by Jack Farr. "Once a Fighter" text story by Stan Carter. "Batman Goes To Washington!", script by Alvin Schwartz, art by Jerry Robinson (as Bob Kane); Batman decides to enlist the aid of a Senator and the public in getting ex-cons the chance to get honest work. 1-page Casey the Cop story by Henry Boltinoff. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 3 - May, 1945. Painted cover by Billy Devorss. Vintage men's interest magazine focused entirely on amateur lingerie pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 64 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Captain Yank and a squad of Italian freedom fighters must evade Nazi tanks to escape with captured fuel trucks, but Yank has a plan. Slap Happy sets out to capture radium thieves for the reward. Dixie Dugan and her friends stumble on a millionaire's deserted cabin in the woods. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; How To Cook a Monkey. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

May, 1945. Cover price $0.15.

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Canadian Reprint Cover price $0.15.

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

Cover by John Wilcox. Stories and art by Joe Donohoe, Ray Gill, Jim Wilcox, Robert Pious, John Jordan, Henry Kiefer, Seth Harmon, Milt Hammer and Tom Gill. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #56. Former superhero Blue Bolt soars as an aviator hero in WWII. Cap Hawkins tells the true story of D-Day, June 6, 1944, then still a recent memory. Blue Bolt and Charlie use a makeshift sled to escape enemy troops after crash landing on an island. Sergeant Spook and Jerry help his friend "Pinky Jones," who's been playing hookey and running with a teen gang. Dick Cole; Old Cap Hawkins True Tales: D-Day; Edison Bell; Don't Buy it -- Make it Yourself; Man Bites Dog; Blue Bolt; Krisko and Jasper; Sniffy; Fearless Fellers; Gummed Up; Sgt. Spook; Bluebolts and Nuts. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 81, Issue 1 - May, 1945. 8.5" x 11", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Ralph O. Ellsworth, Gertrude Crampton, Ruth Berman, Eva Raw Baird, Harry James, Beryl Williams, Annette Turngren, Martha Ross, 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. Famed bandleader Harry James discusses the 1940s recording industry; A profile of a female skier. Judy Wing; Mystery of the Lost Village; The Whole Town Talked; All-American Water Baby; Record Raters; Double Treasure; Movie Memos; Double Exposure Mystery; Summer Stuff; Lets Talk Things Over; Gift for Freedom; She Took to Skis; The Victory Club; Girls in the News; Tricks for Teens. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jerry Maxwell, Frank Stevens and Paul Gattuso. Aviator hero Captain Flight battles the Axis by air during World War II. Captain Flight defends England from attack by the Luftwaffe. Black Cobra seeks a killer who targets women for their jewelry. Space hero Red Rocket investigates when the sun goes out, and encounters an evil devil-like alien. Particularly vivid cover by L. B. Cole. Captain Flight; The Black Cobra: Case of the Screaming Suicides; Red Rocket: The Black Satan of Doomsday; Freddy and his Friends; Flight Heroes; Yankee Girl: The Case of the Mad Moguls; Toppy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Beck-Costanza Studio and unknown. Concluding the long-running Monster Society of Evil serial! Deserted by the last remaining members of the Monster Society, Mr. Mind tries to carry on but finds that he's too small to do much of anything on his own. Captain Marvel calls in an exterminator to drive him out of hiding, after which the villain is finally tried and executed for his crimes in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 25: The End of Mr. Mind!" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Beck-Costanza Studio. Plus: Billy and Cap help old Jonah Joggins, who tells the most exaggerated of tall tales but is about to be thrown off his land by a greedy oilman in "Captain Marvel and The Tall Stories of Jonah Joggins!" Also: When Billy tallies up all of Captain Marvel's accomplishments for the last month, Cap realizes that he's pretty tired of his daily adventures. Steamboat promises to take him to do something new, but along the way Captain Marvel still has to perform the usual feats of strength and bravery in "Captain Marvel Has a Dull Day!" with story by Otto Binder. And: 2-page text story "A Matter of Pride" by Jess Benton. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories by Tom McNamara and Art Helfant. Art by Art Helfant, Tom McNamara, August M. Froehlich, Sid Lazarus and Mac Raboy. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Destitute inventor Erasmus Jones perfects his jet-pack, and takes to the skies as the criminal Mr. Meteor. A witness thinks Captain Marvel Jr. has been killed by saboteurs, and Marvel Jr. himself is arrested as a suspect in his own murder. CM Jr. investigates when US warships are found drifting derelict in the South Pacific. The Amazing Mr. Meteor; Boxcar Benny; Rubbernose Randolph; On Trial for His Own Murder; Oofty Goofty; A Book By Its Cover; The Secret of Skull Island. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Captain Midnight's dopey sidekick Icky decides to start his own flying school; unfortunately, his first class is made up of gangsters who use planes in their crimes. Captain Midnight encounters an ancient curse on the island of Java. CM investigates when accidents plague the building of a railroad that will cross both American continents. Plus a list of stations carrying the Captain Midnight radio show. Java Justice; Oofty Goofty; Whipper-Snappers; Red Skye: One Must Die; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Your Invention Page; Sgt. Twilight's Flying School!; The Pan-American Railroad. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 16, Issue 12 - May 1945. Features creative stories, poems, rebuses, recipes, activities, crafts, science experiments, and health articles for children. 6-in. x 9-in. 52 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.15.