Comic books May 1946

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Cover art by Everett E. Hibbard. The Severed Bracelets starring Wonder Woman, script by William Moulton Marston (signed as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter. All Men Are Brothers starring Johnny Everyman, art by John Daly. Voice in the Sky starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. The Fourth Dimensional House starring The Flash, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Jon Chester Kozlak; At another meeting of the Liar's Club, Jay Garrick tells of a fantastic house built by the Three Dimwits that has a doorway to another dimension, windows to the cosmos, trapdoors to a thousand worlds, and stairways to the stars! The Flying Furniture starring Sargon the Sorcerer, script by John B. Wentworth, art by Sheldon Moldoff. Mayhem Comes to Town starring Green Lantern, art by Jon Chester Kozlak; Two big game hunters, fresh back from a big game hunt, take on each other in order to land the leading role in a film about Africa. 76 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Capt. Kid in "The Comedy of Terrors," Kanvasback in "A Gentleman At All Times," "Sam the Sheriff Goes After a Knave in a Cave," the Snortville Sneeze in "The Celery Stalks the Lady," Freddy Freshman in "The Two-Way Explosive," Mystic Moot and his Magic Snoot (art by Basil Wolverton, 4 pages), the Tragedy of Joe Miller, Jetsam Joe, Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb, Tumbleweed Jr., and Richard Richard Private Dick in "The Stolen Base." 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Supermouse"; "Fritz"; "Butch O' Sparrow" art by Jack Bradbury; "Daffy and Dilly" art by Gil Turner; "Cluck's Luck" story by Warren Foster, art by Owen Fitzgerald; "Bruno Bear" story by Tom Barron, art by Allen G. Benedict; and "Fathead" art by Don R. Christensen. "'Pepsi' the Pepsi-Cola Cop" comic advertisement. Illustrated text stories: "The Magic Loop: Ferdinand Fox Perplexes His Forest Friends!" by Alexander Samalman; and "Fidelio the Fiddler: A Left-Handed Cricket Has His Troubles!" by Mickey Klar Marks. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Al Bryant. Gold!; Captain Triumph must help Biff recover from a gold mine swindle perpetrated by Redfue and his villainous gang. Cartoons Are Lies? starring Pen Miller, script and art by Klaus Nordling. The Tigress starring Hack O'Hara. The Magic Words starring Floogy the Fiji. The Haunted House Hassle starring Beezy, script and art by Bernard Dibble. The Chicken Adventure starring Inkie, script and art by Al Stahl. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Robert Sale, Jack Alderman, Rudy Palais, Edd Ashe, Dan Tay, Ann Brewster, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. The FBI plants a trap for notorious outlaw John Dillinger outside a Chicago movie theater. Arsonist Charles Bohme sets fires not for money, but because of a special kind of crazy. A story that dares the reader to figure out who poisoned a movie star on the eve of her wedding at a party full of suspects. Also featuring several lurid text stories of the True Detective type, plus a special introduction by Mr. Crime. Who'll Buy My Wares?; The Trigger Happy Cop Killer; Lesson for Today: 7 Crooks + $2,500,000 = Robbery, Murder and the Chair; The True Story of John Dillinger; This'll Kill You!; The Fire Fiend; Crime of the Friendly Enemy; The Slayer of Smithfield; Whodunnit. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Sidney Mason, Morris Weiss (credited as Wes Sirrom), Virginia Hubbell and Carl Hubbell. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Daredevil faces the ganglord who fancies himself a dictator of crime. Boxer Go-Along Gallagher goes against his wealthy uncle's wishes when he gets involved in the fight game. Teen inventor Dickie Dean uses his new amphibi-car to pursue a gangster and his bank-robbing submarine. Also featuring a vintage ad for Pepsi-Cola starring "Pepsi the Pepsi-Cola Cop." Daredevil: Criminals Have No Conscience!; Dickie Dean: Moose Moore Threatens Granite City; Go-Along Gallagher; Sniffer; Crimebuster: Verdict - Not Guilty!; Daredevil. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by Don C. Cameron, Jack Farr and unknown. Art by Win Mortimer, Jack Farr, Howard Sherman, John Daly, George Roussos, Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. A greedy mine owner gets on the wrong side of the people in his community by firing the local school teacher and by refusing to institute safe mine conditions for the workers in the Batman and Robin tale "Coaltown, U.S.A." by Don C. Cameron and Win Mortimer. Plus: Three-Ring Binks in an untitled story by Jack Farr; Slam Bradley in "Turnabout Tactics!" with art by Howard Sherman and John Daly; Air Wave in "The Case of the Unlucky Treasure Hunters!" with art by George Roussos; and The Boy Commandos in "Reconversion for Rats!" with art by Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. Also: 2-page text story "Soft Touch" by Al Martin, and Scuffy the Tramp half-pager by Lit-Win. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 53, 1st Printing - "Doctors Beware!" by Walbridge McCully. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

"Stolen Gems!" Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 51, Issue 2 - May, 1946. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 33, Issue 2 - May, 1946. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

"Death is a Round Black Spot" a Doc Savage novel by Kenneth Robeson.

May 1946. "Death is a Round Black Spot" by "Kenneth Robeson"; "There is no Fear" by Giles Lutz; and "The Enemy" by Bruno Fischer. Digest size, 5-5/8" x 7-3/4"; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Tom McNamara and Victor Pazmino. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Gangster "Killer Martin" steals Don's car and uniform so Don will be blamed for his crimes. As the cover advises, these issues feature "official war stories from Don Winslow's Log Book," as he, like other wartime heroes, had to explain the continued reliance on WWII stories after the war was over. A deserted American tanker that drifts into a Filipino port turns out to be a deathtrap set by Axis forces. Don sets out to escort a damaged aircraft carrier back to base through miles of enemy-controlled seas. Plus facts about the military and WWII, and an illustration of the H.M.S. Thunderbolt. Mistaken Identity; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Jetsam Joe; Eaglebeak Spruder; On the Trail of the S-29; Giggle Gags; Rana Raid; Don Winslow of the Navy Battles the Black Ace!; Warriors of the Sea: A Heroic Old Sea Dog; Bell Bottom Bill; Don Winslow with the Coast Guard Hooks an Assignment. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; and "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller. "The Soundless Call" text story by F. S. Saunders. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"An Adam from the Sixth" a short story by Richard S. Shaver.

Volume 8, Issue 2 - May 1946. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "The Sword and the Pool" by Berkeley Livingston. Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 180 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Bill Brady and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Hoppy has terrain trouble after chasing crooks into the hills, where the echo of his "Shazams" keeps coming back at inopportune times and removing his powers. Billy the Kid investigates a series of mysterious train accidents. When stars start disappearing from the sky, Hoppy learns the Dark Witch is capturing stars and disguising them as people. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Echo Trouble; Fuzzy Bear; Billy the Kid and Oscar: The Casey Jones Run; Willipus Wallipus: Cash-Flashers; Willie the Worm and Sammy: Undecided; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: Caught Off Base; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: Fuzzy Chops Up His Dream; Funny Animals Game Page; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck Wrestle a Wrestling Problem; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Stars over the Dark Witch. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Bryant. "Madame Diablo," script by Bill Woolfolk, pencils by Dan Zolnerowich; Darrel and Martha encounter a victim whose face is strangely twisted by a Madam Diablo; Martha pursues the villainess while Darrel finds the object of her crimes, the Sacred Eye of Ras-Aryat. "Good Mood," script and art by Al Stahl; Blimpy vs. Dinklehup. "Horror House," script and art by Sid Lazarus; Perky vs. Count Jerkula and a werewolf. "Melody In Murder Flat" starring Swing Sisson; A pianist is shot and killed with a poisoned dart when playing at the stage. Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. "Zootibar, the Forbidden City," pencils by Bill Quackenbush; Zootibar was a forbidden city with headquarter for a suicide sabotage racket. "Boco Largo," script and art by Paul Gustavson; Rusty Ryan vs. Panzo Panchito. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Flash stars in "Never the Twain Shall Meet," written by Gardner Fox, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "Music Hath Charm" by John B. Wentworth and Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "Peachy Pet--Prisoner" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; Rockhead McWizzard in "The Elevator" by Jack Farr; Out of the Gag Bag by Ed Wheelan; and Hawkman in "The Land of the Bird People" by Fox and Joe Kubert. Cover art by Kubert. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and Art by Russ Westover. Reprints of Tillie the Toiler (King Features Syndicate, Inc.) newspaper strips from 1939 and 1940. Starring Tillie Jones, Mac MacDougall, Glenny Hodge and Mr. Simpkins! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE, No. 107." Untitled Little Orphan Annie stories, scripts and art by Harold Gray. Doc Zee returns home after losing an arm in the war. Annie fills in Dr. Clover on the back story on Doc Zee's servant, Katie. The scene shifts briefly to China, where Daddy Warbucks and his men are rescued from the Japanese and Warbucks assumes command of 200,000 Chinese troops. Annie goes to Malcolm Mitt's castle. Annie finds a secret passage in the wall of her room. Convinced that "Malcolm Mitt" is an impostor, Annie decides to explore the secret passage from her room. Annie brings the Junior Commandos into the castle and they use a trap door to catch four of the guards. Annie figures out a way to get a bunch of the guards on the trap door at once and drops them into the pit. Reprinted from Little Orphan Annie (News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1942 and 1943. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "DONALD DUCK in the Terror of the River, No. 108." Cover art by Carl Buettner. The Terror of the River!!, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald's sneezes at an auction are mistaken for bids on a houseboat and soon he and the nephews are sailing down the Ohio River; There they encounter a huge serpent. The Firebug, script by Carl Barks, art by Carl Barks; Carl Buettner (last two panels only); Donald falls on his head when getting up one morning and turns into a pyromaniac, setting harmless fires but also getting the blame for big fires set by another firebug. Seals Are So Smart, script and art by Carl Barks; The nephews play ball at the beach with a baby seal, and this sets Donald to dreaming of how much money he could make with a trained seal act. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Rudy Palais cover. In order of appearance: "Magno and Davey, 'The Case of the Haunted Museum!'" art by Rudy Palais; "The Unknown" art by Rudy Palais, reprinted with CCA alterations as "Curse of the Mummy" in Web of Mystery (1951) #28; "Hap Hazard"; and "Captain Courageous" art by Warren Kremer (as 'Doc'). "Death's Deputy" text story by Cliff Howe, reprinted in Four Favorites (1941) #26. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, Mickey Klar Marks, and Harold Abbey. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #5. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Neddy Bear tries to help out Red Riding Hood by reforming the Big Bad Wolf. Farmer Brown uses his position as judge of the township to confiscate Pidgy's magic paint. Dopsy Durvy turns fairy tales topsy-turvy with his Magic Storybook. Melvin, the Meek Mouse; Neddy Bear; Dopsy Durvy; Tick Tack and Toe; The Watchman's Trumpet; Spunky; Chucky and Bub; Pidgy and the Magic Paint; Bill and Koo: Doughnuts to You!!! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 5 #3 - May/June 1946. Single-panel gag cartoons. 10 1/2-in. x 13-in., 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Jesse Marsh and others. Singing cowboy Gene Autry was a multimedia star from the 1930s-1950s, in music, movies, radio, and television, as well as comic books. An injured messenger with a note for Gene Autry sends Gene on the trail of would-be counterfeiters, in a story with art by Tarzan artist Jesse Marsh. Gene encounters a dying man on the road, victim of bushwhackers. he learns that the nearby town is terrified of the so-called ghost outlaws of Devil's Pass. Gunmens Game; Mighty Handy; The Ghost Outlaws. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Dan Gordon, Hilary Trent, Hubie Karp, and Richard Hughes. Art by Dan Gordon, Don Christensen, Jack Bradbury, Hubie Karp 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 goes fishin; Binky has to do chores; Footsy Hare tries to prove he can run around the whole planet. Superkatt; Potsy; The Duke and the Dope; The Bear Facts; Binky; Spencer Spook; Lot of Corn; Footsy Hare; Ringo Raccoon. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "A Day at the Beach with Stanley" by Jack Bradbury; "Scamper"; "Francois Feline, Esquire" art by Ken Champin; "Potter Otter" art by Don Arr; "Little Billy Bear"; "Ham Swift, Inventor" art by Carl Wessler; "Ragsdale" art by Lynn Karp; "O Yeah" art by Ed Dunn; and "Ted and Tom" art by Lynn Karp. Illustrated text stories: "Four-Alarm Pinky: Flamingoes Are the Funniest Creatures!" by Mickey Klar Marks; and "The Musical Pond: Della Duck's Party Had the Very Nicest Orchestra..." by Lily K. Scott. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Newsprint, 8-in. x 18-in., 16 pages, full color.

Newsprint, 8-in. x 18-in., 16 pages, full color.

Newsprint, 8-in. x 18-in., 16 pages, full color.

Painted cover by Mario Colavito. Stories and art by Henry C. Nicholas, H.C. Kiefer, Charles Bange, Harvey K. Fuller, Graham Hunter, C. W. Winter, Stookie Allen and Alex Toth. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. The story of young Abe Lincoln, featuring early art by comics legend Alex Toth; Clyde Eddy and his ragtag crew become the first to successfully navigate the Colorado River during its high-water stage; The final adventure of Vitaman, the last hero left from Heroic Comics' early superhero period. The Lifesaving Lineman; Wolf Catcher; When They Were Young; What Do You Know About Helicopters?; The Phantom Ship of Maine; Copper!; Rescue By Force; Clyde Eddy Beats the Raging Colorado; Race Against Death; Vitaman. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Bryant. Kid Eternity Battles Mr. Keeper; While False Face is acquitted the Kid tries to frame him against Keep's orders. Murder At Farnes Manor starring Betty Bates. Ghost Story starring Egbert and the Count, art by Ernie Hart. Movie Stars starring Big Brother, pencils by Charles Tomsey, inks by Pete Riss. Prison Break starring Bob and Swab, art by Janice Valleau [as Ginger]. Dan Tootin humor page by Jack Cole. Pet Dog starring Marmaduke Mouse, art by Ernie Hart. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.