Comic books August 1946

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, C.C. Beck Studio and Al Liederman. The Captain Marvel/Oggar serial continues with..."The Cult of the Curse Chapter 4: Flame of the Magic Fiddle" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and C.C. Beck Studio. Captain Marvel also stars in: "The Little Man Who Wasn't There" by Bill Woolfolk and C.C. Beck; "The Missing Millions" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck; and "His Press Agent" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Plus: Captain Kid..."Dresses Up" with art by Al Liederman. And: 2-page text story "Glaring Mistake" by Dorothy Davis. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Otto Binder, Art Helfant and Sid Lazarus. Art by Art Helfant, Sid Lazarus and Bud Thompson. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel Jr.'s latest foe is the circus performer gone wrong known as The Acrobat, who has a rare disease called "moonitis." During a full moon, he gains super-strength, and an evil personality to go with it, in a three-part story. Gloria, the Snortville Sneeze's star reporter, creates a beauty cream with strange side effects. Freddy Freeman encounters a man who can seemingly predict the news before it happens. Captain Marvel, Jr. Meets the Acrobat, Ch. 1: Death Under the Full Moon!; Rubbernose Randolph; Boxcar Benny; Giggle Gags; The Peril of the Moon; Captain Marvel Jr. Hunts a Ghost; Snortville Sneeze; Whipper-Snappers; Twenty-Five Bucks Worth; Witless Witmore; The News Prophet. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Leonard Frank and others. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. CM's latest invention plows an entire field in seconds, but becomes a super-weapon when it falls into the wrong hands. During WWII, Captain Midnight battles an Axis superweapon that can pull B-29 bombers out of the air. Midnight uses his latest invention, a plastic boat, to track the theft of a secret military experiment. The Harvest of Infamy; Odd But True Inventions; Pilot Pete; Impending Doom; Whipper-Snappers; The Screwball Murders; Witless Witmore; Red Skye: Double Cargo; Strato-Facts; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Your Invention Page; Missing Gyro-Instruments. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Frank Pagan and Rudy Palais. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Dr. Macabre seeks the secret of artificial pearls, and only Cat-Man and Kitten can stop him. In their final adventure, rival reporters Scoop Scanlon and Molly O'Moore finally admit their love for each other. Mastermind McGinty faces one of his toughest cases yet: helping a ghost gain self-confidence. Cat-Man; The Deacon; Molly O'Moore and Scoop Scanlon; Detective Sam Tabor: Signed Up For Murder; The 3 Vets; Killer's Swap; Mastermind McGinty; Golden Archer; The Reckoner; Little Leaders. Final issue of the series, and the final Golden Age appearance of most of these characters. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 18, Issue 3 - August 1946. 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.

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Super Rabbit, Percy, Pigtales, Casper Cat, Widjit Witch, and Greggy the Ghost Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Victor Pazmino, Al Liederman, Milt Stein, and Art Helfant. Humor comics from Fawcett, featuring characters like Richard Richard, Private Dick (detective) and the cape-wearing rapscallion Captain Kid. When Captain Kid enters a cross-country race, his friend Pudgy tries to make it a "double" cross. Mystic Moot uses the power of his magic snoot to turn a crashing car into a flying horse, but that causes its own problems, in a story by comics legend Basil Wolverton. A suspicious character convinces Richard Richard to help him "film a movie" about robbing a bank. Captain Kid Gets the Old Run Around; Hill Billy has Something to Crow About; Mystic Moot and His Magic Snoot: Flight-Mare; The Tragedy of Joe Miller: Henry the 16th; Jetsam Joe: The Barrels of Youth; Dopey Danny Dee: Safety First!; Kanvasback: Worlds Heavyweight Chump; Rubbernose Randolph: You Cant Push him Around; The Snortville Sneeze: Five Star Final; The Hole Truth; Sam the Sheriff Shows his True Colors; Tumbleweed Jr.; Freddy Freshman Leads a Dogs Life; Whipper-Snappers Under the Big Top; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb Take to Tennis; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Tough Case. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 2, Issue 6 - August, 1946. Magic Periodical put out by Walter B. Gibson with help from Harry Houdini's brother, Hardeen that showcases the talent of magicians as well as teaching tricks to readers. 8.5" x 11", 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Supermouse" story by Richard E. Hughes, art by Allan Hubbard; "Tuffy" art by Jack Bradbury; "Zippie" art by Don R. Christensen; "A Pig Tale" art by Curt Perkins; "Custer Bear" story by Tom Baron, art by Paul Sommer; "Pop Korn" art by Al Taliaferro; and "Perkins Pooch Routs a Rival!" art by Jack Bradbury. Illustrated text stories: "The Forest Funsters: Ferdinand Fox Teaches His Friends Some New Tricks" by Alexander Samalman; and "The Pesky Porcupine: Percy Proves That He's a Sharp Little Creature" by Lily K. Scott. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by Don C. Cameron and unknown. Art by Win Mortimer, John Daly, Lee Harris, Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. 1st small logo. Not being in the headlines for weeks rankles the Joker, so the Crime Clown decides to challenge Batman and Robin to a "Crime Acrostic" Contest in "Acrostic of Crime!" by Don C. Cameron and Win Mortimer. Plus: Slam Bradley in "Something in the Air!" with art by John Daly; Air Wave in "The Night Owls' Musicale!" with art by Lee Harris; and The Boy Commandos in "Journey into Nowhere" with art by Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. Also: Shorty 2-pager; Jasper half-pager by Lit-Win; 2-page text story "The Lethal Light" by V.V. Dredaine; and Daffy & Doodle 1-pager by Lit-Win. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Murder of the Red Headed Girl!" Cover price $0.25.

August 1946. "Three Times a Corpse" by Kenneth Robeson; "The Dry Mouth of Danger" by John D. MacDonald; and "Hunter's Trophy" by John Scott Douglass. 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. Don and Red investigate reports of a sea serpent while on loan to the Coast Guard. In a story from WWII, Don stumbles on an Axis plot to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge. 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. Don and Red investigate a mysterious ghost ship that appears without any crew, and discover a sinister plot. Plus explanations of semaphore and other naval flag signals. The Sea Serpent; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; U.S. Navy Numeral Flags; Jetsam Joe; Eaglebeak Spruder; Stars and Stripes Forever; Semaphore Alphabet; Don Winslow Saves the Brooklyn Bridge; Warriors of the Sea: Beachhead; Bell Bottom Bill; Ghost Ship. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 8, Issue 33 - August 1946. Digest, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

The Black Terror, Crash Carter Air Cadet, the Crime Crushers, the American Eagle, and Sergeant Bill King. Alex Schomburg cover. Cover price $0.10.

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August 1946. Peter Driben cover. Vintage men's interest magazine full of adult humor comics and tasteful pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 64 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

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"The Secret of the Growing Gold" a short story by Bram Stoker.

August 1946. Cover by Lawrence Stevens. "The Twenty-Fifth Hour" by Herbert Best, and "The Secret of the Growing Gold" by Bram Stoker. Interior artwork by Lawrence Stevens and Ronald Clyne. Softcover Pulp, 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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

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!). Every rabbit in town is interested when gigantic "Marvel Carrots" are discovered. Fuzzy Bear learns that bricks thrown up in the air always come down... eventually. Marvel Bunny tries to safeguard clumsy Cousin Oscar from himself. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Discovery of the Marvel Carrots; Willie the Worm: Everybody's Friend; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: The Morgue the Merrier; Billy the Kid and Oscar: On the Ball; Willipus Wallipus: Fire-Foolers; Benny Beaver: A Change of Address; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: Comic Capers!; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Cousin Oscar Steps Forth. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Bryant. "The Land of Midget Men," art by Max Elkan; Doll Man discovers a race of naturally tiny people in Siratuba, a land valued for its platinum, and whose residents have been convinced by a man named Gorney to mine the metal; But Gorney's greed leads to an explosion which kills him and the small people. "Davy Jones's Locker" starring Perky, script and art by Sid Lazarus. "Picklenose"; Swing Sisson vs. Picklenose (D. D. Dudlee) and Mike Gordo. "Plumbers' Correspondence School," script and art by Al Stahl; Blimpy vs. Dickson and The Boss. "Introducing Roscoe," a funny animal wolf strip. Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. "The Foundry of Fury," script and art by Paul Gustavson; The Brigadiers take a hike, so to speak, as Rusty Ryan, Alababa and Pierpont continue their plainclothes globe-trotting. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jack Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Alex Blum, Bob Lubbers and Matt Baker. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Ivory hunters planning to get rid of Tiger Girl learn tigers can indeed swim, in a story with art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker; Senorita Rio battles both fascist forces and the Zorro-like masked gaucho (South American cowboy) who opposes them; A traitor on board foils Captain Fight's plan to bypass Pirate Cove under cover of darkness. Tiger Girl; Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; Adventures in Aluminum; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Captain Fight. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Alex Schomburg cover. Three untitled Fighting Yank stories. Super-Sleuths back-up story (art by Chas. M. Quinlan). Cover price $0.10.

Flash stars in "Jewels and Fools," written by Gardner Fox, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "Slush is Shot" by John B. Wentworth and Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "Johnny the Editor" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; Rockhead McWizzard in a car story by Jack Farr; Out of the Gag Bag by Ed Wheelan; Ton o' Fun by Harry Lampert; and Hawkman in "The Silent Sound" by Fox and Joe Kubert. Cover art by Hibbard. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by John Stanley. Little Lulu Fights Back With a Club; Tubby dresses up like a girl to infiltrate and spy on Lulu's club, The Raiders. Little Lulu Brings Some Friends Home To Dinner; Lulu feeds some pigeons at the park that follow her home and come into the house. Little Lulu Tells a Tall Tale; Lulu tells Alvin about when she was marooned on a cannibal island. A Problem In Box Tops; Lulu and Tubby are in competition collecting box tops from cereal for prizes. The Haunted House; Lulu and Tubby meet some ghost kids when they explore a haunted house. Scripts and art by John Stanley. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "MICKEY MOUSE AND THE HOUSE OF MANY MYSTERIES, No. 116." Cover art by Harvey Eisenberg. Mickey Mouse and the House of Many Mysteries, art by George Waiss and Dick Moores; When their car runs out of gas in a remote area, Mickey and Minnie are picked up by a radio-controlled car which takes them to a palace in the middle of the desert. Mickey Mouse and Goofy's Prize Fight, art by Don Gunn; When boxer Atomic McBiff kicks a kitten, Goofy decks him with one punch. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Bruce Elliott. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. Frankenstein's Monster gets a job and decides he wants to support a family; The Monster is confused when mutated convicts invade a small town; The Monster joins Professor Gonif in his time machine. Frankensteins Family; The Monsters; Nothin' Ever Happens; The Mummies; The Time Machine. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, Mickey Klar Marks, Milt Hammer, Marty Taras, Charles W. Winter and Harold Abbey. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #8. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Neddy Bear and Squire Squirrel find a magic ring in the river that grants their wishes. Dopsy Durvy tries to help Pinocchio, but only gets them both into trouble. Pigeons Bill and Koo try to have a rummage sale with the neighborhood junk. Neddy Bear; Dopsy Durvy; Raindrops; Myrtle and Jocko; Sniffy; Bill and Koo: The Rummage Sale; Pidgy and the Magic Paint; Johnny and Woof; Frosty and Gabbie; Diggy the Derrick. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.