Comic books April 1948

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Vol. 42 #4 - April 1948. The most popular magazine for private and commercial aircraft. Articles include how a propeller is made, the Superfort Family of aircraft, holidays by air, Los Angeles airport problem, reviews, news and all heavily illustrated. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 106 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney's BAMBI, No. 186." Cover art by Morris Gollub. Bambi, script by Felix Salten (original story) and Chase Craig (comic adaptation), art by Morris Gollub; The story of Bambi and his adventures growing up during two years in the forest. Thumper and Friends, art by Morris Gollub; Advice on observing wildlife and a warning to prevent forest fires. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "BUGS BUNNY and the DREADFUL DRAGON, No. 187." Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. Bugs Bunny and the Dreadful Dragon, art by Ralph Heimdahl; Bugs goes to the "mythical kingdom of Dragonwych," where he meets a giant, a dragon, and a witch. Bugs Bunny and the Pirate's Treasure, art by Roger Armstrong; Bugs is a mascot on the pirate ship captained by Scuttlebutt Sam (Yosemite Sam), when the crew plans a mutiny. Stuff 'n' Nonsense, art by Ralph Heimdahl; Bugs is working in Elmer's taxidermy shop; When he takes a nap, Mrs. Van Pester, Elmer's best customer, sees Bugs and, thinking he's a stuffed rabbit, orders Elmer to deliver him to her home that afternoon. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

One-shot. Numbering continues from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #33A. In order of appearance: "Sorority Sue" art by Vincent Fago; "Dotty" art by Al Hartley; "Curly"; "Jerry the Jinx" art by Hal Lockwood; "Curly" art by Vincent Fago; and "Chick". "It's a Joke, Son!" joke pages. Numbering continues with Dotty (1948) #35. 52 pages. Full color.

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Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Fritz Wilkinson. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. The Monster of Frankenstein sets out to rescue Peg O'Mihart from the terrible Frogmen; Frankenstein is mistaken for a dead body and encounters grave robbers; Frankenstein encounters The Mold, who threatens to unleash a plague. Frog Legs; The Mold; Last Words; The Hand In the Night; Broadway Express; Super Sleuth; Graveyard Blues. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, Marty Taras, Harold Abbey, and Milt Hammer. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #28. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Magic Elf decides to teach Boston Bully a lesson about calling people names, by turning him into the names he uses. Frosty and Gabbie find a machine that makes milk. Pidgy uses his Magic Paint to create a bear, but it's an angry bear. Neddy Bear; Buttie and Boobie; Frosty and Gabbie; Pidgy and the Magic Paint; Rootitoot; Tick, Tack and Toe; Spunky; Icicle Ike. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Nutsy Squirrel, Willy Wolf, Robin Crusoe, and Sweeney and Willie. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light" by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Cover price $0.10.

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Canadian series. Reprints material from Gang Busters (1948 DC) #3. Cover art by Howard Sherman. Fall Guy, art by Dan Barry. The Crime of the Century, art by George Roussos. Secrets of the G-Men, art by George Papp. The Criminal without a Country, art by Howard Sherman. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

68 pages of old-fashioned cartoons and gags ranging from family-friendly to a little racy. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2", B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Photo cover of Gene Autry. Stories and art by Jesse Marsh and Till Goodan. Singing cowboy Gene Autry was a multimedia star from the 1930s-1950s, in music, movies, radio, and television, as well as comic books. This issue features art by Tarzan artist Jesse Marsh. Gene responds to his friend Sam's call for help and gets crosswise with Del Putnam, the tough who runs the town of Ten Sleep. Then he meets Sam's incognito daughter, and learns that Sam has disappeared. He goes undercover at the Cross-S Ranch to discover the truth. When Gun Hands Meet; The Forgotten Angle; The Gent. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Milt Gross, Dan Gordon and Ken Hultgren. Art by Milt Gross, Dan Gordon, Jack Bradbury 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. Spencer Spook decides to go to England to ask the English ghosts why theyre so much more successful; A classic Kiddy Katty Korner strip by Milt Gross, drawn the way a child might draw it. Superkatt; Billy Beaver; The Duke and the Dope; Spencer Spook; Noodle the Monkey; Giles; Binky; Dopey Benny; The Kiddy Katty Korner; Witch Hazel. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Contains three Frank Frazetta illustrations. Frazetta illustrations appear in sixteen consecutive issues of Goofy Comics (1943 Nedor/Standard) (#20-#35) and in eighteen consecutive issues of Happy Comics (1943) (#20-#37). Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Goofy Gander: The Autographs of Wilbur Fox"; "Uncle Pigly" by Ken Hultgren; "Peter Pigly in 'Peter's Pooch"; "Wilbur Fox"; "Oscar"; "Daffy and Dilly"; "Bagshaw Bear" by Jack Bradbury; "Bill and Phil"; "Bertie Bear"; and "Wilbur Fox". Illustrated text stories: "The Eagle Who Wouldn't Fly: The Lazy Baby Bird Finally Learns His Lesson!" by Elizabeth Starr, two illustrations by Frazetta; and "Ernie the Elephant: A Peanut-Hungry Pachyderm Becomes the Hero of the Circus!" by Lily K. Scott, illustration by Frazetta. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.15.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Hedy De Vine stars in: "Not in the Script!"; "Hedy Says No!"; "Double Trouble!"; and "The Sleeping Beauty!" Also in this issue: Giggles 'n Grins strips; 2-page text story "Ice Carnival"; Millie the Model in "Millie in the Movies!"; Tessie the Typist in "Movie Madness!"; and untitled Stamp News article by Kent B. Stiles. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Hopalong Cassidy stars in "The Bell That Didn't Chime," "The Ghost Dude Ranch," "Mesquite's Challenge," and "One Prisoner Too Many." Whitney Whiskers and Daniel Boone, Jr. star in "The Buble-Gum Expert." Tumbleweed Jr. stars in "Perfect Marksman." Two-page text story, "The Secret of the Six Gun." This issue has 2 Nyoka "Comix Cards," small pictures (slightly smaller than a trading card) that were printed at the end of a story; the reader was supposed to cut them and paste them on cardboard. Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.15.

March-April 1948 issue of Interurbans News Digest reports on the North Shore Strike, The Monorail Craze, Fuel Crisis, and much more. B&W text with photos, 8 1/2-in. x 10 3/4-in., 8 pages, all newsprint. Cover price $0.25.

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The New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings argue over whether a goal has been scored before time ran out at the end of a game. The Curse of the Emerald Scarab starring Jack Armstrong. Home Run Twins, art by Phil Berube; Home run leaders Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Johnny Mize of the New York Giants. Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award; Ten-year-old Bobby Tatum of Fort Washakie, Wyoming, saves his sister after she is struck by a lightning bolt that also sets their house on fire. The Case of the Flaming Toys; Vic Hardy is able to prove that a fire in a plastic-toy factory is arson. The Riders of Rattlesnake Range starring Jack Armstrong. Danger on the Hoof, a Betty Fairfield Adventure. Pop vs. Pup featuring Billy Fairfield's Cartoons of his Comical Misadventures, art by Vic Herman. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Manny Stallman, Inez Karma and Jack Alderman. One of the more offbeat hero teams of World War II, Jeep and teen sidekick Peep fight evil in their flying rocket-powered Army-surplus jeep. Peep takes the flying jeep to the Florida Everglades to help Miss Minty, who is being terrorized by "ghosts" in sheets and hoods who want to scare her off her worthless swampland. Two-fisted criminologist Solid Jackson tracks a stolen stamp worth $50,000 and uncovers Nazi war criminals. Bizarre cover by L. B. Cole seems to say: If a flying jeep, why not a T-Rex? The Swamp Spooks; Simple Seaman; Funifties; The Wallet; Cookin' with Laughing Gas; Kogo Kangaroo; Solid Jackson. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by George Carlson, David Tendlar, Allen Ulmer, Ray Willner, Jack Farr and Larz Bourne. Kids' comics featuring the whimsical fables of beloved artist George Carlson, praised by Harlan Ellison as a "comic of the absurd." A Duke wants his castle haunted to raise the asking price, but the young Ghost who gets the job is frightened away. Hortense falls asleep in the beauty shop and dreams her face is stolen. A wacky chase through the Pretzleburg amusement park is sidetracked by a runaway Moon-Rocket. Bingo and Glum in Fairytale Land; Chauncey Chirp and Johnny Jay; Jingle Jangle Tales: The Hickory-Hatted Duke and the Spooked-Up Tower; Topsy Turtle; Lil Bimbo; The Stubborn Groundhog; Trixie, the Tomboy; The Kid Next Door; Hortense the Lovable Brat; Aunty Spry; The Pie-Face Prince of Old Pretzleburg; The Old Swap Shop. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kamen. Jungle adventure in the tradition of Tarzan from Fox Feature Syndicate. The sinister Learda captures Jo-Jo and Tanee so she can transplant their brains into leopards' bodies; Female hunter and filmmaker Brette Winston competes with Tanee for Jo-Jo's affections, eventually resorting to a fight with Tanee; A British lady visiting the jungle tries to charm Jo-Jo after losing most of her clothing in a tiger attack. The Leopards of Learda; Revenge of the White Shrew; Jungle Tryst; Rocks of Revenge. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Ham Fisher, C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza, and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Knobby's new girlfriend causes conflict on the set of Joe's boxing movie, in a storyline featuring some risque bad-girl art by Fisher. Little Max gets incentive to go to school when he learns that another boy is carrying Alice's books for her. Plus two prose adventures of early female superhero Black Cat. Also featuring a Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party," with art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck. The cover promotes the Freedom Train, a patriotic endeavor making its way around the nation by rail at the time. His Adventures in Hollywood; His 'Last' Fight; Little Max Goes to School; Chickie Ricks The Flyin' Fool; Black Cat: Toast to Death. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle", reprinted in Jungle Girls (1988) #4, and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb; "ZX-5" art by Jack Kamen; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker, reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990) #9; and "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" and "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen. "Cornered" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by John Celardo. "Hate Has a Thousand Claws!", art by John Celardo; Kongola, seeking revenge for the loss of his hands and the scarring of his face at the hands of Kaänga, doses Ann with mind control drugs and has her lead Kaänga to him; Tying Kaänga, he plans to have Ann behead him, but Kaänga breaks free and Kongola is devoured by leopards. Ann, however, remains in a drugged state. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba and his cub become trapped on a canoe that is bearing medical supplies for a safari; When they wash ashore, they are threatened by the safari but the cub carries the medical package which is recognized by the safari leader who then lets the lions leave. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; A fake lancer steals a tribal treasure map; Terry pursues him and demonstrates to the Balongas that the lancers were not guilty of betrayal. Jungle Killers, art by George Evans; A brief look at dangerous jungle animals. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; When Tawn and Ogg have a falling out, Wambi decides to pretend to leave the jungle in order to bring his friends back together in pursuit of him. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Trader Graw makes a deal to provide witch doctor M'pogi with rifles in exchange for the Tanakis' sacred diamonds; They frame an innocent young woman for the theft and execute her; Tabu uses his magic to make it appear that the woman has come back to life and M'pogi and Graw, in terror, leap into a crocodile pool. Denizens from Down-Under Jungle Lore, art by P. Dring. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; Jewel thieves use Camilla's friendly reception at the village of the B'togis as an opportunity to get inside the walled village; They escape with the tribe's gold and Camilla and the chief's daughter as captives. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Art and cover by Al Feldstein. Teen comedy typical of the time, with art by EC legend Al Feldstein. Goofy and Deena spill ink on the rug and try to get it out before her mother sees it; Junior and Deena sell an old picture frame from the attic, not realizing that the picture still had value; Gwenny and Deena are keen on the new student who's just come back from the war. Classic cheesecake cover. In a Spot; Framed; Pay the Ransom, Handsome; War Talk; Love's Labor Lost. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Buried Treasure Fraud, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; a confidence team tries to outsmart the law. So Many Ways to Die!, art by Bill Draut; none of the residents at a nursing home die from old age. The Capture of Night-Club Nick, art by Warren Broderick. Suicide or Murder? text story. My Strangest Crime Case starring Private Investigator Ruth Lang, art by Bill Draut. Ask Eddie Green, Consultant to Crime, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Ad for Young Romance comics. My Personal Comic Album comic holder ad. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by Chic Young, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Bob Naylor, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Bela Zaboly, George McManus, Austin Briggs, Jack Sords, Ray Moore, Otto Soglow, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Carl Anderson, and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. The Phantom and Diana learn the secret of the mysterious King of Beasts; Mandrake the Magician and Lothar are captured by gigantic birds called rocs. Blondie; The Lone Ranger; Dun-Dums; Barney Baxter in the Air; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Bringing Up Father; Flash Gordon; Sords Sports; The Phantom; The Little King; Henry. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fagaly. Written by Bill Woggon and unknown. Art by Bill Woggon, Bill Vigoda, Irving Novick and unknown. Archie writes a letter asking Hollywood actress Lana Lamour to attend the school dance, as a form of revenge for Betty and Veronica's swooning over actor Gregory Bushell. But when Lana actually shows up, with her husband who happens to be Gregory Bushell, the plan backfires in "Archie Dates a Movie Star"! Plus: Laugh Puzzle Page; Katy Keene in an untitled story; "Katy Keene Fashion Kut-Ups" activity page; untitled Wilbur story; untitled Debby story; untitled Suzie story; 2-page "Hollywood Gossip" article; and Mr. Lodge opens up his library to Betty and Veronica in an attempt to distract them from their Hollywood magazines, but he gets more than he bargained for when the girls try to cure his frustration with a copy of 'Parent Psychology' in an untitled story. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

One of the more violent pre-Code crime comics and possibly the best electric chair cover.

"Raymond Hamilton" (art by L.B. Cole), "Murder Came By Mail," and two humor strips, Pucky and Hyde & Seek. Cole cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Capp. Reward for Capture text story. The Story of Wolf Girl, script and art by Al Capp; The Wolf Girl tries to find the definition of love, only to become more confused the more she sees; McHaystack tries to bribe Daisy Mae with a Fearless Fosdick comic book. Introducing Dateless Brown, script and art by Al Capp; The Wolf Girl decides to travel to New York to learn how to be human-like. The Wolf Girl Becomes a Lady, script and art by Al Capp; The Wolf Girl finds it difficult to change her animalistic behavior after she moves back to Dogpatch. Untitled Tommy Tween story, art by Bob Powell; Tommy and Buddy help the Governor recover his stolen wallet. Steve Canyon ad. Desperate Gamble text story. Bobby Shelby and His Pals ad. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

St. John's original version of Audrey is a little different than Harvey's version - her friends are Patches and Sarge - but she still loves to create mischief. Originating in popular folklore before starring in a series of Paramount cartoons, Audrey made her comics debut with this issue. After getting a spanking for spilling paint, Audrey plots revenge against her father. Audrey tries to help her friend Patches find a good deed that he can do as a Boy Scout, but that's not as easy as it sounds. Audrey invents a fast hair-growing formula as a cure for baldness. This comes in handy after she's abducted by bald bank robbers. Produced by St. John, but Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios still owned the character at this point. Little Audrey's Revenge; Good Deeds. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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